Looking at the familiar figure in front of him.
Xu Qingnian only felt that her enemies were narrowing her path.
Inexplicably, Xu Qingnian felt that this Cheng Lidong was not his arch-enemy, right?
If we count, we have already met three times, and every time we met, we came to look for trouble.
For a while, Xu Qingnian inexplicably felt that one should not be too pretentious.
Wu Yan was pretending in front of himself, and the result should be gone.
“Greetings Xu Da Cai.”
Up ahead, Cheng Lidong’s appearance did not make Xu Qingnian feel afraid.
This was not the same as before, there were disadvantages to having a big reputation, but there were also advantages, if it was some days ago, when he saw Cheng Lidong, Xu Qingnian was indeed a little scared.
But now it was different.
Not to mention that the Prefect had ordered Cheng Lidong to only investigate in secret, even if the Prefect had not ordered him to do so, he Cheng Lidong would not dare to touch himself.
After the banquet, who in the entire South Yu Province did not know about him, Xu Qingnian?
If he really dared to touch himself, without saying anything else, the literati of the entire South Yu Province would not spare him, Cheng Lidong.
“Lord Cheng is very kind, I can’t afford the word great talent.”
Xu Qingnian looked calm and smiled with an arch hand.
“Nowadays, who doesn’t know Xu Qingnian in the whole South Yu Province, how can Xu Qingnian not bear the name of great talent?”
Cheng Lidong smiled, it was just that his face was so miserable white that it was uncomfortable to smile.
“Lord Cheng, I still have something to do, if there is nothing else, I will leave first.”
Xu Qingnian was not in the mood to bullSh*t with Cheng Lidong here, business mutual blowing also depends on the person, Cheng Lidong was not worthy of his mutual blowing.
“Brother Xu is a bit impersonal, we know each other anyway, are you afraid of Cheng in such a hurry to leave?”
Cheng Lidong stopped in front of him, it seemed that he had something to say.
“It’s not that I’m in a hurry, the exams are coming up, so I don’t want to delay.”
Xu Qingnian smiled and replied naturally.
“Understood.”
“But I wonder if I can delay Brother Xu for half a quarter of an hour, I would like to chat with Brother Xu for a while.”
Cheng Lidong made it clear that he had something to do, Xu Qingnian was slightly silent, and instead of being forceful in his attitude, he spoke.
“Lord Cheng speaking.”
Xu Qingnian spoke out.
“This is not the place to talk, please, Brother Xu.”
Cheng Lidong made an invitation.
Xu Qingnian didn’t say much and followed him.
Soon, he turned left and right again and arrived outside a mansion.
Cheng Lidong opened the door and walked in.
At this moment, Xu Qingnian scanned the mansion, which was a little bigger than the one just now, and the price of land in South Yufu did not seem cheap.
He was sweeping the mansion.
And Cheng Lidong looked back, noticing Xu Qingnian’s gaze, and could not help but speak.
“This is a mansion pa*sed down from my ancestors, but on weekdays when Cheng is on duty, he doesn’t live there much, it’s a bit deserted, and there’s not even any tea, so I hope Brother Xu will forgive me.”
Cheng Lidong opened his mouth to explain.
And a hint of disappointment flashed across Xu Qingnian’s eyes.
He had thought that this was the mansion where Cheng Lidong had come from to commit corruption. The Great Wei Law had over a hundred penalties for official corruption, and any one of them could make Cheng Lidong shed a layer of skin.
When he heard that it was his ancestral home, Xu Qingnian was naturally a little disappointed.
“What does Lord Cheng have to say straight away, Mister Xu does have to go back to prepare for the government exams.”
Since he could not gather any evidence, Xu Qingnian did not want to waste time.
There was something to say.
“That’s fine, Brother Xu is a smart man, so Mister Cheng won’t beat around the bush.”
“The stuff is in your hands, right?”
Cheng Lidong had a smile on his face as he inquired about Xu Qingnian.
