Chapter 383 Restart (please vote for recommendation on Monday)
The person who rushed to the foot of Ci Lao Mountain was Ji Gang.
After Ji Gang joined the army of King Yan, he first became his groom.
Don't underestimate the groom of this era. His responsibility is not only to take care of the war horses in peacetime, but also to lead the horses into stirrups during war. To a certain extent, his existence is related to the safety of the horse owner, just like the chariots in the ancient pre-Qin period.
In the era when it was used as the main battle weapon, the people who drove the chariot were usually nobles with a certain status, and only those who were extremely trusted by the commander could be responsible for the same.
The King of Yan wanted him to be his groom, because he wanted to inspect him nearby, and he also wanted to cultivate this scholar who took the initiative to join him. Ji Gang was brave and resourceful, and was by no means a mediocre person. He was by Zhu Di's side, and he moved forward bravely during battles, and he was always brave.
He took care of the King of Yan and was very attentive, so he was favored by the King of Yan. In just two years, he had been promoted to the rank of loyal guard for thousands of households.
After experiencing the benefits of successive battles, Zhu Di paid more and more attention to intelligence work. He began to realize that a powerful intelligence agency played a vital role in the coach's decision-making. The victory or defeat on the battlefield sometimes depended on that.
A piece of information, so they paid more and more attention to the Flying Dragon secret agent led by Xia Xun. Although the war ahead continued and money was used everywhere, if Xia Xun had needs, he would satisfy them as soon as possible.
Later, in the army, Ji Gang heard the details of King Yan's third son's escape from Jiangnan. He was very interested because this Yang Xu was his close friend. He hurriedly asked King Yan about the current whereabouts of his good friend. Zhu Di
Only then did I know that he and Yang Xu were old acquaintances. Not long ago, Xia Xun evacuated Jinling City, reported to him the causes and consequences of turning light into darkness, and asked him to send a few more brave and careful people to assist him. Zhu Di sent Ji Gang
Sent.
When Xia Xun went to Yanziji to pick up someone, he didn't know that the person coming was Zhusheng Jigang from Shandong. He was indeed very happy to meet old friends.
When the two returned to Xia Xun's residence, Xu Ming'er also said goodbye to Bai Xianxian and returned to her home.
Before he could sit down, Ji Gang was startled when he saw a very rustic little village girl in a green coat and red skirt running in.
Xia Xun, on the other hand, didn't take any notice and smiled at Xu Ming'er: "Go and boil a pot of wine and cook two more dishes."
In the past few months, Xia Xun has trained the daughter-in-law of the Xu family to put out her hands and open her mouth when food comes. She can make fires to cook, make beds and fold quilts. These are very simple things for ordinary people, but they are things she originally didn't know how to do.
, doing very well now.
It's just like a child learning to walk. When he can't walk, he desperately insists on going to the ground. When he learns to walk, he hugs your neck and refuses to go to the ground. At the beginning, Xu Ming'er
In high spirits, she would add a piece of firewood to the stove and watch the flames rise. She would be happy for a long time, but now she doesn't like to touch these things.
Having said that, Xia Xun asked her to do it, and she agreed obediently, for no other reason than because she felt that she was a woman. No matter how noble her status was, washing and cooking were the affairs of her daughter's family, and she did not let the elders do it.
As for this work, since there are no maids or servants in this place, you have to do it yourself. It would be outrageous to let Xia Xun do it.
Ji Gang saw that he didn't introduce himself to the girl, but he didn't avoid her either. He treated her like a member of the family. Taking a closer look, this girl looked rustic, but in fact she had charming features and bright eyes.
That intelligence, shrewdness and cleverness could not be concealed by the deliberately stupid appearance. He couldn't help but smile, winked at Xia Xun, and said in a narrow voice: "Wenxuan, no matter where you go, there is always no shortage of women. This
The girl is quite nice. She took a good look at the water and took a pinch of it. Is it appropriate to heat a pot to warm your feet? "
"Don't talk nonsense, you can't afford to offend this girl."
