Before leaving the east side courtyard, Ge Shanzhi asked Xiong Sanban to enter a screen to give Liu Yueshan and other women some private space, and then went directly to the bookseller.
Seeing him arriving, Bai Hao asked straight to the point: "What other families are unwilling to move in?"
Ge Shan replied: "Both the Xie family and the Luo family are a little hesitant."
Bai Hao nodded and said: "Luo Kai is also the deputy commander of the Guards now, so let's deal with the Xie family."
Ge Shan lowered his head and said: "Xie Xiu just approached his subordinates and promised to give me 10% of the property, and I accepted it."
"Oh?" Bai Hao raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said, "Just accept it. The Xie family's business is in the south of the city and the family has a large population. I can't let them have another chance to play both sides."
Bai Hao looked at Ge Shan, who was getting better and better with each passing day. His eyes moved lightly and asked: "What should have been completed in one day, Xing Fei has not escorted these people into the inner city until now. His current rejection mentality has already Is it that strong?"
Ge Shan lowered his head and replied: "Commander Xing has quite a lot of opinions on some recent things, and he is indeed becoming more and more repulsive."
"Yeah." When Bai Hao heard Ge Shan's answer, he didn't say anything more to Xing Fei. He nodded and said, "Then give Luo Kai a chance and let him help."
Geshan raised his head and asked: "It's just that the warehouse has recently collected a lot of gold and silver, and some people below have their minds wandering. I wonder if the city lord has the next reward and punishment standards?"
Bai Hao said: "You have thought carefully. Since these gold and silver are supported by friends and merchants in the city, let's use them as rewards. You can make a reward list for Hidden Valley characters. The minimum limit is one hundred gold. "
Ge Shan had doubts on his face and said: "Although a hundred gold is a lot, but..."
Bai Hao waved his hand and said: "You understand it wrong. What I mean is that for every person they kill, the entire army will be rewarded with a hundred gold bounty. Specifically, it will be graded up to each battalion and squad."
The corners of Geshan's eyes twitched slightly, and he said sincerely: "The city lord's handiwork is really too great."
Bai Hao shook his head and said solemnly: "I just hope that there will be a brave man under the heavy reward. Once the Xie family's matter is over, let all the people scattered in the outer city come back. If Hidden Valley doesn't have the courage to attack tomorrow, we will Send a dead man out.”
Ge Shan looked at Bai Hao's back as he turned to leave, and suddenly said: "Sir, when the war is over, can I return to the Guards?"
Bai Hao stopped, turned around and looked at Ge Shan, as if he remembered something, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, you have been very efficient recently, just continue to be your Fenxi leader."
Geshan hesitated: "The war is about to start, and the burning breath will have no effect..."
Bai Hao frowned slightly and said bluntly: "Do you want to control the Guards?"
Ge Shan seemed to be afraid of being misunderstood by Bai Hao, and said quickly: "I don't mean this, I just feel that when the time comes, there will suddenly be no arrangements, and I will be a little panicked..."
Bai Hao looked at Geshan thoughtfully, and Geshan became more and more uncomfortable under his gaze.
Bai Hao laughed and said, "So you think I will give up on you?"
Ge Shan lowered his head and remained silent. Under Bai Hao's gaze, he had to answer: "I just feel that the city lord has entrusted me with something, so that I can prove my usefulness, and this can also prove my value."
Bai Hao shook his head and said: "It's too late for others to hide from me at this time. Even Xing Fei started to act against me. If you are really afraid of death, you should know that the closer you are to me, the greater the danger you will be."
Geshan straightened his body and said seriously: "That's because they are stupid. Since the city lord has told me about the formation, why not let me do my best again? Doesn't it mean that the city lord doesn't trust all of us?"
The study suddenly became quiet. Even Ge Shan, who was facing Bai Hao, would never have thought a few days ago that he could now talk to Bai Hao in a questioning tone.
