After beating Li Bao severely, Chang Sheng felt comfortable and refreshed. He could not endure the calm for a while and take a step back to see the world. It was just an excuse for a coward to find an excuse for his timidity. If you endure it when you shouldn't and retreat when you shouldn't, it's the same as showing cowardice and weakness. What you get in return is not everyone's happiness and peace, but the other party's intensification of their efforts.
After this incident, Datou and others admired Chang Sheng. They not only admired his courage and courage to beat the prince, but also admired his grasp of details and control of scale in the whole process, humiliating the other party to the extreme while humiliating him to the extreme. When one's own losses are minimized, one gets angry at every turn and burns both jade and stone. That is not fearlessness and bravery, but stupidity and recklessness.
Changsheng was already famous. After his previous "escape for his life along the street", more people knew him. Half of the people in Chang'an knew that he beat King Ji until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. Even the ignorant women and children knew that his previous escape was just a joke. Li Bao.
The people of Chang'an originally had mixed reviews of him. Some people thought that he was young and promising, with strong martial arts skills, capable of eliminating eunuchs and rectifying the administration of officials. But many people think that he is just lucky and has been appreciated by the emperor and the Ni family to achieve his current status. He is usually arrogant and domineering, arresting officials in the DPRK and Central Government whenever he wants, and retaliating against officials who participated in impeaching him.
After this incident, no one dared to look down upon him anymore, because he was not bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, he only dared to pick on the weak and pinched them. He even dared to beat the prince, so it was true that no one was afraid of him.
Not only Changsheng was happy, Datou and others were also very happy. Although Changsheng was younger than them, he was kind-hearted and considerate, worthy of everyone's trust and following.
The five of them chatted and laughed and returned to the Yushitai. Changsheng went back to his residence to change clothes. The military commander only had this set of official uniforms and there was no replacement. He was too lazy to wear civilian official uniforms, so he changed into casual clothes.
Da Tou stood beside Chang Sheng and said, "Sir, there is something I can't understand."
"What?" Changsheng asked casually. Datou who came from outside the city really wanted to do something for him. The reason why he returned the gold seal to him was to kill Li Bao and then escape Chang'an and wander around the world.
"Li Bao is the emperor's brother. You were not afraid at all when you beat him?" Datou asked.
"Don't worry," Changsheng shook his head, "because I know that his relationship with the emperor is not good, but then again, even if he has a good relationship with the emperor, I will beat him today."
"How do you know that his relationship with the emperor is not good?" Datou was curious.
"Li Bao has a close personal relationship with Li Maozhen, the prince of Longxi County. Li Maozhen respects his own troops and defies the imperial court. The emperor has long been dissatisfied with him." Changsheng lowered his voice when he said this, "And I had a close relationship with my uncle before. At that time, my uncle asked me to pay attention to the severity of my attack and not to beat Li Bao to death. I didn’t know much about this Li Bao, but my uncle must have known something. Since he asked me to beat him, he naturally knew that Li Bao had no relationship with the emperor. Okay, it’s okay if you get hit.”
Datou suddenly realized when he heard this, "I see. In fact, I also think that the emperor is protecting you. If the emperor really wanted to punish you severely, he would not lightly punish you or give you big warnings from outside the palace gate."
Changsheng nodded, then dragged out two boxes from under the bed, "Let's go out with me."
Da Tou was beside Chang Sheng when he was grinding and dispensing the medicine, and the gifts given to the eight Ziqi masters were also taken back from Taiping Inn by Da Tou. He knew what was in these two boxes, so he naturally knew where Chang Sheng was going.
The soldiers and horses under Zhang Shan were stationed in the south of the city. Without an imperial edict, the generals could not lead their troops into the city. Knowing that Changsheng would definitely come, Zhang Mo waited in the military camp and did not go to the city to look for him.
Brother and sister Zhang Shan were having lunch when Changsheng came to Shuaiying. When Changsheng and Datou arrived, the brother and sister did not get up. Zhang Shan pointed to the seat beside him and motioned for them to sit down, while Zhang Mo said casually, "I I heard that the emperor dismissed your crown prince and grand master."
"Yes, they also fined me a year's salary." Chang Sheng said with a smile.
"This guy is really annoying, ignorant, arrogant, and persistent," Zhang Mo said. "If I hadn't stopped him, I would have taken action long ago."
Zhang Shan holds a bowl in one hand and picks up vegetables in the other, "We can't let everyone in the family sing bad words. Changsheng has already become notorious and has a bad reputation. He is still left to do such a criticized thing."
"My reputation isn't that bad, right?" Chang Sheng sneered.
"Do you think your reputation is very good?" Zhang Shan asked casually.
Seeing that the two of them were talking privately to Changsheng, Datou felt that it was not good for him to stay aside, so he pointed to the box containing eight gold boxes.
Changsheng understood and said to Zhang Shan, "Brother, you invited eight real people to escort the Ni family that day. Before Ni left, he asked me to thank all the real people afterwards. I prepared a gift for each of them. Do you think it is appropriate to give it to them? ?”
"It's unnecessary." Zhang Shan glanced at Changsheng.
"Leave it to me. I'll hand it over to them later." Zhang Mo answered.
Changsheng nodded, "That's fine."
"Sir, madam, there are still official matters at the Yushitai. I will go back first." Datou stood up and said goodbye, "Zhenzhen Zhang, I will take my leave."
Zhang Shan nodded, Zhang Mo put down the bowl and chopsticks and sent the big head out of the tent.
After Datou left, Zhang Shan said, "You are still very successful in life, and the friends around you are very good."
