Delong

Chapter 108 The Golden Cone Walk (19)

In the next few days, Zhang Xing kept claiming that he was sick at home, and thought of ways to donate the silk, which attracted Taoist temples in the surrounding squares to visit frequently for alms, but this did not prevent his family from getting more money and more people. The more guilty.

There are really more and more, and after another three or four days, the government offices of the imperial court officially started work, and all the shops were also opened. The people of the Bai family naturally gave everyone in the Chen Liu Bai family manor the benefit of this trip to Jiangdong. come over.

The other people usually get gold silk and horses, gold silk is hidden at home, and the two best horses are kept for themselves, and they are exchanged for cash in Beishi, which looks clean.

But isn't Zhang Baishou greedy?

Taking advantage of the convenience of work, he forcefully blackmailed himself as a high-end person. Two of the horses were tied to the back porch to increase Qin Bao's workload, and the rest was sold to Yan Qing in Beishi. It is well-known in the world, but now in his hands, it is like a hot potato.

There's no way, a person's reputation is great, but it can't cover up this reputation, and it feels a bit like a disaster if he does anything.

In addition, there was another job, which should be his, that is, to send the prepared preparations for this trip to various places in Taichung, so as to save everyone from jealousy, but now it is a bit inconvenient.

In the end, I had no choice but to invite Hu Yan to sell his old face. This Zhu Shou gave a calligraphy and painting, and that Zhu Shou gave a bag of beads... But some people started to lose face, as if they heard some rumors ... In the end, Zhang Xing came up with the idea to carry the three-foot-high coral prepared for Zhongcheng Cao Lin into the black tower in public, and then sent it for the second time, and those people just took it away.

After all, Fulongwei belongs to the Fusi of Xizhen. Although it is mostly used directly by the palace, it is still Cao Lin's subordinate in essence, and Cao Zhongcheng is naturally a great master. He can complain to those positions in Nanya, But he really wouldn't be careful with his subordinates.

In short, for the first half of the first lunar month, Zhang Xing just hid at home to avoid the limelight, at most he studied "Yi Jin Jing" with Li Ding who was visiting.

But this is also a bit embarrassing, because most of the auxiliary methods in the "Yi Jin Jing" can be practiced after the twelve main channels have been fully opened, and Zhang Sanlang has just completely opened the ninth main channel after a year, and he is starting to attack Article [-] is just the main pulse. If you want to feel the magical effect of "Yi Jin Jing" like the other party, you may have more energy than energy.

Even, because of this matter, Zhang Xing always felt that he hadn't kept up with the task level, which added to his discomfort.

But finally, as the major government offices resumed work after the year and all procedures were completed, the imperial court formally issued the relevant transfer order for Chen Linggun to go to the northwest to guard the desert through the Ministry of War.In the Black Tower of Jing'an Terrace, Cao Zhongcheng did not lose his temper and intended to embarrass his subordinates. He still followed his promise and duly issued the order to inspect Huaibei, and asked Bai Yousi's inspection team to work with relevant personnel from the Ministry of War to arrest Chen. The affairs of Ling and the Long Whale Gang were properly handled.

When the order was issued, the other members of the inspection team who had made a fortune were caught off guard, and then they were unhappy. Only Zhang Xing, who was unhappy before, was now pardoned, and hurriedly donated the last two hundred pieces of silk to the Heidi Temple. Then he called Yan Qing over, handed over the blackmailed calligraphy and paintings to the other party, and asked him to cash them out on his behalf—that means that there is nothing wrong with losing money, but before he comes back, he must exchange it for silver, or even gold.

"It's nothing else, I don't know if I should tell you about something."

The day before departure, Li Ding came over as a routine. After hearing about the next day's itinerary, he neither continued to guide his practice nor accompanied him to discuss government affairs, military affairs, customs, customs and geography. Instead, he mentioned an unexpected topic. "Wailang, a member of the Ministry of War who went with you on this trip, is quite an interesting person, and everyone in the Ministry of War knows about it."

"How to say?" Zhang Xing, whose mood was gradually cheerful, was surprised for a moment.

"The main reason is that this person looks a lot like you at first glance." Li Ding said with dark circles under his eyes. "It's not the kind of long likeness, but the superficial likeness."

"Specifically?" Zhang Xing ignored the other party's strange description, but naturally became interested.

