The soil paste is thick, and when the spring thunder moves, everything happens.
The drizzle was like silk, and it was approaching dusk. On the official road connecting the Fucheng of Yanzhi County and Bishan County, the three riders galloped, and finally entered the Zhulu Street just in time for dinner. The three riders walked slowly on the slightly muddy street. , the last few detours came to a secluded courtyard. The three of them got off their horses, and Lu Yunchang, who had the big frosty knife on his back, looked suspicious. He didn't know why Yu Dilong wanted to come to this place where no shit. When the master said he would go back to Liangzhou, this guy His whole face collapsed, and he delayed going back to the house for a long time, and said through the door that he had eaten his stomach, and asked him, Lu Yunchang, to accompany the master to move on, and Lu Yunchang was happy on the spot, as long as you Yu Dilong's internal strength is to swallow Eating a knife with a sword won't hurt your stomach. Lu Yunchang teased, could it be that you are pregnant? In the past, the elder brother who couldn't take a joke would have to use his fists to exchange ideas with him, but this time there was no response. Then the master didn't know why, and just said to go to Bishan County first, and Yu Dilong immediately came alive, rushed to the stable, and then led the horses, all in one go. The gate of Chaifei courtyard uses reed stalks as the latch, and if Lu Yunchang pushed it casually, it would open the door, but Yu Chilong, after tying up the horses, solemnly straightened his clothes at the door, and patted the rain marks on his shoulders , Only then did he knock on the chaimen in a serious manner. Soon Lu Yunchang saw the door of the back room being opened slowly, and a woman in plain clothes came out, and Lu Yunchang asked in a low voice, "Yu Dilong, is that your mother?"
Yu Dilong looked annoyed, and subconsciously blurted out, "It's your mother!"
Probably because he thought that if Aunt Pei in the courtyard became Lu Yunchang's mother, then Lu Yunchang would also be smoking from the Taizu's grave. Call Aunt Pei with me. I don’t care about other times, but if you dare not be serious today, I’ll beat you up.”
Lu Yunchang rolled his eyes, but soon he couldn't move his eyeballs away, my dear, this sister is really pretty, but Lu Yunchang quickly looked at his nose, his nose and his heart, and he was not a fool with a lack of heart. The bottom level of Wudi City has been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, and he is still an old rivers and lakes at a young age. If you guess with your butt, you should know that this stunning woman is their master's. The words and deeds of that elder sister made Lu Yunchang even more impressed. Who is his master? Not to mention the most powerful vassal king of the Liyang Dynasty, after a few years of playing around in the rivers and lakes, he won the title of the best master in the world. Lu Yunchang also heard that the purple-clothed Xuanyuan, who is now calling the wind and rain in the rivers and lakes, is a hundred-year-old The only woman who came to be the leader of the Jianghu alliance was just a follower by the master's side at that time. But this woman, who was separated by a dilapidated wooden door, was not in a hurry to pull out the bolt, her face was cold and clear, she glanced at Xu Fengnian sideways, with a smile that was not a smile, it would be better not to smile, even if Lu Yunchang looked at that. There is definitely something mysterious and murderous, I just heard her say: "Yo, rare guest."
Lu Yunchang, who was so admired, almost couldn't help sticking out his thumb, thinking that this is definitely a heroine! And she is still the kind of true heroine who doesn't care about world affairs but has superb martial arts skills! Otherwise, looking at the posture of shutting the door to Master, who in the world has the strength and courage? Yu Dilong held back his smile, as if he was very happy to see his master deflated. Xu Fengnian coughed and waited for a while, seeing that she still had no intention of opening the door, he said in embarrassment: "Isn't this a bit busy, by the way, have you eaten yet?"
Pei Nanwei ignored him. At this time, Yu Dilong stretched his neck and smiled brightly and obediently: "Aunt Pei."
Pei Nanwei smiled knowingly, and then opened the firewood gate for the three of them. She rubbed Yu Dilong's head, "It seems to have grown taller."
Yu Dilong chuckled. The four of them walked towards the house together. Lu Yunchang looked around ghostly, but he really couldn't see any way out. It was just a very ordinary small family in Beiliang, with a lightly green vegetable garden in the corner and even a simple chicken coop. Yu Dilong kicked Lu Yunchang, and Lu Yunchang whispered, "What are you doing?!"
