Chapter 307 – Two People Supporting the Dragon

Xu Fengyen is a person to return to Qingliang Mountain, Jiang Nai went to Wudang Mountain, said to miss the vegetable garden there, while there are still some spring rains, if you do not plant something will be too late. Probably thought Xu Fengyen will fold to go outside the Liangzhou pass refused to go to the north city, Xu Weixiong special let whisk water room to give him a “letter home”, meaning is very simple and clear, no matter how urgent the military affairs outside the pass, you Xu Fengyen must return to a trip to Qingliang Mountain, this matter is not negotiable. Xu Fengyen can not laugh and cry, of course, understand the second sister’s good intentions, is afraid that he is because of the cause of the small mud people back in the hearts of the ghosts do not dare to go to see the Wutong courtyard of the Lu Cheng Yan, the official recognition of the North Liang Road, the main consort. In fact, Xu Fengyen does not have the idea of “avoiding debt”, some words do not say is a knot in the heart, say open heart there is a scar, the two may not be good or bad, but Xu Fengyen in the first time to leave Beiliang, has already thought about how to face Lu Chenyan, not to say what you Lu Chenyan will still be Beiliang’s main consort, but three words. When Xu Fengyen walked out of Wutong courtyard with her and walked to the lake pavilion of Hearing Tide Lake, when she heard those three words, she smiled serenely and gently threw a handful of bait into the lake. Then that young vassal king who was not afraid of Wang Xianzhi or the Liyang monarch or the Northern Mang army, Xu Fengnian who was not afraid of the sky or the earth and even dared to kill immortals, sat beside her with a slight sense of consternation. Lu Shengyan did not speak, he did not know what to say, two young tiger kui without eyesight desperately rubbing against him, Xu Fengyen glared fiercely, the two poor “little guy” immediately ran out of the pavilion in fear, but also can not leave, so they can only lie down on the bottom of the steps to sunbathe lazily, waiting for their masters to return to their hearts.

Fortunately, Song Yu, the steward of the royal residence, helped the king of Northern Liang to solve the problem, saying that Song Dongming, the Deputy Secretary of Strategy, had something important to discuss. Xu Fengyen was relieved and said goodbye, Lu Chengyan got up to see him off, softly said the king you turn back to write a spring couplet, find someone to send to the Wudang Mountain, do not say sorry, really do not have to. Xu Fengyen wanted to say something, then smiled, probably this is the flavor of the family. He insisted on sending her back to the Wutong courtyard, along the way casually asked some of the old man Lu Dongjiang things, Lu Chenyan seems to have opened up, for this and her already father-daughter relationship with the new governor of Liangzhou, neither in the words of intentional detachment, there is no excess of proximity, Xu Fengyen do not know how to explain, mainly for fear of adding to their own, the clear official difficult to resolve family affairs, lies in the reason and the scale of love is too difficult to pinpoint, Xu Fengyen is not sure how to explain, mainly for fear of adding to his own, clear official difficult to resolve family matters, lies in the reason and love too difficult to pinpoint, the scale of reason and love. As a matter of fact, the Xu family can be said to take care of the Lu family in every way, but apparently the Lu family still feels that the in-laws have not done enough, never felt that the family’s disenchantment in the Northern Liang is their own reason, but rather as a result of the lack of support from the Qingliang Mountain, as well as the Lu Chenyan’s not blowing the pillow wind.

