Xu Liang had goosebumps all over his body, and his whole body was uncomfortable.

Hong was still unaware of his participation in politics, looking at the word Guozhong, complacent.

"How? Is Xu Liang still satisfied with the two words specially chosen by the official? ”

"Ahem, that ...... My lord, Xia Guan is only a shallow learner, and there is really no ink in his stomach, or I will read this expression, I think Xu Liang's name is quite smooth, and it is simply ...... to listen to" Xu Liang said with difficulty.

"Eh, didn't this official say it, Xu Liang, you are now wearing the red robe and official uniform, and you will not be allowed to enter Beijing and enter the cabinet in the future, and it will be a joke if you don't say a word." Hong Shenzheng seems to be particularly concerned about the matter of giving Xu Liang the words of the table, and insists on giving Xu Liang these two words.

Xu Liang swallowed his saliva vigorously and said with a wry smile: "Why don't you ...... My lord, you can change two words for me, Guozhong, two words, it sounds too high-end and high-grade, and the lower official is afraid that he will make a mistake in the future, so he defiled the two words that Lord Hong specially chose for the lower official. ”

Hong Shenzheng saw Xu Liang dragging left and right, and couldn't help but put on a straight look, looked at Xu Liang squarely and said: "Xu Liang, did you choose the word Guozhong at will when you were the official?" Don't you understand what this official means? ”

Xu Liang was stunned, and secretly said that Lao Tzu understands a fart! Could it be that you really want me to learn from Yang Guozhong? However, he couldn't say this anyway, so he replied curtly: "Lord Hong's cultivation of the lower officials, the lower officials naturally remember it. ”

"Well, you still don't quite understand." Hong Shenzheng sighed: "National loyalty, national loyalty, takes the meaning of loyalty to the country." Now Xu Liang, although you are a Pingliang Tongzhi, you have a heavy army. This official chose these two words for you, just to hope that Xu Liang will always remember to be loyal to the country! The bigger the official, the heavier the power. The greater the responsibility. I saw that a few days ago, Xu Liang you assigned his generals to guard Zhenyuan, Jingzhou, Chongxin and Pingliang Zhucheng, although it was to consolidate the city defense in various places, but the heavy troops in various places were in the hands of Xu Liang alone. This is not a normal way. ”

Xu Liang listened, and suddenly sweated like rain, and said sneeringly: "The move of the lower officials is all out of a public heart, and there is no intention of being greedy for power and selfishness." ”

Hong Shenzheng waved his hand to interrupt Xu Liang and said, "This official has watched you step by step to get to where you are today. Naturally, the official believes in your loyalty to the court. However, the Ming Dynasty's supervision agencies are everywhere, there are Xingbu in the capital, Dali Temple and the Imperial Procuratorate, and there are local supervision of the imperial history, according to the inspector. Patrolling all over the country, there are detectives and secret agents of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Xu Liang, this kind of practice is easy to be used and framed by people with intentions. This official chose the word national loyalty for you, which is to hope that Xu Liang will maintain a public heart at all times, be loyal to the court, and be loyal to the saint. Don't do anything that causes trouble in the world, chaos and thieves! ”

Xu Liang trembled, regardless of the sweat on his face. He arched his hand and said: "The lower officials are terrified!" The lower officials must remember Lord Hong's teachings today and devote themselves to the public! In the future, if you do something that will harm the court, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky! ”

Hong Shenzheng heard that Xu Liang actually made such a heavy poisonous oath, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then nodded with satisfaction, and stepped forward to support Xu Liang. He said in a loud voice: "Okay, okay." Xu Liang, it's great that you can understand the hard work of this official. ”

Xu Liang got up. wiped the sweat on his face, and expressed his loyalty and patriotism to Hong to participate in politics, and coaxed Hong to participate in politics.

Hong Shenzheng looked at the sky, and saw that the sun was already setting in the west, so he happily walked to the door and shouted to the subordinates who were sweeping the floor in the courtyard: "Come on, hurry up and let the kitchen prepare a good banquet, my lord, I am happy today, I want to drink happily with Lord Xu, and I will not return if I am not drunk!" ”

Turned around and took Xu Liang's hand again, and called cordially: "Come, Guozhong, I will let people frame this word and send it to you in a while, although it is not as good as everyone's work, but it is also the intention of this official, Guozhong, you must not dislike it......"

Xu Liang suddenly felt sick to his stomach.

The chef of the Hong Mansion was also very sharp, and prepared a table of delicious dishes in about half an hour, but Xu Liang stared at the table full of dishes but had no appetite and was difficult to swallow.

Hong was very interested in participating in politics, and repeatedly raised his glass to persuade wine: "Come on, Guozhong, let's touch another ......"

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"Uh, Guozhong, why don't you use your chopsticks, but the dishes in my house are not to your taste?"

"Where...... It was Xiaguan Chad Hong who took such a fresh and refined expression, and his mood was difficult to calm down, this banquet was almost full if he didn't eat! ”

"Haha! Then drink more, come, another drink! ”

Xu Liang came out of Hongfu, and he was so drunk that he couldn't walk. Hong's participation in politics was even worse, he was carried from under the table to the bed by the subordinates of the Hong Mansion.

