The fire in Tongcheng has not been extinguished for several days, and the smoke can even be seen in Xiaogushan. As a direct result of the Tongcheng fire, tens of thousands of people in Tongcheng also lost their homes, and the entire county was burned into cracked ruins.

It wasn't until ten days later that a heavy rain extinguished all the embers.

In the heavy rain, people saw that the rain could also be black and smelly of grass ash.

On the 10th, the news had already reached the capital.

Huang didn't dare to hide any details, he thought that now the irascible and irritable Li Chi would be furious and take the Sword Sect to open the knife. As a result, Li Chi just sat on the chair in the imperial study in a daze.

On the same day, Su Daosan, who was about to accept the emperor's reprimand, was left aside, and the emperor just impatiently sent Su Daosan home first.

On the way out of the imperial study, Su Daosan and Shi Yunjie walked together.

Su Daosan asked puzzledly: "Gong Yun, what's wrong with this Your Majesty? Tongcheng was destroyed, and it has nothing to do with the Sword Sect, why did Your Majesty not say a word when he heard the news." ”

Shi Yunjie's face was not very good-looking, he glanced back at the empty palace gate and whispered: "Your Majesty knows what you and I are capable of, if you really want to deal with the Sword Sect, you have to be booked by heaven." ”

Su Daosan's eyelids twitched, what he was most afraid of was that those people in Tianshu reappeared on the stage, whether it was Yang Juequ Hui of the younger generation, or Chen Yuanhou and Jiao Dajun of the older generation, they all regarded him as an enemy. Now that he is being left out in the cold, if it is really the emperor who reactivates the Book of Heaven, then the result waiting for him is still forever said?

"How's that good?"

Su Daosan's eyes were worried, and Shi Yunjie was also frowning, how to let Tianshu continue to hide in the city became a lingering thought in Shi Yunjie's mind. The emperor's hesitation must have remembered the problem, and right now, either they solved the matter of the Sword Sect's arson. Either the Sword Sect can be solved, and the material losses can be slowly figured out, but Tianshu must not be able to re-enter the political arena.

Two points, to solve the Sword Sect, Shi Yunjie directly ruled out, and the other, it seems that the strength of him and Su Daosan alone is not enough to solve the problem.

Su Daosan looked at Shi Yunjie, who had not spoken, and asked eagerly, "Yungong." What does Yun Gong think, you and I are both people in the same boat, you can give an explanation. ”

Shi Yunjie squinted his eyes and said, "Then it depends on Huang Qi's attitude." Also, what does the Sword Sect want. After Shi Yunjie finished speaking, he knocked Su Daosan's chest with the back of his hand, and got into the carriage.

Su Daosan frowned, what the Sword Sect wanted, or Huang Qi's attitude, how did he know?

Walking to the carriage, Mi Dali had already set up the stool for getting on the carriage, Su Daosan glanced at Mi Dali and said, "Go to the south of the city and see our evergreen brothers." ”

In the courtyard in the south of the city, Chi Changqing has been waiting, in the past two days, Su Daosan has returned to Beijing, and it is inevitable to come to see him to inquire about what he has seen and information in Beijing. He sent two strong men, one tall and one short, out, and beside him were only two thugs who had been recruited and didn't know anything. Chi Changqing's heart is very careful, just like Wang Rui's heart when he was fighting.

He pretended to sort out the news collected by the eyes and ears of the capital, but in his mind, he was thinking about what kind of attitude Su Daosan would talk to him. domineering, or commanding, or calling brother and brother, these can more or less see what Su Daosan encountered in the palace, and the general situation.

As expected, Chi Changqing heard Su Daosan's voice from a distance while he was still in the house

"Brother Evergreen, are you still used to living in this courtyard?"

As soon as he heard the voice, Chi Changqing knew that Su Daosan was afraid that nothing good had happened in the palace. didn't dare to slack off, immediately opened the door, and hit the ground head-on: "Master Hou." ”

Su Daosan took Chi Changqing's hand, his eyes lost his disgust for his ugly face in the past, and said affectionately: "Brother Changqing, why is this." I haven't seen it for more than a month, and I miss it very much, come. Come into the house and talk. ”

As soon as he entered the room, Su Dao looked at it three or four times, looked at the stacks of thick papers on the table, picked it up and looked at it, and commented from time to time.

Mi Dali winked at Chi Changqing, and there was an affirmation in his eyes that his brother was now highly valued.

