Zhu Nao

"It's back, it's back!"

You Gan was waiting for news in the yard, when he heard the shouts outside, he couldn't wait to get up and run outside.

After a while, the person he sent out to inquire about the news came in.

"Treasurer You," the man couldn't wait to explain before he could catch his breath, "Jin Min went to the government today, and the common people smashed him at the gate of the government!"

You Gan was surprised: "Really?"

"Really!" the man said, "They were smashed to the ground, and the common people shouted for them to get out!"

Thinking of Jin Min and the others' distressed appearance, You Gan felt both sympathetic and gloating.Previously, Jin Min and the others threatened Guanzhong merchants not to cooperate with Shu merchants, but now they have retaliated.

You Gan asked again: "Then did they go to the government to talk today?"

The person who inquired about the news nodded repeatedly: "Go in. They entered the government office and had a big fight with Fei Fuyin. Fei Fuyin refused to compromise, Jin Min and the others turned away on the spot! Now Fei Fuyin has issued an order, Let the army step up training, all officials are ready to face the battle."

Yugan couldn't help shaking his head.The trick that Zhu Nao came up with was indeed a bit ruthless, but now that there are many heroes competing for the throne, kindness and soft hands cannot be the foundation of standing.Once Fei Cen and Xie Wuji go to war and Guanzhong is in chaos, it will be a good time for them to fish in troubled waters.

You Gan didn't know how much Zhu Nao had prepared to wait, so he hurriedly recruited the person in charge of sending the message, and ordered: "Go to Xiao Qin, report today's news to the boss, and ask him to instruct us what to do next. "

The messenger got the order and immediately went out to report the letter.

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Xie Wuji took Wu Cong into the teahouse, and saw that the teahouse was crowded with people and it was very lively.

The waiter in the teahouse greeted him: "You two guests, do you want to sit in the private room or in the hall?"

Wu Cong looked at Xie Wuji.Xie Wuji didn't answer, his eyes wandered around the noisy lobby.

Seeing that they didn't intend to go upstairs, the waiter hurriedly said: "There are so many guests now that there are no empty tables in the hall. If the two guests want to sit in the hall, are you willing to share the table with others?"

Xie Wuji was still scanning.After a while, his eyes stopped somewhere.Wu Cong hurriedly followed his gaze.I saw two people sitting at a table not far away, one was a handsome young man, the other was a tall boy, who else was it if they were not the person they met here?

In fact, Wu Cong had already guessed Xie Wuji's intentions before he came out.Talented people are hard to find in this world, and there are not many people who study, and even Confucian scholars are dull and shallow.Occasionally meet a sensible person, if you miss it like this, you will inevitably feel regretful.Now that they are all leaving, if they can recruit this person back, it is not a waste of time to visit Jingzhao Mansion.

They were just trying their luck, but they didn't expect to meet them.Wu Cong thought: It seems that there is some fate between them and that young man.

Sure enough, Xie Wuji looked in the direction of that table and said: "I want to sit at that table."

The waiter hurriedly said: "Okay, wait a moment, guest officer, I'll go ask first."

After a while, the clerk came back: "The guests at that table said that there is no problem, the two guests go over and sit down."

Xie Wuji and Wu Cong strode towards the table.

The teahouse business has always been lively, and there are not a few people who share tables and seats.Many people even come to teahouses to drink tea just to make friends.No one will feel that there is a difference in the table sharing.

Xie Wuji and Wu Cong had just taken their seats, before they could think of anything to say, the young man opened his mouth in a very friendly manner: "You two look familiar, have we met somewhere?"

Wu Cong hurriedly said: "A few days ago we came here to drink tea. At that time, the two brothers were sitting not far away. We did meet once. Do you remember?" where they sit.

The young man thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Remember, remember."

Wu Cong also laughed.With Xie Wuji's appearance, it's really not easy for people to forget after seeing him.He approached and said: "We can meet again today, it seems that we are quite destined."

After a while, the waiter in the teahouse brought over the tea and snacks ordered by Xie Wuji and Wu Cong.