“Ten taels.”
Xu Qingnian extended her hand and slowly spoke.
“What do you mean?”
Cheng Lidong frowned, he did not understand what Xu Qingnian meant by this.
“To solve people’s puzzles and receive money, ten taels to answer.”
Xu Qingnian was very straightforward, he was not on good terms with Cheng Lidong, asking and answering? Isn’t one’s time money?
Although he felt that Xu Qingnian was a bit strange, Cheng Lidong still took out a silver ticket, the face value of ten taels.
“Not in.”
Xu Qingnian shook her head.
“Heh …… Brother Xu, I haven’t even said what it is, so how come Brother Xu just said no? Could it be that Brother Xu knows what it is?”
Cheng Lidong laughed.
However Xu Qingnian held out his hand again.
“Ten taels.”
Cheng Lidong: ……
There was some anger, but Cheng Lidong didn’t talk nonsense and still took out ten taels of silver ticket and gave it to Xu Qingnian.
With the silver ticket in hand, Xu Qingnian continued to speak.
“I don’t know.”
Xu Qingnian replied.
Cheng Lidong: ……
You don’t know that you want ten taels of silver from me?
No, it’s twenty taels.
Do you think this is funny?
“Brother Xu, we are both smart people, since I came to find Brother Xu, it is with a bare heart that Wu Yan had contacted you before he died, and he had already given you something.”
“But I can conclude that you must not know what it is, but I can tell you that this item is of great significance and relates to a treasure.”
“Brother Xu, I can say plainly that this item can change the fate of both you and I. If you are willing, we will join hands and work together, and I will never mention the matter of your cultivation of the foreign arts again.”
“How?”
Cheng Lidong spoke quickly, while speculating the matter with great precision.
However, Xu Qingnian did not hesitate and once again extended his hand.
“Ten taels.”
Cheng Lidong: ……
“That’s enough, if Brother Xu is pretending to be crazy like this, don’t blame Cheng for pursuing him to the end.”
“Although Brother Xu has now made a name for himself in Southern Yu, the crime of practicing a different art, even if he becomes a great Confucian, he will still find it hard to escape death.”
“Moreover, Brother Xu has abandoned martial arts for literature, and when I think about it, it is because he wants to suppress the demonic nature through the Confucianism’s haozheng qi.”
“You were in Ping’an County and were cured without treatment, which cannot be explained, and then abandoned martial arts for literature to suppress the demonic nature through the Hao Ran Zheng Qi, which is never heard of, but it makes sense.”
“These two points alone are enough to keep Brother Xu on his toes, but as long as you and I cooperate, I can be honest and do my best to help Brother Xu, and likewise Brother Xu must help me.”
“Also, I, Cheng, don’t have any extra silver or coins.”
Cheng Lidong was a little angry.
He was seriously talking to Xu Qingnian about business, but Xu Qingnian was just pretending to be mad and foolish, answering once with ten taels of silver, and his monthly salary was only ten taels of silver, which was equivalent to two months’ salary being taken away by Xu Qingnian.
How can he not be angry?
How could he not be angry?
When he heard Cheng Lidong say he had no money, Xu Qingnian couldn’t help but be a little disappointed again. It seemed that Great Wei was really poor, a prospective hundred households could only come up with twenty taels of silver.
It should be difficult to collect evidence of Cheng Lidong’s embezzlement.
He sighed.
Xu Qingnian shook his head and said, “Lord Cheng, I don’t understand a single word you just said, but I am willing to go and investigate secretly for Lord Cheng, only that the investigation requires funds.”
“Other than that, after all, Xu Mou has been an officer and has some experience, as long as the funding is sufficient, we will try to investigate clearly.”
Xu Qingnian said with a serious face.
“You’re fooling me?”
Cheng Lidong’s gaze was cold as he gazed at Xu Qingnian.
Feeling Cheng Lidong’s gaze, Xu Qingnian was tempted to nod his head, but considering his lack of strength, he swallowed his anger.
