The three heads of the Huangnan County stayed in the Lingzhou General's Mansion, all of which were not far away, and the three of them did not bring any idle people into this brand-new official residence except for their own henchmen. His Royal Highness the Prince let them rest for a night, so that Wang Xihua's heart was tense at that time, this was obviously deliberately to let the three families have enough time to ventilate first, Wang Gongcao and Lingsu Wang Zhenlu and Zijin Wang Luting were all at dawn, and urgently rushed to Lingzhou Prefecture City from their respective families, except for a sloppy lunch halfway, they roughly exchanged ideas, and while they promised to take care of each other, they inevitably had mutual beware in their hearts, and it was difficult to completely advance and retreat together, involving the ups and downs of a huge family, no matter how harmonious the personal relationship was in the past, they had to weigh the pros and cons carefully。

Wang Xihua, who was praised by Yao Baifeng as "three talents in the history of thorns", had a sumptuous dinner, and did not rush to agree to Wang Zhenlu's appointment, but went out for a walk alone. The two nodded and smiled and passed by, Wang Xihua walked slowly along a waterfront corridor, flowing water leading to Jinou Lake, Lingzhou City, there are not a few houses that have the ability to lead the lake water into their own courtyard, the Jingluo Mansion next door is of course the first one, Wang Xihua thought for a moment, turned into a path close to the root of the wall, through the hole in the wall can see the scene inside the wall of the neighbor Li Mansion, Wang Xihua suddenly stopped, it happened that there was an official on the other side of the wall who was too familiar to be familiar with the old man was also approaching, after looking at each other, Wang Xihua, who was always behind him, smiled: " Lord Li, so leisurely and elegant? I heard that Lord Li has found a fast son-in-law who rides the dragon, and his knowledge and character are outstanding, congratulations. ”

only called Li Gongde Lord Li, but did not call himself a subordinate official or a lowly position, which shows the arrogance of Wang Xihua, the Gongcao of Huangnan County.

Li Gongde patted his cuffs, smiled and replied: "This official doesn't need to rely on any son-in-law to support his old age, but he has a son who is still good at it, and he can earn military merits on the border without water, Wang Gongcao, you have to be leisurely." ”

Wang Xihua nodded and said: "There are many great men on the border, Li Gongzi is right in the battlefield and in love, so naturally people can't envy him." My dog, who has no ability, can only hook up with some Qinglou women, so he won't have this blessing. ”

Beiliang is known to be the son of Li Hanlin, who used to be both men and women, and almost every time he traveled, he was closely accompanied by a young man with beautiful eyebrows and eyes, although now that the prodigal son has turned back, no one doubts the authenticity of the crossbowman's exploits, but Li Xishao committed too many heinous crimes after all, and was sarcastic by Wang Xihua tonight, how can he not be a helpless son and a debtor. Li Gongde didn't refute, bent down, Wang Xihua was wondering why the envoy surrendered so much this time, and never thought that when Li Gongde stood up, he directly threw a handful of dirt over, and smashed it on Wang Xihua's face, whether it hurt or not, but Wang Gongcao, who has always been regarded as the sect master of Lingzhou Siwen, has suffered this kind of humiliation, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while, and he was stunned on the spot. Li Gongde said with a smile: "Wang Xihua of the dog day is the best at pretending, Lao Tzu has long wanted to smoke you, there are no outsiders today, just you and me...... Your Royal Highness, why are you here?"

Wang Xihua subconsciously turned his head when he heard the sound, but there was no one around, where did His Royal Highness the Prince come from, turned his head again, and was splashed on his face by Li Gongde with a handful of dirt. Wang Xihua was furious, stretched out his finger and scolded angrily: "Li Gongde, he is immortal in his words and merits, and he is an important minister in the field, ask himself, can there be any one?

Li Gongde rubbed his nose casually, then stretched out his finger to the top of his head, and said disdainfully: "Others call you Wang Xihua 'Wang San's Thorn History', the three thorn histories, isn't it the size of this official hat on the official's head?

Wang Xihua sneered: "Talking to you about passing on the torch and talking to you about reading seeds is like playing the piano to a cow!"

Li Gongde laughed in a low voice: "Let's talk about chickens and ducks, in the end, it's still all the way, no one should laugh at anyone." When you become the second Yao Baifeng one day, you will be qualified to tell me about both learning and merit. ”

Wang Xihua said angrily: "Li Gongde, who is with you all the way?!"