Xia Xun smiled mysteriously, but still refused to explain Xu Ming'er's identity. Xu Ming'er had a special status. If the court knew that she had defected to King Yan, as long as Emperor Jianwen was willing, the Xu family could be punished with the crime of imprisonment, so
When reporting the news to King Yan, in order to prevent the information from being intercepted by the court, Xia Xun did not mention in the letter that the little princess was now with him, so Ji Gang naturally knew nothing about it.
However, he was such a shrewd person. When he saw Xia Xun's expression, he realized that this girl must have a great background. He immediately shut up and did not dare to make fun of her with this matter again.
Not to mention, the little girl is quite talented in cooking. Xia Xun's cooking skills are very superficial. All he can teach Xu Ming'er is some basic common sense, such as how to make a fire, how to boil a pot, oil and salt
Xu Ming'er quickly mastered the sequence of adding soy sauce and vinegar to the pot. Moreover, the little girl learned and practiced better than the master after joining the family. From then on, Xia Xun began to use it with peace of mind.
She rolled up her sleeves, revealing two tender and crispy lotus-root-like arms, and tied a small apron of blue floral rags. Her whole body was full of swagger, and Xu Ming'er started working in the kitchen. Xia Xun felt at ease.
I brewed a pot of coarse tea under the tree in the courtyard and just chatted with Ji Gang while waiting for the food to be served.
In the whole world, Xia Xun can be regarded as the first person in ancient times to have a princess make his own bed, make his own quilt, and prepare a fire and cook for him.
Fresh vegetables, stir-fried bamboo shoots, water spinach, cattail sprouts, cut into a plate of ready-made pork head, braised white fish, fried a few Yangtze saury, said to be two dishes, after a while, Xu Ming
I actually made six dishes, four hot and two cold, and boiled a pot of wine and served them one after another.
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Ji Gang didn't know that what he was tasting was the cooking of the little princess of Zhongshan Palace. After taking a bite of the food, he couldn't help nodding his head in praise, then he picked up the pot and filled a glass of wine for Xia Xun first. Although the two were friends in the past, this summer
Xun was his immediate superior. Ji Gang knew very well how important Xia Xun was in the eyes of His Highness King Yan. His favors benefited the whole family of King Yan, and he was life-saving to King Yan himself and the three princes. Although he had never led an army
He has been on the battlefield, and his reputation is not obvious. However, except for Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and other old men who have followed King Yan since he started his army, none of the other civil servants and generals can be equal to him. This is
Waiting for a character, now he is under Xia Xun's command, and he can also ask Shangguan to pour wine for him.
It was April weather, so the two of them exchanged glasses and drank wine under the shady tree.
Although they were in a small farmyard, it was natural for the two of them to get together and not "open up the garden and talk about mulberry and hemp over wine". Instead, they could each talk about their experiences in the past few years since they parted. It reminded me of the time when the two of them were together in Pudong.
The first time they met in Taixian County, Ji Gang and Gao Xianning were still scholars who traveled around the world, while he was a famous gentry in Qingzhou Prefecture. Now, the two of them coincidentally joined the command of King Yan and became a secret spy. But in the past, they shared
My good friend Gao Xianning is now in Jinan and has become the right-hand assistant of Shandong Governor Tie Xuan, while Liu Yujue is in Yingtian Mansion and has become a member of the Jinyi Guard.
Four people, who would have thought of today just two years ago? It is even more unimaginable that the relationship will turn into a hostile relationship between cat and mouse. Things have changed like this.
Xu Ming'er held a small horse and sat under the eaves, with her knees together and her chin leaning on her chin. She looked curiously at the two people drinking and chatting under the tree. Sometimes they laughed, sometimes they shook their heads and sighed, sometimes they sighed, sometimes they felt sad, and sometimes they sighed.
No matter whether she was happy or happy, the drinking was always going on. She didn't understand why men loved drinking so much, let alone how two grown men could have such rich feelings while sitting there.
The rice wine from Jiangnan is not very strong, and both of them have good drinking capacity. They can't get drunk after just one pot of wine. After the past experiences were gradually explained, the two people's topics focused on the present, and they focused on King Yan.
