Gao Jiancheng, who got up, invited Niu Youdao to sit down on the coffee table on the side.

Before serving tea, Fan Zhuan opened the box to Niu Youdao and asked, "Master Dao, but this golden hairpin?"

Niu Youdao took it out and looked over and over again, and bowed his head, "Yes, it's this one, the gift box is gone." Turning around, he gestured to Gao Jiancheng for the golden hairpin in his hand, "It's really embarrassing, I don't have the habit of bringing money on my body, and I can't afford to buy it, so I have to borrow money from Steward Fan to buy it, which makes Gao laugh." ”

Gao Jiancheng laughed, this made him understand what was going on, because he basically didn't bring money on him, he usually sold things and someone paid for them, and he was used to not bringing money, and it was not difficult to understand when he was occasionally embarrassed, and asked: "This is a woman's product, why don't you buy it and give it away?"

Intentionally gossip to enliven the atmosphere, after all, the two met for the first time, and a little gossip can shorten the distance, and it is too hard to get to the point.

Niu Youdao hummed, "Give it to a friend." ”

Gao Jiancheng: "How can such a vulgar thing be worthy of being a gift from the Taoist master." He turned back to Fan Zhuan and said, "Is there still some exquisite jewelry in the warehouse, take it to the Taoist to see if the Taoist has anything you like." ”

"Okay!" Fan Zhuan responded, and was about to leave, but was stopped by Niu Youdao waving his hand, "What you give to your friends, you can spend money to buy sincerely, don't be so troublesome." ”

Gao Jiancheng wondered, did you pay for this? This seems to be bought from my Gaofu's account.

People say it's borrowing money, can they really let people repay this money, 10 million have been given, and they still care about this?

For ordinary people, ten gold coins can easily be used by a family for more than a year, but for the two of them, this amount of money can be forgotten in retrospect.

But since people say so, they are not people who are poor for this amount of money, and they are only polite, and they don't want to be reluctant, but they are too reluctant to do so, so they have to give up.

Gao Jiancheng's eyes slipped on the golden hairpin twice, and he pondered in his heart to go back and ask the housekeeper to buy another one of the same style to see if there was anything else wrong.

It was inconvenient to come and see it at the moment, so Gao Jiancheng asked the topic, "Master Dao is here, but what are your orders?"

"How dare you have any orders to Lord Gao. Niu Youdao didn't ask for a gift box, and stuffed the golden hairpin into his sleeve, "I have something to ask Master Gao for advice." ”

Fan Zhuan accepted the gift box and put it aside, turned around and poured tea and water for the two of them, and listened to it.

Gao Jiancheng looked like he was listening carefully, "Master Dao, but it doesn't hurt to say, Gao listens." ”

Niu Youdao: "If the Ming people don't say dark words in front of them, I won't go around in circles." ”

Gao Jiancheng nodded, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please.

Niu Youdao did not shy away from Fan Zhuan, and let Fan Zhuan secretly go to Maolu Villa to negotiate with him, which shows that he is Gao Jiancheng's absolute confidant, "I saw Lord Gao's letter last time, the situation is very clear, the letter mentions that the imperial court is ready to let Nanzhou exterminate the rebels, I don't know if Lord Gao remembers?"

Gao Jiancheng nodded, and stretched out his hand to invite the other party to tea, "Don't you think it's strange that Dao Ye hasn't issued an order to Nanzhou for a long time?"

Niu Youdao didn't ask this, since the other party mentioned it, he was willing to listen to it, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Gao Jiancheng: "It should be related to the current situation, the current situation was not expected at the beginning, almost all the monks of all countries were involved, except for Yan Zhao, the rest of the two sides in order to destroy the supply of materials provided by the other party to the support object, there were heavy casualties, almost every day there are monks killed in battle, during this time, there are really a lot of casualties." It is very unexpected that the three countries in the west are willing to pay such a big price. Can Dao Ye understand the deep meaning of Gao's words?"

Niu Youdao squinted his eyes and said, "Someone is deliberately taking the opportunity to consume the monk's strength?"

Gao Jiancheng: "Dao Ye is also a monk, and some words should not be said in front of Dao Ye, but Dao Ye is not an outsider, Gao is naturally spit out." Dao Ye Mingjian, as soon as he heard it, he knew that yes, the full support of the Western Three Kingdoms made the situation change unexpectedly, and someone on the Han and Song sides seemed to understand it, and they were also secretly adding fuel to the fire, and the army was slow to press the realm and deliberately stalemate, and the three major factions of the Yan Kingdom saw that they had the opportunity to consume the opponent's strength, and they were naturally happy to see it, how could they let the Dao Ye Nanzhou people come out to break the situation?"

Niu Youdao: "Aren't the countries afraid that the various factions will find out and settle accounts with them?"

Gao Jiancheng: "What kind of account, how to calculate this account? Dongfang said that there is no chaos in the Yan Kingdom, and in the face of the millions of troops in the Yan Kingdom, you must not attack rashly, and if you are not careful, you will lift a stone and hit yourself in the foot, if the Han Song monks do not believe it, it will not be easy for the army to lose a small one? The Han Song monks naturally believe it and dare not take any more risks. The west said that once the Yan Kingdom was defeated and divided, Han and Song would sit on the throne, and the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

"Seeing that the interior of the Yan Kingdom is about to become a pot of porridge, seeing that the meat is in the mouth, and seeing that the cooked meat is about to be bitten, do you have to sit back and watch the Yan Kingdom slowly calm down the interior? Can the Han and Song monks not continue to invest in manpower? The east side does not stop, everything has already been done, and the west side cannot see the previous investment sacrificed in vain, so they can only continue to play with it, and they will not stop if they don't play until they can't bear it. ”

With all due respect, a monk who plays this method and focuses his energy on cultivation may not be as good as a layman who spends his mind on this for a long time and is immersed in this way. This matter started from a conspiracy, and it has become a conspiracy, and there must be a master behind the scenes, otherwise it would not be like this. ”

Fan Zhuan, who was listening, quietly glanced at Gao Jiancheng, and the master's words seemed to be intentionally planting his own use value in Niu Youdao's heart.

