Jinyi Night Walk

Hongwu 31 years, February, Jinling.

Xia Xun came out of the main hall of the Jinyiwei Commander's Division, "walked to the front yard, and saw Liu Yukuai in the left corridor practicing the same movement with a knife, sweat dripping down his white cheeks." He didn't care Wipe it up, looking very concerned.

Xia Xun stopped and looked at it seriously for a while, then said with a smile: "Waist strength, pay attention to the use of waist strength, arm strength alone cannot exert the power of this knife.", "Brother Yang!"

Liu Yukuai turned his head to see that it was Xia Xun, immediately put away the knife, and ran over happily.

After Xia Xun returned to Jinan, Mr. Cao, who was prosecuted and procuratorate, did not break his promise. According to the previous agreement, he exonerated the Liu family and his son. The real identity of Yiyuan is that "the crimes are serious and serious, but they have to be punished. Wang Yiyuan's cousin, as the person directly responsible for harboring the criminals", was exiled into the army, and although the Liu family and his son used the meritorious service to atone for their crimes He was released in name and was fined and confiscated most of his family property. The strength of the Liu family was greatly injured.

Liu Yukuai learned from the pain, "feeling that he is a scholar who is useless, and if he continues to study hard, he may not have a chance to win the exam, so he begged Xia Xun for help and brought him to Yingtian. When Luo Kedi was employing people, this Liu Yu Kuai is a scholar at any rate, and "literate and hyphenated characters" is an available talent, so he was recruited into Jinyiwei and became a school captain.

Xia Xun is now the Chief Banner Officer of the Jinyiwei Yamen. He is of the seventh rank, which is a step up from the original third-class guard with a knife in the front of the imperial court. There is also a Lai Baihu above him, but this Lai Baihu is a hereditary Baihu The current Jinyiwei yamen, a household that "only pays and does nothing", is useless. Xia Xun has never met this boss. He is directly taking orders from Luo Qian, and he is at ease.

After returning from Shandong, "because of his role in uncovering the case of the White Lotus Sect in Jinan" and his great contribution to killing the court's imperial convict Wang Jingangnu, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had never thought that he could really make a difference, was very happy. But old man Zhu is a little narrow-minded. He hasn't forgotten that Xia Xun dared to ask him for leave because of his daughter-in-law's late arrival. He went to Jinyiwei Yamen to sit on the bench.

According to Lao Zhu's meaning, "probably wanted to snub him out" and only use him when he is eager for merit. I don't want Xia Xun to have no ambitions. He is very satisfied with this arrangement." Doing nothing, loafing about” is exactly what he deserves, and he doesn’t feel left out at all.

No, after Xie Yuli returned to Jiangnan, because she helped Nan Feifei go north to Yanggu, Shandong, and marry Ximen Qing, Mrs. Xizhu was furious. Mrs. Xizhu went to Shandong. Anyway, Feifei is already married, and the matchmaker is marrying her. Mrs. Xizhu can't bring her daughter back.

The master and apprentice have been away for less than half a year. A few days ago, Xie Yu came back by sending a letter. "It is said that under her influence." Mrs. Xizhu has already recognized this son-in-law, but Ximen Qing was treated badly by his mother-in-law. I didn’t say what kind of methods they used.” But considering that this woman is the master of the eccentric Xie Yuli, the methods must be very good.” Ximen Qing’s fate must be worse than her own, and Xia Xun couldn’t help feeling secretly refreshed.” According to the letter According to the above, she will come back with the master in a few days." Xia Xun wanted to go to Xie's house, but when he came here, he saw Liu Yu practicing his sword.

Liu Yukuai wiped off his sweat, and said with a smile, "My lord also said that I'm not using my waist properly. I didn't expect Brother Yang to say the same thing. It seems that there is indeed something wrong with my way of exerting strength."

