The phoenix pattern is surging

[Xiping border city Juliang]

Su Mo stood on the tower with his hands down, the last ray of sunlight in the sky faded behind him, leaving only a vast expanse of space between the sky and the earth.

After a long silence, he asked without looking back: "Is the imperial decree sent back to the capital?"

"Return to Your Majesty, according to the messenger's report, it has been sent a few days ago."

Gong Huai'an answered carefully, the man in the yellow dragon robe of the Pearl of Nine Dragons Opera nodded indifferently, and after a moment of thought asked, "I heard that Ji Wenren is her confidant, what do you think?"

"What does your majesty mean?"

Gong Huaian pretended to be puzzled and asked, Su Mo smiled lightly, and said, "Tell me, how can I not understand your little thoughts? The reason why I entrusted her to manage the harem is because I trust her. I also believe that with her knowledge, she will definitely not do things that harm others."

"Your Majesty's words are very true! Very true! This servant deeply believes that your Majesty shares the same hatred with His Majesty, and will definitely not do anything against you."

Gong Huaian has lived in the palace for many years, how could he not understand the principle of flattery, Zhao Yan has the right to govern the harem, even if he is the chief servant, he dare not offend and cannot afford to offend.

Su Mo obviously had a feeling for this, and the other party's answer was within his expectations. He only heard him chuckle, and said half-truthfully: "It's just that you should understand that since I can give her authority, I can also give her authority." Take it back, if it really has something to do with her, then..."

These words were already talking to himself in the end, although Gong Huai'an didn't understand the inside story here, he could hear the last sentence clearly when he was close, and shrank his neck in fright, not daring to vent his breath, only bowed his head and kept silent Accompanied by the sound.

Su Mo thought for a long time, reached out and tapped on the handrail of the city wall, and murmured: "The day when the Yong'an Hall is reopened will be the time when the world will be unified. I hope that day will come sooner. It's better to win if you lose." Forget it, it’s the path I choose, and I have no complaints with others.”

"What's more, I will never lose, otherwise it would be a waste of all my preparations. I want to see who wins!"

On the city tower that year, the man with peach blossoms in his eyes was still an ambitious emperor, with the vast land under his feet, the distant sky in front of him, the universe in his hands, and a heart so proud that no one would be able to contaminate him.

[Danfeng Capital City Linyang]

Jiang Ming hadn't been seen for many days, but today he jumped out for the first time. After entering the palace, he didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly, "Do you know about my master?"

Li Ran raised his eyebrows, secretly guessing that your kid would come to ask, and said lightly, "Why don't you stay with Lin Zan?"

"Of course I have my reasons for coming here! Let me ask you, who is that person who has been by my master's side for the past few days?"

He looked nervous, and Li Ran scratched his eyebrows thoughtfully, then waved his hand, signaling him to come closer to listen, and the monkey cub leaned forward full of expectation.

After a while, a cry of pain came from the hall, and the monkey cub stroked his forehead and shouted accusingly, "It's still hitting! It used to be the back of the head, but now it's the forehead. How did I offend you?"

Li Ran snorted softly, and said, "I'm not doing business, I just want to pick on your master every day, so it's not too much to give you."

"you you you!"

"It's useless for you to ask me. If you want to know the truth, go directly to your master."

When the monkey heard this, his face collapsed, he sat down next to him, and said with a discouraged face: "Master is not in Linyang now, and went to Linxi with that guy."

Li Ran glanced at him sympathetically, and said, "I can't help you with this matter, you can find a way for yourself."

The monkey boy was silent, Li Ran stared at Meng Zhaokun's brochure for a while, but he didn't wait for the boy to speak for a long time, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. Looking sideways, he saw the monkey boy sitting on the side with his head bowed, silent, and the ground was wet one slice.

He sighed, patted the other person's shoulder reassuringly, and said: "Boy, don't be too persistent in being a human being. There is no grass in the end of the world. If there is no one, there will be another one. Why are you crying?"

He said this originally out of comfort, but he saw Jiang Ming wiped his face with his sleeve indiscriminately, and said in self-defeating, "Leave me alone, let me fend for myself!"

"You think I want to control you? Pick a place when you cry next time, don't come near me."

Suchababy!

While he was muttering, he shook his head, and the monkey cub threw a punch at him angrily, but he didn't even touch the corner of his clothes.

Just at this time, a deep shout came from outside the hall: "Jiang Ming!"

The monkey cub was shaken all over, Li Ran looked up and saw Jiang Jue standing at the entrance of the hall, his face sinking like water, he should have seen everything just now clearly from his posture.

In fact, Jiang Ming was only afraid of three people in his life, the first was his master Qu Lie, the second was his father who died young, and the third was naturally the angry-faced man at the gate of the hall.

