"You said Wu Haogu followed the old monk all the way?"

Late at night when Wu Haogu arrived in Yingtian Prefecture, Wu Yong, whose pseudonym was Wu Zhi, met Song Jiang in an inn near the Bianhe Wharf.

Song Jiang and others followed Wu Haogu all the way, and entered Yingtian Prefecture City with Wu Haogu. After entering the city, they settled in the inn that had made an appointment with Wu Yong in advance, waiting for Wu Yong to find out the details of Wu Haogu and others to report.

"It's just an old monk. What's so great? It's too big to cut it off!"

The one who interrupted was the "black servant" who followed Song Jiang all the way. He was also a leader, nicknamed Black Tornado and named Li Kui!

He is also a character who appears in "Water Margin", but he does not carry a pair of big wheels.

"Don't talk to you, a slut!" Song Jiang said as Li Kui poured wine, "Drink your wine."

Li Kui was not angry either, so he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then took the wine pot and poured it on his own.

"Military advisor," Song Jiang frowned, "that old monk has been granted the imperial title and is still a Luohan fruit, so he can't be hurt."

"So what if you are injured?" Li Kui interrupted again.

Song Jiang glared at Li Kui and said nothing, but Wu Yong, who was standing beside him, said, "If the old monk is injured, no one will give him money. Maybe he will also attract troops to encircle him."

Song Jiang nodded. In fact, no one gave money or encirclement of soldiers was not what he was most worried about. What he was most worried about was that he had completely cut off the way to recruit.

He didn't want to be a robber for his whole life... In the Song Dynasty, being an official was what everyone yearned for.

Song Jiang had not studied many books, so he naturally failed to pass the Jinshi exam. He was not as good as others in his father's favor, so he had to find another way, become a robber first, and then find an opportunity to recruit him.

Of course, it is not easy for robbers to recruit peace. But even if he can't recruit peace for his whole life, he doesn't want to fight against the court now.

Wu Yong continued: "The old monk is going to Japan and first go to Haizhou. If he has not gone to Japan's merchant ship, he will go to Mingzhou. Wu Haogu may follow him all the way."

"That's not a big deal..." Song Jiang turned his glass gently, "In addition, if they walked along the canal, it wouldn't be easy to start."

The canal is the lifeline of Kaifeng Prefecture. Twenty miles along the way is a military patrol shop, sixty miles away is a water and land station, and tax cards are available for one hundred miles away, and there are also imperial guards patrolling from time to time. If you want to start along the canal, you must fight quickly.

However, the few guards Wu Haogu brought looked hard, so Song Jiang was not sure to solve the problem quickly. If they attracted officers and soldiers, there would be trouble.

"Military advisor, you can use a plan to lead them away from the canal." Song Jiang said.

“Where to lead?”

"It's better to lead to Yunzhou, that's our ground!" Song Jiang said, "I'm afraid that the Wu surnamed is too careful."

"Let's lead to Xuzhou," Wu Yong took a sip of wine and said, "Xuzhou is a big province, and Wu Haogu will not be suspicious. Moreover, Xuzhou is not far from Yunzhou. After we finish the case, we can go directly to Yunzhou to hide.

In addition, I also know that there is something Wu Haogu wants in Xuzhou."

Song Jiang's eyes flashed, "Okay! That's it."

Song Jiang and Wu Yong were planning to trick Wu Haogu and others to Xuzhou. Wu Haogu and his group had no intention of leaving Yingtian Mansion at all, so they stayed in the inn of Yingtian Mansion for several days.

Wu Haogu's purpose of staying in Yingtian was naturally to paint photos of the old monk Jiejue. Speaking of which, this matter is bigger than anything else. The old monk is over 70 years old and cannot come back after he goes to Japan. He can basically be said to have passed away.

In the eyes of the feudal and superstitious Song Dynasty people, the old monk Jiejue was a monk who could attain the Arhat fruit!

In other words, he became an arhat once he passed away. The photo he drew for him by Wu Haogu was amazing.

This is the "The True Face of the Arhat", a treasure that has magic power that can be used to subdue demons and eliminate demons!

Moreover, the pictures made from Wu Haogu’s portrait photos themselves must have very powerful magic power...

"The painting is so good... Brother Dawu, when you return to Tokyo, you can present this painting to the palace. When the official and the queen mother meet, you will be given an official position."

"Give it an official?"

Wu Haogu, who had just finished the lines on a cooked silk, put down the fine brush in his hand, stretched his muscles and bones, looked back at Pan Qiaolian standing behind him, and smiled and said, "I remember that the Zhao family was a priest, how could he be granted an official for a picture of Arhat?"

Pan Qiaolian smiled sweetly and whispered: "The official family respects Taoism, but the Queen Mother Xiang believes in Buddhism. She is old. If she could pass away with a picture of "The True Face of the Arhat" and give her an official to her, how can she be given an official?"

She suddenly blinked, "If your brother Gao Qiu really could climb up to Duan, then present this picture to Duan and send it to the Empress Dowager, then it would be a big deal...

Even if the official family's body gradually gets better, it will not be a loss for those who can become Duan Wang."

Wu Haogu immediately understood Pan Qiaolian's words. Now that the official family is weak and unable to have children, it has long been a secret in Kaifeng's aristocratic circle.

Once the official family is ahead of Empress Dowager Xiang, then which brother of the official family inherits the throne? Isn’t it just a word from Empress Dowager Xiang?

Although Zhao Ji didn't need to present the "The True Face of the Arhat" to inherit the throne, Zhao Ji didn't know it now. So Wu Haogu, who presented the "The True Face of the Arhat", would definitely have made contributions after Zhao Ji ascended the throne. At that time, can Wu Haogu lose money by rewarding merits?

Even if the official Zhao Xu could live for ten or eight years, Wu Haogu would not lose money by joining Zhao Ji.

Because the most important thing for being an official is that there are people in the court. Although the princes of the Song Dynasty did not have much real power, the prime minister Wu Haogu, who had real power, could not reach it at all. It would be better to have a prince to protect him than to have no background, right?

Anyway, Wu Haogu was also an "literary and artistic official" if he wanted to be an official, and he was not on the same line as the prime minister and the important officials.

"Eighteen is indeed easy to calculate," Wu Haogu looked at Pan Qiaolian with a smile, "If you are a man, you might be able to enter the Political Affairs Hall."

Pan Qiaolian pouted and sighed softly: "I don't like the Great Political Affairs Hall. The battle was so messy. It was a mess in the early years. I was defeated but I was a little derogatory. But now I am more and more fierce, and the more I am derogatory, and I have demoted Su Dongpo to Danzhou.

Brother Dawu, if you become an official in the future, you will have to be far away from those heroes who sing the name outside Donghua Gate, and you will be free in the circle of relatives and nobles.

Anyway, we won't be short of money..."

At the end, Pan Qiaolian suddenly felt something was wrong, her face turned red with shame, and lowered her head and stopped talking.

Just then, Liu Wuji's voice came from outside the door: "Is Dalang inside? Is it convenient?"

He asked strangely. Pan Qiaolian frowned and said, "It's very convenient, come in and talk!"

"Yeah." Liu Wuji responded, then excitedly pushed the door and came in, "Dalang, there is something to do."

"Event? What kind of activity?"

"Pictures and calligraphy," Liu Wuji smiled, "It was Mr. Wu who wanted to buy our paintings. Brother Guo was really talking to him. Brother Guo asked me to invite you and go and talk to Mr. Wu together."
Chapter completed!