The southwest of Baizhou is Cangzhou, the general Li Zaixiao, the king of Qi Chen Maochuan has entered Beijing, the political envoy Chang Ming died, and most of the officials of its nine counties were also cleaned by Wang Ke, it can be said that the top two officials in Cangzhou are gone, there are ten of the twelve capital divisions, in addition to Mu Changshou, there is also one who was killed in Chang Ming's mansion on the eve of Zhou Xuqing's trip to Kyoto, and the remaining Chang Ming's confidant is directly closed to the guests, and now the civil and military affairs of Cangzhou are all in charge by Wang Ke, the deputy governor of Cangzhou.

But with the arrival of Li Zaixin in Cangzhou, it seems that the evil spirit of the entire Yin Cao has been brought in, and Li Zaixin has hardly stopped during this time, he is alone, and he does not even have a clerk to record the papers, although everyone knows that he is the Qincha sent by His Majesty to thoroughly investigate Chang Ming's case, but this Qincha Lord does not seem to care about Chang Ming, but walks around as if he is wandering around to enjoy the scenery.

Li Zaixin was the second person to go to the wooden house in the southern city, unlike Mo Xiuyuan, he walked in, leaned out Sen Bai's palm and stroked the half-collapsed kang head, not only his palm, as if all the skin was sick Sen Bai, maybe the people who came out of Yin Cao should be like this, where the yin qi was too heavy, and even the sun could not bear to shine in, the rumors in the abyss have never been cut off since the advent of Yin Cao, unlike Li Jucheng, the latter can make everyone fearful without killing people, and the former not only wants to kill, but also kills people and gods, but I have to say that it is precisely because of the existence of Yin Cao that the situation in the turbulent Northern Wei Dynasty at that time has been stabilized, whether it is a traitor in the court or a small person in the rivers and lakes, the people are afraid and at the same time applaud and shout happily, which is mostly due to Li Zaixin's contributions.

He sat in the hut for a day, and did not leave until the early morning of the second day, and when he came out of the southern city, there was one more person beside him, the deputy governor Wang Ke, who was not wearing armor, but only ordinary cloth, as if he were waiting for him outside the city gate, leading two horses.

"Why did the gentleman come? Wang Ke asked respectfully, although he had never met, he always heard about the other party from Li Zaixiao's words, and now when they met, he felt even more surprised, thinking that he had been in the battlefield officialdom for more than ten years, and few people could escape with a pair of fiery eyes, but he couldn't see through Li Zaixin.

Lee Jaixin rode on horseback, and the horses under him trembled unconsciously, until they were caressed by his palm, and gradually calmed down, indispensable restraint, "I've been in Kyoto for a long time, come out to relax, and by the way, find the answer that has puzzled me for many years." ”

"Did you find it?" asked Wang Ke just following the other party's words.

"Not yet. Li Zaixin smiled ashamedly, it was hard to imagine that this man who had made the entire Northern Wei Dynasty temples and rivers and lakes talk about it would show such a gentle side, "General Wang, what is the peaceful and prosperous world you want?"

was suddenly asked by the other party, Wang Ke was slightly silent and said: "The people live in peace and the country is strong. ”

"Isn't that what it is now?" said Lee Jae-shin with a smile.

Wang Ke was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "There are still traitors like Chang Ming in the country, which is a hidden danger. ”

"Then what does this have to do with your and the thirteenth brother's insistence on crossing the river, this battle starts, but there is nothing to talk about in peace. Li said in the letter.

"Don't you want to regain the lost land and save the people of the two states from fire and water? Wang Ke suddenly sneered, at this moment he was even more convinced that the other party was not here for Chang Ming.

