Lu Yunchang was very disappointed with this trip to Longqing County. Master Immortal just had a drink with that girl, chatted about everything, and didn't even have a little romance, let alone facing the fish and dragon gang The shrimp soldiers and crabs will start killing. Before leaving the country, Lu Yunchang had been rambling there, saying that the hostess of the tenth largest gang in the world was mediocre in appearance and mediocre in cultivation. In short, they are all trying to fight the injustice of the immortal master, and the implication is that if it were him, they would not waste their energy and energy with such a woman. Xu Fengnian, who has never been very willing to talk nonsense with Lu Yunchang, said something in his heart for the first time, saying that he is not looking for a wife, and it doesn't matter whether Liu Nirong is good-looking. When Lu Yunchang heard this, his eyes widened, and he said that Liu Nirong is also worthy of being a heroine? Xu Fengnian rewarded the boy with four-character comments and played the piano to Niu.
Next, the three masters and apprentices went to Liangzhou. Along the way, Xu Fengnian successively taught Wang Sheng more than ten rough embryos of swords, including nine swords of Lao Huang, two swords of the sheepskin old man, and one sword of Wen Hua. Allow her not to ask for deep understanding, just to get what she wants. He never intentionally favored Wang Sheng, and the moves he taught Lu Yunchang were all excellent, even Gu Jiantang's Fang Cun Lei didn't hide his secrets. This pair of boys and girls can both bear hardships and stand hard work, and they secretly compete for fear of falling behind each other. They are both obsessed and crazy when they practice martial arts. He is very familiar with him, and has a bit of a master's demeanor. He even occasionally listened to Xu Fengnian explaining the mysteries of sword moves to Wang Sheng. , her temperament became more and more introverted, taciturn, and no longer as naive as before, especially perhaps because of Lu Yunchang's talent for martial arts, the girl gave birth to a lot of silent pressure. Xu Fengnian knew this well, but he didn't try to relieve the heavy depression in her heart.
When approaching Liangzhou, Xu Fengnian seldom took the post roads and official roads. He only chose those sparsely populated paths, and asked Wang Sheng and Lu Yunchang to go into battle in turn. With momentum, Dashuang's long sword in hand, he dared to fight for his life, and the heavenly king and Lao Tzu didn't recognize him. When facing the immortal master, he never hid and tucked in, and rushed forward with all his might. But Wang Sheng is much inferior. Every time the goose yellow comes out of its sheath, even if the moves are six or seven times similar, the spirit is only two or three, which is exactly the opposite of Xu Fengnian's expectations for her. As time goes by, Wang Sheng himself realizes this crux. With a dark and rough face, the expression became more and more rigid. Every time he looked at Xu Fengnian with a calm expression, he hesitated to speak, feeling guilty and uneasy.
After passing Huanghuaguan, there are more than ten miles away, which is Liangzhou. There are now fourteen school lieutenants stationed in the territory of Beiliang Road, stationed to guard fourteen passes, from point to line. One pier, one castle within thirty miles, one city within one hundred miles. In the past, there was no Suidunbao in Beiliang. On the contrary, the number was not shabby, but most of them were disorganized. Simplified, but the situation in Beiliang suddenly became clear. Huanghua Pass is one of the fourteen passes, led by Li Maozhen, an old school lieutenant with rich experience, and three thousand elite soldiers. Li Maozhen is mature and prudent, and is deeply trusted by the old King of Liang. Otherwise, Xu Xiao would not have handed over the east gate of Liangzhou to him. guard.
The Huaiyuan Gate of this Guancheng is the darling of the frontier poets of all ages. This gate means that the imperial court is soft and goes far, and it is finally settled in the west. The dark blue city wall extending from the two wings of the Chengguan looks like a wandering dragon crossing the Gobi Desert. Huanghuaguan did not exclude the common people's market in previous years, especially on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, when people come and go, it is extremely prosperous. But after becoming one of the 14 passes, Huanghua Pass became much deserted, and the business teams that shuttled through the northwestern region of the dynasty had to detour. It can be said that there were so many complaints that Li Maozhen, the captain of the weak string, handed over a booklet to Qingliang for this purpose. He asked for the reopening of the city gates and military settlements, so that 3,000 elite soldiers would not need Liangzhou to distribute military salaries, and they could even support the frontier troops. At that time, Xu Fengnian was not in the palace, and the few critics of the Wutong Academy had disputes over this. In the end, Lu Chengyan, who replaced the green ants and entered the Wutong Academy, made the final decision and rejected the old school lieutenant Li Maozhen's paper. Some resigned from office and retired, and openly scolded those long-haired and short-sighted women and aunts in Wutongyuan who became the family but didn't know that Chai Migui would empty out the family property of the palace sooner or later. No hair on the mouth can do things well.
