Hearing this, the faces of all the people present changed, and they were angry, and they wanted to scold, but they saw Xun Qin coming like the stars holding the moon.

Her meaningful gaze glanced around the crowd that wanted to speak, and then quickened her pace, and she did not shy away from taking the first chair in the hall.

This position should have belonged to Yuan Xiao.

Seeing this scene, the three people sitting on the chair subconsciously frowned and looked at each other without a trace, but no one said much.

"Yan Shun, Hong Temple, Lei Zhen, what are you doing in a daze? Don't you know the eldest lady?"

Under Yuan Xiao's reminder, the three of them suddenly woke up, and hurriedly got up and saluted Xun Qin: "I've seen the eldest lady!"

"I only knew that the eldest lady was coming, but I didn't know that the eldest lady would come so quickly. If you miss the distance, you will forgive your sins!" Among the three, a middle-aged man with a dove-faced face and a thin figure first apologized to Xun Qin, and then complained to Yuan Xiao in a low voice, "Brother Yuan, why did you hide the whereabouts of the eldest lady and deliberately make us ugly?"

"The current situation is chaotic, and I am also thinking about the safety of the eldest lady, so as not to show the news......"

"Who doesn't know that Brother Yuan's Shenzhou City is so solid that no wind or rain can enter or get out. What's more, the eldest lady has arrived at your mansion, and when you send someone to call us, you can explain the reason, so why bother to make a fool of yourself and say 'the old man is visiting'?" said another middle-aged man with a leopard head and eyes and a tiger's back and a bear's waist.

"Wronged! really wronged!" Yuan Xiao looked aggrieved, "It's because the people are ignorant, it's not Yuan who is making a mistake." ”

"Yuan Xiao, Yuan Xiao, you really don't want to eat at all. The eldest of the three was a black-faced man with big ears, he seemed to be very dissatisfied with Yuan Xiao's "quibble", and pouted, "Just because I refuse to tell you Su He's whereabouts, you sincerely let us embarrass in front of the eldest lady?

was teased by this person, Yuan Xiao wanted to cry without tears, and he couldn't argue, but the other two took great care to add fuel and vinegar, laughing and coaxing.

The four heads of the four mansions in Shangjing sometimes attacked each other, as if they were incompatible. Sometimes there are gags, and they seem to intersect with each other. The last sentence is still-for-tat, and the next sentence is full of laughter. Such a strange relationship that seems to be separated and seems to be close to each other made Liu Xunyi quite surprised. secretly thought, "If the four people in front of you are not like brothers, and they are unscrupulous, they are fighting openly and secretly, and they are acting on the spot."

Liu Xunyi has just arrived and met them in Pingshui, so it is difficult to make a judgment.

"The four of you don't have to pass the buck to each other, I won't tell the Shaoqin King about this. Xun Qin looked at the four Yuan Xiao who said a word to you and me with interest, and said with a smile, "Everyone is their own person, but it also saves those red tapes." Without further ado, I'll introduce you to a friend. ”

As for this, Xun Qin beckoned gently to Liu Xunyi, who was standing in the distance, and then said to everyone: "This is the famous Liu Xunyi, and now there are many uninvited guests outside the gate, and nine times out of ten they are coming to him." As for all kinds of rumors about him, I don't need to say that you must be familiar with it. ”

After that, Xun Qin ignored everyone's heads and ears, and introduced to Liu Xunyi: "You already know Master Yuan of Shenzhou Yuan Mansion, who fought a bloody way in Liaoyang Mansion with a big ring knife, laid a foundation, and became a well-deserved overlord. The other three are also famous, the oldest is the head of the Hongfu family in Taizhou, Hongsi, his Hongjia boxing both inside and outside, both rigid and soft, quite famous in the northeast. The slender figure is Yan Soon, the head of Jeju Yanfu, whose marksmanship is ever-changing and fierce, and he has the reputation of 'Jeju Little Na Sung' twenty years ago. This strong body is Lei Zhen, the head of the Lei Mansion in Gyeongju, who has solid and steady kung fu, and is known as the "invincible opponent in the next three roads". They are the four masters of the four mansions in Shangjing, and they are also the four heroes with the greatest power, the most disciples, the most extensive connections, and the strongest means in the northeast.

