Song Mansion, Song Yan took the initiative to find Li Chengzhen, and they took a walk in the mansion together. The reckless Song Huangmei dared to touch this bad luck after going through many twists and turns, and obediently took off her sword to learn from those embroidery ladies. After some consideration, Song Yan said slowly: "Niece, let me talk about some boring digressions first. After uncle finishes speaking, you can go back and tell Master Jinglue why Huangnan County changed the world. Now the officialdom in Lingzhou is suffering. The drastic change, if I, Song Yan, were not a disciple of the Economic and Strategic Envoy, but an aide of the General of Lingzhou, if I put myself in the position and looked at the problem from the perspective of His Royal Highness, would there be three strategies to deal with it? Divided into the upper, middle and lower realms. The stupid method of killing a large number of subordinate officials can only make the hearts of Lingzhou completely slackened. Scholars from other places should also think that getting into the wrong sedan chair and marrying the wrong man is not a good person. If you can kill those troublesome subordinates today, you can kill them tomorrow. The situation is at stake, and it is nothing to get the official position for a while. The best strategy is the best strategy It is relatively better to kill a few important officials like Song Yan, because the subordinate officials are not the masterminds of the official turmoil in Lingzhou, but are instigated by officials of the same level as Song Yan. Local snakes, with the secret instructions of these people, Lingzhou can be so cowardly. As for killing Song Yan, killing a county chief, or cutting off the siblings of the general Huaihua of Longqing County, there is actually no difference. Great. The subordinates who cause trouble are timid and fearful, and keep silent. Lingzhou officialdom can have a moment of peace, but this policy is still not a long-term solution. When the general of Lingzhou leaves, Lingzhou will still be the same Lingzhou. This is the same as the dynasty’s governance of corrupt officials. .Treating the symptoms but not the root cause, the spring breeze blows weeds, and we can’t cut the grass and root out the roots. The best way is very simple, just kill one person.”
Li Chengzhen was never interested in officialdom, but the eloquence of the prefect did not feel boring to listen to. But Song Yan's next sentence made her pale with horror, "That is to kill the Master Jinglue. Killing anyone is better than killing your father to deter Lingzhou. Even the Jinglue envoy with the same rank as Beiliang Daoist You can kill them all, if you offend His Royal Highness, who else can escape? Besides, you must know how to make your lord an official, niece. In the officialdom, crossing rivers and demolishing bridges is only more bloody, not the bloodiest. The Song family with three masters and two masters, and the Han family who guarded the border of Jizhou for generations, they are all genuine pillars of the court and upright officials and heroes compared to Mr. Li. From this point of view, they can all die, and Mr. Li can be regarded as dead. I have been there many times. To put it bluntly, the Li family has seized so much gold and silver. After the house is raided, the frontier soldiers can have a good year with plenty of fish and meat. There are twenty or thirty pawnshops under the Li family name. Countless bribes, rare playthings and antique calligraphy and paintings were brought in from the Li family's left hand and sold at a high price from the right hand of the pawn shop, not to mention there were two horse teams with more than a hundred people dedicated to the salt and iron trade and the tea horse trade. Therefore When I, Song Yan, heard that His Royal Highness was leading the General of Lingzhou, my first thought was that the Xu family was going to deal with your Li family, and even sent someone to send a secret letter to the border, asking if your brother Li Hanlin was under house arrest. I don't know if it's because the teacher is dark under the lights, or because he trusts the old relationship between Xu and Li too much... "
Li negative finally said: "Our family will not be so down."
Song Yan smiled and said something weird, "If this comes from the mouth of my benefactor, my uncle may not dare to believe it."
Li Zhengzhen looked at a loss, and Song Yan continued: "His Royal Highness did not use these three strategies to solve the predicament of Lingzhou. It is unexpected. Because the upper and middle strategies above the lower one are all tests of fire, and a little carelessness will be thankless. The end. The middle strategy is to control people and kill people, build momentum and take advantage of the situation. Nothing is missing. The best strategy is that he should not be a general of Lingzhou who is personally involved in the situation. Then, with Huang Chang and others who had just entered Beiliang, they deduced step by step from the bottom up, one up and one down, one inside and one outside, and finally let the subordinates caught between the two ends follow the trend and abide by their duties according to the general trend. However, This kind of wrist, meticulous is meticulous, but it can only gradually pay off, at least it will take a year or two. Since His Highness, for some reason, has chosen the middle strategy, which is more radical than the best strategy and more tactful than the worst strategy, then it is not a county chief. The uncle will have a chance, besides the uncle's own ambition, there is actually one thing that the niece needs to tell Mr. Li, it is not Song Yan who needs to defile himself, but the mentor himself, Song Yan is not yet big enough to self-defile his reputation It's time for my teacher to reduce his authority, and it's just the right time for Song Yan to leave the Li family."