Six or seven elite Qingqi galloped out from the city gate of Huanghuaguan, surrounded by a white-haired old man in casual clothes. The Tuntian Division was established to be responsible for all the military farms in the territory, but in the eyes of the old man who is familiar with official rules, this is just a helpless move by the king of Xinliang to arrange foreign scholars. The essence of the military camp lies in the word Wuken, Once it is handed over to outsiders, it will only be reduced to a tool for profiteering and water scraping. But after all, the old man is a courtier of Beiliang, so how can he really wrestle with the Prince of Beiliang? Fortunately, the young scholar who is wearing the hat of a member of the Tuntian Department has not stretched his hands and feet too far for the time being. That group of subordinates are quite capable and dedicated, and the new villagers who migrated from Liuzhou, the fourth state of Beiliang Road, are also honest and peaceful. The old man pinched his nose and recognized it, otherwise he would really be able to lead troops and generals. The bold act of deportation.
Not long after the old man arrived in this field, several young civil servants rushed over after hearing the news. Among them, the young man at the head had an embroidered eighth-rank oriole official patch, and the two behind him were ninth-rank quail. Hold real power. The eighth-rank official is one of the six members of the Tuntian Division of Beiliang Road, named Liu Gongren. The other five colleagues are all at the border, and he is the only one in charge of the Tuntian affairs in Liangyou and Youzhou. Because of the awl in his pocket, Liu Gongren was implicated and had to stay in the country, but was unable to go to the border to show his ambitions. After Liu Gongren arrived here, in addition to surveying the fields, he also paid several visits to the guerrilla general's residence. Unfortunately, Li Maozhen, a powerful school lieutenant with a miscellaneous general beside him, didn't give this young man any face at all, and was rejected every time. After the fourteenth lieutenant of Beiliang Road surfaced, it was like a separatist feudal town. Most of them were new faces. At this time, the arrogant old man who was squatting on the edge of the field and facing Liu Gongren with his butt was the backbone of Huanghuaguan, the weak-stringed lieutenant Li Maozhen .
The old man ignored Liu Gongren's official courteous words, snorted coldly, without raising his head, and sneered, "Master Liu is really leisurely, if you come here to get close to the general, you are not afraid of delaying the great cause of farming in the two states? Or do you think that getting acquainted with a weak-string captain will help you climb up in the officialdom in the future?"
The two eighth-rank officials, Wailang and Fuguan, who were as young as the chief officer, were filled with righteous indignation when they heard the words, and when they were about to speak out, Liu Gongren, who was thirsty and tongue-tied, waved his hands and took a few steps forward, and was about to reach the old man Beside him, he ended up holding a knife to block the way for a strong servant, Liu Gongren smiled, and the personal guard weighed it in his heart, probably because he felt that the seventh-rank civil servants had clear eyes and could not hate him, so he hesitated for a moment, moved a step, and let Liu Gongren walk Tian Bian sat down next to the old man and shook his official uniform by the collar. It turned out that the Yuanwailang was sweating profusely, but there was dirt under his fingernails, and even the official patch was covered with dust. How sharp-eyed Li Maozhen was! , just glanced sideways, then caught the handle again, tsk tsk said: "Master Liu, you are a good official, wearing an official uniform to work in the fields, who would think that you are not diligent, or that you don't know the five grains? Are you afraid that others will not recognize you as a seventh-rank official?"
Liu Gongren said with a flat smile: "Wearing official uniforms to work is cool and cumbersome, but if you don't wear official uniforms, you will be driven out of the field by your tiger and wolf teachers, old general."
Li Maozhen frowned and remained silent.
At this moment, several followers who followed Li Maozhen out of the city were a little vigilant, three strange people walked slowly on the small road beside the field, when the two sides were separated by three feet, the empty-handed young son asked with a smile: "But Li Maozhen? "
Li Maozhen, who was called by her first name, turned her head and looked at the vaguely familiar Qingyi face, her heart was filled with turmoil, but she was not sure. Li Maozhen was a veteran of Beiliang, so she naturally remembered the peerless demeanor of Princess Wu of Beiliang back then. , but how can the old man believe that the young man in front of him will be him
Standing beside him were two young men with swords and knives on their backs and said with a smile: "Li Maozhen, standing in front of you, why don't you stop swearing?"
Hearing this ridicule, Li Maozhen still couldn't recognize the identity of this person, so she got up suddenly, and then she was about to kneel down and salute. It's just that the young man who looked like a scholar came to Li Maozhen's side at some point, and sat next to the old man with the foreigner Liu Gongren on the left and one on the right. Go back to the city first.
Liu Gongren and the two assistant officers of Tuntian who had been standing all the time were a little puzzled by Monk Zhanger.
Li Maozhen was so excited that he didn't know what to say. The old man wasn't really stupid. The king of Beiliang really sat next to him. Even if he was given ten bears' hearts and leopards' guts, he wouldn't dare to yell at him, not to mention that he was refuted at the time , I just said a few angry words, and I regretted it afterwards. In fact, if the young vassal king had personally written the instructions at that time, rather than the girls in Wutongyuan, then let alone refute, the King of Beiliang scolded Li Maozhen face to face. His head was bloody, and he, a weak captain, would not fight back. Li Maozhen, who is in power, recognizes two things more than many people, one is Beiliang, and the other is Xu family. If you are a kitten or puppy, you are the head of the Xu family after General Xu Xiao, as long as he takes the position of the co-lord of Beiliang, Li Maozhen will die for him.
