Chapter 505: Playing chess can only be distracted

Like other state capitals in the Ming Dynasty, Xuanfu also implemented a night ban. The dusk drum was sounded at three o'clock on the first watch, and the morning bell was ringed at three o'clock on the fifth watch. Once the door is closed at night, the keys to the four doors will be kept by the general army of the Xuanfu, and the rest of the people will report to the general military office for borrowing if they want to go out of the city. It's just that since it is an important town in the border area, the ban on night travel also depends on the situation, and the officers in places such as the General Soldier's Mansion, the Town Guarding Eunuch's Mansion or the Jinyi Guard Station are still unimpeded.

However, there was no emergency military situation on this cold day, and the road was naturally empty, except for the sound of the husband knocking on the bang and the shouting of peace and sound, there were hardly any people walking at night. Several important intersections have been fenced to prevent thieves from escaping, and several night watch sergeants are gossiping and preparing to lock them. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves at the end of the road. For a while, everyone hurriedly grabbed their weapons and greeted them.

"Who?"

"I am Lord Xiao Zhang's guard, and I have a pass token issued by the General Military Office."

The person who came left such a simple sentence, and immediately showed the token in his hand. After the leading sergeant took over the inspection, he immediately raised his hand to signal to open the lock and let him go. When the person passed, the group re-locked, but they didn't care about the person in the past at all. There are always a few trips to this kind of important person this night, anyway, the token is real, so don't care.

The horseman passed through two important street intersections, and then he entered an alley. Because the night was very dark, he had to light the flint in his hand, and it was easy to find a place. After knocking on the door, two slow, two mottled doors opened silently. He flashed in quickly, and before the people inside closed the door, he hurriedly asked, "Big brother, what's the matter, didn't the young master let you stay in Jingshi?" ”

Hu Qi closed the door meticulously, pulled Xiang Long straight into the house, and closed the door again, and then he explained in a deep voice: "It was Lord Yuan who asked me to come over." I know that you must have experienced a lot of dangers in Xinghe, but you will not stop in Jingshi. In the past few days of your absence, the first Aunt Fang in the family inexplicably sued a eunuch when she was incense, and then the emperor was furious when he learned about the eldest young master Jinwu Zangjiao, and then someone pointed out that Lord Du had a private relationship with King Zhou when he was in Kaifeng, but the most headache was Lord Yuan's trouble. ”

Xiang Long, Hu Qi, Zhao Hu, and Liu Bao were all selected by Yuan Fang in his early years, and the original plan was to try to make up for the Jinyi Guard, but later the emperor set up the East Factory, in order to prevent chaos, so he simply followed Zhang Yue. Although they can't get a serious background for the time being, Yuan Fang promised them a future future, and Zhang Yue has always trusted them, so they don't feel that there is anything bad about this day. However, at the thought that the benefactor of his former cultivation was in trouble, he could no longer bear it.

"Lord Yuan is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he has always been deeply favored, how can there be trouble?"

"That's because someone went to Kaifeng to inquire about the correspondence between Lord Yuan and Lord Zhang. Although the matter has not been exposed, God knows if others will suddenly have trouble! ”

"Master Zhang...... Are you talking about the young master's father? ”

Seeing that Hu Qi nodded, his face with his back to the light was gloomy, Xiang Long suddenly panicked, and finally opened his mouth to ask, "Big brother, what is the relationship between Lord Yuan and Lord Zhang?" ”

"Don't ask too much about things you shouldn't ask."

Although he immediately beat Xiang Long back with a hard sentence, Hu Qi himself felt extremely puzzled. In his opinion, Yuan Fang was already the title of Zheng Sanpin, and he had been favored to be the hereditary commander before, so he should have settled down a long time ago. But Yuan Fang didn't say that he had no children, there was not even a woman around him, and all the people in the family were small servants. He even had some extremely disrespectful thoughts, and it wasn't until he noticed that this indifferent leader also had a woman's private affection, and that kind of thought faded.

"I'm just here to tell you, these things are to be kept from the young master for the time being. Although he said that he had done things beautifully in Qingzhou and Jiangnan before, Xuanfu was different from those places. The emperor is about to march north, any mistake in the Xuanfu is a big mistake, and any credit for building is a big credit! Lord Yuan's view is that the Governor Xuanfu is not only a name, but also an experience. Just before I left, the emperor gave Lord Zhang the second generation of the three-axis gold sealing shaft, and according to the rules, the third-grade officials and above the second-generation three-axis, the third and fourth-grade officials can use the gold to seal the shaft. The young master's rank and rank are already at the top of the fifth grade, and these other superiors cannot be moved, so they can only use this virtual one. After all, the Beijing officials who go up again are idle unless they are still scholars and servants. ”

Hu Qi paused, thought about Yuan Fang's explanation, and added: "And now the emperor's body is good and bad, and it is not a good thing for the young master to give foreign officials, but it is better to send the governor Xuanfu to return to the court at any time, not to mention that accompanying the northern expedition was originally a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions." All in all, you can hide the affairs of Jingshi, if the young master knows about it from other channels, you should also pay attention to it, the most important thing is that Master Yuan's affairs must not be leaked, and the other is to persuade him to be careful in doing things. ”

The four of them have been together for many years, what Hu Qi means by this, Xiang Long knows in his heart. If it weren't for Zhang Yue becoming more and more conspicuous, I'm afraid no one would have noticed the connection between Zhang Zuo and Yuan Fang. I'm not afraid that others will check it - what they don't know, others won't know - I'm afraid that someone will deliberately smear it, and then it will be troublesome.

