On the ninth day of December in the 70th year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, at the beginning of the year, Liquanfang in Chang'an City, Xu Zhai.

Xu Wuxi, Hu Yiyi, and Shu Hattian were drinking and chatting in the "Hazelnut House" in the backyard, and his teacher Hubu Shangshu Qiu Mingli was sitting next to him. The "Hazelnut Residence" takes the meaning of "the mountain has Hazel and Ling", which is the innermost courtyard of the Xu House, which is usually dedicated to Hu Yiyi's residence, which is particularly delicate and delicate, and the surrounding furnishings are all pleasing to the eye. Xu Wuxian sat down with Hu Yiyi, Shu Hattian, and Qiu Mingli at random, Hu Yiyi drank tea, and the other three drank wine.

At this time, a crescent moon rose quietly, and the faint moonlight flowed like water, gently blending with the light of the four-cornered white gauze palace lamp...... The moonlight and the shadow of the lights lined this small courtyard with extra quiet, and the evening breeze blew a strange fragrance......

An hour earlier, Emperor Li Chongsheng was furious, summoned the crown prince Li Ren to the Zichen Palace, reprimanded him individually, and strictly ordered the prince to return all the 1,100,000 taels of silver owed to the treasury within 20 days, that is, before the New Year. At the same time, Xu Wuxi, who was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, was also acquitted, and was given ten catties of gold and thirty horses of silk by the emperor as an additional reward.

"Disease-free...... The old man is ashamed of his failure to protect you, and he has caused you to suffer from prison for no reason...... The old man punished himself with a glass!" Qiu Mingli picked up the wine glass and drank it all......

If the students can really recover the millions of silver owed by the national treasury and exchange it for some food, so as to solve the urgent needs of the victims, what is the student's hard work?...... What's more, I ate well and slept soundly in the cell of the Criminal Department, and I didn't suffer anything......" Xu Wuxi said with a smile.

"Brother Innocent, you are also a blessing in disguise this time...... The emperor is very generous to you, and he has also rewarded you with many good things such as Huang Cancan and Bai Yingying......" Shu hattian smiled and touched a glass with Xu Wuxian......

"These gold and satin...... If there is no illness, I will send someone to the teacher's cottage tomorrow...... Please also ask the teacher to smile!" Xu Wuzhi said.

"No, the old man is used to his light days...... These gold satins are all things outside the old man's body, and they are useless......" Qiu Mingli said indifferently.

"That's right...... The students have always wanted to ask, why are there only two attendants in the teacher's thatched cottage?...... teacher's family," Xu Wuxi asked.

"My wife left me three years ago...... The daughter has married thousands of miles away, and in the old man's cottage, there is 'peace' and 'joy' with him, and the old man is enough......" Qiu Ming said.

Wuzhi still wanted to send some servants and maids to the teacher from his mansion, but was stopped by Hu Yiyi, but the blue wave fairy asked:

"How's Mr. Qiu's leg?"

Qiu Mingli hurriedly got up and thanked him: "Thank you girl for the medicine, Miss Hu's medical skills are like a god, Qiu's leg is much better......"

Hu Yiyi said: "Mr. Qiu will have leisure in the future, and the folk girl will also have a set of family heirloom leg maintenance methods to teach, if Mr. can practice every day according to the law in the future, not only will the wind paralysis be eliminated, but also the walking will be like flying......

"In this way, Qiu thanked me a lot......" Qiu Mingli hurriedly saluted and thanked him......

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After three rounds of drinking, Qiu Mingli thought of the difficulty of today's state affairs and the urgency of disaster relief, and couldn't help but sigh and said:

"The emperor is now sending the king of Chu and the king of Wei to raise money to buy grain, but in the current situation, I am afraid that I don't know how many silver taels can be raised......

Xu Wuxian asked: "The imperial court has sent two princes, those wealthy families in the capital, they have to buy them some face and give a little silver......

Qiu Mingli still shook his head and sighed, his heart was like a prince who was fine, and now he sent two princes of Qizhu, if he prevaricated and restrained each other, I am afraid that the results would be worrying......

Xu Wuxian suddenly said: "Teacher, I heard that the Tianbao Pavilion in the capital specializes in the trading of weapons, and the wealth in the house is rivaling the country, why don't you go to them to borrow some silver taels?"

Shu Haotian sneered: "Disease-free brother...... Don't underestimate the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion...... It is one of the three pavilions in the world, and it has stood in the rivers and lakes for more than 300 years...... Now, the masters in the cabinet are like clouds, and the power is even more powerful, if you want to borrow silver from them, you have to order it politely...... Otherwise, be careful that you don't borrow the money, but you put your life in it......"

Xu Wuxian said: "It's okay, I have a few relationships with his Murong Young Pavilion Master, and in a few days, I will go to his Murong Mansion to visit, first, bring some wound medicine to visit the little master of his Murong family, and second, I should think of raising some silver taels ......from him."

