Everyone is an old man, I haven't seen him for a long time, and I still focus on reminiscing about the past, and I only mentioned a few words about Confucianism, and I didn't talk about it deeply. In order not to arouse suspicion, Liu Jinyi did not show great interest, but hesitated. This is also reasonable, because the Jianghu scattered people have a similar perception of the major sects and Confucianism, the same high is out of reach, and the same does not treat people as human beings.

Of course, Xu Tiansheng also understands this truth, as the saying goes, rushing is not a business, the more eager he is, the more suspicious and deceitful these old rivers and lakes are, so he just mentioned such a sentence, and those who have this mind will naturally come to him.

The three of them had a full meal, agreed to meet again another day, and then dispersed. As soon as Liu Jin came out of the Mingsheng Inn, he went to the market, bought some military rations and pills and other things, and then wandered around the street, and after making sure that there was no tail behind him, he turned into an inaccessible alley. At this time, it was getting late, and it was very dark in the alley, but Liu Jinyi, as a master of the Returning to Truth Realm, was of course not afraid at all, and walked quickly to a small door at the end of the alley, knocked lightly, first three times, paused for three breaths, and then knocked four times.

After a while, the door opened from the inside, and there was no palm lamp inside, just relying on the hazy moonlight overhead, Liu Jinyi entered the door.

The opener closed the door again.

Walking through a long passage and through several courtyards, you will come to a lobby with a layout very similar to that of a normal inn.

One side of the black lacquer counter, high, polished and shiny, there are several jars of wine behind it, it seems that it has been some years, and you can smell the aroma of wine from afar.

A Taiping coin, round on the outside and square on the inside, spins on the counter. The shopkeeper was wearing a half-new robe, the cyan scarf on his head was washed white, standing behind the counter with his chin in his right hand, looking at the spinning Taiping Qian in a daze. The only guy was sitting on a bench not far away at the moment, dozing, his head pecking at rice like a chicken, little by little.

As soon as Liu Jinyi came to the counter, he reached out and slapped the rotating Taiping coin under his palm, and then slowly removed his palm, revealing the four words "Tianxia Taiping" engraved around the square hole on the front of the coin.

The shopkeeper raised his head, already with a signature smile on his face, and asked, "This guest officer, do you want a girl?"

Liu Jinyi took out a Taiping coin from his arms, and the square hole was engraved with the words "Everything Chengping", and then the Taiping coin in his hand and the Taiping coin on the counter were a pair, and they cooperated together. It turned out that this was a Taiping coin that was divided into two halves, the front in the hands of the shopkeeper was printed with the words "Taiping in the world", and Liu Jin's hand was on the back, printed with the words "everything is peaceful", and the two halves were put together to be a complete Taiping coin.

After facing the token, the smile on the shopkeeper's face became a little more sincere, and he asked, "Where is the brother?"

Liu Jinyi replied: "Those who run the hall, the number of places, follow the deputy shopkeeper to do things, just call me Lao Liu." ”

The shopkeeper suddenly had a little more respect, "Disrespectful and disrespectful, under the account room, it is also the number of the place, follow the three shopkeepers to do things, my surname is Zhang." ”

The two greeted each other, and Liu Jin said: "Brother Zhang, it said that a brother from the big shopkeeper is coming to meet me recently, have you arrived?"

Because the meeting time has not yet been determined, Liu Jinyi did not have much hope, but

Shopkeeper Zhang's answer was beyond his expectations.

Shopkeeper Zhang said: "Just arrived, Brother Liu, please come with me." ”

I don't know when, the guy has woken up, his eyes are clear, his temples are high and bulging, obviously a master of cultivation, he stood behind the counter instead of Shopkeeper Zhang, and Shopkeeper Zhang led Liu Jinyi upstairs.

Upstairs is also like an ordinary inn, divided into guest rooms, Shopkeeper Zhang led Liu Jinyi to the door of the third guest room, knocked lightly, and then a young voice came from inside, "Please come in." ”

Liu Jinyi was a little surprised, the envoy sent by the big shopkeeper didn't seem to be very old?

Without waiting for Liu Jinyi to continue to think deeply, Shopkeeper Zhang had already given him a look, and then quietly left, leaving him alone.

Liu Jinyi hesitated for a moment and took the initiative to push the door and enter it.

Then Liu Jinyi really confirmed his guess, there was only one person in the room, a young man, who looked like he was not yet crowned, handsome, and had a smile on the corner of his mouth. Seeing Liu Jin come in, he didn't hold it up, so he took the initiative to get up to greet him and bowed.

Liu Jin never expected that the big shopkeeper would send a young man over, he was a little angry at first, the errand was not easy to do, and then sending such a young man, wouldn't it be a delay? But he quickly reacted, since the little shopkeeper has disciples, will this young man be the disciple of the big shopkeeper?

Thinking of this, Liu Jinyi quickly put away his contempt, solemnly returned the salute, and said: "People are worry-free, and there is nothing to do in all directions." ”

The young man continued: "The world is decided, and the eight directions will come to live in peace." ”

This is the code word, Liu Jinyi said solemnly: "Under Liu Jinyi." ”

The young man said: "My surname is Pei, Pei Yu." ”

The grandfather of this young man was the former political envoy Pei Zhou. Since the establishment of the Great Wei Dynasty, they have implemented the civil system of military force, from the cabinet members in the court to the local governors and ministers, they are all civil officials, all the governors in the court must obey the dispatch of the military department, and the local general soldiers must also obey the dispatch of the governor, all civil officials have their own system, for a civil official, the final wish is to go to the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, that is, to rank in the nine secretaries.