Xia Xun was a little surprised and said: "Oh? Your Excellency also taught you how to use swords?" Liu Yukuai smiled shyly and said, "Yes, but I'm too stupid." Up to now, I still don't know how to use swords. Right. "

Xia Xun smiled and said: "You can't say that." After all, you are a little late in learning martial arts, and your physical coordination is relatively poor, but if you are willing to work so hard, it may not be impossible for you to succeed.Come on, "I'll teach you", the knife has to be cut like this, so that the strength of the whole body can be fully mobilized, and the cut can be accurate and steady. "

Xia Xun stuck behind him, held his hands with both hands, and while explaining, took his hand and made movements slowly, so that Liu Yukuai seemed to be held in Xia Xun's arms after teaching the sword technique. , His cheeks turned red suddenly, and even his neck turned red." But he obediently let Xia Xun pull his arm, without struggling.

Because he had been practicing the knife just now, he was so tired that he was sweating. Xia Xun didn't notice his discomfort, and guided him to hack three times in a row. Xia Xun let go of his hand, took two steps back and said, "Okay , try again."

Liu Yukuai followed Xia Xun's instructions, and slashed out." Xia Xun praised: "Okay, this knife has used your waist strength, very good, you can practice it a few more times, and master it thoroughly. "

Liu Yukuai said happily, "Thank you, Brother Yang."

"Hmm...cough!" Suddenly there was a clear cough from the side, and the two of them looked in a blink of an eye" and saw Luo Kedi wearing a white robe, standing with his hands folded in the corridor, the two hurried forward to meet, Luo Kedi Glancing at Liu Yukuai, he said, "It's not bad, although it's a late learning martial arts, but its appearance and quality are excellent. There are still three moves left in this set of saber techniques. When Xiao Qianyue finishes teaching, you come to me." The official will pass on your superb martial arts again. ", Liu Yukuai hastily lifted the handle of the knife upside down, cupped his fists and saluted: "Thank you, my lord. "

Luo Kedi nodded, and said to Xia Xun: "Follow me, I have something to tell you.", "Yes!"

Xia Xun patted Liu Yukuai on the shoulder and followed Luo Kediling.

Luo Kedi took a stroll in the courtyard, and said leisurely, "In a while, you go to the Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, and meet Mr. Tie Pin Tie, the judge."

When Xia Xun heard the name, he couldn't help but startled: "Iron pin?" Luo Kedi glanced at him and asked, "Why, do you recognize it?" Xia Xun quickly shook his head and said, "I don't know, the humble job is just, I've heard of him." Luo Kedi smiled and said, "Oh" I forgot, you are a scholar, it's not unusual to have heard of his name.Tiepin is a person who is familiar with classics and history and has made outstanding achievements.He was quite famous when he was a student in Taixue. Later, he was selected by Guo Zisheng as a rite subject to Shizhong. "

Xia Xun said: "Yes" I don't know what my lord ordered me to see the Tie Duan officer." Luo Kedi frowned and said: "The eight-way tour envoy of the Jinan White Lotus Sect has news now, The imperial court received news that he had been found among the bandits in the East China Sea. Those pirates, who smuggled and plundered, did all sorts of crimes. If they colluded with the rebellious imperial court again, it was hard to guarantee that they would not do something more lawless.

The news also said that some of the officers and soldiers of the Haining Guards had colluded with the pirates in private. The emperor was furious and decided to send Mr. Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, who had just returned to Beijing from Shaanxi, to the Hangzhou government to investigate the matter "and use this opportunity to encircle and suppress the pirates. Because the incident involved Officers and soldiers of the guard, so Tiao Tie lord will go together, you have dealt with the White Lotus Sect when you were in Jinan, and you are familiar with them." So the emperor appointed you to go together, you have to do things well. "

Xia Xun's eyebrows twitched when he heard this. An upright and capable minister, and a witty and arrogant dude, such a combination is not easy for me, a little seventh-rank official, to be in the middle. Do you want to continue to make soy sauce?But he never thought that "it will take a long time for the three of them to deal with each other, it's not easy to think about it.

