When Li Mu returned to the valley, the bigwigs of the one hundred and eight squares in Chang'an City also found their own backers and discussed today's events together.

As the capital of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the situation in Chang'an City is complicated. On the surface, there are some ruffians in the market, but in fact, the ruffians with no background can't sit in that position at all, and behind everyone, there is a person hidden in the shadows. or the emperor's relatives, or the noble generals, or the family of the gate lords, each has its own sphere of influence, on the surface it is calm, but in fact the dark tide is surging, but for most of the people in this city, this kind of game hidden in the shadows can not be felt.

Suguo Mansion, martial arts field.

Cheng Yanjin will practice every day at dusk, as long as he has nothing to do, in his words, he sweats and sleeps soundly. A one-eyed dragon and a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar stood next to the martial arts arena, looking at Cheng biting the golden stone lock, the two of them lowered their eyebrows, and they didn't dare to come out.

These two people, in Chang'an City, can definitely be called characters with heads and faces. The one-eyed dragon is called 'One-Eyed King Five', and the scholar is called Sun Buyi, but the rivers and lakes call him 'Sun Buyi', because this person does things with great morality at all, and what he says is like a fart, and it changes in a blink of an eye. It stands to reason that such a person can't mix in the rivers and lakes, but he is still smooth, and the reason for this is naturally inseparable from Cheng Yanjin.

Bang!

The stone lock fell to the ground, splattering dust.

Sun Buyi took the tea cup from his subordinates, sent it upside down, and said with a smile on his face: "Grandpa, take a sip of tea." ”

Wang Wu also came to him, but he didn't speak, this guy looked like a man who liked to talk. Cheng Yanjin took the teacup and took a sip, glanced at the two of them, and said, "What are you looking for me for?" What's going on again? ”

Sun Buyi glanced at Wang Wu, Wang Wu didn't say anything, Sun Buyi had to continue: "Grandpa, today Zhuluhou summoned us all over, for no reason, and it was unreasonable, first tied up people, and then arrested people, saying that we would make him stumble behind his back, so that the city management brigade would not be able to do things, and then directly announced that he was going to take over one hundred and eight squares, recommend what dragon head, and let us all be his subordinates——"

Cheng Yanjin came to a chair on the sidelines and sat down, and the two also followed: "Grandpa, how can you say that there is such a reason, Zhuluhou is too domineering, does he take the world in his eyes......"

"Huh?" Cheng Yanjin suddenly looked at Sun Buyi, Sun Buyi saw Cheng Biting Jin's eyes, swallowed and spit, and whispered: "Grandpa, did the little one say the wrong thing?" ”

"Humph!" Cheng Yanjin sneered and said, "Sun Buyi, what kind of thing are you, and you dare to comment on whether Li Mu is domineering?" ”

"This ......" Sun Buyi was choked, why was there something wrong with his heart, why was his grandfather's tone so yin and yang, didn't he say that he turned his face with Li Mu in the palace? That's not supposed to be the case.

"Your uncle used to be my personal guard, and he desperately protected me on the battlefield, taking care of you in every way, and getting used to you without measure. People are self-aware. If you can afford to provoke it, you can do anything, and if you can't afford to provoke it, it's a sin to say a word. ”

Sun Buyi saw that Cheng Biting Jin was angry, and he didn't dare to breathe, so he knelt down straight.

"Today's Zhulu Hou Li Mu is also a figure like you and others can discuss?" Cheng Yanjin put down the teacup in his hand and said, "Let me tell you this, his current power has far surpassed that of the old man, and the weight in His Majesty's heart may not be comparable to that of the eldest grandson Wuji." You actually moved to provoke the old man and his thoughts, and you said to yourself, do you deserve to die? ”

Sun Buyi's back was already soaked, and he didn't dare to make a sound.

He and Wang Wu are dependent on Cheng Biting Jin to survive, and everything comes from Cheng Biting Jin. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is Cheng Biting Jin's dead soldier. If Cheng Yanjin wanted his life, he wouldn't even dare to resist.

"Those who know the times are handsome."

