The tenth day when An Ran and Fan Yuntian left Jian'an City was Xiao Xia in the Huaxia game world. On this day, there were thunderstorms in the sky, and the world suffered from torrential rain.

Outside a pavilion ten miles south of Jian'an City, the blood on the bodies of the two corpses was wiped clean by the rain. The deceased were male, two wandering grocers, one in his mid-fifties, who sold groceries for a living; A person who has not yet passed the age of establishment, is the most ordinary people in society, and can be said to have nothing to do with the murderer, but at this moment, they are left with a three-finger-wide wound in the chest knife, all because of the old man's mouth 'perfect'

"Can I take people?" Little Marquis Wei Ning asked.

Shangguan Qiutong looked at the rain-washed corpse on the ground with his hands on his back, and then looked at Wei Ning, who was holding the dagger tightly. I don't know when this noble brother who was still trembling when he killed the first person, he has already regarded human life as a mustard, and thinks that it is normal to kill some people, but there is no need to panic? Of course, Shangguan Qiutong didn't bother to care about how Wei Ning's heart changed, he only needed to know that the little marquis had killed someone, and it was enough to use this matter to threaten Hubu Shangshu.

"Little Hou Ye, please!" The gray-robed old man standing in the pavilion smiled and made a gesture of please.

This soaking wet young man in white walked back to Xingting, and he wanted to take Yang Chunhua with him to leave this dangerous place. But why is the expression of this woman in red, who has been detained by her subordinates and the old man all along, so strange at the moment? Shouldn't she be scared? How can you clasp your hands around your chest and stare at yourself with a playful face like watching a play?

Although Wei Ning was puzzled, he still stretched out his hand to her, "Spring flower, let's go." He said.

"Okay!" She smiled, "Little Marquis, give me the knife first, and we'll go to your house together." ”

Wei Ning was even more puzzled in his heart, but he still handed the dagger to the red-clothed beauty in front of him.

"My dad doesn't know anything about us yet," he explained, "and you can't ...... me right now Don't worry, Chunhua, I will explain to my father when I go back, and let him agree to our marriage. ”

"I think you have misunderstood my little marquis," the woman took the dagger and looked at the blade on it and said, "I said that we include them together." She pointed her dagger at Shangguan Qiutong and Wei Ning's entourage.

"Why join them?" He probably guessed something in his heart, but he still didn't want to admit it, and asked, "Chunhua, do you have any troubles?" ”

"Go tell Lord Shangshu that his son has killed someone!" She looked at him like an idiot, and then couldn't hold back her laughter.

He looked at the people around him with a smile on his face, and finally understood that she and them were actually in a gang, it turned out that his beloved woman who was not willing to save him at the cost of murder was just acting with them, he wanted to pull her out of the fire pit, but he didn't expect that people were digging a fire pit to make him jump.

"Why? Why? Gui Gongzi was angry and pitiful like a beast with a wounded head, he violently shook the shoulders of the woman in red and asked, "I, Wei Ning, have a deep affection for you, why do you treat me like this?" Haruka told me none of this was true. ”

"I'll know why we're doing this to you when I go to your house," the woman in red stroked her brother's dripping hair with one hand, "I'll tell you a secret!" Actually, I'm an adventurer, not called Yang Chunhua, and I can't make a mistake in the future. ”

He sat on the ground in a daze, only to see the gray-robed old man gesture and order, "Take him away!" ”

******

The Marquis's Mansion was enveloped in a torrential rain, with raindrops the size of soybeans rattling on plantain leaves. Hubu Shangshu Wei Chenghai stared at the son in the courtyard who was drenched in soup, covered in injuries, and kneeling on the ground with white lips, stunned, and beside him was Huang Guangpei, the prefect of Jian'an, who had been bowing slightly.

