The pouring rain was like a curtain falling from the sky, enveloping the entire city of Guangzhou.

Ji Gang was standing at the edge of his courtyard, and a group of servants and maids were decorating the living room.

The two round tables were empty, and the time for the opening of the table was getting closer and closer, but Ji Gang felt a faint uneasiness in his heart.

He vaguely felt that something was not right, perhaps the sudden heavy rain had affected him.

It could also be an impending storm in the South China Sea, and he was still a little afraid of it.

His strength, can he find a way out in the cracks of so many powerful forces.

Although he was full of confidence when he talked about it with his brother, he was still hesitant when he was alone.

At this time, he will question his true ability.

But every time he spends time with his subordinates and his brothers, he becomes ambitious again, as if everything is under control.

"Sir, the hour is still there, and none of the guests have yet arrived. Maybe it's the heavy rain that delays them. The housekeeper came to Ji Gang's side and whispered.

"The old slave over there in the kitchen has already ordered, the guests are here, and then the food will be served."

"Hmm."

Ji Gang responded calmly.

"My lord, please inside!"

At this moment, the voice of the subordinate came faintly from the front yard, Ji Gang's expression moved, and finally someone came.

At the same time, the housekeeper beside Ji Gang felt that his master's momentum had changed in an instant.

All of a sudden, it was filled with the momentum of the superior.

"Master, I'll go and see who is here!"

The housekeeper bowed slightly to Ji Gang, then retreated and walked quickly along the corridor towards the front yard.

When the housekeeper hurried to the front yard, and didn't even bother to open an umbrella, and wanted to invite the guests into the house as soon as possible, he found that the two people brought by a subordinate in front of him were not familiar to him.

"Director Liang, Director Liang.

These two should be the guests invited by the master. ”

The man braved the rain to come to the butler and introduced him.

Steward Liang looked at these two people with some suspicion, these two people were not the adults he was familiar with.

Could it be the new brocade guard?

Although Director Liang had doubts in his heart, he still stepped forward and saluted the two respectfully.

Because he knew that the guards in the front room of his house were extremely tightly guarded, and if he could let his subordinates bring him in, there would definitely be no problem with the identity of the other party.

And these two people are none other than Liu Xin and Rokuro.

In front of Ji Gang's mansion, there are brocade guards with knives to guard.

For a fellow commander of the Jinyi Guard, such a configuration is actually in line with the system.

Officials above the fourth rank are eligible to have their own guards.

A military attache like Ji Gang can be equipped with ten guards.

In fact, under actual circumstances, generally speaking, there will be many low-level Jinyi captains who voluntarily come to Ji Gang's house to watch the door.

Because this is a good opportunity for the Jinyi lieutenant at the bottom to step up to the sky.

After checking the waist card of the brocade guard at the door, the two brocade captains who guarded the door respectfully welcomed Liu Xin and Liulang in.

Although the two don't know Liu Xin and Liulang, Jinyiwei's waist card can't be faked.

Since they are the lords, they have the qualifications to enter the mansion, and they don't even dare to ask more.

Director Liang also didn't dare to ask more, but just welcomed the two into the backyard.

But he had vaguely guessed something.

When Director Liang introduced Liu Xin and Rokuro into the backyard, he led them straight to the side hall.

Instead of the main hall where Ji Gang opened the banquet today.

After arranging everything properly, Director Liang left respectfully.

He walked briskly towards the main hall, and at the same time arranged for his subordinates to call in the two guards at the door.

Ji Gang in the main hall was still standing at the edge of the corridor, he stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the gloomy sky and the increasing rain, and there was a faint heaviness in his heart.

Director Liang walked quickly in front of Ji Gang, and a trace of surprise flashed in Ji Gang's eyes.

"Sir!"

It was actually the two words of Director Liang, and Ji Gang had already heard the unusualness.

Under Ji Gang's glance, Director Liang directly retreated from the people around him.

"Sir, there are two guests in the front yard, but I don't know their identities and have never seen them."

Ji Gang frowned, he knew that Director Liang did everything well, and there must be follow-ups.

Sure enough, two captains wearing brocade guards flying fish suits hurried over.

Ji Gang knew that these two people were watching the door for themselves.

He quietly waited for Director Liang's follow-up explanation.

Director Liang waited for the two brocade-clothed lieutenants to come close and asked aloud:

"Did the two guests who just came here identify themselves?"

One of the two captains stepped forward and replied respectfully: "Back to Director Liang's words, one of these two guests is holding the token of the Jinyi Guard!" ”

Director Liang's face changed slightly, and he turned his head to look at Ji Gang.

Ji Gang's eyelids jumped subconsciously, and then waved his hand to let the two brocade captains leave.

"Master, this ......"

What Director Liang wants to say is that in the entire Guangdong Province, there should be only one Jinyi guard.

