Liu Jin successfully got through the test.

After saying goodbye to Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin was still very grateful. After leaving the door of the leopard room, the tense strings in his heart finally relaxed. He couldn't stand steadily and needed someone to help him to go to the carriage.

"Master, are you okay?" asked the servant of the Liu family with concern.

"It's okay...can it be okay?"

Liu Jin wiped the sweat and said, "The sweat on our house is almost soaking our clothes. I thought it was an unsolvable death situation, but it was actually untied by our family. This time I am really escaping from death!"

The servant helped Liu Jin get on the carriage and drove back to the house. After the car drove out, Liu Jin suddenly woke up and lifted the curtain and ordered:

"Don't go back to the mansion, go to the Ministry of Personnel... Oh no, I'm going to the Ministry of Revenue... In short, go to these two yamen first... Our family wants to make a complete decision on the matter... Alas!"

Liu Jin rarely had a ruthless attitude, but this time he really scared him. He disappeared from his previous arrogance and behaved like an old man who had experienced many vicissitudes of life, even his tone of speech became extremely desolate.

The servants did not dare to ask more questions, so they quickly sent Liu Jin to the office of the Ministry of Revenue... Liu Jin wanted to discuss with Liu Ji, Zhang Cai and others, in order to make the local rebellion a case.

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After Liu Jin left, Xiao Twist appeared in front of Zhu Houzhao.

When Zhu Houzhao met Liu Jin before, Xiao Guozi kept hiding behind and listening.

Zhu Houzhao asked, "Little Treasure, you have heard what Eunuch Liu said, how do you explain it?"

Xiao Guozi dared not speak casually. He was smart and knew that he could not show his hatred towards Liu Jin, otherwise Zhu Houzhao would doubt his motive for complaining.

"Return to Your Majesty, I just gave you the news, and then the words of Master Xie... to you." Xiao Tiaozi lowered his head, looking like he was about to cry.

Zhu Houzhao sneered: "Do you think I want to cure you? Wrong, I have no intention of blaming you."

Xiao Guozi couldn't understand it now. He clearly felt that Zhu Houzhao had completely believed Liu Jin's nonsense and thought that he was about to be in trouble.

Zhu Houzhao said: "I think Liu Jin must have something to hide from me. I don't know what it is. I just feel that it is not that right, which makes me feel very troubled... Well, if Liu Jin tells me alone in the court, if this goes on, he will definitely deceive the emperor and the emperor. If there are other channels to listen to the inside and outside of the court, I will be more informed."

Xiao Guozi vaguely understood that Zhu Houzhao was worried about Liu Jin and wanted to get more information in the court. He immediately plucked up the courage to ask: "Your Majesty, is it necessary to investigate that matter?"

"check!"

Zhu Houzhao was extremely firm and said, "We must investigate and make the truth come to light, but remember not to let Eunuch Liu know, and let Zhang Yong cooperate with you... As for others, there is no need to tell them."

Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao seemed to remember something and seemed very annoyed: "Hey, I forgot to ask Liu Jin about Mrs. Zhong."

Xiao Guozi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I have heard of this matter..."

"Why do you know everything?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned and looked at Xiaotie, and raised her face, "Say!"

Xiao Zhuozi replied carefully: "As far as I know, after Qian Qianhu went to Liaodong, there was no news about it at all. It is probably nonsense to find Mrs. Zhong. This matter may be also Eunuch Liu..."

Some words are so hard that I dare not speak too much, and Zhu Houzhao needs to think about it himself.

Zhu Houzhao's face was gloomy: "Don't pour any dirty water on Liu Jin. You should know that it's much easier for Liu Jin to get news than you. Qian Ning has the news back, so should he tell you?"

Xiao Tiaozi knelt down and said, "I know my mistake, and I will never dare to spread gossip in the future."

Zhu Houzhao raised his hand: "I am not blaming you, I just want to remind you to use your brain first when speaking and doing things. Liu Jin said that Qian Ning found Mrs. Zhong, and I also doubted this matter. Although he reposted Qian Ning's words, he was speechless. There should have been more news in the past few days, but the reality is just the opposite... There is indeed something worth discussing!"

