Su Su never thought that he could live a fairy life with both wealth and leisure in his life, and remembered that he used to grow up in the small town of Beimang, and he only had idle idleness, but after arriving in this Nanzhao, especially when the old master Zhao reached a covenant with a man in white, this day really began to moisturize, living in a summer retreat that is said to belong to the Nanzhao royal family in the past, eating all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and even the thatched toilet is more luxurious than the place where he used to live, and occasionally guests come to visit in the night, and the identities are more scary than one another, especially those who are about the same age as the old master, and like to add what Shangshu and what squire in front of the name, almost everyone who sees him Su Su, will cry silently, Su Su knows, these people should be the old ministers of the Xishu Dynasty who heard the news, according to the old master, if he Su Su listens more and says less, just accompany those old people to cry silently, if you really can't cry, wipe a handful of Nanzhao's special small pepper powder in the palm of your hand in advance, and hang your head and reach out to wipe your tears, so wipe it, it's difficult not to cry. Su Su tried it once, and he didn't want to have a second time, his eyes were so red and swollen that he didn't recover for two or three days, but the effect was remarkable at the time, anyway, it moved the old ministers of Xishu to a great extent, and one of the oldest ones even cried and fainted on the spot.

Today, Su Su was thrown by Mr. Zhao to a famous bookstore, and he didn't want him to really read and enjoy it, he only needed to do self-cultivation in the library building, Su Su took advantage of no one to watch, sat on the railing of the tall building, and stood beside the blind female pianist Xue Songguan, after the two almost died in the hands of Chen Zhibao, Su Su no longer pestered the blind pianist to play the trick of the young man and the devil, and was afraid of the well rope for about ten years after being bitten by a snake, and was a little afraid of the so-called rivers and lakes. These days, Xue Songguan has been helping the old master to do the work of connecting the eighteen departments of Nanzhao, he is very busy, almost running through most of the territory of Nanzhao, Su Su misses her very much, but when they really reunite, they don't know what to say, a man and a woman are so silent.

Su Su raised his head, and finally said slowly: "In the past, I liked to dream during the day, thinking that I might be the widow of a big man, or I was an illegitimate child of a big family, maybe one day I would recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors, and I would be completely developed, and now I found out that I was really the prince of a country, but unfortunately my dream came true, and I knew that even if I put on a dragon robe, I was obviously a prince, and I didn't look like a prince." Thanks to the old master, I have made up for a lot of rich and noble people's doorways this year, what is the Tang Tablet, Qingtian Yellow Frost, Banana Leaves and Blue Flowers, a lot of objects, I don't know why, I have liked valuable things since I was a child, but these things are valuable enough, right? Looking at them, I was very excited at first, and I couldn't wait to sleep with them, but the more I got later, the more I couldn't lift my energy, how to say it, like a poor boy rolling in the mud, one day he married a beautiful daughter-in-law, not that he didn't like it, but he understood that he couldn't keep her after all, and she was going to leave one day. ”

The young pianist who accompanied Su Shu and Zhao Dingxiu from Beimang to Nanzhao was blind but had a heart, she smiled softly: "The Su family has been the lord of Xishu for two hundred years, although it has been lost in the hands of your father for 20 years, but now with the assistance of the old master and the promise of the king of Shu, then this family business actually has a chance to be kept, just like Chen Zhibao said, although you can't be the emperor of Shu in the future, but at least you can be a king of Liyang Shu who has divided the territory, so that you can be worthy of the ancestors of your Su family." ”

Su Su sighed and said: "If it wasn't for Xu Fengnian who found us in Beimang, how could I have today, the good birds mentioned in the books choose trees to perch, the truth is quite reasonable, but for people like me, the truth is never in the book, either by fist or ......"

