After a night of trepidation, the money shopkeeper yawned and opened the door. As soon as the door of the store opened, I saw the green skin of the Xu Mansion standing in front of the door, so frightened that the sleepy insect flew away.

To the surprise of the money shopkeeper, the green skin was very polite, and he gestured with his hand: "Money shopkeeper, business is prosperous, and the wealth is extensive." ”

"Uncle, I have already given this month's money", the money shopkeeper said with a bitter face.

Qingpi took out an invitation card from his arms and said with a smile: "Money shopkeeper, not to collect protection money." I beg you to send this invitation to Uncle Jiang who lives in the hotel. ”

Xu Zhai has seen a lot of knives and sticks, and the invitation is really the first time. The shopkeeper nodded and agreed, and on the way to deliver the invitation, it was inevitable to open it for a peek. The invitation was Xu Mingyuan's tone, "The flowers in the court are in full bloom, and it is appropriate to put the wine in the wind." A certain has wine and food at noon, and respectfully invites Jiang Ye to come to the house to enjoy the flowers and talk. Xu Mingyuan paused. ”

The shopkeeper secretly staggered, what is this Jiang Ye, Xu Laohu actually invited him to drink, no wonder the people who didn't see Xu Zhai yesterday came to the door, it turned out to be a raptor, and he knew that he wouldn't entertain them with good wine and good food last night.

Jiang Anyi looked at the invitation card and sighed: "This Xu Mingyuan is actually still a gentleman, and invited me to come over to enjoy the flowers and drink." ”

Shi went to the theater with Dong'er in the capital, and a drama came out coldly next to him: "I'm afraid that there is no good wine in the wine, and there is no good banquet in the banquet." ”

Jiang Anyi smiled slightly, of course he knew the tricks that the stones could see. The man surnamed Fu came to say goodbye, last night was calm, and it also consumed the courage of the man, just thinking about leaving the land of right and wrong earlier, Jiang Anyi is righteous and has martial arts, and the two of them go together to take care of it.

"It's okay if Brother Fu wants to go, so as to save the pond fish." Jiang Anyi thought for a while and said: "I heard that the new county magistrate is about to take office, maybe there will be some changes in Fuluo County at that time, Brother Fu might as well stay in the neighboring county for a few more days, listen to the rumors, it is always not easy to go out." ”

Sending off the cheeky man, Jiang Anyi said to the stone: "Stone, you take my edict and go to greet Mr. Zhang, calculate the day and the brigade should arrive today." Let Zhang Yusheng calculate the time, it is best to enter the city at the end of noon and take someone directly to Xu's house to pick me up. ”

Jiang Anyi once left hostage from the Northern Desert Royal Court, and the battle in Fuluo County naturally didn't take it to heart, but he was careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, and some follow-up preparations should also be taken into account. Outside the store, there was the green skin of the Xu Mansion guarding, and when he saw Jiang Anyi going out for breakfast, he followed behind him, not caring about the whereabouts of the stone and the others.

As soon as noon arrived, a group of men from the Xu Mansion came to the door of the Yuehe Inn, led by the housekeeper Scar of the Xu Mansion, these men all chose the age of twenty or thirty years old, and they were uniformly wearing black power suits, which looked full of momentum. The shopkeeper trotted to invite Jiang Anyi, Jiang Anyi went out to take a look, and secretly sighed in his heart, Xu Mingyuan wanted to be powerful.

Everyone surrounded Jiang Anyi in the middle and went to Xu's house. There is still half a mile away from Xu's house, and there are two rows of black-clothed men standing on the street, holding knives and sticks in their hands, scaring pedestrians who dare to step forward. Jiang Anyi frowned, Da Zheng attaches equal importance to civil and military affairs, and does not control knives, guns, bows and arrows, but it is still taboo to take out nearly a hundred knives at once like Xu Zhai, looking at Xu Zhai's blatant momentum, it can be imagined that the government is like a fictitious state.

Scar thought that Jiang Anyi was afraid, and said with a smile: "Master Jiang, in order to welcome you today, half of the brothers in the Xu Mansion have come out to greet you, and there are still some brothers in the countryside who can't come back, please bear with me." ”

Listening to this humble remark that was really showing off, Jiang Anyi laughed in his heart, the handsome tent of the Anxi Protectorate was often in and out, and a small Xu Mansion could still intimidate himself, it was really a summer worm.

In front of Xu's house, Xu Mingyuan stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Jiang Anyi, who was gradually approaching. Jiang Anyi was dressed in a silver and white Confucian shirt, his steps were calm, his expression was as usual, Xu Mingyuan secretly admired in his heart, how could ordinary people be so calm under the swords and guns, it seems that he met a good opponent today.

Jiang Anyi came to the front of the house and saw a tall and mighty man in front of the door, a head taller than himself, dressed in a green cloth shirt, with casually rolled up sleeves to reveal his bulging muscles, his eyes were sharp, his face was resolute, and he knew from the appearance that he was a man who had experienced wind and rain.

Eye contact, sparks, not admiration, but the beginning of the contest.

Xu Mingyuan took a step forward, bowed his hands to the wind, and said, "Xu Mingyuan has seen Master Jiang. ”

Jiang Anyi was deliberately surprised: "Oh, Xu Laohu actually knows Jiang's identity, and he is worthy of being the head snake of Fuluo County." Knowing the identity of the official, he also danced a knife and a gun in front of the county, trying to intimidate the county, Xu Mingyuan, you are so bold. ”

Xu Mingyuan sneered: "Lord Jiang has not taken over, and this is not a county office, Xu just accidentally learned the identity of Lord Jiang, and intends to do his best to be a landlord, why bother to oppress people." As for these knives and guns, they are just the brothers to show their solemnity, and the rivers and lakes are reckless and do not understand the rules, and they still hope that the adults will be Haihan. Mr. Jiang, please inside. ”

Turning sideways to give way, Jiang Anyi stepped into Xu's house with his head held high. Xu Mingyuan glanced at Scar behind him, and Scar understood and arranged for people to guard the entrance and exit of Xu's house tightly.