Wu Cong hurriedly pushed the snacks to the middle of the table, motioning for everyone to eat together.He asked: "I don't know how to call the two brothers?"

The young man replied kindly, "My surname is Jia, and I have two names, one Zhen."

The young man said very little, so he replied at this time: "My name is Cheng Shiba."

Wu Cong's eyes flicked back and forth between Jia Yizhen and Cheng Shiba.In fact, it can be seen from the way they are dressed that this Jia Yizhen is probably a son of a wealthy family, and Cheng Shiba is probably his schoolboy or bodyguard.

The other party had already reported his name, and Wu Cong also hurriedly introduced himself: "My name is A Cong, and this is my elder brother." It was inconvenient for him to give Xie Wuji's name, so he set his sights on Xie Wuji.

Xie Wuji had no expression on his face, but his gaze fell on the young man named Jia Yizhen, and he said slowly: "My surname is Wu. The single name is Yigui."

Wu Cong was taken aback.

Jia Yizhen was also slightly taken aback, and asked, "I don't know which word 'regret' is it?" Thinking of what she said last time, she asked curiously, "Could it be the obscurity of 'Under righteousness, it is inevitable that there will be obscurity'?"

Xie Wuji said: "No. It's the regret of acting without regret."

Jia Yizhen understood, and smiled playfully: "Oh~"

Xie Wuji was already preparing to leave Jingzhao Mansion, even the horses were ready, so he didn't bother to procrastinate at this time.He didn't make any detours, and directly cut into the topic: "I don't know how to interpret Jia Xiong's words?"

"Which sentence?" Jia Yizhen asked, "'Under righteousness, it is inevitable that there will be darkness'?"

Xie Wuji nodded.

Jia Yizhen took a sip of the tea on the table, said calmly, "Actually, I don't know General Xie, I don't know what kind of person he is, let alone what kind of temperament he is. I am full of nonsense, if I have a different opinion from my brother , Brother, don’t take it to heart.”

Xie Wuji frowned.

Seeing that Jia Yizhen refused to speak, Wu Cong knew that Jia Yizhen had scruples.Now everyone knows that there is an envoy sent by Xie Wuji in the city, last time the people at the table also ran away in the middle of saying this because of taboo.So he quickly smoothed things over: "Brother Jia, you don't have to..."

Before he finished speaking, Xie Wuji interrupted him: "I just want to hear Brother Jia's nonsense."

Wu Cong: "..."

He shut up in embarrassment, and simply didn't interrupt.

Since Xie Wuji said so, the young man named Jia Yizhen is not shy.He laughed and said: "It's really nothing. I believe that General Xie is a righteous person, but he is in his position and responsible for his duties. It is inevitable that there will be some...a lot of times when he can't help himself. That's why I said 'Yes' dark'."

Wu Cong was stunned.Last time, he felt that this young man saw things clearly, but after these few words today, he realized how transparent he was!This truth is not very deep, but others always look at the moon through the curtain and the flowers through the water. No one can truly understand the difficulties of others, but they always talk sarcasticly on the sidelines.How many people can know that once a person is in a position, the things in the world are no longer what they want to do or don't want to do, but what they can't do or what they have to do.Xie Wuji has many criticisms, how many of them are unavoidable?

Xie Wuji looked at the young man steadily.

After a long time, he suddenly asked, "Who are you?"

The young man hadn't reacted yet, but the boy named Cheng Shiba suddenly became alert.Xie Wuji and Wu Cong were keenly aware of the change in his eyes, and immediately cast their gazes at him.

Cheng Shiba warned: "Who are you? Why do you keep interrogating my young master?"

Wu Cong was slightly taken aback, thinking that this young man is very protective of the Lord.He also thanked Wuji for being too blunt when asking questions, and it was inevitable that others would be wary.

Xie Wuji also withdrew his gaze, and said calmly: "I don't mean to offend, I just think that Mr. Jia has profound knowledge, if he has not read thousands of volumes, he will have rich experience, so I have this question."

