Chu Xinghe left the tavern and walked towards his pavilion, the scholar and the graceful woman behind him looked at his departing back, with different thoughts.

"Chu Xinghe is well-known in the rivers and lakes for being upright, honest and loyal, can he stand your instigation?"

"Before you met me, I remember that you had a good reputation. Oh, the more upright people are, the more they make mistakes. Because this kind of person will not change, but will only go one way to the end, we only need to turn his direction a little bit..."

The graceful woman rolled her eyes: "Then what next?" It's okay to start an incident, right? ”

"Not yet, it's not enough to rely on these Jianghu sects. No matter how strong the rivers and lakes are, they can't help after all, and the court has to work harder. In the dark night, the scholar's eyes burned, and the woman looked at the scholar for a while, and was in a trance for a while, as if she didn't know him.

……

Late at night, Wei Lejing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was sitting in his home, and was instructed to formulate the second draft of the martial arts conference and the constitution and other matters.

A dark shadow appeared outside the door at some point, and he stood quietly, did not knock on the door, did not leave, and waited quietly.

After Wei Lejing finished drafting the plan, he carefully checked it again to make sure that there were no omissions or mistakes, so he breathed a long sigh of relief, took a sip of the teacup, rested for a while, and prepared to wait for another draft of the notebook, which will be presented to His Majesty tomorrow.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the dark shadow outside the door, and asked vigilantly, "Who is standing outside?" ”

When Wei Lejing saw the dark shadow at first glance, he was not afraid. If it is a person in the house, it will be reported early, and this person will stand outside the door like a ghost, and he will not be a person in the house. But Wei Lejing asked himself to abide by the law on weekdays, be polite to others, the so-called body is not afraid of shadows, he doesn't believe that any enemies will come to the door.

The black shadow heard Wei Lejing's question, and replied loudly: "The rivers and lakes are nobody, and I have come to meet Lord Wei." ”

Wei Lejing snorted coldly: "Hmph, since you are a nobody, what good is it to see?" If you don't dare to see someone by your real name or surname, you must be small. If you want to take Wei's life, please come in, if not, please leave. ”

The door was pushed open with a "squeak", and the black shadow outside the door walked in: "Lord Wei is upright, admired, and willing to see each other honestly." ”

"Kongmen Water Chief Dongte has come to meet Lord Wei." The man took off the black robe on his body, revealing his true face, his appearance was unremarkable, no characteristics, just a scholar's dress that made people quite concerned, under the hood of the black robe, he was also wearing a student's scarf.

Wei Lejing put down the brush in his hand and said with displeasure: "Although I, Wei, am not from the rivers and lakes, I am not lonely, the people of Confucius are created by the descendants of Confucius, how can your surname be Shui?" Is this called being honest? ”

"And... Since you are a man of Confucius, what is the matter with me coming to me? ”

The scholar who called himself Shui Changdong smiled lightly: "The adult is very knowledgeable, the surname of the person of Confucius is indeed Kong, but the saint may not be able to sit still." My surname Shui is my mother's surname Shui is not accepted by a family like Confucius. ”

Shui Changdong said it lightly, but Wei Lejing also understood the meaning from his words, this person must be the son of a Confucian who was exiled and debauched in the outside world, and if he said it badly, he was called an illegitimate child, which was even worse than the status of his concubine.

"The DPRK and China have their own officials who receive martial arts people, and Your Excellency is visiting late at night..."

"A late-night visit must have something important to discuss, dare to ask Lord Wei what kind of official residence in the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China?" Shui Changdong interrupted Wei Lejing's words.

"Three products." Wei Lejing's face was a little ugly.

Shui Changdong shook his head and sighed: "The adult is upright, and is it only a third grade if he is so big?" Anyway, the third grade is also considered a member of the imperial court, but I heard that the adult is only 500 stones, this is not what the third grade should look like, right? ”

Wei Lejing was about to open his mouth to scold, but Shui Changdong took the first step, chattering like a cannon: "Lord Wei is a great talent, and the official residence is three grades, but it is not important to the imperial court. ”

"Lord Wei, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to say, right? Then the villain will speak for the adult! This is because Master Wei is a disciple of Li Changwen and Master Li, and Master Li was beheaded all over the house, and Lord Wei was also implicated, so he is like this! In the court, except for Lord Wei's immediate boss Liao Zhixin Lord Liao, can anyone be willing to be close to Lord Wei? ”

"Not only Lord Wei, but also the descendants of the Wei family in the future, if they are shallow, I am afraid that they will stay away from the court and live in the market."