"Okay, I'll go back tomorrow, don't delay too long, go back quickly. By the way, you bring this list to the young master, most of the people who were transferred to Lu Feng by Jinyiwei and Dongchang this time are their own people, plus the few secret agents who were originally located in Xuanfu and were not pulled over, you can transfer them with Lord Yuan's warrant. Remember, don't show your true colors, they are not us, after all, they are officials, if there is no urgency, don't recruit them easily. ”

After the brothers had completed their discussion, Hu Qi sent Xiang Long out. As soon as the people left, he immediately climbed over the wall to the next door, but he did not take the right road and blindly climbed over the wall, until he came to the first house at the mouth of the alley, and he entered a room with a familiar way to change into an officer's clothes, and then swaggered out of the door, and disappeared into the night after a while. It was only a short time after he left, and five or six big men broke into the courtyard where he had lived, and a group of people turned the whole courtyard upside down, but in the end they found nothing, and had to leave in a huff.

Since tonight's serious errand was to go to the eunuch's palace to deliver a message to the crown, Xiang Long went straight to the ground when he came out of the alley, and regardless of whether people believed it or not, he immediately took his leave and left. Riding all the way back to Bazhen Street, he saw that the hour on the missing moment was already past three o'clock, and thought that Zhang Yue had fallen asleep, but when he rushed to the inner courtyard, he found that the lights in the east wing were bright, and he quickly knocked on the door and asked.

"Come in."

Because Meng Jun said that there were still some messy things at home, Zhang Yueshao had to get to the bottom of it. Knowing that he was absent for more than a month, there were a lot of miscellaneous things at home, and he couldn't feel better.

Zhang Chao's derogation doesn't matter, after all, he did something wrong, and the punishment is not too heavy, as long as he can be diligent, he may not have no chance in the future. But his grandmother's health is not good, and even his father has rushed back at this time, how can he not be worried? As for the old father-in-law, not to mention, he really couldn't understand, who did Du Zhen recruit to provoke whom, could it be that because of his unsuccessful son-in-law, he was regarded as a target? I also implicated King Zhou for no reason, it's really damned! In the final analysis, Wu'an Hou Zhengheng is really an old fox, and he didn't even mention Zhang's family affairs to him before.

Seeing Xiang Long coming in, he couldn't hold back any longer, so he asked bluntly, "What news is there in the Jingshi now?" ”

Just saw Hu Qi, at this time, Zhang Yue actually asked this as soon as he opened his mouth, Rao is Xianglong is not a surprised person, and he was not surprised at this time. Only he woke up in an instant, and hurriedly shook his head in a daze: "Because the Jinyi Wei Xuanfu Guard is almost useless, we don't know how the Jingshi is." I guess it shouldn't be a big deal, otherwise the eldest brother should have sent the news a long time ago. ”

Because he was distraught, Zhang Yue didn't pay attention to anything else, frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Lao Hu used to do things extremely reliably, what is going on this time, the eldest brother-in-law has told me, and he still hasn't sent a little message." Forget about other messy things, my grandmother's health is deteriorating, and my father-in-law is framed, he doesn't even report such a big thing! No, he shouldn't be such an ignorant person...... Could it be that the girl stopped him? No, Wan Mei didn't know that he was still in Jingshi to preside...... Could it be my father...... Or Uncle Yuan? ”

Seeing Zhang Yue frowning and muttering to himself, and after a while, he actually said something to the point, Xiang Long suddenly beat the drum in his heart. This Wu'an Hou Zheng Heng is not a talkative person, but Meng Jun is Zhang Yue's brother-in-law after all, as long as he knows the information, how can he hide this kind of thing? Fortunately, Yuan Fang's matter is now just a crisis that has not surfaced, otherwise Zhang Yueruo also knew, I am afraid that he would really be embarrassed at this moment.

"Young Master, since Master Jing didn't send a letter over, it should be the person in charge there who is sure, so you might as well concentrate on taking care of the affairs here first. The emperor should be angry with Lord Du, that is, he was framed by others, Lord Yuan will always return him a clean slate, as long as you do a good job here, it will not be a problem to seek to exonerate Lord Du at that time. ”

"I hope so."

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Yue drove these troubled thoughts out of his mind. Playing chess can only be distracted, and only when you play Xuanfu's chess can you have room to talk about other things. The chess pieces here have fallen one by one, and we must not give up all our efforts. Gu's body is not very weak, it is better than the previous Mrs. Wu, and there is Feng Yuanming at home, and it can be delayed for a while; As for the old father-in-law...... How can you replace people without enough credit?