Through the rain curtain flowing down from the eaves, Jiang Yingxue looked at Luo Gang and Xiao Ai, who were rowing a boat in the lotus pond outside for a while, then looked back at Xiao Cheng, who was relaxing and drinking tea, and said with a smile.

: "Erlang, you can rest assured?"

"It's broad daylight, Lang Lang Qiankun, what's there to worry about?" Xiao Cheng said. "And this is your inner house. No one who is not your confidant can enter, so I'm not afraid of anyone gossiping."

"I mean, this boat is quite small, and Luo Yuting is quite famous in Jiaofangsi and Goulanchu Hall." Jiang Yingxue said, "Aren't you afraid that your third sister will suffer the consequences of being mute?"

"She suffered a loss?" Xiao Cheng laughed: "Luo Yuting is a landlubber."

Jiang Yingxue blinked and did not react.

"My little sister is very good at water. I taught her it myself when she was a child." Xiao Cheng said proudly: "If Luo Yuting is really evil-minded, my little sister only needs to shake the boat gently, and Luo Yuting will scream for help.

.”

Jiang Yingxue was dumbfounded, and after a long while she said: "But the water in this pond is not deep. With Luo Yuting's stature, it can only reach his waist when he stands up."

"I said I've seen people drown in water up to their knees. Do you believe it?" Xiao Cheng spread his hands and said: "What matters is not the depth of the water, but the mentality and reaction of people when encountering emergencies.

.Yuting, I have been a noble son since I was a child. These things are probably far from the truth."

Jiang Yingxue covered her mouth and smiled, looking at the two people on the boat, but she shook her head again and again.

"Luo Yuting wanted to see if my little sister was worth the hard work and effort of reforming her mind; but the little sister simply wanted to see if this person was worth her life. At her age, it is natural for her to be a little curious.

"

"Actually, Luo Yuting's appearance is really good." Jiang Yingxue praised: "It can be said that he is majestic and majestic. It seems that the first impression of the little girl is pretty good. Otherwise, there would be no way we would be in the same boat now.

"

Xiao Cheng tilted his head and said, "Awesome? I'm a bit annoyed by this. But I've never heard you comment on me like that."

"Because I don't need to evaluate you, Erlang!" Jiang Yingxue said: "To evaluate a person, naturally you have to stand from an outsider's perspective to see accurately."

"I understand, your words are a bit like beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Xiao Cheng clapped his hands.

"No matter whether Erlang is a noble son or a common man, whether he is rich and powerful, or whether he is down and out and has no one to rely on, Yingxue will always be with you." Jiang Yingxue said in a low voice.

After hearing this, Xiao Cheng was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "Without power, I couldn't have saved you in the first place, and naturally I wouldn't have recognized you, and we wouldn't be where we are today. Therefore, power, wealth, and status are all important.

Now, it is indispensable. Just like you are rich now, don't you also have to spend a lot of energy to carefully maintain it? You spent a lot of money to please the nobles in the palace, and thus got yourself a county lord.

Isn’t the account ban also to protect everything now?”

Jiang Yingxue fell silent.

She didn't know how to refute Xiao Cheng's words.

"So even though I extremely dislike the classics and the eight-part essay, as a stepping stone to power, I have spent a lot of energy studying it, just to use it to get the title of Jinshi, so as to prepare for the future.

A guarantee.”

"I won't hide it from you, I still have some big ideals in my heart, but if I want to realize these ideals, I not only have to be powerful, but I also have to be one of the first few people standing in the court. Otherwise,

Everything is false."

Looking at the suddenly impassioned man in front of her, Jiang Yingxue's eyes showed a confused look. This is the most fascinating thing about this man.

"But there is an official above!" she whispered.

Xiao Cheng's voice stopped suddenly, and he stared at Jiang Yingxue for a while before saying: "What you said is a bit treasonous. I don't have such thoughts, and this is impossible."

"I have met the official several times, but he is just an ordinary person. There is nothing special about him, and he is also very short. In terms of talent alone, he is far inferior to you, Erlang." Jiang Yingxue said with a smile.

"Don't even think about this idea!" Xiao Cheng came back to his senses and whispered: "The official family of the Song Dynasty has been raising scholars for hundreds of years. It is really not a fantasy, but a reality. Of course, as you said,

Officials are also ordinary people, they just need to be reincarnated. You, over the past year or so, your heart has become a little wild."

"I was in awe before, but after seeing it more, I feel it's not a big deal." Jiang Yingxue said. "Even the nobles in the harem are short-sighted and ignorant. When it comes to knowledge, there are really not many outstanding ones!"

"If we really talk about people's abilities, as long as they can stand in the court and in front of officials, they will not be worse than him, they will only be better than him!" Xiao Cheng sneered: "There are so many scholars in the Song Dynasty.

