On this day, Bi Chengli, the governor of Guizhou, returned to his house and sighed to the chief of staff: "I have received a report from the imperial court today...... Is the Empress Dowager old and confused? In the old year, seventeen titles were sold in one year. ”

The staff member was relieved: "It's all sold to serious people." ”

Bi Chengli stumbled and said: "Where is the majesty of the heavenly family!" ”

The staff said: "It's not easy to think it's in the palace, and there is a great shortage of money." ”

Bi Chengli said: "Too. At the beginning of the founding of the country, was there no shortage of money? Besides, there are few people in the palace now, so how much can it cost. He sighed again, "The virtuous king will not hinder him." The staff opened their mouths, but finally did not speak.

At this moment, I heard someone on the beam of the room say loudly: "Lord Bi is really loyal, and the Empress Dowager has never seen the wrong person." ”

Bi Chengli was shocked: "What person! ”

I saw a man in Xuanyi jumping down from the beam, falling lightly to the ground, and bowing and saluting: "Meet Master Bi." ”

Bi Chengli saw that this person was full of heaven, the earth pavilion was round, his expression was resolute, and he looked loyal and good, so he stroked his beard and asked, "Dare to ask what the origin of the strong man is." ”

The man took out a silver plaque from his arms, and his eyes lit up with a smile: "Xiaguan Liu Quan." ”

Bi Chengli looked at the silver medal of Huizi carefully, and hurriedly gave his hand: "It turned out to be Liu Qianhu." Immediately, his eyes became suspicious, "Why did Liu Qianhu come to my Guizhou?" ”

Then Liu Quan smiled bitterly and said, "Master Bi thinks that there is no one in Jinyiwei anymore?" ”

Bi Chengli said continuously: "Liu Qianhu is not strange, it's just that he hasn't heard from Beijing for a long time." ”

Liu Quan sighed: "I don't blame Master Bi, it has been really difficult in Beijing in the past few years. Nai took another thing from his bosom and said, "Master Bi, let's take a look at this again, I don't think I will be suspicious of the official anymore." ”

Bi Chengli fixed his eyes and looked at it again in surprise - the gold medal that was real and like my presence in person, and bowed down with tears in his eyes: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The old man really knocked his head three times.

Liu Quan sighed lightly and stepped forward to hug each other: "Boss, please get up quickly." ”

Bi Chengli wiped his tears and said: "The old man has just been rude, and I hope that Lord Liu will not be surprised." ”

Liu Quan also wiped the corners of his eyes and said: "The world has become what it is today, and loyalty is extremely rare." ”

The two held hands and wept for a moment, and Bi Chengli invited Liu Quan to take a seat. Liu Quan repeatedly excused himself and "can't do it". Bi Chengli said: "Lord Liu is an angel and deserves to be seated. Liu Quan couldn't push it, so he had to sit on the top.

Bi Chengli ordered someone to bring tea in, and Liu Quan hurriedly said: "The lower official has a secret order, and I hope not to alarm others." ”

The staff who had been waiting for a voice hurriedly said: "The late birth will go to get tea, and Lord Liu can only rest assured." ”

Bi Chengli also said: "This person can keep his mouth. ”

Liu Quan smiled and said, "Xiaguan knows." The lower officials have examined Mr. Ma in detail. Tea, Xia Guan is not thirsty, so there is no need for the time being. Mr. Ma's heart jumped, and he hurriedly bowed and went out, closing the door.

Bi Chengli asked: "According to what Lord Liu just said, is there anything unspeakable about the Empress Dowager's betrayal?" ”

Liu Quan sighed: "Lord Bi, rest assured, the titles sold over the years will be abolished after the mountains and rivers are restored." The Empress Dowager and Dai Quan's father-in-law are afraid that they will be infamous in the history, and there is really no other way. Now that even the treasury is in the hands of King Yan, the Empress Dowager has no money to do something. ”

Bi Chengli hurriedly asked, "What is the plan of the Empress Dowager and her old man?" ”

Liu Quandao: "I won't say much about the lower officials, Master Bi will take a look at this." And he took out of his bosom two things.

Bi Chengli saw that it was a holy decree and a righteous decree. The holy decree was written by the little sage himself, and Jia Cong was named the "Duke of Restoration of the Kingdom", and he was ordered to lead the loyal ministers and good generals to eliminate the traitorous ministers and destroy the vassal king to save the Son of Heaven. Yizhi's handwriting is beautiful, but the Empress Dowager ordered the Loyal and Righteous Rongguo Mansion to assist the Son of Heaven to sweep away the rebellion and clean up the society. I couldn't help but be overjoyed: "In this way, Rongguo Mansion is on the saint's side?!" The pardon was really loyal, and the old man knew that he had returned the treasury silver. Then he was pleasantly surprised, "Isn't the king of Liangguang also a person from the Son of Heaven?" ”