Yu Dilong glared at each other, Lu Yunchang was taken aback for a moment, then quickly forced a smile on his face and said, "Aunt Pei, my name is Lu Yunchang, and I am Master's great apprentice."
After returning from the mouth of the gourd, Yu Dilong, who had been holding the cold knife on his back, raised his hand to hold the handle expressionlessly. Lu Yunchang, who didn't dare to really fight with Yu Dilong, hurriedly smiled and said: "It's wrong, it's wrong , I am the master's closed disciple. Yu Dilong is my senior brother, and the master has another apprentice named Wang Sheng, who is the second senior sister."
Pei Nanwei smiled and nodded.
After entering the house, Pei Nanwei went to the kitchen to cook some mussels for the three of them to eat. The four of them sat around the table, each with a stool, and Xu Fengnian slowly lowered his chopsticks.
Pei Nanwei asked, "When are you leaving?"
Xu Fengnian smiled wryly, "Is this driving people away?"
Pei Nanwei was silent for a moment, then suddenly frowned and said: "Aren't you still holding the Bishan county master book? Why can't you get your salary? I went to the county government office after the Lantern Festival, and the housekeeper said you don't need to go to the government office to order U. Later, I heard that the county magistrate communicated with the county magistrate to replace the vacancy of the chief book with a foreign scholar who went to Liang."
Xu Fengnian laughed and said: "It's not unreasonable to occupy the latrine and not shit, and the salary is just..."
Seeing that Pei Nanwei was staring at him, Xu Fengnian slapped his chopsticks, and immediately saw the wind turn the steering wheel and pretended to be angry: "This is unreasonable! This is not bullying, I will find a chance to go to the county government to reason."
Pei Nanwei said, "Go after dinner."
Xu Fengnian asked cautiously: "Is there no spare money at home?"
Pei Nanwei said indifferently: "How can anyone think too much money to live?"
Yu Dilong, who was born as a poor child, nodded in agreement, "That's right. Aunt Pei, you're right. I'll go to the Bishan County Yamen with Master to ask for your salary. If you don't give it..."
Pei Nanwei smiled and said, "Speak well, don't fight."
Yu Dilong nodded vigorously, looked at Xu Fengnian, and said solemnly: "Master, don't we in Beiliang get rewards for our military exploits? Those outside the gourd mouth are all big men, and they don't count as mine. Otherwise, you will pay me ten taels in advance." Silver, I will make up for it on the battlefield in the future. I will deposit the silver with Aunt Pei first."
Xu Fengnian kicked the stupid apprentice who couldn't open the pot under the table, and said with a helpless smile, "I don't have any money with me."
Yu Dilong chased after him and said: "Didn't we take two cans of chess pieces from the county town? There are also pawnshops on Gulu Street. I think they are quite valuable. Otherwise, pick me 40 or 50 chess pieces." , I pawn a ten taels of silver first?"
Xu Fengnian reached out and touched his forehead, sighing softly. This little prodigal son with elbows turned outward, and the two jujube wooden jars with 180 pieces each, whether it is fish brain frozen black chess or snow-printed white chess, just in terms of material, one chess piece let alone ten. Two taels of silver and ten taels of gold are not sold. Moreover, this kind of antiques and rare treasures have the same virtue as collecting rare edition books, and the most important thing is to be happy and avoid missing. Besides, it is the first-class royal tribute of the Western Chu court. God knows if it was the favorite of some chess player in the past. It is even possible that Li Mibi or Cao Changqing, the national teacher, used them to play chess with others and give advice.
Pei Nanwei asked in displeasure, "He's only a child, and he went to the battlefield to kill people?"
Xu Fengnian looked at her and said calmly, "He is my apprentice."
Yu Dilong was probably very afraid that Master and Aunt Pei would quarrel because of him, so he smiled and said, "Aunt Pei, it's okay, I'm from Beiliang, since I have martial arts skills, I should go to battle to kill barbarians. Later, when I pay off the big man's debt, If you make military achievements, all the money will be sent to you, can you save it for me? When the time comes, Aunt Pei, you can use it as you like."
Pei Nanwei smiled and hummed, "Aunt Huihui will find someone to overhaul the house and build a courtyard house, and then I will reserve a room for you."
