This small courtyard of Yu Shi's family is located in a remote place in the east of the city.

A small courtyard with two rooms in it, and the house looks very old.

The family background that can be seen is very ordinary, and he lives tightly, this is the day when the court is a six-grade official.

This was still when Li Xiao abolished the Daming treasure banknotes and all officials issued silver.

If the treasure money is still distributed as before, the life of the officials will be even more miserable.

Except, of course, the officials of the Kyoshi.

The new salary system has already been implemented.

At this moment, there was a violent storm outside, and the candles in the room were faintly lit, illuminating the room, and there was a beautiful woman lying on the bed, her face was pale, and she looked like she had been ill for a long time.

This is Yu Shi's wife, who has been coughing for many years, and she can't see it well when she visits famous doctors.

"Madam, the national teacher brought me medicine today, you can swallow it quickly, your illness should be cured soon."

Yu Shi handed the medicine to his wife and helped her up, with tenderness in his eyes.

"Xianggong, the concubine has seen so many doctors for this illness and it is not good, it really can't be done, you just don't care about me, after the concubine dies, you can find another woman to take care of you."

Yu Shi's wife took the medicine, looked at Yu Shi and said, she didn't want to be a burden.

"What is this called?"

Yu Shi is also an infatuated man, he said with a straight face: "You are my wife, you followed me at the age of fourteen, I can't stand you all these years, let you suffer so much, this time you can rest assured, the national teacher is the holy hand of medicine, there have long been rumors among the people, and it will definitely be able to cure the disease." ”

"Ahh

Mrs. Yu Shi nodded: "Why did the national teacher suddenly help our family, it won't be that you want to do something for him, I bought vegetables in the vegetable market the day before yesterday, and now the city is full of wind and rain talking about the national teacher, saying that he is a demon who kills people without blinking."

Yu Shi sighed and said: "I don't know who this national teacher is, but I heard that the two saints rely on the national teacher very much, and they also gave him the sword of Shang Fang, and even the empty holy decree, I think the two saints are very talented, and they will definitely not look away, madam, you can recuperate with peace of mind, and don't worry about other things." ”

Mrs. Yu Shi said: "I am dragging my husband down, I have spent all these years treating my illness and running out of money, otherwise you can walk around more than your superiors, and you can take another step forward in the officialdom to realize your ambitions." ”

Yu Shi said: "Even if you are sick and have money at home, I don't disdain to be in the same league with those people in the officialdom. By the way, the national teacher said that I should do things for him secretly, which is true, he said that he wanted to clean up the officialdom. ”

Mrs. Yu Shi was shocked: "Xianggong, you have to be careful."

Yu Shi nodded, "I know." ”

Boom –

Outside, there was a loud thunderstorm, illuminating the entire window.

Under the backdrop of thunder, Yu Shi's wife saw that there seemed to be a figure outside the window, holding a sharp weapon in her hand, she couldn't help but lose her face, and said: "Oh no, husband, I seem to see someone outside, could it be someone who is here to harm our lives." ”

Hearing this, Yu Shi was shocked, and hurriedly turned his head to look out the window.

It was already dark outside, and after a few breaths, lightning struck again, and the reflection appeared above the window, and he saw the figure as well.

"It's not good, there really is a lady, you hide in the bed and don't come out, I'll go out and have a look."

Yu Shi was sweating profusely for a while, and hurriedly asked his wife to hide.

"Xianggong, don't go, it's dangerous, let's escape."

"It's raining so hard, how to escape. Madame, be at ease."

As he spoke, Yu Shi picked up the wooden stick from home and slowly felt towards the door, he kept taking deep breaths and was sorting out his breathing rhythm.

If he had escaped, he would have been able to escape through the back window now.

But his wife was weak and couldn't escape, so he couldn't leave his wife alone.

"Damn, I offended Shang Shu during the day, could it be that he sent someone to kill me."

Yu Shi's palms were sweaty, he clenched the wooden stick in his hand, and said secretly in his heart: "Blessings and misfortunes depend on, misfortunes and blessings lie in wait, Madame's elixir is really not so easy to take, but since I Yu Shi has received the elixir from the national teacher, I don't regret it!" ”

He gritted his teeth, kicked the door open with a sudden kick, and shouted, "Thief, die!" ”

Boom –

The sound of thunder and lightning sounded again, illuminating the scene in the courtyard.

Yu Shi froze, and the bodies of two black-clothed people lay on the ground, full of bloodstains, which were stained by the rain.

At this time, there were two other people, who were carrying the body of the man in black, walking towards the outside of the courtyard, obviously these two people were not the man in black, there was a fight here just now.

The two were a little stunned when they heard this, and looked back at Yu Shi.

"Who are you?"

