Sword comes

Chapter 443

Chen Ping looked up at the night, and didn't look back for a long time.

He was standing under the eaves, holding a charcoal cage in his hand.

Gu Can cried heartbreakingly, like a wounded cub.

Even though Chen Pingan looked at Gu Can again, he still didn't speak, and just let Gu Can howl over there, with tears and snot all over his face.

Gu Can cried like this until her body twitched, and when she lost her strength, she began to sob, gathered up some strength, and started howling again, as if she had lost all her energy in crying.

Chen Ping asked slowly: "Why didn't you plead with me because you knew it was useless? You didn't want to lose the last chance, because you helped Tanxue open your mouth. I not only settled with Chunting Mansion, but also with your mother. It's the same with you, Gu Can, the last bit of root is broken, and it's gone, is that so? I finally know that even if there is Tanxue, it may not be able to survive in Shujian Lake now. Replace Tanxue with me, Chen Pingan, when you Door God of Chunting Mansion, maybe you two can continue to live as before, but it’s not so happy, you can’t tell me with confidence, I just like to kill people, but compared to the other day, I’ve never seen any of them The monks in the front, who had no vengeance, were slapped to death, and the whole family ran to reunite underground, and they still made money."

Gu Can just didn't speak, didn't wipe the snot and tears all over her face, and just stared at Chen Ping in a daze.

Chen Pingan sighed, walked up to Gu Can, bent down and handed over the charcoal cage in his hand.

Stepping on the snow, every step made a creaking sound of stepping on the snow.

Gu Can refused.

Chen Pingan squatted down, facing each other, and looked at Gu Can, "It's okay, little slug, to be honest, I'm listening."

Gu Can grabbed a large handful of snow, turned her head away, smeared her face, then turned her head, choked up and said, "Chen Pingan, you are the worst person"

Chen Pingan couldn't help laughing, and hesitated for a moment, "In your Shujian Lake, I am indeed a good person. Either a good person becomes smart, or a bad person."

Gu Can's tears burst into tears, "You Shujian Lake, your Chunting Mansion, your wife Chen Pingan, you like to say such things, we don't want to do this, okay?"

Gu Can covered her face with the back of her hands, sobbing.

Chen Pingan said: "Go back."

Gu Can punched Chen Pingan in the chest, causing Chen Pingan to fall to the ground in the snow.

Gu Can stood up and staggered away.

After running a dozen or so steps away, Gu Can stopped without turning around, and sobbed, "Chen Pingan, you are more important than Little Niqiu, it has always been like this. But from now on, it is not like this, even if Little Niqiu is dead , are better than you."

Chen Pingan sat in the snow, looking at Shujian Lake.

The heart stops like water.

Standing up, shaking off the snow stains on the cotton-padded clothes, Chen Pingan walked to the ferry, waiting for the arrival of Tan Yuanyi from Lisu Island. With Liu Zhimao's vigorous and resolute style, he would definitely send a flying sword to Lisu Island as soon as he returned to Hengbo Mansion, but It suddenly occurred to him that the spy leader of the Dali Green Wave Pavilion in the middle of Aquarius Island would probably not arrive by boat, but communicated with Liu Zhimao in advance and secretly sneaked into Qingxia Island. Chen Ping turned around and went directly to Hengbo Mansion .

Chunting Mansion.

The woman was wearing a snow-white fox fur, waiting anxiously.

After looking at Gu Can's figure, he trotted over quickly and asked, "How is it, Tan Xue didn't come back with you?"

When the two women were making dumplings together in the kitchen, Gu Can's expression suddenly changed, and she fell to the ground, covering her heart, as if she had suffered a serious illness.

At that time, the woman knew something was wrong, most likely Tan Xue had something wrong outside Chun Ting Mansion.

Gu Can raised her head and said in a daze, "Dead."

The woman was stunned, thinking she had heard it wrong, "Cancan, what did you say?"

Gu Can repeated: "Dead."

The woman said sternly: "If you die, you will die like this. Tanxue is a flood dragon in the Nascent Soul Realm. How could she die? Except for that old bastard surnamed Liu on Gongliu Island, who else in Shujian Lake can kill Tanxue?"

Gu Can looked at her mother's face and said, "There is also Chen Pingan."

The woman said angrily, "How can Chen Pingan kill Tanxue? What qualifications does he have to kill the little loach that no longer belongs to him? Is he crazy? This heartless little bastard deserved to live back then!" Starved to death in Niping Alley, I knew he came to our Qingxia Island this time, he had no good intentions, and he was paid a thousand knives."

Gu Can suddenly said: "Chen Ping'an may hear it."

The woman immediately closed her mouth and looked around in a panic. Her face was as pale as the snow on the ground and the fox fur on her body.

Gu Can remained silent.

The woman hugged him and cried, "My poor son."

Gu Can has no expression on his face, he is now extremely weak physically and mentally, his hands and feet are already cold at this moment after going back and forth in the snow field between Chunting Mansion and the mountain gate.

