"Alas! It's still the most comfortable to be an official in Jizhou! ”

"Take the Lu rice of the third duke, live in the palace of the Son of Heaven, use the jade gui of Hetian, wear silk trousers, marry the beautiful women of the family, sleep in the concubines of the city, sit on hand-embroidered silk, ride in a double-wheeled carriage, drink aged wine, eat mountain delicacies and seafood, wear sandalwood clogs, watch women's songs and dances, hire female workers from good families, use the family of a ranger, wash the bath bucket sprinkled with rose petals, and touch the maids of the youth!"

"God kill your Tao Ying thief! You iron! You will be an official ....... ”

"Take the janitor's Lumi! lived in the firewood room of the Jizhou official's house, painted Mugui, wore coarse cloth to wrap his feet, married the yellow-faced woman in his hometown, and slept with the concubine picked by the yellow-faced woman! Sitting on ramie straw mats, riding on inferior horse-drawn broken cars, drinking turbid wine that is more sour than vinegar, eating coarse tea and light rice, wearing broken clogs of willow wood, watching Qiu Ba kill people, hiring ugly girls who are scared to death, using a family member who doesn't even dare to touch the king's law, washing the water from the well, and touching a maid who is ten years older than the yellow-faced woman! ”

"What kind of bad luck did this official pour? How could you follow such a lord?! ”

"No matter how hard you are, you can't be a leader, no matter how poor you are, you can't be a poor official, how can Tao Ying, a little thief, not even understand this truth?!!"

"This official is so outstanding, and his moral character is so noble, God, why don't you arrange for this official to be as tolerant and generous to his subordinates as Ben Chu Gong?!!!"

Although these words are a bit exaggerated, there are also tragedies caused by some personal reasons - for example, I am afraid of the yellow-faced woman, but walking on the streets where the residences of Jizhou officials are concentrated everywhere, I see the luxurious mansions with high walls and carved railings, and I see Jizhou officials with lower official grades than themselves living a much more luxurious life of brocade clothes and jade food than themselves, our Yang Changshi still inevitably sighs one after another, hated that he was unladylike, but he ran into Deputy Director Tao, a mean and unsympathetic lord who did not know how to sympathize with his subordinates, and hated his bad luck and lack of chance, and he could not be an official under the command of the ideal lord Yuan Sangong.

However, our Yang Changshi is not cheap and obedient, enjoying the preferential treatment of being ranked in Xuzhou and not greedy enough, the key is that the treatment of Jizhou officials is indeed better than that of Xuzhou officials, the income is also higher, and there are more ways to make money - the [***] means of this era are simply pediatric in front of Deputy Director Tao, and it is naturally not generally difficult for Xuzhou officials to embezzle the money and grain belonging to Deputy Director Tao, even if the corruption methods belong to Yang Changshi, who is a top master in this era, Engaging in small economic actions in front of Deputy Director Tao is also a big axe in front of Luban, and selling articles in front of Confucius Temple! In comparison, our Yang Changshi naturally thinks that Da Yuan Sangong is benevolent and wise, and Deputy Director Tao is a senseless master.

"yes, yes." Li Lang, who had the same feeling as Yang Changshi, was Yang Changshi's confidant and captain of the army, and he echoed Yang Changshi's grievances: "You are still the Changshi of Xuzhou, the Son of Heaven personally sealed Cao Youcheng, the two official positions together have a rank of 1,500 stones, but the mansion where they live can't even catch up with a Jizhou with a rank of 400 stones, our lord is too mean to his subordinates." ”

"My lord, it would be nice if you were the chief of Jizhou." Yang Changshi's other confidant, Wang Wu, the deputy captain of the pro-soldiers, also agreed, and drooled while looking at the honor guard of Jizhou officials in the distance, and said with great envy: "If you are the Changshi of Jizhou, then the villain and Li Lang can also follow suit, at least, the clothes are much more beautiful and luxurious, and the food you eat is also full of fish and meat, and you can go out so majestic." ”

"Ben Chu Gong, macro is also erudite and profound, why don't you consider recruiting macro?" Yang Changshi lamented again, "As long as Ben Chu Gong opens your mouth, Hong is willing to go up the knife mountain and the sea of fire for you, and go to the soup to serve the dogs and horses!" ”

"Yes! Yuan Gong, our adults don't meet each other! Li Lang and Wang Wu also wailed loudly in unison.

