This barbecue stick was sharpened from a tree branch, and Chang Yu was sitting next to him less than half a step away and talking, so his sudden move was unavoidable and inevitable.
At this moment, Su Jing took action, and with a flash of sword light, the stick less than a foot away from Chang Yu's neck was opened with a sword. Then Gu Junen screamed, and his palm was pierced by a sharp arrow, and blood spattered everywhere, and almost at the same time
Wang Zhengnan and the Chen brothers had their knives on Gu Junen's neck, making him unable to move.
But Chang Yu didn't even blink.
"Why are you doing this?" Chang Yu waved his hand. Wang Zhengnan and others removed the knife from Gu Junen's neck. Li Yan hurriedly came over to take out the wound medicine and apply it on him: "Sir, why bother..."
"You, you don't have to be pretentious!" Gu Junen snorted coldly, and Li Yan smiled bitterly: "Sir, these words are hurtful. When I was in the bandit army, Yan Duo received Mr. Yan's teachings. You and I are both teachers and friends. Yan has always respected Mr. Yan, although we are different now.
For its master, Danyan..."
"Stop talking!" Gu Junen suddenly burst into tears and cried like rain: "What on earth are we scholars doing!"
Li Yan was silent.
Chang Yu sighed, stood up and walked to the door of the thatched hut, looking at the snowy sky: "For their own sake, scholars want to gain fame and gain a bright future in officialdom. However, there are countless down-and-out scholars at this time.
Some have plummeted, just like their lives have bowed, and some have found another way, like the two of them..."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Gu Jun'en and said: "Sir, you have always said that the governor is hypocritical. In fact, you are not the same. As a scholar, you always want a good reputation. There is a clear way in front of you, but you are worried about other people's nonsense.
You have lost the character of a scholar. You want to be a loyal minister and not serve the two masters, right? But you have become a thief and you still care about your reputation? Now, if you serve the two masters, it is a good story of abandoning the secret and turning to the light."
After a while, Gu Junen asked in a deep voice: "What use do I have for you?"
"The thief has been successful for more than ten years. He has some skills, but it is not all his skills. Such a big stall cannot be without counselors such as you. Niu Jinxing is treacherous and narrow-minded, and he must be punished. Song Dizizi was born as a charlatan and treacherous man. Neither of them are worse than me. Neither of them is as good as this governor. Although General Li and Mr. Li are in the mud, they are not stained. Now the court is facing the wind. It is the time to employ people. Does Mr. Gu really have no intention of courting?"
Li Yan accompanied Gu Junen down the cliff and back to the temple to rest. They must have a lot to talk about and resolve their knots. Chang Yu was chewing slowly in the hut, and Zhu Cihong whispered beside him: "This Gu Junen
Are there really great talents available?"
"Although I don't have generals, I do have strategists. What I lack most right now is counselors. Besides, even if they don't have great talents, they are better than nothing. More importantly, they can cut off one of the intruder's hands!"
"The thieves have gathered millions of thieves, and there are many capable people from three religions and nine schools. Gu Junen can stand out and become one of his four great Vajra counselors. He must have outstanding talents." Zhu Cixiang thought for a moment and then said: "Aren't you afraid that he will pretend to surrender? He looked very good just now.
Reluctantly".
Chang Yu smiled: "All scholars are like this. They have to make memorials and erect memorial arches at the same time. This is called doing and erecting at the same time. It's just a pretense. It's just for fear that others will say that he has no character. Who can enter the court and become an official and shine on the lintel?
I am willing to be a thief, but I am just playing hard to get. The assassination of me just now was done deliberately to show his loyalty. To put it simply, some people's original intention of becoming a thief is to be recruited, but when you recruit him, he has to be pretentious."
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"Why do I feel like those censors who take pride in scolding the emperor and getting beaten?" Zhu Cihong laughed, and Chang Yu couldn't help laughing: "No, civil servants and scholars are all so pissy."
"With this pretentiousness, I know he is not as good as Li Yan." Zhu Cixi curled his lips, Chang Yu smiled and said nothing. At this moment, several guards came over carrying two jars of wine, and Lao Jiu and Jia Waixiong took a look.
Immediately he became unhappy and said, "Why are the two jars not enough to rinse your mouth? You, the Governor, are just sending beggars away."
Chang Yu also wondered: "How can you be so stingy when I ask you to buy some food and drinks?"
The guards had a wry smile on their faces: "Master Governor, it's definitely not that my subordinates are incompetent, but in fact they are powerless. Pingyang Mansion prohibits alcohol, so you can't buy it at all..."
Several people explained in detail that it turned out that the first thing Zhao Jianji made when he took office was the prohibition on alcohol, which was strictly prohibited regardless of whether it was public or private. Wine making, buying and selling transactions were found to be jailed and severely punished. The purpose was to save food. Although
People in the northwest love to drink Shaodaozi. This kind of wine is mostly brewed from sorghum, wheat bran, grain bran and other materials. It is not a real food. But in this famine year, there is no tree bark to eat. Those who can eat sorghum rice are rich people.
People are here.
The prohibition on alcohol had just been promulgated, so the Yamen naturally wanted to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. The owners of those workshops knew this, so no one wanted to do that. For a while, there was no wine to buy in Linfen City.
