Xu Beiyou also handed Wei Wuji a letter that he had written a long time ago, which told in detail about the attack on the Demon Suppression Palace, and even did not hide much about what happened to him, but just brushed over a few of his dreams. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, but now that he is standing on the cusp of the storm, it is no longer interesting to hide his clumsiness, it is better to take these out to increase his weight and chips, so that he will not easily become an outcast.

After getting what he wanted, Wei Wuji, the governor of the Secret Guard Mansion, who could be called a great opportunity, naturally wouldn't waste any more time on Xu Beiyou's body and left.

After Wei Wuji left, Xu Beiyou opened the envelope, and there were two letters in the envelope, one was Xiao Zhinan's letter, with beautiful handwriting, and the other was Han Xuan's letter, with strong penmanship.

Xiao Zhinan's letter is very simple, it has nothing to do with the court situation, and it has nothing to do with any "business", the main thing is to express his concern and greetings to Xu Beiyou, and also roughly say Xiao Bai's evaluation of him, overall Xu Beiyou left a good impression on His Royal Highness the King of Qi.

As for Han Xuan's letter, it is only a concise four words, and the words return to the south.

The founder of the Daomen is the ancestor of the Dao, under the ancestor of the Tao is Zhuang Zu, Zhuang Zu advocates obedience to the way of heaven, and abandons artificiality, leaving the Nanhua Sutra to pass down, the Nanhua Sutra has a total of 33 articles, including the inner chapter seven, the outer chapter 15, the miscellaneous article 11, the saying of the free land immortal is taken from the Nanhua Sutra in the inner chapter, and the method of the three swords learned by Emperor Xiao is from the miscellaneous articles of the Nanhua Sutra to say the sword.

Although Han Xuan is a Confucian, but also read Zhuang Zu's Nanhua Sutra, he named Xu Beiyou the word Beiyou, which is a reference to the Nanhua Sutra in the outer chapter of the Zhibeiyou, which is known as the name of the person, so it is replaced by the word Xu, so there is a Xu Beiyou.

Ancient names, names and words complement each other, or synonymous, or antonym, or complementary, such as Xiao Jin's table word Huaiyu, taken from the four characters of Jin Huaiyu, and Xiao Yu is the word Yu dismantled together, a fire day and a stand, two days side by side, bright light, so the word is bright light, and such as Xiao Bai Xiao Taibai, white, too platinum star also, so it is said to be too white, and there is another complete Yan Beiyue word Xuanyin, the north is Xuan, the moon is Taiyin, so it is Xuanyin.

Now Han Xuan took the table word for Xu Beiyou, and wanted to take the table word Xuanshui for him with the sentence "Knowing the north and swimming above the Xuanshui", but the current emperor Xiao Xuan already has a Xuan character in his name, Han Xuan is in the temple, and has to avoid one or two, so he did the opposite, took the antisense word for Xu Beiyou, and returned to the south.

Traveling to the north, that is, traveling to the north, the north is mysterious, and the mystery is remote, so the north is an unknowable place, and the north journey is the "road" is unknowable, if you can return to the south, the "road" can be known, then the avenue can be expected, and longevity is hopeful.

Xu Beiyou put the letter back into the envelope and whispered to himself: "Return to the south, Xu Nangui, sir, are you going to tell me to return to the south after traveling north?"

Outside, autumn rain is starting to rise.

Xu Beiyou put the envelope in his sleeve and looked at the autumn rain outside the house in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, Song Guanguan went and returned, and reported softly: "Son, Li Shidao personally handed over the worship post. ”

Xu Beiyou still looked at the rain curtain outside and asked, "Li Shidao?" is that the big salt lord who is famous for two Huai?"

Song Guanguan nodded and said, "It's him." ”

Xu Beiyou chuckled, "He's well-informed, I'll know it on the back foot when I come back with my front foot, since he came over in person, let's invite him in." ”

Song Guanguan retreated.

After a short time, bathed in the wisps of autumn rain, the tall Li Shidao walked through the rain curtain and came to the front of the hall.

Xu Beiyou got up to greet him.

Seeing Xu Beiyou's white hair, Li Shidao lost his mind for a moment, but after all, the old man was a long-standing old Jianghu, so he hid this surprise well, and smiled and hugged his fists and saluted: "Young Master Xu." ”

When Li Shidao looked at himself, Xu Beiyou was also looking at this famous salt merchant, in terms of appearance, the old man was about the age of a sixtieth birthday, with gray hair neatly combed, and a tall figure, not like a businessman, but more like a man in the army.