As soon as Li Gongde raised his hand, Wang Xihua, who had suffered two losses, immediately flashed, only to find that there was no soil in the hands of the adults. It stands to reason that in this contact battle between old enemies without warning, Li Gongde, who returned from a great victory, should have been triumphant, but Li Gongde, who was proud of the cool spring breeze in the north, did not have the expected joy, but his face sank like water, and the haze was thick. Wang Xihua's face was cloudy at first, but when Li Gongde's back was far away, the corners of Wang Gongcao's mouth quietly curled, where was there still a little annoyance, and he said softly: "Li Crab, Li Crab, look at how long you are rampant." ”

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Xu Fengnian received the second secret letter today, from an old "soft-shelled turtle" in Lingzhou , Even Xu Fengnian didn't expect that it would be a four-grade realm high-roller who entered the Lingzhou General's Mansion, it turned out that before everyone gathered at the door, the Lingzhou Peregrine Falcon got the background of most of the characters, some rough, some detailed, except for the drunkard who was born out of nowhere, probably because the spy from other places also felt that he was so swaggering into the mansion, it was too self-defeating, no one on the secret letter was suspected of being a spy, most of them were people in the rivers and lakes who had a criminal record in the government's mansion, this is not surprising, walking the rivers and lakes, wanting to become famous in one fell swoop without cutting people or being cut down, it is really a fool's dream。 Xu Fengnian was carefully reading the secret letter in the study, and the soft-shelled turtle nicknamed "Hades Knife" knelt on the cold floor, not moving. Xu Fengnian put down the secret letter, closed his eyes, was silent for a long time, and then opened his eyes and said to this person: "That drunkard doesn't need to worry, but let Chu Lushan immediately check Liu Bozong of the fourth grade, especially Sun Chun, who is the strength of the third grade, the life experience of these two people is too innocent and too careful, from birth to martial arts to fame, it seems that there are traces to follow, and they can be seen at a glance, but the more this is the case, the more uneasy it is." Among the two, Sun Chun looks old, but he is actually only twenty-nine years old, and Liu Bozong is thirty-two years old, which happens to be the youngest two. Although this son is not a spy, as long as he is willing to spend his efforts, it is very easy to get an identity before the age of fifteen, and then carefully cultivate for more than ten years, almost without the slightest clue. Even this son suspects that their family has a problem in itself. I'm sorry for you peregrine falcons to be more thoughtful. ”

The man was terrified, sweating profusely, and said respectfully: "Protecting the safety of His Royal Highness is an important matter such as the head of the peregrine falcon, and it will not be troublesome." ”

The man will undoubtedly be in awe of the special identity of this young Lingzhou general, but he is even more afraid that he can call the name of the big man behind the peregrine falcon. The terrifying thing about Chu Lushan, outsiders are all hearsay, not as a peregrine falcon, they will not understand the terrifying ability of Chu Da at all.

Xu Fengnian walked in front of the man around the bookcase, bent down to help him get up, and laughed softly: "There are a lot of civil and military generals in Beiliang, compared with you, there are also a hundred less, without you, Beiliang will be more unstable." You help me give a message to Chu Lushan, this year, let him give all the peregrine falcons more reward silver, this money, don't let him out, take it out from Qingliang Mountain. If someone wants something like a secret book, they can also boldly put it forward, and the palace will try to meet it. In the eyes of this son, there is nothing in the world that is more valuable than life, since you have all pawned your life to the Xu family, then the Xu family has no reason to treat you badly. ”

After the man stood up, his eyes were a little red, he hesitated, scratched his head, he was a little shy, and he plucked up the courage to say: " The small is the Jinzhou people's clan, and the hometown of the general and His Royal Highness is only three hundred miles away, but the small one left Liaodong six or seven years later than the general, once mixed in other lines, and then made an accident, desperate to follow the general, so many years are with General Chu to do things, there is no credit, are some change anyone can do hard work, a few years ago married a daughter-in-law, gave birth to a few little girls, in the early autumn of this year, I finally had a boy with a handle, the small family is not short of silver, I want to ask His Royal Highness to help my boy choose a name in his spare time, if His Royal Highness is too busy, just as the small did not say this。 ”

Xu Feng said in a young voice: "There are a lot of particulars about choosing a name, and if you don't choose it well, it will affect your future fortune, I believe in this, and I don't dare to help your son choose a name." ”

The man didn't have much hope, so he couldn't talk about disappointment. Xu Fengnian suddenly smiled: "But Xu Xiao doesn't believe this, I will go to Liangzhou this time, and let Xu Xiao help your son choose a name, in case it is not good, or it is difficult to hear, you can be called by a nickname." ”

The man was about to kneel down again, Xu Fengnian grabbed his arm, and said helplessly: "Okay, even if you kneel a few more times, I can't just ask for a few more names for your son, and besides, your son doesn't need it, and the name is not silver, ask for more and more." ”

The man smiled, not reverting to his previous shrewdness and prudence, and had a sincere and honest demeanor.

