With the gentle breeze blowing, the white clouds drift aimlessly in the sky, falling into the eyes of children, like a large, flying marshmallow, I can't help but want to catch it and stuff it in my mouth to taste it.

Children, innocent and cute, ignorant by nature, can't think too much.

But in Mu Xiaojiu's eyes, he didn't have the slightest desire to appreciate the white clouds in the sky. Because at this moment, he still hasn't woken up from the emperor's words.

After all, the power given to him by this emperor is indeed a bit big.

First, what does it mean to be independent of the hundred officials and only obey the emperor's dispatch? This means that he has a very high degree of freedom, and he doesn't need to worry about anything at all, even if Cai Jing or Zhuge Zheng asks him to do it now, he can completely ignore these two people.

Second, the mobilization of an army of no more than two hundred men at any time may not sound like much use, but at some point, the power is enough to turn the tables on the tables. In front of the soldiers in the hands of state institutions, even the people in the rivers and lakes always have some scruples.

third, it has the right to supervise officials below the fifth rank and report the problem to the emperor; Officials below the seventh rank may be cut first and then played if there is conclusive evidence.

Below the fifth rank, there is the right to supervise, and below the seventh rank can be cut first and then played, which does not sound like a high-level position. However, although these five and seven products are not the pillars of the country, the operation and basic work of the country are carried out by these people. What's more, Zhizhou is only from the fifth grade, and the Zhixian is only the seventh grade, facing the Zhixian, as long as Mu Xiaojiu has evidence, he can directly cut it first and then play.

Even if he is detached from these rights, this so-called official position from the fourth grade will be of great benefit to Mu Xiaojiu. Naturally, there is no need to say much, the court gave about twice as much as the official Yu Lu during the Ming Dynasty, and Mu Xiaojiu, as a fourth-grade official, has almost forty stone per month. In the game, the price of rice is the price of rice in the ninth year of Hongwu, and one or two feet of silver is equal to one stone of rice, which means that Mu Xiaojiu has forty taels of silver per month.

At the same time, with the identity of an official of the imperial court, Mu Xiaojiu will have the weight of speaking in front of the officials in the future, instead of being a cloth cloth before. Even if some officials have a bad relationship with him, they can't attack him openly on the surface, at most they play some tricks behind their backs.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is completely understandable that the emperor would give Mu Xiaojiu such a big right.

First of all, Mu Xiaojiu is a player, and Da Yuan has made great contributions to the country without asking for an inch, which means that the chance of Mu Xiaojiu's treason is pitiful. At the same time, Mu Xiaojiu's raid in Dayuan, the emperor also knew a little about it, and knew that Mu Xiaojiu could not be short of money, that is to say, it was impossible to take bribes because he had too little money. On the contrary, it can be seen from the Huangzhou incident that Mu Xiaojiu infiltrated the rich merchants, but did not take a penny, and only asked people to open warehouses and release grain.

There will be no treason, no bribery, plus ability, courage, and freedom of action. If he didn't want to investigate, the emperor would have given Mu Xiaojiu more rights.

Of course, no matter how much is said, in fact, the most fundamental and important reason is still that the emperor looks at Mu Xiaojiu pleasing to the eye. Otherwise, no matter how powerful Mu Xiaojiu is, the emperor will not give such great power.

With the little yellow door in the palace all the way through the courtyard, after leaving the palace, Mu Xiaojiu casually took two pieces of loose silver and handed them to the little yellow door. Xiao Huangmen himself also knew that he was just leading the way, and he was not qualified to take so much money, plus this person had been chatting with His Majesty in the imperial study for so long, and His Majesty still had a smile on his face when he came out, and now he is obviously also a celebrity next to His Majesty, how dare he have any ideas.

It's not that Mu Xiaojiu is stingy, it's just that he temporarily handed over his bags to Li Qingxi before entering the palace, and he only had these two pieces of silver on him.

Looking at the sky that was already waning, Mu Xiaojiu took a step and was about to leave, when suddenly a young man dressed as a small guy came over next to him, and said to him respectfully: "Dare to ask, but Mu Gongzi?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

The little guy hurriedly beckoned to the back, and the sedan chair was carried over by several family members, and then the little guy continued: "Mu Gongzi, there is a small guy in Dugu Mansion, and he was ordered by the head of the family to come over to greet Mu Gongzi, so as to invite Mu Gongzi to come over the mansion. Before coming, the head of the family also asked me to tell Mu Gongzi that Master Taifu and Di Gongzi were already in the house, so please don't worry about Mu Gongzi. ”

"Uh......" Mu Xiaojiu smiled bitterly, he guessed that there must be a dinner tonight, but he didn't expect that this dinner would actually be placed in Dugu Mansion, but he couldn't help but go.

