On the night of Lord Xue's mutiny, he was escorted by Song Jizu to the Luoyang army for temporary refuge. Until all the rebels in the city were cleared, and the people returned home safely. I came to thank you in person today.

In the flower hall where the guests were greeted in the inspection department, Meng Yishan and Xue Jingzong sat opposite each other across a table of eight immortals for a drink.

Unattended, very private.

A few glasses of light wine, with some peanuts, and a plate of braised Yellow River carp.

After two glasses of water and wine, Lord Xue's face became red, which contrasted with the white beard under his chin, making it even more ruddy.

The old man smiled and said: "This time you have put down the Yongning Zhuju Rebellion, you have contributed a lot, I am ready to report it to the imperial court." ”

Meng Yishan put down his chopsticks and leaned forward to ask: "Is the lord giving credit to Lao Meng, or is it going to let the court check on me?" ”

"What do you say?"

Lao Meng felt a little upset in his heart, he gave his life to King Yi, of course this old man knew, what was the purpose of beating himself with words right now? Lao Meng picked up the wine jug and poured another glass for Master Xue, and said tentatively.

"It's not easy for the imperial court, there's no need to reward anything, I'm very good at making some foreign money by doing this inspection, it's best not to leak my reputation, so that Jinyi Wei will target it."

He didn't mention the relationship with the palace, and behaved like a little corrupt official who was afraid of being checked. made Lord Xue almost squirt out of his mouth with a mouthful of wine, raised his sleeves to cover up, coughed a few times and drank the wine, so he was not rude, and said in his heart that this kid was cunning, and he would not tell the truth if he didn't take the initiative to have a showdown.

Lord Xue's face became serious, and he said, "I, the envoy, was originally to visit the officials, and I also have the obligation to supervise the vassal king. King Yi mastered the army of the three guards in Luoyang, and had the help of Gao Changtai, the general of the border army in the past. ”

Meng Yishan's eyes widened, and he pretended to be angry and said: "Surrender to the prince at least to fight, just our bird court, the emperor is still in the hands of the Warat people, the emperor does not dare to start a war with them, the side salary is a lot every year, I rely on his ancestors!" It's killing the people! It's better to change the master to sit in the world. ”

"Great rebellion, no father and no king......"

Xue Jingzong's forehead was slightly sweaty, he was silent for a while, and said: "Yishan, I won't hide it from you, this Jingtai Emperor and Zhu Zhanlong's uncle and nephew are fighting, no matter who wins or loses, it is the world of the Zhu family, and we, as courtiers, need to have a perfect plan." ”

Meng Yishan Zhengse said: "Boss, please speak!" ”

Xue Jingzong said to him: "The old man originally wanted to contact your uncle He Shangshu about this matter, but it is not appropriate for me to come to the door in front of me to avoid attracting the attention of people with intentions." ”

Lao Mengxin said that it was originally Old Man He's business, and when you think about it, Lao Tzu is calculated. He smiled and said, "Why are you and my uncle so anxious?" ”

"If King Yi really raised an army, no one knows whether he will win or lose! The old man and the monk are ...... There must be one party who will be unlucky, so it is better to plan ahead and get a guarantee in advance. Lord Xue said self-deprecatingly, "I cooperated with Shangshu to write a letter of surrender each, he voted for the imperial court, and I obeyed King Yi." The exchange of letters between two people is equivalent to holding their own net worth and life. The court won, Shangshu is a good minister who is painstakingly undercover, King Yi is going to win, He Gong will take out my letter of surrender, Xue is the first model to advocate righteousness! ”

Lao Mengxin said that this old man is powerful, worthy of being a court official, and he can't think of this win-win way to retreat, and he knows that this place is also full of the hard work and experience of many predecessors.

Since Zhu Di, the king of Yan, raised an army to attack Emperor Jianwen fifty years ago and won the world, to the rebellion of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han twenty years ago, there are blood and tears of officials at all levels, and almost all those who do not compromise with the victors are all beheaded.

There are some teachers and students in the court, scattered all over the world, and it is inevitable that some people will stand in the other side's camp when they rebel together, and both sides want to think of preservation, even if they change the emperor, they will be a "tumbler" in the officialdom, so they favor each other, hide from the world, and exchange this kind of official charm with the Lord.

