It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 696

"Where is Sun Xiaomao?" asked Cheng Dalei, who was sitting crookedly on the chair.

Wu Yong came back to his senses, bowed and said, "Remanded in prison."

Cheng Dalei stood up: "Take me to see him."

Wu Yong led Cheng Dalei to the prison, and there were quite a few people in the prison. Some of them were soldiers who took advantage of the city's destruction. They didn't commit too much crime, so they wouldn't be punished by death, so they were put in jail for now. Some of them were soldiers and generals from Liangzhou City. When they saw Cheng Dalei coming in, they were bold enough to scold their mothers.

Go all the way in and come to a cell. Inside was a white-faced and beardless young man, who looked rather handsome. After seeing Cheng Dalei, he immediately fell to his knees, touching his head on the ground and refusing to get up.

Cheng Dalei looked at him through the grid and said, "Look up at me."

Only then did Sun Xiaomao dare to raise his head and said, "The big boss, his subordinates will be punished by death."

Cheng Dalei did not speak, and looked at his face carefully. It's just a young man in his early twenties. Although he is a tough man on the battlefield, his eyes are still a little childish. A fiery anger, thinking of living a good life for a few years, exhausted all flesh and blood before giving up.

"Sun Xiaomao, are you afraid of death?"

Sun Xiaomao shook his head firmly without saying a word.

Cheng Dalei stood up and walked away without looking back.

As he walked out of the cell, the sun was hot outside, and Cheng Dalei let out a long breath.

"Master, what should Sun Xiaomao do?"

"Three days after noon, behead."

What Cheng Dalei said outside the prison, it didn't take long for it to spread throughout the city, and people were talking about it in the streets.

Even Cui Baiyu, who was staying at the City Lord's Mansion, heard it.

"Miss, that Cheng... the big boss, will he really kill that person?" The deer who was busy in the study asked in a low voice when he saw no one left or right.

"Killing one to set an example, to win people's hearts, there is nothing worth making a fuss about." Cui Baiyu said lightly. Born in the Xiangfu, she was tired of seeing such things. Not to mention an unknown soldier, even if the brothers of life and death are killed, they will also be killed.

At this moment, Cheng Dalei came in, and the four of them pressed their mouths at the same time.

"How are things going?" Cheng Dalei asked after sitting down.

Cui Baiyu handed over a copy of the materials that he had sorted out. After Cheng Dalei spread it out, the seer's pretty teeny Xiaokai couldn't help but praised it.

But within a short period of time, Cui Baiyu probably had an eye for it. She divided the big households in the city into four grades according to their wealth, and set the taxes in turn. The knife is moved just right. Of course, Cheng Dalei can't fully trust her yet, but she is really worthy of Cheng Dalei's applause for her work to such an extent.

"You deserve to be my female Zhuge."

"Who is Zhuge?" Cui Baiyu asked with a frown.

Cheng Dalei pouted and changed the subject: "Okay, there is no need to pay attention to these insignificant sections. You finish this matter quickly, you have done a good job, and the master will keep it in your heart, and you will not be wronged in the future. of."

Cui Baiyu nodded silently, devoting herself to a thief really didn't make her happy. However, this is also a way out of desperation, at least, the situation is not worse than the worst.

Cheng Dalei's eyes swirled around Cui Baiyu, and she was now covered with a black veil, which relieved Cheng Dalei a lot of pressure.

"Come on, I have something to ask Miss Cui for advice."

"Cheng Dang's family has something to say, and I don't dare to ask for advice."

Cheng Dalei cleared his throat and said, "I believe you already know what happened in the city. I would like to ask, how would Sir Cui Xiang handle this matter?"

Cui Baiyu frowned for a while, and said, "You have to look at people and things. For example, in this case, I'm afraid that my father will do the same as Cheng's family."

"It turns out that Cui Xiang would do the same." Cheng Dalei nodded lightly.

Cui Baiyu thought clearly in his heart, that Sun Xiaomao had no relatives and no reason in the army, and he was a good candidate to kill a good example. Cheng Dalei didn't know why he was in trouble.

Cheng Dalei beckoned, and Xiangzhu handed over a cup of fragrant tea. Cheng Dalei held the tea cup in his hand, but he didn't drink it. He thought for a while and said, "Ling Zun... Who is he?"

Cui Baiyu was startled: "Why does the Cheng family ask this?"

"Just chatting, I suddenly want to find out."

Cui Baiyu thought about it for a while and said, "As Baiyu has ever met in his life, there are two people I can't see through, and one of them is my father."

"Then the other one?" Cheng Dalei was aroused curiosity.

"The other is Master Cheng."

Cheng Dalei touched his nose and said, "How can I be compared with Cui Xiang, let's not mention me, let's talk about Lingzun, what is the old man's way?"

Cui Baiyu said: "If it is seen by outsiders, my father is just an ordinary old man. To be able to go all the way to this day, one is willing to do things, and the other is willing to do everything."

Cheng Dalei nodded: "Dare to be the first, perseverance is indeed a necessary quality for those who succeed in great things, and there are other things, do you have any friends?"

Cui Baiyu shook his head with a wry smile: "The world is so big, who is qualified to be friends with my father."

Cheng Dalei didn't know what was on his mind, and said casually, "Then you must be very lonely in this life."

One sentence touched Cui Baiyu's mind, and she tried to recall her father's impression in her mind. It is indeed an ordinary old man, but no one will look down on him, and every move of the old man will affect the empire's arrogance. Settled in a silent place, but able to strategize thousands of miles away.

Cui Baiyu has always been very afraid of Cui Xiang. In her impression, Cui Xiang represents wisdom, power, and silence. Unexpectedly, the first word Cheng Dalei captured from his father turned out to be loneliness.

After the wife of the old man died early, there was no continuation. Cui Baiyu is actually a concubine, if it wasn't for her beauty and wisdom, her status in the family would definitely not be high.

There were many women in my father's life, but if anyone could have a heart with him, I'm afraid there would be none. As for the children and grandchildren, the elderly are also strategizing, and no one can be allowed to take the lead.

This is the case for his own descendants, not to mention the aristocratic family he belongs to, the royal family of the Li family.

The father in my memory has been sitting in the dim study room, mastering the strategy, knowing people, driving wolf... These doorway fathers are very clear. The world is huge, and it is estimated that no one knows what the old man is thinking.

But if it wasn't for Cheng Dalei's nod, Cui Baiyu would never have thought of it in his entire life. The wise old man sitting in the study was indeed a little lonely.

Under Cui Xiang alone, and above ten thousand people, several people knelt down in front of their knees. Such an old man naturally enjoys the riches of the world. But ordinary people in the field restaurant, the fun of bragging and spanking with old friends, he is afraid that he will not be able to enjoy it all his life.