Dada......

It had been ten days since he set out from Hanzhong, and Chitu's legs were almost better, running happily on the official road, and Liu Xin was sitting on another horse, he had not ridden Chitu yet.

Chitu ran back from a distance, snorting, it rubbed Liu Xin's leg, just when Liu Xin touched its head, thinking that Chitu would run away as usual, Chitu didn't go.

It pushed its head against the horse on which Liu Xin was sitting, and kept neighing. Seeing that Liu Xin did not get off the horse, Chitu suddenly became anxious, took two steps back, and then stood up directly, and hissed from his mouth.

The horse under Liu Xin's seat suddenly panicked, stopped, and his body shook, Liu Xin naturally didn't fall, just smiled bitterly.

There was a laugh of surprise behind him: "Liu Qianhu, this horse of yours is psychic!" ”

It was Guo Yong who spoke, he smiled and rode up, his eyes lit up, and he watched Chitu stand up again, this time, Chitu's front hooves kicked weakly, and the horse under Liu Xin's seat was even more panicked.

"Okay, okay, I'll come down now!" Liu Xin seemed to be coaxing his wife, he turned over and dismounted, Chitu suddenly came up, affectionately arched his head to Liu Xin's arm, and then turned the horse and turned his body to the side of Liu Xin.

Liu Xin smiled, turned over and got on the horse, the red rabbit has no saddle, brins, stirrups and other things, and ordinary people can't sit on the smooth back of the horse, but Liu Xin is no problem.

The red rabbit let out a loud neigh, and then spread the horse's hooves, and without how Liu Xin could control it, he rushed straight forward, and ran out two or three hundred meters at once, and the red rabbit even turned his head and snorted loudly behind him.

Guo Yong was blessed to the heart and said: "This treasure horse of Liu Qianhu seems to want us to chase him!" ”

Ding Mingfu laughed, he had a hearty personality, and without saying a word, he urged the horse under the seat and chased after him.

Liu Fu was the most honest, staying behind and not moving, Guo Yong thought about it and rode his horse to chase after him.

Everyone was in a good mood, because it was only half a day away from the imperial capital. At the back end of the team, there were nearly 100 Jinyi guards following, which was transferred by Liu Xin in the name of Nanzhen Fusi along the way.

After all, the prisoner car is Qin Guogong's righteous son, who knows if someone will come to hijack the prisoner car without opening his eyes, although Liu Xin estimates that with Qin Guogong's rank, there is no need to do this kind of thing at all, because he only needs to say a few words in front of His Majesty, and it will be no problem to save Chen Nianji's life.

Moreover, the evidence in Chen Nianji's case is really detailed, it is almost an iron case, except for His Majesty the Emperor who left a small life in the face of Qin Guogong, no one can save him.

In the past few days, Chen Nianji has been locked up in the prison car, the weather is very good, there is no rain, so he has no chance to leave the prison car. After being locked up for these days, his cheeks are sunken, his lips are chapped, his hair is tangled, and he has lost his former arrogance.

On the contrary, his biological father Chen An still maintains a trace of his original demeanor, maybe he still has a trace of luck in his heart, after all, his son's father-in-law is the Duke of Qin, the world's first-class noble, the military boss, and the existence of the entire Zhengyang Kingdom under one person and above 10,000 people!

In Chen An's heart, Qin Guogong is the best person under the emperor.

Just after the Jinyiwei's team walked away, a man and a rider slowly appeared on the official road, this person watched the Jinyiwei's team go away, his legs clamped the horse's belly, the horse turned smoothly, and left in the opposite direction of the Jinyiwei team.

The horse came to a col not far away, where several horses were tied to the trees, and several northern barbarians led by Buhe were taking refuge in the summer.

"Buhe, they are already close to the Central Plains Capital, we have no chance, do you want to come hard?" The man dismounted, came to Buhe's side, and said in the Northern Barbarian language.

Buhe was holding a piece of roasted sweet potato in his hand, and when he heard the words, he pinched it hard, and the sweet potato suddenly became sweet potato puree, and he gritted his teeth and said in Northern Barbarian language: "That Jinyiwei named Liu Xin, next time I come back, I will definitely find a chance to kill him!" ”

The knight had already sat down, picked up the lotus leaf on the side and fanned it, and asked in Northern Barbarian language, "Buhe, are you ready to give up?" ”

Bu He replied hatefully: "That Liu Xin is very timid, and he has found so many people to guard him along the way, we have no chance, so we can only retreat!" ”

What he didn't notice was that the rest of the Northern Barbarian warriors all had relieved expressions on their faces, and they didn't want to be sent to death.

Chitu ran hard for nearly five miles, but Ding Mingfu and Guo Yong behind couldn't keep up, so they stopped halfway.

