Cangzhou has been experiencing frequent major events recently, and the disturbing Zuo Bu political envoy Chang Ming was dizzy, and it was rumored that Qingfeng County was in turmoil, His Royal Highness King Qi uprooted the deep-rooted tumor of Gu Danian with lightning speed, and the official residence of the political envoy was brightly lit that night, and it is said that Chang Ming cut off the heads of twenty or thirty people before finally calming down his anger.

"Why did Lu Dengke and Lou Lanjin have been killed in Qingfeng County and no one has found out, what are the fools in Sandaokou doing, what's the use of keeping these rice buckets all day long, pass the order, let them hand over two hundred heads within three days!"

Chang Ming moved the real fire, Sandaokou is the spy force that he spent great efforts to set up after he succeeded as the political envoy, all over Cangzhou, a river and lake, a temple, a Li Zaixiao, and even the importance of the last one is far greater than the sum of the first two, it can be said that it took a lot of effort to arrange the eyeliner, but in this matter completely became blind and deaf, and waited until Gu Danian's heads were hung high on the city gate, and he came to report in a hurry.

"Your Excellency is angry, these days the attention of Sandaokou has been drawn by the military forces mobilized on the south side, and no one would have imagined that Lüdenko would secretly hide so many soldiers and horses. ”

A protégé did not finish speaking, he was directly slapped by Chang Ming and turned his head dizzy, blood gushed at the corners of his mouth, although the scholar did not have the strength to lift a knife, and he also did not have the capital to be beaten, the protégé did not dare to speak, let alone wipe the blood from the corners of his mouth, so he had to retreat silently to the side.

"He, Lu Dengke, was Li Zaixiao'an's Mingqi in the nine counties, and he deliberately came to disgust me, you can't think of why he has so many more people, is he here to question me? Then what do I want you guys to do, what else can I do besides saying a few words to calm my anger, Lou Lanjin's eight hundred people have not even noticed the two counties, rice buckets, a group of rice buckets. ”

Chang Ming overturned the desk, no one dared to say a word in the room full of protégés and strategists, Gu Danian as Chang Ming's right-hand man, its importance is self-evident, and more importantly, such as the shady industries of Sanxian Building, if you want to find out how you want to find Chang Ming, in addition, using power for personal gain, and even a few major crimes that should be killed, Gu Danian knows a lot, and people who can do this position always make people love and hate.

At this time, an elegant man walked slowly up to the hall from outside the door, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it, only to see that the man approached Chang Ming, bent down to straighten the desk, and unhurriedly packed up the books scattered all over the ground.

Chang Ming looked up at the comer, no matter how angry he was, he restrained himself by three points, and said as calmly as possible: "Xuqing, if these people have half of your talent, I don't need to worry about everything." ”

If Gu Danian is Chang Ming's left arm, then the man named Zhou Xuqing in front of him is his right arm of the think tank, as the first strategist under Chang Ming, his advice over the years can be said to be indispensable, and even Chang Ming himself said that if there is no Gu Danian, he will only have to go to a large part of the source of money, but if there is no Zhou Xuqing, he will definitely not be able to stabilize the position of political envoy.

"It's the fault of our subordinates to let the adults work hard, although this time the matter is serious but not fatal, but the profits of the horse gang that are about to be handled by the adults are better not to touch any of them, and hand them over to the court as they are. ”

"This. Chang Ming hesitated, and finally waited until Li Zaixiao left Cangzhou, seeing that such a big piece of fat in the entire Cangzhou foreign trade flew to his mouth, but he could only watch dryly, and Gu Danian had an accident, Sanxian Building was seized, and how to make up for a series of losses, this is not something that can be replaced by the word temptation alone.

In previous years, Li Zaixiao directly deducted ninety percent, and I should not be in the way if I only ate one percent! After all, I also have 50,000 troops in my hands, and the imperial court always hopes that they will also be fat. ”

Zhou Xuqing chuckled and put the two cups on the table, and then said: "The left side of these two cups represents you, and the right side represents Li Xiaoxiao, and then I will ask you a few questions, and you choose to pour water into the left and right cups, not too much at a time, because I will ask a few more questions." ”

"First of all, Cangzhou is what the adults say, or what Li Zaixiao says. ”

Chang Ming shook his head and laughed miserably, and got a little tea in the cup on the right, "Xuqing, how do you feel that you are deliberately mocking Lord Ben with such a question, if Cangzhou is really up to me, there is no need to worry so much." ”

Zhou Xuqing waved his hand, expressed his meaning with action, and continued to ask: "If the Southern Tang army is pressed at this moment, and the Lord and Li Zaixiao are each in charge of 50,000 soldiers and horses, who will the imperial court believe more?" ”

The water level in the cup on the right rises again.

"Besides, if the adults and Lee Jae-hyo enter Beijing together, whose situation will be more embarrassing. ”

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Several questions without exception, the water level in the cup on the right almost overflowed, but the left side was not dripping, Chang Ming's face was a little embarrassed, and he said in a low voice: "Xuqing, you don't want to humiliate me like this with grace, no matter how powerful Li Zaixiao is, this time he will definitely die if he enters Kyoto, even if Lord Ben is useless, it will not be the turn of a stinking bullshit prince in Cangzhou in the future to point fingers." ”

A kind of protégé at the bottom of the stairs all looked at Mr. Zhou, who was known as a clever plan, and looked at Mr. Zhou, who was known as a clever plan, and didn't know what medicine the other party had taken today, but he was clearly trying to deliberately provoke Chang Ming, and then he might be fine, but he just hurt himself, an outsider who didn't love his father and mother.

