The twilight is heavy, and the world is dim.

The Moyuan Literary Association has ended, but those romantic talents will not disappear, because this is the pastime of Yongjia City and Alum Tower.

On the main street in the north-south direction, a carriage moved smoothly, accompanied by more than a dozen cavalry around it.

Since coming to the capital two years ago, Chen Shu has followed Lu Tong's instructions to stay here, as if the middle-aged man who was used to holding his hands in his sleeves foresaw that Lu Shen would live in the capital again for a long time, so he asked Chen Shu to make all the detailed arrangements while running the business.

Therefore, when Lu Shen was awarded the title of Marquis of Shanyang and was given a mansion, he could calmly refuse the kindness of the Privy Council, and Chen Shu soon brought a large group of servants who had been cultivated by the Lu family for many years to the Hou Mansion, including the carriage that Lu Shen was now riding in with an ordinary appearance and a spacious and comfortable interior.

Lu Shen deliberately used a carriage to travel today, not because he wanted to pretend in front of Guo Congyi and others, but because of the middle-aged man in the carriage.

"Master, I really didn't expect you to come to the capital."

After the initial greetings, Lu Shen said sincerely.

Wei Chigui smiled and said: "I said when I first taught you to scatter hands, you and I don't care about the name of master and apprentice. Your master can only be Lin Jie, this is your inheritance in the rivers and lakes. As for me, it's just because I appreciate your temperament and talent, and I can't bear to lose this ancestral martial arts of the Wei Chi family, so I teach it to you. ”

Lu Shen naturally didn't cover the clouds and mountains in front of him, and said with a little embarrassment: "But except for Master, other titles are not very suitable." ”

Wei Chigui said open-mindedly: "It's better to call your predecessors like before." ”

Lu Shen didn't continue to insist, after all, that seemed too hypocritical.

Wei Chigui continued: "Brother Xiao has returned to the Governor's Mansion of Anda, and he is worried that you don't have a real master to help you in the capital, so he asked me to go on a special trip. I know that your father must have other arrangements, and you also have 2,000 elite cavalry by your side, but there are some things that we Jianghu people are better at after all. ”

Lu Shen was grateful, although Xiao Wangzhi took care of him because of what happened back then, but this kindness was not false at all.

He remembered the situation on the northern frontier and asked, "Senior, is Dingzhou still stable?" ”

Wei Chigui knew what he was worried about, and said bluntly: "At least before I went south, Li Jingda didn't make any trouble. According to the arrangement before your departure, the Feiyun army will guard the northern part of Dingzhou, the Lai'an army will guard the Qingliu Pass in the west, and Li Jingda will take the Zhenwei army to garrison Ruyin City. The Dingbei and Ningyuan armies were also steadily building up their combat strength, and Li Jingda did not interfere too much. ”

In fact, Lu Shen will receive a secret letter from the north after a while, and he is no stranger to the situation in Dingzhou and Huaizhou, but at this moment, when he heard Wei Chigui's face-to-face confirmation, he couldn't help but feel a little more relaxed.

"Senior, Uncle Xiao is worried that I will be in danger here in the capital?"

"Although Brother Xiao rarely comes to the capital, he has dealt with the Jiangnan clan for fifteen years, and he knows the temperament of these people very well."

Wei Chigui raised his eyes and looked at the young marquis opposite, and said with a straight face: "Brother Xiao's evaluation of them is that they know small courtesies but no great righteousness, are disciplined but not virtuous, and value selfish interests and ignore shame. ”

Lu Shen's expression was solemn and thoughtful.

Wei Chigui continued: "You worked hard in the frontier before, and you had Brother Xiao on it, so you rarely dealt with these people, I'm afraid you don't know that they turn their faces faster than books." If you don't touch their fundamental interests, even if there are some juvenile spirits, just like your attitude towards Li Jia Saburo when you entered Beijing the year before last, those big people hiding behind you will definitely not treat you well because of your identity and resume. However, once you become the knife in the hands of the Son of Heaven and want to rip the flesh from these gate valves, then you will inevitably become a thorn in their side. ”

In fact, Lu Shen understands these truths, because he has seen a lot of related stories in his previous life, which may be one of the advantages of his two lives.

