Xu Fengnian returned to Qingliang Mountain alone, and Jiang Ni went to Wudang Mountain, saying that he was worried about the vegetable garden there, and while there was still some spring rain, it would be too late if he didn't plant something. probably thought that Xu Fengnian would go to the Beibei City outside the Liangzhou Pass, Xu Weixiong specially asked the water room to bring him a "letter from home", the meaning is very simple and clear, no matter how urgent the military affairs outside the Guan, you Xu Fengnian must go back to Qingliangshan first, this matter is not negotiable. Xu Fengnian couldn't laugh or cry at this, of course he understood the good intentions of the second sister, because he was afraid that because he would mobilize the people to pick up the little clay man, he would not dare to see Lu Chengyan of Wutong Courtyard if he had a ghost in his heart, the official concubine of Beiliang Province. In fact, Xu Fengnian does not have the idea of "hiding debts", some words are a knot in his heart, and there is a scar in his heart when he says it, and there may not be a good or bad difference between the two, but when Xu Fengnian left Beiliang, he had already thought about how to face Lu Chengyan, not to say that you Lu Chengyan will be Beiliang's concubine in the future, but three words. When Xu Fengnian walked out of Wutong Courtyard with her and walked to the Huxin Pavilion of Tingchao Lake, when she heard those three words, she smiled lightly and gently threw a handful of bait into the lake. Then the young vassal king who was not afraid of Wang Xianzhi, who was not afraid of King Liyang, who was not afraid of the army of Beimang, and Xu Fengnian, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, and Xu Fengnian, who was not afraid of even immortals, sat beside her a little cramped. Lu Chengyan didn't speak, he didn't know what to say, the two young tigers didn't have the eyesight to rub desperately on him, Xu Fengnian glared fiercely, and the two poor "little guys" were suddenly frightened and ran out of the pavilion, and they were reluctant to leave, so they had to lie down under the steps and bask in the sun, waiting for the master to change his mind.

Fortunately, Song Yu, the steward of the palace, helped the king of Beiliang to relieve the siege, saying that it was the deputy economic strategy that made Song Dongming have important matters to discuss. Xu Fengnian was relieved, said goodbye and left, Lu Chengyan got up to send him off, and said softly, Lord Wang, go back and write a Spring Festival couplet, find someone to send it to Wudang Mountain, don't say anything sorry in the future, really don't need it. Xu Fengnian wanted to speak and stopped, and then smiled, probably this is the taste of a family. He insisted on sending her back to Wutong Courtyard first, and casually asked some things about her father-in-law Lu Dongjiang along the way, Lu Chengyan seemed to see it, for the new Liangzhou Thorn Shi who had broken off the relationship between her father and daughter, there was neither deliberate alienation nor superfluous closeness in her words, Xu Fengnian didn't know how to explain this, mainly because he was afraid that he would draw a snake and add enough to it, and it would be difficult for Qing officials to decide family affairs, because the scale of reason and affection was too difficult to grasp, as well as Rainie Lu's not blowing the wind on the pillow.

