An autumn rain fell, not too big, but the chill was heavy.

More than ten horsemen braved the rain to walk on the misty grassland, the group was all narrow-sleeved hunting suits, bows and arrows hung on the saddle, swords at the waist, the sound of rain could not suppress the sound of horses' hooves, every time the horse's hooves fell, muddy water splashed.

Between the rain and fog, a huge camp appeared not far away, the tent could not see the end, seeing the more than ten horses approaching, a captain who was guarding the tower of Yuanmen was a little stunned, there were women in these more than ten horses, it stands to reason that those female dependents will not arrive until the day before the autumn hunt, but when the captain saw the rest of the characters, he was frightened and silent, his face turned pale, he didn't care about talking to his subordinates, grabbed the saber on the side and ran under the tower. The man at the head was not very old, and he was dressed in a narrow-sleeved hunting suit embroidered with dark stripes, and he also wore a sword and a bow, but the knife was enough to make the lieutenant fearful. He is an old man in Zhongdu, and he once participated in the pursuit of Wang Dongle, knowing that the madman was finally killed by the prince, and the black demon knife naturally fell into the hands of the prince. Who else could be the person equipped with this knife! After that, the gentle and elegant blue-clothed Confucian and the middle-aged man in black brocade with a kind face, needless to say, must be Mr. Lan Yulan and Qu Cangqu, and the burly man made him a little dizzy, because he recognized this person, it was Xu Lin, the governor of the capital who had been in the capital for 20 years! Although he didn't recognize the other people, he could guess a rough idea, which was nothing more than the central capital Zuo Governor Min Xing, the Tiger Camp Governor Zhuge Gong, and the secret guard inspector Zhang Xiao.

Almost the high-level of the central capital poured out, and the lieutenant thought half in fear and half in honor that today was an eye-opener, and in the future, in front of other brothers, he had to show off. Seeing the supreme ruler of the northwest, Xiao Yu, the king of Xiping County, came back to his senses and knelt down on one knee without saying a word, and wanted to shout to see His Royal Highness, but his throat was a little trembling inexplicably, and he couldn't shout out, but fortunately, Xiao Yu didn't care, and laughed loudly: "Get up." ”

"Go to the big tent of the Chinese army. Xiao Yu said to the people behind him, ride your horse into the camp first.

The group went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army, and Li Chen, who was in charge of this place, had already hurried over, ignoring the muddy water all over the ground, and knelt down in front of Xiao Yu, "Xiaguan Li Chen sees the prince." ”

Xiao Yu stretched out his hand to help Li Chen up, "Lord Li doesn't have to be so polite, this time you are in charge of the autumn hunting affairs, there is no mistake, this king is very pleased, I will definitely reward you heavily, okay, let's enter the account first." ”

Li Chen stood up slowly, with a treacherous smile on his face, "Thank you, Lord Tian's grace." ”

The grace of heaven, the grace of the Son of Heaven.

Li Chen has been immersed in officialdom for decades, how can he be an open-mouthed person, but as soon as these words came out, all the dignitaries in the northwest, including Xiao Yu, did not feel that there was anything wrong, and Emperor Zheng was dead, just because Qin Xian, the little emperor in the eastern capital, was also worthy of being called the Son of Heaven? In our northwest, how is the king of Xiping County different from the emperor? It's just that the time has not yet come, and one day, our northwest army will send troops to the Central Plains, sweep the world, and ask for a dragon merit.

Walk into the big tent, come to face a pair of eight screens, there are the Chu Emperor hunting map painted by the famous family of the previous dynasty, spare the screen, the layout inside is more luxurious than the previous march, to pave the ground with the carpet of the Western Regions, there are all kinds of new Thangka hanging around, with gold, silver, agate, coral, pearl, turquoise, Malachite and so on are painted into the scenery outside the plug, a huge candelabra chandelier hangs on the top of the tent, there are 28 candles, and the copper basin in the corner is lit with agarwood as the salary, and the incense is curled between them, which also just dispels the moisture and cold on everyone's body.

Xiao Yu sat down on the main seat covered with white tiger skins, and after everyone was seated, he looked around and said with a smile: "Lord Li is attentive, this big tent is a little better than my palace." ”

Li Chen was a little unsure of the meaning of Xiao Yu's words, and was about to get up in fear, Xiao Yu waved his hand, signaling him not to get up, and said: "Although this king made his fortune from the grassland, many Taiji on the grassland still haven't seen this king. ”

Saying that, Xiao Yu lifted the two wine pots on the table respectively, one of which was Fenjiu from the Central Plains, and the other was mare's milk wine from the grassland, and said: "Although it is to follow the customs of the locals, it can't be completely rigid, Lord Li is very thoughtful about this, very good, this king is very satisfied." ”

Li Chen, who finally stopped being afraid, was flattered.