Returning to Hengbo Mansion again, Liu Zhimao hesitated for a while, and asked his confidant butler to invite Zhang Dian.

Then he went to the secret small sword mound similar to a sword room, where the top-grade messenger flying sword was treasured, carefully deliberated his words, and then sent the letter to Tan Yuanyi, the owner of Lisu Island.

Finally, Liu Zhimao came to the lobby covered with a lichen, a special product of the Caiyi country. With a flick of his hand, he scooped up a cloud of water mist and sprinkled it on the ground, revealing a picture scroll of the gate of Qingxia Island.

The heavy snow has stopped, and the picture looks a little dead silent.

Liu Zhimao stared down at the picture generated by the water mist.

During this period, he looked up several times and looked out the door.

Liu Zhimao smiled helplessly. Among the nearly thousand monks in Qingxia Island, there is only one Zhang Di who dared to obtain the order from the Hengbo Mansion. Feeling grudges, this old guy Zhang Di never cares.

Liu Zhimao sighed.

The old brothers who fought side by side at the first time almost all died. Either they died on the battlefield of expanding the territory, or they died in endless sneak attacks and assassinations, or they were rebellious and rebellious, and they were beaten by Liu Zhimao himself. Killing, of course, more people died of old age, and in the end there was only Zhang Dian left by his side, the last old man on Qingxia Island.

Liu Zhimao went straight through the picture scroll of water transportation, and came to the gate, hesitated for a moment, stepped out of the threshold, and waited for Zhang Di over there.

As a monk in the Longmen Realm under the Earth Immortal, Zhang Dimple lives in the Shujian Lake with more than a thousand islands. Even if he doesn’t talk about his friendship with Liu Zhimao, he actually occupies the mountain as the king and is more than enough to be the owner of the island. In fact, Liu Zhimao’s past two years After annexing more than a dozen large islands including Sulin Island, he intended to let Zhang Di, the minister supporting the dragon, choose a large island as the place to open his residence, but Zhang Di declined twice. , Liu Zhimao no longer insisted.

In the early days when both of them met in the sea-watching realm, Zhang Di, who was born as an immortal master of genealogy, was not only Liu Zhimao's friend, but also the behind-the-scenes strategist who advised Liu Zhimao. It can be said that Qingxia Island was able to survive time and time again in the early days In difficult times, apart from the fact that Liu Zhimao led a group of servants who gathered around him, making fierce attacks every time, killing the enemy and frightening the heroes, Zhang Di's decision-making was crucial.

The reason why Liu Zhimao has always been very courteous to Zhang dimple is that, apart from the hard-won relationship during the difficult years, and after Zhang dimple has gained a firm foothold on Qingxia Island, especially Liu Zhimao is on the road of cultivation, he has climbed up every step of the way. Leaving him far behind, Zhang Di never hesitated to say a lot of things he thought he should say. It was like forcibly turning a feat of founding a country that should have been enjoyed on the credit book into a lifeless and annoying temple. Admonisher, Liu Zhimao was really annoyed several times. Zhang dimple didn't say anything about his face, and immediately fought against the country and dismounted to guard the country. Can the rules be the same? But Zhang dimple still went his own way. We are getting more and more distant, but let him be in charge of fishing and the secret warehouse. In front of the status of a Beijing official, he is doing the work of a local official. Starting from enshrining Yu Hui, the latecomers of Qingxia Island with infinite scenery, Zhang Di's chances to show up on Qingxia Island are getting less and less, and he also participates in many celebration banquets, but he never speaks, neither flatters Jiejiang Zhenjun, No cold water will be poured on it.

Looking at the lights in his mind, when Liu Zhimao thought of these old things, he felt a little sad that he hadn't seen for a long time.

It's finally here.

When Zhang Di saw Liu Zhimao, he still walked in a leisurely manner.

Not only that, he actually squeezed a solid snowball in his hand, which shows how leisurely Zhang Di walked on the way here, and how anxious the people who called him were.

The head steward of the Hengbo Mansion beside him, who is also a monk in the Longmen Realm, was really upset when he went out to find Zhang Di, but when he saw Master Zhenjun waiting outside the door, his heart was shaken, and he immediately regretted it. There are too many times to urge Zhang Dim along the way, but fortunately he didn't complain, otherwise he would probably stumble.

Liu Zhimao waved to the butler, motioning to stay away from the lobby, and the latter immediately bowed and left.

Zhang Diop clasped his fists to salute, "I've seen the island owner."

Liu Zhimao smiled and raised his hands and pressed twice, signaling to Zhang dimple not to be so extravagant.

The two stepped across the threshold one after the other, Zhang Di looked at the picture scroll suspended above the splendid lichen, and remained silent.

