Mengxia City is a small city only 80 miles away from Chang'an.

The city is not more than ten miles square, but relying on the favorable time and place of Chang'an, it can be regarded as rich by earning some money from the passing of traders.

At this time, in the courtyard of the Taishou Mansion.

The old lady in the blue official robe was bent over, and her face was full of flattery.

"Lord Taiwei, this is a meal specially prepared for adults by the small kitchen, please use it slowly. He said so, and out of the corner of his eye, he carefully observed the young man sitting at the stone table.

The lord of Tiance Mansion and the Taiwei of the Great Zhou Dynasty are extremely popular people, but they don't want to be so young.

But...

After all, he is going to die.

As he thought so, the flattery on his face was even worse.

Officialdom has been crawling and rolling for many years, and he has long been able to do this on the surface and secretly.

"The little one will be retired first, and you adults will use it slowly. Seeing that he couldn't get the slightest response from the other party, the old lady couldn't continue to stick his hot face on Xu Han's cold buttocks. So you have to leave.

But as soon as he took the step, he was stopped by two soldiers in white armor.

The old lady was stunned for a moment, and looked sideways at the young man who was quietly eating dishes at the stone table, "What does this mean, Tai Wei?" he asked with a puzzled expression.

"Mu'an. Xu Han, who was sitting on the stone table, ignored his inquiry.

"Hmm, what does the mansion lord command?" The boy with the exaggerated sword behind him heard this and looked sideways at Xu Han.

"When I came, I saw a place selling sugar gourds on the street corner, and you asked Sister Keqing to accompany you to sell some and eat them on the way. Xu Han said with a smile, Su Mu'an, this kid seems to have a special obsession with sugar gourds, and he loves to eat them very much.

"Really?" the boy's mind was simple, and he was overjoyed when he heard it, and he was already eager to try it.

"Don't eat too much, be careful of tooth decay. Xu Han glanced at him angrily and admonished.

"Hmm. Su Mu'an nodded heavily, and then pulled Qin Keqing on the side out of the mansion.

And when Su Mu'an walked away, Xu Han turned his head to look at the old lady, and a smile like a spring breeze appeared on his face.

"Lord Taishou is so courteous, how can I enjoy it alone, come, let's eat together. Xu Han said with a smile.

Smiling tiger, hiding a knife in a smile.

I haven't read many books, and I can only think of these two words to describe the smile on Xu Han's face at this moment, relying on a relationship with a certain big man in the Long Night Division who is too far away to beat.

He instinctively wanted to excuse himself, but before the words reached his mouth, he met the murderous gaze of the two armorers.

The old lady guarded a spirit, thinking about the young concubine who had just passed the door, and spent a lot of silver tickets, and before she had time to enjoy half a moment, she really couldn't explain it here.

Therefore, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips raw. The flattering smile appeared on his face again, and a dry old face was squeezed together with the smile.

"Lord Taiwei is so interested, the old man is naturally accompanied. The old lady gritted her teeth, sat down at the stone table, reached out and lifted the wine glass in front of her to fill it, and eagerly handed it to Xu Han.

But who knew that Xu Han stretched out his hand at that time and pressed the wine glass handed by the old lady.

"Taiwei this..."The old lady was stunned for a moment, and before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Xu Han.

"The old lady is an elder, how can this cup be respected by Xu. Xu Han's face still had a bright smile, but this smile made the old lady Shou's heart chuckle for a while, and a faint sense of foreboding was born.

But Xu Han's physical cultivation has reached the Zixiao Realm, how amazing is that strength?

"Under the orders of His Majesty, I led the troops to Dahuang Town to guard the border passes, which depends on the cooperation of the old lady. Xu Han said, and the wine glass in his hand was raised high, heading towards Na Tai Shoujing.

"I don't know... Lord Taiwei, how about you get old... Cooperate with it. The old lady asked cautiously, but the wine glass in her hand was too late to drink.

"It's nothing more than soldiers, horses, money, and food. Xu Han said lightly, and the wine in the cup was drunk by him at that time.

Unexpectedly, when the Taishou heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he waved his hand again and again. "The old decay of this alliance is not comparable to Chang'an, the training of soldiers is only a few hundred, all of them are to resist the bandits from time to time or to strictly prevent riots in the city, if it is taken away by Lord Taiwei, then my alliance under the city is not in danger, how should I protect the safety of the people in the city?"

The old lady said this, with a very embarrassed look on her face, as if she was really thinking about the people under her rule.

Xu Han frowned at that time, and said in a calm voice: "That's it." ”

"Yes, the old decay is also more than enough and not enough. Seeing that Xu Han seemed to be bluffed by himself, the old lady echoed and said.

But Xu Han turned his head to look at a middle-aged man in a red robe with a resolute face beside him at that time, and asked quietly, "Mr. Yan, is that so?"

The middle-aged man was extremely burly, and the red robe worn by the minister fell on him, looking somewhat tight.

But his strange outfit did not make the Taishou feel half a point of ridicule, after seeing the other party's appearance clearly, the old Taishou's heart was shocked, and he exclaimed: "Yan Lianlou?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, he glanced at the old lady and grinned, revealing his yellow front teeth. "It's down there. ”

Yan Lianlou, one of the three thousand ministers of Tiance Mansion, is in charge of the intelligence network of Tiance Mansion, but there are few things that he does not know about what happened in the Great Zhou. Of course, this was in the heyday of Tiance Mansion back then, and now Yan Lianlou's intelligence network has been shrinking for various reasons, but although he has been hiding in a remote town without leaving home these years, the investigation and summary of intelligence from all sides has never been left behind.

