On this day, Chen Ji sat in the Taoist temple compound and read the Tao Te Ching, and Zhang Mingyue sat beside him, adding tea to him from time to time. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Tao Te Ching is worthy of being a Taoist treasure book written by Lao Tzu, which needs to be read carefully in order to understand the subtlety. Although Chen Ji can't comprehend the supreme truth, he can make his heart extremely calm when he reads it carefully.

"Xianggong, yesterday there was news from the Shanxi rudder that in seven days, there will be a large-scale transaction between the Fan family and the Tartars. The value of the traded goods shall not be less than a million taels of silver. Zhang Mingyue saw Chen Ji put down the book and said with a smile.

Chen Ji picked up the teacup, and the light in his eyes flashed: "Oh, I got the news so quickly, it seems that the people of the White Lotus Sect have a good ability to do things." Seven days later, okay, I'll leave for Shanxi in two days, and this time, I'll cut off a big piece of fat at Fan's house. ”

At Chen Ji's current speed, if he doesn't count the internal strength and physical exertion, he can travel thousands of miles in a day and eight hundred at night, from Huashan to Shanxi, it won't take much time.

Zhang Mingyue said: "Xianggong, I plan to go with you this time." "She also wants to be part of the operation.

Chen Ji thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No." Mingyue, Huashan can't be taken care of by no one, the master is seriously injured and has not recovered, my sister needs your teaching, my brother's hands and feet are recovering, now you go to Shanxi with me, what should Huashan do? Zuo Li is a man after all, and he is not as careful as you. What's more, in my estimation, the Jin merchants in Shanxi are not simple, and there must be masters in their families, otherwise they would not be so rampant and dare to violate the blockade order of the imperial court and make large-scale transactions with the Tartars. Jinyiwei and Dongchang are not vegetarians. ”

Jin merchants, rich and rival the country.

They occupy such a huge wealth, if they don't have a strong force to protect them, they will definitely be eaten by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but now the Jin merchants are not only getting bigger and bigger, but also have nothing to do with each other, not without reason.

Chen Ji guessed that among the Jin merchants, there were definitely strong grandmasters, and there was even more than one. The Ye family in the southwest can produce three grandmasters, and the Jin Shang is ten times stronger than the Ye family, and it is normal to have a few more grandmasters.

Chen Ji's method is unique, acting alone, there may be a possibility of success, if you take Zhang Mingyue with you, once you are surrounded, you will not be able to run away.

Zhang Mingyue smiled bitterly: "Xianggong, it's my martial arts foundation that has dragged you down." ”

Chen Ji shook his head and said: "Don't say that, you are my wife, you are in the Lord, I am the Lord, the two of us complement each other, so we can do things perfectly." You take care of the house, I won't worry about it outside, I can concentrate on my own business. That's the biggest help you've given me. ”

Chen Ji suddenly looked at the outside of the Taoist temple and said in a cold voice: "There are still martial artists who dare to stay in Huashan?

Zhang Mingyue looked up, and sure enough, she saw a man and a woman walking towards the Taoist temple. The man wears a square scarf and holds a long sword in his hand, and he is dressed in a bookish style, while the woman wears a red power suit and holds a weapon in her hand.

Her appearance is very beautiful, even if she is not as good as Zhang Mingyue, but she is a beauty of the same level as Liu Rushi and Da Yuer.

Both of them were dressed as warriors, but Chen Ji sensed the aura of a soldier on their bodies.

Zhang Mingyue held Chen Ji's hand and said, "Xianggong, don't do it yet, maybe they didn't come for the reward." ”

Chen Ji nodded and said, "Okay." I also want to see why they came to Huashan. The martial arts of these two people are only second-rate, and the cultivation of the inner family is not as deep as Mingyue, and I don't know where the courage came from, dare to go to Huashan. ”

The current Huashan is Chen Ji's territory, and it is also the territory of the White Lotus Sect, and ordinary people dare not break in.

"In Xia Li Yan, with his wife and red lady, I came to meet the White Lotus Sect Master. The young man entered the Taoist temple and hugged Chen Ji with his fist.

The woman in red also hugged her fists and said, "I personally red lady, I have seen the White Lotus Sect Master." ”

Li Yan and the Red Lady had seen the reward order, and they recognized Chen Jinai as the White Lotus Sect Leader at a glance.

Chen Ji glanced at Li Yan and the Red Lady, and said calmly: "Li Yan, the Red Lady, as a general under King Chuang, why do you come to Huashan if you don't make contributions to King Chuang? ”

Chen Ji gestured slightly and asked Li Yan and the red lady to sit down.

Zhang Mingyue brought a teacup and poured tea for the two.