Wei Chenghai would never have thought that his son would be a murderer who carelessly disregarded human life, to say that Wei Ning is a prostitute and a gambler who also oppresses the people, he believes that he can also accept it, the family of the Marquis Mansion can afford such a thing that does not learn and has no skills, but now someone tells him that his son is a murderer, not only a murderer, but also an amorous murderer who killed dozens of people for a rotten **, how can Wei Chenghai accept it?

Wei Chenghai was still thinking about the scene just now, several people and their sons hurriedly walked to their own Ming, and the old dog in the gray patched robe actually said lightly, "There is bad news to tell Lord Shangshu - your son-in-law has killed someone." ’

Wei Chenghai didn't believe it, or even if his son killed someone, he could educate himself behind closed doors, and it was not your turn to be a lackey beside the prince. He wanted to say that the official knew and asked the porter to send off the guests, but a woman in red showed him the pictures of Wei Ning's murder in the air one by one, this is an adventurer, they are born with a lot of magical powers, one of which is that you can record what you have done and save it as evidence in court.

And his unsuccessful son actually knelt on the ground and begged that rotten ** all of a sudden, did he think that these people who dug the pit would be kind enough to let him go? If Wei Chenghai is struck by lightning, what if this evidence is handed over to the government court and the criminal department? If the matter is confirmed and recorded, this is for him Wei Ningxiang to be the head, even if he Wei Chenghai is the head of the household department, he will not be able to protect his only son.

When they left, they said a way to keep the little marquis safe and sound, and the specific way to do it was discussed in detail by Lord Huang and Master Shangshu.

So Wei Chenghai could only watch these people who were against him leave peacefully, and then sent his subordinates to pick up wooden sticks and beat this unfashionable son half to death, leaving his mother to hide in the corner of the yard and secretly wipe her tears.

The tea on the coffee table had already cooled, and the old man in the official uniform was still patiently waiting for Lord Shangshu's decision.

Suddenly, there was a 'click' thunder in the sky, which woke Wei Chenghai, who was a little sluggish, from his contemplation, and this high-ranking official, who was only a young man but had gray hair, sighed.

"Why don't you take this rebel down and lock him up?" He yelled loudly at the charming woman who was standing in the corner of the courtyard wiping away her tears.

The woman hurriedly walked to Wei Ning's side and helped her injured son up, and then the mother and son limped out of the courtyard.

"Adults are angry," Huang Guangpei reminded, "It's up to you how you decide whether it's big or small." ”

"You went to great lengths to make my son say that to put it bluntly, you actually came to the official," Wei Chenghai glanced at the prefect in disgust, "Say it!" Lord Huang needs someone to do something? ”

"Don't get me wrong, adults," Huang Guangpei smiled awkwardly, "Wei Gongzi grew up under the watch, how can he be regarded as my junior, how can he be an elder and frame his junior?" Now that Wei Ning has committed this crime, I, Huang Guangpei, will definitely try my best to protect it. ”

Humph! I can't afford it," Wei Chenghai snorted coldly and said, "The prefect didn't bring an errand to the door, so he gave face to the official, and Lord Huang, we don't have the time to talk about it, you have something to say." ”

"There is only one thing that Lord Wei needs to do," Huang Guangpei Mo clasped his fingers, "This matter is easy for you, my lord, that is, to start a show to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the grounds of the lack of finances in the household department, and cut the military money and food of the Northern Desert Army by half." ”

He stared at the slightly sallow government official for a long time and then laughed, and finally Wei Chenghai slapped his palm on the coffee table angrily.