Jiang Jue usually doesn't speak harsh words, but once he gets angry, the result will only make him unable to eat.

"If you don't stay in the pioneer camp, what are you doing here?" Jiang Jue asked in a deep voice as he walked, and the monkey cub said, "I'm not interested."

Jiang Jue snorted coldly, and shouted: "Nonsense! I used to indulge you because you were still young. Now it seems that you are really stubborn!"

"Brother Emperor?"

The monkey boy stared at him with wide round eyes, the tears on his face were still wet, Jiang Jue looked at him with a cold face, and said in a deep voice: "Leave back to Luocheng tomorrow."

"tomorrow?"

"Don't make me say it a second time."

The monkey cub stared at him dumbfounded, with an unbelievable expression on his face, he came back to his senses after a while, and said angrily: "It's hard for me to go out of Beijing, but I can't do anything, so I have to go back home, how can I have face?" Gain a foothold in the capital? Don’t come back! Don’t come back! Don’t come back even if you die!”

He was so aggressive, Li Ran watched from the side with only regret, Jiang Jue's complexion was getting worse, and he was about to get angry again, Li Ran couldn't see it, so he leaned over and whispered: "Forget it, he just happened to be rebellious at this age."

After finishing speaking, he raised his head and shouted, "Six!"

Xiao Liuzi was waiting outside the hall, but when he heard the call, he trotted into the hall, and was scared by the tense atmosphere inside, shrinking his neck.

Li Ran glanced at him and said, "Go, fetch a basin of water."

The kid responded with a thousand words, and came back with the washing things after a while, he didn't dare to glance at him, his expression was cautious and nervous.

Li Ran laughed secretly, and when he put down his things, he waved his hand to signal him to go down, the little six got permission, and fled away without a trace.

The monkey boy stood upright on the spot, with a look of unwillingness to show weakness, Li Ran stirred up the handkerchief and handed it over, saying: "Wipe it."

"Need not!"

Li Ran shook his head, threw the handkerchief on his hand with a snap, and said, "You kid is made of water? Shall you lose face?"

The monkey boy gave him a hard look, and Li Ran gritted his teeth secretly, thinking to himself that this time his kindness was really treated as a donkey's liver and lungs. There were very few times in his life when he was kind, but when he met someone who was ungrateful, it was really a bit awkward for a while. I can't laugh or cry.

Jiang Jue made up his mind, and waved his hand to signal him to go out. Li Ran didn't persuade him much, thinking to himself that if this kid was really obedient, he wouldn't be the monkey he knew.

At a stalemate, not knowing what to do, the messenger from the front line came into the hall, saying that General Pei had led the army to Linxi, and that General Pei was Chen Pei. Hearing this, the monkey cub gritted his teeth secretly and blocked Jiang It's not easy to have the tactic present.

Jiang Jue went to the outer hall to discuss matters, and the monkey boy just sat next to Li Ran to eat snacks with an angry expression on his face. While eating, he was picky and said, "This food is so sour, can you eat it?"

Li Ran pursed his lips and remained silent, too lazy to meddle with him, and just read the scriptures by himself.

The monkey cub was still crying just now, but now he is able to eat snacks with a relaxed expression on his face, and he doesn’t feel embarrassed when the other party shouldn’t answer him, so he continues: “You don’t feel tired from looking at that thing all day? What do you do anyway? With Brother Huang here, there will never be any trouble."

Li Ran gave him a sideways glance, and said, "I finally understand why your kid fell out of love."

Monkey Cub snorted coldly, curled his lips, and said, "Tell me."

"Don't always rely on others to be a human being, you are too old, learn from others, and be a little bit responsible."

"You said I didn't take responsibility?"

"What do you say?"

"..."

"Okay, I'm not hitting you, you can leave if you don't want to listen."

"You talk about yourself, I like to hear it or not."

Hou Zaizi looked like a young man, and his duplicity made Li Ran really want to kick him a few times. The two of them stayed relatively silent for a while, until Jiang Jue came back, and Hou Zaizi left.

Seven days later, Chen Pei rushed to Linxi with an army, and arrived before Ye Chu's army arrived, which greatly boosted Bei Ye's army.

In the early morning of the next day, Qu Lie sent a victory report, saying that the first battle had been won. After Jiang Jue received the news, he clapped his hands and got up from his seat.

Li Ran nodded and said: "Chen Pei is a talent, but it's a pity that he will be a man wearing a mask from now on, and he will be buried."

Jiang Jue didn't agree. After pondering for a moment, he took a deep look at him and said, "I understand what you mean, but now is not the time. I know what to do, and I will make arrangements."

Li Ran nodded, handed him the memorial in his hand, and said: "The notebook on Lao Meng said something about Xiang Hua, take a look."

