When Xu Beizhi entered the Lingzhou General's Mansion, it was only three days away from New Year's Eve. As soon as he entered the mansion, he immediately followed His Royal Highness to Liangzhou. On this return journey, there were two carriages, Huyan Guanyin occupied one, Xu Fengnian and Xu Beizhi squeezed into one carriage, the two grooms were Xu Yanbing and Hong Shuwen, and there were no other personal guards. Xu Beizhi listened to Xu Fengnian's affairs about Huang Nan County, but he was noncommittal. The two persimmons and oranges seem to be like King Yanchi and Nalan Youci when they get along, and they can be called a model of harmony between monarch and minister. The first time Xu Beizhi opened his mouth was to ask why he didn’t let Song Gu, who was blocking the road, finish his sentence, because Xu Beizhi knew about the Chaifei Courtyard. The small negligence of Ren Shanyu, the eagle warrior who was seriously injured, was nothing, but His Royal Highness witnessed it Seeing the result, with Chu Lushan's gloomy disposition, Song Gu's official career is certain to end, whether he can save his life or not, if Xu Fengnian scolded a few words and kicked him a few times, and got too angry, Chu Lushan could use the slope to get off the donkey instead. Song Gu needs to be blamed heavily, and if Song Gu can be spared, it is nothing more than a temporary slap in the face to give His Royal Highness and Eagles face, and it will not hinder Song Gu's other appointments in the future, but Xu Fengnian didn't say anything , How dare Chu Lushan advocate arbitrarily arbitrarily reducing major events to minor ones? The answer Xu Fengnian gave at the time was that he would never intervene in the affairs of the Beiliang spies, and he could even tolerate the "competition and jealousy" of the peregrine falcons who turned from colleagues into rivals after the separation of the Beiliang spies, but it was never allowed The two are obviously in the same situation, and they take advantage of each other's opportunities to make trouble. Beiliang can't afford this kind of internal friction. In this matter, and in all subsequent disputes, Xu Fengnian will not favor his second sister Xu Weixiong, will not deliberately support the eagle fighters to suppress the peregrine falcons, will not actively lean towards Chu Lushan, and will not make a mess of each other. It's done. After Xu Beizhi heard this answer, he smiled generously, and was obviously more satisfied. It is difficult for an upright official to break up housework. The root cause is that the person who served the bowl of water was not fair. However, Duanping also has its difficulties and disadvantages. If he is not careful, he will be different inside and out. It depends on whether Xu Fengnian can persevere to the end. Xu Fengnian knew everything and said everything, except that the three kings of Huangnan County jointly came to the general's mansion to express their loyalty, and their respective important officials, and the methods of important officials were also very different. He also mentioned to Xu Beizhi that Wang Lvting offered to spend money to buy gold thread weaving .
Hearing this, Xu Beizhi frowned and said, "Can this person be a great leader?"
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "I have only met once, and I only think that Wang Luting's conversation is good, and he is very appetizing. As for whether he is capable of weaving gold thread, we need to ask for a few more detailed information about the Zijin Wang family, and then bring Wang Luting out. It took a while to find out whether it was a mule or a horse. But the weaving of golden hazel is in Lingzhou, and it will be you, the governor of Lingzhou, who will have a headache when the time comes."
Xu Beizhi asked: "How about the old weaving Li Xifeng?"
Xu Fengnian said in a rascal way: "It's not that I didn't think about it, but you can figure it out before the time comes?"
Xu Beizhi stared at him, probably because he was too lazy to pay attention to His Royal Highness, and fell into deep thought alone.
