Cui Sheng smiled bitterly, and said a little helplessly: "Guo Juxia is no longer there, but now those unstable factors in Xiangyang City are the descendants of the dozens of wounded soldiers in the last battle of the year." ”

Cui Sheng said slowly: "Dozens of wounded soldiers back then all became squires of the Xiangyang Shi clan, and there were a few of them who became talented in their descendants, but most of them became the sons of the gentlemen after being shaded by their ancestors, and even more, they degenerated into ruffians, entangled many people in the gray area, raised the dead, formed gangs, and ran gray businesses to fish and meat neighbors, making Xiangyang City a miasma, and the government was helpless about it. ”

This is the crux of the current situation in Xiangyang.

After all, after being loyal and good, if the imperial court used thunderous means against him, it would chill the hearts of the Great Liang army.

Li Ruyu frowned, "How can this be?" ”

After being loyal and good, why did they fall to this point, not only have status and power, but also should study and practice martial arts to serve the country, why they became a squire bully instead, it is really incredible.

Cui Sheng sighed, "This matter has to start with the sage Fan Wenzheng." ”

In the cool world that year, with Yue Jingzhong's restoration of half of the rivers and mountains, the military generals who made great contributions in the Northern Expedition, the Great Liang Zhao Room deeply felt the lessons of the past, and did not dare to raise the literature and abolish the martial arts, but it was overkill.

The generals of the Northern Expedition were wantonly divided, and for a time the literati were silenced between the government and the opposition, and the generals and swords were seen everywhere.

Da Liang is about to fall into the predicament of the fall of Dayan.

Pan Zhen is divided!

At the right time, Fan Wenzheng Gong was born, which made Gaozong realize that Daliang was about to fall into the crisis of military separation.

Later, Xiaozong ascended the throne.

Xiaozong was bent on restoring the national strength after the war, and did not free up his hands to attack the military town, until the Empress Dowager Liu listened to the government and began to publicize the deeds of Daliang Taizu to release the military power with a cup of wine, laying the groundwork for Renzong to fight the military town.

When Renzong succeeded to the throne, the first monarch was to use the military town power, and the Yue family did not dare to move because of the Yongzhen Kaifeng to deter the Northern Barbarians, so they first took the Han family sacrifice flag that was not far from the Yue family.

After that, it was a large-scale suppression of military generals,

In the end, with the efforts of several generations of kings, there was a healthy form of Daliang that is both civil and military, rather than a martial and prosperous society, or an aberrant social form of civility, promotion and martial dethronement.

The chaos in Xiangyang is the product of this overcorrection and correction.

Among the descendants of those veterans, thanks to Zuyin, there are not only people who practice martial arts and join the army, but also those who study and enter the army, but with the suppression of the Zhao family, almost no one in this group of descendants has been lifted in the study, and then they are oppressed by the space, resulting in a bleak future, so they have a grudge against Da Liang.

Over time, it has become such a mess.

The imperial court was very helpless about this, especially the empress, in fact, she had thought about making a move on Xiangyang several times, but she was afraid because there were still one or two old soldiers alive in the war that year.

I think that the descendants of those old pawns also know that the imperial court will never let them go, and with these changes, as long as the last one or two old pawns die, they will flee with the wealth they have looted over the years.

As for whether he can escape the detection of the Daliang Mansion, who cares.

Among them, many people even have the mentality that they would rather bear the big cold than the big cool and bear me, and plan to go to the Beiban grassland on that day, and use their wealth to leave a broad road for themselves and their descendants on the grassland.

After Li Ruyu heard Cui Sheng's words, he was silent for a long time before asking: "Does the empress ask you to come to Xiangyang Mansion to let you completely solve this stubborn disease?" ”

Cui Sheng said bluntly, "Yes." ”

"Then you ......"

Cui Sheng smiled bitterly, "You forget, I am from the Qinghe Cui clan, if I cut it down in Xiangyang, the Qinghe Cui clan will not want to get any support in the Daliang military in the future, so I can't cut this knife." ”

"Then why don't you choose to divide the interior and let them consume internally?" Li Ruyu was puzzled, Cui Sheng's talent would never be so powerless by the chaos in Xiangyang.

Cui Sheng laughed, "You think too much, their unity is not inferior to the battle of the Northern Barbarian Iron Cavalry at the head of Xiangyang City, otherwise, why did the first two prefects suffer, and how could the hundred wives and children of the Beizhen Fusi disappear, and in the end, the murderer could not be found, and it became another unsolved case." ”

Li Ruyu shook his head speechlessly.

After a long time, he said: "Then we can only wait, wait for those two old soldiers to return to heaven, and then do it." ”

Cui Sheng's expression remained unchanged, "You are the sword of the empress, since you have come to Xiangyang, do you plan to stand by and watch?" ”

Li Ruyu coughed, "I'm going to Yuzhou." ”

Cui Sheng suddenly lowered his voice, "Actually, among this group of descendants of old soldiers, there are those who are outstanding in martial arts, and there are those who are Wen Tao and martial arts, they are just suppressed by Da Liang, as long as they are given the opportunity and stage to perform, they may not be able to become dazzling leaders in the Da Liang army." ”

Li Ruyu looked at Cui Sheng with some meaning, "Do you want to ......"