The eager Yu Dilong looked up and said happily, "Okay!"
After eating, Xu Fengnian put down his chopsticks and glanced at Pei Nanwei, "I'll go with you to the county office and let the two children wash the dishes."
After the two of them walked out of the house with oil-paper umbrellas, Lu Yunchang sat cross-legged on a stool, looked at Yu Dilong who was busy cleaning up the dishes, and asked in a low voice, "Who is Aunt Pei? Why is she so nervous looking at our master?" her."
Yu Dilong, who was in a good mood, had the idea of joking, and deliberately said mysteriously: "Aunt Pei is amazing, there is no second in the world in martial arts, and there is also the third in the world."
Lu Yunchang had an incredulous expression on his face, "Are you bluffing me?"
Yu Dilong curled his lips and said: "Believe it or not, Auntie Pei will crush you to death with one finger anyway. By the way, this is my house. When you come to visit in the future, remember not to eat or drink, you have to bring gifts."
Lu Yunchang grinned for a while.
Holding the bowls and chopsticks, Yu Dilong happily ran to the kitchen, "I have a home."
Xu Fengnian and Pei Nanwei walked in the alley and said with emotion: "Thank you."
Pei Nanwei said indifferently: "Because of Yu Dilong's child? No, I really like this child. It's Lu Yunchang who is full of hostility and doesn't like him very much."
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "You are wrong. If I let go, Lu Yunchang will be a hero who will turn the world upside down in the rivers and lakes, and be a martial arts leader. But if Yu Dilong doesn't restrain himself, or doesn't have a heart It would be terrible to worry about it. This child may not have a chance to become a Wang Xianzhi."
Xu Fengnian had a headache, "It's hard to say what the world will be like in the future, but after Huang Sanjia circulated the Qi of the Eight Kingdoms into the rivers and lakes, the current martial arts is like a bamboo forest. When the bamboo blooms, as soon as it dies, a large area will die, and it will die for tens of miles or even hundreds of miles. Besides, there will be no big harvest in the future, and it will be a small year. The more this is the case, my three apprentices, Yu Dilong, Wang Sheng, and Lu Yunchang, the more they will excel. Especially Yu Dilong, who has the best chance and achieves the highest achievement, will be the only one in the century-old world after my generation. A land fairy. So whether he has a home or not, it's very different."
Pei Nanwei smiled and said: "That's why you are willing to come here to have a look and have a meal. It's really embarrassing for you, the king of Beiliang, to fight against the barbarians of Beimang, but also to worry about the country, the people, and the world. And you don't even care about yourself. The apprentice is also calculating, aren't you tired?"
Xu Fengnian laughed at himself: "It's okay to worry about the country and the people. I really don't have that kind of leisure. In the end, I just want to keep the family business that Xu Xiao passed on to me. This is the bottom line. On top of the bottom line, if you can do something good, then It’s better. I can’t do it, and I don’t force myself. But I’m really not willing to do anything that adds fuel to the fire. As for the calculation you said? Maybe, there’s no way, once you see this apprentice Yu Dilong , it’s hard not to think of Wang Xianzhi. He and Huanglongshi Zhang Julu are the three people I hated in the early years, but in the end I had to admire them.”
Pei Nanwei said suddenly: "I just heard the military situation from the gourd mouth, saying that Wogong City and Luanhe City were captured by the barbarians of Beimang at once. I thought you would let the spies bring me a message. , Let me move back to Qingliang Mountain. Bishan County has been saying for the past two days that you personally led troops to Hulukou and killed many barbarians. Then can I not go to Liangzhou?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "If you don't like it, you don't have to go back, and let me tell you the truth, if the Beimang army can really go south, the four states of Beiliang, Youzhou will only be the last one."
Pei Nanwei asked suspiciously, "Later than Liangzhou?"
Xu Fengnian nodded and said, "It's due to the geographical situation. For example, Youzhou is tasteless and extremely difficult to eat. Liuzhou is an appetizer with a spicy taste, but Beimang can eat it if you really want to grit your teeth. Lingzhou is A plate of delicacies from mountains and seas, but it is a bit far away, and the barbarian's chopsticks can't catch it. Therefore, the main battlefield of the two sides can only be in Liangzhou. Collisions and fights are all possible.”
Pei Nanwei said softly: "Beiliang Road is still too small, and the population is not large enough."
