I thought that Zhuge Yaobiu would call us over and scold us, but to my surprise, he made an appointment to meet us, not in his office, but in the cheap shop opened by his younger brother Zhuge Xianyu. I can't see through Zhuge Baked Cakes, this person is confused in small things, but he is very shrewd in big things, he sees problems very thoroughly, and he can always point out the key points, but his style of action is not agreed with by me.

It's not terrible for your boss to be angry with you, it's scary for him to call you over and reason with you. Zhang Youqian and I came to the bargain shop with trepidation, and we didn't know what would happen. Zhuge Baked Cake was already waiting in the Feng Pavilion on the second floor, and today he wore a long shirt, which is generally worn by scholars, which makes us feel even more unpredictable.

The two of us entered the house and hurriedly gave him a gift, Zhuge Baked Cake smiled and said, I called you over today, I want to be a family with the two of you, no need to be polite. Then point to your seat and sit down on your own. On the table was a pot of wine, a plate of baked cakes, and a plate of salted fish.

We didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, and looked at Zhuge Baked Cake with a puzzled expression.

Zhuge baked cakes said, you have been here for so long, and the official has not drunk wine with you, today we will cook wine and talk about salted fish, and have a good drink. I don't care, Zhang Youqian asked tentatively, Lord Baked Cake, you called our brother over, which one are you going to sing?

Zhuge said slowly, Hongmen Banquet, do you believe it?

Zhang Youqian even looked around, and I also secretly released the true yuan and sensed the surroundings, but I didn't find any of them. Zhuge picked up the wine jug, poured himself a glass, poured half a glass for each of us, and sent it to the two of us, saying: Guess what I mean by pouring half a glass of wine for each of you?

Zhang Youqian smiled, what the adults meant was that the younger brother drank half of it, and the adults drank it all.

I said where is there such a talk to the leader, Lord Zhuge means this, it is clear that there are a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there is no speculation for more than half a cup, Lord Zhuge called us over, it won't be to reprimand us.

Zhuge Baked Cake picked up the wine glass and said slowly: My two brothers, my name is Zhuge Baked Cake, and my brother's name is Zhuge Salted Fish. When I was a child, my family was poor, my father made baked cakes, my mother made salted fish, but the family was very poor, every day before dawn, my father and mother went out to sell baked cakes and salted fish, my brother's biggest wish is to be able to eat baked cakes and salted fish, but in addition to the New Year's holidays, the family has a meal of pickles.

I wondered in my heart, in the past, we didn't do things a little according to his wishes, Zhuge Baked Cake scolded both of us, and we both went in with our left ear and out with our right ear, and we didn't really take it to heart. Called us here today, and actually talked about his own childhood hardships, what are the meanings of this?

Zhuge played with the wine cup with his fingertips, and continued: In the seventh year of Jingyuan, Jinling was first in a major drought and then a major flood, and the family suffered hardship, and even the bark and grass roots could not be eaten, but the ruffians and hooligans in the south of the city still collected protection money, and they couldn't collect it, so they punched and kicked it. The family couldn't pay off the debt, and my father and mother were beaten to death.

When he said this, Zhuge Yaobi's face was heavy, as if he was immersed in the past. We stared at him blankly, not daring to talk nonsense.

At that time, I thought that if I could come out one day, I would kill the bullies in the city, punish all kinds of corrupt officials, and return the sky to Jinling City. Later, by chance, I entered the six doors. At that time, I was as old as you, ambitious, and had always been exterminate those unruly and law-abiding sects on the rivers and lakes, and later in the process of enforcing the law, I accidentally killed the second young master of the leader of the Bamboo Flower Gang, and was almost killed by the crazy revenge of the Bamboo Flower Gang. Later, I was able to escape with the help of noble people, and now that I think about it, it was really a life of nine deaths.

I only have to send a sycophant, Lord Zhuge Jiren God bless.

Zhuge baked cakes but did not pick up the stubble, and said to himself: After this difficulty, I found out that corrupt officials cannot be killed, and the rivers and lakes cannot be provoked, and one person cannot fight against officialdom, and one person cannot fight against the rivers and lakes. Later, I joined the noble man's disciples, and with the help of the east wind, I was promoted all the way to where I am today. I called you two here today to tell you that when you are on an errand in the six doors, you must know how to be tactful and sophisticated, and you can't make too many enemies to take revenge.

I sneered, Lord Zhuge is here to be a lobbyist for someone.

Zhuge baked cakes and said: My noble man is the leader of the Li League of the Wulin League today, these days, the filing system you pushed has touched the bottom line of the rivers and lakes and attracted their unhappiness, I am not a lobbyist for them, but for the sake of your future.