Cui Sheng shook his head, "It's not that I want to, it's whether you want to." ”

After a pause, he finally suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and pointed out something vaguely, "It's a pity that I, Cui Sheng, can't represent the entire Qinghe Cui clan, otherwise I will help you!" ”

Li Ruyu's heart perked.

He has read history books, and his master once said when he was a child that in the past, families would choose one or two people with great prospects to climb and support, so as to ensure the long-term governance of the family.

What does Cui Sheng mean...... If he could represent the Cheonghe Choi clan, would he choose himself?

It's not impossible.

After all, his career trajectory does not seem to be particularly dazzling, but everyone knows that Li Ruyu's future is definitely not just the sword of the empress, if it only stops there, what is the difference between it and Zhao Xin?

Cui Sheng said such things at this time, it is likely that he is not as inrepresentative of Qinghe Cui's as he said, on the contrary, it is likely that Qinghe Cui's is testing himself.

But the empress wants to weaken the family......

In the future changes of the Qinghe Cui clan, it is likely that it will be difficult to protect itself.

Li Ruyu did not immediately express his position.

As a man, who doesn't have a little ambition and pride in his heart, Li Ruyu also envied Yue Pingchuan as the king of the split land above 10,000 people, but he would not deliberately pursue it, and he also thought that the weak family of the empress was the trend of the times.

The pros outweigh the cons.

If he is too involved with the Qinghe Cui clan, he will be in great trouble in the future.

However, after thinking about it, even if there is no Qinghe Cui family, when the world is unified by the weak family of the empress, the small maiden family, the Chen Jun Xie family, can sit idly by?

Difficult.

He groaned and said, "Thank you for the love of Governor Cui, let's talk about this matter." ”

When Cui Sheng heard this, he was not disappointed, but a little happy, after all, this kind of major event involving the future court, how can it be settled in a few words, Li Ruyu's words did not block the kindness of the Qinghe Cui family.

There's room for that!

So he laughed, "Drink and drink." ”

The two drank half a glass of wine, and after putting down the wine cup, Li Ruyu asked with some curiosity: "Rouge Liuqiren, how much does Governor Cui know, whether it is a man or a woman, why does the court ignore him, after all, he has killed the people of Beizhen Fusi." ”

Cui Sheng smiled bitterly, "Is it a man or a woman, don't say you don't know this, no one in the entire Xiangyang Mansion knows." ”

"His parents?"

"Died early."

"Where is he?"

"Jiangling Mansion, I heard that it is still the home of the rich in Jiangling Mansion, and then the family fell into the middle of the road, and after going to Lin'an to make a fuss, he returned to Xiangyang to settle down, making the chaos in Xiangyang even more chaotic."

"Why did the empress indulge him so much?"

Cui Sheng wanted to speak and stopped, but after all, he didn't say anything, changed the topic, and said with a smile: "Everyone is here today, Master Li, you are also the leader of calligraphy, why don't you have a discussion with ink?" ”

The guest is as he pleases.

Li Ruyu knew that Cui Sheng didn't really try to be a friend, but after all, his hospitality saved him the embarrassment of having no money and nowhere to stay. ”

The sound behind the screen came to an abrupt halt.

Immediately, the appearance was not outstanding, but invisibly it always made people feel like a spring breeze Wanwan walked out of the screen, with a happy face, "The slave is not talented, and I dare not offer ugliness in front of Lord Li, but I ask Mobao to take a look, and I am fortunate in this life." ”

How could Cui Sheng let go of this opportunity, usually, those very few literati and scholars in Xiangyang Mansion wanted to find Wanwan to ask for Mobao, if she was in a bad mood, she couldn't get her daughter, and today Li Ruyu is here, she will hide her secrets?

With a wave of the big sleeve, there were servants who offered pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Cui Sheng made an invitation.

As a calligrapher, there is some ambition in my heart, so I didn't shirk it, picked up the pen, and wrote a small poem overnight.

But it is Lin'an Liu Chunfeng's proud masterpiece "Yulin Bell".

About this "Yulin Bell", in fact, there is a lot of talk, although Liu Chunfeng is in the official career, he cannot be reused, so he is obsessed with Qinglou all day long, writing lyrics for many female actors.

At the Qingming Festival in the second year of Yongzhen, Liu Chunfeng wrote this poem "Yulin Bell", at that time, the sky was full of thunder and did not fall, but after writing, Liu Chunfeng threw his pen and sighed, saying that it was not the word of the year, and it was no longer the wind of the year.

So he broke the pen and ink and left.

But the Qinglou maid put together the torn "Yulin Bell", which was very amazing, and then it spread and became a small song that the Qinglou maiden must sing every night in the cool world.

The first sentence at the beginning is "The spring willows blow the moon, the twilight river is shallow, and the remnants of the flowers are ...... at the beginning"

The end is extremely graceful.

