In addition to the banquet, Gao Chong also brought two gifts to Chen Xi and Hong Zhui.

The gift was a very ordinary wooden box, which was not heavy when it was bought. It didn't seem to contain gold, silver and jewelry. Hong Zhuo was curious and opened it on the spot, but saw that it was extremely rare human-shaped old ginseng inside, with all hair and beards, and it seemed that it was at least a hundred years old, which surprised Hong Zhuo.

Chen Xi understood Gao Chong’s intention: Didn’t you beat you up? Now I’m giving you Laoshan Ginseng to replenish it. It’s how thoughtful I think!

Chen Xi was not very interested in the gifts because his attention was not on this banquet.

Gao Chong said: "I originally wanted to invite the two to Tingshuilou, but the shopkeeper of Tingshuilou... was an old friend when he was in Tingzhou Prefecture. I just thought that Chen Hanlin had just started a family now, so there might be many inconveniences, right?"

Hong Zhuo looked at Chen Xi in surprise: "Has Chen Hanlin started his family?"

Gao Chong immediately realized that he had made a mistake.

Gao Chong tried every means to figure out the marriage between Chen Xi and Xie Yuner, but it did not mean that Hong Zhuo also knew it. He knew the origin of Hong Zhuo and Xie Yuner, so he simply changed the topic.

Hong Zhuo is not a fool. Thinking of Chen Xi’s current residence in the Xie family, he realized something, and sat there feeling lost. Even Gao Chong and others were absent-minded even toasting him.

When the banquet ended, it became dark and they were preparing to go back home. When they arrived at the entrance of the restaurant, Chen Xi suddenly called out: "Young Master Gao, I want to say something to you, but I wonder if I can just give you a step to talk about it?"

Gao Chong was stunned for a moment, looked at Hong Zhuo who stopped, then looked at Li Yu and Zhang Qi with surprise, nodded slightly, and walked with Chen Xi to a dark place on the corner of the street, Chen Xi said: "I learned that someone wants to be unfavorable to Mr. Gao, so Mr. Gao should be prepared."

Gao Chong asked in surprise: "Chen Hanlin...how did you know?"

Chen Xi laughed in his heart, "I sent someone to pretend to kidnap you, how could I not know?"

Chen Xi sighed: "It's inconvenient to explain in detail..."

As soon as Chen Xi finished speaking, several people suddenly rushed out of the alley next to him, covering their faces and holding sticks. One of them was holding a sack in his hand and a rope on his shoulder. He came out and shouted, "Why are there two at a time? The wind was tightly pulled?"

"No! You must not miss the opportunity, come on!"

One of them issued an order, but it had a generous northern accent. These people were all big and thick, and waved their sticks and greeted Chen Xi and Gao Chong.

"Help!"

Before Gao Chong could react, Chen Xi was already shouting.

Hong Zhuo was looking at Chen Xi and Gao Chong in surprise, not knowing what they were doing, but suddenly found that something was wrong and immediately called the followers to save the person.

Chen Xi stood in front and was beaten, but he immediately shouted: "I am the top scholar, the sixth-rank official. If you dare to kidnap me, you will definitely kill the nine clans!"

Chen Xi's harsh shout scared the people on the other side, and each of them snorted coldly: "It's amazing to be an official. We specialize in dealing with the officials!"

After the words were finished, he still wanted to kill Chen Xi!

However, when Chen Xi shouted, someone came out from the shops around him. Gao Chong's ward and servants rushed forward first. In addition, Hong Zhuo, Li Yu and Zhang Qi brought servants, rushed over in a dark way. The bandits had originally held Gao Chong down. Seeing that the situation was not good, the people would definitely not be able to tie them up now. They retreated with a greeting, and they moved forward and retreated like the wind. At first glance, they were well-trained Jian's son.

As soon as the person left, Chen Xi touched his arm that was scattered with pain, while Gao Chongze sat on the ground in a daze and did not get up for a long time.

"What's going on?"

As the deputy commander of the Dongcheng Military and Ma Si, Hong Zhuo had the responsibility to maintain the stability of the jurisdiction, but he did not expect such a blatant kidnapping of the bandits. This made him angry and wanted to send someone to pursue him. Only then did he remember that most of the men he brought were sent away under the persuasion of Shen Xi.

Chen Xi grinned and said, "I think these people are coming specifically for Mr. Gao."

