There is a two-storey city tower above the gate of Tahe, which is the highest point of the Tahe River, which is now occupied by Shi Dugu Tianxing, the governor of the Far East, and is holding a banquet to entertain Pei Xuangui, the governor of the Far East.

"Governor Pei is really a good person"

"You are responsible for doing things, hmph, if you don't have any responsibility at all, will the Dugu Governor let someone act in charge of the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion?"

"Governor Pei is responsible, and Governor Pei has a bright future."

"Don't say all the good things, the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion is newly established, everything is from scratch, this person is easy to say, as long as it is pleasing to the eye, you can do it first, but this expense is like snow into the river, the Governor of Bendu thinks every night, this has not been in office for a few days, and it has added a lot of gray hair."

"Speak the Language"

"The governor of Pontus is short of money, and the poor have nothing to eat"

"Lack of money? Looking for Hedongdao, looking for Anton's Dadu Protectorate? Is it useful to cry poor in front of Ben Langjun? ”

"Hehe, you are rich on Temple Street, Far Eastern Commercial Bank Jinshan Yinhai, give some expenses"

"Do you want to be in the clouds?"

"What are these words? Yin, no one dares to yin you, a great magician? ”

"The government is short of money, so let Ben Langjun make up for it privately? Where do you save face for Hedongdao and the imperial court? The saints and the ministers of the court knew that a certain and a certain person was in the governor's mansion, and without saying a word, they guaranteed that a certain corpse would be left without a single crime."

"How can it be that serious? Isn't your Temple Street Zhechong Mansion also using the money of China Merchants Bank? Why aren't you afraid? ”

"That's different, firstly, Temple Street is a place of bondage, except for paying tribute and abiding by Tang law, the rest will do things on their own, and secondly, the number of Temple Street Zhichong Mansion is one thousand and five, and the rest are all wolf group mercenary groups, as long as the number of mercenaries does not exceed the regulations of the DPRK and China."

"You are covering your ears and stealing the bell, deceiving the prime minister and the saint of the DPRK and the sage who do not understand the situation in the Far East"

"So-and-so covered his ears and stole the bell, what's wrong? The prime ministers and saints of the DPRK and China do not understand the situation in the Far East? Do you think they are clay bodhisattvas? A certain guarantee that the imperial court is more familiar with the situation in the Far East than you are. ”

"Yes, Lijingmen set up a branch in the Far East early, and the hairpins are not vegetarians" Pei Xuangui, the governor of the Far East, learned to shake the wine cup, but unexpectedly used too much force, and he didn't care about the red wine splashing on the robe, "Then you are still so powerful?" Aren't you afraid of gossip from the court? ”

"What gossip? The conquest of Mohe is a major event in the DPRK, and as long as it is advantageous to fight the Turks, the saints and ministers will turn a blind eye. It's just that once the war is over, the aftermath will follow. Dugu Changshi sneered: "Do you still want to pull Ben Langjun to pay money to supplement the official mansion at this moment?" Afraid that Ben Langjun will not die cold enough? ”

"Hey, when the governor of the city didn't say it, but since you are the governor of the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion, you have to come up with an idea if this Governor is in difficulty, right?"

"Hedongdao didn't give money?"

"I gave it, only to the subordinate officials, but this government is newly established, what kind of government office, post station, public case, and honor guard don't need money?"

"That's right, just let Hedong Dao be free of rent for a few years, and you can open a mansion and build a government for the things you collect," Dugu Changshi gave the idea in a blink of an eye.

"It's exempt from rent for three years, but now the Far East is still in a big war, Tahe Tun grain is a heavy city, and there are many expenses. I had to grit my teeth and hold on to the Far Eastern Governor's Office."

"You want to save face and suffer crimes, and the expenses for grain transfer are counted in the camp of the Mohe River."

"How can it be so simple? A few days ago, Tahe was still a battlefield in the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty did not set up a government office, but now that the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion has been established, it has the responsibility of reinforcing the army, and it also allows the camp to spend, isn't that looking for scolding? ”

"This is not okay either? It's not that there is a seizure .....," Dugu Tianxing said halfway and hurriedly stopped.

"Hmph, it's not all you Dugu Great Magician, you captured Tahe, most of the seizures were taken away by you, and the rest was used as military funds by the camp, and the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion didn't even drink a sip of soup"

"Where is the majority?" Dugu Changshi couldn't help blushing and arguing to himself.

"Anyway, it's up to you as a great magician," Pei Dadu said.