After Xu Fengyen sent Lu Chengyan back to Wutong courtyard, looking at that slender and soft back, he hesitated for a while and finally made up his mind. After that, he followed Song Yu to Song Dongming’s dense governmental office located halfway up the hill, the latter did not act casually as in the past, and unexpectedly stood at the door in person to welcome him, after Xu Fengyen and this Beiliang Dao deputy strategy envoy took their seats in the governmental office hall, Song Dongming did not wait for the xuxu officials to serve tea and water, and then he opened the door to tell the reason, which turned out to be that Lu Dongjiang, after his elevation to the position of assassin of Liangzhou, promoted more than ten Lu Clan’s sons and daughters to enter the assassin’s residence all of a sudden! Xu Fengyen said, “I’m not sure if I’m a good person, I’m not a good person, I’m not a good person, I’m not a good person, I’m not a good person, I’m not a good person, I’m not a good person, I’m not a good person, I’m not a bad person, I’m a good person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a bad person, I’m not a good person, but I’m not a good person. Xu Fengyen murmured, in the final analysis, the crux of the matter is not in the officialdom of Liangzhou which has just changed a parental officer, not even in Lu Chenyan and Lu Dongjiang, but in him Xu Fengyen, these two years he went to Liang after the Lu family’s perception is not good, but many things he did not make a clear statement, the North and the North of Liang can not grasp his mind as a feudal king, can only be tolerated everywhere to give in to concessions, especially on the matter of refusing to the North of the city to absorb the Lu family children as a powerful official. Lu’s children to serve as a powerful official position, the Northern Liang officialdom naturally do not dare to underestimate the Lu family, especially this time Lu Dongjiang promotion, undoubtedly fueled the flames of the Lu family. Song Dongming face calm, but the bottom of the heart is inevitably some accumulation of depression, originally he is still on the Lu Dongjiang heart of friendship, did not think that the reputation of the Central Plains of the Qingzhou famous scholar was so inches into the foot, to the extent that it may disrupt the pattern of the state of Liang, Song Dongming do not know that Bai Yu on the Lu Dongjiang as the assassin of the state of Liang is dissenting, so the Lu Dongjiang this move is tantamount to hitting his Song Dongming a noiseless slapping, I think Bai Yu at this time is watching the fire from the other side of the river. At this time, Bai Yu is watching the fire from the other side of the river. Xu Fengyen sighed, didn’t say much to Song Dongming, only said that the three appointments would be put on hold at the residence of the Secretary, and that he would personally go to the Liangzhou Assassin’s residence. Then Xu Fengyen changed the topic, smiled and said that the Secretary General Li Gongde also submitted his resignation, only retained the position of refusing the North City Supervisor, and then Li Gongde recommended Song Dongming as the second Secretary General in the history of Beiliang Road. Song Dongming did not agree, only said that North Liang currently still need Li Gongde this old and respected and reputation enough local officials to serve as Secretary, otherwise now Liangling Youliu four states of the assassins have been replaced by foreigners, if he Song Dongming once promoted to Secretary, can be said to be worse, will inevitably make the North Liang local scholars resentment. Xu Fengyen did not force his hand, and only said that he would let Song Dongming reconsider.

After Xu Fengyen left the government office, he traveled to the residence of the assassin of Liangzhou. Sitting in the carriage, Xu Fengyen subconsciously stroked his finger over the dragon tail jade pendant hanging on his waist, why Song Dongming gave up the position of the Secretary General that was within his reach is not surprising, Bai Yu who came to Northern Liang later than Song Dongming is in a lowly position in Qingliang Mountain with a lot of power, this Mr. White Lotus’ status in the official world is not prominent, but he has already gathered a set of like-minded young talents around him, Bai Yu is only short of a name, once he has vacated the post of Vice Secretary General, he is going to be the Secretary General. Once Song Dongming vacates his seat as deputy secretary, Bai Yu will undoubtedly sit down. Obviously, in Song Dongming’s eyes, the position of deputy secretary is like a dangerous pass, which can’t be given to Bai Yu who is eyeing it as a tiger, or else the latter will really rise up in the official scene of Beiliang, and Song Dongming is determined to sit on the deputy secretary’s seat for another two to three years, and then, as long as the war between Liang and Mang comes to an end and the civil and military officials of Beiliang are rewarded, Bai Yu, whose official status doesn’t carry enough weight, will be the only person who will be rewarded. Bai Yu, whose official body does not carry enough weight, is slow in one step, and will hardly become a great danger to him in the future. Xu Fengyen smiled, Song Dongming’s selfish thoughts, he has no intention to expose, in fact, this is a good thing, it means Song Dongming has already shown signs of taking root in Northern Liang, as for whether he will treat Bai Yu poorly, Xu Fengyen couldn’t care less, then again, if Song Dongming can really provoke Bai Yu’s heart to win, it’s a good thing that Northern Liang is so great.