The former prince who fled from the Xishu Palace in his infancy smiled bitterly and stretched out his finger to his heart, "Either it's here." I, Su Su, although I have always been at odds with the surname Xu, and I always speak ill of him in front of you, but you should know that in fact, I have only such a friend as Xu Fengnian in my life, of course, what kind of person is he Xu Fengnian, the most prosperous vassal king with a different surname in the world, one of the four great grandmasters, and his mother looks like a jade tree in the wind, and is called the Northern Xu and Southern Song Dynasty with people, as well as profound knowledge, such a handful of romantic figures, may not regard me Su Su as a friend. But I really regarded him as a friend, and as a result, when I arrived in Nanzhao, I got a lot of money, and I finally gained a firm foothold here, and when I was just about to repay others, the man in white with facial paralysis stepped in sideways, and the old master put Xu Fengnian's Beiliang aside, I also knew that this was a helpless thing, but in my heart, I really didn't want to go. ”

Xue Songguan said softly: "You said it yourself, this is something that has no choice. ”

Su Su rubbed his cheeks fiercely, then held his face with both hands, and said vaguely: "Yes, there is no way to do it." I'm a guy with no ambitions and no real talents, what can I do except eat, drink, sleep, use and act here every day?"

She hesitated for a moment and sighed: "Actually, the old master is not very comfortable in his heart, and often goes to drink with your blacksmith uncle to relieve his boredom, and once he was drunk and lost his temper. ”

Su Su put down his hand, propped his hands on the railing, and said with a wry smile: "I never blamed the old master, if it wasn't for the old master who was a father and a mother and pulled me up, there would be no Su Su for me, not to mention that I don't know what kind of temper the old man has, it's as smelly and hard as the stones in the pit, if it weren't for me, for the Xishu Dynasty, which is actually long gone, the old master would not have acted against his will." ”

Xue Songguan nodded.

Su Su suddenly sighed: "I have nothing to do all day long, and sometimes I feel tired, so you say that Xu Fengnian, who is responsible for the life and death of 300,000 Beiliang Iron Cavalry, or Chen Zhibao, the ambitious Shu King who is ambitious in the world, are these people really happy in it, or will they also feel tired?"

The blind luthier shook his head and smiled, "I don't know." ”

Su Su turned his head and smiled brightly, "If, I mean, one day, I can really let go of a qiē to accompany you to walk the rivers and lakes, if I tell the new heroes and grandmasters, Xu Fengnian, who was the first person in the world, has eaten and drunk with me back then, will it be very face-saving?"

The woman thought that she was in Beimang back then, and she almost killed the young vassal king in the rain alley, and smiled, "I can't have face anymore." ”

Su Su smiled intoxicatingly, "Although I am still very jealous of Xu Fengnian, there is a kind of person in the world, no matter what, as long as you know each other, you can't hate it." Right?"

The blind female luthier smiled and did not speak.

Su Su asked cautiously, "Are you really ...... Don't like him? To be honest, if I were a woman, I'm afraid I would never forget him. ”

She said helplessly: "What do you like him to do? Because Xu Feng is so old that he is in the wind, but I am blind." ”

Su Su scratched her head, always feeling that there was something wrong with this reason.

She lay on the railing, "If we go to the Central Plains in the future, will I still play the murderous female devil, and you pretend to be a chivalrous young man?"

Su Su looked into the distance, his eyes were resolute, "No!

The blind woman blushed for the first time, turned her head, and said softly, "Crispy, I'm blind." ”

Su Su lowered her head, looked at the back of her head that she left for herself, and said gently, "I know." ”

This female master of the Xuan Realm said softly and timidly: "I am also older than you. ”

Su Su smiled: "I know it too." ”

She turned her head, raised her head, "looked" at Su Su, and said with a smile: "If I go to the Central Plains rivers and lakes with countless beauties in the future, and find out that you have taken a few more glances at the heroines and fairies, I Xue Song official will kill them directly." ”

Su Su said stupidly: "Well...... I didn't know before, but now I know. ”

She smiled, "Lied to you." ”

Su Su stretched out her palm and gently placed it on her forehead, "Although I am not blind, in my eyes, there is only you." ”

