There are ten days of leave in the barracks, and Tie Kui will return if he has a leave. On this day, I got leave and went home. He first went to visit Xiao, his four children and Aunt Lu, and then went back to the front yard.

Zhong Shantong told him the news he had recently inquired about: "Half of the two million stone grain and grass transported back from Yingzhou stayed in the capital, and half were transported to Tongcheng. "These two million stone grains have made a little waves in the northwest, but the capital is calm and calm, and there is no wave at all.

Tie Kui shook his head and said, "With the phoenix eagle in exchange for two million stone grains, Yan Wushuang has made a lot of money in this transaction." ”

Zhong Shantong couldn't help but say: "Before, I wondered why Princess Ming would take so much food to ransom people, but I didn't expect this woman to be Huo Changqing's daughter." "Huo Changqing has a great favor to Yunqing, he wants to redeem his daughter with food, and King Ming and Princess Ming have to redeem people even if they are unhappy.

Tie Kui shook his head and said, "Feng Ying is not Huo Changqing's daughter, that's just a trick to confuse people. "The real reason, he knows.

Zhong Shantong sighed and asked, "Master, how do you know that Feng Ying is not Huo Changqing's daughter?"

The matter has passed, and it doesn't hurt to tell Zhong Shantong about this: "Feng Ying knows my identity, and the ransom of Feng Ying with these two million stones of grain is the reason on the face, but in fact, Princess Ming is using them to buy my peace." ”

Zhong Shantong was half frightened to death when he heard this, and his voice trembled a little when he spoke: "Isn't the master almost ......" The master and him have both circled around in the palace of the Lord of Yama.

Tie Kui's expression was very calm, and he said, "It's all over." It's too peaceful in the northwest these days?"

Zhong Shantong calmed down and told the rumors he heard in the morning: "I heard that smallpox is raging in Ho City, and the prince is infected and has smallpox. ”

Tie Kui's expression suddenly turned cold: "The news is true?" There will be a vicious disease in the northwest.

Zhong Shantong shook his head and said, "The grapevine has not been confirmed. "The grapevine is true or false, and they have to decide for themselves.

Tie Kui turned the jade wrench on his thumb, and said after a long time: "This kind of thing will not spread randomly, I am afraid that there is really smallpox in the northwest, and the prince may also be infected, but I am afraid that smallpox is raging." "Smallpox is highly contagious, but as long as it is properly controlled, it will not spread widely.

Zhong Shantong said with some concern: "If this is the case, then wouldn't the prince be in danger?"

Tie Kui didn't speak, and very few people who got smallpox survived.

Zhong Shantong sighed and said: "I heard that the prince is very smart, and he has inherited the advantages of King Ming and Princess Ming. It would be a shame if such a child was gone. "The loss of such a perfect heir is a great loss for the people of the world.

When Tie Kui heard this, he paused with his hand on the jade wrench, and then said softly, "Maybe it's because he's too perfect that he gets smallpox." ”

Zhong Shantong said with some disbelief: "What does the master mean that if the prince is infected with smallpox, he will be killed?"

Even if Qi Hao really had smallpox, he couldn't help. Tie Kui said: "It's just a guess. Some time ago, the capital arrested a lot of intelligence officers lurking in the capital in the northwest, has the falcon contacted you these days?" Yan Wushuang moved very much, and he didn't need to bother to investigate this matter.

Zhong Shantong shook his head and said, "No." After speaking, Zhong Shantong said with a worried face: "Master, do you think the falcon will be caught?"

Tie Kui shook his head and said, "The Falcon can be safe and sound under Yan Wushuang's nose for more than ten years, and he has developed such a big power, he has his own ability. Yan Wushuang wanted to catch him, it wasn't that easy. But this time, their organization is afraid that it has suffered a heavy blow. ”

Zhong Shantong nodded and said, "There is a traitor within them, and the position of the traitor is still very high. Speaking of this, Zhong Shan said with a sigh of relief: "Master, apart from the falcon and the phoenix eagle, who else in their organization knows your identity?" Don't be cautious, there is a leak on the falcon's side.

Tie Kui shook his head and said, "No." ”

After talking about the falcon, Zhong Shantong said something to Tie Kui: "Yan Wushuang transferred Lin Fengyuan back, and no arrangements have been made for the time being. ”

Tie Kui not only had no bad feelings towards Lin Fengyuan, but felt that this young man had a good character and was worth befriending. It's just that Yan Wushuang was suspicious, so he had this heart but didn't take action. Tie Kui said: "Lao Kong was removed by Yan Wushuang, and Lin Fengyuan is afraid that he will replace his vacancy. "Tie Kui said that Lao Kong is the commander of the infantry battalion, and he delayed the business because of greed. Yan Wushuang was furious, and he was removed from his post and investigated.

