After knocking out the weapon in Tang Jing's hand, Liu Zhaohua hiccuped, shook his head and said:

"The wrist is weak and weak, what kind of sword do you kid practice?"

With that, the bamboo branch in his hand was thrown hard to the ground, and the branch instantly pierced into the hard granite countertop.

Although Tang Jing, who was severely humiliated, was unwilling, he couldn't do anything, his skills were not as good as others, and being humiliated was already light, and Hong Mao on the side also rarely quieted down, looking at the bamboo branches in the ring thoughtfully.

I seem to have heard Old Man Ye mention a character before, a swordsman of the same period as him, and he has a very high understanding in swordsmanship, but unfortunately he suddenly disappeared within a few years of becoming famous, I don't know if it will be the one in front of me called Hanako.

After Liu Zhaohua did all this, he walked out of the ring with his hands in his hands and walked in the direction of his cell, neither wanting to take the opportunity to take the life of this young man from the Tang Sect, nor did he plan to escape.

Seeing that the other two did not move, the black-clothed guard shook his head helplessly, and escorted Liu Zhaohua back to his cell.

In the third cell, a trace of gloom flashed in the eyes of Li Huoyun, who was silently paying attention to everything, and he muttered in a low voice: "Liu Ju'er, you'd better not disrupt the old man's plan." ”

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In Ru'an City, Zhongzhou, an army subordinate to the Qianmen Mansion suddenly entered the city overnight, and the leading general was a hundred households in his early thirties, surnamed Luo, who said that he had received an order from above to go to the northwest, and spent the night in Ru'an Mansion on the way.

The officers and soldiers guarding the gate told Zhou Wei about this, and the officers guarding the city of Ru'an happened to be present, and after confirming that the documents were correct, they didn't think much about it and let them go directly.

Whether it is in the capital or in the locality, it is taboo for civil and military officials to make friends, and the emperor of the Wang family has deliberately alienated the relationship between civil and military officials since the beginning of the dynasty.

The hundred officials understand this kind of imperial tricks, but the most important thing for a courtier is to be confused, the dynasty has always been divided between military and government, and the duties of civil and military officials do not affect each other, so they are also happy to follow the monarch's wishes.

The happier the courtiers at the bottom, the more stable the dragon position under the emperor's ass becomes, and those civil officials who rushed to the front line against the military attaché, which one is not a high authority.

The Son of Heaven knows that they are acting, and he is willing to watch them act, even if they go too far, most of them verbally reproach, if they are fortunate enough to be demoted by the emperor himself, it is a great joy.

Because in the past, civil officials who were demoted in civil and military disputes will soon be re-promoted and reused for various reasons, and this has been the case for successive generations of monarchs of the dynasty.

Under the deliberate favoritism of the emperor of the Wang family, the civil officials naturally had to overpower the military attachés in terms of momentum, so there was a tradition of "civil officials of the same quality are listed on the right".

Wang Quanquan, as a prince at that time, spoke for the military generals several times, so that he did not have any affection on the side of the civil officials, whether it was the benevolent and righteous prince or the virtuous second prince, in the hearts of the civil officials, they were more suitable than him to be the next emperor, and only Liu Gelao, an old minister who was dedicated to the society, would abandon his views and seriously examine this unobtrusive prince.

……

In the land of Ru'an Mansion, Zhou Zuo, who is the head of the palace, is no different from the King of Heaven, he has always scoffed at the so-called civil and military disputes, and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it has to fight, but in Zhongzhou, where the Emperor Tiangao is far away, it is more beneficial to be friendly with the local military attachés, and it is very effective to suppress those "Diao Min" in ordinary times.

Zhongzhou is located in the hinterland of the dynasty, so naturally there is no need to worry about foreign invasions, and the troops allocated by each province are also limited, most of them are 100 regular soldiers with hundreds of people's army, which is mainly used to guard against mountain bandits in peacetime.

