The end of spring is when farming is busy, and the people have spent the whole winter recuperating, and they are all full of energy. Passing through many towns along the way, both sides of the canal are bustling with people, and it looks like a prosperous world.
Seeing it in his eyes, Chu Yuan felt a little more at ease.
"Your Majesty." Eunuch Sixi stepped forward to put on a cape for him, and said, "The next place should be Yunshui City."
Chu Yuan nodded, but did not say much, and continued to look at the distance in a trance.
The magistrate of Yunshui City was named Liu Bi, a distant relative of Liu Gong. Although it is only a small seventh grade, but there are many people in the court who are interested in this position. As soon as the canal opens, you can make money. The salt that goes south to the north, the grain that goes north, and the tea and porcelain shipped to the West all have to pass through this small cloud water city. Even if you don’t want to be greedy, there are always opportunities for money. Elsewhere in the backcountry, I don't know how many times I am fat.
Knowing that Chu Yuan was going to Jiangnan, Liu Bi was not too worried. There was no problem in the accounts, and the government was all his own people. Everyone was a grasshopper on a rope, so he was naturally not afraid that someone would sue the imperial court. Besides, there is also Mrs. Liu in Wangcheng, who is the big backer of the Liu family, and will it collapse in a while. So early this morning, he showered and changed his clothes, and took his subordinates to the pier to pick him up. There were also a lot of people around, all of them were excited and waiting to see the emperor.
At noon, the big ship finally approached slowly, the bright yellow flag fluttered fiercely on the mast, the guards on both sides of the ship stood with knives, and the blades gleamed coldly under the sun, which made people feel jealous.
"Xiaguan welcomes the emperor!" Liu Bi led the crowd on their knees to greet him, and the people also fell to their knees.
In the small courtyard not far away, Ye Jin was still drying the medicine, as if no noise was heard.
"Really don't look at it?" Bai Laicai was very itchy.
"If you want to go, I didn't pull you." Ye Jin stood up with a small basket, "The emperor is also a human, with two eyes and one nose, why did he make a special trip to kneel to see."
"That's true." Bai Laicai squatted on the chair, and stood up after thinking for a while, "But I still want to see it, in case there is a silver collar." After all, that is the emperor.
Ye Jin regretted saving him from the mountain.
Chu Yuan stepped off the boat, and Liu Bi raised his head with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty."
There was silence all around, and some daring people peeked at it, and then couldn't help but praised, the emperor's appearance is really good. Yuguan had black hair standing on end, his eyebrows were bright as stars, his nose was straight, and his whole body was luxurious and not angry, so he hurriedly lowered his head again.
"Aiqing, calm down." Chu Yuan personally stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help him up.
Liu Bi smiled with a wrinkled face, and then said hello, "Father Si Xi, General Shen."
"This Yunshui City is really lively and prosperous." Shen Qianfan said, "Master Liu really manages well."
"General Shen is overrated. This is a matter of Shimonoseki's division and division." Liu Bi stepped aside to move out of the way, "A banquet has been prepared in the mansion, and the emperor is also asked to move him."
In the crowd, an old man was watching the fun while eating melon seeds, and he stretched his neck and stood on tiptoe. He looked like a good person. It was not until Luan Jia left the people and dispersed, that he reluctantly returned home.
"Didn't get the money?" Ye Jin teased when he saw him enter the small courtyard with his head down.
"The emperor can be so stingy?" Bai Laicai sat back at the stone table and said angrily, "You look a lot like the doctor, and you should be a kind-hearted person. In the end, not to mention money, you don't even have a bun."
"Who do you think looks like him?" Ye Jin's eyes flashed fiercely.
Bai Laicai said quickly, "Me!"
Ye Jin snorted coldly and returned to the bedroom with his chin up.
Bai Laicai patted his chest and let out a sigh of relief, he was really fierce...
Chu Yuan didn't like extravagance, so Liu Bi naturally didn't dare to hold a big banquet. Although there were many dishes, they were all home-made, and the wine was the most common Shaoxing yellow. Chu Yuan chatted with the others about the diversion of the canal, and did not ask any other questions. After the dinner, he went back to the bedroom to rest early, without even summoning officials elsewhere.
Liu Bi breathed a sigh of relief, and even thought he had to check the accounts, but he didn't expect to mention it at all.
According to the previous plan, Chu Yuan would only stay here for two days, and after the ships were sufficiently supplied, he would continue all the way south to Chiba City. Unexpectedly, it was probably because of the cold on the river a few days ago, and the fever started the second day after calling this Yunshui City.
"I heard that the emperor has contracted the cold." In the small courtyard, Bai Laicai pounded with his elbows, "You are a doctor, can you go and recommend yourself? If you are cured by luck, maybe you can go to the palace and become an imperial doctor. ."
"I'm going to be the imperial doctor for him?" Ye Jin slapped a scoop of silkworm sand angrily, and said with his arms on his hips, "I think it's beautiful!"
Bai Laicai ran out with his head in his arms.
Doctor, this is going to eat people...
Liu Bi was also a little flustered about this. He was not afraid that Chu Yuan would have an accident here, after all, it was just a cold. He panicked because he didn't know whether the cold was true or not, and if it was false, what was the purpose behind it.
"Your Excellency is worrying too much." The housekeeper in the yamen was named Liu Man, who seemed to be much calmer than him, and said slowly with his sleeves on his back, "The emperor is sick, you and I should take care of yourself, how can you think about other things?"