Gao Chong's face was full of fear: "There are already people who want to be unfavorable to me today. Fortunately, Brother Li showed up with his servant in time..."

Hong Zhuo looked at Gao Chong with a puzzled look: "Who has Mr. Gao offended recently?"

Gao Chong thought about it and shook his head with certainty.

Gao Chong is not a good-looking guy. When he was a yamen in Tingzhou Prefecture and Henan, he offended too many people, but after he arrived in the capital, he became much more honest and went to search for Hua Wenyue and never even jealous with others. Who would make things difficult for him?

Chen Xi sighed, "Looking at the skills of those people just now, they are not as good as ordinary bandits. They should be trained by some trainees. Even ordinary yamen officers do not have such a momentum. In addition, they don't take me as the top scholar seriously, so they are... people from the Jinyiwei."

"ah!?"

Hong Zhuo was extremely surprised: "How could the people from the Jinyiwei have a dilemma with Mr. Gao?"

Chen Xi shook his head: "This matter is afraid it is related to the doctor."

A sentence made Gao Chong's face tighten, and it was obvious that he had already learned about the current thrilling situation from Gaoming City. Gao Ming City had actually realized that Emperor Hongzhi did not want to peel off him and get cramps in accordance with the "Da Ming Law", but it was just that he temporarily let him go due to his own face, so he repeatedly reminded him to let Gao Chong do his duty in the capital.

Gao Chong was extremely shocked: "Chen Hanlin said he knew something, but it was related to it?"

Chen Xi nodded, and Gao Chong's heartbeats like a drumbeat.

Hong Zhuo asked in confusion: "What's the matter?"

Chen Xidao: "This matter has nothing to do with Mr. Hong. I have something to discuss with Mr. Gao. Please come back."

Hong Zhuo was not very opinionated at first. Even after Chen Xi said this, he was surprised that Chen Xi and Gao Chong had some reservations about him. He nodded immediately and quickly took his people away. Of course, Hong Zhuo did this and Mingzhe was more self-protection. It was definitely not a trivial matter to have something to do with the Jinyiwei. He was the deputy commander of the Dongcheng Military and Ma Si. It would be better not to wade into this muddy water.

After Hong Zhuo left, Gao Chong suddenly knelt in front of Shen Xi: "Chen Hanlin, please help, I... and my family ancestors may suffer!"

Chen Xi pretended to be surprised: "Ling Zu is still a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue. How could he suffer if he is a decent official in the court?"

Gao Chong looked sad: "The ancestor of the family was in office as the governor of Henan, and there were some small deficits... Now he was in office as the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, and was investigated by the Jinyiwei North Fufu Department. Now those monks have been openly kidnapped me, and they must have wanted to use me to threaten the ancestor of the family. Please Chen Hanlin speaks well before His Majesty..."

Only then did Chen Xi realize why Gao Chong would compliment him so much? It turned out that he had something to ask others for help!

Gaomingcheng said he was transferred to the capital to become an official, but in fact he was moved away from the position of governor of Henan so that someone could investigate his crimes. At the same time, he found a place to stabilize him, and then settled the accounts after he had just found the stolen silver. Gaomingcheng is now a man with his tail between his legs and wants to plead with Emperor Hongzhi, but he has no way to go, so he actually wants to pass the Chenxi path.

Chen Xidao: "I am grateful to Gao Zhifu for the appointment of the chief of the mansion to test the case, and helped me to have a smooth journey in the imperial examination. Now he is in trouble, so I don't mind helping him. But Gao Langzhong looks down on me too highly. I am just a small lecturer in the East Palace. How can I help Gao Langzhong?"

Gao Chong saw Chen Xi being honest and did not suspect that Chen Xi was pretending. Besides, Chen Xi had no need to wade into this muddy water, but he took the risk to inform him of danger. Therefore, Chen Xi's words sounded quite credible to Gao Chong.

"What should I do?"

Gao Chong has been panicked because of his previous kidnapping.

"If the doctor is good, you can go to the Marquis of Shouning..."

When Chen Xi said this, he seemed to feel like he was missing. He stopped his words and sighed, "Some words are inconvenient to say clearly. After Mr. Gao returns, he discusses with Ling Zu."

Gao Chong was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up, he nodded vigorously, and then kowtowed to Chen Xi again to thank him.