Every road in the world has weaving bureaus, even Beiliang Road is no exception. In name, it is for the royal and official to use the supervising weaving to deliver the silk produced in various places, but the power behind it is very huge. The former dynasty has always had the habit of reporting to the capital secretly on a monthly basis, which can go directly to the emperor's desk. Passing this kind of information on the road is more cautious than ordinary military situations. Zhao Sui, king of Jiaodong, and Liu Ying, king of Huainan, were reprimanded and punished several times by the emperor, all because of the secret reports of the local weaving bureau. Now that the Liyang court has set up a first-level dao, although the weaving bureaus in various places have not raised their ranks, the smart people in the court and the opposition all know it well, except for the economic envoys sent out from the capital to clearly hinder the vassal king, there are only a dozen of them Weaving, whose official status is not too high, is the most insidious and disgusting. However, Li Xifeng, who belongs to Beiliang Dao's gold thread manufacturer, is nearly ancient, and has been doing nothing for so many years. It has never been rumored that he has any intersection with Xu Xiao, the king of Beiliang. He neither actively flatters nor is too alienated. The twice-a-year "half-year discount" was accidentally intercepted by a group of daring horse thieves on the post road, and spread all over the world. Only then did the world know that the chief weaving official was so dull and boring that he introduced the collection of antiques, large and small, to His Majesty the Prince of Beiliang. Listed nearly 40 items and more than 600 items. They couldn't figure out why such an old man with dizzy eyes was allowed to stay in Beiliang to waste the imperial salary. Laughing loudly, someone sent someone to weave the same gold thread as the Zhao family's salary for this golden thread who was in the position but did not plan for it. It was not a small amount in these years, and Li Xifeng was not afraid that the emperor would be suspicious. The second photo was received correctly.
But no matter how outsiders ridicule and despise this old guy Li Xifeng, even Li Yishan has analyzed his official history and talent and temperament in detail in Beiliang. This golden thread weaving who is good at solving the situation in Beiliang in subtle ways, I, Xu Xiao, have started to follow you!
Moreover, Xu Fengnian did not hide Xu Beizhi by his side. When the Yan family defected from Beiliang and went to the capital to enjoy the glory and wealth, it was the red line drawn by the Weaving Bureau and the imperial court. The escape route, how to disguise, and the various places along the way had an extremely precise plan. . It's just because Li Yishan was always watching with a cold eye, this game of intrigue and scheming between Beiliang and the imperial court was finally Beiliang's master, and Chu Lushan spared no effort in searching, and finally was successfully intercepted by Beiliang spies. With a soft heart, he personally interceded for Yan's family, and Xu Xiao was lenient. Otherwise, even if Wang Xianzhi came to Beiliang to save people in person, he would only be able to save one or two people. Although Li Xifeng lost, it was already amazing to know that he, a weaving officer, was able to do this despite being watched by wolves in Beiliang.
Xu Beizhi broke the silence and said, "If Li Xifeng wants to live out his old age in peace, he has to make a deal with Beiliang before returning to the capital, but this deal is of great benefit to him as a golden thread weaving man. .”
Xu Fengnian remained silent, with a vaguely gloomy expression.
Xu Beizhi raised his brows, and said bluntly: "I remember you had three very good friends before. Among them, Yan Chiji had already followed his family to the capital to become a relative of the emperor, and he was replaced by the very popular Hanlin Huangmenlang, with a bright future. That Kong Wu Chi is not bad, and at the end of the year he also became the captain of the Imperial Army, and in the end, only Li Hanlin remained in Beiliang. Do you really have the heart? Are you planning to become a loner before you become a vassal king?"
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Anyway, no matter what the result is, even if it is the worst situation, I will guarantee that the Li family will always have food and clothing in the future. Li Hanlin does not recognize me as a brother, and I asked for it."
Xu Beizhi smiled lightly and said, "It's really pitiful."
Xu Fengnian kicked this guy, Xu Beizhi leaned against the wall of the car, patted his clothes, and asked casually: "Wang Luting's good friend, Sun Yin, was praised by Yao Baifeng as a talented man. Yao Baifeng has become the Zuo Jijiu of the Imperial Academy and is in charge of the literary world, is there any spy that everyone in Yao wants to invite Sun Yin to be the Jijiu?"
Xu Fengnian laughed and said, "Orange, you can do it. It's a brilliant plan! If I hadn't learned that Yao Baifeng secretly sent someone to invite Sun Yin, promising that as long as this guy was willing to go to the capital, he would first go to the Imperial College to get a Qingliu Sacrificial Wine Dangdang, and he would be able to participate in the palace examination next year , Yao Baifeng put down his very valuable old face, went to the extreme for selfishness and fraud, and went to ask the emperor of the Zhao family for a top title! Otherwise, I really didn’t know that there was such a number one person in Huangnan County. But you can rest assured and Don't worry, Sun Yin has been escorted to Lingzhou by Wang Lvting. I plan to make him a sixth-rank official with real power. Let him take your place."
