There is no greater mourning than the death of the heart.

Twenty years ago, the white-clothed scholar had become a powerful minister above 10,000 people under one person, but the woman in Tsing Yi who haunted him was married to a wife and lived a life of coarse tea and light food.

Yuwen Tianlu sighed and drank the wine, looking lonely.

Xiao Jinyan comforted, "Seniors don't have to blame themselves, maybe one day Mrs. Zun will change her mind?"

Yuwen Tianlu asked, "What can you do kid?"

Xiao Jinyan was about to say that I am a master of picking up girls, but suddenly he thought that it might be inappropriate to say this sentence in front of him, so he changed his words and said, "Isn't Miss Yuwen in the West now, when the matter is done, the seniors can bring her over, maybe it will work?"

Yuwen Tianlu sneered, ?" You kid wouldn't have any ideas, would you?"

Xiao Jinyan raised his hand and said, "I think about my predecessors everywhere, Mrs. Zun saw that you worked hard and brought up your daughter with your own hands, maybe her heart softened and changed her mind?"

"Hmph, the oil cavity is slippery. How could Li Chuntie have a junior disciple like you!"

Speaking of Dengwen Academy, Xiao Jinyan only then remembered that the relationship between Li Chuntie and Yuwen Tianlu was like fire and water, which was probably the biggest obstacle for him to pursue Yuwen Shuang in the future, and he asked tentatively, "Dadudu, you and my senior brother are in Beijing, it doesn't seem to be compatible, right?"

"It's just different. ”

Yuwen Tianlu said with disdain, "Li Chuntie is just a mad dog who bites everyone when he sees him, and he almost broke my layout for many years, and sooner or later, I will have a battle with him." ”

He saw Xiao Jinyan bow his head and be silent, and asked with a smile, "If I asked you to choose between my daughter and your senior brother, which side would you choose?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Children can only do multiple-choice questions, and adults can choose both." ”

"Don't be greedy. ”

Xiao Jinyan smiled, "Don't be greedy, how can you be a person?" Besides, the seniors said that the person I want to live in the future is your daughter, not you, and it's a big deal that you don't get along with each other. ”

Yuwen Tianlu said, "Did I say it?"

Xiao Jinyan concluded.

......

Not long after Xiao Jinyan left, a team of black-clothed people came to remove the bodies of the Axe Gang, and more than a dozen people from the Axe Gang died in Li Ji Chen, Li Ergou was so frightened that he lost his soul, for fear that the Axe Gang would come to seek revenge, but after a short time, the news came that the Axe Gang had been purged and removed from Yinyang.

Yuwen Gui follows Yuwen Tianlu all the year round, this kind of trivial matter does not need to be ordered by the governor, he will naturally handle it properly, even those neighbors who are watching, he sends people to go door to door to "apologize", so as not to say any rumors from the other party's mouth.

However, Li Er's wine shop, before the master spoke, he didn't dare to make a claim. After the processing was completed, Xu Yang came to report, "Today, a group of Northern Zhou merchants came to Yinyang City, I heard that it was a horse dealer outside the Saiwai, and the city gate guard saw that these people were calloused and had a fierce face, so they kept their minds and ordered someone to spread the news here." ”

Xu Yang has been operating in Yinyang for many years, and there are many eyes and ears in the city, from the officialdom to the Qinglou gambling house.

"Where are the people?" asked Woo Moon Kyu.

"After they went to the horse market to sell their horses, they lived in the mansion of the Northern Zhou Chamber of Commerce in Baihufang and never came out again. This mansion was originally the courtyard of Li Xiancheng's outer room, which was sold to the Northern Zhou Chamber of Commerce three years ago. ”

Yuwen Gui groaned for a while and said, "The master really expected things to be like a god, and he threw out the bait, but I didn't expect someone to take the bait so soon." Send someone to keep an eye on them, and it's better to find someone to sneak in and spy on the news and find out the purpose of their actions. All people entering and leaving the country must be investigated in detail. ”

Xu Yang said, "They won't be coming for the Metropolitan Governor, right?"

Yuwen Gui glanced at him meaningfully, "The Metropolitan Governor's martial arts are world-famous, can any dog or cat deal with it? ”

Xu Yang said, "I'm too worried. ”

"Be cautious, it's good after all. ”

......

When I got home, it was already evening.

Li Bufan is boiling porridge. He saw that the two of them were full of wine, stepped forward to sniff it, and said, "Li Ji's aged Chishui wine, you can actually find it, you really know the goods!"

