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In the courtyard where the Peacock Terrace of the post house was temporarily staying, there was a circle of people around at this time, and Chu Huan was also among the crowd.

The birthday ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is just around the corner. Yang Zhen, the head of the Hexi Ministry of Rites, has personally come to inspect it, and it has been confirmed that the Peacock Terrace will be the finale of the show, and the last one will perform to His Majesty the Emperor.

Peacock Terrace naturally attaches great importance to this, and today the sky is clear, and Jinling Bird ordered everyone to gather for the last big rehearsal before the performance.

Although the dance skills are superb, but the performance in the palace is unusual, and everyone in the Peacock Terrace is tense.

When the Jinling sparrow came over, this time only Xiao Ning followed, but Xiao Lian was nowhere to be seen. She was dressed in elegant clothes, still wearing a light veil, and everyone was whispering to each other, but when they saw the Jinling sparrow approaching, they fell silent.

"Master Yang from the Department of Rituals came here yesterday." Jinling Sparrow glanced at everyone and said softly: "This time, there are many art troupes and a lot of performances... Originally, we at the Peacock Stage had to present three It's not a show, but Master Yang said that the schedule of the birthday ceremony is not short, and the Holy One can't participate in the birthday ceremony for a long time, so all the art groups can only present the best shows, our Peacock Stage Of the several art programs that were originally prepared, only one can be kept."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the Peacock Stage had indeed made careful choices for this birthday ceremony.

Peacock Terrace is naturally a relatively large art troupe. Such an art troupe can casually come up with dozens of wonderful performances. It took a lot of thought to choose three or four wonderful performances from them. .

It's just that no one thought that if the Ministry of Rites said a word, the peacock could only keep one art. Naturally, there was no good choice. The art of the Peacock Terrace was naturally the "Peacock Flowing Cloud" of Jinlingque.

Jinling Que said softly: "Master Yang asked us to present Peacock Flowing Clouds at the Peacock Terrace, so... on the day of the birthday ceremony, we can't all go to the Peacock Terrace."

Many people immediately seemed a little disappointed.

The construction of the Heavenly Palace in Hexi is a huge project. During this trip to Hexi, many people actually want to see how magnificent the Celestial Palace is. The Heavenly Palace is heavily guarded, and it is the emperor's ashram. Not everyone is eligible to enter the Tiangong. Everyone is naturally very excited to have the opportunity to enter the Tiangong, but only now did they realize that not everyone can enter the Peacock Terrace.

Mao Renju finally came out at this time and said: "Girl, if it's just Peacock Liuyun, we will enter this time, at least five people...!"

Jinling sparrow nodded slightly: "Except for me, double flowers and double feathers are indispensable."

Chu Huan was a little puzzled, not knowing what the "double flowers and double feathers" referred to. Mao Renju was beside Chu Huan, and seeing Chu Huan's doubts, he explained: "Hero Bamboo, the girl's Peacock Flowing Cloud is in the clouds. The so-called double feathers are just like the two wings of a peacock, one to withstand the auspicious clouds, the other is to assist the girl to rise and fall. If there are two flowers, they are two fairy flowers above the nine heavens, which are peacocks flowing clouds. a part of."

Chu Huan didn't know much about the art troupe, but Chu Huan still couldn't quite understand Mao Renju's explanation.

Jinling sparrow had already said to Chu Huan at this time: "Hero Zhu, I have already promised to bring you into the palace, so naturally I will not break my promise, but I will wrong you to become one of the twin feathers." She waved her hand and said, "Bamboo! The heroes and the leader Mao will stay first, and the others will go down and rest first."

Everyone was a little helpless, but they still obeyed the order and dispersed one after another.

Mao Renju waited for everyone to leave before asking: "Girl, since Bamboo Hero appeared as Shuangyu, I don't know if it is heavy feather or light feather...?"

Jinling sparrow thought for a while before saying to Chu Huan: "Hero of Bamboo, Heavy Feather supports Xiangyun, and Light Feather wants to cooperate with me tacitly... Time is running out, and it is impossible to practice it in a day or two. If Zhu Da Xia is willing, I wonder if he can be my heavy feather."

Chu Huan said with a smile: "The girl is saying that Chong Yu is a hard worker, right?"

Jinling sparrow nodded slightly: "That's what it really means."

"Leave the strength to me." Chu Huan said with a smile: "I don't know art skills, so it's hard for me to cooperate, but strength is not a problem." After a pause, he asked: "It's just that I look like this. You're just a scumbag, you can't get into the hall of elegance...!"

"Don't worry, Bamboo Hero." Mao Renju said with a smile beside him, "Since we are Twin Feathers, we must decorate carefully to ensure that no one can see our appearance."

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In the Hexi Governor's Mansion, Feng Yuanpo was frowning at this moment, and Feng Tianxiao was standing beside him.

"Are you sure they didn't talk about anything else?" Feng Yuanpo asked sternly.

Feng Tianxiao nodded and said: "After the prince went to Xingyuan, he immediately summoned Yuan Chongshang and Mei Long. The prince summoned them mainly for the purpose of suppressing bandits. To send troops to suppress the bandits."

"Didn't you say anything else?"

Feng Tian smiled and said: "Our people have been listening from the beginning to the end, and did not say anything else. In fact, the prince did not say much, but Yuan Chongshang repeatedly expressed his loyalty to the prince, saying that after the birthday ceremony, he rushed back immediately. Anyi, gather troops and horses, obey the order, as soon as the order is given, send troops immediately."