Hearing these remarks, Niu Youdao himself had to admit that he had seen through something? He didn't realize the conspiracy behind this incident from beginning to end, and he always thought it was a deliberate land grab.

After a little silence, Niu Youdao asked: "Master Gao said that there are masters who do the game, I don't know who he refers to?"

Gao Jiancheng shook his head: "The consumption of the Guan monks should have nothing to do with Yan Zhao, it should be either from the group in the east or among the group in the west, or..." he raised his hand and pointed to the sky.

As soon as he said this, Niu Youdao flashed a person in his mind, and secretly asked himself, is it him?

After pondering it, he asked: "If we continue like this, won't we be consuming our own strength?"

Gao Jiancheng smiled: "It's not about consumption, it's really not good, it's a big deal." For the nations, the land grabbing, while important, is not comparable to the balance of power. No matter how strong the monk is...", he raised his hand and pointed to the sky, "Can I control the world with those few people? I can't do much by myself, there must be someone below to do things." In the same way, this is the world of monks, but those who hold secular power in various countries also want to maintain their own right to speak, and if they keep their right to speak, they will protect their own interests. ”

"Dao Ye, for the worldly people who are in power, there can't be too many monks, once the flood reaches the point where they can control the corners and corners, what kind of voice do the secular rulers have to say? If you want to change whomever you want, even the emperor can change it, and you can't even bubble up with opposition, isn't the worldly ruler a lamb to the slaughter? If you can't keep even a little right to speak, to the worldly power, you are a slave, and no matter how big the territory is, it is someone else's, and you don't have the power to be the master at all, and you have to work tirelessly, is there any point in grabbing it?"

The words are so clear, Niu Youdao finally understands that for the imperial power of all countries, monks are always the greatest danger, and it is nonsense to pile up the crime on the head of King Ning alone.

On the other side, Gao Jiancheng shook some dry goods to himself when he met, and Niu Youdao had to admit that this trip was not in vain.

"Lord Gao, I don't care what the hell the countries are doing, I only know that if the Yan Kingdom lets them do this again, my Nanzhou will be in trouble sooner or later. Once Han and Song Dynasty entered the war, without the constraints of South Korea, the east of Zhao State would have no scruples, and Jinzhou, which was dependent on me, would be the first to be unlucky, and my Nanzhou would become the frontier between Yan and Zhao, completely exposed to the dog's teeth, and I could find fault at any time, and the border would drag down a lot of manpower, material and financial resources in my Nanzhou. Yan Guo is exhausted, South Korea can't spare his hands, and the ghost knows what Zhao Guoguo has done to my Nanzhou. Therefore, it is necessary to quell the civil strife as soon as possible and not give the Han and Song armies a chance to directly attack. Niu Youdao focused on the coffee table table with one index finger.

This time it was Gao Jiancheng's turn to smile bitterly, "Master Dao, you also think too highly of me, even if you throw my old bones out, you can't kill anyone, let alone scare anyone, how can I have the ability to calm down the civil strife, you are really embarrassing for me." ”

Niu Youdao: "You can't be leveled, I can be peaceful in Nanzhou, and now I have an excuse to send troops in the name of justice, and I am here for this matter." ”

A justifiable excuse for sending troops? Gao Jiancheng frowned slightly, his eyes moved treacherously, and he tried to ask: "Could it be that you want the imperial court to make an order?"

Niu Youdao bowed, "Lord Gao can guess it thoroughly, but this battle can't be done by my family, and the princes need to work together, and I want to unify the power of the Yan State's soldiers and horses." The rebels are raging, but that Shang Yongzhong is hiding in the capital and pretending to be dead, and the power of the Great Sima has also become an ornament, can Lord Gao be sure that His Majesty will give the power of the Great Sima to the King of Yongping County?"

"Ahh

He didn't know how to reply for a while, and after a while, he couldn't cry or laugh and said: "Dao Ye, with all due respect, the position of Da Sima, it is impossible for His Majesty to give it to anyone to the King of Yongping County, the reason must be clear to you, even if you can let Your Majesty who is forced by the three major factions to abdicate, even if the crown prince succeeds to the throne, it is impossible to agree to the three major factions to be handed over to the King of Yongping County." Master Dao, it's useless for me to open this, if you really dare to open this, I said it in the morning, and I have to prepare a coffin for the whole family in the afternoon!"

Niu Youdao: "With the ability of the tall man, there is really no way at all?" or in other words, can the tall man provide a possibility, I will figure out the way." ”

Gao Jiancheng waved his hands together, "There is absolutely no possibility of this matter, it involves the interests of too many people, and no one in the royalists will agree." Even if Dao Ye finds the three major factions, the three major factions will probably not open this mouth, once this mouth is opened, there is no need for other countries to attack, and the Yan Kingdom itself will have to be completely messed up. ”