And this is also a good brother of the master, and Director Liang is also very familiar with each other.

But the two people who have come here are very young, and Director Liang doesn't know any of them.

"The captain will never mistake the token, which means that the person who came is really holding the waist card of the brocade guard!"

Ji Gang said so, the people who guarded the door for him were all elites among the captains of Jinyiwei, and they would never mistake Jinyiwei's waist card.

"Could that be ......?"

Director Liang suddenly looked frightened and thought of a possibility.

If this token is true, but there is only one Jinyi Wei in the entire Guangdong Province.

So is there something wrong with Qi Miyuan!

Thinking of this, Director Liang was already a little chilled.

But Ji Gang shook his head calmly.

"It's impossible that if he had snatched the token from Qi Miyuan, he wouldn't have blatantly appeared here.

Let's go, I'll go with you to see, who is the sacred? ”

Ji Gang actually already had a guess in his heart, but he didn't need to tell Director Liang.

Along the corridor, Ji Gang came to the side hall without hurrying.

As soon as he entered the side hall, Ji Gang saw Liu Xin and Rokuro sitting upright in the living room.

Ji Gang frowned slightly, because he didn't know these two people either.

If it was really sent by the imperial capital, then he shouldn't have known it.

At first, he thought it would be Wei Fuchuan, but he didn't expect to see two particularly young young people.

But the doubts in his heart were only fleeting.

There was nothing on his face that could represent what he was really thinking at the moment.

The moment he saw Liu Xin and Rokuro, in addition to the slight stunned, a smile instantly appeared on his face.

"The two of them, if you are far away, in the next Ji Gang, you will also look forward to the two Haihan."

When Liu Xin and Liulang saw Ji Gang entering, Liu Xin slowly got up and saluted Ji Gang back.

"The younger generation of Jinyi Wei is Liu Xin, and I have seen my predecessors."

As he spoke, Liu Xin took out a waist card from his arms.

When the waist card was taken out, Ji Gang actually knew that it was true.

But he still stepped forward and took the waist card over and looked at it carefully.

He was able to determine that it was not his brother's piece.

But this one is real, and judging from its material and workmanship, this is a new waist card, and it will definitely not take out more than half a year from the treasury of Jinyiwei.

Because of his many years of experience in the imperial capital, Ji Gang was able to judge these details in an instant.

After handing the waist card back to Liu Xin, Ji Gang smiled and spoke.

"Brother Liu doesn't need to be polite, and you don't need to call me senior, you just call me brother.

My brother is from the imperial capital, right? The road was smooth. ”

Ji Gang's words made both Rokuro and Director Liang look surprised on their faces.

Especially Director Liang, he couldn't even suppress the fear on his face.

At this juncture, Director Liang knows very well what a brocade guard from the imperial capital means.

He felt that he couldn't suppress the throbbing in his heart, so he made an excuse to leave.

Ji Gang warmly invited Liu Xin and Rokuro to sit down.

Liu Xin took the waist card back into his arms, and did not sit down according to Ji Gang's words, but smiled and answered Ji Gang's question just now.

"I went all the way south from the imperial capital, the road was relatively smooth, I didn't encounter any trouble, and I came all the way, but it took half a month's effort.

Seniors are seniors after all, and seniors, your grade is still higher than mine, so it stands to reason that I have to give you the gift of a subordinate. ”

Ji Gang had already sat down by himself at this time, and poured himself a cup of hot tea from the teapot on the table.

"It's been more than half a month, and the road is really smooth.

My brother came to this South China Sea, but he brought an order from the Daisama? ”

Liu Xin shook his head, in the face of Ji Gang's temptation at the moment, Liu Xin did not plan to go around in circles with the other party.

Now he is running out for time.

"I wasn't ordered by Dai-sama."

Ji Ganggang's eyes flickered because of Liu Xin's answer, but he was shocked by Liu Xin's next sentence.

"I was ordered by Admiral Mi of the East Factory to go south.

I have here an order that can cut off the entire three provinces of the South China Sea, Dongchang Jinyiwei! ”

As he spoke, Liu Xinyou took out a token from his arms.

This time, he didn't take out Jinyiwei's token.

A piece of gold-encrusted jade token is engraved with only one word:

Rice!

When he saw this token, Ji Gang's pupils suddenly contracted.

And then......

Liu Xin slowly came to Ji Gang's side, and there was a condescending feeling. Looking down at Ji Gang and said:

"Master Ji, you are guilty!"

Bang dang!

Liu Xin's words made Ji Gang's face suddenly gloomy.

And Director Liang, who was holding the teapot and preparing to come in, heard Liu Xin's low voice at the door, and his hands trembled uncontrollably, and the teapot suddenly fell to the ground.

"Liu Yanshi, what do you mean by this?"

