After a day of hard work, Liu Dongchen packed up his loot, took fresh prey, and walked all the way to the criminal mansion, feeling extremely satisfied.

"Young master, you can leave tomorrow, your opinion this morning is very good, we can indeed take advantage of the autumn harvest in a few days, go over there in advance to grab the surrounding supplies, my grandfather also said that this is a wonderful strategy!"

The torture spirit took the bow and arrow in Liu Dongchen's hand and carried it on his body, they could go and grab some seeds first, and wait until the harvest next autumn to return them, which would not only solve the food problem for a short time, but also make the people in the city love their new city lord even more.

"Your words are inappropriate, this is called borrowing!" Liu Dongchen corrected.

They are well-known, famous, and dignified, so how can they rob it? I'm afraid that as soon as his notoriety goes out, it will smear his cousin's face.

"Haha, yes, it's borrowed! Master, I'm getting a little itchy on my hands! ”

The torture spirit rubbed his hands, and when he thought that he was about to lead his troops to fight and fight with the children of those families, he couldn't bear it in his heart.

"Calm down, this is my first battle, it doesn't matter if I am defeated or not, the main thing is to learn from experience, which will be conducive to the development of our Linxian Pavilion in the future!"

Liu Dongchen didn't have much excitement, this battle must be difficult, all thinking that his eldest young master had just come out, and wanted to frustrate his spirit, including his cousin, the reputation of the family was there, he was born with a higher starting point than others, so there are more things to consider than others, unlike those second ancestors in the family, who are addicted to wine all day long and can't extricate themselves, if he is like that, it is estimated that this life will be in vain.

"Well, by the way, young master, when I went back at noon, I seemed to hear that Miss Naxuan, who you brought back last night, was going to work in the kitchen, so I asked my grandfather to pay her salary."

Xing Ling always felt that the woman was too weird, and he couldn't help but mention it to Liu Dongchen in his heart, he was afraid that the woman would be in trouble if she couldn't figure it out and poisoned the dish.

"Crazy."

Liu Dongchen smiled bitterly, he didn't listen to any persuasion, he wondered if she had fallen into the eyes of money?

"Young master, only you can persuade Miss Naxuan, we are afraid that she will not dare to do anything to her when she is pregnant with your child, you go back and talk about her, or don't let her into the kitchen."

The torture spirit was very depressed, he didn't dare to touch it, and it was hard to say, so he could only come to Liu Dongchen.

"Unpalatable?"

Liu Dongchen raised his eyebrows, and it seemed to mean a little bit when he heard this.

"It's one thing to be unpalatable, I'm afraid she's poisoned!"

The torture spirit whispered in a low voice, it is indispensable to guard against people, this is only the first day, and she can't be allowed to touch a place like the kitchen.

"It's really hard to eat?"

Liu Dongchen couldn't help but laugh a little when he looked at Xing Ling's painful expression, the last time he appeared this expression was three years ago, I still remember that night he was pressed to the ground by Xing Yan and poured three or four bowls of spirits, he was like this for two or three days in a row, he didn't eat, and when he saw Xing Yan, he hid in the thatched house and didn't dare to come out.

"It's the first time I've ever known that cucumbers are bitter! I thought it was bitter gourd, so I asked the kitchen. ”

The torture spirit cried and mourned, these were all trivial things, and the most embarrassing thing was that he had a full stomach all afternoon after eating.

"Oh, I see."

Liu Dongchen thought for a moment, he finally knew why the torture spirit ran to the thatched house all afternoon, this woman was really dangerous enough.

"Young master, if this continues, I won't be able to eat in the mansion."

The torture spirit already had the idea of escaping, and if she thought about it, even if she didn't poison her, she would be poisoned to death sooner or later, which would be a disaster.

"Do you have any recommendations? After that, I am afraid that it will be difficult to eat a proper meal when I go on an expedition. ”

They still lack a lot of people now, but the most important thing is the cook, everything can be missing, if there are three meals a day less, it will definitely not work, today is not the torture spirit said, he has not noticed this problem.

"You have to be trustworthy."

The torture spirit shook his head, he couldn't do this kind of thing, what he ate in his mouth, if something went wrong, he couldn't afford to take this responsibility.

"Let's go."

Liu Dongchen can't help it, since it can't work, he can only say it later.

"Young Master, what should be prepared is ready, but..."

Just returned to the mansion, Xing Su had been waiting at the door of Liu Dongchen's room for a long time, and when he said this, he deliberately glanced at the torture spirit, and the torture spirit nodded silently.

"Well, call her over."

Liu Dongchen ignored their movements, reluctantly walked into the room, and lay motionless on the bed.

"Young master, drink porridge."

After a while, Lin Shuang walked in with a small bowl and asked Liu Dongchen to get up and drink porridge.

"Let's put it first, let's talk about you."

Liu Dongchen glanced at the black stuff in the bowl, his scalp was numb, and he cleverly diverted the topic, why is this scene so familiar? Seems to have read something similar somewhere?

"Don't, drink it while it's hot."

Lin Shuang held a small bowl and approached the bed step by step, intending to help Liu Dongchen get up.

"I... I've been a little hot lately, so I'd better have some light Epsom fire. ”

Liu Dongchen's neck shrank, a spirit got up from the bed, goosebumps all over his body came out, and he suddenly realized, is there a person named Ximen living nearby?

