After all, Dou Hongzhang is an old minister of the three dynasties, and he assists three generations of kings, so this age is naturally not light.

According to the system database, the old man in front of him is already seventy-five years old!

However, Xue Cheng felt that this old man was in good spirits, and he always looked at Xue Cheng with a smile, with a faint majesty in his eyes, as if he was looking at something?

After a while, Dou Hongzhang seemed to have seen enough! Only then did he smile and say to Xue Cheng, "Young man, it's very good!" It has only been a short four months since the appearance of the Liaozhai Book House, and it can be used in just four months to make these four words famous in the rivers and lakes, so that above the court, the ministers are talking about this matter. ”

"Today's lord is even more interested in this matter? If Boss Xue is not a businessman, then he is really willing to recruit as a military general and expand the territory of the Daao Empire?"

Xue Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile, "That's all rumors from the outside world, and talents gather in the martial arts of the rivers and lakes." A little chatter mixed in is just a speck of dust!"

"Boss Xue is too modest. Dou Hongzhang said, "Before I met you, I would probably think that this was just a means to build momentum and promote fame on the rivers and lakes." Today, however, I feel that these rumors live up to their name. Boss Xue is really a strange person. It's really overkill!"

Xue Cheng chuckled, listening to the meaning of the old man's words, could it really be that the emperor had the intention of soliciting?

Xue Cheng sneered in his heart!

If you want Lao Tzu to work hard for you, I'm afraid you can't afford it.

A touch of coldness flashed in Xue Cheng's eyes, "If you are the prime minister and want to recruit talents for the king, I am afraid that you have found the wrong person." Xue is not talented, just a lazy person in the countryside, his personality is retributive, vulgar, he only yearns for idle clouds and wild cranes, but he does not want to stay in the temple. ”

Dou Xiang, who became an official at the age of 20, is now 75 years old, and has done his best for the empire, and then died. dedicated his life to this empire, but Dou Xiang stopped to look back on the past, and you asked yourself, do you have no regrets in this life?"

"First there is a country, then there is a home. But the world doesn't know, if you don't have a home, what kind of country are you talking about?"

"You've dedicated your life to the country, but what have you gained?"

"In this last year, it should have been the time for children and grandchildren to enjoy the joy of family. But what about you? One person and one lamp, accompanied by illness and twists and turns, maybe in some unknown dark night, just a sleep, and then end your life with a scripture. ”

"No matter how illustrious or humble you were in life. No matter how great it is, it's just that people are only a hundred years old, and your end from birth is death. This is the natural law of all things, but this is a short life in which you can choose many paths. No matter how high you go, no matter how brilliant your life is, in the end you will turn into a dust! ”

"People are selfish, no matter how much you contribute to the country. They will only remember you for a while, and then they will forget you in the long river of time. Or in the history books, you are the only one who has an indistinct name! ”

"Don't Dou Xiang think that this kind of life is very boring? For those so-called selfish people, you have selflessly dedicated everything, but no one will remember you. ”

Dou Hongzhang looked at Xue Cheng a little stunned, his hand, which was already full of wrinkles, trembled slightly in his sleeves.

The already weak body, the steps are vain, if it weren't for one hand still supporting the table, it is estimated that he would have stumbled down by now.

However, this is the case, and he is also struggling to support at the moment.

I don't know why, Xue Cheng's words are like needles piercing into the heart, and the needles are stained with blood.

It seems that 55 years of his life were denied in an instant.

He really didn't regret it.

It's just that he's also a living person.

How can there be no regrets?

Xue Cheng naturally knew that his words must have dealt a big blow to an ancient person.

What's more, is it still a legendary prime minister of a generation who has worked hard for the country?

Xue Cheng actually said his own truth.

The so-called people are not for themselves, and the heavens and the earth will be destroyed.

So why pretend to be a great man?

After all, great men are tempered in cold blood and ruthlessness, ruthless to themselves and affectionate to others.

Xue Cheng casually found a chair in the study, wiped it with his sleeve, and sat down directly.

looked at Dou Hongzhang with a smile, "I don't know what regrets Dou Xiang has in this life? As long as you can afford it, I'll take your commission. After all, it's an equivalent exchange!"

Dou Hongzhang was stunned by Xue Cheng's cards at all, and then couldn't help but smile bitterly, "It turns out that you are here for this!"

Xue Cheng smiled slightly, "You all seem to have forgotten, I have always been just a businessman." I never trade at a loss!"

"In fact, I heard a long time ago that Prime Minister Dou Hongzhang Dou has a wife who has been in a coma for nearly 30 years! Today, the lord of the country has personally given foreign princesses, and Dou Xiang is also resistant. So to this day, he is still alone and dies alone. ”

A touch of regret appeared on Dou Hongzhang's face, and then the old tears in his eyes were crisscrossed, and his voice was full of sadness, "Xiaorou, is the only regret in my life." In my lifetime, as long as she can come to her senses, I can also die blindly! Boss Xue, if you can really save her, from now on, I don't want to ask about any talk about the spirit stone or the civil and military disputes in the court. ”

"As you said, I'm old. When I was young, I had all gained fame and fortune! I have no regrets in this life! My only wish is for Yu Xiaorou to accompany her on the last journey! In this way, you can return to dust and earth!"

"I have paid too much for the Daao Empire, and the glory it has given me has long been enough. ”

"Boss Xue, do you think this price is enough?"

Xue Cheng smiled calmly, "Naturally, it's enough." As long as Dou Xiang doesn't interfere in my spirit stone business, then you and I don't have to be hostile before. ”

"I will try my best to treat Madame's illness, and I will definitely give you a lively Madame in three days at the latest. ”

On Dou Hongzhang's old face, a smile of expectation only showed at this moment: "That's it, old man, thank you Boss Xue!"

In this way, both sides have reached a win-win situation.

Xue Cheng is actually really afraid of this Dou Hongzhang with unpredictable scheming, and he is really afraid that this old prime minister will not be able to get over any tendons, so he has to mix blindly with himself.

Now that the crisis has finally been resolved, Xue Cheng can start his next money-making plan!