Luo Kedi smiled happily" and said to Xia Xun, "The fact that the emperor thinks of you means that he still thinks of you very much.Last time, for the sake of a woman, you dared to delay even the morning court. It is right for the emperor to put you on hold. I went to work hard and "make things more beautiful." In my opinion, the emperor will definitely use you when I come back this time. of."

Xia Xun hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes" I obey! ", ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※

On the side of the Royal Road, go west along the Qianbu Corridor, across the street from the Liubu Yamen on the east side, is the Jinyi Qinjundu Commander Division, and adjacent to the Jinyiweidu Commander Division, is the Dudufu of the Five Armies.

So it was quick for Xia Xun to get to the Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies. After leaving the gate of Jinyiwei, he turned to the right, and after a short walk, he entered the gate of the Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies.

The last time Xia Xun fought a lawsuit here, he may not know the other yamen, but the one he is most familiar with is the Judgment Hall.Wu, the judge of the Central Army, will not kill Zuoqian." The judge who was just replaced is Mr. Tiepin. Mr. Tie is a literati, but he is the chief officer of the military court, but although he is a literati, he is strong Just like his surname, he is not a dignitary, he is not afraid of the mighty, and he has established his prestige in just a short time as a judge of the Five Armies, making everyone in the army awe-inspiring.

When Xia Xun arrived in front of the judgment hall, the soldiers notified him to enter. Tie Pin said please, and Xia Xun immediately walked in. There were two high stacks of copybooks on the main case. An official in the middle stood up just now. Xia Xun Immediately cupping his fists as a military salute, he said in a loud voice, "Your humble Yang Xu, I have met Master Tie."

"Hehe, Mr. Yang is free of courtesy, please hurry up. I have admired Mr. Yang's name for a long time. This time, I will go to Hangzhou on business with you, and I have to rely on you." "A smile appeared on Tie Pin's sharp face Yi, got up and greeted him.

This iron pin looks to be in his early thirties, tall and dark, with sunken eye sockets, a high and straight nose, and a slightly curled beard under his jaw, because the light came in from the outside, Xia Xun stood up , I happened to see his appearance clearly, it seemed that the pupils were slightly dark brown, not pure black, and I couldn't help being slightly surprised: "Master Tiepin, does he have foreign blood?"

Xia Xun really guessed that Tie Pin was originally from Persia, and was brought to the Central Plains when the Mongolian army went west, so he did have foreign blood.

Xia Xun said: "I don't dare to be an official, I just let my lord order me. I don't know when my lord intends to make Tang Cheng?"

Tie Pin said: "Mr. Cao Guo just came back to Beijing to see you yesterday. It is very important to see his old colleagues." I want to go to Cao Guogong's mansion tomorrow to ask for advice. "It is up to Cao Guogong to make up his mind when to leave." The Ministry of Rites gave me the fact that "the current Judgment Officer of the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies, one term is to find fault, and the other term is to punish prisons" probably has a bit of an occupational disease, except for a little smile when I first met him, the rest of the time he looks serious, The words were also very serious, Xia Xun and him had no place to talk except for business, so we chatted for a while, and agreed to go to Cao Guogong's mansion together tomorrow." Xia Xun got up and said goodbye.

Tie Pin sent him outside the incident hall, and Xia Xun left alone, left the five-army governor's mansion, returned to Jinyiwei, commanded the envoy, took the horse, and went straight to the little tame elephant gate.Seeing that he was about to reach Tongji Gate, Xia Xun suddenly saw a few people standing there, a few burly guards, a man and a woman in the middle, talking to each other, and Xia Xun couldn't help being surprised. , the male is Li Jinglong" and the female is Xie Yukai, Xia Xun hastily reined in the reins, turned over and jumped off the horse.!~!