When the emperor said this sentence "secretly do things for me", Hua Qiao and Zhang Yue were stunned.

Hu Yanjin's face did not change.

Since Xu Jiugong appeared on the horse farm two months ago, Hu Yanjin knew that this day would come sooner or later.

"Nine Princes? Is it really you? ”

Hu Yanjin saw from a distance that Xu Jiugong and Elder Chen, who were holding sticks, came from the path, and they were surprised and delighted, and rode their horses over.

Jiugong touched the horse's neck and smiled: "What a horse!" Unexpectedly, you are under the nose of the emperor, playing a game of concealment, or the courage of young people! ”

Hu Yanjin has already seen that Xu Jiugong's internal strength is not as good as before, and he is also much older, but he is better than an ordinary octogenarian. It was all to save him......

He gratefully held Xu Jiugong's arm and said:

"Jiugong, since you are here, don't be in a hurry to leave, this place is close to the capital, and the traffic extends in all directions, you can stay at ease, and Ah Jin will run errands for you if you have something."

Xu Jiugong laughed and said, "I'm just here to find you to help run errands!" ”

They did not want to go to the farm, so they settled down in the horse farm.

"Ah Jin, do you still remember, I once told you that the beggar gang of the Ming Dynasty is more numerous and larger than in previous dynasties?"

Jiugong and Hu Yanjin sat under the tree.

Not far away, Mi Lei and his gang were roasting chickens, and Elder Chen was instructing them on how to wrap them in mud.

"I remember, you said, it originated from Emperor Taizu's tolerance of the beggars."

Jiugong nodded and asked, "Then do you know why only the elders of the beggar gang practice martial arts?" In other words, although the number of beggars in the Ming Dynasty was numerous, the force did not expand. ”

"Could it be that Emperor Taizu is also ......?"

"You're smart. Emperor Taizu's tolerance to the beggar gang was not given for nothing, in exchange for it, the beggar gang wanted to help the emperor balance the exiles, but not too strong.

This is where his genius lies, the balance between the untouchables, the homeless and the beggars, gives him more energy to deal with foreigners and political enemies.

But later, the difficulty of appeasement and the northward migration led to a rapid increase in the number of displaced people and beggars, making this balance more and more difficult. The weakness of the beggars' lack of force was also exposed.

You see, the uprising of the displaced people in Guantai Mountain that you have personally experienced has been exposed. ”

Xu Jiugong sighed, shook his head and said: "I'm old, I can't care about things too far, I left Phoenix Village, I went to Guangdong, just to solve this problem."

This time in Guangdong and Fujian, the beggar gang suffered huge losses in the fight against the invasion of the Japanese invaders, and several elders dedicated themselves to the battlefield......

I took this opportunity to change the gang leader of the Southern Beggars Gang, south of the Yangtze River, and officially handed it over to the new gang leader. North, I also want to find someone to replace me. ”

"Do you mean Elder Chen? He is very good, and he is also very appealing in the gang. He has helped me a lot in many actions. Hu Yanjin looked at Elder Chen's body and said with a smile:

"If he needs my help with something, he won't refuse."

"Elder Chen is good, but he is only a general, not enough to be handsome. Old man...... It's you!

Why do you think they are desperate to help you, from the moment I knew that you were the son of my general, I told them that you were the heir of the gang leader! ”

He saw Hu Yanjin's face full of surprise, and his eyes widened at him, and he smiled again:

"What are you afraid of? I don't want you and Ah Qiao to put on tattered clothes and go to the city gate! For those little things, you still let Elder Chen and Elder Gu take responsibility. ”

"Nine Princes...... I ......"

"You you, you, what are you? It is impossible for you to go back to the court as an official again, when you rob the rich and help the poor, what is the difficulty of taking care of beggars by the way? ”

Jiugong used the head of the green jade staff to knock on Huyanjin's head, and said:

"You have opened a warehouse several times to release grain, give porridge and medicine, and the children of the beggar gang have participated a lot, and everyone has established a reputation for you, and there are basically no people in the beggar gang who disagree with you, and if you don't accept it, the old beggar will beat him for you!"

This happened too suddenly, Hu Yanjin was still up and down, Xu Jiugong said:

"Look at your palm, what's in it?"

Hu Yanjin naturally spread out his right hand, and was about to say nothing, Xu Jiugong quickly put the green jade staff on his palm, and said with a smile:

"See? You have responsibility in the palm of your hand! ...... Okay, okay, the old beggar smells the chicken! ”

Jiugong stood up and patted his ass and left: now he finally has his hands free, and he can eat chicken properly.

Leaving Hu Yanjin with a bitter face: Responsibility? My rich man's good life has just begun, and this is the end?

Looking at it now, it should be that Jiugong has already informed the emperor that he passed the position of the leader of the beggar gang to Hu Yanjin. Otherwise, how could the emperor let the silver-faced demon lord go and never ask?

"The grass people are willing to obey the emperor's will." Hu Yanjin hugged his fists again.

The relationship between the beggar gang and the royal family is only known to the gang leader, which is also the agreement between Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Jiugong at the beginning.

The emperor is really happy today, with the emperor's eldest son, he has found his sister, and he has to get back the assistant he personally cultivated. He laughed and said:

"Unexpectedly, I have no fate with you. The first task I gave you was to carry a sedan chair to marry my royal sister back, and without revealing your royal identity, can you do it? ”

It turned out to be this secret mission...... Hua Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhang Yue sneered:

Royal family? Do you have any money? Besides, the royal family is worth an identity, and you, the "secret" royal family, can't play a role?

"Yes."

Hu Yanjin finally felt at ease, which means that the emperor has agreed to their marriage.

Hua Qiao even had a little excitement in her heart, the emperor was her eldest brother, and now with the blessing of her eldest brother, she had no regrets.

"Your Majesty, you're a 'secret royal family', in addition to spending money to change the eight-lift sedan chair to the sixteen-lift sedan chair, it doesn't seem to be beneficial, and if you don't do it, you will be said to be arrogant ......"

Zhang Yue kindly reminded the emperor that the sixteen sedan chairs were only used by the royal family.

The emperor flicked his fingers on the coffee table, raised his eyebrows, and smiled: "What's so difficult about this?" I made a holy decree, the girl has made meritorious contributions to the nobles in the palace, and gave you sixteen sedan chairs for your wedding, isn't this appropriate?

When the time comes, I will give you another pair of imperial tokens, which will be called ...... Fenghua Order, 'Seeing the Order is like me coming'. Huyan, are you satisfied with this gift? ”

Hu Yanjin had a smile on his face, but he scolded in his heart:

Your Majesty, this is obviously your routine. Can I use the phoenix order? We are the only couple in the world, and as soon as the token comes out, won't it expose our identity?

Zhang Yue also knew that the emperor was too insidious, and the holy decree and tokens were things that could be abolished at any time.

Only Hua Qiao was happy, the girl insisted on entering the palace, saved the eldest son of the emperor, and settled the account with the emperor by the way.

However, there are always some accounts that can never be settled.

It's like Tao Qingyu, happy, Ma Pingchuan......

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