The person who came was naturally Xu Fengnian. He leaned over Li Maozhen and glanced at Liu Gongren, the eighth-rank official Buzi, and said with a smile: "It should be Mr. Liu, Yuanwailang who once studied in Shangyin Academy. You continue to talk about yours, I Just listen."
Liu Gongren mistakenly thought that this was a coward that even Old General Li would be afraid of, and that he was a brother of a well-established general in Liangzhou, but since he came, he would be safe, and he would take this opportunity to explain to the old captain why Beiliang Dao wanted to "" But before the young civil official could open his mouth, Li Maozhen turned his head and gave him a hard look, "My lord is sitting next to you and will support you personally. You kid is still talking to the old man about the truth. In the future, I will give you my own." Those subordinates who deliberately make things difficult for Tuntian Division will be strictly restrained, and if you, a foreigner, have any difficulties, you can directly enter the guerrilla general's mansion inside the pass."
Liu Gongren and the two young scholars behind him were stunned, Xu Fengnian raised his head and waved, and said with a smile, "Sit down and talk."
Several people sat side by side by the field, except for Li Maozhen who was able to maintain a calm face, and several people including Liu Gongren were restless, with uncontrollable excitement in their chests.
There is almost no end to the cultivation of Gongmen, one grade after another, and the threshold is one after another. The six ministers who are the mainstay of the court, let alone officials from other places, even if they are Beijing officials who can participate in the court meeting, there may still be many officials or even all their lives. If you don't come in front of those big shots, let alone say a few words. But apart from Zhang Julu and Gu Jiantang, the first assistants, the vassal kings who sealed off the borders and cracked the soil are undoubtedly rarer than the famous princes and giants who are the pillars of these dynasties. These few scholars who went to Liang had already heard about the various deeds of the Xinliang King. Unlike the notoriety in the past, the rumors that are intensifying now are mostly feats of the young vassal king. But even if Xu Fengnian is an embroidered pillow that cannot be supported, as long as he is the master of Beiliang, there will be a large group of famous talents on the battlefield, including Chu Lushan, Yuan Zuozong, and Yan Wenluan, behind him.
Seeing that they were unwilling to speak, Xu Fengnian could only ask with a smile: "Master Liu, how many roads have you traveled since you became Yuanwailang?"
Liu Gongren said respectfully: "Wai Lang has been working as a village officer for more than two months. I don't know how many roads he has traveled, but he has changed four pairs of boots."
Li Maozhen said softly: "Liu Gongren, an eighth-rank official, is not the same as those moths in Beiliang before. I have checked the details. Since I took office, I have never bought a private house or kept a maidservant. However, it is not ruled out that I am not familiar with the officialdom. Dare to go into the water too early and miss the future."
Liu Gongren didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said in a muffled voice, "Old General Li, are you talking good or bad?"
Xu Fengnian said: "As far as Li Maozhen's bad temper is concerned, generally speaking, if he doesn't speak ill of you directly, then it is considered a good thing."
Li Maozhen smiled lightly and nodded, looking a little complacent.
Xu Fengnian suddenly called Old General Li, and asked, "Isn't Liu Gongren, the foreign scholars who have been appointed as new officials, still satisfactory?"
Li Maozhen hummed, and said: "At worst, within three or four years, you can be regarded as an upright official. As for whether you can be called a capable official, it must be much better than those guys who squatted in the latrine and didn't shit in the past."
Xu Fengnian said to himself: "This is enough."
Li Maozhen suddenly asked cautiously: "My lord, if we change positions, the last general will not dare to sit in the middle seat. I always feel that the lord is going to take off the official title of the last general after the courtesy first and then the soldiers?"
Xu Fengnian jokingly said: "Xu Xiao said before that you, Li Maozhen, are addicted to officials, so he made an exception and asked the Liyang court to ask you a guerrilla general with a quota of four people. Now it seems that this is indeed the case."
Li Maozhen laughed and said: "If you don't become a high official, how can you lead the army to fight? The last general must know his own weight, otherwise he would want to ask the prince for an official position as a commander."
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "Then we have to fight."
Li Maozhen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled knowingly: "According to our old rules, every time there is a big battle, the Xu family's cavalry must set up a temporary vanguard to ensnare two battalions. How about Li Maozhen? Anyway, the general promised the last general , the title of guerrilla general can be hereditary, and the old man has no wish. The eldest son of the family, Li Houshi, leads troops no worse than me, who is an old man. If Huanghuaguan is handed over to him, the prince can rest assured."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "Xu Xiao died of old age on the bed, and you, Li Maozhen, have four generations under one roof, why go to the border to join in the fun."
Li Maozhen said in a deep voice: "Then it will be the last time to go to Mabianguan for the general. Li Yishan, the military advisor, once said that the northern barbarians must always remember one thing. Where is the gate of Xu's house, is the gate of Liyang. Where!"