Chapter 1442 Untitled
After Ge Xiong finished speaking, Wang Shi, realizing that things were not as simple as she thought, immediately became quiet.

Seeing this, Ge Xiong also felt that Wang was a bit of an eyesore beside him. Although Wang was young, beautiful and charming when she married him, she was now old and middle-aged.

In such an annoying situation, Ge Xiong wanted his concubines to accompany him, so when he wanted to wave his hand and signal Wang to leave, Wang suddenly said:
"My husband, I remember you told me last time that Ren Hai, the owner of the Dadongsheng bank, was the queen's man?"

Hearing this, Ge Xiong nodded impatiently and said:

"That's what happened, what's the matter?"

"Then, my husband, can you get in touch with the Empress through Ren Hai's connections?"

Ge Xiong was stunned when he heard this. He had never thought about the possibility that Wang mentioned, but after thinking about it carefully, he found it interesting!
After the last assassination attempt on Liu Xinjie, Ren Hai, who was in a competitive relationship with him, was considered the primary suspect and was quickly arrested by the Coordination Office!

This Ren Hai was not a tough guy. When he arrived at the Coordination Office, they didn't even threaten him with punishment. He just told the truth and confessed everything, including the relationship between him and the Queen.

At that time, Liu Xinjie's case alarmed His Majesty, so the Coordination Office had a heavy burden. When the case was first investigated, there were not many clues, so some voices within the Coordination Office suggested that they should simply put the blame on Ren Hai...
Anyway, Ren Hai and Liu Xinjie are competitors and are the first suspects in this case. They can just say that he was dissatisfied with Liu Xinjie taking his position and hired someone to kill him. This is completely justifiable and their Coordination Office can complete the task as soon as possible!
But Wang Xuecheng did not do so. Instead, he detained Ren Hai in the Coordination Office for a few days and then released him!
Wang Xuecheng has three reasons for doing this!
The first reason is that Ren Hai is indeed not the murderer of Liu Xinjie, and he has nothing to do with this case.

The second reason is that Ren Hai is the Queen's man, and Wang Xuecheng does not want to offend the Queen.

The third reason is that after Wang Xuecheng learned that Ren Hai was so able to make money, he also wanted to get a piece of the pie.

Therefore, after the Liu Xinjie incident, Ren Hai, who had no competitors, became the chief manager of Dadongsheng Bank as he wished. Wang Xuecheng, who had the leverage over Ren Hai, also asked Ren Hai to help him make money.

The relationship between Wang Xuecheng and Ren Hai is very secretive and not many people know about it, but Ge Xiong, as Wang Xuecheng's confidant, is one of the few people who knows about this!

Ge Xiong not only knew about this matter, he also knew some other scandals about Ren Hai, so Ge ​​Xiong believed that as long as he found Ren Hai, the general manager of Dadongsheng would be willing to help him. And if he could get in touch with the queen through Ren Hai, that would be great!
Thinking of this, Ge Xiong's eyes lit up. Although he had just been thinking about how to land safely, that was only the last resort!

He, Ge Xiong, is not yet forty this year. He is in the prime of his life and still has ideas about his career. If he can make further progress in the future, that would be the best thing...

Noticing the change in Ge Xiong's expression, Wang also said:
"My husband, the 3,500 taels of silver we used to buy the house are still at home. Do you want to use it?"

"I heard from someone that if you don't run or send gifts on the G field, you will be demoted. If you only run but don't send gifts, you will stay where you are. Only when you run and send gifts can you get promoted and make a fortune!"

"Don't be reluctant to spend money. These days, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. If you dare to spend money now, you can earn more in the future!"

Hearing his wife's remarks, Ge Xiong seemed to have thought of something, and immediately shook his head and said:

"It's not about the money!"

"It's not about money? Then what is the problem? How many Gs don't love money?"

"People in this market say that if you can get rid of a county magistrate in ten years, you can get 10,000 silver coins!"

Facing his wife's question, Ge Xiong was speechless and could only explain:

"What I mean is that getting in touch with the Queen won't help me become the director of the Coordination Office. Don't forget how Huo San died!"

