At this moment, I heard Zhong Likuang say: "Yizhi, have you listened to the emperor's teachings?" Although we must pay attention to a sincere heart and strive for success, the means in it cannot be done as we want. The sage said, 'A gentleman does everything he can,' and that he has his intentions. You go back, write an article on this topic, and send it to me, and after I have read it, I will ask the emperor to review it. ”

Zheng Rong heard Zhong Likuang's words, and actually laughed out loud: "Haha, Mr. Zhongli is really a good means, I remember that these sons under my knees were most afraid of writing articles back then, and they tried their best to write them, but they were scolded by Mr. and beaten back to rewrite, which is really miserable!" ”

Recalling the years in Youyan Palace, the three of them were silent and looked at each other and smiled, as if there had never been a dispute just now.

Zheng Rong was already unwell, but he was already a little tired, so he sat down on the table, took a breath, and said to Qiu Yizhi: "Yizhi, when I was assassinated by Sun Hao, an old thief, a few days ago, do you know what I was thinking in my heart? ”

Qiu Yizhi shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"When I saw that spike dangling in front of my eyes, I suddenly remembered that more than 20 years ago, when I was in the Northern Expedition to the Turks, I was also plotted by a cold arrow." Zheng Rong sighed deeply, "At that time, it was your father who risked his life to block the arrows for me. Your father and son have saved me many times, but if you only think about this, I won't embarrass you. However, you can't be fearless, pampered and arrogant, and you can't have the idea of picking on someone and not doing it, some things are up to you. Got it? ”

Qiu Yizhi's idea of wanting to retreat to the mountains and forests has not been loosened at all, but since the emperor has already said this, if he argues on the spot again, it will be tantamount to bringing disaster upon himself. Therefore, Qiu Yizhi had no choice but to give up his hand and say: "The minister knows ......" but he was thinking about how to pass this matter over.

Zheng Rong was really tired, yawned, and said: "Today's government affairs are hearty, and the pacification of the Lingnan Royal Mansion is indeed for the imperial court in addition to a major enemy, and those who have meritorious officials will inevitably be added to the ranks." Your Qiu Yi has the greatest credit, and I have asked you Master Zhongli to prepare a will to promote you to the Marquis, which is just waiting to be announced. ”

Qiu Yizhi listened, and was busy and thanked him.

But I heard Zheng Rong say again: "Actually, the title of your earl is also wronged by you, but I want to leave the title of duke above the earl to future generations to be crowned, and it will save you from having no way to progress." Okay, you stand down, I still have a few words to say to you, Master Zhongli. ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, took half a step back and kowtowed to Zheng Rong, slowly withdrew from the door and gently closed it, breathed a long sigh of relief, and raised his eyes to look at the sun hanging in the sky, which really felt like a world away.

After today's conversation, Qiu Yizhi's brain has not yet reacted, as if he is dreaming to leave the "Green Cliff View", and as if he is dreaming, he rode his sweaty BMW and went to Lin Shuhan's manor.

He was full of worries, and he walked for an unknown amount of time, and suddenly looked up and saw that he didn't know when he had taken the wrong road, and he was already on the bank of the Qinhuai River.

The two banks of the Qinhuai River are the most lively places in Jinling City, but after the rebellion of the King of Lingnan, Jinling City changed hands, the land of fireworks on the banks of the Qinhuai River has finally been depressed a lot, only half of the shops, restaurants, and green buildings on both sides of the river are open for business, and the pedestrians on the road are also much colder than the original people Ding Xingxing, shoulder to shoulder.

However, such a slightly dilapidated scene, on the contrary, there is a sense of quietness in the middle of the noise and breaking through the red dust, which makes Qiu Yizhi, who was in a gloomy and sad mood at that time, feel the same way. He also knew that the success of the imperial court to quell the rebellion was imminent, and before that, the banks of the Qinhuai River would return to the lively scene of tourists and flowers.

So Qiu Yizhi simply stopped going to Lin Shuhan's manor, but stopped the horse under his crotch, rolled down from the saddle, held the reins in one hand, and walked slowly along the road.

After walking for a while, I suddenly looked up and saw that on the lintel of the door of a restaurant next to me, there were three big characters written "Garden Outside Building"!

This garden building, Qiu Yizhi once patronized, and was besieged by a group of high-rollers led by the "copper-eyed Arhat", and experienced a lot of risks. It was such a risk that revealed the true identity of Wen Honghui, the sect leader of that day, and then revealed his hide, which indirectly caused the King of Lingnan to speed up the process of rebellion.

This vast world is complicated, and the rebellion of the King of Lingnan, who has caused the fall of half of the Jiangnan River, to a certain extent, actually started from this restaurant on the bank of the Qinhuai River, how can it not make Qiu Yizhi feel a lot of emotion?

So he didn't leave at all, and touched a few silver tickets hidden in his arms—a hundred taels of silver in total—enough to have a good meal in this expensive "Yuanwailou", and then turned around and walked towards the "Yuanwailou".

This restaurant is really still open for business, and the junior second who ran the hall saw that Qiu Yizhi was about to break in with the horse, so he hurriedly flashed in front of Qiu Yizhi, and spoke politely: "This guest officer is coming in for dinner, right?" ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded and asked rhetorically, "What?" What do you mean by that? Are you closing, or are you changing careers? Can't I come in and eat? ”

"No, no......" the shopkeeper said with a smile, "That's not what the little one said, the guest officer entered my 'garden outside the building' is the villain's food and clothing, is it just this horse...... I can't seem to come in......"

