"It was a military attache who took refuge before. It was too obvious and I rejected him."
"Now we are serving the country and the people. It is not just a gentleman who can bully others. It is simply tied to the life of a benevolent and righteous man."
"If you find something that serves the country and the people but contains traps, whether you do it or not is because your selfishness is greater than the country's."
"Hehe, this kind of ghost land is full of intrigues, insinuations, slander, and stealing. Fortunately, I have reached level 8 and can barely see through it."
"No, it's better to remain silent than to say anything. I can't see through the fog yet, and anything I say may become an excuse. I have to upgrade quickly."
"If I can upgrade to level 17 in the way of government, no, even if it's level 15, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide anything."
The urgent idea of upgrading arose in his heart, and Su Ziji smiled gently: "What the Governor said is true, but I don't have a title yet, so I can't promise it, but it will be beneficial to open the sea. If it is possible in the future, let's talk about it."
"In that case, I won't bother Mr. Su." With such a heavy rain, it was really not suitable to continue talking. Not getting Su Ziji's promise made Admiral Rui Xin a little disappointed, so he bowed his hand to him and left.
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Su Ziji watched his figure walking away, and when he heard the soldiers asking if he wanted to go back to the ship, he nodded and returned to his official ship.
As soon as he got on the boat, he saw that Cen Rubai was about to come down to find someone. Seeing him coming back, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sir, the autumn rain is already cold. You were caught in the rain outside. You'd better change your clothes quickly and drink some more."
Ginger soup.”
As he spoke, he had already ordered these things to be prepared.
Su Ziji was a little helpless, but looking at Cen Rubai's worried look, he could only nod: "Okay, let me change my clothes."
When I entered my cabin, before I had time to change my clothes, a fox pounced on me.
Su Ziji hurriedly reached out to pick it up and took it in his hand. He found that it was still much lighter than before, so he weighed it and said, "Xiao Bai, I've eaten a lot of chicken for you two these days, why are you still so thin?
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The little fox chirped twice, as if arguing. Su Ziji didn't ask what it was talking about. He touched its head again and said to it: "I want to change clothes, please wait for me outside."
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"Chirp!" The little fox was shy and jumped out of Su Ziji's arms and ran out.
Shaking his head again, Su Ziji took off his robe and replaced it with a dry robe that had been placed on the table.
Because the soldier carried an umbrella and walked from the dock to the boat, he only got wet at the corners, not soaked. But he changed into dry clothes and felt comfortable.
When he walked out of his cabin and arrived at the flower hall, Cen Rubai had prepared ginger soup. It seemed that he could not escape no matter what, so Su Ziji could only take the ginger soup from Cen Rubai himself and drink it in a bowl.
"Zhang Sui hasn't come back yet?" Su Ziji put down the bowl and asked.
Cen Rubai asked someone to put the bowl away, and then said: "This time when entering the sea, you still need to prepare in advance. You may not be able to rest assured about the things purchased by others. Zhang Sui is still one of his own, so he can watch it to avoid anyone tampering with it.
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Even though he followed the imperial envoy's official ship and feared that few people would dare to interfere, Zhang Sui still felt uneasy when purchasing things from outside.
Su Ziji also understood the tension and anxiety of the two men, nodded and said nothing more.
Cen Rubai sighed again: "Your safety is the first priority. Looking at it now, it seems that everything is calm and nothing happened. But how do you know that there is not an undercurrent surging and it could explode at any time?"
"You have too few personal guards at your side now. I have already sent a letter to Zeng Nianzhen. After he receives it, he will travel day and night to find you. As long as he comes, you will have one more general, and you don't have to be like now.
In this way, there is a shortage of manpower."
After all the calculations, there are only a few people in Su Ziji, Ye Taoist, Jian Qu, and Cen Rubai. These three people can still be trusted. Zhang Sui is still under investigation.
But none of these four people were warriors. If something happened, except for a few soldiers, only Su Ziji would go up on his own.
Even if Su Ziji is very strong, he can only deal with it by himself when encountering problems, which is not possible.
Nowadays, the truly high-ranking military attache, Su Zi, who is the quasi-emperor's grandson, cannot personally conquer them. If they come into contact with each other too much, they will arouse the emperor's suspicion.
Looking at it this way, only people like Zeng Nianzhen, who was once a military attaché of the East Palace and now lives in the world, will not be too suspicious of the emperor, whether he is recruited as a bodyguard or reused in the future.
After all, there is a place of friendship and friendship in the past, and it is perfectly normal for others to give in and accept by oneself based on emotion and reason.
The most important thing is, how many people is Zeng Nianzhen now?
Su Ziji also thought about whether Zeng Nian was really like Cen Rubai, a former member of the East Palace. When he heard this, he was really happy and said: "When Mr. Zeng left, I was very reluctant to let him go. Now that he can come back again, he will do everything for me."
I am happy to use it."
"Yes, in addition to martial arts, Zeng Nianzhen can also train soldiers. He also has a group of brothers. Although they are not of much use now, they can be used to build a team for the master first."
"At least if there is an assassination in the future, I don't need to worry about it."
Su Ziji nodded and smiled to himself. This was about Zhang Sui again. Who told him to be so frightened that he ran away immediately?
"My lord!" He said it too late, but soon after, Zhang Sui just came back and reported back to Su Ziji: "My lord, according to your instructions, all the purchased items have been put into the ship's warehouse."
"My Lord, please take stock... Lord, did I do anything wrong?"
"Nothing, you did a good job." Su Ziji suppressed a smile. At this time, the boat moved and he had already set off to sea. Looking at the scenery outside, he thought of the Navy Admiral Rui Xin just now.
"One wrong step, one wrong step, who is Ruixin?"
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The window on the third floor was open, watching the fleet going out to sea from a distance, and the soldiers reported: "Captain, someone wants to see you."
Rui Xin was not surprised and said, "Invite him over."
A man wearing a bamboo hat entered the steps. Seeing Rui Xin standing at the window looking out, the man stepped forward and called out: "Admiral."
"You came too soon." Rui Xin turned around, looked at the visitor, and chuckled.
"We can't delay doing errands." The man in the bamboo hat said. Although Ruixin waved people away, there were only two people left on the third floor at this time, but this person still kept his head hidden and is still wearing a bamboo hat to this day.
Rui Xin sighed: "I have carefully advised Su Ziji about opening the sea, but Su Ziji clearly had his intention and still refused."
"You didn't even make a promise?" the man in the hat asked.
Rui Xin shook his head: "No, I just said we might talk about it in the future."
This was the same as not saying anything. It was not a promise at all. The visitor was silent for a long time and then said sharply: "It seems that you are really cautious!"
Then he said: "In that case, I won't bother you, sir."
"Please!" Rui Xin raised his head and said calmly. Seeing the man in the bamboo hat leaving, he sighed for a long time: "It's a pity that if we can open a sea ban, even if you fall into the trap and die, it will be beneficial to the country and the people."
He was very upset in his heart, why do so many people in the world refuse to sacrifice themselves for their country even though they can?