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Beiliang back mountain, two carved monument old man Mi Qiong Peng He sat in front of a simple thatched house, a small stool separated by some snacks, and then another old man came as promised, carrying two jars of green ant wine that had been treasured in the cellar of Qingliangshan Wangfu for many years, this old man has a white face and no beard, whether it is walking posture or speaking voice, there is a yin atmosphere, Mi Qiong and Peng He, as a famous person in Beiliang who is accustomed to wind and rain, know this, and never reveal it after getting acquainted, this old man surnamed Zhao is a eunuch, as for why he came to Qingliang Mountain from the deep palace of Da Nei to retire, Mi Qiong Peng He has no interest in exploring。 At first, the two celebrities had no good impression of the old man named Zhao Siku, but after the elderly eunuch ran to the back mountain to give them a hand, plus Zhao Siku was older than ordinary craftsmen, but he was clever in his hands and feet, and his speech was not inferior to that of a Qingliu scholar, especially in his work, and over time, the three of them were of similar age, and they became friends who could sit and drink together.

Miqiong Peng He smiled and beckoned Zhao Siku to sit down, the three old men who were almost two hundred years old together sat around the stool, and the two Beiliang calligraphers who had not had time to change into their clothes were still full of ink fragrance, each of them drank all the wine in the cup, exhaled heavily, and their faces were a little gloomy. Zhao Siku, as a senior eunuch who was in charge of the seal and ribbon prison in the Liyang Palace, although he has now taken off the red python robe that is still extremely dazzling in the palace, but his kung fu is still old and spicy, but Zhao Siku also said something, took a sip of wine, and picked a relatively light topic as the opening remark, "Our family has just come back from the Qinglu Cave Academy, and the lord of Huangshang Huangshan asked our family to ask for a few stickers with two old friends, and our family didn't dare to accept it indiscriminately, so I just said to bring the words." ”

Mi Qiong shook his head and said: "Now that Lao Peng and I don't have that leisure to write a notebook, this matter may disappoint Brother Zhao and the Lord of Huangshan." ”

Zhao Siku, how could he not see the two of Mi Peng who carved the monument all day long, at this time, the wrists of the toast were still trembling, and the hard work was nothing more than that, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry about it, the Lord of Huangshan also said in advance, this matter is not in a hurry, he can wait, wait for a few years or even ten years." ”

Peng He said with a smile: "As long as the prince defeats the Northern Mang, let alone three or four character stickers, it is thirty or forty, and my old Peng can also send it to Huangshang's Qinglu Cave Academy in person." But Brother Zhao, we are not outsiders, I will say ugly things ahead, Mi Lao'er and I have heard that many foreign scholars in the academy are not a thing, and they are pointing fingers at our Beiliang military and political affairs, and they always feel that they have the ability to turn the tide when they come to the Qingliangshan Mansion or go to the Huaiyang Guandu Protectorate, these little rabbit cubs don't like standing and talking without backache, just because our prince is good at talking, he can get an inch, and the yellow clothes don't care?"

After all, Zhao Siku was the first eunuch in the palace, and he didn't blindly echo the indignant Peng He, shook his head and said: " It's not that this matter can't be managed, but the wrist is stiff, but it can't be managed, and now the scholars who go to Liang have changed a lot compared to the beginning when they came to Beiliang, and occasionally there will still be words and deeds that the scholar is angry and does not know the seriousness, but the original intention is for the good of Beiliang, and many young people who came to Beiliang officialdom at the beginning with the mentality of moving the dead and moving the dead to the living, and the young people who came to the future of Beiliang officialdom also unknowingly regarded themselves as Beiliang people, which is a great thing. ”

Mi Qiong, who had smashed the cherished inkstone in front of Xu Fengnian, snorted, "Reading seeds, reading seeds, these young people, can be regarded as really taking root and germinating in Beiliang, sooner or later, we will have towering trees in Beiliang that are enough for Central Plains scholars to look up to, and they will become a towering forest." ”

Peng He raised his glass, paused, and couldn't help sighing: "I'm afraid that we old guys won't be able to wait for that day." ”