The reason why the court did not attack Gaoming City immediately was because of Emperor Hongzhi's face, and the other was that he did not find the dirty silver hidden in Gaoming City, but if it continued for a long time, something would inevitably happen to Gaoming City.

Chen Xi can be said to wake up the dreamer in one word. Those who had been cursing against Gaoming City in the past either abandoned Gaoming City like a piece of shoes or had been punished by Emperor Hongzhi. Now no one can save Gaoming City, but only the brothers of the Zhang family who can provide help.

After the person left, Chen Xi grinned and touched his arm and hurried home.

Chen Xi had just returned home. Song Xiaocheng, who had just sneaked back to the capital from Tongzhou this morning, tiptoed over and saluted Chen Xi: "Zhuangzong, you have done everything you have told me. I heard from those bastards that you accidentally injured you. I will go back and teach them a lesson."

"fine."

Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "No need for any bitter tricks. Gao Chong would not trust me as much. Send people out of the capital and don't let them come back in a short time. They are all people on the ground in the capital. It will be very troublesome to investigate the situation in the peacekeeping department. You must not reveal the news."

Song Xiaocheng has done a lot of bad things with Chen Xi, and he has long been familiar with it: "I understand that people have taken advantage of the gate to leave the city. They are all inconspicuous people. The government cannot doubt it. The people I have looked for are very strict."

Chen Xi nodded. In fact, it doesn't matter who is the one who kidnapped Gao Chong. The most important thing is to let Gao Chong lead the message to Gaoming City. Only by relying on the Zhang brothers can you survive.

"Okay, you should rest early. You can quietly return to Tongzhou tomorrow morning and delay two days before coming back. After you come back, I will hand the letter to the Tongzheng Department and send it back to Tingzhou through the post office. After this matter, you will rest for a while before you go to do business with the Zhou Dangjia. When someone asked about it, he said that he was unwell and was afraid of delaying the delivery of the letter, so he returned to the capital." Chen Xi instructed again.

Song Xiaocheng nodded quickly.

Chen Xi entered the inner courtyard, rolled up her sleeves, and a long bruise on her forearm. Chen Xi felt that her arm was almost broken. Unfortunately, Xie Yun'er was not there, otherwise Xie Yun'er would have been careful to take care of her, and his injuries might be fine in a few days.

"Young Master, are you nothing?"

Ning'er walked over and looked at Chen Xi who was scratching the place with medicinal wine.

Chen Xi glanced at Ning'er. After Xie Yun'er left with Zhu Shan and Xiu'er, although the heavy work at home was handed over to Yun Bo and others, Ning'er had to take care of the matter in the inner house.

Lin Dai still locked herself in the door, just like a young lady parasite, not even washing her own clothes, let alone taking good care of Chen Xi.

Chen Xidao: "It's okay, I accidentally bumped it. I prepared the food and brought it here."

Chen Xi had drunk a few glasses of wine before, but didn't eat anything to cushion the stomach. Now he felt a little hungry. Ning'er took the order and hurried away.

After a long time, it was not Ning'er who came to deliver the meal, but Lin Dai. She carried the wooden support and entered the room. Under the candle, her face was thin and pale, without any blood.

For Lin Dai, the previous month was a torment every day, and her world collapsed due to Chen Xi's "ruthlessness".

"Dai'er? Has it been eaten?" Chen Xi looked at Lin Dai and wanted to take her over to comfort her, but he also knew that the little girl had a stubborn temper and would not give him a chance.

"I don't want to eat."

As soon as Lin Dai said it, her voice was hoarse. Obviously, she hadn't spoken for a long time and she felt a little uncomfortable with her throat.

Chen Xi took the food, put it down, brought a stool over, and said, "Sit down and eat together, there is something happening, I'll tell you."

"What else do you say?"

Lin Dai's tears fell like beads, "You and Aunt Xie... are both like that. Didn't you agree to marry me? Wuwu, you not only have no faith, but also have no love. Are you... worthy of me? Wuwu..."

The little girl cried like a river flooding, and she couldn't stop it.

Chen Xi was about to hold him, but accidentally touched the wound. "Ah" and let out a sore cry. Lin Dai noticed that Chen Xi was injured, and her face suddenly couldn't hide her nervousness and concern.

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ps: The fourth update is here!
Chapter completed!