Liu Xin stroked Chitu's neck, feeling the soft hair, Chitu is a hybrid horse, the original mottled hair has all faded after nearly half a month of careful care, leaving this beautiful hair now.

The speed and endurance of the red rabbit surprised Liu Xin, you must know that ordinary horses run about eighty miles in an hour, this is a uniform speed, if the speed of the explosion, the fastest can reach about two hundred miles in an hour, but this is a short burst, run with all your strength for about two miles, and the speed of the horse will gradually slow down, just like the mounts of Ding Mingfu and Guo Yong.

The horses of Jinyiwei are basically good horses, horses and weapons, they are divided into four classes on the rivers and lakes, and the highest class is called the divine horse, which is generally a gifted thoroughbred horse, just like the Lu horse that appeared in history. The second class is the treasure horse, and the second is the good horse.

A qualified war horse must be a good horse, and those with an outstanding ability are considered treasure horses.

"Chitu, I didn't expect you to be a treasure horse! Liu Xin stroked Chitu's fur and smiled.

The durability explosive power is so strong, it must be a treasure horse.

It didn't take long for Ding Mingfu and Guo Yong to catch up, and Guo Yong said: "Congratulations to Liu Qianhu for getting a treasure horse!" ”

Ding Mingfu also hurriedly followed Daoxi, and Liu Xin waved his hand, signaling that there was no need for these politenesses.

Liu Xin didn't hide the origin of the red rabbit from a few people, and he got a treasure horse without spending a gold or silver, which was definitely a big joy.

A treasure horse is worth at least 1,000 taels of silver, and with Liu Xin's money, even if some other income is added, the income of up to two or three hundred taels of silver a year cannot afford it. And that's not even counting the daily expenses, and if you want to buy a horse, you have to see if someone is willing to sell you.

Those noble second generations who went to the military horse farm, in order to choose good horses, the family spent thousands of taels of silver and a lot of favors to do it. Moreover, these noble families are originally the faction of the Duke of Qin, otherwise no matter how much money there is, there will be no chance.

Liu Xin's heart is actually happy.

Half a day later, Liu Xin was even happier.

Finally returned to the imperial capital, came to Nanzhen Fusi to report on his work, and commanded the Tongzhi Dai De'an to meet in person, and the meeting was a compliment.

Of course, this compliment refers to the case in the military horse farm, and Dai De'an even said that the Dongchang is very satisfied with Liu Xin's action this time, and even the action of arresting Qi Ji is pressed to wait for Liu Xin to come back.

This is all a later story, Liu Xin also understands that this is just a polite gesture, Qi Ji is the right attendant of the military department, a dignified and upright third-grade officer, not casually. His henchmen, protégés, and forces in the court, this is not just a matter of catching one person, even if he is the only one who really commits the crime, when he actually masturbates, he will definitely pull out the radish and bring out the mud.

There has never been a lone person in the court, either everyone lives together or dies together, this is party struggle.

After praising Liu Xin, Dai De'an's face turned straight and said: "Chen Nianji's situation, I have received your documents, before you enter the city today, Qin Guogong arrived in the imperial capital one step earlier, and now he is in the palace, and the Admiral is also there, he already knows about this matter." ”

Liu Xin said tentatively: "Could there be any changes?" ”

Dai De'an said with a smile: "There is no change, this is an iron case, with Qin Guogong's temperament, even if it is his own son, he can personally carry it and throw it into the edict." ”

"That..."Liu Xin didn't understand what Dai De'an meant by saying these words.

Dai De'an explained with a smile: "Let me remind you first, Qin Guogong is a relatively impatient person, although his temper has improved a lot over the years, but once he is unhappy, it is inevitable to beat you." ”

"Ahh Liu Xin didn't expect this to be the case.

"Of course, you don't have to worry, Qin Guogong doesn't beat people easily, the last time he beat people, the object seems to be Prince Yan!"

Prince Yan! That's His Majesty's brother-in-law today, my mother, even Prince Yan dares to beat him, this Duke of Qin is really... It's terrifying!

Seeing the frightened look on Liu Xin's face, Dai De comforted Su and laughed, Liu Xin looked over puzzled, and Dai De'an explained:

"Prince Yan is a disciple of Qin Guogong, and it is only natural to beat him."

I see, but I'm still afraid, although he was beaten because Prince Yan was a disciple, but after all, he was also a royal family, and he was also a prince, a super prince, how dare he Qin Guogong, I can only say that his temper is really too bad.

"However, Chen Nianji's case, you have done a good job, if such a person lets him come to the imperial capital to report on his work and become a thousand households, it is definitely not a good thing for Jinyiwei!"