"Idiot!" The Jizhou officials and secret agents who followed behind to monitor Yang Changshi and prevent Yang Changshi from escaping out of the city without permission scolded in unison, and at the same time tried to stand as far away from Yang Changshi as possible, so as not to be misunderstood by passers-by that they were Yang Changshi's followers.

Finally lamented enough, his leg was about to break, he looked up at the sky, and found that it was late and the wind was blowing, and the dark clouds were thick, Li Lang was very loyal to Yang Changshi, who was still a hostage, and said: "My lord, it's getting dark, let's go back to the post house, look at the sky, maybe it's going to snow heavily, it's better to go back early." ”

"I don't want to go back." Yang Changshi continued to wail with a bitter face, "What broken post house? If you want a garden without a garden, if you want a soup pool without a soup pool, the warm pavilion is smaller than the thatched toilet, and the maid is uglier than the mother-in-law's saltless, what's the point of going back? ”

"My lord, why don't we go to Goolan Courtyard for the night like we did a few days ago?" Wang Wu couldn't wait to suggest.

"Going to Goulanyuan for the night again?"

Yang Changshi was a little hesitant to feel sorry for the money, but seeing that the sky was dark, the wind was tight, and it was likely that there would be another heavy snowfall, Yang Changshi, who was unwilling to go back to the post house alone for the night, gritted his teeth, and finally nodded, and accepted Wang Wu's kind suggestion, Li Lang and Wang Wu, who were all the way to Yang Changshi, also suddenly smiled, and hurriedly brought horses to serve Yang Changshi, but at this time, a barely familiar voice suddenly came from behind, and asked curiously: "Mr. Zhongming, why are you here?" ”

"Who called me?"

Yang Changshi turned back in surprise, but saw that Jizhou Don't drive Tian Feng in official clothes, riding a high-headed horse from the Western Regions, leading five or six entourages with large packages on their backs, and he didn't know when he had come to a short distance behind him. Yang Changshi knew that Tian Feng was an important minister in front of the Third Duke of Yuan, but he didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly dismounted and saluted Tian Feng, and said very respectfully: "I have seen Mr. Yuan Hao, Hong is idle in Jizhou City, walking around to enjoy the street scene, but I don't want to meet Mr. ”

"I see." Tian Feng nodded, and suddenly took the initiative to say: "Mr. Zhongming, Feng also lives on this street, not far in front, it is getting late, and it is better to meet by chance, if Mr. does not give up, please go to the house to have a few cups, how about some coarse tea and light rice?" ”

"Mr. Yuan Hao, what do you mean, you want to invite me to the banquet?" Yang Changshi, who was notorious in Huainan and Xuzhou, was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears, and he didn't expect that Tian Toyoda Yuanhao, who was famous in Hebei, would take the initiative to invite him to the banquet.

"Yes, Fengzheng has this intention." Tian Feng nodded, turned over and dismounted for the sake of politeness, bowed and asked, "Dare to ask Mr. if he can appreciate his face and sit in the mansion for a while?" Toyomasa has something he wants to talk to him about. ”

"Don't be invited, how dare Hong disobey? Where there is trouble, I hope that you will not forgive your sins. Yang Changshi was overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed, and cheered in his heart: "Great! Tonight there is finally a beautiful house, good wine, and delicious food to enjoy, and finally a beautiful maid to cover the feet of Lord Ben! ”

"Don't drive? Don't drive in Jizhou?! Although Li Lang and Wang Wu were not qualified to know Tian Feng early, when they heard Yang Changshi call Tian Feng a don't drive, Li Lang and Wang Wu's eyes also lit up, and they exclaimed happily in their hearts: "Don't drive as official as our second lord Chen Deng, the second lord of Xuzhou?" Don't drive in Jizhou?! Tonight, we can finally follow Yang Hong's sycophant! ”

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Zhongming, please, Mr. Feng will lead the way, Feng's mansion is not far ahead."