"After leaving, I sent a message to Xu Beiji of Longqing County and asked him to come to the General's Mansion. ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Fengnian walked near the window, and the man full of joy no longer disturbed His Royal Highness's thoughts, and left the study silently. Xu Fengnian stared at the pot of impatiens brought by Huyan Guanyin's "cutting love", and traveled thousands of miles.

The strength of Liyang lies in the unification of the Central Plains, with the old master Sun Xiji as the head of the Wenchen, leading a large group of Western Chu relics to return to Liyang, the battle for orthodoxy in the world has been completely settled, as long as the imperial court is willing to use talents, it is almost inexhaustible. These talents have their own specialties, some of them are concentrating on moral articles, some are pragmatic and immersed in doing things and making meritorious contributions, and there are even a lot of people who are doing dirty work and tiring work. If Liyang is 10,000 acres of fertile land, qualified to go to the store to bully customers, then Beiliang is to change tricks on one acre and three points of land, Master Li Yishan has been a good woman for so many years, Xu Fengnian used to joke in private, whether it was with Xu Xiao or with two sisters, they all said that even if they could be emperors, they would not sit in the Jinluan Palace, just because he knew early on how difficult it was for the main government of the Dao to be in charge of the road, but when he really started to lay it out himself, he felt that even if he was the son of Beiliang and wanted to do things, he was in a boxy cage, and if he made a slight move, he would hit a wall, and this cage was something that the characters of the previous dynasties had worked hard to build, referred to as "rules".

Xu Fengnian returned to the bookcase and wrote down the loosely structured three words "only to sue the corpse", and then added a side next to the word to complete the weaving character. Put down the pen, Xu Fengnian withdrew his hand in his sleeve, walked out of the study, walked aimlessly through the corridor, and bumped into Wang Luting who was bouncing in the small pavilion to keep warm in a small pavilion, this guy was with Li Hanlin Wang Yunshu, and there was a son who did evil in Emei County, together with Wang Xihua, who no one can despise, but compared to the lifeless Lingsu Wang family head Wang Zhenlu, Xu Fengnian is undoubtedly more interested in Wang Luting, the new owner of the Zijin Wang family. Because of the hereditary replacement, Beiliang is now in an inevitable turbulent era, once the son of heaven and a courtier, the curtain has ended, the one who should have been on the throne has not yet taken the throne, many families are following the general trend of tossing and turning, but the time is different sooner or later, Zhong Hongwu, who will be a high-ranking man, let his only son Zhong Chengxin from the civil official road, is to seek change. Wang Xihua, who is a celebrity, asked Wang Yunshu to take the road of a military general, which is also to seek change. However, most of these, after all, have a good father, do things with half the effort, Xu Fengnian only knows that the Zijin Wang family has been several generations without great talent, originally thought that Wang Luting's generation would still be down, never thought that this time he would have the courage to come to the general's mansion, if he returned in vain, the first object to be cleaned up by the Jingluo envoy will definitely not be the two families of Wang Xihua and Wang Zhenlu, but the Zijin Wang family with an unstable foundation, it is conceivable that the young man Wang Luting is under a lot of pressure.

Seeing His Royal Highness the Prince approaching, Wang Luting just turned his head and smiled, and continued to jump.

Xu Fengnian stood beside Wang Luting, and the latter said jokingly: "Knowing that His Highness is a cheerful person, Green Pavilion said bluntly, this time I came here behind the butts of the two elders, and I came here to ask His Highness for a reward, it was really a ruin, if I didn't get a half-job and returned to Huangnan County, I would have to be poked in the backbone by those old men, and my Highness would be doing well, so I should pity and pity Wang Luting?"

