Early in the morning of the second day, Qu Zhao of the City Patrol Division invited a few people to the side hall to enjoy breakfast.

Ju Yeqian looked at Yang Xiaoyang, who was full of black hair and full of energy, and then looked at Xiao Di, who was a little more silent than usual, and couldn't help sighing.

Xiao Di didn't speak, and the dining table was a little dull, and Qu Zhao on the side was not familiar with a few people, and he didn't know what to say.

Only Li Congwen yawned, took a sip of porridge, thought of the food he bought yesterday, and asked casually: "Qu Zhao, what's going on with you Jiangzhou City? Why are there so many profiteers?"

Qu Zhao smiled bitterly, not like the old-fashioned city patrol division of other places, and said miserably: "Oh boy, there are too many gangs in the city, and each gang has drawn land in the city and issued a cover door to the vendors on their own territory, and those vendors are eager to rob you of money." ”

Yang Xiaoyang finally recovered his appearance after a night of cultivation, and at this time, he was completely distracted, and he felt that he had no regrets in this life, and it was rare to have the leisure to ask about other things, "What is the cover door?"

"Every once in a while, people in the gang would find the vendors on their territory and put a sticker on their door as long as they paid the regular money.

In this way, people from other gangs will not come to harass them, and those vendors can also ask the gang for help if they commit a crime, but the money to buy a cover door is generally not cheap, so the vendors are prone to some crooked thoughts. ”

Yang Xiaoyang thought about it, as if he had really seen a lot of cover doors on the street yesterday, almost every house had them, and couldn't help but wonder: "This can be regarded as half a good thing, right? After all, they want to be peaceful." ”

Qu Zhao sighed, "If only those gangs were there, it would be fine, but there are still many clans in the city from Chu, Yue and Wu, and they also have interests with those gangs." Although those big families did not dare to act rashly, it was still easy to control some small gangs, and the exchange of interests could not be explained in one or two sentences. ”

Yang Xiaoyang saw that Xiao Di was struggling with which dish on the table was better, and with a hook of his fingers, a plate of good-looking dishes appeared in his hand and put it in front of Xiao Di, "Why didn't the imperial court send someone to take care of it?"

Qu Zhao's eyes widened, he didn't know how the dish appeared in his hand, and then he pretended not to see it and said with a wry smile: "After all, the imperial court does not have a strong control over the south, and there should be other reasons, only sent us a city patrol to guard the city, but we can only live in the city, we are really willing but powerless." ”

Yang Xiaoyang asked two more questions and then didn't ask more, his lazy temperament prevailed again, and seeing that Xiao Di had nothing to do, he was ready to get up and go back to the house to sleep.

It was only when he was sleeping that the stinging pain from his soul in his body would be lighter.

However, at this moment, another Wuhou from the City Patrol Division walked in and whispered a few words in Qu Zhao's ear.

Qu Zhao nodded to that Wuhou.

He glanced at a few more people and said with a smile: "Our City Patrol Division is also cooperating with a gang in the city, and that gang leader happened to be here today, how many of you can expect to meet?"

Ju Yeqian and Li Congwen glanced at each other, and saw that Yang Xiaoyang looked unhappy, and Xiao Di was reluctant to give up on a table of dishes, and immediately said, "I want to." ”

Li Congwen stood up, ordered the dishes on the table with a folding fan, and said to Xiao Di: "What is delicious about this dish, I will take you to eat it later." ”

Xiao Tu blinked, and a smile appeared on her fleshy face, "Okay, okay." ”

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In the twenty-sixth year of An Yan, spring, Li Xiangfu.

Today, a distinguished guest came to Prime Minister Li's Mansion, which made the entire Prime Minister's Mansion busy, and even the guards in the mansion were much more serious, and they were all worried, for fear that something would happen to that distinguished guest.

Although Zhao Qinian didn't know why, he was more worried than them.

"Lonely came to visit, and asked Li Xiang not to blame. Zhao Qinian saluted respectfully to Li Jinglan, who came out to greet him, and said with some trepidation.

Chen Kang, who was next to Li Jinglan, looked at this prince curiously, and he understood what weakness is.

Li Jinglan took Chen Kang and Zhao Qinian into the study, and on the way, Zhao Qinian wanted to talk to Chen Kang several times, but he didn't say it for some reason, and Chen Kang was anxious.

Li Jinglan and Zhao Qinian sat down, and Chen Kang made tea for the two of them and sat aside, without any intention of leaving.

Although Chen Kang is humble on the surface, Zhao Qinian always feels that Chen Kang has arrogance and sharpness.

"Li Xiang, who is this?"

"He is my student Chen Kang, you are young and similar, you can communicate more. Li Jinglan said lightly.

Zhao Qinian nodded hurriedly when he heard this, but Chen Kang felt that the prince was taking Li Xiang's words as a task.

"I came here to ask about military power, and a few days ago, Master Su came to tell me about it. Zhao Qinian glanced at the steaming tea on the table, and wanted to pick it up, but he felt that it was too hot, so he decided to drink it coldly.