Although he can't be as comprehensive as before, he can still figure out the details of a little Taishou.

Although this Taishou had never seen Yan Lianlou, after all, he had heard of his name, and he was following the master of this Tiance Mansion, so he guessed it at once. And after getting Yan Lianlou's own admission, the face of the Taishou suddenly turned a little pale.

"How is it? Taishou still has to continue to insist?" Xu Han saw him like this, and the smile on his face became even worse. He asked faintly, his voice cold, like snowfall in the north.

That Tai Shouyan gritted his teeth and pondered for a while, but he finally couldn't give up those industries that were not easy for him to run. What's more, the purpose of Xu Han and the others has already been sent by flying pigeons, and they are just outcasts of the imperial court. How could the old lady be willing to pour her heart and soul into such a person. Therefore, after being silent for a long time, he finally said in a low voice: "It's not that you don't want to, it's true..."

Bang dang!

As soon as his words came out, Xu Han's body stood up suddenly, only to see that the young man's long sleeves waved, and the sumptuous dishes on the table fell to the ground one after another, shattered, and then his hand stretched out violently, grabbed the old lady's hand, and pressed it on the stone table.

"Mr. Yan said. He said in a cold voice, as if a substantial killing intent poured out from his body, and at the cuff of his other hand, a cold light appeared, and a dagger was held in his hand at that time.

The old lady saw that Xu Han's behavior did not seem to bluff, and she immediately panicked. He said again and again: "Lord Taiwei, what is this going to do?"

Xu Han didn't pay attention to it, but turned his head to look at the burly Yan Lianlou. /p> "In September of the seventh year of the Thai Dynasty, Gu Liuxiang took office as the Taishou of the city under the alliance, and the tax was increased by three points, and the tax revenue of the Shanggong court was reduced by three points in the name of drought, and a total of 23,000 silver was paid, and the income was in his private pocket. ”

Yan Lianlou heard this, and said lightly at that time.

As soon as this sound fell, I saw a cold light slashing the dagger in Xu Han's hand, and a pig-like scream rose from the Taishou Mansion, and on the right hand of the Taishou who was pressed by Xu Han, the thumb had fallen off, and the red blood was rolling out, and it infected the entire stone table in an instant.

"Come again. Xu Han's face did not change at all, as if there was a chicken and duck in front of him now.

"In March of the ninth year of the Thai Dynasty, the snow disaster, the imperial court..."Yan Lianlou's deep voice sounded again, but it fell on the ears of the old lady, but it was as eerie as Yama urging his life.

"Eight hundred! Eight hundred soldiers! The old man is willing to provide eight hundred soldiers for the captain. Na Taishou couldn't care about the dripping wound on his hand at that time, and he said in a loud voice, his face no longer half bloody. Obviously, he was already frightened by Xu Han's ruthless move.

But when Xu Han heard this, he glanced at the old lady in a daze, and then said, "Read it again!"

"In March of the ninth year of the Thai Dynasty, the snow disaster, the imperial court issued 30,000 stones of grain and grass for disaster relief, and a total of 13,000 stones of the victims, and the rest was missing. Yan Lianlou's voice sounded again.

Then there was another heart-rending scream in the Taishou Mansion.

This time, the old lady's middle finger landed.

"Xu is not a patient person, next time, it will be the whole arm of Lord Taishou. Xu Hanhan looked at the old man who was almost fainting to death in this huge pain, and said.

"One thousand eight... 800 soldiers, 30,000 stones... Grain and grass..."That Taishou still has the courage to bargain with Xu Han at this moment, he said weakly, his face was extremely pale, and it seemed that he might faint at any time.

When Xu Han heard this, a smile finally appeared on his cold face at that time.

"If you were like this earlier, why should you suffer from flesh and skin? He was kind and persuasive, as if he could not bear to act like this.

Immediately, he let go of the hand that was pressing Taishou, and the dagger in his hand shook the blood stains on it, and he stood up: "I'm going to see these things at the gate of the city tomorrow, if not, Taishou should know what the consequences will be, right?"

After saying this, he turned around and led everyone out of the Taishou Mansion without looking back.

At that time, Qin Keqing and the others, who accompanied Su Mu'an to buy sugar gourds, also happened to come back.

"Mansion master, you taste it, it's sweet!" Su Mu'an, who was full of sugar, saw Xu Han and stretched out his hand to hand out a bunch.

Xu Han smiled slightly, took the sugar gourd, and took a bite, "Well, it's so sweet." ”

"That's not it, my Su Mu'an's ability to pick sugar gourds is not in vain. The little boy patted his chest and said proudly.

Xu Han reached out and took the boy's hand and walked towards the door of the mansion.

The group faded away, and the sound of their conversation could be heard in the distance.

"Mansion Master, don't we live here today?"

"No, no. ”

"Why?"

"Grandpa Taishou wants to prepare things for us, so we can't disturb them. ”

"What is it? Is it the soldiers, horses, and grass used in the war?"

"Hmm. ”

"Really? That's a good guy for Grandpa Taishou. ”

"Well, good guys indeed. ”

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(End of chapter)