Chapter 262

Brother Ouyang Xu, this trash, would stop at nothing to achieve his goals; all kinds of schemes, such as the beauty trap, the secret crossing of the Chencang, and the scheme to muddle through, were used by him to perfection, and he could be compared to Xiao Qinyan.

If he could really become the second Xiao Qinyan, it could be said that it wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

The world is not just black and white.

This Ke Zheng is a pure stream, but that doesn't mean the pure stream is white.

Pure stream is the name of a political faction within the officialdom. It also metaphorically refers to clean politics.

But even a clean magistrate has a hundred thousand taels of silver after three years!

It's just relatively better on the surface!

Therefore,

when the two tigers fight, the pure stream gains, which is also the effect Ke Zheng wanted.

Although he was far from the capital at that time, he didn't want Xiao Qinyan to have an easy time, and Brother Ouyang Xu, this knife, was just right to use.

Perhaps he could even trip up the harem faction.

"Truly worthy of being an old fox! Although he failed! But blame only Brother Ouyang Xu, this idiot, for being used as a knife by Qi Mu."

And what about Jia Hui?

He had no relation to Ke Zheng, and had no entanglement with Xiao Qinyan.

Therefore, why should Ke Zheng give the Night Banquet Painting to him?

This was a problem for Jia Hui now.

"Forget it, I'll talk to Gongtai and the others privately later."

Jia Hui had just learned from the conversation of several people.

Ke Zheng had just been driven out of office.

But he hadn't reached Jin Ling yet.

He should still stay in the Divine Capital for some time.

After all, he had many old subordinates and students.

Even if people leave and the tea gets cold,

he was still a former Chief Councilor.

There must be a farewell and exchange.

Therefore, Jia Hui still had time.

To plan for this treasure.

After the discussion,

Jia Hui privately called Chen Gong, Jiang Ji, and Cheng Yu.

And had a brief secret talk.

Chen Gong said, "Just let the Jinzou Jia keep a close watch on the Ke Mansion and this Ke Zheng, and also, we must send people to Jin Ling."

Jiang Ji and Cheng Yu both nodded in agreement.

Jia Hui nodded.

Let's just do that for now.

At this moment, he still had to wait at the Sheng family.

So after explaining the situation,

he took Cheng Yu and Cheng Lian and separated from Chen Gong and the others.

And set off with Sheng and the two Gaos to be guests at the Sheng family.

Halfway there,

they were blocked on the road by a carriage in front!

"What's going on?"

Jia Hui asked calmly.

Cheng Lian immediately drove his horse to ask and returned quickly.

"Reporting to the Lord, it is the carriage of the general Cheng Shi, the Cheng family."

"Cheng Shi?"

Jia Hui frowned.

Then he asked Gao Sheng and the other two who had gotten off the sedan chairs behind him: "Several masters, this Cheng Shi was not mentioned by you just now, what is his background?"

"Uh, I don't know about this Cheng Shi either."

Sheng Hong was startled, then said blankly.

Gao Sheng also shook his head: "Don't remember."

Gao Hu was the only one among the three with a military position, so he had heard of him, and after thinking for a while, he said: "This Cheng Shi should just be a Captain."

The position of Captain sounds majestic.

If it were the Han Dynasty,

then he would certainly have his own troops to command and could lead soldiers directly, while a General might not necessarily have his own army, so the actual influence of a Captain even exceeded that of a General, belonging to the real-power military faction.

Huo Qubing, a famous general of the Han Wudi era, was named Captain Piaoyao at the age of eighteen because of his illustrious military achievements.

In addition, the famous Prime Minister Cao started his career as a Captain of the Xiaoji. Yuan Shu and Sun Ce were both Captains of the Zhechong.

But after the Eastern Han Dynasty, the position of Captain, which was both powerful and famous, suddenly became a grassroots cadre position.

The main reason still has to be said about the Three Kingdoms period.

Because by the Three Kingdoms period, the three emperors each had their own affiliations, and the official position of Captain became a bit annoying.

People who made military contributions were often named Generals; there were wars every day, and those with military contributions were more numerous day by day, so if you picked up a stone and threw it into a crowd, you could easily hit several Generals.

With so many Generals, where could a Captain be placed?

They could only be ranked behind the Generals.

Therefore, until now, this position sounds loud.

In reality, the rank is very low.

The official position is limited to the eighth or ninth rank, often held by those Imperial Guards.

In the Great Gan, guards are Captains. The Captains of the Embroidered Uniform Guard are the same as bailiffs.

However, there are also Captains in the army.

Sheng Hong paused and added: "He is a subordinate military officer of the Emperor's foster son, Ling Buyi."

【181】 How could Ling Buyi compare to you, Marquis Wushuang! The dispute between the Fourth Miss Cheng and her servants.

Gao Hu appeared somewhat indifferent when making the introductions.

This was understandable.

After all, he had spent half his life in military service, yet had only climbed to the rank of a mere eighth or ninth-grade Captain.

It would be strange if he could hold anyone in high regard.

"Now that you mention it, I remember too!"

This time, it was Sheng Hong who spoke.

This Sheng Hong was truly worthy of being a Censor; his memory was excellent: "At the very beginning, Cheng Shi's family was very poor and not a noble clan. Although his father, Elder Cheng, came from a scholarly family, that was all there was to it, and later the family fortunes declined. Still later, his eldest son, Cheng Shi, with the assistance of his wife Xiao Yuanyi, climbed up step by step relying on his own military merit. However, because his background was low and his rank was also low, he could not compare with many noble families. Because his rank was too low, I did not introduce him to you, Marquis Wushuang, just now."

"As for his wife, she is worth mentioning. Xiao Yuanyi comes from a very high background. The Xiao family is not only wealthy, but Elder Xiao is also one of the three elders of the village, haha."

However, hearing this in Jia Hui's ears, he felt that this fellow Sheng Hong was a bit biting.

It sounded like mockery no matter how he listened.

"Very high background"?

One of the three elders of the village—at most, a small local wealthy clan.

To people like them, who were at the very least fifth-grade officials and all came from prominent families, it was not worth mentioning at all.

"Hmm, Ling Buyi, Cheng Shi, Xiao Yuanyi—oh, so it is 'Love Like the Galaxy'!"

Hearing this, Jia Hui was suddenly enlightened.

Consequently, Jia Hui asked about the situation of this Ling Buyi: "Who is this Ling Buyi?"