After Xu Fengnian sent Lu Chengyan back to Wutong Courtyard, looking at the slender and weak back, he hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind. After following Song Yu to Song Dongming's half-waist stretching dense official office, the latter was not as casual as before, unexpectedly stood at the door to greet him, Xu Fengnian and the deputy envoy of Beiliang Province sat down in the yahall, Song Dongming did not wait for the officials to bring tea and water, and went straight to the point and said the reason, it turned out that after Lu Dongjiang was promoted to Liangzhou Thorn History, he promoted more than a dozen Lu disciples into the Thorn History Mansion at once, and there were several appointments involving the four official bodies, which should have been approved by the Economic Strategy Envoy to take effect, but looking at Lu Thorn History's posture, it is clear that he wants to cut first and then play, to be honestPreviously, Song Dongming did not nod but did not shake his head about the resignation of Tian Peifang, the former assassin of Liangzhou, and the filling of the vacancy by Lu Dongjiang. Xu Fengnian was silent, in the final analysis, the crux of the problem is not in the Liangzhou officialdom that has just changed his parents, not even on Lu Chengyan and Lu Dongjiang, but on him Xu Fengnian, in the past two years, his perception of the Lu family after going to Liang is not very good, but he does not make a clear statement on many things, Beiliang can't grasp his mind as a vassal king, so he can only tolerate and retreat everywhere, especially in the matter of refusing Beicheng, the Lu family's children were absorbed to serve as real power officials, and the Beiliang officialdom naturally did not dare to underestimate the Lu family, especially this time Lu Dongjiang's exceptional promotion, which undoubtedly fueled the arrogance of the Lu family。 Song Dongming's face was calm, but it was inevitable that he was a little depressed in his heart, originally he still had a friendship with Lu Dongjiang, and he never thought that this famous Qingzhou celebrity in the Central Plains would be so good that it was possible to disrupt the pattern of Liangzhou, Song Dongming didn't know that Bai Yu had objections to Lu Dongjiang serving as the assassin of Liangzhou, so Lu Dongjiang's move was tantamount to a silent slap to him Song Dongming, presumably Bai Yu was watching the fire there at this time. Xu Fengnian sighed, and didn't say anything to Song Dongming, only said that the three appointments were temporarily shelved at the Jingluo Envoy's Mansion, and he would personally go to the Liangzhou Assassin's Mansion. Then Xu Fengnian changed the topic, and said with a smile that Li Gongde, the envoy of the Northern Liang Dao, also submitted his resignation, and only retained the position of refusing the post of supervisor of Beicheng, and then Li Gongde recommended you Song Dongming to himself as the second envoy of the Northern Liang Dao in the history of the Northern Liang Dao. Song Dongming did not agree, only said that Beiliang still needs Li Gongde, a local official who is old and has enough prestige, to serve as the envoy, otherwise the assassins of the four states of Liangling and Youliu are now replaced by outsiders, if he Song Dongming is promoted to the envoy of the economy, it can be said that it will be worse, and it will inevitably make the local scholars of Beiliang resentful. Xu Fengnian didn't force it, but only said that Song Dongming should think about it again.

After Xu Fengnian left the yahall, he drove to the Liangzhou Assassin's Mansion. Sitting in the carriage, Xu Fengnian's fingers subconsciously stroked the dragon tail jade pendant hanging from his waist, why Song Dongming gave up the position of the envoy at his fingertips, it is not surprising, Bai Yu, who arrived in Beiliang later than Song Dongming, is now humble and powerful in Qingliang Mountain, this Mr. Bailian's identity in the official face is not prominent, but he has gathered a group of like-minded young handsome people around him, Bai Yu is only one name away, once Song Dongming vacates the seat of the deputy envoy, Bai Yu will undoubtedly sit down, obviously in Song Dongming's eyes, the position of the deputy envoy is like a dangerous pass, and it must not be given to Bai Yu, who is eyeing him, Otherwise, the justifiable latter will really rise in the Beiliang officialdom, Song Dongming is determined to sit on the seat of the deputy envoy for another two or three years, and then as long as the Liang Mang War ends, and the civil and military officials of Beiliang are rewarded for their merits, Bai Yu, who is not an official enough, will be slow and slow, and it will be difficult to become his confidant in the future. Xu Fengnian smiled heartily, Song Dongming's selfish thoughts, he had no intention of revealing it, in fact, this is a good thing, which means that Song Dongming has already shown signs of taking root in Beiliang, as for whether he will treat Bai Yu badly, Xu Fengnian can't take care of it, then again, if Song Dongming can really provoke Bai Yu's desire to win, it is a great thing for Beiliang.