Liu Zhimao went straight to the point and said: "It took you and the fishing room eight years to help me find the reincarnation of the Jindan female cultivator. At that time, I was advised to detain her on Qingxia Island, but absolutely not on her body." Hands-on, once Liu Laocheng returns to Gongliu Island in the future, he will tell the truth when he finally tears his face. With this move, maybe I, Liu Zhimao, can save my life. I didn't believe it at the time, so you argued with me, and I You also said that you are a benevolent woman, and it is very ridiculous to speculate on Liu Laocheng's mind. Looking at it now, you may not be right, but I must be wrong."

Zhang Ji said expressionlessly, "It's rare that the island owner is willing to admit his mistake. I don't know if the sun will rise from the west tomorrow morning."

Liu Zhimao reached out and nodded the old stubborn head, and said with an angry smile: "With your bad temper and bad mouth, if it were someone else, I would have slaughtered it ten times or eight times."

Zhang dimpled, "Then I thank the island owner for not killing me."

Liu Zhimao was about to speak when he suddenly pointed to the scroll and said, "Look at it."

On the screen, Gu Can is kneeling in the snow outside the door.

After the accountant opened the door, after saying that, he raised his head, held the charcoal cage in both hands, and just looked up.

Liu Zhimao's face was cloudy and uncertain.

Zhang Die said: "I advise the island owner to withdraw, but I guess it's still useless."

Liu Zhimao first stretched out a finger, tapped a certain part of the scroll, then waved his sleeve, and removed the scroll.

Liu Zhimao said: "This Chen Pingan, what do you think?"

Zhang Di thought for a while, "It's scary, if he is Shujian Konoxiu, there should be nothing wrong with the island owner."

Liu Zhimao nodded and said: "I won't tell you about the secrets between me and him. It's not that I don't trust you, but you don't know. It might be better. But there are some innocuous little things that can be entertained , let me tell you."

Zhang dimple no longer deliberately stabbed Liu Zhimao with words.

Liu Zhimao's so-called small things are definitely not small.

Liu Zhimao talked in detail about the conversation with Chen Pingan after he left the mountain gate, and how he ate the winter solstice dumplings in Chunting Mansion together, and then separated to go their own way and do their own things.

Liu Zhimao said: "You said why Chen Pingan took me on purpose to scare that woman, and gave me a big favor for nothing. He must hide the truth from the woman and let me, Liu Zhimao, be a good person."

Zhang Ji thought for a moment, and said to the point: "It's not complicated. From the moment Chen Pingan moved out of Chunting Mansion, he and Gu Canniang have been kissing to draw a clear line, but the method is relatively gentle, and both sides have steps to avoid trouble. It was too stiff, but at that time the woman would only feel relieved, unable to guess Chen Ping's intentions, after that, Chen Ping would go to Chunting Mansion to have a meal from time to time, just to calm people's hearts, and the woman gradually felt at ease, in a kind of her I think that in the most comfortable state of mind, Chen Pingan will not abduct Gu Can, causing Gu Can to go astray and become a good person looking for death, and Chen Pingan still stays on Qingxia Island, so it is considered a first-level Chunting Mansion Of course she likes it. After that, Chen Ping'an went to Chunting Mansion to get fewer and fewer traces, because the accountant is really busy. So the woman became even happier, until tonight, when Chen Pingan pulled the island owner together and sat at the dining table in Chunting Mansion eating dumplings, she finally realized that the two sides were strangers."

After Zhang Di said these words that were almost the truth, he asked: "For an outsider like me, I just paid more attention to Chen Pingan, and I can see through it, let alone the owner of the island. After so many years of sitting on the bench, she has not used her brain all year round. She is no different from the woman in Chunting Mansion who likes to call herself an imperial wife. Let alone rusty, her brain is not enough. She helps the island owner manage the secret storehouse and fish two rooms Is it barely enough? Could it be that I am holding a secret storehouse in my hand, so I don’t feel at ease, lest I see Qingxia Island about to fall and the monkeys disperse? Let’s talk about which confidant you plan to hand over the secret warehouse to, the island owner, don’t worry, I won’t be reluctant to go, but if the person is not suitable, I will pour cold water on the island owner for the last time.”

Liu Zhimao laughed and scolded: "Stop talking nonsense here."

Zhang dimple said slowly: "What is it trying to do? I Zhang dimple looks down on me. I really can't help you in the current situation. If you want me to be a dead man, I won't agree, even if I know I'm the one who wants to die." My life is not long, but at any rate there is still a period of Jiazi, which can be regarded as the life of an ordinary master. For so many years, I have enjoyed the blessings, suffered, and not to eat less. I don't owe you and Qingxia Island a little bit."

Liu Zhimao didn't answer Zhang Di's question, and said with emotion for no reason, "You said that if Shujianhu is full of people like Chen Pingan, we old bastards will be scolded and worshiped by others at the same time. Wicked man, how can you get along so well?"

Zhang dimple said with a smile: "Island owner, there are not many such people."

Liu Zhimao turned his head and looked at this old monk in the Longmen Realm with a decayed soul for a long time.

Zhang Di just didn't speak.

Liu Zhimao said: "Zhang dimple, find a good day and auspicious day, and at the end of this year, don't wait until spring, just quietly leave Shujian Lake, go a little farther, find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and spend the last Jiazi safely time."