Xu Fengnian looked at the narrow meandering water that only rippled slightly within the "rules", and said calmly: "Let's talk about what official you want first, it's too big, and this son can't afford it." It's too small, and this son can't take it, if you fool your Zijin Wang Clan, you will be drowned by those old guys spitting on your back. ”

Wang Luting smiled heartily: "It's not big, Beiliangdao weaving, just such an official." The two weaving bureaus in Jiangnan Province are the fat shortage of the fourth grade, and the chief officer of the Golden Thread Weaving Bureau in Beiliang is only the fifth grade, anyway, the old weaving Li Xifeng has also worked for twelve years, and he should have retired a long time ago. ”

Xu Fengnian said quietly: "The five products are not small. ”

Wang Luting was really thick-skinned, stopped jumping on the spot, held a mouthful of mist in both hands, turned his head and stared at His Royal Highness the Prince with a bright smile, "Green Pavilion knows that it is difficult to be an official, so there is a plan to buy an official with His Royal Highness, Zijin Wang is willing to take out 180,000 taels of silver, all of which are cash silver, if it is not enough, the family still has some rare antiques and calligraphy and painting rubbings, which can be converted into silver taels, as long as His Royal Highness is more generous, he can probably barely make up another 100,000 taels." There is no way, it is not as rich as the other three kings of Huangnan County, and our Zijin Wang clan is poor. ”

Xu Fengnian sat on the bench, pressed his hand under Wang Luting, and the two sat opposite each other against the pillar, Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "This son can sell you a gold thread weaving for 180,000 taels of silver, but there is an additional condition." ”

Wang Luting said with a smile: "Your Highness, my sister is indeed famous and virtuous, but after all, she is medium-looking, and she has a matchmaker, Your Highness must not fight this idea." ”

Xu Fengnian was stunned, couldn't cry or laugh, and smiled: "You kid, don't be flamboyant with this son, be serious, this son knows that you have a best friend, born in a poor family, and worked as a teacher in the Zijin Wang family, Yao Baifeng, a master of science, said that as long as this person is willing to take the test, he must be Lingzhou Xie Yuan, as well as the Huiyuan of the two northwest provinces and eight states, and even take off the champion, even the middle three yuan is possible." Lu Yuyuan of Huang Nan County, who was born in the same Jinshi as the top three in the palace examination this year, seems to have benefited from your friend's art making skills, otherwise at most he has taken the children's examination and the township examination, not to mention the palace examination, and even the examination is a luxury. If you can say that this person can go out of the mountain, this world will let you be a golden thread weaver, if you can't say it, then you will honestly return to the Zijin Wang clan. ”

Wang Luting laughed heartily.

Xu Fengnian was indifferent.

Wang Luting stopped laughing, and said treacherously: "Your Highness, please rest assured, this guy has been forcibly kidnapped to the city by me, so call someone to His Highness?"

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "No need to see him, you tell him, after the New Year, I will come to Lingzhou Prefecture to stay, and this son has an official hat for him." ”

Wang Luting sighed with emotion: "People are more popular than people, I still have to go bankrupt and buy officials, this kid is good." ”

Xu Fengnian suddenly said: "You are neither a sister-in-law nor the eldest son, it is not easy to become the head of the Zijin Wang family." ”

Wang Luting put away his cynical expression, but he didn't deliberately sit upright, but said softly: "Compared to Your Highness, it's much easier." ”

Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "Before you became an official, you started to slap horses?"

Wang Luting laughed again, "First familiarize yourself with it, since you want to send someone under the fence, how can you not look at people's faces." In the future, His Royal Highness will give Wang Luting more opportunities to flatter. ”

Xu Fengnian quipped: "Then you have to learn from Chu Lushan first." ”

Wang Luting wanted to speak and stopped.

Xu Fengnian knew that he was a smart person, so he said bluntly: "What are you thinking, indeed, Chu Lushan's sycophant, whether he is a son of the world or an outsider, what he has seen and heard with his own eyes has always been very greasy and disgusting, but there is one thing that many people can't see, Chu Lushan is only like this to one person, this is called starting from the beginning, so he and Jing Luo make Master Li ......."

Speaking of this, Xu Fengnian paused, didn't continue, stood up, and left directly.

It seems to be relaxed and leisurely, but in fact, Wang Luting, who has been secretly tightening the bowstring, did not think deeply about the strange words at first, anyway, he got everything he wanted for this trip, and there was more than that, and at the same time, he was relieved and a little irrepressible excited. But when he realized that he chewed out the meaning, he was a little cold all over his body, could it be that the adjacent mansion, with the change of heaven and earth in Beiliang, the owner of the house also had to change his name and surname?