Listening carefully to Xun Xunqin's introduction, Liu Xunyi's eyes swept over Yuan Xiao and the four of them one by one, and carefully wrote down their appearance and names, and finally looked good, with a modest attitude and not rudeness: "Liu Xunyi, who is at the end of the rivers and lakes, is really fortunate to get acquainted with the four today. ”

"Your Excellency is Liu Xunyi?" Lei Zhen looked Liu Xunyi up and down, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes, "Shu Lei is straightforward, I thought how powerful the person who could turn the Great Song Dynasty and the Central Plains martial arts upside down, I saw it today...... There doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary. ”

When they met for the first time, Lei Zhen actually spoke disrespectfully, which not only surprised Liu Xunyi, but also stunned Xun Qin, Abaolu and others.

Brother Lei said this, Yan did not dare to agree. Yan Shun's eyes moved, and he took advantage of the situation to retort, "Although Brother Liu is not very old, everything he does is vigorous and earth-shattering, which is enough to make people like you and me who have been mediocre for half their lives ashamed. What's more, when you meet Brother Liu for the first time today, isn't it shameful to judge people by their appearance?"

"It is obvious to all that Liu Xunyi is a friend of the eldest lady. Brother Yan exalts others and belittles himself like this, beware of being suspected of being flattered and flattering?"

"The intolerable guests of the rivers and lakes, the people who are at the end of the road, are the people at the end of the rivers and lakes. Liu Xunyi laughed at herself, "Two months ago, if it weren't for Miss Xunqin's rescue regardless of her previous suspicions, I'm afraid it would have become a dry bone in the grave...... No, there should be no place to bury the dead, and there are no bones. ”

"Whether it's the end of the road or dry bones, what do we have to do?" Lei Zhen cast his gloomy gaze on Yuan Xiao, who was silent and contemplative, and asked in a wordy manner, "Brother Yuan, our days have always been peaceful and happy, and we have not fought or robbed for many years, and we have been in peace with each other. But now, because of you, it has attracted the tigers and wolves of the Central Plains, and the chickens and dogs in the Northeast are restless, and this matter is ...... How do you explain it?"

"I ......"

"Master Lei, you don't have to ask knowingly, insinuating. Before the panicked Yuan Xiao tried to explain, Xun Qin had already spoken quietly, "You know that Liu Xunyi was brought by me, and it was also my idea to ask you for help, so why embarrass Master Yuan......? Just look for me. ”

"Lei doesn't dare!" Lei Zhen rolled his eyes and said, "I'm just...... It's a bit confusing. ”

"Confused what?"

"The eldest lady may not know, since we received the news from Brother Yuan, we acted according to the instructions of the eldest lady. In just a few days, the four prefectures in Beijing have encountered more threats and troubles than in the past three or five years, and the manpower, material resources, and financial resources expended to find out information from all sides and deal with people from all walks of life are far greater than usual......

"Lei Zhen, what do you mean? What manpower, material resources, and financial resources...... Could it be that you want to ask the eldest lady for an account?" Abaolu glared at him and reprimanded sharply, "Just do it! Instead of complaining around the bush, why don't you pull out the list and let the eldest lady compensate for it?"

"Brother Lei has always been quick to talk, and sometimes it is inevitable that the words will not reach the meaning, but you should not listen to the wind and rain and speculate in vain. Hong Si said in a deep voice, "We have a fixed amount of harvest and expenditure every year, and we have reported to the Shaoqin King as early as the beginning of the year, and the plan and scheduling for the whole year are properly arranged." Now, the eldest lady is going to be temporarily transferred...... Moreover, it is a large-scale allocation of human, material, and financial resources, and we will inevitably have some doppelgangers and are too busy to take care of them. ”

"What do you mean?" Xun Qinliu raised his eyebrows and said unhappily, "Are you using the Young Qin King to press me?"

