Chapter 257: The Uncrowned King (Part II)

Imperial grain and national tax, this seems to be really unpayable, but Li Muyun is a little reluctant to pay the money, what should I do?

Li Muyun looked at Gongsun Lan, who was sitting silently, a pair of eyes blinked, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he said to Fang Yu suspiciously: "I said Lao Fang, you are fooling Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is now a 'fart person', and he still pays a ball tax?!" ”

"Really? Does that mean that the things you promised to the fugitives don't count? If that's the case, let Sun Liang go to collect taxes now, it is estimated that a lot of it will be collected back, but what about the prestige of your young village master......" Fang Yizhi shrugged his shoulders as Li Muyun looked.

"This ......" Li Muyun, who was still elated that he was a 'fart people', was instantly dumbfounded, how could he not calculate this point after all calculations, Sun Liang has no money for that goods, if you let him pay the money, isn't that equivalent to his life.

"So you better hurry up and figure it out, as for inviting the assassin to come over for dinner or something, you can try this, but I don't guarantee that it will work." Fang Yizhi has also learned badly in Shanyin County during this time, and he is no longer as simple as before, looking at Li Muyun's decadent appearance, not only did he not worry, but he even had some schadenfreude.

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After a sleepless night, Li Muyun appeared in front of everyone again in high spirits, called the fat man and Fang Zhizhi, took Gongsun Lan, and the four of them jumped down the mountain and went straight to Shuozhou.

Fang Yizhi was very strange about what Li Muyun wanted to do, so he asked him with some doubts, but Li Muyun smiled and didn't answer, and only said that he knew when he arrived in Shuozhou.

There was nothing to say all the way, and the four of them spent a whole day rushing from Shanyin County to Shuozhou, finding a hotel to stay, and early the next morning, Li Muyun took the other three people straight to Shuozhou City.

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Qian Botao always felt that his eyelids were jumping non-stop during this time, his left eye had finished jumping with his right eye, and his left eye had jumped with both eyes, which was very annoying.

But today, for some reason, when he woke up, his eyelids didn't jump, and then he saw a servant hurriedly coming in from outside: "Lord Changshi, Li Muyun is here, saying that he wants to see you." ”

Li Muyun? Qian Botao sighed in his heart, and said in his heart that it was no wonder that his eyelids have been jumping recently, and he suddenly stopped jumping today, and he dared to love this plague god who came to the door.

"My lord, ......what do you see?" saw that Qian Botao was speechless for a long time, and asked cautiously.

Qian Botao came back to his senses under the reminder of the officer, thinking of the guy's identity and background, and finally waved his hand to the officer helplessly: "Please let him in!" ”

"No!" The official replied and retreated, and after a while, Qian Botao saw Li Muyun walking in with three people, and he even carried a sword in his hand.

But thinking about it, the moment he saw Li Muyun, Qian Botao still stood up and greeted him in a very low manner: "When did Brother Li come back?" No matter how to notify the next one, it is good to arrange someone to greet you in the next. ”

For a person who is obviously more than ten years older than himself, but is still calling his brother, Li Muyun's face bloomed with a big smile: "Qian Changshi is polite, how dare Li dare to bother you." ”

"Brother Li said this, but it's not yours, no matter how you say it, you are also a great hero of our Shuozhou, if it weren't for your series of measures, our Shuozhou would not have been able to rise to Zhongzhou in such a short period of time." Qian Botao welcomed Li Muyun into his official office, and the guest sat down, inadvertently revealing a message that someone did not know.

"Zhongzhou? Upgraded? Li Muyun didn't expect to receive such news on this trip to Shuozhou, and asked in surprise.

"Isn't it, but it's just gossip now, and I'm afraid the official paperwork won't come down until a year later." Qian Botao didn't want to hide it from Li Muyun in this matter, anyway, he would know about it sooner or later, and it didn't make sense to hide it.

However, Li Muyun really didn't expect such a thing to happen, Shuozhou Mansion was actually upgraded by half a level, so wouldn't Shanyin County also be a long boat and a tall boat, so it should be upgraded together?

Just thinking about it, he heard Qian Botao ask on the side: "Brother Li, I came to look for me this time, but what is the matter?" ”

"Don't hide the long history of Qian, you must also know that Li caused some trouble in Chang'an some time ago, and the title of this free waiting was also cut by His Majesty the Emperor." After Li Muyun came back to his senses, he sighed, and then said a little gloomily.

This matter is a big matter, and the officials will report it to the whole country, and it is naturally impossible for Qian Botao, as an official, not to know, but he has not brought it up just now for the sake of face.

And now that Li Muyun took the initiative to mention it, Qian Botao could only laugh and say: "This matter is not about you, Brother Li is really a little improper, I think that no matter how Han Ai says it, it is also the third product of the dynasty, and you will kill ...... with this knife."

"Forget it, don't mention it." Li Muyun waved his hand to interrupt Qian Botao, the main purpose of his coming to Fucheng this time was not to discuss whether he should kill Han Ai or not, where would he continue to grind his teeth here.

