I don't know how long it took, Xiao Hezi slowly opened his eyes, and exhaled silently, the sky was completely dark, he didn't get up immediately, today's events were slowly recalled in his mind, Lin Gonggong didn't need to say it, Linglan Zhenren's eyes appeared in his mind. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

For Linglan Zhenren, he had an indescribable feeling, he didn't know why Linglan Zhenren was doing this to him, or saying that he was so good to him, not only teaching himself to cultivate, but also not hesitating to spend a lot of pills to help him improve his cultivation.

These are nothing, but he always feels that Linglan Zhenren's gaze at him is a little wrong, and there is a bit of coldness behind that gaze, and there is greed, which makes him very uneasy.

In addition, Linglan Zhenren asked him to cultivate, but he didn't teach him anything except cultivating internal breath, how to use these internal breaths? I don't know, he once asked tentatively, but Linglan Zhenren was furious, telling him that it was not yet time.

But when will it be?

Koheko's heart was full of doubts.

After waiting quietly in the darkness for a while, he pushed open the door and went out, and when he looked up, he saw Linglan Zhenren sitting in the pavilion, he was hesitating whether to go over, and the voice of the real person was already heard in his ears.

Xiao Hezi slowly passed, and when he arrived at the pavilion, he first saluted Linglan Zhenren, and then said, "What does the master command?"

"Come and I'll take a look. ”

Xiao Hezi honestly walked up to Linglan Zhenren, stretched out his hand, Linglan Zhenren put two fingers on it casually, and after a while, his face showed disappointment again.

"How are you feeling?"

Xiao Hezi hesitated and said, "The speed of absorbing spiritual energy is slow. ”

Linglan Zhenren was silent for a while, indeed, several times to check the progress of the small zygote, the recent progress is much slower than before, the small zygote has successfully laid the foundation, and successfully crossed the second floor, but after entering the second layer, the speed of absorbing the aura slowed down, at first he thought that the little zygote was secretly playing ghosts, but after observation, this kid was more anxious than him, and more diligent than he expected, it seems that the problem is still in other aspects.

Linglan Zhenren's brows twisted together, and after a while, he took out a small bottle and put it in front of Xiao Hezi, and sighed lightly: "This is the last bottle of elixir, this bottle will be gone when it runs out, alas, it must go out." ”

Xiao Hezi took it silently, and asked Chi Chi: "Master, where is the problem?" I have thought about it, this aura has not decreased, and the speed of absorption has not slowed down, but there are fewer left, and the meridians have hardly expanded. ”

Linglan Zhenren thought for a while and said, "Let me think about this question, you go and rest first." ”

Xiao Hezi Shili went out, he didn't live in the inner courtyard, every time after cultivating, he went to the outer courtyard, he followed Linglan Zhenren to cultivate, and he must not let outsiders know, otherwise he would be killed.

Back in the front yard, Koheko looked at the yard, habitually picked up a broom, cleaned the yard, carried a bucket of water, scrubbed the main house, and then stood in the yard, the surroundings were silent, and the moonlight sprinkled down, spreading a layer of silver light on the ground.

He suddenly felt a acupuncture point in his body beating, and as soon as his mind moved, he sat down cross-legged in the courtyard, and the moonlight shone on him, and slowly, he fell into a state of forgetting about things and me.

The palace is very quiet, the new monarch does not like singing and dancing, the palace has not sounded the sound of silk and bamboo for a long time, the lights in the imperial study fall in the courtyard with the moonlight, tonight the secretary on duty is Xue Yu, he is not in the imperial study, but in the wing room next to the study, waiting for the emperor to inquire at any time.

The room was a little cold, Xue Mi added two pieces of white coal to the brazier, this kind of white coal burned without smoke and taste, sat for a while, he picked up the nearest abridgement, it seems, there was the footsteps of the forbidden army patrolling in the courtyard.

Xue Mi's heart moved, got up and pushed the door open, just as the forbidden army passed by, he called the officer who led the team and asked them which team they were, after the officer answered, Xue Mi asked him if he knew Liu Han, and the officer replied that he did, he was patrolling in the Mingguang Palace, but it would be rotated in the second half of the night.

The palace is divided into two parts, the front part is actually a variety of office spaces, the harem is the place of life, the emperor's concubines are in the harem, and the harem is that there are no other normal men except the emperor.

Xue Mi returned to the room, just by the brazier, continued to watch the excerpts, watched the meeting, he couldn't help sighing deeply, the judgment of the early winter of last year should now be recited, there must be something wrong in the spring on the grassland, not only Xianbei, but also the Xiongnu, after more than ten years, the Hu people on the grassland gradually recovered, and the Great Jin gradually declined, the imperial treasury was empty, and the border army armaments were slack, especially the border army of the state, after the death of Fang Hui, the border army of the state was hit hard, and the generals who were dismissed and arrested accounted for three percent of the generals of the entire border army。

"Alas!" Xue Yu sighed, rubbed his temples, shook his head slightly, and was about to put the music back, when the door opened, a cold wind rushed in, and when he looked up, he saw that it was Gonggong Mu who came in.