When Xu Fengyen’s figure appeared outside the main door of the assassin’s residence, the Xu officials were scared shitless and rushed to open the door to greet the king of Northern Liang, Xu Fengyen quickly stepped in, and it didn’t take long to see twenty to thirty assassin’s residence officials of all sizes clustered around the purple-robed Lu Dongjiang, Xu Fengyen smiled and dismissed it as a joke, Liyang assassin is a third-ranking official according to the law, and his official patch should be embroidered with a peacock, and the assassins in the Northern Liang Road of Liangzhou are always half a grade higher than those in Youzhou and Lingshu, which is the highest rank. than youzhou lingzhou higher than half a grade, that is, from the second grade officer, which in the Liyang court ministry of mandarins side of the very early is reported on file, can not pick half a point of fault, but the Northern Liang successive Liangzhou assassins have not who dared to wear the embroidered second grade brocade chicken official uniforms, one or two purple three or four scarlet after all the lime green, this is the rule of the officialdom of the Liyang, so there is an insurmountable chasm between purple robes official uniforms and the big red official robes in the city of Tai’an, to In Tai’an City, for example, the six ministers are the second grade, deservedly purple robes, but the vast majority of the six ministries of the left and right ministers are three grades, still not allowed to wear a purple suit, the Yonghui years, before the only left ministers of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of War are high from the second grade, in the xiangfu, not only the right ministers of the Ministry of these two ministries are also elevated from the second grade, and even the Ministry of Rites, the left ministers have also been promoted to from the second grade this year, and has become a rule of the Riyang. Lu Dongjiang can be regarded as the first assassin of Beiliang Dao to wear the purple robe, which is one of the few high-grade assassins in Liyang, if Xu Fengyan remembers correctly, in today’s world, there should only be the hand of Liangzhou of Beiliang Dao, Qingzhou of Jing’an Dao and Tangzhou of Southern Frontier, as well as the edge of the southern part of the capital city of Yuezhou is from the second grade, so it is reasonable to say that Lu Dongjiang is the third person of the civil officials of Beiliang Dao, which is only under the first one and the first one secretary, and that he is only under the first one and the first one secretary, and that he is only the second grade of the civil officials of Beiliang Dao. So it is reasonable to say that Lu Dongjiang was the number three civilian official in Beiliang Dao, just under the one and the other secretary.

A sudden meeting, laughing and talking, both the old faces in the Liangzhou Assassin’s Residence and the ten or so new faces with the surname Lu were relieved to see the young feudal lord who always had a gentle smile on his face. If Tai’an City is the foot of the Zhao family’s son of heaven, then Liangzhou is the well-deserved doorstep of the Xu family, Liangzhou Assassin used to be vacant for many years, Liangzhou Buyei is actually equivalent to the Assassin, and the Liangzhou General has always been concurrently appointed by the Northern Liang Capital Protector, and Tian Peifang did not change anything after he was promoted to the position of Liangzhou Assassin from the Youzhou Assassin, promoting the rule of inaction, Lu Dongjiang changed from the previous, and in one breath, he introduced more than ten Lu’s sons and daughters, coupled with the silence of the many years of Shi Fu out of the Liangzhou General, is also not a small movement, Liangzhou military and political two hands of the flip-flop, how can let the ear of the Liangzhou officials continue to be old God? Good in the king today after a conversation, the new old man two sets of officials of the assassin’s mansion have revealed the meaning of certainty, naming awards seven or eight people, the new man has high hopes for the old man to hold an attitude of appreciation for the two sides of the saber-rattling are not stick only dates, but also did not have to be thicker than thin, which makes the assassin’s house of the old man is particularly grateful for the old man, they are really worried about the Lu Dongjiang when the master of the house, stuffed with the number of ten or so Lu family people are not enough. They are really worried that after Lu Dongjiang becomes the master of the house, stuffing ten or so Lu family members is still not enough, and have to throw them all to sit on the bench before giving up, and once even the king acquiesces to this, then it is really even the gods can’t save their career.

I don’t know why, today saw this prince in person, to the Lu family have anger, lead to the Qingliang mountain also have quite slander of the old generation of officials of the governor’s office, the stomach that a little bit of resentment immediately dissipated.

It was probably that young prince’s appearance of sitting in a chair and talking and laughing was too much of a cause for uncontrollable awe.

Xu Fengyen ended up having a private chat with his old husband Lu Dongjiang, outsiders didn’t know exactly what the young feudal lord said, but they only saw the beaming assassin lord getting more and more red-faced. After Lu Dongjiang also took the initiative to withdraw a few appointments that violate the rules, and the several members of the clan also comforted some words, promising that not three years will have a big fortune, not only that, Lu Dongjiang also unprecedentedly the first time to seriously urge the people, so that they must be more restrained in this period of time, not to humiliate the Lu family style. In addition to giving the family a piece of mind, Lu Dongjiang also had three members of the Lu Clan removed from the genealogy overnight, and it was only at that moment that Lu Dongjiang had a few moments of the Lu Clan’s family head’s weather.

When Bai Yu drunkenly walked out of a secluded mansion, he suddenly saw a carriage lifting its curtain, he froze, took big steps, got on and sat in the carriage, facing that young man, Mr. White Lotus was calm and relaxed.

Xu Fengyen who came to pick up the Beiliang Dao Deputy Sectional Minister’s mansion joked, “Mr. White Lotus, not afraid of provoking the public’s wrath?”

