After this court discussion, Shangguan Xiu felt that he was more tired than after ten battles in a row. Fortunately, most of the ministers of the Governor's Office were finalized, and more than half of the candidates he recommended were successfully approved.

However, there are also things that make him feel bad about this court discussion, one is the official Xi, and the other is the Jun family.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Shangguan Xiu accompanied Tang Ling to visit all parts of the palace.

Looking at Shangguan Xiu, who was walking beside him with a tired face, Tang Ling smiled and asked, "Ah Xiu is tired, right?"

Shangguan Xiu smiled bitterly: "I am physically and mentally exhausted. If it weren't for the sake of stabilizing the overall situation, I'm afraid I would have gone to the battlefield on the Western Front a long time ago. ”

Tang Ling stood still, raised his hand to caress Shangguan Xiu's cheek, and said, "In the future, I don't want Ah Xiu to go to the battlefield again." ”

Xin Jiyao's death not only relieved Tang Ling, but also sounded the alarm for her.

If the crockpot is not broken from the wellhead, the general will inevitably die in battle, which is really an eternal truth. Lingwu is as strong as Xin Jiyao, and in the end, he will inevitably break the fate of the battlefield. No matter how strong Shangguan Xiu's spiritual martial arts are, when he goes to the battlefield, is there really no danger at all?

Tang Ling's worries made Shangguan Xiu's heart hot. He looked at Tang Ling carefully, he hadn't seen him for more than a year, Tang Ling looked much more radiant than before, his whole person was radiant, and his skin was glowing with a layer of charming glory.

He smiled and asked, "Xiang'er has already taken the Blood Spirit Pill?"

Tang Ling nodded and said, "The Blood Spirit Pill is worthy of being the world's most famous treasure on par with Tianxiang Cardamom, and I feel like I've been reborn." ”

In fact, taking the Blood Spirit Pill is indeed to make people reborn and reborn, and people like Tang Ling, who have no spiritual martial arts cultivation at all, after taking the Blood Spirit Pill, their cultivation has directly broken through the Spirit Void Realm and reached the Spirit Disillusionment Realm of the second stage of the Spirit Martial Arts.

Her eyes flashed with a sparkling brilliance, and she held Shangguan Xiu's hand tighter, and said, "Ah Xiu, we can cultivate Lingwu together in the future, and I don't want you to leave my side again." ”

Shangguan Xiu smiled: "When I return to China...... After returning to Beijing, I went to Shenchi and asked the two great elders, Huang Zun and Gu Ling'er, how to double cultivate. ”

When Tang Ling heard this, his jade face turned crimson. Seeing this, Shangguan Xiu asked curiously, "Xiang'er has heard of the double cultivation technique?"

She whispered, "Elder Gu told me about it. ”

is good, and he told the emperor about the art of double cultivation, and this ancient elder is really full. Shangguan Xiu muttered in his heart.

Tang Ling leaned close to Shangguan Xiu's ear and whispered, "Elder Gu also gave me a copy of the secret book of double cultivation, we can read it together in the evening." ”

Shangguan Xiu was stunned for a moment, then laughed on his back, and said, "Why wait until the evening?" As he spoke, he pulled Tang Ling and walked straight to the dormitory.

Tang Ling's face became even more delicate, and the whole person looked even more beautiful, charming and charming. While following Shangguan Xiu, she interjected and asked, "Ah Xiu is not very satisfied with the removal of Jun Shengnan's official position?"

"It's not that I'm not satisfied, it's just that I'm a little worried. ”

"Worried about the Jun family?"

"yes. Shangguan Xiu sighed lightly and said: "The power of the Jun family in the Ningnan region should not be underestimated, if it weren't for the eldest grandson Bohao abandoning the Jun family, our army would never be so easy if they wanted to capture Tianjing and annex Ningnan." ”

After a pause, he shook his head and said, "Perhaps, Gan Ping is right, how can I be afraid of a defeated family, in the matter of reusing Jun Shengnan, I may really not think it through!"