Xu Beizhi glanced at Xu Fengnian, but did not speak.
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "Don't worry, I like the new and never tire of the old. No matter how great Sun Yin is, you are still my old love, Orange, and your favor will not diminish."
Xu Beizhi sneered and said, "Stop the car quickly, let me go out and vomit."
Xu Fengnian said with a hurt face: "I don't understand the style, but I will save all the good things for you first. I missed a sky blue gall bottle made in the Dongyue Imperial Kiln in Taoji Tower. I can't find the second one in the whole world. Just, you really don’t want it? Then I’ll give it to Chen Xiliang, that guy is more sensible than you.”
Xu Beizhi closed his eyes to rest, and said calmly, "Hurry up."
At noon on New Year's Eve, Qingliang Mountain, which had already been decorated with lights, finally saw His Royal Highness again.
Xu Fengnian arranged for Huyan Guanyin to live in a secluded courtyard, and had no plan to let her meet the girls in Wutongyuan. Xu Xiao accompanied him all the way, and he didn't say much, just cheerful. The younger brother Huang Man'er has grown a little taller, and his brows are a little bit more fierce. When he is not smiling, he is extremely heroic, but when he giggles with his father, he loses his skills in an instant. Fortunately, he no longer knows how to laugh. , but Xu Fengnian was still speechless. When I went to see the second sister, the family of four finally reunited. Xu Weixiong, who controlled half of the spies in Beiliang, now lived in Wutong Courtyard to handle confidential affairs. Except for the two big maids, Sweet Potato and Blue Bird, Wutong Courtyard did not participate in it. The other two classes of maidservants have all become Beiliang's "Female Hanlin", who read and screen military intelligence, have the right to approve red, and are nicknamed "Scarlet maidservants" by insiders, especially the one who is only inferior to Xu Weixiong. Green Ant, a small country player in Beiliang, seems to be born good at planning the overall situation, and has become the second in command of Wutongyuan. The second princess who is demanding of perfection has almost reprimanded all the maids, but she relies heavily on Green Ant. The three men of the Xu family entered the Wutong Courtyard. Xu Weixiong was sitting in a wheelchair behind a low desk specially made for her. Randomly took out a copy, and inspected the vermilion maidservants in the neighboring room for any mistakes, Xu Fengnian trotted over, saw that the ancient inkstone on the table was a bit dry, immediately squatted beside the wheelchair, turned his head and flattered him: "Sister, I'll grind the ink for you. "
Xu Weixiong didn't even turn his head to look at him, and said with a fake smile: "How dare you let the majestic general of Lingzhou do it for you?"
Xu Fengnian pretended to be stupid and said, "It should be."
Xu Weixiong did not continue to ridicule His Royal Highness, allowing him to roll up his sleeves and grind ink, and concentrate on reading the meticulous vermilion handwriting on the palace newspapers from various places in the imperial court and his own espionage in Beiliang.
Xu Xiao smiled knowingly.
Xu Longxiang sat down on the threshold, resting his cheeks in a daze.
Xu Weixiong probably couldn't bear Xu Fengnian being in the way, so he said without raising his head, "Didn't you see that there are no Spring Festival couplets and peach charms pasted at home?"
Xu Fengnian slapped his head and suddenly realized: "I'm going to write a couplet now! Let's post it together later?"
Xu Weixiong didn't make a sound.
Xu Fengnian went to the free desk next door to write like a fly, and it still took half an hour to finish the hundred Spring Festival couplets needed by the palace. Every time he finished one, Xu Xiao and Xu Longxiang would dry it gently, and then went to call Xu Wei Xiong, she still has business at hand, and said that there is no need to wait for her. Xu Fengnian had to carry more than fifty spring couplets with Huang Man'er each, and Xu Xiao was in charge of holding a box of lighter buckets, and pasted the couplets from top to bottom in Qingliang Mountain. When they arrived at the gate, they found Xu Weixiong sitting In a wheelchair, waiting quietly outside the gate of the mansion. Xu Fengnian smiled and asked Xu Xiao to see if the post was crooked. He and Xu Longxiang posted a particularly wide, long and huge festive couplet on the left and right. The two brothers finished posting the couplet at the same time. When they turned around, they saw Xu Xiao grinning from ear to ear. , the second sister also had a long-lost smile.