"Master Hou, I don't know what to order. These are all things that I can find out in the capital for more than a month, big and small. ”

Su Daosan nodded and said, "It's hard work, it's not easy for you!"

"Master Hou has won the award. ”

Su Dao didn't raise his head three times, but said casually: "This Lu Douya, I remember that he was once pulled up by Zhou Zhe, but now he has a lot of relationship with Tian Shigu, but he has found a home." ”

It's all a good thing that he did by himself, can he Chi Changqing not know? ”

"Oh, what's going on in there?"

Chi Changqing said with a cautious attitude: "I don't know much about the court. Doesn't it mean that when the head of the court can manage everything? If Lu Douya only follows the path of Tian Shigu, he may not be able to do the soldier's squire, right?" After speaking, he paused for a moment, and then hesitated to speak: "In the future, it's just a conjecture, and it can't be true." ”

Chi Changqing's plan in his heart is to create a rift between Su Daosan and Shi Yunjie, as for how far it can go, it depends on whether the seed sown today can germinate more in Su Daosan's heart.

Su Daosan nodded: "Well, whether it's right or not, you're doing a good job." It is to learn to analyze and learn to think. After speaking, he turned his head to Mi Dali and said: "Brother Changqing, this is a good brain, you have to learn more." ”

Mi Dali hurriedly nodded: "Understood, Master Hou." ”

"Hou Ye praises falsely!" Chi Changqing replied again.

At this moment, Su Daosan is sincerely admiring Chi Changqing, who is good at thinking, from a first-order gangster to now his eyes and ears of Su Daosan, he has gradually grown up, it can be said that the future is promising. Of course, Su Daosan didn't just talk about it, he also arrived with Zhou Zhizhi, he took out a box from his sleeve, and then opened it, and the halo of natural spirit stones the size of eggs suddenly enveloped the entire room.

"Natural Spirit Stone!" Mi Dali's look of never seeing the world filled Su Daosan's heart with a sense of superiority, and then looking at Chi Changqing's expression, the haze of being left out of the palace was swept away from the bottom of his heart. He laughed

"That's right! It is a natural spirit stone, a priceless natural spirit stone, and now, this one can be used as a food stamp worth 300,000 taels. And now, with prices rising, he will rise even more. Dasheng, if you want to say that the real thing that preserves its value, it is not food, nor food stamps, but the real one. Now, although I am in the capital, there are some things that I need you to do!"

As soon as Chi Changqing heard it, he understood that the emperor was not a hungry soldier, and Su Daosan was playing the emotional card and paying this spirit stone, so he naturally had something to do.

"Master Hou, if there is anything, just by order. ”

Su Daosan waved his hand vigorously at Mi, and the latter left the room with interest, and then, almost sticking to Chi Changqing, said, "I want you to go to the White Deacon of the Sword Sect and ask what the Sword Sect wants." Remember, don't reveal your identity, reach out first. If you have something, come directly to the house to find me. In addition, pay more attention to the movements of the internal guard yamen and the book of heaven. ”

Chi Changqing was stunned for a moment: "That spirit stone, is it a meeting gift for Deacon Bai?"

Su Daosan waved his hand: "That's for you and the brothers below, now the imperial court is going to print food stamps again, and then give you food stamps, looking at the decrease in days, these things can be used to offset expenses." As for how to do it, you can do it, I just want the result. How's that, evergreen brother?

"The villain must be smeared with liver and brain to repay the grace of the lord. ”

Chi Changqing wants to salute again, it seems that there is always an endless salute, but the more this is the case, the happier Su Daosan is, indicating that his subordinates still know that there is a difference between respect and inferiority.

After finishing the business, before Su Daosan left, he said in front of Chi Changqingmi

"Qi San, the person is not bad, a talent, although I haven't read a few books, but I have won the heart of Mrs. My housekeeper of Su Mansion has gone because of some accidents, and I am ready to follow my wife's advice and let Qi San temporarily take the position of housekeeper. You guys, you have to work hard. ”

This news came suddenly, Mi Dali obviously didn't expect it, Chi Changqing guessed something, but he didn't think that Qi San would climb faster than he imagined. Not only did he climb into Mrs. Su's bed, but he was also ready to climb further to the position of the housekeeper of Su Mansion. Sure enough, once the seed in the human heart sprouts and sprouts, it is difficult for anyone to say what kind of monster it will grow into in the end.

"Thank you Master Hou for cultivating. Mi Dali thanked Qi San.