The Tsing Yi guards guarding outside the Hong Mansion helped Xu Liang into the sedan chair and drove back to the prefect's yamen.

Xu Liang walked groggily in the sedan chair for a while, and stopped the sedan chair, "Stop the sedan chair!" ”

"What do you command, sir?" The guard asked.

Xu Liang spewed out the smell of wine, blinked his drunken eyes and shouted with his tongue open: "Lao Tzu has made Hong Chengchou nauseous all day, I have to find a place to vomit!" ”

After that, Xu Liang looked at the surrounding environment and saw a remote alley next to him, at this time it was not completely dark, and he could barely see things clearly, but the alley was quiet, and there was not a single pedestrian in sight.

Xu Liang raised his feet and staggered towards the alley, the guards wanted to follow, Xu Liang waved his hand and shouted, "Don't follow!" ”

Xu Liang walked into the alley slowly, looked back and forth, saw that he was about twenty steps away from the sedan chair and the guards, and then looked at a bush of grass on the side of the road, and nodded secretly, Well, this place is good, suitable for big spitting.

After choosing a place, Xu Liang put on his official robe, squatted down, stretched out his hand and buckled it in his throat, and there was a loud sound, and he spit out at the poor grass, and suddenly the smell of wine spread in all directions.

Xu Liang deducted it again and again, until he couldn't spit out anything in his mouth anymore, and only acid water was left over and over, then he stopped, glared at the teary eyes and scolded: "Damn, it's disgusting to death!" ”

Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps from the depths of the alley.

Xu Liang looked at the source of the sound with teary eyes, and vaguely saw a woman in green running over in a hurry, followed closely by four men in black, the long knife in her hand pointed diagonally at the ground, bursting with cold light, and chased the woman silently.

Xu Liang picked up the wide cuffs of the official robe, and didn't care about soiling the brand-new robe, smeared it on his eyes to make his eyes see more clearly, and then stared at the woman who had run to him more than ten paces in front of him, and saw that she was holding her shoulder with one hand, and the dark red blood on her shoulder thought that she had suffered a knife wound.

The woman glanced at Xu Liang, then put her eyes on the blue sedan chair at the mouth of the alley and the guards beside the sedan chair, and hesitated and slowed down.

The eight Tsing Yi guards who were waiting outside the alley also noticed the movement in the alley, worried about Xu Liang's safety, and hurriedly ran over, unsheathed their long knives, and protected Xu Liang, vigilantly looking at the woman and the four knife-wielding black-clothed men who also slowed down behind her.

The three parties stopped in this dark alley, Xu Liang and Tsing Yi Wei blocked in the direction of the exit, the woman was sandwiched in the middle, and the four men in black stopped at the other end, the three parties did not understand their respective identities, and looked at them cautiously.

The man in black who led him arched his hand towards Xu Liang, and said in a deep voice: "Which adult is ahead, below is the official mission of Xi'an Mansion, chasing this female fugitive here, and don't ask this adult to help, take down this fugitive together." ”

There is no way, Xu Liang's brand-new crimson robe is too distinct among the blue, gray, gray and black people, and the man in black recognized Xu Liang at a glance as a famous official of the court.

"Don't listen to their nonsense, this lord!" The woman was angry and anxious, and shouted urgently: "They are not officials at all, and I am not a fugitive, they want to kill me, please save me!" ”

"This lord, don't believe the nonsense of this prisoner, he is indeed an official of Xi'an Mansion. If you don't believe it, you have a waist card under it as proof. The black-clothed man in the lead was also afraid that the red-robed high-ranking official in front of him would listen to the woman's words, so he stepped in and said hurriedly, and took out a silver waist card from his arms and threw it at Xu Liang's feet.

Xu Liang bent down to pick up the waist card and looked at it, grinning and wanting to laugh twice, but he took two sips of wine, raised his hand and pointed straight behind the woman, and sneered: "As an official of the court, it is incumbent on this official to assist the local government in arresting the prisoner." Come on, kill them for me! ”

When the man in black in the lead heard the words of thanks, he suddenly wondered who the official was referring to? The female fugitive is alone, so it doesn't seem necessary to talk about them, right?

Before he could figure it out, he could only hear the sound of footsteps, and the sword wind rose in front of him, and eight Tsing Yi guards jumped over the woman in the middle and surrounded the four men in black.

The four black-clothed men shouted violently, only to realize that the official was actually going to kill the four of them, and they were immediately shocked, and they had lost the opportunity to escape at this time, and were surrounded and killed by eight strong guards in Tsing Yi for a while, and were killed on the spot one after another. The black-clothed man in the lead didn't figure it out until he died, and the red-robed high-ranking official opposite looked at the waist card of Han Wangfu that he threw over, why did he want to kill.

Xu Liang walked out of the grass rubbing his forehead and smiled at the surprised woman in green: "Fairy girl, I haven't seen you for a long time." (To be continued)