Qiu Mingli was worried: "No disease...... My big cadre and military department still owe them one million taels of silver for the purchase of weapons in Tianbao Pavilion, and now you not only have to pay it back, but you also have to collect donations from him, this is ...... Will it work?"

Hu Yiyi also persuaded: "Little disease-free...... That day, the treasure pavilion was not the prince and the criminal department, there were many organs, and there were all capable people, and if they were not careful, they would enter and leave...... Although you are an official now, after all, you are just a sesame official from the seventh grade, and it is better not to listen to your sister's persuasion......"

But no matter how Hu Yiyi, Shu Haotian, and Qiu Mingli persuaded each other, he still insisted on going to Tianbao Pavilion without illness, and everyone had no choice but to follow him.

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The copper kettle was dripping, the sundial needle was circulating, and in a blink of an eye, it was already the right time, seeing that the dusk drum was about to rise, the four of them dispersed the banquet, and escorted the teacher back to the autumn leaf grass hall without illness......

He knocked on the door of the cottage without illness, handed the teacher's drunken body to the young scholar named "Ping'an", and let him help him into the cottage. He hurriedly turned around and hurried back home......

The hour has passed, and the hour is approaching, and the sound of twilight drums near the Mingde Gate has been heard like a shower. Wuxian breathed a sigh of relief, and ran along the avenue in Chang'an City, from south to north, in great strides......

At this time, the oblique moon hung in the middle of the sky, the cold wind in the winter night, blowing the dead leaves on the ground trembling, the whole Chang'an City has been silent, a silence, there is no one in the huge street. Disease-free ran all the way through the dim silver glow, and when Kankan had arrived at Liquanfang, he suddenly heard a broken drink, and came from three zhang away:

"Dare to be a thief! Dare to violate the curfew and walk at night without permission! Don't be caught with me without restraint!"

Wuxian hurriedly stopped, and was thinking about how to explain it, but he heard the man change his tone of surprise and shouted:

"Brother Disease-free, it turned out to be you!"

This voice was very familiar, and when he looked up, he saw that it was no one else, but it was Xue Tao, the general of Lin Wei, who was the official residence.

Xue Tao waved his hand at a group of forbidden soldiers behind him, ordering them to retreat. He strode over and hugged Xu Wuxi's shoulders, and said with a smile:

"Disease-free brother, I haven't seen you for two months, where did you practice this good light skill?!"

It turned out that after being disease-free and fighting in the Yushan Grassland, Deyu Luweng taught the "Taiyi Kunlun Duel" and "One Qi Mixed Yuan Sword", he always felt that the swordsmanship was too complicated, and only one move of the swordsmanship contained the five-party sword potential. For this "Taiyi Kunlun Decision", he meditates every day, and every day before going to bed, he must silently recite the exercises, look at the nose and nose and the heart, refine the qi and transform the gods, refine the gods and return the void, and keep the qi in the body in the body, and constantly run in Zhou Tian...... Over time, the more I practice this skill, the more ethereal and comfortable I feel in my heart...... In this way, it has become a habit to practice every day. Tonight, he was in a hurry, and inadvertently, the true yuan in his body was agitated, and his footsteps were already running like flying...... So much so that Xue Tao saw it from afar, and he even regarded Wuxia as a snitch all the way......

Xu Wuxian was completely unknown at this time, he listened to Xue Tao's words, couldn't help scratching his forehead, and said secretly in his heart: "It's so light...... Where did I get my light skills? This General Xue is too good at laughing......"

"I've seen General Xue without illness!" Xue Tao was the general of the forbidden army patrolling the city at this time, and he was also a fourth-grade official, Xu Wuxian has now entered the court, and he has also learned a lot of the rules of the court with Qiu Mingli, so he is busy bowing down at this time.

Xue Tao hugged Wuxian and said with a smile: "Brother Wuxi, my old Xue is a rough person, and I can't see these red tapes the most...... In the future, you just need to call me Lao Xue...... We don't want to see each other like this......"

Seeing that Xue Tao, the general of the right feather Lin Wei, had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a bearded face, and a dignified and majestic appearance. I suddenly remembered Wang Meng, a hundred households of Tsing Yi Wei who I met in Hangzhou a few months ago. "Brother Wang doesn't know if he is still in the world, how good it would be if he could see Brother Wang here at this moment?......" Thinking of Wang Meng's chivalrous courage, in order to save himself from trouble, he was knocked off the cliff by Fang Wenzhao, the head hall master of the Fenshui Hall, and he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, and his eyes were wet, so he screamed:

"Brother Xue......"

"Alas...... Good brother...... Hahaha!" Xue Tao heard the call full of true feelings from the disease, and couldn't help but feel infected in his heart, he stepped forward again, patted the shoulder of the disease, and the eyes were slightly moist for no reason......

