He Shuai followed the bustling street to a small corner in the south of the city, and it was still the dilapidated house, but He Shuai knew that this was really the wealth center of Piaofeng City.

Pushing open the door and walking into the house, the old appraiser and the old city lord were both there, and the two were talking and laughing about the past together, while the old appraiser's closed disciple was sitting on the desk and listening with interest.

Seeing He Shuai come in, the old city lord smiled kindly: "You're here!" The old appraiser and apprentice also got up to greet him.

Don't look at He Shuai is the city lord outside, majestic, but here he doesn't dare to make a mistake, and he greeted the two old men and young men with a smiling face.

"Sit!" The old appraiser personally poured a cup of tea for He Shuai and said with a smile.

After He Shuai sat down next to the two, the old city lord asked, "Apprentice, why do you have time to see our two old fellows today?" ”

"Look at what you said, Master, can I, as an apprentice, not worry about Master and the old appraiser's grandfather." He Shuai said coquettishly with a teacup.

"Are you in trouble again, if you need money, I still have some here!" The old appraiser smiled and said, "Now that I am the lord of the city, it is not as good as before, it costs money everywhere!" Yan'er, go and get the private money for the teacher. He instructed his apprentice.

The young man on the desk answered, and was about to go into the back room to withdraw the money.

"No, no! I have enough money! He Shuai hurriedly got up and said, "I made a special trip to see the two seniors today." "This is the first time He Shuai has heard the name of the old appraiser's closed disciple, Yan'er.

"How can anyone look at people and not give gifts." The old city lord suddenly asked with a smile.

"Oops, I was so abrupt that I rushed over when I missed it, and I forgot to buy something." He Shuai patted his head regretfully and said, it was indeed because he didn't think it through. But when did he ever give gifts to others?

The old appraiser pointed at the old city lord and scolded with a smile: "You old thing, you know how to tease the younger generations every day, young master, you don't have to go to your heart, your master is joking with you." ”

"Don't call me young master, I can't afford it. Just call me handsome. He Shuai hurriedly got up and bowed, and said respectfully. If it weren't for the help of the old appraiser, who would be where I am today?

"You sit, you sit!" The old city lord patted He Shuai on the shoulder and said, "Don't be so polite to him, Xiao Shuai, you can talk about it, what is the matter with today." ”

"That's the ......" He Shuai told the two of them exactly what had happened recently, and even the fact that the small city lord of Burning Snow City had awarded him 500,000 taels of silver tickets without reservation.

The old appraiser didn't have much feeling after hearing this, 500,000 taels of gold was an easy thing for him, as long as he wanted to earn it. After hearing this, the old city lord sighed deeply: "I really didn't expect that the city lord of Burning Snow City would also be plotted three years ago, I have seen him, he is a good young man." ”

"Master, at the moment, although the little city lord has inherited the position of city lord, he does not have any substantive rights at all. Moreover, Yang Shaojun, a traitor, is preparing to make a move on his birthday next month, and once Burning Snow City completely falls into their hands, our Floating Maple City will be in danger. So, the apprentice promised to help him regain everything he had lost! He Shuai whispered the reason for the incident.

"You're doing the right thing, apprentice, if I had been there, I would have done the same!" The old city lord nodded approvingly, remembered something, and continued, "It just so happens that there is an excellent opportunity on the tenth day of the first month of next month, and you can take the opportunity to attack Snow City!" Every year on the tenth day of the eighth month, the imperial court will send down Lord Qincha to convene a meeting of the city lords of our four major cities, and General Zhao Yi has participated in these three years, and this time you can go to meet the other three city lords on behalf of our Piaofeng City. ”

"You mean, we're attacking Snowfall while we're meeting the meeting?" He Shuai asked in disbelief. No one noticed that when the old city lord mentioned the imperial court, the young man named Yan'er trembled all over, and tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes.

The old city lord nodded and smiled: "Maybe you don't know yet, although our four major cities are under the orders of the imperial court, they are independent of each other and are not restricted by the imperial court. ”

"Oh, Master, what's going on?" He Shuai asked curiously.

"Back then, when the world was in turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, our Tang Gaozong Li Yuan personally led 50,000 elite soldiers to take advantage of the situation to raise troops from Taiyuan and capture Chang'an City. In the second year, Emperor Gong of Sui gave the throne, Gaozu proclaimed himself emperor, established the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and set the capital in Chang'an. The old castle lord recalled the past and said generously, "However, the world was not stable at that time, and after a ten-year unification war, the land of Kyushu gradually settled down, and I was ......."

"Several meritorious ministers were rewarded as princes to guard the four major cities, and your master was one of them, and he became the lord of the city! How many years of old jokes, you are not ashamed, you will blow it when you meet people. The old appraiser grabbed the conversation and said.

The old city lord glanced at the appraiser, and then said: "Our four great city lords not only enjoy the benefits of the imperial court, but also can freely develop their military and economic strength, and do not need to be restricted by the imperial court. Because each city lord has been carefully cultivated by the previous city lord, he will not have any thoughts about Datang at all, but our four main cities are the real wartime guarantee and supply of Datang. ”

When He Shuai heard this, he instantly felt a lot of pressure on his body, wiped the sweat on his forehead and asked, "Master, so the imperial court sends a messenger every year, saying that it is a gathering of the four major city lords, but in fact, it is to appease the army?" But why is there such a difference in the strength of our Floating Maple City and Burning Snow City? ”

The old city lord nodded, and smiled embarrassedly: "The purpose of the rally is mainly to pay the next year's salary, or who will go." As for why we have so few soldiers in Piaofeng City, it is because I follow the noble idea of Confucius Sage as a man for government and morality. ”

The old appraiser snorted and laughed loudly on the side: "Oh, I've never seen you so shameless, I have been greedy for fun and mistaken for development." even moved out the old man Kong, you can really blow it! Xiaoshuai, let me tell you, your master has no other skills, and being greedy for fun and fooling people is definitely the first in Piaofeng City! Otherwise, why do the people of Piaofeng City love him? ”

"Old Li, can you still save me some face in front of my good apprentice?" The old city lord held back his red cheeks and said.

"Okay, you keep blowing, you keep blowing, I don't say it!" The old appraiser laughed.

He Shuai is called a shame, two old men who are almost 500 years old together, and they are like children when they joke.

"Apprentice, where did we blow just now?" As soon as the old city lord spoke, he hurriedly changed his words, "Old Li Tou, I see that you are angry with me!" Apprentice, where are we? ”

"Speaking of which, you've established Floating Maple City." He Shuai didn't dare to scream in front of the master, and said respectfully.

"Hey, speaking of Floating Maple City, it really took me most of my life's effort!" The old city lord recalled the past, and he didn't know if it was really full of emotion, or if it was a deliberate atmosphere.