Sitting in the carriage parked outside the alley together with Xu Beizhi and Pei Nanwei, Xu Fengnian took off his sable hat and held it in his hands, smiling happily: "The tree attracts the wind, you are far away from the wind and waves, and you can't handle the wind and rain. But I really didn't expect it, In the past, when they came to Beiliang to cause trouble, they were all for Xu Xiao, but now someone is willing to pick me as a stepping stone. Really not bad."
Pei Nanwei sneaked a glance at the prince who was putting gold on his face, but he caught it all at once, and Xu Fengnian returned the sable hat to her, jokingly said: "Rouge has two comments, Beiliang now has four Man, you, Princess Pei, who died in love with the old King Jing'an, are one of them. If he painted a fan of peach blossoms and made it public, causing shocks in the government and the public, I would have to go away without food. This buddy really picked a good one At that time, if any one of Xu Yanbing and Han Laoshan can get away, he will have nothing to do, and he will be beaten into a pig's head and thrown out of Beiliang."
Xu Beizhi said softly: "We can take this opportunity to mobilize both the military and government officials in Lingzhou."
Xu Fengnian broke at one point, nodded after thinking for a while and said: "That makes sense, let's hunt cats and mice with the pair of masters and servants, and all the captains and captains in power in Lingzhou will participate in it, plus the government's soldiers have sex. There are also peregrine falconers who are responsible for tracking and monitoring, weaving a big net together. Doesn’t this guy want to be famous, so I fulfilled his wish and gave him a great opportunity to become famous! Give him a chance, it depends on his ability I have no ability to take over the hot potato. Whether you have the Profound Realm or not, you can tell once you try it. Moreover, the level of military affairs of the military officers in Lingzhou, whether the blades in their hands are sharp or blunt, can almost be brought to the door by this whetstone It was roughly ground out. Juzi, when you put it that way, I am a little bit reluctant to kill him too soon."
Pei Nanwei, who had been mute for a long time, finally spoke out for the first time, and said with a soft smile: "Your Highness is really kind-hearted. He is so kind to the people under his rule, and to the military officers who have power, even foreigners without relatives or reasons."
Xu Beizhi began to close his eyes and meditate.
He didn't have the slightest liking for this vase woman that Xu Shizi specially used to disgust the young Jing'an Wang Zhao Xun.
Xu Fengnian ignored the sarcasm of Pei Nanwei, and still did not let Xu Beizhi be lazy, and said: "After you became the governor of Lingzhou, Song Yan, the civil servant, has been tamed, and the three families of Huang Nan, including King Lvting of the Golden Hazel Weaving, have clinged to him. You, the generals have Han Laoshan as the deputy general of Lingzhou, Wang Zhi and you are old acquaintances, and Jiao Wuyi is the third-in-command captain of Lingzhou, um, plus a young man who defected from Beimang to Beiliang like you Man, he and Jiao Wuyi will be the left and right gatekeepers of your governor's mansion, which is almost set up. Dong Yueqi Huang Bingcao, the group of meritorious warriors who retreated from the border, will definitely restrain their arrogance for the time being. I hope that they will wake up and make a feat of loyalty to me. After all, the long-standing malpractice in Lingzhou caused by them has no room for them to act rashly. If you are a man with a tail, you can't do it for a few days. Sooner or later, you will revert to your old ways. As an elder, there are a few who can make up their minds to reason with the younger generation. Therefore, this group of dudes who are hard to change their temperament may be compared to the old well. The water does not violate the river, and I hate me even more, the hateful prince who put them on the fire. At that time, I, the General of Lingzhou, will have to take the blame when I leave."
Xu Beizhi said calmly, "Only by them?"
Xu Fengnian laughed softly: "Anyway, hundreds of official hats in Lingzhou have been handed over to you. I won't care about Lingzhou affairs in the future, but I won't stop you from killing people. Of course, I probably can't stop you if you want to, but what can you do less?" Kill more or less."
Pei Nanwei recalled the ruthlessness and insidiousness of this person who said that he would kill Sun Yin slowly. He had no doubt that the new governor of Lingzhou would kill without blinking an eye. City, very rare, it seems that one did not appear until after she left.