Seeing that Yang Changshi accepted his invitation, Tian Feng was also very happy, and hurriedly stepped forward to personally lead the way for the notorious Yang Changshi, Yang Changshi pretended to be modest again and again, and then he was full of expectations to join hands with Tian Feng on the road and go to Tian Feng's house for a banquet, but when he happily came to the gate of Tianfu located in the depths of a remote alley, our Yang Changshi was dumbfounded on the spot, and blurted out: "Mr. Yuan Hao, you live in such a dog ......?" Mr. Yuan Hao, is this really your home? ”

I can't blame Yang Changshi for being open-mouthed, and he almost shouted out such rude words as the dog kennel, the key is that Tian Feng's mansion is too much than Yang Changshi imagined beforehand, even if it is located in the deepest part of the remote alley, the courtyard wall is low and broken, and even the gate of the house is old and falling off seriously, as for the housing in the courtyard, it is almost no different from ordinary people's houses - in fact, it is still a little stronger than ordinary people's houses, but the contrast is too huge compared to the other Jizhou officials' mansions around, That's why our Yang Changshi was surprised to this point.

"Don't drive? Is this old man really Jizhou don't drive? Li Lang and Wang Wu also peeked at Tian Feng suspiciously, suspecting that Yang Changshi, the two hundred and five people they were with, recognized the wrong person, and this old man who lived in the kennel just looked a little similar to Jizhou Beijia.

"Let Mr. Zhongming smile, this is indeed my home." Tian Feng didn't care about Yang Changshi's almost slip of the tongue, but while personally pushing open the courtyard door, he explained with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Tao's lord Tao Yuanjun also advocates frugality, and also takes the lead in thrift to reduce the burden of Li Shu. ”

"Tao Ying's little thief is acting on a show to cheat the mud legs, okay? If he was really frugal, he would still have so many beautiful women at home?! Yang Changshi roared angrily in his heart, and at the same time was worried about his eyes, and said secretly: "It's over, it seems that tonight I don't want to have any good wine and food and beautiful women to cover my feet, unless there is a miracle, this Tian Feng Pifu is actually the same as Tao Ying's little thief, loyal on the outside and deceitful on the inside, pretending to be honest as water on the surface, but actually hiding at home and spending all day drinking." ”

The miracle has never appeared, the internal situation of Tian Feng's house is also as dilapidated as the outside, the handmaid is also as old and ugly as the personal maid selected by Yang Changshi's wife for Yang Changshi, and he is reluctant to put much charcoal in the brazier, there is not much warmth at all, Tian Feng, who took off his official clothes, is also wearing a patched kudzu shirt square scarf at home, although the large package carried by Tian Feng's entourage is placed on the guest hall, but unfortunately it is not filled with gold and silver jewelry that Yang Changshi likes, but a roll of bamboo slips, What is written on the bamboo slips is not the silver words and songs that Yang Changshi likes, they are all official bamboo slips full of official affairs............ What made Yang Changshi desperate the most was of course the meals brought up by Tian Feng's family, the rough sorghum rice, the cheap turbid wine that was so sour that it could be used directly as vinegar, two plates of pickled melons and vegetables, although there was still a plate of meat dishes cut by carp, or fresh fish from the Zhanghe River that day, but the quantity was quite pitiful, so that our Yang Changshi couldn't help but speculate maliciously, "Tian Feng, the old iron rooster, should he buy a fish and let the whole family eat it evenly for three days, right?" ”

That's not all, Tian Feng obviously still has the bad habit of acting for official documents while eating, so he casually greeted Yang Changshi and buried his head in the case, and then stopped saying a word to Yang Changshi for a long time, and finally raised his head again, seeing that the food in front of Yang Changshi was almost untouched, Tian Feng couldn't help but be a little surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Why doesn't Mr. Zhongming use wine and rice?" Is the food not to taste? ”

"Of course it's not to taste, my family's field slaves and apprentices eat better than this." Yang Changshi muttered in his heart, then squeezed out some smiles with great difficulty, and replied incorrectly: "It's delicious, it's very tasteful, but before I met Mr. Yuan Hao just now, I just ate on the street, so I'm not hungry." ”

"I see." Tian Fengxin thought it was true, and then picked up the coarse porcelain wine glass and saluted Yang Changshi Yao: "Then Mr. Zhongming, please drink this cup again, please." ”

"Mr. Yuan Hao, please." Yang Changshi raised his glass with a sad face, drank all the turbid wine in the cup with Tian Feng, and then was so sour by the inferior turbid wine that he drank into his mouth, and almost didn't spit it out.

