The three of them walked for about half an hour, and finally came to the bottom of a six-story bamboo building, King Li knelt down below, and the maid accompanied Li Xiaofei to continue to the top of the bamboo building.

When Li Xiaofei came to the sixth-floor bamboo building, he hurriedly rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had seen it wrong!

"Uncle Shen? Why are you so much like Uncle Shen? ”

"Good boy, I don't know if you can lift my long knife now! Haha, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you are so promising! Uncle, I admire it very much! ”

It turned out that the two masters who were sitting and drinking tea on the top floor were Shen De and Cui Ju.

Shen De and Li Xiaofei are very familiar, Cui Ju and Li Xiaofei have also lived in his mansion, and when the three of them met, they were greeted again.

"Go down! This Master Li is our old friend! Cui Ju commanded to the maid

The maid turned around and retreated, and Shen De patted Li Xiaofei on the shoulder: "What, come and take this Qiqi County with us?" Haha"

"Where will it be? It's not that he was blinded by the name of King Li, thinking that this place has fallen! Since it is in the hands of Master Cui and Uncle Shen, what am I afraid of! ”

"Haha, what King Li, there are more such kings, so I will deceive those sesame officials who dare not come to hide in Jiangyang!" Shen De laughed

"It seems that Uncle Shen's long knife has conquered them!"

"No, no, no, we came all the way, and we only killed less than a hundred people, and we didn't fight them much, and we were really stubborn and robbed us, so we made a move! We, Lord Cui, value peace, turn hostility into friendship, and subdue them! Now these indigenous tribes are also living and working in peace and contentment! ”

"It turns out that this King Li is one of Lord Cui's many vassals in the southwest region, Lord Cui and Uncle Shen are really good means" Li Xiaofei looked at Shen De and Cui Ju who were smiling, and had to admire, these two people have subdued hundreds of tribes in the southwest in the past few years, and what is even more commendable is that they did not make a big move.

"The whole world is not the king's land, we are just for the country to manage these places, the old Qin and Han dynasties were strong, and counties had already been set up in these places, but this dynasty has been in war for nearly a hundred years, and some of the officials in these places have been involved in disputes in the Central Plains, and some have taken the initiative to run away without hardship, so there has been a situation of tribal cottages" Cui Ju introduced the situation in the southwest to Li Xiaofei, an old acquaintance

"It's rare that Lord Cui, as a big family, came from the north to the southwest to manage this wild place, and Xiao Fei really worships it!" Li Xiaofei bowed to Cui Ju as he spoke

"Haha, I'm Cui someone is also a big enlightenment, I used to be keen on the art of power and scheming, and I was bent on calling the king and emperor, since I met General Shen in Yecheng, I fought a few battles with the Mobei people, and most of the clansmen were killed, Cui just wanted to come to this southwest place to leave a place for his descendants to live. You don't have to admire me, what I did was just a little selfishness and happened to do a good deed" Cui Ju is now and before, and he speaks so bluntly and frankly

"Xiao Fei, this southwest is not the wild place you said, the medical herbs and brocade here are very good, and the bamboo buildings and bamboo houses you saw along the way were built by the locals themselves. The natives of the southwest are quite good at living, and if you stay here for a long time, you will get tired of the life in the Central Plains. Shen De told Li Xiaofei about his feelings, and he could see from his face that the words were true.

Li Xiaofei looked at the wooden house in front of him, looked at the furnishings, and nodded: "The natives here are really ingenious, this bamboo and wood is not worse than the Central Plains at all, it seems that Lord Cui and Uncle Shen are right, I am afraid that I really don't want to go back after staying here for a long time."

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"Haha, I've been here for the past three years, and I can't do without their rattan tea, bamboo tube rice, bamboo leaves, and green wine, when I was in the north, I was clumsy, and I drank a lot of meat every day, and now I am refreshed." Cui Ju picked up the bamboo cup carved with tiger stripes and took another sip of tea

Li Xiaofei took the bamboo cup handed by the maid and took a sip: "The water here is very good, and the people are smart, I really can't think of how to cook rice without an iron pot, but here I can cook bamboo rice and even stew chicken with bamboo tubes, which is really amazing."

"Haha, this is all forced out, salt and iron are forbidden to be sold by the imperial court, and you can cook salt by yourself here, but this iron tool is very rare. Of course, after we came, we also thought of a lot of ways to get them iron pots, bronze tripods and other cooking utensils, after all, to cook pig and cow bones, you have to have a big iron pot and a tripod pot. By the way, there is another thing we didn't expect, that is, they also used the clay pot to stew meat, which tastes very good and can keep the heat in the middle of winter. When it comes to eating, they are more devout and meticulous than we are, and they also use ingredients and never waste food. Cui Ju talked about the eating and drinking of the local natives very seriously, and it can be seen that he has integrated into the life here.

But Li Xiaofei's heart was disappointed, originally pointing out that Cui Ju and Shen De could raise troops to the east to recover Jiangnan together, but now looking at the meaning of the two, they are already happy to think about Jiangnan here.

Li Xiaofei still said what he wanted to say: "Lord Cui, Uncle Shen, now that Bashu has just been pacified, the Central Plains is in endless disputes. The meaning of the Son of Heaven is also to work together to recover the rivers and mountains, unify the world, and return the world to a peaceful and prosperous world! ”

Originally, Li Xiaofei didn't have much hope, and his words were just polite words.

