In the palace.

"The emperor......" The eunuch Wang Xiu wanted to speak and stopped, he was one of the eunuchs around the emperor, and he couldn't do without drafting the edict.

"What do you want to say after holding it for a long time?" the emperor said with a smile. A few days ago, the 'King of Honor', and now the new emperor Yin Jiusi, this old boy has been a little haggard in recent days, and it is no wonder that he has hardly eaten a good meal or slept well.

"Your Majesty, it stands to reason that eunuchs can't discuss politics and ministers shouldn't talk much, but it's really panicked if you don't say this, Gao Kuo privately transfers troops and has no national law, Ren Sixian, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, actually privately awarded the flag and concealed it without reporting to the emperor, is it really not going to be investigated?"

"They can be regarded as dedicated to the court, but they are a little reckless, but their hearts are not bad. ”

Wang Xiu gave a salute and said: "The people of the 'Tan Gate' and 'Banbu Hall' are the criminals named and arrested on the official document of the Yamen Sea Arrest, not to mention that the 'Yang Dao League' harbored the criminals, and even detained the court officials, which is simply bullying the head of the court, and the emperor just let it go?"

"The unknown weapon of the soldier is also used as a last resort, and it is not appropriate to use the sword in vain. If they are willing to live in peace and trade, it will be a blessing for the community and the people. What's more, foreign enemies have been watching the artifact for a long time, the nine sides are in an emergency, and the court is short of food and salary. ”

"The emperor is far-sighted, and the ministers are obedient. ”

The Emperor smiled, obviously this sycophant was more useful.

"It's boring in the house, I want to go out for a walk, you can do it yourself. ”

"Yes. ”

The emperor stood up, Xu Nianen followed, and when he was about to walk to the door of the hall, the emperor suddenly stopped, turned around and said: "I look at Wang Qing's strong body, he must be a person who practices martial arts, I don't know how many catties of heavy objects Wang Qing can lift?"

Wang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then replied respectfully: "The emperor is sage, the minister's skills are shallow, and he can only lift more than 200 catties. ”

The Emperor nodded and stepped out the door.

"'Dragon Guard' Zhuang Zejing (Zhao Ji) see the emperor. "Zhuang Zejing and Zhao Ji, who were waiting outside in the 'Dragon Guard', saluted together and said respectfully.

The emperor waved his hand, walked away by himself, and was confronted by a 'dragon guard' wrapped in iron chains who was patrolling, and when he saw the emperor coming, he bowed and saluted: "'Dragon Guard' Jin Mill to see the emperor." ”

The emperor nodded and said with a smile: "I heard that the golden guard is now the number one master in the Ouchi, when will you have time to let me see and understand?" said in his heart: "There are really all kinds of strange things around the imperial brother, and this kind of wrapped zongzi-like goods dare to use it." ”

Jin Mill bowed and said, "Obey." ”

The emperor nodded, turned around and walked away, not far away, but saw the impermanence and Youzai Youzai coming over, the emperor looked at him with a headache, and moved, wanting to turn around and avoid him and walk in other directions, but the impermanence of the sharp eyes had seen him.

"Your Majesty, go slowly!" he stopped when he opened his mouth.

The emperor turned around and said with a smile: "It's a guard, is there something wrong?"

Yu Wuchang said: "I heard that the royal family has nine extremely clever martial arts cheats and five heavenly strange formations, but unfortunately we have seen a formation in the 'Dragon Guard', and we haven't been able to practice it yet." The emperor also puts it away, so it's better to lend it to the ministers to take a look. ”

The emperor frowned, Xu Nianen took a step forward and said: "Guard, the emperor is generous, you don't want to get an inch, the royal treasure can only be practiced by people of royal blood, as for others, you need to make a great contribution to the emperor's special reward, why do you think?"

Yu Wuchang said: "Eunuch Xu, you scare me, what merit has Gai Motian made for the imperial court, hasn't he learned the royal family's mastery of 'frontier hand'?"

The emperor suppressed his anger and said, "In this case, the guards can find Gai Motian to learn." "Don't bother with impermanence, turn around and leave.

"Isn't the relationship between the minister and the emperor better than the friendship with him? Seeing that the emperor still did not stop, he shouted impermanently: "Your Majesty, how about the ministers make a deal with you? ”

The emperor couldn't help but pause and said, "What kind of deal?"

"That's it, forget about the rest, as long as the emperor lends the 'Frontier Expansion Hand' to the minister, no matter whether he succeeds in practice or not, how about the minister help the emperor do three things?"

"Don't say three things, even if there are thirty or three hundred things, how many people will rush to do it under my holy decree. ”

"Hey, do you believe the emperor when he says this?" said lazily.

"Do you want to rebel?" Xu Nianen shouted.

Yu Wuchang said disapprerovitously: "Don't worry, when the emperor wants to do business, Impermanence is waiting for you at any time." ”

The emperor walked away quickly, and the impermanence behind him still shouted: "Your Majesty, one day you have time to learn two tricks." ”

He was angry, angry, this impermanence was the most presumptuous man he had ever met. Power, he needs power, he needs real power, power that no one dares to despise, and he craves this kind of thing more than ever.

