"Lord Cheng's life-saving grace, the two of us will never forget! It's just that in the future, both of us are ordinary people, and I am afraid that I will not be able to repay Lord Cheng's great kindness. ”

During the day, Zhou Mowu and Zheng Liang, who were rescued by Cheng Yijie in the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, followed him back to Cheng's Mansion together.

At this time, it is best for the two of them not to show their faces in this capital, as for their families and property, naturally there will be some loyal servants to come forward to answer, and after everything is taken care of, they will leave the capital together.

"The two adults don't need to be polite, as for the official position, it's just a small two waiters, and if you lose it, you lose it, and there's nothing to feel sorry for. ”

Zhou Mowu and Zheng Liang smiled bitterly together, the position of the waiter is of course nothing in Cheng Yijie's eyes, but in their eyes, it is the result of their fortunate struggle for half a lifetime.

"There is no need for the two adults to have such a disheartened expression, now I have an opportunity in my hand to make the two adults make a comeback, or even go further, but it depends on whether the two adults can seize the opportunity!"

The two of them instantly came to their senses when they heard Cheng Yijie's words, but there was still some vigilance in their eyes, although during the day, Shang Shuling, who was powerful enough to rank in the top five in the court, saved them, but for the sake of their own lives and the lives of the family, they could not be allowed to be a little sloppy.

"I don't know what the opportunity is that Master Cheng said, what do you want the two of us to do?"

These two people are now grasshoppers on a rope, and no one can jump alone, so when Zhou Mowu opened his mouth, he naturally brought Zheng Liang with him.

"Don't worry, two adults, this matter is definitely not a bad thing for you, only good!"

Zhou Mowu and Zheng Liang glanced at each other, waiting for Cheng Yijie's next words, and Cheng Yijie saw that the two had no meaning to speak, so he opened his mouth and continued.

"The two of you should know that soon, the second prince Zhao Tianxiong will return to Beijing, but do you know the purpose of his return to Beijing?"

The two still looked at each other, but did not speak.

"Take the heir!"

Cheng Yijie suddenly raised his voice, and Zhou Mowu's eyes were both a little surprised and a little sudden.

"Let me ask, what kind of merit can be greater than the merit of putting the second prince on the throne of the crown prince and finally sitting on the throne of the emperor! The two adults, the opportunity is in your eyes, and you are not ready to give it a go! At that time, Mo said that it was a small squire, and even the six books were at your disposal. ”

The two of them looked very excited, but they both pressed themselves in time, and after some eye contact, Zhou Mowu spoke.

"Master Cheng, I don't know what the two of us need to do in this matter?"

"It's very simple, do you remember the champion who refused to accept Huang Menlang's position three years ago?"

What Lord Cheng said was the one that made the emperor applaud Chu Mengqiao at that time. ”

Zhou Mowu opened his mouth with some uncertainty.

"Actually, that person is my protégé, and now under my arrangement, he has become the governor of Suzhou, and you two only need to take my letter to him, and you can gain his trust and help, as for what you want to do? You only need to gather a group of scholars in Suzhou for the second prince!"

When Cheng Yijie said the arrangements for them, both of them were a little incredulous.

"Master Cheng really just needs us to do something like this?"

"Simple, two adults, the number of scholars is the most, I believe that you also have a deep understanding of this, so it is not easy for the two of you to gain the trust of Jiangnan Shizi!"

The hesitation in Zhou Mowu and Zheng Liang's eyes disappeared, and turned into a resolute force.

"Master Cheng, the two of us did this!"

Hearing that the two finally agreed, Cheng Yijie smiled with satisfaction.

"In this case, the two adults and I are fellow travelers. ”

As he spoke, he took out two envelopes from a drawer and handed them to the two of them.

"In these two envelopes, except for one letter that you want to pass on to my student, it is a silver ticket of five million taels of silver, after going to Suzhou, you don't have to feel sorry for the silver, you should spend it where you should spend it, and the truth of the saying that wealth moves people's hearts is always correct!"

"Master Cheng, the two of us have been officials for many years, and our family can be regarded as having property, so we don't have to give this silver!"

Cheng Yijie was extremely mild at this time.

"Let you take it, as long as I can succeed in the future, will I care about this mere five million taels?"

"That's... Master Cheng, we are disrespectful. ”

The two respectfully took the envelope, although Cheng Yijie meant that everyone conspired together, but they still got the distinction between primary and secondary, if they dared to have some signs of wanting to oppose the guest, they would be kicked out immediately.

"Okay, okay, I don't want to be polite with you here, it's not early, the two adults should go down and rest early! ”

"Yes, Master Cheng. ”

Just as the two of them turned to go out, a figure appeared in the shadows.

