In the study, He Lianfang told Zhao Yao in detail about Wen Daoji.

After Zhao Yao listened, he could only say "awesome".

He Lianfang asked: "Let Wen Daoji be your Xiangguo, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yao didn't answer, but asked He Lianfang rhetorically: "Second uncle, do you think this Wen Daoji is suitable for my Xiangguo?" ”

He Lianfang nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Listening to what you said, Second Uncle, this Wen Daoji is a very talented person, but he acts so uninhibitedly, I asked him to be my Xiangguo, he may not agree." Since ancient times, people with extraordinary talents have been very proud, they do not follow the orders of everyone, they will choose their own masters, and the conditions for choosing the lord are very strict. "Wen Daoji has an eclectic style, people like him will only serve the people he likes, and I will not necessarily be chosen by him."

He Lianfang didn't expect this, but he believed that Wen Daoji would not look away at Zhao Yao.

"He'll pick you."

"Not necessarily, I'm a yellow-haired boy after all."

He Lianfang looked at Zhao Yao: "What do you mean?" ”

"I need to see him."

"Then you go and meet him."

"I thought that my father would let Taiwei Zheng be my Xiangguo."

"You want to be beautiful." He Lianfang laughed at Zhao Yao and said, "Your father and emperor don't have the ability to let Zheng Xilin return to Beijing to continue to serve him, and where can he get the ability to let Zheng Xilin serve you." ”

"I thought Mrs. Zheng liked me very much." Zhao Yao feels very good about himself, "Over the years, I have been in correspondence with Taiwei Zheng, and he has taught me a lot of things in his letters, and I think he will go out to help me." ”

He Lianfang was amused by Zhao Yao's words: "You dare to think that Zheng Xilin's three sons, two sons are loyal to you, and you still want him to work for you." ”

"Think about it and don't break the law." Zhao Yao said, with a sad look on his face, "Alas, it seems that I still don't like Taiwei Zheng enough." ”

"Zheng Xilin helps you with this, don't even think about it, you better try to get Wen Daoji." He Lianfang said, "Wen Daoji's governance ability is no worse than Zheng Xilin. ”

"Second uncle, you have a high opinion of Wen Daoji, it's the first time I've heard you praise someone like this, did you know Wen Daoji before?"

"No, I haven't met him." He Lianfang knew about Wen Daoji, and she also heard about it from others.

"I hope Wen Daoji can be like what you said, Second Uncle."

He Lianfang saw that Zhao Yao was not very interested in Wen Daoji, and asked with some doubts: "You are not optimistic about Wen Daoji?" ”

Zhao Yao nodded admittedly: "A little." ”

"Why, because of the things he did, you didn't like it?" He Lianfang said, her brows furrowed, "Those who achieve great things are not informal, and the things he did did did not hurt the heavens and reason." ”

"Second uncle, I'm not dissatisfied with him because he molested other people's concubines, but I think such a person is not easy to control." Zhao Yao raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "No matter how dissolute he is, but there must be a rule after all, I'm afraid he will do too much." "He doesn't like to be a stereotype, but he doesn't like to be too debauched either." As far as I know, the Wen family does not go out of the mountain easily, and once they do go out of the mountain, they will definitely be powerful at that time. ”

"What, you're afraid you won't be able to stop him?" He Lianfang looked at Zhao Yao funny, "You have no confidence in yourself? ”

"Second uncle, I'm not afraid that I won't be able to stop him, but when I go to Lingnan, I have too many things to do, and I don't want to bother to take care of him when I'm busy. If he annoys me too much, then I'd rather not. Although Zhao Yao has not yet gone to Lingnan, he has already arranged all the things he will do after going to Lingnan, "My Xiangguo must not only help me manage my small court, but also share my worries, so that I can do what I want to do without distraction." If my Xiangguo still wants me to be bothered, then what do I want him to do? "Do you want to block yourself?

He Lianfang felt that Zhao Yao's words made some sense, nodded and said, "Wait until you see him before making a decision." ”

"You let my father send someone to you, I'll go to the prison to see him a little swaggering."

"Okay."

After Zhao Yao said something to He Lianfang again, he got up and returned to Xingde Palace.

As soon as he returned to Xingde Palace, Xiao Jin gave Zhao Yao a very big surprise.

Zhao Yao thought that Xiao Jin had brought him another rabbit, but he didn't expect it to be a little tiger.

Tongxi exclaimed: "Tiger! ”

Zhao Yao was not frightened by Xiao Jin's sudden gift of a little tiger cub, but was startled by Tongxi's scream.

"Tongxi, be quiet, are you trying to scare me to death?"