"Well, in that case, you lead the way. Forget about the sedan chair, I'm a person from the rivers and lakes, I can't get used to it if you ask me to sit in a sedan chair, I'll just walk. ”

The little maid bowed, then clapped his hands again, and another family member led a horse out from behind the sedan chair, "The head of the family has already guessed that Mu Gongzi may not be used to sitting in a sedan chair, so he ordered the villain to bring a horse over in case of emergency." Since Mu Gongzi doesn't like to sit in a sedan chair, it is better to ride a horse. ”

"I didn't expect this Dugu Valve person to think quite thoroughly", Mu Xiaojiu thought in his heart, and then didn't say more, and turned over the horse. The little guy went straight to the front to lead the way.

Dugu Valve is in charge of the power of the emperor's guard, and the mansion will naturally not be too far from the palace, so it didn't take long for Mu Xiaojiu to arrive at Dugu Valve's mansion.

Today's banquet was originally set up for Mu Xiaojiu, so no one else was invited, and there were only Dugu Valve Lords Dugu Feng, You Chuhong, Dugu Sheng, Dugu Ba and Zhuge Zhengme, Di Feijing, Mu Xiaojiu, plus several important sons of Dugu Valve and the four famous catchers. What Mu Xiaojiu didn't expect was that Nie Feng and Qin Shuang were actually brought by Di Fei.

After saying hello casually, Mu Xiaojiu went to sit down, among the people present, he was not the strongest in terms of strength, he was not the highest in terms of status, and he was not the biggest in terms of influence. It's just that due to various reasons and Mu Xiaojiu's particularity, he is sitting in the fourth seat, that is, the second place on the right.

Sitting in the first place at the top is naturally You Chuhong, the old lady of the You family, and then the first place on the left, sitting is Zhuge Zhengme; The first person on the right, sitting in the six-and-a-half-minute hall, is Di Fei, the current speaker; The second place on the left sits Dugu Valve Master Dugu Peak; The second place on the right is Mu Xiaojiu. Further down, there are Duguba and Dugusheng, and as for the others, the order of the seats is not very strict.

Of course, there are still some priorities in the faint way, roughly the four famous catches are in the front, Nie Feng and Qin Shuang are in the middle, and the children of Dugu are at the end.

After Mu Xiaojiu sat down, Mrs. You glanced down, and when she saw that everyone was already seated, she directly ordered her subordinates to serve wine and food.

After the wine and food were served, Mrs. You took the lead in raising her glass, and saluted Zhuge Zhengme, Di Feijing and Mu Xiaojiu from afar, "You can enjoy the light and come to my Dugu Mansion today, which really makes my Dugu Mansion shine." Lord Shenhou, Master Di, at the beginning, the three of us were under the traction of Mu Gongzi, and we could be regarded as having a cooperation. After the cooperation, I have always wanted to feast the two, but unfortunately I have never been able to do so. Today, it just so happens that taking the opportunity of Mu Gongzi's entry into Beijing, our three forces should get together. ”

The three of them smiled, raised their wine glasses at the same time, and drank them all with You Chuhong.

The four of them were polite, and the people below were also whispering.

Among the four famous arrests, Chasing Life and Ruthless sat together, and the two were chatting about Mu Xiaojiu and this life-chasing trip. When ruthlessly asked about Mu Xiaojiu's strength, there were some weird looks on the face of chasing life.

"This kid's martial arts are really good, and I fought him on the way back. He is almost the strength of the transformation realm, but he has a lot of martial arts, and he is extremely comprehensive. Especially after the injury healed, he had a little bit of progress, I just entered the master realm, when I fought with him, he fought with me alive and hundreds of moves, if it wasn't for my faster leg skills, I'm afraid I really can't help him. ”

Ruthless nodded lightly, and then said: "In this way, although this Mu Xiaojiu is in the Transformation Realm, he will inevitably have no strength to fight with the people of the Master Realm, and although he will be defeated in the end, he can support it for a while." ”

Chasing Life said very approvingly: "That's right, and this kid is very good, and he is still above me, if I don't have tracking skills, and he is bent on escaping, I'm afraid I can't kill him." Of the four of us, you can hold him down steadily, and the iron hand can win him, but not necessarily kill him. I think it's very troublesome to win him, and if he uses his mind, I'm afraid I can't help him. Cold-blooded...... Although his sword posture is weird, he will not necessarily be an opponent against Shangmu Xiaojiu, unless he breaks through again. ”

Ruthless frowned slightly, but didn't speak again.

In addition to the two of them, the children of the Dugu family were also looking at and talking about Mu Xiaojiu.

"I thought this Mu Xiaojiu was a character, but now it looks like it's just ordinary, nothing inconspicuous." The person who said this was the most powerful martial artist in the younger generation of Dugu Valve-Dugu Feng. On weekdays, she always heard her grandmother mention this Mu Xiaojiu, and there was a lot of praise in her words, coupled with the statement of the three evils, three righteousness and three evils in Wanshilou, she was already a little unconvinced by Mu Xiaojiu in her heart.

Of course, to be honest, in fact, the younger generation of Dugu Valve is more or less unconvinced or dissatisfied with Mu Xiaojiu, and this is not an incomprehensible thing.

Therefore, as soon as Dugu Feng said this, Dugu Ce next to him nodded, and said with disdain: "Hmph, that's right, I think this Mu Xiaojiu is just a vain person." ”