When Xu Beifang entered the Lingzhou General's Mansion, there were only three days left before Chinese New Year's Eve, and almost as soon as he entered the official residence, he immediately followed His Royal Highness Shizi to Liangzhou. On the way back, there were two carriages, Huyan Guanyin had one alone, Xu Fengnian and Xu Beitong were crowded in a carriage, and the two horsemen were Xu Yanbing and Hong Shuwen, and there were no other personal guards. Xu Beitong listened to Xu Fengnian's affairs about Huangnan County and was noncommittal. The two persimmons and oranges, when they get along, seem to be quite like King Yan and Nalan Youci, which can be called a model of the suitability of monarchs and ministers. The first time Xu Beitong opened his mouth was to ask why he didn't let Song Gu, who was blocking the road, finish speaking, because Xu Beitong knew about the Chai Fei Courtyard, the original Eagle Ren Shanyu was seriously injured by a small negligence, it was nothing, but His Royal Highness the Prince of the World saw the result with his own eyes, with Chu Lushan's gloomy temperament, Song Gu's career was about to end, and whether he could save his life was two words, if Xu Fengnian scolded a few words and kicked a few times, and was too angry, Chu Lushan could instead borrow the slope to get off the donkey, and only need to blame Song Gu heavily, in the end, he could spare Song Gu, it was nothing more than a temporary hard beating, giving His Royal Highness the Prince of the Foot and the face of the Eagle Warrior, and it would not hinder Song Gu's other appointments in the future, but Xu Fengnian didn't say anythingThe answer Xu Fengnian gave at that time was that he would never meddle in the affairs of the Beiliang spy, and he could even tolerate the peregrine falcons who had turned from colleagues to rivals after the Beiliang spy organization split up, but he would never allow the two to take the opportunity to fall into each other's grounds, and Beiliang could not afford this kind of internal friction. In this matter, as well as all the disputes in the future, Xu Fengnian did not favor the second sister Xu Weixiong, did not deliberately support the eagles to suppress the peregrine falcon, and would not take the initiative to lean towards Chu Lushan, let alone make a mess of the paste and fight fifty boards each. After hearing this answer, Xu Beitong smiled without hesitation, obviously more satisfied, it is difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs, the root cause is that the person who serves the bowl of water is not even, once not even, it will be difficult in the future. However, Duanping also has the difficulties and disadvantages of Duanping, if you are not careful, you are not a person inside and out, it depends on whether Xu Fengnian can persevere to the end. Xu Fengnian knew everything and said everything, except that the three kings of Huang Nanjun joined forces to show their loyalty to the officer's mansion, as well as their respective officials, and the methods of the officials were also very different, and he also mentioned to Xu Beitong that Wang Luting offered to spend money to buy gold thread weaving.

Hearing this, Xu Beitong frowned and said, "Can this person be a big person?"

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "I have only met once, I just think that Wang Luting has a good conversation and is very appetizing, as for whether he can be qualified for the weaving of golden wisps, he has to ask for a few more detailed spy reports about the Zijin Wang family, and then take Wang Luting out for a walk only to know whether the road is a mule or a horse." However, the golden wisp weaving is in Lingzhou, and it is also your Lingzhou thorn history that you will have a headache when the time comes. ”

Xu Beitong asked: "What to do with the old weaving Li Xifeng?"

Xu Fengnian played a scoundrel and said: "I haven't thought about it, or you will watch it when the time comes?"

Xu Beitong glared, probably too lazy to pay attention to His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, and fell into contemplation alone.