Mi Qiong, who is even more temperamental, said indignantly: "Yao Baifeng, who went to the capital Guozijian, don't say it, morality and knowledge are all first-class in the world, and he really deserves the title of Shuoru, even if he leaves Beiliang, I Mi Qiong also hopes that Yao everyone can flourish in the imperial court, but this Yan Jiexi is really not a thing, relying on climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, and becoming a scholar of the palace, he forgot his roots!" It is said that after becoming one of the vice presidents of the next examination, he let out the words that he wanted to reduce the number of places for our Beiliang to be qualified to enter Beijing to take the examination, and cut off half of the 40 people who could not be touched by thunder in previous years, and only 20 people were allowed to participate in the examination!

Peng He sneered: "Yan Turtle This is not to avoid suspicion, let's wrench our fingers and calculate, the older generation of Yao, the younger generation of Chen Wang and Sun Yin, which is not the top scholar in the temple, or the Jin Lanting, who also serves as the vice president of the Ministry of Rites, is also from our Beiliang, maybe this time the reduction of the Beiliang examination quota is Yan Jiexi and Jin Lanting, the old and the young, meet to avoid the insidious deeds." ”

Zhao Sibitter smiled playfully: "The two old friends are relaxed, if you want our family to see, this time the quota of Beiliang is not reduced in the end, but on the contrary, it is very simple, more and more scholars are pouring into Beiliang, how can the court not panic?" At this time, Yan Jiexi and Jin Lanting's mention yì is just for show, the Huang Zi Gongqing in the center of the imperial court will not accept it, but will increase the quota, not only that, these Beiliang scholars who entered Beijing to take the exam, not surprisingly, there will be a considerable proportion of lucky people who mix well in Tai'an City, the imperial court just wants to take this opportunity to tell our Beiliang scholars, learn to become literary and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family, from now on, the price given by the imperial court will not be low, and the flowers bloom in the wall and the fragrance outside the wall. ”

Peng He was stunned, gritted his teeth and said, "This court is too shameless!"

Mi Qiong said even more bluntly: "If I were the prince, I would simply stop these scholars, and the fat water would not flow into the fields of outsiders." ”

Zhao Sibitter shook his head and smiled: "Bei Liang has not done such a thing since the general, and now in the hands of the prince, he still won't do it." Maybe in the eyes of many Liyang officials, this will be a stupid thing, but in our family's opinion, justice is in the hearts of the people, and this is enough. ”

Mi Qiong nodded, "Yes, justice is in the hearts of the people." ”

Peng He drank all the wine in the cup in one go, clutched the empty wine glass vigorously, and said in a hoarse voice: "The lord of Hutou City, Liu Jinu, is dead, the captain Chu Hanqing is dead, the captain Ma Tribulus is dead, and the foot soldiers and cavalry of the entire Hutou City are dead. Hulukou in Youzhou, Wogong City, Luanhe City, Xiaguang City, Qingcang City in Liuzhou, so many places, so many troops from the Northern Liangbian Border, and so many people died! Do they know about the Yang Imperial Court? Do the people of the Central Plains know?"

Peng He put down the wine glass, hammered his chest with his hand, and choked up: "I don't care if they know it or not, Mi Qiong and I, two old immortal guys, have carved the names of so many young Beiliang Erlang with our own hands, and every day the white-haired people send the black-haired people, I am panicking!"

Zhao Siku, who used to be a pawn of the Zhao family and guarded the heavenly man Gao Shulu, was silent.

Childe, if you hadn't died young, if you could see today's scene, would you regret that you chose Chen Zhibao back then, instead of trying to assist Xu Fengnian like Mr. Li Yishan?

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Before the autumn season, Jizhou is already an eventful autumn.