"Nature." Liu Quanzheng said, "Back then, the first emperor's body was about to be inappropriate, and the princes of each family were ready to move. Emperor Taishang was afraid of the disaster of Prince Yizhong again, so in order to protect himself, he first transferred the prince to Liangguang, and then sent Jia Lian to Taiwan, and also asked Jia Yu to go to Qiongzhou to supervise the army. He smiled, "I only tell people that Jia Yu thinks of his grandson." Who has ever seen an emperor send his son to fulfill a minister who wants his grandson and sends him as a matter of state? But the prefect of Jiangxi is the uncle of the Seven Princes, Xie Whale. ”

"Oops!" Bi Chengli high-fived and said, "These places are actually connected." ”

"Not bad." Liu Quan nodded and said, "And these places are not eye-catching." Even if there is a case, it is better to preserve the foundation. It's just that the princes of various families have to send spies to these places, and many things are not easy to do. If there is an omission, the lives of the Empress Dowager and the little sage are in the hands of King Yan. ”

Bi Chengli sighed: "It's not easy. ”

"If you want to restore orthodoxy, you have to have money and soldiers. The world has been divided, and Rong Guogong is also a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice. Although their house was rich, the foundation of their early years was returned to the treasury. Helplessly, Dai Quan's father-in-law discussed with the Queen Mother, he was a eunuch, so he carried the black pot. It's a plan to 'sell the lord'. The Empress Dowager smiled and said, how can you bear the infamy alone? The mourning family is a woman, so let's carry it with you. Therefore, the first person to buy a knight was the Duke of Rongguo. ”

Bi Chengli thought about it for a long time, and the Empress Dowager really had no other way to get money, and there was no way to sweep away the vassal king with empty white teeth. It's just ...... "Even if these sold titles are abolished in the future, the prestige of the imperial court will still be hurt." ”

Liu Quan said in a low voice: "If you don't sell your lordship, will the court still have prestige?" Bi Chengli was stunned and sighed. Liu Quan continued, "In addition to money, the army is also indispensable. If you want an army, you have to have territory. And the world has been divided, and there is no way to get his own territory for the saint. The Empress Dowager also has some internal guards around her, and the leader is General Zhou Ji. Now, he has led dozens of Ouchi guards to the South Seas, intending to seize the Malay Archipelago from the Westerners. That place is about 14 times the size of Guizhou, and there are many immigrants from China on the island. ”

Bi Chengli's eyes lit up: "What does the Empress Dowager mean?" ”

Liu Quan smiled and said: "Since the game is chaotic, why not jump out of the game?" ”

Bi Cheng was idealistic, nodded again and again, and arched his hand: "The Empress Dowager is a heroine among women, and it is better to be an official." ”

Liu Quandao: "It's just that General Zhou only has some guards in his hands, and the people of Nanyang Island are barbarians after all." Lord Bi, the Empress Dowager sent officials here to ask Lord Bi for help. When Lord Zhou and the guards of the Great Inner Republic get the island, they will send the news back, and the people who have migrated over can get land, just like King Wu and King Yan are in Dongying. ”

Bi Chengli hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager wants the lower officials to help immigrants go to that island?" ”

Liu Quandao: "Yes, only with people can there be soldiers." The saint is still young, and he can wait a few more years. ”

Bi Chengli pondered for a long time and nodded slowly: "...... Xia Guan understood. It's a viable way. ”

Liu Quan said softly: "By the way, Lord Qi, the governor of Yunnan, is also his own person, and he has just occupied the female pirate Zhou girl in Java, and she is also the guard of the Great Interior. ”

Bi Chengli remembered that General Zhou Ji was also surnamed Zhou, and he was afraid that he was related to this female pirate. The old man calculated in his heart - Jiangxi, Liangguang, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Nanyang, wrapped half a circle in the Central Plains, was overjoyed, and gave a deep salute to the direction of the capital: "The sage is wise!" Nai and Liu Quan exchanged a smile on each other.

Liu Quandao: "There are still some things. Now that Lord Wang opened the school to cultivate talents for the saints, Master Bi can also draw gourds here. He then spoke in detail, and Bi Chengli listened carefully.

On the other hand, Gong Kun wrote a letter to the Empress Dowager for Liu Hu, a letter written by Jia Cong to Jia Huan, and a letter written by Jia Yu to Jia Zheng all the way to Beijing and was sent to Rongguo Mansion first. Jia Yu's letter was detained and not delivered, and Gong Kun's letter was addressed to a very small noodle restaurant in the alley north of the city.

Because he guessed that the Empress Dowager still had a master in her hands, Shi Li went to visit her in the afternoon of the next day. Sure enough, the noodle restaurant from the boss to the proprietress to the guy is not an ordinary person, so he looked at the people left and right curiously. He was young, and there were no spies staring at people like that, so they pretended to be nothing.

Shi Li only ate a few bites of noodles, and someone outside shouted: "Boss Wang is here?" The boss answered. Someone walked in, wearing the uniform of Jia's horse shop, and said, "There is a letter from Boss Wang." ”

Boss Wang hurriedly said: "Thank you, master, for your hard work." He wiped his hands on his apron, took the letter, and asked the messenger if he wanted to drink water.

