Gao Pragmatic was taken aback: "Ringing horses? Horse bandits? ”

"Yes, Master Cousin, hurry back to the carriage!" Zhang Jin didn't have time to deal with it, so he hurriedly pulled Gao Shi and ran in the direction of the carriage, and shouted to the guards who had just completed the camp as he ran: "Everyone listen, there are a lot of messy horse steps, it is likely that the horses are running towards us, all the guys on the horses!" ”

While speaking, Gao Pragmatic had been forcibly stuffed back into the carriage by Zhang Jin, and before he could open the curtains to see his group of guards deploy, the two little girls of Yueyue and Tingqin had already grabbed his two arms left and right.

Sister Yueyue said nervously: "Young Master, what should I do, Xiangma is here." My sister didn't say anything when she heard the qin, but Gao Shishi looked at her face whiter than her sister, and knew that she was even more frightened.

In fact, Gao Pragmatic himself was also very nervous at this time - he hadn't crossed into any peerless general, how could he not panic when he encountered horse bandits in the wilderness? Besides, even if you cross over to become a peerless general, the eight-year-old brother will not be used!

But Gao Pragmatic still subconsciously comforted: "Don't panic, it's not a big problem." Although he seems to be only an eight-year-old child, after all, he was already in his thirties before he crossed over, and he was a leader and a leader, and he had already developed the habit of not panicking when encountering problems, so when he said this, at least in the eyes of others, his expression was still very calm.

Xiangyue hurriedly asked again, "How did Xiangma know that we were here, and did they come to rob the silver?" ”

"How can I ......" Gao Shishi's sentence "How do I know" was not finished, and he suddenly paused, and his heart moved.

yes, how did we happen to run into these ringing horses? And the location is right at the intersection of this three-way road?

Silver? Yes, the uncle unexpectedly rewarded himself with a huge sum of 5,000 taels before, in addition to the 3,000 taels put back in Gaofu, he also brought 2,000 taels of silver with the team, but the question is how did Xiangma know?

There's a traitor in this group of people I'm bringing with me?

Gao pragmatic thought about it and ruled out this suspicion: this group of people has been following the big team, even if they are traitors, they don't have the opportunity to pass on the news, could it be that they still have mobile phones? Besides, they didn't even know where I was going at first, and they didn't know if I would bring cash with me, so the possibility of a traitor in the team could be ruled out for the time being.

That is, being targeted? It's quite possible.

However, when he was watched, Gao Pragmatic couldn't guess: he had been sitting in the carriage, although he opened the curtains from time to time to look at the snow scene or something, but he didn't care much about the surrounding situation, after all, in his mind, no matter how bad the security of the Ming Dynasty was, this Jingshi should still be very safe. Even if you care, it doesn't work, if you really have a dark stake to keep an eye on the horse, you won't be stupid enough to let Gao Pragmatic, a person who has no defense and no experience in this, see it.

Thinking of this, he suddenly stretched out his hand to open the front curtain of the carriage, and said to Gao Mo, the horseman who had been coming with him from Gao's house in Xinzheng: "Gao Mo, when we left the capital just now, did you notice that we might be being watched by someone?" ”

Gao Mo, who was in his forties, lean but not old at all, shook his head and said: "Young Master, in a place like the city gate, if someone wants to keep an eye on a convoy like ours, it will never be discovered, and this group of ringing horses should be a coincidence with us." ”

Gao Pragmatic actually rarely communicates with Gao Mo, so when he suddenly heard him reply, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and subconsciously asked, "Why?" ”

Gao Mo replied: "Because the sound of the horse's hooves is too messy and too urgent, even if the horse is not as neatly trained as the official army, but it will not be in order to rob us of two thousand taels of silver, just in this kind of midwinter, the horse will run wild, because this will scatter the horse team, and secondly, it is now the cold winter wax moon, and it is very bad for the mount after such a wild run...... A big reason why the horses are so difficult to kill is because they move too fast, and there must be something bigger about running wild at such a high cost. ”

Gao was stunned for a moment, and secretly said that this analysis was reasonable, but it was a little strange, Gao Mo, a groom, could have such insight?