Unexpectedly, Cui Ju closed his eyes and thought for a while: "The Son of Heaven ordered, I, Cui Ju, have to support it!" I, Cui Ju, have trained 50,000 elite soldiers, and I am ready to cross the river and go north at any time, waiting for the dispatch of the Son of Heaven! ”

Li Xiaofei's eyes widened: "Lord Cui is really the pillar of the imperial court!" The Son of Heaven will be very happy, and sure enough, it is a national disaster to show loyalty! ”

"Master Li, slow down, the pillar stone of this country is not my turn, I am just a small county guard!"

Li Xiaofei was a little puzzled, there was something in Cui Ju's words.

Shen De coughed: "Xiao Fei, it's not me who said, the current court is becoming more and more disagreeable." Chen Jiajun is on guard everywhere, but the gang of people in the academy have no size but are in a high position! By the way, they treated us as fools, pretending not to deal with each other, but deceived such a high position as the prime minister! If this goes on for a long time, when will the world be unified? ”

Shen De's reproach surprised Li Xiaofei a little, but then he understood that Cui Ju and Shen De were making conditions to the imperial court.

"The things above this temple, I won't comment on the things of a hairy boy, the two of them are highly respected and capable generals, and they are also my Li Xiaofei's elders, if there is any grievance, I can go back to play the Son of Heaven!"

Cui Ju was waiting for Li Xiaofei's words: "It's still your kid who is sympathetic to us people, the old man has no other requirements now, and he looks forward to the emperor's relatives and virtuous ministers who can lead the world's military and civilians to recover the old mountains and rivers!" What the old man wants to say to the Son of Heaven has already been written, I bother you to take it back to play the Son of Heaven! ”

Li Xiaofei was a little worried about the content of the statement: "Dare to ask Master Cui what advice is in this statement, I am so prepared!" ”

Shen De spoke again: "You also know,

Our Lord Cui is a man of great resourcefulness, why can't he enter the center? Moreover, Lord Cui now governs a land of thousands of miles, with a population of tens of millions and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but he still cares about Daliang and wants to be loyal to Daliang. With his loyalty, shouldn't the emperor treat him differently? ”

This is already a threat, a land of thousands of miles, a population of tens of millions, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and when you are loyal, you are safe, but when you are not faithful, isn't it?

Li Xiaofei didn't have time to think about it: "What Uncle Shen said is extremely true!" Master Cui and you can't reward you too much! The court really owes you so much! ”

"No, no, no, the old man is not a person who is greedy for power, it doesn't matter what he is in the center, whether he is the prime minister or the Shangshu order! The old man just wants to get the trust of the Son of Heaven, and the old man now has nothing else to offer to the Son of Heaven, and there is a little girl under his knees, who is willing to serve the Son of Heaven to show his loyalty! Cui Ju finally said his conditions

Li Xiaofei secretly screamed bitterly in his heart, how dare he bring this kind of condition back, I'm afraid it has already been written in the form. But if I don't agree at the moment, I'm afraid that I will become a corpse in a few days.

"Lord Cui's loyalty is rare, and the Son of Heaven will definitely be moved!" Li Xiaofei had to deal with it first

"Xiaofei, didn't I say it, this Xiao family has made a mess of the world, how can the women of the Xiao family still steal the position of the queen?" What Shen De said was even more naked

"Uncle Shen is right, this Xiao family has ruined Jinling City, and half of the Great Liang has also been ruined! The culprit is indeed! Li Xiaofei gritted his teeth even more than Shen De

"That's it, today is nothing more than the excitement of seeing the old man, so I said so much to Lord Li, Shen De, don't say these things in advance, let's have a good drink with Lord Li! Give him a pick-up, "Cui Ju is here to be a peacemaker at this time."

"Okay, good, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, I, Li Xiaofei, am really hungry, I want to taste the delicacies of this Qiqi County! Haha" Li Xiaofei was finally relieved

This reception banquet is very boring, there are a lot of dishes, King Li and some kings came to toast Li Xiaofei one by one, Cui Ju and Shen De lectured these kings one by one on the main seat, this meal is not eaten and the wine is not drunk well, always the wine can be heard Cui Ju or Shen De's reprimand after two minutes of wine, and someone comes to toast as soon as the dish enters the mouth.

After the reception banquet, Li Xiaofei rarely stayed awake, and after resigning with Shen Decui, he went out of the city with the support of several maids.

Li Xiaofei fell asleep when he saw An Cheng, and when he woke up, he was already in a mess, and he felt more and more disgusted when he looked around.

"Li Dashuai, for the sake of Daliang, I drank too much, and my brothers are worried about you."

"No, I just feel disgusting, disgusting, not drunk!"

An Cheng called Li Xiaofei water to rinse his mouth and wash his face, Li Xiaofei looked at the moon above his head and remembered those things a few years ago.

This was followed by a violent vomiting.

Li Xiaofei was very disappointed in Shen De, or the Shen De he knew in the past was not like this.

Perhaps Shen De in his impression should always be the brute force uncle who is very arrogant, and he is not afraid of death when he fights.

How did he become the official and insatiable person he is today?

Li Xiaofei touched his face again, he was afraid that he would become a person like Shen De in the future.