Chen Ping'an looked up at the night and did not retract his gaze for a long time.

He stood under the eaves and carried a charcoal cage in his hand.

Gu Can cried heartbreakingly, like a wounded cub.

Even though Chen Ping'an had looked at Gu Can again, he still didn't speak, just let Gu Can wail over there, his face full of tears and snot.

Gu Can kept crying until his body twitched, and when he cried until he had no strength, he began to whimper, saved up some strength, and began to howl again, as if he had lost all his heart.

Chen Ping'an asked slowly: "Why don't you intercede with me? Is it because you know it's useless? I don't want to lose the last chance, because I help Tan Xue open my mouth, not only with Chunting Mansion, with your mother, but also with you Gu Can, the last little bit of lotus root is gone, is it gone?" Do you finally know that even if there is Tan Xue, you may not be able to live in Shujian Lake now, replace Tan Xue with me Chen Ping'an, and be the door god of your Spring Ting Mansion, maybe you two can continue to live as before, but you are not so happy, and you can't tell me with confidence, 'I just like to kill'?

Gu Can just didn't speak, nor did he wipe the snot and tears on his face, he just looked at Chen Ping'an in a daze.

Chen Ping'an sighed, walked in front of Gu Can, and bent down to hand over the charcoal cage in his hand.

Stepping on the snow, every step makes a squeaky sound of stepping on the snow.

Gu Can didn't answer.

Chen Ping'an squatted down, faced each other, and looked at Gu Can, "Little slug, it's okay, tell the truth, I'll listen." ”

Gu Can grabbed a large handful of snow, turned his head, and pasted his face, then turned his head and choked up: "Chen Ping'an, you are the worst person!"

Chen Ping'an smiled dumbly and hesitated for a moment, "In your Shujian Lake, I am indeed a good person. Either the good guys are smart or the bad guys. ”

Gu Can's tears burst all of a sudden, "You Shujian Lake, you Chunting Mansion, you two mothers!Chen Ping'an, you like to say things like this, let's not do this, okay......"

Gu Can covered his face with the backs of his hands and whimpered.

Chen Ping'an said: "You go back." ”

Gu Can punched Chen Ping'an in the chest, causing Chen Ping'an to fall into the snow.

Gu Can stood up and staggered away.

Running out more than ten steps away, Gu Can stopped, did not turn around, and sobbed: "Chen Ping'an, you are more important than the little loach, you have always been like this." But from now on, this is not the case, even if the little loach dies, it is better than you. ”

Chen Ping'an sat in the snow and looked at Shujian Lake.

The heart is like water.

Standing up and shaking off the snow chips stained on his cotton clothes, Chen Ping'an walked to the ferry, waiting for the arrival of Tan Yuanyi on Lisu Island, with Liu Zhimao's vigorous and resolute style, he would definitely fly a sword to send a message to Lisu Island as soon as he returned to Hengbo Mansion, but he suddenly thought that the spy leader of the Dali Green Wave Pavilion in the middle of Aquarius would most likely not come by boat, but communicated with Liu Zhimao in advance and secretly infiltrated Qingxia Island, Chen Ping'an turned around and went directly to Hengbo Mansion.

Chunting Mansion.

The woman wore a snow-white fox fur and waited anxiously.

After looking at Gu Can's figure, he hurriedly trotted over and asked, "How is it, where is Tan Xue?"

When the two of them were making dumplings together in the stove room before, Gu Can's expression suddenly changed drastically, and he fell to the ground, covering his heart, as if he was seriously ill.

At that time, the woman knew that something was wrong, most likely because Tan Xue had gone wrong outside the Spring Court Mansion.

Gu Can raised his head and said in a daze, "It's dead." ”

The woman was stunned, thinking that she had misheard, "What did you say?"

Gu Can repeated: "It's dead." ”

The woman said sharply: "Dead? Just dead? Tan Xue is the Jiaolong of the Yuan Infant Realm, how can he die?! Except for the old bastard surnamed Liu on Gongliu Island, who else in Shujian Lake can kill Tan Xue!"

Gu Can looked at his mother's face and said, "There is also Chen Ping'an." ”

The woman said angrily: "What are you talking about! How could Chen Ping'an kill Tan Xue, and what qualifications does he have to kill the little loach that no longer belongs to him, is he crazy? This conscienceless little should have starved to death in Mud Bottle Alley back then, I knew that he came to our Qingxia Island this time, and he didn't have a good heart, and he was a thing with a thousand knives......"

Gu Can suddenly said, "Chen Ping'an may be able to hear it." ”

The woman immediately closed her mouth and looked around in a panic, her face was as pale as the snow on the ground and the fox fur on her body.

Gu Can was silent.

The woman embraced him and cried, "O poor son! ”

Gu Can's face was expressionless, his body and soul were extremely weak now, and he had already had cold hands and feet at this moment after going back and forth in the snow between the Spring Court Mansion and the Mountain Gate.

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Returning to Hengbo Mansion again, Liu Zhimao hesitated for a moment and asked his henchman to invite Zhang Jing.

