Nanhuai, Sioux City.

"Yi Xiaodao, eat~~~!" Xianglian'er took off her apron, walked out of the kitchen, and shouted at the top of her voice.

Yi Xiaodao's room was silent, but Li Dingxing walked out of the room with the book in his hand first: "It's not that there are no people in the house, why do you always cook by yourself?" ”

Xiang Lian'er handed the apron to the maid on the side and said, "Of course I know, isn't this afraid that Yi Xiaodao will not be used to it?" Besides, I also want to learn Nanhuai cuisine! After speaking, he smiled at the dining table Nunu, and the delicacies on the table were all Nanhuai delicacies.

"Of course, I improved it a little, Nanhuai's dishes are too sweet, I can't get used to it, so I didn't put any sugar this time, can you taste it first?" Xiang Lian'er handed over the chopsticks and looked at Li Dingxing expectantly.

Li Dingxing just took the chopsticks, and when he heard that there was no sugar, his face immediately collapsed: "I finally came back and wanted to try Nanhuai cuisine, but you still don't put sugar?" ”

"You just say you don't want to eat!" Xiang Lian'er stared at her apricot eyes, stepped on the bench with one foot, and was full of aura, so frightened that Li Dingxing hurriedly stuffed the vegetables into her mouth, and praised the deliciousness repeatedly.

Xianglian'er didn't bother to look at Li Dingxing's cowardice, and looked at Yi Xiaodao's room: "Alas, Sister Yue'er is really married again..."

"People change, and she's not as proficient in martial arts as you, so she can be by my side wherever I go. Every time Yi Xiaodao leaves, she will inevitably be frightened at home. Maybe marrying an ordinary husband and children is more suitable for her? Don't overthink it. Li Dingxing persuaded while eating.

Xianglian'er remembered the days when the three of them fled together, when the three of them depended on each other, but now it has been less than a year, but they have parted ways...

Yi Xiaodao's door slowly opened, and the person slowly walked out of the room. Unlike the past when no one smiled first, Yi Xiaodao now paced slowly, nodded lightly and greeted his subordinates, but at the age of twenty, he had the calmness of a middle-aged person.

"Yi Xiaodao, hurry up, I've called you eight hundred times!" Xianglian'er crossed her waist and shouted.

Yi Xiaodao looked at Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er, the smile on his face deepened, and he walked over quickly: "Hey, this is away from Donglu, and suddenly I relaxed, people always want to sleep, I really didn't hear it, I'm sorry." ”

Xianglian'er turned her head sideways and pretended to listen: "Excuse me? Did I hear me right? You're going to say 'sorry' too? ”

Yi Xiaodao turned her face white, picked up the chopsticks and was about to eat, when suddenly the porter outside the door came to report: "Grandpa, someone outside the door came to report, claiming to be an envoy of the imperial court, asking to see Grandpa." ”

Li Dingxing just stuffed a lion's head into his mouth, and when he heard the report, he was so frightened that he almost swallowed the whole lion's head. Xianglian'er helped him slap again and again, and then he vomited.

"Imperial envoys? Got out the door? Why didn't anyone come to report in the morning? Li Dingxing went out and asked. Although the Li family is no longer the king of Nanhuai, it is only the tax of the cities of Nanhuai, and the household administration is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and Sucheng is still the largest in the Li family.

"There are not many envoys, only three people, dressed normally, and they have not been notified to the city gate first, so they do not know about entering the city." The porter replied.

Xianglian'er looked at Yi Xiaodao, who shook her head, signaling that she didn't know about it. Li Dingxing said: "Don't get in the way, I'll take a look." ”

"I'll go with you!" Xiang Lian'er hurriedly said loudly, grabbed the Yi knife that was about to pick up the vegetables, and ran out of the door.

After the three of them went out, people came and went outside the door, and Li Dingxing and the other three looked around looking for someone. A person turned around at the bottom of the steps, trotted up the steps, not very old, came to Li Dingxing and knelt down on one knee: "Si Tianjian Si envoy Rong Lan see Zhongyi Gong!" ”

Li Dingxing was startled and helped him up: "Si Tianjian? Isn't that the yamen that controls the astrological fortunes? Come to me for what? ”

After Rong Lan stood up, he didn't answer, took out a yellow silk from his arms, shook it open, and there was a big seal on it. Li Dingxing stared at it, and it was really the jade seal of the imperial court.

