A horse-drawn carriage approached slowly......

When he stopped at the Zhuangzi outside the Bangyuan Cave, almost all the villagers hung up white flags, and most of the congregants wore plain clothes and looked gloomy and sad. The old man who got down from the carriage www.biquge.info pen & fun & pavilion had a long beard and a round face, a slightly fat figure, and a slightly bulging abdomen. There was a money copper robe in the middle, covered with Heyun purple shirt, and he walked all the way, and his body was tall and magnanimous.

But at this time, when he looked at Zhuangzi, his heart chuckled.

Crossing the courtyard gate, the old man asked the door, "Who else is coming?"

"Mr. Huizu's words, the stone collar and Master Deng are also here, and the eldest prince and the second prince are still on the road with the leader and the division leader. The door replied.

Zu Shiyuan nodded with a solemn face, turned around and went inside, and the guards on both sides of the middle road of the courtyard saw him coming, and they all looked over and made a bow.

The old man also nodded in response, and his attitude was very kind.

After passing through the compound, when he came to the threshold of the hall, someone dressed him in plain clothes, and arranged his collar and appearance, and then waved away everyone to make way. Step in, pass the hall, and then go inside, the syllables of the monk's chanting come out, and then the eye is the mourning hall.

On the offering table, a square box sits solitary on it. One of the teachings of Mingjiao, buried naked, simple and pure, and not extravagant, is now in the funeral, but there is a little impersonal taste.

Zu Shiyuan went over with a stick of incense, comforted the crying Fang Ruyi a few words, and then left the chamber to go over, he is a pragmatic person, for the dead creatures, at most a few sighs, to the critical juncture, the matter in the teaching is the first priority.

However, when he opened the door, the inside had already exploded.

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"Sect Master ......., you must seek justice for Fang Jie, he is still so young, his martial arts are strong, he was actually plotted to death, he died so badly, I Shi Bao felt aggrieved in my heart, those court dog officials couldn't beat it, so they came to the dark, I think it's better to forget it........"

The man named Shi Bao had red eyes, bared his teeth, and shouted and screamed.

And on the couch opposite him, Fang La lay down with tears in his eyes, his face was still a little pale, and he hadn't recovered from the blow yet, and when he heard Shi Bao's generous indignation in the room, he couldn't help but be angry, and his fists clenched.

"You... What do you think?" Fang La looked at the three people standing in the room, Bao Daoyi and Deng Yuanjue.

The wooden door creaked open, and Zu Shiyuan walked in. Fang La's eyes lit up slightly, and he said continuously: "Mr. Zu is here, tell Mr. about the matter." ”

"Needless to say, my subordinates already know. ”

After all, Zu Shiyuan is over fifty years old, and he has been conscientious since he did things, and he has won the respect of everyone in the sect, so he sat down in front of the bed and said some opinions on the future of the matter.

"Fang Jie's nephew's death, old decay is also deeply saddened. But if you raise troops to kill the past like this, you will be a little impatient, before the last time the sect leader retreated, it was convenient for Mr. Lou to discuss, we only have one chance, that is, when the imperial court is in the northern expedition, we can do our best in one battle, sweep the south of the Yangtze River, and rule the Wu Dynasty by dividing the river. ”

He paused, and said slowly: "If we kill the past now, the preparation in advance is not sufficient, and we can take a few states at most, but when the Wu Dynasty comes to its senses, the army will go south, so everything we do will be in vain." ”

"What should I do? Let Xiaojie die like this?" Although Shi Bao is brave and strategic, he is also in the fighting field, and he usually acts with a fiery temperament, he shouted: "I am a person in the rivers and lakes, and revenge will not be overnight." ”

No one present listened to his words, and they were all thinking about Zu Shiyuan's words. Deng Yuanjue, who was 'Baoguang Rulai' on the side, frowned and said: "No matter what, it's not right to kill my Ming Sect disciples, but Shi Bao's words are too eager, and this matter is a bit difficult to do." ”

On the bed, Fang La got off the ground, although weak, but not so sick and weak in front of all his subordinates, and as the respect of a sect, after recovering from the initial blow, he naturally thought about the overall situation, he calmed down and said in a depressed voice: "What Mr. Zu said is reasonable, now that the situation of Mingjiao has been opened, but it is not yet possible to confront the imperial army, you can only lurk and wait for the opportunity, the matter of avenging Fang Jie, this seat thinks more than any of you, but now, Hugh has to mention it again......."

"I still want to avenge Xiaojie!" Shi Bao roared.

"Shut up—"

Fang La turned around, his eyes became cold, and he said sharply: "This seat said, this matter should not be mentioned again-"

"Okay, okay, let's say less. Deng Yuanjue was separated in the middle, "If you want me to say, this revenge can really be slow, after all, we still need to think about the more than 200,000 sect members in the sect, if we swarm over, the front is easy to fight, but in the back, we will be difficult, and the Wu Dynasty is not all wine bags and rice bags." ”

Shi Bao leaned against the wall in frustration, his anger unsubsided.

Outside the door, another man entered.

"If you don't knock on the door, you're looking for death....huh?"

Shi Bao roared angrily, wanted to smash over the stool, his hand stopped in mid-air, and then put it down, "Mr. Lou?"

In came an old man, with white hair, thin cheeks, and a goatee under his chin, and his eyes were stern and dignified. He glanced at everyone in the room, first raised his hand to Fang La, bowed, and said, "Old Man already knows what you are discussing, but this time I'm afraid I'm going to stand on Shi Bao's side." ”

"Huh?" everyone was skeptical.