Wanwan wrote it down in one go, the handwriting was like beads, as if there were really spring willows, dawn moon, twilight river, and remnant flowers emerging in front of him, and the strokes of gold and jade wisps wandered away, carving out a graceful and poignant picture.

It's everyone.

Li Ruyu has to admit that Wanwan's calligraphy attainments are no worse than those people he met when he first participated in the art department, and even surpasses.

Li Ruyu had no choice but to write the master's "Will Enter the Wine" in one go.

The pen is written into.

Cui Sheng and Wanwan were already frozen, looking at the magnificent ink treasure blankly, the shock in the depths of their hearts was indescribable, and they almost couldn't believe that there was a place in the world that could write to the point of such unity between heaven and man.

It's incredible, it's a holy pen of calligraphy.

This is the way of calligraphy......

"Will Enter the Wine" was given to Wanwan, and Cui Sheng of "Yulin Bell" took it.

At the end of the banquet, Cui Sheng happily asked Wanwan to help Li Ruyu to the guest room, and he took the "Yulin Bell" to the study, ready to frame it and collect it.

In the guest room, after waiting for Li Ruyu to wash, she had no intention of leaving, standing on the side with her head down, dragging the corner of her skirt in her palm, and finally made a lot of determination to pull Li Ruyu to bed.

If you are a veteran of Qinglou, you can see that Li Ruyu has completely conquered the hearts of this woman with calligraphy, as long as she is willing, she can warm up in a few minutes.

The so-called women don't sell their bodies, it also depends on the situation, just like Bai Yujing on the Qinhuai River, when she meets someone she likes, will she really turn it away?

Qinglou women, and there are a few people who can be chaste for a lifetime.

Otherwise, how can Liu Chunfeng sing in the Lin'an Spring Building every night, eat and drink in vain, and sleep in vain?

This is also Cui Sheng's intention to invite Wanwan.

But Li Ruyu doesn't understand.

And it's not good for this mouthful, and he said with some surprise: "Isn't the girl going to rest?" ”

The concubine was intentional, but Lang had no intention.

Although Wanwan was disappointed in her heart, she admired Li Ruyu more and more, this is the demeanor that a man should have, which is like those who sell their fame and reputation, no matter how good the poems are in the Qinglou, it is just for the joy of that night.

Hypocrisy at its core.

After Wanwan left, Li Ruyu lay down in his clothes, thinking about what Cui Sheng said about Xiangyang.

In Xiangyang City, in the final analysis, there is only one that really gives the court a headache, one is the Fish and Dragon Society, which has hundreds of manpower, and the meeting hides filth and dirt, and accepts and accommodates many wanted criminals of the imperial court as dead soldiers, not only bribing many officials in Xiangyang Prefecture, but even colluding with bandits outside the city.

And the big dragon head of the Fish and Dragon Club is surnamed Chen, with a single name and a Yang character, and his grandfather is one of the veterans of the year, and now he has an idle post in the imperial court from the deputy lieutenant of Liupin Zhenwei, which is the biggest umbrella of the Fish and Dragon Club.

As for the descendants of other old pawns, they are either attached to the Fish and Dragon Society, or they have tangled up a group of local ruffians and martial artists, and the well water of the Fish and Dragon Society does not violate the river water, and they do some things that violate the laws of Da Liang.

The partial fish dragon club and this group of people, the government did not dare to move lightly.

Of course, in addition to this group of people, the chaotic Xiangyang Mansion is also indispensable to the shadow of the Blue Dragon Society, which adds fuel to the scourge of Xiangyang, making this mansion a stain in the prosperous and prosperous world.

Although he came to Xiangyang, Li Ruyu was unwilling to take care of this mess.

Cui Sheng said very clearly, as long as the last one or two old pawns die, this mess can naturally be gradually cleared, and the top priority is to merge with the gentleman's banner in Yuzhou, King Qian.

Why do you need to do more, just wait for the old pawn to die, and there won't be too much blood.

Li Ruyu wanted to leave.

But he never expected that Su Su would not leave.

On the second day, Li Ruyu asked Cui Sheng to borrow a domestic servant and went to the Rouge Willow Mansion to inform Su Su to continue to set off, but the slave returned and said that Su Su and Rouge Willow had gone out of the city to play.

Played on?

Li Ruyu's face was black, what was this woman thinking in her heart, although the time is not in a hurry, but you will not delay too much time in Xiangyang, Xiangyang is still far away from Yuzhou.

Cui Sheng on the side was thoughtful, "Perhaps, the princess also wants you to solve the chaos in Xiangyang?" ”

Li Ruyu was helpless, "I have a weak heart." ”

Cui Sheng, as the prefect of Xiangyang, has something that he can't solve with the power of the soldiers, how can he do it, just with the long sword in his hand, he can't kill hundreds of people at once.

Cui Sheng knew what Li Ruyu was worried about, and laughed: "Maybe, what the princess meant, didn't you want to kill so many people?" ”

Li Ruyu was stunned, suddenly remembered something, and immediately said categorically: "Since the court is powerless, I will come!" ”

Cui Sheng laughed.