Jiang Jue looked serious, and said: "Didn't it be agreed, you don't need to pay attention to these troublesome things, someone else will take care of them, the old man is so confused, he dared to lie behind my back!"

Li Ran curled his lips and explained: "You were not there when he came over, so I stopped by to check, it's not his fault."

"You... How many times have I told you, don't touch these things again, why don't you always listen?"

"Don't worry, I have a measure."

After such a few words of theory, Jiang Jue was worried, but he couldn't do anything to him, because Li Ran was always independent and rarely let people interfere in his affairs.

After a while, Ding Shun led old man Meng in. The old man saluted the two of them and said, "Your Majesty, the timber from Danfeng is already on the way, and there are also 12 people who are willing to go to my Beiye on the way. million people."

"How about Xiang Hua?"

"Thanks to His Highness's good idea, 180 million taels of disaster relief funds have been raised, part of which is used to purchase wood, part is used to purchase seeds and agricultural tools, part is used to pay the salaries of craftsmen, and the rest is used for emergencies .”

Meng Zhaokun was in high spirits, Jiang Jue looked at Li Ran in disbelief, and asked, "180 million taels? It's equivalent to one year's tribute silver from Nanliu. How did you do it?"

Li Ran looked at Meng Zhaokun with a smile, and said, "This is called making money properly."

Just as Jiang Jue was about to ask again, Meng Zhaokun couldn't restrain his excitement, and said in detail: "Return to your majesty, what your majesty teaches is the 'method of financial management and investment'."

"what?"

Jiang Jue raised his eyebrows, with a look of confusion on his face.

Meng Zhaokun explained with a smile: "This method is also simple. Although 180 million taels is not a small amount, it only needs to be collected bit by bit, so that the accumulation of small amounts will have the effect of water dripping through stone."

"Water drops through stone?"

The more Jiang Jue listened, the more suspicious he became. Meng Zhaokun clenched his fist and coughed, and said happily, "Your Highness's lottery method is really clever. It only took a few days to raise a lot of money."

"That's why everyone in Nanliu is rich."

"Lotto? Why have I never heard of this thing?"

"Hehe, it's normal that His Majesty hasn't heard about it. When I heard His Highness mention it that day, I didn't expect such a miraculous effect."

The old man had a look of admiration on his face, Li Ran laughed and said: "Okay, if you have any questions, please report them at any time. If I can help, I will help. If I can't, you can find a way yourself."

Meng Zhaokun respectfully agreed, but Jiang Jue was still in a daze. The two were too busy discussing the details to explain to him.

After the old man left, Jiang Jue came over with a flattering face and asked, "What is the lottery?"

Li Ran flipped through the information in his hand, and said, "It's nothing unusual, it's just gambling."

"gamble?"

"If you can win 1 taels of silver with six cents, would you take such a bargain?"

After saying this, Jiang Jue suddenly became enlightened.

"Will someone really win the lottery?"

Li Ran nodded and said, "Of course, this way they will believe and have the urge to 'donate money', won't they?"

After finishing his speech, he briefly introduced the inside story of this place. After hearing this, Jiang Jue just wanted to clap his hands and sigh.

"How much ability do you still have, I don't know?"

Li Ran laughed, reached out and patted his forehead, and said, "Look carefully, Kid."

The two of them were laughing and talking, the old mother came in with the washing utensils, and was about to wash Li Ran's face, Jiang Jue smiled and reached out to take it, saying: "Let me do it."

After finishing speaking, he acted in a decent manner. In terms of being considerate and thoughtful, compared with the old mother, it is naturally a lot of grades, but the most important thing is that he is caring, and he is extremely attentive. It took a long time to clean his face. effort.

Li Ran got a little impatient in the end, grabbed the brocade handkerchief in his hand and wiped it casually, his movements and elegance definitely couldn't be matched at all, seeing the old mother's face at a loss, but Jiang Jue didn't mind, and instead smiled She joked with him, "What a quick temper."

"It's you who are taking too long."

Li Ran answered him angrily, and Jiang Jue agreed with a good temper, then knelt down, held his feet in his hands, and said with some emotion: "It used to be like suet white jade, but now it's swollen like this." , is it difficult?"

"Just try it and you'll know."

"Just this once, I won't let you suffer again, I promise."

"What? Do you want another time?"

His words were threatening, so Jiang Jue naturally didn't dare to touch the bad luck, coaxed him with nice words, sprinkled water on his instep, and asked while pinching him, "Is it comfortable?"

Li Ran didn't answer, he only leaned on the head of the bed with one hand resting on his forehead, his eyes were slightly squinted, and his face was stretched. Jiang Jue lowered his head and worked quietly and seriously. good.

The old mother saw the situation of the two of them in her eyes, and retreated lightly. When she left the hall, she couldn't help but look back again, her eyes were full of relief.