The south gate of Taiping City.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Li Xiantong and his entourage hurried for days and days, and finally sent the official bank safely outside Taiping City.

Because Taiping City is Kyoto, it is a special case under the system of the entire Xiao Dynasty with the general as the largest official of the state capital, and there is no general in the city, and the counselor in the general's palace exercises the power of the general.

The person who came to greet Li Xiantong and his entourage was Liu Yu, the counselor general of the General's Mansion, who was gentle and elegant, not like a person in the army. Li Xian informed that the new dynasty has always emphasized military force over literature, so it can be a military general to govern all places, but the chief counselor in the general's palace is a scholar, which is inevitably a little fresh.

Before Li Xiantong could speak, Liu Yu hurriedly greeted him. Because Liu Yu is younger than Li Xiantong in terms of official position and age, Liu Yu saluted respectfully as soon as he came up: "The Marquis of Xiaoyao is fortunate." I heard that there had been a robber on the Guanyin Road, and if the general knew that it was the Marquis of Xiaoyao who personally escorted him, he would definitely send someone to escort him. ”

Li Xiantong said with a smile: "Li Mou is a martial artist, this matter is entrusted by the Tai'an Dart Bureau is also for the sake of colleagues, plus this dart goods are the official silver of the six states, Li Mou is concerned about the imperial court, and he does not dare to slack off." ”

"It's hard to come by. Liu Yu praised: "The lower officials still had doubts about why His Majesty personally gave Hou Ye a lot of kindness, but it turned out that His Majesty Shengming saw Hou Ye's loyalty. ”

Li Xiantong frowned, thinking: "It seems that although this person is from the Great General's Mansion, he is not necessarily Xiao Tiantu's henchman. His words don't look like a fake.

Seeing that Li Xiantong didn't reply, Liu Yu asked again, "Master Hou, is this ...... What's wrong. ”

Li Xiantong came back to his senses: "I'm a little tired." ”

Liu Yu hurriedly gave way: "It's the negligence of the lower officials." Before leaving, the general specially explained that the staff of the dart bureau who escorted the official silver should be properly arranged, and the lower official took Hou Ye and others to stay and rest. ”

After that, Liu Yu said to the four platoons of sergeants who followed behind: "You first send these official silvers to the treasury for counting, and if there are any problems, I will come back and deal with them." ”

"Yes. "These sergeants are strong and in good spirits.

Li Xiantong looked at the crowd coming and going at the city gate, and sighed: Today is also a special day, and he didn't disturb the people to block the city gate, it seems that Xiao Shifeng still knows how to be a king.

The Li family of Taishan Mansion.

Since that day, Xu Shiyang has been escorted back and locked up by Li Xiantong to wait and see what happens. Sure enough, this bluestone dart game couldn't sit still, led by Xu Shiyang's brother-in-law Xu Shishan, taking advantage of Li Xiantong's absence to fight for more chips in exchange for Xu Shiyang.

However, although Li Xiantong is not at home, Zhong Kui, the Taishan woman, is at home. Although Fan Lingshan is reckless and fierce on the surface, she is actually more thoughtful than a man. She knows the truth of being a man and leaving a line, so the grievances are clear, as soon as Xu Shishan and others came, Fan Lingshan was like a guest, and even the eldest son Li Baohu and the eldest daughter-in-law Fan Lingshan were also entertained in the lobby.

The wine was so drunk that Xu Shishan couldn't sit still anymore: "I said that Fan is in charge, so many people in the Qingshi Dart Bureau came to apologize, it's sincere enough." ”

Fan Lingshan took a glass of wine and nodded.

Xu Shishan breathed a sigh of relief: "In that case, let my brother go, and after I go back, the Qingshi Dart Bureau will raise another 100 taels of gold to the Tai'an Dart Bureau as an atonement." ”

Fan Lingshan didn't hesitate for a moment after hearing this, and shook her head to refuse.

Xu Shishan originally thought that this matter would be over, after all, the Li family has the habit of collecting money, but now it is in vain with Fan Lingshan. Xu Shishan was puzzled: "I don't want a hundred taels of gold, what do you Li family want?"