Yu Shi shouted tremblingly, "I'm not afraid of you. ”

One of them was dressed in black: "You have seen it, but you don't have to be afraid, we are here to protect you, these two dead people are the ones who want to take your life." ”

"Protect me."

Yu Shi looked at the corpse on the ground, and then at the two of them, and understood everything, "You are the people of the national teacher?" ”

The man smiled: "It's quite smart, it's good to know, since the national teacher has won you over, he will protect you, and you can do things with peace of mind, no one in Nanjing City can hurt you." ”

After speaking, he didn't stay too long, carrying the corpses of these two people, jumped out, and jumped out of the yard directly, and his kung fu was good.

That's right, these people are the people sent by Li Xiao to protect him and win him over.

Li Xiao knows that this officialdom is very dark, and now it has touched the interests of many people, and things that harm people's lives will definitely happen.

This is ancient times, there is no monitoring, killing people and destroying mouths, as long as it is done cleanly, it is generally impossible to find out who did it, and there are often people who raise the dead, and they have to be prevented.

"Xie Guoshi!!"

Yu Shi knelt on the ground and bowed in the direction where the two had left.

Then he went back to his room.

After closing the door, Yu Shi felt a little afraid.

If it weren't for the national teacher sending someone to protect him, I'm afraid he and his wife would not have escaped death.

But soon, there was a sense of relief, the national teacher was so thoughtful, sending people to protect himself, and for a while, Yu Shi was extremely moved in his heart.

"Xianggong, what's going on?"

Yu Shi's wife asked anxiously.

"Lady. Someone did want to assassinate us just now, but"

Yu Shi told Fang Cai about it.

After listening, Yu Shi's wife said gratefully: "Xianggong, the concubine feels that this national teacher is not as demonized as the market rumors, but thinks that people are very good."

Yu Xianli nodded: "Yes, this national teacher does have some skills, originally I was a little worried, he was trying to win me over in front of the public during the day, which was actually very unfavorable to me, it turned out that he had already made a careful arrangement."

He looked determined and said: "The national teacher trusts me so much, I am willing to smear his liver and brain!" ”

In the south of Nanjing, in the barracks meeting hall.

There were sixteen corpses on the ground, and these were the sixteen killers sent out by Zhao Jingkun, all of whom had been intercepted and killed by Li Xiao's people.

Liu Dakaiyu reported: "The head of the family, I originally wanted to keep a few alive, but these people all had poison in their mouths, and when the matter was revealed, they all committed suicide." ”

Li Xiao bowed slightly.

Li Jinglong, who was sitting next to Li Xiao, slapped the table and said angrily: "It's too rampant, wooing during the day and assassinating at night, these people are simply bold!" It is necessary to find out who did it and put him to death. ”

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Jinglong, since these people dare to release the killer, they don't have to worry about finding themselves. By the way, Liu Dakai, how are these people? ”

Liu Dakai reported: "They are all a group of dead soldiers, and they don't look like officials can raise them, they are strong in martial arts, and they are murderous weapons that have been polished since childhood." ”

Liu Dakai These people are his own quite important intelligence department, over the years, he has systematically taught the martial arts, all compiled into a book, so that these people practice martial arts all day long, and now they are also extraordinary, otherwise it is difficult to take on this great responsibility.

In addition, in addition to Liu Dakai's intelligence organization, this time he also dispatched his trump card "Tianmen", which is foolproof.

Li Xiao frowned slightly, and said in surprise: "Where did these people come from. It's weird."

Liu Dakai took a knife, pried open the mouth of one of them, and said, "Family master, these people have all had their tongues cut out, and they are acting in style. It seems that like the dark web organization that was active more than ten years ago, they kidnapped young children from people's homes, cut out their tongues, and began to cultivate them from an early age. ”

"What? All tongues cut? ”

Li Xiao was taken aback, and then squatted down to investigate one by one, and sure enough, he said, "There is no doubt that it is the dark web!" Unexpectedly, after all these years, this dark web has resurfaced! Back then, this group of people robbed millions of taels of silver in taxes sent to the imperial court, and they have not been found so far, but they did not expect to appear in Nanjing City again. Why they work with the Maison. Could it be?"

After thinking about it, Li Xiao finally cleared his mind, "I see, Lei Yu will talk to Mr. Liang. It's none other than someone else, it's someone from the dark web, this beam is a homonym for Liang, isn't it the first word of Liang Guogong, the remnant of Lan Yu! What are they going to do? ”

Liu Dakai said discoloredly: "Cholera in the world!" ”

With a bang, Li Xiao slapped the table and said, "That's right, they want cholera all over the world!" ”

Li Jinglong said excitedly: "Damn, now that the four seas are leveling and the Haiyan River is clear, this remnant of the blue jade actually wants to make the world chaotic, and it should be punished!" ”

Li Xiao sat down slowly and said: "In this way, those craftsmen in the capital were also secretly taken away by these people, maybe now the flintlock pistols have been issued to the hands of the heads of the families, and they can't wait for us to fight and fish in troubled waters."

