The man in front of him was wearing a gray cotton robe, deer-print leather boots at his feet, a belt tied around his waist, his sleeves and cuffs were tightly tied, his face was thin, and his hair was neatly combed and wrapped in a white cloth scarf.

The person behind him was different, wearing a dark gray linen cotton robe, with a hemp rope tied around his waist, wrapped in a black linen towel on his head, with a straight face, his eyes were wide open, and his chin had a thick beard, and the whole person looked very rough.

"Brother Xiao, it's so late, you still come over. Fan Ju glanced at Liu Han a little hesitantly, and Brother Xiao hugged his fists: "Brother Fan, Lao Hei is here, and he specially came to meet with him." ”

Liu Han stood up: "Brother Fan, if you have something to do, get busy first, don't worry about me." ”

Fan Ju hesitated and nodded, Liu Han saluted Brother Xiao and Lao Hei with his fists, the two reacted differently, Brother Xiao returned the salute with his fists, and Lao Hei just returned the salute with a faint chin.

The three of them turned around and left, Liu Han asked the vendor to collect the vegetables and bundle them together, carried them by himself, and didn't take a walk, and went home, and after walking two steps, a small man ran over from the side, the child was dressed in tatters, and he thought it was a little beggar at a glance. Liu Han saw that it was actually Brother Tiger.

"Master, Master Huang, please go back. ”

"Didn't you already send the letter, why are you still here?" Liu Han said and took out two copper coins from his arms and threw them to him.

"I don't know, after delivering the letter in the afternoon, just after I went back, Master Huang asked me to hurry over to deliver the letter, it seems that Xue Mi wants to invite you to dinner, master, I will leave first, and it will be a long way to go back. After Brother Hu finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at him, his task was to be responsible for the connection between the two sides when Liu Han turned into Liu Mo.

Liu Han went back slowly with the dishes, and in the afternoon Brother Hu came over to deliver a talisman letter, which was a secret letter that he discussed with Lao Huang, it was not an ordinary Dao talisman, there was a hidden content in it, outsiders couldn't see it at all, only by understanding the mystery could they understand the content.

Lao Huang told him in this letter that the king of Yanping County would invite him to Tingtao Villa in two days to enjoy the plum blossoms, and the news that Brother Hu came from now meant that Xue Mi was going to invite him to a banquet tonight.

"Go back and tell Lao Huang that I went to the villa outside the city and can't come back tonight. ”

Brother Hu nodded and turned around and ran away, Liu Han sneered in his heart, he knew why Xue Mi invited him, Qiu Ge once told him that Xue Mi proposed the right to auction salt and iron that he casually said in Baiyi Garden in front of the emperor, Qiu Ge was very dissatisfied with this, but Liu Han was not interested, but although Xue Mi proposed a method, how to implement it specifically, he didn't know, Liu Han estimated that this banquet was mostly related to this.

Dry him first, although I don't care about the credit, but I don't want to work for people in vain, anyway, I'm still a businessman.

Liu Han came back with the dishes, Zhang Mei said a few words to him with some disgust, she felt that this was her own job, Liu Han should be doing big things, this was her job.

"I bought it easily, and Brother Fan also bought a lot, so save it. Liu Han asked casually: "Do we have a cellar at home?"

"Why not, you, you don't know what is at home. Zhang Mei gave him a blank look, but she was still very happy, at least Liu Han's behavior showed that he regarded this place as his home.

After following Liu Han for so many days, Liu Han went out every once in a while, and this trip was three or five days, although Liu Han said that it was for the Cao Gang, but Zhang Mei was always a little uneasy in her heart, for fear that he would not come back or not come back that day, so Zhang Mei always felt that Liu Han had a veil that could not be seen clearly.

Zhang Mei let Zuo Lan carry the vegetables into the hut where the sundries were placed, lifted a wooden board in the corner of the hut, revealing a hole, Liu Han was a little surprised, there was actually a cellar here, he asked Zuo Lan to take out some of the dishes, and he carried the rest down.