Tongxi first smiled apologetically at Zhao Yao, then pointed to the tiger cub in Zhao Yao's arms, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, it's a tiger!" ”

"I know it's a tiger, so I don't need you to stress it again."

Tongxi didn't understand why Zhao Yao looked calm, "Your Highness, this is a tiger, why aren't you surprised at all?" Speaking of which, it was the first time he had seen a live tiger, albeit a cub.

Zhao Yao pretended to be calm and said, "What's so surprising. As he spoke, he gave Tongxi a disdainful look, "Look at your fussy look." ”

Tongxi: "......" is he making a fuss?

Zhao Yao carefully looked at the tiger cub in his hand and found that the tiger cub had an injury on his back. The wound on his back seemed to have been scratched by sharp claws, which should have been scratched by Xiao Jin.

"Go get the medicine and gauze."

"Slave and maid, go get it."

The little tiger made a humming sound from his mouth, and he was weakly screaming in pain.

Zhao Yao touched the little tiger's head and comforted it: "When I wait for the medicine, it won't hurt." ”

Xiao Jin stood on the table and looked at Zhao Yao dissatisfied: [Yaoyao, I gave you a tiger, why don't you thank me? 】

Zhao Yao listened, and hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Xiao Jin, "Thank you, Lord Xiao Jin, for catching a little tiger for me, you hurry up and drink tea to quench your thirst." ”

Xiao Jin snorted arrogantly: [That's right. After saying that, he lowered his head and drank water.

Tongxi's movements were very fast, not only bringing medicine and gauze, but also bringing a basin of water.

Zhao Yao first cleaned the wound of the little tiger with water, and the painful little tiger trembled all over, and his mouth kept whimpering, which made Tongxi very distressed.

"Your Highness, the little tiger hurts, you lighten it." It hurts to hear it.

Zhao Yao didn't pay attention to Tongxi, skillfully and quickly cleaned the wound on the little tiger's back, and then gently medicated and bandaged it.

Because they can understand animals, many animals will come to Zhao Yao for help when they are injured. From childhood to adulthood, Zhao Yao didn't know how many injured animals he had treated. He did things like bandaging wounds countless times.

The little tiger was lying in Zhao Yao's arms obediently, and his mouth still made a weak cry. The wound on its back, though medicated, was not so effective in keeping the wound from pain.

Seeing that the little tiger was as obedient and cute as the kitten, Tongxi couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it.

"Your Highness, can the slave touch it?"

"You have to ask Lord Xiaojin, the little tiger was brought back by it, and it has to be approved by it."

Tongxi smiled at Xiao Jin flatteringly: "Lord Xiao Jin, can the slave touch the little tiger?" ”

Xiao Jin shouted at Tongxi.

Zhao Yao helped Xiaojin translate: "It said it couldn't." ”

Tongxi can only give up. He has suffered losses from Xiao Jin and has been nagged by Xiao Jin several times. Xiao Jin's mouth is very sharp, and it really hurts to talk about people. His hand was torn and bleeding profusely. He didn't want to be nagged by Jin anymore.

Zhao Yao touched the little tiger's head and looked at Xiao Jin: "Say, where did you catch this little tiger, and is this little tiger full moon?" "The tiger cub in my arms is as big as a cat, and I don't know if there is a full moon.

Xiao Jindao: [Of course it was caught in the forest, I don't know if it has a full moon.] 】

Zhao Yao asked: "Where is the forest, are there tigers in the forest near the capital?" ”

Tongxi saw Zhao Yao looking at him and asked, and quickly shook his head: "The slave doesn't know if there are tigers in the woods near the capital." ”

[It's not the capital, to the south, there are many forests, there are many mountains, and there are also many tigers and wolves. 】

Zhao Yao thought that there were wolves, insects, tigers and leopards in the deep mountains and old forests of Lingnan, and asked in surprise: "You won't catch it in Lingnan, right?" ”

[I don't know what it's called, I wanted to catch a snake to eat, but I didn't expect the snake to run away, and then I saw this tiger cub, and then I caught it back. 】

Xiao Jin often left the capital and flew far away to forage for food, often catching snakes, rabbits, and pheasants to eat.

"There's no tigress with this tiger cub?" This tiger cub is estimated not to have a full moon, and should be hidden somewhere by the tigress and raised.

[I didn't see it, I just saw it.] 】

Zhao Yao guessed that the tigress might have gone out to forage for food, and then the little tiger was hungry to find the tigress, ran out of the cave in a daze, and was then caught by Xiao Jin.

[Yaoyao, you won't want me to send this tiger cub back, will you? 】

Zhao Yao thought that the little tiger was injured now, and his body was contaminated with his breath, even if he sent it back, it was estimated that the tigress would not want it.

