Not far from Yuzhou City, there is a simple small tea stall on the side of the official road, an old scholar sits on a small stool in the tea stall, holding an inferior tea bowl in his right hand, holding a book in his left hand, and next to him sits a white-clothed swordsman with a sword on his back.

The white-clothed swordsman asked coldly: "That Yin Quan will really listen to you and go to Donghu County to invite Cheng Jijia?"

The old scholar took a sip of coarse tea, put the tea bowl on the low table, smiled slightly, and then said: "If it is just a down-and-out old scholar, he may not be willing to take it seriously, but if this is what the lord of Canghai said to him, then he must be worshiped as a god, otherwise he is stupid." Although Yin Quan is brutal, he is obviously not a fool. ”

The white-clothed swordsman is Bai Yueting, and the old scholar is of course Wan Deyan.

Bai Yueting pondered for a while, and then asked suspiciously, "Why did you choose this King of Pingxi?"

Wan Deyan smiled softly: "He is ruthless and bad enough, ambitious, and has a certain strength, but he lacks some abilities and needs someone to guide him, so it must be him." ”

Bai Yueting narrowed his eyes and thought about it, then suddenly asked again, "Why do you regard Old Man Tang as an opponent?"

Wan Deyan sighed: "The older generation, the old old, the dead are dead, the hidden are gone, only me and Old Man Tang are quite equal in the rivers and lakes and temples, he supports the emperor, I will find some trouble for him." How lonely else should this life be?"

Bai Yueting sneered, "You're really boring, you'll be happy when a lot of people die?" I see that you have read all the sage books into the dog's stomach." ”

Wan Deyan smiled and said softly: "You don't understand, I actually appreciate what the old eunuch said, if you don't live a good person, then what's the fun? It's a pity that the old eunuch has too little reading and is not my opponent." In this world, there are too few people who are powerful and willing to be marionettes. ”

Bai Yueting suddenly laughed, "People like you who harm others and don't benefit yourself deserve to go to hell in the future!"

The old scholar held the book in his hand, read it very seriously, and then said slowly: "If you people don't want to be famous, not greedy for profit, and don't love power, who else will people like me tempt?"

Bai Yueting smiled bitterly, "If you lose, it's ten years, but fortunately, I can get out in two more years." By the way, you said to wait for the old monk here, are you sure he will take this path......?"

The guards of the Pingxi Royal Mansion were very surprised today, there were two monks who couldn't stop it, and two uninvited scribes came, and even the woman that the prince had just snatched was snatched away, but the prince was unprecedentedly angry, and no one was punished for this incident.

On the way from Yuzhou City to Donghu County, it was dusty. There are 100 iron horsemen in front of the three luxurious carriages to open the way, and after 100 iron horsemen are broken, the knights all have long swords hanging from their waists, and their armor is distinct. When passers-by saw this battle, they all hurriedly hid far away, except for the prince of Pingxi who was so happy in the southwest road, who else had the courage to take two hundred iron horses on the road?

In the first carriage, there was an incense ball burner paid tribute by Fanbang, the fragrance was overflowing, Yin Quan was holding a beautiful maid, closing his eyes and recuperating, as if he was sleeping, and another beautiful maid was gently beating his legs.

After a long time, Yin Quan opened his eyes, looked at the beautiful maid in his arms, lifted her delicate chin with his fingers, and asked: "The widow is lustful, likes the new and hates the old, and when you see different thoughts, do you hate the widow?"

The beautiful maid smiled and said: "The slaves and maids are all the prince's people, and they are willing to follow and serve the prince, and even their lives belong to the prince, so how can they hate the prince." ”

Yin Quan smiled, "One by one's mouths are so sweet, in fact, these scholars in the world, just like women, like women, like to cling to power, if the widow is not the prince, will you still follow the widow?"

The beautiful maid pursed her lips and said in a coquettish voice: "Lord Wang, although the slave and maid are women, they also know that the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit." The scholars have studied hard for ten years, but not all of them are for the glory of their ancestors and their success? They are all human beings, but the prince was born to be a prince, and he is the life of wealth. But the slave and the maid were born in a poor family, and this is the life of the slave and the maid. Why should the prince worry about these things?"

