When night falls, the city becomes more distinctive, the noise becomes quieter, but the colors of the streets are more colorful. All kinds of lanterns, dazzling. All kinds of inns are elegant, brightly lit. But what can still be seen at a glance in this dazzling is the highest, brightest, and most lively rejuvenation building in the whole street. At night, the Rejuvenation Building has become a gathering place for literati and artists from all over the city, where they meet good friends and drink and talk. It's not elegant. Although Dong Chun is nearly half a hundred years old, he is also the guest of honor of the major talents in the city, which shows that his literary talent is outstanding and deeply popular. ”

It can be said that the night of the rejuvenation building, full of literati rioters, unconsciously, the rejuvenation building also has an unwritten rule: the first floor only the drunkard people, from the upstairs of the private room, there is a division of the high and low of the literary theory, only sparse learning, no official and no wealth of earnest students sit in the "people" word private room, knowledgeable, famous rich children sit in the "earth" name private room, only have real talent and real learning, regardless of origin, are qualified to sit in the "day" word private room. The whole restaurant reveals this elegance. The people who come and go also reveal the word romance.

It's just that in today's rejuvenation building, two farmers dressed up, which are incompatible with the elegance of the whole building. The two directly ignored the shopkeeper's arrangement and walked straight to the stairs upstairs. Bai Yilan had already stepped on the stairs with one foot, and was about to approach upward, but was blocked by a hand, "I'm sorry, guest officer, our private room upstairs is already full." ”

Although this was the second time that they had the feeling of being turned away, the two of them refused to take off their disguises at all, and Da Zhuang casually took out the paper fan with the inscription poem specially bought for entering here. Learning to be a literati, he opened the fan, fluttered at himself, and pretended to be profound: "With my elegance, there should be a private room that belongs to me, right?"

Bai Yilan was ready to stop but was a step too late, I thought that in order to avoid making a fool of myself, Bai Yilan had already done a lot of homework, just because Da Zhuang's action was completely abandoned, fortunately, most of the guests on the first floor were ordinary people and not many people paid attention, but it also attracted the ridicule of many people. The two of them looked at Da Zhuang, the dark skin unique to the fisherman by the river, and the rough and dry hands under the perennial farm work. and straw sandals that haven't had time to be replaced. couldn't help sneering, "Heh, with your elegance, there is no place for you to eat in this restaurant." ”

"You!"

Bai Yilan grabbed the enraged Da Zhuang, stepped forward by herself, bowed her head slightly to the family, and learned that her temperament was very different from the former, "This is my scholar, let Your Excellency smile, in fact...... I was invited by the county lord, and I would like to tell you which private room he is. In the end, he made a bow and showed his politeness.

Jia Ding looked at the handsome young man in front of him, and no longer resisted, but when he heard the other party mention Lord County, he also seemed a little embarrassed, so he had to bend down and apologize, "I'm sorry, this guest officer, Lord County's Tianzi A is the highest-ranking one we have here, and the people sitting here are the most prestigious talents in our neighborhood, and under normal circumstances, no one is allowed to enter after they start their discussion." ”

"Tianzi Jia, right? After knowing the private room, Bai Yilan looked like she was revealing her true form, her previous bookish spirit completely disappeared, and there was a faint ruthlessness between her eyebrows. Such a change of face made Jia Ding shudder, and then he could faintly see the air around him flowing, converging from all directions and finally converging on the left hand of the young man in front of him, and finally returning to invisible.

After he watched this miraculous performance, his eyes remained on Bai Yilan's right hand, as if he was looking forward to the reappearance of this miracle just now. And this is also the last content he saw today, Bai Yilan was full of strength and slapped it on the other party's head. Before he could react, he fell to the ground and closed his eyes.

The rejection was punished this time, which made Bai Yilan's mood feel much better, and even thought of what punishment he would give to the other party that time in the barracks. He thought as he walked upward, and kept looking around, looking for the words "Tianzi Jia". Most of the people around didn't figure out the situation, and the people who witnessed it also avoided it because they saw what Bai Yilan had done, and didn't dare to say a word more.

The two of them went all the way to the third floor unhindered, saw the sign on the private room on the far left, and then listened to the solemn atmosphere that did not belong to the merry and talented people, Bai Yilan glanced inside, a young man talked extraordinary, sat in the window, and his temperament far surpassed others. It's just a donkey face, and the triangular eyes are very inconsistent with the elegance of the whole body.

The big man outside the door couldn't help but mock: "If I were the emperor and saw him look like this, it would be impossible for him to be promoted." ”

"Don't say it, don't forget what we're here for. Bai Yilan looked at the two people sitting inside and talking, and gave orders to the big Zhuang behind him: "From now on, you will be here to guard, and report to me at any time if you have any questions." ”

"And what are you going to do?"

"Hmph, of course, that's the way it is. "Just push the door in, completely disregarding any consequences, or this kind of consequences is exactly what he wants.