Xu's house is full of martial arts arenas, weapon racks can be seen everywhere, and there are mostly powerful men in the house, Jiang Anyi paid a little attention to it, plus the welcome outside the door, the entire Xu house is no less than more than 200 people.

The banquet was set up in the pavilion in the garden, which reminded Jiang Anyi of the garden of Xuchanghua's house in Renzhou, the same situation, one winter and one summer, but the intentions were similar, but Jiang Anyi at this time was much smarter than four years ago. Sitting in the pavilion, the maid served the wine and food like a flower and butterfly, Xu Mingyuan poured the wine, the wine was strong, and it was actually a home-made burning knife.

Xu Mingyuan said with a smile: "Xu is a rough man, when he was young, he only knew how to rush and kill, and later learned to do business, and gradually had a family business." Speaking of doing business, Xu admires the adults so much that he can't wait to join the adult's door as a servant and learn some business tricks from the adult. ”

Jiang Anyi said: "Doing business pays attention to harmony and making money, you and I are willing." As far as I know, the Xu family's business is very domineering. ”

"Master Jiang taught me a lesson, and Xu also knew that it was inappropriate." Xu Mingyuan sighed: "Xu was born in the rivers and lakes and was reckless, followed by a large group of brothers, as a big brother, he always had to find a way to find a bowl of food for his brothers." Xu signed an agreement with the county magistrate Yan to contract the medicinal herb business in Fuluo County, and the annual tax paid accounted for two-thirds of the county's tax revenue. Xu's subordinates are uneven, and there may be some things that oppress the people, but what Xu did was to collect taxes for the county and do things according to the law. ”

"A good one to do things according to the law", Jiang Anyi laughed loudly and asked: "Jiang doesn't know what kind of law is based on forcible trading, low income and high income, bullying and dominating the market, "Da Zheng Law"? Or is it the law set by Furo County? ”

Xu Mingyuan was not angry, his hands were raised and patted lightly, and two women floated out from under the corridor, came to the pavilion and bowed down, and said in a coquettish voice: "I've seen the uncle." ”

"Zhuzhu, Luoluo, you serve this Lord Jiang carefully, Lord Jiang is not only the new county commander of our county, but also a great talent." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile. Zhuzhu and Luoluo got up and looked at Jiang Anyi shyly and timidly, and their eyes showed joy.

Xu Mingyuan introduced to Jiang Anyi: "Lord Jiang, these two women are a team of Qing people in Jingyang Mansion, not only proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also good at making soup, Xu spent five hundred taels of gold to buy the two, and the adults were appointed to Fuluo County to order that they could not take their families, so let these two women take care of the adults' daily life." ”

Zhuzhu and Luoluo are professionally trained people, leaning on Jiang Anyi's side left and right, and the faint fragrance penetrates into the nose, which makes people think. Zhuzhu raised his glass to Jiang Anyi's mouth, her body was delicate and weak, the fullness of her chest pressed on Jiang Anyi's shoulder, her red lips spit cloves in her ears, and she said softly: "My lord, Zhuzhu will follow my adult from now on, and I hope that my lord will have mercy." On the other side, Luoluo picked up a chopstick dish, suddenly fanned his big eyes, and looked at Jiang Anyi pitifully.

Jiang Anyi's heart fluttered, Xin Fei's appearance flashed in his mind, his thoughts subsided a lot, and the true qi on his body secretly drummed out, pushed the two girls away, and said loudly: "Xu Mingyuan, if you intend to change your ways, you might as well dismiss these subordinates, collect the ill-gotten gains over the years, and surrender with me. ”

Xu Mingyuan's face was gloomy, and he forced a smile: "My lord said that I laughed, Xu is willing to pay an extra 1,000 taels of taxes every year, and dedicate another 4,000 taels of carriage and horse fees to the county every year, I don't know what the adults think?" ”

"Hahaha, is Jiang a person who is short of money to spend?"

This sentence was full of pride, Xu Mingyuan suddenly woke up, yes, the Jiang family's perfume business receives millions of silver every year, how can it be bought by his own money. It seemed that things were difficult to get better, Xu Mingyuan stood up and said to Zhu Zhu Luoluo, who had already lost his face: "You guys retreat first." ”

As the two women retreated, a large group of men with guns and knives poured in from the front and back courtyard gates, surrounding the pavilion. Xu Mingyuan looked at Jiang Anyi and said: "Lord Jiang, if you want to make money, Xu Mou really can't catch up with you, but the money you earn must be spent on life." Lord Jiang, if you follow Xu's advice today and leave with the two daughters and Yinliang, we will naturally live in harmony in the future. ”

Those men waved the knives and sticks in their hands, and their mouths made a threatening sound of "ho-ho". Jiang Anyi didn't even move his buttocks for half a minute, and laughed: "Isn't it soft to hard?" Hurt your own officer, can you go? ”

Xu Mingyuan sneered: "Lord Jiang, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, in Fuluo County, this acre and three points of land, what is it to disappear a few people, not to mention Lord Jiang, you have not entered the county government, you have been promoted to the hall, Xu wants you to die in the third watch, you still can't live in the fifth watch." ”

"Arrogance", Jiang Anyi rebuked angrily. With both hands on the edge of the round table, he vomited his true anger, and with a twist of his hands, the table top flew up like a huge rotary knife, throwing the wine and food on the table scattered, and the table slashed towards Xu Mingyuan.