Li Jinglong said: "Then what should we do next?" ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Wait and see." ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Liu Dakai and said: "Dakai, you continue to protect those people secretly, don't let them die, if one dies, I'm afraid no one will dare to do anything for me Li Xiao in the future, and their treacherous plan will succeed." These corpses were taken and disposed of. ”

"Yes!" Liu Dakai nodded, and then called someone to come and remove the body.

Li Jinglong looked at the corpse underground, and then looked at Li Xiao and said, "National Teacher, the assassination incident has passed like this for the time being?" Just let them go so easily? I guess it must have been done by a group of officials from a family in the imperial court. ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Do you know who it is? ”

Li Jinglong shook his head, "This. I don't know. ”

Li Xiao said: "There is no conclusive evidence, and it is not appropriate to wait and see what happens for the time being, but if they fail to assassinate them, they know that their national division is prepared, and the masters around them are like clouds, and they will be honest for a while. By the way, Jinglong, how are you taking over the defenders of Nanjing City these days? This is a very important matter. ”

Li Jinglong said: "The defenders took over very smoothly, some unexpectedly, it turned out that this Central China often oppressed the sergeants, secretly withheld food and salary, the soldiers had long complained about him, before copying the Central China family after getting 50,000 taels of silver, after I took the position, I rewarded the sergeants with these money, made up for the previous debts, bought people's hearts, and several other generals were also co-opted by me, who used to be the son of my father's subordinates, plus some of the generals of Cixiwei who I brought were placed in it, and I was able to completely master it. ”

Li Xiao nodded and smiled: "That's good, in this way, the 30,000 defenders will be used by me, and we will have more chips in our hands." After the deed is completed, I will go to the Holy Majesty and report your merits one by one, and the Holy One will definitely reward you. ”

Li Jinglong arched his hand: "Xie Guoshi!" ”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the two immediately fell silent.

Li Jinglong said: "Who? ”

"Father, it's me."

It was Li Jinglong's daughter Li Ruxin who spoke.

"Come in."

After Li Ruxin pushed the door and entered, Li Jinglong said: "Ruxin, don't stay at home, why did you come here in the middle of the night?" ”

The barracks were full of rough men, so after coming to Nanjing, Li Ruxin went back to live in the Cao State Mansion, and Li Jinglong also sent a hundred soldiers to protect her.

Li Ru bowed in her heart and said: "Father, the Cao Guogong Mansion is so big, the daughter lives alone, and she is extremely bored all day long, and the daughter wants her daughter to come and live here." ”

Li Jinglong frowned, and said impatiently: "Don't come, you want to come, how can you leave a female dependents to live in this military camp, it's just nonsense, you just take the train back to Beiping tomorrow, I will ask your mother to tell you about your family as soon as possible, and you can get married." ”

As soon as she heard that her father asked her to return to Beiping, Li Ruxin's eyes were red, "Father, don't drive your daughter away, and your daughter doesn't want to get married, you just want to serve your father." ”

"You girl, you're getting wilder."

Li Jing got up angrily, and was about to teach him a lesson, Li Xiao hurriedly pulled him back, and said with a smile: "Since my niece doesn't want to leave, why do you force her to stay in this military camp, there is no rule in this military camp that you can't leave female dependents." ”

After speaking, Li Xiao looked at Li Ruxin and said, "Niece, uncle helped you make this master, you will stay."

Li Ruxin looked at Li Xiao gratefully, "Thank you, Uncle Li." ”

Li Xiao waved his hand and ordered: "Come on, pass Qiushui, Hibiscus, Xia He, and Begonia." ”

Not long after, four people came to the room, a noble man dressed up, with a beautiful and fair face, about fourteen or fifteen years old, and a woman dressed as a man.

The organization of the new generation cultivated by Li Xiao: Tianmen.

Only he and Zhu Ningyun knew about this organization, and even Liu Dakai didn't know where these people came from, only that they were the cronies of the head of the family.

The twelve generals of Tianmen: eight male generals and four female generals.

The twelve generals have their own strengths, in the art of war, Confucianism, martial arts, commerce, arithmetic, medicine, painting. Medium proficiency in at least two subjects.

These people took in the orphans who almost died during the famine, and selected the seedlings with good talent and began to cultivate.

Qiushui, Furong, Xia He, and Begonia are the four female generals of Tianmen.

This time, the twelve generals poured out of the nest, and they were brought out to experience.

This time to protect those officials who were co-opted by themselves, Tianmen Eight Men will also participate in it.

