Autumn is gradually approaching.
After careful planning, it had been more than two months since Chen Chao returned to the capital of the gods.
Today, Chen Chao changed his clothes, but they were still black robes. He was covered in one piece after another. It was difficult to have any other style. Fortunately, he, the guardian envoy, was used to it. Apart from official robes, he only wore black robes. robe.
But he is like this, but several disciples are not like this. Yu Qingfeng changed into a blue robe today. The quality is good. It seems that Xie Nandu bought it for a few people when he was still in the city of gods. Xie Nandu is flawless in these matters. Not only did he even The child's current clothes are fully prepared, and considering that children like this grow very quickly, they deliberately left a few sets of clothes that looked a lot too big before but now just fit.
He Liang didn't deliberately change into any particularly good clothes. He just changed into a clean gray cloth shirt. He looked like a scholar. As for the little girl Ning Qingnian, she had always disliked those floral dresses that were liked by other girls of the same age. Wearing a plain white dress, she looks good.
In addition to his three apprentices, who are going to have a meal together today, there is also the master and apprentice pair Yu Xiyi. Yu Xiyi is still wearing a green shirt. His green shirt is actually made of a special material and will not stain the clothes. No matter what he wears, No matter how long it takes, no matter how you look at it, it will always be spotless. But even so, after wearing it for too long, Jiang Xiaoan, a closed disciple, would still blame his master, saying that he didn't care about his image at all, and that he had to change these clothes frequently, otherwise how would he find a master wife for himself.
However, Yu Xiyi laughed every time and clearly had no interest in this matter. However, even though he had fallen in love with such a master, Jiang Xiaoan still deliberately changed into a floral yellow skirt. The skirt was made from fabric that his mother had just bought a while ago, and this was the first time she had worn it.
When a group of six people arrived at the door of Song Lian's house, Weng Quan, who had been waiting here for a long time, ran over and looked at Chen Chao with a happy face, "Sir, you are finally here."
When Chen Chao was still the deputy commander of Zuowei, Weng Quan, an official of Zuowei, naturally had to meet each other every time Chen Chao returned to the capital. But now Chen Chao is already the guardian envoy, and the court meeting He has not participated in these few times, so this is actually the first time the two of them have met.
Chen Chao glanced at him and tutted: "You can already see the sea of suffering right now. How long will it take before you reach the other side?"
Weng Quan chuckled, "It's my second uncle who taught me well."
As Song Lian's nephew, Weng Quan has suffered a lot over the years. After all, such an uncle who forgets about being a martial artist would take Weng Quan to practice boxing from time to time. Every time, the nose and face were swollen. When the officials at Zuo Wei who didn't know about this relationship saw Weng Quan like this, they all teased him about whether he was spying on a girl taking a bath.
Weng Quan didn't argue about this, he just practiced boxing silently.
Chen Chao narrowed his eyes and smiled and said: "Hurry up and practice your boxing well. When you reach the Wangyou Realm, you can choose the commanders of the left and right guards."
Weng Quan murmured: "As a commander, do you have to forget your worries now?"
Chen Chao heard this and smiled without saying a word.
In the early years, the commanders of the left and right guards were just warriors from the other side. When Chen Chao was the deputy commander, his level was not high. But after all, things are different now. Compared with the number of monks in the current beams, But it has already been doubled several times.
Even the line of guardians was recruited by the Chen Dynasty. Two people were first-class warriors in the world. In fact, besides these two people, there were many warriors who later chose to be loyal to Daliang, but not all of them were guardians. One lineage, and more, were arranged elsewhere by Chen Chao.
But no matter what, in a Daliang Dynasty, not only did he, the guardian envoy, sit at the top, but many people also came in from below to strengthen itself.
Today's Daliang Dynasty can be considered a behemoth.
But to restrain the monks and warriors who poured into Daliang, in addition to Daliang Law, he, the guardian envoy, was also needed to be there all the time.
All the time, even if they don't do anything, those warrior monks will think twice before doing anything, because if they do something wrong, the guardian envoy will take action. As for killing people or something else, they don't dare to think about it.
As the saying goes, there are not many true like-minded people.
