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Yingwu Hall, whose name is inherited from King Ning, is an important place for planning major military events. Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting deduce various situations they may encounter in the future in front of the map.
Nowadays, Shang Chaozong has more than a thousand members of Ning Wang's old subordinates, and has recruited thousands of new recruits to maintain local order. There is no shortage of manpower to train new recruits, and there are also people to take care of the government affairs of Canglu County. The occupation is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In a dangerous place, with the support of Tianyumen and Feng Lingbo behind him, the situation and situation have been greatly changed. There is room for maneuver and he can start to make long-term plans.
Normal people are not allowed to trespass into important military aircraft areas. Shang Shuqing is obviously an exception and can enter directly without notification.
When Shang Shuqing explained the situation at Niu Youdao's side, Shang Chaozong said in astonishment: "Is there something to postpone the retreat?"
Lan Ruoting, who was staring at the map and thinking about it, slowly turned around and looked back, and asked: "Princess, did he say why he was delayed?"
Shang Shuqing: "He didn't tell me, and I didn't ask him. Both my brother and my husband know about him. You can't find out what he doesn't want to say."
That's what happened. Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting looked at each other, wondering what Niu Youdao could do here.
It can't be because of growing vegetables. Recently, Yuan Gang led the monks of Nanshan Temple to grow vegetables. Shang Shuqing originally planned to plant some flowers and plants in the open space. Yuan Gang intervened, and Shang Shuqing had no choice but to stop. Just keep silent and let the people below forget about it.
Postponing your retreat to practice because of growing vegetables? No matter how you think about it, it feels unrealistic.
At this moment, someone outside asked to see him, and a personal guard came in to report: "Your Majesty, Yuan Gang came to us and asked our people to touch the bottom of a study shop called 'Jingmoxuan', and he repeatedly said I explained it carefully and don’t alert the enemy!”
Shang Shuqing was stunned on the spot, with a look of confusion in her bright eyes.
"Jing Mo Xuan?" Shang Chaozong muttered, "Why does it sound familiar to me?"
Lan Ruoting stroked his beard and reminded him, "Your Majesty, you are the one who once made it difficult for you to make a difference in the sea."
"Oh!" Shang Chaozong suddenly realized. He remembered the poem that he had agreed on, but it made him even more strange. "Okay, why are you touching the bottom of a study and shop?"
Lan Ruoting shook his head slightly, "I'm afraid it's not Yuan Gang who behaves so inexplicably, but the Taoist. The Taoist is used to doing things that make people confused in advance."
Shang Chaozong was convinced of this, and he was the one who had the deepest experience. The Taoist priest said that he went to Guangyi County to borrow troops, but in the end he made a marriage alliance and reminded him of the bridal chamber, but then he was drugged again.
Shang Shuqing turned back to the bodyguard and said, "Just follow his instructions."
Seeing that Shang Chaozong had no objection, the guard cupped his hands and said, "Yes!" He turned around and left quickly.
Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting both stared at Shang Shuqing, who mused: "I am afraid that the postponement of retreat practice has something to do with Jingmoxuan."
Lan Ruoting was surprised: "How can you see it?"
Shang Shuqing: "Not long ago, I mentioned this poem for him to appreciate. He also asked about the origin of this poem and praised it for its good poetry."
Lan Ruoting asked strangely: "What does this have to do with touching Jing Mo Xuan's background? In a study shop, even if Shi Hao intends to get to know him, does he still need to specifically explain not to alert others?"
Shang Shuqing: "Sir, I don't know. Just now, I mentioned going to the secret place, and he agreed well. Before I mentioned this poem, he had already agreed to go to the secret place. After I mentioned this poem, , he suddenly changed his mind. Don’t alert the snake…it seems likely that he noticed something wrong with that shop.”
The Yingwu Hall fell into silence for a while, everyone was thinking about this matter. In fact, they all wanted to ask Niu Youdao what was going on. However, as Shang Shuqing said, if Niu Youdao doesn't want to say anything, can you ask? What's the truth
In the end, Shang Chaozong said slowly: "We might as well wait and see what happens!"
News came back that afternoon that Yuan Gang returned to the courtyard.
On a deck chair, Niu Youdao lay leisurely under the shade of a tree, closing his eyes and falling asleep.
The sword was stuck outside the armrest of the recliner, and the fingers on the hilt clicked slowly and rhythmically, proving that he was not asleep at all.
A stool was prepared next to the recliner. Yuan Gang walked to the side and sat down directly, right next to Niu Youdao's ear. Without any nonsense, he said directly: "Jingmoxuan is the best store selling stationery supplies in the city. shop, the original shopkeeper is not here. It is said that he was a little scared due to the turmoil in the county, so he temporarily returned to his hometown to avoid the limelight. There have been many similar situations in the city recently. The current shopkeeper is said to be the cousin of the original shopkeeper, and he is temporarily helping the original shopkeeper look after the shop. Left and right The neighbor said that he is the only one taking care of the shop for the time being, and no help has been seen yet. That’s all that has been confirmed so far. To avoid alerting others, we haven’t investigated too deeply yet.”
Niu Youdao was silent and seemed to be asleep, but the five fingers on the hilt of the sword were still moving. After the five fingers stopped, he also spoke, "Stop checking, we don't know what the other party has arranged yet. If you go deeper, it will be easy to alert the enemy, so just set up a secret sentry and keep an eye on the shop."
Yuan Gang: "Master Dao, what do you want to do?"