After hearing this, Xiao Taozi didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Although Zhu Houzhao had doubts about Liu Jin, he was unwilling to change the status quo easily. He thought he would be able to bring Liu Jin down this time, but he didn't know which link was wrong, but Liu Jin learned about the news and turned the world around after a few steps, which made Xiao Tiaozi very helpless.

Zhu Houzhao said: "You check two things together. I will give you the right to act at the camera... Be smarter in your work, you don't need to show up in person, just arrange for someone you trust."

"Yes, your Majesty!"

Xiao Guozi was authorized by the emperor and felt a little more at ease.

Zhu Houzhao said again: "I know that you are very afraid of Eunuch Liu, for fear that he will not be good to you, but you cannot falsely accuse you out of fear. You must have evidence in everything before you talk about it. Otherwise, what reason should I use to punish Liu Jin? This is not a good thing for you. Do you give those civil servants excuses to attack me every day for improper employment? Go ahead, do things well, don't let me down!"

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Xie Qian and Xiao Baozi carefully planned the action against Liu Jin, but ended in failure.

Shen Xi, who was in Xuanfu, learned about the incident from Yunliu's urgent information and was very disappointed.

In front of Xier, Shen Xi could not hide his regret and sighed: "I'm too anxious. Liu Jin has installed so many spys in front of Zhu Houzhao. How can such a big noise be guaranteed to be known to Liu Jin? Once Liu Jin counterattacks, His Majesty is more willing to believe him..."

Xier said, "That adult, how should we remedy it?"

"Remedy? Alas!"

Shen Xi sighed and shook his head helplessly, "How easy is it? Liu Jin is already prepared, which means it is even more difficult to attack him again. Now we have to beware of Liu Jin waiting for an opportunity to take revenge."

Xier looked sad: "The plan was so detailed, but I didn't expect it to fail in the end, alas!"

Shen Xi looked at Xier and said, "Some things cannot be seen in appearance. It is not realistic to rely on a corruption case and falsely report the people's chaos. Is it not realistic to ask His Majesty to take Liu Jin down and ask for guilt. Did Liu Jin not accept bribes before? Or did Liu Jin not report military information? But what about the final result?"

Xier thought about it and felt that Shen Xi's words made sense.

Shen Xi said again: "Many people in the court think that as long as you can find evidence of Liu Jin's corruption and abuse of power, you can make him doomed. In fact, it is not... Your Majesty now needs someone to make money and manage the government affairs. Even if Liu Jin has a bad record, Your Majesty can tolerate it. This attack is meaningless. This is why I handed over the memorial to Shangshu Xie before but refused to let him take action."

"Who would have thought that Shangshu Xie had a close relationship with the deacon and eunuchs around His Majesty, and he actually took the initiative to plan to attack him. He thought that doing so would completely pull Liu Jin off his horse, but what... in the end it only aroused His Majesty's suspicion... Of course, this is a small gain!"

Even though there is no result in this, it is finally easier to open a crack in the close relationship between Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin.

Xier asked for instructions: "Sir, what should we do now?"

Chen Xidao: "Liu Jin falsely reported military information and was unable to get a tiger. I guess what Your Majesty wants most now is my detailed report. I will write a letter now. You may need to go to the capital. I am not so relieved if others go."

"Sir, you..."

Xier doesn't want to go back to Beijing.

During this period, Yun Liu was not here. Chen Xi, except for occasionally spending the night in Hui Niang's place, staying in the Governor's Office, always staying at the Governor's Office, she was sleeping, and she rarely enjoyed the life of the two of them.

Chen Xidao: "Don't worry, go back. I will deal with the matters in Xuanfu Town myself, and then cooperate with your senior sister to manage the affairs in Beijing... I guess the focus of the intelligence work in a short period of time is Beijing. You need to do your best. For the specific situation, wait for my notification!"

Xier looked embarrassed, but she still saluted: "Yes, sir!"

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Chen Xi wrote a memorial.