After entering the courtyard, the person who greeted her was not Song Lian, but the woman. She was glowing with glory. She was much better than when she first met her when she was still doing laundry.
Chen Chao smiled and said, "I'm sorry for bothering you, sister-in-law."
As he spoke, He Liang walked out with his things. When going out to have a meal, you still need to have basic etiquette.
The woman looked at what He Liang was carrying and complained a little: "Come for a casual meal, what should you bring?"
Chen Chao smiled and said: "It's not a valuable thing. If my sister-in-law doesn't accept it, I won't be able to eat this meal."
While talking, He Liang had already carried the things into the house. The woman had no choice but to roll her eyes at Song Lian, then turned around and went into the house to continue cooking.
Chen Chao came to Song Lian's side, touched the old brother's shoulder with his shoulder, and asked with a smile: "You are really weak-minded?"
Song Lian grimaced and was about to refute, but Chen Chao quickly changed the subject and asked, "What did the Shanshui Sect say?"
Chen Chao left the affairs of Shanshui Sect to Song Lian.
Song Lian nodded and said softly: "I went to the Shanshui Sect once and we had a good conversation, but the sect leader still wants you to go there in person."
Chen Chao raised his eyebrows and said, "Is it me, not His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Song Lian said helplessly: "It's you."
Now, in the eyes of these Fangwai monks outside, the Crown Prince of Liang Dynasty was nominally the one who made the final decision, but in fact it was Chen Chao who had the final say, especially in matters concerning them, Fangwai monks.
In fact, just for this point, if it were an ordinary emperor, the emperor and his ministers would definitely become suspicious. However, this does not seem to be the case in the Liang Dynasty today.
"Originally, I planned that if you couldn't negotiate, I would ask our Yu Da Sword Immortal to go over there and show off his sword energy."
Chen Chao glanced at Yu Xiyi, who frowned and said with an ugly expression, "Chen, why do you ask me to do anything that tarnishes your reputation? My reputation as a great swordsman has changed even when I'm with you. It’s so smoky.”
Chen Chao asked curiously: "What? Does Yu Dajianxian still think he has any good reputation?"
Yu Xiyi rolled his eyes and was too lazy to say anything.
Song Lian said with a smile: "If Yu Dajianxian goes there, I guess he will be trembling with fear. Although he may not really agree to this matter, he at least dare not refuse it explicitly."
Yu Xiyi became even more angry when he heard this, "Old Song, who do you think I am? A bandit?"
Song Lian asked: "Isn't it?"
As soon as he said this, Yu Xiyi said three good words in a row and gritted his teeth. It is estimated that this great swordsman will only be able to continue to suffer from Chen Chao's side in this life.
Chen Chao said with a straight face, "Do you want me to expose all the lies you said to my disciples before?"
"What are you doing? Aren't we brothers who died? What's yours and mine? Do you still remember such a small thing? It doesn't make sense. It's just a joke. What a big deal."
Yu Xiyi scratched his head with a flattering look on his face.
As Yu Da Sword Immortal, when he walks in the world, isn't the face he cares about most the most?
"Then I'll go there some time."
Chen Chao rubbed his cheeks and smiled. It didn't matter that he went to the Shanshui Sect, as long as he could finalize the matter.
Song Lian asked: "What about the imperial court?"
Chen Chao said: "Actually, the resistance is not small, but I have met Zhou Gouqi before."
"Mr. Zhou?"
Now Zhou Gouqi is the acting dean of the academy, and he is also a scholar who forgets his worries. Although his status is not comparable to that of the dean, in general, it is not much different.
With Zhou Wolfberry speaking on this matter, the resistance will be much smaller.
After all, it would not be a big problem for the leader of half the world's scholars to express his position.
Chen Chao said: "I still have to go to the Xie family to meet the Xie Shangshu."
After the fall of the Wei family, the Xie family was already the dominant family in the Liang Dynasty. If the ancestor of the Xie family could express his position, the resistance would be much smaller.
With these two here, other things are actually much easier to handle.
Song Lian sighed with emotion: "If you succeed in this matter, you will be truly the most amazing matchmaker in the world."