"The head of the family, these two have neither talent nor martial arts, and their personalities are even more of a choice, why would they choose the two of them to be the chess pieces. ”

Cheng Yijie didn't pay attention to the person behind him, but opened a book of "Twenty-Four Strategies" written by his predecessors and read it.

"Your brain, or practicing martial arts is more suitable for you, although these two people are villains who tend to be inflammatory, but villains have their own villains, and if they are used well, his role is no less than that of a scholar with a high chest. ”

Black Shadow said with some unwillingness.

"But these two people have a backlash at a glance, and they can't tell when they will sell us. ”

"The villain does have a backbone, but that is when we have lost, as long as we can stay strong, not only will they not rebel, but they will be determined to keep those secrets for us. ”

"But..."

Cheng Yijie waved his hand and interrupted the figure who was about to speak.

"But if we lose? These are just two chess pieces that I arranged later, if you want to destroy them, you can just snap your fingers! You don't need to worry about these things, only if you break through to the first rank one day earlier, our chances of winning will be greater!"

"Yes!"

After finishing speaking, the figure returned to the dark place, closely protecting Cheng Yijie, who was reading quietly.

......

Just at the junction of Bianzhou and Youzhou there is a small town called Jifu, which is rumored to have existed here about 400 years ago.

It was the merchants who traveled between Bianzhou and Youzhou who found that it was more cost-effective to do reselling business here than to rush to deliver goods, so those merchants who gathered by profit moved their families here together and built this town.

Today, one of the richest families in the town, surnamed Li, was one of the first merchants to move to the town, and according to one of their families, their ancestors had a great general.

However, there is no way to verify what dynasty and dynasty it is, and the general who was born when the emperor was in office, but this does not seem to affect the Li family at all, but as a merchant family, it has a set of military art inheritance.

The eldest son of the Li family's generation is called Li Li, and the family originally hoped that he would be a scholar with both ability and political integrity, and it was best to be able to get a fame, but this kid seems to be born not to be a scholar.

Fortunately, although this Li Li is not interested in poetry and songs, and he is also two days of fishing and three days of drying nets in the art of war, he can finally insist on learning, which can be regarded as a comfort to his father who has made money all his life.

"Reading is hard, reading is annoying, reading makes people confused! Escape today, escape tomorrow, escape one day at a time!"

At the entrance of Jifu Town, Li Li, who stole out of Mr. Teach, wanted to hide outside the town, but it was not time to go home from class, and if he went back early, he would be caught up and down by his hot-tempered father.

In a small forest outside Jifu Town, there was a messy grass nest inside, which Li Li had found to pave with hay himself, and every time he skipped class, he would come here to sleep before going home, so that his family would not find out that he had skipped class.

Just when Li Li was about to wander, a team of soldiers and horses appeared on the path next to the forest.

Except for the one at the front, who is a white-armored white horse, the rest of the people are all black-armored and black horses, giving people a sense of impact.

Li Li, who was not sleepy in the first place, stood up all of a sudden, drowsy, and looked intently at the people passing in front of him.

When the pair of centaurs with a Chu flag erected were getting closer and closer to Li Li, he took a step back without his own control and stepped on a dead branch.

"Who!"

The black-armored cavalry, who was already very vigilant, suddenly saw Li Li standing behind the tree, and then, immediately a man and a horse came out to pull Li Li out from behind the tree.

"What's your name?"

The young general, who was sitting on a white horse, looked at the young man and asked.

"My name is Li Li!"

"Li Li! a nice name, see if you just escaped from Mr. Private School. ”

A trace of panic flashed in the eyes of the young man named Li Li, who was looked at by the white-clothed general.

"Don't be nervous, when I'm your age, I skip class every day. ”

This sentence seemed to pull into the relationship between the white-clothed general and Li Li, and the two of them showed a smile as a fellow practitioner at the same time.

"What book are you reading?

The white-clothed general saw at a glance the book that Li Li was holding in his hand and was about to use as a pillow, and Li Li also generously handed the book to the general.

"Yo!

The white-clothed general flipped through it casually, the book was called "Essays on the Thirty-three Battles of Pingsheng", and the content was written by a general when he was marching and fighting, but even the white-clothed general had never seen this book, and the content also made his eyes new.

"Where did you get this war book, I haven't seen it before!"

He took the book of war and asked Li Li, who was looking at the white horse in a trance.

"Ahh This is the ancestral inheritance of my family, and there was a great general in my ancestor. ”

Li Li looked proud, and then secretly watched the reaction of the white-clothed general somewhere, and felt even more proud after seeing him nod.

The white-clothed general threw the book back to Li Li and said to him.

"Hey, Li Li, study this book of war, and the next time I come, I'll let you be a general, and give you a good horse, how about it?"