Jia Yizhen smiled and said, "I'm just a businessman." The implication was that she didn't intend to reveal her family background.

After all, it was a chance meeting in a teahouse, which is also human nature.Wu Cong was thinking whether to get some general information about this person first, and send another person to investigate in detail another day. After all, Xie Wuji wanted to recruit talents, and he couldn't accept people with unknown backgrounds.

Xie Wuji had already skipped this point, and continued to ask: "According to Brother Jia, if Xie Wuji wants to achieve great things, what should he do?"

Wu Cong quickly shut his mouth again.It seems that Xie Wuji intends to test the depth of this person first, and if he has something to say, he will continue to consider the matter of recruiting.

Jia Yizhen played with the teacup and said, "Brother Wu, don't you ask me how General Xie should act if he wants to be innocent?"

Xie Wuji didn't take it seriously: "How about obscurity? How about no obscurity? Life is alive..." The point is over, no more words.

Jia Yizhen nodded, laughed again, and poured tea for herself unhurriedly.

Wu Cong didn't know what he was laughing at, and waited for his answer with bated breath.

After a while, Jia Yizhen finally said, "In my humble opinion, General Xie chose the wrong path. If he insists on going on, he may not be able to go far."

"What?!" Wu Cong blurted out instantly.He was really looking forward to what this person would say, after all, listening to this person's previous words, he seemed to appreciate Xie Wuji.Never thought that this person would utter such wild words!His goodwill towards this man disappeared in an instant.

Xie Wuji didn't get angry, he stared at Jia Yizhen with a fixed gaze: "Where is the mistake?"

Jia Yizhen said leisurely: "Stop war with war, there will never be peace."

Wu Cong frowned.He previously thought that Jia Yizhen was a rare person who could see things clearly, but it turned out that he was wrong.Those two sentences are downright sarcastic.

Although Xie Wuji fought everywhere to quell the chaos, he was not a brutal warrior who only knew how to fight.Whenever he went to a place, the first thing he did was to find the officials of the government and order them to manage them well.But those officials are more useless than the other, and they can't find outstanding talents. Is this also their fault?

But Jia Yizhen hadn't finished speaking yet. He raised his eyes, glanced at Wu Cong with a smile, and then looked at Xie Wuji: "I don't know if General Xie knows one thing—the troubled times are not about to end. ,beginning."

Wu Cong was stunned.

Xie Wuji didn't speak for a long time, staring straight at Jia Yizhen.Jia Yizhen was not afraid, and looked at him calmly.

The teahouse was still very lively, but this table suddenly fell silent, as if isolated from the world.

After an unknown amount of time, Xie Wuji said again: "Brother Jia."

"Ok?"

Xie Wuji calmly said: "I have a friend who is working in the Xie family's army, and I heard that the Xie family's army is recruiting talents from all over the world. Brother Jia has seen many people, do you have the ambition to serve in the army?"

Wu Cong was taken aback.He actually didn't understand the meaning of Jia Yizhen's words just now, and felt that this person's nonsense was very annoying.Does Xie Wuji think he is right? !

But no matter what, they don't know the details of Jia Yizhen's background, so Xie Wuji was too eager to recruit her.He has always acted calmly, how could he be like this?

Before Wu Cong could figure it out, Xie Wuji's rare impulse was ruthlessly rejected.

Jia Yizhen smiled and said, "Brother Wu's kindness is appreciated by me, but my business is doing very well right now, so forget it."

Xie Wuji asked: "How good is it?"

Jia Yizhen thought for a while, then said modestly: "You earn a little more than General Xie. Then... eat better than General Xie, and dress warmer than General Xie."

Xie Wuji, Wu Cong: "..."

The two were suddenly speechless.In fact, it is not unusual for a businessman to earn more than Xie Wuji, not to mention that Xie Wuji... is actually very poor... Xie Wuji really can't offer him a high salary for a while, and he can only use other conditions to attract him.But the way this man talks shows that he values ​​money more than anything else.

After a moment of stalemate between the two sides, Jia Yizhen glanced outside the door and said, "It's getting late, I should go back."