Tang Ling looked at Shangguan Xiu and said, "Ah Xiu has done a good job. ”

After all, Shangguan Xiu is not a civil servant who specializes in governance, but a general who fights on the battlefield, during his time in Tianjing, he can set up the Governor's Palace, and can also make the Governor's Mansion operate normally, although the Ningnan area is not in order, but there is no big chaos, which has surprised Tang Ling, and she also knows in her heart that Shangguan Xiu can do this level, and must have put in much more effort than ordinary people.

At noon, Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling had lunch in the dormitory, and in the evening, Tang Ling had already slept very deeply, Shangguan Xiu was in good spirits, walked out of the dormitory, and walked in the palace.

As he was walking, Wu Yufei walked quickly to Shangguan Xiu and said in a low voice: "Brother Xiu, Guan Xi is asking to see him outside the palace." ”

Shangguan Xiu frowned and said, "He doesn't recuperate in the barracks, what is he doing in the palace?"

Wu Yufei said: "It is estimated that today's court meeting, Guan Xi has also heard some rumors." ”

Shangguan Xiu narrowed his eyes and muttered, "I don't know who has so many mouths." ”

"Brother Xiu, do you want to let Guanxi enter the palace?"

Shangguan Xiu shook his head and said, "Let him go to my mansion and wait first." ”

"Yes! Brother Xiu!" Wu Yufei agreed and walked away quickly.

Xiao Jue accompanied Shangguan Xiu back to the dormitory to change clothes, and he said: "Brother Xiu, I see that His Majesty's intention to get rid of Guanxi has been decided, and what Guanxi did did indeed cause public anger, why did Brother Xiu keep protecting him?"

"Just because of such a trivial matter, the commander of the first army lost his life, and I, the general, can't even protect my own subordinates, so it's too incompetent, and it will also chill the soldiers in the army!" Shangguan Xiu muttered.

As far as the heart is concerned, Shangguan Xiu never thought that Guan Xi had committed such a heinous mistake, at best, it made Xiang'er's heart not very happy, and those ministers who were good at figuring out the holy will, just to please Xiang'er, no matter whether it was right or wrong, took the opportunity to impeach, full of villain behavior.

Shangguan Xiu changed into civilian clothes in the dormitory, took Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei out of the palace, and returned to his mansion in Tianjing.

Guan Xi is now injured, and his body is still wrapped in thick bandages, after seeing Shangguan Xiu, he first knelt on the ground with a puff, and then snot and tears flowed out together, and said with a crying voice: "Your Highness spares your life! I hope that Your Highness will spare the last general's loyalty to the country and spare the last general!"

Wu Yufei rolled his eyes and reprimanded: "If His Highness wanted to kill you, you would have died a long time ago, and you would still be alive today?"

"But Your Majesty wants to kill me!" Guan Xi cried, he looked at Shangguan Xiu with a blank eye, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, the assassin who assassinated the last general in the army last time was not Ning Nan's fine work at all, but a secret agent of the Duwei Mansion, and these last generals all knew it. In the past, the last general could pretend to be confused, because with the protection of His Royal Highness, the last general was not afraid of anything, but ...... But now it's different, Your Majesty...... Your Majesty will not spare the last general, Your Majesty will definitely kill the last general, please Your Highness save the life of the last general!"

Shangguan Xiu sighed, waved his hand to Guan Xi and said, "Get up and speak!

"Your Highness, the last general is not afraid of death, that is...... It's just that I'm afraid that death is not worth it! I'm afraid that after death, I will disgrace my family and have no shame to go to see my ancestors!" Speaking of this, Guan Xi couldn't stop crying.

Looking at the iron-clad man on the battlefield, the general who did not change his face in the face of the enemy's thousands of troops and horses, now knelt on the ground and collapsed into a ball, crying into tears, Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei's hearts were not very comfortable.

The two looked at each other and shook their heads in unison. I knew this was the case, so why bother in the first place? When was it bad to have a lustful heart, but I had a lustful heart in the palace, and who could blame it for today's difficulties?

Shangguan Xiu's brows twisted into a pimple, dragged Guan Xi up from the ground, and said: "Go back and recuperate well, as long as I am still here, as long as I am still a general, and you are still my subordinate, you don't have to worry about anything." ”

"Temple...... Your Highness ......"