"Lord Huang, Governor Huang! The distribution of military quarters in the border area is a major event in the imperial court, and the life and death of millions of Northern Desert troops can also be controlled by a sycophant like you? ”

"How dare the prefect of Kyoto get involved in the affairs of the imperial court?" Huang Guangpei was not angry at all, but still bowed slightly and said with a smile, "The lower official just brought a word, and the master also said that the adults don't have to worry about the responsibility of His Majesty after returning to Beijing, in the past few years, the Ministry of Industry has repaired the river work, His Majesty's palace construction, drought and flood relief, the sacrifice of the Ministry of Rites, the election of talents, and the military salary of local soldiers in the Ministry of War, which one does not take money from the Ministry of Households?" These are recorded in the case books of the various ministries, and the expenses of the household department are not small for everyone to see, and all departments can testify for adults. Besides, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who reviewed the excerpts, and he just started playing it according to the facts. ”

"Do you know how many people on the battlefield in the Northern Desert will starve if this excerpt is approved?" Wei Chenghai forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, "Just for your own struggle, let millions of innocent Northern Desert soldiers starve?" Don't forget that they are warriors who defend their homeland and garrison the borders. ”

"Can you ask the lower officials to say something that shouldn't be said?" Huang Guangpei pleaded.

"Speak!"

"According to the lower officials, the million Northern Desert Army is like a tiger wolf peeping into Kyoto, and the King of the Northern Desert is afraid that one day he will move south with his own army......."

"You ...... You ......" Wei Chenghai pointed at this groveling government official and was so angry that he couldn't speak, "Okay! Very good! Cutting the military needs of His Royal Highness the Great Prince in the name of the imperial court made him have to reduce his troops, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can sit back and relax when he ascends the ceremony in the future. What a calculation! Do you know that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister? Let me ask you Huang Guangpei, who owns the soldiers and horses in this world? If the Rokhanate invades our borders, who will stop it? ”

"Be careful!" Huang Guangpei reminded in a low voice, "How can the emperor mention the prince's succession to the throne now that the dragon body is in good shape?" The soldiers and horses in this world are naturally owned by our emperor, and my Dajin soldiers are strong and strong, and the barbarians of the grassland do not dare to have any covetousness. As for whether the king of the Northern Desert is self-respecting or not, it won't take long for him to reach a conclusion, my lord, the lower officials are just thinking about you and the prince, don't let the Wei Mansion and the prince stand up for this unwarranted disaster, the lord does not need to reply immediately about this matter, the prince will summon you to discuss it at the end of tomorrow morning. ”

"Who are you doing for me when you set up a trap for my son to kill?" Wei Chenghai thought, "There is no disaster in vain? The little rabbit cub did this, even if he was beheaded, he deserved it, but the Wei family was the only seedling, and if the incense was broken, how could I Wei Chenghai explain to the ancestors and ancestors! ”

"You go first!" Wei Chenghai, the head of the household department, issued an order to expel the guests, "At the end of the dynasty tomorrow morning, the official will give a reply to His Highness." ”

"Your Excellency is wise! The lower official took his leave. ”

Prefect Huang Guangpei bowed and retreated out of the lobby with his fists and turned to leave, Wei Chenghai watched his back disappear outside the gate, and felt that these people were like the rain in the courtyard was really pervasive, and this imperial court money bag who looked much older than the actual age lost his anger, and finally sat on the Taishi chair with a decadent face.

******

Da Desert Guyan stood at the bow of the ship wearing golden dragon pattern armor, and looked at the slender man on the shore who was bowing his back and almost crawling on the shore with Emperor Jinhui holding the railing in his hand.

The boat sailed upstream, and the slender men on the distant shore pulled the two-story attic boat with great difficulty, and although they roared the earth-shaking trumpet, their bodies were as stiff as a group of the most humble ants.

"What do you think of this picture?" It took a long time for Emperor Jinhui to come up with such a sentence.