A few guards who went down the mountain to buy wine walked around the city, but they were turned away everywhere. The shops and workshops thought they were government officials who came to fish and enforce the law. Not to mention the wine, they didn't even have a hair on their head.
As a last resort, several people went to the Yamen to reveal their identity to Zhao Jianji, saying that the governor had captured the leader of the thieves, Gu Junen, and wanted to celebrate their success with Lao Jia and others and get some wine.
When Zhao Jianji heard this, he felt that he had to do it because of his emotions and reasons, so he went to the homes of several wealthy gentry in the city to ask for it. After going around in a circle, he got two jars of wine, because some people thought that he was deliberately testing, and even if he had
I dare not say that there is, let alone some people who really don’t have it.
"The dignity of the magistrate is only worth two jars. I can't believe that there are only two jars of wine in Pingyang Mansion. Not to mention those private wine workshops, even that rich gentleman's family does not have a wine cellar," Lao Jiu cursed.
"Although it is not really two jars, I think there is not much left." Chang Yu said one sentence, and everyone understood that the traitor army passed through the border, how could the wealthy gentry family survive, and the famine year just after the military disaster would indeed not lead to
There are too many, and now that there is a prohibition on alcohol and no one can make wine or buy and sell it, wine will inevitably become more expensive and people will not be able to keep some.
"Zhao Jianji has ruined the golden jobs of many people. The weather in the five northwest provinces is cold, soju is popular, and there are many private wine shops. This ban, hehe..." Chang Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "But it should be banned.
Yes, it’s just that profits from drinking are unstoppable. Once the news is over, there will be many people doing this business secretly. After all, for many people, they can skip food, but they can’t skip drinking wine, right?"
Look at Lao Jiu and Jia Waixiong.
The two of them laughed ghostly, each holding a jar of wine and leaving the hut to greet their men to eat and drink.
Although there were only two jars of wine, there were indeed a lot of dishes, and there was even a roasted goat. Dozens of people gathered around, drinking and eating meat with their heads above the wind and snow. Everyone looked beaming with joy. Chang Yu looked very pleased and said to Zhu Cihong
: "If you go and toast me with a drink, they are willing to go to the mountains of swords and the sea of fire for you."
Zhu Cixiang reacted instantly and walked over hurriedly. Kunxing sighed behind Chang Yu: "To be honest, you are really good at buying people's hearts. No wonder all your subordinates are obedient to you."
"You may talk about recruiting or buying, but I think people's hearts change people's hearts. If you are good to others, others will naturally be good to you. Otherwise, why do you think they should work hard for your family?" Chang Yu sighed softly:
"There are a lot of white-eyed wolves at this time, but there are still many people with conscience, especially the soldiers at the bottom. Sometimes they will really sacrifice their lives for your words or small actions."
Kun Xing nodded: "Can I go and have a toast too?"
Chang Yu shook his head: "That's Shao Daozi. You can't drink it. You can use tea instead of wine. If your brother goes, they will be willing to go up the mountain of knives and into the sea of fire. If you go, they will hand over their lives."
Kun Xing went there with Lian Xin carrying a teapot and a tea cup. Lao Jiu and Lao Jia's dozens of brothers were immediately excited. The prince and princess came to celebrate their achievements and toast with them. This is a supreme honor and a royal honor.
In response to their recognition and encouragement, some people were so excited that they burst into tears.
"These men can wield swords and swords without even frowning, but now they all look like women." Chang Yu looked at them and chuckled. Wang Zhengnan sighed and said nothing, and a pure and cold voice came from behind: "Hypocritical."
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I don’t know if I’m talking about the prince brothers and sisters or those rough guys.
In the evening, dozens of people, including Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu, staggered down the mountain. They said they were going to comfort the brothers who were in the Confucius Temple for Chang Yu. Of course Chang Yu knew that they were going to the city to meet prostitutes, so he followed suit.
As long as they don't disturb the people, he always turns a blind eye to eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling.
Kun Xing was still unwilling to go down, and even said he would sleep on the cliff for the night. Chang Yu smiled and said, "You will be frozen into popsicles by tomorrow morning." Kun Xing said, "Then we can go down later."
He said: "I'm used to going out with you, but I actually like this feeling of sleeping in the open air. I'm afraid I'll be suffocated to death after I return to the palace."
Sujing added: "Since you like it so much, how about I take you to wander around for a few days and live a real life of sleeping in the open air?".
Kun Xing stopped talking.
No one dared to laugh, they were almost hurt inside.
Before dark, Li Yan went up to the cliff again and told Chang Yu that Gu Junen told him that the person who committed the crime in Xiangning County was a gangster, known as the Five Chiefs.
Each person commits crimes according to his own side, with the intention of disturbing the judgment of the officers and soldiers. He has a kind of bandit under his command, and he was the one who led the attack on Chang Yu in Fengpo Mountain.
"Don't say he has five heads. He has five heads. I will chop them off!" Chang Yu stretched his muscles and said: "You can see the sky by opening a window. Now my eyes are not black.
Let’s have a good chat with Gu Junen tonight and dig a hole for this top five player. This will be Gu Junen’s vote.”