Aspirations

Chapter 177 Talent is expensive and applicable, be careful not to be too demanding
A truly talented person will never be buried, or the timing is wrong, or the timing is not good, don't be discouraged, and wait patiently for the day when you can shine.If you are depressed and unsuccessful all your life, then it is not that no one has the eyes to see the pearl, but that you are just a pebble.

"It's hard to count the lowly lives of all living beings. Looking back, there are all kinds of flavors and nothingness!" Ye Muping sighed and shook his head, "The best articles are only true, and they are really rich and not prosperous. People who are really talented and learned often see thunder in silent places , People who are full of complaints are mostly empty stomachs and high hearts, without any real knowledge."

"It's rare for Mr. Ye to be right once." Jin Jia laughed, "Liu Changting is just a loser who is pretentious but has no virtue and talent. What kind of way does he know? The sergeant has heard it, and he can do it with diligence; When a scholar hears the Tao, he feels as if he is alive; when a corporal hears the Tao, he laughs out loud. If you don’t laugh, you don’t know the Tao.”

Liu Changting snorted rather dissatisfied: "Anyone who fights, wins with the combination of justice and surprise. Therefore, those who are good at surprises are as infinite as the sky and the earth, and as inexhaustible as the river and sea. Winning with surprises is the way!" He looked up to the sky and smiled again, "Hahaha , not laughing is not enough."

Turn left at the end of the stairs, and suddenly there is a room with a radius of more than ten feet. The room is as bright as day, and there are all kinds of furnishings in it.Apart from the bed, tables and chairs, the most conspicuous thing is a few black boxes placed in the corner.

The boxes are the size of a person, and there are more than a dozen of them.Liu Changting walked in front of one of them, stretched out his hand to open the lid of the box, and everyone felt a blur in front of their eyes, and a golden light suddenly filled the air.

"It's hard for a wise man to give up the long for the short. Talent is valuable and applicable, so be careful not to be too demanding." Liu Changting sighed, "Thinking that I, Liu Changting, have worked hard all my life and accumulated tens of thousands of fortunes, but in the end it will still fall into the hands of others. Sure enough, be careful not to be too demanding. There are ten boxes here, three of which are gold, three of which are silver, three of which are copper coins, and one of which is money."

"A box of money?" Jin Jia's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide, "How much does it cost? With a waist of [-] guan, the dream of riding a crane to Yangzhou should be realized."

"One hundred thousand guan?" Liu Changting sneered at Jin Jia, "Can a mere 50 guan be called money? Every box here is more than [-] guan. This is Liu and Yuanwai Xie's painstaking efforts for more than ten years. The rare treasures that His Royal Highness collected from all over the world..."

"It's enough to build an army of 10 people." Jin Jia was overjoyed, but also extremely emotional, "Mr. Xia Lang, I am not mistaken about you. You have made a great contribution. If you evacuate the financial resources that Star King has accumulated for many years, How could he rebel? Hahahaha!"

"Don't be too happy too early." Liu Changting smiled disapprovingly, "This is just a place where His Royal Highness Xingwang hides treasures. With His Royal Highness Xingwang's financial resources, how could there be only a few million guan? It’s no surprise that there are more than a dozen underground banks in various places in Xia.”

Xia Xiang smiled slightly: "Let's not talk about how much Daxia's taxes are in a year, even if His Royal Highness Xingwang has more than a dozen underground money houses in Daxia, he is not afraid. If he finds one and wins one, it will enrich the national treasury." , and can help the common people, when the time comes, the imperial court and the common people will remember His Royal Highness Star King..."

"How will Xia Xianzun deal with the money?" Liu Changting hesitated and asked again, "...and Liu?"

"Of course the money has to be handed over to the state treasury. As for Liu Yuanwai..." Xia Xiang deliberately paused, then turned around and asked Jin Jia, "What's your opinion, Mr. Jin Jia?"

Jin Jia shook his head: "It's none of the old man's business, Mr. Ye, what advice does Xia Xianzun ask you?"

Ye Muping smiled calmly: "To an opponent, being able to hurt but not willing to hurt is kindness. Having the ability to hurt but not daring to hurt is cowardly. Xia Xianzun is kind by nature and gentle..."

Jin Jia shook his head and smiled wryly: "To cut the weeds is to get rid of the roots, and to let Liu Changting go is to let the tiger go back to the mountain."

"Who said he was going to let him go?" Xia Xiang ran his fingers across a few boxes, and said coldly, "Liu Changting's aid to the tyrant and his intention to rebel is a capital crime. Kidnapping Mrs. Lian is even more sinful, and he deserves to die." .”

Liu Changting's complexion changed: "Master Xia, although Liu has committed a heinous crime, it is also due to unavoidable difficulties. Although it was a big mistake to kidnap Mrs. Lian, it did not hurt Mrs. Lian. Now that I have offered Xingwang's underground bank, it can be regarded as making up for it. You don't have any compassion for Liu?"