"They are very hard," Da Mo Guyan said frankly: "But this is the job they choose, and they work hard to do their job well and receive a reward, but they are actually not bitter." ”

"I thought you were going to say how difficult it is for the people to live!" Emperor Jinhui gently patted the railing of the ship with his palm and said with a smile: "Many literati and writers are about to criticize the imperial court when they see this kind of picture, thinking that the monarch of the imperial court laments the injustice of the world regardless of the lives of the people, but they don't know that many things are easier said than done, and it is easy for them to come to a few words of compassion, but how difficult it is to really change the way of the world?" These people can see the suffering of the world, but they may not be able to change the suffering of the world. These people could see the ropes on the shoulders of the people on the shore, but they couldn't see that the people on the boat were actually dragging an invisible ship with a load. ”

"The minister is a warrior," the middle-aged man replied, "the warrior does not use a knife or a pen, in the eyes of the minister, the people in the world are divided into three, six, nine and so on, the farmer who is busy with farm work, the businessman who walks in the city, the artist who does all kinds of crafts, etc., their life is their own decision, the survival of the fittest, and you can get a harvest by making some efforts, even if the life is not satisfactory, you can't complain about the injustice of the world." The word injustice is exploitation and oppression in the eyes of the minister, at this time, the minister probably will not criticize only the knife, someone oppresses others, the minister will be out of the knife to that person, if it is the world oppression of the minister, the minister will be the knife of the world. ”

"It's a good knife to the world," the middle-aged man with a pair of narrow eyes turned his head to look at the other middle-aged man: "General Long Xing really has great ambitions, and now it seems that this set of dragon pattern armor I gave you is the most suitable." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" The desert lonely smoke clasped his fists and saluted.

"Excuse me," Li Qishang waved his hand, "There are only you and me here, let me ask you, if one day you find out that an oppressive world is my doing, will you put a knife on my neck?" ”

He noticed that he did not refer to himself as 'I', but 'I'.

"I'll go for it, but I don't have that chance." The desert lonely smoke smiled.

"Oh?" Emperor Jinhui Li Qishang raised an eyebrow and looked at him, "Think I'll kill you first?" ”

"No, I really can't think of any reason to make a knife to an emperor who has the world in mind, Your Majesty is the slender man who pulls this world's giant ship forward, and the officials of the Dajin court also carry strands of fiber rope on their backs, and it turns out that because of your efforts, the people of Dajin will live and work in peace and contentment today."

"It's worthy of being an adventurer," Li Qishang put his hand on the shoulder of the desert lonely smoke, "Do you know General Longxing, if one day I can call myself 'I', I will definitely join hands with you to explore the rivers and lakes, at that time you call Brother Qishang, I call you 'Lonely Smoke' brother, how good it would be for us to draw a sword to help each other when we see injustice." ”

He continued to look at the green mountains in the distance, his eyes full of yearning.

"Hey!" Emperor Jinhui, who was wearing a white dark dragon robe, sighed, "It's just that the enemy's heart is not dead, I need to defeat the entire western grassland first, rather than let the jackals of Na Luo Han covet my Dajin, it is better for us to take the initiative to attack and annihilate them in one fell swoop." Governing the country is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat, and I don't know if I have time for you to laugh at the rivers and lakes after this battle. ”

The desert lonely smoke doesn't know how to comfort this NPC man who is a little tired physically and mentally, everyone in the world thinks that the emperor is good, but where can he think that being a Ming Jun is actually very tired?

"The minister thinks that His Majesty is probably already confident," Da Mo Guyan said straightly: "During this southern tour, the counties and counties in the south are full of grain and grass, and the supply materials can be transported to Ailaoguan and Xiliang City by waterway, and the minister has made a little statistics, at present, the materials of Xiliang, Zhongshan, Luanshi, and the three counties can support a million army to maintain a year's war, if you add the material supply of the entire southern counties and cities, my Dajin army can run on the grassland for three years, but the situation in the north is not clear. ”、

"There is a great prince in the north, and those northern gate lord families are very supportive of their Guang Mo King, and now that Ling Di is also on the way to the North Desert, he can probably bring back some information, I am not too worried about the border in the north, I am worried about the Xiao Wall."

"Woe to the wall? His Majesty meant...... "The desert lonely smoke can probably guess what, just waiting for Emperor Jinhui to confirm."

