Deng She asked Monk Yan three questions in succession, and it was obvious that Dao Yan's answer was very satisfactory to him, and because of this, Dao Yan drank three cups of tea in a row.

At this point in the conversation, the meal time has arrived, and Deng She smiled: "Tea washes the stomach." The two great monks have worked hard from afar, and after drinking so much tea in my place, they must have been hungry for a long time. Please stay for a light meal. ”

Monks have to be vegetarians, and it may be very troublesome to change to an ordinary family, but what is there in Yanwang's mansion? Stand up for it. Soon, a neat table of vegetarian mats was ready. Everyone sat down as guests and hosts, the host diligently persuaded the dishes, and the guests were not formal. The conversation was very pleasant, and the meal was full.

After the meal, Zhao Zhong led Jing Hui and Dao Yan away, and according to Deng She's instructions, temporarily placed the two of them in the Buddhist and Taoist yamen.

Deng She also said that he planned to take this opportunity to hold a party in a few days, and invite all the monks and great virtues of Yidu to come over, one to talk about Buddhism, and the other to do a ritual for the soldiers who died on the front line.

When they left, Deng She and Hong Jixun turned back to the study.

Why did Deng She look at Monk Daoyan differently? This question has been bothering Hong Jixun for a long time, and when he saw that there was no one in the room, he hurriedly asked. Deng She smiled and said, "Monk Daoyan has a different appearance and has a good speech. I'm curious about him, why not? ”

"Before the meal, the lord said, 'It's not in vain that your surname is Yao'. What do you mean by that? Is there any clan surnamed Yao in Cheung Chau? The minister was lonely, but he had never heard of it. ”

"Oh? Did I say that? ”

"Absolutely. What the minister has heard! ”

"Probably in a moment of excitement, he didn't choose what to say. ......, you just said that there is a big family surnamed Yao in Cheung Chau, is there any? Why haven't I heard of it? ”

Hong Jixun was dumbfounded, "Changzhou Yao surname family" Yunyun, he originally asked Deng She, he didn't say two words, but Deng She asked back, as if he knew what Yao surname Yao family in Changzhou was.

He is a very intelligent person, where can he not hear that Deng She is playing haha and avoid talking about it? The heart said: "There must be something strange in this!" However, seeing that Deng She was unwilling to tell him directly, he was not suitable to ask every step as a courtier. Besides, it's not a big deal. I had no choice but to reply: "The minister has never heard of it." ”

The two smiled at each other.

After the laughter, Deng She said secretly: "I have been here for so long at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the first time I saw a famous strategist, I lost my temper for a while, and I lost my temper for a while!" Fortunately, I was perfunctory. ......, Daoyan, Daoyan. Hehe, although he is still young, he may not have enough experience, limited experience, and no outstanding talent in the future. But these characters are like a hidden dragon lying in the abyss, and one day, they will surely bloom their talents and become blockbusters. But no matter what, he can't be let go. ......, even if you can't use it now, it's better to save it for later. ”

Who is this Daoyan monk? Can it attract such attention from Deng She? It's not someone else, it's Yao Guangxiao.

Originally, in the memory of Deng She's previous life, he only remembered that Yao Guangxiao was a native of Changzhou, born with a strange appearance, and became a monk since childhood; In fact, I don't remember his ordination name. The reason why it can be concluded that the monk Daoyan is Yao Guangxiao is because of his appearance, which is indeed "strange"; One is because he is from Cheung Chau; In addition, the common surname "Yao", and a monk who has been a monk since childhood, combined several times, and tested his talent through three questions, and finally determined that this monk must be Yao Guangxiao. It's also a coincidence.

It's just a pity for Yao Guangxiao, who came with a friend, but whose reputation has been spread far and wide to future generations, this time it is like "a sheep into the mouth of a tiger", I'm afraid I won't be able to leave.

……

Deng She and Hong Jixun didn't talk about it, and they didn't mention how Zhao Zhong settled Jinghui, Daoyan and others, but only said that Fang Buzhen took the errand of "embroidered clothes and pointed directly", and the next morning, he dressed neatly and sat in the main hall, and asked people to go to the yamen to see if the pennant given by Deng She was ready.

King Yan personally ordered, and the people under him were naturally quick to do things. A flag, and it doesn't take much effort, it was already done last night, and without waiting for the Fang family's subordinates to pick it up, they have sent someone to the house.