The cellar is not deep, there are already some radish pumpkins and some greens below, Liu Han poured the vegetables into a basket, and looked around, this cellar is not big, one can still be turned away, if there are two people, it will be a little crowded.

"This house is handed down from your father-in-law's family, right?" Liu Han came up and asked Zuo Lan, Zuo Lan nodded: "Listen to my father-in-law, this house has been several generations, but we didn't live here before, alas, we moved here later." ”

Liu Han understood that it was estimated that their husband and wife originally lived in a big house, and that house was probably lost by her unsuccessful husband, so she moved to this small house.

After putting the dishes away, Liu Han returned to the room, the room was very quiet, there was a sound of a machine next door, Zuo Lan began to weave, Zhang Mei was busy in the teahouse in front, Liu Han was holding a book, but he was not in the mood to read it, but released his divine sense, and slowly and carefully probed into the next door.

Sure enough, the three people next door were deliberating and happened to hear talking about him.

"Brother Fan, the origin of this Liu Mo has been inquired clearly. Brother Xiao said: "Xiangyang Shilong's disciple, after Shilong was convicted, he absconded to Youzhou, thinking that the caravan bodyguard was a business, and the new monarch ascended the throne to amnesty the world, he came back, and met the Cao Gang and the Luoma Water Village on the road, he somehow mixed up with the Cao Gang, and fought with the Luoma Water Village in Ze County, and escaped by luck, and then it is said that he went to Jiangnan, and returned from Jiangnan two months ago, and took away Zhang Mei, a female disciple of Feiyan Hall, in Pengcheng. ”

After being silent for a while, Fan Ju nodded and said, "That's right, it seems that this Liu Mo has no origin." ”

"Well, it shouldn't be an internal guard, Brother Fan, you can rest assured. Brother Xiao said.

Liu Han felt a big chill in his heart, this fan didn't hum or ha, he actually sent someone to check his bottom, and this person actually found it, it seems that this brotherhood should not be underestimated.

"Okay, this surnamed Liu is nothing, Brother Fan, you have to worry about it again, it's a big deal, find an opportunity to kill him, or it's over." ”

When Liu Han heard that this was the person surnamed Xia who came over in the afternoon, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

"Don't be impulsive, this is the imperial capital, not the countryside, and it's troublesome to die alone. ”

Before Fan Ju could speak, Brother Xiao hurriedly stopped him, Brother Xia sneered and didn't speak, and Fan Ju asked again: "How did you discuss that matter?"

"Brother Fan, we came here to discuss with you, and we feel that we can divide this matter into two steps," Brother Xiao said. This time the city guard army recruited, the reason is that the city guard shortage is too large, Zheng Yan this guy eats the empty quota, the entire city guard shortage is as high as 3,000 people, this matter was somehow stabbed to the emperor, the emperor ordered the Taiwei Mansion to point the strength of the city guard, Zheng Yan This guy panicked, let us recruit troops secretly, so, this matter is very easy, however, I have an idea, Brother Fan, with your cultivation, if you enter the city guard, you can at least be a tun chief. ”

Liu Han learned about the establishment of the Great Jin army from Lao Huang, the Great Jin army was composed of five people, with a commander, five troops as a tun, a tun chief, two tuns as a team, a team as a team, five teams as a qu, a military marquis, two songs as a department, a Sima, five battalions, and a captain.

In this way, a battalion captain can command 5,000 people, which is not a small army, and the entire Bishan battalion is only 50,000 horses, and the general of the Bishan battalion is only ten commanders.

The Tun Chang team is the grassroots officer of this army, and the surnamed Xiao thinks that after Fan Ju joins the city guard, he can command twenty-five people at worst.

