In the capital city.

In the bustling street market, there is a spacious and grand private house.

There are only a few people in the house, and you can only see scattered figures passing by on weekdays, especially empty and quiet.

Compared with the bustling and lively scene outside, it seems out of place.

Afternoon.

Next to the Qing Pond in the courtyard.

A man in a beautiful robe lay in a rocking chair and took a nap, letting the breeze blow.

The man's cheeks were plump, no wrinkles were seen, and his mouth was smooth and there was no strand of beard.

If it weren't for the slightly white temples, they would have been regarded as a rich man who was lazy and teenager.

Instead of being a middle-aged man over 50 years old and has quickly moved towards the word "old".

A pair of iron balls were wandering slowly in the middle-aged man's left hand.

When ordinary people see it, they only think that people are about to grow old, so they play with the male and female balls to strengthen muscles and bones, harmonize qi and blood, and delay aging.

However, few people know that this male and female ball is not only a middle-aged man who enjoys fitness, but also his weapon.

But no one was lucky enough to see the power of the ball.

Maybe I have seen it, but unfortunately I haven't survived to this day.

And in the past decade, he has no chance to take action himself.

All he needed to do was to use his brain and mouth, and he had a group of people to overcome difficulties.

One of these people stood beside the rocking chair.

That was the butler who was left in this private house by a middle-aged man.

In such a huge private house, there are not many people and nothing. Although there is only one housekeeper, it is easy to handle the task.

The most worry-free thing the butler needs on weekdays is the “report” that the master needs to listen to when he rests at home.

The reason why it is called a memorial is that the matter that the housekeeper needs to report is related to the border situation, the taxes in various places, the production of the people, the trivialities of the world, etc. It should have been discussed in the court, and the emperor of the dynasty should have been known and approved by the emperor of the dynasty.

And all these memorials are more detailed than the memorials in the court.

To this end, the housekeeper has to spend most of the time every day to regulate all aspects of information to complete the report that may be less than half an hour.

I think if it weren't for some talent in this regard, it would be difficult to be valued under such high-ranking officials and nobles.

There is also a table in front of the housekeeper.

In addition to a stack of reports and documents, there were also pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the table.

Used to record the master's comments and related instructions on these reports.

I don’t know if the master is in a good mood today or is lacking in interest in the report today, but after the housekeeper finished reading the first twenty-one report, he still did not write a record.

There are three reports left.

If the master has not made any statement yet, the butler will have a break today.

The housekeeper picked up the twenty-second report.

This is the second report related to the trivialities of the world.

The first two contents are related to Tingyu Pavilion, which has been "making waves" again in the world recently.

"Listening to the rain Pavilion to dream of Chaoge, Luo Piaoling and the song of Xue Qinghuan in the Living Year Pavilion have been closed in the inn for three days, and there is no connection with the Lu family."

"Tingyu Pavilion escorted the Niu family's father and daughter. Due to the heavy rain for several days, they traveled for only ten miles. As of today, they have been stranded at Xiaoshan Wanfeng Inn for two days."

"bet......"

From the corner of my eyes, I saw my master slightly raised his right hand on the handrail. The housekeeper stopped talking at the right time, picked up the brush that had been placed on the inkstone for a long time, and prepared to make records.

But I heard the middle-aged man ask: "If I remember correctly, the rain in southern Jiangjiang and Ganzhou is heavy."

The butler did not think about why his master had this question. After sorting out the information in his mind, he quickly answered.

"yes."

"Three days ago, heavy rain suddenly fell in southern Jiangjiang and Ganzhou, and the rainfall in half a day was no longer knee-breaking."

"After one day, the water level of the streams and rivers in the southern part of Jianggan area skyrocketed, and the farmland was poured backwards, and the crops that had just been planted were all submerged in the water."

"The rain has continued for days, and all the low-lying areas have been flooded. The local government has urgently organized the affected people to move to the highlands."

"But the mountains in Jianggan area are continuous and the streams are intertwined, and the people are scattered and separated, and it is difficult to find them. In addition, the flooded areas are very wide and there are many people suffering. The resettlement places are difficult to form for a while, and many people have died or been sick."

"This fall, it may be difficult to get a harvest."

"If that strange rain lasts for a few more days, it will be difficult to recover its vitality next year or later."

After hearing this, the middle-aged man slowly turned around, and his two fingers of his right hand gently tapped the armrest of the rocking chair, thinking about something.

He heard this message in the court yesterday.

He remembered that the little emperor was impatient before hearing this memorial.

Although the little emperor is growing year by year, his body is slowly losing at a speed that ordinary people cannot easily detect. The first thing he shows is that his concentration is getting worse and worse, and he has changed to a five-day morning court that can't last for a stick of **.

——This little emperor can't hold on for a few years.

A contemptuous smile flashed in the middle-aged man's slightly opened eyes.

