The Xinghe year name is almost in its seventh year.

In Bianliang, the first snow of the year finally fell in early December. For the rich in the city, welcoming the New Year is a good start. The porridge shed for alms was built on the open spaces in and outside the city to gain some good luck for the coming year. Beggars and poor people are gathering, forming a warm current that moves in this cold air.

In the restaurant, people gathered together in warm clothes to talk about state affairs. They scoffed at the barbaric and powerful Jurchens of the Northern Expedition of the Wu Dynasty and the Jurchens, but it is undeniable that the whole country is paying attention to the progress of the Northern War, and they generally hope that the country can recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun as soon as possible.

On the street, in Bianliang City this winter, more and more students are going to Beijing to take the exam. The spring exam will begin next year. These people are coming from all over the country in advance, waiting to win fame next year, find an official or go to a higher place, giving gifts is also something these students need to consider. In the shops on the street, people dressed in scholars often come back and forth and leave.

Then they saw the East Factory convoy coming, with a somewhat complicated expression. Some of them waited until the other party came over and spat under their feet.

"The eunuch is in power!"

"This brother should not talk nonsense about Liangshan and Fang La, and they have made great contributions."

"So what? If you do anything, Liangshan and Fang La are bandits, they are also a hero after all. They are depressed. I heard that the surrounding villages and villages in Liangshan are still empty and uninhabited. It can be seen how cruel these eunuchs killed them at the beginning. What are the old, weak, women and children?"

"This time they came back from the north, and they might have participated in the recovery of Yan Yun! It's so heartbreaking to let them go"

In this form, in a sense, the Dongji Factory for the extermination of Liangshan, Fang La and other forces gradually spread throughout the country during this year. However, limited to the composition of this yamen, people generally have a disdainful attitude, believing that anyone could easily destroy some bandits and cults, and the eunuchs themselves, scholars even disdained them in their words.

However, the people in the car did not know the various ideas of those people because he got home. The carriage stopped in the Bai Mansion, and Xiao Linglong was the first to jump out of the carriage and rushed to the arms of the third sister Bai Di who had already been greeting at the door.

"My brother comes back and stand and don't move." Bai Di took a piece of peach tree branch and swept it to Bai Ning and the other two when entering the door to get rid of the bad luck outside.

Bai Ning raised his arms and asked Taozhi to sweep across from the front and back, and asked casually: "How is my family at home during this period?"

"My younger brother is the admiral of the East Factory, so no one dares to come over to find uncomfortable." Bai Di's smile was very gentle. After seeing Xifu leading Xiao Linglong in first, her smile gradually closed and she said with concern: "Actually, Xifu was just now, I can't say anything. After you leave, the old man's health is getting worse day by day. I sent someone to the palace to let Doctor An come over to see him. He said that the old man is old and his life is over. Being able to survive this winter is his greatest limit."

Bai Ning put down the towel for wiping his hands and lowered his eyes, "Don't tell Xifu any of these, the silly girl will make her worry-free."

"But that would be a little unfair to her."

"I said don't tell her, just don't tell her, there is not that much, but!" Bai Ning turned around and his tone became stronger.

Bai Di was startled by the other party's tone, and then she remembered that her younger brother was actually a bit biased in treating the issue of cherishing blessings, and even paranoid. She often tried her best to protect the other party, which might turn into another kind of harm. She looked at her back away, and this worry gradually aggravated.

In fact, Bai Ning was not too serious about this matter, but the Northern Expedition made him feel a little breathless. He could feel the two levels of the court that he did not enter the court. He had the main station to guard against the Jurchens, and had hope of getting Yanyun back peacefully without a dispute and living a peaceful life.

But Bai Ning knew that after this winter, the Jurchens were likely to launch a conflict to test the military power of the Wu Dynasty. This was inevitable. If Bai Ning was a Jurchen, he would do this. After all, it is necessary to understand what kind of country the neighboring country is, and whether the military is strong or not, for the new country of Jin, the best way to understand is to cause trouble and provoke disputes and fight.

When he came back, everything in the north was back in Tong Guan's hands. He wanted to take Yan Yun, but he became hesitant when dealing with the Jurchen relationship.

So after returning, he sent a letter to Guan Sheng, Liang Yuanchui, Suo Chao and Qin Ming, who was stationed in Yanmen Pass. If the Jin Kingdom invades the border in the future, if it can be fought, it will be fought. If it cannot be fought, it will be evacuated immediately and hide in the mountains, trying to reduce casualties, put the strategic depth into the country, and drag the Jurchen supply and military resources.

After being summoned by Zhao Ji's imperial edict, he had already made the worst plan.

In the study, Bai Ning asked Gao Muen to remove his head crown and waved it back. He sat down quietly alone and looked at the snowflakes falling outside the window. This was another new year.

After a moment, he fell into silence.

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Prime Minister of Bianliang.

For half a morning, Cai Jingdu was sitting in the book and watching the man opposite him covering his face with cloth, and there was a charming woman wearing red flowers next to her.

On the desk, there was a book wrapped. The outline looked like a book. Cai Jing didn't touch it. The beard under his chin was shaking. He said, "You said this is the account book that Dongchang has raised the army over the years? But why don't you dare to show it to others in your true face? This makes me feel a little embarrassed about the authenticity."

"That's right" opposite, the man with only one pair of eyes exposed on the cloth, nodded, and the hoarse voice cords sounded a uncomfortable voice like metal friction. "This is written by Qianhu, Dongchang, every month. It was written by me. It was smeared with his handwriting. It was painted with poison. Fortunately, my wife has some knowledge of detoxification, so a certain family survived, but her face and hands were also destroyed. If Cai Xiang looked at it, she would be frightened."

"Your name is Jin Duyi?"

Over there, the weird man nodded, "Bao Daoyi's second disciple, my senior brother is Zheng Biao and Zheng Demon Lord, and he is still working for the East Factory."

"That's how it is." Cai Jing frowned, probably because he understood some of the reasons. In his heart, he looked down on the other party's behavior of scammers. However, if the other party really gets the evidence of the Dongchang raising the army, it will be a foregone conclusion that the Dongchang will be eliminated.

"I will present this account book. As for whether the official believes it or not, let's say it." Cai Jing took a moment and recruited a servant, "Get this hero five hundred taels of silver."

"Cai Xiang" Jin Duyi stood up and interrupted the other party's words. He said anxiously: "You should know that Jin's intention is to find a future."

Cai Jinghui retreated and sat back on the chair, smiling.

At the same time, a monk entered the city.
Chapter completed!