"Weichen Li Dingxing..."Li Dingxing was about to kneel down as he sang the words, but Rong Lan grabbed him: "Loyalty, public and slow, Your Majesty's intention for this trip is not to make a noise, and please take the step to speak." "Ordinary envoys are to hold seals, lead soldiers, and swagger through the market, and those who see them need to worship. This time, Zhao Yizhi didn't want to make a noise, so he gave a piece of yellow silk as a seal. There is no need to worry about the envoy pretending to pass on the will, and the local government has to send someone to report back to the court to confirm the will.

"Okay, please." Li Dingxing stretched out his hand to the house and asked, "Just now the concierge reported that there were three people, how could I only see them..."

Before Li Dingxing finished speaking, two figures fell from the sky and came straight to the mansion gate. Xiang Lian'er dragged Li Dingxing over, pulled him behind her, and became vigilant.

There are two people on the ground, one of them is very popular and well-dressed; A person is beautiful, delicate and elegant. Both of them are wearing Taoist robes and carrying Taoist swords, which are the two of Guan Chenzi and Tongweizi. The two of them had nothing to do in Beijing, and they heard that an envoy was coming to Nanhuai, and Guan Chenzi did not find Yi Xiaodao in the capital Yifu, so he guessed that it was here, and found Zhao Yi to ask for a request to follow. Zhao Yizhi considered that Rong Lan was alone, and he was afraid that he would be in danger, so he simply ordered the two of them to escort him.

"Yi Xiaodao, Xianglian'er, we meet again." Guan Chenzi saw his old acquaintance and took the initiative to say hello.

Xiang Lian'er saw the person who came, so she let down her guard and asked happily, "Sister Fairy, why are you here!?" ”

"Why can't I come? I'm here to see you. Hey, what's wrong with Yi Xiaodao? Guan Chenzi noticed Yi Xiaodao's strange appearance and asked.

Xiang Lian'er slanted her eyes, wrinkled her nose and said, "He, his daughter-in-law ran away with someone." ”

"Hey, hey, don't hit people in the face, I'll tell you!" Yi Xiaodao shouted.

In other words, Li Dingxing didn't dare to expose Yi Xiaodao's shortcomings so bluntly, but Xiang Lian'er was someone else, so outspoken, Yi Xiaodao wouldn't really blame her.

"Oh? That heroic character Yi Xiaodao in Donglu can still encounter this? Then I want to hear about it, come, Sister Lian'er, tell me more about it. Guan Chenzi smiled, but he didn't really get to Xiang Lian'er's side, just joking.

Yi Xiaodao sighed lightly, looked at Guan Chenzi and said, "It's good to see the old man again." ”

Guan Chenzi smiled lightly and nodded, the two also had a life and death relationship when they were in Donglu, knowing that it was a joke, the two sides didn't care.

After everyone entered the mansion, sat down separately, and knew each other's names and surnames, Li Dingxing asked, "I don't know why Your Majesty ordered Lord Rong to come here?" ”

Rong Lan got up and replied: "Back to Zhongyigong, the imperial court and Chu Xiang are now in Anhui City, and there is a shortage of money and grain, so the officials are specially ordered to come here to collect grain." ”

"The tax household administration in all parts of the cities of Nanhuai has been transferred to the imperial court to take over, and the Li Mansion is no longer favored by the state, and His Majesty has just been gracious, exempting Nanhuai from paying taxes for a year, and now he still has to collect grain? Levy the grain of our Li Mansion? Xiang Lian'er couldn't help but ask on the side.

"It is true that Nanhuai has returned to the imperial court, and it is indeed true that Nanhuai was exempted from paying taxes for one year. But now that the two armies are holding each other, the soldiers are short of food, which is really a last resort. Rong Lan replied.

"Knowing that the court is difficult, and we are also difficult, may I ask Lord Rong, where will this grain come from? From the people or from our Li Mansion? Xiang Lian'er and Li Dingxing already had a good heart, and when Xiang Lian'er saw Li Dingxing frowning slightly, she knew that he was displeased, and this wicked person did it himself.

"Your Majesty has not said it explicitly, just have food." Rong Lan said lightly.

Yi Xiaodao, who was sitting quietly on the side, couldn't help but say loudly: "Sui Gong was just handed over to the imperial court in the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, I don't know where Sui Gong is?" ”

"Master Hui Yi, that's not a matter of the lower officials, and the lower officials don't know about it." Rong Lan also recognized Yi Xiaodao, it was this person who hooked back the two domains with the power of one person, and he was also more polite to Yi Xiaodao.

