Xie Mulin hurriedly asked Xiao Rui: "Second son Xiao, are you injured?" Is it serious? ”

Xiao Rui said with an understatement: "It's just a flesh wound, nothing matters." When I did it, I was inexperienced, so I called a thief to come from behind and slash me. But I immediately slashed him with a backhand. I heard that it was a wanted criminal with a reward from the government, and the reward was a lot of money, and I took advantage of it. ”

Xie Mulin couldn't help but laugh: "Can this kind of thing be counted like this?" If your injuries were a little more serious, would you feel that you could afford to give you a little more silver? ”

"That's really not possible." Xiao Rui confessed, "But now if you don't cut it, you can only have fun in the bitterness." However, my injury is really not serious, and there are several brothers who are much more seriously injured than me. ”

Speaking of this, he straightened his expression, bowed to Xie Mulin very formally, and said solemnly: "I stayed in your mansion last night, I thought that there was no better place than the Xie family nearby, and it was also the meaning of protecting the master's family." Unexpectedly, all of them have been arrested overnight, and they have not disturbed your house. On the contrary, our brothers of Jinshanwei are grateful for the gifts of the girl and grandmother, not only have a warm and clean accommodation, fresh and hot tea and food, but even the brothers are injured, and they also have medical white cloths to give them. This morning and night, I really received the grace of the Xie family. The brothers had nothing to say, so they asked me to thank them on their behalf. The Xie family's affection, my brother Jin Shanwei will never forget! ”

Seeing that he was solemn, Xie Mulin couldn't help but get serious, and replied: "Second Prince Xiao is serious. I invited the heroes of Jinshanwei to settle in the old mansion in order to seek your protection, so that my grandmother and I, as well as a group of male and female servants, could escape the invasion of the homeless people safely. Now that the night has passed, the thieves have been caught, and all of us are safe and sound, which is the credit of the heroes of Jinshanwei. You have worked hard all night, and many people have been injured, our family is a woman and children, the family is in the middle of the road, and the pocket is shy, and there is nothing else to do, but there are still some water and medicine to supply, so naturally we should do our best, which can be regarded as an expression of our family's gratitude. What is that little bit compared to the efforts of the heroes? Xiao Ergongzi's thanks, I don't dare to take it. ”

Xiao Rui smiled and bowed again: "It's Miss Xie who is serious." Even if the girl had not invited us to settle down in your house, the thieves would not have come to make trouble after the night had passed. But the things that the Xie family has paid are all real. I heard that the kitchen is still cooking breakfast, and more than 500 of us Jinshanwei have come, although not all of them eat here, but the cost of rice and grain is by no means a small amount. But the steward of your family didn't blink, so he ordered someone to bring out rice, noodles, meat and vegetables, and prepare a meal for us. With such affection, how can the Xie family not be able to afford this thank you from our brother? ”

Xie Mulin felt that if the two sides continued to be so polite, it was estimated that it would be endless, so he simply said: "Compared with the loss of the old house being harassed by the homeless, as well as the lives of the old lady and the people in the family, what is a few hundred catties of food?" The autumn harvest has just begun, and it is all produced in our own fields, but we have not sold it for fear of heavy rain, so it does not cost much. So Xiao Ergongzi, don't be polite to me for your comrades, do you really think that the safety of men, women and children in our house is not as good as those rice, noodles, and meat dishes? ”

Xiao Rui smiled dumbly, so he was no longer polite, but he still solemnly said to Xie Mulin: "Our commander is also very grateful. Adults have recently committed old diseases, and their mobility is a little inconvenient, but they can march outside, and many things can only be done. Last night in your mansion, the adults were able to sit firmly and act in response to the whole army, and now that the brothers are injured, the Xie family can also provide medical white cloths, which is really a great help. Before we came, we never imagined that there would be such a good thing, how could we not thank the host's family? ”

"Well, if only I could help you." Xie Mulin snorted and quickly turned to the topic he was interested in, "There are so many people from your Jinshanwei, I haven't heard any news before, it's really surprising." Just I remember that Jinshan is far from the lake...... Or Pingwang Town, there's still a long way to go, right? Why did you come? Did you get the news in advance that the homeless people would be here to do something, so you came to wait for the rabbits? ”

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "This time the imperial court has a special order to dispatch my Jin Shanwei, which is also a last resort. Hangzhou's military affairs have passed through two hands, and it is already a mess; Jiaxing caught an internal response, and brought out the mud with the radish, just when people were panicking; The Huzhou government and the guard office have some ambiguous attitudes, and it is not known how many people are colluded with the court. The emperor also did not want the matter to drag on, and there were farces of displaced people robbing grain one after another, which hindered the imperial court and local officials from providing relief to the truly suffering displaced people.

"Our Jin Shanwei was already under the jurisdiction of Zhili, and the commander made the lord known as a loyal and righteous man, and he had the merit of supporting the establishment in his early years, and Jane was in the emperor's heart. Therefore, the emperor issued a special decree and ordered us to command the envoy to lead 500 troops to take over the military affairs of Hangzhou, control the local officials and soldiers, and arrest the thieves who committed the crime. The commander ordered me and several other scouts to enter the country in advance to find out the thieves' movements. It is estimated that the next time they do it, it will be in Pingwang Town, it will be...... We guessed. Fortunately, the thief did not ask the commander to take the army for nothing. ”

Guess? This is not surprising, what Xie Mulin can guess, Xiao Rui can of course guess. However, Xie Mulin heard a little bit of his words: "So, those robbers are indeed not real outcasts?" So who are they? I remember you said that some of them are wanted? ”

"Several water bandits in southern Zhejiang have been wanted by the government since they committed major crimes a few years ago." Xiao Rui said with a cold face, "Who would have thought that they had found a big backer and hid in order to seek a future?" I don't know how the people who feed them are trained. Originally, they were all ruthless and disobedient wicked people, but now they have become decisive and loyal dead soldiers, after being captured, several leaders are killing themselves, we only saved one in a hurry, and now we are not sober, and the remaining few minions are all water bandits and river thieves hired at a high price, and I don't know what they can offer. ”

Listen to that...... The Lin family may not suffer a big loss because of the arrest of these fake homeless people?

Tut! It's really cheap for them!

Xie Mulin said to Xiao Rui: "If there is anything you need help with, just ask." Our Xie family asked someone to calculate once, but we can't just forget it! You say they want to do it to me and my grandmother, so is there any real human evidence? If so, I'll send it to my grandmother. To tell you the truth, my grandmother's maiden father is not as well-connected and influential as you say, and it is not that as soon as my grandmother speaks, his old friend will agree to anything. My uncle and grandfather brought a letter from my grandmother to Beijing, and it took a lot of effort to rescue my father. But when it comes to life-and-death matters, my grandmother won't let it go so easily. Those adults in Beijing will not let those malicious rumors spread wantonly! ”

Raising the influence of the Song father and daughter so high, what do the people who spread those rumors want to do? Is the holy family of Song sacrificial wine good, is the Xie family not clear? The second heir's grandfather, Xie Zehu, was a victim back then! Xie Mulin thinks that this is a dangerous signal, and he must remind the Song family to pay attention!

Xiao Rui looked at Xie Mulin's expression, leaned a little closer, and asked in a low voice, "Yesterday you found out that I was scaring you, is it because of these rumors in Beijing that I told you?" ”

Xie Mulin glanced at him and snorted lightly: "Such a shallow and contradictory lie, you also want to deceive me, who do you look down on?!" ”

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