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The garrison of the capital suddenly went to war and began to search around the city. The common people vaguely knew that the imperial court had lost some silver, but so far few people could have imagined that the treasury of the household department was stolen and lost all of a sudden. Twenty-six million taels, an incomparably huge number, can almost shake the country's capital.

The four-door admiral's mansion also issued an order to strictly check the vehicles and items entering and leaving the city. The entire capital was facing a big enemy for a while, and the situation was not much easier than when the princes were fighting each other.

At the beginning, there were quite a lot of discussions in the streets and alleys, but after the lurking purple clothes caught a group of people who were talking, the people of Kyoto shut their mouths.

This is a major event, and the imperial court certainly does not allow casual discussions in the streets and alleys.

For Luo Wuyan, the garrison camp in Kyoto who leaked the news, His Majesty the Emperor mercilessly bestowed a capital punishment on him. A cup of poisoned wine made this official a victim of this incident, and the deputy garrison Xuanyuan Qiu was immediately promoted to become the new leader. Kyoto garrison.

Xue Poye had heard the name Xuanyuanchou before. Lady Lv once mentioned this person when she was in Hangzhou. He was a brave general who had been guarding the Wulan Villa. For a while, I wanted to tell Miss Lv this news.

It has been difficult for Qinglianzhao to sneak into Wulan Villa. The most important thing is that Xuanyuanchou is guarding him. Now that Xuanyuanchou has left Wulan Villa, I don't know if the opportunity has come.

Xue Poye took time to go back to Xue Garden under the almost impossible circumstances.

Teng Xifeng has a lot of affairs to deal with, and there are other things in the middle school, so naturally he will not focus on the bank. He will naturally send a capable general to guard here, at least until the limelight passes.

It stands to reason that Xue Poye's qualifications are of course not as good as Li Wu's, or even Pan Zhenhai's, but Teng Xifeng chose Xue Poye to take on the job. Get yourself into trouble?

Xue Garden is still peaceful. The servants presented by Prince Yin like to get together when they have nothing to do on weekdays, chatting and chatting. Everyone knows Xue Poye’s gentle temperament towards servants, so there is no other mansion at all. as strict as the rules.

The maids gathered together to discuss the girl's thoughts, while most of the boys were talking about heroic deeds that most people didn't believe while drinking a little wine.

When Xue Poye opened the door and entered his room, he was almost dumbfounded.

There is a person in his house, not Green Lady, not Little Shitou, and not any servant.

The man was wearing a gray cloth shirt and a dog fur hat, and was drinking tea leisurely in the room. When he saw Xue Poye coming in, the man grinned, stood up, and clasped his hands together: "Hello, Amitabha!"

This person turned out to be Mingxu.

The monk who stayed in Suzhou to treat Qiao Ting's illness, that annoying but capable monk Mingxu.

Xue Poye frowned, turned around and closed the door, sat down on the chair very calmly, and said softly, "When did you come?"

"Is it coming to the capital? Or Xue Yuan?" Ming Xu asked with a smile.

"What do you think?" Xue Poye glared at him.

Mingxu chuckled, and replied: "I have been in Beijing for four days, and I have been in Xueyuan for less than two hours."

Xue Poye pondered for a while, and asked in a low voice: "Are you going to come here by yourself? Or do you come here with some other mission?" From the bottom of his heart, seeing Ming Xu again, Xue Poye was very excited and very excited. There is a sense of intimacy, but he immediately felt that things were not that simple, and that Mingxu was able to go to the capital to find him, there might be something else wrong.

Mingxu laughed, walked to Xue Poye's side, and said in a low voice: "The rudder master, the chief rudder master told me that there are changes in the capital, you may need me, so let me serve you."

"I'm just serving you." Xue Poye rolled his eyes at him, and suddenly came to his senses: "Chief helmsman?" The guard Habayashi is also waiting outside the garden, so there is no need to worry about being heard.

Ming Xu smiled and nodded: "That's right, the chief rudder has returned from the north and arrived in Hangzhou, and he praised you as a capable person who managed the Hangzhou sub-rudder in an orderly manner. If there is no accident, the chief rudder may also go to Beijing soon .”

