"I know, I know, big brother, you rest first, drink water, drink water, big brother." Mr. Two seemed to be very concerned about Mr. Big's body, and said busily.

But said that Zhu Tang and the others went back to the inn and entered the guest room, Zhu Wenyu smiled and said: "Hehe, 'Baojun', aren't you angry today?" ”

Tang Yun's face turned red and said, "Phew, the dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth!"

"Haha, you didn't make a sound today anyway." Zhu Wenyu laughed.

Tang Yun bowed his head and was silent.

"Yun'er, tell me, what do you think of this Lord Liu today?"

"According to what we saw in Leshan in the past two days, he can still govern Leshan, that Lord Liu of Zhizhou should be regarded as a cadre, much stronger than that Wang Ding Biao, although the tax increase is not very good, but after all, it is also ordered by the imperial court, and as soon as you say that you want to reduce fifty percent, he will not be too wordy except for asking Brother Yu to write a note to prove it, anyway, I look okay, he is a good official, and now at this time, there are not many such good officials." Tang Yun said while thinking carefully.

"Well, Yun'er, you're right, whether this Liu Shicheng is good or bad, he should be regarded as a cadre."

"What do you mean by good or bad?" Tang Yun didn't understand.

"I mean, he's good at governing the region, but to say he's a good official is a bit too arbitrary. In my opinion, there are at least two things about this Lord Liu that are unreasonable and suspicious. ”

"Unconscionable? What is that? Tang Yun was confused.

"First, according to my understanding of the emperor's uncle, the uncle is very strict with the court officials, but he is not bad to the people, even if he wants to control the smuggling of timber, I am afraid that he will order the local officials to strictly rectify the majority, and he will not increase taxes at every turn, not to mention that one plus is doubled, cutting off the people's way of life. However, I have no evidence, so I don't want to force him to take out the official documents of the imperial court to check them, but I just think it's a little unreliable. ”

Tang Yun nodded: "That's right, you have been in the palace for many years, so you should know something about the emperor's temperament." And what about the second point? ”

"Second, he and Yu Shixiong, the head of the Qingcheng faction, are old acquaintances, which is not unusual. It's just that he always emphasizes that he and Yu Shixiong are just talking about poetry and papers, but I think his actions are definitely martial arts, and they won't be very low, I'm afraid it's at least higher than Yun'er. It's not surprising that this magistrate is able to be literate and martial, Mo Duo and Sun Changxu were born in the army, strong and healthy, and have kung fu, I wonder why he repeatedly claimed in front of me that he was just a literary friend with Yu Shixiong? It seems that he has to deliberately hide his martial arts, but why is this? In addition, I can see that Liu Shicheng will be martial, and with the vision and experience of the head of Yu Shixiong's Qingcheng faction, he must also be able to see it, why didn't he mention a word? ”

"Huh? This is indeed a strange thing. ”

"Yes, this thing is a little weird, even if I know that he knows martial arts, and he talks to Yu Zhangmen about both civil and military affairs, it's nothing, why do you have to deliberately hide it?" Zhu Wenyu is unpredictable.

"What about Yu Shixiong?" Tang Yun asked again.

"I only heard his name in Shaolin, but he didn't go to Shaolin that time, so I couldn't see him. However, it is true that his demeanor is extraordinary, his momentum is calm, and the style of a generation of master masters is worthy of the words 'Ruyi Divine Sword'. As for the rest, I didn't talk much today, so I don't know yet. It's just that since the Qingcheng faction belongs to the Central Plains martial arts famous and upright, and the head of the Yu sect can be in charge of the martial arts lineage, he is not an idle person, so he has to take some time to visit and ask him for more advice these days. ”

"Ha, haven't you seen Brother Yu, when did you become humble? It's very rare, hehe. Tang Yun deliberately quipped.

"Hehe, when I first came out of the rivers and lakes, I really didn't know the height of the sky and didn't care about anything, but then I met the beggar gang Xie Gang Master, Shaolin Muyun Master, Wudang Qingfeng Daoist, Huashan Zhu Weifeng, by the way, and grandma, after a large group of martial arts celebrities, I felt that these people are the heads of a gang of factions, the top figures in the martial arts, from the extraordinary and vulgar comparable, they must be all smart and experienced martial arts masters, this Yu Shixiong Yu head can stand side by side with these people, I don't know how thick the sky is, and I don't dare to underestimate him at will, hehe. Zhu Wenyu was slightly ashamed.

