The sun shines in the sky in the summer, making the air feel like a heat wave, and it makes people feel upset for a while.

"Second brother, how is it, how many people have come to our Sili Mansion now?" Looking at a man with a small round face and small eyes coming in from outside the door, Lei Xu immediately asked.

Ever since Shen Xiu's order to recruit male monks over the age of fifteen was sent to the Sili Lieutenant's Mansion early in the morning, Lei Xu had been frowning. He has been in business for so many years, how can he not understand the importance of this. It's just that he didn't dare to disobey Shen Xiu's orders at all, and second, he has always had a flexible brain. Crises are both dangerous and opportunity-beneficial.

"Maybe it's a good opportunity to make a fortune. Lei Xu immediately asked his younger brother to lead some people to post notices all over the streets and alleys of Upper Los Angeles. Since Shen Xiu replaced Fu Xian as the captain of Si Li, some of the Peng subordinates in Si Li's Mansion have found various reasons not to come to work. And when Lei Xu replaced Shen Xiu as the lieutenant of Si Li, how could those Peng subordinates, who were originally the best among the people, endure such humiliation to serve a businessman who didn't understand anything who had just climbed up from the bottom. On the first day of Lei Xu's appointment, there was a stack of resignation letters on his desk, and everyone resigned and returned to his hometown under the pretext that there was something at home or ill.

Lei Xu was first shocked, and then overjoyed.

In addition to recruiting his two younger brothers into the Sili Captain's Mansion as subordinates, he also openly sold officials in his business circles in Nanshi. On this day alone, he earned back the property he gave to Shen Xiu.

With this experience, although he knew in his heart that Shen Xiu's order was too offensive to people, on the other hand, he hoped that those people could be smarter in their brains, and as long as they gave money, everything could be operated.

Although Lei Xu has only been an official for a few days, he already has some understanding in his heart: everything is a business, it is not difficult to be an official, treat it as a business, everything is so simple.

As for whether all this is in line with the nine-product Zhongzheng system, Lei Xu doesn't care. He doesn't understand anything about the Jiupin Zhongzheng system. In his eyes, there are only two things: superiors and subordinates. For his boss, he should be obedient and respectful. For his subordinates, he lives and kills as he pleases.

This is Lei Xu's life experience for so many years. This is also the basis for his success in going from a poor border pauper to today's dignified imperial court lieutenant.

After finishing this ticket, I will go back to my hometown in the north, and the money I earn is estimated to be spent in a few lifetimes.

"Big brother," his second brother Lei Chong said with a bitter face, "It's been this morning, and there are less than two hundred people coming back and forth. And some people saw that there were only so few people, and they all left. Now there are less than a hundred people left. ”

"Why don't you stop them?" said Lei Xu angrily. This has been sent to the fat in the mouth, how can there be a reason to let it slip away again.

"Brother, they are all monks, I don't dare to stop them. Lei Chong said timidly.

"Useless guys. Lei Xu scolded his younger brother, "We are dignified lieutenants of Sili, no matter how high their grade is, as long as they are in Shangluo and Sili, then they have to be managed by us." It's that they are afraid of us, how can there be any reason why we are afraid of them. ”

Looking at his younger brother's hesitant gaze, Lei Xu sighed in his heart.

Truth be told, he understood his brother's feelings. Although he has put on the skin of the captain of Sili, he is still afraid of those high-grade monks in his bones. After all, he had been a commoner for so many years, and his fear of monks had gone deep into his bones. If those people started to act without saying a word, Lei Xu couldn't think of how he should deal with it, he knew in his heart that his cultivation was simply the level of those at the end of the Great Jin.

His eyes flickered, and an idea suddenly came to mind.

"Second brother, go, take people to Nanshi to arrest people, no matter what, at least I have to gather enough two thousand heads to come out today, otherwise I won't be able to deal with Lord Shen." ”

"Big brother," Lei Chong's face became even more bitter when he heard his words, "We don't know about Nanshi over there, how many monks can there be." ”

"Cut, who said that only monks are arrested. Lei Xu confidently scolded his younger brother who could not be carved with rotten wood: "As long as it is a man." You can't open your elm head, and I need to teach you? ”

"Big brother," Lei Chong hesitated, "The big guys have known each other for so many years, isn't this pushing people into the fire pit?"