For his own groom, Gao Shishi naturally didn't hide any doubts, and asked directly: "I didn't find that you are so knowledgeable before, you have always been my groom?" ”

Gao Mo bowed slightly, and replied calmly: "The eldest young master Mingjian, Mo was originally a personal soldier when the Duke of Bocun'an was the commander of the river, and he had fought some battles with the Japanese in his early years, and he also suppressed some rogues and mountain bandits. Later, because of the negligence of the Duke of Cun'an, he offended Yan Song's father and son, and Zhi Shi returned home, and some of our old brothers voluntarily returned to their hometowns with the Duke of Cun'an...... In the second year of Longqing, before the death of Cunan Gongxian, Mo was arranged to work in the sixth room. ”

The cunan gong in Gao Mo's mouth is Gao Jie, a pragmatic uncle, Gao Jie, who is gradually cleared and called Cunan. In the thirteenth year of Jiajing, he ranked twelfth in the township examination, in the fourteenth year of Jiajing, he ranked 220th in the Yiwei examination, and one hundred and ninety-first in the third class in the palace examination. He was appointed as the director of the Guizhou Qing Officials Department of the Ministry of Households. In November of the 23rd year of Jiajing, he was transferred to the head of the Department of Officials of the Ministry of War. In August of the 24th year of Jiajing, he was promoted to the staff of the Ministry of Soldiers. Later, he served as the prefect of Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong, the deputy envoy of Shanxi according to the judicial department, and the right political secretary of Jiangxi Province. In June of the 35th year of Jiajing, he ordered Gao Jie, the right political officer of Jiangxi, to be the commander of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, and was also in charge of patrolling the river. In the leap July of the 37th year of Jiajing, because he offended the father and son of Yan Song, Yan Shifan sent Nanjing to impeach Gao Jie by Chen Qing in the matter, so he was demoted to Cao Pu's deputy military envoy, but not long after, Gao Jie was promoted to the right of Shaanxi to participate in politics because of his merits. However, the Yan father and son were still angry, and once again made the official impeached, and Gao Jie was angry and abandoned the official and returned to the country.

Gao Jie has always been upright and bold, and he is self-gratifying; for the official benefit of the poor to destroy the strong, plant the weak and detect the traitor; He is idle and strategic, and his meritorious service is not arrogant. After returning to the house, the family Dumen thanked the guests, did not talk about world affairs, and did not perform the public court. Peace of mind class agriculture and children, and guide the township. Gao Pragmatic studied in the township, and at the beginning it was Gao Jie who gave him a Meng, and Gao Jie personally taught, to a certain extent, Gao Jie is not only his uncle, but also an enlightenment teacher.

In the second year of Longqing, Gao Jie died at the age of sixty-seven, and in the same year, Gao Gong was expelled back to his hometown and personally taught Gao Pragmatic.

As for why Gao Mo was arranged into the sixth room before Gao Jie's death, although Gao Mo himself didn't say it, Gao Pragmatic could guess: his uncle Gao Jie only has one son and one adopted son. The adopted son's name is the same as Gao Gong's nephew Zhang Mengnan, called Gao Mengnan, the son of an old friend of Gao Jie, who is in poor health and has been married for more than ten years without children. Gao Jie's parent-child name is Gao Wuzi, and he is the eldest brother of the Gao family in Gao Shishi's generation. After Gao Jiezhishi returned to his hometown, he strictly supervised, and in recent years, he has become a little like a person, but although his character has changed greatly, his academic progress is not great, so he is still studying in his hometown.

Gao Wuzi is more than 20 years older than Gao Pragmatic, so his eldest son Gao Rui is ten years older than Gao Pragmatic, in March of the 42nd year of Jiajing, Gao Gong, who was then the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, completed the examination in three years, and was ordered to enter the prison to study. Because Gao Gong has no children, he can arrange one person at will in the family as usual, Gao Gong considered that Gao Wuzi at that time looked a little "rotten wood can not be carved", and was afraid that the future prospects of the eldest brother's house would be worrying, so he called his nephew Gao Rui to Chengyin and went to study in the country. This person is now in the capital, but Guozijian was more strict after Gao Gong was appointed to sacrifice wine, Gao Wuzi lived in the school to study, and Gao Shishi only met this nephew who was ten years older than himself once after coming to Beijing.

There are no pillars in the Changfang family now, Gao Jie naturally didn't worry about letting Gao Wuzi take care of and settle his old subordinates, so he scattered them in various rooms, and Gao Mo was naturally transferred to the sixth room for this reason.

"I see." Gao Shishi sighed, and was about to say something, when he saw Gao Xiaozhuang running over on a horse, holding two knives in his hands, and shouting: "Uncle Mo!" The guards of the Zhang family told the two of us to guard the vicinity of the carriage, don't let the horse startle the eldest young master! ”

He hit the horse closer, threw a knife hard, and asked again: "Uncle Mo, do you know how to use a knife?" Do you want me to teach you a few hands temporarily? This kid may have some big nerves, and when he heard the news that the horse was approaching, not only was he not afraid, but Gao Shishi even felt that he was a little eager to try, and there was an abnormal excitement all over his body.

Gao Mo stretched out his hand to catch the Yanling knife thrown by Gao Xiaozhuang at will, and laughed: "You kid has only been learning knives for a few days, so you dare to speak out?" You must know that Gao Jing, who taught you sword techniques, can't do more than twenty moves under me. ”