However, he saw that Li Xiang blew slightly and drank it, and he hurriedly picked it up, tested the temperature with the tip of his tongue, and felt that it was still unbearable, so he put it down again.

Li Jinglan sighed, "Naturally, it is best to return the military power to Your Majesty." ”

Chen Kang was stunned, didn't he say before that he wanted General Yang to be in charge?

Zhao Qinian didn't expect Li Xiang to say this, "But the father ...... him"

He paused, and there was silence in the study for a while.

Knowing that Zhao Jinsheng only had two years left to live, but he couldn't do anything, it was uncomfortable.

"The military power will be returned to Your Majesty first, Your Majesty will collapse, Your Highness will ascend the throne, and your Highness will naturally be in charge when the time comes. Li Jinglan was the first to break the silence.

"But......" Zhao Qinian was taken aback, quite frightened, "but after all, the soldiers were born and died for Mingwu, if the person with the highest prestige in the army is in charge of the army, it is naturally fine, but the lone talent is shallow and has no prestige in the army, if I am in charge of the army, I am afraid of ......"

Zhao Qinian just wanted to continue, but saw Li Jinglan bang the teacup on the table, and the hot tea splashed on Zhao Qinian's hand, but he didn't dare to wipe it.

Because at this time, Li Jinglan was looking angry.

"The military power must be withdrawn, if the military power is allowed to wander outside, it is the way to take chaos! In the future, you will be the emperor, and the soldiers should be born and die for you. You are the emperor, and it should be the people of the world who look at your face, not the faces of others! You are the emperor, do you understand?"

Li Jinglan's angry scolding surrounded the room, and the heat from the tea also steamed.

Zhao Qinian's mouth opened slightly, gasped a few times, lowered his head and endured crying: "Yes....... It's ......"

Chen Kang looked at Zhao Qinian with a stunned expression, not understanding how God could let such a weak person be born in the emperor's family.

Li Jinglan looked at Zhao Qinian like this, pointed at him and couldn't speak, and finally had to sigh, "Go out." ”

Promised, weak and incompetent.

Heaven doesn't help me Mingwu.

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The lobby of the City Patrol Division did not have a primary position, but a round table that seemed to be used for eating was placed like a side hall.

Everyone sat down at random at Qu Zhao's signal, Li Congwen unceremoniously sat in the seat facing the entrance of the lobby, and the other three sat on either side of him.

After a while, two middle-aged people walked in outside the lobby.

One is emaciated, and the beard on the upper and lower lips is meticulously groomed. Even in summer, he still wears a cyan robe at a glance, which is quite elegant.

However, Yang Xiaoyang saw that he had his eyes closed when he entered the door, and he was supported by the person next to him, so he felt that this person should be blind.

The man beside him was much stronger, wearing a strong suit, and his exposed arms were bronze and very strong, and he looked like a martial arts practitioner.

The two approached, and the strong man glanced at a few people in surprise, and whispered a few words in the ear of the elegant man, and the elegant man saluted a few people, "Jiang Hao, the leader of the lower Ming Gang, this is Yuan Lei, the head of the gang, and I have seen Master Qu and several distinguished guests." ”

After a few people returned the salute, Li Congwen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Gang Master Jiang can't see it?"

Jiang Hao smiled slightly, not angry, "Yes." ”

"How did you get it?" Li Congwen did not shy away from revealing people's scars.

Jiang Hao was still not annoyed, and even Yuan Lei, who was supporting him, had no expression, and silently helped Jiang Hao to sit down.

"Hehe, how many people have two pairs of eyes?" Jiang Hao did not answer positively, but asked lightly.

Yang Xiaoyang was stunned for a moment, looked at Jiang Hao carefully, and didn't notice that he had eyes on the top of his head, so he felt that he was going to say something mysterious and mysterious.

It may be a little more mysterious than being angry and breaking through.

Li Congwen opened the folding fan and fanned it a few times, "I don't know, dare to ask where the other pair of eyes are?"

"It's in our eyes. Jiang Hao said word by word.

"You're a double pupil?"

"Hahaha. Jiang Hao chuckled and shook his head, "No, no, the other pair of eyes is behind our pupils, and only by closing the outer eyes can we have a chance to close the inside." ”

Qu Zhao shook his head and smiled disapprehantly, obviously having heard Jiang Hao explain many times.

"What happens if you close the inside?" Li Congwen was interested.

Jiang Hao's face, which had been smiling faintly, suddenly appeared excited, and even his body trembled slightly, "If you close both pairs of eyes, you can see a beautiful scene, more gorgeous than the blooming flowers, more brilliant than the starry sky, and more magnificent than the rolling Yangtze River!"

Yang Xiaoyang saw Jiang Hao behaving like this, and quietly closed his eyes, but he couldn't feel the second pair of eyes in his eyes, let alone the beautiful scenery he said.

He opened his eyes and saw that Xiao Di had also tried, but asked with a puzzled expression, "How did you close the second pair of eyes?"

Jiang Hao shook his head, "Not everyone can close it, it depends on the will of God." ”

Xiao Di obviously didn't know what providence was, "Who can have this providence?"

"As far as I know, I'm the only one who has time. ”