Xue Mi hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "My father-in-law hasn't rested yet." ”

"Aren't you the same? Father-in-law Mu said with a smile, and handed the big one to the little eunuch behind him, and the little eunuch sorted it out and hung it on the hanger next to him, and then withdrew.

Father-in-law Mu shook the cold on his body, sat by the brazier, stretched out his hand to roast on the fire, his eyes fell on the section, smiled and said, "You still look at this?"

"It's okay, kill time. "Xue Mi is on the side, and the content in the excerpt is all trivial, and the important things are all folded and played, and he will never take the road of abridgement.

The little eunuch brought tea, and Duke Mu asked him to put it on the table, still roasting his hands, Xue Mi sat down opposite him, sighed and said: "The emperor works like this every day, how can his body stand it if he continues like this for a long time." ”

"Yes, the emperor has been diligent in government affairs since the time of the crown prince, and now it is naturally no exception. Father-in-law Mu also sighed: "It's Lord Xue, it was rumored in the imperial capital in the past that the prince was a gentleman, but looking at it today, the son is strategic, which is surprising." ”

Xue Yu smiled: "My father-in-law has a good reputation, what Xue is like, my father-in-law doesn't know yet." ”

Father-in-law Mu looked at it and smiled slightly: "I heard that Gongzi has a good relationship with Liu Han of Hanhai Trading Company?"

Xue Mi was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "My father-in-law is really well-informed, this is true, although this Liu Han is just a businessman, his knowledge is quite extraordinary, especially his poems, three articles that shook the imperial capital, not only I like it, but everyone in this imperial capital does not like it." ”

"Well," Father-in-law Mu nodded slightly: "It's cold in high places, dancing to figure out the shadow, how it seems to be in the world." In recent decades, there have been few such poignant poems. ”

After a pause, Gonggong Mu asked again: "Gongzi thinks that in addition to poetry, what talents does he have?"

"Well, this man is generous, straightforward, not pretentious, but a little bit like women. Xue Mi thought about it and said, and at the end, he couldn't help but smile: "Man, who is not good at this, besides, he also knows how to measure, the king of Yanping County gave him a woman, and he didn't dare to accept it." ”

"But he took yours. Father-in-law Mu added abruptly, Xue Mi was slightly stunned, and then smiled again: "Neiwei is really pervasive, yes, I gave him four dancing girls, the reason is very simple, I want to make friends with this person, in addition to his talent in poetry, in addition, he is very good at making money." ”

"Oh, has it worked?" asked Grandpa Mu in a somewhat joking tone, Xue Yu nodded, and smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Gongzi recommended Liu Han to be the head of the forbidden army, and with his cultivation, he was willing to serve as such a small official as the team leader. Grandpa Mu asked again.

Xue Yu laughed dryly: "I originally wanted to recommend him as a captain, oh, by the way, is his cultivation very high?"

Father-in-law Mu was a little surprised, raised his eyes to look at Xue Mi, Xue Mi's expression was slightly surprised, and Father-in-law Mu frowned slightly: "Don't you know?"

"What do you know?" Xue Yu was puzzled, and Grandpa Mu sighed: "This is a person with a sect master's high-grade cultivation!"

"Grandmaster Shangpin?!" Xue Yu cried out in some surprise, and then frowned and shook his head: "Good guy, this guy's city is deep enough, and he hasn't leaked any breath." ”

Looking at Xue Mi's appearance, Gonggong Mu couldn't help laughing, how could Xiu Wei boast about this thing, and thought about the process of Xue Mi and Liu Han's relationship, there seemed to be no sign of a move, especially there was no record of Liu Han's move.

Regarding the record of Liu Han's shot before, probably the original was the knife in Chang'an City, and after arriving in the imperial capital, there was no record of his shot, but I didn't expect that the Liu family's old wine restaurant would amaze the world once it struck.

Xue Mi secretly called it a fluke in his heart, and he was also frightened by the pervasiveness of the internal guards, no wonder Liu Han was careful about everything.

"Top-grade Grandmaster, just give a team right, this is a little small," Xue Mi thought about it and said slowly: "Just, give him a captain, father-in-law, what do you say?"

Father-in-law Mu smiled, this guy still can't change his squirrel, does the official position say that the long is long? Especially in the forbidden army, every officer must be promoted through the inner court examination, besides, every position is still stared at by the children of the later Shi clan's door lords, although those Shi clan gate lords do not look down on such low-level positions as the team Zheng, but they still value senior officers like Du Wei very much.

Xue Mi was already secretly vigilant, it seemed that Gonggong Mu suddenly appeared in front of him, it was not accidental, and he didn't know what this old dog had noticed, could it be that Liu Han had sent him a member of the shipping trading company, and he noticed it?