Hearing the name Huo San, Wang realized something and immediately said in a low voice:

"Is the rumor true, sir? Huo San didn't have a sudden illness, but was sentenced to death by His Majesty because he was too close to the Queen?"

Ge Xiong did not say anything about his wife's words, but just nodded slightly. Wang Shi saw this and said quickly:

"Then my husband, we can't get too close to the Queen. Our family has just experienced a few years of good times..."

Before Wang finished her words, Ge Xiong waved his hand to interrupt his wife and ordered:
"Go get some rest first! I'll think of something by myself!"

"Ok!"

Wang nodded when she heard this and was about to turn around and leave, but after taking two steps, Wang seemed to realize something and turned around and said in a somewhat gloomy tone:
"Do you want me to call those little bitches over to you?"

As soon as these words came out, Ge Xiong's eyes immediately turned cold, and he clenched his fists. Seeing this, Wang, who was originally a little resentful, immediately dared not stay in the room, and immediately walked out angrily, fearing that if she was a second late, her husband's fists would hit her. After Wang left, Ge Xiong, who was alone in the room, also gathered his mind and fell into thinking again.

In fact, after being married for so many years, Wang still knows him very well. If Wang hadn't reminded him just now, Ge Xiong would have called in his concubines and asked them to drink some wine with him to vent his frustration!

In his early years, Ge Xiong was a soldier in the Liaoyang Army. He was good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. In recent years, he followed Wang Xuecheng, the old S, and he followed his example and took several concubines!

However, his wife Wang's reminder just now can be said to have inadvertently opened the door to a new world for Ge Xiong. Over the years, Ge Xiong has gained a lot of benefits by following Wang Xuecheng, and Wang Xuecheng has been good to him. In addition, the cost of betrayal is very high, so Ge ​​Xiong has never thought of changing his allegiance.

This also caused Ge Xiong to ignore the idea of ​​changing his allegiance when he was thinking about it before.
After realizing that he could change his family's fate, Ge Xiong felt that he had more choices. So he didn't want to drink with those concubines anymore. He had to think carefully about his future!
As long as he lives, he can drink whenever he wants, but if this matter is not handled properly, his beloved children might become someone else's!

With the lesson of Huo San in mind, Ge Xiong naturally understood that he should not get too close to the queen. After all, he was also afraid that he would suddenly fall ill and die one day!

But apart from the option of the Queen, Ge Xiong also felt that he still had other choices. After all, he had been in the Coordination Office for so many years and knew the secrets of many people. He still had bargaining chips in his hands!
After much deliberation, Ge Xiong felt that Ji Xian, the deputy director of the Coordination Office, was a more realistic choice at the moment!

It’s not that Ge Xiong doesn’t want to be the director of the Coordination Office. As the saying goes, a soldier who doesn’t want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a spy from the Coordination Office who doesn’t want to be a director is not a good spy!

But Ge Xiong felt that it would be too difficult for him to go directly from the position of a thousand households to the director of the Coordination Office. After all, he had not spoken to His Majesty alone yet. In His Majesty's eyes, he, a thousand households, was most likely still a nobody with no sense of existence!

So under such circumstances, it is unrealistic to directly become the director of the Coordination Office!
But Ji Xian was different. He came from the Internal Guards and was trusted by His Majesty. Although on the surface the purpose of his transfer to the Coordination Office was to learn from experience and strengthen the Coordination Office, in fact, everyone knew that he was His Majesty's eyes in the Coordination Office...
Although Ji Xian did not seem to do much on the surface during the years he was in the Coordination Office, everyone knew that he reported the internal situation of the Office to his superiors.

Now that Wang Xuecheng is dead, the power structure of the Coordination Office is facing a reshuffle. As the current deputy director of the Coordination Office, Ge Xiong feels that Ji Xian will definitely be tempted by the position of director of the Coordination Office!

After all, this position represents unspeakable power and wealth!
This also means that Ji Xian and Liu Baichuan are very likely competitors, and if I can help Ji Xian deal with Liu Baichuan, that would be a great help to Ji Xian!
Thinking of this, Ge Xiong's eyes gradually became hot. Wang Xuecheng knew that Ji Xian was His Majesty's eyes in the Coordination Office, and Ji Xian had not done anything beyond the rules in the Coordination Office, so Wang Xuecheng did not attack Ji Xian. The two maintained superficial respect and politeness as colleagues!

