During the journey, Chen Xi always chose to ride a carriage. Even if the road was bumpy, it was safe and convenient for rest and rest, so he would never ride a horse easily.

It was late at night and Chen Xi was in a good spirit while writing and painting in the tent alone. The guards outside came in and reported that a quick horse brought news to the capital.

Chen Xi knew that Zhu Houzhao, who was living a mess, could not send someone to convey information to him, and it must be his subordinates who came.

When he saw someone, Chen Xi realized that the so-called messenger was Yunliu in men's clothing.

The greatest significance of Yunliu's arrival to Chen Xi is not what news she brings, but that Chen Xi's unavoidable loneliness finally has a way to relieve it, and there is no need to sleep alone.

"grown ups."

Yunliu didn't know Chen Xi's thoughts. In her opinion, Chen Xi rarely talked about her children's affair. Even when they got along in private, they were closer to the exchange of interests, and emotional factors accounted for a very small part.

Chen Xi first stepped back the guard who brought the people in, then walked over, looked down at Yunliu, and asked with concern: "How many days did you take to come?"

"Two days."

Yun Liu's face turned pale and replied, "I haven't closed my eyes."

Chen Xi felt a little distressed. He admired Yun Liu's self-improvement spirit very much. He seemed to be full of vitality at all times, just like a never-tiring female fighter.

Without Yun Liu, the intelligence system he had planned for a long time could not be established. Anyone could be missing this system, but Yun Liu was indispensable.

Chen Xi said: "Sit down and talk, and have a good rest later." After that, he took Yunliu's hand and came to the desk table and asked Yunliu to sit in his previous seat.

Yun Liu was flattered. Even if Chen Xi had no airs before, she would not have such an attitude, which made her feel that the contrast was too strong.

Yun Liu was very embarrassed. He threw all the things he wanted to say. He was at a loss for a moment. Chen Xi smiled and said, "If you have important things, say them. If you don't, go and rest now and wait until the report will be made early tomorrow morning."

Yun Liu suddenly remembered her errands, but she was not used to sitting and reporting things, especially Chen Xi stood beside her, which seemed to her no distinction between superiority and inferiority.

She was about to stand up and talk, but Chen Xi was pushed back to her seat.

"Sit and talk."

Chen Xi took a stool and sat down next to him, making Yunliu even more awkward.

While Yingying looked around, Yunliu organized a speech in her heart and said, "Sir, after you leave, Your Majesty will reward the Shen family with 5,000 taels of silver. Liu Jin will send it to her home and sign it by her wife. In addition... what you ordered is that the humble position has been completed, the muskets to be transported have been loaded, and there are also craftsmen and their families who need to migrate to Xuanfu. Xier will lead people to escort to Xuanfu in two days."

Chen Xi thought for a moment, shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid that Liu Jin will not let anyone send out the weapon easily..."

Yun Liu's expression changed, and he immediately stood up and bowed to Chen Xi to admit his mistake.

Chen Xi stood up and walked to Yunliu, sat down first, let Yunliu sit on his lap, and his whole body was thrown into his arms. This made Yunliu's nervousness and guilt weaken a little.

Chen Xi comforted: "It doesn't matter whether the musket can be transported out. This time I went to Xuanfu for training and fighting. The most important thing is to get through this relatively sensitive period. I asked you to investigate the salary issues of the nobles in the Trilateral and Xuanda Land, what's going on now?"

Yunliu hurriedly said, "Sir, as you ordered, the situation has been found out. Liu Jin had previously ordered that he would help His Majesty build an palace in Xuanfu, and the expenses required will be paid by generals and nobles in Sanbian and Xuanda...."

"good!"

Chen Xi nodded repeatedly, which was good news for him.

Yun Liu didn't understand very well and frowned and asked, "Sir, does the imperial court want to build an palace in Xuanfu? Does it mean that Your Majesty will temporarily stay in Xuanfu?"

Chen Xi shook his head: "It doesn't matter whether Your Majesty will move to the Xuanfu. The most important thing is that Liu Jin stood on the opposite side of all the nobles on the three sides of the Ming Dynasty and the Xuanda Land. He did this to cause trouble for himself... Maybe he looked down on these nobles and wanted to make a lot of money from it!"

Yun Liu said: "Is it possible that as Lord said before, the nobles in the Three Borders and Xuanda Land might treason?"

