It snowed all night.

It became slightly smaller until daybreak.

Hua Ju got up on time and finished practicing in the backyard, put on his coat and went to see Zhang Shugen and the others, and then went to have breakfast with his parents.

After resting for a while, he calculated that it was almost time for Yang Jian to go to the guard camp, and then he took Zhang Shugen to the guard camp.

Half an hour later, he arrived at the military camp, but Yang Jian hadn't come yet, so someone took him to look around the military camp.

After a while, Yang Jian's carriage drove into the military camp, and Hua Ju walked over immediately.

"I've met Taifu."

"Wenshan is here, come inside and talk."

Hua Ju and Yang Jian entered the commander's big room. A fire had been lit inside, and they felt cold immediately after walking in.

Yang Jian asked everyone to retreat, pointed to the chair next to him for Hua Ju to sit down, and asked: "Did you have a conflict with Cai You and Li Bangyan at Prince Jia's Mansion yesterday?"

"How did the master know?"

Hua Ju was very surprised and thought: "Did he also have an spy in Prince Jia's Mansion?"

Yang Jian took a sip of the hot tea on the table and said: "This morning the emperor summoned the ministers to discuss matters. After the discussion, Cai You, Li Bangyan, and Wang Anzhong participated in the performance. You are arrogant and arrogant. You also said that you have bad conduct. Let me

The emperor dismissed you from your official position and reduced your title. Even King Jia was standing by to speak for them.

I guess you have never had any contact with them, so they can't attack you for no reason. It must be that you offended them when you attended the poetry meeting at Prince Jia's Mansion last night, which made them hate you."

Cai You and Li Bangyan played with him, and Hua Ju didn't feel anything at all. After all, they all suffered losses at his hands last night, so it's natural to hate him.

But he and Wang Anzhong had never known each other from the beginning to the end, so why did he even want to join him?

And Zhao Kai, the two of them were on good terms when they left, so why did they help Cai You and Li Bangyan deal with him in one night?

He knew that it must have been something Cai You and Li Bangyan said in front of Zhao Kai after he left that made him change his mind.

"Then the emperor has approved their participation?" Hua Ju asked.

Yang Jian said with a hint of pride: "With me here, how could you let them harm you? I blocked it with my words, but His Majesty may call you into the palace alone for questioning."

Hua Ju knew that this old thief was deliberately showing off his merits to him so that he would be more loyal to him in the future.

Then he stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty's kindness to your subordinates will definitely be repaid with practical actions."

Yang Jian laughed happily and said: "Wenshan doesn't need to be so polite, as long as you know that I am for you. Sit down, sit down."

Hua Ju sat down and Yang Jian asked: "What happened in Prince Jia's Mansion last night? How could they make them hate you so much?"

"Didn't they say it in the main hall?" Hua Ju asked.

Yang Jian shook his head and said, "No, they just said that you made rude remarks in Prince Jia's Mansion and were arrogant, but they didn't elaborate on what happened."

"They are just afraid of being embarrassed if they say it." Hua Ju said with a sneer.

Yang Jian became more excited and said, "What's going on? Tell me quickly."

Hua Ju then told Yang Jian the whole story of the incident.

After hearing this, Yang Jian laughed loudly, patted the table and said: "Okay, okay, wonderful, wonderful. Cai You and Li Bangyan, relying on the power of Cai Jing and Tong Guan, have always been arrogant and domineering in the court, and they have high ambitions for everyone.

You look so arrogant, I didn’t expect that they would all be defeated by you, no wonder they hate you so much.”

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Yang Jian has always been suppressed by Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others, and he has been holding back his breath for a long time. Now he knows that Hua Ju has humiliated their son and loyal loser, and is particularly happy.

Hua Ju smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if they hate me, but I don't understand why Wang Anzhong wants to play with me. I didn't even talk to him last night."

Yang Jian said: "Do you know how Wang Anzhong's officials came? They were all flattering Cai Jing, Tong Guan and the others. Although you have no relationship with him, as long as Cai You and Li Bangyan want to join you, he will only

If you can follow Shen, otherwise Cai Jing and Tong Guan will not let him go."

"So that's it." Hua Ju finally understood.

Yang Jian stopped smiling and said, "Don't worry about this. It's just a matter of disagreement between ministers. As long as it doesn't involve disrespect to His Majesty, His Majesty won't do anything to you.

The key now is that King Jia also has an opinion about you. He is the emperor's most beloved son. It would be difficult if he always said unfavorable things to you in front of the emperor.

Therefore, you must find a way to dispel his dissatisfaction with you. Even if he doesn't help you speak in front of the emperor, at least don't help Cai Jing and others deal with you."

Cai You and Li Bangyan were, after all, just ministers to Huizong, and one might not necessarily believe everything they said.

But Zhao Kai was different. He was Huizong's most beloved son. As the saying goes, father and son are connected. If he spoke ill of Huazhong in front of Huizong all day long, there is no guarantee that Huizong would not become bored with Huazhong after a long time.

Therefore, Yang Jian was worried that something bad would happen to him.

Hua Ju shook his head and said: "With Cai You, Li Bangyan and the others beside King Jia, it is probably difficult for King Jia to change his opinion of me. So, I don't want to pay attention to him anymore."