"Sect Master, it is true that the two of us have not crossed paths before, but as long as the two of us cooperate, won't it be related in the future?" Facing Chen Ji's coldness, Li Yan didn't care.

Li Yan is a lifter, has practiced martial arts, and is familiar with the art of war, so it can be said that Li Zicheng is the first wise general under his command. His bearing is indeed good.

Zhang Mingyue sat beside Chen Ji and said with a smile, "I don't know how General Li plans to cooperate with our White Lotus Sect?"

Li Yan and the red lady glanced at Zhang Mingyue, and they didn't know what the identity of this fairy-like woman was.

Chen Ji said: "Zhang Mingyue, the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect, is also the son of this seat. She can completely represent the entire White Lotus Sect. ”

The red lady said: "It turned out to be the saint in person, and the concubine really has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai." The saint and the sect leader are really talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven. ”

The red lady is a strange woman, and she has always thought highly of herself, but when she saw Zhang Mingyue, she was shocked, and she even had a trace of jealousy in her heart. Zhang Mingyue looks like a fairy, this is the first time I have seen a red lady.

Chen Ji said: "General Li, did you come to the White Lotus Sect to cooperate, did you mean it yourself, or did you mean to break the king? You must know that you are now defeating the imperial court's army, attacking the city all the way, and being invincible. I don't think that at this time, you will need the White Lotus Sect. ”

The White Lotus Sect is not small, but it is still in the dormant period, and it has not risen up openly against the imperial court. But Li Zicheng was attacking the city, and the officers and soldiers who fought lost their armor and abandoned their armor, so they were not majestic.

Even many scholars believe that Li Zicheng will capture the capital and become the lord of the world.

Li Yan said with a smile: "Sect Master, Holy Maiden, although King Chuang is invincible and invincible, he is also in trouble now. The imperial court sent a grandmaster to assassinate King Chuang. King Chuang was almost assassinated by that Grandmaster last time. ”

Chen Ji was stunned for a moment and asked: "King Chuang should also have a master around him to protect him, is there no one who can suppress this grandmaster of the imperial court?" Even if it is a grandmaster, when facing thousands of troops, he must retreat. ”

The red lady shook her head and said: "This imperial court master is from Jinyiwei, and after he became a grandmaster, he became Chongzhen's personal guard. He is proficient in assassination and assassination, is good at hiding and sneak attacks, and coupled with his sword skills, he is very difficult to deal with. Hundreds of warriors around King Chuang have died under his embroidered spring sword. It's too difficult to catch him by relying on more people. The only thing we can do is use the master to fight him. ”

Chen Ji nodded and understood.

At that time, he went to the capital to rescue Wang Jiang and made a big fuss in the Jinyiwei dungeon, but why didn't the grandmaster come to stop him? It turned out that the grandmaster beside the emperor went to assassinate Li Zicheng. In this way, it makes sense.

The Grandmaster who is proficient in assassination is the most difficult to deal with. Because he doesn't fight you head-on, but finds the right time, shoots with all his might, misses a blow, and retreats immediately.

It's really too hard to catch him.

Li Yan said: "Sect Master, you can compete with the first warrior of the Manchu Dynasty, Ao Bai, I think that martial arts and swordsmanship are not under the grandmaster." I hope you will help King Chuang to take down the grandmaster of the court for the sake of saving the people in the world. ”

Li Yan is worthy of being a person, and when he talks, he does it one by one. It seems that if Chen Ji refuses, he will abandon the world and ignore it. It's a pity that Chen Ji doesn't eat him at all.

Others may not know what kind of person Li Zicheng is, but Chen Ji knows it very well. Li Zicheng is too far behind Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang, who are eloquent kings. With great ambition and low ability and vision, he is doomed to failure.

This is called virtue mismatch.

Chen Ji and Zhang Mingyue glanced at each other, and then said with a smile: "General Li, Red Lady, do you think that Li Zicheng can really save the people in the world? However, why did I hear that in the area occupied by King Chuang, the people are living more miserable than before. Slaughtered cattle and sheep, prepared wine syrup, opened the gate of the city to meet the king, and the king came and did not pay for the grain. If the people don't pay for food, what will the king's army eat?

"General Li Yan, you are also a scholar, don't say anything about rescuing a literati like Cangsheng. We are only one of the people in the world, and we do not have the ability to save the world. However, if you want me to do it, it's not impossible, but you have to get something practical. The head of the Tartar bounty is one million taels of silver, and this seat is only a first-class warrior, and now you want this seat to deal with the grandmaster of the imperial court, and the price of killing the grandmaster is three million taels of silver. ”

The White Lotus Sect is now short of money, and Chen Ji directly offered the price.

"Three million taels of silver?"

Li Yan and the red lady took a breath of cool air, this price is too high.