Chapter 924 My Life Is Like Walking on Thin Ice

It is gradually getting into autumn.

It has been more than two months since Chen Chao returned to the capital of gods.

Today, Chen Chao changed his clothes, but it was still a black robe. He was wearing one piece after another, and it was difficult to have other styles. Fortunately, he, the garrison commander, was used to it. Apart from the official robe, he only wore black robes.

But he was like this, and his disciples were not like this. Yu Qingfeng changed into a green robe today. The texture was good. It seemed that Xie Nandu had bought it for several people in the capital of gods. Xie Nandu was very careful about these things. Not only did he prepare the current clothes for several children, but he also took into account that children like this grow very fast, so he deliberately left a few sets of clothes that looked a lot bigger before and just fit now.

He Liang did not deliberately change into any particularly good clothes, but just changed into a clean gray cloth clothes, looking like a scholar. As for the little girl Ning Qingnian, she never liked the floral dresses that girls of the same age liked, so she just wore a plain white dress, which looked very good.

In addition to his three disciples, the master and disciple Yu Xiyi are also going to eat together today. Yu Xiyi is still wearing a blue shirt. His blue shirt is actually made of special materials. It will not be stained by dust. No matter how long it is worn or how you look at it, it will be spotless. But even so, Jiang Xiaoan, as a closed disciple, still complains about his master after wearing it for too long, saying that he doesn't care about his image at all. He should change his clothes frequently, otherwise how can he find a master's wife for himself.

However, Yu Xiyi always laughs it off, and it is obvious that he doesn't care about this matter. However, although he has such a master, Jiang Xiaoan still changed into a yellow skirt with floral patterns on purpose. The skirt was made by his mother who bought the fabric a while ago. This is the first time he wears it.

When the six of them arrived at the gate of Song Lian's house, Weng Quan, who had been waiting here for a long time, ran over and looked at Chen Chao with a happy face, "Sir, you are finally here."

When Chen Chao was the deputy commander of the Left Guard, Weng Quan was an official of the Left Guard. Every time Chen Chao returned to the capital, the two would naturally meet, but now Chen Chao is the garrison commander, and he did not attend the court meetings, so this was actually the first time they met.

Chen Chao glanced at him and said, "It seems that he has already reached the Sea of ​​Bitterness. It won't be long before he can reach the other shore, right?"

Weng Quan smiled and said, "It's all because of my second uncle who taught me well."

As Song Lian's nephew, Weng Quan has suffered a lot in recent years. After all, his uncle, who is a forgetful warrior, often takes Weng Quan to practice boxing and practice, and he doesn't hold back when fighting, so Weng Quan gets bruised every time. Officials on the left guard side who don't know about this relationship see Weng Quan like that, and they all tease him if he peeked at a girl taking a bath, and he still has evil intentions, so he gets beaten bruised every time.

Weng Quan didn't argue about this, but just practiced boxing silently.

Chen Chao narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Hurry up, practice boxing well, and when you reach the Forgetful Realm in the future, you can choose the commander of the left and right guards."

Weng Quan muttered, "Do you have to be in the Forgetful Realm to be a commander now?"

Chen Chao heard it and smiled without saying anything.

In the early years, the commanders of the left and right guards were just warriors from the other side. When Chen Chao was the deputy commander, his realm was not high either. But after all, things are different now. The number of cultivators in Daliang has increased several times compared to before.

Even the lineage of the garrison commander was recruited by Chen Chao, both of whom were first-class warriors of the time. In fact, in addition to these two people, many warriors chose to be loyal to Daliang later, but not all of them were from the lineage of the garrison commander. More were arranged by Chen Chao to other places.

But no matter what, a Daliang Dynasty not only has him, the garrison commander, sitting on the top, but also has many people pouring in to strengthen itself.

Today's Daliang Dynasty can be regarded as a behemoth.

But in order to restrain the cultivators and warriors pouring into Daliang, in addition to the Daliang Law, he, the garrison commander, is also needed to be there all the time.