"First of all, I don't know my background." Li Ding introduced seriously. "Anyway, like you, he never talks about his origin, but I have read his origin text. It should be of Wu clan blood, and his mother remarried... Also because of this blood, although he has worked hard in cultivation, he has never failed. Fanaxiu is relying on it, which is a bit like you."

Zhang Xing nodded, but he didn't take it seriously... I wanted to talk about my background, but I couldn't explain it clearly, and he obviously had low self-esteem; his cultivation was also a late riser, in fact, he used a cheating device to get along with the other party Difficult pulse is not the same thing... But he also understands Li Ding's meaning, that is, neither of them has the hope of a family, and neither of them has the hard line of cultivation to open the situation. They are both people who rely on certain skills to make a living .

"Then your performance in Gongmen is also very similar. You are both very skilled in documents. You often use documents to acquit people. Others know that he is playing with words, and when they come back to argue with him, they can't argue with him." Li Ding continued. "And then secretly give money to these people to make friends... But he is also really good at writing, and he is good at settling accounts."

And Zhang Xing finally felt a little interesting. These days, there are still people who play the same tricks as him, and the Eastern Capital City is really too big.

"In the end, you are all equally strategic, scheming, and willing to make progress." Li Ding continued to speak seriously. "It's really insightful, insightful, and able to see things and people behind the door, and then some of them are gone, and they can all take advantage of the loopholes."

Zhang Xing became more and more interested, but he still remembered the other party's words: "Since they are so similar, why do you say they are superficially similar?"

"The reason couldn't be simpler." Li Ding finally laughed. "You are a hero, he is Yinxiong... It's like that day in Taolinyi, you let me go because you really thought you were speculating with me, and then you let me go, and he let me go because he wanted to follow me to find the cottage, When we get to the cottage, he might not dare to scold me because he is concerned about the lives of people in the cottage; for example, this time you became famous, I guess he can think of the same idea as you, but he is determined not to enter the mountain in person , or enter the mountain, Qin Bao should take the lead in interrogation, and I will only explain it later."

Zhang Xing was stunned, but he was unexpectedly not bored.

There is no way, it is still the old saying that is almost rusty, the peasants are cunning and shameless, but it is the samurai who forced the peasants to that position... This person, because of his low background and unable to pass the cultivation level, can only use his best He found a way to climb up, and he was unavoidably selfish and lost his tolerance.

In comparison, it was me who always looked at people and things with the arrogance of a time traveler, and couldn't help but like to be hypocritical, so he cast the temper of noble children like Bai Yousi, Sima Zheng, and Li Ding.

On the other side, seeing that Zhang Xinghun didn't care, Li Ding didn't say much.

The next day, Zhang Xing and Qin Bao were preparing to go out. Considering the existence of the second child of the Zuo family, after a moment of hesitation, Zhang Baishou finally brought the compass with him.And when he was taking the compass, he saw the golden awl, so he simply wrapped it in satin and tied it around his waist, then went to the stable to lead the yellow puma, and went out again with Qin Bao, ready to go up the Huai River.

Right at the east gate, Zhang Xing also saw the military officer Wai Lang that Li Ding had mentioned. He was standing in front of Bai Yousi with his hands tied, chatting and laughing with Li Qingchen and Qian Tang, but Bai Yousi didn't care. Quite interested, I just watched the three people laughing and talking next to me.

It was not until Zhang Xing arrived that the three of them stopped talking.

"Zhang Sanlang, this is Wang Daiji, Wailang, a member of the military department." Li Qingchen remained silent, but Qian Tang was in good spirits, and he didn't know if he had received Bai Yousi's promise. "This time, you will work hard with us."

Then Wang Daiji hurriedly cupped his hands and wanted to speak.

Unexpectedly, after hearing Li Ding's announcement, Zhang Xing was one step ahead, and rolled his hands first: "I have admired the military department for a long time and the name of Wang Jiulang, the king of the rain, and today I can see the true face. Zhang Xing is very honored."

Besides, there are not twenty or fifteen members of the inspection team who have arrived here. Before that, they just saluted Bai Yousi, and then they sat around in the market beside the main road outside the city gate, only seeing Zhang Xing After coming over, they got up again, hearing these words, everyone was surprised, almost everyone went to see the neglected Wang Yuanwailang.

