defend the truth

"Okay, you can relax your hands."

Li Weizhen took back Xuanxingyan from the young man, and did not show any strange expression.Although the young man had doubts, he didn't dare to ask more questions, because he still had nearly half of the rice candy, which hadn't been packaged yet.

Li Weizhen continued to chat in a casual manner, and asked the young man: "Suppose you have 100 taels of silver, would you still think about going to the immortal gate?"

The young man said without hesitation: "That's definitely not the case! Don't say 100 taels, as long as I have 50 taels of silver, I won't think about it. My brother is smarter than me. As long as there are five years of tuition fees, I believe he will definitely He can pass the examination for a scholar! At that time, he can enter the official academy for free, and if he gets good grades, he can also receive rice grain every month. We brothers don’t need to be separated, what a great thing!”

"Cultivation... is fine, but I don't think that's the best way out. If becoming an immortal means sacrificing your family, what is that? I don't want to pursue those!"

Li Weizhen couldn't help joking: "If I tell you, if you enter the fairy gate, it may not take a year or two, and 800 taels of gold may be as simple as earning a copper coin to you today, and you will not Are you excited?"

The young man shook his head and smiled: "My father told me before that there are many things in the world that cannot be bought with money. Besides, as a brother, there is no life after this life. My brother is still so young, so I entrusted him to relatives. I'm really worried. It's just that I can't make more money, and his future is more important."

"So, it's not whether I want to, but I have to go to the Xianyuan Conference to try my luck, and hope that I can really be selected."

Li Weizhen turned the topic a few pages forward, "In this way, you should have agreed to your friend's invitation just now and went with him! I believe he really has a way to help you go ahead of many competitors .Compared to my hard-earned money of 100 taels of silver, you have lost [-] taels!"

After thinking for a while, the young man said calmly: "I don't know if I think so, am I right? It's just that I think that if I lose something, it must be something I once owned. The 100 taels of silver never really came into my hands. , From the beginning to the end, it was just a goal. But the two coins were really held in my hand and put in my pocket."

"Maybe, let me put it this way. With such a good character, guest officer, you will still feel sorry for me, and missed such a great opportunity for nothing. But I don't think there is any contradiction in my approach. The opportunity is still there, but not so much It’s easy to get, you have to work hard on your own!”

Li Weizhen couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahaha... the little brother is indeed full of knowledge, but he is not limited to the knowledge on the scrolls. With this courage to make trade-offs, I think you are not just short of a college exam, you have the potential to be the champion." Talent, the ability to rule the world!"

The young man said with a subtle smile: "The guest officer is absurd, I just love money! I want the 100 taels of silver, and I want to earn the two taels of silver. The more money, the better!"

Li Weizhen threw out another hypothesis, "If you are not selected this time, you will not get the 100 taels of silver. From now on, you will still come here every day to set up a stall and save money for your brother to study? After that day, your brother will really pass the exam Now that you have become a scholar, your burden will be lighter, do you have any other plans?"

The young man put on a thoughtful look, and opened his heart and said, "I will continue to work hard to save money. I hope that I can hire a ship in the future and resell more profitable goods. Like you, guest officer, you can go to other places to do big business!"

After all, the boy has already wrapped up two catties of rice candy.Li Weizhen took the stack of seven packets of rice candy that weighed about three taels, took a look at the sky, and smiled at the young man: "I think it will rain today, and I don't want to go to the grocery store." Why don't you sell me that oil-paper umbrella!"

The young man also looked up at the sky, it was clear that there was no cloud in the sky, how could there be wind and rain?But it didn't take away Li Weizhen's intentions, he quickly bent down to find the oil-paper umbrella, and said, "This umbrella is worthless, I'll give it to you, guest officer!"

However, when the young man looked up, where was Li Weizhen's figure?Even if he scanned his eyes and searched the streets, he couldn't find anything similar.

Instead, he suddenly lowered his head, and there were five silver ingots, totaling 100 taels.It is as heavy as a mountain, pressed on the light oil paper.

The young man hurriedly wrapped the silver ingots with a few pieces of oiled paper with a nervous expression, hugged them tightly in his arms, and ran to the street, frantically looking around, looking for them.

The boy was sweating profusely, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, or a headless fly.But suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he even ignored the cargo box still placed under the locust tree, and began to spread his legs desperately, taking shortcuts as much as possible, and ran towards the nearest port.

"He's dead, please let me go..." In order to avoid the crowds against the current or blocking the way as soon as possible, the young man even made up some nonsense words against his will.

Until the boy was sweating profusely, panting like a cow, and had to stop to catch his breath, a familiar voice finally came from his ear, "Take this money and do something meaningful! If we are destined , we will meet again! I hope that by that time, you can already achieve many ideals! I will be sincere and happy for you!"

The boy quickly raised his head and looked around again, but he still couldn't see the owner of the voice.He finally believed in himself because he met the legendary fairy.The immortal is right in front of him, and he once ate the frozen rice candy he made!

On this day, the young man earned his first pot of gold in life.But even in the future when he becomes rich in the world and becomes the "great good man" and "the God of Wealth" in the mouths of the people of Fengcheng.He still kept in mind every day that he owed the guest officer a thousand catties of frozen rice candy and an oiled paper umbrella.