Zhang Di frowned and said doubtfully, "The situation has gotten so bad."

Liu Zhimao hesitated for a moment, and said frankly: "At present, it is not the worst, but the world is unpredictable. Dali Song's entry into Shujian Lake is the general trend. Once Dali's brain cramps, or feels that it is too late Liu Laocheng has divided up too much, if he wants to make up for me, Qingxia Island will be settled by Qiuhou, and then Dali will find a reason to kill me, which will not only make Shujian Lake happy, but also get more than a dozen large islands If I were in charge of Dali’s property, I would definitely do it, maybe I would start sharpening my knife right now.”

Liu Zhimao patted Zhang Dimple's shoulder, "It's not intentional to buy people's hearts. If you're not Zhang Dimple, a monk who can't get up and down in the Longmen Realm, you're a fart. Why do you need me, Liu Zhimao, a mother-in-law like you? Free time, I can't practice in retreat. I accidentally cultivated a Jade Raw Realm. Damn, Da Li dared to sharpen his knife, and he was reluctant to kill a donkey. It is also a Jade Raw Realm, a Ruan Qiong I'm about to be praised to the heavens by the Dali Song family. I, a Nascent Soul who is only half a step away, compared to Ruan Qiong, is really half a step behind, and I will be pissed off."

"Speaking of which, you taught me how to buy people's hearts back then."

Liu Zhimao put his hands away from Zhang Dian's shoulders, straightened his clothes again, and said with a smile: "I hope that the old man around me must have someone who can have a happy ending. Anyway, it's just a matter of little effort, don't thank me , otherwise we will see you outside."

Zhang Di suddenly began to curse: "You old bastard, one day you will be beaten to death by Dali or Liu Laocheng, and then I hid, 60 years have passed, how can I catch up with you on the road to Huangquan, and accompany you say something"

Zhang dimple shook his head and said softly, "I won't go."

Liu Zhimao looked at this stubborn guy again, and said something off-topic, "You can be friends with our accountant. When you are smart, you are so smart that you can't be a good person at all. When you are stubborn, you can be a friend." Like a watery-headed fool."

Zhang dimple said: "Your xinxing is not quite right now, it's not good for your practice, half a ninety-ninety people who have traveled hundreds of miles, at this time you fall down in one breath, it will be difficult for you to lift it up again in your life, how can you get into the five realms with so many winds and waves We've survived, isn't it clear that many of the opponents who died in our hands were all just short of breath?"

Liu Zhimao groaned, "Zhang Die, it's ok, I've started teaching again, and dared to talk about cultivation with me, I really thought we were still the two stunned youths who were in the sea-watching realm back then."

Zhang dimple said with a smile: "When I entered the Dongfu Realm, I could be regarded as a stunned young man. You Liu Zhimao was not young at the time, so there is no way, you wild dogs planing for food, Shan Zeyexiu, you are so messed up. It’s just much worse than our Immortal Genealogy Master.”

Liu Zhimao sneered: "After so many years of being a wild cultivator in Shujian Lake, in the end, I still want to call myself a genealogy master."

Zhang dimple murmured: "There is one thing that I have kept in my heart and never told anyone. Since the first day I followed that guy named Liu Zhimao to Shujian Lake, I have hoped that one day I can see it with my own eyes. That Liu Zhimao established a sect in Shujian Lake as a wild cultivator. So these years, I often go to a place where Liu Zhimao and I first established ourselves in Shujian Lake, a small island with the same name as Hengbo Mansion. Hengbo Island, a land the size of a palm, was later given to an unrivaled Golden Elixir enemy at the time, and he directly used his talisman to beat him to death. I was really mad at me. Row the boat alone, and weep silently over there, crying and suffering.”

Chen Pingan and Tan Yuanyi arrived at Hengbo Mansion almost at the same time.

Just light and dark.

Liu Zhimao personally went out and led the accountant, who was holding a charcoal cage, to a secret room. It turned out that the walls and the floor were covered with snowflake money, and then only four futons were placed.

Tan Yuanyi, the owner of Lisu Island, was already sitting on one of the futons, closing his eyes to rest his mind. After Liu Zhimao and Chen Pingan walked in side by side, he opened his eyes, stood up, and said with a smile, "Mr. Chen's name is like thunder."

Chen Pingan asked a nonsensical question, "The recent situation of Shujian Lake, Mr. Tan, your colleague from Lubo Pavilion, Li Baozhen who is now in Qingluan Kingdom, can you know?"

Tan Yuanyi said: "Every once in a while, there will be some key espionage exchanges. If Mr. Chen doesn't want to be mentioned too much about espionage, I can personally retouch one or two."

Chen Pingan naturally needs to give thanks.

Tan Yuanyi said some polite words, Mr. Chen is the king of the mountain in Longquan County, and he is also a close friend of Wei Bo, the righteous god of Beiyue. Everyone in the Lvbo Pavilion has long admired Chen Pingan's name.