Although Ji Gang sat at the bottom, his sudden burst of momentum was like a tiger lying up, as if he was biting at any time.

Liulang behind Liu Xin faced this rushing deterrence.

Although both sides are inferior Dacheng realms, Rokuro has a clear feeling at this time, he has no certainty that he can defeat Ji Gang at all!

On the other hand, Liu Xin stood still in such an impact, and his expression did not change in the slightest.

Sure enough, as Liu Xin himself expected, Ji Gang's strength has indeed surpassed the ordinary inferior Dacheng realm.

His momentum alone has faintly reached the realm of mid-grade Dacheng.

The same is true of his cultivation.

Judging from the attribute panel, Ji Gang is only a little less talented, if his talent is higher, he may be in the middle grade Dacheng realm by now.

Of course, it may also be because he is too good at business.

He has forcibly gone from an ordinary brocade guard to his current status.

This is not something that ordinary people can do.

Even if he is a person with high cultivation, he may not be able to do what Ji Gang does.

And if you have achieved relatively high grades and high status in a certain field, there must be something beyond ordinary people.

Therefore, Liu Xin does not have any underestimation in the face of today's Ji Gang.

Every step that follows counts.

It can even be said that this is Liu Xin's first attempt to surrender without a fight.

It was also the first time he had used anything other than force to subdue such a master.

Ji Gang is definitely a master, and at the same time, he is also an old silver coin that has been in the officialdom for more than 30 years.

It's certainly not as good as De'an's, but it's definitely very difficult.

Liu Xin smiled slightly, in terms of strength, he was actually not afraid of Ji Gang at all.

Ji Gang's real combat power is about the same as that of Rokuro.

But if you really want to fight, Ji Gang may not be able to beat Rokuro.

As for the pressure that Rokuro felt, Liu Xin actually didn't feel it.

With the Dao Breaking Sword in his hand and the mysterious technique [Star Change] that he had to obtain through the task panel, Liu Xin knew that his true combat power should be at the level of an ordinary mid-grade Dacheng realm.

"Master Ji, this time I was ordered to tour the south, and I found a lot of interesting things along the way, so you might as well let me tell Lord Ji."

Ji Gang squinted, his eyes full of oppression.

"But smell it!"

Ji Gang's heart was already thinking about the purpose of Liu Xin's coming here.

First of all, Ji Gang believes that the purpose of Liu Xinlai's visit should not be the next turmoil in the South China Sea.

After all, for people like Ji Gang who have lived in the South China Sea for a long time, they only vaguely feel that the wind and rain are coming.

In addition, he is very close to the clan of the South China Sea, and there are some channels for information.

The outside world should not have felt the brewing storm yet.

And those clans in the South China Sea have been trying their best to hide this matter.

Even Ji Gang knew that some high-ranking and powerful adults in the DPRK were hiding for the South China Sea in the group.

Ji Gang is even more convinced that Liu Xin came this time for Wang Zhongjie's business!

It has been two or three months since Wang Zhongming's deed.

During this time, Ji Gang has actually been waiting for people from the imperial capital,

Because he didn't believe that De'an was such a generous person that he could not blame them for the past.

Wang Zhongjie had many henchmen during his reign, and he Ji Gang was one of them, and he is also one of the highest-ranking henchmen today.

As Ji Gang, who has worked with Dai De'an for a period of time, he asked himself that he still knows a lot about Dai De'an.

I couldn't see that Dai De'an had any ambitions at all, and this old boy seemed to be a good old man who had no desires and no desires.

Because of his loyalty, he hugged Mi Yusong's thighs again, so he was able to become the leader of Nanzhen Fusi.

But now it seems that Ji Gang's opinion of Dai De'an has always been wrong.

This is a poisonous insect that hides in the shadows.

Deliver a fatal blow when you're defenseless.

What Wang Zhongjie has done, in fact, Ji Gang is not too clear.

Although it is the henchman of his henchmen,

But Ji Gang's ability, to put it bluntly, Wang Zhongjie is very clear.

Ji Gang was able to get to where he is now, and Wang Zhongjie was also very surprised.

But even if Ji Gang can go higher, he is not a suitable subordinate in Wang Zhongjie's eyes.

This also saved Ji Gang's life.

If it weren't for Dai De'an to find out, Ji Gang would not have been involved in Wang Zhongjie's matter.

Ji Gang's life has long been unsaved.

But Ji Gang didn't know this.

Because he didn't know why Wang Zhongjie fell, let alone know that he had actually wandered around the ghost gate a few times.

And what he was thinking about now was that Dai Dean photographed the young man in front of him, and he came to the South China Sea, maybe he wanted to settle accounts after the autumn.

"Master Ji, how many Jinyi guards are there in the entire Guangdong Province?"