Yang Jian said seriously: "Wenshan, King Jia is not Cai Jing, Tong Guan and the others. Cai Jing, Tong Guan, you can ignore them, but King Jia, you must take the initiative and don't act out of emotion."

Hua Ju smiled and said: "Thank you for reminding me, Taifu. I will consider this matter carefully. After all, he is the prince, and I don't want to make the relationship with him too tense. I will explain it to him carefully when I have the opportunity."

"

Yang Jian nodded and said, "This is best."

Later, Yang Jian called for Zuo Daolin, the commander of the capital in the left wing, and ordered him to pick out two thousand people for Hua Ju.

Taking advantage of this time, Hua Ju called Qin Donghao, handed him the pieces of paper he had written on, and asked him to prepare everything according to what was written on it.

Nearly half an hour later, Zuo Daolin came in and replied: "Master Taifu, two thousand soldiers are ready."

"Wenshan, the people are ready. Go and tell them. It's too cold outside, so I won't go out." Yang Jian turned to the charcoal stove and stretched out his hands to bake.

"Then take a rest, Master, I'll go explain to them."

Yang Jian nodded, and Hua Ju walked outside and took a look at the two thousand soldiers he had selected. Then he called the four battalion commanders and twenty of them into an empty house and explained to them in detail.

"Do you understand everything?" Hua Ju asked.

"Understood."

Hua Ju took a baggage from Zhang Shugen's hand and opened it on the table. It was full of white money.

"There are two thousand four hundred taels of silver here. Commander Xiao, Commander Lu, Commander Zhou, and Commander Jin each have fifty taels. Everyone has their heads and each of them has ten taels. The remaining two thousand taels are for each brother.

One or two." Hua Ju said.

Commander Xiao said quickly: "Sir, you are our superior, and it is our duty to order us to do things. How can we do this?"

"That's right, you are our boss, you should be the one we respect

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Yours, it can still cost you money." Commander Jin also said.

Hua Ju knew that they all actually wanted the money, but they were too embarrassed to reach out immediately.

"This matter is not the task of the escort. Everyone is purely helping me personally. I have always made a distinction between public and private matters. If it is a business matter, I will never pay personally. But since this is my personal matter, I can't

Let brothers work hard in vain."

Hua Ju placed four fifty-tael large silver ingots in front of the four commanders, and then said to the twenty heads: "Everyone, stop looking at it, take it."

"Thank you, sir."

Twenty of them were all happy, and each of them took a ten-tael silver ingot.

"Thank you sir for the reward."

Then the four commanders also raised their hands and said.

Hua Ju waved his hand and said with a smile: "I am easy to make friends. As long as everyone truly treats me as a friend, if you have any difficulties in the future, come to me and I will never refuse if I can help."

"Thank you, sir. We will swear to be loyal to you from now on." the generals said.

"Taifu Yang is the commander of the escort army. We should all listen to Taifu Yang." Hua Ju said with a smile.

There is no guarantee that Yang Jian's informants are not among these people. It would be bad if the words of the generals expressing their loyalty to him reached Yang Jian's ears.

Now that he has finally become the deputy commander of the Guards, he can take the position of Commander of the Guards as soon as Yang Jian dies. He must not let Yang Jian doubt him because of some small problems.

Therefore, I quickly added that even if Yang Jian knew it, he would not be suspicious.

"You can take this silver and distribute it to your brothers." Hua Ju said, pointing to the remaining silver.

Commander Zhou said: "Don't worry, sir, we will take the silver and distribute it to the brothers soon."

Hua Ju said: "Tell all the brothers to put on plain clothes and not to expose their identities. If anyone can find out, I will reward him with ten taels of silver."

"The general will obey his orders."

"Go ahead."

The generals took the silver and left. Zhang Shugen said: "Sir, you should not give the silver to them, but should put it directly into the hands of the brothers."

Hua Ju looked at him and asked, "Why?"

Zhang Shugen said: "Commander Xiao and Commander Zhou are not bad people, and the ten men under them are all honest. They should give the money to their brothers. But Commander Lu and Commander Jin regard wealth as their lives.

He is also arrogant, hitting and scolding his brothers, and even deducting ten cents from each brother for their moon rings. Now that such a large sum of money is placed in front of them, how can they give it to their brothers?"

"Does Master Yang know about such a thing?" Hua Ju asked.

Zhang Shugen said: "I know. But Commander Jin and Commander Lu are close confidants of Commander Luo Du, and Commander Luo Du is a close confidant of the Taifu, so the Taifu didn't say anything when he knew about it, and instead asked Commander Luo Du to

Deal with the brother who complained, and no one will dare to speak out after that."

Hua Ju didn't expect such a thing to happen, and he regretted giving the money to them, but since the money had been given away, he couldn't get it back.

"Are you familiar with Commander Jin and Commander Lu's brothers?" Hua Ju asked.

"Yes, there are several brothers under Commander Jin and Commander Lu. They are brothers in the same camp as me in the Xiang Army."

Hua Ju nodded and said: "Look for an opportunity later and bring them to me quietly. I have something to say to them."

"yes."

After a while, the two thousand soldiers changed into civilian clothes and left the escort camp under the leadership of four commanders.
Chapter completed!