Dong Chun was very annoyed when he saw a stranger break in, but he didn't want the juniors in front of him to see the joke, so he put on the quality of a literati: "There are friends from afar, I don't know Your Excellency, what do you have to say?"

And the junior literati, because Bai Yilan disturbed his rare opportunity to study from Dong Chun, he was not as calm as Dong Chun, he suddenly got up and pointed at Bai Yilan's nose and wanted to drive him out. But Bai Yilan didn't have the slightest intention of leaving.

Dong Chun saw that this young man had a special intention, so he removed some resistance, but took some more precautions, he piled up an ugly smile on his donkey face, and pointed to the seat next to him, "Everyone who comes is a guest, Your Excellency, please take a seat." ”

Bai Yilan smiled unceremoniously and sat down. took a sip of the tea handed over by Dong Chun, and then took the lead in speaking: "Senior Bai Yilan, I am really a little confused and need the guidance of the county lord. ”

"You are so unreasonable, obviously I am having a discussion with Mr. Dong today, you are intruding so casually, and you still have the face to sit here with peace of mind!"

"Eh, it's okay, it's so long tonight, and let's listen to Xiao Sheng's doubts first?" Dong Sheng stopped his dissatisfaction with the junior literati who were sitting. He turned his head again, and was also a little curious about Bai Yilan's question.

Since this is the case, Bai said bluntly. Bai Yilan put on a very confused look and said: "A few days ago, I traveled to the villages around Jurong, but everywhere I went, because of the rampant bandits, the people were not able to make a living, and the tragic situation was even more reduced when taxes were paid. But this government cracks down on bandits every year, and the bandits are still endless. I wonder, what's the point of cutting taxes so much?"

Dong Chun's eyes froze, and he began to be vigilant, "What does Bai Xiaosheng mean...... I don't really understand. ”

Bai Yilan pretended to be surprised and said, "I don't understand, I just want to ask why the government has failed to suppress bandits every time, this doesn't look like Mr. Dong is also a member of the official government, so I want to ask you how to solve it." At the end, his voice suddenly lowered, "Or is there someone in the government who doesn't want to suppress bandits?"

"You!" Dong Chun stood up instantly, staring at Bai Yilan viciously, but he could still feel that he was trembling all over his body in order to try his best to disguise all this, and it became more and more intense. Knowing Bai Yilan's intention, he went straight to prepare to go out, and there was no longer any stop.

But this time, Bai Yilan finally had the opportunity to let others feel the feeling of being rejected, and he quickly got up and stretched out his right hand to block in front of Dong Chun, "I'm sorry, Bai is still very confused, and I hope that Lord Cheng of the county will give me advice." ”

The junior who was sitting was also faintly aware of it, so he wanted to step forward to help Dong Chun, but in the next second, a finger had reached the middle of three inches in front of his Baihui acupoint, and then he fell asleep.

Dong Chun saw that one person had fallen to the ground, and the fear in his heart was gradually magnified, and Bai Yilan in front of him approached him step by step, such a deterrent, which is what this scholar can resist, a shudder, and his legs fell to the ground with a weak leg.

"Now, do you want to answer Bai's question?"

Dong Chun's body was cold, his face was full of fear, and his originally trembling body was frozen like ice cubes at this time. "I ...... I...... I don't really know. ”

"I don't know?" Bai Yilan snorted coldly, "Do you want me to help you analyze and analyze?" If you have the ability to collude with the bandits for five years without being discovered, there will only be you and the county commander in the whole Jurong, right? And the county commander is deeply loved by the people, and he is so sympathetic to the people, I don't think it should be him, since this is the case, then you must die tonight." ”

"No, no, no, it's not like this, the reason why Kong Hui is loved by the people of the county is because the big families in the county who oppose him have been ransacked by bandits. Dong Chun listened to Bai Yilan's reasoning. Hope flashed in his eyes, so he immediately grasped this life-saving straw, completely ignoring the friendship of his colleagues. He ...... He has focused on buying people's hearts all these years, just to maintain good performance in the county, and it is said that he has won the emperor's wishes and will be able to return to Beijing to take up his post soon. ”

"Oh, the bandits in the county are so serious, can you still maintain your performance?"

"The matter of suppressing bandits was already handed over to General Wei, even if it was unfavorable, he could not be blamed, and besides, who would have any dissatisfaction with a good official who sensed public opinion and gently paid taxes. ”

Bai Yilan can already roughly connect a story in his heart, but he can't complete it on his own, so he still needs to go to the barracks once to meet Wei Rong. This time, Bai Yilan had already thought of the gift she brought to Wei Rong, and in short, she would not be turned away from before.

Bai Yilan got the handwritten letter of the county Cheng Dong Chun, the content of which was all suspicious of the county order Kong Hui in the past five years, and as the only person who opposed Kong Hui and was not mutilated, he would definitely accept this gift

Now that the enemy is clear, this struggle to crush evil has officially begun.