I went to the secret small sword mound similar to the sword room, treasured the high-grade transmission flying sword, and carefully considered the wording before sending a message to Tan Yuanyi, the owner of Lisu Island.

In the end, Liu Zhimao came to the lobby with a lichen that was a specialty of Caiyi China, and with a flick of his hand, he scooped up a cloud of water mist and sprinkled it on the ground, and a picture scroll appeared at the gate of Qingxia Island.

The snow has stopped, and the picture seems a little dead.

Liu Zhimao stared down at the image generated by the mist.

During this period, he looked up several times and looked out the door.

Liu Zhimao smiled helplessly, there are nearly a thousand monks on Qingxia Island today, and only one Zhang Jing dares to get the edict of Hengbo Mansion, and he is still swaying and hurrying, and he will definitely not rush to resist the wind.

Liu Zhimao sighed.

The first old brothers who fought side by side together almost all died, either on the battlefield of expanding the territory, or died in an endless stream of sneak attacks and assassinations, or they were unruly and rebellious, and were personally killed by him Liu Zhimao, of course, more died of old age, and in the end, there was only one Zhang Jing left around him, the last old man on Qingxia Island.

Liu Zhimao went straight through the water transport picture, came to the gate, hesitated, stepped out of the threshold, and waited for Zhang Jing there.

Zhang Jing, as a monk of the Longmen Realm under the earth immortals, is in Shujian Lake, which has more than 1,000 islands, even if he does not talk about his friendship with Liu Zhimao, in fact, he occupies the mountain as the king and becomes the owner of the island, which is more than enough, in fact, Liu Zhimao has annexed more than ten large islands including Sulin Island with the number of long-distance and close attacks in the past two years, and he intends to let Zhang Jing, the minister of the dragon, choose a big island as the place to open the mansion, but Zhang Jingwan refused twice, and Liu Zhimao no longer insisted.

In the early days of the encounter when both of them were in the sea viewing realm, Zhang Jing, who was born as an immortal master, was not only Liu Zhimao's friend, but also a behind-the-scenes military advisor who gave advice to Liu Zhimao.

The reason why Liu Zhimao has always been courteous to Zhang Jing is that in addition to this very difficult incense in the difficult years, and then after Zhang Jing gained a firm foothold on Qingxia Island, especially Liu Zhimao on the road of cultivation, he climbed high step by step, leaving him far behind, many things that he thought he should say, Zhang Jing never hesitated, it was simply a hard way to turn a founding meritorious service that should have been lying on the merit book to enjoy happiness, into not knowing life or death, Annoying temple ministers, Liu Zhimao was really annoyed several times Zhang Jing's face did not speak, and immediately beat the country and dismounted to guard the country, can the rules be the same? The secret vault has two rooms, in front of the identity of the Beijing official, but doing the things of the magistrate, Zhang Jing's unpleasantness, obvious, so it is difficult to say that he has been in a difficult situation over the years, but compared to the descendants of Qingxia Island, who worship Yu Hui, who has unlimited scenery, Zhang Jing's opportunities to appear on Qingxia Island are becoming less and less, and many celebration banquets are also participated, but he never speaks, neither flattering the true monarch of the Jiejiang River, nor pouring any cold water.

Looking at the lights in his mind, Liu Zhimao thought of these old things, and he actually felt a little embarrassed for a long time.

It's finally here.

Zhang Jing saw Liu Zhimao, and still walked unhurriedly.

Not only that, but he even pinched a sturdy snowball in his hand, which shows how leisurely Zhang Jing walked on the way here, and how anxious the people who went to call him were.

The big housekeeper of Hengbo Mansion, who was also a monk of the Longmen Realm, went out to find Zhang Jing this time, which was really bad, but when he saw the Zhenjun Master standing outside the door and waiting, his heartstrings shook, and he immediately regretted it, the number of times he urged Zhang Jing along the way was too much, fortunately he didn't complain, otherwise he would probably have to fall behind.

Liu Zhimao waved his hand to the chief butler, signaling not to approach the lobby, and the latter immediately bowed and left.

Zhang Jing clasped his fists and saluted, "I've seen the island owner." ”

Liu Zhimao smiled and raised his hand to press it twice, signaling that Zhang Jing didn't have to see him like this.

The two crossed the threshold one after the other, and Zhang Jing looked at the scroll suspended on the splendid lichen and was silent.

Liu Zhimao got straight to the point and said: "It took you and the fishing room eight years to help me find the reincarnation of the Jindan nun with hard work, and persuaded me to detain her on Qingxia Island at that time, but I must not do anything to her, once Liu Laocheng returns to Gongliu Island in the future, when he finally tears his face, he will break this matter, with this move, maybe I Liu Zhimao can save my life, I didn't believe it at the time, you argued with me, I also said that you are a woman's kindness, and Liu Laocheng's heart is very ridiculous. Now, you may not be right, but I am definitely wrong. ”

Zhang Jing said expressionlessly: "It's rare that the island owner is willing to admit his mistake, I don't know if the sun will rise from the west tomorrow morning." ”

Liu Zhimao stretched out his hand and nodded at the old man's head, and said with a smile: "With your stinky temper and this stinky mouth, if it were someone else, I would have slaughtered it ten times and eight times." ”

Zhang Jing sighed, "Then I have thanked the island owner for his grace not to kill." ”

Liu Zhimao was about to speak, when he suddenly pointed to the scroll and said, "Look at it." ”

On the screen, Gu Can was kneeling in the snow outside the door.