At this moment, Bai Hao, who actually didn't believe anyone, suddenly realized that Ge Shan in front of him had unknowingly seen many of his secrets, but he didn't know the results and facts that Ge Shan pieced together based on this information. How many points worse is it?
Bai Hao suddenly became murderous.
Ge Shan seemed to be unaware that life and death depended on Bai Hao's thoughts, and continued: "Actually, although my subordinate was sincere in what he said in the garden yesterday, it was not everything."
Bai Hao looked at Ge Shan and said with a smile, "Aren't you afraid of death? Do you really think that you can gain my trust by showing a different side of yourself over and over again?"
"My subordinate is really afraid of death, and it's not just to gain the trust of the city lord." Ge Shan seemed to be a completely different person at this time, with a much deeper temperament. He ignored Bai Hao's cold and suspicious gaze and went on his own. He walked to the window of the study room, looked at the north in the sky, sighed softly, and said with a slightly distracted gaze: "The city lord should have investigated my background. My subordinate Ge Shan was also a scholar before."
"Speaking of my family's decline, the cause was the malicious treatment by the ruffians in the army, and then the businessmen took advantage of the situation and made trouble. Although I have been in the Guards for many years, I have no respect for these honorable men in the army. My impressions have changed a lot, but I still haven’t forgotten my original ambition when I opened the book.”
Bai Hao gave a rare compliment and asked: "What is your ambition?"
Ge Shan turned around and looked at Bai Hao, and said word by word: "I dare not forget about my country despite my humble position. The matter must be settled before the coffin is closed."
"I want to be a person who can assist the king. When I discovered that the city lord has such courage and courage that surpasses the common people, I made a decision."
Bai Hao looked at Ge Shan with a strange expression, and then said after a while: "You should know that the City Lord's Mansion is in danger of overturning at any time. And..."
Bai Hao's words still had unfinished meaning, but when he met Geshan's eyes, he was sure that Geshan did know a lot about him, so some things were worth pondering.
Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as dogs. Although Bai Hao never felt that he was doing something wrong, in the huge city lord's mansion, apart from Cao Jin, no one else knew how he practiced.
Ge Shan and Xing Fei may have guessed something, as evidenced by the disappearance of the medicine men in the underground palace. It’s just that this Geshan is indeed different from those people Bai Hao has met before. Can all aspiring scholars now achieve this level?
Do you regard these things as courage that surpasses the common people?
Before Bai Hao's thoughts had completely turned around, Ge Shan had already raised his jaw and said: "It is precisely because the city lord's mansion is in danger of overturning at any time that my subordinates feel that this is an opportunity to show their loyalty. The subordinates are indeed afraid of death, but the city lord If you really have this ambition to surpass all living beings, I will be willing to leave your life and death to the city lord."
"Loyalty needs to be proven by actions."
Bai Hao finally came to his senses. He was born with a suspicious and indifferent tyrant personality, and he would not be agitated because of Geshan's expression of ambition at the moment of crisis and treat him as his confidant.
Of course, Geshan doesn't need this effect.
So he just stood up straight and said solemnly: "Then what can I do?"
Bai Hao frowned fiercely and looked at Geshan for longer and longer, until the skylight outside the window slanted into the study, then he said: "Then you only need to do one more thing for me."
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"I didn't expect you both to come."
In the stronghold of Hidden Valley in the east of the city, there were only three people sitting in the crowded lobby two days ago.
Dugu Wei looked at the two men beside him with a more solemn expression: "Have the commander decided to launch an all-out war against the city lord's palace?"
The gaze behind the Qinglong mask said with profound meaning: "Zhang Lu's determination is much greater than we imagined."
Bai Hu said in a deep voice: "Chen Qing went to see Zhang Lu last night and gave him something. Zhang Lu's face looked much worse, but it didn't mean anything."
Dugu Wei sneered: "What else could it be? It's just a severed palm of that boy Murong Xiuming."
Qinglong and Baihu moved slightly, and both looked at Dugu Wei.