After putting down the wine glass, Tian Feng wanted to open his mouth to talk to Yang Changshi, but when the words came to his mouth, he was a little hesitant, hesitating and didn't know how to open his mouth, but Yang Changshi here was afraid of Tian Feng's wine and food, so he took the opportunity to say to Tian Feng: "Mr. Yuan Hao is busy with official business, if there is nothing else, then Hong will also leave." ”

After finishing speaking, Yang Changshi really got up and was about to say goodbye, Tian Feng hurriedly stopped him and said, "Mr. Zhongming, please sit down for a while, Feng still has some things to ask Mr. for advice." ”

"Oh, if Mr. Yuan Hao has anything to say, please speak up, and listen to the teaching." Yang Changshi sat back helplessly, and scolded in his heart, "If you have something to say, you can let it go, if you have a fart, it's late, and the beautiful girls in the Goolan courtyard will be in trouble if they are all ordered by other guests." ”

"Mr. Zhongming is really straightforward, and Nafeng is also outspoken." Tian Feng gritted his teeth, and finally asked cheekily: "Dare to ask Mr. Zhongming, I don't know if Mr. Xuzhou Junzi Army, how did he turn back and release arrows in the rush charge?" ”

"Ask this?" Yang Changshi was stunned and asked, "How did Mr. Yuan Hao know the proud stunt of our Xuzhou Junzi Army?" Sir doesn't seem to have seen the Gentleman's Army, right? ”

"Of course Feng hasn't seen the Junzi Army, he learned about it from the Qingzhou battle report." Tian Feng explained: "The previous conflict between the two armies of your and our army in Langya County, our army's seven thousand iron cavalry was defeated in the hands of the 1,500 gentlemen's army, of which dozens of horsemen escaped back to the Juxian camp by luck, and reported the battle situation to the lord with a document, Tian Feng only knew that the first strong army under the command of Tao Yuanjun Junzi Army actually had such a stunt, not only can he release arrows forward in the charge, but also turn back and release arrows at full speed, and our army's iron cavalry is also a fiasco, under the stunt of the Junzi army, and he can only be beaten in vain. In the end, the whole army was wiped out. ”

In addition, Feng also heard some other rumors about the Junzi Army, unable to catch up, unable to escape and unable to run to death, in the open plain claimed to be invincible in the world, fighting all over the surrounding Xuzhou invincible, not only my Jizhou army, but also Yanzhou Cao Ying army, Huainan Yuan Shu army, Guangling Zhenrong rebel army and Jingzhou Liu Biao army, all of them were defeated in front of the Junzi army, no one was spared. Dare to ask Mr. Zhongming, are these things true or false? ”

"Of course it's true." Yang Changshi triumphantly said: "Not only that, but also Lu Bu's Bingzhou Iron Cavalry, which was also defeated by Xiaopei in front of our Xuzhou Junzi Army, the invincible Lu Bu Lu Wenhou was also captured alive by our Junzi Army, if it wasn't for the public grace of my family master, Lu Bu was cut down by our Junzi Army at that time!" ”

"Yes, Feng has heard of it." Tian Feng nodded again and again, and after a little calculation, Tian Feng whispered to Yang Changshi again: "Mr. Zhongming, there is a good news that should not have been told to you now, but Mr. Feng fell in love with him at first sight, so he dared to offend the lord's decree and leak the secret in advance, and I will tell you this good news now." ”

"What's the good news?" Yang Changshi's eyes lit up, and he quickly sat up straight, muttering quickly in his heart, "Could it be that Ben Chu Gong plans to leave me in Jizhou to serve, and he will entrust me with important tasks, right?" Ben Chu Gong, you are really the best of the people! ”

