"Master Hou, now that you are angry, it's time to stop! The impact of this matter is too great, the major princes and important ministers are impeaching you, and Wei Zheng is even blocking His Majesty from impeaching you. You said that the whole world is only divided into ten provinces, and you take Hedong Road to play child's play for these young and vigorous scholars, what should Your Majesty think of you, what do the officials think of you, and how should the people think of you? ”

Xu Jingzong persuaded hard, he was sent to Taiyuan by Li Chengqian half a month ago, the purpose was to persuade Cai Cong to stop. Cai Cong's movements were too big, if he hadn't moved the military power from beginning to end, Li Shimin would have ordered him to be recalled a long time ago.

"Lao Xu! If you have nothing to do, you can go back to Chang'an! There's something very important here, and I'm going to have to find him. Your Majesty, I've already explained to Applejack, so you can go back and tell the prince not to worry about it, otherwise he won't be given a penny at that time, understand? ”

Cai Cong, who has been silent about this topic these days, finally spoke, Xu Jingzong's eyes lit up, and he said aggrievedly: "Master Hou, you can't favor one over the other!" I think I've been saddling the horse for you for a few years, but now I'm not as good as Xu Jie's bastard boy, and I'm still his cousin, which is really embarrassing. ”

"Lao Xu, you have to speak with your conscience! Back then, you were miserable, and you couldn't even stay in Chang'an when you were squeezed by your colleagues, and now look at you, the new army is as far as you and Bao are concerned, Xu Jie's is comparable to you, and you are not satisfied? Cai Cong said angrily, Xu Jingzong was a little greedy.

"Lao Xu is satisfied with being this instructor! It's just that I'm a little embarrassed these days, I'm not afraid that the Hou Ye will laugh, and when I'm hungry on weekdays, I pretend to go to your Hou Mansion to talk about business. There's no way, Lao Xu doesn't have any income except for that little money, and then look at Baolai, Lao Meng, and a few of them, which one is not fragrant and spicy. ”

"I said that you are stepping on food when you come back to talk about things, so that's how it is. Why didn't you say it earlier! Several times I wanted to share the shares of your bunks, but seeing that you were a sage with your mouth open and closed, I was afraid that you would think that I was humiliating you, a scholar, so I didn't open my mouth. ”

Cai Cong suddenly realized, Xu Jingzong's eyes widened when he listened, and he wanted to pump his big mouth in annoyance, what kind of big-tailed wolf is he pretending? From the day he took refuge in Cai Cong, he wanted the dignity of a ghost, and he knew that Cai Cong wanted to give money, so he asked Cai Cong for it.

"Master Hou, just humiliate me, a scholar! You are free, just give me a way to make a fortune, my few babies, if they have nothing to do, they ran to Xu Jie's house, saying that they were going to see their cousins, but in fact, they were going to rub their mouths, which was really a shame. ”

"How can you say that the income is not low, and it is not a problem to feed a family, why are you so embarrassed?" Cai Cong stared at Xu Jingzong, wondering if he had gone to gamble.

"I'm ashamed to say that this money is old and I have made it to my hometown, my family is also a generation of scholars, when my father was killed, I relied on the villagers to feed, and then went to Wagang, in the early years, the desire for profit was consumed, and those villagers who helped me a lot were forgotten, and now I think that it is really a crime to die. doesn't even care about kindness, that's what kind of scholar is that. ”

"Okay, okay, don't sensationalize me here, this time the plate is too big, you are not qualified to insert it, go back to Chang'an and find Liu Yazi of the Huang family by yourself, he will give you your money, and then confirm your future shares with you."

Cai Cong couldn't hear that this old man was lying, no matter what his father said, he was a waiter of the Ministry of Rites in the previous dynasty, and no matter how difficult it was, it was not the turn of the villagers to support him.

"You said so, then Lao Xu didn't have anything to say, but the officials of Hedong Province are all in prison, do you see if this is too much, the court is panicked, and if it goes on like this, something must happen."

"You don't have to worry about this, after a while, the results will come out, and after this matter is over, I will naturally let them go."

Cai Cong said indifferently, turned around and left. Xu Jingzong wanted to open his mouth several times, but he didn't know what to say, and finally he could only turn around and leave, Cai Cong didn't need to explain anything to him, it was difficult for him to want to know.

In the past half a month, he has seen Fang Yuan and their strange whereabouts many times, but he can't know anything, his position in Cai Cong's team is quite embarrassing, and he is stuck in the middle.

Since Cai Cong asked him to go back, he could only go back to Chang'an. On the same day, he got into his broken carriage and staggered out of Taiyuan. As soon as he left, some people couldn't sit still, Cai Cong's momentum was too strong, and the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods didn't dare to come out to grab his edge, if they didn't suppress Cai Cong's momentum, they couldn't do anything.

There is an old saying that if you walk too much at night, you will see ghosts, but Xu Jingzong feels that this is wrong, he usually doesn't walk at night, why do you see ghosts tonight.

On the dimly lit official road, dozens of people armed with sharp weapons and dressed in short clothes surrounded his carriage, but they did not know whether to seek wealth or kill him. Xu Jingzong was a little generous at this time, and unhurriedly lifted the curtain and stepped out of the carriage.

He looked around and said to a man dressed as a scholar with a fan: "This good man, what is the difficulty of stopping the old man's carriage late at night? If you need money to save the emergency, the old man is a poor Beijing official, and he can't take out much, but he still has twenty taels of silver in his bag, so if he needs it, just take it. ”

"Lord Xu said that he laughed, if there is a lack of money, the brothers will not look for you, a poor official." The scholar slapped his fan and smiled a little unfathomable.

"In that case, I don't know what you are looking for the old man to do? The little brother wouldn't be thinking about inviting the old man to admire the moon, right? Xu Jingzong looked at the dim night and said self-deprecatingly.

"Lord Xu really loves to laugh, my master is invited, I hope Lord Xu will not hesitate to appreciate his face." Although the scholar said politely, he did not allow Xu Jingzong to refuse, and his subordinates directly arrested Xu Jingzong, the horseman, and all the subordinates and stuffed them into the carriage.

Xu Jingzong couldn't laugh when he arrived, he thought that he would only arrest himself, and his subordinates would be able to report a message, but now he can only be at the mercy of others.

"You don't look like a hero in the green forest, you don't look like a thief who robs money, and it doesn't seem to be useful to you to arrest a scholar like me, right? What's more, the old man is a Beijing official, if he disappears, the court will definitely not give up, and it will not be good for you at that time, it is better to do this, you let the old man go, and the old man should not have happened to this matter, what do you think? ”

"No, Lord Xu is still sitting honestly! Don't waste your tongue, I'll save some trouble, after all, I really don't want to gag your mouth with rags, that's insulting. The scholar smiled, seemed very tired, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Xu Jingzong had no choice but to close his mouth helplessly, otherwise it would be a shame to be really gagged. The carriage got off the official road and walked all the way, and soon entered the mountain, Xu Jingzong entered the mountain as if he was blind, looking at the outside of the carriage was pitch black, and there was no way to remember the route.

(End of chapter)