Until the dust settles, no plan is a sure thing. Of course, it is an exaggeration that a boiled duck can fly, but it is a very accurate expression of the problem.

Zhu Di's three sons got into the carriage, and Dao Yan and Xu Zengshou sat opposite. The five of them were silent, trying to breathe as much as possible, quietly listening to the movement outside the car.

"Stop, who's in the car, where are you going?"

"Official," this was Li Poison's voice, with a hint of arrogance: "We are from Lord Ji's mansion, and we want to go out of the city to do something, what, do we also have to check?"

"Master Ji? There are many officials in Beijing, and there are also many people with the surname Ji, how does Lao Tzu know which surname Ji you are talking about? Besides, Lao Tzu doesn't care, don't talk nonsense, get off quickly!"

"What are you talking about!" Li Poison's voice cooled down, but was stopped by a shrill voice next to him: "Lao Li, I told you a long time ago that your commander of Jinyiwei is not as good as our factory master in the East Factory, you still don't believe it, are you now?"

"Lao Tzu, let them remember it for a long time. ”

"You ... Is it Dongchang and Jinyiwei?" The voice in front of the head was a little lower, revealing caution and doubts: "Don't fool me, how did Dongchang and Jinyiwei's people come together?"

"What's the matter?" Li Poison said, but he still took out the brocade clothes from his arms and shook it in front of the eyes of the soldiers guarding the city: "Do you see it clearly?"

"Uh... Actually, he didn't see it clearly, but looking at the power of the two of them, he didn't dare to ask more.

"What?" Ma Sanbao raised his eyebrows: "Do you still want to check the waist card of the East Factory?"

The soldier made up his mind in his heart that this time he must take it in his hand and check it carefully, and he was about to say yes, but he heard the one-eyed man seem to be angry: "Check and check, the two adults trust us, but before we left the city, we were stopped by a stinky gatekeeper, and our faces were lost to grandma's house, and you still play with him?"

If I want to play with you, Lao Tzu won't wait, so I'll go back to the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division to report to the governor, saying that this errand can't be done!"

Speaking of this, Li Poison shook his wrist and made a loud whip, pulling the reins as if he was about to turn around.

"Eh, eh, eh, two grandfathers, two grandfathers!" The soldiers guarding the city were in a hurry, and they just saw the carriage and searched it according to the custom, and by the way, they would ask for some silver (large families with female dependents in the car generally did not want to be inspected, so they would pay some money), who knew that they would run into two hard stubbles.

It is better to believe in what is there than to believe in what is not. If these two people weren't for Jinyiwei's and Dongchang's, they would just have a little silver. If the identities of these two people are true, then they can't pull out a layer of skin when they turn back?

Thinking about this section, the soldiers were full of smiles, and it seemed that they were about to kneel and kowtow: "Grandpa, two grandfathers, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and offended the tiger power of the two grandfathers, the two adults don't remember the villain, but don't go to your heart." Gritting his teeth, he took out a dirty money bag from his arms, and held it with reluctant hands: "This is the villain... ”

"Phew, who wants you this dirty money. Ma Sanbao shook his hand and grabbed the money bag and smashed it on the soldier's face: "Don't say it's useless, we are in a hurry, and we don't have time to rub shoulders with you." ”

"Yes, yes, the villain will let him go. The soldiers nodded again and again, then turned around and waved their hands, making a look, and a few robes understood it, knowing that it was a person who could not be provoked, and hurriedly stopped the people who were going to pass by, leaving a wide road.

"Two grandfathers, please. ”

"Hmph," Li Poison snorted coldly, he didn't need to look at this soldier directly, or Ma Sanbao said kindly: "I'm not afraid to tell you, there is chaos in the city, and it is estimated that there will be a will to lock the city in a while, so the adults of our two families will hurriedly send us out of the city to do some secret things, after all, some things can't be put on the surface, if someone asks about you when you go back... ”

"The two grandfathers rest assured, the villain didn't see anything today. ”

"Good. Ma Sanbao nodded with satisfaction, took out a silver ingot from his sleeve with his backhand and threw it over: "Our Dongchang is different from Jinyiwei, and we never treat people who do things badly." ”

"What nonsense is there, there are a lot of words in your East Factory. Li Poison waved his hand impatiently, raised his whip, and the carriage drove out of the west gate.

When the smoke and dust were gone, the order to lock the city came, but it was too late.

"Master, are we safe?"

"Not yet. ”

Regarding Zhu Gaosui's inquiry, Dao Yan gave a negative answer.