At this time, Cai Nan, the new envoy of the Lianghuai Daojiedu, and Han Lin, who later became the envoy of the economic strategy, soon became the focus of discussion in the officialdom of the capital, and the officials in the capital were not very willing to say good things about Gu Jiantang, the confidant of the former Dazhu State, but Han Lin, the servant of the old criminal department, was a well-known Qingliu Wenchen in Tai'an City, so most of the Beijing officials had a sympathetic attitude, and they all regretted that Lord Han had a bad fate, and he was finally released as an official, but he took over such a mess. I don't know why, during this period, a person surnamed Zhao who entered the Lianghuai Road earlier than Cai Han's two feudal officials, no one mentioned it from beginning to end, even if this person is the third son of the first emperor, although it is not as good as the eldest prince Zhao Wuhe and today's son, but his mother is also the daughter of the Peng family, who is the leader of the Beidi Shizi Group, but after Zhao Xiong, who was named the king of Han and Jizhou, went out of the capital, it was like a mud cow entering the sea and there was no news。 The six sons of the first emperor, the eldest son Zhao Wu was in Liaodong, and was the only prince who held the power of the tiger talisman army, awarded the real Zhenbei general, assisted the general Gu Jiantang and the old vassal king Zhao Sui to jointly guard the north, the second prince Zhao Wen went to the misty and hazy Jiangnan Province, the fifth prince Zhao Hong was the king of Yue, and the domain was in the old Dongyue, and the sixth prince Zhao Chun was still young and had not yet left Beijing to become a vassal.

There is a lake in the newly built Han Wang's mansion, which is named Tingtao Lake by Zhao Xiong, and everyone knows that there is a Tingchao Lake in Beiliang Wangfu, which makes people reverie. There is a pavilion in the center of Tingtao Lake, there is water on all sides, there is no bridge, and it must be crossed by lotus boats. In the pavilion, there are several bamboo sticks in the rattan bed, and there are several plump peonies inserted in the bottle, and the smoke of the incense burner curls.

Zhao Xiong, who was wearing plain white casual clothes, reclined on the bed, holding a wine glass, a maid holding a rank of ancient books in front of the vassal king, a maid serving an ice tray beside him, displaying seasonal fresh fruits, and a maidservant standing behind Zhao Xiong to fan to drive away the heat.

Zhao Xiong read a page of the book, drank a glass of wine, did not talk to others, and enjoyed himself.

An afternoon passed slowly in the leisurely wandering of the young Han King.

Zhao Xiong glanced at the sky outside the window, and soon a servant girl helped him put on his boots, came to the window railing, squinted at the immobile figure on the shore of the lake, Zhao Xiong sighed, "No wonder I can be the youngest general of a state in my dynasty, it's really hard enough." ”

Zhao Xiong left the pavilion, returned to the shore in a lotus boat, and walked to the Jizhou general who was in the middle of the storm, and the latter hugged his fists and said in a deep voice after the vassal king approached: "The last general, Yuan Tingshan, will see His Royal Highness the King of Han!"

Zhao Xiong waved his hand casually and said with a smile: "General Yuan will say it directly if he has something to say." ”

Yuan Tingshan slowly raised his head and stood on the shore for a whole afternoon, but his eyes were shining, he did not see the slightest depression, and there was no flattery on his face, "I implore the prince to say a few bad words on the secret fold that can go directly to the imperial study." ”

Zhao Xiong pretended to be surprised and said: "How does General Yuan know that this king has the duty to play secretly? And why do you want this king to say bad things about you? This king has heard that your Yuan Tingshan is in a bad situation now, not only did he not be able to get a favor from his father-in-law's side before, but recently even some henchmen who had managed to win over have defected to Han Fang, the deputy general of Jizhou, and even Cai Jiedu's envoy has closed his door to you, let alone Han Jingluo's envoy. You came to this king's mansion today, and you waited all afternoon, shouldn't you be waiting for a charcoal in the snow? Why do you want to add fuel to the fire instead? When you are tired of being a general, you want to be a prisoner and try something new?"

Listening to the cynicism of King Han, Yuan Tingshan's face did not change, and he always maintained a respectful posture of clenching his fists and bowing, and said in a sincere tone: "The last general came to visit this time, and brought ten thousand taels of gold and ten boxes ......of calligraphy and paintings."

