The General's Mansion had a solemn atmosphere. The two rows of soldiers standing straight at the left and right at the door, with bright swords, guns and armor. Xu Jie followed the generals of the General's Mansion into the interior. The entire General's Mansion was quite large, but there was no landscape inside. The road was a stone road, and there was no extra decoration on the corridor. The yard was flat, the ground of the yard was just loess, and there were several rows of weapons racks in the middle.

This kind of yard gives people a strange feeling. From south to north, from wealthy families to small courtyards, Xu Jie has never seen such an undecorated yard.

It was also the first time that Xu Jie entered the military office. He was very curious and kept looking around, but he even asked, asking the general who led the way what the building was doing, what it was responsible for, and so on.

Seeing that the place where the Taiyuan General Wang Yuanlang was a study room, Xu Jie did not expect, because most military officers do not read much in the hearts of literati like Xu Jie. It is not that military officers are illiterate, but that military officers are selective in reading books. There is no such a large study room, and they are full of them.

Xu Jie looked at the policeman Wang after the case in front of him. This coach Wang was holding a copy of "The Legend of Zuo in the Spring and Autumn Period". When Xu Jie saw this detail, he already knew that this coach Wang was really a scholar. Xu Jie had seen many military officers, but only this coach Wang with white hair and beard gave people a sense of elegance.

Xu Jie bowed a moment and didn't speak. Perhaps Wang Yuanlang was reading a book in front of him, and he felt that he was not easy to disturb.

Wang Yuanlang put down the book in his hand and looked up. Xu Jie also saw this Wang Dashuai clearly. He was a little thin, his facial bones were slightly exposed, and he looked quite energetic. His gray hair and beard also meant that this Wang Dashuai was quite old.

Wang Yuanlang smiled slightly and said something that Xu Jie didn't expect: "Enter Xu Qin practices martial arts?"

Xu Jie nodded slightly and replied: "I learned martial arts roughly, and I can strengthen my body while studying."

Wang Yuanlang laughed a little when he heard this: "Haha... Qin Shi will sit down for tea."

After hearing this, Xu Jie sat aside and heard Wang Yuanlang laughing, "I think Qin's martial arts skills are not rough..."

Even when Wang Yuanlang smiled like this, Xu Jie suddenly seemed to feel touched. He stared at Wang Yuanlang, raised his hand and clasped his fists, and smiled and said, "I'm showing off my skills, and the handsome man laughed."

Why did Xu Jie say this? Because Xu Jie suddenly discovered that this Marshal Wang was actually innate. A commander in a high position who could read "Zuo Zhuan" and practice martial arts and enter the innate world, which made Xu Jie feel inexplicably good.

Wang Yuanlang heard Xu Jie's humble words and waved his hand and said, "Xu Qin was a Jinshi and has mastered martial arts to such an extent at such a young age. He is really a rare genius in the world."

Xu Jie didn't know what Wang Yuanlang was doing when he saw him. Seeing Wang Yuanlang's smile on his face, he went nervous and alert, and replied with a smile: "The Grand Marshal is very skilled in martial arts. He reads Zuo Zhuan again in his spare time. There are also "Ram" and "Gu Liang" on the desk to confirm each other, which really makes the officials admire him."

The so-called "Zuo Zhuan" is "Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Period", which is annotation and supplement to "Spring and Autumn" by Zuo Qiuming, a native of Lu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. It is also the first chronicle historical book in Chinese history that is detailed. Among the Four Books and Five Classics, "Spring and Autumn Period" is one of the Five Classics, but "Zuo Zhuan" is a book that reads more frequently in "Spring and Autumn Period", because "Spring and Autumn Period" is really too concise.

"The Book of Gongyang" and "The Book of Gu Liang" are also classics annotated by "Spring and Autumn". They are called "Zuo Zhuan" together with "Zuo Zhuan". They are actually all historical books and classics written two thousand years ago. Being able to understand the words from two thousand years ago just like this requires extraordinary attainments. This is also the difficulty of the examination of classical meanings. Compared with "Spring and Autumn", the words of those saints are relatively simple in meaning. Even famous scholars dare not boast that they can read the "Spring and Autumn" thoroughly.

The words of the sage are the standard of Confucian philosophicality. The classics like the Spring and Autumn Annals are the direction of scientific research. One is "rules and regulations and ideological guidance" and the other is scientific research projects. This metaphor is very clear. The research direction is what happened in the past two hundred years recorded in the Spring and Autumn Annals, from the genealogy and origin of various countries, to the comparison of timelines, the verification of the age, etc.

It can be seen that the Four Books and Five Classics have never been just the words of saints, and their content covers a wide range of contents.

"I am just showing off my skills when I read "Zuo Zhuan"." Wang Yuanlang answered.

Xu Jie pretended to look around the study room and replied with a smile: "The study room of Dashang is unusual. The study room of Xiaguan's house is less than one tenth of the study room of Dashang. The Zheng is well-read for poetry and books, so Xiaguan should follow his example."

Wang Yuanlang was no longer polite at this time. He obviously read the books in the study room almost all, which was also a kind of confidence.