"Hehe, I'm afraid these people don't dare to underestimate you, right? Brother Yu. ”

"That's another story, I don't dare to take it. Okay, okay, it's been a day today, Yun'er, you're a little tired, right? Go to bed early, I'll do it too. Aunt Zhao said that I had to practice constantly, and scolded me that I was just too lazy, hehe, if I wasn't lazy, I wouldn't have said that my skills would not stop like this, hehe, let's practice. Early tomorrow morning, we will go to Zhizhou Yamen again, first, to see if Liu Shicheng has lowered his taxes, and second, to visit Yu Zhangmen. ”

After a night's rest, on the second day, Zhu Tang and the others came to the Zhizhou Yamen again, and the guard had already recognized him from a distance, one hurriedly opened the door and ran inside, and the other hurriedly greeted him, nodded and said: "Lord Qincha is early, please wait, and the little one will immediately go to report to our lord to greet him." ”

"No, let's just go in."

"Yes, yes, please." The officer still nodded.

The door opened, and Zhu Tang and the others went straight in, and when they arrived at the second gate, they saw Liu Shicheng and Yu Shixiong coming out. Liu Shicheng had already taken off the purple official robe of the six-grade heron and was wearing an ordinary dark blue robe, but Yu Shixiong did not change his clothes, and was still dressed as a scribe in a gray cloth robe. Liu Shicheng arched his hand and said loudly as he walked forward: "Lord Qincha came so early, and the official did not come far to greet him. Yu Shixiong put his hands behind his back, smiling and silent.

"Hehe, Lord Liu doesn't have to be polite. Zhu is not here today for official business, but he came to visit Master Yu, and he specially borrowed Lord Liu's treasure to ask Master Yu for advice. ”

"Where is it, after Lord Zhu left yesterday, Xia Guan and Mr. Yu talked about adults, and Mr. Yu said that adults are young and talented, both civil and military, and they are really the ministers of my Daming Pillar Stone, the pillar of the imperial court, and the rising star of martial arts, and the future is unlimited."

"It's really a false praise from Senior Yu, how dare Zhu Wenyu, as a junior of martial arts, dare to be so respected by the head of Yu?"

"Yu never makes flattering words, what he says comes from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Gongzi is a young hero, and he is indeed not comparable to these old guys in the martial arts." Yu Shixiong said with a smile.

"Master Yu, when you say this, I can't bear it on my shoulders, Lord Liu, please ask if there are any cracks on the ground in your house? I've got to find a place to get into, huh. Zhu Wenyu will never be able to change this kind of casual temper, as long as he is not talking about business, he will reveal his original form in less than three sentences.

"Zhu Gongzi is too modest. Please. "Yu Shixiong is used to seeing big winds and waves, what kind of person has he never encountered? It's not strange to see it, everyone has different personalities, and I don't care about it, I smiled slightly, and waved my hand.

"Master Yu, please." "Lord Zhu, please." "Lord Liu, please."

The three of them greeted each other politely, and together they went into the inner hall and sat down, and the servants served tea.

"Zhu Gongzi, last time I received a letter from Shaolin Abbot Mu Yun Zen Master, I once said that Zhu Gongzi had given medicine in Shaolin Temple to relieve the slow poison in the heads of various sects, and this merit is not small. Abbot Muyun praised Gongzi in every way, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name. Yu Shixiong said first.

"That's the abbot's master's reputation, how dare the juniors be?"

"Master Mu Yun mentioned in the letter that Zhu Gongzi had deduced that there was a hidden force in the martial arts, and it was about to move, and the poisoning of the heads of various sects in Shaolin Temple was caused by this force, I wonder if Zhu Gongzi can tell me in detail about the inside story?"

"Oh, now I have confirmed that this force does exist, and it is called the Tianyi Alliance." Zhu Wenyu said.

"Confirmed? How is this confirmed? Yu Shixiong seemed surprised.

"I was ambushed in Danling County, I was seriously injured, I was made half dead, I fled into the mountains, and this life was almost lost there, and then I was treated by a master, and I just recovered not long after. The person who organized the ambush was called 'Blood Knife Death' Du Feng, and he personally told me that he was a member of the Tianyi Alliance, and those murders were all committed by the dragon slayer killers of the Tianyi Alliance led by him. ”

"'Blood Knife Death' Du Feng? This person is a Jiangyang thief who debuted more than 20 years ago, he is murderous and murderous, and later it is said that he was hit hard by the head of the Wudang faction, Lingkong Zhenren, and fled, and he is missing, but he is not dead? Came out to do evil again? How unreasonable!" Yu Shixiong slapped the table and said indignantly.

Zhu Wenyu's eyes flashed, and he said: "Yes, this Du Feng belongs to the people in the Tianyi Alliance, and those murders were also committed by the Tianyi Alliance, and my Leibo 'Thunder Swordsman' Nangong Lei also died at the hands of the Tianyi League, plus I was assassinated twice in Kaifeng and Danling, this Tianyi Alliance must be the mysterious force that the younger generation originally said." I think most of the Shaolin Temple is related to them, and as for their purpose, judging from all indications, I am afraid that it will not be very far from what I speculated. ”