Listening to the story of this young man who was privately scolded as a mad dog by some Beijing officials, Zhao Xiong lost his mind for a moment, and for no reason remembered a picture, which he had never seen with his own eyes, but had heard it many times.

Many years ago, there was a young military general who looked like this, begging for gifts in the yamen of the Liyang Military Department.

Zhao Xiong looked up at the brilliant sky with large scorching clouds, and said to himself, "It's a pity that it didn't rain. ”

Yuan Tingshan looked up at the obviously absent-minded Han King, lowered his head, and quietly bit his lip.

The two old fathers-in-law, the general Gu Jiantang, have made it clear that he will not help the erosion situation in Jizhou, and the Li family Yanbao also vaguely revealed that the nearly 10,000 Li family private horsemen are the last family background, and will not be handed over to his son-in-law to squander wantonly, even if the 10,000 private horsemen want to fight, they will only fight in the south of Ji, and even if they are allowed, they will be transferred to the north of Jiangnan Province in one go, and they will never be taken by Yuan Tingshan to the border of Jibei to fight with Beimang. As a result, the originally thriving Jizhou General's Mansion can be described as internal and external troubles. But Yuan Tingshan doesn't mind these things, he can even retreat and retreat in his official career, even this Jizhou general doesn't want it, but Yuan Tingshan is extremely jealous of one person, that is, the young emperor who sits on the dragon chair in Tai'an City, Yuan Tingshan is afraid that he will become an unworthy mediocre general in the heart of this ambitious emperor, once this fatal impression is formed in the emperor's mind, he Yuan Tingshan has no meaning even if he wins a hundred battles. Therefore, Yuan Tingshan came to beg Zhao Xiong, the king of Han, and begged him to impeach himself on the secret fold, only in this way did the young emperor feel that the entire Jizhou from top to bottom, everyone was rejecting him Yuan Tingshan, like a lonely minister on the temple, then he could have the opportunity to make a comeback.

"Gold? This king's surname is Zhao, and he lacks this thing? Antique calligraphy and painting? This king has personally touched it in his life, and he has seen more than you Yuan Tingshan. ”

Zhao Xiong stretched out his hand and patted Yuan Tingshan's shoulder, "So Yuan Tingshan, when you will soar in the future, don't forget who pulled you when you were cornered." ”

Yuan Tingshan's five fingers of his left hand grabbed the back of his right fist, and the green tendons burst out, "The last general will never forget!"

Zhao Xiong leaned over slightly, and whispered in Yuan Tingshan's ear: "In fact, whether you are a general in Jizhou, or go to Guangling Road to lead troops to quell the rebellion, in the bottom of someone's heart, you are actually not worthy of his trust, only when your old father-in-law dies, you will have a day to get ahead." This sentence should be regarded as a return gift from this king to you. ”

Yuan Tingshan's body trembled.

Zhao Xiong seemed to be a little tired, and waved his hand: "You go, this king won't send it." ”

Yuan Tingshan continued to hunch his waist and retreated a few steps before turning to leave.

Zhao Xiong looked at the back and said with a smile: "You also underestimate my third brother, well, you also underestimate me Zhao Xiong." That's it, I'll help you this time. ”

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There is a scenic spot scattered flower platform in Yangzhou, Jiangnan, the mountain is not high, but there is no mountain within a radius of 100 miles, it is particularly prominent. Legend has it that there are monks who have attained the Tao in the Dafeng Dynasty from time to time, causing fairies to scatter flowers and stubborn stones to nod.

In the twilight, the famous people of Jiangnan Province call friends and gather on the flower platform to enjoy the moonlight and welcome autumn together. Each person brought their own felt, wine, refreshments, chopsticks, incense burner, rice and other things, and arranged them on the top of the mountain.

Tonight, there were as many as 900 people on the mountain, and under the guidance of a wealthy and famous man, they got up and recited aloud "My generation's article is high and snowy", and nearly 1,000 people sang the famous song "Jiangnan Tour" that is popular for thousands of years.

