Out of Zhang's Mansion, the three of us walked home along the street, and when we returned to Yuma Lane, Chen Er told me, saying, "The master is coming behind, you can go over." "I'm hungry and gurgling, but it's not okay if my cheap dad comes, and I have to do a lot of things with him.

I endured hunger and came to the backyard, Chen Da himself was sitting in the living room drinking tea, I didn't see the cheap dad, I was about to ask where the cheap dad was, Chen Da saw me come in and stood up and said, "Young master, the master is waiting for you in the study." ”

I went into the study, and Daddy didn't sit in the chair as he used to. Instead, I was looking for something in front of the bookshelf, and I hurriedly saluted and said, "Father is here, and he didn't inform me earlier, so I'll wait for you at home." ”

"It's okay, I'm not sure when I'm coming, where have you been."

"I went to Zhang Juzheng's house to Zhang Juzheng's house, and the last time I was promoted, Lord Zhang sponsored me in front of the emperor, so I want to go to his house and contact him."

"Yes, it should be like this, you have to have connections in the officialdom in Beijing, don't hurt the silver, spend what you should spend, and move around when you should go."

I told my cheap dad about the emperor asking me to be a teacher for Princess Shouyang, and I also told my dad what Zhang Juzheng meant, and my cheap dad said: "Or Lord Zhang has a heart, what he said is right, you are familiar with the palace, and you will have a backer, and in the future, there will be someone who will speak to you in Beijing, if no one speaks to you, no matter how good you do outside, the emperor will not know, if there are many people in Beijing, they will also blow out the results for you, The emperor can't go out to have a look. ”

"So you still have accumulated contacts now, don't rush out of Beijing, first mix the emperor and the people in front of you, whether it is a palace maid or a eunuch, should you be polite to them, bring more silver on you, and spend money if you can."

I promised my cheap father's words and said: "Father, I went to Leiyun Village yesterday, there are more people there now, there are more than 400 people, but there are no weapons and armor, mainly firearms at all, it is best to get a few cannons, which will be of great benefit to the defense of this cottage." ”

"There are a lot more people now, if there are any difficulties, let's talk about them, I'll take a look at a piece and solve it for you."

"Now it's weapons and firearms, and I don't know whose land it is, and it's a matter of concern if I can't buy it sooner or later, and I can't build roads and build them properly, everything else is fine."

The cheap dad pondered for a while and said: "Weapons tomorrow you find Lao Liu's son to follow the housekeeper, go to the manor outside the city, take a good look at the place to remember, let Liu Lianjiang lead the way and send them over, there is no problem with weapons and armor equipped with thousands of people, as for firearms, the imperial court controls it a little strictly, but we don't buy firearms, we directly find craftsmen who make firearms, buy good things and go to the cottage to do it, so that the safety will not be exposed, and the gunpowder can also be made by themselves, let them keep a low profile, don't alarm the government, I haven't found any reports of your cottage in Jinyiwei yet, which means that you don't have spies there yet. ”

After the cheap dad finished speaking, I talked about Lao Liu going to Uncle Wei Zihan's house to propose marriage, and told the cheap dad that it was possible that Lord Wei did not agree with this family matter. Let cheap dad figure it out.

Cheap Dad smiled and said, "I have a way to get him to come to you." ”

As soon as I heard what my cheap father said, I quickly asked, "Father, you really have a way, tell me about it." ”

"This is very simple, I will go to his house tomorrow and say, just say that there is a guard who is very close to Master Zhang Juzheng Zhang recently, and he is not a relative of Lord Zhang, or a protégé of Lord Zhang. After Master Wei knows, he doesn't need you to go again, he will ask someone to come to you to propose marriage, so you can rest assured that you can wait at home. ”

"Father, is it really, is Zhang Juzheng's reputation so powerful?"

"Of course, Master Zhang is the emperor's teacher or a student of Lord Xu, you say, in the cabinet, Xu Ge said that he was going to retire. If Lord Gao Gong Gao is the first assistant, Lord Zhang is the second assistant, so Lord Zhang is still very promising, you must also rely on his big tree in the future, and work hard to realize our grand ambition. Old man, I will support you in the back. ”

"If there is anything in the future, just let Chen Da inform me, I should go back when it is not early, you should rest early."