Dai De'an diligently said a few words to Liu Xin, then asked him to go back to rest, and come back tomorrow to be on duty, before leaving, he gave Liu Xin a word:

Shape up or ship out

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Liu Xin felt this in his heart, but he still accepted the words with gratitude on his face.

Dai De'an also instructed Liu Xin to hang this character on the wall of the duty room or his own study for self-reflection.

Liu Xin complained again in his heart, thinking that your words still want to be on my wall, phew, only a character like Lord Admiral can inscribe on my wall, and even inscription on me is okay!

Liu Xin is Mi Yusong's fan brother, after all, he is a grandmaster!

Back to the long-lost Liufu, there is no one at home, the aunt may have gone out for an outing, it seems that since the uncle's death', this aunt has been outing with her good sisters every day, but this is okay, everyone has been in contact with each other for a short time, after all, there is some strangeness and estrangement.

Liu Xin found Senior Brother Cheng's residence, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he faintly smelled a smell of medicine, Liu Xin frowned slightly, but he didn't think much about it.

Walking around the corner of the corridor, Liu Xin saw Senior Brother Cheng boxing in a small courtyard, and the latter was boxing very slowly.

"Senior Brother Cheng, I'm back!" Liu Xin's words frightened Senior Brother Cheng, who turned around, but it was a pale face!

"What's wrong with you!" Liu Xin stepped forward quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, in Senior Brother Cheng's room

There was a strong smell of medicine here, as if to cover up the imperceptible smell of blood, but Liu Xin had a good nose and could smell it.

"The stronghold of the covert investigation team has been attacked, how is this possible!" After listening to Senior Brother Cheng's simple description, Liu Xin still felt incredible.

On the day Liu Xin left the imperial capital, the strongholds of the covert investigation team were attacked, and the covert investigation team seemed to have only discovered the clues at the last moment, so they rushed to meet the enemy.

With Senior Brother Cheng's strength, in the end, he only escorted several members of the secret investigation team to evacuate the imperial capital, and the other party's strength was extremely strong, and he directly seriously injured Senior Brother Cheng.

Fortunately, Senior Brother Cheng ran fast in the end, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to see Senior Brother Cheng now.

"Could it be someone from the imperial court?" Liu Xin guessed that when he left the imperial capital, the Duke of Jiangyin was still in the city, perhaps at that time, the secret investigation team was found to be the heel.

"It's hard to say, it should be Emperor Wu City who is dealing with us, but when we find our heels, almost all of our strongholds have been found, this ability, maybe Jinyiwei, maybe Dongchang." Senior Brother Cheng said bitterly.

"Martial Emperor City, Martial Marquis!" Liu Xin said solemnly.

Everyone in the Wuhou of Wudi City is an extremely elite spy, and the Wuhou of Wudi City is stronger in personal force, if you want to talk about intelligence ability, the secret investigation team is not inferior to Wuhou, but it is far inferior in force.

"Why did Emperor Wu City do something to us?" Liu Xin was a little puzzled.

Senior Brother Cheng shook his head and said: "This is not clear, now the strongholds in the imperial capital have been pulled out, and the remaining team members are only single digits, I have reported this news to the team leader, and the team leader has given an order, we need to be silent for a while." ”

After a pause, Senior Brother Cheng continued: "After a period of time, it is estimated that you will have to carry it yourself. ”

Liu Xin suddenly became solemn, without the secret investigation team, it would be difficult for him to rise quickly in the talented Jinyiwei. After a long time in Jinyiwei, I learned that this organization was strong.

The Liu Licheng he came into contact with was the most mediocre one, but he had strong personal strength and was born as a disciple of Emperor Wu City, which was also a strength. The rest are like Dai De'an, he has never been able to see through this person, Dai De'an is like an old Confucian student, but he seems to know a little bit of everything, he is old-fashioned, his eyes seem to be a little cloudy, but he seems to be unusually accurate in seeing people.

Yuan Dongxiang of Dongchang is a meticulous and delicate person, and at the same time he is also very experienced and highly cultivated.

Liu Xin sighed, he still underestimated the court.

It will take at least half a year for Senior Brother Cheng's injuries to fully recover, which is a serious injury that really hurts his lungs, and the secret investigation team is dormant in the imperial capital, and if he wants to borrow the power of the secret investigation team, it may not be more than half a year.

was still chatting with Senior Brother Cheng, and the servants at home came over and said that there was an invitation from the Duke of Qin.

Liu Xin suddenly felt bad, Senior Brother Cheng already knew what Liu Xin did in Hanzhong, and he was also surprised in his heart, and at this time, Qin Guogong sent someone to invite, I don't know if it was a blessing or a curse.