When we arrived at Xingzi Street, even Pei Nanwei, who was wearing a sable hat to cover his ears, could feel the strangeness outside. It wasn't too loud. Xingzi Street was never quiet except in the middle of the night and in the first month of the lunar year. She lifted the corner of the curtain and saw the busy traffic outside the general's mansion in Lingzhou. The civil servants and military generals were all wearing bright uniforms and armors. They were all in a mess. They watched and cared, and there was very little whispering between acquaintances, as if they were afraid. Misunderstood by His Royal Highness as a crony. Xu Fengnian got off the carriage, and the group of forty or so ministers from the Xu family in Beiliang were automatically separated into left and right sides, vaguely showing the austere atmosphere of a small imperial court. Xu Fengnian saw Mr. Zhou Jianshu in Lingzhou Zhizhong, a literati with no celebrity style , in Wenquan Street, he has the highest official position, but he is the only one who kneels down to the end. I didn't see Dong Hongqiu, the Yueqi school captain of Zhong Hongwu's department, and Bing Cao engaged in Huang Zhong, but I saw Hong Yuan, who had no clear faction backing. on the left waist. There are still some unfamiliar faces, but judging by the official military robes, the rank is not low. The last time Zhou Jianshu and others entered the mansion, they all received the honor of going to His Highness's study to give them face-to-face orders. This time, His Highness just said that he would hold a banquet to reward everyone in Lingzhou. He didn't have that luck. Zhou Jianshu unconsciously felt that he was superior to other officials. , followed by stepping over the threshold, almost sniggering from ear to ear.
The lobby of the general’s mansion has never been so brightly lit. Just twenty red candles with the thick arms of a child are lit. The banquet is just some rough tea and green ant wine. Sit north and look south. Xu Beizhi, who is still an official of Longqing County in name, and Song Yan who entered Zhoucheng today are sitting in the frontmost position on the left. When His Highness called out Song Yan's name, he knew that the show was about to start. He immediately sat upright and looked at the Huangnan County prefect who was slowly getting up. Everyone's eyes were very complicated. Seeing the direction of the wind is more accurate than anyone else, and riding a dragon is even better than blue. Sure enough, His Royal Highness and all the Lingzhou parents and officials here announced that Song Yan was about to serve as Lingzhou's farewell, and there was a lot of congratulatory words for a while, as if the congratulators were more elated than the congratulators themselves as the farewell. Song Yan folded his hands to return the salute, squinted his eyes and sat down with a smile. Even some officials from Lingzhou that he personally hadn't dealt with in the past, he didn't miss it.
After putting down his wine glass, Xu Fengnian put his elbows on the armrest of the red sandalwood chair. Compared with the rigid sitting postures of the people below, his body was slightly inclined, which seemed a bit frivolous and casual. If it was in the past, those officials and lords who are monkey spirits and monkey spirits below would also be flattering and flattering. Anyway, it is a waste of saliva that does not cost money, but they will not take it seriously in their hearts. However, after today's farce, no one privately abused Zhou Jianshu as a fool who fell with the wind. Instead, he sincerely admired Mr. Zhizhong's original foresight. The reason why officials become more and more tactful is that they have been taught by their mentors, pitted by political enemies, stimulated by their colleagues, and given a little bit of hard-working wisdom in life. Xu Fengnian didn't wait for them to calm down, and threw another dull spring thunder to the Lingzhou officialdom, "It's a happy event for Mr. Song to be promoted to Lingzhou, and Xu Beizhi will be the governor of Lingzhou. This son has already discussed with Jing I have discussed it with my lord, but Li lord has no objection."
Zhou Jianshu was the first to stand up abruptly, and patted the sleeves of his official uniform vigorously. He seemed to be addicted to kneeling. He knelt down on the ground, turned his head towards Xu Beizhi who was nearby, and said in a deep voice, "I will see you, Lord Inspector!"
Master Zhizhong was so willing to show his old face that he gave someone a good start, those civil and military officials who stomped their feet in Lingzhou and shook the city took advantage of the opportunity to pay respects to Xu Beizhi, and some who were still unconvinced told themselves that they should kneel down to His Royal Highness No, it's definitely not a young man from other places who bows down to that northern barbarian.
After a feast ended happily, all the officials got up to leave, Xu Fengnian and the new governor did not move, Song Yan, Lingzhou Biejia, had to take on the responsibility of seeing off guests. When he walked around the magnificent screen wall and walked back to the lobby of the mansion, he saw His Royal Highness and Lord Governor walking towards each other. Song Yan hurried to meet him, and Xu Feng laughed youngly: "Biejia Song, I'm afraid you will be here temporarily. Temporarily staying for half a day, your official residence still needs some time and manpower to buy things and clean it up. If you replace it with someone else, you can deal with it casually, but Song Biejia is a distinguished guest invited to Zhoucheng by this son, so you must not be negligent. I also hope Master Song will take more responsibility."