Feng Yuanpo said with a faint smile: "Anyi is short of soldiers and food. In order to liquidate Huang's family, the emperor sent Chu Huan to Anyi to raid the house. Instead, he found General Mu... General Mu died, and Huang's family was raided." In the end, this Anyi's vitality has already been seriously injured."

"Father said so." Feng Tianxiao said with a sneer: "At the beginning when the people of Xiliang went to the northwest, the supplies in the northwest were in short supply, so Anyi and Xishan were transferred a large amount of supplies to go to the northwest... They were already very weak. It was copied again, which seemed to be cutting grass and roots, but where is there no shadow of the Huang family in Anyi? This chopping down not only cut down the Huang family, but also chopped Anyi to pieces. The money and food of the Huang family were confiscated, and all of them were destroyed. Included in the national treasury and sent to the capital, Anyi is already empty. He Yuan Chongshang is not ashamed to call up soldiers and horses to suppress bandits. The court can't provide money and food, and he has no money and food. Centaur?"

Feng Yuanpo smiled disdainfully: "People like Yuan Chongshang and Mei Long are nothing but clowns, not worth mentioning...!"

"Father said so." Feng Tianxiao said in a low voice, "Yuan Chongshang and Mei Long are nothing to worry about. Even though Qiao Mingtang from Xishan is stronger than Yuan Chongshang, he can't cause any trouble. After all, Chi Liandian is still the most difficult to deal with." Wei Yi pondered, his eyes showed a bit of admiration, and said in a low voice: "Father Commander thought of building the Heavenly Palace at the beginning, and he didn't want the court to pay any money. When the Heavenly Palace was built, the boy was quite critical at the time, and even the officials under him seemed to be dissatisfied, but looking back now, my father's move is really a trick that hits the nail on the head, it is exquisite."

Feng Yuanpo picked up the teacup, picked up the tea cover and blew on the powdered tea, and said with a smile, "One shot kills the other? What do you understand?"

"At that time there was turmoil in the northwest, rebellion in the southeast, and the resurgence of Qingtian King in Hebei." Feng Tianxiao sat down on the chair beside Feng Yuanpo. At that time, the imperial court will inevitably reach out to collect money and grain from all parties."

Feng Yuanpo put down the teacup, just stroked his long beard lightly, without saying a word.

"Look at the various roads in Anyi. Over the past few years, their foundations have been emptied." Feng Tianxiao sneered, "But my father advised the emperor a long time ago that he wanted to build a heavenly palace in Hexi, and he didn't want any money from the imperial court. It's just the imperial court. Unexpectedly, although we don't need to ask for a penny from the imperial court, the imperial court has no reason to ask us for money and food."

A smile appeared on the corner of Feng Yuanpo's mouth, but he still didn't speak.

"Not only that, since we want to build the Heavenly Palace for the emperor, then the money and food in Hexi will naturally be controlled by my father. No matter what kind of tax increases, the court will naturally understand what is going on, and will not interfere again." Feng Tian smiled lightly. He said with a smile: "In this way, father can increase taxes in Hexi, and the people in Hexi know that these taxes are to build the Heavenly Palace for the emperor. In this way, if we increase taxes, the people can only resent the emperor, not us... ...!"

Feng Yuanpo finally smiled and said: "The people in Hexi are full of complaints against the imperial court?"

"Father only needs to go down and walk around to know the thoughts of the common people." Feng Tian said with a smile: "The people in Hexi hate the emperor deeply. They think that the increase in taxes in the past few years is the emperor's will."

Feng Yuanpo sighed: "The people's hearts are available."

"In addition, in order to build the Tiangong, my father recruited a large number of young and strong people. There are 10,000+ people here, all of whom are strong and healthy laborers." Feng Tianxiao smiled lightly: "If he really wants to suppress Bandits, as long as they open the arsenal, these people can be drafted into the army in a blink of an eye, and there is no need to go all out to recruit soldiers... Although countless money was spent on the construction of the Tiangong, the money still stayed in Hexi after all. Yi waited for the road, and was taken out of his life."

Feng Yuan said: "If it wasn't for the construction of the Heavenly Palace and the pacification of Hebei King Qingtian's money and food, the imperial court would definitely have to collect money from Hexi. If that was the case, you and my father would have difficulty eating chaff and swallowing weeds."

"Looking at the world, the only one who can surpass us now is Chiliandian." Feng Tianxiao clenched his fists and said, "As long as Chiliandian dies, his gang will inevitably fall apart, and Liaodong will be in turmoil. Time...!" At this point, Feng Tianxiao didn't continue talking, but his eyes were burning brightly.

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door: "Urgent report!"

Feng Tianxiao got up immediately and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Tan Qianhu sent someone to report urgently that Chi Liandian, the governor of Liaodong, has entered Wuzhou." A person outside the door reported: "Tomorrow at the latest, we will arrive at Wuping Mansion!"

Feng Yuanpo also got up abruptly, his expression became serious: "The Chiliandian is really here?"

"Tan Qianhu reported that Chi Liandian brought [-] Chibei cavalry, and they are already in Fanmen." The visitor respectfully said, "Tan Qianhu asked Feng Du to instruct whether to stop the [-] Chibei!"

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