Yesterday's attempted competition completely overturned Sima Ao's dominance in the Xuzhou Thorn History Department. At that time, Sima Ao left the school without saying a word, and then hid at home without seeing anyone.

Many people think that Sima Ao is finished, he was in Xuzhou with Pei Dun's protection and prestige, but now he is abandoned by Pei Dun and will never end well, there must be many people waiting to retaliate against him. It's just that everyone didn't expect Sima Ao to leave that night, and no one knew where he went.

When Wei Shuo received the news, it was already noon the next day, and he was discussing cooperation with the salt merchant in the inn, when Zhang Erlang broke in in a hurry.

"Brother Wei, it's not good, that, that, that Sima Ao is gone."

"What do you look like in a panic? Slowly, who's gone? ”

"Sima Ao, the guy who lost to us yesterday! I didn't expect to run away in the middle of the night. ”

Wei Shuo was stunned when he heard this, and then he thought about it, Sima Ao's various signs in Xuzhou showed that this guy was definitely a very ambitious person, and it was impossible for him to collapse all at once. It's just that even Wei Shuo didn't expect that Sima Ao would have such a determination to break the boat.

"By the way, Brother Wei, I forgot to tell you, Lord Thorn Shi asked you to come over."

When the salt merchants heard this, they quickly got up and said goodbye, after all, no one dared to refuse the invitation from the boss of Xuzhou. Wei Shuo apologized to the salt merchants again and again, "You are really sorry, Lord Assassin Shi beckoned, Wei didn't dare not go, today we will talk about this for the time being." ”

"Master Wei, you are busy first, and we will talk when we have time." The salt merchants got up one after another to take their leave.

"Brother Wei, what did you talk to the salt merchant just now?"

Wei Shuo smiled: "I didn't talk about anything, I just wanted to get more refined salt from us." ”

Zhang Erlang grinned and smirked: "Hahaha, I didn't expect our Laoshan to become fragrant and sweet now." ”

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"Oh, Lord Wei, you're here, Lord Thorn Shi told you to hurry in."

When Wei Shuo came to the Thorn Mansion, he saw a small official at the door turning in a circle with an anxious face, and as soon as he appeared, the little official ran over with a shout and grabbed Wei Shuo's sleeve.

The little official made such a fuss but frightened Wei Shuo, and thought that something big had happened, so he hurriedly asked, "Don't worry, tell me what happened?" ”

"Lord Wei, don't you know? Sima Changshi disappeared yesterday, and Lord Thorn Shi was so anxious that his hair was about to turn white. Excuse me, Lord Wei, hurry up, Lord Thorn Shi is waiting for you in the hall. ”

The little official led Wei Shuo straight into the living room of the Assassin's Mansion, Pei Dun, who was still a famous man a few days ago, now looks like a mourner. Wei Shuo couldn't help but wonder, isn't it that Sima Ao escaped, and Pei Dun became decadent like this?

"My lord, Lord Wei is here!"

"Wei Shuo is here!" As soon as Pei Dun heard that Wei Shuo was coming, the whole person seemed to be alive, like a spring on his buttocks, jumped three feet high, and grabbed Wei Shuo and said, "Oh, Lord Wei, you're here!" This time, Master Wei has to help me no matter what, Sima Ao's escape, Xuzhou is in danger! Xuzhou is in danger! ”

Wei Shuo frowned, and hurriedly interrupted: "Master Pei, you make it clear, why is Xuzhou in danger?" ”

Pei Dun couldn't help but sigh, and said with a look of regret: "I just got the news that Sima Ao went north to defect to the Huns." He has been the mayor of Xuzhou for many years and knows the truth of Xuzhou. If he uses Xuzhou to say Hu people, I'm afraid ......"

"Oh, it turns out that Master Pei is worried that Sima Ao will lead the Hu people to take revenge on Xuzhou!"

Wei Shuo suddenly realized, he pondered for a while, and felt that this was really possible. Now that Hu is powerful and greedy, if he really masters Xuzhou, it is really possible to swallow Xuzhou in one bite, but Wei Shuo will never allow this to happen.

Pei Dun nodded worriedly and said: "That's true, Sima Ao has been in charge of Xuzhou's government affairs and military affairs for many years, and recently he has removed a large number of henchmen and generals on the occasion of recruiting troops. Once he introduces foreign aid into Xuzhou, I am afraid that Xuzhou will be overlooked. ”

Listening to Ping Pei Dun's words, Wei Shuo couldn't help but cry and laugh, I really don't know how Pei Dun was a stabbing history, and he actually paid the power to one person at will. He also felt once again that the Jiupin Zhongzheng system was indeed not suitable for the talent selection system of the imperial court, and he secretly made up his mind that if there was an opportunity in the future, he would definitely let the imperial examination system come out in advance.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I would like to hire Lord Wei to temporarily join my shogunate as a soldier."

