"Yes, thanks to Lord Yuan, we can be regarded as having a good life, but we are finally looking forward to a good official." Xiao Xing is also a little longing.

Let me look at the two of them a little weirdly, if I hadn't experienced it myself, maybe I would have really regarded the two as grateful villagers.

After Monk Shi was destroyed, Jingxiang Jianghu and the imperial court reached a tacit understanding, if you don't come to fight me, I will live in peace and stability, and I will be considered to have achieved peace for a short time.

But the reason why rivers and lakes are rivers and lakes is because of the turbulent undercurrents under the calm water.

This led to the uprising of Li Yuan, the king of Taiping, who wanted to avenge Liu.

Xiang Zhong suppressed Li Yuan, came down three times, repatriated hundreds of thousands, and killed and injured tens of thousands.

Even so, this Jingxiang is still in chaos, and even the entire rivers and lakes are spontaneously protecting this land of freedom, killing as many errand soldiers as they come.

Then Yuan Jie appeared, as the court ***, they were afraid of being killed now, and they didn't dare to be killed, but there were a lot of humiliations.

Every day, he went into the deep mountains and valleys, went door to door to search for the homeless, explained the policies of the imperial court, and wanted to register the homeless.

But no one dared to sign it, because it was already red-eyed at that time.

Then a master of the imperial court came out of nowhere and wiped out more than 100 martial arts families in Jingxiang, and more than 40 families in Jingxiang who secretly supported Jingxiang were all wiped out.

In the end, Taiping was killed, and it was only after they completely broke their breath that Yuan Jie suddenly changed from wishful thinking to a Buddha of ten thousand families.

The establishment of the household and the government was carried out smoothly, and the hundreds of thousands of displaced people left behind became obedient people.

Even during the household compilation period, Yuan Jie could be said to have been harassed repeatedly, unable to sleep day and night, and fell ill.

As for the little officials under his hands, there are countless people who have broken their arms and legs, which is already a better end, and more of them have no bones left, and they are thrown in unknown ravines and ravines.

All the small officials in the vicinity, if they are missing arms and legs, are almost all Yuan Jie's subordinates.

I will not tell the history I know in front of them, and I will respond casually, and the atmosphere is harmonious.

The three of them talked, and after a while, they walked to a small courtyard, turned their heads and said to Ren Wuxing, "Here we are, this is the shopkeeper of Tao."

If you look closely, it is a small courtyard, with four houses side by side, but there is a sign hanging at the gate of the courtyard, and there is a lock on it, and the snow in the courtyard has long been cleared, and there are already four people standing.

Among them is an old man of more than a year, with his hands on his cuffs, talking, and on one side stands a young man in his thirties, with his hair tied and wearing a green robe, but without the white collar of a scholar, holding a folding fan in winter, Confucianism and Taoism, quite weird.

And with their backs to the gate are two thirteen or fourteen-year-old children, obviously disciples who are about to become teachers, and they are already able to enter the door independently in this era.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw the old man coming directly from between the two children, only to see that he was full of white hair, white face and beard, but his eyes were not big, he always gave people a feeling of squinting, and said directly: "Old Qian, they said that you may not come, I said that you must come, and sure enough, I guessed correctly."

"Lao Tao, your apprentice is a teacher, can I not come?" The shopkeeper also said directly, and patted Xiao Xing again: "Look at how big your face is, Qiu County ordered people to come to watch the ceremony."

He pushed Xiao Xing forward, and walked towards the young man again, "Mr. Sun, why didn't you go to tell a story today?"

"I arrived yesterday, isn't this a white deed?" Mr. Sun was dressed a little thinly, and he trembled and said, "When I go back today, I have to rub the money shopkeeper's carriage."

"No problem." The money shopkeeper patted his chest and said.

Lao Tao learned that Xiao Xing was sent by Qiu Zhixian, and his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Ah, Xiao Xing is becoming more and more powerful, and he has really eaten the imperial grain."

"Hey, it's just a mission, don't dare you put a top hat on me." Xiao Xing spoke, but the smile between his eyebrows spread, obviously quite useful.

Lao Tao also patted Xiao Xing happily, looked directly at Ren Xing, and hurriedly asked, "......Who is this?"

Let it be

He arched his hand and said, "In Xia Zhang Qing, come here to worship Xiangmin Gong, so I will come to visit me with a cheeky face and take a look at this grand event."

"Welcome, welcome." When the old man heard the worship of Yuan Jie, his face was relieved, and he also understood that it was Xiao Xing and the two who called him, and he was also friendly, so he directly patted the arm of Ren Xing, and said to the two children behind him, "You two haven't come to say hello yet."

Several people gathered together, and went to a room, which was quite spacious and clean, and there was a table in the innermost part with a wooden box on it, and two chairs on either side, all wrapped in red cloth, which looked quite festive.

There were four chairs in the middle of the hall, and seven or eight more chairs stacked next to them, apparently for those who had not come.

There is a statue of Luban on the left, an old lady is wiping, but on the right there is a small door, with a curtain, but there is no one inside.

"Shufen, don't be busy, go and prepare, the others shouldn't be able to come again, it's not good, hurry up and let them all go home." Lao Tao said to the old lady.

Seeing that she went directly out of the house, she took two steps forward, facing everyone, raised her voice a little, and coughed lightly.

"Thank you for coming all the way to watch the ceremony, my old Tao is a rough man and won't say anything, please take a seat." Lao Tao pointed directly to the chairs and said, and then made a color to Mr. Sun.

The other three hurriedly sat on the chairs, Lao Tao also sat on the left side of the table, while Mr. Sun stood on the right side of the table, did not sit down, but began to preside over the whole scene, only to see him say loudly: "The ceremony of leaving the teacher has officially begun, and the tea is served."

The two disciples brought a cup of tea, knelt down and said, "Please drink tea, Master."

Lao Tao took a sip of each cup of tea, put it on the table, and watched Shufen serve a cup of hot tea to the others, then continued: "I'm old and can't do it anymore, I have accepted these two disciples since last year, one is my son, Tao Jun, and the other is Zuo Cheng."

Lao Tao helped the two of them up again, let everyone look at it, and then said directly: "It's just the rules passed down by the ancestors, the magic method is only passed on to one person, the winner stays, and the loser leaves."

Everyone also solemnly watched Lao Tao talk eloquently, and let me do it was even more interested, always feeling that there was a thought in my head, but I couldn't grasp it.

Lao Tao looked at the two of them again, and then said to everyone, "It's not a problem to leave, it's just not suitable for this business.

Of course, the ugly words are in front, if Xiaojun loses, he will go back to Zuojiazhuang and plant my few acres of land.

As for the sale of this shop, Xiao Zuo must pay the transfer fee, otherwise it will not be beneficial for you two in the future."

"Yes, Dad." Tao Jun is full of confidence.

"Yes, Master." Zuo Cheng's voice was a little trance-like.

Seeing this, Mr. Sun also said directly, "The competition begins."