"Master, do you want to ...... him?" Xu Nianen was even more angry than the emperor.

"What's the use of giving an order to kill him, can one of the more than 30 people of the 'Dragon Guard' be trusted? Unless the 'Dragon Guard' is completely removed, ......" A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, since none of the 'Dragon Guards' were credible, it was better to simply remove the 'Dragon Guards', once and for all, and declare to the outside world that the internal funds were tight, the expenses would be reduced, and the palace would be protected by the 'Golden Guards'.

"Nian'en, let's go, let's go back, and remove this 'Dragon Guard' now. As he spoke, he turned around and walked back, and when he returned to the main hall, he was about to summon someone to draft a decree, when he suddenly paused again, and he always felt that something was wrong in his heart. After thinking about it for a while, I finally realized that the 'Dragon Guards' had no real power except to protect the palace, and their strength was not in their positions, but in their own martial arts, even if the 'Dragon Guards' were removed, they would still be bought by Wu Jingguo. If Wu Jingguo wants to do anything to himself, he can do it to any of the 'Golden Guards', but he doesn't necessarily have to make a move by the 'Dragon Guards', since he can't remove the 'Dragon Guards' can not ensure his own safety, nor can he weaken Wu Jingguo's strength, but instead make him vigilant, and even force him to attack ...... in advance.

The momentum that had just risen in the emperor's heart suddenly wilted when he thought of this, Wu Jingguo he had to deal with it, but at the moment he had no way, no breakthrough, and no trustworthy person. He can do so little, too little, that he can't seem to do anything but show weakness.

If you want to deal with Wu Jingguo, you must first ensure your own safety, and if you want to ensure safety, first of all, you must have your own henchmen in the imperial city guards such as 'Golden Guard' and 'Dragon Guard', and at least eight of them are Wu Jingguo's people, and rashly looking for anyone as a confidant may be calculated by Wu Jingguo. Since the existing people can't do it, it seems to be a good way to expand the recruitment of the 'Golden Guard' and the 'Dragon Guard', yes, it is to expand the recruitment, and the newly recruited people are at least more credible than the current ones.

He couldn't help but feel excited when he thought of this, and he was about to recruit someone to draft the decree, but he was about to give an order, but the words stopped again when they came to his mouth. No, even if I want to recruit the 'Golden Guard' and the 'Dragon Guard', I have to go through the courtiers below, as long as I pass through the hands of others, I will inevitably not be able to avoid Wu Jingguo's pass, although I can finally decide whether to leave the newly recruited people, but with Wu Jingguo's shrewdness, he will naturally install his cronies before the selection, so what is the use of expanding the recruitment except for spending more money to be placed by Wu Jingguo?

The Emperor was at a loss again, and the glimmer of hope that had just been thought of was extinguished again, he could not have imagined that this would be so difficult.

Xu Nianen looked at the emperor with a happy face, worried for a while, dancing for a while, and suddenly wilting for a while, and his heart was also melancholy and anxious.

Everyone in the palace is respectful, and they say long live, but their words and deeds may have already been passed into Wu Jingguo's ears word for word, as long as one day he says something wrong or shows a little hostility to Wu Jingguo, I am afraid it will be a disaster, he doesn't know which person was arranged by Wu Jingguo, so except for Xu Nianen next to him, he can't show a little hostility to Wu Jingguo in front of anyone.

This...... If he doesn't take risks, he will never be able to take this step, and in the end he can only make promises, and will be controlled by Wu Jingguo for the rest of his life and become a puppet. If you have to take the risk of believing in a person, who would be the best choice? He suddenly had a thrill, thinking of a person, he didn't know why he thought so, but he just felt that maybe he was the only one who would not be completely loyal to anyone, only he would not be completely bound by any rules, such a person is a variable, and anyone should try to avoid variables when doing things, but for the current emperor, variables may be a relatively safe choice. Because if it is a variable for itself, it will be a variable for the enemy.

The sun is about to set, a storytelling stall in the capital has just ended, sending off the guests, the old storyteller is bent over the waist to clean up the teacups and water bowls on the table, his movements are very slow, but very steady, a man in black walked over from the side of the street, sat on the bench of the tea stall.

"Guest officer, today's book is over, please be early tomorrow. The old man didn't reply.

"Don't talk nonsense, just those two paragraphs every day, you still think I really come to listen to you every day. "Humanity in black.

The old man glanced at him and said with a smile: "It turned out that the guest officer came, and he was unwelcome." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I agreed to what you asked me to do, and give me something. ”

"Nope. The old man moved his ass and sat down opposite the man in black.

"Old man, are you fooling me?"

"How dare you, in fact, it is not difficult for the guest officer to improve his strength, and if he is lucky, it is not a problem to increase by more than half or even double within a year and a half. If the guest officer doesn't mind, the old man can give the guest officer some pointers. ”

"Hey, what an old guy with empty gloves and white wolves, you don't need to play tricks, I don't need your guidance for that, I have my own way, I have to take something out if I want to do something." ”

"Tsk, people say ghosts and ghosts, ghosts are really very good, okay, what do you want?"