All roads in the world have set up weaving bureaus, and even Beiliang Road is no exception. Nominally, it is for the royal and official superintendents to weave and deliver the silk produced in various places, but the authority in the secret is very huge, and the previous dynasty has always had the habit of weaving the chief official to report to the capital on a monthly basis, and can go directly to the emperor's table, and pass this kind of information on the post road, which is more cautious and cautious than ordinary military information. Zhao Sui, the king of Jiaodong, and Liu Ying, the king of Huainan, were reprimanded and severely punished by the emperor several times, all because of the secret report of the local weaving bureau. Now the Liyang Imperial Court has set up a road, although the weaving bureaus in various places have not improved their ranks, but the smart people in the court and the opposition know that in addition to sending out from the Beijing division to clearly restrain the vassal king's envoys, the weaving of these dozen or so officials who are not too high is the most insidious and disgusting. However, Li Xifeng, the golden wisp of Beiliang Dao, is close to ancient times, and has been doing nothing for so many years, and there has been no intersection with Xu Xiao, the king of Beiliang, and he is neither active nor too estranged, and there has been a "half-year fold" twice a year On the post road was inadvertently intercepted by a group of bold horse thieves, spread all over the world, the world knew that the weaving chief official was so stupid and bored that he introduced the large and small antique collection of His Royal Highness the Prince of Beiliang with the emperor, and listed nearly 40 items and more than 600 pieces in detail, I can't understand why I want to let such an old man stay in Beiliang to waste the imperial court, it is said that after the leak of the secret fold, Xu Xiao, who was still in the Great Pillar State at the time, heard about it and laughed at it, and let people give this golden thread weaving that is in his position but does not seek his own government, and sent the same silver as the Zhao family。

But no matter how outsiders ridicule and despise Li Xifeng, the old guy, inside Beiliang, even Li Yishan has analyzed this person's officialdom resume and talent and temperament in detail, Xu Xiao sent silver, not to make fun of Li Xifeng's idleness, but to tell this golden weaver who is good at cracking the situation in Beiliang in the subtleties, I, Xu Xiao, are starting to target you!

And Xu Fengnian did not hide Xu Beitong beside him, when the Yan family defected from Beiliang and went to the capital to enjoy the glory and wealth, it was the red line between the Weaving Bureau and the imperial court, the escape route, how to disguise, and the response of various places along the way, all of which had extremely accurate plans. It's just that because Li Yishan has always been watching from the sidelines, this game of intrigue between Beiliang and the imperial court is finally the best in Beiliang, and Chu Lushan's unremitting exploration, and finally he was successfully intercepted by Beiliang's spies, but that time Xu Fengnian was soft-hearted and personally came forward to intercede for the Yan family, Xu Xiao opened the net, otherwise even if Wang Xianzhi came to Beiliang to save people in person, he could only save one or two people. Although Li Xifeng lost, it is already amazing to know that he, a weaver who was surrounded by jackals in Beiliang, can still do this.

Xu Beitong broke the silence and said: "If Li Xifeng wants to spend his old age in peace, before returning to the capital, he has to make a deal with Beiliang, but this deal is beneficial and harmless for him, a golden thread weaver." ”

Xu Fengnian was silent, his expression was vaguely gloomy.

Xu Beiji raised his eyebrows and said bluntly: "I remember that you used to have three very good friends, among whom Yan Chiji has followed the family to Beijing to become a relative of the emperor, and he has been replaced by the hot Hanlin Huangmenlang, and his future is immeasurable. That Kong Wu idiot is not bad, and at the end of the year, he also became the captain of the forbidden army, and in the end, only Li Hanlin was left in Beiliang. Do you really have the heart? You don't want to be a loner before you become a vassal king?"

Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Anyway, no matter what the result is, even if it is the worst situation, I will ensure that the Li family will always have no worries about food and clothing in the future." Li Hanlin didn't recognize me as a brother, and I also asked for it. ”

Xu Beitong smiled indifferently: "It's really pitiful." ”

Xu Fengnian kicked this guy, Xu Beitong leaned against the wall of the car, patted his shirt, and asked casually: "That Wang Luting's friend Sun Yin, was praised by Yao Baifeng as a talented bullfighter, isn't it better than the first jinshi, Yao Baifeng became the left sacrificial wine of the national eunuch and was in charge of the literary world, is there any spy that Yao everyone wants to invite Sun Yin to be a sacrificial wine?"

If I hadn't learned that Yao Baifeng had secretly asked someone to invite Sun Yin, promising that as long as this guy was willing to go to the capital, he would first go to Guozijian to get a clear stream of sacrificial wine, and he would be able to participate in the palace examination in the coming year, Yao Baifeng would put down his very valuable old face, and he would have cheated to the extreme, and personally went to ask the Zhao family for a top name! But you can rest assured but you can't rest assured, Sun Yin has been escorted to Lingzhou by Wang Luting, I plan to let him directly become a sixth-grade official with real power, if you become the assassin of Lingzhou but are covered up by this person, be careful that I will let him take your place when I am angry. ”

Xu Beitong glanced at Xu Fengnian and did not speak.

Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't get tired of the new, no matter how good Sun Yin's ability is, you are still my old love, and your grace is undiminished." ”

Xu Beitong sneered: "Hurry up and stop, let me go out and vomit." ”

Xu Fengnian said with a hurt face: "I don't understand the amorous feelings, I keep all the good things for you first, and I picked up a azure gall bottle from the Dongyue Imperial Kiln in the peach cheek building, and I can't find the second one in the whole world, don't you really want it?" Then I will give it to Chen Xiliang, that guy knows better than you." ”

Xu Beitong closed his eyes to rest, and said calmly: "Hurry up." ”

At noon on Chinese New Year's Eve, Qingliangshan, which had already been lit up, finally saw His Royal Highness Shizi again.

Xu Fengnian arranged for Huyan Guanyin to live in a quiet courtyard, and had no intention of letting her meet with the girls in Wutong Courtyard. Xu Xiao accompanied him all the way, and he didn't talk much, just happy. Younger brother Huang Man'er has grown a few times taller, and there is a little more anger between his eyebrows, and when he is not smiling, he is unusually heroic, but when he smirks with his father, he instantly breaks his skills, but fortunately, he will no longer be able to laugh, but it still makes Xu Fengnian speechless. When I went to see the second sister, a family of four finally got together, Xu Weixiong, who mastered half of the spies in Beiliang, now lives in Wutong Courtyard in order to deal with confidential affairs, except for the two big girls sweet potato and blue bird, did not participate in it, and the other two maids have become Beiliang's "female Hanlin", reading and screening military intelligence espionage, and has the right to approve red, and is called "Vermilion Maiden" by insiders , especially the green ants of the small country of Beiliang, which is only inferior to Xu Weixiong in the nineteen vertical and horizontal roads, seems to be born good at planning the overall situation, and has become the second-in-command of Wutong Courtyard. The three masters of the Xu family entered the Wutong Courtyard house, Xu Weixiong sat in a wheelchair, sat behind a low bookcase specially made for her, glanced up at the three of them, and continued to bow his head and took out a copy from a large stack of secret reports that had been approved red, and inspected whether there were any mistakes with the vermilion maids in the neighboring house, Xu Fengnian trotted over, saw that the ancient inkstone on the table was a little dry, squatted next to the wheelchair at the moment, turned his head and patted the fart and said: "Sister, I'll grind ink for you." ”

Xu Weixiong didn't even turn his head to look at him, and said with a smile: "How dare you let the dignified Lingzhou general do it for you?"

Xu Fengnian pretended to be stupid and said: "It should be, it should be." ”

Xu Weixiong did not continue to ridicule His Royal Highness, allowing him to roll up his sleeves and polish the ink, and he concentrated on browsing the detailed vermilion handwriting on the newspapers of the imperial court and Beiliang's own spy reports.

Xu Xiao smiled knowingly.

Xu Longxiang sat on the threshold with his buttocks, holding his cheeks in a daze.

Xu Weixiong probably couldn't stand Xu Fengnian getting in the way next to him, so he didn't raise his head and said, "Didn't you see that the peach talisman of the Spring Festival couplets hasn't been pasted at home?"

Xu Fengnian patted his head and suddenly realized: "I'm going to write a couplet! Let's paste it together later?"

Xu Weixiong didn't say anything.

Xu Fengnian went to the spare desk next door to write the pen like flying, and it still took half an hour to write the hundred Spring Festival couplets required by the palace, every time he finished writing, Xu Xiao and Xu Longxiang were gently drying on the side, and then went to call Xu Weixiong, she still had affairs at hand, saying that she didn't have to wait for her. Xu Fengnian had to carry more than 50 Spring Festival couplets with Huang Man'er alone, Xu Xiao was responsible for holding a box of slightly lighter bucket catties, and began to paste the couplets from top to bottom in Qingliang Mountain, and when he arrived at the gate, he found Xu Weixiong sitting in a wheelchair and waiting quietly outside the gate. Xu Fengnian smiled and let Xu Xiao see if the paste was crooked, he and Xu Longxiang pasted a particularly wide and huge festive couplet on the left and right, and the two brothers finished pasting the couplet at the same time, and when they turned around, they saw Xu Xiao smiling from ear to ear, and the second sister also had a long-lost smile.