However, of course, he would not show off in front of Wei Chigui, and said, "Uncle Xiao's reminder is very important to me. It's just that I'm thinking about a problem, the DPRK pays attention to means and rules, and I'm afraid that assassination will not work. ”

Wei Chigui did not refute, but only reminded: "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if." ”

Lu Shen was stunned, and then smiled: "Then I have to be wronged by my predecessors to follow me for the next period of time." ”

Wei Chigui said leisurely: "The main reason for appearing today is to say hello to you in advance, so as not to make muttering in the hearts of the people around you, you don't have to make special arrangements, and I won't be an eyesore in front of you, I will naturally appear when necessary." ”

Lu Shen couldn't help but think of that time in Baotai Mountain, he and Lin Jie set a strategy to lure the traitor, the most critical point of which was that Wei Chigui quietly followed Lin Jie into the ambush circle, and was not discovered by masters such as Dianmao from beginning to end, which shows that this middle-aged man not only has a pair of hands that destroy gold and jade, but also has a wonderful kung fu to hide his whereabouts.

He bowed his head and said, "Thank you seniors for taking care of you!" ”

Wei Chigui smiled and bowed.

After a while, the carriage came to the gate of the ink garden.

Led by Zhike, the carriage entered the ink garden through the side door, and then stopped at the periphery of a house.

Lu Shen stepped out of the carriage alone, and saw Guo Congyi and another middle-aged martial artist standing outside the courtyard, looking over with a smile.

He hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen the Privy Counsellor and the Marquis of Nan'an." ”

Guo Congyi quipped: "Brother Hou, after seeing Shanyang Hou, I realized that I was really old. ”

Hou Yu said leisurely: "What the privy councillor said is extremely true, Lu Hou is the best among the younger generation of the dynasty, and he has won more military exploits in the past two years than I have in more than ten years combined, which is even more worthy of admiration." ”

As soon as the two sang and harmonized, they threw over a few high hats in the blink of an eye.

Lu Shen said humbly: "How dare you be reckless in front of the two seniors, and I hope that the seniors will not hesitate to mention it in the future." ”

Guo Congyi said with a smile: "This is a bit raw. Shanyang Hou, please. ”

Lu Shen said darkly, we are not familiar with each other, and said respectfully: "The two of you are invited first." ”

The three of them walked into the main hall of the Yashe together, and with Guo Congyi's command, the maids who brought a gust of fragrant breeze when they walked with a slender posture began to serve the food.

Although tonight was a private banquet, because the identities of the three people attending the banquet were too valuable, Mo Yuan did not dare to be careless at all, and sent several of the most powerful cooks to run the banquet, and completed the production of all the dishes under the supervision of Guo's personal soldiers.

Although the second prince is the master of Moyuan, he will definitely not show up on such an occasion, and the other Moyuan stewards do not have that qualification at all, so except for the maid who serves food and pours wine, there is only one privy envoy and two Nanya generals in the hall.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, after more than a quarter of an hour of greeting and nonsense, Guo Congyi asked with concern: "Lu Hou, Le Minghong's little cubs didn't cause you trouble today, right?" ”

Lu Shen said indifferently: "Thank you for your concern, General Le, they are all veterans of the battlefield, how could they make the following mistakes?" Don't hide it from the privy secret, in fact, before I went to Nanya, I did have some worries in my heart, one is that I am young after all, I am afraid that I will not be able to convince the public, and second, I have no idea about the situation of the Beijing army, lest I make a mistake and make people laugh. Fortunately, those generals took good care of me and didn't let me make a fool of myself in public. ”

Guo Congyi smiled dumbly.

Hou Yu on the other side interjected: "Privy, it's not that the last general is too talkative, you are really worried in vain." Although Lu Hou is young, he is the dry city of the country that rises up in the sea of corpses and blood, and he doesn't even pay attention to tens of thousands of Jing troops, let alone Le Minghong and others? ”

Lu Shen glanced at this person quietly.

It sounds like a compliment, but it has a thorn in it.

Guo Congyi's heart moved slightly, and he diverted the topic without a trace: "Lu Hou, I heard that your family has a lot of businesses in Huaizhou?" ”

Lu Shen knew very well that his family background had long been inquired about by the nobles in the capital, so he did not deliberately hide it, and said, "That's true." ”

Guo Congyi smiled and said: "It's not easy for Ling Zun, he has been running the family business for so many years before, and he has opened his business all over the six prefectures of Huaizhou. But...... Although Huaizhou is rich, after all, there is only one state, and it is a pity that the Lu family's firm is limited here. ”

Lu Shen immediately heard the meaning of his words, and said calmly: "What the privy councillor said is not unreasonable, but my father is old, and I don't have time to take care of the family's business, so it is also a good thing to maintain the current scale." ”

Guo Congyi and Hou Yu glanced at each other, and then said gently: "Actually, I don't know much about this kind of thing, but there happens to be a close friend who is good at this." He knew that I was going to have a banquet for Brother Lu tonight, so he specially begged me to arrange for him and Brother Lu to meet. Of course, I don't want to make decisions on my own, and I hope that Brother Lu can save face. ”

Lu Shen agreed to this banquet from noon, and knew that it was impossible to simply eat and drink.