I sent my cheap dad out of the door, and when I saw him leave through the back door, I didn't go out to see him off, which is our rule and tacit understanding.

I didn't say anything all night, and when I got up the next day, I asked Lao Liu to send Liu Lianjiang to the mansion first, and I talked to Chunlan Cai's in the courtyard, and now Cai's children are much more energetic than before, and the little girl and the youngest child are in the yard. The eldest Cai Ming followed the two brothers Chen to practice martial arts, and now is the time to practice the basics, I don't ask about these things, they are all handled at home. I also watched them practice martial arts with great interest.

At the beginning of noon, I heard a knock on the door, Chen Da opened the door and saw that it was my nephew Xuanyun who was coming, Chen Da was about to ask him who he was looking for, I shouted in the back: "Brother Chen, this is Xuanyun Dao Chief, I invited it." ”

When Chen Dayi heard me say this, he didn't say anything to open the door and let Xuanyun in, let Xuanyun go to the living room, Chunlan made tea, and Xuanyun and I chatted while drinking.

Xuan Yun spoke first: "Master Lan, I don't know how you know my uncle, can he tell me where he is now." ”

I looked at a few people who were busy outside, and I guess they couldn't hear us talking, so I said, "Don't be surprised when I said it, I'm Lei Yunzi." That is, your uncle, but don't call me uncle, call me Lord Lan. ”

When Xuanyun heard me say this, he was stunned for a moment and said: "Don't joke Lord Lan, I really have something to do with my uncle, if you want to know, tell me, if you don't know me, I'll leave now, please don't play tricks on me." ”

I knew that Xuan Yun wouldn't believe it, so he said: "Is your master's name Hua Tian, there is a big black mole on the left ear, and our own kung fu, you also know, or I will call you to take a look." ”

Xuanyun saw that what I said about his master was so true, my senior brother's black mole was covered with hair, and people outside of it didn't know except for those close to him, so he said: "Don't fight, I believe you are my uncle, but why are you here, why do they call you Lord Lan." ”

I saw that they didn't mean to come to the house outside, so I told him about the experience of breaking into the palace at night and taking away the rebirth, Xuanyun also knew that there was a soul alchemy in the kung fu of this sect, but unfortunately the second senior brother didn't learn it, and Xuanyun just heard about it. After listening to me, I was also embarrassed, if I didn't know how to refine souls, I wouldn't be able to see Xuanyun now.

Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I chatted with Xuanyun about the current situation of the second senior brother, Xuanyun said: "My master received the flying pigeon transmission from the head of the master, so he arranged for me to come to the capital to contact you, and the head of the master said in the letter, you came back to Baiyunguan to find me, but I waited for two months and didn't meet you, thinking that something happened to you, or I forgot to go to Baiyunguan." I didn't expect you to encounter so many things, uncle, if I were afraid that I would have returned to the West Heaven a long time ago. ”

I smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, when our affairs in the capital are done, I will teach you soul alchemy." ”

When Xuanyun heard that I was going to teach him soul alchemy, he was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed to me. I grabbed him and said: "Don't come to the void, let the family see that it's not good, I am the uncle who taught you as it should be, your master didn't fully understand it back then, so he didn't pass it on to your master, even the senior brother in charge won't do this, I will tell them the heart in the future, I can't let your ancestor's hard work be in vain, when I tell you, you can tell your master"

"Then thank you, uncle, it's just what are we going to do in the next period of time."

"In the next period of time, you listen to my notice, don't act rashly without my notice, we are going to find your murderer who killed your ancestor, and we also want to find the posthumous work left by your ancestor back then, I am a little eyebrow now, so you have to calm down, don't be reckless, when I want to inform you, I will send the young man who went with me that day, you remember, don't admit your mistake."

"Don't worry, uncle, I'll listen to you, I'll do whatever you tell me to do, and I promise that nothing will go wrong."

I see that Xuanyun is full of confidence now, maybe it is because my current status is okay, even the most powerful soul alchemy, and I can see that the young man admires me a little.