The woman with a face like a peach blossom and autumn waves like water is the autumn water, the arithmetic is very good, and the martial arts are also extraordinary, she arched her hand and said: "The master of the family, please command." ”

Li Xiao instructed: "This girl Li Ruxin is the daughter of Cao Guogong, her status is extremely noble, and she will live in the barracks next, and the four of you will accompany her and protect her." ”

The four female generals arched their hands and said, "Obey." ”

Qiushui looked at Li Ruxin kindly, and said with a smile: "Miss Li Ruxin, that's great, the four of us will have a new partner after that." ”

"This" Li Jinglong couldn't sit still.

Li Xiao explained with a smile: "Don't panic Cao Guogong, these four are all daughters, disguised as men, and they are my attendants, so you can rest assured if you live in the army, right?" ”

Hearing that it was a woman, Li Jinglong breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand: "I'm tired of the national teacher." ”

After speaking, he looked at his daughter and said, "Daughter, I haven't thanked you Uncle Li." ”

Li Ruxin nodded: "Thank you, Uncle Li." ”

Then, she looked at the four of Qiushui and found that they were all smiling and very easy to get along with.

After introducing each other, they held hands, smiled and chattered away.

'These four women are extraordinary.'

Li Jinglong's gaze swept over the four women, not only outstanding in appearance, but also restrained in strength, as if they all had martial arts, and they were by no means as simple as Li Xiao's attendants.

How many hole cards does the national teacher have?

"Cao Guogong, what do you want?"

"Ah didn't think about anything, it's just that this daughter is too disobedient"

Li Jinglong retracted his thoughts and smiled to hide his embarrassment.

"The female university is not the middle."

Li Xiao laughed: "I see that the daughter of Cao Guogong is now fourteen, and it's time to tell him a good family matter." ”

Li Jinglong said: "I want to too, but for a while, in order to find a suitable family, this daughter can't look down on several sons." ”

Li Xiao stretched out three fingers and said, "Cao Guogong knows that I, Li Xiao, have three hobbies. ”

Li Jinglong said: "I know a little bit about it, one is to pet my daughter-in-law, which is known to the world, and the other is good poetry, famous poems and nouns through the ages. I don't know about the third one."

Li Xiao said with a smile: "The third is that I like to tell people about matchmaking, promote a good marriage, and wish that there are lovers in the world who will eventually become married, but my Li Xiao's biggest wish." ”

Li Jinglong was shocked, and said in his heart that Li Xiao is a model husband in the Ming Dynasty, and it is the dream of thousands of girls in the Ming Dynasty, but the weak water is three thousand, and he only loves Princess Yong'an.

Listening to this meaning, the national teacher wants to give himself a matchmaker.

can make Li Xiao open his mouth to talk about the matchmaker, can it be bad?

Thinking of this, Li Jinglong hurriedly said: "Please also ask Guogong to tell my little daughter a dragon fast son-in-law." ”

Li Xiao picked up the teacup and smiled slightly: "That's what I mean." ”

Li Jinglong said: "The national teacher must have a candidate in his heart, who is it?" ”

Li Xiao said: "Far away in the sky, close in front of you. Yu Qian. ”

The reason why he said this was that Li Xiao knew that Yu Qian would definitely be able to become a talent in the future, but he had no background and his foundation was too shallow, so he finally saved the country but lost his life. If you can marry the daughter of Cao Guogong, you will be above the court in the future, and you will have a family behind you to help the village.

"Yu Qian?"

Li Jinglong thought of this person, and said in surprise: "In this way, this person is not bad, he is the first in everything, and he is quite ambitious, but his background is a little poor." ”

Li Xiao raised his forehead and teased: "Cao Guogong, you just got back your title, and you started to hate the poor and love the rich so soon?" ”

Li Jinglong hurriedly said: "National teacher, I am ignorant, the national teacher was just a farmer back then, and now he is a Ming national teacher, but is Yu Qian really a fast son-in-law of Chenglong?" ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Of course, Yu Qian is just sixteen this year, and your girl is fourteen, this age is just right, and she is talented and beautiful." He is only sixteen, he can be the second in the national examination, it can be seen that the intelligence is outstanding, during this time you have also seen this person compete for the first place, not lagging behind, with good ambitions, and great ambitions, which is definitely not a thing in the pool. I want to cultivate him well, and when I am old, there will be a successor. ”

Hiss.

Li Jinglong didn't expect Li Xiao's evaluation of Qian to be so high.

To be honest, Li Jinglong didn't see that Qian was very powerful, he didn't listen to the previous paragraph, but he listened to the last sentence.

The national teacher should be cultivated in Qian. Do you say that there is a successor?

What does it mean?

In the future, he is not a national teacher, at least he is also a first assistant

"Hahaha, the national teacher knows people with a good eye, I'm not as good as him."

Li Jinglong said excitedly: "This marriage, I, Li Jinglong, are going to decide." ”

Li Xiao nodded slightly, the child can be taught!

(End of chapter)