After the bookkeeper pushed the door open, after saying that, he raised his head, carried the charcoal cage in both hands, and looked up like this.

Liu Zhimao's face was cloudy.

Zhang Jing said: "I persuaded the island owner to withdraw, but I guess it's still useless." ”

Liu Zhimao first stretched out a finger, tapped it lightly somewhere in the scroll, and then waved his sleeves to really remove the scroll.

Liu Zhimao said: "What do you think of this Chen Ping'an?"

Zhang Jing thought for a while, "It's terrible, if he is Shujian Huye Xiu, there should be nothing to do with the island owner." ”

Liu Zhimao nodded and said: "I won't tell you about some secret things between me and him, it's not that I can't trust you, but you don't know, maybe it's better." But there are some innocuous little things, but they can be used as fun and told to you. ”

Zhang Jing no longer deliberately used words to stab Liu Zhimao.

Liu Zhimao's so-called trivial matter is definitely not small.

Liu Zhimao talked in detail about the conversation with Chen Ping'an after leaving the mountain gate, and how they ate the winter solstice dumplings in Chunting Mansion together, and then went their separate ways and did their own things.

Liu Zhimao said: "Why do you say that Chen Ping'an deliberately brought me to scare the woman, and gave me a favor for nothing, I must hide the truth from the woman, and I Liu Zhimao will be a good person?"

Zhang Jing thought for a moment, and said: "It's not complicated, Chen Ping'an has been drawing a line with Gu Can's mother since the moment he moved out of the Spring Courtyard Mansion, but the technique is relatively gentle, both sides have steps down, so as not to make too much trouble, but at that time, most of the women will only be relieved, and they can't guess Chen Ping'an's intentions, after that, Chen Ping'an will go to the Spring Court Mansion from time to time to have a meal to appease people's hearts, and the woman will gradually feel at ease, in a state of mind that she thinks is the most 'comfortable', Chen Ping'an will not kidnap Gu Can and harm Gu Can' Gone astray', to be a good person looking for death, and Chen Ping'an is still staying on Qingxia Island, how can it be regarded as a talisman of the Spring Courtyard Mansion, it is like having an extra door god who guards the door, of course she likes it. After that, Chen Ping'an went to Chunting Mansion less and less, and there was no trace, because this bookkeeper was indeed very busy, so the woman was even happier, until tonight, Chen Ping'an pulled the island owner, sat on the dining table of Chunting Mansion and ate dumplings together, she finally realized that the two sides were strangers. ”

After Zhang Jing finished saying these words that were almost the truth, he asked: "An outsider like me, just pay attention to Chen Ping'an a few more times, and can still see through it, not to mention the owner of the island, why do you ask? Why, I'm afraid that I have been sitting on the cold bench for so many years, and I don't need to use my brain all year round, and I am no different from the woman in the Spring Ting Mansion who likes to call herself a lady of the order, and I am rusty? Besides, my brain is no longer enough, and it is barely enough to help the island owner take care of the secret vault and fish the two rooms, right?" Do you think that I am holding the secret treasury in my hand, and I am not at ease, afraid that I will see that Qingxia Island is going to fall and scatter, roll up the cover, smear oil on the soles of my feet, and run away with a lot of treasures? Say, which henchman are you going to hand over the secret treasury to, the island owner can rest assured, I will not fall in love with the stack, but if the candidate is not suitable, I will splash the island owner's cold water for the last time. ”

Liu Zhimao scolded with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense here!"

Zhang Jing said slowly: "What is the purpose of that? It's not that I Zhang Jing looks down on myself, in the current situation, I really can't help much, if I want to be a dead soldier, I won't agree, even if I know that my life is short, but there is still Jiazi time, it can be regarded as the life of an ordinary master, so many years, I have enjoyed, suffered, and I have not eaten less, I don't owe you and Qingxia Island at all." ”

Liu Zhimao didn't answer Zhang Jing's question, and sighed for no reason, "You said that if Shujianhu is all people like Chen Ping'an, how can we, old and immortal guys, scold people who are hard to write and worship on the one hand, and worship people on the other? How can we be so mixed?"

Zhang Jing smiled: "Island master, there are not many such people. ”

Liu Zhimao turned his head to look at this old monk of the Longmen Realm whose soul was decaying and drifting, and looked at it for a long time.

Zhang Jing just didn't speak.

