book of troubled times

Chapter 444

Unexpectedly, Lei Huo looked at Wang Daozhong, although he was a bit cautious, he didn't see any awe, and he quickly laughed: "I have admired you for a long time, and I am a big man on the list. It is rare to see him, and he is full of brilliance. ... Mr. Wang, please!"

As he spoke, he held Li Si'an's arm affectionately and entered the account together: "Fourth brother hasn't been here for a long time? Where have you made your fortune all these years?"

Li Si'an followed into the room with a smile: "These years, I mainly stay in Jingxiang, and I seldom run around."

Zhao Changhe followed in with great interest. The other party seemed to be enthusiastic, but in fact there was a hint of flabbergasted... For the first time, he discovered that Zhongtu, which is so dazzling everywhere, can be so passerby.

The other party is actually revealing this meaning: he cares about the strength of your land list, as for King Langya, don't bring it up.It doesn't matter if you are the King of Langya or Qinghe Cui, this is Erhai Lake, your family's hands can't reach so far, only your own strength can be taken seriously, everything else is false.

But even if it is the local list, the lower-ranked Wang Daozhong will not have much deterrent power in this place where fish and dragons are mixed. Strong dragons will not overwhelm local snakes. , can things still be done?

When you come here, you have to abide by the rules here.

Everyone was seated as host and guest, Lei Ao waved his hand proudly: "Come here, serve sweet-scented osmanthus wine to the honored guests."

Zhao Changhe sat on the side tasting wine without saying a word, watching Lei Ao and Li Si'an chatting.

Lei Ao was continuing the previous topic to Li Si'an: "So they are all in Jingxiang, Jingxiang is good! I feel that the fourth brother has raised a lot of white...Why are you in the mood to bring the goods this time?"

Li Si'an smiled slightly and said, "I'll see if Brother Lei has been bullied by others, and if he needs help."

Lei Ao asked in astonishment: "Why did fourth brother say such a thing?"

Li Si'an pretended to be surprised: "Is there no problem with Brother Lei's upstream supply?"

Lei Ao was stunned, and immediately sighed: "It's really unexpected that this kind of thing will cause the fourth brother to come all the way, and it will make the brother feel very sorry."

Li Si'an wondered: "How do you say this? It's just 'this matter'?"

Lei Ao said: "Well, it's really not good for us to say it openly."

He glanced at "Wang Daozhong" and lowered his voice: "After the tax money was intercepted in early spring, the Southwest Xuanwei Department didn't just settle it, but collected it from each family again..."

Li Si'an's expression moved slightly.

He took it again, but he didn't hear about it... Where did it go after it was taken?The imperial court didn't see it either... Could it be that he was robbed again?
Then counting the group that was just robbed, wouldn't it be that they lost their tax money three times?
"The fourth brother should have thought of it, who can withstand such a layer after layer of peeling, and this time, it's not just that we can only use the goods on hand to directly pay for it, what good quality can we leave behind... ..." Lei Ao sighed: "Don't talk about using defective products to perfuse the fourth brother, it is actually the best product we have now. Now we only hope that this time can be over, and it will return to normal in the future. If this continues, everyone don't Speaking of emeralds and jade, I’m afraid I can’t even afford the earth.”

Li Si'an pondered for a moment, and his face suddenly changed a little.

This is a market town, and it looks lively here, but it doesn't mean that the situation of all ethnic groups is calm.

If what Lei Ao said is true, then Southwest Bailiao is probably at the limit of his patience... and this time he was robbed again, it's fine for Xuan Weisi to let it go, in case it happens again...

Will the Southwest be forced to rebel?
Zhao Changhe was also thinking, could it be that Li Shentong's purpose of robbing silver still has the intention of forcing the Southwest?But whether the Southwest Propaganda Department will continue to search, that is not something that Li Shentong can remotely control...

Lei Ao said again: "If fourth brother doesn't believe me, can you follow us to see the warehouse?"

Li Si'an waved his hand: "Forget it. What do you think about the current situation?"

Lei Ao tried to say: "Fourth brother is rich and rich in the land, at least he has face, and I don't know if he can talk to Xuan Weisi, if he can..."

Li Si'an laughed "ha": "This kind of thing, now that the Buddha is here, if you don't hug your thick legs, what's the use of asking me?"

Lei Ao's gaze finally landed on "Wang Daozhong", and he smiled a little: "We reunited with Fourth Brother after a long absence, and I said a few more words, and neglected Mr. Wang. I wonder why Mr. Wang came to Erhai Lake?"

In fact, Zhao Changhe knew that Lei Ao didn't intend to let him go to find some comfort department, otherwise his attitude at first meeting would be different.

It is very possible that these were all nonsense before, and they were all perfunctory for Li Si'an.An old fritter like Li Si'an should also be aware of it, but they are perfunctory.

Judgment flashed in Zhao Changhe's mind. He sipped his wine and said leisurely: "One is to expand some business routes for the family, and the other is to hear that there are many strange people in the Southwest, so he wants to recruit talents for the family. Mr. Lei has been working here for many years. Can you teach me?"

Lei Ao said: "I don't know what kind of strange person Mr. Wang wants?"

"Of course they know Gu, isn't this the biggest difference between Southwest Bailiao and Zhongtu?"

Lei Ao shook his head: "Those who know the art of witchcraft are basically priests in the clan, and they have extremely strict regulations. They will not go out to do things for others, and they will not easily leak the magic tricks. Otherwise, after so many years, why no one Going to the Central Plains? Mr. Wang should know this truth."

"One moment and another moment." Zhao Changhe said leisurely: "Now that you have been forced into this by the dog officials, you don't want to find a new way, you still cling to the old rules, it's really ridiculous."

Li Si'an looked sideways.