And Qian Tang and Li Qingchen were even more surprised and horrified.

As for Wang Daiji himself, he is only 28 or [-] years old this year, not in his thirties. He is still young. He wears an official uniform and a small crown.

But after all, he is a young man, otherwise he wouldn't be so happy chatting with Qian Tang and Li Qingchen. At this time, he was a little bit overwhelmed by the people around him, and could only bow his hands in embarrassment:

"In front of Zhang Sanlang on the Jing'an stage, how dare you call him by name? Besides, this timely rain... this is the first time I've heard it. Zhang Sanlang is sure he called it right?"

"Of course it's not wrong, it's normal if you haven't heard of it, because the name is something that others call it, the reason why you say this is because you often assist officers who have broken the law in the Ministry of War, and they have made a name for themselves in private. "Zhang Xing threw down the yellow puma, hurried forward to hold the opponent's hand, and sincerely explained. "And to tell you the truth, as far as I know, at the Black Tower of Jing'an Terrace, because of Qin Bao and I's going to Mount Mangdang this time, we are already planning to promote the two of us a little bit on the list of people. The [-]th place is said to have been accumulated by the King of Timely Rain... Zhang Xingxian is here to congratulate Wang Jiulang!"

Wang Daiji was dumbfounded, and it took him half a day to react, but he could only smile bitterly for a moment: "Zhang Sanlang, please hold your hand high!"

Zhang Xing also followed with a wry smile: "Wang Jiulang, to tell you the truth, I was compared to Zhang Gong of Nanya in Taichung because of the incident in Mangdang Mountain, so my reputation was too popular for a while, and I even had to receive a regular annual gift during the New Year. Change hands and send it out to avoid misfortune... If it is my turn to meddle in the matter of the list of people, how can I make myself climb up?"

"So it is." Wang Daiji sighed. "I just said why Your Excellency donated hundreds of bolts of silk, but in this way, the two of us are in somewhat similar situations."

"Who said it wasn't?" Zhang Xing finally took the opportunity to reach out and grab the opponent's hand. "Otherwise, how could we have hit it off? To tell you the truth, Wang Jiulang, when I saw you, I felt like you were my dear brother..."

Hearing this, Wang Daiji shook his opponent's hands and sighed, "That's right, that's right!"

When Qin Bao heard this from behind, he could only turn around and scratch his spotted tumor beast's chin, trying not to look at the two of them, Qian Tang and Li Qingchen were also a little embarrassed.The only one, Bai Yousi, had already sat on the flagpole of the tea shed next to him, and was watching this scene with great interest.

I don't know why, but the flagpole didn't break, but only fluttered in the wind under her feet.

Just like that, after tossing for a long time, following the black ribbon Hu Yan and the newcomer Zhou Xingfan to get the official documents from Jing'an Terrace, the personnel arrived, but the people no longer hesitated, mounted their horses and led their mules together, and headed towards the Huai River again.

I thought that I passed through there and came to the east, it was the middle of winter, cold and dry, the key is that the schedule is still tight, there will be no delay for a while, and I have to deal with bandits along the way, and it is hard work to deal with.But now, going from the east to the Huaihe River is the Spring Festival of the next year. Although it is only one month away, there is obviously a youthful companionship, especially when going from the northwest to the southeast, it seems that the arrival of spring is speeding up. .

However, the biggest change is the mentality of communication.

When the day came, he was always passive to solve the problem, but he was tired of coping, and everything could not be done well. When he left today, he relied on the authority of the court and Bai Yousi's Yitian sword to take the initiative to attack. Naturally, his mood became brighter.

Under such circumstances, on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, when we arrived in Huaiyang, only a hundred miles away from the city father, Bai Yousi suddenly proposed to stay here for a day or two, and after the whole group finished repairing, we could go further. Father Cheng, everyone did not have any objections.

But what's interesting is that they didn't live in the official post, but in the manor of an official of Zhang's family outside Wanqiu City, Huaiyang County. This official has a younger brother named Zhang Yue. Bai Yousi's brother-in-law, the former Luoyang order, is now said to have gone to the Ministry of Officials.

It can only be said that there are many relatives anyway, so it’s okay to eat and drink for nothing.