Xia Xiang put his hands behind his back: "Liu Changting, the crime of treason is the crime of destroying the family. Even if I want to spare you from death, I am afraid that the emperor will not agree. Well, even if the emperor's kindness is great, if you let me go, do you think the stars Will the king let you go?"

Sadly, Liu Changting bowed his head and said, "Xia County Lord is right, Xingwang will not let Liu go, it seems that Liu is bound to die..."

There was a hasty knock on the door, and Cao Shujun's voice came: "Mr. Xia Lang, Mr. Xia Lang, it's not good, Li Xiaosi has escaped!"

Liu Changting was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Xia Xiang, your subordinates are so stupid and stupid that Li Xiaosi actually picked him out. I'm not afraid to tell you that Li Xiaosi is as cunning as a fox. Once he escapes, you There is absolutely no way to find his whereabouts, haha, that's great, the news will reach Star King's ears soon, Liu is saved!"

Cao Shujun rushed down, running too fast, and almost ran headfirst into Xia Xiang's arms. Although Xia Xiang was shocked, he kept calm, grabbed Cao Shujun and asked, "Don't worry, why did you let Li Xiaosi Ran?"

"Jiang Xiaoliu went to the county government office to deliver a letter. Ding Butou was leading people here. He came back a step first. When he arrived, he said he was going to the latrine. After a while, Xiao Wu said that Li Xiaosi was missing. I rushed outside for a while. Look, Jiang Xiaoliu smirked and said, Li Xiaosi ran away on a donkey, and he let him go. Xiao Wu went to chase Li Xiaosi, and Ding Butou just arrived, so I hurried here with Ding Butou Hearing the noisy footsteps outside, Cao Shujun rushed up and shouted, "Ding Butou, below."

Ding Ke came down with a group of people, first to see the ceremony, and then he was shocked by the ten boxes of treasures.

When Ding Ke came out of the county office, Lian Ruohan hadn't arrived yet, so he didn't know about Lian Ruohan's safety. Fulfilling the mission, together with Mrs. Mantuo, they have captured Yan Hao and Fang Shiniang, and they are now being imprisoned in the prison."

"Really?" Xia Xiang was overjoyed. It was a real surprise that he captured Yan Hao and Fang Shiniang. "Great, Yan Hao's capture is equivalent to breaking the arm of Xing Wang."

Ding Ke now admires Xia Xiang very much. Before Xia Xianzun asked him to start a fight in Yuanjia Village, he thought that there would be no gain if he did so extravagantly. Unexpectedly, the small Yuanjia Village not only found Fu Ke, but also captured Wei Zhong. He also brought Liu Changting, the culprit who kidnapped Mrs. Lian, to justice, and accidentally discovered His Royal Highness Xingwang's underground bank. It was really a huge harvest, and he couldn't believe his eyes and ears.

Doesn't it mean that His Royal Highness Xingwang's conspiracy is about to be revealed to the world, as long as Fu Ke, Wei Zhongqiang and Liu Changting confess the truth, and Yanhao is abolished, Xingwang's big plans in the real world will definitely be in vain.Xia Xianzun has meritorious deeds from the dragon, so he will be relied on by the emperor and become the emperor's minister.

Zheng Xiang'an didn't speak for a long time, just looked around, then suddenly interrupted and said: "Master Xia, the situation is now clear, when will we not report to the emperor the rebellion of King Xingxing, Wu Yidong and others?"

"I'm afraid it's not the right time yet." Before Xia Xiang spoke, Ye Muping said flatly, "Judging from the current situation, it's still half a point away."

"Where is the difference?" Zheng Xiangan asked slightly unhappily, "Now there is Fu Ke's confession, Liu Changting's witness, and the underground bank as physical evidence. The witness and material evidence are all there, why haven't they arrived yet?" When? Zheng asked Zhenren Ye for advice."

"As a person in the officialdom, Zheng Langjun is ignorant of official affairs, which is pitiful and deplorable." Ye Muping shook his head slightly, with a look of regret, "The Fu Ke case will at most implicate Tian Qing, whether Tian Qing confessed to the star? Leaving aside Wang, what is the use even if he confesses? Who would believe that King Xing would command a small magistrate to recruit troops? Liu Changting's underground bank also involved Cui Xiang at most. Under the manipulation of Liu Changting and Xie Huagai, Cui Xiang ordered Liu Changting and Xie Huagai to search for the people's fat and people's ointment as the so-called truth. In the end, not only will it not affect Xing Wang, but even Hou Pingpan will be able to stay out of it, and he will not be hurt at all. .Xia Xianzun, is the poor Taoist right?"

Xia Xiang nodded: "Not only that, Xingwang and Hou Pingpan will also abandon the car to protect the commander, wipe out all the relevant people involved, and then start a new one to continue to be unfavorable to the emperor. It's easy to startle the snake, but after the snake, how do you make a move?" The most important thing is to hit the snake by seven inches, so that the snake has no strength to fight back. Otherwise, after the snake is frightened, the snake will become more rampant after being frightened, and the loss outweighs the gain.”

