A knife in love

Chapter 1180

Xiao Dong talked eloquently, but Li Qiufeng and Zhang Shi didn't believe it.At this time, the storyteller was no longer panicked, and was talking about the backer king Yang Lin accepting Qin Shubao as the [-]th Taibao section.All the drinkers were so fascinated by it that they even forgot to applaud.

The tavern was no longer noisy, and Xiao Dong's voice became much quieter.He lowered his voice and said: "Master Yan has risen to the top in the officialdom these few years. Of course it is because of his outstanding talents, but he has also received great help from his friends. Mr. Xia Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites in the capital, and Mr. Yan have a fellowship with Mr. Yan. In the past few years, I have spoken good words for Lord Yan in front of the emperor. With the help of Lord Xia, Lord Yan can be said to have a bright future. This time he was ordered to go to Beijing, I am afraid that he will stay in the capital as an official, and will never return to Nanjing Those Qingshui yamen in the Six Departments are watching the sky from a well."

Hearing Xiao Dong mention the word "Xia Yan", Li Qiufeng thought to himself, when he was on duty in the capital, he heard that Xia Yan had been highly valued by the emperor in recent years, and joining the cabinet was a certainty.No wonder Xiao Dong knew so much about Yan Song's situation in such detail, this person had long wanted to marry Xia Yan.Since Xia Yan has supported Yan Song a lot, it is not surprising that Xiao Dong secretly pays attention to Yan Song.It is hard for outsiders to imagine the ingenuity of these officials who only want to get promoted and get rich.

Xiao Dong spoke excitedly, and what he said reveals that he has a deep friendship with several powerful officials under Xia Yan's sect.Li Qiufeng thought to himself that this person was probably boasting nonsense, but his face was quite envious, and he couldn't help but agree.Xiao Dong became more and more complacent, and said to Li Qiufeng and Zhang Shi: "Among the six ministries in the capital, if it comes to power, the official ministries are naturally the most important. If it's money, the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry are enough to stand against each other. As for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment, each Holding power, there is no compromise with the Ministry of Officials. Only the Ministry of Rites is the Qingshui Yamen. Not only does it have no power, but it has no money to fish for. However, since Emperor Taizu abolished the post of prime minister and divided the power of prime minister among six departments, although the Ministry of Rites is the most powerful It’s light, but the Minister of Rites is the first choice for cabinet scholars. This rule has not changed for a hundred years. Now Xia Yanxia has become the Minister of Rites, and the next step is to join the cabinet as a scholar. Just now Lord Yan said that he is serving the emperor this time. In all likelihood, Mr. Xia will be in the middle of the decree to enter the capital. After Mr. Xia enters the cabinet, Mr. Yan will take over the post of Minister of Rites. In the future, Mr. Xia will stand firmly in the cabinet, and he will guide Mr. Yan into the cabinet. At that time, Lord Xia will be assisted by Lord Yan, so there is no need to run away from the position of chief assistant of the cabinet!"

Zhang Shi said with a flattering smile: "Master Xiao has friendship with several of Master Xia's capable disciples. If Master Xia gains power, Master Xiao will definitely be promoted. At that time, the villain will ask Master Xiao to take care of him. If Master Xiao is useful, he will be able to use the villain Where there is a villain, the villain must do his best and repay it with death."

Xiao Dong was complacent, and said in his mouth: "Don't worry about Zhang Yuanwai. If Xiao Mou has a day in his career, he will definitely not treat you badly. At that time, I will have a lot of money in the officialdom, and Zhang Yuanwai's business will definitely grow bigger and bigger. Let's contact Wouldn't it be good to start a vigorous career?!"

Zhang Shi respectfully said: "Yes, the villain must follow Mr. Xiao's lead, and just give him a helping hand."

Li Qiufeng listened to the two bragging about making peace, and the more they talked, the more shameless they became, and he was secretly disgusted in his heart.In the end, both Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi got a little drunk, so they got up and left.At this time, the storyteller had already taken the money and left, leaving only a few drunken drinkers lying on the table and falling asleep in the tavern.The shopkeeper and the waiter sent the three of them out the door, and then went back to the room to clean up the tables and chairs.

The three walked onto the street, but saw that the lights of the houses on both sides were all turned off.However, many people hang lanterns in front of their doors, so they don't feel that the surroundings are too dark.There was no one on the street, only three people were walking south.Xiao Dong walked in the front, Zhang Shi accompanied him, and Li Qiufeng walked last.Xiao Dong walked and said: "I heard from the policeman that there seems to be a murder case outside the city. Here the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the officials are all rich and poor. It may be difficult to catch the criminal."

Zhang Shidao: "Indeed, as your lord said, this place is no worse than the Central Plains. It must be very chaotic. Otherwise, the family heirloom of shopkeeper Yin would not have been taken away."

Xiao Dong chuckled, and said, "I just don't know if shopkeeper Yin is safe or not."