He looked at Guo Congyi and Hou Yu's expressions indifferently, and said, "Since I am the best friend of the privy, how can I not see it?" ”

"Good!"

Guo Congyi praised and glanced at a waiter.

After a while, a middle-aged man in his forties walked briskly into the hall and saluted the three powerful martial artists in turn.

"Villain Fu Yangzi, meet the general and the Marquis of Shanyang!"

Lu Shen listened to this pampered middle-aged man report to his home, and the name of Fenglin Fu immediately appeared in his mind, and he said calmly: "Mr. Fu doesn't need to be polite. ”

Guo Congyi took the opportunity to say: "Brother Fu, I remember that you said earlier that if the business of the Guangling Lu family is officially rolled out in the thirteen states in the south of the Yangtze River, it will not be long before it can expand more than ten times in scale?" ”

Fu Yangzi got his eyes, and immediately looked at Lu Shen, who was calm, and said cautiously: "Don't dare to say anything in front of the Hou Ye, if the Guangling Lu family has the heart to go south, and with the support of these big businesses in the south, it is not difficult to expand the scale by more than ten times." Huaizhou is rich, but after all, the area is small and cannot be compared with the thirteen states in the south of the Yangtze River. For the Lu family, Jiangnan is a vast world that really makes great achievements. ”

Lu Shen laughed softly.

He looked around at Guo Congyi and Hou Yu on the table, then at the solemn maids and waiters next to him, and finally his eyes stayed on Fu Yangzi.

This is a pull without any technical level, and it even seems too straightforward and explicit, which is not at all in line with the unhurried and unhurried style of the gate valve family.

But it's an extremely ruthless trick.

Of course, the Jiangnan clan represented by Guo Congyi, Hou Yu and Fu Yangzi would not naively think that Lu Shen would easily agree, but as long as Lu Shen did not refuse on the spot, it would not take long for this matter to reach the ears of the Son of Heaven in the palace.

Maybe you can bury a thorn in the heart of the Son of Heaven.

The key lies in how Lu Shen responds.

Fu Yangzi stood respectfully.

Lu Shen twisted the white jade wine glass in his hand, and said faintly: "Fu Yangzi, if Ben Hou heard correctly, you are openly bribing the imperial court generals?" ”

"Ah...... This ......"

Fu Yangzi raised his head suddenly, a look of apprehension appeared on his face.

Guo Congyi and Hou Yu changed color slightly.

Fu Yangzi hurriedly defended: "Hou Ye Mingjian, the villain never dares to have such a foolish thought, the villain just feels sorry for the Lu family's business being confined to one place——"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Shen flicked his right hand, and the wine glass flew out like a meteor and smashed straight into Fu Yangzi's face.

I could only hear the middle-aged man howl miserably, and his face was instantly bloody.

Guo Congyi was shocked and speechless, and Hou Yu immediately slapped the table and said, "Shanyang Hou, why do you want to wantonly hurt people!" ”

What greeted him was not an argument, but the cold gaze of Lu Shen, a young prince and general of the Beijing army, and the murderous aura that filled the hall like a substance in the blink of an eye.

As he said before, this is the murderous aura that broke out of the sea of corpses and blood.

Hou Yu looked at Lu Shen's eyes, feeling the cold killing intent that rushed to his face, as if he would draw his sword in the next moment, he couldn't help but suffocate slightly, and the words of the arch fire behind him could not be exported.

Only then did Lu Shen retract his gaze, and turned to look at Fu Yangzi, who was covering his face with his hands in great pain, and said coldly: "Ben Hou knows that you are from the Fenglin Fu family, and he also knows that your Fu family is the best at business, and you can be called the leader among the Jiangnan Gate Valves. ”

He paused slightly, and said word for word: "If you say half a word more, I will send you back to the west now." ”

"Get out!"

(End of chapter)