“On the contrary, I think that it was Lord Cheng who tricked me.”
Xu Qingnian replied calmly.
Cheng Lidong obviously took himself for a fool, didn’t he?
Cooperation?
How can you cooperate?
First you cooperate and give you the stuff, then the cooperation ends and you kill me.
It’s a great deal.
It is hard to imagine that a small South Yufu has produced you, the Crouching Dragon.
“Brother Xu, I know you have preconceived notions about Cheng, but before, it was all under orders.”
“Brother Xu, I can tell you that what Wu Yan has is worth a great deal of money, but with your power alone, you will definitely not be able to obtain it, and it will even lead to death.”
“Cooperating with me is the best choice for you.”
“And, I can make a vow to live and die together, I will never harm you.”
“One more thing, now that you are in the Confucianism lineage, your future prospects are infinitely better, and I am in the Martial Arts lineage, they are not mutually exclusive, but they can make up for each other, there are some things you are not good at, I, Cheng, can do them for Brother Xu.”
“And brother Xu only needs to stabilize his position in the court, pulling Cheng Mou a hand, you and I respond to each other, the martial general I am the biggest, the civil minister you are the biggest, at that time the whole Great Wei, is by you and me to be the master, is not it not a pleasure?”
Cheng Lidong said seriously, and even began to draw a pie to describe the future.
To be honest, Xu Qingnian was surprised.
What a good guy.
What a good guy.
This pie-drawing ability is too strong.
If I give you a whole rifle, and I get an AK, one step at a time, won’t I be able to grow bigger and stronger and unify the mountains?
The most ambitious person Xu Qingnian has ever met is Cheng Lidong.
A prospective hundredth household, dreaming of unifying the mountains and rivers.
If it wasn’t for this guy’s bad character, Xu Qingnian would really have thought about working with him.
Nothing else, but his ambition.
“Brother Xu, what do you think?”
At this moment, Cheng Lidong continued to ask, his voice dropped a lot and he looked at Xu Qingnian with an expectant face.
Xu Qingnian was silent, just sweeping a glance at the sky, before slowly saying.
“Half a quarter of an hour is up, Lord Cheng, I will see you again as fate would have it.”
After saying this, Xu Qingnian turned around and left.
He did not want to stay here any longer.
This Cheng Lidong had gone mad, and even if he was mad, he still treated himself like a fool, something Xu Qingnian could not bear.
“Brother Xu, listen to me.”
“Brother Xu.”
Cheng Lidong did not expect Xu Qingnian to leave so decisively, so he immediately shouted several times.
And Xu Qingnian ran straight away.
His mouth muttered some odd words.
What not to listen to, Wang Bajie recited the scriptures.
It made Cheng Lidong freeze in place.
A full half a quarter of an hour later.
In the middle of the mansion.
Cheng Lidong clenched his fists, his gaze cold and terrifying as he gazed ahead.
“Xu Qingnian.”
“I’ve already given you a chance.”
His voice was like a mosquito, but his gaze seemed to be volcanic, his anger extremely strong.
He hated.
Hated why he didn’t believe in himself.
He was angry.
Angry at Xu Qingnian for pretending to be mad and foolish.
Why?
Why.
Why didn’t you believe me.
Cheng Lidong’s fists clenched.
It was almost the same moment.
Cheng Lidong and Xu Qingnian both had one thought in their heads.
Kill him.
Since Xu Qingnian was unwilling to cooperate, Cheng Lidong broke off his thoughts. He must find proof of Xu Qingnian’s guilt in practicing the supernatural arts, otherwise it would be difficult to vent his anger.
And Xu Qingnian’s thoughts were pure.
If Cheng Lidong did not die, his heart would not be at ease.
This is a ruthless man and a madman, to cooperate with him is to seek skin with a tiger, if not, he will bite himself like a mad dog.
So simply, let him disappear.
As for how to make Cheng Lidong disappear, one would have to think slowly.