Changsheng stood up in response and carried another box to the table. "There are many dangers in marching and fighting. I took the time to prepare more than 20 emergency medicines for you, which are convenient for external application and internal use. The three in the box are from the King of Medicines." The three silver elixirs he dropped, one each for detoxification, healing, and recovery, are reserved for use in critical moments. This account book records the Ni family's properties in various places. This gold seal was also left by the Ni family. Hold the gold seal You can allocate money, rice and grain from various industries of the Ni family at will."
After listening to Changsheng's introduction, Zhang Shan said, "If you are serious, we do need these things, but you should keep the Huitian Silver Pill yourself just in case something unexpected happens."
"No, I'm proficient in the art of Qihuang. I can prepare it again if necessary." Changsheng shook his head.
"Just keep it if I tell you to," Zhang Shan said. "You have offended so many people, and there are many people who want to take your life."
Chang Sheng was familiar with Zhang Shan's temper and knew that his style was domineering and he spoke the truth, so he no longer refused. He took out the Huitian Silver Pill and kept it close to his body. He then said, "Now the eldest brother holds the military power, and I am in charge of the household department. Your Majesty." There must be a lot of suspicion towards us. If I prefer one to another when allocating military supplies in the future, I am afraid that I will give others a hand and be criticized. Military supplies from the Ministry of Revenue will be supplied as usual. If there is any shortage, it will be supplemented from the Ni family's property. This is No one else can make irresponsible remarks about our private property."
Zhang Shan took the cup and rinsed his mouth, but did not answer.
Zhang Mo said, "After all, this is the property of the Ni family. How can we treat it as private property?"
Changsheng shook his head and said, "It's okay. I went to Tingzhou a few days ago for the sweat-blooded horse. I accidentally learned that there were horse bandits from the Western Regions who were causing trouble for everyone in the Ni family. There happened to be a group of veterans stationed in the isolated city there, so I led the team to capture the Ni family. The group of horse bandits were wiped out and then returned overnight. This move solved the Ni family's urgent need. If the Ni family is in danger again, I will not stand idly by."
The two did not know about Chang Sheng's departure to the west before, but they only learned about it after listening to Chang Sheng's talk. The two brothers and sisters greatly appreciated Chang Sheng's frankness. Zhang Shan appreciated Chang Sheng's kindness and righteousness in not forgetting the past and living up to old kindness. What Zhang Mo admired was Changsheng's openness and openness, his unabashed sincerity.
Seeing that Zhang Shan and Zhang Mo didn't answer, Chang Sheng said again, "Ni Zuo made an explanation before he left. He only said that the Ni family's property was taken from the people and should be used for the people. The eldest brother led the troops to go out to fight against the rebellion, which was a good deed to help the world. , the Ni family’s assistance with money and food can be regarded as accruing good deeds and increasing blessings.”
Hearing what Changsheng said, Zhang Shanfang nodded, "It's rare for Mr. Ni to be so broad-minded."
Changsheng then told the two of them briefly and comprehensively about Hattori Kana.
Zhang Mo was surprised to learn that someone had impersonated him, "Has this person's disguise been so good that he can look real?"
"Yes," Changsheng nodded, "but although this person can imitate your appearance and voice, he cannot imitate your breath."
"This person has been lurking around us for so long, and we didn't even notice it," Zhang Mo looked at Zhang Shan, "Brother, who do you think this person took the form of before?"
"We were recruiting soldiers and horses at that time. In addition to the Kun Dao, there were also many idle people around us." Zhang Shan shook his head and said.
Changsheng said, "The reason why this person pretended to be you was just to obtain the Hunyuan Divine Art and assassinate me. Now that his purpose has failed, he will not repeat his old tricks again. As long as we are careful and pay more attention."
While the three of them were talking, someone came in from outside the tent to report on military affairs. When the person left, Chang Sheng told the whole story about the dragon vein map, as well as the fact that Japan had sent thousands of samurai to sneak into China.
After listening to Chang Sheng's talk, Zhang Shan's expression was extremely solemn, his brows were furrowed, and he remained silent for a long time.
"Does the Emperor know about this?" Zhang Mo asked.
"I know," Changsheng said, "According to Hattori Kana, the emperor sent two officials from Tiantai to my hometown not long ago. I found a demon dragon reverse scale in the cave where I took shelter from the thunder. Therefore, They suspected that I was a treacherous minister in troubled times, and since I was an orphan, the Japanese pirates made a big fuss out of it and framed me, trying to make the emperor think that I was a Japanese orphan. I was worried that concealing it would aggravate the misunderstanding, so I reported the matter truthfully. The emperor was not misled by the Japanese pirates, so he returned the Dragon Vein Continuation Map intact and gave me full authority to handle the matter."
"You are right. The more you conceal something like this, the easier it is to misunderstand it." Zhang Mo said.
"What happened to the demon dragon's reverse scale?" Zhang Shan asked.
Changsheng said, "That day, a snake and python used my breath to avoid the thunder. That night it was windy and rainy, and the thunder was loud. I was knocked unconscious by the thunder. When I got up early, I found a scale from the entrance of the cave. I didn't know it at the time. What, just inserted it into the crack of the stone."
"Your destiny is indeed unique," Zhang Shan pointed out, "Where is that dragon scale now?"
"I don't know," Changsheng shook his head, "I must have been brought back by those two Sitiantai officials."
"Try to find it." Zhang Shan said.
Changsheng didn't know why, and tilted his head in confusion, "Why are you looking for it?"
"If this thing is really the dragon's reverse scale, it can inspire the blue dragon..."