Liu Bi hesitated, not knowing what medicine he was selling in his gourd. Wanting to ask more, but not daring to ask, the whole person was uneasy, and even when he was resting at night, he was still worried, tossing and turning, making his concubine complain all over. He finally fell asleep at dawn, but he closed his eyes and was picked up from the bed by the Imperial Forest Army.
"General Shen, what does General Shen mean?" Liu Bi was shocked.
"Someone, throw this traitor into the dungeon." Shen Qianfan ordered coldly.
Rebel? Liu Bi's face was pale, and he wanted to complain, but his jaw had already been removed and he was dragged all the way into the prison.
The Imperial Forest Army surrounded the magistrate's yamen, and some people who got up early saw it and wondered what happened. When I got home and talked with my daughter-in-law, I thought it was probably Liu Bi's crimes of corruption in recent years, so he was arrested by the emperor and imprisoned. It wasn't until the evening that news spread that it was because the imperial doctor found it in Liu's house's meals. poisoned.
Poison the emperor... The people turned pale when they heard the words. Would anyone dare to risk the world to do such a crime of killing the nine clans
The news reached Ye Jin's ears, and Bai Laicai stared at him cautiously: "The emperor is poisoned, so the doctor won't go to see it?"
Ye Jin put down the medicine pestle: "I'm not familiar with him."
"There are so many patients in the world, how can the doctor know all of them." Bai Laicai said, "If anyone is sick, just watch for everyone."
Ye Jin was disturbed by his arguing, so he simply went out for a walk on the street by himself.
The yamen has long been surrounded by copper walls and iron walls, not only the Imperial Forest Army brought by Chu Yuan, but also the garrison sent by Shen Qianfan from other places. Ye Jin was still a little confused when he heard the news, but then he gradually thought about it - if he was really unprepared and poisoned, who would arrange such a large number of people to be nearby in advance, only to wait for today to capture the traitor
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snort!
Ye Shenyi stomped his feet angrily and went to eat in a restaurant to put out the fire.
He pretended to be sick and bullied Lao Tzu when he was a child, and he was still a virtue when he grew up. This person really had no sympathy for him.
"Your Majesty." Shen Qianfan said in the Yamen study, "The confession has been written, and Liu Bi has also drawn the bond, and the last commander will immediately lead people back to the royal city."
Chu Yuan nodded: "This trip is dangerous, and there is General Lao."
"This is what we will do at the end of the day." Shen Qianfan said, "It's just that if the King of Southwest is still in the king's city..."
"He won't embarrass you." Chu Yuan interrupted, "If he is really ignorant, let him come to Jiangnan to find me in person."
"Yes." Shen Qianfan bowed his head and gave orders. After leaving the study, he led dozens of men and horses, set off overnight, and returned to the royal city secretly all the way.
Liu Bi committed suicide in prison in fear of crime, and all his children were exiled to Hainan. The new magistrate took office within ten days. The garrison replaced the original city gate guards, and every day they carefully checked the people entering and leaving, and even a fly could not get in and out freely. For a while, the atmosphere in the city was serious, and when I walked on the street, I felt bored.
Ye Jin began to think about whether he should go out to another world first, and then come back when it stops here.
"The doctor can't go." Bai Laicai held on to his package and didn't let go, "I watched some astronomical phenomena last night—"
"You can still observe celestial phenomena?" Ye Jin interrupted in disgust.
"Naturally." Bai Laicai nodded.
Ye Jin asked, "What did you see?"
Bai Laicai said: "The sheep enter the wolf's den."
Ye Jin shook his head: "If you go to the street for fortune-telling, you will definitely not be able to earn even half a penny." It's just that you can't speak a lotus, and even the auspicious ones won't say, what is a sheep entering a wolf's den.
"The emperor seized Liu Bi's house, but he didn't find much money." Bai Laicai tsk tsk, "That's a big corrupt official, and the wild goose plucks the hair."
"What are you trying to say?" Ye Jin frowned.
"Where did the silver go, ask Mr. Zeng, the leader of the southwest garrison, who is calling back. I'm afraid it will be much clearer." Bai Laicai continued to eat melon seeds.
Ye Jin suddenly stood up.
"I heard that General Shen has returned to the king's city." Bai Laicai said calmly, "Liu Bi is dead, but who said that he was the one who was in charge of the county magistrate before?"
Ye Jin stomped his feet, turned and ran out of the yard.
In the yamen, the newly transferred county magistrate Lin Yong was tied up with five flowers and thrown into the dungeon. The southeast garrison rebelled most of the night, and silently trapped Chu Yuan in the mansion.
Chu Yuan stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, and looked coldly at Liu Man and the garrison commander Zeng Xuan in front of him.
"Bold!" Father Sixi stood in front of him, "Let's retreat sooner."
Liu Man's tone is neither yin nor yang: "As of now, I still ask the emperor to stay here for a while, and it will not be too late to go out when there is news in Wangcheng."
"Very good." Chu Yuan ignored him, but looked at Zeng Xuan coldly, "I really saw you wrong."
Zeng Xuan didn't say a word, his face was a little pale - he was originally a young man in the Southeast Garrison, and he only climbed to the position of commander step by step thanks to Chu Yuan's support. It's just that when you have more power in your hands, it is inevitable that greed will arise in your heart, so Liu Bi will be caught. Chu Yuan has never been soft-handed in punishing corrupt officials. He would die if he had to, but he had no choice but to join forces with the Liu Mansion, but he did not expect the other party to be so daring.
It's just that he has already boarded the pirate ship. Even if there is a dead end ahead, he can only sit down.