"What?! How is this possible? Are you kidding you? I am the Yantian envoy of Changguang County, Qingzhou, how can I serve in Xuzhou? Wei Shuo's face was full of incredulity, no matter what, he didn't expect Pei Dun to hire him into the Assassin's Mansion.

"No, no, no, this official is not joking, the situation in Xuzhou is critical at the moment, and I urgently need a person who understands military affairs to help me. And the guards under the command of Lord Wei are tigers, and they have made a big show in the past competition, and it is said that they are all trained according to the methods formulated by Lord Wei. ”

"This just shows that Master Wei is a talent who is proficient in military affairs, as for saying that you are the Yantian envoy of Qingzhou, anyway, Qingzhou is in chaos, so this is not a problem. In fact, don't look at Bing Cao Zhi as a high-ranking official of 600 stones, but he belongs to the adjutant subordinate to the Assassin's Mansion, and he can be recruited by his own officials. ”

Seeing that Wei Shuo was silent, Pei Dun was really anxious, it can be said that this time he put all his hopes on Wei Shuo, for fear that the other party would not agree, so he hurriedly promised: "Lord Wei, as long as you are willing to take up the post of soldier Cao, all the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou will be under your control, as long as you can defeat the invasion of the Hu people, this official will recommend you in front of Your Majesty in the future." ”

Wei Shuo waved his hand and said, "Master Pei, Wei is not for the future, but he is worried about criticism from the outside world. My official position was not elected by the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, but was deliberately promoted by the county guard of Changguang County to see my meritorious work in making salt. But in Xuzhou, he has not made an inch, and he is not a celebrity, so he dares to take on this important responsibility, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient. ”

Pei Dun smiled bitterly and said, "With the current situation, even if Lord Wei is unwilling to give in, I'm afraid that no one will dare to respond." On the contrary, Master Wei has taken the position, and the others are probably relieved. Besides, what's so great about celebrities, I, a big celebrity, are not also played by Sima Ao. ”

"So, Bing Cao has to be in the next position?"

"It's all about Lord Wei!"

"Okay, since the adults value it so much, Wei has no choice but to be respectful and obey his fate, and Lord Xie cultivates."

"Good, good, great!"

After getting Wei Shuo's assurance, Pei Dun finally put his mind at ease. Since learning that Sima Ao had taken refuge with the Huns, he was worried about the Hu soldiers coming to Xuzhou day and night. Now that Wei Shuo has taken on the important task of Xuzhou's defense, he feels a little relieved.

After negotiating the most important things, Pei Dun was in the mood to drink tea and chat with Wei Shuo.

"Lord Wei, where is your ancestral home? Do you have a loved one alive? ”

"In Qingzhou, my ancestral hometown, my parents have made up for this life! Now Wei is the only one left. ”

Ancestral home in Qingzhou?! Pei Dun was a little surprised, thinking that Wei Shuo was from the Wei family in Hedong and was a child of a family. Unexpectedly, he was from Qingzhou, and he seemed to be a poor man. Although Pei Dun had a lot of complaints about Wei Shuo's background, but he needed to rely on Wei Shuo for the time being, and he didn't say much, but the enthusiasm on his face disappeared a lot.

Like the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea, the Hanmen Shu clan and the family gate valve are creatures living in two worlds. The two do not intermarry, do not become friends, do not greet each other when they meet, and do not even have any intersection if possible.

Regarding Pei Dun's reaction, although Wei Shuo looked down on it in his heart, he would not show it. The reason why he agreed to take up the post of Xuzhou Bingcao was mainly because he could take the opportunity to expand his influence to Xuzhou. If it weren't for the development of Laoshan, he wouldn't be in the mood to worry about Pei Dun's life or death.

"What's that? dared to look down on Brother Wei, if he knew this, Brother Wei should not have agreed to the birdman. Out of the Assassin's Mansion, Zhang Erlang was still indignant, "Brother Wei, are all those so-called famous people of the family so virtuous?" ”

"What virtue?"

"Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, no, the bridge was demolished before the river was crossed."

"Hahaha......" Wei Shuo couldn't help laughing and said, "Well, it's really what you said." ”

"Brother Wei, you don't really want to be an official in Xuzhou, do you? So when are we going back to Laoshan? ”

"Don't worry, don't worry about any danger in Laoshan for the time being, but the threat of Xuzhou is close at hand, even for the sake of the ordinary people of Xuzhou, we have to do our part, right?"