"Go back! Things that shouldn't be your worries, don't worry about them, don't ask about things you shouldn't ask, don't ask more, your task now is to recuperate from your injuries, strive to recover as soon as possible, and continue to serve the country. Shangguan Xiu patted Guan Xi on the shoulder.

"Your Highness's great kindness, the last general will be unforgettable, I can't repay it in this life, and I will be a cow and a horse in the next life, and I will repay Your Highness!" As he spoke, Guan Xi was about to kneel and kowtow again, Shangguan Xiu waved his hand, and Guan Xi felt that his knees seemed to be elastic again, and he couldn't kneel no matter how hard he tried.

"Absolutely, send the general back to the camp. ”

"Yes!

"Your Highness, the last general, the last general will retire. ”

"Wait a minute. Shangguan Xiu took out a handkerchief, stuffed it into Guan Xi's hand, and said: "Wipe your face clean and go out, manly man, blood without tears, let people see this appearance, don't you laugh off your big teeth?"

Guan Xi's heart warmed, and he laughed out loud, but the tears flowed more.

Xiao Jue left with Guan Xi, and as soon as the two of them left on their front feet, Qian Jin walked in from outside. The semicolon of the Sitong Silver Account drove into Tianjing, such a big thing, how could there be a lack of money to enter the family of this Silver Number?

Qian Jin walked in with a confused face, and looked back from time to time, and when Shangguan Xiu approached, Qian Jin asked curiously: "Brother Xiu, what's wrong with General Guan? When I came in just now, General Guan was in tears with a handful of snot and tears. ”

"Maybe I'm homesick. Shangguan Xiu casually responded.

"Huh? That's a funny joke. Of course, Qian Jin could see that Shangguan Xiu was in a bad mood, and he couldn't even deal with it absent-mindedly. Shangguan Xiu asked, "Ah Jin, what are you looking for me?"

"Brother Xiu, I plan to open thirty branches in the Ningnan area first. ”

"Wouldn't it be too aggressive to drive so much at once?"

Qian Jin said: "I think thirty is too little, now is the best time to seize the business opportunities in Ningnan, if you don't take advantage of the current entry into Ningnan, wait until the future to enter, the opportunity is not in our own hands." ”

Shangguan Xiu shrugged his shoulders noncommittally and said, "You can decide the matter of the silver number." ”

"One more thing. "What?" "Can the Feng Army successfully exterminate the eldest grandson Huai'an?" Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you asking for?"

"If you are sure to annihilate the eldest grandson Huai'an, I should now send someone to the west of Ningnan to buy land, now the situation is not clear, the counties in the west of Ningnan are in chaos, there are wars everywhere, and the land price is cheap, I will buy it a title deed first, and wait until the war stops and the situation is stable, whether it is left for my own use, or sold for it, I can make a lot of money and make up for the deficit of the silver number. ”

"Deficit?"

"If you want to open so many branches in Ningnan and take out so much silver at once, isn't it a deficit?" In the concept of money in, as long as you take out the silver, it is a loss, and you must find a way to make up for it as soon as possible.

Shangguan Xiu sneered and said, "At most, the war in the west can be quelled." ”

Qian Jin stroked his palm and smiled, and said: "With Brother Xiu's words, I will rest assured, if I don't make a move now, how long will I wait?" But Brother Xiu should not release the news of the end of the war in three months, and drag it back, and it will also save those ghosts, snakes, and gods in the court from fighting for land with me." ”

Shangguan Xiu glanced at Qian Jin and said, "Ah Jin, you really got into the eyes of Qian!"

"If it weren't for me, a person who got into the eyes of money, I don't know how many soldiers on the front line would be out of food and salary!"

When the imperial court's food and salary were insufficient, it all relied on the funding of Zhenjun, and Zhenjun's money and grain were all brought in through money, and more and more became more and more.

Shangguan Xiu looked up and smiled, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Ah Jin should enter the Governor's Mansion and be the Minister of Finance." ”

Qian Jin's head shook like a rattle, and said, "In the court, how can you be at ease in the Shura Hall?"

"Don't think about it?"

"It's impossible without thinking about it. "In the court, you have to be constrained by all kinds of rules and regulations, but in the Shura Hall, no one cares, no one restricts, you are free, Qian Jin can do whatever he wants, and it is strange that he is willing to leave.