"My lord, this is new news from the brothers in front, and there is still no movement from the praying mantis." A young military attache of the Black Sword Guard stood respectfully in front of Zhao Ping and handed him a secret letter.

"It's hard work, you go down first." Zhao Ping nodded and said.

The young military attache didn't leave immediately, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "Yu Hou, the lower officer has a question in his heart, I don't know if to ask?" ”

"You're trying to ask, why do I suddenly want you to stare at our former own people?"

"Yes, although it hasn't been a long time since Xia Guan entered the Black Sword Guard, he has heard of the prestige of Qu Changqing's predecessors, and it is impossible for someone like him to go to the traitor department, right?"

Zhao Ping put down an official document in his hand, sighed, and said, "I hope not, but people will change." ”

The young military attache didn't dare to ask any more questions, and after saying, "Then the lower officer will retire first," he left the house.

After his subordinates withdrew, Zhao Ping's gaze returned to the table in front of him. On the flat wooden table, three letters are neatly arranged. One is a letter from his cousin Xu Jincheng, one is a secret letter from the subordinate who just went out, and one is a notice from the inside of the Black Knife Guard.

Zhao Ping rubbed his somewhat swollen forehead, and a deep sense of exhaustion welled up from the bottom of his heart. After he submitted the summary of the Xieyang Dao case, the fold handed in was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no response. Zhao Ping wanted to submit another excerpt, but the excerpt had not yet been handed in, and the imperial court suddenly carried out a wave of purges of the Black Sword Guard.

In just three days, many military attachés who had been close to Sun Jinyong were either censored or removed from the Criminal Procuratorate. Zhao Ping had a hunch in his heart that he might not have much time to sit in the position of the Black Sword Guard Yu Hou. The reason why there has not been any rumor that he is going to attack Zhao Ping in the DPRK is mostly because he unabashedly counted Sun Jinyong's crimes in the fold he submitted before.

"That is, to the military attaché, he will be so resolute." Zhao Ping smiled bitterly in his heart, and then picked up the letter sent by his cousin, in which Xu Jincheng told in detail about the scene of his first meeting with Shi Cheng and Shi Cheng's attention to the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce. Zhao Ping read it line by line, and he couldn't help but think of the unsightly Xilu Danshi in his heart, no matter what kind of situation he faced, he always seemed to have a way.

"The Criminal Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, and the Criminal Law Department, which coordinates the criminal affairs of the two prisons, are different from other yamen, and the appointment and dismissal of senior civil and military officials of the 'three punishments' needs to be approved by the Great Wei, even if the imperial court wants to remove me from my post, it will not move so quickly, and I still have some time to ......."

"Gotta find a time to meet him and see if he has any ideas." Zhao Ping made up his mind in his heart, "There are still three days left before the Yuanliu City Lord visits, so it's better to pick that day, the rest of the days are very busy." ”

"Anyway, if you have to leave sooner or later, then I must pull out your tail in the royal city before leaving!"

……

After breakfast, Shi Cheng's servants in the mansion prepared a car, and then went to Hu's mansion with Wu Neng and Tie Mian, because when they were in Yunqiu City, Mrs. Hu had already left an address for the three of them, so for Shi Cheng and the three of them, it was not a difficult thing to find a residence for a foreign merchant in the Western Desert King City at this time.

After getting out of the carriage, Wu Neng looked at the somewhat desolate scene around him, and couldn't help but say, "I really didn't expect that a rich businessman would choose to live in such a place. ”

However, Tie Mian had some different opinions: "I looked at the map below yesterday, the Western Desert King City itself is located in the northeast of the Western Desert Country, and many merchants from other places come in from the west or south of the city. If you want to stay for a while, the southwest of the city is indeed a more suitable place, and this place is far away from the downtown area of the west and south of the city, which is a rare quiet place. ”

The family at the gate of Hu Mansion had already seen Shi Cheng and the three of them, and one of them greeted him and asked, "Who are the three?" ”

Shi Cheng said: "Please inform the mother of your mansion, my surname is Shi, and I am here to treat Hu Yuanwai." ”

"Oh, so you're Mr. Shi!" The family member said in surprise: "Madame has already told us that during this time, there will be a master surnamed Shi to treat the master's illness." ”

"Three gentlemen, please come with me." Jia Ding said, and then he said to the other family Ding who was guarding the door, "Third child, go and report to Madame, the miracle doctor who healed the old man is here!" ”

"A miracle doctor or something, but I dare not be ashamed." Shi Cheng smiled and said a few words modestly, and then the three of them followed the family into the Hu Mansion together.

The family led the three of them into the side hall to welcome the guests, and soon, the people of the Hu Mansion handed fragrant tea and snacks. After a while, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door. Shi Cheng looked up and saw that it was Mrs. Hu, Hu Enli's wife.

"Shi Gongzi, Wu Gongzi and Tie Gongzi, you are finally here." When Mrs. Hu saw Shi Cheng and the others, the tiredness on her face was instantly swept away, as if she had seen a savior.

"Mrs. Hu, we meet again." Shi Cheng said, and then the three of them and Mrs. Hu met in turn, and the four of them sat down separately.

"Mrs. Hu, is Hu Yuanwai okay now?" Wu Neng asked.

"Speaking of which, the concubine should really thank the three sons." Mrs. Hu said with a smile, her own complexion looked much better than when she was in Yunqiu City, "Since Shi Gongzi last diagnosed the master, the old man has rarely become ill during this time, although there will be once or twice occasionally, but as long as it is comforted and comforted a little, it doesn't matter, and there will even be a short period of soberness in the past two days."

