In the barracks, Fang Lin rode a horse to inspect the various barracks, and suddenly there was a neigh, and a group of cavalry roared from the side, and a burly man with a scar rushed out of the middle of the cavalry. Fang Lin looked at the scarred man and secretly thought: It's quite fast.

It turned out that this scarred man was the general of the Guanzi battalion, and his name was Guan Zushan, and the Guan family controlled the strongest army in the city, and it was simply renamed the Guanzi battalion, and the Guan family had recently been very close to the Liu family's forces, and when they heard Fang Lin inspecting the barracks, they ran over. At this time, Guan Zushan stood in the army and didn't speak, and a team of tiger riders looked at Fang Lin with murderous faces.

When Fang Lin's entourage saw Guan Zushan demonstrating there, they were immediately furious and planned to rush forward. Fang Lin waved his hand to signal the entourage around him to retreat, and walked to Guan Zushan's army single-handedly and asked, "This city lord came to quickly camp, what is General Guan doing?" Guan Zushan laughed after hearing this: "It turned out to be Fang City Lord, what kind of thief should I be here, I can't see the thieves who leave the city the most." With that, he signaled to the army, and the army immediately withdrew behind him.

Fang Lin whipped back to the middle of his entourage and said, "Since we already know that I am here to inspect the barracks, General Guan will please go back." Guan Zushan bared his teeth and smiled: "Recently, the demons in the city have been very rampant, in order to protect the safety of the Fang City Lord, I will escort the Fang City Lord to inspect the barracks." Fang Lin waved his hand and refused: "Don't bother General Guan, the city lord has brought guards." ”

Guan Zushan suddenly asked, "Where does City Lord Fang think the army leaving the city is the strongest?" Fang Lin glanced at Guan Zushan and replied: "The army that left the city is naturally the most powerful in General Guan's Guanzi battalion, is General Guan showing off to me?" Guan Zushan shook his head and said, "It's not to show off. Since the strongest army leaving the city is the Guanzi battalion, why should the city lord refuse the escort of the strongest army? Could it be that the city lord's guard is stronger than the Guanzi battalion?" Fang Lin smiled and said, "Then there is General Lao Guan. ”

Fang Lin took Guan Zushan to inspect the various military camps, and Guan Zushan followed wherever Fang Lin went. Half a day later, Fang Lin finally finished inspecting the barracks, Guan Zushan said goodbye with a smile and beckoned: "City Lord Fang will remember to tell me next time he comes to inspect the barracks, the Guan Zi Battalion is waiting for City Lord Fang at any time." Fang Lin didn't say anything, waved goodbye to the barracks.

After returning to the mansion, the people around Fang Lin whispered to Fang Lin about the current situation. When Fang Lin heard this, he was furious and said, "Why did you only tell me about this matter now!" The servants beside him hurriedly knelt down and said in a panic: "The subordinates also know now, after all, the affairs in the City Lord's Mansion have always been the responsibility of Steward Jiao." Fang Lin suppressed his anger and asked, "Where is Uncle Jiao now?" The servant said in a low voice, "Steward Jiao has been out drinking and hasn't come back yet." ”

Fang Lin found the drunken Steward Jiao who was drinking, sighed and said, "You guys carry Uncle Jiao back and settle it down first." A group of servants carried the drunken Steward Jiao home, and after Fang Lin placed the Steward Jiao, he instructed: "Tomorrow, Uncle Jiao will wake up and tell him, let him go to a grange outside the city to be a steward, let him go there to retire with peace of mind, and let him bother with the many chores of the City Lord's Mansion." ”

After Fang Lin went back, he summoned the servants who were in charge of Mu Bai's living and asked them carefully, and selected a few clever people to be in charge of Mu Bai's daily life.

Early the next morning, Fang Lin received a request from Steward Jiao to see him, Fang Lin's eyes flashed a trace of unbearability, he waved his hand and said, "No, let him go directly to the Grange." Half an hour later, the servant came to report that Steward Jiao had left. Fang Lin asked, "Uncle Jiao, did you say anything?" The servant replied, "Steward Jiao kowtowed twice to your room, saying that he would not be able to take care of the master in the future, and asked the master to be careful when leaving the city." Fang Lin sighed and said, "Uncle Jiao has watched me grow up since I was a child, and he is the old man in the family. Give Uncle Jiao twice the monthly money, the weekday treatment is equivalent to the master, remember to let the house send good wine during the New Year's holidays. The servant obeyed the order and withdrew.

Mu Bai took Cao Tieyi to the place where the monk Kulian came, and as soon as he entered the door, Xiao Shami said: "This gentleman is the Confucian Mr. Mu, Master Ku has been waiting for you for a long time, sir, please come in." Mu Bai smiled and said, "Little master, please lead the way." ”

The little novice led through several Buddhist halls to the outside of a meditation room in a secluded place. He bowed his head and said, "Mr. Mu, please wait here, and I will go and ask Master Ku." The little novice pushed open the door and came to the meditation room, where the monk Kulian was meditating and chanting. After the little novice knelt down to tell him about it, the bitter lotus monk opened his eyes and said, "Let him wait outside."

Mu Bai waited outside for a long time and didn't see Xiao Shami come out, Cao Tieyi said, "Sir, why don't we go back." Mu Bai shook his head and said, "You can't just return in vain, at least you have to get a detailed file." With that, he pushed open the door and walked in.

The Kulian monk who was reciting the scriptures in the meditation room saw Mu Bai pushing open the door and coming in, and sneered: "Aren't Confucian disciples the most polite? Cao Tieyi said angrily: "Obviously, you let us wait outside, but you left us outside for half a day." Monk Kulian said proudly: "I have been studying in the meditation room, and I have not invited you to come to my meditation room, how can I hang you for a long time?" Cao Tieyi said angrily: "Isn't that little novice your person?"

Cao Tieyi pointed at the bitter lotus monk and said: "You are obviously playing tricks on us, you must have hidden the little novice, and quickly hand over the little novice!" Monk Kulian laughed loudly: "Is this the Confucian etiquette? Mu Bai stopped being angry Cao Tieyi and said unhurriedly: "Just now we tracked down the demons, and when we saw the demons enter your room, they disappeared, so we found an excuse to come in, I didn't want it to be Master Kulian's meditation room, I thought it was a place for demons to hide dirt and dirt." ”

Master Kulian angrily pointed at Mu Bai and said, "This is the meditation room of this seat, not a place to hide filth and dirt. Now you have come in and seen, there are no demons here, please go back. Mu Bai smiled and said, "Since I am fortunate enough to meet Master Kulian, can you give me the detailed files of those demons for review." Monk Kulian reluctantly picked up a bunch of dossiers and threw them to Mu Bai and said: "These are detailed dossiers, this seat still has to meditate and chant the scriptures, please take it back." Mu Bai accepted the dossier and pulled Cao Tieyi out of the meditation room.