Xie Wuji still didn't give up his desire to attract people, he said: "Brother Jia and I hit it off right away, can you tell me your address, I want to visit someday."

Jia Yizhen said, "Wending Lane."

Xie Wuji wrote it down and said: "There will be a period later."

Jia Yizhen glanced at him, and the corners of her mouth curled up: "There will be a period later."

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After the two left, Xie Wuji and Wu Cong naturally did not stay in the teahouse.They went back to pack their things and prepared to leave Guanzhong and return to Yanzhou to prepare for the war.

After leaving the teahouse, Wu Cong asked: "Brother, what did that person mean just now? What do you mean the troubled times have just begun?"

Of course he understood the literal meaning, but what he didn't understand was that Jia Yizhen said that Xie Wuji had gone the wrong way, and that the troubled times had just begun.What's the connection?

Xie Wuji said in a low voice: "He meant that I was too impatient."

Wu Cong was at a loss: "Huh?"

Xie Wuji did not explain again.

In the past two or three years, every inch of his territory, every soldier he has, will increase his involuntary power.It is difficult to explain the involvement of this to others. Even he himself took a long time to sort out the relationship between his past deeds and today's gains and losses, and there are even many things that he can't figure out.

The city he conquered was destroyed again, and the disaster he suppressed resurfaced again. Is it because of his poor employment?Is it because of his lack of staff?Or is it because of his unpopularity?

Maybe neither.It was he who went the wrong way.It's not that he doesn't know that the world wants to rule the world, but his practice has always been to put down the chaos first, and then slowly govern.But the chaos is always unsettled, one wave after another, coming and going, over and over again, and it will never end.

As that person said, the troubled times are not coming to an end, but just beginning.It can be said to be in a sentence.If this troubled world is to be quelled by force, perhaps the only way is to smash the world to pieces until no one is strong enough to fight back.

And if you don't go this way...

Xie Wuji murmured: "Wenzhiwugong......"

Wu Cong said: "What?"

Xie Wuji laughed at himself.

As the old saying goes, culture governs martial arts, not martial arts.Is it because martial arts precedes martial arts?

For a moment, Xie Wuji didn't want to go back to Yanzhou.He wanted to go to Wending Lane and talk to that young man named Jia Yizhen all night long.But there is not much time now, if he delays any longer, he will not be able to catch up with the beginning of spring when he enters Guanzhong to set up troops to farm.The rations of the [-] troops are a top priority, no matter whether they are going the right way or wrong way, there is no room for him to stop.

Xie Wuji quickened his pace and walked back, and Wu Cong followed quickly.

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You Gan was looking at the account book in the room, when his subordinates suddenly came to report: "Shopkeeper, Xiao Qin is here." Xiao Qin is the boy Zhu Nao specially arranged to communicate with them.

You Gan hurriedly said, "Quick, let him in."

After a while, Xiao Qin entered the room, and You Gan couldn't wait to ask: "What instructions does the master have?"

Jin Min and Fei Cen are completely deadlocked, and the war is imminent.As long as they add fuel to the fire, it will be settled.

Xiao Qin said: "Young Master said, let you go to Vice Captain Jin immediately."

You Gan thought that Xiao Qin had made a mistake, and said with a smile, "Who are you looking for? You mean Fei Fu Yin, right? At this time, I sent him to Jin Min, and he won't beat me up?"

Xiao Qin shook his head: "Young master is telling you to find Deputy Captain Jin."

"Ah?" You Gan was stunned, "What am I looking for?"

Xiao Qin said: "Discuss with him about joining forces."

You Gan: "..."

team up? ?With Jin Min? ? ?

They finally made a fool of Xie Wuji, and now they suddenly want to join forces with them? ? ?

This world has changed too fast...

Seeing that You Gan was in a daze, Xiao Qin couldn't help asking, "Young Master You?"

You Gan stood up and said with a dry smile, "While telling me what the boss wants me to talk about, accompany me to find a helmet that can carry you..."

Xiao Qin: "..."