Gonggong Mu didn't ask any further, picked up the abridgement and flipped through a few pages, shook his head slightly, and sighed: "These magistrates know how to report, don't they know how to solve it." ”

"Magistrate, it's always like this," Xue Bi said with a big shake, got up and took a sip of tea from the teacup, put down the cup, made up his mind in his heart, turned around and smiled: "Father-in-law, I think the forbidden army may not be able to tolerate him, so he will simply be transferred to Hu Benwei, such a person in the rivers and lakes is better to be placed in Hu Benwei, and besides, Hu Benwei does not have two top-grade grandmasters, don't you say?"

Father-in-law Mu laughed dryly, and the wrinkles on his face were squeezed together: "Childe's words are reasonable, but Hu Benwei can't enter if he wants to." ”

"What's the matter? Top-grade Grandmaster can't enter the Tiger Benwei yet?" Xue Yu was a little surprised, but this little surprise was more pretended.

"Childe doesn't know," Father-in-law Mu didn't notice it, but thought that this was just Xue Yu's sloppy habits, so he smiled and said: "This tiger Benwei is the elite of the imperial court, and has always been selected in the army. ”

Xue Mi's mouth opened slightly: "Ah! he.... Then he sighed: "That's right, this guy came back from the Western Regions, and his origin is unknown." ”

"Childe is good friends with him, so it's better to be careful. There was a bit of consolation in Father-in-law Mu's tone, and Xue Mi nodded honestly: "Yes, what Father-in-law said is that the lower officials must be careful." ”

Speaking of this, both of them felt that this topic could not be continued, and the two of them sat by the brazier again, Xue Yu picked up the book and flipped through it slightly, while Gonggong Mu stared at the red coals in the brazier and was stunned, and after a while, he actually leaned back on the chair and snored slightly.

Xue Mi heard the snoring, looked up, couldn't help but be happy, quietly got up and opened the door, called the little eunuch outside the door, and asked him to bring a quilt, the little eunuch quickly brought it, Xue Mi didn't let him handle it, but hugged it himself, gently pushed the door open, and then turned around and closed the door.

turned around again, but saw Mu Gongcheng looking at him with blazing eyes, Xue Yu was slightly embarrassed, looked at the quilt in his hand, smiled and said: "I saw that my father-in-law was asleep, I was worried about catching a cold, so I asked people to take the bed quilt, father-in-law, I see that the emperor has nothing to do tonight, just go back to sleep, don't be like me, stay up like me." ”

Father-in-law Mu sighed, thumped his waist, sighed and said: "Old, old, I stayed up with the first emperor for three or four days, and there was no problem, alas." ”

"The age is not forgiving," Xue Yu said: "You can go back and rest when you are old, I'm here on top, besides, isn't there still Huang Gonggong inside, don't you stare at it." ”

Father-in-law Mu sighed and shook his head slightly: "The court is complicated, and the emperor is tired all night, how can I be greedy for comfort, forget it, just squint here for a while." ”

Father-in-law Mu said and got up to take the quilt from Xue Mi's hand, Xue Mi hurriedly brought his chair over, and brought a round stool, so that Father-in-law Mu could put his feet on it, after doing all this, he looked around, and moved the brazier to this side.

When he did all this, Mu Gonggong's eyes were always staring at him, but whenever Xue Yu turned his head to look at him, his eyes closed again.

Xue Yu sat back behind the desk, picked up the nearest recital and looked at it, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but sigh again.

"What's wrong? Why sigh?"

"Father-in-law," Xue Mi raised his head and smiled bitterly: "Seeing these bad news, alas, I can't help but feel sorry for the emperor." ”

"Oh, what's the news?" Father-in-law Mu was still lying down, his eyes didn't open, and his tone was light, Xue Mi didn't understand what he meant, and he hesitated before saying: "Spring has already begun in the south, but there are three government newspapers, and it will cost a total of seven million taels of silver to renovate the river embankment." And Shuzhou played again, saying that the Yimin and our Jin people were entangled, and they had clashed several times, and asked to send troops to suppress it, and this army asked for money. Also, the country of Qi played a flood, and the number of people affected by the disaster was as high as 100,000, so the imperial court was asked to allocate funds for relief, alas.... , the imperial treasury is almost empty now, how can you get the money. ”

Father-in-law Mu was still motionless, and his tone was still light: "What is there, there is always a way, the salt tax is collected in the spring, and the Cao Yun will start to be transported, this is a big deal, and nothing must happen." ”

Xue Mi was slightly stunned, not knowing what Father-in-law Mu meant, so after thinking about it for a while, he asked: "What does Father-in-law mean?

"Well, I hope so. Father-in-law Mu was noncommittal.

Xue Mi was a little nervous, the shipping company has a part of him, this is going to be an accident, wouldn't he also be implicated, don't you can't eat pork at that time, and get into trouble!