It is very troublesome to come face to face with a person who is calculating and puts profit first in everything, and it is very troublesome to convince the other person to get on the same boat with him.

Not only does this require a lot of energy, testing each other for a long time, and giving a lot of practical benefits and future prospects, but the relationship is not necessarily stable.

And with a person with a heroic and sparse temperament, righteousness first, things will be much simpler, as long as everyone is like-minded and temperamental, the relationship will be very strong, and the probability of betrayal will happen is extremely small.

Even if everyone really wants to part ways in the future, there is no need to worry about being stabbed in the back.

Fortunately, what Zhao Ning seeks is to support righteousness and resist foreign enemies, everything is centered on the righteousness of the family and country, and this time he is going south, the comrades he wants to make friends with will not be snobbish, which allows him not to have to follow the flies and dogs who come to him.

What he has to deal with are corrupt officials and local bullies, and what he wants to help are heroes and people with lofty ideals.

This journey, destined from the beginning, is a happy and refreshing process.

"Isn't it time to let Li Yan come in and arrange the next action?" After Zhao Ning finished talking to Zhang Jing, Huang Yuandai asked very competently in time.

Zhao Ning stood up, "It's not early, I have to go to cultivate, Li Yan will be seen by Brother Huang." ”

Huang Yuandai knew that this was Zhao Ning's opportunity to give him the experience of being in charge, as a newcomer in Zhao Ning's winged forces, if he wanted to gain a firm foothold and gain the recognition and respect of others, he couldn't do it without making meritorious contributions, and at the same time, in his opinion, Zhao Ning was only afraid of testing his ability.

"Brother Ning just go to cultivate, and leave the affairs of Bianliang Mansion to me. Huang Yuandai smiled and gave his hand.

He gained Zhao Ning's trust very quickly, and more than ten days have passed, Zhao Ning has told him almost everything, which makes Huang Yuandai feel flattered while being a little puzzled. Although he is free and easy by nature, he doesn't care much about anything, but the grace of knowing is not valued by the eldest husband.

When Zhao Ning returned to the resting room, he did immediately devote himself to cultivation.

In the battle of Fengming Mountain, he achieved the middle stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, and now more than four months have passed, which is not short.

In the first year after being reborn, that is, at the age of sixteen, he jumped from the ninth layer of the Forging Body Realm to the middle stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, and the big threshold crossed two, even if it was averaged, it would be three months to improve to one realm.

Although it was much more difficult to break through the realm of the Yuan Shen Realm than the Imperial Qi Realm, in the golden four years of cultivation between the ages of sixteen and twenty, the realm improvement should have advanced by leaps and bounds.

In the battle of the Northern Border, Zhao Ning obtained a lot of wealth through various means, and now even if it is the top auxiliary cultivation resources, he is not lacking at all, and with the improved "Qingyun Jue" as the foundation, the realm ascension should be very fast.

Because the battle of the Northern Frontier has been experienced, comprehended, and the cultivators who have broken through the realm are the Yanmen Army as a whole, and after the wealth of the Zhao clan has increased, it is also the whole clan that has benefited, and with these two bonuses at the same time, Zhao Ning began to try to achieve the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm before the end of this year.

Putting him aside, by now, Zhao Xuanji's realm has been loosened, and there is a great tendency to achieve the late stage of Wang Xuanji's realm. If Zhao Xuanji can reach the late stage of the Wang Ji Realm, then he will be the first person worthy of the name of the Great Qi Dynasty.

However, from the middle to the late stage of Wang Ji Realm, this step is not simple, Zhao Xuanji is also old, it is difficult to say whether he can really take this step, but there is this possibility. In any case, Zhao Ning always didn't want the realm to lag behind Yang Jiani, although after the battle in the north, the other party no longer mentioned the matter of learning from each other, but it was better to hold the initiative in his own hands. Achieve the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm earlier, so that when you break through the Wang Ji Realm, you can try to be one step ahead of Yang Jiani.

In fact, Yang Jiani's question is not critical, the key is the realm of Tianyuan Khan.

As long as the national war starts, Zhao Ning and Tianyuan Khan will meet sooner or later, and the other party will inevitably be in the realm of heaven and man, if Zhao Ning can't keep up with the realm, the difference is too much, and he will undoubtedly be very passive in the battle situation.

A thousand words and many efforts, to get to the bottom of it, your own strength is the only truth.

Now that he has Huang Yuandai and Wu Hu Honglian, the two of them, as right-hand men, can already help him deal with most of his affairs, and he himself can spare a lot of time and energy to concentrate on cultivation.

Restraining his thoughts, Zhao Ning calmed down and closed his eyes to meditate.

In the hall, Huang Yuandai looked at Li Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, trembling and trembling, and said with a smile: "Master Li is a member of the fourth grade, and he is a stabbing history, although he is not the chief official in Bianliang Mansion, he doesn't have to be so timid, right?"

Li Yan raised his head when he heard this, glanced at the main seat weakly, and then realized that there was no one there-he had been lowering his head to show awe when he came in, and his heart suddenly chuckled.

The owner of the building boat didn't even see him, but it is conceivable that the other party didn't take his existence of this weight in his eyes at all, and the other party's identity was so high and strong that it was already about to come out.

Li Yanqiang replied with a smile: "In the three-third of an acre of land in Bianliang Mansion, Xiaguan may be called the head snake, but in front of an adult who crosses the river, Xiaguan is just a little cold, how dare he make a mistake?"

Huang Yuandai chuckled, didn't correct the other party for calling him "adult", exposed his own truth plainly, and said straight to the point: "General Cai Guan committed suicide, right?"