In fact, instead of being surprised and grateful, Chen Pingan began to worry about the secret meeting tonight.

The Dali officialdom, especially the spies stationed outside the Dali Dynasty, place the most emphasis on rules and laws.Tan Yuanyi's so-called "running the pen" is an exception. If it is replaced by Shanzawa Yexiu of Shujian Lake, it can be understood as a foreshadowing and sincerity for both parties to do business. However, Chen Pingan happens to be very familiar with certain operating rules of Dali. The way, the former mortal enemy happened to be the original owner of Lubo Pavilion, the empress in the palace, the most powerful woman in the Dali Dynasty.Since Tan Yuanyi dared to break the rules, even if it was just a little bit, it meant that he needed to make up for it quietly from Chen Ping'an.Many friends, bad for a money, turned against each other, not necessarily all because of the so-called unkindness of the so-called friends, themselves are also wrong in the "unclear".As for the order of what should be mentioned here, the right and wrong, and often because of blindly acting on one's emotions, one would mislead others and oneself, and both sides would suffer.

The three sat down together.

The leader of a big spy, crossing the river dragon.

A Shujianhu Yuanying monk, a local snake.

A passer-by who is an accountant who is not only a native of Longquan County in Dali, but also a worshiper on Qingxia Island.

Chen Pingan sat cross-legged, put his hands on the charcoal cage, and asked bluntly: "Because of the changes in the old dragon city, the Dali Song family owes me gold, fine and copper coins, does Master Tan know?"

Tan Yuanyi nodded, "This is the top secret of the Lubo Pavilion. Only I can get in touch with all the spies and dead soldiers hidden in the central part of Aquarius Island in the Lubo Pavilion. They belong to the part of the Dali Official Document that is deliberately vague, so the details I still have no right to know the inside story."

Chen Pingan asked again: "The Dali military, for example, the two cavalry that arrived at the border of the Zhuying Dynasty successively, are they all very dissatisfied with Lord Tan?"

Tan Yuanyi's face changed slightly.

Dali is martial, from the temples to the rivers and lakes and then to the market. It is true that the folk customs are tough, so it has been ridiculed by Aquarius as "Northern barbarians".

Most of Dali's surname, Shangzhu Kingdom, is based in the military. They evenly control a frontier cavalry who are used to fighting "old battles". No one can fully control a frontier army, usually two or three big tycoons The surnames check and balance each other and form alliances. Of course, there are also mutual hatred like Yuan and Cao, the two Shangzhu surnames.

If it weren't for Cui Wei, the master of Dali, the civil officials of Dali would never have a bright future. Even if Xiuhu has been running the court for a hundred years, there was still a big joke last year. One of the Southern Expedition Cavalry in the capital The messenger of the household department aggressively went to the household department to ask for money, and the servant of the household department, whose rank was a bit higher than this person, came forward to receive him in person. As a result, the household department must follow the procedure, first vomit bitterness, then cry for poverty, and finally clap his hands together. If you have no money, if you are a little involved in the officialdom, at most you will say some heart-to-heart words in private to try your best to turn around. If you have no friendship, then you are doing something.

The guy who visited the household department to ask for money had a mediocre relationship with the household department. After listening to it for a long time, he held his temper and endured it until the end. Finally, he started to make a fuss, slapped the table and stared, pointed at the nose of a household servant, and scolded him. With a bloody head, he stated the facts of his cavalry's feats of destroying the country all the way south, and then reported the tragic casualties of the soldiers in which country and which battlefield, one by one. According to Chen, this is "warriors should also speak polite words that civil servants can understand", and finally asked the servant of the household department if his conscience was stolen by a dog, and he dared to falter and pretend to be a uncle on the matter of military pay, and then sent How much money is left in the household department, and the bottom line is up to the sky, and the servant of the household department feels that you come to our household department as an errand.

In the end, it was natural that the man returned with a full load, and there was an unexpected joy. The servant of the household department allocated a sum of money that was not urgent, and gave it to the iron cavalry whose forces were intertwined in the capital.

It's just that the man was dragged back before he could leave the capital with the good news. Not only that, but also the servant of the household department and his immediate boss, the Lord Shang Shu who is known as the God of Wealth of the Great Li, the three of them gathered together.

On the main seat, sits an embroidered tiger, Cui Chan, the national teacher.

At that time, Cui Chan was drinking tea, and said with a smile, "Give us Dali the little money that teaches poor scholars, and your household department would be ashamed to delay you, aren't you also born as scholars? Song Yan, the right servant of the household department, if I remember correctly, It was also an elementary school received by the village school at the beginning, so I am really willing to use these pens and knives.

Ignoring the trembling household servant, Cui Chan turned his head to look at the gray-haired but energetic household minister, "Master Han Dacai, Dali is so poor, who should blame me or you?"

