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"Nowadays, in the entire Nanyu Mansion, who doesn't know how Xu Qingxiao, Xu Dacai, can't bear the name?"
Cheng Lidong smiled, but his face was so pale that it made people uncomfortable to smile.
"Master Cheng, I still have something to do. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."
Xu Qingxiao is not in the mood to argue with Cheng Lidong here, business bragging depends on the person, Cheng Lidong is not worthy of his bragging.
"Brother Xu is a bit unreasonable. We know each other anyway. Is it because you are afraid of Cheng in such a hurry?"
Cheng Lidong stood in front of him, it seemed that he had something to say.
"It's not urgent. The government examination is coming soon. The main thing is to go back and prepare early. I don't want to delay it."
Xu Qingxiao smiled and answered very naturally.
"understood."
"However, I don't know if I can delay Brother Xu's time for half a quarter of an hour. I want to chat with Brother Xu for a while."
Cheng Lidong made it clear that something was wrong, Xu Qingxiao was slightly silent, instead of being tough, he opened his mouth.
"Master Cheng said."
Xu Qingxiao made a sound.
"This is not a place to talk, brother Xu please."
Cheng Lidong made a request.
Xu Qingxiao didn't say much, and followed him away.
Soon he turned left and right again, and came to a house outside.
Cheng Lidong opened the door of the house and walked in.
At this moment, Xu Qingxiao took a look at the house, it was bigger than the house just now, and the land price in Nanyu Mansion didn't seem to be cheap.
He is sweeping the house.
But Cheng Lidong turned around, noticed Xu Qingxiao's gaze, and couldn't help but speak.
"This is the mansion handed down by my ancestors, but on weekdays, Cheng is on errand, so he doesn't live much, it's a bit barren, and there's no tea. I hope Brother Xu will forgive me."
Cheng Lidong opened his mouth to explain.
A look of disappointment flashed in Xu Qingxiao's eyes.
A little sad, he thought this was Cheng Lidong's house where he corrupted and violated the law. There are more than 100 punishments for official corruption in the Dawei law, and any one of them can make Cheng Lidong take off a layer of skin.
Now that it was the ancestral house, Xu Qingxiao was naturally a little disappointed.
"Master Cheng, if you have anything to say, just tell me, Xu really wants to go back to the preparatory government for an exam."
Since there was no evidence to collect, Xu Qingxiao didn't want to waste time.
Talk about something.
"That's fine, brother Xu is a smart man, so Cheng won't be around the corner."
"Is it in your hands?"
Cheng Lidong asked Xu Qingxiao with a smile on his face.
"Twelve."
Xu Qingxiao stretched out her hand and spoke slowly.
"What do you mean?"
Cheng Lidong frowned, he didn't understand what Xu Qingxiao meant.
"Solve people's doubts, collect people's money, and answer ten taels."
Xu Qingxiao is very direct, and he has a bad relationship with Cheng Lidong, so he has to answer the question?Isn't your time money?
Although Xu Qingxiao felt a little weird, Cheng Lidong still took out a bank note with a face value of twelve taels.
"No."
Xu Qingxiao shook her head.
"Heh...Brother Xu, I haven't said what it is yet, why did Brother Xu just say he's not there? Does Brother Xu know what it is?"
Cheng Lidong smiled.
However, Xu Qingxiao stretched out his hand again.
"Twelve."
Cheng Lidong: ...
A little angry, but Cheng Lidong didn't talk nonsense, and still took out a ten tael silver note to Xu Qingxiao.
With the banknote in hand, Xu Qingxiao continued to speak.
"do not know."
Xu Qingxiao replied.
Cheng Lidong: ...
Don't you know that you want me ten taels of silver?
No, it's 20 taels.
Do you think this is fun?
"Brother Xu, we are all smart people. Since I came to see Brother Xu, I did so out of sincerity. Before Wu Yan died, he had contact with you and he had already given you something."
"But I can conclude that you must not know what it is, but I can tell you that this thing is of great significance and is related to a treasure."
"Brother Xu, I can clearly say that this thing can change the fate of both of you and me. If you are willing, we will work together, and I will never mention the matter of you practicing different skills."
"how?"
Cheng Lidong spoke very quickly, and at the same time he guessed things very accurately.
However, Xu Qingxiao did not hesitate, and stretched out his hand again.
"Twelve."
Cheng Lidong: ...
"That's enough. If brother Xu is pretending to be crazy like this, don't blame Cheng for investigating to the end."