Today, Xue Jingzong told Lao Meng, in addition to asking him to help contact He Shangshu, he also had the intention of wooing Meng Yishan, now Lao Meng is valued by King Yi, and it is more secure for him to participate in this matter, and he is not afraid that Lao Meng will tell King Yi at all, and even the prince himself wants to send Zhu Ju to the White Horse Temple to leave a way out.

Even if the old man's trick is exposed, there is no loss, and I believe that Lao Meng will not be a villain in vain.

"If Yishan has a heart, it is best for the old man to give you some advice in the court. It's always good to make more connections. ”

Lao Meng also understood at this time that the prince was like Gao Houye, who was unwilling to be lonely, and a eunuch like Wang He was the emperor's person. Both the military generals and the old party want change.

As for the civil officials, like Lord Xue and Old Man He, they all like to bet on both sides, and things have turned upside down, and these people are still sticking to the old ways in their official positions.

"This official talisman is a bit interesting, and when my uncle writes it, bring me with me, one more way."

As for the connections and dots that Master Xue said, Lao Meng can understand it at all, you can't just rely on a mouth and documents, you have to have henchmen and backers to beat the side drum and say good things for you.

Otherwise, if you say that you are an undercover agent, the court will believe it?

Among them, the relationship between whose subordinates and how to operate it all cost money, Meng Yishan understood it. The two of them had a tacit understanding to reveal the matter, and drank two more glasses of wine, Master Xue said: "I'm about to go back to Beijing to take up my post, the road is not peaceful, I want Yishan to recommend a guard to me, I think your Song scribe of the yamen is good, I don't know if I can borrow it." ”

Borrow? Song Jizu is afraid that he has already made sense of the boss, and he doesn't want to be a small official in the inspection department, and wants to go to the capital to climb high branches.

Lao Meng said: "It can be used, it can be used!" I count him in this yamen as good at martial arts! But I have been on an errand for him lately, and I will do it before the adults set out in a few days. ”

The thief said in his heart that it was a big deal to choose two from the martial artists who surrendered to the Ye family to send them to escort, and Song Jizu wanted to leave? Hey, no way.

Shao Tilt Xue Jingzong got up to say goodbye, Lao Meng helped the old man out of the door, personally sent him into the carriage when he came, and called Song Zhangjiao again, and said to him: "Old Song, the old man has drunk a lot of wine, you escort Lord Xue back to the house." ”

Song Jizu agreed expressionlessly, a little happy in his heart, he really felt that Lao Meng was not safe here, and deliberately had a good relationship with Lord Xue, and wanted to follow Shangjing, and then change his name and surname to fight in Beijing.

Seeing off Lord Xue, Lao Meng rested for a day, and rose to the board of directors of the hall the morning of the second day.

Meng Yishan sat down to handle the official documents he had accumulated for many days, and the money and account room helped him sort it out, as long as Master Meng read it and stamped it with the official seal.

He also found it boring to be so simple, and smashed the big seal on the official document and made a clang.

"My lord, the predecessor Tian Xi has seized a batch of illegal salt, and 50,000 catties have not yet been put into storage. What do you think? Qian Lun stood behind Lao Meng and asked cautiously.

Lao Meng threw away the official seal and said, "What's the matter, someone is looking for you?" ”

Qian Lun said: "It was a few foreign merchants who promised to give a private house in the west of the city, four beautiful maids, and another tribute of silver to exchange this batch of goods. ”

"Old money, you will speak for profiteers when you receive benefits, and the yamen system is not bad!" Lord Meng's face was fair and honest, as if he was a clean official.

The money account room screamed, and even said that you haven't taken my daring to ask for benefits.

"What merchant, is it safe?"

"They are all domestic slaves who are businessmen in the families of powerful families and the lords of the court, and it is absolutely no problem to sell the goods."

Private salt is not something that can be sold by anyone who wants to get it from the yamen, and can only be handed over to forces that cannot be checked by the imperial court or cannot be investigated due to circumstances.

Lao Meng was deliberating with Qian Lun here, and a messenger came in and reported: "A girl from the Bishan faction wants to see an adult. ”

"Ugly is here!"

Meng Yishan was happy in his heart, he was in a hurry to see the ugly girl, turned his head to Qian Lun and said, "Old Qian, you can handle this batch of salt for the merchants, and I will collect the house." Servant girl don't! ”

Under the tree in front of the inspection department, the ugly girl was dressed in a plum blossom brocade on a white ground, a white fox with a shoulder on her shoulders, her long cloud-like hair was combed into a snake bun, and her cold expression looked beautiful and refined.