The general of the Ru'an City Guard is named Xun Xiang, the official worships six products and hundreds of households, and was stationed along the northern line before, and by chance besieged and killed a group of Northern Turkistan spies who turned into ordinary people to spy on them, so he made a great contribution and was promoted to a hundred households and transferred to the stable Zhongzhou as the guard of the capital city.

As the highest military position here, the days of Xun goods can be described as quite moist, there is a way that the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and on weekdays, I want to support this kind-faced but ruthless hundred households, and there are thousands of taels of silver to lay the foundation, if you want to pretend to be a bandit to intercept and kill the people who went to the capital to sue the emperor, it is less than 10,000 taels.

If Zhou is the Zhou skin of the flesh and blood of the people in Ru'an Mansion, then this Baihu Lord is Xun Split the bones, the two of them have been embarrassed all these years, scraping the ground to get oil and water, and the poor ghosts have to be drained by them when they come.

……

Xun Xiang Tong Zhou as a while eating while pushing the cup to change the lamp, full of a table of dishes was made by him most of it, no wonder his belly will be more exaggerated than a woman eight or nine months pregnant, Zhou Wei even doubted that once the war resumed, this guy could stuff his fat body into the armor.

"Brother, I heard from Ling Gongzi, the new Qing official Shi Langzhong is holding back his strength to find your flaws, Brother Rong asked more, can you get rid of it as easily as before this time?"

How could Zhou Zuo not know the purpose of Xun Xiang's visit this time, he gently put down his wine glass and said calmly:

"General Xun don't worry for the time being, you will be promoted next month, and my side will naturally be more careful, and there will be no mistakes to embarrass the general."

"Where is the old brother, you and I have been friends for many years, how can Xun Xiang be a person who is afraid of things? Xun wanted to say that if this person still didn't know how to lift, it wouldn't hurt to put some pressure on him. ”

Zhou Zuo shook his head slightly and said:

"This Shen Langzhong is not like those officials before, he is neither short of silver nor backstage, I have written a letter to my in-laws who are far away in the capital to explain this matter, but I haven't seen a reply for a long time, I think he can't do anything about this young man."

"Even Zou Shilang can't do anything about him?"

Xun Xiang's eyes widened, he naturally knew the relationship between the other side in the capital, Zhou Wei nodded, took a sip of wine, and continued to say calmly:

"It's okay, I personally handle the account books this time, absolutely not leaky, he is a new Lang Zhong to transfer all over Zhongzhou, if you still delay time here, I'm afraid you can't even finish what you should do."

Young people are probably like this, the new official takes office with three fires, and Ru'an Mansion happens to be the first, but as long as you are careful enough, this fire can't be burned, and Ru'an Mansion is still the world of you and me. ”

Xun Xiang patted his stomach, "Brother is relieved to have this sentence, I don't understand the paperwork, I have to rely on you, brother, as for the dirty work of running errands back and forth, although the brother speaks, Xun must do a good job." ”

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Full of wine and food, Xun Xiang left the Zhou Mansion satisfied, and happened to meet Zhou Kang who came back from outside at the door, and the two said hello and said goodbye.

After Xun Xiang left, Zhou Kang looked at the mess of cups and plates in the living room, and asked his father:

"Dad, this fat man has no money to spend again?"

Zhou Dang sat on the Taishi chair next to him at this time, and said slowly while closing his eyes and drinking sobering tea:

"He will be promoted to the military department of the capital next month, so he is naturally afraid that there will be some mistakes, and this time he is here to explore our bottom."

"Oh, he's still a man who leads soldiers to fight, he's greedy for money and afraid of death, no wonder everyone outside calls him Xun to split his bones." Zhou Kang's face was contemptuous.

Zhou Zuo still remained unchanged for ten thousand years, and said in a calm tone:

"This kind of money-greedy person is the easiest to deal with, for the father, I wish the entire officialdom is greedy for money and lustful, although Xun goods can't lead troops to fight, but the ability to mix officialdom is not lost to the father, we will use him in the future, just talk about it behind your back."

Seeing his father speak, Zhou Kang restrained his disdainful expression and nodded obediently.

……

It's the last day of the month, and tomorrow starts with 4,000 words a day.

(End of chapter)