Since ancient times, salt and iron have been the weapons of the imperial court. The so-called salt merchant is a merchant who pays salt tax to the salt envoy yamen in exchange for salt quotations, and then sells salt.

Salt merchants are divided into nest merchants, transport merchants, field merchants, general merchants, etc., among which the general merchants have the closest relationship with the imperial court, and they are also the most powerful, and they are the giants of salt merchants.

The salt merchant is already rich, and the giant who can become a salt merchant is even richer, the old man is the first salt merchant in the Lianghuai area, the family is big, the last time Xiao Bai came to Jiangdu to raise money and grain, although the old man only donated 900,000 taels of silver, but he sent twenty boats of grain for nothing, this stroke is not small, Xiao Bai's merit fold naturally has the name of the old man, not long ago the imperial court has a will to come down, sealed him a six-grade scattered rank, really according to the rules of the temple, the old man is already an official, and Xu Beiyou is still a businessman who has not even made a name for himself。

Of course, the account is not calculated like this, Zhang Xueyao, Qin Mumian, and Tang Shengyue also have no official status, but they can influence the political situation in Jiangnan, and even the candidates who can influence the left governor of the Jiangnan Army.

Xu Beiyou stretched out his hand and motioned for the old man to take a seat.

The old man was not too polite, and after taking a seat, he supported his knees with both hands, and said: "The old man is not a person who likes to beat around the bush, so if he has something to say, he will say it directly, and this time he came to bother him because he wanted to ask Xu Gongzi for a favor." ”

Xu Beiyou leaned forward slightly, "Boss Li, please speak." ”

Li Shidao said slowly: "In the early years, Mr. Gongsun was still in Jiangdu, and Jiangnan at that time was not as smoky as it is now. ”

The old man's tone was a little more emotional, and said: "Mr. is the head of the Gongsun family, he has a moderate demeanor, is not angry but mighty, and is generous, and gives charity widely, regardless of whether he is rich or poor, he is responsive, Hugh said that it is us who are people, that is, Xie Suqing and others have also received the favor of Mr., if there is any major matter, it is resolved by Mr. mediation, it can be said that Mr. was a fairy-like figure in Jiangnan at that time, and no one knows where he goes. ”

Xu Beiyou's fingers that just pinched the teacup trembled slightly, making the tea ripple a little.

Li Shidao let out a long sigh, "Now that Mr. Gongsun is gone, Gongzi Xu is the successor of Mr. Gongsun, so the old man can only come to Gongzi Xu to help with this." ”

Xu Beiyou put down the teacup he wanted to pick up, and asked softly, "I don't know what the matter is?"

Li Shidao was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Recently, a group of unknown loose cultivators came from the north, acting very arrogantly, injuring a human immortal master I supported, and also kidnapped the dog, and asked the old man to take out two million taels of silver to ransom people. I don't hide it from Xu Gongzi, the old man met Lafayette Zhang not long ago, but Lafayette said that now she has delegated power, regardless of these things, now Gongzi is in charge of the sword qi in the Sky Hall, so this matter has to bother Gongzi. ”

Xu Beiyou narrowed his eyes and said, "It means that this group of people is not a domestic dog, but a wild dog." ”

Li Shidao nodded and said, "Eight or nine is not far from ten." ”

Xu Beiyou said slowly: "Since I took over the master's class and was in charge of the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall, then I have no responsibility to take a loan." ”

At this point, Li Shidao got up and bowed, and said, "The old man is waiting for good news and farewell." ”

Xu Beiyou picked up the teacup and took a sip, "I won't send it far." ”

The tall figure went out of the door and left in the autumn rain.

Song Guanguan, who was standing beside Xu Beiyou, said softly: "Childe, the ghost Ding is more familiar with this aspect of things. ”

Xu Beiyou snorted and ordered: "You explain the matter first, let the ghost Ding check the details of those people, and at the same time, you can also go and say hello to the Sword Pavilion, after all, they have been the head snake for many years, and the foundation and connections do not need to be in vain." ”

Song Guanguan went as promised.

When Song Guanguan stepped out of the threshold, Xu Beiyou suddenly said: "Official." ”

"What else does Childe command?" said Song Guanguan turned his head suspiciously.

Xu Beiyou smiled and said, "Be careful yourself." ”

A sincere smile appeared on Song Guanguan's face, and he snorted heavily.

After Song Guanguan left, Xu Beiyou said to himself: "Since I want to take over the burden of the master, I will naturally do what the master can do back then.