The messenger said, "Thank you, no need. There are still a lot of letters, but if you don't hurry, you won't be able to finish them before the sun goes down. He turned around and walked away.

Boss Wang sleeved the letter inside. Shi Li noodles haven't finished eating, so he listened to Boss Wang's instructions to buy some condiments. The guy agreed quickly, and Boss Wang carefully calculated the money with him, and he ran away with it. The more Shi Li looked, the more curious he became, and he tested Boss Wang a few words, so that he didn't touch it softly or hard. After eating the noodles, Shi Li reluctantly left, and Boss Wang was a little relieved.

As everyone knows, there is a sugar gourd seller at the north and south ends of their alley. Because the guy went out to run to the south, the seller of sugar gourds in the south carried the sugar gourds and slowly followed the guy for a while. Naturally, he was not as fast as the fellow, and the fellow was gone not long after. He sat in another alley selling sugar gourds. The fellow did not come back until the sun went down, empty-handed, and he had not been seen to buy any condiments.

After the guy had gone without a shadow, a dog walker came out of nowhere, led the dog and slowly slipped to the place where the guy had just walked. Taking advantage of the sunset, the dog sniffed underground, spread his four legs and ran away with the guy buying condiments, all the way to the backyard of a family near the left side of the Forbidden City. This house was originally an outer house purchased by an old eunuch in the palace. For the old eunuch is dead, and now one of his nephews lives.

Two days later, Shi Li went to eat noodles again, and pulled Jia Huan along. The two boys both took words to tease Boss Wang, and Jia Huan also had a posture of "the master is rich". Boss Wang thought it was funny, and still sent them away without being salty.

Jia Huan didn't give up, and went again the next day. After eating his full noodles, he arched his hand to Boss Wang and said, "This hero! In front of real people, do not tell lies. My brother has been learning martial arts since he was a child, and his eyes are the brightest. He said that several of them are rare masters, and a few of them must be masters. Although I don't know why all the heroes retired to the green forest, wouldn't it be a pity if this skill was in vain? The younger uncle's uncle was the owner of the Taiping Dart Game. We need talents like you the most, why not come and show your skills? If something happened earlier, the hero doesn't have to worry. As long as it is not a rebellion, the rest of the lawsuits are easy to say. ”

Boss Wang knew that he was afraid that he had let this young master become a Jiangyang thief, so he couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, and said, "This young master has thought too much." We are just ordinary grass people, and we have nothing to do with the green forest. ”

Jia Huan smiled and clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, let's not mention the past." Although it has nothing to do with the green forest, the three martial arts are always true. Our Taiping Dart Bureau is really thirsty for love, don't you think about it? ”

Boss Wang said: "Small families, live a very good life. Jia Huan persuaded for a long time, but Boss Wang naturally refused to agree.

Who knew that Jia Huan was actually consumed with them, and they were bothered day by day, and Shi Li often followed. Although Boss Wang is annoying, they must eat noodles every time they come, and they can't drive them out; Shi Li was still clamoring to have a few tricks with them, but naturally no one was willing to fight him. It's just that after five or six times, Boss Wang and the two of them gradually became acquainted.

On this day, the two of them were eating noodles again, and Jia Huan snorted: "My Lao Tzu is simply unguardable!" Yesterday, I was promised to the daughter of Lord Zhang. ”

Shi Li smiled and said strangely: "It's not a girl from a small family, why don't you sue him?" ”

Jia Huan stuffed a chopstick noodle into his mouth, swallowed it and said, "I'm not unaware!" I like Brother Baoyu the most, and I don't want my daughter-in-law to be higher than my second sister-in-law. I've been thinking about it for a few days, and I don't know how to talk to him, and he'll say yes. ”

Shi Li sneered: "Your phoenix egg can also write a few sour essays, what's the use." The young lady who can marry the Shi family is still the old lady of your family. ”

Jia Huan sighed: "There are all biased parents in the world. But he bowed his head and ate his noodles, and was silent. Shi Li also sighed with him.

After eating noodles today, the two of them persuaded Boss Wang to go to the Taiping Dart Bureau to do things. Boss Wang asked: "I just listened to the two of you talking, and the third master of Huan seems to be not very smooth in family affairs?" ”

Jia Huan said with a bitter face: "It's not just not smooth, I just don't know how to start." That's my father, and it's not good to be hard. Nai Dao, "My fourth sister helped me take care of a woman. In the early years, I photographed their family's sycophants several times, and my partiality was much higher than my brother's daughter-in-law. My old man ......," he shook his head, "I can't even mention it." Now that my grandmother's filial piety is over, I still want to marry a daughter-in-law. ”

Boss Wang said strangely: "How can there be such a reason, that you dislike other people's high backgrounds?" ”

Jia Huan said softly: "I'm a concubine, and no one dislikes me." Unless...... It's not my turn to go anywhere. He sighed heavily, and he didn't have the energy to pry people anymore, so he wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and left.