"Hmm, Ben Langjun still has a strategy, it depends on whether you Pei Dudu is bold enough?"

"I can't open the pot, what is bold or not? Let's talk about it."

"Hehe, isn't this gate and the Buddha gate going to build a temple in the Far East? You can't take the land of the Far East in vain and ask them for money."

"Hey, you're in the Yin Bundu, aren't you? It is more troublesome to offend those Taoist monks than to offend the court officials."

"How can this be considered offended? Do you want to put it nicely? Well, it is said that the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion is convenient for them, which helps the Far East to build a government office, and it is also a matter of great merit, the new government is newly established, and the cost of repairing the government will be rented and mortgaged in the coming year, just let them pay in advance, give some interest money, and their people who build temples and temples are neat, and it is not easy to help the Far East build a few mansions? ”

"That's right, you know them well, you go and talk about it"

"The idea of this long history is out, you are the governor of the capital, you have enough face, what is a little long history talking about?"

"Forget it, it's not cost-effective to offend the two major sects of Buddhism and Taoism for a little bit of a blockage," Pei Dadu pondered and sighed.

"By the way, how big is your gap now?"

"A thousand gold is about the same"

Dugu Changshi was stunned.

"Eight hundred may be about the same, uh, five hundred, five hundred is fine"

"Pei Dudu," Dugu Demon Wolf stared at Pei Xuangui Dudu and sighed leisurely, "Let's fight for a long time, just for these five hundred gold, you said it earlier, no, you don't need to say it, you go to find Qiuqiu or Xiao Wu, and they will be with you when you open your mouth."

"Ah, I knew that your temple street was rich, this... It's not... Looking for your subordinates to get money? What is the face of the Pontus Governor? What is the face of the Far Eastern Governor's Office? ”

"Then you still talk about it for a long time? Okay, Big Bear, take five golden tickets" The Dugu Demon Wolf beckoned to the big bear squatting at the door.

There are two floors in the Tahe City Tower, Pei Xuangui left his subordinates on the first floor, and only he and the demon wolf were the two people who drank the banquet on the second floor, and the demon wolf three guards and the big bear guarded the door, and the dog squatted aside and continued to carve his small things, and Dugu God stood in the corner of the wall and pretended not to exist.

"In other words, you were also the deputy governor of Andong Dadu Protectorate Liaodong to capture the guard, and you were also the commander of the army after the Mohe River, in charge of hundreds of thousands of military and horse materials, and the daily silver money was more than 1,000 gold, how can you be stumped by 500 gold now?"

"No matter how much money you have, it is also the camp and the imperial court, what is the matter with the governor of Guan Ben?"

"You mallet? Forget it, is five hundred enough? ”

"Hehe, it's almost, the house is there, but I just need to add office things"

"Well, come, drink to win, for the sake of the honest and honest governor of the Tang Dynasty."

"Laugh at Pontus, don't you? The general manager of Dugu also said that he was in Jinshan and didn't know it."

"Oh, that's a compliment to you."

"No, before the camp opened, the general manager of Dugu instructed a certain person, saying that Tahe is a big gold mine, let a certain be cautious in operation."

"Dugu is a good metaphor"

"I heard that Tahe is a big gold mine, and I was puzzled, I really thought that Tahe had a gold mine, and I asked someone to ask, there was a dog's head gold in the mountains and forests around Tahe, will there really be a gold mine?"

Dugu Changshi stopped his cup and looked at Governor Pei Xuangui with squinted eyes.

"Ho, what eyes? Hearing about the gold mine, the great magician also moved his mortal heart? ”

"If Ben Langjun says that there is really a gold mine in Tahe, is the Governor of Dadu interested?"

"Really?"

"There really is"

Governor Bae Hyun Gyu pondered for a moment, snapped the case, stood up, and circled around the room.

"A certain is thinking, some time before the Tahe War, you Dugu Demon Wolf was not in the barracks for more than ten days, and your feelings were to search for gold mines?"

"Be cautious, Ben Langjun is going to find out the enemy's situation"

"Yes, yes, I'm going to find out about the enemy!" Pei Dudu squeezed his eyes: "Then what kind of charter is this?" ”

"There are only four or five people who know about the vein"

"The fewer people who know, the better" Pei Dudu rubbed his hands excitedly, "When will the mine be opened?" ”

"The war is not over, what is the hurry?"

"That's right, it's not in a hurry," Pei Dudu finally sat down.

"It's not in a hurry, but you Pei Dudu need to think about it immediately."

"What do you need to think about?"

