In the early morning, the dark clouds that have shrouded for many days have finally completely dispersed, the long-lost sun shines on the earth, and the river capital is fresh from the inside to the outside, which is refreshing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Xu Beiyou stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling mirror of equal height and sorted out his clothes, glass is a rare thing, this kind of glass mirror that is completely different from the bronze mirror is even more difficult to find, if it weren't for the fact that the Sword Sect held a sea route in his hand, he wouldn't be able to get such a precious thing, and a mirror with such a large area, looking at the entire river would not exceed ten.

Xu Beiyou straightened his crown and asked without looking back, "Is there anyone else coming to the door today?"

Song Guanguan stood beside Xu Beiyou and replied: "Naturally, there are, they are all the stewards of the states in the south of the Yangtze River, and they got the news late and left late, so they came a little later than the major stewards in Jiangdu." ”

Xu Beiyou hummed flatly, his face was unwavering. After this period of experience, he also learned to bow down in front of his elders and be a little pleasing without a teacher, humble and aggrieved in front of outsiders, and happy and angry in front of his subordinates.

Song Guanguan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Does Gongzi want to see them?"

Xu Beiyou stroked the wrinkles on his sleeves and said directly: "No, send Zhang San to send them away." ”

Song Guanguan replied softly and turned to leave.

In the gatehouse of the front house, it was full of people dressed in ayaluo, and when they saw Zhang San coming in, everyone got up, and a leader said with a little flattery: "Steward Zhang, we are not closer than those stewards in Jiangdu City, it is not easy to come to the river, please be sure to say goodbye, we have to meet the young master." ”

"yes, it's not easy. ”

"We've got to see each other. ”

"In the end, they are all their own people, how can there be a reason to see each other behind closed doors. ”

The crowd around him spoke out in support.

"Everyone, everyone. Zhang San put on a smile and said, "Young master, he said, these days to check the account books, busy affairs, no one is seen, everyone should go back." ”

"If we can't see the young master, we won't leave here!" said another tall steward with three points of anger, and sat back in his place.

"Good, good. Zhang San was still full of smiles, and said: "If you don't go, you won't leave, since you are willing to wait, then sit here, and I will order someone to bring you tea." ”

After saying that, Zhang San glanced at the porter, turned around and left the gatehouse.

After Zhang San left, the tall steward said: "The master mother has been in power for so many years, why did she suddenly hand over power? ”

The leader sighed and said: "That's right, the master mother knows our difficulties, and she will turn a blind eye to some things, and don't think too much, but I'm afraid that this young master is young and vigorous, and there is no room for sand in his eyes, which will cut off our way of life." ”

The tall steward said: "If it weren't for this, we wouldn't have traveled hundreds of miles a day to Jiangdu to eat this closed-door soup." ”

A thin steward lowered his voice and said: "This is all light, there is an old saying that once the son of heaven is a courtier, now the power is still in the hands of the master mother, the old fayette, the young master is still far from the 'pro-government', the attitude of the master mother should not be neglected, if you only want to please the young master but forget the master mother's side, I am afraid it is also a big sin!"

Everyone was suddenly shocked and nodded yes.

In the back house, Xu Beiyou had just finished breakfast and was cleaning his hands in the copper basin, when the Song official walked in with a gold invitation and said, "Son, the invitation just sent by the prince of Qi." ”

Xu Beiyou wiped his hands, took the invitation and glanced at it, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "This His Royal Highness the King of Qi is really vigorous and resolute, and he has just arrived in Jiangnan to convene many giant businessmen and rich people to discuss matters. ”

Song Guanguan whispered: "Actually, I just want money." ”

Xu Beiyou put the invitation card in his hand aside, "The imperial court, even if you rob money, you have to weave a good name, put on a righteous name, and ask for money to promote you." ”

Song Guanguan said with a smile: "It's still the son who speaks thoroughly, hit the nail on the head, and is in one sentence." ”

Xu Beiyou nodded at her and joked: "Don't pour me ecstasy soup, if I stumble, I will be killed by you." ”

Song Guanguan smiled, remembered something again, and asked, "Does Gongzi want to communicate with Mrs. Luo and Mrs. Tang?"

Xu Beiyou nodded and said, "It's still thoughtful, I'll go to those two sides later, after all, I'm also the junior of these two people, and there is no reason to wait for them to come to the door." ”

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Jiangzhou, Xie Yuan.