"Lei Chong," Lei Xu said angrily when he heard this, "Are you my younger brother? For so many years, who is supporting this family in our Lei family? Who earned what you eat and drink on weekdays? Now you are a good old man? I am the wicked person? If people do not do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed." If your eldest brother can't pay this difference today, Lord Shen will immediately remove your eldest brother from his position. When the time comes, someone else will come to power, and it will still be necessary to arrest people and make heads up. When the time comes," Lei Xu sneered a few times, and then said, "I'm afraid that people will use our family to make up for people." ”

"Second brother," he sighed, patted Lei Chong on the shoulder, and said, "I don't want to arrest those old neighbors for many years, but if we don't arrest them, we will have to fill this fire pit." How did this world become like this? It wasn't like this before. Your eldest brother is also bitter in his heart, but what can be done? Tell me, what should my eldest brother do?"

Seeing that his brother's face was flushed and speechless, he patted his brother's shoulder again and said, "Fortunately, these are just old neighbors in Shangluo." Second brother, the eldest brother has decided to finish this vote, let's go back to our northland and go back to our hometown. From then on, I never had any contact with the people on Shangluo's side. Your eldest brother has thought about it, and then we will buy hundreds of acres of pasture on our side, and then buy some barbarian slaves for us to graze horses and sheep. Do you think it's okay?"

"Okay, I'll listen to my eldest brother. Lei Chong nodded firmly, went out and called enough people, and came all the way to Nanshi with shackles and chains.

He and his group came to Shangluonan City in a menacing manner, which immediately caused a lot of chickens and dogs to jump. Seeing that the frightened expressions of these familiar faces had already taken down the crying voice, Lei Chong forcibly suppressed the discomfort in his heart, stood there with a cold face, and commanded his soldiers to constantly take people and kidnap people.

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded from behind him, "In the land of Shangluo, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can there be an official like you?

Lei Chong suddenly turned around, and saw a tall monk standing not far away with his hands and arms folded. Just look at this person's pair of sword eyebrows like flying knives, his eyes are like cold stars, his figure is tall and tall, and he is wearing a brown brocade robe.

A fear from the deepest part of his heart instinctively occupied Lei Chong's whole body, and suddenly there was a strong urge to urinate under his crotch, and he almost knelt on the ground with both knees.

But at this moment, he remembered what his brother had just said to him, and quickly coughed a few times to ease his fear, and shouted calmly: "The Captain's Mansion of Sili is here to do business, and no one will leave as soon as possible." ”

"Dare to ask why the Lieutenant's Mansion of Si Li took someone here?" This person was Chen Rong, and behind him stood dozens of confidants and friends who were ready to make trouble with him.

"The Son of Heaven has an edict, haven't you seen it?"

"The edict of the Son of Heaven is to ask the monks to report to the Sili Captain's Mansion, but why are you arresting these civilians?" Chen Rong was actually quite depressed. He couldn't wait to take the opportunity to make a big fuss, but he didn't want the Sili Lieutenant's Mansion to have no movement after noon, until Lei Chong came out with a group of people. He thought that there was an opportunity, and Captain Sili finally couldn't help but force his move, but he didn't think it was a strong move, but the target was not a monk but a civilian.

"These cowards will only bully the soft and fear the hard. Chen Rong scolded in his heart, but he was just on the verge of being on the bow and had to send it, but he finally came out and spoke.

Lei Chong was originally an ordinary person, and he just ran errands for his brother on weekdays, where would he be able to deal with this kind of thing. was asked by Chen Rong rhetorically, and stood there speechless on the spot. After half a ring, he mustered up the courage to say again: "Why don't you wait for the monk to go to the Sili Captain's Mansion to report?

"Resisting the decree?" Chen Rong sneered, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Look at this world, what it looks like to be troubled by that king-killing person." From the court to the market, there is no place of peace. A Langyazi, a monarch killer, can even issue orders in the name of the Son of Heaven in a grand manner?"

Speaking of this, Chen Rong brushed the ground and pulled out the long sword on his waist, this sword runes are dense, and the blue light is shining, it is the world's famous sword that Chen Ziyin wore when he was in the world: the Dragon Slaying Sword. He flicked his wrist slightly, and the dragon sword immediately made a sound like a dragon's groan, and the thunder crotch tightened, and then the crotch of his pants was hot, and a stream of heat actually flowed down his two trouser legs, and the person knelt there unconsciously.

Chen Rong first glanced at this suddenly rich and trembling civilian with contempt, and then raised his arms and shouted: "Shen Xiu is rebellious, angry and resentful, if you are willing to go to King Wen's Mansion with me Chen Rong to crusade against Shen Xiu, go with me." ”