When Xu Fengnian's figure appeared outside the gate of the Assassin's Mansion, Xu was so frightened that he hurriedly opened the middle door to welcome the King of Beiliang, Xu Fengnian walked in quickly, and it didn't take long to see the twenty or thirty officials of the Thorn History Mansion hugging the purple-robed Lu Dongjiang, Xu Fengnian laughed at it, Liyang Thorn Shi is a third-grade official according to the law, and the official complement should be an embroidered peacock, and the Liangzhou Thorn History of Beiliangdao has always been half a grade higher than Youzhou Lingzhou, that is, from the second grade, which was reported and archived very early on the side of the Liyang Imperial Court Officials, and I couldn't find the slightest fault, but no one in the history of Liangzhou in Beiliang dared to wear the official uniform embroidered with a second-grade brocade chicken, one or two purple three or four scarlet after all green, this is the rule of Liyang officialdom, so there is an insurmountable gap between the purple robe official uniform and the big red official robe, in Tai'an City, taking Shangshu Province as an example, the six Shangshu is the second product, well-deserved purple robe minister, but the vast majority of the six left and right waiters are three products, still not allowed to wear purple clothes, Yonghui years, before only the left waiter of the two departments of the soldiers was high for the second grade, after the auspicious charm, not only the right waiter of the two parts was also promoted to the second grade, even the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites was also promoted to the second grade this year, and became the law of Liyang。 Lu Dongjiang can be regarded as the first assassin in Beiliang Province to wear a purple-robed official uniform, which is also one of the few high-grade assassins in the Liyang territory, if Xu Fengnian is not mistaken, today, there should only be Liangzhou in Beiliang Province, Qingzhou in Jing'an Province and Tangzhou in Southern Xinjiang and Yuezhou on the southern edge of Gyeonggi Province The number one is from the second grade, so it is reasonable to say that Lu Dongjiang is only the third person in Beiliang Province under the guidance of a pair of scriptures.

A sudden meeting, smiling and chatting happily, whether it was the old face of the Liangzhou Assassin's Mansion or the dozen or so new faces surnamed Lu, they were all relieved to see the young feudal queen who always smiled gently. If Tai'an City is at the foot of the Zhao family, then Liangzhou is a well-deserved door to Xu's house, Liangzhou Thorn History has been empty for many years, Liangzhou Don't Drive is actually equivalent to Thorn History, and Liangzhou General has always been the Northern Liangdu Protector, Tian Peifang from Youzhou Thorn History to Liangzhou Thorn History has not changed any changes, advocating inaction and rule, Lu Dongjiang changed his previous life, launched more than a dozen Lu children in one go, plus Shi Fu who had been silent for many years as the general of Liangzhou, it is also a lot of movement, Liangzhou military and political two leaders of the clouds and rain, how can the Liangzhou officials continue to be thereFortunately, after the prince's conversation today, the officials of the Assassin's Mansion showed affirmation to the newcomers and the old people, and rewarded seven or eight people by name, placing high hopes on the newcomers, and holding an appreciative attitude towards the old people。

I don't know why, I saw this prince with my own eyes today, and he was angry with the Lu family, which caused the older generation of officials of the Thorn History Mansion who also had a lot of slander against Qingliang Mountain, and the resentment in his stomach disappeared all of a sudden.

It was probably the appearance of the young prince sitting on the chair talking and laughing, which made people involuntarily awe-inspiring.

Xu Fengnian finally had a private chat with his father-in-law Lu Dongjiang, and outsiders didn't know what the young vassal king said, but they only saw that Lord Thorn Shi, who was full of spring breeze, became more and more red. After that, Lu Dongjiang also took the initiative to withdraw several illegal appointments, and comforted those clansmen, promising that they would each have a great wealth in less than three years, not only that, but Lu Dongjiang also solemnly told everyone for the first time in the world that they must be more restrained during this period of time, and they must not insult the Lu family's style. In addition to reassuring the family, Lu Dongjiang also had three members of the Lu family removed from the family tree overnight, and from that moment on, Lu Dongjiang had a little bit of the atmosphere of the head of the Lu family.

When Bai Yu walked out of a secluded mansion drunk, and suddenly saw a carriage lifting the curtain, he was stunned, strode over, got into the carriage and sat in the carriage, facing the young man, Mr. Bai Lian was calm.

Xu Fengnian, who came to pick up people from the Beiliang Dao Deputy Jie Du Mansion, quipped: "Mr. Bailian, aren't you afraid of causing public anger?"

Because of his eyesight problems, Bai Yu habitually squinted at people and said with a smile: "The hot stove can't be burned, and the prince still doesn't allow me to burn the cold stove?"