Xiao Bai, the king of Qi, sat on the main seat of the main hall, his legs slightly apart, his hands on his knees, his waist and back were straight, and he was a typical military general.

Several high-ranking officials of the secret guard dressed in black brocade official robes stood in front of him, all with their heads bowed, their hands hanging at their sides, and their respectful posture was to the extreme.

I have to say that people are not the same from person to person, and kings are not the same from kings to kings.

The secret guard is known as the inner guard of the Son of Heaven, not only above the civil and military officials, but also the ordinary princes and princes do not put it in their eyes, like the governor of the Yuzhou Secret Guard Mansion, the sheep master He, and the grandiose oppression of the county king Xiao Quji, and Xiao Qujian is also unthinkable in addition to impeachment in the book, from this point it can be seen that the power of the dark guard is heavy.

It's just that in front of Xiao Bai, no high-ranking official of the secret guard dares to take his position, although Xiao Bai has not yet been canonized as the prince, but since ancient times, the canonization of the prince is only four points, Liyan, Lichang, Lixian, Liai, Xiao Bai is the eldest son and sister-in-law of today's Yuanhou, that is, the eldest son and grandson of the justifiable Xiao family, and he is by no means a mediocre clan like Xiao Quji, whether it is military exploits or governance, it is quite unique. The three points of Lixian have been completed, and now His Majesty is the king of the Holy Ming, and he will never do anything to establish love, so the government and the opposition all regard Xiao Bai as the prince and prince.

The prince, the king of the reserve, to put it bluntly, is the reserve king, the person who will inherit the unification in the future, with this identity, even if it is the three governors of the Dark Guard Mansion, they must be respectful.

Xiao Bai raised his hand and said, "Don't stand, sit down." ”

"Your Highness. Several high-ranking officials of the Jiangnan Secret Guard Mansion responded in unison and sat down according to their official positions.

Xiao Bai said slowly: "I think you all already know the intention of this king's visit this time, everyone here is your own family, and some of the words this king has made it clear, and this king is asking for a word of money." But asking people for money with red lips and white teeth is a difficult thing in the world, and even the king is very worried, so he has to ask all the adults to help the king. ”

Everyone here didn't dare to say anything.

Xiao Bai narrowed his eyes, and said in a slightly cold tone: "Don't dare, or don't you want to?" It is said that the prefect of the broken family, the prefect of the extinction, this king does not want anyone to destroy the door and raid the house, but just want these rich businessmen to donate some silver, are you three-grade masters still not as good as the small seven-grade magistrate?

Xie Suqing, who was sitting next to Xiao Bai, spoke: "After all, it is an imminent matter, millions of victims are waiting for disaster relief, His Royal Highness came to Jiangdu to raise money and food in person at the request of His Majesty. ”

Several high-ranking officials of the secret guard glanced at each other, and Jiang Bin, the governor of the Jiangnan Secret Guard Mansion, got up and said: "Back to Your Highness, Weichen has a plan." ”

Xiao Bai glanced at him and said, "Lord Jiang, please speak." ”

Jiang Bin said in a deep voice: "Take a bird to kill the chicken and set an example for the monkey, and the rest will naturally know to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster." ”

Xie Suqing twisted his beard and said: "I am afraid that acting like this will damage the face of the imperial court." ”

Xu Beiyou said with great interest: "The imperial court, to the point where it wants to raise money and food from the rich today, it is already a big loss of face, and it doesn't hurt to lose a few points, according to the meaning of Lord Jiang, who will be the chicken that kills chickens and sets an example for monkeys?"

Jiang Bin pondered for a moment and said: "If you go back to Your Highness, if you just dispose of an ordinary rich businessman, it will not be able to deter people's hearts, so according to Weichen's humble opinion, you still have to start with the three largest families in Jiangdu City, so that you can kill chickens and set an example for monkeys." ”

"Oh, the big three. Xiao Bai's face couldn't see joy and anger, and he asked Xie Suqing beside him, "Which three are they?"

Regarding Xiao Bai's knowingly question, Xie Suqing could only answer truthfully: "The Tang family, the Qin family, and the Zhang family." ”

Jiang Bin lowered his head, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked.

Xiao Bai narrowed his eyes and whispered to himself, "Choose one of the three." ”