"There are many good martial arts in the world, but I am only interested in the 'Frontier Expansion Hand' and the 'Twelve Tips for Hating the Sword'. ”

"These two old men can't take it out, even if you can take it out, you will definitely cheat, the guest officer is sincere in doing business or change the conditions. ”

"It's good to say, 'Tianfu is angry, and Baichuan Huizong' is also fine. ”

The old man shook his head.

"'Heaven and Earth Gangqi'?" the man in black glanced at the old man, and saw that the old man was still shaking his head, he pretended to think and said: "'Qingtian Hand', 'Yinshan Palm', 'Tiangen Jue', 'Qianyuan Sword Finger'......" said dozens of martial arts in one breath, all of which are miraculous skills that can cause changes in heaven and earth, most of which have been lost.

The old man shook his head slowly.

The man in black said strangely: "No, then, 'Six Dragons Walk in the Heavens' and 'Six Qi Dragon Masters', there won't be no more this time." ”

The old man glanced at him with a smile, his eyes narrowed, and said, "The deal has collapsed, and the guest officer will go slowly and will not send it." ”

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, how can you do this kind of trading? The price I offer is naturally beneficial to me, can you bargain if you are not satisfied, in the end we have to think about whether the deal will be made or not. Although the black-clothed man was in a hurry, his expression and movements still looked indifferent and ridiculous.

"Okay!" The old man opened his eyes, took off his shirt, revealing his rather healthy upper body, and said slowly: "You can punch the old man and try it." ”

"What kind of business, we are doing business, not ......" The black-clothed man said in his mouth, and suddenly grabbed the table next to him like lightning, and hit the old man's head on his head. 'Bang!' There was a sound, the table splashed around, the old man's eyes did not blink, the man in black looked at the old man, only to see that under the old man's skin, there were faint pieces of thumb-sized small pieces of things all over the body, these small pieces pressed one by one, extremely compact, like fish scales, this fish scale flashed with colorful light, this light outlined a rising and moving dragon shape.

"This table comes from the hand of Master Liao, it is a good rosewood table, fine workmanship, connected by dovetail tenon, smooth and flat at the mortise and tenon joint, no loosening, no concave and convex, the original price is ten taels, for the sake of objectively many times, you are five taels. ”

"Old man, are you selling tea or selling tables? How can you have any bullshit red sandalwood at this table, and dare to ask me for five taels with this rotten wood slag?"

"Give the table back without paying. The old man stretched out his hand and said.

"Well, let me punch again. ”

"Please. ”

The black-clothed man was lucky with one arm, the bone joints gurgled, his shoulders moved, and the fist smashed on the old man's chest, only to see the fish scales under the old man's skin conducting each other in an instant, and the power of this punch was dispersed, bearing by thousands of scales, the colorful dragon twisted, and the majestic fist was gone.

"Sure enough, it's the 'Dragon Chapter Dark Scales', old guy, you hid deep enough. ”

The old man smiled and said: "I'm not here in 'Osumi Heavenly City', I don't have the martial arts you want, and I don't bother to get other martial arts, if you want this hand, I can give it to you, but it's a pity that you are only interested in the 'Frontier Hand' and the 'Twelve Tricks of Hating the Sword', and you may not be able to see this thing." ”

The man in black waved his sleeves and said: "That's, how can you, a big man who hasn't shown his face for eight hundred years, refute your face, I did this deal, but give me martial arts first, otherwise I won't be responsible for your business if I die halfway." ”

The old man took out a booklet and said, "Give me five taels of silver." ”

"Do what?"

"A tael of paper for a tael, a tael for printing, a tael for arrangement, and a tael for transporting here. ”

"Old man, it's only four taels of silver, where did you get five taels?"

"There are few customers today, so I have to make up for the running water of the tea stall with one or two. ”

"Your guests don't care about me?"

"Why doesn't it matter? When the ghost comes, people naturally have to hide. ”

"It makes sense, it makes sense, take it and buy the coffin. The man in black took out five taels of silver and threw it to him, took the book from his hand and opened it to look at it, and said with a smile: "Hehe, it's worthy of your old guy's thing, it's really a good thing, are there any other deals?" ”

The old man said: "Let's lose the table money first." ”

The man in black took out another ingot of five taels of silver and threw it over, and the old man took it and threw it back to him, saying, "I'm talking about gold, not silver." ”

The man in black glared at the boss and scolded: "Old guy, just after paying back five taels of silver, this will turn into gold, and you can't afford to sit on the ground." ”

The old man said, "Did I just say silver?"

The man in black was helpless, took out a silver ticket of twenty taels of silver, threw it to the old man, and scolded: "This money is enough for you to buy you a hundred tables and a good coffin, no more, do you want to love it." ”

The old man smiled and put the silver ticket away, and the man in black asked, "What's the matter, are there any other deals?"

The old man thought for a long time with a solemn expression, nodded fiercely and said, "No, yes, indeed." ”

The pieces of wood on the ground flew up and stabbed at the old man, who laughed and shot down all the pieces of wood with a wave of his robe.

Looking at the back of the man in black leaving, the old man got up, put his hands behind his back, and an amazing aura was as dignified as a mountain, but it was not let go.