Fang Buzhen showed the flag to watch, with black characters on a red background, which was very eye-catching. The man put on the pole and raised it to the wind. He was very satisfied. So he selected three or two subordinates from the house, some led the horse, some played the flag, he turned over and got on the horse, and shouted out the door.

When I went out, I saw a group of people walking on the street in the distance, all wearing fine armor, holding sticks, wearing long knives at their waists, and red cloaks behind their backs. Fang Bu was really surprised, and thought: "I live in this alley with civilian officials, but why is there a team of armor soldiers?" Even if the lord of whose family is promoted, the most people who come to welcome him are the officials. Suddenly I remembered something, and I realized a little, "......, oh, yes, isn't it?" ”

Sure enough, this group of armor soldiers marched to the front, and the generals who led the team came out to meet each other, saluted, and said, "The last general is ordered by the lord to cooperate with the adults to patrol the city." ”

The general is a deputy Qianhu, when Fang Buzhen saw it, he knew that it was the old department of Guan Duo back then, and now Guo Conglong is listening to orders. He did not dismount, but took the reins in his hand, pressed the bridle, and asked condescendingly, "What did the lord say to you?" ”

"The Lord's will: All things are to be seen only by the great people."

"How many people did you bring?"

"Fifty."

"Fifty? It is not necessary to inspect the city in large numbers, so as not to disturb the people. Twenty is enough! Send back the rest. ”

"Yes!"

This pair of thousands of households obeyed the order, that is, they chose twenty people with big waists and round waists, tigers and bears, and the rest were all sent back and ordered to return to the camp on their own. Fang Buzhen waited for him to choose and stop, and he didn't say much, only said: "Five people go forward, and the rest of the palace is behind." With a whip of the horse, the group went out of the alley, turned into the street, and began to patrol the city.

It was still early in the morning, and there were not many pedestrians on the streets. As soon as they walked out, they were very conspicuous.

The people in the vicinity fled one after another. The people in the distance looked at it, and saw that there were warriors in front of them to open the way, and there were tigers and tigers in the back, all of whom were clearly holding swords and clubs; The supporters on both sides either hold a banner or lead the horse; And there was a majestic general who followed him with a sword. More than 20 people hugged each other, surrounded by a young civil official, wearing a brand-new official robe, a tall horse under his crotch, raising a whip in one hand and pulling the reins in the other. It's so majestic!

"Who is this great official? Travel in the city, so majestic! ”

"Look, isn't that what the flag says?"

"What is written?"

"You can't read, and I can't read either. ......, eh, isn't this Liu Xiucai? Please point me to the point, what is written on that flag? ”

"Four words: embroidered clothes directly pointed."

"But what do you mean?"

"An allusion to the Han Dynasty, you don't understand." This Liu Xiucai looked into the distance, looked at it for a while, muttered to himself, and said, "Recently, the powerful have been rampant in the city. This lord raised the flag to patrol the city, and it was expected that he must have been ordered by King Yan. I just don't know if it's the thunder and the rain? Or is it vigorous? ”

"What is Xiucai talking about?"

Na Xiucai came back to his senses and responded: "I'm talking about the king's wisdom." ”

"Huh, do you still need to show your talent? The front line has just won a big victory, and we have another bumper harvest! Look at this street, although it is still early, but most of the shops are open, I haven't seen such a lively scene for many years! The prince is not virtuous, who is virtuous? ......, Tartar? Wang Shicheng? In my opinion, the prince is much more virtuous than Mao Pingzhang back then! ”

Someone on the side accosted: "Speaking of Mao Pingzhang, I heard a piece of news yesterday." Do you remember Mao Pingzhang's son-in-law, little Mao Pingzhang? ”

"How?"

"I heard that the prince invited him back again."

"Oh?"

"......, it's a pity that when crossing the sea, I encountered wind and waves, and the whole boat sank."

"Huh? Shipwrecked? That little Mao Pingzhang? ”

"I guess I'm already dead. ......, not only him, but also the former king of Goryeo was also on the same boat. One fell into the water and got dumplings. ”

"The former king of Goryeo is just a barbarian. Dead is dead. It's just a little Mao Pingzhang, it's a pity! A few days ago, didn't someone say: The news from the prince's mansion said that the prince planned to wait for the old thief in Chahan to be eliminated, and then recommend Xiao Mao Pingzhang to the court to take over Mao Pingzhang's position, and then be the prime minister of our Shandong? What a pity! I have survived the hard days, and I can't wait for the good days. ”

"It's a pity, but it's normal."