Chen Chao thought for a while and said, "I still have some experience in this matter. After all, it's not the first time, isn't it?"
Song Lian was startled at first, and then realized belatedly that this guy was talking about himself.
Song Lian laughed. Apart from anything else, he was very grateful to Chen Chao for this incident, even though Chen Chao had not charged him less money before.
Chen Chao suddenly patted Song Lian on the shoulder and said softly: "Thank me before, but don't blame me in the future."
Song Lian, who was extremely clear about the current situation, naturally knew what Chen Chao was talking about. Song Lian smiled nonchalantly and said, "You may even die by then, so how can I blame you?"
Chen Chao cursed: "Old Song, why do you have a crow's mouth?!"
Song Lian didn't take it seriously and smiled slightly.
Afterwards, a group of people sat at a large round table, drinking a lot and laughing.
Everyone was very satisfied with the meal. After the meal, several apprentices stayed here. Chen Chao called Weng Quan to get up and prepare the carriage to go to the Xie family's ancestral home.
Chen Chao was bored and stood at the door waiting for Weng Quan to go to Zuowei to drive the carriage over.
Yu Xiyi came out at some point, sat down on the threshold, glanced at Chen Chao, and asked, "Where are you going again?"
Chen Chao didn't hide anything from this guy.
Yu Xiyi sneered: "I'm really busy."
Chen Chao glanced at Yu Xiyi and thought that idleness was nothing but idleness, so he simply sat down and chatted with Yu Xiyi.
"What do you think of my disciple He Liang?"
Yu Xiyi didn't know why, but he was quite satisfied with He Liang. He nodded and said with a smile: "That boy is really good, obedient, well-behaved, and honest."
Chen Chao came up and smiled and said, "Then you can promise your closed disciple to Xiao He?"
"What?!"
A powerful voice broke through the sky, causing everyone at the table in the yard to look towards the door, especially Jiang Xiaoan, who was holding a chicken leg in his hand and looked confused, but then he lowered his head, hey, his master It's embarrassing again, I have to pretend I don't know him.
Chen Chao smiled awkwardly inside, then lowered his head and pressed Yu Xiyi's head, whispering: "What the hell are you going to do?"
Yu Xiyi struggled to break free from Chen Chao's clutches and sneered: "Chen, why didn't I realize that your kid is a beast before? How old is Xiao An, and you are already interested in her? You have thick eyebrows and big eyes. This is the same kind of person."
Yu Xiyi spat on the ground, and then said, "It's impossible, you should give up!"
Turn around and go back to the house.
Chen Chao twitched the corner of his mouth and cursed in a low voice, "Damn it."
When he raised his head, Chen Chao saw the carriage approaching in the distance.
Chen Chao narrowed his eyes and looked a little ugly.
Weng Quan jumped off the carriage and ran over in a hurry, shouting: "Sir, let's go!"
Chen Chaopi asked with a smile: "This carriage..."
Weng Quan took a breath and said with a smile: "Aren't you anxious, sir? All the other carriages in Zuowei are useful, and this old friend is the only one left."
Chen Chao had no expression on his face, he just patted Weng Quan and sighed silently in his heart.
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Chen Chao visited the Xie family's ancestral house and entered through the middle door as always. If he didn't go through the middle door now, it would not be long before this incident would be known to the whole city, and it would also happen again. There are various speculations.
However, this time Chen Chao did not stay at the Xie family's ancestral residence for too long. In less than half an hour, the guardian envoy stood up to say goodbye.
Over at the ancestral temple, the spirit of the white-haired ancestor of the Xie family is much worse than before. As an important minister of several dynasties, this Xie Shangshu is really not young.
Chen Chaoqing said sincerely: "Old Minister, please take care of yourself."
The ancestor of the Xie family looked at Chen Chao with cloudy eyes, and smiled, his face was like countless ripples on the lake, "In the past, I didn't want to die because I didn't know where the Xie family would go after death, but now I have Xie Yatou, it doesn’t matter, Daliang, it’s great to have your son, since I have a successor, what reason do I have not to die?”