"I just received the news this afternoon, and the third prince has already taken the eldest prince from your military camp." Tian Feng whispered mysteriously: "So, our army and your army have actually rebuilt the old friendship and re-established the alliance, and you can soon leave for Xuzhou, sir." ”

"What's the good news?" Yang Changshi almost didn't cry, and simply scolded in his heart, "Old horseman, are you teasing Lao Tzu?" Good news about this? Yuan Shang Xiao'er went south to negotiate with Tao Ying's thief, it was originally an act to go through the motions, so that Yuan Shang Xiao'er could get a share of the credit, Lao Tzu already knew, and you still need to leak the secret in advance? ”

scolded and scolded, but polite words could not be left out, so our Yang Changshi could only pretend to be smiling, and seemed to be very surprised and said: "Really? That's great. ”

"It's great." Tian Feng nodded, and said with a flushed face: "Mr. Zhongming, since the alliance between your and our armies has been re-established, and my lord has also decided to re-recognize Tao Yuanjun as his son-in-law, then Tian Feng is cheeky, and I would like to ask Mr. to look at the alliance and relatives, and give Feng a little guidance on the tactical skills of the Junzi Army, so that our army can also train an invincible cavalry like the Junzi Army." ”

"After doing it for a long time, it turns out that the old horseman wants to find out the secret of the Gentleman's Army's cavalry and archery from me." Yang Changshi finally suddenly realized that he understood the reason why Tian Feng suddenly had a good relationship with him, and in disappointment, Yang Changshi replied casually: "About this, Hong doesn't know much, and he may disappoint Mr. Yuan Hao." ”

"It doesn't matter, Mr. will give as much guidance as he knows." Tian Feng hurriedly bowed to Yang Changshi and pleaded, "Mr. Zhongming, Tian Feng begs you." ”

"I knew it had something to do with two rope nooses." Yang Changshi, who really didn't know much about the situation of the Junzi Army, wanted to answer casually, but when the words came to his lips, Yang Changshi, who had dreamed that a good bird would choose the third prince of Yuan, suddenly moved in his heart, and scolded secretly: "I'm really stupid, such a good opportunity to change to the court, why did I think about seizing it?" ”

Thinking about this, Yang Changshi quickly changed his face, and said very seriously: "Mr. Yuan Hao, it's not that I deliberately conceal it, it's really the gentleman's army's riding and archery stunt is the first top secret of my Xuzhou Assassin's Mansion. ”

Tian Feng's expression dimmed, and he sighed helplessly: "Sure enough, it is difficult for a gentleman not to be strong, Feng is presumptuous, and I ask Mr. Zhongming to forgive me." This matter, let's just assume that Tian Feng didn't mention it. ”

"That's it? Why don't you buy me with high-ranking officials, gold, silver, jewelry, and mansion beauties? Seduce me? ”

Yang Changshi was stunned again, and after waiting for a long time to see Tian Feng open his mouth, Yang Changshi turned his heart sideways, and the surname Suo took the initiative to lower his voice and said: "However, if Mr. Yuan Hao must want to know the secrets of the Junzi Army, in fact, it is not impossible - as long as Mr. Yuan Hao agrees to the next few small conditions, he can tell Yuan Hao all the secrets of the Junzi Army that he knows." ”

"Conditions? What conditions does Mr. Zhongming want? "Tian Feng is also a flute.

"Actually, the conditions under it are also very simple." Yang Changshi said with a flattering face: "As long as Mr. Yuan Hao vigorously recommends Yang Hong in front of Ben Chu Gong, and asks Ben Chu Gong to stay in Jizhou to serve and give him a little official position and reward, then don't talk about the secrets of the Junzi Army, even the other military secrets in Xuzhou, and he knows everything and says everything." ”

Tian Feng's face changed, and he looked at Yang Changshi with a flattering face on his face, until he looked at Yang Changshi in his heart, Tian Feng asked slowly: "Mr., as the governor of Xuzhou, is a high-ranking official and enjoys good fortune, why did he have the intention of changing the court?" ”