He is from the palace, so he naturally has his residence in the palace, but the current situation is clear, and he only restrains himself in the areas that should be restrained. As for these trivial matters of life, he thinks there is no need to pretend to be low-key and make things difficult for him.

After all, he was very impressed in the palace walls. If there was a slight noise, he could go to the palace to preside over the overall situation with a cup of tea.

The silence lasted for only a moment, and the middle-aged man pulled back his thoughts and said, "How is the identity of the pedestrian escorting General Niu investigating?"

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but frown. This was something he had arranged more than ten days ago. If there was a definite result, it would have been reflected in the report. Obviously, the details have not been found yet.

Perhaps seeing a look of anger appeared between the middle-aged man's eyebrows, the housekeeper quickly accused him: "My subordinates are not doing their jobs..."

The middle-aged man interrupted: "Okay, tell me what I've found so far."

The butler then lowered his head and said, "Yes."

"Since Jiangning County, there are currently 15 people walking with Niu Kelian and his daughter."

"A total of six people belonging to Tingyu Pavilion were found to be found, Fei Piao, Mu Shang, Xiao Yan'er, Ning Kuang, Ruan Gu, and Zi Feng."

"There are one of them who belongs to Xiaoyue Alliance, but somehow they are walking together, Mo Shang."

"There is another five young man who should have come from the Taoist temple in the southwest of Zhongzhou. The detailed location is still under investigation."

"As for the sword-bearing man and the blind-eyed swordsman who were in trouble, we can confirm that the sword-bearing man came from Jiangmen Town. The master sect has no reputation, and it is also Jiangmen Town that has only been displaced in the years of chaos."

"And that blind-eyed swordsman may be a member of the Daoyi Alliance, but he does not know the specific identity."

The butler gritted his teeth and reported what he knew, and still stood with his eyebrows down and his head down. There were only more than ten people. More than ten days have passed, and nearly half of them are still unknown. As usual, he will inevitably be punished.

"Maybe it might be someone from the Moral Alliance?" But the middle-aged man repeated in a low voice.

The middle-aged man had no intention of blaming him. He knew it was meaningless to blame these servants. He had been thinking about this world for nearly twenty years, but he still might not be able to fight the ghostly spirits. Otherwise, he would not have to be constrained everywhere and secretly seek various cooperation.

He just raised the question in his heart. Since he didn't know the specific identity, how could he determine that the other party might be a member of the Daoyi Alliance?

The housekeeper replied: "This news comes from the Yu family's Young Master Le. Mr. Le had a fight with the sword-holder, but could not break the opponent's defense. It was also seen that the blind-eyed swordsman used Han Wuyue's secret method of the Daoyi Alliance, so this inference was made."

The middle-aged man smiled for no reason and said, "Ha, this Yu family boy still can't change his arrogant temperament. If he observes it more carefully, he will probably not be the only gain. Those ** lakes are very good at hiding chess pieces, but there are not so many geniuses in the world for excavation and cultivation. This blind swordsman will never be a person who has appeared out of thin air recently. He shows that outsiders have a novel look, but they are just intentionally concealing their identity and confusing the judgment of the world. Wouldn't you know that it's more obvious?"

I thought that his master had guessed the identity of the blind swordsman just in a few words, but the housekeeper was surprised and did not forget to say in a praising tone: "What the master said is very true."

The middle-aged man didn't care about the flattery he was slapped in the servant's words and said, "Come on the map of Zhangjiang Ganjie."

The butler responded, but did not leave the table too far.

He waved to the distance, and a figure wearing a flying fish suit and hanging an embroidered spring knife came to him, and soon he presented a roll of map.

I wanted to spread the map for the master to see, but I didn't expect that the master had already put down the male and female balls and stretched out his hand, so I had to hand over the map.

The middle-aged man straightened his body, opened his eyes under his slender long eyebrows, and carefully looked at the map of Jianggan.

After a long time, the middle-aged man sighed, "Since it is God's will, I can't blame me."

It was obvious that he was sighing, but the butler could hear the hint of joy in the master's tone.

"Please give me the instructions." The housekeeper knew that he had to go to work hard if he had something to do.

"Is the father and daughter of the Niu family still trapped in Xiaoshan?" This seems to be the last question before a middle-aged man made a decision.

The housekeeper affirmed: "The news that just came this morning should be no fault."

The middle-aged man locked his eyes on a place on the map and murmured: "This place is remote and sparsely populated, suitable for ambushing. But how do you drive them here?"

The housekeeper knew that the master was asking and answering questions, but he didn't dare to talk too much.

While recalling something, the middle-aged man said, "The Gan River is separated from Xiaoshan to the wild boar forest. There is an arch bridge above the Gan River. The bridge is thirty feet long. It was built two hundred years ago and has been damaged for decades. Now it is repaired every three years in autumn and winter, and this year seems to be the year of repair."

The housekeeper said: "Yes."

The middle-aged man said again: "The heavy rain that is rare in a century will inevitably cause floods. How can this disrepaired arch bridge withstand it?"
To be continued...