"The veins are huge"

"Big? How big is it? ”

"It's so big that you can't eat the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion"

"So big? Then you don't need to think about it, right? Is there a river east road? ”

"Hmph"

"What do you mean? Of course, the imperial court will consider the interests of your Dugu Changshi."

"Wrong, it's Ben Langjun who will consider the interests of the imperial court"

"Hey, Dugu Changshi, the Governor of Pontus has been with you for a long time, but this gold mine has always been handed over to the imperial court to operate, and private mining is regarded as complicity, the Governor of Pontus needs to persuade you, don't hold the golden doll and seek death."

"Ben Langjun doesn't need to be reminded, the gold mine will eventually be handed over to the imperial court, and the Dugu Grand Governor and the Single Deputy Chief Administrator both know about it, but now, the Hedong Dao Observation Envoy is represented by the Dugu Grand Governor, after the war is over, the Dugu Grand Governor will be promoted, and the Hedong Dao will finally fall into whose hands?"

"There are rumors that he is the governor of Tang Xiujing in Yingzhou?"

"That's it, the new governor of Tang Du, Tahe Gold Mine is the performance of the opening of the government, don't you hold it firmly?"

"What do you mean?"

"The Tang Governor has been in Hedong for many years and has a deep foundation, if he takes office in the Tahe Gold Mine, there will be nothing to do with the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion."

"That's true, but why does it sound like a conspiracy?" Pei Dudu squinted and smiled, "Don't set up Pontus"

"Hehe, the huge gold mine is handed over to Tang Xiujing, the old fox, it's not Ben Langjun's style, don't talk nonsense, whoever drives Tang Xiujing out of the Far East, the gold mine will be handed over to whom"

"People say that it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, but it's too late for the demon wolf to take revenge overnight."

"Of course, Ben Langjun never pretends to be a gentleman"

"Tang Dudu also has strong reinforcements in the court, and he has enough qualifications, how can he be so easy to knead?"

"Ben Langjun doesn't care, your Pei Dudu is a descendant of the Guanzhong Wang family, and has a relationship with five surnames and seven families, isn't it easy to capture a small family in the state capital?"

"The Tang family is not a small family, but a wealthy family in Hedong, and the Pei family is not as powerful as a certain one."

"The Tang family has not been in the center for a long time without you, and the Pei family has a deep foundation, right? Besides, this matter is not something that your Pei family can swallow, there is always a way to lure wolves and drive tigers, right? ”

"That's okay, the governor of Pontus doesn't have much ambition, he just wants to live in peace in the Far East, so let him think about this matter again"

"No hurry, there is still some time before the war is over"

"Well, it seems that offending no one can offend you Dulone Demon Wolf, ruthless enough!"

"Come on, drink to win"

The two returned to the banquet and began to drink.

"It's not Ben Langjun who said you, you are the governor of the palace, you don't look for land in the city to open a house, what's the matter with nesting in this city tower every day?"

"This long history is only a temporary acting, and it will be deposed in less than a month, Tahe is not a place to live for a long time, and it is too troublesome to get a mansion"

"What's the trouble? There are many empty houses in the city, you can change them every day."

"Well, too, more than half of the population in the city has migrated, and there are a lot of empty mansions."

"Yes, the governor of Pontus also has a headache, these mansions can't be eaten, and they are an eyesore"

"Eyesore? That's easy to do, you don't want to pay back the five hundred gold, just give ten and eight houses."

"It's not easy for you to have a house, pick it yourself..... No, there's a doorway here? Let's talk about it."

"Hehe, isn't this a lot of brothers? It's almost time to start a family, buy more houses, and give them away is also considered a brother's righteousness."

"A place as big as Temple Street, run this Tahe to get a house? Who do you coax? ”

"Hehe, Pei Dudu, I won't blame you anymore, aren't you short of money? Aren't there so many empty houses in Tahe City all money? ”

"Swap empty houses for money? Who's going to live here? ”

"Isn't there a Ben Lang-kun? All handed over to a certain person, how much money, how many do you say? ”

"So refreshing? No, no, is there anyone living there? The governor of Pontus is short of money, but he can't harm you."

"Ben Lang Junxi is the history of the governor of the Far Eastern Governor's Office, and it is a matter of course to contribute money to the Far Eastern Governor's Office" Dugu Changshi is loyal and patriotic.

"Well, it's all up to you, and the price will be counted according to the price traded by the Turkic sticks before the war."

"That's not possible, there are many mansions that have been destroyed, how can a broken house be counted at the price of a good house?"