He did not go through the normal reporting channel because he knew that all the ways in which the imperial court made suggestions to the emperor were now controlled by Liu Jin's people.

Now he can only ask Xier to lead the memorial to the capital, and he cannot take ordinary post roads, otherwise he will easily be kidnapped by Liu Jin's people.

Although Liu Jin was in the capital and was beyond the reach of the Xuanfu, he sent Zhang Wenmian to Xuanfu Town. This person was very capable and Chen Xi was always on guard against his sudden appearance of his fangs.

Especially among Zhang Wenmian's entourage, Jiang Liwei, who hated him to the core, the Governor's Office may face sudden assassination at any time.

After Chen Xi bid farewell to Xier, he immediately called Ma Jiu, Wang Lingzhi and others.

Chen Xi went to Xuanfu and never went to the military camp to declare his sovereignty, making him more similar to the former short marshal like Wang Shouren in Xuanda.

Ma Jiu, Wang Lingzhi, Zhu Qi and others are among the few "generals" under Chen Xi, but most of them have empty positions, especially Zhu Qi, who have not participated in any decent war so far.

"…Sir, is there an emergency military situation?"

Ma Jiu followed Chen Xi for many years and had some experience. Chen Xi suddenly summoned people and prepared the sand table and military map. It was obvious that there was something going on.

Chen Xidao: "It's ridiculous. The local area is peaceful, but the court is rumored that the people in the Xuanfu are in chaos. We might as well take the opportunity to do something..."

The few people looked at each other, confused.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "I will recruit some subordinates from the capital to serve in the Xuanfu Army these days. These people have known you more or less before, and you will work sincerely after you arrive..."

Because Chen Xi's topic changed quickly, Ma Jiu and others became more and more confused.

Chen Xi paused halfway through his words, turned around and looked at the Xuanfu military map hanging on the wall behind him, as if deducing the situation of the battle, but Chen Xi clearly said that the place was stable.

Wang Lingzhidao: "Senior brother, since there is no need to fight, what are you doing when you are studying this?"

"Who said there will be no war?" Chen Xi turned around and turned to look at Wang Lingzhi. "The court said that the people in Xuanfu are in chaos, so there must be. If you don't do anything, wouldn't the court think that I am a place to eat? That would be what some people in the court want to do! This time I want to take the opportunity to do things, and it's best to recruit some people from three sides..."

Ma Jiu seemed a little nervous: "Is it necessary to do this by sir? I haven't heard of any chaos in the place..."

Chen Xi turned around and raised his head again, his eyes fell on the military map, his tone was neither anxious nor slow: "You can just act according to your order. The upcoming war does not depend on how many enemies you destroy, but on the momentum of our army, otherwise how can we be worthy of the opportunities created by others?"

Zhu Qi said: "Sir, are you saying that Eunuch Liu in the court falsely reported military information? We are not making a big deal about this? He talks about military information, so here is going to be ready to march and fight?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Since I know it was a false report, can I still report the local government to defeat the war in the end? Why should we recommend the military achievements that are destined to be obtained? We just follow Liu Jin's wishes. Anyway, the Ministry of War will also issue an order to "quell the rebellion". I happened to have an excuse to recruit people from the three sides... In the past, the three sides were the main battlefield to resist the grassland tribes, but today, some rules seem to have to be changed!"

The few people finally understood and saluted them together.

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Chen Xi convened a meeting with his subordinates. In the Xuanfu Governor's yamen, Yang Wu was meeting with Hu Ruli, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue sent by the court to be responsible for military farming affairs.

Hu Ruli was in his early forties and was a fellow villager with Liu Jin. Because of his favorable favor, he was promoted to the official position. In just one year, he moved from a fourth-rank prefect to a third-rank official.

Because Hu Ruli had the experience of being the prefect in Datong, Liu Jin sent him to Xuanfu, Datong to manage the military farm. To put it bluntly, he sent a close confidant to keep an eye on Chenxi and make money.

As a member of the eunuch party, when Hu Ruli came, he naturally wanted to have good wine and food for him.
To be continued...