Bai Yu, who habitually squinted hard because of his eyesight problems, laughed, “I can’t burn a hot stove, but Your Highness doesn’t allow me to burn a cold one?”

Xu Fengyen was dumbfounded and changed the topic, “Li Gongde said that he wants to resign from his position as a strategy envoy, and there is also Hu Kui, the assassin of Youzhou, who wants to enter the border army, does Mr. Bailian have any ideas? If so, it might as well be straightforward.”

Bai Yu had no scruples and said bluntly, “Your majesty first speak to see what you have in mind, and of course there is also the idea of Deputy Secretary General Song.”

Xu Fengyen also said bluntly, “My intention was for Lord Song to follow the trend and be promoted to the position of Secretary, and for you to fill in as Deputy Secretary, but Lord Song suggested that there are already too many ‘foreign countryside assassins’ in the current situation of Beiliang, and that there shouldn’t be an additional foreign countryside Secretary.”

Bai Yu lazily leaned against the carriage wall and snorted, “Oh? That’s simple, after Minister Li resigns, Lord Song will be his main minister, have the new Liangzhou Assassin Lu Dongjiang serve as the deputy minister, and then have Lingzhou’s Special Driver Song Yan, one of Northern Liang’s own people, serve as the assassin of Youzhou. As for the Assassin of Liangzhou well ……”

Speaking here, Bai Yu stretched out his finger and pointed at himself.

Shed me and who else.

Xu Fengyin was silent, Bai Yu laughed, “Bei Liang Dao arranging it this way is to make things difficult for Lord Song, but if I claim a smaller official hat and run to You Zhou to be the Assassin, no longer being an official under Lord Song’s nose, it can be to make things difficult for Your Majesty.”

Bai Yu collects his smile, “Actually, the most suitable candidate to be the assassin of Liangzhou is not me, Bai Yu, but the former assassin of Lingzhou, Xu Beihao. Your Highness, don’t worry, no matter what, whether it’s deputy strategic envoy or assassin, I’m not going to do it.”

Xu Fengyin wondered, “Then how will mister take care of himself?”

Bai Yu lifted up a corner of the car curtain and hung it on the hook, the breeze hit his face, bringing a bit of coolness to the carriage, Bai Yu sighed: “The key is not in how I think, but to see how much vigor your majesty has.”

Xu Fengyin became more and more puzzled, “What does Mr. Bai Yu say?”

Bai Yu said in a deep voice, “The narrowness of the Northern Liang land is an old record, nowadays, with the vast western region including the fourth state Liuzhou, and adding a fifth state outside the Liangzhou Pass with the Refusal of the North City as a pivot point, that would be enough to accomplish something great.”

Xu Fengyen’s heart trembled as he calmly said, “If Northern Liang occupies five states together, the imperial court side will not agree.”

Bai Yu smiled and said, “It’s already happened, do we need the court to nod and agree? I accidentally saw some hastily changed border army deployments, and the Youzhou, which was originally destined to be on the sidelines of the second Liang-Mang battle, has even re-emphasized its importance, why? Dare I ask the two Huai Cai Nan Han Lin, North Mang Wang Sui, the two Liao Gu Jiantang, this time the king led the army out of the country with these three sets of people, how many people have met? How many have been negotiated? And I don’t know how many people you have negotiated with in the North and South Dynasties of North Mang?”

The series of questions caused Xu Fengyen’s face to move slightly.

Bai Yu didn’t expect to get an answer, as if he was talking to himself, he said, “Someone has become the emperor, where I, Bai Yu, am an official or not, it’s all quite good.”

Xu Fengyen replied, “Our Northern Liang’s readers want an official, and they want it so righteously. I’m very happy.”

Bai Yu slightly widened his eyes, looked at the still blurred face, and smiled, “If Your Highness makes it possible for all the readers in the world to refrain from groveling. I am also very happy.”

Xu Fengnian lamented, “I’m afraid that the world will not be happy.”

Bai Yu sneered, “One family is only unhappy.”

Xu Fenian was stunned.

Bai Yu said, “Perhaps Your Highness will wonder why I, Bai Yu, changed my mind, it’s actually very simple, I recently figured out one thing, someone who is the emperor, may not reign for more than 30 to 40 years, or at most 50 to 60 years, but it may be enough to make the world peaceful for two hundred years, and two hundred years of good weather is very considerable.”

Xu Fengnian looked at this elegant white-clothed scholar.

It was like when Xu Snap saw Zhao Changling.

The two men, one after the other, both wanted to support the dragon.