In the evening, Zhong Shantong handed a greeting note to Tie Kui with a strange look and said, "Master, Lin Fengyuan handed over the post, saying that he wanted to talk to the master tomorrow." "My lord doesn't have much friendship with Lin Fengyuan, and I don't know why he sent a greeting post.

Tie Kui took the post and said in a deep voice: "Tell the people of the Lin Mansion that I will prepare wine and wait for General Lin tomorrow." "What Lin Feng came over to do, Tie Kui didn't know in his heart.

At the end of the second day, Lin Fengyuan came to visit.

Seeing Lin Fengyuan, Tie Kuile said hehehe: "I haven't seen you for a long time, General Lin's demeanor is still the same!"

Lin Fengyuan wore a stone blue brocade round-necked robe, the robe was embroidered with dark lines, and the waist was tied with a dark silver inlaid jade brocade belt. A green silk is tied up with a jasper hairpin, which just complements the brocade robe. Dressed like this, he doesn't look like a general who leads his troops to kill the enemy, but like a scholar.

Raising his hand, Lin Fengyuan said with a smile: "General Tie has won the award." In terms of style, Lin is less than a quarter of General Tie!" "In fact, Tie Kui hasn't shaved since he grew a beard, and now he has a full beard, and few people can tell him what he really looks like.

After a few words of greeting, Tie Kui invited Lin Fengyuan into the house, and did not go anywhere else, and led him directly to the study.

Entering the study, Tie Kui said with a smile: "Tie is a rough man, he speaks directly, General Lin might as well say it directly." "Externally, Tie Kui is rich and rude, no different from other generals who have climbed up from the bottom. Of course, after playing the role for a long time, Tie Kui can't tell what he is like.

Lin Fengyuan chuckled, put his hands behind his back, and said, "General Tie is very good at fighting, and even more powerful at doing business. Lin was impressed and came to learn from General Tie. ”

Tie Kui said with a calm face, "I don't know what General Lin means by this?"

Lin Fengyuan said with a smile: "Tong Ran's caravan and his shop in the capital make a profit of nearly one million taels of silver every year, General Tie, don't tell me that these have nothing to do with you?"

Tie Kui asked Tong Chrome to form a caravan to open a shop, firstly, to earn some money for himself to help his family by the way, and secondly, to find out the news. Like Zhong Shantong, many of the news he has found now comes from Dasheng shops. It's just that I didn't expect Tong Chrome to pull a dry dart master to do a good job, and the business is getting bigger and bigger, and it has become one of the best caravans.

When the stall is bigger, the risk is greater. Tie Kui is a person with a sense of distress, and seeing that he can't swallow this piece of fat alone, he invited three generals with real power to join the shares. No one in this world will be afraid of having a lot of money, not to mention that this is still a legitimate business, and there is no trouble if you participate in shares, and the three people invited are all shares. With so many generals with real power as backers, even if some people are jealous, they don't dare to make any subordinate means to run out.

Tie Kui laughed and said, "It's not a secret in the capital that I have a stake in the Dasheng Caravan and the Dasheng Shop, and even the emperor knows about it. ”

Yan Wushuang did know about this, but Tie Kui was doing legitimate business, and there was nothing out of the ordinary. Moreover, he also took many people to make money, so Yan Wushuang also turned a blind eye to this.

Lin Fengyuan chuckled and said: "I said, General Tie has a way to make money, and Lin specially came to learn from it." I hope that General Tie will not hesitate to give advice. ”

Tie Kui felt that Lin Fengyuan was not good, but his face was not obvious: "How can I do any business, I just met a good opportunity, and with the help of my colleagues in the army, I found a reliable team leader and shopkeeper." I'm going to do business on my own, and I'm afraid I'll lose even my trouser pockets. "When the caravan was formed, Liaodong was still relatively chaotic at that time, and the caravan led by Tong Chrome was able to get mixed up, not only because they themselves were born as dart masters, but also because of the help of Tie Kui's colleagues. Of course, this is not a help for nothing, and there are benefits for all. In this regard, Tie Kui adheres to the idea of making money together.

Lin Fengyuan said with a smile: "General Tie is really too humble. ”

Tie Kui began to complain: "Don't look at the caravan and the shop to make money, but the stall is too big to pave the road and cost a lot of money." Over the years, I haven't actually gotten much money. This is a half-truth. Over the years, the caravan has been making money with several shops day by day, making a lot of money for him. However, Tie Kui insisted on eating meat and drinking soup together, and several generals who participated in the shares took a part of it. In addition, he has been taking care of those subordinates who are not doing well, and he has not actually saved much money over the years. However, in doing so, he not only won over a group of generals, but also got a group of subordinates who worked for him.