Dugu Wei was also a little surprised and said: "It was the City Lord's Mansion that took the initiative to release this news. I was still thinking that if the City Lord's Mansion wanted to provoke, I should send the Broken Palm, but I didn't expect that it would already be in the hands of Zhang Lu."
Qinglong sighed softly: "This makes sense, it should be the Hidden Valley sent by the City Lord's Palace through Murong Xing, but the leader didn't mention this, he still..."
Bai Hu nodded and said with deep sympathy: "Murong Xing still wanted to alienate Hidden Valley's people, but he didn't expect that Zhang Lu would be better at it. In this way, we would directly inherit Zhang Lu's feelings. After all, Zhuque City is This whole mess was caused by us. How is Murong Xiu Ming's situation now? We can consider rescuing him first."
"What are you doing to save this kid?" Dugu Wei said lightly: "Zhang Lu's behavior has always been like sinking into the abyss. He didn't say anything about it, so that you could accept his love without knowing it, but I'm afraid he is. I already know some of the good things Murong Xiuming did."
Both Qinglong and Baihu showed confusion in their eyes. Duguwei had a mass of resentment in his heart and didn't know where to vent it. Now that he met two people of the same status, he finally couldn't help but said: "Xuanwu didn't come with you. , it must be Xuanwu who knows about the loss of Khitan."
"Jie Khitan?" Qinglong and Baihu both spoke in a much lower voice. They ignored each other and said solemnly: "Jie Khitan is a sixth-grade golden elixir. Who else can touch it except Zhang Lu..."
The two of them understood the meaning of Dugu Wei's words as soon as they finished speaking. Bai Hu's voice revealed a trace of complicated emotions, "It was Murong Xiuming who stole the Khitan, and you got the Khitan, no, no...even if you got it, Zhang Lu won't let the two of us come together, is it Suzaku? The most unfamiliar thing about Zhang Lu is the art of checks and balances."
Dugu Wei lowered his gaze, his aura slightly unstable, and said in a deep voice: "Suzaku not only got it, but also took it. She is now completely freed from the shackles. I'm afraid Zhang Lu can feel it. After all, that mask is a It’s in his hands.”
When Dugu Wei finished speaking, his eyes had already fallen on the faces of the two people. The mask on Qinglong's face was made of a bronze mask, while the mask on Bai Hu's face was a white jade mask. Dugu Wei said: "Remember When you were selected to become one of the five hidden killers, I was envious for a long time, but since Suzaku failed to break through, I have been wondering, apart from the so-called inner demons, if Zhang Lu is responsible!"
The eyes behind the Qinglong mask flickered, falling on Dugu Wei's face, and said in surprise: "What's wrong with you? It's okay to say such things. Don't talk nonsense without evidence."
Dugu Wei laughed and glanced at the masks of the two people, "I don't know Baihu, but Qinglong, you are behind the five people. In fact, you also reached the peak not long after Suzaku failed to break through, so why would you rather miss that time?" He refuses to be promoted even if there is no chance.”
Qinglong shook his head and said nothing, but Baihu looked at the Snow King Sword in his hand, moving inch by inch, and said: "On the day Suzaku broke through, someone put on that mask. After that, the aura of Zhang Lu became even more obscure. The previous one He should be like us, a late-stage extraordinary person."
Qinglong had been paying attention to Dugu Wei's expression, and suddenly asked: "Did something happen to Suzaku?"
Dugu Wei felt bitter in his heart, but he did not intend to say what happened that afternoon. Instead, he said solemnly: "Since Zhang Lu will send you two here, Jiang Shangxiu should not be absent. He went directly to Wanhua Valley. ?”
Bai Hu nodded and said, "Now that I think about it, Zhang Lu has already started to be suspicious of Suzaku."
Bai Hu and the others also knew that Suzaku had been very close to Wanhua Valley recently.
Qinglong warned Dugu Wei seriously: "Your current state is very dangerous. At this time, we can only unite together."
"Then go directly and meet Suzaku by the way?" Bai Hu suggested.
Dugu Wei felt extremely sad, but he sighed and nodded.