Xiao Yu poured himself half a glass of mare's milk wine, and another half a glass of Fenjiu, and the two completely different wines were mixed into one glass. Xiao Yu took the wine glass and drank it all, looking around, among the people present in the tent, Xu Lin had the highest official position, the governor of Zhengyipin, one of the only two Zhengyipin officials under Xiao Yu, and the other was Huang Hanji. The second is Lan Yu, although there is no very clear official position, but he is the first civil official in the northwest, because of the general in charge of logistics affairs, many generals privately call him the great butler of the northwest. Then there is Min Xing, the left governor of the central capital, if Xu Lin is the first person under Xiao Yu, then Min Xing is the first person under Xu Lin. Then Zhuge Gong, Qu Cang, Zhang Xiao and others are all the commanders of the three grades, and the northwest where the generals gather, the grade is neither high nor low, but they belong to Xiao Yu's confidants and hold real power.

Xiao Yu's command can be roughly divided into four parts, the Zhongdu faction led by Xu Lin, the grassland faction led by Huang Hanji and other three Taiji, the seemingly impartial wall-riding faction, and the descendant faction directly controlled by Xiao Yu.

In general, although Xiao Yu is respected, everyone has their own territory and abacus, and this autumn hunt, called Xing Hunt, is actually a martial arts exercise, and it is also a temptation for Xiao Yu to integrate all parties inside.

After saying some official things, Xiao Yu turned to say: "I heard that the granddaughter-in-law of the Metropolitan Governor gave birth to a Lin'er, and in a blink of an eye, the Metropolitan Governor is already a great-grandfather. ”

Xu Lin's son died early, leaving only a single seedling of his grandson, who he took with him to teach him personally since he was a child, and just turned twenty years old this year.

Lan Yu said with a smile: "I'm afraid the prince is the last to know about this, when the full moon wine, Lan also went to get a hundred taels of silver, but he was afraid that the governor would dislike it too much, so he didn't dare to enter the table." ”

Lan Yu's words are not completely joking, the northwest is poor, but these elites at the top of the northwest are not poor, even Zhuge Gong is a rising star, He Yi in that day is also above a thousand taels of silver, it stands to reason that Lan Yu's one hundred taels of silver is indeed less.

Min Xing half joked: "Who in the middle capital city doesn't know that Mr. Lan carries the green river and white mountains on his shoulders, and the west wind is outside his sleeves." ”

Lan Yu smiled but said nothing.

Xu Lin stroked his long hair and said gently: "The princess has already sent someone to send a congratulatory ceremony, and besides, if you talk about some trivial things, you don't dare to alarm the prince." ”

Xiao Yu said: "Since Yinping sent He Yi, then I won't do it again, after all, in this regard, Yinping is better at it." I wonder if I came with the autumn hunt this time?"

Xu Lin said: "The child is too young, and he will be taken care of by his mother when he stays in Zhongdu."

At this time, it was not a political discussion, so the atmosphere was quite relaxed, and Lan Yu interjected: "But Xu Yan is coming." ”

Xiao Yu sighed and smiled: "Okay, this autumn hunt should see how much Xu Yan can hunt, if the performance is good, this king will make his son a light car captain." ”

Xiao Yu's northwest is still following the Great Zheng official system, divided into grades, official positions, gifts, loose ranks, medals, titles, and military generals and seals, Xiao Yu's promise of the light car lieutenant belongs to the commander, and the biggest difference with the title is that the rank can be extended upward, take Lan Yu as an example, if Xiao Yu sealed him a pillar country from the first grade, then his father, grandfather, great-grandfather can get the corresponding gifts. Of course, on Xu Yan's side, it is inevitable that there will be some chicken ribs, Xu Lin has been awarded to the super Shangzhu country, especially into the Guanglu doctor, only on the honor, the scattered rank is a very human minister, but also the seal of the general of Zhenxi, but do not listen to the order of the military department, have the right to transfer troops by themselves, the remaining titles and the three dukes that no one can be awarded during his lifetime except Zhang Jiangling, can only be awarded by the emperor orthodoxy, so after Xiao Yu took over the northwest, he faced an embarrassing situation of no reward.

Fortunately, Xu Lin still has this grandson, he doesn't like military affairs, and is willing to be a civil official, Xiao Yu can do something about Xu Yan and transfer the reward to Xu Yan.

After Xu Lin thanked Xu Yan on behalf of him, everyone talked about some interesting things, such as Lan Yu, the big housekeeper with two sleeves and a breeze, borrowed 3,000 taels of silver from the princess and bought a golden Tianhuang stone plain seal, and now I am afraid that I already owe the princess more than 10,000 taels of silver. Min Xing raised a foreign house, and after being known by the Hedong Lion at home, he knocked on the door and lost a lot of face. The two veterans of the Central Capital were drunk and made trouble, and they happened to be bumped into by Xu Lin, the governor of the capital, and were each whipped twenty horsewhips and so on.

Xiao Yu listened carefully while drinking, slowly figuring out the deep meaning behind these things. At the same time, he was silently counting, the four people whose names appeared the most times, Lan Yu's name appeared thirty-two times, the princess appeared eighteen times, Xu Lin nine times, and Min Xing eight times.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, in the end, it was still a poor word.