"Then I'll ask you one last question. ”

Chang Ming flicked his sleeves, he was already holding back his anger, but the other party used this kind of trick to make him ugly, and his tone was a little heavy, "Then you have to think about it." ”

"I've thought about it for a long time. Zhou Xuqing said with a smile, "If the adult and Li Zaixiao violate the royal law at the same time, and one of them is going to die, who do you think it should be, the adult doesn't have to answer immediately, I can give the adult a choice, if the two of you just committed a trivial matter such as a chicken and a dog thief, but if you still have to die, who do you think it will be." ”

Two different degrees or even very different choices, but the result is the same, Chang Ming's hand holding the teapot hung in the air, I don't know whether to go left or right, hesitated for a long time and finally put down the teapot in his hand, and asked with doubts in his eyes: "Xuqing, what do you want to tell me?"

At this time, Zhou Xuqing took a cup from the side and put it on the table, and said softly: "I didn't say that the more water in the cup, the better, there is always a quantity in the cup, if it can't be filled, it will overflow, and it will be annoying everywhere." ”

Chang Ming frowned slightly, as if he understood something, did not interrupt the other party's words, and listened quietly.

"What Lee Jae-hyo has done over the years, whether good or bad, is to fill his own cup with water, maybe he should be a much bigger cup, but there will always be a day when it is full, and it is very easy to do the work of the master, and it is rare how to fill the mouth of the cup with water without overflowing. ”

Saying that, Zhou Xuqing picked up the cup on the right, poured the water in it into the newly taken cup, and then put it in front of Chang Ming.

"King Qi?"

Zhou Xuqing smiled and said nothing, "The imperial court needs a cup that can hold more water, as long as he is not full, his value is definitely better than a small cup, and even when necessary, giving up countless small cups is not as useful as a large cup like Li Zaixiao." ”

"At this moment, adults want to break this water-filled cup, which is equivalent to forcing Lee Jae-hyo to be filled, which many people are willing to see, but when this big cup is hated and broken, it will inevitably cause people to miss it later, and the person who uses it will feel uncomfortable, who should I resent at this time?"

"But I'm also sharing the emperor's worries, according to what you say, isn't there no way to solve the dead. Chang Ming asked in surprise.

"Therefore, it is better for adults to have no water in this cup, and the cup without water is more useful. ”

Chang Ming sat slumped on the ground, looked at the three porcelain cups placed in front of him, and suddenly laughed.

"However, there are a lot of strange things about Gu Danian, first, why His Royal Highness King Qi is so blatantly murderous, and even deliberately used himself as bait, second, why did Gu Danian's self-asserted plan not be reported, and he wanted to invite credit, but he shouldn't have concealed it for so long, and third, the news that came from Sandaokou just now, the people of Yin Cao had looked for Gu Danian. ”

Chang Ming's eyes widened, his face was complicated, the words came to his mouth but he couldn't say them, and he changed a few times into a few simple words, "Yin Cao, Li Zaixin?"

"As far as I know, it is precisely because of him that Gu Danian has completely moved his murderous intent. ”

"This is impossible, Lee Jae-shin is the closest to Lee Jae-hyo, and doing so is not equivalent to stabbing Lee Jae-hyo in the back. ”

Zhou Xuqing nodded, put aside the three cups on the table, and brought two teapots, "Adults should know that there is more than one teapot, and the person who holds the teapot is naturally different, so adults can choose to stand there." ”

Chang Ming hurriedly sat up straight, and asked respectfully: "Please also ask Xu Qing for advice." ”

"If you want me to say that I don't choose any of them now, but King Qi must get rid of them, so that there will be an explanation for both families. Zhou Xuqing stopped at the point, there are some things to do, and some words are rebellious.

"In addition, Mu Changshou Mu Dusi, whether this matter is related to him or not, should not be taken lightly. ”

Chang Ming slapped it on the table fiercely, and said angrily: "Mu Changshou, this old thing, if he hadn't had some friendship with me at the beginning, he would have been able to sit in the position of Dusi, not to mention anything else, Lu Dengke has so many people under his nose, I wonder if he is a spy that Li Zaixiao planted by my side early in the morning." ”

"There is also the matter of Gu Danian, all the evidence of the crime is confirmed, I am just curious why Lu Dengke killed him like this, but it is better for the lord to personally hand over the guilt, let the saint confess the guilt, and in addition, the credit of King Qi in the fold will be exaggerated as much as possible. ”

"There is no need to worry about this matter, I have been an official for more than ten years, and I still have this eyesight, King Qi has been hiding for so many years, but he is worried about causing criticism, Li Zaixiao didn't know that he was pushing him to the front of the stage this time, then I will add fire to you. Chang Ming sneered.

Zhou Xuqing bowed respectfully, and many protégés and guests under the steps immediately understood and said in unison: "My lord is wise." ”