"What do you mean by that?"

"A few years ago, I saw Xiao Mao Pingzhang once on the street. The appearance is also delicate, but it is very thin and small, and there is no happiness at first glance, where can it be compared with our prince? It is not surprising that he died at sea. ”

Liu Xiucai coughed and said, "The big official on the horse is approaching quickly, don't say more." I thought to myself, "Sailing on the sea, encountering wind and waves? How could such a coincidence happen? If this matter is true, nine times out of ten, I am afraid that the prince wants to take advantage of the power of the front line victory and completely liquidate the old influence left by Mao Pingzhang and Wang Shicheng. ......, return Shandong to Xiao Mao Pingzhang? Only a fool would believe! How can those in power be merciful? The nest has been occupied, how can it be returned? ......, however, it is said that it is indeed not appropriate to set up a young master in troubled times. At least, with the prince in Yidu, one side can be safe. ”

This Xiucai was thinking about it, and Fang Buzhen and everyone were already in front of him, and he hurriedly avoided one side.

……

Fang Buzhen drove his horse over, glanced at Na Xiucai, and said in his heart: "When I first came to Yidu, I saw many scholars with tattered clothes and hats, difficult to cover their bodies and difficult to eat and full, which is no different from calling Huazi. Now, although it has been less than a year since the lord and the public have been in the capital, not to mention anything else, only these talents have a great change in appearance. ”

Although Deng She was born in the army and coincided with troubled times, he had seen and heard of many scholars who had no use of discipline, and he was very contemptuous of such "unrighteous and shameless people"; But after all, because of the experience of the previous life, the overall class of "scholars" is still very important.

As early as when he was in Haidong, he implemented many measures to ensure the food and clothing of scholars.

When he came to Yidu, Yan Zhixi, who had just served as the prefect of Yidu, was a descendant of "Yasheng" and treated scholars very closely, so although Yidu was late, the preferential treatment received by scholars in the city was, in some respects, better than Haidong. As for the measures to give preferential treatment to them, there are many of them, so I will not list them all, but only two: first, when dividing the land, the readers, especially those who have no land at home, are given priority; One, all students who enter the school will receive a fixed amount of food and money every month. Of course, now that the war is raging, there will not be much food and money given, but it is enough for the family to eat.

These measures seemed ordinary, but after they were persistently implemented, the scholars and scholars of Haidong and Yidu were naturally encircled by Deng She and supported and supported his regime. In the final analysis, there are really not many "princes" who can do this today.

- Because of such measures, some generals in the army were very unhappy and raised objections. The reason for the opposition was: the front-line war continued, and the grain supply in Haidong and Yidu was still insufficient, and they had to buy it from western Zhejiang a few years ago; A little sour and rotten talent, unscrupulous, why bother with him!

At that time, Deng She said a word, he said: "To expand the territory, Fei'er can't wait; But for me to govern the country and stabilize the rear, I can't do it for my generation. "Simply rejected the opponents.

In private, Hong Jixun praised his move and said: "A scholar who is studying can only pay a few buckets of food a month. Now the war is in turmoil, the school is withering, and there are very few scholars in school. The whole of Shandong and Haidong together are only one or two thousand people. In other words, with only a monthly ration of more than 1,000 stones, you can buy the hearts of the world's scholars. The lord's deal is really cost-effective! ”

In the end, it was Hong Jixun who directly classified Deng She's good deed as "trading". When Deng She heard this, he was not angry, but just smiled.

……

But it was said that Fang Buzhen walked by on horseback, and inspected the city majestically. From morning to noon, I walked around the city several times, but it was strange that I didn't even see an official who violated discipline! Not only did he feel strange, but even the deputy Qianhu who accompanied him was also very surprised.

"My lord, something is wrong. In recent days, there have been quite a lot of civil and military officials who have flaunted the city, and there are even more powerful slaves who are bullying people. But why haven't you seen one of them today? ”

"Hmph." Fang Buzhen is just upright, not stupid, after a little thought, he guessed the reason, and said, "Either there is a leak in the prince's mansion, or someone has reported the news, so those officials and slaves have already been wary, so today is reined!" ”

"So what's next?"