Chen Xi smiled at Yun Liu, but did not answer the question, but asked: "When you came, did you find someone being followed, or some unusual people?"

Yun Liu thought for a while and shook her head: "I haven't noticed it."

"Actually, you should pay more attention. As I expected, Liu Jin was determined to let me die on the way to Xuanfu, or wait for me to arrive at the place and take the opportunity to secretly attack him, so that he can rest assured." Chen Xidao, "Your Majesty wants to be in the Xuanfu Training Palace, which is enough to make this old eunuch alert. He had already begun to despise me and did not think I could compete with him, but now... he will most likely be anxious."

Yun Liu frowned: "That adult..."

Chen Xi suddenly hugged Yun Liu in the waist, lowered his head and smiled, "What do you think so much? If Liu Jin really has the ability to kill me, can I live to this day? I originally thought that I could only rely on reading or writing some words to relieve my inner loneliness tonight, but your arrival has solved my urgent need."

After saying that, Chen Xi carried Yun Liu directly to the bed behind the tent.

...

...

Under the lonely lamp, Chenxi finally found spiritual comfort in the desolate place outside the pass.

The originally cold and lonely tent added a little warmth. Chen Xi couldn't remember how long it had passed. When everything calmed down, he felt relaxed in his whole body and mind.

Even Chen Xi didn't expect that he would have such a good "interest". He originally thought that it would be difficult for him to ignite enthusiasm in matters between men and women.

"grown ups."

Yunliu, who had faded away the disguise, showed her gentle and graceful side. When she snuggled in her arms, Chen Xi felt an unspeakable warmth. Yunliu first gave him the impression that she was intellectual and gentle, but then she felt that she was strong and unyielding, just like the weeds growing stubbornly in the cracks of the rocks, indomitable.

There is always a balance between the two.

In other words, Chen Xi himself is the fundamental reason why Yunliu transforms between the two.

The beauty is in her arms, and the loneliness in Chen Xi's heart is vented, but he still has some reverie, especially involving the uncertain future.

Chen Xi sighed slightly, Yun Liu felt the trouble in Chen Xi's heart, and his jade arms tightened a little.

Chen Xidao: "It won't take long to go from here to Xuanfu. If Liu Jin really wants to start on the road, the next journey may be a little uneasy. We have to cheer up and it's best to rush to Xuanfu in front of them. But getting to Xuanfu does not mean that the trouble ends, the real test will only begin."

Yun Liu listened silently and did not express his opinion.

She would rather report things to Chen Xi with a subordinate's mentality than discussing it equally.

Chen Xi gently caressed the beautiful face of Ruhua in Yunluo and said, "Get a good rest. After arriving in Xuanfu, you will be the most capable general under my command. You will have to do many things and will not be too leisurely."

...

...

Chen Xi left the capital and went to Xuanfu, which was a big problem for Liu Jin and the members of the eunuch party.

But for Xuanfu and Datong, the entire northwest officialdom, it was like a big storm coming.

At that time, Chen Xi was transferred to the governor of the Three Borders by Huguang and Jiangxi, which caused large-scale official turmoil. Now Chen Xi was demoted to Xuanfu as the Minister of War, and the people in the northwest officialdom were even more worried about Chen Xi's arrival.

Officials and generals on the front lines of Xuanfu and Datong were the most worried.

The former Governor of Xuanda Sun Xiucheng disappeared during the war. The court did not publicize his surrender to the enemy. After all, it was related to the court's face. After that, the position of Governor of Xuanda has been vacant. Wang Shouren stayed in Xuanda not in the identity of Governor of Xuanda, but in the name of acting Governor of the Prime Minister and military affairs.

This time, the Governor Chen Xi, the governor of Xuanda, came with the title of Zuodu Censor, Minister of War, etc. Even if it was just Xuxian, his identity as a young tutor was real.

In this way, Chen Xi was ranked below the governor of the Three-Border in the Northwest Officialdom, but his position in the court was still above the governor of the Three-Border in the Three-Border.

The key is that Chen Xi's achievements and prestige are there. It is far from the fact that Liu Jin can erode the status of Chen Xi in the minds of generals and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty by saying that a single exile can wipe out Chen Xi's position in the minds of generals and soldiers.

Chen Xi's tenure as Governor of Xuanda directly affected the interests of Yang Wu, Governor of Xuanfu, Cui Yan, Governor of Datong, as well as local eunuchs, generals, and others.