Liu Zhimao said: "Zhang Jing, you find a good day and an auspicious day, and then at the end of this year, don't wait for the beginning of spring, just quietly leave Shujian Lake, go farther, find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and spend the last Jiazi time in peace." ”

Zhang Jing frowned, and said suspiciously: "The situation is already so bad that it is this?"

Liu Zhimao hesitated for a moment, and said frankly: "At present, it is not the worst, but the world is unpredictable, Da Li Song family into the Shujian Lake, is the trend of the times, once one day Da Li's brain cramps, or feel that Liu Laocheng carves up too much, want to make up for me, Qingxia Island will be settled after the autumn, when Da Li casually finds a reason, slaughter me, not only can make Shujian Lake happy, but also get more than a dozen big island belongings, in exchange for me Da Li is in charge of things, iron-clad, maybe I will start sharpening my knife at this time." ”

Liu Zhimao patted Zhang Jing on the shoulder, "It's not that you're deliberately buying people's hearts, if you're not Zhang Jing, a monk of Longmen Realm who can't go up or down, it's a fart, where do you need me Liu Zhimao is such a mother-in-law and mother, chattering for a long time, with this idle effort, I can't practice in retreat? I, the Yuan Infant who is only half a step away, is really half a realm difference compared to Ruan Qiong, and I will be angry to death. ”

"Having said that, how to buy people's hearts, you taught me back then. ”

Liu Zhimao put away his hand from Zhang Jing's shoulder, tidied up his clothes again, and said with a smile: "I hope that the old guys around me will always have someone who will have a good ending." Anyway, it's a gesture, don't thank me, or you'll see the outside. ”

Zhang Jing suddenly began to scold: "You old bastard, you really have a day when Da Li or Liu Laocheng will be beaten to death, and then I hid, sixty years have passed, how can I catch up with you on Huangquan Road and talk to you?"

Zhang Jing shook his head and said softly, "I'm not leaving." ”

Liu Zhimao looked at this stubborn guy and said a digression, "You can be friends with our bookkeeper, when you are smart, you are so smart that you don't look like a good person at all." When he is strong, he is like a fool with his brain in water. ”

Zhang Jing said: "Your heart is not quite right now, it is not conducive to cultivation, those who have traveled a hundred miles are half ninety, and at this time, it is difficult for you to bring it up again in your life, how can you enter the Five Realms?

Liu Zhimao sighed, "Zhang Jing, it's okay, you've started to teach again, and you dare to talk to me about cultivation, do you really think that the two of us are still the stunned young people who watched the sea back then?"

Zhang Jing smiled and said: "When I entered the realm of Dongfu, I could be regarded as stunned, you Liu Zhimao was not young at that time, there is no way, you wild dogs are eating mountains and wild cultivators, and you are much worse than our immortal masters." ”

Liu Zhimao sneered: "After so many years of being a wild cultivator in Shujian Lake, in the end, you are still willing to call yourself an immortal master?"

Zhang Jing muttered: "There is one thing that I have never told anyone in my heart, since the first day I followed that guy named Liu Zhimao to Shujian Lake, I hope that one day, I can see with my own eyes that Liu Zhimao opened a sect in Shujian Lake as a wild cultivator." So over the years, I often go to a place to wander, that is the earliest foothold of me and Liu Zhimao in Shujian Lake, a small island with the same name as Hengbo Mansion, Hengbo Island, palm-sized land, and later to a Jindan enemy who was unrivaled at that time, directly used the natal magic weapon to beat it, I was really angry, at that time, I was carrying Liu Zhimao, who was not discouraged at all, rowing over alone, crying silently over there, crying, and bitter. ”

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Chen Ping'an and Tan Yuanyi arrived in Hengbo Mansion almost at the same time.

It's just one light and one dark.

Liu Zhimao personally went out to lead the bookkeeper who was holding a charcoal cage to a secret room, but the four walls and the ground were all snowflakes, and then only four futons were placed.

Tan Yuanyi, the owner of Lisu Island, was already sitting on one of the futons, closing his eyes to recuperate, and after Liu Zhimao and Chen Ping'an walked in side by side, he opened his eyes, stood up, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen's name is like thunder. ”

Chen Ping'an asked a clueless question, "The current situation of Shujian Lake, can you know about the current situation of Shujian Lake, your fellow colleague of the Green Wave Pavilion who is now in Qingluan Country?"

Tan Yuanyi said: "Every once in a while, there will be some exchange of key espionage reports, and if Mr. Chen is not willing to be mentioned too much on the espionage, I can personally polish the pen or two." ”

Chen Ping'an naturally needs to thank him.

Tan Yuanyi said a kind word, what Mr. Chen is the king of the mountain in Longquan County, or the best friend of Wei Yan, the god of Beiyue, in the Green Wave Pavilion, everyone has long admired Chen Ping'an's name.

In fact, instead of being surprised and grateful, Chen Ping'an began to worry about tonight's secret meeting.