I never thought that the old Shangshu was not afraid, and pointed to Song Yan, "How dare you blame the Master, I am older, but I am more addicted to officialdom. Besides, our household department is not poor, and we have a lot of money, but I just don't want to give it up. It's just random spending, so I can't blame me. If you want to blame, you can blame Song Yan. From the beginning to the end, our household department followed the requirements of the national teacher and handled it cleanly. Not much. It’s just that Song Yan broke something, and a hero is responsible for one person, Song Yan, hurry up, show some of the backbone of our household officials.”

That beggar from the frontier army stared wide-eyed, the high-ranking officials of his mother's six yamen, just this behavior is no better than the rough guys from our frontier army.

It seems that the stinky and shameless people and words in the world are actually of the same virtue

Cui Chen took a sip of tea and smiled at the old minister: "Okay, don't beat around the bush here to help your subordinates survive. Song Yan's fault is not small, but it's not so bad that he lost his official position. Several Beijing reviews are not bad. Just take out the three-year salary and put it into that money."

Song Yan, whose knees were weak, was granted an amnesty, "Subordinates are willing to give ten years' salary"

Old Shangshu slapped his head, "You idiot, you are looking for your own death."

Cui Chan was still not angry, he held the tea in one hand and waved the cup lid in the other to Song Yan, saying: "This is not the rule that an official should have. After returning, he came back to life, calm down, and then ask the old minister for advice on how to be an official. The way. Don’t always think that your immediate boss can stand at the center of the temple only by earning money.”

Old Shangshu left the lobby with the servant who survived the catastrophe.

The two wiped their sweat together, and the old Shangshu was so angry that he kicked the servant's leg and cursed in a low voice: "I'm three or forty years younger, and I can kick you out of shit with one kick."

The latter smiled wryly, is this still the old Shangshu who likes all day long?

The guy who was making a fuss in the household office swallowed his saliva. After all, he is a smart person who can get money from the household department. He is playing a rogue like that old Shangshu, "Master, you can't kill me. This is my duty." where."

Cui Chan nodded, "What you did is not only right, but also very good. I will remember your name, and if I continue to work hard in the future, I may have a good future. At least I don't have to make a special trip to the yamen to grit my teeth and buy a whole suit of clothes. The new clothes that lose face to the frontier army, the money for buying clothes, after you leave here, you go to the household department office to ask for it. This is not money you should spend, it is owed to you by the civil servants of the Dali court. You are in Song Yan The military expenses we are asking for, except for the little money that should have been allocated to the teacher, the rest can be taken out of the capital."

That guy's face was full of inconceivability, "Master Guoshi, it's really just like this"

As for why the majestic Master Li would know about such trivial matters as buying clothes, he couldn't care less about it now.

Cui Chan smiled, "Of course it's more than that. This matter distracted me, especially made me feel a little unhappy. Since I can't blame you, an errand runner, and Han Shangshu is not slippery, Don't give me a chance to let the yamen of the household department suffer, so I have to use your general as an example. On the way to the south, he has some accounts that can be opened or closed. I plan to settle with him Su Gaoshan Forget it, you tell him that the imperial court will deduct his contribution to destroying the Yeyou Kingdom, so the hunting envoy who should have been in his pocket is a little bit hanging, and then he will go hand in hand with Cao Ping to attack Zhu Ying Dynasty, remember to put in more effort. If you can take the lead in attacking the capital of the Zhu Ying Dynasty, it will be a great achievement. He was born as a woodcutter, doesn't he like to chop dragon chairs and use them as firewood? That chair, I I can promise him today, as long as Su Gaoshan takes the first step and sees the high wall of the capital, the most valuable chair in the middle of Aquarius Continent will be his firewood. Swallow the flame of that chair, the fire that he feeds. Python, there is hope to become a golden elixir."

That frontier soldier's face was extremely ugly.

This is obviously to force General Su to break into the hinterland desperately.

Cui Chen put down the teacup, "There are still things to be busy, and you are the same, so I won't invite you to drink tea. One or two cups of tea can't make you less anxious."

The man hesitated to speak, and finally gave up his plan to discuss it with the Master of the State Teacher. He dared to make a fuss in the household department, because the situation forced him to jump over the wall in a hurry. Here, it is meaningless.

Before the man left, he plucked up his courage and said: "Master Guoshi, can you delay any longer, let me say a word, just a word."

Cui Chan smiled and said, "That's two sentences."

The man smiled bluntly and said: "I used to hear that the important people in the court like to talk nonsense, and they all rely on themselves to guess. The Master of the National Teacher also talks about it, but he doesn't talk about it much. Although what happened today It makes Master Guoshi a little upset, but to be honest, I am quite happy in my heart."

Cui Chan waved his hand, "You can brag with others in the future, but don't go too far, some words that you and I, Cui Chan, would like to talk about, call each other brothers, better stop talking about it."

The man admired him from the bottom of his heart, he clasped his fists and said, "Master Guo Shi is really a god."

hard to imagine.

A frontier soldier begged for money from the household department at the end of last year. Just such a trivial matter that had nothing to do with Shujian Lake at the beginning will directly affect the general situation and fate of tens of thousands of Yexiu in Shujian Lake.