"Even though brother Xu has already made a name for himself in Nanyu, the crime of cultivating strange arts, even if he becomes a great Confucian, he cannot escape death."
"And Brother Xu abandoned martial arts and followed literature. After much deliberation, I want to use Confucian righteousness to suppress demon nature."
"You are in Ping'an County, you are cured without treatment. This point is not clear. Then you abandoned martial arts and followed literature, and suppressed demon nature through righteousness. Although this point has never been heard, it is also reasonable."
"Just these two points are enough to make Brother Xu fearful, but as long as you and I cooperate, I can be honest and do my best to help Brother Xu, and Brother Xu will also help me."
"Also, I, Cheng, have no extra silver taels."
Cheng Lidong was a little angry.
I had a serious discussion with Xu Qingxiao, but in the end Xu Qingxiao was pretending to be crazy here, answering once was ten taels, and my monthly salary was only ten taels of silver, which was equivalent to Xu Qingxiao going to whore for two months' salary for nothing.
How not to be angry?
Ugh.
Hearing Cheng Lidong said that he had no money, Xu Qingxiao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. It seems that Dawei is really poor. A quasi-hundred household can only take out 20 taels of silver.
It should be difficult to collect evidence of Cheng Lidong's corruption.
Sighed.
Xu Qingxiao shook his head and said: "Master Cheng, Xu did not understand a word you just said, but Xu is willing to secretly investigate for Master Cheng, but the investigation needs funds."
"Not to mention anything else, after all, Xu has worked as a job and has some experience. As long as the funds are sufficient, we will try to investigate clearly."
Xu Qingxiao said seriously.
"Are you kidding me?"
Cheng Lidong's eyes turned cold, and he stared at Xu Qingxiao.
Sensing Cheng Lidong's gaze, Xu Qingxiao wanted to nod, but considering his lack of strength, he still swallowed his breath.
"On the contrary, Xu thinks that Mr. Cheng is playing tricks on me."
Xu Qingxiao replied calmly.
Cheng Lidong obviously thinks of himself as a fool, right?
Cooperation?
How to cooperate?
Cooperate first, give things to you, and then the cooperation ends, and you kill me.
Absolutely.
It's hard to imagine that you, Wolong, came out of such a small Nanyu Mansion.
"Brother Xu, I know you have a prejudice against Cheng, but you were always following orders before."
"Brother Xu, I can tell you that Wu Yan's things are priceless, but with your own strength, you will never be able to obtain them, and even lead to death."
"Cooperating with me is your best choice."
"Also, I can make an oath to live and die together, and I will never harm you."
"One more point, now that you follow the line of Confucianism and Taoism, you have an infinitely bright future. I follow the line of martial arts, which are irrelevant to each other, but they can make up for each other. There are some things that are difficult for you to do, and I, Cheng, can do it for Brother Xu. "
"Brother Xu only needs to secure a stable position in the court. If you have a certain hand, you and I will cooperate with each other. I will be the greatest general, and you will be the greatest civil servant. When the time comes, the entire Wei Dynasty will be in the hands of you and me. Wouldn't it be great?"
Cheng Lidong said seriously, and even started to paint cakes to describe the future.
To be honest, Xu Qingxiao was surprised.
Good guy.
Good guy.
This cake drawing ability is too strong.
If I give you the whole Laifu, and I get AK, one step at a time, wouldn't it be possible to become bigger and stronger, and dominate the country?
There is one thing to say, in terms of ambition, Cheng Lidong is simply the most ambitious person Xu Qingxiao has ever met.
A quasi-hundred household, dreaming of unifying the country.
If it weren't for this guy's misconduct, Xu Qingxiao would really have the idea to cooperate with him.
Nothing else, just fancy his ambition.
"Brother Xu, what do you think?"
At this time, Cheng Lidong continued to ask, his voice dropped a lot, and he looked at Xu Qingxiao expectantly.
Xu Qingxiao was silent, just glanced at the sky, and then said slowly.
"It's half a quarter of an hour, Mr. Cheng, see you by fate."
After saying this, Xu Qingxiao turned and left.
He doesn't want to stay here anymore.
This Cheng Lidong is already crazy, forget about being crazy, and still treat himself as a fool, Xu Qingxiao can't bear this.
"Brother Xu, listen to me."
"Brother Xu."
Cheng Lidong didn't expect Xu Qingxiao to leave so decisively, and immediately shouted several times.
And Xu Qingxiao ran away directly.
Muttering some strange words in his mouth.
Don't listen to what you don't listen to, bastard chant scriptures.
Cheng Lidong froze in place.
After a full quarter of an hour.