Focused on major issues related to the future of the two people.
Xia Xun's expression calmed down: "His Highness sent you here, which is a very suitable candidate. No one knows about your defection to King Yan. This is the biggest cover that allows you to act openly in Jinling City."
"Should I go see Yujue? He doesn't know my identity and I have his protection..."
"Can't!"
Xia Xun remembered that Liu Yujue had let him go in the forest when he rescued the third son of King Yan from Jinling. Although he was confident that he could defeat Yujue if he had taken action at that time, Yujue's letting go was definitely not because he thought it was not him.
He always remembered this affection for his opponent. Therefore, he did not want to drag Yujue into trouble, just like he did with Xu Zengshou. He was more scrupulous. Obviously he was the easiest person to instigate rebellion, but Xia Xun found it difficult to use his fists. Moreover, he was the easiest person to instigate rebellion.
After all, Yujue is working in Jinyiwei. Who knows if he has changed now. If he doesn't miss his old relationship, it will be easy for him to reveal his secrets under his nose.
Ji Gang changed his mind and said: "That's fine, after all... I don't know much about his current situation. So what is the main thing I want to do when I go to Jinling?"
Xia Xun took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "You have only one thing to do here: restart our most important intelligence line."
He put down his glass and said: "Our operations in Jinling have never stopped, but the two most important lines have been completely cut off since I left Jinling. Before receiving my order, these two lines will not
start up."
Ji Gang was shocked and moved: "Your Excellency is so cautious, these two lines must be extremely important."
"Yes, people often say that raising an army takes a thousand days and deploying it only takes a while. This is especially true for our spies. These two lines are very reused. One of them, I have never used it to convey any news, not major and urgent news.
, must not be used. Once these two lines are destroyed, it will be an irreparable and heavy loss. Their importance... Let's put it this way, in order to keep either of these two lines, I can give up the entire intelligence network in Jinling City
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Ji Gang couldn't help but sit up straight. Of course he knew what Xia Xun meant by saying this, and he also knew what an important responsibility Xia Xun was entrusting to him.
"After all, we are old friends. Your Excellency actually entrusted me with such an important matter!" Ji Gang became a little excited.
Of course, what he didn't know was that under the flying dragon, there was also a Qianlong. Xia Xun treated all his subordinates equally. With such a huge responsibility entrusted to him, how could he not send Qianlong's people to keep an eye on him.
Xia Xun said: "When the wind was the loudest, I cut it off. Now, I want to re-enable it. After you enter the city..."
Ji Gang listened carefully.
Ji Gang left, he only stayed here for half a day.
Looking at his hurried away figure, Xu Ming'er sighed quietly: "Are we going to start again?"
Unknowingly, she has fallen in love with this quiet, natural life, without intrigues, intrigues, and greed. Therefore, even if there is no fine clothes and fine food, no servants, and no nobility like stars holding the moon, she would rather live there
Here I am a carefree little village girl.
But, is this dream about to end...
p: This morning while I was typing, Master Yi Zhuo looked at me in surprise and said, "It's so strange. I dreamed about you last night."
I returned a look of disdain and said, "How is that possible? You haven't seen me before."
She said: "It's really, really true."
Guan Guan became interested and said with a sly smile: "What dream? Tell me about it."
She said: "I dreamed that you were standing on an unfinished building, so I climbed up to talk to you. You said that climbing a building was pointless and that climbing a tree would be better. Being pure and kind-hearted, I went climbing with you.
It was a tree. Finally, I climbed up with great difficulty. Before I could stand still, I was pushed down by your hand. I fell into the sheepfold. Then I couldn't get out. There were sheep bleating everywhere. I was always confused.
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Guan Guan suddenly lost interest and said sadly: "Okay, you can post it in the book review section and ask experts to interpret the dream."
She said: "No, that's so embarrassing. In fact, I just want to say this, Guan Guan, your image has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Even in dreams, you are a bad person."
Guan Guan thought for a while: "In that case, why not be a bad guy again? Hehe, if you don't do it, I will do it for you^_^"