Dali officialdom, especially the spies placed outside the Dali Dynasty, pay the most attention to rules and laws. Tan Yuanyi's so-called "moistening the pen" is to make an exception, if it is replaced by the mountain and wild cultivation of Shujian Lake, of course, it can be understood as the foreshadowing and sincerity of the two parties to do business, but Chen Ping'an happens to be extremely familiar with some of the operating rules of Dali, no way, the former mortal enemy happens to be the original owner of the Green Wave Pavilion, the lady in the palace, is the most powerful woman in the Dali Dynasty. Since Tan Yuanyi dared to break the rules, even if it was only a little bit, it meant that he needed to quietly make up for it on Chen Ping'an, which was also a matter of doing business, just talking about business. Many friends are bad for money, and they turn against each other, not necessarily because those so-called friends are not kind, but they are also at fault for "not being clear". As for the order and right and wrong that should be talked about here, it is often because of blind emotion, misleading others and oneself, and both sides will lose.

The three of them sat down together.

A big spy leader, crossing the river dragon.

A scholar of Jianhu Yuanying, the head of the snake.

A bookkeeper who is not only from Longquan County, Dali, but also enshrined on Qingxia Island, a passerby.

Chen Ping'an sat cross-legged, spread his hands on the charcoal cage, and asked bluntly: "Because of the change in the old Dragon City, the Dali Song family owes me gold and copper money, does the Lord of Tan Island know?"

Tan Yuanyi nodded, "This is the first-class secret of the Green Wave Pavilion, all the spies and dead soldiers hidden in the middle of the Aquarius Pavilion in the Green Wave Pavilion, only I can access some general information, which belong to the deliberately vague part of the Da Li official document, so I am still not qualified to know the specific inside story." ”

Chen Ping'an asked again: "The Da Li military, for example, the two iron cavalry that have arrived at the border of the Zhu Ying Dynasty, are they all very dissatisfied with the Lord of Tan Island?"

Tan Yuanyi's face changed slightly.

Dali is still martial, from the temple to the rivers and lakes to the market, it is all like this, and the people's customs are not false, so they have been ridiculed by Aquarius as the "northern barbarian".

Da Li's Shangzhuguo surname, most of the foundation is in the military, evenly divided with a "veteran" of the border army iron cavalry, no one can fully master a border army, often two or three major tyrant surnames check and balance each other, alliances, of course, there are similar to Yuan, Cao The two Shangzhuguo surnames are so hostile to each other.

If it weren't for the Dali national teacher Cui Yun, the civil officials of Dali would not have come out at all, even if it was embroidered tiger to run the court for a hundred years, last year there was a big joke, one of the southern cavalry troops in the capital of the messenger, the momentum went to the household to ask for silver, the rank is higher than this person The household waiter, personally came forward to receive, the result is of course to follow the process, first vomit bitter water, and then shout poor, and finally have no silver with both hands, if it is a little involved in the officialdom incense, at most is to say some heart-wrenching words in private, if there is no friendship, that is how to love, you have the ability to come to the household to smash the field。

The guy who visited the household to ask for silver, that is, had a mediocre relationship with the household department, listened to it for a long time, struggled with his temperament, endured it to the end, and finally began to blow up the nest, slapped the table and glared at the eyes, pointed to the nose of a household servant, scolded a dog bloody head, and explained the merits of destroying the country all the way south on his own iron horse, and then reported the tragic casualties of the soldiers in which country and which battlefield, one by one, and reported the numbers one by one, according to the words of the national teacher Cui Yun, this is "the warrior also has to say the Sven language that the civilian officials can understand" , and finally asked if the household squire had a conscience for the dog, and dared to pretend to be an uncle on the matter of military salary, and then said how much money was still in the household department, and said that the household squire sighed that you came to our household department on an errand.

The final result, naturally, was that the man returned with a full load, and there was an unexpected joy, and the household servant alone allocated a sum of money that was not urgently needed, and gave the iron cavalry that the forces were intertwined in the capital.

It's just that the person hasn't been able to leave the capital with the good news, so he took it back, not only that, but together with the household servant and the top boss, the Shangshu who is known as the god of wealth of Da Li, the three of them gathered together.

On the main seat, there is an embroidered tiger, the national teacher Cui Yun.

At that time, Cui Yun drank tea and said with a smile: "Give us the little money that Dali taught the poor Confucian students, and your household department is embarrassed to delay? Aren't you also from a scholar's background? If I remember correctly, you were also a student at the village school, and you are really willing to use these few strokes of pen and knife? Our Dali can't open the pot so much?"

Ignoring the trembling Hubu squire, Cui Yun turned his head to look at the white-haired but energetic Hubu Shangshu, "Lord Han Dacai, Da Li is so poor, who is to blame? Blame me? Or do you blame you?"

