The most powerful minister in the world

When he got up the next morning, Jingxi was brushing his teeth with a willow branch when he heard a knock on the door. Li Dongyang shouted from the nearest willow tree outside the yard: "It's Yang Hu."

After saying that, he jumped down from the tree and led Yang Hu in. He saw this guy walking up to Jing Xi with a cheerful face.

"What are you eating? Haha, you are so happy."

Yang Hu said in a naive manner: "The great victory in suppressing bandits in Huainan, complete eradication, general, don't you know?"

"I've received the letter a long time ago. Originally, Xiaotou was on the other side of Huainan. You and Li Chengdu went there, can't we still solve it?"

Yang Hu touched his head in disbelief: "General, Mr. Mu is really a strange person. That trick was used to trick the bandits around, leaving them unable to fight back."

"Yes, yes," Jingxi gargled and spat out, "What are you doing when you come back? Didn't I write a letter to Mu Sheng and ask him to be on standby in Huainan?"

"Mr. Mu didn't tell me. He just said that there are enough people over there and asked me to come back to help."

With that said, Yang Hu helped Jingxi get a basin of well water, and after Jingxi finished washing his face, he handed over the towel on the side.

Jingxi wiped his hands and said, "How many troops did you bring back?"

"Not many, two thousand, all outside the city."

"Okay, I just have an errand for you to run."

Yang Hu asked coyly: "Are you in a hurry?"

This stopped Jingxi in his tracks. He was stunned for a while before he remembered that this guy had a sweetheart by the West Lake.

Jingxi smiled and threw the handkerchief at him and said, "Go, go, you have done a good job in suppressing the bandits. I will give you three days off. Don't let me see you within three days."

Yang Hu cupped his fists and said with a smile: "I have the order, thank you General!"

After saying that, Yang Husaya was about to run, but was stopped by Jing Xi's shout, so he had to blink and turn around.

"Look at what a bear you are," Jing Xi took out a banknote from his sleeve and said, "Take it."

Yang Hu waved his hand and declined: "General, what are you doing? I am now receiving the deputy general's allowance, one hundred and twenty taels of silver per month, which is enough for my expenses."

Without saying a word, Jingxi slapped the two hundred taels of silver notes into his hand: "Young master, I didn't know that you had some money in your hand, so you comforted the widows of your dead brothers. I guess you have it in your arms now." The amount of silver you hold will not exceed five taels."

"Okay, stop being such a jerk, take the ticket and get out of here."

Yang Hu smiled naively, put the banknote into his arms and said, "Okay~"

As soon as the honest man left, Li Dongyang came up to him: "Second Young Master, this month's..."

Before Jingxi could finish his words, he took out a banknote from his sleeve and said, "Thank you."

Li Dongyang took it and saw that it was one thousand five hundred taels, which was much more than what was promised before.

He immediately burst into tears of gratitude and said, "Mr. Li, I will be with the second young master Ding for the rest of my life."

"Eh~ Don't be disgusted with me, kid. Do you owe me the money I'm talking about?"

Li Dongyang was silent for a while, scratched his nose and said, "This life may not be over yet."

Jingxi pointed at him with a look of disgust on his face and kept wagging his fingers, too stunned to say a word.

Jing Xi, who changed into a corset and sword sleeves, mounted the dragon snow horse and led Li Xiong'er to the dungeon door.

"Boss, I'm afraid of the dark. I'll wait for you at the door and won't go in."

Li Xiong'er lives up to his name, hugging the willow tree at the entrance of the dungeon like a bear and not letting go.

Jingxi kicked him in the butt a few times, and even though he said good things, he just couldn't be moved.

"Xiong'er, even though it's dark inside, there are a lot of interesting things~"

Li Xiong'er turned around and asked, "What fun things are there?"

"Uh... Oops, there are too many, I can't even name them all at the moment. You can find out by yourself if you go and see them."

Li Xiong'er looked at Jingxi suspiciously, and after looking at it for a long time, he muttered, "Sister said the boss is always lying."

"Hey~ you just listen to your sister and not what the boss says?"

"Sister is closer than eldest brother."

Jingxi twitched the corner of his mouth and cursed: "Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid?"

Li Xiong'er stared at Jing Xi with a pair of dead fish eyes: "I'm not angry when the boss says I'm stupid. My sister said that if others say I'm stupid, I can beat them."

Hearing this, Jingxi stretched his neck and said with a smile: "Good bear, I brought you in because I have experience. Look, you didn't hit your sister yesterday. Are you a little angry?"

"It's normal for a younger brother to be unable to defeat his older sister."

When Jingxi heard this, he acted as if he was hysterical and stamped his feet on the ground angrily: "I have you. If you don't go in, I won't take you to Longyang City to see the snow!"

"Then I'll go in."

There is little snow in the south of the Yangtze River. In the past few years, it has also been light snow, and it melts overnight. Li Xiong'er was born and raised in the south of the Yangtze River. He has always wanted to see the heavy snow in the sky, and he whispered in Jingxi's ears more than once.

"That's right. Don't be afraid. The people in there are all bed bugs. Sooner or later they will be bitten~"

The two guards at the door had long noticed the embarrassment of their general. Jingxi was usually quite easy-going to them when he was not at war. Now they dared to make a joke.

"General, my sister made the fire-removing soup, which is excellent. I will come out later. Do you want to have a bowl?"

Jingxi smiled and said, "I don't have that kind of blessing, so hurry up and find a sister-in-law for your sister. If you make your wife angry in the future, let your sister make a bowl of fire-removing soup."

This made the other guard giggle with joy. Jing Xi patted the two of them on the shoulders and said, "These people all have some status in Jiangnan. You don't treat them badly on weekdays, right?"

"That's not allowed. Three steamed buns and one pickle dumpling every day."

"Tch~ I didn't even eat at first. I've been hungry all day, but the food tastes better than the rest of us."

Jing Xi smiled and shook his head, and led Li Xiong'er inside. The further he walked in, the blurry his vision became, which scared Li Xiong'er and hugged Jing Xi's arm tightly.

This guy had a strong body to begin with, and was even a head taller than Jingxi. His majestic figure was completely incompatible with the current image of a little bird.

After walking about a hundred steps, the vision suddenly opened up, and the orange-red candlelight stretched into the distance. Judging from the length, it was not difficult to see that the dungeon had nine twists and turns.

After all, it was Liu Huangying who supervised the transformation. This guy hired a private master who was proficient in Qimen Dunjia and worked on it for a month before building this maze-like dungeon.

"General, my subordinates are on duty today. I wonder who the general wants to mention?"

Jingxi sat on a long wooden bench: "Liu Yuqi, the son of the magistrate of Hangzhou."

"Yes, I will send someone to bring him here now. General, please wait a moment."

Jingxi yawned and listened to the shouts in his ears. Some were howling like ghosts, some were moaning, and some were just banging their heads against the iron fence door.

After almost two cups of tea, two soldiers were seen dragging a fat man with big ears and a body covered in rags over.

"What happened?" Jingxi asked, looking at Liu Yuqi who was thrown over.

"When we arrested him, he jumped from the second floor of a brothel, fell into the haystack, and ran away, turning into a bear."

"Then why are you fainting? Didn't I tell you that as long as you are not dishonest when you are caught, you will not be punished for now?"

The guard on duty said helplessly: "General, this guy is afraid of rats. There was a rat nest in our dungeon a while ago..."

"Oh?" Jingxi's eyelids opened slightly, "Is there such a thing?"