Xu Xun raised two fingers and explained: "First, Brother Jiao, you are a Lujiang official, so they can't get the information you can get at all, so you must organize and respond. Second"

Speaking of this, Xu Xun smiled bitterly: "The second is to be honest, Xu Gong's disciples don't trust us from the north very much, so we have only contacted them now, but we haven't promised us yet, so this requires Jiangdong disciples like Brother Jiao to persuade and command them, which we can't do." ”

In fact, Downing knew that there was another reason, and that was for safety. Because with Cao Cao's current position, he could not openly assassinate Sun Ce, otherwise it would definitely cause other forces to attack him, so this matter must be kept secret. And if he Jiao Zhongqing presides over the contact, once it is revealed in the future, he can also be pushed to avenge the late lord Lu Kang, and Guo Jia and Cao Cao will not be responsible.

Although Tang Ning knew these reasons, he still had no choice, because if he didn't cooperate with Guo Jia and Xu Gong's protégés, he would not be able to assassinate Sun Ce with his strength, and he would not be able to get the thousand taels of gold, so he nodded and replied without hesitation: "Okay, I understand." ”

Then he raised the token in his hand again, and said with a wry smile: "Since I want to spy on intelligence, then my official position as a senior official seems to be too low, and it will be Li Shu's birthday in a few days, so I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and stammer with him well, and strive for promotion, so that I can also know more useful information." ”

"Then I wish Brother Jiao good luck!" Xu Xun said playfully, and then raised his hand to say goodbye: "Okay, it's not too early, I won't disturb Brother Jiao's rest, maybe my sister-in-law will scold me in the back now." ”

"You also know that coming at this time will disturb other people's good things, hurry up and go!" Tang Ning urged with the situation.

When they arrived at the back house, Liu Lanzhi asked while helping Tang Ning Kuanyi: "Xianggong, who was the adult who came just now?" ”

"Oh, a former classmate, I haven't seen him for a long time, so come and catch up with me." Tang Ning said casually, and then changed the topic and said: "By the way, maybe I'm really going to be promoted this time!" ”

"Oh? Why? Could it be that your classmate just now can help you? Liu Lanzhi asked curiously.

Tang Ning nodded and replied meaningfully: "Well, not only can it help me, but it also helps me in a timely manner!" ”

In fact, even if there is no such thing as Xu Xun, Tang Ning plans to take advantage of Li Shu's birthday to stammer him, after all, he is not the real Jiao Zhongqing now, there is no difference between Li Shu and Lu Kang in his heart, and since he has already come, he has to find a way to live a good life, so he was already thinking about what kind of congratulatory gift to give him before today.

A few days later, on the day of Li Shu's fiftieth birthday, the entire Taishou Mansion was jubilant and lively, and Li Shu, the new Lujiang Taishou, celebrated his birthday in Lujiang for the first time.

At this time, someone suddenly pointed to the distance and exclaimed in surprise: "Huh?!" I'm not mistaken, that, that seems to be Jiao Zhongqing! ”

Someone next to him immediately retorted: "Don't doubt it, you must have read it wrong, Jiao Zhongqing's nerd won't come to join in this kind of fun." ”

"That's not right for you, even if you're a nerd, you want to climb up."

"Forget it, if he Jiao Zhongqing had this thought, how could he be just a master after so many years!"

“......”

Just when a few people were discussing, Tang Ning had already walked to the housekeeper who was in charge of the ceremonial accounts, took out a golden Buddha and said to the housekeeper: "Jiao Zhongqing, the subordinate planner, congratulates Taishou on his birthday!" ”

When the housekeeper saw that it was the Golden Buddha, he immediately carefully accepted it, and then shouted: "Jiao Zhongqing, the official of the upper plan, presents a golden Buddha for his birthday!" ”

Then he pointed to a scroll in Tang Ning's hand and asked, "Lord Jiao, is this scroll also a congratulatory gift?" ”

Tang Ning nodded and replied: "That's right, it's also a part of the next mind, and it's also written by my own hands, but after thinking about it for a while, I will present it to Lord Taishou alone!" ”

The housekeeper was very understanding of this kind of playful behavior between literati, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "It turned out to be Lord Jiao's Mobao, you must let the villain open his eyes for a while, Lord Jiao, please inside!" ”

After Tang Ning walked in, the quiet discussion just now suddenly sounded again.

"Oh my God! Is Jiao Zhongqing crazy? Actually gave a golden Buddha? ”

"Cut! Who knows if it's real gold? ”

"What are you kidding? Sending a fake Golden Buddha on such an occasion is not a stammer, but an offense, do you think Jiao Zhongqing looks like a fool? ”

"I don't know if he's a fool, anyway, he is very different from the past today, if it weren't for the fact that his voice and appearance are the same, I really doubt that he is Jiao Zhongqing!"

"It doesn't matter if he's stupid or not, the important thing is where did he get all this money?"

"You don't know this, although his Jiao family is not very rich, but his wife's maiden Liu family is very rich, maybe this time he borrowed money from his wife's family in order to be too guarded."

"As soon as you talk about his wife, I think of it, it seems that his wife has recently moved to the government to serve him, hey, don't you see, his wife is so beautiful!"

"Huh?! Can't you, you're so rich and still beautiful? Then this Jiao Zhongqing is too blessed, right? ”

Then the topic became more and more biased, but fortunately, Tang Ning couldn't hear these discussions, otherwise he would have to get angry.

And Li Shu, as the master, naturally heard about this and was grateful for Tang Ning's great gift, so he took the time to come to Tang Ning's side in his busy schedule and said to him very enthusiastically: "Zhong Qing, I heard that you wrote a handwritten word for the official, can you let the official appreciate it now?" ”

Hearing Taishou Li Shu call his name enthusiastically, Tang Ning couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it seems that this gold is useful, but on the surface, he still respectfully opened the scroll in his hand and said: "In order to congratulate the adults on their fiftieth birthday, I specially wrote a picture of a hundred longevity, and I also ask the adults to advise!" ”

Li Shu took a closer look, and then suddenly couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my God! It turns out that this is really a hundred longevity map! ”

PS: The end of the year itself is my busiest time, but the local tax also came to make trouble, two groups of people are checking us, there is really no time to code words, and Mulan Ci is also stuck, so for the time being, I can only change one day, and it will be fine after these few days.