I never thought that Lao Shangshu was not afraid, and pointed at Song Yan, "How dare you blame the national teacher, I am old, but I am more addicted to officials." Besides, our household department is not poor, there is a lot of silver, but I am not willing to spend it indiscriminately, so I can't blame me, if you want to blame Song Yan, that money, from beginning to end, our household department is in accordance with the requirements of the national teacher, and it is refreshing, not much of a copper coin, and no less of a copper coin. It's just that Song Yan is bad, and the heroes do things alone, Song Yan, quickly, take out a little bit of the backbone of our household officials. ”

That money-seeker from the border army, his eyes widened, his high-ranking officials of the six yamen's damn ministries, just behaved like this? Isn't it better than the rough men who came out of our border army.

It seems that the stinky and shameless people and words in the world are actually a virtue?

Cui Yun took a sip of tea and smiled at Lao Shangshu: "Okay, don't beat around the bush here to find a way for your subordinates to survive." Song Yan's mistake is not small, but he has not lost his official position, and he has commented on Beijing several times, and it is not bad. So he took out the three years of money and gave it to that money. ”

Song Yan, whose knees are weak, is amnesty, "his subordinates are willing to give ten years of ......"

Lao Shangshu patted his head, "The melon is a fool and he is killing himself." ”

Cui Yun was still not angry, holding tea in one hand and waving his hand at Song Yan with the lid of the cup in the other: "This is not the rule that an official should have, after going back, I will return my soul, calm down, and then ask Lao Shangshu for some ways to be an official." Don't always think that your top boss is only able to establish himself in the center of the temple by relying on his ability to make money. ”

Lao Shangshu left the lobby with the squire who had survived the catastrophe.

The two wiped their sweat together, and Lao Shangshu was so angry that he kicked on the squire's leg and scolded in a low voice: "If I am thirty or forty years younger, I can kick you out of the with one kick." ”

The latter smiled bitterly, is this still the old Shangshu who likes to be a man of heaven?

The guy who was making a lot of trouble in the yamen of the household department swallowed his saliva, in the end he was a smart person who could get money from the household department, and he learned from the old Shangshu to play a scoundrel, "Master Guoshi, you can't kill me, this is my duty." ”

Cui Yun nodded, "What you did is not only right, but very good, I will remember your name, and make persistent efforts in the future, maybe the interest is not small, at least you don't have to go to the yamen, make a special trip to grit your teeth, buy a new clothes that do not lose the face of the border army, buy the money for clothes, after leaving here, you go to the household yamen to ask for it, this is not the silver you should spend, it is the civil official of the Dali court, and it owes you." The military expenses you asked for from Song Yan's side, except for the little money that should have been allocated to the teacher, can be taken out of the capital. ”

The guy's face was full of incredulity, "Master Guoshi, is it really just like this?"

As for why the dignified national teacher would know about such a trivial matter of buying clothes, he couldn't think much about it at the moment.

Cui Yun smiled, " Of course, it's not just that, this matter distracts me, especially makes me feel a little unhappy, since I can't blame you for running errands, Han Shangshu is slippery, and he doesn't give me the opportunity to let the household yamen eat some hanging, so I have to take your main general to talk about things, on the way south, he has some accounts that can be opened and closed, I plan to calculate with him Su Gaoshan, you tell him, the court here, deduct his work to destroy the night tour country, so it should be the patrol envoy of the bag, a little suspenseful, and then go hand in hand with Cao Yu to attack the Zhu Ying Dynasty, remember to make more efforts, if you can take the lead in leading the army to attack the capital of the Zhu Ying DynastyThat chair, I can promise him today, as long as Su Gaoshan takes the first step and sees the high wall of the capital, the most valuable chair in the middle of Aquarius is his firewood, swallowing the flame of that chair, the fire python he raises will have hope to be among the golden pills. ”

The border man's face was extremely ugly.

This is obviously to force General Su to desperately break into the hinterland.

Cui Yun put down the teacup, "There are still things to be busy, and you are the same, so I won't invite you to tea, one or two cups of tea can't make you unhurried." ”

The man wanted to speak and stopped, and finally gave up the plan to discuss and discuss with the national teacher, he dared to make trouble in the household department, it was forced by the situation, and he had to jump over the wall in a hurry, here, it was meaningless.

Before the man left, he plucked up his courage and said: "Master Guoshi, can you delay any longer, let me say a word, just a word." ”

Cui Yun smiled: "It's two sentences." ”

The man smiled bluntly: "I used to hear that the big people in the court like to say some in the clouds, and they all rely on themselves to guess, and the national teacher also talks around, but there are not many around, although today's things make the national teacher a little sad, but to be honest, I still feel very happy." ”

Cui Yun waved his hand, "You can brag to others in the future, but don't go too far, don't talk about some words that talk to me Cui Yun and call me brothers." ”

The man admired it from the bottom of his heart, hugged his fists and said: "The national teacher is really an immortal." ”

It's hard to imagine.

A border army man asked the household department for money at the end of last year, just such a trivial matter that had nothing to do with the eight poles of Shujian Lake at the beginning, it will eventually directly affect the general trend and fate of tens of thousands of wild cultivators in Shujian Lake.

Su Gaoshan, the main general of a large Li iron cavalry, from last year to the end of this year, for a whole year, there was a feeling that Lao Tzu had no money, and Lao Tzu was short of money.