Seeing Lao Meng walking out of it quickly, her eyebrows moved, her feelings for Lao Meng were very complicated, this time she heard that he was promoted again, and felt that this man was quite capable.

When Lao Meng arrived in front of her, she was even more surprised, Meng Yishan's whole person seemed to have been reborn, and the complexion on his face and the divine light in the moment could tell that this guy had practiced martial arts innately.

In the past, she could defeat Lao Meng with one hand, but now it is estimated that the two ghosts of Bishan will join forces to attack.

The thief was amazed when he saw it, and leaned over and said affectionately: "Ugly girl, I haven't seen you for a while!" "I really want to reach out and hold the beautiful woman in my arms, but I'm afraid that the ugly ghost will poke him into a hole with a bell flying fork, so I want to do it.

Ah Chou's face was still so unsmiling, but there was some warmth in his heart, and he said: "I have something important to tell you, a large number of masters from Shaolin Temple have come to Luoyang!" ”

Meng Yishan's face changed, and he asked, "How many people came?" "A wise old monk in Shaolin Temple is terrible enough, and a few more are enough for him to have a headache.

Ah Chou frowned slightly, and said: "It was discovered by the tea opened by Bishan on the official road, and the entire Dharma Lower Courtyard has arrived!" ”

The lower courtyard of Bodhidharma is considered to be the elite of the Shaolin armed forces, accounting for thirty percent of the elite of Shaolin warrior monks, and the dispatch is enough to destroy a medium-sized sect and martial arts family.

Lao Meng was full of murderous face, and snorted coldly: "It's good to come!" I want the monks to come and go! ”

I was still a little flustered. But in front of the beauty, he must not show timidity, and joked with a smile: "Hehe, it seems that my sister still has affection for my old Meng, come and report to me." ”

Ah Chou stared at him coldly, turned his head and said softly: "Don't be affectionate, you want to cooperate with Bishan, I'm afraid that you will let the Shaolin monk kill him, and ruin my good opportunity to send a new land." ”

Why did you come to see Meng Yishan? She doesn't know much in her heart, but if she is on business, she can let her senior brother come over, maybe it's a bad fate?

A gust of wind blew, bringing up a thin layer of frost and snow in the air, and at some point it began to fall, and the fine snow fell one after another under the trees in front of the house, and on the bodies of the two people.

Ah Chou stretched out his slender hand and gently took the snowflakes falling in his palm, watching the ice silk melt in his hand, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously smiled.

That kind of demeanor made Meng Yishan stunned, and he just wanted to take care of her. No fame attracted him to the people in front of him.

The snowflakes turned into water, so cold that it made Ugly shiver. The thief hurriedly divided five by two, took off his official robe, stepped forward and hugged the beauty, felt her struggle, and thought to himself: "I'm sorry, I won't let go anyway." ”

The hand increased by two percent, and the smooth chapter was exchanged for a slap in the face of the girl's annoyance.

"Ahh Meng Yishan sent away the ugly ghost, so he contracted the wind cold, put on two layers of thick leather jackets indoors, and began to toss while lighting a fire and drinking ginger soup.

Qian Lun watched and laughed from the side, and said in his heart: "Adults are different, they dare to stand in the snow and move with beautiful girls in single clothes." ”

Lao Meng threw the finished ginger soup bowl on the table and ordered: "Pull out all our hundreds of brothers, divide them and set up cards for me everywhere, and catch the monk when he looks at it!" Dare to resist and kill! If the idea is hard, I will play the flag and fireworks, and send out a group to train the villagers to help, my lord, I want to take the demon monk of the White Lotus Sect! ”

Lao Meng refers to the deer as a horse, as long as he has a name, he can mobilize the power of the imperial court to deal with the Shaolin Temple.

Song Jizu and Mo Kui and Hao Datong, these masters who can go into battle all stand in front of him and obey orders. The crowd agreed.

The thief wrapped his jacket tightly and said: "I have to let the arrest go to Qingxiang quickly, inform the villagers to take in the monks and sit together, and go to prison if they don't report it!" Hehe, where do I see the monks of Shaolin Temple hiding? ”

"I have to do this matter myself, and I'll go to see Governor Li tomorrow."

The lower courtyard of Bodhidharma is pouring in, and its strength is incomparable. But after the success of martial arts, Meng Yishan's confidence doubled, and he was ready to dispatch all available people to fight with Shaolin Temple, so as to establish his authority!