"The other party probably doesn't know that this poem is related to me, otherwise he wouldn't have used it to scare the snake. So what does the other party mean by showing this poem?" Niu Youdao slowly opened his eyes and asked, and then answered to himself: "I think Use this to get close to this side in order to look for opportunities, otherwise there is no way to get close. This proves that the visitor is afraid of Tianyu Sect's strength and does not dare to act rashly. In other words, the opponent's strength here is limited, not As for Tianyu Sect’s opponents, we are safe in this villa.”
Yuan Gang listened without saying a word, waiting for his specific action plan.
Niu Youdao chuckled and continued slowly: "You can actually think of starting from the study shop. Think about it, there are so many people here, the purchase of pens, inks, paper and inkstones is inevitable. You can easily get in touch just by sitting there and waiting. It’s not easy to arouse suspicion here, I wonder who came up with the idea, it’s interesting, I really want to see it.”
Together, he left the recliner and stood up. The recliner swayed behind him. He put his sword in front of him with both hands and said with a deep look: "You dare to come here even if you know that there are people from Tianyu Sect protecting you. It seems that if I don't die, the Song family I won’t give up easily for a day!” He turned around and said to Yuan Gang, who stood up after him: “You can find a way to arrange for the shopkeeper to come and meet with me, and tell him that the princess likes his poems and invite him to come and make friends with his poems! That’s right! , please also invite a few other famous scribes in the city. The news is neither big nor small, neither public nor confidential."
Yuan Gang understood what he meant and turned around to leave.
Niu Youdao then left the yard and went straight to Bai Yao's residence in the manor.
This was not a place he could enter casually. When he was stopped by the guard at the door and asked, Niu Youdao said, "Please let me know. Niu Youdao wants to see Senior Bai Yaobai."
After waiting at the door for a while, someone came out to invite him in and took him into a pavilion inside. Bai Yao was sitting opposite his fellow doormate, wondering what they were talking about.
"I've met the two seniors." Niu Youdao saluted with his hands raised.
Bai Yao, who was indifferent and turned his back, asked lightly with a cup of tea: "What's the matter?"
"Someone wants to kill me!" Niu Youdao said with a smile.
Bai Yao paused and slowly looked back...
"I use poetry to make friends?"
In Yingwu Hall, Shang Shuqing was choked and speechless when she heard the news. This was obviously a lie under her guise. The people here were asked to take care of the matter, and they obviously had no intention of hiding it from them. Isn't this a clear attempt to deceive others under the guise of her
Lan Ruoting frowned, "I also invited other scribes to cover it up. They are so cautious. It seems that there is really something wrong with that shop."
At this moment, someone came to report again, "Your Majesty, the Master has gone to Master Bai Yao."
Lan Ruoting asked, "Did you invite me over there?"
The visitor said: "No, the Master went there himself."
The three of them looked at each other. This was the first time that Niu Youdao took the initiative to look for Bai Yao. Instead of looking for them, he looked for Bai Yao. Combined with what was happening in front of them, the three of them felt a strong intention to cause trouble. The problem was They didn't know what was going on. Niu Youdao's style of doing things was so annoying...
In the city, in a narrow alley, a thin scholar whose clothes turned white from washing hurriedly came to the door of his house and opened the door of the small courtyard with a bang. The chickens in the small courtyard were startled and hurried towards the hen. Run over there.
A young woman with a cheerful face in the courtyard was collecting clothes that had been dried on a bamboo pole. She was also startled by the movement. When she saw that her husband had come back, she couldn't help but stare, patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, saying : "I'm scared to death. I thought they were going to arrest and kill someone again and they came to our house. Are you trying to kill yourself by knocking down the door?" He cursed.
The scholar was so excited that he waved a beautiful post in his hand, unfolded the handwriting inside and said, "Madam, look at what this is?"
The little woman rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'm illiterate, so how do I know what it is? I'm blushing like this, did I take rat poison?"
The scholar ignored his mother-in-law's ridicule and still said excitedly: "Invitation! The invitation sent to me by Princess Shang Shuqing invites me to a gathering at Prince Yongping's villa tomorrow to meet friends with poems!"
The little woman was stunned for a moment, also a little surprised, and then said disdainfully: "What is it about making friends with poetry? Isn't it just saying something that people can't understand without speaking human words, and then eating and drinking, what's the use of it?" How can one more meal for you keep the whole family from going hungry? Let me tell you, it would be more practical to give you a bag of white flour!"
This disheartened the scholar and said angrily: "Vulgar!"
The little woman said scornfully: "Show me if you have the ability and are not vulgar. If you have the ability to write poems to meet friends and have a meal, you will not eat for a year!"
The scholar shook the post in his hand, frowned and said: "A woman's opinion! Do you think anyone can get the princess's invitation? Don't look at who is in charge of Canglu County now. If someone with literary talent can get it, The princess' appreciation is better than going to Beijing to take the exam in these troubled times, maybe you can become an official directly and get a salary in the future!"
When she heard that she could get a salary as an official, the young woman said suspiciously, "Really?"
The scholar pointed outside and said, "Didn't you see that Wu Fu, who opened the restaurant, became the county magistrate?"
The little woman blinked her eyes and said immediately: "Anyway, you don't have anything serious to do, so just go ahead and go. You should go have a drink. Well, tomorrow, put on the New Year's clothes that were packed in the box."
Just as a hen was passing by with a group of chicks, the scholar's eyes lit up and he pointed at the hen and said, "Kill the chicken. I will eat it tonight to replenish my brain, so I can use it better tomorrow."
The little woman immediately got angry and roared: "You expect it to hatch chicks, and you expect it to lay eggs and sell them for money. You are not as good as it making money. Even if I kill you and sell you, it is not as valuable as it...",.