Always there, even if they didn't do anything, those warriors would think twice before they acted, because once they did something wrong, this garrison commander would take action, whether it was killing or something else, they didn't dare to think about it.

As I said, there are not many true fellows.

After entering the yard, it was not Song Lian who came out to greet him, but the woman. She was radiant, much better than when they first met and were still washing clothes for others.

Chen Chao smiled and said, "Thank you for your trouble, sister-in-law."

As he spoke, He Liang came out with

something. Going out for a meal, basic etiquette is still necessary.

The woman looked at what He Liang was carrying and complained, "Come to have a simple meal, what are you bringing?"

Chen Chao smiled and said, "It's not a valuable thing. If sister-in-law doesn't accept it, I can't eat this meal."

While speaking, He Liang had already carried the things into the house. The woman had no choice but to roll her eyes at Song Lian, then turned back and went into the house to continue cooking.

Chen Chao came to Song Lian's side, touched his shoulder with his shoulder, and asked with a smile, "You really have no power?"

Song Lian frowned and was about to refute, but Chen Chao quickly changed the subject and asked, "What did Shanshui Sect say?"

Chen Chao entrusted the Shanshui Sect's affairs to Song Lian.

Song Lian nodded and said softly, "I went to Shanshui Sect once and had a good talk, but the sect leader still wants you to go there in person."

Chen Chao raised his eyebrows and said, "Is it me, not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Song Lian said helplessly, "It's you."

Now, in the eyes of these outsiders, the Liang Dynasty is nominally ruled by the Crown Prince, but in reality, it is still the Chen Dynasty that has the final say, especially in matters concerning these outsiders.

In fact, if it were an ordinary emperor, suspicion between the emperor and his subjects would definitely occur, but the current Liang Dynasty does not seem to be like this.

"I originally planned that if you could not negotiate, I would let our Great Sword Immortal Yu go over there to show off his sword energy."

Chen Chao glanced at Yu Xiyi, who frowned and looked ugly, "Mr. Chen, why do you let me do anything that ruins my reputation? My reputation as a great sword immortal has become tarnished even when I am with you."

Chen Chao asked curiously, "Why? Great Sword Immortal Yu still thinks he has a good reputation?"

Yu Xiyi rolled his eyes and was too lazy to say anything.

Song Lian said with a smile, "If the great swordsman Yu goes there, I guess they will be trembling with fear. Although they may not be willing to agree to this matter sincerely, at least they dare not refuse it outright." Yu Xiyi was even more furious after hearing this, "Old Song, who do you think I am? A bandit?" Song Lian asked, "Isn't it?" As soon as he said this, Yu Xiyi said three good words in a row, gritting his teeth. This great swordsman, I guess, can only be defeated by the Chen Dynasty in this life. Chen Chao frowned, "Do you want me to expose all the big words you said to my disciples before?"

"What are you doing? Aren't we brothers who have shared life and death? What's yours and mine? You still remember such a small thing? It doesn't make sense. Okay, okay, it's just a joke, no big deal.

Yu Xiyi scratched his head with a flattering face.

He is the great swordsman Yu. Isn't the most important thing for him in the world?

"Then I'll take the time to go there."

Chen Chao rubbed his cheeks and smiled. It didn't matter to go to Shanshui Sect. It would be fine as long as the matter could be finalized.

Song Lian asked, "What about the court?"

Chen Chao said, "In fact, there is a lot of resistance, but I have met Zhou Goji before."

"Mr. Zhou? ”

Now Zhou Gouqi is the acting president of the academy and a scholar who has forgotten his worries. Although his status cannot be compared with that of the president, in general, it is not much different.

With Zhou Gouqi speaking on this matter, the resistance will be much smaller.

After all, it is not a big problem for the leader of half of the world's scholars to express his position.

Chen Chao said, "I have to go to the Xie family and meet that Minister Xie."

After the fall of the Wei family, the Xie family has become the only one in the Daliang Dynasty. If the ancestor of the Xie family can express his position, the resistance will be much smaller.

With these two people, other things are actually much easier to handle.

Song Lian sighed, "If you can get this done, you will be the most amazing matchmaker in the world."