What do I mean by the bottom line?

Zhuge baked cakes, we are people in the public family, they are people from the rivers and lakes. If you rely on your power on weekdays to collect some protection fees and those taps, these are not considered to be breaking the rules of the rivers and lakes, but if you want all the sects in the rivers and lakes to go to you for the record, this is considered a violation of the rules.

Zhang Youqian said that the filing system is not to collect their protection fees, so what kind of door is this broken rules?

Zhuge Baked Cake said with a dumb smile, everyone is not a fool, your little trick, I understand, those people on the rivers and lakes also understand, first implement the filing system, give small favors, and then gradually divide the major forces, two heads, your plot is not small.

I said that the establishment of the Jianghu Division by the Six Gates is to supervise the various sects in the rivers and lakes, one is to maintain law and order stability, and the other is to keep the various sects within a controllable range, we are just doing our duty, where is the plot? Your Excellency speaks for the Wulin League, and it will not be for you to do 20% of the shares in the thirteen casinos in the city, right?

Zhuge Baked Cake said with a displeased face, do you think I came to you for the sake of those two dry shares? This Jinling Jianghu seems to be calm, but in fact, there is an undercurrent.

The Wulin League controls the casino, Qinglou, and Caoyun, the Wang family controls the silk in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Xie family operates salt and iron tea. However, these fights are open and secret battles under the rules of the rivers and lakes, and if there are foreign forces that want to infiltrate them, then they will probably be greeted with a thunderous blow. The Nether God Cult not long ago is an example. I just don't want you to follow in their footsteps.

Before, the big treasurer wanted to send the two of you to Jinling to ask for my opinion, but I was against it at that time. The two of you are the key training objects of the six doors, originally you were here to keep to yourself, do things in a down-to-earth way and accumulate experience, and when the time comes, I will give you a top in the assessment. But what you have done, under the premise of your own lack of strength, has caused so much trouble, which is really unwise.

You must know that Murong Baiyun, the leader of the martial arts alliance back then, was unparalleled in martial arts, outstanding in style, and unparalleled in resourcefulness, but he was too ambitious and wanted to dominate the rivers and lakes.

Some things have to be passed, and some things are open and closed. That's all there is to it, do what you want.

I pondered carefully what he said, nominally for our good, but in fact, there is only one real purpose, to let us stop while there is no big wave yet. However, I was a little reluctant and said: I don't agree with you.

Zhuge Baked Cake sighed, why are you so shafted?

I said that it is not an axis, I understand the truth of adults, and as a man, you can lose the subtleties, but you can't lose the righteousness. As far as I know, these Jianghu sects, and even the people behind them, did not hesitate to commit great disasters for their own selfishness. Some things are incumbent, and some things are going to the fire. Here's how I see it.

Zhuge asked Zhang Youqian, what about you?

Zhang Youqian said that his point of view is my point of view. Be an errand person, if this is the case, I might as well go back to the capital and be my young master of the Kuo family.

I was grateful, if it weren't for Zhang Youqian's support, I'm afraid I wouldn't have done this blisteringly.

Zhuge Yaobi sighed, knowing that his persuasion had failed, he picked up the wine glass in his hand, poured half a glass of wine for me and Zhang Youqian, and said: I have written with the big shopkeeper, from now on, I will no longer ask about your Jianghu Division, and it is estimated that the approval will come back in a few days. When this glass of wine is full, I wish you a victorious start.

We both grabbed our glasses and drank them all.

Zhuge Baked Cake stood up and walked out slowly, he walked very slowly, and his mood seemed to be very heavy.

I know that he is abdicating his responsibilities, unlike the two of us, we are expatriate cadres, no worries, no relatives and no reason, he has worked hard in Jinling for half his life, and finally accumulated these family businesses. If we are guilty of the wrath of the people, the gains outweigh the losses.

After this conversation, he put himself out of the matter, if there is any problem, it is also our Jianghu Division, not the matter of the six doors.

I said behind him, Lord Zhuge rest assured, what we do will not affect your lord. Hearing this, Zhuge Baked Cake shook his head and walked out. At this moment, I heard the slight movement of someone next door, Zhang Youqian was about to speak, I pointed to the next door, he couldn't help but speak.

Three days later, I received an official letter from the capital, and the Jianghu Division of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Fujian Roads was independent of the six gates, and Zhang Youqian and I were fully responsible for reporting to the six gates of the capital. In June, the appointment with Xu Ruonan was approaching, and I began to plan a trip to Jiangning.

Zhang Youqian got a cheap master, and he followed the fake Taoist priest named Liu Qingfeng for several days to learn art. I also know that I can't do martial arts, so I stepped up my cultivation.