Wang Yuanlang was silent for a moment, looked at Xu Jie, and suddenly asked: "The imperial envoy came from the capital. I heard that the capital has been surging recently. I don't know whether it is true or not?"

Xu Jie looked at Wang Yuanlang and thought for a while. He really didn't know what Wang Yuanlang was doing. He didn't want to answer more and asked back: "The official is stupid, don't you know what the commander is talking about?"

Wang Yuanlang laughed again when he heard this and said an irrelevant sentence: "Your Majesty told me that Yanjing will be from Bianjing to Bianjing, 1,400 miles. Datong will be from Bianjing, 1,500 miles. Taiyuan will be from Bianjing, 900 miles. So I asked me to guard Taiyuan, saying that Taiyuan is close to the capital, and the road from Taiyuan to the capital is easy to walk, and there are smooth roads along the way, and fast horses can enter the capital in three days. I stayed in Taiyuan for twenty years, with my head full of black hair and white hair."

Wang Yuanlang seemed to be a little sad, and Xu Jie's eyes lit up when he heard it.

The old emperor is really not stupid. The northeast of Taiyuan is Datong. Going eastward into Hebei can block Yanyun. Taiyuan has a lack of presence, and has no official position for twenty years without promotion or demotion.

It's really intriguing!

"The commander-in-chief has been guarding the border for the country for decades, and the officials admire him!" Xu Jie replied. He knew in his heart that this commander-in-chief Wang was not from Li Qiming. Li Qiming had been in charge for more than ten years, but he did not thoroughly manage this without any sense of existence.

Wang Yuanlang said again: "The Inspector Factory is a good yamen. It is necessary to open a yamen in Taiyuan to help me patrol the military generals here, and to make more justice for the soldiers guarding the border. Now the smoky and chaotic imperial guards are in need of Xu Qin who is so skillful and dare to do things to patrol."

When Wang Yuanlang said this, Xu Jie seemed to be enlightened.

This Marshal Wang not only has no sense of existence in the court, but also in the army. This statement tells Xu Jie that the Taiyuan Imperial Army is about to undergo a major blood change.

This also made Xu Jie understand why Li Qiming allowed Wang Yuanlang to be the general of Taiyuan, because this general cooperated very well, Li Qiming ignored everything in the army, and generals under his command wanted to gather whom and where they wanted to place them.

This is also Wang Yuanlang's way of protecting himself. To be a general who is invincible with the world, it is no wonder that Wang Yuanlang can buy such a house of books.

Wang Yuanlang is going to attack his general at this time, and he still asks Xu Jie to take action. He can still put himself out of the matter and make Wang Yuanlang the general who appears to be indifferent to the world. He can still lie dormant in the dark, and still has no sense of existence, which still makes people unable to remember such a person as Wang Yuanlang.

When Xu Jie went north to Datong from Taiyuan, Wang Yuanlang did not see him. Xu Jie returned from Datong, and Wang Yuanlang only saw him. Perhaps Xu Jie was able to return from Datong, but Wang Yuanlang only felt that Xu Jie was qualified and capable of doing this.

Behind these things, there is a figure of someone, that is, the old emperor Xia Gan. Wang Yuanlang also has Wang Yuanlang's brilliant skills. It is not enough to describe Wang Yuanlang's brilliant skills.

Xu Jie thought about it for a long time but didn't answer. After thinking about so many things, he admired Wang Yuanlang in front of him for a few more times. However, Xu Jie was more worried about the future.

Playing such a big chess seems to indicate that there may be a bloody storm in the near future. Xu Jie is worried about how he should protect himself in such a bloody storm.

This is no longer a battle between the world, nor is it a competition between experts. This is a surging tide. No matter how big the wave is in such a tide, it can only go with the flow. Faced with the iron armor calculated by tens of thousands, what is Xu Jie's martial arts?

People like Ouyang Zheng, or Xie Fang, or even Wu Zhongshu. These literati are mostly politically competing and planning, and they are thinking about planning.

Don’t you know that planning is ultimately completed with blood.

Xu Jie felt a threat.

Wang Yuanlang was silent for a long time after Xu Jie, and finally spoke again: "Before the envoy Xu Qin went north, His Majesty had come to trust him, saying that the envoy was a trustworthy person. The envoy should not let His Majesty down."

Xu Jie nodded solemnly: "This is the matter of the investigation factory. The commander waited for more than a month and sent a capable general to come."

Wang Yuanlang turned his face and smiled, nodded, said nothing, and kept no more, and waved his hand and said, "Envoy Xu Qin has been in the mansion for some time, so I will not be far away to send it. I have prepared generous gifts at the door, so I don't have to be polite."

Wang Yuanlang was really cautious. Seeing Xu Jie's things like this, Wang Yuanlang did it without any loss. The meeting time was very short and he even prepared a generous gift for Xu Jie.

Xu Jie has to accept this generous gift, and this cooperation with Wang Yuanlang. Wang Yuanlang wants to be the handsome man who is low-key and does not care about things in the eyes of others, and even fears things. Xu Jie naturally needs to cooperate with him.