Ji Gang also thought that Liu Xin would directly throw out a sharp topic, because he could feel from the other party's state that the other party was ready to go straight to the core of the problem.

But now it's such a brainless question, which makes Ji Gang feel a little confused.

But he still answered honestly.

"About two thousand people."

"More than two thousand... As the commander of the Jinyi Guard in Guangdong Province, Lord Ji doesn't even know how many people he has? ”

Liu Xin's question made Ji Gang suddenly realize something.

"The one in charge of this matter is Qi Miyuan, who, like Lord Liu, is also the secretary of the Jinyi Guard.

I've assigned him to be responsible for all these things, so it shouldn't be out of line with Lord Liu to do this, right? ”

"Naturally, there is nothing wrong with it. As the supreme governor of Jinyiwei in Guangdong Province, Master Ji has the right to arrange the affairs of Jinyiwei.

Then this question will be answered after Qi Miyuan and Qi Yi's affairs arrive. ”

Liu Xin easily gave up on this question.

This move made Ji Gang faintly feel that something was wrong.

But the next moment, Liu Xin threw out another sharp question.

"According to my investigation on the way south, I found that there are thousands and hundreds of households in Jinyi and Wei all over Guangdong Province, and they have their own residences in each place.

As I recall, the expatriate Jinyi guards were not supposed to live in their own guards, or in the barracks of the provincial military. ”

Talking about this issue, Ji Gang almost didn't hesitate before opening his mouth to explain.

He had already figured out how to answer questions like this.

Because of the annual internal picketing of Jinyiwei, that is, the examination of Jinyiwei conducted by the Nanzhen Fusi on the Jinyiwei in various provinces, almost every time a similar question will be asked.

And every time he would explain the question perfectly with the same answer.

"Lord Liu, you may not know the customs of this Guangdong Province."

"Oh, could it be that this has something to do with some customs in Guangdong Province?"

A look of curiosity appeared on Liu Xin's face at the right time.

"This is natural, especially related to the military household system in Guangdong Province.

Lord Liu must also know that Guangdong Province is the largest grain producing area of the imperial court.

Therefore, the military household system in Guangdong Province is also different from the military household system in other places.

The number of acres of land under the jurisdiction of the military households here is extremely large, and it will even affect the daily training of the military households.

Therefore, the major clans in Guangdong Province will send some people to help our military households cultivate acres.

This is a family of military and civilians.

The major clans in Guangdong Province are grateful to the military households for guarding their homes for them, so this custom has been practiced for more than ten years.

Originally, the Jinyi Guards of Guangdong Province were stationed with these military households.

But later, we found that the major clans still have a fear and resistance to Jinyiwei.

Later, I came forward to communicate with the major clans.

In the end, it was decided that our Jinyi Guard would move out of the barracks where the military household was located. ”

Liu Xin frowned and listened to Ji Gang's explanation.

Ji Gang saw that Liu Xin didn't seem to be very incomprehensible, so he laughed lightly.

"Hehe, Lord Liu is still too young, and he may not know that this South China Sea land is the least welcoming Jinyiwei.

If I want to talk about this matter, it will involve some things from a long time ago. ”

"No, I think I should be clear.

It's not the contradiction between the major clans and Jinyiwei, but the contradiction between the scholar and Jinyiwei! ”

Ji Gang smiled slightly, since Liu Xin knew, then he didn't have to bother to explain some cliché stories for him.

"Lord Liu is erudite, Ji admires!

Because there are such and such contradictions between the clans of the South China Sea and the Jinyiwei.

Before I came to Nanhai to manage the Jinyiwei here, the Jinyiwei work here was actually very difficult to carry out.

In the entire Zhengyang Five Domains, this South China Sea boundary is the most exclusive to Jinyiwei.

Many things are difficult to execute, both overtly and covertly.

And all I did was transfer all the probes on the surface of the brocade guard to the underwater.

After more than ten years of subtle transformation, the presence of Jinyiwei in the South China Sea has been reduced to the lowest in history!

In recent years, through such measures, Jinyiwei's exploration work has been greatly improved.

I will report this to Beizhen Fusi every year...... Well, the previous commander was very appreciative of this kind of progress we made.

I just don't know this generation's adult ...... What kind of attitude will it be. ”

After Ji Gang finished speaking, he observed Liu Xin's expression, but there was no major change in expression on Liu Xin's face.

"I understand what Master Ji meant, but what does this have to do with their expensive houses?

I found some 100 households, and the market price of the house is nearly 1,000 taels of silver!

There are also thousands of houses in the inner city core of Guangzhou City, even some big families in Guangdong do not have many such houses!

Will they be able to afford to buy such a house? ”

When Ji Gang heard Liu Xin's questioning, he didn't panic at all, and his tone even began to become a little resentful.

"Lord Liu, you don't know how hard the life of the Jinyi Guard in this South China Sea is!"