"Let's go...... There is a Wangxian Tower in front, the eldest brother asked them to fry a few dishes, we two brothers, we have to drink a few cups tonight......" Xue Tao pulled his disease-free arm and walked forward......

He couldn't help but secretly say: "According to the law of the great cadres, the soldiers who patrol the city, but those who leave their posts without permission will be punished with 30 tarts and fined for half a year, and those who will be dismissed from their posts and sent to prison...... Brother Xue is on a night patrol today, but he wants to drink with me, should I persuade or not?......"

Seeing that Xue Tao was in good spirits, and the words had come to his lips several times, he finally couldn't bear to brush Xue Tao's interest, so he followed him and came to Wangxian Restaurant.

It was the time of the curfew, and Wangxian Tower was about to close, when the shopkeeper saw Xue Tao coming, he hurriedly smiled and said, "General Xue is here...... The general will stay away, and the little one will go and get a few hot dishes for the general......"

So, before the disease, I had just drunk with Qiu Mingli and others, and at this time, I was in Wangxian Tower with Xue Tao, and you drank a cup and I drank a cup......

"Brother Wu, you are famous this time...... The government and the opposition are all spreading your name!" Xue Tao tore a chicken leg, took a big bite of meat, and said.

"Let Brother Xue smile...... "Wuxian raised his neck and drank a cup of "old knife burning" in his hand. There is no disease, but I feel that this wine is hot in the mouth, and there seems to be a fire in the throat, and this "old knife burning" of 20 yuan a pot does not have the mellow fragrance of "Fenyang drunk", but it also has some strength.

Xue Tao also drank a cup of "old knife burning", and said to himself:

"Brother Wuxi, not only the people in the court are talking about you, but even the people in the streets and alleys are asking for your name everywhere...... You didn't hesitate to take risks alone, but you dared to pull teeth out of the tiger's mouth, openly opposed the prince, and recovered a large amount of silver for the treasury...... Hahaha! In the past, Mr. Qiu said that you can be his teacher if you are 'bold and calm'...... At the time, I said that Mr. Qiu was just joking, but now, my old Xue Ke really believes it......"

When Xu Wuxian heard this, he couldn't help crying and laughing in his heart, and said in his heart that I was just an unintentional move, this was all one of Sister Hu's plans, and besides, it was just my duty to recover the treasury silver, but how could it make a fuss in the court? Then he said indifferently:

"Brother Xue, don't listen to those people's nonsense, there is no illness to recover the arrears of the treasury, it was my own mission, and it is not a 'tooth extraction from the tiger's mouth'...... As for the claim that 'a large sum of money was recovered', it is even more nonsense...... The 1,100,000 taels of silver owed, whether the prince can pay it back or when it can be repaid, I don't know......"

Xue Tao took a sip of wine and said:

"Don't hide it from your disease-free brother, Lao Xue, I heard what King Wei said, the emperor called the prince into the Daming Palace, taught him a hard lesson, and strictly ordered him to return all the 1.1 million taels of silver owed to the treasury before the New Year.

I couldn't help but feel shocked when I heard it, the Secret Dao Emperor had this determination, it was really a blessing for the common people!

Wuxian was about to speak, but Xue Taogu sighed to himself and said:

"Ahem! Even if the crown prince pays back all the silver owed to the state treasury, the court will not only have to provide disaster relief and food, but also build a river to divert water, and there will be a gap of more than two million taels of silver...... Where did you get all this money?...... In the past few days, King Wei has been so worried that his hair has turned white several times!"

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Xue Tao looks like a tower-like man, but the amount of alcohol is very shallow. With no illness, I drank a pot of "Old Knife Burning" with him, and I saw that Xue Tao was already drunk and slightly cute. He said in his heart that Brother Xue was the person on duty after all, and if he drank it again, he would definitely get drunk, so he persuaded him a little, called the shopkeeper to pay for the wine, and went out of Wangxian Tower with Xue Tao......

The two of them came out of the restaurant, and it was already the beginning of the child. At this time, the dark and dreary night has already wrapped the entire Chang'an City, and as far as the eye can see, there are some black and swarthy houses all around, and between heaven and earth, it seems that there are only two Xiao Suo figures of Wuzhi and Xue Tao, who are walking alone......

At this time, the earth is the darkest, but the light has been quietly conceived...... The rotation of yin and yang, and all the changes between heaven and earth, have been set for a long time......

When Wuxian and Xue Tao separated, they each bowed their hands to say goodbye, and Wuxi's heart suddenly moved, and he couldn't help but say while saluting:

"Brother Xue, Jiangnan Province, my hometown, which is disease-free, whether it is Hangzhou Mansion, Yunzhou Mansion, Jiading Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion, and Nasunan Mansion...... The fertile fields are fertile and the products are abundant...... This year is another bumper year. Why didn't Brother Xue persuade King Wei to go to the area south of the Yangtze River and raise money and grain from those big grain farmers, or maybe he could solve the hardships of the victims......"