Xue Poye smiled faintly, and said slowly: [It seems that there is going to be a big move in the meeting? 】

Mingxu smiled mysteriously, and said softly: [We always don't understand the things above, just do as instructed.Rudder Master, I haven't seen you for a long time, but if we meet today, I wonder if we can have a big meal? 】

[I rely on] Xue Poye couldn't help cursing: [You came to the capital, didn't you just want to eat a few meals for me? 】

Ming Xu chuckled and said: [Headmaster, you are a joy to be promoted. I heard from Mrs. Lv that you are now the deputy general guard of the Yubayashi Camp. This... is this not a big deal? 】

Xue Poye sighed helplessly, and said, "Let's talk about the food later. There are plenty of steamed buns and pickles here, so you don't have to worry. Let me ask you, how is Qiao Ting's illness going?"

Ming Xu's expression immediately became serious, and he said respectfully: "I'm reporting to the Rudder Master...!" Before he finished speaking, Xue Poye stopped with his hand and asked, "This title can no longer be used in the capital." After a pause, Asked: "It was Lady Lv who escorted you here."

Mingxu nodded and said: "After I entered the capital, I contacted Lady Lv according to the instructions of the chief helmsman."

"Then did they arrange an identity for you?" Xue Poye frowned and said, "Could it be that they just let you come here in such a muddle?"

Mingxu said confidently: "Please take the helm on this point...hehe, please rest assured, my cousin, before I leave, I have already arranged all of this, even if the spies from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Kyoto Prefecture go to investigate, they will not find out. flawed."

"Cousin?" Xue Poye opened his eyes wide.

Mingxu explained with a compassionate expression of the Buddha statue: "For the safety of my cousin, I am my cousin's cousin. I became a monk when I was young, but I have been entangled in the world of mortals and the Buddha sect has been downgraded, so I took refuge in my cousin. Brother, let's eat together, my pseudonym is Xue Mutou, cousin must remember."

Xue Poye didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Xue Mutou?" He only felt that Mingxu was whimsical and unconstrained, and it was really difficult to find out his thoughts.

Mingxu's honest-looking face was full of pride, and he said, "Cousin, I got a good name? Don't worry, I know that it will be difficult for Yulin Camp to accommodate me for a while, so I will stay here first. Here, let me help you look around the house."

Xue Poye rolled his eyes, and didn't dare to entangle him any longer, and asked directly, "Say, how is Qiao Ting now?"

"I can see things now." Ming Xu said slowly, "Qiao Ting's perseverance is very strong, so he recovered very quickly. I have left a prescription for it. As long as I persist, it may take less than a year for the root cause of the disease to disappear, but... ...!" Speaking of this, a sly smile appeared on Ming Xu's face, and he looked rather smug.

"But what?" Xue Poye asked while rubbing his nose.

Mingxu laughed and said, "But cousin, I left a trick, which is of great benefit to cousin." He called himself cousin, and it seemed very easy to say, as if it was true many years ago, Xue Poye I even suspect that this kid has been contacting this claim in secret, otherwise how could he be so plain.

Xue Poye sighed, and then asked, "What tricks did you leave behind?"

Mingxu took out a purple pill from his bosom, and said with a smile: "Cousin, look at this, do you know what it is?"

Xue Poye sneered and said, "Cousin, I forgot to tell you, my cousin is in a bad mood recently, I always have the habit of teaching others, and I most want to teach those guys who play tricks in front of me." He touched his waist Saber, sighed: "I don't know when I can change this habit, so my cousin should take it easy in everything. If I get murderous, no one will recognize me."

Ming Xu hurriedly said: "This is the elixir I made from seafood. It's like this. After my cousin cured Qiao Ting, I left a cover. I told them that if Qiao Ting wanted to cure the root cause of the disease, he needed it every year. Take one of these pills, and when the time comes, I will send them over. Without such pills, the root cause of the disease will never be cured. They firmly believe that I hang them like this, so that you can control them in the future. ...Cousin, you...why are you looking at me like this?"

Xue Poye opened his eyes wide, stared at Mingxu, and after a while, he smiled wryly: "Cousin, are you a monk after all? Politicians can't compare to your scheming."

Mingxu was startled, and didn't know whether Xue Poye was praising or sarcastic, so he stood aside obediently.