"I haven't raised a tiger, and since you caught it for me, then I'll keep it well." Besides, there are many wild beasts in Lingnan, and having a fierce tiger by your side can also deter those beasts.

[Then you have to thank me.] 】

"Okay, good, thank you very much." Zhao Yao told Tongxi to get some raw meat, snacks and apples.

Xiao Jin was very satisfied with Zhao Yao's thank you.

Zhao Yao carefully looked at the tiger cub in his arms, his head was very round, his ears were segmented, and his four calves were a little thick. The hair on the whole body is orange-yellow and covered with black horizontal stripes, which is very beautiful. Of course, the most domineering thing is that the tiger cub has the word "king" on his head.

When the tiger cub grows up, he will take it to show off his might, and he will definitely be able to scare many people to death at that time.

Gotta give the tiger cub a domineering name.

Let's call it General Tiger.

There are still a few months left in Lingnan, and this time is enough for General Tiger to grow up. In this way, on the way to Lingnan, you can avoid the danger of being attacked by wild beasts.

The more Zhao Yao thought about it, the more he felt that the tiger cubs had to be taken care of. He also instructed the small kitchen to cook goat's milk. When the tiger cub wakes up, feed it drink. You have to prepare some raw chicken and pork for it.

The next day, after the early dynasty, Zhao Yao went to He Lianfang's house and saw the dirty and messy Wen Daoji.

Wen Daoji has been in prison for five or six years, and not a single part of his body is clean.

He Lianfang had already told Wen Daoji that he would assist Zhao Yao in managing Lingnan. He originally thought that Wen Daoji would not agree, but he didn't expect that as soon as he finished speaking, Wen Daoji agreed, without a moment of hesitation, which surprised him very much.

Wen Daoji knew what He Lianfang was surprised about, and he said that he had never been a person who was arrogant. He had been imprisoned for five or six years, and even if he was arrogant, he was now smoothed out. He also said he didn't want to stay in prison anymore and just wanted to get out early. Now there is a chance to get out of prison, and if he refuses, then he is sick in the head.

He Lianfang's words of persuasion were useless, making him a little stunned. Wen Daoji was very different from what he thought.

Wen Daoji saw Zhao Yao walking in front of him from far and near, and his heart set off a turbulent wave.

As soon as Zhao Yao walked in front of Wen Daoji, he saw Wen Daoji kneeling down towards him and kowtowing three times.

"See the lord."

When He Lianfang saw Zhao Yao looking at him in surprise, he knew what Zhao Yao was thinking, and he shook his head lightly at Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao didn't quite understand what He Lianfang meant, he turned his eyes to Wen Daoji, who was kneeling respectfully in front of him, and said softly, "Please get up." ”

"Thank you, Lord."

Zhao Yao was shocked in his heart, what did the second uncle say to Wen Daoji, and let Wen Daoji recognize him as the master so quickly. It can be heard that he is very willing to call "lord".

Just when Zhao Yao was surprised, he heard Wen Daoji praise him like a cannonball.

What a talent, what talent, what grace and luxury, what noble, and what the chosen one.

Zhao Yao and He Lianfang were both stunned by Wen Daoji's series of sought-after words. They looked at Wen Daoji with a frank face as he uttered these sycophant words.

Wen Daoji said again: "It is Wen's honor to be able to assist the lord!" ”

When Zhao Yao saw Wen Daoji's sycophancy, his expression was very sincere, and his tone was also very sincere, without any flattery at all, as if his words were the truth in his heart.

"You ......"

"Lord, a certain physiognomy is a little bit of physiognomy, your face is very valuable, it is a certain luck to be able to follow you."

"I see." Zhao Yao didn't believe a word. He didn't believe in physiognomy. As a prince, he is about to be crowned king again, and his status is of course precious. "Mr. Wen."

"Lord, just call so-and-so's name."

"Mr. Wen, do you know that you are going to Lingnan with me, Lingnan is not anywhere else." Zhao Yao still insisted on calling Wen Daoji "sir".

"My lord, although Lingnan is a land of exile, it is also a land of abundance. As far as I know, there are a lot of products in Lingnan...... Next, Wen Daoji analyzed the advantages of Lingnan to Zhao Yao. "The most important thing is that Lingnan is far away from the capital, and the lord can do whatever he wants in Lingnan."

Zhao Yao didn't expect Wen Daoji's thoughts to coincide with him, "Don't you think Lingnan is an ominous place?" ”

"My lord, Lingnan is a good place." Wen Daoji really thinks Lingnan is a good place. "As long as Lingnan can develop well, then it will be a paradise."

"Do you have the confidence to manage it?"