He filled a bowl of porridge, made a plate of peanuts and a portion of pickles, handed it to Yuwen Tianlu, and said: "Senior, there is nothing to do tonight, pass me a few knife techniques, tomorrow the City Lord's Mansion will recruit the White Horse Righteous Servant, I have already asked someone to sponsor the applicant, but I don't want to waste this opportunity." ”

"White Horse Righteous Servant?"

Li Bufan said: "Yes, this is left by the old city lord back then, and the recruitment is extremely strict, the righteous servants must be Yinyang locals, and there must be more than three households to protect the promotion, and only after passing the examination can they enter." The White Horse Righteous Servant obeys the orders of the City Lord's Mansion and bears the responsibility of guarding the Hidden Sun, and in the Hidden Yang City, it is a supreme glory to be able to become the White Horse Righteous Servant.

Li Mazi on the street, the poor didn't even say that he was a daughter-in-law, and after becoming a white horse, the people who came to propose marriage broke through the threshold, even his old son Li Mazi, who used to go out with his head down, and didn't dare to look at people, but now on the street, that is to stand tall and raise his head, toe high, I heard that yesterday I twisted my waist, and I just went to send eight eggs in the afternoon, and went to see him. ”

Xiao Jinyan nodded, "I see." ”

Li Bufan said again, "These five thousand righteousness from it, and divided the dragon, tiger, leopard and wolf four guards, the dragon cavalry guard is the city lord's mansion guard, but also the elite of the white horse righteousness, I heard that the ashes of the old city lord will reach Yinyang, if you can enter the dragon cavalry guard, maybe you can go out of the city to welcome the old city lord back to his hometown!" Speaking of this, Li Bufan sighed, "Alas, I'm afraid I can't do anything." ”

Xiao Jinyan estimated the itinerary of Zhao Lanjiang and others, and it was almost a matter of three or two days, so he said, "It's okay, if you can't get in, I'll take you out of the city to greet you." ”

Li Bufan said, "I heard that before the old city lord died, he passed the knife technique to a man named Zhao Lanjiang, this time he traveled thousands of miles to escort the old city lord back to his hometown, so he rushed to this friendship, and I, Li Bufan, should respect him three cups!"

Xiao Jinyan smiled, "Then you have to prepare the wine." ”

Li Bufan said discouragedly, "It's a pity that even if you have money, you don't have a place to buy wine." ”

Yuwen Tianlu suddenly said, "How did I hear that the people of your City Lord's Mansion don't really want to let the ashes of the Golden Sword King return to their hometown?"

Li Bufan said angrily, "When the old city lord was forced to leave Yinyang and hung up his knife, he still protected us for twenty years, Li Xiancheng is small, and he can't represent our people in Yinyang!"

Xiao Jinyan heard Li Bufan call Li Xian by his name instead of being the city lord, and knew that the current city lord of Yinyang was not very popular in the city.

Li Bufan seemed to be aroused, and said, "There is also the Yinyang Prefect, who is a dog official, and he doesn't work hard when the old city lord falls leaves, in order to shoot Yuwen Tianlu's sycophants, what kind of ancestral hall is built for him, and even the ten-mile pavilion is demolished." The person hasn't died yet, and even the ancestral hall has been built, it's really a big joke in the world! That Yuwen Jingcheng was just a defeated general under the old city lord back then!"

Xiao Jinyan glanced at Yuwen Tianlu, this powerful governor of the government and the opposition, in the eyes of the Nanban and Western Chu people, it was a demon-like existence, in the capital, when he sneezed, he was the one who made Sijiu City tremble, but in the hearts of the people of Yinyang, his status was really not ordinarily low.

He saw that Yuwen Tianlu was like no one, and he couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, this quasi-father-in-law's strength was like the sea, but then he thought about it, over the years, he had been criticized in the court, if he didn't have such a mind, I am afraid that he would die of anger before the enemy made a move.

While thinking about it, Yuwen Tianlu suddenly asked, "What were you talking about just now?"

Li Bufan said, "Talking about the defeat of Yuwen Tianlu under the old city lord, by the way, it's not too early, senior, you can pass me on the two sword techniques." ”

Yuwen Tianlu frowned slightly, "Your martial arts foundation is too shallow, I will pass on a set of internal strength methods to you first." ”

Li Bufan clapped his hands and said, "Thank you seniors for your success!"