Who knew that Li Zaixin just shook his head slightly, and walked past the overcrowded tea stall at the city gate, where a slightly thin Confucian student was busy in front of the stall, but there was no fatigue on his face, "Have you ever been to Fengjiang and Liangzhou again in the past few years?" ”

"No, I didn't. ”

"It is not only to let the people live in peace, but why should he care whether he lives in the Southern Tang Dynasty or the Northern Wei Dynasty, the two states of Fengjiang today are not miserable, the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty is not a faint monarch, since he has the determination to dominate the world, he should also have the mind to tolerate everything. ”

As a courtier of the Northern Wei Dynasty, his words are full of praise for the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it is understandable that these words came from the mouths of others, but you Li Zaixin is a person who specializes in accumulating merits with these disrespectful words, how can you know the law and break the law.

"The gentleman just said that he would have not heard the bento. Wang Ke said coldly.

"No problem, no one can tell me what I say, because what I say is true, although Yin Cao is sinister and ruthless, but he still has to follow the rules, and the general has ever heard of Yin Cao doing something out of the ordinary. Lee Jae-shin asked rhetorically without hesitation.

Wang Ke half-squinted at the imperial history of the capital in front of him, who was a little more elegant than Li Zaixiao, although Yin Cao's arrest was justified, but he was unscrupulous, but he had never heard of wronging that person, and it was really as the other party said, and the rules were very good.

"Even so, internal and external troubles, the Southern Tang Dynasty is eyeing our dynasty, the first war between the north and the south is destined sooner or later, only by giving up the big with a small one, the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty has the mind to tolerate everything, and my Northern Wei Dynasty boy does not have the ambition to unify Kyushu, and then it will be the real peaceful and prosperous era. ”

"Is that so?" said Lee Jae-shin thoughtfully.

"Does Mr. think that the confrontation between the north and the south is the face of prosperity like this now? Wang Ke kept talking, if outsiders heard it, I was afraid that the identities of the two would be reversed, this tone was really like a means of asking questions, and any answer was a steel knife scraping bones.

"I don't know. Li Zaixin reined in the reins of the horse, looked back at the people living in the city, and said softly: "As strong as Emperor Yu and King Zhou, he unified Kyushu, and his merits are comparable to those of saints, but the Yu Dynasty collapsed in three hundred years, and the Zhou Dynasty was divided in five hundred years. ”

Wang Ke was fascinated when he heard this, and when he turned around and stopped the horse, he had already distanced himself from the other party, but he saw that the other party was condensing him, "The general is not from this dynasty, right?"

Li Zaixin's question made Wang Ke's heart completely hang, but before he could answer, the other party chuckled and said: "I just asked casually, the general doesn't need to take it to heart, the road behind will not bother the general to accompany him, by the way, which direction to go to Heyang County." ”

"What is the gentleman going to Heyang County to do? Wang Ke asked vigilantly.

"Yes, Su asked Heyang County Shou Lu Dengke to be the current chess saint, and even the prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty did not hesitate to risk his life to play chess with him, so I want to see what kind of flavor this chess can play. Li Zaixin smiled lightly and turned his horse away, his expression unchanged, but Wang Ke felt the coldness that should have been expected, and that gentle face belonged to the lord of Yin Cao after all.

"Ben would have hoped that Mr. would have stopped there. Wang Ke shouted in a deep voice, and the horse under him seemed to feel the overflowing killing intent of his master, and stomped heavily on the dirt with both kicks, ready to rush forward at any time.

However, Li Zaixin did not stop his horse, but continued to move forward and said: "General, let's go back! Defend this river for the thirteenth brother, Cangzhou is destined to die, and don't even lose this short period of peace and prosperity." ”

In the end, Wang Ke pulled the reins, looked at the other party's distant back as if relieved, and let out a long sigh after a long time.

"The last general is worthy of the trust of the general. ”

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Li Chengjun, who is full of fat, is extremely happy these days, in the past, Mu Changshou, Chang Ming and others pressed on his head, and from time to time they had to find some unwarranted reasons to beat him on the head, if it weren't for Lu Dengke to hold him up, this fat body would have been pulled to squeeze out a few catties of oil.

But in the morning, a whisper in his ear made the whole fat face tremble three times, and then ordered someone to prepare a horse and rush towards the county.