In the middle of the night, the white moonlight sprinkles all over the scattered flower stands.

Among the Jiangnan literati who sit next to each other with similar family backgrounds, there is an excellent viewing area with the widest view on the top of the scattered flower platform, there is a group of people who are incompatible with others, the old man with white hair and white clothes, sitting cross-legged, with a dozing big white cat on his lap, and only six or seven people sitting on six or seven mats around the old man, including Lu Daolin, who resigned from the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites a few years ago, the old head of the Lu family in Huting, and also the brother of Lu Baijie, the secretary of the old military department, in just ten years, the Lu family has produced two books, and he really deserves the first emperor." The children of the Lu family, dazzling", although Lu Daolin has returned to the mountains and forests, and Lu Baijie has also left Beijing, it does not affect the Lu family's transcendent status in Jiangnan Province over the other three major families. There is also the old master of the Gumu Xu family, Xu Yinsheng, the old man in the eldest son Xu Gong won the title of General Longxiang after the peace of mind to recuperate, although a few years ago Xu Shufei was tragically beaten into the Changchun Palace, causing the entire Xu family to suffer a great injury, but fortunately, Xu Gong lived up to expectations, entered Beijing as a military squire, supported the beam, Xu Yinsheng, who had been closed doors to refuse guests, finally appeared, the old man sat next to the youngest daughter Xu Huipu, as a Huangguan Daoist aunt and Tangxi Sword Immortal Lu Baijie that had a fateful grievance and hatred, in the Jiangnan Taoist forest, everyone knows。 And the middle-aged Confucian scholar named Yuan Jiangyan is not only the mainstay of the Yuan family, but also a famous talker of the government and the opposition.

Next to the vicissitudes of life of the white cat on his lap, there was a young man who was rich and jade, bowing his head and bending over, gently shaking the folding fan in his hand, but not to fan the breeze for his ancestors, but to fan the lazy white cat. Behind the young man stood a green-shirted swordsman who didn't drink a drop of alcohol, everyone was drunk and he was sober, and everyone sat on him independently, which was extremely eye-catching.

Huting Lu Clan, Jiang Xin Yu Clan, Bo Ji Yuan Clan and Gumu Xu Clan, these four families on Jiangnan Road, are the main force in the south to compete with the Beidi Shizi, and the Qing Party in Qingzhou was also a natural ally of the four families, but unfortunately it was not a climate, and it was tossed and scored by the former first assistant Zhang Julu. The four surnames, although they must be compared everywhere on Jiangnan Road, and generation after generation has been fighting openly and secretly, but in Tai'an City, in the Liyang Temple, the four surnames are extremely united, Xu Gong can enter the capital from the locality, and take down the soldier Lang, the old master of the Yu family who raised a white cat, and did not hesitate to personally run to Yu Jiankang in the capital, which is very important.

Xu Yinsheng looked at Yu Jiankang, who was a generation higher than him, and sighed softly: "Old Yu, now there is chaos. Let's just say that Yuan Yu, finally made a comeback, and became the head of the household department in charge of the money bag, and within a few days, he was brought to Guangling Road next door to us, and served as the envoy of the festival, because it was the jurisdiction of the vassal king, so it was still a deputy. And if it weren't for the big sacrificial wine and Tan Tanweng to help talk and suppress it, I'm afraid it would not be Cai Nan but Tangxi who would have served as the festival envoy of Lianghuai. Yu Lao, although Tang Xi is still in charge of the Ministry of War, but His Majesty has clearly moved the mind to move his position, in Yu Lao's opinion, where will Tang Xi go next? ”

Yu Jiankang smiled and stretched out his finger and nodded at Lu Daolin, "Lord Shangshu's own brother is not in a hurry, what are you Xu Yinsheng anxious about?"