From last year to the end of this year, Su Gaoshan, the leader of a large Li iron cavalry, felt that I had no money, and I was short of money.

Especially after driving straight in, after hitting the central area of ​​Shihao Kingdom, a vassal of the Zhuying Dynasty, there was no difficulty in taking down Shihao Kingdom. The little boy has a better chance of winning, and won the first victory in breaking the capital of the Zhuying dynasty.

People can't be suffocated to death by urine, especially a high-ranking and powerful general like Su Gaoshan, so within all the rules, money is needed, and immortal money is even more important.

So he set his sights on the Shujian Lake in the south of Shihao Country.

He personally sent someone to Chishui City and had a meeting with Tan Yuanyi from Lisu Island.

It doesn't matter who Su Gaoshan is, Liu Zhimao, Ma Zhimao, who becomes the leader of Shujian Lake, as long as he gives money, as long as there is enough money, he can speed up the horseshoes going south, and support this person, those gangs who seem to cross the street Mouse Mountain Ze Yexiu, who is not convinced, that's just right, he, Su Gaoshan, went south this time, not to mention the Yexiu Earth Immortal, even those big mountains that gave birth to immortal masters, he leveled more than forty mountains, and now his subordinates don't mention it The Wu secretary Lang assigned by Dali, there are as many as 200 monks who have been recruited along the way. This is what he can see, otherwise it would have broken through thousands.And as long as you plan to carry out a big fight on the mountain, behind your own army's buttocks, those places where he destroyed the country or was recognized by Dali as a vassal, the genealogical masters and immortal caves who bowed their heads in front of him, and the immortals, and the immortals, and the immortals who bowed their heads in front of him. You can call another three or four hundred numbers, at least this number, and you have to obediently ride the clouds and ride the fog, and come over to help Shujian Lake.

What's more, in the army, there is a giant sword boat specially designed for the monks on the mountain. It is a big guy built by the Mohist mechanism master. Once lifted into the air and fired a volley, thousands of flying swords fell like rain.

It's just money, and it's a lot of fairy money. Every time he uses it, Su Gaoshan feels as if his heart is being cut from his own heart.

Every time he hears the civil servants making plans over there, saying that the use of the sword boat this time is not worth the gain, crackling, and finally tells Su Gaoshan how much Xiaoshu money he lost, Su Gaoshan would like to tear down all the old beams of the Zushitang and sell them After Qian's destruction of the mountain gate, people were sent to dig three feet into the ground and scrape it again.If you find a secret treasure place or something, you might be able to protect your capital, or even make a profit.This kind of thing really happened on the way to the south, and it happened more than once.Those old monks on the mountain are all fucking rats digging holes, and each of them hides deeper than the other.

Thinking of the wealth and savings accumulated by so many wild repairmen in Shujian Lake for hundreds of years, Su Gaoshan almost wanted to have the cheek to go to Cao Ping, that little boy, and borrow a few more sword boats from him.

As for Su Gaoshan, who bears the imposing manner of a great Li, and is a general with a heavy army in his hands, the simpler the better when doing things.

But for Tan Yuanyi of Lisu Island, a big spy who is used to calculating gains and losses on a knife's edge, really met Su Gaoshan, a real powerful general who can be ranked in the top ten of the Dali Frontier Army, a sure-fire Tan Yuanyi, the future hunting envoy, is both happy and headache.

The surplus of Lisu Island these years, and the little fairy money earned from Qingzhong and Tianmu Island, are just a drop in the bucket when it comes to the military expenditures of the rapidly expanding cavalry.

Su Gaoshan supported the war with war, and it was no longer possible to maintain it. After all, on the way south, in addition to the thunderous horseshoes of the Dali Iron Cavalry, there were also the Dali Supervising Army and a group of civil servants who were responsible for cleaning up the mess. The exploitation of the land is too heavy.Here, the national teacher Cui Chan has long formulated a set of almost cumbersome rules. It doesn’t matter whether those frontier generals like to look at it or not. Anyway, they have their own staff to help solve the confusion, and if they violate the rules, they will have to pay a price. You can rely on your military exploits. As long as your combat exploits are sufficient, if you encounter a stubborn city, you will be unable to attack for a long time and suffer heavy casualties. In the end, once you successfully break through the city, the general can even order the massacre of the city, not to mention people with two legs. Pigs and dogs will not stay, but this kind of act of venting anger that violates the law book of the Southern Expedition, Dali's army supervisor and those left behind civil officials are at most advising, and will not persuasion, let alone impeachment, because in this case, the same Within the rules of the master of the state, you only need to take out the booklet, flip through it, and use the credits accumulated from killing the enemy along the way, as well as the military exploits for breaking the city, to calculate the cost of the massacre, which is enough , and he is willing to have his military exploits wiped out, and he is willing not to get a "hunting envoy" of the new official position in Dali afterwards. Just do it, and the Dali court will never settle accounts with you.