"I?!" Fan Ju was a little surprised: "But the Lord of the Guild means that I will set up a secret contact point in the imperial capital, and the other is responsible for listening to the movements of the imperial court, I want to join the city guards, will the Lord be there?"

"I'll explain to the master," Brother Xia said categorically: "Brother Fan, don't hesitate any longer, if you can enter the city guards, become the commander of the tun or even the team leader, we can send another twenty-five to fifty people to the city guard, if you can be the team leader, then we can send a hundred brothers into the city guard, Brother Fan, what does this mean, do you know? At a critical time, the emperor has a city gate in our hands. ”

Brother Fan thought about it, it seemed that this prospect was very attractive, but thinking of the task set by the master, he hesitated a little, and then the sister-in-law of the Fan family interjected.

"Okay, I'll see it, big brother, you see that we have been in the imperial capital for so long, and we have opened such a small shop, even if this small shop has been in the capital for ten years, you can't get any information, and you don't know much about it, and you can't taste it, but it's better to join the army and make a greater contribution to the meeting." ”

Liu Han smiled bitterly, this woman who looks very arrogant and cautious and timid in case of trouble is actually a member of the brotherhood, it is estimated that she is also cultivated, why didn't she see it before?

Hunting geese all day long, I didn't expect geese to be around, it seems that there are many talented people in the world.

Liu Han still wanted to eavesdrop, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, he quickly took back his sense, the door opened, Zhang Mei came in, saw him reading, smiled lightly, turned around and lifted the bucket to go out, and after a while, there was the sound of water outside.

Liu Han knew that she went to take a bath, and Zhang Mei soon knew with him that he didn't like women to be dirty, especially when they were affectionate, so she gradually developed the habit of taking a bath every day.

The divine consciousness was released again, and the voice over there sounded again.

"Okay, Brother Fan, I'll go to the City Guard Army tomorrow, this time the recruit is responsible for Zheng Yan's cronies, named Shao Jin, who usually joins the City Guard Army to pave the way, but this time it's too urgent, he won't ask for it, this guy usually pretends to be a corporal Lixian, but in fact, he is jealous and jealous inside, his cultivation is in the realm of the first grade of martial arts, well, it's best to show your cultivation, don't be too high, just the peak realm of martial apprentices." ”

"Then how do our people enter the city guards?" Fan Ju asked, Brother Xiao smiled: "He is only responsible for recruiting officers, and the soldiers below will be found by the officers themselves." ”

When Liu Han heard this, an idea suddenly appeared, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile.

The machine next door was still ringing, Liu Han didn't listen to it anymore, stretched out his arms, put down the book, got up and went out, tonight's night was very heavy, and the lead clouds in the sky obscured the stars.

Zhang Mei was humming a small tune softly in the bathhouse, and her voice was tactful and charming, which made him feel ape.

Xue Mi received the summons from Liufu, couldn't help frowning, feeling a little irritable, the emperor convened Shangshutai to discuss the auction of salt and iron management rights, Shangshutai was divided into two factions, Shangshu Ling Pan Lian and Prime Minister Gan Tang resolutely opposed, Hussar General Qiuyun agreed, Shang Shufu shot sentences to support, Taiwei Pan Ji was neutral, and Zuo Chen did not participate because he went to Taixue to give a lecture.

The debate in Shangshutai was very fierce, Pan Lian and Gan Tang listed all kinds of difficulties, what is competing with the people, what is difficult to supervise, what is the loss of national taxes, the treasury will be more empty, etc., in the end, the emperor can't make up his mind, so he has to give up for the time being.

It didn't take long for Xue Mi to get the details of this controversy, and he immediately realized that the emperor must still consult, but how to persuade the emperor to implement it, and how to implement it, he didn't have any tricks at all, and he didn't know what to do at all, so he could only ask Liu Han for help again.

But Liu Han was not in the city, which made him very disappointed, he should be on duty tomorrow, and if the emperor wants to ask, he must come up with a strategy.