Lou Minzhong sighed slightly and explained: "Just now, the old man received a report from the spies in the city, and the head of the official who came over today was thrown to the county government in the name of Mingjiao, and it is estimated that the messenger who delivered the news is already on his way to Hangzhou. ”

"It's Zheng Shou....the one-eared Zhizhou ....." Bao Daoyi exclaimed.

Lou Minzhong nodded, "His body was also found dead on the mountain road by the brothers in the sect. ”

"What a calculation....this is forcing us to revolt ahead of schedule. Zu Shiyuan got up and walked. He said: "In this way, I am afraid that I have to act in advance, the crime of killing officials has already fallen on the head of our Mingjiao, and we can't put it on the table, plus the refusal of the prescription, the emperor of the Wu Dynasty will definitely do something to us." ”

"I have more than 200,000 people in my sect, and if I want to break it into pieces and avoid this time, I'm afraid it won't work. For the sake of stability, before the imperial court targeted us, we suddenly attacked the official mansion, occupied several states to form a horn trend, and raised troops with the city, as long as we resisted a few attacks by the imperial court, it was not impossible, but it was a little risky. ”

Lou Minzhong was analyzing.

That Shi Bao laughed a few times, "Then you discuss slowly, and I will go to prepare and train the soldiers and horses." ”

After saying that, he threw out the door like crazy.

Fang La flicked his sleeves, his face was ugly, "This two are stunned." ”

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At the beginning of May, the initiator of that long plan turned around and returned north.

In the courtyard, the early morning sun shone indoors, Bai Ning, under the service of the two maids Chunlan and Dongju, put on clothes and went out of the door, looked back at Xifu, and was still rolling on the quilt in a daze, so let the two maids go out first, and advised: "On this way, the carriage and horses are tired, let the lady have a good rest, unless she wakes up by herself, don't go in and disturb." ”

"The servant knows. The two maids immediately responded.

Then, Bai Ning walked through the corridor and heard the faint sound of a sword waving in the side courtyard, which was to look for the past. He stood under the crescent arch and looked at the side courtyard, Linglong, the little girl, was dancing with a small wooden sword and learning the movements of Yuhuatian on the other side, making a serious expression on her little face.

Bai Ning didn't make a sound to disturb, just watched there quietly for a while.

Subsequently, a fan came over to report, "Governor, Zheng Shou has been awarded the head, and his head has been thrown into the county office, everything is in the plan." ”

"Well, let's go down. ”

After waving off his subordinates, Bai Ning returned to the inner hall not long after, and when he was having breakfast, another fan came to report that a team outside had come to meet the overseer.

"Who?"

"The leader seems to be a eunuch named Cao Zhengchun. ”

"Let him in, and if he hasn't had breakfast, let him come and eat together. ”

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Rao said so, but the people who came to meet him still didn't dare to make such a mistake after all, and after Bai Ning finished his breakfast, he went to the study. The round-faced old eunuch with a rouge coat waited for a long time, and when he saw someone coming, he immediately smiled flatteringly, and bowed down, "The slave has seen the chief manager." ”

"Get up. ”

Bai Ning walked in front of him, and couldn't help but be a little curious, "Why did you appear here?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Zhengchun immediately bowed again, "If you go back to the general manager, the slave and maid are ordered to come out on business and ask people to ask for prescriptions." ”

"Prescription?" Bai Ning sneered, sat on the chair and looked down at him, "It's false to ask you to ask for a prescription, and it's true to let you go to death, right?

Cao Zhengchun's face suddenly panicked, and he knelt down and took two steps forward, "I still hope that the chief manager will save his life, that Li Jinzhong stammered like a concubine, and his clever words made him deeply favored by the officials, and he happened to have this kind of thankless errand, so he found a reason to send the slave and maid out, but now that Zheng Shou was killed by Fang La's people, not only did he return in vain, maybe he would have to punish him when he went back, and he asked the chief manager to take him in." ”

"Let Ben Du think about it, are they using the wind blowing in the ears of the official family on the grounds that 'Gonggong Cao has been with the official family for a long time, is loyal to the country, and is old and capable'?" Bai Ning stared at him playfully, his tone seemed to be joking, but there was no smile on his lips.

"The chief steward is really discerning. Cao Zhengchun knelt on the ground, his forehead touching the ground.

Bai Ning got up and walked over, raised his right foot, and stretched out a treading cloud shoe in front of him. Cao Zhengchun raised his eyes slightly and looked at it, so he knew what it meant, and hurriedly stepped forward and took small steps, holding it with both hands, and kissed it on the tip of his shoe.

"You know what—"

Bai Ning didn't look at him, but stared at the outside of the study, the green trees and rockery, "You know why you failed? ”

Below, Cao Zhengchun did not make a sound.

Bai Ning withdrew his right foot, returned to the chair, pointed at him and said, "Enter our East Factory, this matter is okay." But write down a copy of your Tiangang Tongzi Gong and hand it over to the governor for reference. ”

"If you don't want to. Bai Ning leaned forward and stared at him with indifferent eyes.

Word by word: "Self-self-quasi-preparation-future-matter." ”

On the contrary, I thought that Cao Zhengchun would be a little unwilling, but now it seems that he is overjoyed, and immediately said that he will write down "Tiangang Tongzigong" as his own name after a while.

Looking, the old eunuch who went over to grind the ink. Bai Ning felt for the first time that the person named Li Jinzhong seemed to be a little tricky.

Taking advantage of his absence, he actually stammered Helian Ruxin. ”

ps: Today's first chapter, it's going to be on the shelves tomorrow.