It was only when Li Chengjun rolled into the county guard's mansion that Lu Dengke, who was sitting in the main hall, slowly put down the chess game in his hand, looked at this love-hate protégé with an angry face, and said angrily: "What do you look like in a panic." ”

"Teacher, it's not good, then Li Zaixin is killing us. Li Chengjun cried and howled like a wolf, and the attendants on the side all covered their mouths and snickered, Master Li, who is not afraid of the sky and the earth on weekdays, would have such an embarrassing time.

"What if it's coming. Lu Dengke said disapprehantly, slowly falling according to the position in the chess game, twisting his beard and looking at it for a moment, his eyes gradually showed joy, and he said to himself: "Wonderful! The chess of the ancients is really extraordinary, and a chess piece will save the whole game. ”

Li Chengjun sat opposite Lu Dengke with a sad face, he was in the mood to play chess at the moment, but he didn't dare to disobey the mission, he cleared the chessboard absentmindedly, and said casually: "Teacher, Li Zaixin was ordered by the emperor to find us uncomfortable, you said that if he was caught by those industries in my county, then Linyuan is even more terrifying than the prison in Cangzhou, how can I stand it." ”

Lu Dengke took out a piece from the chess box with an expressionless face, settled down gently, and then glanced back at the chess game before nodding with satisfaction, and said: "Lin Yuan is only afraid that he will not be able to fit your cell." ”

"Teacher, you still have the heart to laugh at this time. ”

"You think that your little means can be full of yin, if Li Zaixin really wanted to scrape your body of fat, he would have done it a long time ago, and he still kept you here to answer me, you! It's time to lose meat, and I don't know how your little daughter-in-law can stand it, you are still so young, if you die like this, it will really be wronged. As a chess saint, Lu Dengke did not change his face when he said such rough words to the other party, and he really lived up to the demeanor of the national player, but his words were clearly much more depressed.

Li Chengjun's wrinkled fat face still hasn't stretched out a little, don't look at his brain full of fat, in fact, his heart and eyes are very active, how can he not know that Li Zaixin is not here for him at all, he is not here to ask for help, but to save people, the amulet has been pasted on the door of his head, but Lu Dengke is still that unhurried and impatient, so how can he not be in a hurry.

"Smack. ”

Li Chengjun flipped over the chessboard, the chess pieces were scattered all over the ground, his face didn't know whether it was anger or hatred, the servants on the side were stunned, Li Chengjun had more respect for Lu Dengko than his father on weekdays, and he had always only been beaten and criticized, He had shown an disrespectful look once, but this time, they could see that this fat man who was always hip-hop was really angry.

"What do you want to say?" Lüdenko slowly bent down to pick up the chessboard, and then picked up the chess pieces on the ground one by one.

"Playing chess, playing chess, you know how to play chess all day long, people's knives are going to be on your neck, and you have already broken off contact with that bullshit prince, you have to not listen. Li Fatzi scolded loudly, but he squatted down like a child who had made a mistake and followed the other party to pick up chess, and two lines of tears could not stop pouring out of his eyes.

Lu Dengke couldn't help but laugh and said: "Do you know how high-spirited I was when I was as old as you, in Kyoto, no one can win against me except Your Majesty, let alone lift my chessboard, but in the end?"

"Maybe I'm not suitable to be an official, what if you say I don't play chess, Li Fatzi, if you really have the ability, put away the horse urine for Lao Tzu, and then roll to Kyoto to deal with those people, I'm old, I've lost two games of chess in my life, to be precise, only once, now it's a draw, you kid don't make trouble for me." ”

Li Chengjun, who was holding a chess piece, gritted his teeth, touched his face twice, slapped the chess pieces on the table with a snap, and turned away angrily.

Li Fatzi kicked on the threshold angrily, turned over and rode away.

I'm not afraid of the person who can't be saved, I'm afraid that the person is afraid of death, a generation of chess saints has played chess for most of their lives, and in the end they are just chess pieces in the hands of others.