Xiang Lian'er sneered: "Heh, the court is really polite, you can obviously grab it, and I sent you to be a lobbyist." ”

Rong Lan couldn't help but say: "Chu Xiang's rebellion is known to the whole world, and now the imperial court is fighting the small with heavenly soldiers and using orthodoxy to control the wilderness, which is not the selfishness of the imperial court, but the concern of all cities in various places." The capital can defend itself, why prevent Chu Xiang from being abroad? To protect the ears of the people! Please also ask the public to put the overall situation first. Besides, Chu Xiang and Nanhuai also have some enmity, right? ”

Rong Lan didn't want to mention it, but when he came, he found that it was not okay not to mention it, these people did not pay attention to righteousness, they only cared about the present.

"It's true that Nanhuai and Chu Xiang have a feud, but Nanhuai has returned to the imperial court, is this feud considered Nanhuai or the imperial court? Taxes are counted as the imperial court, and feuds are counted as Nanhuai? Is Lord Rong in charge of celestial phenomena in the capital? Will you be idle and bored and knock on the abacus? Xiang Lian'er was sharp-tongued, she didn't think about anything, and said it bluntly.

Rong Lan glared at Xiang Lian'er angrily, and it took a while to calm down his anger, and he arched his hand at Li Dingxing and said, "Grandpa, Your Majesty sent me here this time, all for this matter, and I hope that Grandpa will decide whether it will succeed or not." The lower official talked a lot, reminded the grandfather, and asked the grandfather to take a concubine as soon as possible, the lady is not an heir, if she does not accept it at this time, I am afraid that the Li Mansion will be the last! ”

As soon as Rong Lan's words fell, he was grabbed by the throat, pushed from the hall to the door, and pressed against the door, his feet off the ground.

Yi Xiaodao looked at Rong Lan with no expression on his face, but what he said was so frightened that Rong Lan forgot to breathe: "If you see that people are not allowed, I will gouge out your eyeballs, and if you can't speak, I will pull out your tongue, and if you can't be a person, it is a waste of food to go back and be an envoy." Kill a few more bastards like you, and the grain and grass of the court will be ready. Now get out of here, say one more word, and I will take you back to Beijing and kill you with my own hands in front of Your Majesty. ”

The incident happened suddenly, and everyone was shocked. Guan Chenzi frowned and didn't like it, I don't know if it was because of Yi Xiaodao or because of Rong Lan, he sat upright and didn't move. Tongweizi was shocked by Yi Xiaodao's fast movements, although he was taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, but it was too fast, and he had just turned his head and arrived at the door.

Rong Lan nodded with difficulty, and Yi Xiaodao let go of his hand and let him fall: "Now get out of the Li Mansion and reply to Your Majesty, the matter of grain and grass, the Li Mansion will do its best." Also, I advise you to die in Si Tianjian and don't come out again. ”

Rong Lan didn't dare to say another word, and even left the Li Mansion on his knees, without even saying hello to Guan Chenzi and Tongweizi.

Yi Xiaodao saw him leaving, walked to Tongweizi's side and smiled and said: "This young man is too temperamental, don't scare him, it will be difficult to succeed in the future, and please ask the Taoist chief to take care of it to avoid accidents." ”

The same neutrino is completely shocked now, what kind of person is this? I was about to fight and kill just now, and suddenly my face changed so quickly? didn't say anything, stood up and bowed in return, looking at Guanchenzi.

Guan Chenzi also got up and said: "I didn't expect to be separated just after we met, but Yi Xiaodao, you didn't disappoint me, well done!" Grandpa and Sister Lian'er work hard, and in the coming year, they will take a big fat boy and go to the capital Si Tianjian to have a good turn! ”

Li Dingxing looked at Xiang Lian'er worriedly, Xiang Lian'er's pretty face turned pale at this time, Si Tianjian specialized in astrological numerology survey, he said that he had no queen, and he didn't know if it was true or angry, if it was true...

Li Dingxing held Xiang Lian'er's hand: "With you, it's more important than anything else!" ”

Yi Xiaodao looked at Xiang Lian'er's appearance, scratched his head, and said to himself, "Why didn't I pull out his tongue just now?" ”