Xu Fengnian was a little helpless, "What else do you think? At the beginning of Liyang, Zhang Lu and Gu Lu ruled many feudal towns, largely referring to Xun Ping's "Kuo Di Zhi" and Xie Guanying's "Hong Jianian County Map". The territories of several feudal lords, how many troops Xu Xiao’s Beiliang Dao can raise, and how many Zhao Bing’s southern borders can raise troops, have been calculated countless times. Since the middle period of Yonghui, various constraints and constraints on Beiliang Dao At that time, the support was based on Beiliang as the entrance to the south in Beimang. Yuan Benxi was betting on the current situation. As for Zhao Bing’s southern border, it was used to target the restoration of the Western Chu on Guangling Road. Otherwise, how could Liyang have the confidence after Yang Shenxing and Yan Zhenchun were defeated? Zhao Dun even had such a leisurely mood that before he died, he just took Gu Jiantang to Jizhou to see the scenery, instead of going to the south of Gyeonggi to encourage the army Morale, and there is no rush to send the two Liao frontier troops south. Why, it is very simple. In Zhao Dun's eyes, the restoration of Western Chu is not a major event that hurts the vitality of a country. What he has to do is to control the fire and weaken the north. All the separatist powers of the vassal kings other than Liangdao suffered a lot of defeats in the early stage. He is not afraid. On the contrary, he is afraid that Yang Shenxing and Yan Zhenchun won consecutive battles at the beginning. Yan Zhenchun, who is familiar with military affairs, would rush south to help Yang Shenxing in a hurry? Lu Shengxiang would not see the risk? After the war, the capital’s military department, which seemed to issue orders randomly and caused disasters after the war, was not accused of crimes, including Lu Shengxiang?"
Pei Nanwei said worriedly: "What if Zhao Bing, the King of Yan, doesn't send troops? What will happen? Beimang's tens of millions of troops are overwhelming the border, and the imperial court is really not afraid of being attacked? By then, Gu Jiantang's Liangliao alone will be able to defend Tai'an City?"
Xu Fengnian smiled, and said softly: "You, you underestimated Zhao Dun and those famous ministers of the Yonghui Spring. Feudal towns, eunuchs, relatives, civil-official party struggles, and local generals embracing their own troops have always been historically important. Five major harms, you may wish to recall the scene of the Liyang court in the past twenty years, and the results since the restoration of Western Chu."
Pei Nanwei eloquently said, "There were no eunuchs in politics when the two emperors of the Zhao family were alive, and there will never be any in the future. The same is true for the matter of foreign relatives. If we talk about party disputes, there was Zhang Julu during the Yonghui period, which was not popular. , and now Zhang Lu and Gu Lu have collapsed. Although I don’t know how it is to change people to sit on the dragon chair, I also know that before his death, Zhao Dun invited Qi Yanglong, the great sacrificial wine from Shangyin Academy Palace, to Tai’an City to be the Minister of Gu Ming As for the local military generals, after the collapse of Gu Lu, there are two veterans, Yang Shenxing and Yan Zhenchun, who have learned from the past. Everyone is in danger. Thank goodness for being able to protect myself, I really don't have the heart to challenge the court. Among the old vassal kings, Zhao Ying, the king of Huainan, died, and Zhao Sui, the king of Jiaodong, was suppressed by Gu Jiantang. Loyalty, it seems that you have taken thousands of elite cavalry, right? Then, Beiliang is going to fight Beimang to the death, and the most powerful Guangling King Zhao Yi is restrained by Western Chu. I will be ordered to go north..."
Pei Nanwei stretched out his hand and stroked the hair on his forehead, and said with a smile, "As expected of the Spring of Yonghui."
Xu Fengnian said with emotion: "Qi Yanglong did not disappoint people. The new court has done everything in every possible way. It has given outstanding posthumous posthumous titles to meritorious generals, and added six bachelors to civil servants. Everything is in order."
Xu Fengnian lowered his head slightly, watching the rain in the alley falling on the bluestone slabs and then disappearing, "Zhang Julu is dead, except for some potential things that will not change, but many imprints of him and Zhang Lu in the Liyang Dynasty will soon disappear. It will fade away, and then disappear without a trace. The page of Yonghui Spring written by Zhang Julu, if it is said to be turned over, it will be turned over. This is the most powerful place in Liyang. In fact, it is as stable as Mount Tai. In the final analysis, it is because Zhao Dun left his family property to the current emperor, which is not thin."
