In the side hall, Gao Gaosheng was waiting for Xu Caining quietly. When he saw Xu Caining walking in alone, leaving the maid beside him outside the door, he secretly praised him and stood up immediately.
"Tell me, what arrangements did you bring to my master from Zhenjiang Fort!"
Xu Caining was dressed as a little lady at the moment, and there was no trace of her dashing and heroic appearance in Nanhaiwei that day. However, facing this man who claimed to be Jiang Wan's subordinate, the mistress temperament she exuded was no less than that of that day.
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That's right, since this person wants to talk to him alone, then this person must be Jiang Wan's confidant, and since he followed her eldest brother all the way from Zhenjiang Fort, she will definitely be worried that he will pose a threat to her.
In front of his confidants, Xu Caining naturally did not need to show any other courtesy.
"My lord wants to take the madam and the young master to Zhenjiang Fort!" Gao Xingsheng said his intention directly without showing off at all: "If madam trusts me, madam only needs to nod, and I will arrange everything else.
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"Haha!" Xu Caining looked at Gao Sheng and laughed softly: "Is there a letter?"
"This is inconvenient. If a subordinate carries such a letter and falls into the hands of Jinyiwei or Dongchang people, it will be detrimental to the master and his wife!" Gao Sheng said calmly: "Furthermore, I think that the matter is
Without further ado, while the Duke of Guo is still in the palace to meet the Emperor, and the Emperor is not aware of our arrangement, it is the most appropriate reality for Madam and Young Master to leave the capital at this time. When we leave the capital, our people will be here all the way.
The arrangements have been made, and the people in the court cannot stop it even if they want to!"
"There are no letters or tokens!" Xu Caining shook his head slightly: "You and I have never met before, so just based on your badge and your stated identity, you let me put my life and my son's life into your hands.
Li, you may be thinking too simplistically!"
She looked at Xing Sheng with a half-smile: "My mother and son are in the capital, in the Dingguo Palace. As long as the emperor doesn't intend to kill my entire Jiang family, then no one can touch us. But, if I follow suit,
As you leave, there are too many chances of an accident happening. Your background may be credible, but for such a big thing, I can't take risks just because it's 'possible'!"
Gaoxing Sheng frowned, and when he heard Xu Caining's words, his eyes showed a hint of surprise.
"That's it. If Jiang Wan hadn't come to pick me up in person, I wouldn't have gone anywhere!" Xu Caining stood up and said, "Thank you for escorting these things all the way to the capital. I will reward you later. If you
If Mr. Jiang really has arrangements, tell him why he doesn’t follow you!"
"If Mr. Jiang comes to pick up Madam in person, will Madam leave?" Gao Sheng looked at Xu Caining getting up with an unchanging expression and asked softly.
"That's right..." Xu Caining replied casually. He looked back and suddenly felt his eyes light up. He saw the guy wearing a thick robe and a fur hat next to Gao Sheng, slowly taking off his hat.
He showed a smiling face that he thought about day and night.
"Xiao Cui, go and accompany this gentleman to count the gifts brought back by the master!" Xu Caining's voice trembled slightly. The maid at the door turned around and saw the man who had met the madam walking out with a smile.
The door to the side hall was casually closed by Gao Xingsheng, and the room suddenly became a little dark.
"Just send someone back. If you come back to Beijing quietly at this time, you will seek death!" Xu Caining glared at Jiang Wan fiercely: "There are Jin Yiwei sitting in the mansion, and Jin Yiwei will follow me when I go in and out. If
If they find out, you won't be able to go anywhere!"
"You just said, if I hadn't come to pick you up in person, you wouldn't have gone anywhere?" Jiang Wan smiled slightly and stretched out her hands towards Xu Caining.
"Don't make trouble, there is someone outside!" Xu Caining rolled her eyes at him: "Are you really here to pick up our mother and son and leave the capital? Is there no room for change between you and His Majesty?"
"No matter what happens between Your Majesty and I, you and the child have to leave here this time!" Jiang Wan nodded: "By the way, I have already chosen a name for the child. It is called Polu. My eldest brother also said that this name is good!"
"Jiang Polu, yes, that's good!" Xu Caining nodded, "It's like the name of a man who stands upright and upright!"