"Mr. Yuan Hao has learned a lesson." Yang Changshi nodded, and said shamelessly: "But as the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, virtuous ministers choose the master and serve, Tao Ying thief is mediocre and incompetent, and he is mean, and he is wise and generous, so Yang Hong actually has the heart to abandon the dark and turn to the light, and only hates to go to the door, so he dares to ask Mr. Yuan Hao to recommend." ”

After speaking, Yang Changshi added with a hippie smile: "Please rest assured that Mr. Yuan Hao, if you can really work with Mr. Yuan's colleagues, then you will definitely work together with Mr. in Xia, work together, report to the original public to contain the great grace, and live up to Mr. Yuan Hao's recommendation." ”

Tian Feng didn't speak again, and after a long time, Tian Feng asked gloomily: "Mr. Zhongming, if Tian Feng remembers wrongly, Mr. Yuan Shu was the chief historian under Yuan Shu Yuan Highway at the beginning, right?" ”

"What is Mr. Yuan Hao asking for?"

Yang Changshi was stunned, and a bad premonition arose in his heart, and as expected, Tian Feng suddenly slapped the table in front of him, and the coarse tea and light rice on the table and the mangosteen slips on the table jumped, and then Mr. Tian Feng's loud roar also echoed in the living room of the mansion............ "Why do you ask this?" If I recommend you to be an official in Jizhou, wouldn't you want to betray my lord Yuan Shu again, in exchange for glory and wealth? High-ranking officials?! ”

"Running away? I think you're a traitor, right? Yuan Shu and Tao Ying both treat you well, but you first sold Yuan Shu to harm the 130,000 army of Huainan, and now you want to sell the Xuzhou military aircraft top secret, if I recommend you in front of the lord, wouldn't it lead the wolf into the house and make the tiger a trouble?! ”

"Don't think I don't know, you despicable villain is notoriously fond of flattery, framing loyalty, greedy for money, lustful, and notorious! If I persuade the lord to leave you in Jizhou as an official, wouldn't the already dark Jizhou officialdom be even more chaotic? A shameless person like you who is disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust, if my lord Yuan Shao takes you in, won't my Jizhou officialdom become a place to hide filth and dirt? ! ”

"Get out! Get lost! Get out of here! Don't stain the floor of my house! ”

When he was scolded bloodily and rolled out of the dilapidated mansion of Tian Feng's house with Li Lang and Wang Wu, it was already dark and it was snowing heavily, but Tian Feng's angry scolding and scolding were still echoing in the courtyard, and our Yang Changshi could only hurriedly continue to hug his head and run away, until he ran out of the remote alley where Tian Feng's dilapidated house was located, and Yang Changshi finally got rid of Tian Feng's scolding.

"Phew! If you don't die, sooner or later you will look good! ”

Yang Changshi turned around and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm into the alley, and his heart was extremely annoyed and angry, but Li Lang and Wang Wu next to him were confused, and hurriedly asked Yang Changshi: "My lord, didn't Tian Beijia invite you to the banquet?" Why did it not take long for me to invite you in and kick you out again? I keep scolding you for ...... and scolding adults for your unpleasant words. ”

Yang Changshi had a straight face, and didn't want to answer, but suddenly caught a glimpse of the black shadow watching him on the street, Yang Changshi suddenly had an idea, and replied loudly: "Because I rejected the extortion of Tian Feng's old horseman, this shameless old horseman, what do you want him to support the original public canonization of the third prince as his son-in-law, and our Xuzhou Thorn Mansion, which has a close relationship with Yuan Sangongzi, must give him three hundred catties of gold and silver, and five thousand colored satin!" He must also let his sons and nephews serve as high-ranking officials in Xuzhou and enjoy Houlu! ”

"Li Lang Wang Wu, you also know that Lord Ben has always been honest and honest as an official, and his sleeves are clean! What I hate the most is this kind of despicable villain who sells for glory and is greedy, how can he agree to the shameless conditions of Tian Feng's old horseman? So the old man started a fire, drove Master Ben out of the house, and threatened that Yuan Sangongzi would never want to be the ...... of the Yuan family's sister-in-law in his life! ”

(To be continued)