The two walked slowly, still some distance away from the Bishan County Yamen, Pei Nanwei stopped talking.
Xu Fengnian turned to look at her and said with a smile, "If you want to ask, just ask."
Pei Nanwei looked at him, "Don't you know what I want to ask?"
Xu Fengnian gathered up her oil-paper umbrella, and suddenly squeezed under her umbrella, Pei Nanwei didn't show any strange expression, she thought that the "husband and wife" would go to the Yamen to quarrel for debts, but in the end they each held their umbrellas, maybe it would be unreasonable and the momentum would be weak .
Xu Fengnian took the umbrella from her hand, and walked side by side on the Rulu Street after turning out of the alley, "I was on the way to Shenwu City with Wudang Wang Xiaoping. Wang Xiaoping said something from his heart. My father Xu Xiao has never been a crooked person. He said that Beiliangdao and Liyang are a family, and it’s okay to quarrel behind closed doors. Life under one roof is really hard Well, then move out and set up your own family next door, and never communicate with each other. But if others think they have an opportunity and run to the door to show off their power, then Xu Xiao doesn't mind falling over with a big mouth. It's as simple as that. Of course, Xu Xiao also has a bottom line, that is, my son who wants to inherit his family business, as long as I don't die, even if there are bumps and bumps in the process of inheriting the family business, Xu Xiao can bear it. In the hands of the imperial court, he doesn't care about Beiliang, and he will definitely bring 300,000 Beiliang frontier troops all the way to Tai'an City. Back then, I traveled with Lao Huang, and the queen at that time and now the queen mother, Zhao Zhi, used it personally The guards helped me avoid disasters, obviously, as a woman, she can grasp Xu Xiao's mind more intuitively."
Xu Fengnian suddenly became cheerful, and said with a smile: "As for me, I said big things in the capital, saying that I would guard the country for the people of the Central Plains. It wasn't true, but it wasn't a lie either. Anyway, I have to help Xu Xiao guard Beiliang, Isn't it just helping the people of the Central Plains to guard the northwest gate? The same thing, but different minds."
The corners of Pei Nanwei's mouth curled up slightly.
Xu Fengnian looked at the yamen not far ahead, and said softly: "The old lady in Beimang once said in front of everyone in the two dynasties that she was willing to rule the world with Xu Xiao. Doesn't it sound very heroic?"
Pei Nanwei nodded and said, "Yes."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "This is a needle hidden in the cotton. Back then, Xu Xiao refused to rule the river and lost a group of unwilling generals. If Xu Xiao asked for it himself. Later, the imperial court let Xu Jiatie ride a horse across the river and lake. How many low-level soldiers left when people used knives in the martial arts? You will never guess, there are as many as 20,000, and all of them are elite veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. If Xu Xiao was willing to propose to the old woman in Beimang Next, accept it, how many people do you think will go away?"
Xu Fengnian stretched out a hand and spun it around, "At least one hundred thousand."
Pei Nanwei suddenly said: "So that's the case."
Xu Fengnian narrowed his eyes, "During that snowstorm, Xu Xiao met the old woman outside the pass, and Tuoba Bodhisattva and I were grooms respectively. In the end, we broke up. But if you think Xu Xiao will feel that the army in Beiliang will be distracted If you don’t agree, then you look down on my father and Empress Murong too much. She promised Xu Xiao in private and put forward a condition, which you wouldn’t even be able to guess.”
Pei Nanwei said casually: "Isn't it just that after the success, Xu Xiao is old and can only provide for the elderly, but can you let Xu Feng come to be the lord of the Central Plains?"
Xu Fengnian was dumbfounded, couldn't help but uttered a swear word, and then said in shock, "You can guess this too?!"
Pei Nanwei gave him a blank look, "I couldn't have guessed it at first, but you said that anyway, anyway, it's so unbelievable, and besides, Zhao Zhi is a woman, and I am also a woman, so I can't guess what Empress Murong is thinking?"
Xu Fengnian praised sincerely: "Amazing!"
Pei Nanwei said abruptly, "I'm not cold."
Xu Fengnian looked bewildered.