"What did the old man rely on to get to this day? Can you fight? It's true that I'm quite able to fight, but it's more than I can fight, and Luo Shixin can fight more than me, where are the people today? How many years have you been dead! Well-connected? Wang Jue, Taiyuan Wang's family, the head of the world's gate valves, in terms of connections, who can compare with him? How is it now, how miserable is it to be rectified by Li Mu several times? Lots of eyes? The eldest grandson Wuji, has enough eyes, right? Or Uncle Guo, what can it be? Is he as rich as I am? ”

Cheng Yanjin stood up: "On Yong, I'm not as good as Luo Shixin, on connections, I'm not as good as Wang Qi, on the heart, I'm not as good as the eldest grandson Wuji." But the old man is a martial artist, and he can mix to this day, and he also has his own uniqueness. Three words, know the current affairs! I have a good pair of tricks, I can see it accurately! Look at people accurately, and see the situation accurately. More than ten years ago, I saw that the general trend of the world was in Li Tang, and five years ago, I saw that the general trend of the future was in Your Majesty, and today, Li Mu has become a general trend. As long as he doesn't die, in the next ten or twenty years, he will be above 10,000 people under one person, and no one will be able to win against him! ”

Wang Wu, who had been silent, finally couldn't help but speak: "General, is it too good for Zhulu Hou, after all, he is not yet twenty." ”

"Overrated?" Cheng Yanjin smiled and said: "Wang Wu, after so many years, you still haven't grown any brains, you can still do things of fighting and killing, in terms of vision, you haven't grown at all." Li Mu's son, where is the reputation, the longer the old man knows him, the more he feels his magic, maybe Yuan Tiangang is right, he is a fairy with wisdom——"

"All in all, don't go against him, what he has to do, let's just follow."

Sun Buyi, who was kneeling on the ground, looked up at Cheng Yanjin, and said astringently: "Grandpa, now he wants to smash our jobs." Grandpa, the villains are not talented, and they can have tens of thousands of filial piety every year, but if they are all dispatched together in the future, the villains will not be able to be the masters, and the filial piety is afraid that it will be gone, how can this be good? ”

"Tens of thousands?" Cheng Yanjin laughed and said, "You guys, your horizons are really too narrow." Do you care about your tens of thousands of dollars when you are Li Mu? If he can look at this little money, he will not be Li Mu. The old man expected that there would only be more, not less. In case it is really missing, the old man will admit it. He helped me build a horse farm and organize Marseille, with an annual income of two or three hundred thousand yuan, is there still a small amount of money? How about giving it to him? ”

After that, Cheng Yanjin seemed to have made some decision, and said: "Listen, when you walk out of this door today, you will no longer have anything to do with the Suguo Mansion." Li Mu doesn't need to tell me how to settle you, and I don't need your filial piety in the future. ”

"Grandpa......"

Sun Buyi wanted to say something more, Cheng Biting Jin waved his hand: "This is the end of the fate, no need to say more, let's go!" ”

Seeing that Cheng Biting Jin was so resolute, the two didn't dare to speak anymore. Wang Wu also knelt down, and the two of them kowtowed three heads to Cheng Yanjin, turned around and left. They knew in their hearts that they would never be able to enter the gate of the country's blessings again. Moreover, if there is anything in the future, the Suguo Mansion will not take care of it anymore.

Out of the gate, Sun Buyi was very emotional, he looked at Wang Wu, and saw that Wang Wu was also a little dazed, with only one eye, and his expression was also very dim.

Wang Wu is different from Sun Buyi, he was Cheng Yanjin's personal guard, and during a battle, he lost an eye and could no longer serve in the army. Cheng Yanjin is a kind and righteous person, and he treats his relatives and guards even more lovingly, so he pondered a way out for him. With Cheng Biting Jin's power and Wang Wu's ruthlessness, he soon occupied a piece of territory in Chang'an City. After occupying it, he also obeyed Cheng Yanjin's instructions and did not take the initiative to cause trouble, so he has been stable for many years.

Compared with Sun Buyi, Wang Wu's mind is more pure. He regarded his net worth and life as a gift from Cheng Biting Jin. Cheng Biting Jin said that this is the end of the fate, which means that he doesn't want him anymore, which makes the upright Wang Wu a little difficult to accept, but he is used to obeying orders, and he can't disobey Cheng Biting Jin's meaning, so he is at a loss and refuses to leave at the door.

Sun Buyi and Wang Wu's territory are next to each other, and the two have known each other for many years. Although the personalities are incompatible, they are all Cheng Yanjin's subordinates, and the relationship is still closer than ordinary people. At this time, neither of them was found, so he wanted to discuss with Wang Wu what to do.

Just as he was about to speak, suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves from far and near, and a full-clothed lieutenant got off his horse, and without looking at the two of them, he went straight into the house. Cheng Yanjin led the guards, shouldering the responsibility of guarding Chang'an City, and looking at the outfit of this captain, it is not difficult to guess that he should be the guard of the city gate, Wang Wu was the person next to Cheng Yanjin, seeing this scene, he knew that something was wrong, and he couldn't move his feet, so he quickly pulled Sun Buyi aside and said, "Wait here, don't hinder military affairs." ”

"What's wrong?"