Yuwen Tianlu said, "You kid listen well, I will only say the mantra once, the eyes are slightly closed, the shoulders are level with the ground, the heels are close to the ground, the heart has no distracting thoughts, exhale for a thought, inhale for a thought, and so on a hundred times, there is a miraculous effect." ”

Li Bufan followed the mantra and asked, "Senior, what's the use of this set of mantras?"

"Makes you dream. ”

"Senpai wouldn't be joking, would he?"

Yuwen Tianlu's face sank, "Do you see me like a joker?"

"But I'm not sleepy. ”

"I'll help you!"

slapped down with one palm, stunning Li Bufan, Xiao Jinyan thought he had a murderous intent, only to see Li Bufan turn over, and after a while, there was a snoring sound.

......

Qinglongfang, the city lord's mansion.

Li Xiancheng paced back and forth in the room, falling into silence. In the study, several chief of staff, as well as the people of the three major gangs in the city, were silent.

On the table, there are two customs clearance records copied from the city gate guards, written Tang Dabao and Yu Jingcheng respectively, which record the information of the two people, the purpose of entering the city and the place of praise.

He already knew about the destruction of the Axe Gang.

After being the city lord for twenty years, although the entire Yinyang City is not said to be an iron bucket, but how the wind and grass are in the city, it can't escape his eyes, from Xu Yang's performance in the past two days, he has guessed that Yuwen Tianlu has entered the city.

From the first day Xu Yang came to Yinyang, he knew the identity of the other party, but he was just collecting information for the Flounder organization, and over the years, Xu Yang's grocery store has not made any unusual moves.

Today, the axe gang went to Li Ji for aging on the front foot, and the back foot was wiped out, thinking with his heels, he also knew that Xu Yang did it, and this Yu Jingcheng, who entered the customs, is very likely to be Yuwen Tianlu.

Li Xiancheng did not remind Cao Zhizhao.

This wall grass, as soon as he heard that Yuwen Tianlu was coming, he immediately became uncalm, and he went to the city lord's mansion to ask for money, what kind of ancestral hall to build, a person with a crooked buttocks, there is no need to keep it.

Twenty years.

In the past 20 years, he, the city lord, has been very aggrieved, outside, he has to listen to the dispatch of the imperial court, and he has to pay the capital every year.

Everyone in the world knows Li Qiuyi, the lord of Yinyang City, but they don't know him Li Xiancheng.

He has been smart since he was a child, his talent is superb, and he is also outstanding in the clan, but from beginning to end, he has always looked small under the light of the golden sword Li Qiuyi.

Li Xiancheng was unwilling.

He wants to make an earth-shattering career, his ambition is not the Lord of the Hidden Sun, but the King of the Hidden Sun, especially a few months ago, after he met the nobleman who was willing to contribute secretly, which made him even more firm in his beliefs.

In the past, he had some concerns.

After all, the Western Army is in the Hengduan Mountain west of Yinyang, and if he acts rashly, within two days, the Western Army can set foot in Yinyang City.

However, since the coup d'état in Western Chu last year, Chu Farewell left the army and held the Western Army in check, he saw hope.

As long as the Western Army is defeated, Li Xiancheng will have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, and lead the Nineteen Cities of Yinyang to break away from the Ming Dynasty and become the fourth largest force outside the Ming, Chu and Zhou.

At that time, any Golden Sword King or any Hidden Sun City Lord would be nothing.

He wants to hide the sun for thousands of years, and remember him Li Xiancheng.

The Hidden Sun King!

Over the years, he has secretly cultivated forces, and the five thousand white horse servants stipulated by the Ming court have long become a piece of waste paper, and the five thousand righteous servants are just those stationed inside and outside the Hidden Yang City.

In addition, he was also in the deep mountains, secretly stationed 10,000 soldiers. There are also those "rogues" on the Yinyang Trade Road, who are also his forces, but there was an accident not long ago, which caused the three major robbers to suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, he urgently issued an order from the city lord to recruit soldiers and horses.

If the Ming Dynasty and Western Chu go to war once they start a war, and the noble man from the north also promises to send troops to help, as long as the Ming Dynasty is defeated, Li Xiancheng will have a chance.

Thinking of this, he excitedly crushed a teacup.

"City Lord, these two people are currently living in the house of Li Bufan, the gatekeeper of Xuanwu Fang, and this Li Bufan has signed up for tomorrow's Yicong Examination School. ”

Li Xiancheng said, "Finding a way to transfer him to the Dragoon Guard will be of great use to me." ”