"What do you want?" Cao Jiayun, who was sitting diagonally opposite Xu Shishan, couldn't sit still: "I want your brother's life!"

As soon as these words came out, Fan Lingshan shouted: "Presumptuous, how can you say this kind of thing casually!"

In fact, when a discerning person saw it, he knew that Fan Lingshan and his daughter-in-law were singing and harmonizing.

Xu Shishan had a bottom in his heart, turned to Cao Jiayun and said, "This is the Jade Princess." ”

"Exactly. Cao Jiayun has always been confident in her words.

Xu Shishan smiled slightly: "Actually, with the current status of your Li family, you don't have to kill my brother." Kill my brother, and there will be trouble. ”

Fan Lingshan was unhappy when she heard this: "The old lady didn't make up her mind at first, it seems that she has to kill." ”

Xu Shishan had already prepared a speech: "The reason for this matter must be that the Hou Ye also said that he heard it with Fan Dangjia, so I won't repeat it in detail." One thing is also to ask Fan to think twice, if he kills my brother, the hundred and ten small darts behind him will definitely rise in a hurry, and when the time comes, people will be terrible, and how much trouble there can be is not something that can be estimated. ”

"Jokes. Cao Jiayun stood up directly and retorted: "Xu Shiyang robbed the dart first, and he broke the merchant's goods *** and killed my father-in-law later, which damaged the morality of the rivers and lakes." Based on these two points alone, even if Xu Shiyang is killed, no one will say anything wrong, if he talks about it, as soon as the truth is made public, all people will be blamed by the Jianghu martial arts, who do you say is more disadvantageous. These little dart games originally had a low status in the rivers and lakes, don't they want to be mixed?"

Cao Jiayun spoke straightforwardly, and Xu Shishan did not show weakness: "Then your Li family can try." ”

Xu Shishan said this sentence very confidently, but it is actually not unreasonable. Today's high-ranking officials of the Li family are favored by the imperial court, and the martial arts of the rivers and lakes have long been excluded. It is said that people's hearts are sinister, Fan Lingshan has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he also knows that people's words are terrifying, if these so-called heroes and heroes turn a blind eye to the situation, it is not impossible to take advantage of the situation to bring down the Li family. Of course, the possibility of this matter is very small, and the current Li family has actually done the best, even if it is sealed, it is not ostentatious, and it is more polite than before, in order to prevent people from magnifying some things.

Under the trade-off, Xu Shishan had no choice but to threaten Fan Lingshan with this unlikely event. But in fact, if the Li family kills Xu Shiyang, it doesn't make any sense, after all, Xu Shiyang can be said to be a weak person, and he can't pose a threat to the Li family at all, on the contrary, killing Xu Shiyang may bring endless trouble.

But if you don't have a little trouble with the bluestone dart bureau, the Li family can't go down this step. When the time comes, he will lose his prestige, and he is afraid that someone will fall into the ground.

Although Fan Lingshan is usually strong, she is also an informed and reasonable person, which is why Li Xiantong respects her. Since Fan Lingshan married into the Li family, she has been doing her best to maintain the glory and reputation of the Li family, and everything she thinks about is for her husband.

Thinking of these possibilities, although Fan Lingshan was bold, he didn't dare to take risks, so he said to Xu Shishan without humility or arrogance: "If you have a sentence like this next time, even you don't want to leave." ”

Xu Shishan had actually heard of Fan Lingshan's name as Zhong Kui, and when he saw that her face changed, he suddenly became murderous, and he didn't dare to say another word back to her in an instant.

Fan Lingshan saw that he had suppressed Xu Shishan, and said: "People can not kill, but except for the hundred taels of gold, the sincerity of your Qingshi Dart Bureau is not enough." ”

Xu Shishan frowned: "I don't know what Master Fan wants." ”。

"As you say. Fan Lingshan's eyes were scattered and said: "Without Xu Shiyang, the bluestone dart game will fall." The Li family can laugh at the gold hundred taels, but you are not well-known, and you are not qualified to come to the Li family to save people, so ask someone else to go!"

Fan Lingshan said, brushed his sleeves and walked away.