Although Zheng Xiangan didn't take the two people's arguments seriously, he couldn't refute them for a while, so he just snorted: "Based on the two of you, what should we do next?"

Xia Xiang smiled slightly: "No hurry, the less we are in a hurry, the more anxious some people will be. Ding Butou, you take people to bring all the boxes back to the county government office, and Liu Changting will also escort them back."

"Yes!" Ding Ke immediately asked someone to carry the box away.The boxes were too heavy, and more than a dozen yamen servants worked hard for more than an hour before moving all the boxes.

"Let's go back to the county office." Xia Xiang and the others returned to the courtyard, and when they saw the dejected Xiao Wu, they knew that they had failed to catch up with Li Xiaosi, so he didn't care, and comforted Xiao Wu with a few words.

When the group returned to the county government office, it was already midnight.Qi He had been waiting at the gate of the county government office for a long time, and first reported to Xia Xiang that Wu Yidong brought people to arrest Han Meng and Lian Ruohan.Xia Xiang was overjoyed when he heard that Lian Ruohan was safe, and immediately rushed to the backyard without asking any other questions.

"Ms. Lian, Mrs. Lian!" Xia Xiang walked quickly, leaving everyone behind, pushed open the door and rushed in, ignoring the presence of all the people, let alone taking a look at them, and directly rushed to Lian Ruohan In front of him, he hugged Lian Ruohan's shoulders, "Are you alright?"

Lian Ruohan didn't expect Xia Xiang to rush in so rudely, she was caught off guard by him, and she was both happy and moved in her heart.The joy is that he has a deep affection for her and treats her well.What's touching is that despite the thrills and life and death, it's worth it to make Xia Xiang care about him so much.

"I'm fine, you... let me go, everyone is here." Lian Ruohan couldn't help being shy, she wanted to push Xia Xiang away, "Ms. Cao, Mrs. Xiao, Mrs. Mantuo and Deputy Commander Han are all here, you are dignified How decent is it for the magistrate of the county to hug and hug in public?"

"I don't care, as long as my wife is fine." Xia Xiang hugged Lian Ruohan again, fearing that she would lose her again, "I have arrested Liu Changting and Wei Zhongqiang, and I will give you justice." .”

Cao Shuli, Xiao Jia, and Mantuo felt their faces burning. Mantuo lowered his head, Xiao Jia turned his head, but Cao Shuli looked envious and longing.

"Okay, everything you said is good." Lian Ruohan tried again, but still couldn't push Xia Xiang away, so he said, "Turn around and see who is coming."

"Even if the star king is here, so what? It's natural for men and women to love each other. Does he want to control the world and want to control other people's intimacy?" Xia Xiang didn't let go.

"Dalang..."

Xia Lai Xia Qu stood behind Han Meng, and the moment Xia Xiang appeared, both of them were stunned on the spot.Seeing the scene of Xia Xiang and Lian Ruohan's intimacy, the two had mixed feelings and tears in their eyes.I wanted to wait until Xia Xiang and Lian Ruohan finished expressing their feelings, but they still couldn't suppress the surging passion in their hearts, and they both cried out at the same time.

Xia Xiangru was struck by lightning and couldn't believe his ears.Ever since Xia Lai Xia went missing, no one called him "Da Lang" again.He turned around slowly, so it was not a dream, it turned out that the two standing behind a military officer were Xia Lai and Xia Qu.

"Eleventh Lang, Thirteenth Lang!" Xia Xiang petrified in an instant, and after a moment of silence, he rushed towards Xia Lai Xia Qu like the wind, "It's really you? Am I right? You are finally back, as long as you are fine... Brothers!"

Xiao Jia had already cried once when she saw Xia Lai Xia Qu, but when she saw Xia Xiang and Xia Lai Xia Qu reunited, she couldn't help crying again.Everyone present knew the life-and-death friendship between Xia Xiang and Xia Lai Xia Qu brothers, and they were all happy that the three met again.When I was happy, I couldn't help but shed tears of joy.

Lian Ruohan briefly talked about her experience of meeting Xia Lai and Xia Qu, and Xia Xiang was even more emotional when she learned that Lian Ruohan was able to escape from the tiger's mouth thanks to Xia Lai and Xia Qu's help.After meeting Han Meng, Xia Xiang expressed his gratitude to Han Meng again, but Han Meng resolutely refused, saying that what he did was his duty.Xia Xiang looked at Lian Ruohan with some doubts, and Lian Ruohan nodded and smiled slightly, which made Xia Xiang guess what Lian Ruohan probably said to Han Meng.

After learning that Xia Xiang had escorted Fu Ke back to take down Wei Zhongqiang and Liu Changting, and wiped out Xingwang's underground bank, everyone was overjoyed, and Han Meng couldn't help but say: "So, take down The star king is just around the corner? I wish I could fly on the horse immediately and cut the thief under the horse with a single knife."

(End of this chapter)