"I know you have a lot to say and a lot of questions to ask, but now is not the time to talk about this!" Jiang Wan said softly: "When we leave the capital and return to Zhenjiang Fort, our family will have plenty of time.
say!"
"I will listen to your arrangements! When will you leave!" Xu Caining is indeed a very independent woman. In fact, as soon as she saw Jiang Wan, she knew that she no longer had to worry about the whole matter, and everything was left to Jiang Wan's control.
Just arrange it.
"Now!" Jiang Wan smiled slightly: "How many Jinyi guards are watching you in the mansion? If you want to leave and they want to stop you, can the news leak out?"
"There are not many people, but if there is a conflict, I'm afraid the outside will know it immediately!" Xu Caining frowned: "There must be people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang outside. Once the matter gets bigger, we are afraid that we will have no choice but to kill them.
Went out of the capital!"
"I didn't come back to cause trouble in the capital!" Jiang Wan smiled: "Of course it's best if there's no conflict. I'll take you back to our house with the carriage in a generous manner. Once we leave here, everything will be easy to handle.
If the people from Jinyiwei want to follow, let them follow!"
"That's right. If you bring something back, I'll take it home to settle it. It's a matter of course!"
Xu Caining nodded and looked at Jiang Wan: "What about you?"
"Of course I will follow you!" Jiang Wan smiled: "Go and prepare. You don't need to bring many people, just a few close and trustworthy people. Let's get ready to go home!"
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"Get up, get up, Miss Xu is out!"
In the gatehouse, Zhao Xiong, a member of the Jinyiwei Baihu family, shouted loudly. The carriages and horses that had just entered the mansion in the distance were preparing to leave the mansion, and just now his people had reported to him that Miss Xu and her young master had already arrived.
Got one of the carriages.
"Miss Xu, where are you going?"
Zhao Xiong stopped the carriage with a shy face, stretched his neck and took a look inside the carriage. There were only Miss Xu, her son, and a maid in the carriage. There was nothing eye-catching.
"Master Jiang has brought a lot of things from Liaodong, and of course he has to go back to his house to settle them down!" Xu Caining looked at Zhao Xiong with a smile: "Zhao Baihu wouldn't think that Duke Dingguo's mansion is now my home, right?"
"My mother's family, my mother's family!" Zhao Xiong chuckled: "It's all the same, it's all the same!"
"There has been some unrest in Beijing recently. I'd better take my brothers to escort Miss Xu home!" Zhao Xiong didn't feel embarrassed at all and said calmly: "Miss Xu will accommodate the errands arranged by the above, even if it's just to see us.
If you are an eyesore, we brothers can just follow you from a distance!"
"It doesn't matter!" Xu Caining waved his hand: "Thank you, Zhao Baihu and all the brothers, there is no need to follow far away, just go with the carriage and horse!"
"Thank you, Miss Xu!"
Zhao Xiong gave a slight expression and called his men to come over. He escorted these chariots and horses slowly out of the Dingguo Palace. Next to the chariots and horses, a kind of soldiers from Liaodong looked at them coldly.
Zhao Xiong stared back at them without any fear, as if they didn't exist.
He has one hundred households of dignified Jin Yiwei. With such status, it is not worth getting angry with a few soldiers. However, if these few soldiers hinder him from doing things, then he has to let the other party know what the laws of Jin Yiwei are.
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The journey from Duke Dingguo's Mansion to Jiang's House was uneventful. When he passed by several hidden stakes in Jinyiwei, Zhao Xiong even saw the inquiring eyes of those hidden stakes, and he calmly signaled that everything was fine.
And the fact was just as he expected. How could something happen in Beijing? There was no one blocking the road until he reached Jiang's house. Until he saw the door of Jiang's house opened and the carriage slowly drove in, he completely
Relaxed.
"We will wait for Miss Xu in the concierge. If Miss Xu wants to return to Duke Dingguo's mansion, we will escort Miss Xu back!"
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone!" Xu Caining slowly turned around: "We have walked all the way, come in and have a sip of tea!"
She looked at the carriage: "The local specialties from Liaodong, some furs, ginseng, pearls, etc., are not valuable things. You and your brothers should come in and get a copy. It is also a thank you for your guards coming and going!"
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"Ah!" Zhao Xiong was about to refuse, but he saw the brothers beside him keep giving him winks, and he hesitated a little. The worthless things that rich people talk about might be what he and his brothers have spent for a year.