Xue Poye stood up, patted Mingxu on the shoulder, and said softly: "You did a good job in this matter. If you do this, it will be like choking the Qiao family, and it will be of great use."

Hearing Xue Poye's words, Ming Xu heaved a sigh of relief, and said softly: "However, Mrs. Qiao has a very high opinion of you, and always talks about you. When I see you, I will tell you and take some time to go Play beast chess with him."

Xue Poye laughed and said: "If I have time, of course I want to pay homage to my grandfather."

Mingxu said again: "The winter clothes you ordered at Qiao's house, Mr. Qiao has properly arranged for people to send them to Hangzhou for camping, and the journey was very smooth. In addition, your business in Hangzhou is already amazingly large, and Nan Huaiwu has already bought it. Many shops, Xue's silk has spread all over Hangzhou, and even rushed to Yangzhou. In addition, Nan Huaiwu has reopened five or six restaurants, all of which are operating in your name. The Lu family in Hangzhou is about to be crushed. Then Mrs. Fang fought Nan Huaiwu several times, but they all ended in failure. Now she wanted to seek peace with Nan Huaiwu, but Nan Huaiwu said that she would not get rid of the Lu family, and vowed not to give up. It seemed that she did not want to reconcile. "Mingxu said happily, grabbed the teacup on the table, took a big sip, moistened Leo's throat, and continued: "I heard that the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce is going to re-elect the chairman, and Nan Huaiwu is running in your name , if there is no accident, you are probably the new president of the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce."

Xue Poye was so excited when he heard this, he clenched his fists and sighed: "Sure enough, I didn't misunderstand the person, Nan Huaiwu is indeed a business genius." But he still understood in his heart that this was because of Nan Huaiwu's strong personality. Commercial ability, on the other hand, has a lot to do with the prince's house arrest.

After the prince was placed under house arrest, all the actions of the princelings could only be carried out secretly, and the capital could not take care of it, let alone the foreign treasury far away in the south of the Yangtze River.

Xue Poye even believes that if the prince is still under house arrest, it won't take long for Nan Huaiwu's talent to sweep the entire south of the Yangtze River and bring down another big family in the south of the Yangtze River, the Fang family in Yangzhou!

Xue Poye is deeply looking forward to the arrival of that day.

"Yes, these news are very exciting. I will ask the kitchen to add another dish for you later." Xue Poye rubbed his nose and said with a smile. These news are really good and made Xue Poye feel very comfortable.

Ming Xu rolled his eyes and said, "Cousin, there is another piece of news. It's not a matter of adding another dish. I'm afraid adding ten dishes may not necessarily get you back."

Xue Poye saw Ming Xu's smiling face, it seemed that there was some good news, and said: "Tell me, I'm happy to hear that, and I'll take you to the restaurant."

Mingxu happily sat down on the chair, and then slowly said: "Cousin, do you have a good relationship with the barbarians?"

"What?" Xue Poye froze, frowning, not understanding why Mingxu suddenly raised this issue, and said that Mingxu was testing himself on behalf of Qinglianzhao, "Why do you ask this?"

Seeing Xue Poye's expression changed, Mingxu immediately understood Xue Poye's thoughts, and said in a low voice, "Don't get me wrong, it's just that before I came, I saw a group of barbarians driving hundreds of barbarian horses to our Hangzhou. I heard that I was looking for you, and later I handed over the horses to Nan Huaiwu. Nan Huaiwu got an order from the Hangzhou government and built a horse farm in the western suburbs of Hangzhou. Hundreds of top-quality horses are now being raised in the horse farm. .Your brother surnamed Xiao... By the way, his name is Xiao Pinshi, and he is currently in charge of the racecourse."

"Brother Wu!" Xue Poye excitedly said, "You mean Brother Wu?"

Mingxu was taken aback for a moment, and wondered, "What brother Wu?"

Xue Poye was stunned, knowing that he had lost his composure, Ming Xu probably didn't know about his relationship with Wu Lachi, he calmed down, feeling unspeakable joy in his heart, that that heroic and unruly man actually led the horses here Arrived in Hangzhou.

In fact, Xue Poye has been thinking about this matter, not because of the group of horses, but because of the high mountains and dangerous waters along the way, especially the horses that are more precious than gold. Now that the danger has arrived, it is a great joy.