Chen Chao moved his lips, but before he could say anything, the Xie family ancestor smiled and said: "But speaking of it, there is one thing. When will you and Xie Yatou get married?"
" Now, no matter how you look at it, it’s not a good time.”
What kind of human beings are the ancestors of the Xie family? Having been the head of the Xie family for so many years, how could I not know Chen Chao's little thoughts?
"Isn't it a good time? Come to see me, it's because Xie Yatou didn't nod. There's nothing you, the guardian envoy, can do about it, right?"
The ancestor of the Xie family sat up and said with a smile: "It's strange that the dignified Lord Guardian, the best martial artist in the world, is there anything he can't do?"
Chen Chao looked embarrassed. Why did this old guy speak so ruthlessly?
For anyone else, it would be nothing more than asking for a fist fight to see whether it is your mouth or my fist that is stronger.
But facing this ancestor of the Xie family, if you can't say it, you really can't say it.
beat?
You bully an old man who doesn't know how old he is, and you still want to give him some face?
The ancestor of the Xie family said sternly: "From my point of view, His Highness the Crown Prince wants to marry a girl from outside the country, it's very good. You have suppressed the monks from outside the country too hard, and it is inevitable that they will feel sad. If His Highness the Crown Prince marries a wife, it will send a message to Fang Wai, that is, I, Daliang, have never thought about the affairs of the world. I told you to do it. Is there any room for negotiation in everything? Moreover, this Shanshui Sect It wasn’t a big sect originally, but this also gave those monks confidence.”
Chen Chao said with a smile: "This junior really wants to decide everything in the world with just one word."
The ancestor of the Xie family glanced at Chen Chao and sneered: "It's okay if you have such thoughts, but everything in the world started with you and will only end with you. Think about it carefully, after you, there will be people like you in Daliang A person like you? Who knows how many cultivating sects have risen because of one person, but also declined because of the death of one person. The most recent example is right in front of you. Your Majesty is such a person. When he was in power, Daliang could let him make decisions with just one word. Now Can His Highness the Crown Prince do it? Not to mention whether it can be done temporarily, but even in the future, can it be done?"
The ancestor of the Xie family thought to himself and said: "In the future world, as long as Fang Wai can abide by the Daliang Law and treat the people of the world as human beings, it will be a good thing."
Chen Chao said: "The first sentence is easy to handle, but the last sentence is difficult to handle."
The ancestor of the Xie family narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Didn't you do a lot? The new master of Chixin Temple is a very good monk, but having such a one is not enough. He has just started. Wait for it to bloom and bear fruit slowly."
"Governing a country is like cooking fresh food. It is a lot of hard work. How can it be done in one or two years? Just to say that Daliang has reached this point, without His Majesty's more than ten years of planning, can it be accomplished?"
The ancestor of the Xie family glanced at Chen Chao and sighed: "Girl Xie, I don't need to say more about these principles. You have such a bad temper."
Chen Chao remained silent.
"As for the Prime Minister, I am already powerless, but I can recommend someone to you. The man in the academy, Mr. Zhang, also entered the court as an official in the early years and became the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He is famous enough. In addition, he is in Many students from the academy have become officials. He can stand up as the prime minister. He chose to resign because he couldn't stand His Majesty's ascension to the throne. He was born in a poor family, but he still has compassion for the people of the world. , now it is more appropriate for him to be the prime minister."
Chen Chao asked curiously: "How can he come out now?"
Since Mr. Zhang was not willing to be an official at the beginning, how could he be willing now?
The ancestor of the Xie family smiled and said: "What is happening in the world at this time and that time? Is he blind and can't see it? In fact, he has regretted it for many years. He knows that His Majesty is a better king than the deposed emperor. It's just that scholars want to save face. Now When your Majesty goes to the country, His Highness is in charge, so he will naturally be willing to come out."
Chen Chao nodded and smiled: "I understand."
The ancestor of the Xie family smiled slightly and stopped talking. He just looked at Chen Chao with too many emotions in his eyes.
It's like this old man saw in this young man the person he wanted to be but didn't.
Still old.
The ancestor of the Xie family sighed and said softly: "The current beams are already owned by young people like you."