Chen Chao thought for a while and said, "I still have some experience in this matter. After all, it is not the first time, right? "

Song Lian was stunned at first, and then he realized belatedly that this guy was talking about him.

Song Lian laughed. Apart from anything else, he was still very grateful to Chen Chao for this matter, even though Chen Chao had received a lot of money from him before.

Chen Chao suddenly patted Song Lian on the shoulder and whispered, "Thank me before, don't blame me in the future."

Song Lian, who was extremely clear about the current situation, naturally knew what Chen Chao was talking about. Song Lian smiled indifferently, "You may die by then, how can I blame you?"

Chen Chao cursed, "Old Song, why do you have such a bad mouth? ! "

Song Lian didn't care and smiled slightly.

After that, a table of people sat at a large round table, drinking a lot of wine and laughing happily.

Everyone was very satisfied with the meal. After the meal, several apprentices stayed here. Chen Chao called Weng Quan to get up and prepare the carriage to go to the Xie family's ancestral home.

Chen Chao was bored and stood at the door waiting for Weng Quan to go to Zuowei to drive the carriage over.

Yu Xiyi came out at some point and sat on the doorstep. He glanced at Chen Chao and asked, "Where are you going again?"

Chen Chao didn't hide it from this guy.

Yu Xiyi sneered, "You are really busy."

Chen Chao glanced at Yu Xiyi and thought that he was free anyway, so he just sat down and chatted with Yu Xiyi.

"What do you think of my apprentice He Liang?"

Yu Xiyi didn't understand, but he was quite satisfied with He Liang. He nodded and smiled, "That kid is really good, obedient and honest. "

Chen Chao came up and said with a smile, "Then promise your last disciple to Xiao He?"

"What?!"

A powerful voice broke through the sky, making everyone in the yard look at the door, especially Jiang Xiaoan, who was holding a chicken leg at the moment, with a confused look on his face, but then he lowered his head. Hey, my master has embarrassed himself again, I have to pretend that I don't know him.

Chen Chao smiled awkwardly at the inside, then lowered his head and pressed Yu Xiyi's head, whispering, "What the hell are you going to do?"

Yu Xiyi struggled to break free from Chen Chao's clutches, and sneered, "Mr. Chen, why didn't I realize that you are a beast before? How old is Xiao An, and you have set your sights on her? You, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are actually this kind of person. "

Yu Xiyi spit on the ground, and then said, "Impossible, you should just give up on this idea! "

Turned back to the house.

Chen Chao pulled the corner of his mouth and cursed in a low voice, damn it.

When he raised his head, Chen Chao saw the carriage approaching in the distance.

Chen Chao narrowed his eyes and looked a little ugly.

Weng Quan jumped off the carriage and ran over in a hurry, shouting, "Sir, let's go!"

Chen Chaopi asked with a smile, "This carriage..."

Weng Quan took a breath and said with a smile, "Aren't you anxious, sir? All the other carriages in Zuowei are useful, and this old friend is the only one left."

Chen Chao had no expression on his face, he just patted Weng Quan and sighed silently in his heart.

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…

Chen Chao visited the Xie family's ancestral house and entered through the middle door as always. If he didn't go through the middle door now, it would not be long before this incident would be known to the whole city, and it would also happen again. There are various speculations.

However, this time Chen Chao did not stay at the Xie family's ancestral residence for too long. In less than half an hour, the guardian envoy stood up to say goodbye.

Over at the ancestral temple, the spirit of the white-haired ancestor of the Xie family is much worse than before. As an important minister of several dynasties, this Xie Shangshu is really not young.

Chen Chaoqing said sincerely, "Old Minister, please take care of yourself."

The ancestor of the Xie family looked at Chen Chao with his cloudy eyes, and smiled, his face was like countless ripples on the lake, "In the past, I didn't want to die because I didn't know where the Xie family would go after death, but now I have Xie Yatou, it doesn’t matter, Daliang, it’s good to have you as my son, since I have a successor, what reason do I have not to die?”

Chen Chao moved his lips, but before he could say anything, Mr.