But Qin Guogong's personality is here, and he can't go away, and he doesn't dare not go.

"Senior Brother Cheng, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, I'm going, if I can't come back, I have a letter under my pillow."

Without waiting for Liu Xin to finish speaking, Senior Brother Cheng said: "I will definitely do it for you, let's say, who are you going to give it to?" ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said solemnly: "That's my silver this month, ten silver tickets of three taels, please keep it for me!" ”

Senior Brother Cheng was surprised: "You have increased your income!" ”

Liu Xin said strangely: "I'm now an official Qianhu!" ”

Before he left the imperial capital, he was still a temporary deputy Qianhu, not real, and Yu Lu would not change, which Dai De'an also made clear to him, only after the completion of the task, this appointment will be officially appointed.

This time I came back, it happened to be the day of receiving the Lu, he was the Jinyi guard who came in early July, and he routinely had to deduct the previous days, but because he had made meritorious contributions, he did not deduct it, a full thirty taels of silver and a stone of rice, which was the treatment from the fifth grade, which was a lot higher than the hundred households of the sixth grade.

Senior Brother Cheng suddenly realized that during this time, because of the matter of the secret investigation team, he had been uneasy in his heart, and he actually forgot about it.

"That's good, the pot is almost impossible to open at home, and it just so happens that you have a fortune, which can be used at home." Senior Brother Cheng sighed.

"Wait!" Liu Xin keenly found the problem and asked, "What do you mean that you can't open the pot at home!" ”

Senior Brother Cheng was surprised: "You don't know? ”

Liu Xin said: "What do I know? ”

Senior Brother Cheng snapped his fingers and said: "Your uncle's funeral, a big feast, directly cost nearly a hundred taels, the family cash used seventy-seven eighty-eight, this month, the family expenses are not small, the silver deposit is almost bottomed out, a few days ago your aunt came to me to discuss." ”

"You are the head of the family, and you have to support the family!" Senior Brother Cheng added.

Liu Xin: "..."

I'm still a child, how can I suddenly take on such an unbearable responsibility.

"What is the average cost of the family..."

"It's about twenty taels, and in the autumn, it is estimated that it will cost more to buy new clothes at home."

"I remember that my uncle is a hundred households, and his monthly income is only fifteen taels, how can he afford the expenses of twenty taels a month!"

"Your uncle has other income, and you don't want to accept bribes and extort the store."

"That's... What about Senior Brother Cheng, what about your Yulu? ”

"I have only a lot of money, and I am a long-term worker in your family, not a slave who bought my body, I don't ask you for wages, it is already on our relationship!"

"Ah, that..."

"Before you go to the Qin State Mansion, give me the silver ticket for safekeeping."

Liu Xin was completely speechless, the joy of the promotion and salary increase was gone, and he roared again in his heart.

I'm still a kid!

In the evening, a carriage from the Duke of Qin came to the gate of Liufu, and after the people passed it, Liu Xin came out and got into the carriage.

He changed into his regular clothes, his expression was serious, he had now recovered from the pain of losing his silver, although he did not have the backing of the secret investigation team, but he still had to be strong, he had to work hard, and strive for an early promotion, I heard that the salary of Zheng Wupin was fifty taels, so that he could save money.

As for the Duke of Qin... Don't worry, I'll go along with it.

As long as you don't mess with me, everything is easy to say.

When he received Qin Guogong's invitation, Liu Xin reacted to Dai De'an's hint today.

It's just that Dai Dean didn't say that today is a disaster or an opportunity.

is beating people again, and he is a disciple, Dai De'an, an old Confucian student, can't he speak well, he has to hint.

The body shook slightly, the carriage started, Liu Xin suddenly had a change of mind, lifted the curtain, and asked the senior coachman: "Excuse me, how much silver does your carriage need to spend every month to maintain, just talk about your horse!" ”

The coachman didn't expect the lord to be so polite, and hurriedly replied, "Returning to my lordship, this ordinary horse costs about two taels of forage per month, and other saddle bridles and the like, fifty cents a month is enough." ”

Liu Xin's face turned white, and he hesitated and continued to ask: "Then what if, I mean, if it's a treasure horse?" ”

The coachman was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Treasure horse, it is expensive, and the forage must be a mixture of coarse and concentrate, chicken eggs and fish, regular trimming of the horse's hooves, and..."

"Okay, okay, just tell me how much it costs!" Liu Xin held his forehead and couldn't bear to listen.

But the groom had his back to him, and naturally he didn't know his current expression, so he calculated: "Every month, at least fifteen taels!" ”

Fifteen taels!

Bang~~

There seemed to be a muffled thunder in the sky, and Liu Xin retracted weakly into the carriage.