Also? But every three years, only one subject is selected as a Jinshi, and each subject is only 300 people. Which of these people can be killed among thousands of troops, which one is not the best among men? And these Jinshi, in the

Those people who have fought and fought with each other for decades to become the few who can stand in front of the officials, what are the abilities of these people?"

Jiang Yingxue nodded, her words were on point.

"But it's good to be reincarnated as an official!" Xiao Cheng continued: "He doesn't need to be better than these people, he just needs to know how to control these people and how to use these people. And the royal education is more

It's leaning towards this side. Today's officials can mix up different opinions, balance the court, play with proficiency, have an innate status, and have such power, it is enough."

Jiang Yingxue nodded in agreement. This official was indeed extremely talented in this area.

Xiao Cheng turned his head and looked out the window. As expected, that guy from Luo Yuting knew how to tease his daughter. On the boat, I don't know what he said, but he actually made her laugh very happily.

Born in this kind of family, it is natural that you cannot decide your marriage, especially if you are a woman. Rather than being promised to someone who you don't know the details of in the future, it is really not as good as the Luo Yuting in front of you. At least Xiao Cheng knows.

, Luo Yuting is fundamentally a good person.

Even if Luo Yuting will accomplish nothing in the future, as long as he is here, what should he be afraid of? As long as he is good to his little sister, that is enough!

If you really want to marry someone who is outstanding, but he treats your sister badly, how can you kill him?

It can't be done.

"Erlang, there's one thing I haven't figured out yet." Jiang Yingxue's voice came to my ears.

Xiao Cheng turned around, "Have I been trying my best to hide the relationship between Tianxiang Pavilion and my Xiao family?"

"Yes, the strength of the Xiao family is enough to protect Tianxiang Pavilion. And now that Xiao Longtu has been appointed as the third minister, it will be even more convenient!" Jiang Yingxue shook her head, she really couldn't figure it out, Xiao Cheng took great pains to arrange for him to find it.

The nobles in the palace serve as backers, but they conceal the true relationship between Xiao Mansion and Tianxiang Pavilion. What is the reason?

Xiao Cheng was silent for a moment and said: "If I said it was my fear of the future and wanted to leave a backup, would you believe it?"

Jiang Yingxue looked at Xiao Cheng in shock, "Fear of the future?"

Xiao Cheng nodded.

"I have told you some things about my family before." Xiao Cheng's voice became deeper, "What exactly will happen, maybe within three or two years, we will know. If something happens, it will be boiled in one pot.

Now like this, even if something happens to the Xiao family in the future, at least you will have a way out, and your power will be gone, or you can retreat to the countryside and become a rich man."

"Why would Erlang think so?"

Xiao Cheng shook his head and said: "The Xiao family is really going to fall. If the nest is overturned, there will be no intact eggs. It is always good to be prepared."

At this point, he laughed: "When the time comes, I will defect to you. I will be a soft-boiled man, so you don't want to dislike me."

Jiang Yingxue looked at Xiao Cheng's appearance and couldn't help but chuckle.

"How could there be such a day? Even if the Xiao family is really in trouble, with Erlang's ability, he will definitely be able to turn disaster into good luck, turn disaster into good fortune, make a comeback, and regain glory."

"I hope so!" Xiao Cheng's voice became low again.

"Erlang, what are you worried about?"

"A lot!" Xiao Cheng said: "If my guess is correct, the official may really have the intention to prepare for the Northern Expedition. If so, he will definitely transfer the two kings back to the capital to set up a fight, and send people to the Northern Expedition again.

In order to completely control the situation, the person who left will definitely reshuffle the team left by the two kings. A large number of people who are familiar with the situation in northern Xinjiang will definitely be transferred, and even the army will be transferred.

.”

"Erlang means that Liao will take advantage of this opportunity?"

"If I were the leader of Liao, I would certainly not miss this opportunity." Xiao Cheng said: "Once the Liao people succeed due to this reason, it will inevitably damage the confidence of our official family, and it will be shaken again.

.If that’s all it is, I’m afraid that because of the coach’s problems, if the elites of Northern Xinjiang suffer too much loss, they will really not be able to recover for many years.”

"The person who takes over as the second king must also be an experienced minister in the court. This is definitely not the case, right?"

"That's impossible to say." Xiao Cheng shook his head and said, "Many people think very highly of themselves and think that they can do what others can do, or even do better. Even if they fail miserably in the end.

, he will not think that it is his fault, but will shift the responsibility to other people, thinking that these people are causing trouble, not being dedicated, and not obeying orders. What's more, they will frame the blame in order to escape guilt.

For people, have things like this rarely happened before?"

"I really don't want to see this happen!" Jiang Yingxue sighed.
Chapter completed!