Qiu Yizhi heard this, looked at the cyan horse behind him with his spare eyes, and thought: "You are not at home as a shopkeeper, you can't recognize a good horse with your eyes, this sweaty BMW is not cheaper than my own at all, one day it will be sold, and it will be more than enough to change the entire restaurant." ”

Although Qiu Yizhi was not convinced, he also knew that there was no reason to eat with horses in this world, and he himself was not the kind of arrogant and unreasonable person, so he had to sigh: "Where is the Five Organs Temple not a sacrifice?" If you don't eat today, I'll go back to eat." ”

As soon as he turned around, he was about to go back, but he heard a voice from the restaurant: "This guest officer, please wait!" ”

When Qiu Yizhi turned his head and followed the sound, he was a person who looked like a shopkeeper, with a pen in his hand, and was greeting to his side, and listened to the shopkeeper and began to teach the shopkeeper a lesson: "At present, the army is in chaos, the business is already light, and it is too late to solicit customers in the store, why are you still rushing customers outside?" What's the matter if the guest officer leads the horse, you lead the guest officer to the backyard, and measure two liters of green beans to feed the horse, how much is it worth? Can you break your dog's leg? ”

The shopkeeper was counted down for a while, nodded hurriedly "yes", walked to Qiu Yizhi's side, and reached out to take the reins he held in his hand.

Qiu Yizhi refused to let go, and said: "My horse is very expensive, I'm afraid that you will lose it if you don't take care of everything." ”

The shopkeeper put down the brush in his hand for bookkeeping, walked out of the counter, and said: "Although this guest officer can rest assured, the boundary on our side is very peaceful, and after the emperor arrived in Jinling City, there are soldiers patrolling everywhere, not to mention that the guest officer's BMW will not be lost, even if it is lost, it can be found in a blink of an eye." ”

"Your land is too peaceful?" Qiu Yizhi sneered and said, "I remember that a few years ago, there was a case of gangsters intercepting and killing important officials of the imperial court here, which can be regarded as a sensation in the world. Based on this big case alone, you can't call it 'Taiping', right? ”

Qiu Yizhi's words obviously touched on the soft underbelly of the joints, and I saw that the muscles on the shopkeeper's face twitched involuntarily, and he smiled again: "How many years ago was this, and those high-rollers dared to commit murder here because they were blind." Later, it didn't take long for General Liu to be assassinated by Jiangnan Province, and he personally led the army to wipe them out, and all of them were wiped out on the Yanziji dock, right? Speaking of which, this follow-up thing is not small! ”

Qiu Yizhi listened to these words, and his heart rippled again: the shopkeeper said about the Yanziji Wharf, he himself was the mastermind of the incident, and there was a big battle at that time, and almost all the high-rollers in the rivers and lakes that Tianzun Sect Leader Wen Honghui had worked so hard to collect were killed, and Wen Honghui himself could only barely escape by pretending to be dead. After this incident, Qiu Yizhi originally thought that the Tianzun Cult had collapsed, and his confidante - that is, the Holy Daughter of the Tianzun Sect - Wen Lingjiao finally had no worries and stayed with him in Shanyin County for more than a year. This more than a year is the most comfortable, comfortable, and unrestrained time that Qiu Yi has ever experienced in his life...... It's just that I don't know where Wen Lingjiao is now......

As soon as he thought of this, Qiu Yizhi was a little settled, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and he was flushed.

Where did the shopkeeper know what Qiu Yi was thinking, thinking that he was still doubting what he said, so he added: "If the guest officer doesn't believe it, you can go upstairs to have a look, General Liu himself is drinking on it now, if it is not peaceful on my side, will his old man still patronize it?" ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard these words, his eyes suddenly lit up and asked, "Liu Qing is drinking upstairs now?" Who else is with you? ”

The shopkeeper was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "General Liu doesn't seem to be in a good mood, and he drinks alone!" I won't provoke too much, and the guest officer should not talk to him...... If you anger his old man, the shop can't afford it......"

Qiu Yizhi said with a smile: "It's okay, Liu Qing and I are also old friends, just accompany him for a few drinks." This horse of mine, as you say, will be taken down and taken care of. As he spoke, he threw the reins in his hand to the shopkeeper, and took out a few coins of scattered silver and handed them to the shopkeeper as a reward, and then walked upstairs with his hands behind his back.

The business of "Outside the Garden" is lukewarm, although it is not so crowded, but it is no longer the situation of a few years ago.

Qiu Yi went up to the second floor, raised his eyes and looked around, and sure enough, he saw a person sitting in a secluded corner, holding a wine glass and pouring himself a drink, and a few plates of side dishes in front of him were half eaten by him, looking a little messy - this person was Liu Qing, the envoy of Jiangnan Province.

So Qiu Yizhi walked around behind Liu Qing, quietly approached, stretched out his hand and slammed it on his shoulder, and shouted, "General Liu is really interested!" ”

Unexpectedly, Qiu Yizhi's slap happened to hit Liu Qing's injured part, and the pain was so painful that the wine glass in his hand was thrown out, and he shouted "wow": "Where did you come from, bastard, it hurts Lao Tzu to death, see if Lao Tzu is not ......"

Liu Qing said as he turned his head, seeing that it was Qiu Yizhi coming, he swallowed the last half of the curse words, and his grinning face instantly changed his face: "Yo! It turned out to be His Highness Yi! You're not by the emperor's side, why do you have time to come and tease me? ”