Pei Nanwei twitched the corners of his mouth, "I'm really afraid that I'm cold, and the rain splashes on my shoulders. Why don't you just turn the oil-paper umbrella to me? Isn't your sincerity too high? Hands, take it away!"
Xu Fengnian angrily withdrew his hand on Pei Nanwei's shoulder.
The two walked into the gate of the county government office, and Xu Fengnian put away his umbrella. Feng Guan, the magistrate of the county, and Zuo Jing, the county magistrate, lived behind the yamen as usual. Xu Fengnian, who was supposed to be the third in command of the county yamen, should have had a place, but at that time Feng Guan bullied him as "young and ignorant and without foundation" and excluded him. out. Back then when he entered the mountains to suppress the bandits, he actually did nothing because Feng Guan, who was the top leader, got a middle-upper grade in the evaluation at the end of the year. Wei Bai Shangque was successfully transferred to the Youzhou Army. When the two of them passed through the yamen, the six-room subordinates who were still on duty along the way greeted them enthusiastically. They had a good impression of Xu Qi, a young master who had disappeared for a long time and lost his seat. In the enthusiastic face, there are some playful eyes by the way, both regretful and gloating. Relying on this clue, Xu Fengnian knew it well. Although Master Xu was about to pack up and leave, Feng Guan was not too unkind after learning of this person's visit. After all, he was the culprit, otherwise Xu Qi would not have had to leave Bishan so soon. County, in the old calendar of Youzhou, let alone a year or so, how many generals who worked as errands in the yamen to earn money have not been seen for several years? Who let Xu Qi, a low-ranking general, have no backing, and who doesn't know the current affairs, to idle around in the present? Now who in Youzhou dare not take Dianmao seriously? It is said that in Lingzhou, under the rectification of the governor of the granary, a large number of family members who were not doing business were cleaned up to be more grandson than their grandsons. Feng Guan was sitting in the study room, playing with two newly acquired items, the bamboo root carved lion lion paperweight decoration, and the bamboo yellow Ganoderma lucidum jade Ruyi that was said to be made by the old Southern Tang Dynasty. After hearing the report from the servants, I wanted to get up It’s enough to deal with a few words outside the study, and Xu Qi will not be allowed to drink a sip of hot tea, but when the servant kindly mentioned that Master Xu’s wife was also with him, the county magistrate After understanding it, he put his butt back on the chair and said that he would meet guests in the study and prepare tea.
Feng Guan didn't go to the door of the study to greet him, and then the county magistrate saw the young man who was supposed to be full of flattery and went straight across the threshold, and he didn't take the initiative to greet him politely. The next move was even more absurd. Let his "widowed" daughter-in-law sit on the chair, and he leaned back on the chair and asked: "If I remember correctly, the new chief secretary and county lieutenant are both scholars who went to Liang, named Yang Gongshou and Zhu Ying, used to be a student of Qingludong Academy, now there are great Confucian scholars in Beiliang, Huang Chang and others, who preside over the commentary on the articles of Beiliang scholars, then Yang Gongshou is the leader who has won a half-year review in Youzhou, don’t talk about him, you Just talk about Zhu Ying's politics?"
Feng Guan was still holding the exquisite bamboo carving in one hand, while maintaining the posture of inviting people to drink tea with the other hand, he was at a loss.
For a moment, he didn't dare to look directly at the young man in front of him.
Feng Guan himself felt strange, where did this kid get this official authority? Feng Guan didn't feel this kind of pressure from Hong Dongdong, the prefect of Yanzhi County. Feeling ashamed, Feng Guan put down the bamboo carving ruyi ornament, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and dragged his voice in the official accent that he had practiced for many years: "Xu Qi..."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "My name is Xu Fengnian."
Feng Guan froze for a moment, then sneered, "I'm still Zhang Julu!"
Feng Guan suddenly realized that the lord chief assistant was dead, and became furious, he slapped the table and said: "Xu Qi, believe it or not, I can arrest you and put you in jail with Jinyi Youqi based on your bastard words?! Huh?! "
Pei Nanwei stretched out two fingers, twisted Xu Fengnian's waist secretly, imitating the tone of the county magistrate, "Speak business! Huh?!"