But if the military merit is not enough, you dare to wantonly massacre the city or kill the defeated army to surrender the soldiers. It is easier to kill the head, and the supervising army can directly order all Wu Secretary Lang in the army, even the confidant Wu Secretary Lang next to the general. Hearing the token handed over by the Dali National Division to the supervising army, the chief general who ordered the massacre of the city will be executed on the spot, and then he will be handed down to each of the Dali border troops. One head is not enough. Help make up for it, make it up to the point, if it’s not enough to kill them all, it’s okay, Dali Guoshi said, it’s Dali who made an exception for your military career in these years.

But if Liu Laocheng didn't show up.

For him, Tan Yuanyi, Liu Zhimao, General Su Gaoshan, and Dali, this deal is a good situation for all four to win.

As a result, Liu Laocheng, who hadn't shown up in Gongliu Island for 200 years, popped up.

Therefore, the appearance of Liu Laocheng, the shit-stirring stick, caused Liu Zhimao to lose control of Shujian Lake overnight, and Tan Yuanyi's fate was no better than that of Gu Can and that beast on Qingxia Island. .

At this moment, Liu Zhimao looked at his nose and mind, like an old monk in meditation.

Chen Ping slightly raised his hand and rubbed his palms, "Master Tan, what is your relationship with the Great Li Lord General Su Gaoshan who attacked Shihao Kingdom?"

Tan Yuanyi said very frankly, "The relationship is very ordinary. What Su Gaoshan likes is the filial money and life money from the thousand islands of Shujian Lake. If he can't get it out, he may turn his face at any time. Even half of my own family is no exception. Although military generals are absolutely unable to interfere with the affairs of the Green Wave Pavilion, there are as many as ten spies like me inside the Green Wave Pavilion. Poting is inferior."

Chen Ping smiled and said: "What's even worse is the Green Wave Pavilion. It was originally built by that empress herself. Although she has now become the adopted son of Master Dali, she is not her own after all. The worst thing is that It is the same spy who achieved the high position of Lord Tan in Lubo Pavilion, and Li Baozhen's road to promotion is destined to be smoother. On the contrary, it is a bit difficult for a former courtier with rich experience in Lubo Pavilion like Master Tan .”

Tan Yuanyi said with a smile: "My lord will not show favoritism when dealing with the Niu Ma Lan and Lubo Pavilion."

Chen Ping hit the nail on the head and said: "Of course, I will not be partial to the cattle and horse stables and the Lubo Pavilion. But if I treat every confidant old man in the Lubo Pavilion who was promoted by that empress, is it possible that the national teacher is very generous, no, Maybe the stomach is not so big, yes. Maybe today is a troubled time to use talents, but not, maybe tomorrow the world will be peaceful, and it will be. Maybe today I handed in the nomination certificate and drew a clear line with the empress. Smart people get implicated. Seems like a possibility."

Tan Yuanyi sighed and did not refute.

Liu Zhimao still looked casual and stayed out of the matter.

Chen Pingan also sighed in his heart.

On Tan Yuanyi's side, whether or not the knot can be untied is meaningful, but not very meaningful.

But even so, before starting the business, one already knew that the result would not be satisfactory, and the meeting tonight was still a step that had to be taken.

Chen Pingan needs to use Tan Yuanyi's nuances to reveal the small truths one by one, to clarify the doubts in his heart, and then to summarize and distinguish the general trend that seems vague but has traces.

Chen Pingan said with a smile: "The situation is indeed not very good, but friendship is born in adversity. Master Tan and Master Liu, then let's act as allies who cooperate sincerely and start talking about the details and steps. The three parties check and fill in the gaps with each other."

Tan Yuanyi sat up slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Chen is willing to vote for peaches, and Tan Yuanyi will definitely reciprocate."

Liu Zhimao even opened his mouth to speak, and said with a smile: "It's so good."

Late at night.

Chen Pingan left Hengbo mansion alone, returned to the mountain gate of Qingxia Island, put the charcoal cage that had been extinguished long ago back into the house, hung up the raising sword gourd, changed into the magic robe Jinli, and put on a thick blue cotton robe outside , pulled out the sword fairy on the door, put the sheath behind his back, walked straight to the ferry, untied the rope of the small ferry, and went to Gongliu Island.

The waterway is far away.

It's just that Chen Ping'an was not in a hurry, he rowed the boat, and the ferry broke through the water like an arrow.

Shujian Lake is too vast, even if the ferry flies by like a swift bird, at dawn, there is still no shadow of Gongliu Island.

Snow flying birds absolutely.

Chen Pingan rested for a while, then parked the boat somewhere in his heart, held a chopstick, placed a white bowl, tapped lightly, ding ding dong dong.

Listen attentively.

It is not only like a beggar begging for food on the street, but also like a young fairy who retreats to the mountains and forests, lonely clouds and wild cranes.

Chen Ping just enjoyed himself for a long time, putting all the bowls and chopsticks behind him.

Chen Pingan rubbed his cheeks, then took a deep breath.

full of cool breeze