Suddenly hearing such an assertion, Li Yan was shocked, but he quickly nodded: "That's true!"

Huang Yuandai said slowly: "General Cai Guan, as an important member of the imperial court and a general in the army, how could he suddenly commit suicide in the countryside?"

Li Yan's face suddenly turned bitter, thinking to himself How do I know this, it's not what you say, but he didn't dare to say this, and noticed that Huang Yuandai was waiting for him to give an answer, he quickly thought for a while, and relied on quick thinking, and immediately found a reason for Cai Guan to commit suicide:

"General Cai's many years of suppression of bandits have been unfavorable, resulting in the Baigou River bandits growing stronger, and now they have developed into a large-scale disaster for the township, seeing that the situation is out of control, he knows that he is to blame, the crime is great, and he will be held accountable and severely punished by the imperial court, so he commits suicide in fear of crime!"

Huang Yuandai laughed, clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Wonderful, wonderful! Master Li is really worthy of being a talent, and his talent is really agile." Speaking of this, he suddenly changed his words and said in a deep voice: "However, when General Cai Guan committed suicide, Lord Li, as a colleague, why didn't he stop it?"

Li Yan opened his mouth and stammered.

Yes, why didn't he stop it? Maybe Cai Guan committed suicide too quickly, and he didn't have time, this is a very obvious reason. But Li Yan looked at Huang Yuandai, and saw that the other party had a look of ridicule and expectation, obviously not satisfied with this answer that could be easily thought of, and hoped that he would give a better answer.

Li Yan is now dumb and eats coptis, how does he know what is a better answer?

"Lord Li, you are also responsible for suppressing bandits, and you may not be smaller than General Cai Guan, now the bandits are a disaster in the township, attacking and killing large landlords, which is like a rebellion, General Cai Guan committed suicide in fear of crime, why are you still alive?" When Li Yan was puzzled, he heard Huang Yuandai's voice again.

Li Yan's heart jumped suddenly, and he was stunned, at this moment, looking at Huang Yuandai's expression full of deep meaning, he suddenly understood what the other party meant!

The core of this question is actually Cai Guan's suicide, as a relevant responsible official, why didn't he commit suicide like Cai Guan, and what is the reason for his life?

This reason is not the reason why he did not commit suicide - he would not and did not want to commit suicide in the first place - but his usefulness to Huang Yuandai's side, the reason why the other party spared his life.

So what is the purpose of the other party?

Li Yan looked at Huang Yuandai and blinked ignorantly and innocently, he didn't even know who the other party was, how could he know what the other party was plotting?

But after thinking about it, Zhang Jing has been subdued by the other party, and tonight's attack on the township suddenly stopped at this time, and when he came to the boat, the river bandits and homeless people were gathering, and it seemed that they were planning to withdraw.

This means that the river bandits will not continue to be the one side of the trouble, so what is the purpose of the other party controlling Zhang Jing and controlling the situation, but not letting him go?

"Lord Li, it's true that you are a fourth-grade official, but you are not the chief official of Bianliang Mansion, there are more than 10,000 bandits and homeless people in Bianliang Mansion who openly disturb the township, resulting in the death of more than 100 people, who should be mainly responsible for such a big matter?"

Huang Yuandai's voice was as if it was far away, not far away, not close, gave Li Yan further hints.

So Li Yan suddenly realized.

He hurriedly said loudly: "General Cai wants to use his death to attract the attention of the imperial court and expose the crimes of some people in Bianliang Mansion! The reason why Xia Guan is still alive is also because he wants to fulfill General Cai Guan's last wish! It is true that General Cai Guan's death is not a pity, but in addition to the two of us, there are also people who should be more responsible for the attack on the township by river bandits and homeless people!"

"Your Excellency, the reason why we are not good enough to suppress the bandits is not that the officers and soldiers are not strong enough, nor that we are not serious enough, but because the chief official of Bianliang Mansion is hungry for profit and has other schemes, and does not want the bandits to be truly destroyed!

"This time, the river bandits coerced the homeless people to make such a big mess, and the crime of the lower officials cannot be punished, but if the crime of the chief official of Bianliang Mansion is not obvious, the lower officials and General Cai Guan will not be blind to death!"

After saying this, Li Yan bowed to the ground and made a sad appearance.

He realized that the real target that Huang Yuandai was going to deal with was actually his boss, the chief official of Bianliang Mansion - Yin Tongjing!

Like Yanping's Jingzhao Mansion Yin, Bianliang's Tokyo Mansion Yin is also a fourth grade, but Tong Jing, as the person in charge of Tokyo and the most important official in the Central Plains, has another title - Tongping Zhangshi, which is the so-called deputy prime minister. So Tong Jing is a second-class member!

Like Li Yan, Tong Jing is also from a humble family.

Unlike Li Yan, Tong Jing is a real important minister of the dynasty and a confidant of the emperor.

Really speaking, Cai Guan was still pulled up by Tong Jing.

Huang Yuandai's deal with Tong Jing is also doing something to the forces of the Hanmen officials in the entire Bianliang Mansion!

Li Yan couldn't help but tremble.

Hearing Li Yan's answer, Huang Yuandai smiled, laughing very chicken thief and very joking.

He was obviously very satisfied with Li Yan's words, but he was even more disdainful of Li Yan: "Lord Li, your bones are so soft, and your mind is so easy to change, it makes it difficult for me to believe in your person." If I let you go back to Bianliang City, if you don't report this matter to the court truthfully, but immediately turn against the water, how do you tell me to deal with it?"