Li Chengzhen said softly: "Chengzhen doesn't know how true or false my uncle's words are, and I don't know how good or bad these strategies are. I just remember that my father once said in private that Uncle Song is far inferior to him as an official, but when he looks at the situation Far better than him. It's just that Beiliang is small, so Uncle Song's power can only be used second."
Song Yan was stunned, sighed heavily for a long time and said, "Master knows me."
Li Neghen raised his head and looked into the distance, and asked, "Master Song, is His Highness the same as you, a wise man?"
Song Yan probably took refuge in the general of Lingzhou recently, so it was inevitable that he would be a bit jealous of the venerable, so he didn't give a direct answer, but said: "It was not easy to speculate before, but now that we have dealt with each other, it is clear that Beiliang is self-deprecating. , than him."
Since Li Chengzhen called him Mr. Song instead of Uncle Song, Song Yan also knew that the friendship between him and his mentor's family almost stopped here, so he said calmly: "Song Yan said something from the bottom of his heart, then Guo Fufeng is a person who can only share wealth. , As for whether we can share the same adversity... Song Yan thought too much, and the Li family probably won't have a day when the building collapses."
Li negative really didn't look annoyed, he gave a blessing lightly, and left slowly.
In the secret room of the private house in Huangnan County, Han Shang had already been skinned and cramped, but he was still so stubborn that he didn't say a word.
Xu Fengnian reached into the washbasin to wash his hands, looked at the basin of slightly rippling thick blood, and sighed, "Not everyone can be a big spy."
Hong Shuwen stood beside him in horror, while Xu Yanbing looked calm.
Hong Shuwen glanced at His Royal Highness Shizi's still red hands, "Shall I change the water?"
Xu Fengnian nodded.
Xu Yanbing waited for Hong Shuwen to change the water, and said softly, "His Royal Highness, if my subordinates are not mistaken, is it Han Diao Temple's unique spinning technique?"
Xu Fengnian didn't hide from this loyal elder, pointed to his head, and said with a smile: "After Han Shengxuan was killed in Shenwu City, I have some tricks to use his head to know something. I also benefited a lot from killing the fifth raccoon dog. However, Master Liu Hao used astronomical techniques to strip away the foundation of Dahuangting. Even if the swordsman has memorized all the moves of the two-sleeved green snake by rote, he is powerless. I have been to the first-rank and fourth-level realms, and I have been in the false realm three times, maybe four times. "
Xu Yanbing stopped talking.
Hong Shuwen came in with a basin of clean water, and Xu Fengnian washed his hands thoroughly, shook the water stains, and as he wanted, seven or eight flying swords were swept out of Han Shang's body one by one, and swirled in the basin. Son, hide it in your sleeve. As long as the sword embryo is perfect, these exquisite gadgets don't need internal support, so Xu Fengnian uses only four words, which is handy.
Xu Fengnian left the secret room and returned to the house. Those Huangnan County soft-shelled turtles and shad that had been expelled from the yard before all started their covert operations in an orderly manner. The bait was used as bait. For itinerant spies outside of China, especially those near the border, it was quite common. In the past, there was a spy from a county in Youzhou who exaggerated to the point that Chu Lushan had to personally bring six hundred cavalry to encircle and suppress them. It was so funny that only one of the seventeen people had never stood in the camp of Beimang, and the rest were infiltrated by Beimang. , Most of them were lured or forced to join Beimang. Chu Lushan walked in alone to face the seventeen people, and laughed at himself: I am honored to tell you that after I joined, you only have two enemies.
Of course, the Southern Dynasty in Beimang was not necessarily better than Beiliang.
Xu Fengnian moved a chair and sat under the eaves, quietly waiting for the arrival of the peregrine falcon and falcon.
According to the secret report, the three lairs in Huangnan County, two old and one new, are respectively located in a Taoist temple, a gang and a brothel. During the Spring and Autumn War, brothels from various countries were undoubtedly places where spies gathered. With a disdainful face, he said that each of the ten brothels arrested a popular oiran, and two or three of them must be spies. At the end of the Spring and Autumn War, there were very few fools doing this job. First, it is difficult to cultivate elite spies who are women, and it is even more difficult to take into account outstanding looks. Second, everyone already knows that the brothel is easy. Collecting information, the local spies are closely following the prostitutes in the brothel. If there is a slight suspicion, following the clues, they would rather kill by mistake than release by mistake. But now that the smoke has cleared, the female spies are gradually hiding in the brothel again, but the number is still small. Xu Fengnian sat under the eaves leaning on the back of his chair, slowly thinking of Dunhuang City and Wu Meiniang.