Zhang Shi thought to himself, you bastard, you wish Lao Yin could be killed, so that you can swallow the jade pendant.It's just that even though he had this thought in his heart, his face was deeply worried, he sighed, and said in his mouth: "I hope that shopkeeper Yin will be auspicious, and he will save money and avoid disaster, so that he won't be killed by someone."

At that time, both Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi were a little bit drunk, and they walked staggeringly, so they were much slower than when they came.Li Qiufeng followed behind the two, only to see that the long street was empty, Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi sang together, feeling shameless.He thought to himself that shopkeeper Yin's family heirloom jade pendant had fallen into the hands of Liu Sheng's killers, and according to the habits of these killers, no one would be left alive.Nine out of ten shopkeeper Yin has already been killed.Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi didn't care about the life and death of shopkeeper Yin at all. These people on the big boat had their own ghosts and were not good people.

The three of them walked for half a stick of incense, and they were not far from the stone bridge.At this moment, Li Qiufeng stopped suddenly, and said in a deep voice, "Someone is coming!"

Zhang Shi was still drunk, and said with a smile: "Why should you be frightened when someone comes? It's better than the arrival of evil spirits."

Xiao Dong hurriedly turned around and listened attentively. After a while, his expression changed, and he said: "I never thought Mr. Zhu has such deep internal energy, I admire, admire."

The three turned around and looked towards the long street, but they saw that the street was empty, how could there be any people?The lanterns in front of the houses on both sides of the road were slightly shaken by the night wind, forming circles of light of different sizes and shapes on the street.Except for the breeze blowing and the occasional sound of wind, the surrounding area was silent, and there was no other sound.

Seeing Li Qiufeng and Xiao Dong approaching the enemy, Zhang Shi felt amused, and said: "Master Xiao, Brother Zhu, it's midnight, how can anyone come..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw a few figures faintly appearing at the end of the long street.Zhang Shi trembled, most of the wine woke up from the fright, and he hid behind Li Qiufeng tremblingly, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Zhu, Zhu, these people are here for us, right?"

Li Qiufeng ignored him, just staring at the few figures that appeared on the long street.Looking from a distance, these figures are left and right, up and up, which is quite strange.After a long while, the three of them were no more than a hundred steps away.Xiao Dong suddenly laughed out loud, and said in his mouth: "So that's how it was, it really surprised us."

Zhang Shi hid behind Li Qiufeng, and suddenly heard Xiao Dong say such a sentence without thinking, and his heart was filled with surprise.He poked his head out from behind Li Qiufeng and looked into the distance.But he saw a few people staggering over dozens of steps away, looking very embarrassed.It's just that when these people ran, they seemed to be drunk, staggered, swayed from side to side, and some people fell to the ground from time to time, then hurriedly got up again, and fled forward desperately.Looking at the appearance of these people, it seems that there are evil spirits behind them, and they are chasing them closely.

Seeing that these people were getting closer, Zhang Shi suddenly screamed and said in a trembling voice, "This, isn't this Shopkeeper Hu and Shopkeeper Song?"

Li Qiufeng and Xiao Dong have already recognized shopkeeper Hu and others.It's just that seeing that everyone was in a mess and didn't know what happened, so they didn't help.The two looked behind Shopkeeper Hu and the others, and there was only an empty long street in front of them, and no one was chasing them.Li Qiufeng listened attentively, except for the chaotic footsteps of shopkeeper Hu and others, there was no abnormal sound at all.He didn't dare to take it too seriously, the internal energy in his whole body was surging, if there was an enemy's surprise attack, he could counterattack immediately.

In a blink of an eye, shopkeeper Hu and others had fled to the front of the three of them.Borrowing the light of the lanterns on the side of the road, I saw shopkeeper Hu and others all had bruised noses and swollen faces, their clothes were also torn, and they looked extremely embarrassed.At the beginning, everyone was only focused on running for their lives, and didn't see the situation ahead clearly. It was not until they fled in front of Li Qiufeng and the other three that they suddenly found someone blocking their way.Shopkeepers Hu and Song, who were running at the front, were taken aback and stopped hastily.It's just that shopkeepers Ji, Bai and Luo who followed behind them were running as fast as they could, and had no time to see clearly what was going on ahead.When Shopkeeper Hu and Shopkeeper Song stopped suddenly, the three couldn't hold back their feet, and bumped into Shopkeeper Hu and Shopkeeper Song.There was only a burst of screams, and the five fell to the ground one after another.Before they could get up, another person came running from behind, tripped by shopkeeper Luo who was lying on the ground, and immediately fell forward, just hitting shopkeeper Bai, causing shopkeeper Bai to scream in pain.When the man raised his head, Li Qiufeng, Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi were startled.I saw this person's face was covered with blood, which was described as terrifying.Zhang Shi yelled in shock and trembled: "Ghost! There is a ghost!"

(End of this chapter)