Taiping Inn

The next day, Pei Zhou and Li Xuandu and his group left Linzao Pass. When passing by the city gate, the guerrilla generals and garrisons stationed in Linzao Pass were guarding the city gate. However, the two powerful generals only brought a few personal soldiers, not as if they were about to block the road, which made many Pei people feel like they were doing so. The guards breathed a little relieved. After all, revenge is one thing, and hostility to the defenders of one city is another.

The guards among the two generals had a hand, and immediately a soldier held a box in his hands and came forward to Pei Zhou. The travel general smiled and said, "According to the usual rules, this is six hundred taels of silver, of which two hundred taels of silver To serve food and weed, four hundred taels are zhi respected."

Pei Zhou was an official in the court for a long time, so he naturally knew these unwritten rules. Logically speaking, his retirement this time was not the return home after a high-ranking minister, but he was a little disgraceful. He was a local official along the way. Even if it’s not difficult, how can you give him respect? After all, it’s not because of Mr. Li that he taught Qingluan Guard a lesson. Now Fang Shisan’s body is stopped in the military camp at Linzaoguan. This is why these two military officers with low rank but real power are willing to give them a respect.

Pei Zhou is not a corrupt official, but he is not a moral saint. He must abide by many unwritten rules, whether they are willing or unwilling to do so, otherwise he will be an enemy of the entire officialdom. So he nodded and immediately followed him. Go forward and take the box,

Pei Zhou bowed and said, "I would like to thank you two sirs for this."

When the two saw Pei Zhou taking the box, their faces were obviously much more relaxed, and they also bowed to the gift.

Both sides were not the same person, but after a few greetings, the two generals left.

Pei Zhou then opened the box and took a look. He had to say that although the two generals were thick, they were still thin. He saw fifty taels of snow-patterned silver neatly in the box, and placed them in the corner of the box. Five golden Taiping money were sold, and the remaining four hundred taels were exchanged for silver notes, which were crushed by silver and Taiping money.

Pei Zhou sighed lightly.

This is the specifications of second-rank seniors.

According to the rules, a county is 600 taels of silver, a prefecture of more than a dozen counties, a prefecture of more than a dozen prefectures, even if you can't walk all of them, except for a few prefectures that are not on the route of travel, you can only count ten. It is 60,000 taels of silver, and two states are 120,000 taels of silver. This silver is a bit easier.

What's more, the territory of the Great Wei Dynasty is two capitals and one nineteen states.

After the previous series of fierce battles and pursuits, Pei Zhou's accompanying guards were still more than 60 people. More than 60 people were from military backgrounds that were familiar with archery and horses, so all rode horses and some returned home with Pei Zhou. The old servants and others were riding in a carriage. Pei Zhou, Pei Zhu and Pei Yu were also riding in the same carriage. Now that Li Xuandu has Li Yu no longer rides in a carriage, he rides a horse with Li Xuandu. parallel.

Pei Yu asked softly, "Brother Li, you have met the Qingyang Sect. Do those people know magic and can mess up people's minds and bewitch people's hearts?"

Li Xuandu shook his head and smiled, "There must be some alchemists in the Qingyang Sect who can use magic, but it is nonsense that everyone knows what magic is. As for bewitching people's hearts, it is true, but it is not magic, but fraud. . When we walk for a while, you may be able to meet the Qingyang Sect. It is not that scary, and often there is no big difference between it and ordinary people in the world."

Pei Yu continued, "What do ordinary people in the world look like?"

Li Xuan was slightly stunned. After thinking about it, he asked back, "Have you ever met a minor official in the officialdom?"

Pei Zhou nodded.

Li Xuandu said: "Ordinary people in the world are similar to these minor officials to a certain extent. They should know how to observe their words and expressions. When they see powerful people in the world, they should be cautious when they meet them. When they encounter those who are not as good as themselves, they will be arrogant and bully the superiors and bully the superiors. Of course, they cannot There are also people who work diligently among the minor officials. Among these gangsters at the bottom of the world, there are also those who are not righteous. It is hard to generalize, but this is generally the case."

Pei Yu nodded seriously and kept all these words in his heart. His attitude was much more concerned than reading the Book of Saints.

Compared to Pei Yu's admiration for Li Xuandu, he wished he could hold the etiquette of his disciples. Pei Yu's sister Pei Zhu had a very complicated view of Li Xuandu. She was grateful and awe, and thanked Li Xuandu for his repeated times. He rescued Li Xuandu's former honorable identity, but deep down, he still had a little indescribable subtle mentality. Some people of similar age are dissatisfied with the woman's reserve, so he rarely has the same Li Xuandu spoke.

Li Xuandu is old or not, but he has experienced many worldly loves. He is used to life and death, and is also used to joys and sorrows, and his mentality will inevitably look old. Whether it is about Pei Zhu or Pei Yu, he is all about it. Some seniors think of the younger generations and young people. He is not tired of Pei Yu's clinging and he doesn't care about Pei Zhu's distantness.

Continue to travel east along the way, and after entering Lanling Prefecture, the situation seems even more chaotic.

Because Lanling Prefecture and Langya Prefecture, plus the previous Dongchang Prefecture, the three prefectures are the most ravaged places of Qingyang Sect. Originally, only the General Tang Qin of the Earth Lord, and only the Hongyang General Hall, could not make such a big news in any case. However, Tang Zhou, who was in charge of the Qingyang General Hall, sent his three Bai brothers to serve as Tang and Qin assisted the Tang and Qin, which greatly boosted the momentum. Now Bai Jue, the eldest brother of the three Bai brothers, is in Dongchang Prefecture, while Bai Luo is in Lanling Prefecture.

On this day, the group came to Guantao County. The local county magistrate seemed to be a student of an important official of the imperial party. He naturally respected Pei Zhou, a senior of the imperial party, and held a banquet to welcome Pei Zhou. Li Xuandu did not join in the fun. He wanted to follow the old rules and walk alone in the county to see the local human relationships. He happened to meet Pei Yu and Pei Zhu, a brother and sister who also wanted to go out for a walk.

Pei Yu ignored her sister's stiff face and insisted on the three of them going together. So the three of them came to the most prosperous downtown in the county.

Pei Zhu wore a plain veil hat, and with the two men Li Xuandu and Pei Yu, ordinary rogues did not dare to rashly step forward to provoke.

Li Xuandu wanted to buy two books, so he came to a study. The shopkeeper was a poor scholar, who was the kind of person who was not good at business and had fallen into poverty. He spent half a copper coin and bought a travel book from the shopkeeper, which was said to be an ancestral travelogue that recorded the mountains and rivers of the 19 states of the Wei Dynasty. He didn't know whether it was true or not, but Li Xuandu just took it as a joke.

Since they were in the study, the brother and sister also bought a few books. Pei Yu bought a Jianghu storybook disguised as a military book, and Pei Zhu, after hesitating for a while, bought a very popular storybook about talented scholars and beautiful women.

After all, which girl doesn't have spring in her heart?