Compared with Jiangnan, Beiliang entered the night very late. Xu Fengnian looked up at the quiet and serene twilight. Those Beimang spies who still didn't know the imminent disaster because of the protection of Korean merchants and black carps could live for a few more hours.
There was a series of ingenious knocks on the door.
Hong Shuwen, who was in charge of doing chores, went to open the gate of the courtyard.
Xu Fengnian looked over, smiled, and saw an acquaintance.
Seeing His Royal Highness, the man was also sincerely surprised.
Xu Fengnian knew that her name was Ren Shanyu, a girl with a childlike face who used to use a pair of Xuanhua axe, in her thirties, she still had a girlish face, and what was rare was that her breasts were very bold. In Shenwu City, she almost died at the hands of Renmao.
In front of the human cat who claims to be Han Wudi under the land god, it is true that anyone can die as soon as they say it.
Xu Fengnian smiled and asked the kneeling woman to stand up, and said softly, "Ren Shanyu, this time you will lead the Forty Eagles into Huangnan County? That can be regarded as a promotion, congratulations."
Ren Shanyu, who was named by His Royal Highness, smiled brightly, revealing a pair of playful little canine teeth that did not match her age. It is hard to imagine that such a little woman who makes people daydream, after chopping people like melons and vegetables with a big axe, would Take the ax and wipe off the blood directly on the chest. She shyly said: "Reporting to Your Highness, the team was led by Wang Lin who appeared in Shenwu City with the servant girl. The servant girl is the pawn who scouted the way first, similar to the scouts in the army. The peregrine falcon has already connected with Wang Tongque. Wang Lin and the others entered the city on time at a quarter of the unitary hour."
Xu Fengnian nodded, and asked Hong Shuwen to move a chair for this woman. She seemed to have received a great reward that she dared not expect, her face was full of surprise and apprehension, she sat down gently, but only dared to put half of her buttocks on the chair superior. Xu Fengnian smiled and asked: "You just became a small sesame official? It doesn't match your credit. How about I tell you for you?"
The woman who once became a bandit after falling grass in Jinzi Mountain was restless, her earlobes were already red, she tried her best to calm her heart, and kept her chest from trembling too much. If Bei Liang hadn’t taken in the servant when he was nine years old and became a spy, he would have died long ago. The servant is also stupid, and he missed the military plane twice. If he had been in other places, he would have wiped his neck Suicide and apology, I am content to be alive.”
Xu Fengnian leaned his elbows on the armrest of the chair, put his chin on his cheek and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Lu Qiu'er to have any human touch left."
Hearing His Royal Highness's comments on General Chu, who respected all the spies in Beiliang like a god, Ren Shanyu thought that he had caused a catastrophe, and was so frightened that he stood up and knelt down again.
Xu Fengnian pressed down with the other hand, "I'll just say it casually, don't be nervous."
Ren Shanyu's buttocks fell on the chair, and he was even more afraid to speak.
Ren Shanyu bravely took a sneak peek at Xu Fengnian, only to see His Royal Highness squinting his eyes, smiling intoxicatingly.
She clenched the corners of her clothes tightly with both hands, sweat was streaming down her face, and a sentence was stuck in her throat.
Xu Fengnian said helplessly, "Speak up if you have something to say."
Ren Shanyu gritted her teeth, bowed her head and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, this servant has only one wish in this life."
Xu Fengnian turned to look at the woman, curiously said: "Tell me."
She raised her head, and after saying that, she slumped on the chair. This time, her butt finally sat on a firm chair.
Hong Shuwen wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, feeling uncomfortable.
Hong Ruanzi admired this girl from the bottom of her heart.
How dare you molest our Royal Highness.
Her wish was to have His Royal Highness touch her breasts with his own hands before she died in this life, and said that it was the only thing she could afford.
Then for some reason, Hong Shuwen looked at the woman's resolute and clear eyes, and he felt a little inexplicably sad.
Xu Fengnian stretched out his body and stretched out his hand, just straightening the black hair on her temples.
Then Xu Fengnian withdrew his hand, looked forward, and said to himself: "On the way to Huangnan County this time, I always thought that doing things like this in Lingzhou went around, and those people who only talk about rules and don't make sense, I am both Is it worthwhile to be polite, reasonable, and sentimental. But now I understand."
Forgot that the shy woman obviously failed to understand what His Royal Highness Shi Zi was saying.
The corners of Xu Fengnian's mouth curled up, "Don't touch it, I know your place is very..."
After a long pause, His Royal Highness finally spit out two words.
"Spectacular."