Xu Fengnian snapped his fingers, and then Feng Guan found a gust of wind around him, and a burly man in black stood there with a rigid expression. He took out a simple bronze "General Talisman" from his arms, and held it in front of his eyes. .
Feng Guan has heard that the top generals of the frontier army all have the general talisman, which is not used for dispatching troops, but only for one purpose, that is, when the general dies in battle, he will be handed over to the deputy general to command the battle, and the deputy general will be handed over to the school when the deputy general dies in battle. If the lieutenant, the school lieutenant dies in battle, it will be passed on to the captain.
But Feng Guan wasn't sure if it was just the general talisman, and even if he killed him, he didn't believe that Xu Qixu was the king of Beiliang, so Feng Guan felt a sense of pride for no reason, and loudly reprimanded: : "Xu Qi, you are presumptuous! Do you really think that I am a fool?!"
The earthly branch dead man who had followed Xu Xiao for many years glanced at the new owner, Xu Fengnian waved his hand, and the expressionless shadow disappeared in a flash.
Feng Guan was terrified.
Meeting such a person, Xu Fengnian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he stretched out his hand to hold Pei Nanwei's two fingers, and the latter struggled to take them off.
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Let's not talk about anything else, you give me the salary of those few months, and the family is waiting for the pot."
Feng Guan just leaned on the back of the chair, "Speak up if you have something to say, but murder and silence are absolutely unacceptable. There are hundreds of Jinyi Rangers in Bishan County under my rule."
Instead of believing that the former director-general was Xu Fengnian, he obviously believed that this guy was the spy who infiltrated the territory of Youzhou from Beimang.
Pei Nanwei stretched out a hand, and said flatly, "Give me the money. Twenty-four taels."
Feng Guan's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he forced a smile and said: "The two bamboo carvings are both made by famous craftsmen in the Spring and Autumn Period. They can be sold for at least a hundred taels of silver. You can take them."
Pei Nanwei sneered and said, "Use it for lighting? Is it enough? What's more, it's too dirty after touching your hands. I want money. Huh?!"
Feng Guan cursed angrily in his heart, I just rubbed the two bamboo carvings for fun, what a mess! Then the real money is gone? What a woman with long hair and short knowledge, she really gave birth to such a troubled appearance for nothing. Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Master County Magistrate, then I'll go to the house to get my salary."
In fact, Feng Guan's legs were trembling, but he waved his hands pretending to be calm, thinking that as soon as the husband and wife left, they would be arrested by the torture chamber and the police! After Xu Fengnian walked out of the study, he picked up two oil-paper umbrellas that were left at the door. Pei Nanwei asked: "Is this how you ask for salary?"
Xu Fengnian laughed and said: "Isn't it because I'm afraid that the reasoning won't make sense, and with his eyes all over you, I'm afraid I won't get anything out of it, so I couldn't help but slap him to death. Slapping Feng Guan to death is actually not bad, this kind of official can be replaced by anyone, just to make room for Yang Gongshou and Zhu Ying."
Pei Nanwei's expression was a little strange.
Xu Fengnian received his salary in the front office of the yamen, so the subordinate staff naturally didn't dare to show any face to the master who had the county magistrate's verbal "imperial decree". Walking out of the yamen, I found that the rain had stopped. Xu Feng said in a young voice: "Then Yang Gongshou is nothing, he can only write beautiful articles with gorgeous rhetoric but no energy to support him, but Zhu Ying is not well-known in the academy at the foot of Qinglu Mountain, but he has a lot of criticisms about current events. All of his articles were placed on the desk in Fushuifang. In the end, even my second sister was alarmed, and wrote to me specifically to tell me that this person is very useful, but compared to Chen Xiliang and Xu Beizhi, he is too aggressive and admits death. , and not to forgive others, even the great Confucianism invited by Huang Shang to give lectures was forced to come down several times."
Pei Nanwei said coldly, "Then Yang Gongshou is not a good guy."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "I knew it. Is this person pestering you? The spies from Fushuifang haven't told me about this yet, is it the last few days?"
There was no anger on Pei Nanwei's face, "The last time I went to the yamen to collect debts, this person came to Bishan County to take up his post, and he probably had to wait for the official approval from the county sheriff. Things, he just appeared, and finally he still had the face of a scholar, but he didn't get close, he just chanted poems and eulogies aloud not far away, um, his level may be on par with yours back then."