After the battle with Pang Tiande, I felt that the true element in my body was becoming more and more uncontrollable, and the three internal forces were playing in my body. The realm has always stayed at the lower level of the Wen realm, and he vaguely feels that he wants to break through the middle realm, but no matter what, he can't find a way. Xu Kaishan said that I am a star vein, which is different from ordinary martial artists, and the fluctuating true yuan of my cultivation is a road that no one has ever walked, so I can only cross the river by feeling the stones and realize it myself.

On this day, I chatted with Zhang Youqian and asked him about learning martial arts, and he had a lot of grievances, I suspected that I worshipped a fake master, and the old Taoist priest ate and drank here all day long, and it cost me nearly a thousand taels of silver in just a few days.

So what did you learn?

Zhang Youqian glared, he passed on my skills, just like squeezing toothpaste, and told me a few words for some money, and I learned a trick in the past few days.

What the?

The stinky Taoist priest said that if you want to learn divine skills, you must first learn to sleep.

I said this is a good thing, you see me, I can't even sleep every day.

Zhang Youqian waved his hand and said, don't mention it, even if I sleep, my cheap master has also given me all the problems, two days ago asked me whether I was lying flat or lying on my side when I slept, and it turned out that I didn't close my eyes all night, and yesterday I asked me again when I slept with my tongue against the roof or the lower jaw, so that I didn't fall asleep again. If this continues, I'm going to go crazy sooner or later.

At this time, there was a humanity outside the door, who was chewing the root of the tongue and where.

As soon as the words fell, Liu Qingfeng walked in with the somewhat pedantic nephew. When Zhang Youqian saw it, he didn't call it Master, and said, it's me, what's wrong?

Liu Qingfeng smiled, it's okay, I'll ask, by the way, good apprentice, I just saw a jade pendant on the street, it's your master's birthday in twelve months, you buy it, when the time comes, I will give you my master, just say that you gave it, as soon as your master is happy, she will be kind to Master, Master, I will be fine, you will learn superior martial arts.

Zhang Youqian said unhappily, you and I are wronged, didn't you just buy the jade yesterday.

Liu Qingfeng scratched his head, didn't he accidentally gamble and lose.

Zhang Youqian said that if you want anything, from now on, as long as I can't break through the Wen Realm, you don't want to get a penny. Liu Qingfeng scratched his head and said, good apprentice, there is something to discuss, learn martial arts, you can't eat a fat man in one bite, you can't be in a hurry, you have to take your time.

Zhang Youqian said that when it comes to spending money, let's take our time.

Liu Qingfeng jumped up and said That's not good, learning martial arts is still the most important, it's better like this, today I will teach you the first trick of the sword technique of pretending to die, the sleeping Arhat sword.

Aoki's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Liu Qingfeng said, my martial arts are not suitable for you, you give me out.

Aoki had to go out, Liu Qingfeng glanced at me, and asked, Do you want to learn too? I said I don't have any money. Liu Qingfeng said that there was no money to talk about. But you and I have some fate, I might as well show you a clear path.

I was overjoyed, daring to ask where the road is?

Liu Qingfeng pointed to the door, the road was under his feet.

I sighed and was about to go out, Liu Qingfeng suddenly said, Wait. I asked something. Liu Qingfeng said, your body is really mixed, if you really want to go further in your skills, there is only one way in the world. This method is difficult for others, but it is very easy for you.

What a way.

Liu Qingfeng Dao, the art of the thief.

I was surprised in my heart, it turned out that this guy had long known that I was a thief in the Holy Gate, but back then, the Thief Gate was separated, and we only had the upper volume of the Thief Sutra, and the lower volume was in the hands of the Thief Immortal Gate, and now the Chrysanthemum Ancestor Li Qingyi is nowhere to be found, even if I want to learn, there is no way.

Liu Qingfeng seemed to see through my mind and said, in addition to Li Qingyi, there are two people in the world who know the art of thieves.

I asked who it was.

Liu Qingfeng said that one person is my brother, and now he has been missing for many years, and the other person, you must have heard of it, is the current leader of the beggar gang Lu Xiaojiu. As long as you can learn the art of the great thief, in conjunction with your unique meridians, you will not be able to achieve success in the future.

At this moment, Jiang Nan walked in, and now that the Jianghu Division has been restructured, he is already the official arrest of the department. In the past few days, he has been turned from a temporary worker to a regular worker, he is full of spirits, and the work is relatively neat.

Jiang Nan said respectfully, the head catcher, the Wulin League sent an invitation, inviting you and Zhang Zhutou to participate in the banquet.