Qian Taobo was interrupted by Li Muyun, and was feeling a little embarrassed, but before he could say anything, someone had already slapped the sword in his hand on the table: "Qian Changshi, but although Li was cut off his title, he unexpectedly got a treasure, and I specially brought it to you for appreciation." ”

It's weird, it's too weird, looking at the sword that Li Muyun slapped on the table, Qian Botao's heart was full of suspicions, and he asked with some uncertainty: "Brother Li is referring to this sword?" ”

"Exactly!" Li Muyun nodded, and made a gesture of please, signaling that Qian Botao could take it over and take a closer look.

Qian Botao is one of the few people who knows Li Muyun's background, otherwise he would not have been able to see a 'fart person' in such a low profile, but despite this, he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, thinking that Li Muyun was a little too arrogant.

But thinking about it, the movements in his hands were not slow, under Li Muyun's signal, Lao Qian reached out and grabbed the sword on the table, first took the sheath in his hand and looked at it, but found that it seemed that this sword had nothing special except for the atmosphere.

Suspiciously, he pressed the collapse spring on the scabbard, only to hear the sound of 'Cangchang', and the sword that flashed with cold light immediately popped out a small section.

"Good sword!" Although he only saw a small section of the sword body, Qian Botao let out a heartfelt exclamation.

Because the Datang process is not so advanced, the swords cast are actually not so good, and there will be nothing special after polishing.

Therefore, even if Qian Botao doesn't understand the sword, after seeing the craftsmanship of the sword body, he can immediately react that this sword is not an ordinary product.

"It's better for Qian Changshi to take a look, maybe there will be unexpected surprises." Li Muyun said with a wicked smile.

Qian Botao didn't know the origin of his sword, so he naturally didn't doubt it, and followed his words, pressed the hilt of the sword, and pulled out the long sword in his hand.

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When people look at something, they actually have a habit of wanting to find out where it comes from.

The simplest example is to read the ancients, take out a jade watermelon, as long as it is a person, you can immediately think of Cixi; When you get "Lanting Collection Preface", you can immediately think of Wang Xizhi.

So when Qian Botao saw the three gaps in the sword's body, he immediately thought of a person, a person who ruled the entire Tang Empire.

In an instant, Lao Qian was frightened, and suddenly slipped directly from the chair to the ground, and shouted with white lips: "God, the sword of the Son of Heaven!" ”

Your uncle, what kind of plague god has you offended! Qian Botao's heart is 10,000, not 100,000, and a million grass and mud horses are galloping and roaring wildly.

Who is this recruiting to provoke whom, Li Muyun, that bastard, actually took this kind of thing to show himself, isn't this pretending, forced? Is there anything you have to say that you can't just say, you have to scare yourself with this thing? Didn't he know that no matter who held this thing, it would be equivalent to me coming in person?

"Qian Changshi! Qian Changshi! Just when Qian Botao was frightened and secretly greeted Li Muyun's eighteenth generation ancestor in his stomach, the guy who was being greeted by him squatted beside him and took the sword back in his hand.

"Uh......, Li, Li ......" Qian Botao has always been a little at a loss for what to say, and he didn't know what to call Li Muyun when he looked at him.

"Qian Changshi, do you recognize it?" Li Muyun put the long sword back into its sheath and asked with a smile.

"Recognized, recognized." Qian Botao struggled back to sit back in his chair, only to feel that his legs were weak.

"I can't hide the long history of money, in fact, I have no choice, you know, I promised those fugitives at the beginning of the spring that only half of the tax would be charged, and I saw that this year's tax payment was about to be completed, so I came to you to find a way." Li Muyun saw that he had scared Qian Botao half to death, so he said the true purpose of this trip.

However, Lao Qian has now lost two souls by the three souls who were frightened by the sword, and his mind is full of the words 'I am here', where is the heart to help him find a way.

After listening to him, he said without thinking about it: "You can do whatever you want, everything is up to you, everything is up to you!" ”

"Really? Listen to me? Li Muyun glanced at his house with a look of disdain on his face, shrugged his shoulders and said, "How about owing taxes this year?" Rest assured, this is all in the account, and it will be repaid to you sooner or later. ”

"No problem!" Qian Botao just wants to send this plague god away now, where does he care what he says, even if he asks him for money, he will not refuse, let alone just owe money.

Li Muyun was very satisfied with Lao Qian's attitude, looked at the 'Son of Heaven Sword' in his hand and said, "Nacheng, let's settle this matter, let's go first." ”

"Good! Good! Qian Botao quickly agreed, not wanting to look at Li Muyun more.

This is too bad, if Li Muyun directly took the 'Son of Heaven Sword' to explain the origin, it is estimated that it will not be so scary, the key is that this product is deliberately bad, holding the sword for others to see, this is a little difficult for Lao Qian to accept.

However, the nightmare of old money did not seem to be over, just when Li Muyun and the others walked to the door, he seemed to remember something again, turned his head to Qian Botao and said: "By the way, there is one more thing, on Chinese New Year's Eve, my village is going to hold a gambling king competition, don't forget to go to Qian Changshi at that time!" ”