Especially after driving straight in, after hitting the central area of Shihao Kingdom, a vassal of the Zhu Ying Dynasty, there was no difficulty in taking Shihao Kingdom, but after weighing the soldiers and horses of Cao Ying's guy, Su Gaoshan was worried, no matter how you look at it, the little white face has a better chance of winning, and won the first merit in breaking through the capital of the Zhu Ying Dynasty.

People can't suffocate to death with urine, especially a high-ranking powerful general like Su Gaoshan, so within all the rules, silver is also required, and fairy money is even more wanted.

So he set his sights on the Shujian Lake south of Shihao Kingdom.

I personally sent someone to Chishui City and had a meeting with Tan Yuanyi of Lisu Island.

He Su Gaoshan no matter what Liu Zhimao Ma Zhimao, who became the leader of Shujian Lake, it doesn't matter, as long as he gives money, as long as there is enough silver, he can speed up the horse's hooves to the south, support this person, that gang of rats who seem to cross the street Shan Ze Ye Xiu, who is not convinced, that's right, he Su Gaoshan went south this time, not to mention the wild cultivation of the immortals, that is, the big mountains of those spectrum immortal masters, have bulldozed more than forty, and now the military secretary Lang who does not mention the ration of Da Li under his command, just the monks who have been brought together all the way, there are as many as 200 people, this is still what he can see, otherwise it would have broken a thousand a long time ago。 And as long as he plans to have a big mountain fight, behind the butt of his own army, those places where he destroyed the country or was recognized as a vassal by Da Li, the Spectrum Immortal Master and the Immortal Cave Mansion who bowed their heads in front of him can also call three or four hundred, at least this number, they all have to obediently soar through the clouds and fog, and come to help Shujian Lake.

What's more, among the large army, there is a giant sword boat specially equipped for the monks on the mountain, which is a big guy created by the Mo family's organ master, and it shoots a salvo into the air, and thousands of flying swords fall like rain.

It is to eat money, and it is a lot of fairy money, every time he uses it, Su Gaoshan has to cut his heart like a knife, and it feels like cutting meat from his heart.

Every time he heard that the civil officials and staff were planning to make a deal over there, saying that the use of the sword boat this time would outweigh the losses, and finally told Su Gaoshan how much money he had lost, Su Gaoshan couldn't wait to tear down the old beams of the ancestral hall and sell them for money. If you find a secret treasure place or something, you may be able to save your capital or even make money. This kind of thing, on the way south, really happened, and more than once. Those old immortal mountain monks are all fucking rats burrowing, and each one is deeper than the other.

Thinking of the belongings and savings that so many Ye Xiu had accumulated for hundreds of years in Shujian Lake, Su Gaoshan almost wanted to be cheeky to find Cao Yuan's little white face and borrow a few more sword boats from him.

And Su Gaoshan has the momentum of Dali, and he is a general with heavy troops, and the simpler the better.

But for Tan Yuanyi, a big spy who is accustomed to calculating gains and losses on the blade, he really met a real military general like Su Gaoshan, a real big man who can rank in the top ten in the Dali border army, a future patrol envoy who is sure of everything, Tan Yuanyi is both happy and headache.

The surplus of Lisu Island over the years, as well as the little fairy money earned from Qingzuka and Tianmu Island before, are four words a drop in the bucket for the military expenses required by the rapidly expanding iron cavalry.

After all, on the way south, in addition to the thunderous horseshoe of the Dali Iron Cavalry, there were also the Dali Supervisor Army and a group of civilian officials who were specially responsible for cleaning up the mess, and the latter would try their best to avoid the military from exploiting the defeated position too much. Here, the national teacher Cui Yun has long formulated a set of almost cumbersome rules, those border generals love to look at it or not, it will not look good, it doesn't matter, anyway, they have their own staff to help solve their doubts, and once they violate the rules, they will have to pay the price, they can rely on military merits to resist, as long as the combat merits are enough, when they encounter a stubborn city, they can't attack for a long time and suffer heavy casualties, and finally once the city is successfully broken, the main general can even order the slaughter of the city, not to mention the two-legged people, and they can also kill the pigs and dogs, but this kind of anger that violates the laws and regulations of the Southern Expedition, Da Li with the army and those who stayed behind the civil officials are at most advised, will not die persuasion, let alone impeachment, because of this situation, the same is within the rules of the national teacher, you only need to take out the booklet, flip through it, the merit book accumulated by killing the enemy all the way, and the military exploits of breaking the city, take it to calculate the cost of slaughtering the city, enough, and be willing to be wiped out of the war exploits, willing to get a new official position of Dali afterwards The "patrol envoy", just do it, the Dali court will definitely not settle accounts with you after the autumn.