Wei Lejing asked coldly, "Are you finished?" When you're done, please leave, don't affect the officer's work! ”

Shui Changdong stepped forward, changed the quick words just now, and said in a low voice: "Everyone wants fame and fortune, Lord Wei asks himself, if he doesn't plan everything, the villain will leave, and he will never delay Lord Wei for the court...... errands. ”

Wei Lejing stared at Shui Changdong for a long time, as if he wanted to remember this ordinary face in his mind, and he knew that he was moved: "What is your purpose?" ”

"Lord Wei is conscientious and conscientious, working so hard for the country, the picture is a reputation, if you want to leave a good name in the history books and pass it on to future generations, we will naturally not embarrass Lord Wei. Today, Your Majesty is reckless in military force and does not care for the people, and we just want to remind Your Majesty a little. ”

Wei Lejing waved his hand in disgust: "Your Majesty is reckless? It's ridiculous! The vassal kings of various places are now attached one by one, and the four seas are one, and this matter is beneficial for a thousand years! ”

"But sin is in our time! We're not trying to do anything earth-shattering, just a little reminder. ”

Wei Lejing decided to explore the bottom first: "How to do it?" ”

A trace of scorching heat flashed in Shui Changdong's eyes: "It's very simple, as long as Lord Wei can let Qian Shuai, who commands the Twelve Heavenly Guards, leave for a while at the time of the conference..."

"Ridiculous! Qian Shuai is responsible for His Majesty's safety, what do you want to do! This official will enter the palace to denounce you and wait! Wei Lejing got up after the shooting.

"Okay, my lord, please take care of it, anyway, I haven't done it yet. If the lord goes to denounce it, we will hide and not move, how will the court treat you, Lord Wei? "Shui Changdong has no fear.

Wei Lejing took a few quick breaths, slowly sat back in his chair, and took a step back: "Go on." ”

Shui Changdong leaned closer and said: "Lord Wei only needs to let Qian Shuai leave for a while, and at the time of the conference, we will pretend to gather people to make trouble, not for anything else, just to ask Your Majesty for an explanation." The martial arts conference, whether it is to gather the power of the martial arts to resist the Beiyi, or to use the name of the Beiyi to sweep away the Central Plains martial arts..."

Wei Lejing suddenly realized that he had come here in the middle of the night just for this. Indeed, now that Chu Xiang has been exterminated, the imperial court has the spare strength to deal with the martial arts factions. No matter how strong the martial arts factions are, they will not be able to compete with the crossbow iron armor of the imperial court.

Now it seems that although the various factions of the martial arts have come to the capital, they are all suspicious and suspicious, and they don't know the true intentions of the imperial court. The lobbyists sent are all illegitimate sons of people in Confucius, which is too unpopular.

"What do I get?" Although Wei Lejing reads the books of sages, he also thinks about the golden house.

Shui Changdong pretended to hesitate and said: "I am reckless in the rivers and lakes, there is indeed nothing that can be handled, only some gold and silver vulgar things. There are also the admiration and respect of all factions in the martial arts. ”

"Heh, I want your respect?" Wei Lejing snorted coldly, he studied the books of sages and sages hard, and finally got into the imperial court, and he really didn't look down on these rivers and lakes recklessly.

"Lord Wei is confused! How does Wu Dinggong rise to prominence, can adults know? It is the credit of recovering Nanhuai and Donglu, but can he do it alone? If there was no Nanhuai Li family and the Donglu bandits to help, could he be the honorary Wuding Gong today? Lord Wei has helped us with these, who of our martial arts will not sell Lord Wei two points of face? ”

"If the imperial court is determined to exterminate the martial arts, it is not so easy, and it will be a matter of reconciliation in the end. If it is to appease Wulin, isn't this a good thing? Besides, Lord Wei, Qian Shuai only left for a moment, who will investigate who let him go when the time comes? "The water is long and seductive.

Wei Lejing lowered his head and pondered when he heard these words, but Shui Changdong did not urge, and waited quietly on the side. Slowly, the candle burned more than half, and a piece of wax oil had piled up underneath.

"Okay, I'll change the rules and try it, but whether it succeeds or doesn't come is two words, and... We haven't seen it tonight! Wei Lejing made up his mind.

"No, no! Naturally, no! The grass people have never seen Lord Wei, and if Lord Wei needs the assistance of other court officials, although it is said that we will do our best. Shui Changdong knew the truth that eggs could not be put in one basket, and wanted to use Wei Lejing to find a few more "baskets".

Wei Lejing thought about it and beckoned gently to Shui Changdong. Shui Changdong immediately clung to his ears and nodded frequently.

When he was a child, there was no pedestrian on the street, but the door of the Wei Mansion suddenly opened, Wei Lejing personally sent a black-robed man out of the mansion, the two parted hands, the black-robed man left in a hurry, Wei Lejing also looked left and right, and went back after making sure that there was nothing to do.

A dark shadow in the distance, until Wei Lejing returned to the mansion, revealed half of his body and looked at the Wei mansion. Obviously, the scene of the two of them saying goodbye just now was all in his eyes. Seeing the black-robed man leave, the black shadow also lightly touched his feet, and he didn't know where to go.

"The master's expectation is good, there is indeed a black-robed man who went to find Wei Lejing. If it weren't for the master's order not to act rashly, I would have been able to capture the black-robed man!" ”

"It's better to lead the snake out of the hole than to scare the snake, if you capture him, I don't know how many 'snakes' are hidden in this capital."

"Master, what are we going to do next?"

"Wait, wait for all the 'snakes' in the capital to come out!"