There is no need to talk about bathing, socializing, and banquets during the day. At night, each person has a room, which is also generous.And at night, there was a sudden wind, Zhang Xing was lying on the couch with his head up, and he heard the spring breeze outside the house, and he was surprised, but he was full of wine and food, and he didn't bother to get up to watch.

But he didn't fall asleep either.

On the contrary, he began to inexplicably recall his various experiences since time travel, thinking about the future path...how should I put it?So far, Zhang Xing has always felt that he was doing things passively, and things were on his head. Due to morality, human feelings, and responsibilities, he just continued to do things one by one, and then he never had his own plan and purpose.

There must be some emotions and ideas, and there must be some messy careful arrangements and friendships, but it is definitely not a special plan and purpose, even the idea of ​​​​rebellion is just thinking about it on the road, and it was given by Bai Yousi. Press down.

This is very similar to the incidents encountered during this trip to Jiangdong, and then passively resolved.

However, now that the trip to Jiangdong was over, even Huainan had to take the initiative to turn back to finish off Chen Ling and the Whale Gang, but he didn't know when he would take the initiative to attack in his life?
I don't know which god or supreme sent me here for nothing?
I don't even know what main task is waiting for me?

Of course, one thing that must be admitted, or one thing that cannot be pretended to be confused, is that, at present, considering that the practitioners in the world of great struggle are advancing rapidly, and the supreme position is also an ordinary setting in this world, then the most likely thing, Or is it that the Great Wei suddenly collapsed like Qin and Sui in his own world, and an unprecedented world of great struggle appeared before the eyes of the world. chess.

But even so, you have to consider who is playing chess, whose chess piece you are, and whether you want to be willing to be a chess piece.

Moreover, at that time, whether it is making chess pieces or playing chess, what is the guiding philosophy?
Do you want to continue a feudal central empire, or do your best to be a pioneer who can't do what you want, so that the common people can live better?Just do these things, do you want to help someone, or do it yourself?
In this way, after thinking about it, Zhang Xing felt that he was thinking in vain... For now, he doesn't even know where his hometown of Beidi is, and the people he knows and the people he thinks are important It's all in the Eastern Capital, so as long as you don't have the ability and determination to rebel, what can you do other than lurk in Fulongwei, observe the situation, and wait for the sky to fall?
Only, as the saying goes, a man can bend and stretch. Now it seems that his official career is going well, but in essence he still bends under Bai Yousi, a top aristocrat, in order to be safe.

Just as he was thinking, suddenly, a white light flashed outside the house, and after a while, there was a sudden thunder above his head.

Zhang Xing was so startled that he turned over and sat up, and then realized that Chunlei should be like this...but he didn't realize until now that he had been in this world for a full year.

Thinking of this, it was difficult for him to sleep comfortably, so he put on his clothes, walked out of the room, and came to the porch to enjoy the wind and listen to the thunder.

Unexpectedly, the lights in the corridor flickered, and the light was clearly visible, and there were already people here.

"Brother Wang Jiu."

Zhang Xing changed his smile without hesitation, and stretched out his hand far away to hold the other party.

"Zhang Sanlang." Wang Daiji also caught the opponent's hand without any doubts. Inside the corridor eaves, the two of them fell under the wind and thunder, as natural and appropriate as the flowers before the moon and the moon. "Did you also come out to listen to Lei?"

"Yes."

Zhang Xing looked at the top of his head that had been completely covered by the night, and expressed emotion, but blurted out again. "Lian Guangyu, who has a lot on his mind, listens to the thunder in a silent place."

Wang Daiji was slightly taken aback, and then sighed: "Good poem! What a 'Lian Guangyu with a vast mind, listening to the thunder in a silent place'! It really describes your state of mind at this time, but I don't know what the whole poem is about?"

In fact, just after Zhang Xing finished speaking, he was taken aback.

No way, he actually didn't want to copy the poem, because he almost vomited in Jiangdong before, but this time, he really just quoted it casually.

However, the other party was eager to ask, so he quickly stopped his strange thoughts, thought carefully, and then answered seriously: "There are two sentences above... called 'Wanjiamo has no wormwood, dare to sing and mourn '."

Wang Daiji was slightly taken aback.

And just like before, Zhang Xing himself was a little stunned after he finished speaking - so before the thunder broke out, it was actually these two sentences?But it was even more timely.

PS: Happy work, good night everyone.

(End of this chapter)