Wen Daoji knelt down again: "With the lord here, I am confident that I can help the lord govern Lingnan well." ”

That's a nice thing to say.

Zhao Yao will not be fascinated by Wen Daoji's sweet words. He began to torture Wen Daoji to see if he was really talented.

"Tell me, how are you going to manage Lingnan? What is the first thing you do when you go? ”

"Lord, the first thing to do is to check the household registers of various places in Lingnan."

"Why is that?"

"You have to know how many people there are in Lingnan first." Wen Daoji said in a respectful tone, "My lord, population is very important. ”

Zhao Yao nodded, agreeing with Wen Daoji's statement.

"And then, what do you do?"

"The second thing is to check how many fields, cultivated land, and wasteland there are in Lingnan."

Zhao Yao nodded again: "You go on." ”

"The third thing is to know the grain harvest in various parts of Lingnan in the past ten years."

"The Fourth Thing......"

Zhao Yao listened to Wen Daoji talk about what he was going to do one by one, from the calm at the beginning to the shock later.

The things Wen Daoji said were all things that Zhao Yao was going to Lingnan to do.

Zhao Yao sighed in his heart: This Wen Daoji is not a person who can only slap his beard, he is really talented.

"Mr. Wen, if you want to serve me, I have a few conditions."

"My lord, please speak."

"I'm a very open-minded person, as long as you have talent, I will let you do it freely, and I will never interfere with you or suspect you." The so-called suspicious people do not need to be used, and the employment is not suspicious. "I don't like to stick to the old ways, as long as you can do things well, and your approach is too out of the ordinary or too unconventional, I don't care. I don't look at the process, I only look at the result. ”

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, Wen Daoji was shocked on his face, but he was glad in his heart that he had met the right lord. Although he is willing to assist the Ten Princes in order to get out of prison, but the Ten Princes' style of action is not in line with him, then he will not stay by the Ten Princes' side for a long time.

"I know you're, although lust isn't a big drawback, but I don't want you to stab me because of lust, so I can clean up the mess for you."

Zhao Yao said bluntly, and Wen Daoji blushed a little. He hurriedly said: "Lord, I won't come here anymore." ”

"I hope you don't make a mistake because you're." Zhao Yao looked at Wen Daoji with sharp eyes, Wen Daoji felt the coercion from him, and his heart couldn't help but froze.

"Lust is also your weakness, if someone takes advantage of your weakness and does something bad, I will only ask you."

"The words of the lord, I remembered it."

"I want absolute loyalty, can you do it?"

Wen Daoji immediately raised his hand and swore: "A certain is absolutely loyal to the lord. If you betray the lord, the sky will be thundered and there will be no place to die. ”

"I don't listen to the oath, I only watch you do things." If he believed the oath, he was a fool.

"After a long time, I will not disappoint the lord."

"I'll wait." Zhao Yao continued to say his conditions, "Don't bully people, don't bully the people, don't ......"

Zhao Yao said that Wen Daoji agreed to all these conditions.

"Alright, it's your turn to say your terms."

Wen Daoji was slightly stunned, and asked in disbelief: "Can you make a condition to the lord?" ”

"Yes, but I have to see what your conditions are. If it weren't for any excessive conditions, I would have said yes. ”

"My lord, there are no conditions, the only condition is that I hope that my lord can believe in so."

"I promise you that." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "I just said, as long as you have talent, you can do it boldly and boldly, and I will not interfere with you." ”

"Thank you, Lord."

"Second uncle, you can let Mr. Wen take a bath and change clothes." Zhao Yao had already smelled a strange smell from Wen Daoji's body.

He looked at Wen Daoji and said, "You take a good shower and clean yourself up." ”

"Obey the order, the minister retires!" Wen Daoji happily retreated.

"Although it is a little different from what I imagined, it is undeniable that Wen Daoji is indeed talented, and the person you recommended is indeed right, second uncle." Having an outstanding Xiangguo will really save a lot of worry. "Second uncle, in a few days, let Mr. Wen go to Lingnan."

"The people over there, are you going to give it to him?"

"Don't hand it all over to him yet, who will let him use it, second uncle, you can do it."

For Zhao Yao's behavior of being the shopkeeper, He Lianfang is used to it.

"I'll arrange it."

When Wen Daoji came out of the shower, he was a different person. Before taking a bath, it was a dirty woman named Hanako. After taking a bath, he immediately became an elegant and handsome uncle.

Zhao Yao told Wen Daoji that he would leave for Lingnan in a few days.

Wen Daoji immediately agreed, saying that it would be enough to give him five days. Five days later, he set off for Lingnan.

Zhao Yao told Wen Daoji again what he would do after he went to Lingnan. (End of chapter)