"Then fold it in half, you yourself are a long history, this piece is your duty company, you can look at it yourself"

"That's good, that long history will make a book, and let the governor see the verdict after the matter is over"

"But, but who are you going to live in?"

"For whom? Hehe, whoever has money will live with whomever he wants."

"Who has money? That's right, the thirteen divisions of this battle have gained a lot, and your Far East trading house has a lot of dividends, and those feudal generals and clan chiefs have made a lot of money, so let them go out of the mountains and enter the city, and they are all happy."

"Hehe, isn't this because there are still many Turkic aborigines in Tahe City, for fear that they will make trouble and introduce the thirteen vassal people, and the people of the thirteen will always return to Tang Rijiu, won't Tahe be easy to govern by then?"

"That's right."

"Don't worry, if there is a small profit in this business, it is indispensable for your Pei Dudu's shares."

"What do you want to do?"

"Hehe, do you like it, when will Mrs. Pei come? When the time comes, it will be a certain consultation with Mrs. Pei."

"Well, let's talk about the end of the war."

"But we can't handle this matter, we have to find someone who has nothing to do with the Far East to run it."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Confused, we all need to live in the Far East for a long time, this business mansion has its own imperial history to watch, we have to find someone who is out of reach of the imperial history to deal with this matter"

"How can there be such a crowd?"

"Think about it? There's no shortage of the right people in Tahe."

"You mean the Tang Academy...

"Shhhh

So the guests and hosts were happy.

At the beginning of August, the cold winds from the north of the Far East gradually invaded the Far East, and the weather turned cooler, and the summer heat was swept away, and the air was more comfortable.

After the war, Tahe was in ruins, and the officials of the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion of the newly opened Mansion were busy with their hands and feet, of course, this did not include Shi Dugu Tianxing, the governor of the Governor's Mansion.

Zhongnan Mountain Tiger Zhenren finally recovered most of his vitality, bored this day, and pulled the equally idle and boring Far Eastern Governor Shi Dugu Tianxing to explore the Taoist temples around Tahe.

During the siege of Tahe, the tiger Zhenren Zhong Licao assisted the Tang Army to kill a demon path that could summon souls, and later found that this demon Dao was old with the Zhongnan Mountain Lou Guan School, Zhongli Zhenren intended to visit its Taoist temple, but his physical strength has not recovered, and at this moment he felt that his strength had recovered to the eight achievements and hurriedly pulled the Demon Wolf Tianxing to make a trip.

The Demon Wolf Heavenly Star Grand Magician naturally did not forget to bring his three guards, and Zhongli Zhenren also took the junior disciples of the Guan Sect on the first floor, and a group of six people leisurely went to the West Mountain of the Tahe River.

Tahe City is surrounded by mountains and forests, and there is a perched Xia Mountain in the west of the city, the terrain is gentle, and the scenery is particularly beautiful.

Zhongli Zhenren and his entourage set off at the hour, and arrived at a Taoist temple on the southern slope of Qixia Mountain before noon.

The Taoist temple is not big, even the mountain gate is not there, there are only three juxtaposed palaces, the middle is slightly larger, the green tile red lacquer pillar, and then there are no other ornaments, the typical mountain and field view.

The three doors of the Taoist temple are closed, but there is no door lock, everyone pushes the door and enters, the hall is not wide, the length and width are only more than two zhang, there is only one statue of the god against the wall against the door, black helmet and black armor, the left hand holds the sword and the right hand is stationed in the gun, the foot is on the turtle, the shoulder is around the snake, and it is exactly the same as the black fog old demon the day before yesterday.

The statue of the god is cast of iron, life-size, without curtains, and stands on a half-man high stone platform.

Daomen Xuanwu Emperor is "the incarnation of Taiyin, the essence of the water level." Danger should be in response, and the turtle and snake are combined. Circumferential Liuhe, deterring all souls". Also known as the Demon Tianzun, many Taoist temples in the Tang Dynasty have Xuanwu Hall to worship, there are hair and feet, black robes and armor, most of them are golden armor, five thunder tricks in the left hand, and horizontal swords in the right hand.

Although this statue is slightly different from the Central Plains, it is not too strange.

Except for Zhongli Zhenren and his fellow disciples who paid attention to this statue, Dugu Demon Wolf and his three guards were not interested, and when they looked east and west, they found that there were paintings on the four walls.

Dugu Tianxing glanced at it a few times and didn't say anything, and saw that there were small doors on both sides of the main hall leading to the side hall, so he went to the left wing room to check.