Yin Quan pinched the maid's face affectionately and nodded, "Although you were born in a poor family, now you have fine clothes and food, you can read and write in the palace, read a few books, and understand some truths, this is also fate." Haha Ahead, Donghu County is about to arrive, Wan Deyan, the talent recommended by this old guy, don't let the widow down. ”

The maid was a little puzzled: "Lord Wang, you used to look down on those scholars, and often ridiculed them for being unrealistic, why did you suddenly change your sex and go to the corporal?"

Yin Quan laughed and hugged the beautiful maid a little tighter, "The widow only looks down on those who are proficient in reading, but he doesn't look down on those who have real skills." To govern the country and level the world, you need that kind of real scholars, besides, people will grow, and what you felt bad when you were young may not feel bad now. The widow suddenly felt that he shouldn't mess around anymore, and felt that many people around him would only 'yes yes yes' lord . So, I want to find someone who has the vision and dares to say irresponsible things to me to do something big together. ”

The maid smiled mischievously: "The prince has grown up?"

Yin Quan stroked her soft and said lightly: "In addition to the old monk and Wan Deyan walking on the ground in the palace, the widow suddenly understood that only by threatening to use force could not solve all problems, and sometimes they had to use their brains. So I came to ask this Mr. Cheng to go out of the mountain to help, even if he doesn't succeed, there is also a layer of money to buy horse bones. ”

Twenty miles south of Donghu County, there is a Zhuangzi, and there are 100 families in Zhuangzi, and their ancestors are all farming. There are three bamboo houses in the east of Zhuangzi, there is a grape trellis in the courtyard, there is a table and a bamboo chair under the grape trellis, on the chair, a thin old Confucian in a long shirt is holding a book and reading hard, reading the wonders, he can't help but praise the knots.

Mengkeli, hearing the deafening sound of horses' hooves in the distance, the earth was trembling, two hundred iron horsemen galloped wildly, and the farming households had never seen this scene, and the frightened families closed their doors and closed their homes.

Two hundred iron horses rode to the entrance of the village, and then slowed down, and there was a leading military master, carrying a horsewhip and riding a high-headed horse, came to the old man who was sowing seeds in the field at the entrance of the village, and asked with a smile: "Fellow, where does Mr. Cheng Jijia live?"

The old man who farmed the land was scared half to death, and pointed to the east of Zhuangzi with trembling, "Half a mile to the east, there are three bamboo houses, which are Mr. Cheng's residence." ”

The military master smiled, "Thank you." Turning around and pointing to the east with a horsewhip, "Half a mile to the east, there are three bamboo houses, which are Mr. Cheng's residence." Ten horsemen followed the widow with the carriage, and the rest stayed here and waited. Walk. ”

Ten knights, three carriages, entered Zhuangzi to the east, came to the front of the three bamboo houses, and suddenly feared assassination halfway through, and Yin Quan, who had changed his armor and pretended to be an officer, turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward with a horsewhip and knocked on the bamboo door, "Is Mr. Cheng here? ”

A boy with a bun came to open the door and asked, "Who is it?" Yin Quan smiled, "Please inform Mr. Cheng that Yin Quan is visiting." ”

The old Confucian reading under the grape trellis heard the words, so he raised his head and said, "Open the door for the guests, Dong'er." ”

The child opened the door, Yin Quan walked into the courtyard, saw the old Confucian sitting on the bamboo chair reading, and made a gesture: "You are Mr. Cheng Jijia? ”

The thin old Confucian sat on the chair and didn't move, but just nodded and said, "Old Cheng Jijia, I don't know who Your Excellency is?"

Yin Quan said with a smile, "The widow's surname is Yin, the name is right, and the official worships the king of Pingxi." Knowing that Mr. Cheng is talented, I came to pay my respects and asked Mr. to deign to follow the widow. ”

Cheng Jijia glanced at Yin Quan and turned around and said, "Dong'er, go and move a chair for your guest." ”

The boy agreed, took out a bamboo chair from the bamboo house, and placed it next to the table in the courtyard. Yin Quan sat on the chair and faced Cheng Jijia, and the two looked at each other.