Zhao Changhe continued to criticize violently: "I don't know that you are closed in the southwest, and you have heard how many turmoil in Middle-earth... I will not hide it from you, my Wang family wants to be on the side of the Qing emperor, if anyone wants to find another way out, my Wang family will just go up to you." Good choice?"

Li Si'an wanted to cover his face.

Zhao Changhe deliberately paused, and then slowly said: "If anyone wants to stand on their own, you might as well contact my Wang family and help each other."

Not only Li Si'an couldn't bear to look straight at it, but Lei Ao's expression twitched, and he hurriedly said: "This, this matter is too big, it's not up to Lei..."

"There's no need to decide now, Mr. Lei can go back and ask the head of his family, or other wizards he has made friends with."

Lei Ao wiped his sweat away and said, "Then please stay a little longer, Mr. Wang, to visit Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake."

Zhao Changhe said: "Wang and Mr. Si'an came here just to find a guide. After arriving here, Mr. Si'an has his own business to do. We are not in the same way, so naturally I am sorry to continue to disturb you. I wonder if I can ask Mr. Lei for some The entourage is the local guide, and the price includes the satisfaction of these brothers."

He wanted Lei Ao to help him find news about Yue Hongling or the disciples of Sword Cottage, obviously he couldn't say it directly, Zhao Changhe planned to use his entourage and guides to make side attacks, first to see if they had seen any girl in red and swordsman in white.If there really isn't one, find another reason to "remember something" and let Lei Ao mobilize his staff to help find it, it's not so obvious.

In the end, Lei Ao smiled brightly: "How dare you ask Mr. Wang for money? Who..."

He circled his fingers, and was about to assign a few attendants, when a cold voice came from outside: "It is said that Mr. Langya King has arrived here...the time for the sword pavilion is uncertain. I have heard the name of Langya Zhenhai Sword for a long time, and I hope you will give me some advice."

Li Si'an was shocked, and Zhao Changhe was also dumbfounded.

Nima, old Wang, can you also cause trouble for me in reverse?
no, no...

Is this joy or sorrow?

There is nowhere to be found after breaking through the iron shoes, and the disappeared Lord of the Sword Cottage appeared here inexplicably, and even found Wang Daozhong... If the follow-up can follow him, all mysteries can be solved.

But the problem is that there is no time to beat it!
He is sixth on the list, and his life is gone. Do you still want to follow him afterwards and become a ghost to follow?
But the matter has come to this point, and it is impossible to run out of time, it is better to go out and deal with it, and see if the talk can start to work...

Zhao Changhe stood up and went out with a "calm face", and responded in his mouth: "Sovereign Shi is too polite...Your Excellency is ranked sixth, and Wang is the last to accompany him. It should be Wang who asked for advice from Sect Master Shi."

Li Si'an said anxiously: "Sir!"

Nima, you can't die here for no reason, how can I explain to the chief seat when I go back?
Zhao Changhe waved his hand, opened the tent and came out.

The guards outside had already dispersed spontaneously, forming an open space.In the middle of the open space, a white-clothed swordsman stood there quietly, with a straight figure, his eyes slightly closed, and his head bowed.

The whole person looks like a sword... It reminds Zhao Changhe of Han Wubing when they first met.

Now Han Wubing's smile is a bit more, not so deadly...

Seeing "Wang Daozhong" come out, the swordsman opened his eyes, and there seemed to be a sharp sword light flashing through the void, making a thunderbolt-like explosion.

Zhao Changhe held the ancient sword Dragon Emperor in his hand, and cupped his hands at the right time: "Sovereign Shi still has the same demeanor."

Whether you recognize it or not, these words can be used perfunctorily.What's more critical is that this handcup actually used the ancient sword Dragon Emperor to silently eliminate the opponent's "Sword of Heart" without showing any fireworks.

Zhao Changhe didn't learn a few moves in swordsmanship, but he saw too many.

He has seen this similar skill in the sword emperor's inheritance.One of the reasons why I feel that Dao of the Sword is not the end is that I feel that there are too few changes, so few come and go, and there is no style of sword that so many poets of the past have studied.

Seeing that "Wang Daozhong" easily saw through his prestige and easily dispelled it, Shi Wuding finally showed a serious look in his eyes: "It is too self-deprecating to say that your Excellency will be the last in the list. With this alone, you can get a few The name is not an issue."

Zhao Changhe smiled: "No matter how advanced you are, you are not the opponent of Sect Master Shi. Sect Master Shi just opened his eyes, but Wang finally raised his hand. I have never heard of the reason why the higher rankings challenge the lower ones. Sect Master Shi and Wang are in a foreign land. When we met, we were supposed to have a drink, why did you start a fight? Wang Daozhong just admit defeat, please sit in the Sect Master's restaurant?"

Shi Wuding said indifferently: "A child of a noble family, you really have a magnanimity. It is because you are the king, that I have to choose..."

Before the words fell, the sword energy suddenly shot up in the distance.

Shi Wuding's face, which had always been as flat as a dead person's, finally changed, and he turned his head to look back in surprise.

A swordsman from his sect flew over: "Sovereign, the consolation envoy was assassinated, and he was dressed in red, but disappeared in a blink of an eye."

Shi Wuding took a deep breath, and whispered to himself: "What a Yue Hongling... thought she was like a bereaved dog who couldn't escape, but she had been waiting for an opportunity to counterattack... I underestimated the enemy and neglected..."

He turned to Wang Daozhong in front of him, cupped his hands and said: "Something went wrong, I need to go back... I will ask Mr. Wang for help some other day."

After speaking, he disappeared.

He didn't pay attention to the smile on the corner of Mr. Wang's mouth, with a gentle look on his face.

Sunset Red Ling, you can't be restrained... Sure enough, no one needs to worry about it.

(End of this chapter)