It's still too smooth, Dongchang, Jinyiwei and Zongren Mansion have all calculated it, but there is one thing, Huang Zicheng was the emperor's teacher in the end, and in anger, it is not enough to rely on the three hundred heads he left in Beijing, perhaps, he still needs to give them an explanation?

"Master?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Dao Yan frowning and pondering, and said softly, "What is the master thinking?"

The voice was very low, because Xu Zengshou fell asleep.

"Nothing, the poor monk just remembered an interesting story. Dao Yan smiled, a gentle expression, but the face of the sick tiger made people shudder: "The journey is lonely, is it good for the poor monk to tell a story to the three princes?"

"Master, please speak. Zhu Gaochi and the three of them straightened their bodies and had a public attitude.

The monk in front of him is the most relied on confidant of his father, where will it be just boring storytelling, there must be a sense of teaching, although this time and place are a little out of place, but the three of them do not dare to be careless.

Dao Yan pondered for a moment and spoke: "In the extreme west, there is a small country, with few soldiers and few resources.

In this small country, there are two great powers, evenly matched. Both countries are interested in annexing the territory of this small country in order to increase their power. Under the domestic and foreign difficulties, this small country has to pay a large amount of gold and silver tribute to the two powerful countries every year.

The poor monk wants to ask the three princes, if you are the king of this small country, what are you going to do after you succeed to the throne?"

After listening to Dao Yan's question, the three brothers Zhu Gaochi frowned and said nothing, but Dao Yan did not urge, only smiled and waited patiently.

After a while, Zhu Gaosui spoke first: "If I am the king of this small country, I should be a scholar and a ruler, and I will pay attention to agriculture." If the country is rich, the people will be strong, born in 30 years, raised in 30 years, secretly provoking the enemy country to fight, and in his lifetime, he may see the opportunity for national rejuvenation. ”

"Huh. Dao Yan listened quietly, and did not express his position, but looked at Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaochu with a smile.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at his eldest brother, and then said: "Internal worries and external difficulties, tigers and wolves are fed, where is there still a chance for development? If I am the king, I am elected as a heroic man in the country, and I will fight to the death with these two countries." Putting it to death and coming back to life, even if it is not an enemy, it is worthy of the dignity of the country. ”

"Well, the poor monk knows," Dao Yan looked at Zhu Gaochi again: "Has the eldest prince thought about it?"

Zhu Gaochi hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed: "The condition given by the master is a dead end, whether it is literature or martial arts, the enemy country is strong, once you see that a small country has a chance to rise, you will inevitably work together to strangle it." ”

"Why, is the prince going to give up? Don't you want to try it? After all, you're the king?"

"What kind of emperor is the emperor? The affairs of the country are difficult, and the suffering of the king is no match for the suffering of the people. Every year, the state has to pay huge sums of money to the enemy, and the tax burden of the government is bound to be heavy. What is the point of existence of a country that cannot protect its people?

If I am king, I will ask my people what they think, and if they are tired, then I will open the door of the country to the enemy. If they are willing to fight, then I will put on my sleeve and make a last stand, and no matter what, there will always be an end. ”

"Is it a surrender without a war?" Dao Yan frowned and said: "In all dynasties, when the country is destroyed, the subjects surrender or have a good death, but I have never heard of a king who has died of a country can get a good end, the prince just said it casually, right? Are you really not afraid of death? Not afraid of cutting off your children and grandchildren?"

"A nation that is not a kingdom, a king that is not a king, should not have existed in the first place. The suffering of the people comes from the royal family, and I am willing to accept whatever the outcome. ”

"Amitabha. Dao Yan proclaimed the Buddha's name and folded his hands: "The answer of the three princes, the poor monk listened to it and thought about it, it was originally just a small story, and he didn't have to take it seriously." ”

Several people in the car also have "leisure and leisure" to tell stories, outside the car Li Poison and Ma Sanbao did not have this mood, the whip was raised and fell again and again, eager to put wings on the horse, and directly took them back to Beiping.

"It's almost done," Ma Sanbao raised his hand and grabbed the dancing whip: "If you want to hurry, you can't reach it." The horse is tireless, and if you keep running at full speed, the horse will be exhausted. ”

"So what," Li Poison disagreed: "As long as you can get to the next town, you can buy another one." ”

"What if you can't run?" Ma Sanbao frowned and said unhappily: "The son of the world is weak, if he doesn't get to the place, the horse will run away, what will happen then?"