The ancestor smiled and said, "But speaking of it, there is one thing. When will you and Xie Yatou get married?"

" Now, no matter how you look at it, it’s not a good time.”

What kind of human beings are the ancestors of the Xie family? Having been the head of the Xie family for so many years, how could I not know Chen Chao's little thoughts?

"Isn't it a good time? Come to see me, it's because Xie Yatou didn't nod. There's nothing you, the guardian envoy, can do about it, right?"

The ancestor of the Xie family sat up and said with a smile, "How strange it is that the dignified Lord Guardian, the best martial artist in the world, is there anything he can't do?"

Chen Chao looked embarrassed. Why did this old guy speak so ruthlessly?

If it were anyone else, it would be nothing more than asking for a fist fight to see which one is tougher, your mouth or my fists.

But facing this ancestor of the Xie family, if you can't say it, you really can't say it.

beat?

You bully an old man who doesn't know how old he is, and you still want to give him some face?

The ancestor of the Xie family said seriously, "From my point of view, His Highness the Crown Prince wants to marry a girl from outside the country, it's very good. You have suppressed the monks from outside the country too hard, and it is inevitable that they will feel sad. With that, His Highness the Prince's marriage is a message to Fang Wai, that is, I, Daliang, have never thought about the affairs of the world. I told you to do it. Is there any room for negotiation in everything? And this is the Shanshui Sect? It’s not a big deal, and this also gives those monks confidence.”

Chen Chao smiled and said, "This junior really wants to decide everything in the world with just one word."

The ancestor of the Xie family glanced at Chen Chao and sneered, "It's okay if you have such thoughts, but everything in the world started with you and will only end with you. Think about it carefully, after you, there will be someone like you in Daliang A person? Little did we know how many cultivating sects rose up because of one person, but also declined because of the death of one person. The most recent example is that your Majesty is such a person. When he was in power, Daliang could make a decision with just one word. Can His Majesty the Crown Prince do it? Not to mention whether it can be done temporarily, but also in the future. "

The ancestor of the Xie family thought to himself and said, "In the future world, as long as Fang Wai can abide by the Daliang Law and treat the people of the world as human beings, it will be a good thing."

Chen Chao said, "The first sentence is easy to handle, but the last sentence is difficult to handle."

The ancestor of the Xie family narrowed his eyes and smiled and said, "Didn't you do a lot? The new master of Chixin Temple is a very good monk, but having such a one is not enough. He has just started, so he is slow. Just wait for it to bloom and bear fruit.”

"Governing a country is like cooking fresh food. It is a lot of hard work. How can it be done in one or two years? Just to say that Daliang has reached this point, without His Majesty's more than ten years of planning, can it be accomplished?"

The ancestor of the Xie family glanced at Chen Chao and sighed, "Girl Xie, I don't need to say more about these principles. You guys have such a bad temper."

Chen Chao remained silent.

"As for the Prime Minister, I am already powerless, but I can recommend someone to you. The man in the academy, Mr. Zhang, also entered the court as an official in the early years and became the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He is famous enough. In addition, he is in Many students from the academy came out to become officials. He was able to stand up as the Prime Minister. He chose to resign because he couldn't stand His Majesty's ascension to the throne. He came from a poor family and still had compassion for the people of the world. , it’s perfect for him to be the prime minister now.”

Chen Chao asked curiously, "How can he come out now?"

Since Mr. Zhang was not willing to be an official at the beginning, how could he be willing now?

The ancestor of the Xie family smiled and said, "What is happening in the world at this time and that time? Is he blind and can't see it? In fact, he has regretted it for many years. He knows that His Majesty is a better king than the deposed emperor. It's just that scholars want to save face. Now Your Majesty When His Highness is in charge of the country, he will naturally be willing to come out. "

Chen Chao nodded and said with a smile, "I understand."

The Xie family ancestor smiled slightly and stopped talking. He just looked at Chen Chao with too many emotions in his eyes.

It was as if this old man saw in this young man the person he wanted to be but didn't become.

He was still old.

The Xie family ancestor sighed and said softly, "The current Daliang belongs to you young people."