Shi Cheng nodded and said, "That's good, without further ado, please ask Madame to take us to see Hu Yuanwai." ”

Mrs. Hu said a few more words of thanks, then got up and said, "Three sons, please come with me." ”

Hu's mansion was not very large, and soon everyone came to the hut where Huenli and his wife lived. Madame Hu walked to the door and asked a maid guarding the door, "Is the master still asleep inside?" ”

"Yes, ma'am, the lord is still resting." The maid replied respectfully.

"Mr. Shi, look ......" Mrs. Hu looked at Shi Cheng with some embarrassment.

"It's okay, I'll just go in and have a look." Shi Cheng replied with a smile.

"Very well, sir, please come with me." After speaking, Mrs. Hu carefully opened the door, and everyone walked in together.

This was the second time Shi Cheng had seen Hu Enli, the fat man who was nearly forty years old was lying quietly on the bed with a pale face and closed eyes, but his complexion was obviously much better than the last time Shi Cheng saw him.

Shi Cheng glanced at Wu Neng and Tie Mian and motioned for them to wait on the side for a while. Then he sat down gently on the edge of the bed and placed his hand on Huenli's wrist.

Mrs. Hu looked at Shi Cheng a little nervously, and after Shi Cheng withdrew his hand, she asked carefully, "Shi Gongzi, how is my master now?" ”

"I'm recovering very well, and when I get another injection, I'll be able to get out of bed and walk around." Shi Cheng replied.

"Really?" Mrs. Hu said in surprise.

After thanking Shi Chengqian for a while, this woman who looked quite weak couldn't help but wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said a little intermittently: "Son, don't you know, the master's family is not prosperous, to his generation, three brothers and sisters of the same generation died, and he survived, and the huge family business and responsibility fell on him, just a few days after he came back, I don't know how many people came to the door, some asked about the condition, some asked for money, and some asked whether the contract should be signed...... ”

"This Hu Enli may still be from a local family. But it seems to be just a small family. Shi Cheng and Tie Mian both thought in their hearts.

"Mrs. Hu doesn't have to worry, Hu Yuanwai's illness will get better soon, let's start the injection now." Speaking of this, Shi Cheng looked at Wu Neng, "Old Wu, let's make medicine according to the process last time." ”

"I see." Wu Neng responded while taking Shi Cheng's medicine box. However, he couldn't help but complain a little in his heart, "How do you know how to call me......"

Just as everyone was making preparations, there was a hurried knock at the door, and a subordinate said a little anxiously outside: "Madam, the shopkeeper Chen has come to ask again today, asking when we will be able to deliver the newly built restaurant to him." He said that his restaurant team had already been hired and could not be delayed any longer. ”

"This plagued old ghost is embarrassed to keep saying that he is a friend of the master, and he doesn't look at what my master is like now, and he still comes to urge him every day at this juncture!" Mrs. Hu cursed angrily, many things fell on her shoulders during the time when Hu Yuanwai was ill, even with the help of a professional steward in the family chamber of commerce, this still made Mrs. Hu, who had never been in contact with a shopping mall since she was a child, feel exhausted.

As soon as the words came out, Hu Fu suddenly realized that Shi Cheng and the others were still around. She hurriedly apologized to Shi Cheng and said, "I'm sorry, let Mr. laugh, it's just that the old man is still sick in bed now, and many things in the family have lost their backbone, so ......" Speaking of this, Mrs. Hu couldn't go on, she said humbly again, and then said goodbye and left in a hurry.

After Mrs. Hu left, Wu Neng, who was pounding medicine, couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that such a weak person as Mrs. Hu would have such a violent side." ”

"Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read." Iron Mask, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

"I said Lao Tie, don't stand aside and watch all the time, come over and help me." Wu Neng said with some complaint.

Tie Mian glanced at Wu Neng, then closed his eyes and said: "We have a nursery rhyme in the Western Continent, two Taoist priests carry water to eat, and three Taoist priests have no water to eat." Sometimes it's not always the more people you have, the more efficient you are. ”

Shi Cheng, who was sterilizing the silver needle, shook his head helplessly, ignoring Wu Neng, who was spitting lotus flowers in his mouth, and he looked at the decoration in the room while roasting the needle. Suddenly, a painting hanging on the wall not far away caught his eye.

It was actually an ordinary landscape painting, at least in Shi Cheng's eyes, the subject of the painting was the sand sea oasis, although the composition was quite atmospheric, but the depiction in the details was not well done. There is a line of money in the blank space below, and the font is quite vigorous.

"On the ninth day of September in the fourteenth year of Jian'an, I received it on the riverside, and I give it a gift today. Inch of heart is thin, I am ashamed, I wish my family a bright future. ”

There is a red seal above the inscription, but the inscription of the seal is not related to this Zhujia Mingtao, but the five big characters of "Linyin Chu Yuantao", and there is another small line of words below the seal, "August 12 of the 14th year of Jian'an".

Zhu Mingtao...... Zhu Mingtao ...... "After Shi Cheng saw this name, he always felt a little familiar. Soon, though, he remembered where he had heard the man's name. Long before he was ready to go to the Western Desert, Shi Cheng had collected the information of the wealthy families of the Western Desert Country, and this Zhu Mingtao was the head of a big family in the Southern Wilderness, and he was extremely famous in the shopping malls and rivers and lakes in the Southern Desert, and he was a rare half-step master in the Western Desert.

"The number one master of the Western Desert Country, the head of the Zhu family? I didn't expect Hu Enli, a businessman from other places, to have friends with such a hard background in Wangcheng. Shi Cheng thought to himself.