Song Yan said fearfully, "Your Highness is worrying too much. It's not because I'm boasting, but because I really don't care about these extraneous things. Your Highness really doesn't need to bother about the house, and the lower officials are not those honest officials who have a clean sleeve. With a solid family background, even every inch of land and gold in Lingzhou city can afford a satisfactory residence, and I just took the opportunity to spend all my greed and silver. If you send people to search the house, you should do some credit for paying taxes to Lingzhou."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "You can't say that with others, but you can be honest with Song Yan. Other officials are corrupt and accept bribes. As long as I catch them, I don't mean that they must take off their official hats and punish them. It's all about how much they eat. You can spit out as much as you want, but you, Song Yan, can show mercy outside the law. As long as you have contributed to Lingzhou, it is nothing to collect money and put it in your private pocket. This son is not the kind of harsh person who can't rub sand in his eyes. Just leave it here, if Xu Beizhi dares to use this to threaten you in the future, you can complain to me. This son will definitely support you. Also, the reason why I bought you a mansion for you is not to buy your heart. I don’t have that much free time, and you were not so easy to be bought by me. It was just a last resort. The two disasters at Qingrongguan and Liantang in Huangnan County. There will be high-ranking officials and generous salary, but there are also many hidden dangers, so remember to remind Ms. Song that you can go out of the city in the future, but it’s best not to be too deliberately secretive. I can’t stop some disasters. Of course, in general, the city of Lingzhou is very clean, I’m just afraid of accidents, because many things will be gone if there are accidents.”
Song Yan folded his hands and bowed, with a heavy and excited tone, and said: "Your Highness loves the Song family so much, and I will do my best to assist Lord Governor, solve problems for His Highness, and seek the well-being of the people of Lingzhou!"
Xu Fengnian nodded, and after Song Yan raised his head, he asked with a smile, "Miss Song went to the next door to meet her best friend?"
Song Yan was in Huangnan County in his own territory, and he could still hold some airs with His Royal Highness, but now he had no arrogance to be a boss, so he replied respectfully: "Your Highness is wise."
Xu Fengnian looked helpless, and joked: "Song Biejia, Song Biejia, you have only arrived in Zhoucheng for a few hours, and you are already willing to be a servant of this son, can you be a celebrity?"
Song Yan smiled casually with an air of self-righteousness: "If Lord Inspector is promoted again one day, when the next official takes over smoothly, he will definitely have to bow his knees a little more."
Xu Fengnian said with a relieved smile: "That's right, this is the Lingzhou Biejia Songyan that my son wants."
Xu Beizhi also clasped his fists and said, "Don't drive if you have trouble in the future."
Song Yan hurriedly returned the gift, "It should be so."
After saying goodbye, Xu Fengnian and Xu Beizhi continued to wander around the mansion. Xu Feng said in a young voice, "Now Lingzhou officials treat you, Xu Juzi, just like they treated me, a Lingzhou general. Maybe you are even worse. Anyway, I am Your Royal Highness occupies the orthodoxy of Beiliang, and you are an unreliable northern barbarian. If not, I would not have found so many people for you in one go. Persimmons and oranges, hard brothers and sisters. Fortunately, I can pat my ass and leave immediately Damn, if you are struggling in Lingzhou, I don't care about you."
Xu Beizhi suddenly said: "In fact, you can put Sun Yin in the position of governor of Lingzhou as soon as you can."
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "Don't say that you come first, first come first, just because of our friendship, there is no reason for him to occupy your seat. If you don't be the governor of Lingzhou who is a shit, it is even more impossible for you and Liangzhou. How can you do it in the future? Become the second economic envoy of Beiliang Dao at the fastest speed. Sun Yin's current future is very happy for me and him."
Xu Beizhi said softly: "Have you ever heard a word?"
Xu Fengnian hummed suspiciously.
Xu Beizhi sighed and said: "The ancients said that the extreme of wisdom will be hurt, and the deep love will not last. In the end, you have both."
Xu Fengnian hugged Xu Beizhi's shoulder carelessly, and said with a hearty smile: "The ancients also said that good people don't live long, and disasters last for thousands of years. What are you afraid of?"
Xu Beizhi smiled.
Xu Fengnian snorted, "Juzi, this is the first time you've praised me, no, I have to celebrate with firecrackers."
Xu Beizhi broke free from Xu Fengnian's arms, and said angrily, "Get out of here."
His Royal Highness really trotted away.