"Hmph, don't drink it! I'll do it myself. ”

Lin Shuang pouted, lifted the small bowl and planned to send it to her small mouth, she finally did it all afternoon, what was Liu Dongchen's reaction? Although he also asked him for it, he was obviously afraid that he would be poisoned.

"Stop! I'll drink it later, but let's talk about you first. ”

Liu Dongchen couldn't stand it anymore, so he snatched the small bowl, put it on the table, and pulled Lin Shuang outside.

"When it's cold, it's tasteless!"

Lin Shuang frowned, not knowing what Liu Dongchen wanted to do.

"From today onwards, you will go to Zuowu City with me first, do you have anything to bring?"

Liu Dongchen still plans to save some face for her, after all, she is about to face a situation of deceit, and the most taboo thing is to engage in infighting from the beginning.

"So fast?"

Lin Shuang was obviously not ready, she had just come from Zhu Ziheng's side, she hadn't adapted to the environment here, and now she was going to other places.

"After all, the situation is urgent, I got a report that there is a shortage of grain and grass over there, and the border general who served as the city lord in Zuowu City has been removed from his post and gone to the border, and Zuowu City has 300,000 horses but no commander, and sooner or later something will happen."

Liu Dongchen can't help it, he was also forced, originally the city lord of Zuowu City was the border general Xu Dong who retreated from the front line, and now that guy was directly removed because he was going over, he openly disobeyed the dispatch of the imperial court, and went to the border alone to continue to be his general, and the imperial court was up to him, and because he had countless achievements and was patriotic all his life, so he could only let Liu Dongchen hurry up.

"So crazy?"

Lin Shuang was dumbfounded, it was the first time she had heard of a general who dared to remove herself, how much background did this have?

"It's not a question of madness or not, you said that if you hold half of the military power of the entire empire in your hands and encounter something that doesn't go your way, will you do this?"

Liu Dongchen shook his head and smiled bitterly, this is already very face-saving, at least he will leave 300,000 soldiers and horses to guard the city, if he is ruthless, he will directly leave 30 native soldiers to him, and digging the ground is a problem.

"I also signed the contract, I don't have any opinion, but as a luthier, I feel the need to talk about the piano."

Lin Shuang's face was embarrassed, she was empty-handed now, she couldn't play any role at all, and without weapons, she couldn't play her true skills at all.

"Don't worry, my prison just has what you want, but I have to sign a contract with you again, and I will definitely not treat you badly as my luthier."

Liu Dongchen took Lin Shuang to his study, picked up the pen and wrote two contracts again, but this time he wrote them in his own name.

"Aren't you stamped?"

Lin Shuang glanced at the contract that had been written, and didn't pay attention to the words at all.

"This is a private transaction between you and me, it is impossible for the family to agree that I will give this thing to you to use, my plan is serious, don't look at the current criminal family, I am the head of the family, but most of what I say does not count, the first is because of my age, and the second is because of the deep-rooted thoughts here!"

Liu Dongchen whispered in Lin Shuang's ear, he knew his position very well, there was an old ancestor in the criminal family, once he guided the family in the wrong direction, those old guys would come out to interfere, and if they didn't listen, they would most likely find the criminal martyrs outside and give birth to a new one, and he would be completely expelled from the house.

This is the clan rule that is almost common to all the hundred families, if you want to get ahead in this immortal capital, you must accept these things, Liu Dongchen has been here for fifteen years, and he knows it very well.

The reason why the hundred major families can survive for a long time depends not only on strength, but also on these messy regulations, so some people would rather be expelled from the house than be the head of the family, and his cousin's line is a typical example.

"I know the rules, I really can't ask for this thing! Just give me an ordinary piano, I'm so anxious to be free in order to break through to the second pattern, I have my reasons. ”

Lin Shuang directly tore up the two contracts in front of Liu Dongchen, one contract was enough, and she had her own difficulties.

"Are you sure?"

Liu Dongchen frowned, at that moment just now, he felt the change in this woman's temperament, and it seemed that he still didn't know the other party well enough.

"Sure! If you don't buy it for me, I'll take the money and go myself!" ”

Lin Shuang threw all the things in her hand into the brazier, and reached out to Liu Dongchen to ask for gold coins, she is not a person who has to rely on immortal weapons to exert her strength, she has her own ancient skills, she doesn't need what Liu Dongchen provides at all, and she doesn't want to owe Liu Dongchen anything.

"Ask Su Lao to follow you, buy whatever you like, I don't have any women's things here, you dress up yourself, go out, you don't have to show your face."

Liu Dongchen waved his hand, he didn't want to be remembered this time, he really couldn't let go of his hands and feet with such a beautiful woman by his side.

"Well, I see, I'll be back as soon as possible."

Lin Shuang nodded in agreement, she knew what Liu Dongchen meant, the battlefield was indeed not suitable for her, but that was not necessarily, she was still very confident in her strength.

"Someone, let the torture spirit prepare, and help me get a meal by the way."

After the servant left, Liu Dongchen returned to his room, glanced at the bowl of "black water" on the table, and threw it directly into the brazier in the room, so that people took the brazier to the back mountain to bury him, he didn't want to die young.