Lu Daolin said helplessly: "It's not that it's not in a hurry, it's useless to be in a hurry." Fortunately, Cai Nan has already gone to Lianghuai Road, and Yuan Yu has arrived at Guangling Road again, and now as long as Tangxi is not sent to southern Xinjiang, it will not be too bad. ”

Yu Jiankang stretched out his hand and touched the white cat's head, and said indifferently: " In the past, there was Zhang Lu Gu Lu, from the capital to the ground, all revolving around the civil and military disputes, now the two Lu have become a cloud of smoke, and then it is the turn of the north and the south, Zhongshu Province Qi Da sacrificial wine is a typical southerner, deputy Zhao Youling is a southerner, Menxia Province Tantanweng is a northerner, Chen Wang is a northern Liang, can be a tie, let's count the six Shangshu provinces of the sixth, the new official department Shangshu Yin Maochun, the southerners, the two successive household department Shangshu Wang Xionggui and Yuan Yu, are all southerners, if you add Lu Daolin, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Lu Baijie, the current secretary of the military department, you don't think that we southern scholars, in the top position of the court too muchIn this way, if Xu Gong is allowed to take charge of the military department again, and Han Lin, the former servant of the criminal department, takes over as the secretary of the criminal department, then how will the northern scholars be mixed up in the future? Not to mention the number of jinshi in recent years, the southerners have an absolute advantage. So, Han Lin went to Jizhou, and Yuan Yu went to Guangling Road, these are all reasonable things, no need to make a fuss. In the future, Tang Tieshuang became the secretary of the military department, and Xu Gong could only continue to stay in the position of a squire for four or five or six years, which is not surprising. ”

Speaking of this, Yu Jiankang paused slightly and smiled, "What's interesting is that there is now a new force in Tai'an City that should not be underestimated, Yan Jiexi, a university scholar, Yao Baifeng, the left sacrificial wine of Guozijian, Chen Wang of Menxia Province, Jin Lanting, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Yan Chiji of Huangmenlang, and Sun Yin, who is temporarily dormant, are all born in Beiliang without exception, but the officialdom has a good reputation, and there are not many people, but everyone speaks very weightily, especially that Chen Wang, who is even more remarkable. This is somewhat similar to the Green Party that was inserted between Zhang Lu and Gu Lu, but compared to the Green Party of the grass on the wall, this group of officials who are barely called the Liang Party have never formed a party, you find that no, although these people are all from Bei Liang, but their loyalty to His Majesty is incomparable to other civil and military officials in the temple. In the future, I guess it will be led by Chen Wang, who has an unlimited future, and will form a three-legged trend with our two groups of scholars in the north and south. ”

Yuan Jiangyan sighed with emotion: "Could it be another blue-eyed child?"

Yu Jiankang shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's more than that." ”

Lu Daolin looked up at the moonlit night, stunned.

Xu Huipu looked a little sad for some reason, I don't know if he remembered the Tangxi Sword Immortal who was far away in the capital, or a certain woman surnamed Xu who liked to wear red clothes and was already separated by yin and yang.

Yu Jiankang smiled and said: "The next thing the four of us have to do is to take a step back first, the northern families of the Peng family in Liaodong want to snatch the seats in the capital at this time, we pretend to be reluctant on the surface, and give them well, as for when to go further, it is very simple, wait, wait until the Peng family is overcrowded, and at the same time, we must wait until Chen Wang, Sun Yin, Before Fan Changhou's group of people really grow up, we will make another move, and now let those northerners and those young people go to contradictions, they will be able to wear small shoes for those juniors in the past few years to make stumbling blocks, but sooner or later they will have to suffer a lot one day. During this period, you people, if you take a step back, you don't really care about anything, you might as well add icing on the cake to the young people of Tai'an City who have a bright future, help them make a name for themselves in the literary world, advocate and advocate prestige, and sing poems and harmony from time to time, so you should form a good fate. ”

Yuan Jiangyan laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this!"

Next, Yu Jiankang made a strange move, raised his wine glass, turned to face the northwest, and toasted a glass of wine.

I, Yu Jiankang, for the Central Plains, I salute you to have a cool cup in the north.

A toast to your father and son.