After Xu Fengnian met Li Gongde, the envoy of Jinglue, on the fourth night of the first lunar month, he never went to the study, and no one was allowed to enter, not to mention idlers, even Huyan Guanyin, who had to look at the impatiens in the window every day. No exception.
In front of Xu Beizhi, Xu Fengnian, who was calm and breezy, walked out of the study alone, with a solemn face, and pushed open the door. The secret letter was quietly placed on the desk, Xu Fengnian's face became painful and grim, and he forcibly wiped it clean and moved it. He took a chair and sat down, face to face with the secret letter, His Royal Highness was silent. He made an agreement with Li Xifeng that he would enter the city on the third day of the first lunar month, but finally delayed until the fourth day, in order to let Li Gongde see the secret letter written by the court Zhang Julu himself, and his conscience discovered that in the uncertainty between Beiliang and the court, After weighing and considering one more day, I chose to stay in Beiliang. Later, Xu Fengnian's wife Zhiren revealed three secret letters and sent them to Xu Xiao, Chu Lushan and Huangfucheng respectively. There was a lot of leeway to add the word "three letters" in order to let one be handed out and one secretly kept by Zhang Shoufu. Li Gongde, who believes, can rein in the precipice. But this Uncle Li, who had never been treated badly in Beiliang, still did not change his mind, and walked out of the general's mansion just like that. As for why Li Gongde said that Li Hanlin was lured to the Northern Mang and the Southern Dynasties, Xu Fengnian was a little puzzled at first, but soon the border spy secret letter explained everything. The other party, He Zeng, was merciful, and pushed the boat with the current, and in turn caught Beiliang by surprise. Even many Liyang spies who were dormant in the Southern Dynasty surfaced, and one of them even became a captain in charge of three thousand soldiers in the Southern Dynasty. Brought to the capital, if Xu Yanbing hadn't rushed to Youzhou to support Huangfucheng, Xu Fengnian might really shoot himself in the foot.
Xu Fengnian stared blankly at the secret letter that was stained with some dust.
Is Beiliang so unpopular
Xu Fengnian stood up abruptly, the chair was instantly torn apart, and he said angrily, "You, Li Gongde, are so unpopular?!"
Han Laoshan, who heard the movement, was about to break into the study, but stopped immediately after hearing this question.
Xu Fengnian smiled darkly in a low voice: "Who doesn't want to be an emperor, who can't be an emperor, who doesn't want to be a first-rank official who is under one person and above ten thousand people? If you, Xu Fengnian, didn't ask for trouble, even if Li Gongde wanted to leave Beiliang, then We have to wait until Xu Xiao's death, and Li Xifeng dares to weave the golden thread."
Xu Fengnian took a step forward, clutching the secret letter tightly, wrinkled in his hands.
Suddenly!
Xu Fengnian's eyes widened, with a look of disbelief.
The seals of the two secret letters are different in weight, this one is clearly the so-called true secret letter, and Li Gongde should have handed over the shallow secret letter.
Xu Fengnian rushed out of the study room, left the corridor, and headed towards Jinglue Shi's mansion, jumping directly over the towering wall between the two big houses.
It floated to the ground in the Li Mansion Garden.
Face to face with the two figures overlooked in the air, the pair of women were terrified.
Xu Fengnian asked calmly, "Where is Uncle Li?"
Among the two women, Li Chengzhen opened his mouth wide and did not recover, but Song Huangmei, who practiced martial arts at a young age, looked forward to and revered, swallowed his saliva, smiled and said to each other: "Your Highness, Sister Li and I are the only ones with Jinglue envoy. After drinking a pot of Chunshen tea, my lord said that he was going to study in the study."
Xu Fengnian nodded with a smile, touched the water, and disappeared in a flash.
After Song Huangmei was shocked for a moment, she jumped up, grabbed Li Chengzhen's sleeve and said happily: "Look, look, Sister Negative Zhen, let me tell you that His Royal Highness is a peerless master who is full of murderous aura. He must have killed many people. You just don’t believe it! Do you believe it now?! As for His Highness’s elusive kung fu, without the level of a small master, it’s impossible to do it! I see, it’s said that His Highness Shizi personally slaughtered the fifth raccoon dog of Tibing Mountain Lord, It’s true! I have to learn from His Highness as soon as possible before I’m kicked out of the general’s mansion, even if I’m willing to bring tea and water to the old man.”
Compared with Song Huangmei's joyful eyebrows, Li Chengzhen lowered his eyes, saddened.