Under such circumstances, there was no grudge between Ge Xiong and Ji Xian, both of whom were Wang Xuecheng's confidants. Ge Xiong even helped Ji Xian with a few insignificant favors!
Our relationship is not very good, but it is harmonious!
Therefore, there was no negative factor in his vote, and the most important thing was that Ji Xian was promoted by Wang Xuecheng in the Coordination Office. He had not handled any specific tasks of the Coordination Office, which also made him have no experience in handling tasks of the Coordination Office. The work of the Internal Security Bureau was mainly internal!
Therefore, Ji Xian has no experience in foreign intelligence work, so if he wants to handle the work of the Coordination Office well, he needs someone with experience to help him!
Ge Xiong's eyes gradually brightened. He now urgently wanted to talk to Ji Xian and reach a deal with him!
I helped him get rid of his competitor Liu Baichuan, and after he took office, he appointed me as deputy director...

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Just when the situation in the Coordination Office was turbulent, Yun Qianjinzhi, who was thousands of miles away, also heard countless shouts and cries of killing in the dark night!
Listening to the roar of the Li chieftain's soldiers outside, Zhang Meng, who was in the Daqian military camp, had a look of disdain in his eyes.

In the battles for supremacy over the past few years, countless princes who were defeated by the Fengwu Army's firearms had tried to destroy the Fengwu Army's artillery positions under the cover of darkness through night attacks, in order to reduce the Fengwu Army's artillery advantage!
For this reason, the Fengwu Army has accumulated a lot of experience in countering night attacks. Among them, the First Army, which has prepared the most artillery, has the most experience!

In fact, as early as the second night after the First Army bombarded Zhijin City, the Li chieftain's army in the city made the same choice as other enemies encountered by the First Army and tried to destroy the artillery positions through a night attack.

However, the soldiers of the First Army were well prepared. Not only did they make the Li chieftain's troops return empty-handed, they also annihilated thousands of them and only allowed a hundred or so to escape back to the city in a panic.

After learning from this experience, although the troops of Chieftain Li had suffered heavy losses in the bombings in the past few days, they did not dare to attack outside the city at night for fear of being surrounded by the First Army again!

Under the artillery bombardment in the past few days, Zhang Meng could clearly feel that the defense of Zhijin City was gradually collapsing, and a feeling of failure had begun to spread in the city.

Zhang Meng was very happy when he realized this. He knew that the day of breaking the city would be in the next few days. As long as everything went well, it would take at least three days, or at most five days, for him to plant the dragon flag of Daqian on the top of Jinzhi's city wall...

But these days are also the most dangerous days. As the owners and rulers of Jinzhi City and even the Jinzhi Plain for the past hundreds of years, the Li chieftains will certainly not give up their land and property so easily. They will defend everything they have to the death like a wounded beast!
But they have almost no way out on the front battlefield, so they don’t have many counterattack methods they can adopt now!

Therefore, Zhang Meng had long anticipated that they would launch another night attack in the next few nights to try to destroy the artillery positions of the First Army in an attempt to survive for a while longer.

Therefore, Zhang Meng, who had anticipated this, had already prepared "gifts" for Li's army.

Seeing the shouts and screams getting closer, Zhang Meng also ordered the deputy general beside him:

"Now is the time! Fire the flare!"

"Yes!"

As Zhang Meng's order was given, three fireworks slowly rose into the sky. Just when the soldiers of Chief Li did not understand what was happening, countless artillery pieces roared, accompanied by thousands of muskets!

Because the defense of Jinzhi City was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain, Li Huan, the leader of the Li chieftains, regarded this night attack as the last way to save Jinzhi City. In order to succeed, he personally led all the troops of Jinzhi City to attack together!
But now these soldiers and horses are under the fierce attack of the First Army, just like the wheat in the rice fields in autumn, being ruthlessly harvested by the farmers with sickles...

(End of this chapter)