What to do if you have too many golden fingers? Walk sideways!

Chapter 129 Winning over

By the time Gu Xi left the space villa, it was already evening outside.

There was smoke rising from the camp. Some people were cooking rice, some were frying vegetables, and a group of soldiers had built a bonfire and were barbecuing over it.

Seeing Gu Xi coming over, Zhu Dabing smiled and handed over the roasted lamb leg in his hand:

"Master Duwei, please try my cooking skills and see if there is any improvement?"

Gu Xi was not polite and cut off a piece of meat with a knife and put it into his mouth.

"It's OK, much better than before. At least it's cooked through. But you put too much salt. It's too salty. Put less salt next time and more cumin and chili powder."

Gu Xi walked along the way, eating this and tasting that, and filled his stomach before the meal started.

It seemed as if they were not marching but rather team-building in the wild.

Gu Xi has always been generous to his soldiers. Their daily meals are not even worse than those of the officials and wealthy families.

Even the members of the Turkic royal family, although they were detained in prison cars throughout the journey, all gained weight.

The next morning.

Gu Xi and his companions had just broken camp and were preparing to set off when they saw Lu Xiaowu coming back on a fast horse.

Last night, he was sent to keep an eye on the ancient mansion.

"Major General, Captain Qi, just now, a large group of soldiers came, claiming to be sent by the prefect. They took Gu Ming away, and Gu's mansion was also searched." Lu Xiaowu reported.

Gu Xi and Chu Zhao smiled at each other.

The letter Wu Dajiang sent yesterday worked.

It seems that the prefect was also guilty of his crime. He sent people over overnight and acted very quickly.

The two of them could now go back to Beijing without any worries, otherwise they would have to worry about the people here being harmed by Gu Ming again.

"set off!"

At Chu Zhao's command, eight hundred cavalrymen and three hundred Turkic royal family members set off again.

After they had walked ten miles, they saw three fast horses chasing after them.

The leader was Shi San, followed by two guards.

"Is it the Northwest Army?" Shi San asked loudly.

"That's right, who are you?" the soldier at the end asked vigilantly.

Shi San clasped his fists and said, "We are following the orders of the Patriarch to deliver a letter to General Chu and General Qi."

The soldier looked at him, then chased ahead to report.

Shi San also led his guards to chase at the front of the team.

When he passed by the prison van of the Turkic royal family, he took a few more glances and thought to himself: The Northwest Army is really powerful. They really brought the Turkic royal family here, and there are so many of them. It can be seen that they are a big family, and they were all captured neatly.

Chu Zhao and Gu Xi were walking at the front of the team. When they heard the soldier's report, they looked back.

Oh, he's an old acquaintance! I just stole a stack of banknotes from him yesterday.

Shi San stepped forward and dismounted, bowed and said:

"General Chu, General Qi, my master asked me to bring two letters to the two generals."

Chu Zhao and Gu Xi did not dismount, which made Shi San feel a little unhappy.

Who wouldn't give Shi San some face when he was outside? Even if this face was for his Shangshu, everyone was polite to him, otherwise it would be a loss for Shangshu.

But considering that they might not recognize me, I figured it out.

Liu Erdan and Lu Xiaowu stepped forward to take the letter and handed it to Gu Xi and Chu Zhao respectively.

Before the two of them opened the letter, Shi San said with a smile:

"General Qi is a young hero. I admire him very much. I wonder if General Qi would allow me to have a word with you?"

Gu Xi glanced at him and thought he was so shameless, he was just a family servant.

"Is there anything you can't say in front of General Chu?"

Shi San choked, cleared his throat, and said:

"General Qi, you should read the letter first."

After saying that, he stood aside with his hands behind his back.

He thought: Maybe Qi Dasheng doesn't know him and doesn't know who his backer is. It's not convenient for him to mention the Shangshu in public. Once he reads the letter and knows his identity, he will definitely change his attitude.

Gu Xi and Chu Zhao opened the letter at the same time. Gu Xi read it quickly and then looked at Chu Zhao.

The two exchanged letters.

Shi San was in a mess.

There is such a thing? What kind of relationship is this? They can even exchange private letters!