Salary!
After Xu Caining finished speaking, he turned around and walked inside, as if he didn't wait for his reply at all. Seeing the other party's behavior, he became more and more convinced that this was Miss Xu's casual reward - she didn't care at all.
His feelings!
"Boss, boss!" the brother of Jin Yiwei beside him urged: "Everyone has a share, this is worth a lot of money!"
"After all the things are sold, I will take 70%, and you will divide the rest!" Zhao Xiong looked back at his men: "Old rules!"
"Okay, okay, boss, whatever you say is fine. Come in quickly. If it's too late, if people think we don't care about it and don't give it, it will be a big loss!"
The guards in royal robes made a noise, Zhao Xiong nodded, and everyone swarmed in.
The carriage slowly drove into the second yard and stopped. The soldiers from Liaodong were unloading things on the carriage. Zhao Xiong walked over and patted one of the leaders on the shoulder: "How are you doing?"
, do you need help from my buddies?"
"Yes!" The man raised his head and showed a gentle smile: "Everyone, get in the car!"
"Huh?" Zhao Xiong was still confused. A hard object stared at his chest and abdomen, and then he heard the man say softly: "I am a blunderbuss. I don't need a match rope. I am so light."
If you pull the trigger lightly, half of your body will be gone!"
His body suddenly stiffened, and his brothers behind him didn't react at all. He turned around with some difficulty, and saw that about ten of his brothers were all hit by the short fire blunderbuss between his chest and abdomen.
They were standing while someone was taking off their sabers one by one!
"The people in Jinyiwei are really knowledgeable. I'm really worried that some of these guys don't know what we have in our hands. If they really take action and make everyone's house covered in blood, it won't be good!"
Someone muttered, but Zhao Xiong heard it clearly. At this moment, he didn't even have to guess, he already knew what these people were going to do.
"I'm sorry, everyone, the people above this matter shouldn't make things difficult for you!" The man with a gentle smile said: "After three months, someone from each of your families will give you two hundred taels of silver as an apology for today. Of course
, Miss Xu promised you that each of these local specialties will be delivered to your home!"
"Thank you!" Zhao Xiong said with a somewhat harsh voice.
"Get in the carriage now. We will tie your hands and feet and gag your mouths. In a day, someone will come to rescue you!" The man with a gentle face said: "Cooperate well and nothing will happen.
have!"
All the royal guards were quickly tied up and sent to the carriage one by one. In the small space, Zhao Xiong looked at the frightened expressions on the faces of his brothers. He shook his head slightly and comforted his own with his eyes.
Brother - this is the best result. Please give me some time to calm down and don't seek death!
The curtains were lowered, the carriage began to move slowly, the voices outside gradually became inaudible, and the whole world seemed to become quiet.
After waiting for more than an hour, Zhao Xiong plucked up the courage and slowly knocked against the door of the carriage. As expected, the carriage and horse were held back.
He whimpered, and finally someone turned around and took a lot of effort to dig out the numbness in his mouth.
After a period of confusion, everyone was finally able to speak.
"Boss, have these evil spirits left? If not, we can't make any noise!" Someone said in a low voice.
"Shit, it's been an hour and you still haven't left. Are you going to stay here and wait for arrest?" Zhao Xiong spat out a mouthful of blood and said, "First get your hands and feet away, and then go out to ask for help. We are in big trouble this time. We were caught without anyone noticing.
If the person is tied up, no one will get anything good from him when he goes back!"
When a group of royal guards broke open the carriage door and ran from the backyard to the front yard, what he saw was the empty Jiang family courtyard. There was no one in the whole house, whether it was Miss Xu or Jiang they were looking at.
The young master is still a servant in this house. At this moment, all of them seem to have evaporated.
"Why are you still standing there? Blow the whistle and call for help!"
Zhao Xiong shouted loudly, and the whistles around him suddenly started to sound one after another. As the whistles sounded, the exposed and hidden posts of the Jinyi Guards were everywhere near the house, the Jinyi Colonels patrolling the streets nearby, and even the soldiers and horses of the Military and Horse Department.
The soldiers began to run towards here one by one.
Seeing those hurried figures, Zhao Xiong slumped down. That was all he could do. As for whether he can keep his official position in the Hundred Households after this incident, that depends on
The ancestors of their Zhao family have not protected them anymore!