Watching the carriage leave, Chi Changqing turned back to the room, and the spirit stone was casually thrown on the table by him and became a paperweight. He shook his head

"An egg-sized spirit stone, look at you. Su Daosan, you still look like you haven't seen the world. He thought that spirit stones were never hard currency, but consumables for greater gain. At least that's how Zhou Zhe sees it, his Su Daosan's pattern can only stay in the family's shortcomings and the benefits of oil and salt.

In the blink of an eye, it didn't take long for Chi Changqing to figure out why Su Daosan asked him to ask such a sentence, because as long as he stabbed the affairs of the court, there was no impermeable wall. Su Daosan said to him that he probably had the intention of testing.

Chi Changqing scoffed, but for the Sword Sect, he saw an opportunity for the fire set in Tongcheng. It's not that he can find an opportunity for better treatment in the capital, but an opportunity for Liu Maosheng and other demon dragons to gain a foothold in Hexi. Now the army of the imperial court is stationed in Fengcheng Mansion, waiting to fight Hexi again, if the tone of the imperial court is suppressed, then in the future, there will be more room for operation.

It is said that it will decline and then exhaust. The army set out on the expedition, if it was not in time, when the Demon Dragoon ran Hexi into an iron bucket, not to mention an army of 100,000, 200,000 would be in vain, he understood too well the means and potential of that group of former brothers.

"What does the Sword Sect want?" Chi Changqing pondered, and then went straight to the street where the city was stationed. He is not afraid of being seen by the internal guards, and he is not afraid that the internal guards will find out Su Daosan from him, because he doesn't care about winning or losing.

Deacon Bai looked at Chi Changqing, who was ugly in front of him, and was very curious, usually visiting him, or a relative of a certain family, wanting to send a few unsuccessful sons of a side house to the Sword Sect, or the deacon of a certain family had serious things, but the people in front of him, followed behind him, were not even comparable to the pro-soldiers and generals of the Hou Mansion, and they were clearly like gangsters in the rivers and lakes.

"It's the White Butler on the other side. Chi Changqing spoke loudly, and the two Sword Sect disciples who blocked him stubbornly pressed their sword hilts against his chest and did not stop them.

At this moment, Deacon Bai had just come back from outside, and couldn't help but look at the person who was waiting for him at the door curiously: "Your Excellency is?"

"Below, under Suhou, Chi Changqing. ”

Deacon Bai looked at the people coming from the mountain, and always felt that his body was a little familiar, but he didn't think much about it, but he was quite optimistic about the bearing of this subordinate: "Oh? Su Daosan Su Hou Ye? I don't seem to have any intersection with Su Hou." Your Excellency, is there something going on?"

"Naturally, there is something, could it be that the Sword Sect has acted brightly to the point where everything is known to the world?" Chi Changqing looked at the surrounding deacon's mansions, looked at his eyes, and said to Deacon Bai with a smile.

Deacon Bai didn't care about the thorn in these words, and waved his hand back to the Sword Sect disciple in front of Chi Changqing: "Please, talk in the room." ”

In the small living room of the station, Deacon Bai did not lose any courtesy, even if the person opposite looked like he was just a disciple of Xun Qi.

"What do you want to ask?"

Chi Changqing looked at the somewhat impatient White Deacon and said, "My lord wants to know what the Sword Sect wants. The ministers of the capital also wanted to know what the Sword Sect wanted. ”

Deacon Bai snorted coldly and took a sip of tea: "I don't understand what you say." ”

Chi Changqing did not hide it and said bluntly: "They left the ornament representing the identity of the disciple of the Sword Sect in Tongcheng, and it was the internal guards of Tongcheng who saw the five people flying away with their own eyes. The five are all young and beautiful women.,The first one seems to be called.。。 Blue peony. Still is... Bai Ling. ”

As soon as these words came out, Deacon Bai squinted his eyes and looked at Chi Changqing in front of him again, he still looked like that, he always felt that the person in front of him seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember anything. But when he saw the scar on Chi Changqing's face, he felt even more like he wanted to cover it up.

"What else do you know? Maybe someone else is setting the blame?"

"Planting blame?" This time it was Chi Changqing's turn to be unhurried: "The symbol of the core disciples of the Sword Sect, is that sword-shaped pendant the white landscape reversed and given away? Or is it that the battle group of the Sword Sect is not used now and has been robbed?"

"You!" Deacon Bai's eyes instantly filled with murderous aura: "How do you know?"