Lin Fengyuan smiled, didn't go around in circles with Tie Kui anymore, and said, "I want to make a deal with General Tie." ”

Tie Kui became more and more vigilant in his heart, but he laughed loudly on his face: "It turns out that General Lin is here to do business with Tie, I said it earlier! I don't have any other hobbies, I like money." Money is the more the merrier. ”

Lin Fengyuan smiled and said, "This time I went to Shengjing, passing by General Tie's hometown ......" Speaking of this, Lin Fengyuan deliberately paused.

Tie Kui didn't seem to hear anything in Lin Fengyuan's words, and said with emotion: "Speaking of which, I haven't been back for ten years, this time flies so fast!" Tie Kui's parents are gone, and there are still two sisters left. However, under Tiekui's intention, the two families became well-known local wealthy families.

Lin Fengyuan felt that Tie Kui was really calm, and still said with a smile: "But I didn't expect that I heard an unbelievable news there, saying that General Tie was adopted, not born by Old Man Tie." ”

Tie Kui said with a calm face: "General Lin won't believe this kind of nonsense, right?" He knew that Lin Feng would not come to the door if he had nothing to do, so he didn't know what his idea was.

Lin Fengyuan still had a smile on his face, and said, "It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, the important thing is what the emperor will think if he knows about this?"

Tie Kui's eyes flashed fiercely, and he said, "General Lin, you can go and tell the emperor about this." Let's see if the emperor will believe this kind of thing out of nothing. ”

Lin Fengyuan laughed: "What kind of character the emperor has, General Tie knows better than me." ”

Tie Kui can mix under Yan Wushuang for so many years, how can he be frightened by Lin Fengyuan's words: "I don't know what you're talking about." ”

Lin Fengyuan was not annoyed, but said: "If people don't know, they can't do it unless they do." General Tie, if the emperor knows about this matter, he only needs to arrest your two sisters for interrogation, and he will know whether it is true or false, and at that time, General Tie's true background will not be able to be hidden. ”

Although Ning Hai looked a little like the real Tie Kui, and the Tie family also lived in the mountains at that time and rarely went down the mountain. But the Tie family is not a seclusion, they still have to deal with people, especially between relatives. And some of Ning Hai's behaviors that are very different from ordinary children are naturally noticed by those who are interested. Of course, even if the people who saw it at the time were skeptical, they would not ask more. After all, it's none of your business, and no one wants to offend anyone in vain.

It's just that Tie Kui's two sisters got rich with Tie Kui's convenience, and those relatives wanted to take advantage. didn't take advantage of it, and some sour words came out.

If other people heard these unfounded rumors, they wouldn't take it to heart. But Lin Fengyuan had dealt with Tie Kui, and he always felt that he didn't look like a child from Orion's family, so he sent his henchman Gu Jiu to secretly investigate the matter. As a result, it really allowed him to get something valuable from Tiekui's uncle.

Seeing that he was threatened, Tie Kui was not angry, but sneered: "Lin Fengyuan, Tie Mou is not frightened. ”

Lin Fengyuan smiled and said: "The real Tie Kui didn't read a book before he was eight years old and didn't know a single big character, and Tie Kui's parents were also mountain people who didn't know half of the big characters, but Li Wangcai once went up the mountain and found that you were writing on the ground, and the writing was upright and beautiful. "This Li Wangcai is Tie Kui's uncle, who is famous locally for being lazy and lazy.

Tie Kui's eyes flashed with murderous aura: "Lin Fengyuan, you can eat indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense." "Lin Fengyuan's incident did happen, and he was fooled by his father and mother later. It was also that incident that made Tie Kui dare not let people know that he could read and write before learning from Mr. Because too long has passed, and Li Wangcai has never mentioned it, he has forgotten it himself.

Lin Fengyuan was not afraid of Tie Kui's warning, but said with a smile: "Now that the dynasty has changed, it is not difficult for General Tie to restore his true identity. I'm curious, why does General Tie still have the identity of Tie Kui? Could it be that General Tie's life experience, what is so difficult to hide?"

Tie Kui said expressionlessly: "Lin Fengyuan, there is a sentence I don't know if you have heard of? ”

Lin Fengyuan smiled lightly: "There have been many people who want me to die over the years, but they all died, but I am still alive." "The people of the Dingguo Mansion have done a lot of black tricks against him, but all those people have been made worse than dead by him.

Tie Kui looked at Lin Fengyuan and didn't speak.