The so-called six departments and nine secretaries refer to the nine civil officials in the temple from the first rank or the second grade, namely the official department of the book, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Crime, the Ministry of Industry, the Dali Temple, the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the political envoy of the General Political Envoy. Only those who rank in Jiuqing can be regarded as a real member of the court, and they are really qualified to influence the government.

Although the political envoy is ranked at the end of the Jiuqing, he is also a member of the second grade, and the power of it is self-evident, that is, the political envoy of the feudal officials of the states, and after entering Beijing, he has to pay tribute to the ice and charcoal.

Because of the struggle between the imperial party and the later party, Pei Zhou resigned and returned to his hometown, and was chased and killed by Qingluanwei on the way back, but was rescued by Li Xuandu, and Pei Yu became acquainted with Li Xuandu. Li Xuandu confirmed the three successors very early because he did not think about victory and defeat, in terms of Taiping Sect, there is no doubt that it is Shen Changsheng, Qingping will be Zhou Shuning, and he chose Pei Yu in the final Taiping Inn. Although Li Xuandu was not able to see Pei Yu in person because of his busy affairs, he handed over this task to Li Feiyan, judging from the results of Zhang Feishan following Li Feiyan to learn swords, Li Feiyan still has a set of disciples, so Li Xuan is very relieved.

Now, Li Xuandu began to arrange for Pei Yu to participate in the affairs of the Taiping Inn, from an ordinary man

From the beginning, one is to let Pei Yu be familiar with the operation mechanism of the Taiping Inn, the second is to exercise and sharpen, and the third is to let Pei Yu erect his prestige step by step.

Previously, Pei Yu entered the Qizhou Sheji School Palace to study at Li Feiyan's request, because Pei Yu is Pei Zhou's grandson and the Pei family's descendant, so it is reasonable for Pei Yu to go to the Sheji School Palace to study, and it has not aroused anyone's suspicion, and the School Palace has no embarrassment, and it is very smooth.

Now Pei Yu came to Zhongzhou as a student of the Sheji School Palace, and the apparent reason was to come to the Vientiane School Palace to study, but in fact, he was ordered by the Sheji School Palace to sacrifice wine, and took advantage of the opportunity that he was rescued by Li Xuandu to find a way to get close to Li Xuandu, who was about to come to Longmen Mansion, and tried to follow Li Xuandu's side, waiting for the opportunity to find out all kinds of secrets about the Daomen from Li Xuandu. And Pei Yu's fundamental purpose is to use the identity of a Confucian disciple as a cover to find out what conspiracy Confucianism has, and then report it to the big treasurer Li Xuandu, if necessary, Li Xuandu will also ask Pei Yu to pass some news to Confucianism, so as to win the trust of Confucianism.

So many identities are added to Pei Yu's body, so Pei Yu's identity is very important, and he belongs to the Tianzihao disciples of the "shopkeeper" faction. Even in the Taiping Inn, there are no more than ten people who know his true identity.

Pei Yu has experienced too many things in this year, and the whole person quickly faded from youth to maturity, facing Liu Jinyi, he was not the slightest restraint, but was very easy-going and natural, "Please sit down, I will call Brother Liu, I hope you don't mind." ”

"Don't mind. Liu Jinyi was a little restrained, he knew in his heart that this young man was most likely his future boss, or even the owner of the inn, so even if he was in a higher realm, he still took a little caution.

Pei Yu sat opposite Liu Jinyi and said, "Since the deputy shopkeeper chose Brother Liu to meet me, and I think that Brother Liu is the confidant of the deputy shopkeeper, then I will say it bluntly." ”

Liu Jin thought of the figure of the deputy shopkeeper, and when he heard the word "confidant", he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement in his heart, but his face remained calm and said, "Please speak." ”

Pei Yu pondered his words for a moment, "Brother Liu's errand to come to Longmen Mansion should be to investigate the movements of Confucianism, am I right?"

Liu Jin nodded.

Pei Yu said: "My errand is similar to Brother Liu, but it is more in-depth, in some things, I need help with manpower, but it is not good for too many people to know about my existence, so in the end the inn chose Brother Liu as my helper." ”

Liu Jinyi's face became solemn, but he didn't rush to ask questions, but waited for the following.

Pei Yu continued: "That is to say, many times, I need Brother Liu to come forward on my behalf to dispatch the brothers inside the inn, what Brother Liu means is what I mean, the vast majority of people in the inn only know the existence of Brother Liu, but do not know my existence, Brother Liu is a screen in front of me." I don't know if I say this, can Brother Liu understand?"

Liu Jin nodded and said in a deep voice: "Understood, what should I do?"

Pei Yu said: "First point, look for a suitable opportunity to get in touch with the Confucian Academy, and have a bright identity related to Confucianism, so that I can contact you openly." ”

Liu Jinyi immediately remembered Xu Tiansheng, "There is an opportunity right now, but it takes time." ”