"If there is a party dispute and civil strife in the imperial court during the war between the two countries, it will be precarious for the Jin country, and it will be unfortunate for the people of the Jin country, if the imperial court forces carry the officials and gangs of various cities to compete for power and power with each other, it will only be the people of the cities who will suffer from the turmoil, I will not allow such an incident to happen during the national war under any circumstances, but it is a pity that it seems to be brewing."

Emperor Jinhui still had some things to say, such as who was the so-called assassination of him in Huluxia? Is it the crown prince? The Great Prince? Or is it someone else? The people of the Imperial City Division did not find out why, although he did not mention this matter again, but he was unpleasant. And when he was not in the capital, the prince was obsessed with forming gangs and factions, and threw the study of statecraft out of the clouds!

"If it is at war with the Rohan State, and there is another civil strife and dispute in our country, it is equivalent to giving the enemy country a chance to fight in a chaotic position, and what Your Majesty said is extremely true, this thing must not happen." The desert lonely smoke said with deep understanding.

"So," Li Qishang looked back at the middle-aged man again, "I have two purposes for this southern tour, one is to see the border guards in the south preparing for war; Second, let's see how the person I trusted the most in the past will do during my time away from the capital, mixed blessings and mixed blessings! ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry," Da Mo Guyan comforted: "Regarding the matter of sending troops to conquer the Rohan State, we can postpone it for a while, and deal with the potential disputes of the imperial court first. ”

"How can it be so easy?" Emperor Jinhui laughed at himself, "There have always been party struggles in the imperial court, if the ministers fight each other to check and balance, as the monarch should actually feel lucky, because if the ministers are like brothers and join forces to deal with the emperor, the headache can only be the monarch." But now there is going to be a war, and there should be no party struggle when there is a war, and the party dispute is the political disagreement of the ministers, and the prince cannot participate in the struggle for power and profit, besides, ...... Besides, I don't have much time, so I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for the day when I'm well. ”

"What does he mean by that?" The desert thought to himself, "Why can't I wait for such a day?" Do you feel like you don't have much to live? ”

Emperor Jinhui Li Qishang saw the confusion of the desert and only smiled slightly.

"You don't have to think about it," Emperor Jinhui said, "You have heard what I just said, but you must not mention it to others, do you know why I want to say this to you?" ”

Da Mo Guyan signaled that he didn't know, and Li Qishang began to walk towards the bow of the boat, and he followed him. On the deck of the ship, there was a huge square coffee table full of melons and fruits, at this time, the palace maids and the guards were standing far away on both sides of the ship, and Emperor Jinhui grabbed an apple and threw it in his hand.

"Because you're an adventurer," he caught the apple's eyes and looked at the little round thing carefully, "you look at the world as I see this apple at the moment, as if I were an outsider who has nothing to do with myself, and I need such an outsider to do these things, others may be able to do it but may not be able to do it well." ”

"Why choose me?" The middle-aged man asked, "There are more adventurers who have the ability than me, why does Your Majesty take a fancy to me?" ”

"First, you have the power to do these things; Second, you are not driven by profit and can understand the righteousness. The first point is something that many adventurers and we can do, but the second point is something that only a few people can do. And the most important point - I trust you very much, this trust is not generated by your rescue in Huluxia, but what arrangement is in the dark, I can't say why, so I gave you the 'Dragon Pattern Armor' and named you the 'Dragon General' to act on behalf of the Son of Heaven to deal with local forces and affairs. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Da Mo Guyanzhi also just hugged his fists and did not kowtow to thank him, "The minister must do his best to stabilize the situation in the south and share the worries of His Majesty." ”

"Control the gangs set up by your adventurers and our people and let them form a rope, these people are the reserve force and logistics support of our army, those civil and military generals of mine have too much to do with it, and they can't handle these things without distractions, and sometimes you adventurers need to do it when dealing with adventurers."

"Command!" The lonely smoke of the desert clenched his fists and led his life.

"In this way, I will be relieved to return to the north!" Emperor Jinhui let out a sigh and threw the apple in his hand into the surging river.