Yang Wu and Cui Yan are both members of the eunuch party, and they were promoted only by bribing Liu Jin.

After receiving the letter from Liu Jin's request to secretly cooperate with Zhang Wenmian to "officially" it, the two learned that Zhang Wenmian was ordered to assassinate Chen Xi. They were panic and unable to sleep or eat. They were obviously scared by Chen Xi's reputation.

The governor's office of Xuanfu.

During this period, Yang Wu summoned his subordinates to discuss it many times, and Wang Shouren was packing his bags and preparing to leave for the capital after Shen Xi arrived.

"...Sir, did Eunuch Liu say that Shangshu Chen was exiled to Xuanfu, just like the wingless eagle, what are you afraid of if he does?"

When the aide Wen Xiangjin saw Yang Wu's worrying look, he took advantage of the meeting to come to Yang Wu's study to make a comment.

Yang Wu said angrily: "What do you know? Before Shen Zhihou became the Minister of War, he served as the governor of the local government many times, and he had his footprints from all over the world. Every time he went, he would cause a lot of trouble, and the officialdom would be overthrown by him!"

Wen Xiangjin said: "Your Madam is too worried... As far as I know, no matter how powerful Shen Zhihou is, he is still a scholar without any power. He passed the Jinshi exam in the 12th year of Hongzhi. He was one year later than you. He was promoted step by step because of the help of nobles in the court..."

Yang Wu glanced at Wen Xiangjin with a slant: "Then, according to your intention, I don't have to worry?"

“That’s exactly that.”

Wen Xiangjin thought what he said had worked, and his tone was a bit confident, and said, "To put it bluntly, Shen Zhihou was only twenty years old. Even if he counted from his mother's womb, how many attainments in business practices have? It is really unreliable to say that he could cause a local storm, and it was mostly spreading rumors. When he was in office as the governor of the three sides, Eunuch Liu investigated the ill-fated government of the nine sides, which caused the official storm. He did nothing in that storm. He was transferred to the capital to serve as the Minister of War because he was the emperor's army."

Yang Wu sneered: "What should I explain the matter of Gao Ji, the governor of Nanning when he was in Nanning Prefecture?"

"Um?"

Wen Xiangjin can't speak now.

Yang Wu said: "If he was just an ordinary scholar, what would I be afraid of him? But this person is really not a good person. He never follows the rules in the place. Every time he goes, he will be mobilized with his troops. When he is in the southwest and southeast, wars will occur one after another, and he will lead the troops to calm down."

"A civil servant who is good at leading troops even commits a forced robbery of civilian women, and even the local magistrate is harmed by him. Do you think this official can rest assured?"

Wen Xiangjin stood there, completely confused.

Obviously, he did not do enough to Chen Xi's homework, and he could not defend himself even if he was scolded by Yang Wu.

Seeing that Yang Wu was very annoyed, Wen Xiangjin asked for instructions: "Sir, please prepare..."

Yang Wudao: "Eunuch Liu has sent a quick horse to deliver a letter, saying that he was appointing his staff to Xuanfu to handle the work. The battlefield where Eunuch Liu and Shen Zhihou fought from the capital to Xuanfu was frightening... No matter what happened to any side, it was difficult for me to report to you."

Wen Xiangjin hesitated: "This... Eunuch Liu refused to let go and actually sent someone to chase him to Xuan Mansion. It was obvious that he wanted to get rid of Shen Zhihou and get it right away."

"You can say such words?" Yang Wu glared at Wen Xiangjin and said.

Wen Xiangjin was timid and waited for Yang Wu's a little bit to calm down before analyzing: "If Eunuch Liu succeeds, he is the dignified Governor of Xuanda, the former Minister of War, or the current imperial stern... The adults have a high responsibility and lose their official positions are considered light. As for the failure, the father-in-law will definitely blame him. Isn't this to make it difficult for you to be a human being?"

Yang Wu roared like thunder: "I know it is difficult for me to do, so why don't you think of a solution for me? Just watch me in a dilemma and do nothing?"

"Shen Zhihou will be at Xuanfu in the past two days. What if he takes action as his official first after he arrives? This official is promoted by Eunuch Liu, and many people in the court know that Shen Zhihou will not be prepared in advance?"

“Yes, yes!”
To be continued...