The so-called son of the world is weak, Ma Sanbao is specifically referring to Zhu Gaochi, obesity, coupled with lameness, it makes it difficult for him to walk hundreds of meters.

Li Poison rolled his eyes and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, then it's up to you, be a little slower, I'm afraid that the chasing soldiers behind will not be slow." ”

"You think too much," Ma Sanbao said with a smile: "We are going to the northwest, Jinyiwei will not chase after us, and I am afraid that Dongchang will not be able to think of it for a while, and nothing will happen if you are less slow." Not to mention ... Ma Sanbao's face suddenly gloomy, he looked ahead, and said in a cold voice: "I really have the heart to chase, a horse, and so many people, no matter how fast it is, how fast can it be?"

Li Poison did not refute, but also had a gloomy face, pulled the reins, and stopped the carriage. It's not that he wants to stop, it's that the road is blocked and he has to stop. Not far ahead, in the middle of the road, three old men stood side by side, led by a little chubby, with a smiling expression, looking at their side.

One of the two old men on the left and right wore a brocade robe with a cold face, and the other face was like a crown of jade, and he was dignified, but he was wearing a silk robe.

Dare to stop the carriage, and put on such a posture, unless he is a madman, he must be coming at himself.

Li Poison looked at it roughly, but Ma Sanbao noticed a detail, the three old men didn't have long beards. At this age, he doesn't have a beard, he is very rich and noble, and his bearing is also extraordinary, and the identities of the three are about to come out.

"Dongchang?Ouchi?" Ma Sanbao asked sharply, to the point that there was no emotion to be afraid, from the shelling realm of practicing "Seventeen Years of Cicada", Ma Sanbao didn't feel that he still needed to be afraid of anything.

"Look, this is the heir of the deputy sect master of Ma who I talked to you about before and left in Beiping, and he practiced the seventeen-year-old cicada's groundbreaking realm at a young age, and almost beat the old money back to his place. ”

Hearing Li Caiyu's introduction, Tang Shen Fu and Chu Fu'er couldn't help but take a few more glances at Ma Sanbao, as if they had found some rare objects.

"Tut-tut. Chu Shi'er shook his head and said disdainfully: "So what, Lao Qian is obsessed with the way of healing drugs, and he can't compare with a few of us in terms of martial arts." If you really want to make a move, he can't withstand our Donkey Kong fist is between the two, not to mention that you didn't say that the master of the door captured him with just one blow?"

Tang said with an expressionless horse face: "His martial arts are only afraid that there is a close-up view, and our family can't see through him." ”

As the three of them were talking, the people in the carriage had also stepped out of the carriage with the help of Li Poison and Ma Sanbao.

There were a total of six people standing, Dao Yan was in front, Li Poison and Ma Sanbao were on the side, and the three brothers Zhu Gaochi were protected by them. Is there one person missing?

"Tick, tick. "The blood slowly dripped on the ground, wetting the dirt. Dao Yan grabbed Xu Zengshou's head, and there were still large traces of blood on his body.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, Xu Zengshou's eyes rolled up slightly, as if he was squinting at the murderer who killed his surname, and wanted to remember him.

"Monk, what do you mean by this?" Li Caiyu looked at the head in his hand and wondered.

"The three of them are from Dongchang, right?" asked Dao Yan.

"Almost. Li Caiyu gave an ambiguous answer.

"The three of you are here to give Dongchang an explanation in front of the emperor, right?"

"Oh~ So you hit this idea. Li Caiyu suddenly smiled and said: "But monk, just this Xu Zengshou's head is not enough, your head is better than his before, not to mention the three sons behind you." ”

"Huh. Dao Yan shook his head and smiled: "The poor monk has not yet shown his ambitions, the poor monk can't die yet, and the three princes are still useful to the prince, and they can't die." ”

"I'm afraid this is not what you said, right?" Chu Shu'er smiled predictively: "Those three wastes don't count, our three old guys are against the three of you, what do you think of the victory?"

"Life or death, there are only two endings in the battle, where is the difference between victory and defeat?" Dao Yan said coldly: "If you really want to fight to the death, then there is only one final result, the poor monk lives, and everyone else will die." ”

"Hahaha!" Chu Burial looked up to the sky and smiled: "What a funny joke, monk, who do you think you are? That Dongfang Jade of the Demon Knife Gate? No, no, no, he is not as good as you, he will die after using the magic knife, but you have nothing to do?"

"No, the poor monk will also be injured, slightly. ”

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