But if the military merit is not enough, and dare to wantonly slaughter the city or pit the defeated army and surrender the soldiers, it is simpler, just kill the head, the supervising army can directly order all the military secretary Lang, even if it is the confidant of the main general, the same needs to obey the token handed over to the supervising army by the national division of Da Li, and the main general who ordered the slaughter of the city will be beheaded on the spot, and then it will be passed to the head of the border army of Da Li, one head is not enough, and the local family in Da Li will help make up for it, and make up until it is enough, if it is not enough to kill it all, it doesn't matter, Da Li Guoshi said, it should be regarded as Da Li's extrajudicial mercy to you over the years of your career in Rongma。

But if Liu Laocheng didn't appear.

This deal, for Tan Yuanyi, Liu Zhimao, the general Su Gaoshan, and Da Li, is a good situation for all four to win.

As a result, Liu Laocheng, who had not appeared on Gongliu Island for two hundred years, popped up.

Therefore, the appearance of Liu Laocheng's-stirring stick made Liu Zhimao lose control of Shujian Lake overnight, and Tan Yuanyi's fate was no better than Gu Can and that beast on Qingxia Island, it was a disaster.

At this moment, Liu Zhimao looked at his nose and nose, and the old monk was in a state of flux.

Chen Ping'an raised his hand slightly and rubbed his palms, "Lord Tan, what is the relationship with Su Gaoshan, the main general of the Great Li who attacked Shihao Kingdom?"

Tan Yuanyi said very frankly, "The relationship is very ordinary, what Su Gaoshan likes is the filial piety money and life money of more than 1,000 islands in Shujian Lake, and if you can't take it out, you may turn your face at any time, even half of my own family can't be an exception." Although the military generals will never be able to interfere in the affairs of the Green Wave Pavilion, there are more than ten spies like me, just inside the Green Wave Pavilion. Not to mention that there are cow and horse pens and bronze people holding terraces of similar nature, which are not inferior to the Green Wave Pavilion. ”

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "What's even worse is the Green Wave Pavilion, which was originally built by that lady herself, although it has now become the adopted son of the Great Li National Teacher, but it is not biological after all." The worst thing is that he is also a spy who has achieved the high position of Lord Tan in the Green Wave Pavilion, and it is Li Baozhen's promotion path, which is destined to be smoother, but an old courtier of the former dynasty with deep qualifications in the Green Wave Pavilion like the Lord of Tan Island is a little difficult. ”

Tan Yuanyi said with a smile: "When it comes to the Niuma Fence and the Green Wave Pavilion, the National Teacher will not be partial. ”

Chen Ping'an hit the nail on the head and said: "Treat the cattle and horse pens and the green wave pavilion, of course, I will not be partial." But to treat every henchman who was promoted by that lady in the Green Wave Pavilion, will it be possible that the national teacher is very large, no, maybe the belly is not so big, yes. Maybe today's troubled times will use talents, no, maybe tomorrow's world will be peaceful, it will. Maybe today I handed over the name and drew a clear line with my mother, but tomorrow I will suddenly fall into the sky and be connected by someone who is not very smart. It seems possible. ”

Tan Yuanyi sighed and did not refute.

Liu Zhimao still looks indifferent from the matter.

Chen Ping'an also sighed in his heart.

On Tan Yuanyi's side, it makes sense to not be able to open the dead knot, but it doesn't mean much.

But even so, before we started to do business, we already knew that the result would not be satisfactory, and tonight's meeting was still a step that had to be taken.

Chen Ping'an needs to go through all the subtleties of Tan Yuanyi, reveal the small truths, to finalize the doubts in his heart, and then summarize and distinguish the seemingly vague but traceable general trend.

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "The situation is indeed not very good, but adversity gives birth to friendship, Lord Tan and Lord Liu, then let's be allies of sincere cooperation?

Tan Yuanyi sat up slightly straight, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Chen is willing to cast a peach, and Tan Yuanyi will definitely repay Li!"

Liu Zhimao even opened his mouth to speak, and said with a smile: "This is very good!"

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Late at night.

Chen Ping'an left Hengbo Mansion alone, returned to the mountain gate of Qingxia Island, put the charcoal cage that had long been extinguished back into the house, hung up the sword raiser, put on the robe Jin Li, and then put on the thick cyan cotton robe outside, pulled out the sword fairy on the door, returned to the sheath behind his back, and walked straight to the ferry, untied the rope of the small ferry, and went to Gongliu Island.

The waterways are far away.

It's just that Chen Ping'an was not in a hurry, he rowed the boat with Artemisia, and the ferry boat broke through the water like an arrow.

Shujian Lake is too vast, even if the ferry boat flies like a swift bird, but at dawn, there is still no shadow of Gongliu Island.

Heavy snow and flying birds.

Chen Ping'an rested for a while, then stopped the boat somewhere in his heart, held a chopstick, placed a white bowl, and tapped it gently.

Lend an hear.

is like a beggar begging for food on the street, but also like the kind of young immortal who retreats to the mountains and forests, lonely clouds and wild cranes.

Chen Ping'an was so happy with a stick of incense, and put the dishes and chopsticks in his hand.

Chen Ping'an rubbed his cheeks, then took a deep breath.

Cool breeze feast!