Seeing Xue Poye's uncontrollable joy, Ming Xu secretly said in his heart: "It turns out that the rudder master has a good relationship with the barbarians. The rudder master has great powers, and it's amazing that he got so many horses. Together, this matter is always a bit bad, and I have to persuade him when I have time." However, knowing that the helmsman's weird temper wanted to persuade him, he dared not open his mouth.

"Is the leader named Wu Rachi?" Xue Poye asked.

Ming Xu shook his head and said: "No, no, I am quite clear about this. The person who came here this time, the leader is called Zhe Dun, yes, it is Zhe Dun, not Wu... Wu Lachi!"

"Not Brother Wu?" Xue Poye was taken aback, frowning.

With a sound of "snap", the door was suddenly pushed open, and a voluptuous and sexy body broke in, and then quickly closed the door, panting: "Something has happened, something has happened." The proof is the green lady.

Xue Poye and Mingxu looked at each other, both puzzled.

Seeing Xue Poye, the green lady said, "You're back." She walked in quickly and said excitedly, "You know, I just heard a private discussion about the imperial court's money being stolen. Beheaded."

Xue Poye frowned and said, "Where did you hear about it?"

The green lady glanced at Xue Poye, and said in a low voice: "You scoundrel, you are still putting on a show, this is what I want to ask you. I heard that the bank of the household department was transferred to the defense, and the soldiers in the garrison battalion were removed and replaced with new ones. Habayashi Wei of your Fenghuo Camp, what happened?"

Xue Poye knew that this matter was too big, and Luo Wuyan sent people all over the city to search for official bankers in a hurry. I am afraid that many people have already guessed the reason for this matter. He sighed, sat down and said: "It's better for you not to interfere in these matters."

Lady Lv also sat down at the table and said in a low voice, "What's going on, do you have to tell us?"

Xue Poye knew that sooner or later they would not be able to hide the matter from them, so he had to tell them about the theft of the household department's bank vault, and repeatedly urged them not to leak the matter in the slightest.

Ming Xu looked serious, and suddenly said: "Cousin, speaking of it, this might not be a good opportunity."

"Good opportunity?" Xue Poye said indifferently: "What opportunity?"

Ming Xu said slowly: "Cousin, since this batch of money has been stolen, there is naturally a place to hide it, if we find out where the money is secretly, can't we take it for our own use? But God has helped."

Xue Poye said coldly: "Take it for your own use? It's really easy for you to say, that batch of money is like a ghost, disappearing, and it's not easy to find it? Even if you find it, you don't even think about it. You can be an official." The idea of ​​silver, how rigorous and powerful is this silver-stealing organization, with our strength, can we get the silver from other people? Let’s take ten thousand steps back, even if the silver is really found by us, we will get this An astronomical sum of money, can you think of a way to transport it out of Kyoto? The Metropolitan Procuratorate in Kyoto and Kyoto Prefecture all have top spy experts, and they can immediately detect any trouble. Even if I gather all the forces of Qinglianzhao , Can it beat the three major garrison troops in Kyoto, don't forget, there is also a garrison battalion, Habayashi battalion!"

Ming Xu scratched his bald head, and seemed to feel that his own thoughts were too whimsical, so he smiled awkwardly, and dared not say any more.

The green lady said seriously: "Even if we can't get this money, if the imperial court really loses this batch of money, it will undoubtedly shake the foundation of the country and cause trouble. I have also heard that more than 50 years ago, when Da Chu Natural disasters happened again and again, hundreds of officials were corrupted, and the national treasury was empty, and the soldiers at the border did not receive their salary, and there was a mutiny. Tens of thousands of Guan troops marched into the capital, saying that they wanted to ask the false emperor for justice. After raising the military salary, I am afraid that the Great Chu Kingdom will be gone long ago." After a pause, he sneered and said, "The situation today is even more dangerous than that time. Lian Zhao will add fuel to the flames at that time, and I am afraid that the throne of the false emperor will not be secure."

Xue Poye was shocked. He never thought that the situation would be so serious, and he never thought that there would be a similar crisis in the Great Chu Dynasty. From this point of view, if there is a real mutiny, there is a real possibility of chaos in this world.