Xu Fengnian couldn't help but said: "How is it possible, when I bought poems from Beiliang scholars, they were all expensive and the content was not bad."
When Pei Nanwei and Xu Fengnian were about to turn from Roller Street into an alley, four or five hooligans who seemed to be waiting for them surrounded them with hippie smiles. Pei Nanwei glanced at Xu Fengnian, who frowned and said to himself : "Bishan County has never experienced the power of Jinyi Youqi? How come there are still people who have the guts to cause trouble at this time?"
Soon the answer will come out on its own.
While the group of hooligans surrounded her with strange words, a hero came to save the beauty. Not far behind Xu Fengnian and Pei Nanwei appeared a man with a flowing sword in white clothes. He looked very handsome and suave, and his standing posture was very graceful. He also had a sword, which was quite valuable.
When he saw Xu Fenghou beside Pei Nanwei, sadness and loss quietly flashed in his eyes, but soon this emotion turned into enthusiasm and boundless fighting spirit.
Then he didn't use his sword to move like a dragon, he gave a soft drink, stepped forward in a cool and unrestrained way, and handed out a palm from seven or eight steps away, and immediately a ruffian seemed to be swept by the powerful palm wind, his feet lifted off the ground, Hit the alley wall.
The white-clothed swordsman slapped again, and another person turned around several times before falling to the ground, moaning in pain.
The corner of Pei Nanwei's mouth twitched, and he turned his head away from looking at this idiot.
Xu Fengnian stretched out his fingers to pinch her chin, turned her head back gently, and said with a suppressed smile: "This hero who draws his sword to help when the road is injustice, is also very hard, okay, you should watch the trick anyway."
The white-clothed swordsman was busy showing off his powerful internal strength and peerless martial arts, so he didn't see this scene, otherwise he would probably vomit blood.
I saw him slap after slap, beating the crap out of the gangsters, and some of them "struggled" to get up, and rushed towards the swordsman in white. Swept by "Ling Li"'s palm, he flew sideways, backwards, and twirling in various wonderful postures.
Xu Fengnian turned his head and introduced to Pei Nanwei in a low voice with the old experience of "comers": "I did this kind of thing back then, and the cost was more than two hundred taels. Because it was too fake to let the guards in the palace pretend to be hooligans at the beginning. It’s the first time I’m doing something, and I have no experience. Those seven or eight guards were just talking about molesting the girl, but when they opened their mouths, it was almost as if they were going to kill the whole family. The little Jia Biyu almost passed out in fright, and cried and said don’t kill her, she I followed everything, and then I had to come forward and explain, guess what, the pretty girl was not shy, she just asked me if I was married, and it scared me. A few spectators joked about it for more than half a year. After that, I hired street rogues to act in this kind of play, and I had to agree in advance how to play it. This kind of palm style, fortunately, the price is low. If it's someone who uses a knife, the price will be increased. But at that time, I paid money based on my mood, and I figured that no matter how petty this guy is, he might have to spend twenty or thirty taels of silver."
Yu Dilong and Lu Yunchang were squatting at the entrance of the alley, and they were also dumbfounded.
When the chivalrous man, who was sweating profusely just by striking his palm, finally finished his work, the hooligans "according to the rules" finished shouting such words as "Young hero, spare your life" and "Young hero's martial arts are really good", and then supported each other to leave .
Pei Nanwei covered her mouth and smiled, because in her ears, Xu Fengnian had said these words before them. The former leader of the disaster in Beiliang was full of complacency, "Well, it's all this routine, right? I'm the one The originator of this kind of thing, I don’t know how many dudes in Lingzhou, Liangzhou, all followed me.”
The white-clothed swordsman with his back to the two quickly took a few breaths, and when his breathing calmed down, he turned around with a smile and walked towards Xu Fengnian and Pei Nanwei. Just as he was about to speak, two people ran out of nowhere. The one who made trouble, the one with the tall character yelled at the eye-obscuring guy next to Miss Pei, "Master and wife, my brother and I can find a hotel to live in, otherwise the two of us can't get used to sleeping on the same bed, let's go!" It's gone!"
Seeing the two little bastards running away in a hurry, Xu Fengnian looked a little embarrassed.
Pei Nanwei sneered and said, "You have taken in a good apprentice."
The swordsman in white