Xu Fengnian smiled dumbly, and changed the topic: "Li Gongde said that he would resign from the post of economic envoy, and Hu Kui, the assassin of Youzhou, also wants to enter the border army, does Mr. Bailian have any ideas? If so, you might as well say it directly." ”

Bai Yu was unscrupulous, and said straightforwardly: "Lord Wang, let's talk about your thoughts first, and of course, the thoughts of Deputy Economic Envoy Song." ”

Xu Fengnian also said bluntly: "My original intention was to let Lord Song take advantage of the situation to be promoted to the position of economic envoy, and you would make up for the deputy economic envoy, but Lord Song suggested that there are already too many 'foreign assassins' in the current situation in Beiliang, and there should not be another foreign economic envoy." ”

Bai Yu leaned lazily against the wall of the carriage and sneered: "Oh, that's simple, after Li Jingluo's envoy resigned, Lord Song was his serious envoy, let the new Liangzhou Assassin Lu Dongjiang serve as the deputy economic envoy, and then let Lingzhou don't drive Song Yan, Beiliang's own person, to serve as the Youzhou Assassin History." As for the history of Liangzhou thorns......"

Speaking of this, Bai Yu stretched out his finger and pointed at himself.

Who else is me?

Xu Fengnian was silent, and Bai Yu said with a smile: "Beiliangdao is arranged like this, which is to make Lord Song embarrassed, but if the official hat I ask for is a little smaller, I will go to Youzhou to be an assassin, and no longer be an official under the nose of Lord Song, but it will make the prince embarrassed." ”

Bai Yu restrained his smile, "Actually, the most suitable candidate to be the assassin of Liangzhou is not me Bai Yu, but Xu Beitong, the former assassin of Lingzhou." Don't worry, no matter what, whether it's the deputy envoy or the assassin, I won't do it. ”

Xu Fengnian wondered, "How does the gentleman deal with himself?"

Bai Yu lifted the corner of the curtain and hung it on the hook, the breeze was blowing, bringing a bit of coolness to the carriage, Bai Yu sighed: "The key is not what I think, but how bold the prince is." ”

Xu Fengnian became more and more puzzled, "What did Mr. say about this?"

Bai Yu said in a deep voice: "The northern cool land is narrow, it is the old yellow calendar, and now it has the vast Western Regions including the fourth state, Liuzhou, and the fifth state outside the Liangzhou Pass with the rejection of the northern city as the fulcrum, it will be enough to achieve a great thing." ”

Xu Fengnian's heart trembled, and he said calmly: "Beiliang occupies the land of the five states, and the imperial court will not agree." ”

Bai Yu smiled and said: "The matter has come to this point, do you need the imperial court to nod and agree? I accidentally saw some hastily changed border army deployments, Youzhou, which was originally destined to be a spectator in the second Liang Mang war, actually re-highlighted its importance, why? Dare to ask Liang Huai, Cai Nan, Han Lin, Beimang Wang Sui, and Liang Liao Gu Jiantang, this time the prince led the army out of the country with these three groups of people, how many people did he meet? How many people have been negotiated? I don't know how many people the prince has negotiated with the two dynasties of Beimang, the north and the south?"

A series of questions made Xu Fengnian's face move slightly.

Bai Yu didn't expect to get an answer, as if he was saying to himself: "Someone becomes an emperor, it's good for me Bai Yu to be an official or not." ”

Xu Fengnian replied to the question, "Our scholars in Beiliang want to be officials, and they have to be so arrogant." I am happy. ”

Bai Yu's eyes widened slightly, looked at the still blurry face, and smiled: "If the prince let all the scholars in the world not grovel." I'm glad too. ”

Xu Fengnian said with emotion: "I'm afraid that the world will be unhappy." ”

Bai Yu sneered: "It's just that the family is not happy. ”

Xu Fengnian was stunned.

Bai Yu said: "Maybe the prince will wonder why I Bai Yu want to change my original intention, in fact, it is very simple, I have recently figured out one thing, someone who is the emperor, maybe he will only reign for thirty or forty years, at most fifty or sixty years, but maybe it is enough to make the world peaceful for two hundred years, and the wind and rain will be smooth for two hundred years, which is very considerable." ”

Xu Fengnian looked at this personable white-clothed scholar.

Just like when Xu Xiao saw Zhao Changling.

Successively, both of them want to support the dragon.