People in the military are vulgar and don't know the rules.

The letters to Chu Zhao were all words of congratulations. If it weren't for the fact that the two of them would be together and Shi San wouldn't be able to talk to Qi Dasheng alone, Shi Huairen would not have asked anyone to write to Chu Zhao.

Qi Dasheng's letter was written by Shi Huairen himself to show his importance.

In addition to congratulations, the content also contained an attempt to win over Qi Dasheng, and even implicitly mentioned that he would work hard to help Qi Dasheng get a higher position.

"Okay, I've finished reading the letter. Thank you for your master's kindness. If you have nothing else to do, please reply."

Gu Xi casually threw the letter to Liu Erdan.

Shi San's face turned red. Isn't Qi Dasheng a bit too arrogant?

He knew the general content of the letter written by his parents. After reading the letter, any normal person would be grateful to his parents, right?

Qi Dasheng actually dismissed himself with just such a casual remark.

Not only did he not dismount, he even threw the letter written to him by the adults to his followers. The people in the army were really rude.

Shi San gritted his teeth, suppressed his unhappiness, and said:

"General Qi, my master said that after General Qi arrives in Beijing, he can come to our house to have a chat when he has time."

He had to pass on the master's instructions. He wanted to say it in private, but Qi Dasheng did not give him the chance.

Shi Huairen knew that Qi Dasheng would be sought after by many people after he came to Beijing, so he wanted to come here in advance to win him over.

"Let's talk about it after we arrive in the capital." Gu Xi answered ambiguously.

Shi San muttered in his heart: Bah! Why are you so arrogant! You are so shameless!

But now Qi Dasheng is a hot figure in the court, and he, a family servant, dare not offend the upstart.

So he just bowed casually and left with a lot of resentment.

After he left, Chu Zhao said solemnly:

"It seems that you have been targeted by various forces before you even arrived. Dasheng, you must be careful. This Minister of Personnel is definitely not a good person. The three-judicial joint trial of the Gu family case is closely related to him."

Gu Xi rode his horse side by side with Chu Zhao and said:

"What are you afraid of? If an enemy comes, we will fight him. If a flood comes, we will block it with earth. Who else will be in the three-court trial you mentioned?"

Chu Zhao glanced at Gu Xi and saw that she looked calm, so he said:

"I just received a letter from my grandfather, and learned that after General Gu and General Gu were imprisoned, Bi Pengwei, the Minister of Justice, Zhang Shu, the Minister of Justice, and Zhou Qing, the Censor of the Censorate, were in charge of the trial, and Bi Pengwei and Zhou Qing were the supervisors of the execution. Although Shi Huairen was not directly involved, Bi Pengwei is his brother-in-law and has always followed Shi Huairen's lead."

Zhou Qing? No wonder when she used the video to trick Qi into agreeing to let her join the army, Qi mentioned Zhou Qing's name in front of "General Gu".

"What kind of people are Zhang Shu and Zhou Qing?" Gu Xi asked.

Chu Zhao hesitated and said, "Zhang Shu was promoted from Jiangsu and Zhejiang only last year. I don't know much about him. As for Lord Zhou Qingzhou, he has always been honest and upright, and never afraid of the dignitaries in the court. With him in the three-court trial, there shouldn't be any unjust cases. I don't understand what's going on either."

When Gu Xi was in Chengyang County, she had dealt with Zhou Qing. Subjectively speaking, she had a good impression of Zhou Qing and thought he was a good official, otherwise he would not have given him Maotai as a gift.

"Then we'll wait until we get to the capital, and then arrange to keep an eye on these people and conduct a thorough investigation. No matter what, we must find out the truth and clear the name of our Gu family." Gu Xi's eyes were filled with determination.

Chu Zhao felt that it would be quite difficult to target several powerful officials at the same time, but he would definitely try his best, after all, the Gu family was his future in-laws.

But Gu Xi was confident.

If she wanted to keep an eye on someone, she didn't need to hire a human to do it. Wouldn't cameras and eavesdropping devices be good? And she wouldn't have to worry about being discovered.

The cavalry battalion continued to move forward towards the capital.