"These things are easy to know as soon as you ask, but now adults are just worried about face. After all, if you really say it, the face of the Sword Sect is not good-looking. Just do it, but casually, the Sword Sect may lose this person?" Chi Changqing's words made Deacon Bai uncertain.

"What do you want?" Deacon Bai felt that there seemed to be room for manipulation in this matter, and he was even more curious about the person in front of him, and the way of conversation was very similar to that of a person he didn't want to mention by name, Zhou Zhe. But looking at age and height, it's definitely not.

Chi Changqing said with a smile: "That's a good question, the adults don't know what they want, but they want to know what the Sword Sect wants." The adults only thought about their wealth and glory, and burned the grain and grass in Tongcheng at one time, and they had already offended their relatives, the first assistant and the inner servant of the dynasty, Huang Gong. Although the Sword Sect is strong, if Da Sheng really can't swallow this breath, what will be the result of the 100,000 troops of Fengcheng Mansion turning around and driving into the Sword Sect? Presumably, Ling Xiao Pavilion will not sit idly by!"

In the same way, Butler Bai is almost certain that the person in front of him must have something to do with Zhou Zhe, but he can't decide what kind of it is.

He snorted and laughed, "Alarmist. ”

Chi Changqing confidently continued: "I'm just telling the truth. The court has lost face, the adults have lost their linings, and if there is a meeting in this nest, maybe Your Majesty will really do it as soon as his brain is hot. Could it be that the Sword Sect still has any killer moves?" Chi Changqing frowned and pinched his fingers and pretended to say: "Hehe, the lower reaches of the Rootless River, but there has not been a big flood for decades, there were signs of the flood season last year, and this year, is it really there?"

Deacon Bai changed color suddenly, Bai Chongjiu had already told him about the preparation of the embankment in the lower reaches of the Wugen River, and asked him to prepare to deal with the changes in Dasheng Capital. They burst the embankment in order to make the opening of Shandong Province wider, so that they can sell the grain they have hoarded, and by the way, buy the land in Shandong to cultivate marginal strength and ensure food security.

"Who are you?" White Deacon's eyes were already murderous at the moment, and no one had been able to calculate so much for a long time.

"In the next, Chi Changqing. Deacon of Suhou. Su Hou came to inquire. Chi Changqing bowed, it seemed that this week was very right, but at this moment, there was no respect at all.

Deacon Bai no longer spoke, but was considering, could he really talk to this Deacon Sumen about the purpose of the Sword Sect? But the matter has been revealed, don't say it, in the end, if those people in the court have a hot brain, and really open the territory of the Sword Sect with the army, then it will be a loss of adults. A few years ago, no matter how arrogant Zhou Zhe was, it was just a verbal pressure.

Deacon Bai didn't think of how to deal with it, but Chi Changqing said: "For example, today, the transaction between Dasheng and Lingxiao Pavilion is going smoothly. The Qiankun Gate is in a corner, and the Hanging Mountain is open up in Henan Road. It's just the Sword Sect, there is Lingxiao in the south, and there is Xiaogu Mountain in the north. I remember that when Shandong Dao was in turmoil before, the Sword Sect thought about intervening, but now, could it be that he still takes a fancy to that one-third of an acre of land?

"You?" Deacon Bai was already speechless, and the person in front of him guessed their methods just by virtue of his motives, which already shocked him.

Chi Changqing said unrelentingly: "If you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do." Isn't it just land, money and food. Why don't you discuss it with the adults? I'm just going to have a word. ”

Deacon Bai's brain was already short-circuited, he didn't know what the person in front of him was thinking, and it seemed that he didn't mean anything about him except to dig out all the things hidden in his heart in front of him. If the river bursts, if the other party tries desperately to stop it, it must be Zhou Zhe's people, or people all the way. But the other party just lightly explained the purpose of the matter of the river breaking the embankment or not breaking the embankment. There is no fear of disaster, and it really doesn't look like he is a person with Zhou Zhe.

"Perhaps, I was mistaken!"

Looking at the back left by Chi Changqing, Deacon Bai muttered to himself. Chi Changqing left him his own address, which was a residence in the south of the city and the Su family restaurant, everything seemed to be nothing wrong, he waited for the news of Deacon Bai, and seemed so calm.

"No, this matter has to be decided by the sect master. In the end, Deacon Bai still gave an order, and asked people to quickly explain the situation between Chi Changqing and Chaozhong. That's peace of mind.