"At this time, it was time to close the city gate, but the captain guarding the city gate came in a hurry, something must have happened."

"What can happen-" Sun Buyi's eyes suddenly widened, and said, "Could it be that someone really jumped off the wall in a hurry?" ”

"Maybe." As soon as Wang Wu's words fell, he saw Cheng Yanjin coming out with the captain, and when he saw the two of them, Cheng Yanjin hesitated, but still said: "Go back quickly, remember the old man's words." ”

Without waiting for the two to respond, Cheng Yanjin had already gotten on his horse and left.

Sun Buyi also understood at this time, his face turned pale with fright, but another thought filled his mind, he looked at Wang Wu and said, "If Li Mu is really dead, it will also be a good thing." ”

"Heh," Wang Wu sneered, and said, "The general said, what kind of character can you die at the hands of people like you and me?" Go back quickly, don't ask around and cause trouble for the general. ”

After that, he turned around and left, Sun Buyi pursed his lips, and secretly said in his heart, in the future, everyone will say that the lonely soul is a wild ghost, what kind of trouble can you cause, let's take a step at a time. He looked to the south, the sun had not yet set, it was full of fire and clouds, and he secretly prayed that it was best that Li Mu was dead, he was dead, and there was nothing to do.

……

When Cheng Yanjin arrived in the valley with a battalion of guards, the riots were already over. The dogs jumped over the wall in a hurry, and they didn't even enter the valley, and they were all shot into a sieve less than thirty meters from the mouth of the valley. A young general, who was examining the corpses, and if there were any dead ones, he would mend a sword and do a good deed, so that these people who could not survive would suffer any more.

Cheng Yanjin got off the horse and shouted from afar: "That young general, who are you?" Who brought you here? ”

The young general heard Cheng Biting Jin's voice, put his sword back into its scabbard, and came to salute: "General Cheng, the last general Su Lie, originally under the command of General Li Jing, was ordered to guard the valley today. Fang had just met with Hou Ye, and when he was camping, he saw more than 20 people holding sharp knives and touching in, so he solved it. After asking the Hou Ye, he informed the general and asked the general to take the body away. ”

"Su Lie," Cheng Bingjin frowned and recalled, and finally found an impression of Su Lie in a corner of his memory.

"Aren't you the ranger general Su Dingfang who saved Li Mu's boy and took advantage of the fog to raid the Turkic camp?"

Su Lie was neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "It is the last general, the last general's real name is Su Lie, and the word is fixed." After returning from the First World War, thanks to the grace of His Majesty, he was promoted to Zhonglang General, who was originally stationed in the East Palace, but was transferred today to protect the safety of the valley and the Marquis of Zhulu. ”

Cheng Yanjin glanced at the corpse on the ground and said, "Archery skills are good." ”

"Fighting against the Turks, if you don't have good archery skills, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive hand-to-hand combat, this method of warfare was learned from the Turkic cavalry. General Li Jing often taught us to learn the enemy's strengths so that we could defeat them. ”

Cheng Biting Jin bowed slightly, he could see the admiration of the young general in front of him for Li Jing. Maybe in his heart, all the generals except Li Jing are not as good as Li Jing alone. However, this kind of feeling, Cheng Yanjin can also understand. Li Jing's exploits are indeed unsurpassed in today's Tang Dynasty.

"Where is Li Mu now? Was he frightened? ”

Su Dingfang raised his hand to the sky and said, "Master Hou is there, whether he is frightened or not, the general will not know." ”

Cheng Yanjin looked in the direction pointed by Su Dingfang, and saw a 'small house' suspended in mid-air, with candlelight lit inside, and several figures could be vaguely seen inside. Cheng Biting Jin is so angry, he received the news and rushed to save his life, people are good, they ran to the sky, okay, this is not to worry about a small life, no one can reach it!

"Li Mu, you kid come down! How did you get up! ”

Li Mu opened the window of the 'Hot Air Balloon 2.0', saw that it was Cheng Biting Jin, put his hand to his mouth and shouted: "I can't go down, I can't go down until the fuel is burned!" Uncle Cheng, thank you, I'm so good! ”

Cheng Yanjin shouted again: "What are you going to do? Do you want to grab the jobs of the people in the market? Don't forget, you're a military marquis! ”

"The military marquis also needs to eat! I'm so hard now, I can't open the pot! Besides, I'm repairing the laneways here, and these bastards are making trouble over there, so won't I work for nothing? This matter is not negotiable, and no one can give face! ”

"The old man didn't ask you for a favor!" Cheng Yanjin shouted again and said, "Since it's okay, then I'll go back, what's the good thing, don't forget my old Cheng!" ”

"Okay, don't worry, it's okay!!"