Fang Buzhen thought for a while, and said with a sneer: "Do you want to give Lao Tzu a horse, so that Lao Tzu can't act on behalf of the main bus?" ......, you have a good plan, and I have a wall ladder. Keep patrolling! ”

Without his advice, there would be no patrol today. If he found nothing, it was really difficult to explain to Dunshe. If one is not done well, he may be bitten back, and in turn impeached him for "doing nothing".

Although he said: "Either there is a leak in the prince's mansion, or someone is ventilating the news", in fact, he knows that Deng She is a military lawyer, and he pays attention to a "no entry into foreign affairs and no internal affairs", and there is no possibility of leaking the news from the palace. Then, there is only one possibility left, that is: "someone has a tip-off". Who is the messenger? At that time, only Hong Jixun and Wu Henian were present. It is impossible for Hong Jixun to do such a thing, that is, only Wu Henian.

Fang Bu thought in his heart: "I must be hating me to impeach him in front of the lord, so I came up with this strategy, so that Lao Tzu can't get off the stage, so that he can fight back!" Think about beauty, is it unwise to deceive me? Secretly planned and made a plan, but the saying was: "Hide from the sky and cross the sea, lead the snake out of the hole".

……

Fang Buzhen patrolled the city for half a day, but found nothing. The news soon spread to the Yan Wang's mansion.

A big victory on the front line, a rare leisure.

Deng She just woke up from a nap, pillowing Li Aguan's jade arm, listening to the birds on the corridor, smelling the fragrance of the room, and was thinking about whether to summon the Daoyan monk again, after hearing the news, he didn't care, and said with a smile: "The street is clean, and the wealthy families will no longer disturb the people in the past." Needless to say, someone must have sent them a letter! ......, however, Fang Buzhen is not a stupid person, he is not brave and unscrupulous, and some tricks of this messenger can't stop him. ”

Li Aguan only wore obscene clothes, Bai Shengsheng's thighs and arms were exposed, and his plump breasts were also half hidden and half exposed, and he didn't know what incense was smoked on his body. She didn't mind being seen by the maid who delivered the news at all, and there was only Deng She in her eyes, and she said with a smile: "Although the slave is in the backyard of the deep house, I often hear that Fang Buzhen is famous for his strong neck, and even you dare not fake your color to the master, you are really arrogant, and you don't know how thick the sky is." It might be a good thing to make him suffer. ”

"This is a government affair, what do you know as a woman?"

"Yes, yes. What the lord blames is that the slave knows that he is wrong. ”

Although he was reprimanded, Li Aguan didn't care at all, but became more and more flattering and silky, his voice was nasal, greasy like a moan, and a fragrant body was like a snake, entangled with Deng She again. She put her mouth close to Dunshe's ear and whispered, "The slave lost his words and did something wrong. Sir, please punish you! A hand slid down Dunsher's chest and abdomen; The other hand reached for the side of the bed, took out a leather whip, and handed it to Deng She.

Her actions were charming and flamboyant. The maid who had come to deliver the news was still young, only fifteen or sixteen years old, and her face was blushing, and she knelt on the side, her head bowed, not daring to look at it again.

Deng She said with a smile: "What an adulteress! Didn't you feed you before bedtime? He flipped her over, looked down, and said, "If you say the wrong thing, of course you will be punished." It's just that your buttocks are still red. If I punish you again, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it. ”

Li Aguan's eyes fluttered, and he didn't know what he remembered, so he twisted his body and said, "The thoughtfulness of the master really makes the slaves grateful." And please wait a few more days, at most next month, the slave will be persuaded by my daughter. Although she is young and unusable, it is enough to make a bed and fold a quilt; And at least, it can also let the old man try it. If the master doesn't dislike it, it is really her blessing, and it is also the blessing of the slave. ”

Deng She has never been interested in Li Aguan's daughter, and he has also resisted Li Aguan's thoughts. But at this moment, the bed is full of spring, and it is in turmoil, suddenly hearing this, there is a different flavor, and I don't feel that my heart is swinging, and I am about to speak, when I hear someone coming outside, and I said loudly: "Lord Qiqi, Li Shousheng, the secretary of the General Administration, asks to see." ”