Today, Xu Jie entered the General's Mansion, but Wang Yuanlang was afraid of causing trouble, so he bribed Xu Jie to please him.

Xu Jie didn't keep much, so he bowed out. The generous gift at the door was really not light, and the horses pulling the cart seemed to be unable to walk.

Xu Jie came out and laughed loudly: "I made a lot of money this time!"

Xu Laoba laughed when he heard this: "Jie'er, it's better to be an official."

Xu Jie nodded with a smile, got on the horse, waved his hand, and dozens of horses swarmed towards the south of the city and stopped in front of a mansion.

Xu Hu got off the horse and knocked on the door, and he slammed in the middle.

A servant opened the door and cursed: "Why are you knocking on the door like this? Is it a death to report the death? Can you afford to pay if the door is broken?"

As soon as the door opened, Xu Hu stretched his hand into the gap, grabbed the servant and lifted it out, threw it out, and was stunned for seven or eight steps away.

The men entered like wolves and tigers, but Xu Jie didn't even get off the horse, just beat the horse and lowered his head into the house.

"Everyone, come here." Xu Jie sat on the horse, speaking harshly.

The house was full of chaos, shouting, beating, dragging, and insulting, making a fuss.

One by one, the big men dragged and pulled the people in the house to the front yard.

The servants serve maids, cooks fire, half-grown children, wives, concubines, and old women, calling the heaven and earth.

"After all, I am a juren, how can I be so insulting? Where are you officials who are you? You have official documents invading your households like this?"

No one answered, only a few big men raised their hands and feet and carried the juren directly to the front yard.

"It's outrageous. I am a juren. When I see an official, I have a seat. How dare I get along with me?"

Several big men raised their hands and threw the juren on the ground. They turned around and went to the house to look for someone.

"Husband, what kind of evil have you committed..."

"Master, save me..."

"Dad, dad, there are bad guys!"

The juren was thrown on the spot by a few big men. After standing up, he was facing shouts all over the yard.

Then he saw the juren turn around and shout, "That is the chief official. My Gao family has passed down the poetry and books for generations, and has never violated the laws. Why did he treat me like this? If you don't have a clear statement about what happened today, even if you report to the county magistrate, you will not be spared!"

Xu Jie looked at the juren master and found the right person. He said, "I remember the juren, but I still remember it?"

He raised his head, looked at Xu Jie for a moment, remembered it, and pointed at Xu Jie: "You... are you... you are the arrogant Huaixi scholar? Your name is Xu Wenjin."

Xu Jie nodded and said, "Just remember, you changed the word Wei Zhuang's lyrics to a few words that day and used them as your own. Today I am going to go downstairs to discuss this matter with you."

Gao Juren was startled when he heard this, his face was slightly embarrassed, but he became anxious again, and said, "Are you a new official? So what if you are an official? How can you revenge yourself in this way? My Gao family is in Bingzhou, but you are not allowed to be bullied. Even in the imperial guards, I, Gao Jiang, have a relationship. How dare you revenge like this? I will never let you go to rest in the future!"

Xu Jie laughed at the sound of the words: "Okay, it's just right. If you have a relationship with the imperial guards, let's see who it is. If you come, fight first!"

Two big men on both sides held horse whips in their hands and were already whipping.

There were twenty or thirty people in the audience. Seeing the master being beaten, it became agitated, but there were countless big men, and they also beat them with a horse whip in their hands.

Gao Jiang was beaten to run away with his head. After falling down, he rolled all over the ground, wailing and shouting: "Xu Wenjin, what kind of rank are you a minor official from the yamen? How dare you beat a juren like this! I, Gao Jiang, will not let you go!"

"Stop fighting!" Xu Jie sat upright and looked at the juren Gao Jiang who was rolling all over the ground. All he wanted to hear was the relationship between the Gao family's imperial guards. This was the first step to help Wang Yuanlang.

Gao Jiang didn't know where the strength came from. He suddenly got up with a whip that was like rain, and rushed towards the courtyard wall, whipping and approaching the courtyard wall.

When he arrived near the courtyard wall, Gao Jiang shouted: "General Li, General Li is at home. Come and save me!"

Xu Jie looked over the wall of the courtyard and chuckled softly: "It turns out that it's right next door, which is a waste of trouble!"

Sure enough, someone responded in the next yard: "What's wrong with Gao Juren? My general is in the backyard."

"The family has been thieves, please ask your general to come and save people." After shouting, Gao Jiang fell to the ground, hugged his head, shrank his body, and whipped it on his body, and then wailed.

The person who responded in the next yard heard such a wail and screamed, and quickly replied: "You little one, go and call someone!"

Xu Jie spoke: "Forget it, let's bring it up, and wait for someone to come and save it!"

Sure enough, not long after, I heard the yelling in the next yard. Then someone rushed into the Gao family's mansion with swords, guns and sticks. Twenty or thirty men came in. After entering, they watched this scene, and no matter how they looked, they didn't seem to be robbed, so they were stunned on the spot again.

Not long after, a man in a gorgeous costume walked in, dozens of strong men in the field, the elderly, weak, women and children all over the ground, and Gao Jiang, who was covered in blood on the ground.
To be continued...