Looking at the Xuanguimen, which is showing a rising and prosperous trend, Huo Ming is still the only one who can be called a really busy person.It's really not easy for him, he has to try his best to eliminate and win over dissidents; he also has to plan in many ways to consolidate the territory that had just been encroached on, which once belonged to the Taiyi Sect.

In fact, after the Taiyi Sect fell, the Xuangui Sect rose rapidly and became the biggest beneficiary.In addition to not occupying the Moon Mountain, it almost annexed all the surrounding lands. The ugly appearance naturally attracted the dissatisfaction of many neighbors who were also pretenders.

If it weren't for Huo Ming's promotion to Jindan stage at this time, and the Huo family's secret support behind him.After breaking the balance of power, the Xuanguimen will openly become the target of public criticism.Even now, in fact, every move he makes has to be cautious, like walking on thin ice.

With a strong posture, living under the eyes of everyone; it is really not as easy as in the past, showing weakness everywhere in secret.

But even if the current situation is so unclear, it is still not what Huo Ming cares about the most.What he cares about is when the back thorn can be pulled out as soon as possible.

Today, in the Lince mansion hall where Huo Ming usually handles affairs, the person sitting beside the desk reviewing the confidential documents is not himself, but the new staff member Liu Ziwen who has replaced the former confidant Liu Zian.

As for Huo Ming himself, he was in the tea room in the side hall where he was resting, watching the two crickets in the porcelain pot, who were as mighty as a general, fighting fiercely.

And Huo Ming's true favorite, the extraordinary-looking white jade cricket, lay on his shoulder and watched the battle together.From time to time, there was a clear and pleasant sound of spreading wings, as if cheering for the heroic posture of a certain cricket.Because, the winner among them will be eligible to become its opponent and the food in its stomach in the next round.

The more Huo Ming likes to use this kind of entertainment to relieve stress and adjust his mood before making some kind of decision related to the overall situation in the future.Because every important decision is related to a life-and-death battle. Whether you end up in person or not can influence the situation of the battle, which is really great!

But it can be seen that the bamboo stick in Huo Ming's hand fell into the porcelain pot again and again, each time just interrupting the attacking rhythm of a certain cricket, the balance of victory and defeat changed again, and the battle continued to prolong!

After a while, there was a third person in the conference hall, but Huo Ming didn't care.His elite spies often come here to submit information, so it is really not worthy of his excessive concern.

Afterwards, there were only two people left in the conference hall, and the sound of someone pushing away the chair, getting up and walking, Huo Ming finally evoked a smile.

It's time to decide the winner!

"Your Majesty, our people finally found the hiding place of those Taiyi remnants. But according to the information, there is no Li Weizhen or Linghutian." Liu Ziwen walked to Huo Ming, lowered his head and said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Huo Ming couldn't hide his disappointment, and said indifferently: "Who is there? If there is no important person, you can arrange it."

Liu Ziwen said bluntly: "If there is weight, it should be Sui Wenyan and Wen Renyu. Although there are as many as 32 people in this group, only four of them are disciples of the Taiyi Sect that we have recorded in the book, and there are six others whose information is unknown. It should be casual cultivation."

Huo Ming said expressionlessly: "Sui Wenyan? The food is so tasteless that it can barely be used as bait. Logically speaking, based on his friendship with Wen Renyu, they shouldn't be separated?"

Liu Ziwen remonstrated: "This is only preliminary information, and it is not ruled out that the person is not traveling. After all, they have grown to their current scale in such a short period of time. They must be recruiting people from outside. We can continue to monitor them!" "

It is true that Liu Ziwen's proposal is quite satisfactory, and the advantage is that it is safe and reasonable.

But Huo Ming's face was a bit worried and helpless, he sighed softly and said: "We used all the spies on hand to find out that group of people. With such a big move, that old guy will definitely stare at him." Kill me, in order to regain the power in my hands, he is now more and more open to me."

"If we continue to delay, we will soon be restrained by him with many excuses, and it will be difficult to mobilize people at that time. Let's make a quick decision! Even if we only catch Sui Wenyan, it can be regarded as disintegrating their few forces. .”

Then, Huo Ming made up his mind and turned his head to look at Liu Ziwen, hoping to get the most definite answer, "How many of our own people can participate without mobilizing the people stationed outside?"

Liu Ziwen pondered for a while, and quickly gave an answer, "Including me, there are only twelve, and the rest are not war cultivators, so there is no need to lose their hands."

After understanding, Huo Ming nodded and said: "Take Bai Zhi! Anyway, she is very interested in Wen Renyu, and her poison technique can be of great help!"

Liu Ziwen bowed and said, "Then my subordinates will make arrangements now!"

Huo Ming turned around, continued to tease the crickets, and said softly: "Leave those two people with their bodies... If it's really embarrassing, the heads are fine too, but I don't want to be totally unrecognizable."

"My subordinate understands!"

After Liu Ziwen retreated quietly, the white jade cricket lying on Huo Ming's shoulder was finally put into the porcelain jar.

A massacre unfolds in a difficult fight!