After a long time, Cheng Jijiacai said: "The old man is a man of the mountains and wilderness, he has a false name, and he is very ashamed to have the prince of Lao come from afar." ”

Yin Quan said with a smile: "Mr. Cheng is a great talent in the world, Mr. Wan Deyan recommended it to the widow in person, how can it be a false name?"

Cheng Jijia shook his head and said: "Since the prince has come from afar to seek talent, although the old man is not a sage, he still has a few words that are not very good, and I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Yin Quan said: "Sir, the widow wants to do great things, he is eager to seek talents, and he is willing to respect Mr. as a teacher, and ask Mr. to teach me." ”

Cheng Jijia asked: "I have always heard that the prince is obsessed with beauty and searches for beautiful women everywhere, and a while ago, because a county magistrate surnamed Fan refused to give his daughter to the prince as a concubine, he was killed, and his daughter was sold to the Qinglou? ”

Yin Quan said solemnly: "Mr. taught very right, the widow is very ashamed, this is indeed the fault of the widow." ”

Cheng Jijia said again: "I also heard that the prince levied 100,000 people, and it took three years to build a luxurious Pingxi Palace, which made the treasury empty, the people were displaced, and there were many complaints. For those who want to do great things, money, food, soldiers, people's hearts, and soldiers are indispensable. The prince wasted money and food, just to build a useless Pingxi Palace, but he did not win the hearts of the scholars and the people, and did not organize the armament to build armor. This is the second point that the old man does not understand. ”

Cold sweat oozed from the top of Yin Quan's head, "Thank you, Mr. for reprimanding the widow in person, this is indeed a mistake made by the widow, and the widow is willing to change!"

Cheng Jijia said: "Today's saint is weak, the eunuch is autocratic, this is the opportunity given by God to the prince, but the prince does not know how to cherish, and spends his mind on the woman's body, although he has great ambitions, but he does not work hard for his ambitions, and there are no talented people around him to assist, may I ask what the prince uses to achieve great things? Even I, a man in the mountains and wilderness, know that the prince is a Beijing official and plots great things. But with the current conditions, even if the prince raises troops, what is the chance of victory? Once a wise son of heaven is changed, the imperial court will really not do anything to the prince?"

Yin Quan was terrified, stood up, and bowed to the ground, "What Mr. Cheng said is too good, since the widow has been on the throne, he has been drunk and dreaming all day long, although he has ambitions in his heart, he has no foresight, and he is worried from time to time, but he doesn't know where the problem is. Today, God gave Mr. Cheng to the widow, and the widow is so lucky to have such a teacher. Therefore, Mr. Cheng must go out of the mountain and plan great things for the widow, as for the mistakes made by the widow, as long as Mr. points out, the widow is willing to change!"

Only then did Cheng Jijia stand up, dust off his clothes, lift his robe, and kneel in front of Yin Quan, "Cheng Jijia, the husband of the mountain village, meet the king of Pingxi." ”

Yin Quan hurriedly picked Cheng Jijia up, "Mr. excuse me." He turned around and said, "Come on, bring the gift in!"

Yin Quan's subordinates brought in gold, silver, silk and other things, and Cheng Jijia said with a smile: "Lord, as the saying goes, no merit is not lost, these gifts are so valuable, you can't accept them." ”

Yin Quan said with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, this was not originally a gift to hire a great sage, but just to express my thirst for talent. Cheng Jijia smiled and accepted the gift.

On the same day, Yin Quan used a carriage to carry Cheng Jijia back to Yuzhou, along the way, Cheng Jijia talked highly, pointed out the country, Yin Quan listened to it as if he was drunk, it was really late to see each other.

After Cheng Jijia came, Yin Quan really changed like a person, no longer searching for women everywhere, recruiting talents with peace of mind, and reorganizing the armor.