"Don't get me wrong, even if they eat the bear's heart and leopard gall, they don't dare to fake the tiger in front of the eldest lady. Seeing that the two sides were not speculative, and the more they quarreled, the more stiff they became, Yuan Xiao hurriedly came forward to round the scene, "Let me explain! For example, the annual harvest of the four prefectures in Beijing is only one hundred taels of silver, and the remaining eighty taels are left after the daily expenses. These eighty taels are not for us to fill our pockets, but to follow the instructions of the King of Shaoqin and continue to expand our territory and power. Official officials, heroes in the green forest, rich squires, and gangsters in the market...... You can't take care of any place, and if you don't take care of anything, there will be chaos. Up and down, inside and out, it requires a huge consumption of people, money, and materials. Day after day, year after year, eighty taels is just enough, barely maintained. If something happens temporarily, it doesn't hurt to take two or three taels, but if you use thirty or forty taels at once, it will cost you more than half a year's expenses in the four prefectures of Beijing in just a few days, then ...... It is difficult for us to continue, it is small to endure hardships and suffering, but it is big to delay the plan of King Shaoqin. ”

"Not bad!" Yan Shun echoed, "The eldest lady only saw that we spent some energy and manpower, but she didn't see the amount of favor we owed. Don't mention it from afar, only say that Brother Yuan sent someone to take Brother Liu back to Shenzhou from Changbai Mountain this time, which seemed to be smooth sailing and almost effortless, but in fact, Brother Yuan had already sent someone to take the lead along the way. The cities and towns you pass through, all the way are paved with human affection. A pen of favor is tantamount to a bottomless pit, today people give us a face, in the future we will have to ten times, a hundred, a thousand times the silver. People are sophisticated, courtesies are still exchanged, and what I am most afraid of is this kind of debt that is difficult to predict in advance, difficult to change course, difficult to bargain, but has to be owed. ”

"And ......"

"That's it!"

Yuan Xiao's eyes were straight, and he waved his hand at the indignant Lei Zhen and the three of them, and said with a straight face: "Doing things for the eldest lady is doing things for the young Qin king, how can there be so many complaints? Right now, you have done what you should have done and spent what you should have spent, so why bother adding a bad reputation of 'passing the buck' to yourself? The things that have been delayed in the past few days can be made up for in the future, there is nothing to be verbose! Could it be that you really want to reach out to the eldest lady to collect debts?"

"This ......"

Lei Zhen's faces changed slightly, hesitated slightly, and bowed to Xun Qin together: "I'll know my mistake, look at Miss Haihan!"

Seeing that Lei Zhen and the three of them respectfully apologized, Yuan Xiao's gloomy face eased slightly, and he turned to grin at Xun Qin and Liu Xunyi, and said helplessly: "Miss, Liu Daxia, I and the other mountain and wild horsemen are all poor, they are all iron roosters, and they have always only taken advantage and not suffered losses, which is really ...... It's not unorthodox, so you can see and laugh. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi and Xun Qin's eyes invariably showed a touch of indescribable thought.

"This ......"

"Hehe......"

Before Liu Xunyi could speak, Xun Qin, who frowned slightly, actually smiled "fluttering", which shocked everyone in the hall.

Immediately afterwards, she nodded lightly, slowly got up with admiration in her eyes, walked to Liu Xunyi's side gracefully, and examined Yuan Xiao, Yan Shun, Hong Si, and Lei Zhen with different expressions.

After a moment of silence, Xun Qin suddenly spit out a sentence meaningfully: "Liu Xunyi, remember what I said? Sometimes, instead of being easier to deal with than the Central Plains tiger wolves, the mountain and wild horsemen are better than them...... More cunning. ”

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