Sitting leisurely in the elegant wing of the second-floor small building, looking through the window to the bamboo forest outside, as if returning to Southern Chu, now, I am the Sima of my Yongwang Mansion, and my status is very important, but I still like it. I took Xiao Shunzi on a trip in a micro-suit, although King Yong advised me to be careful about my own safety. I am currently lacking a very important candidate who can go undercover beside the prince. Unfortunately, I am not very satisfied with the candidates provided by King Yong. This person must be flirtatious in order to fit the prince's temperament. Doting, this person must be extremely talented in order to be appreciated by the prince. Such a person is really difficult to find. Although the person provided by King Yong is barely acceptable, I still hope to find a more suitable person.
After I sat down for a long time, the door quietly opened, and Chen Zhen and Han Wuji walked in. This is the place I had arranged for a long time. The owner of this very famous restaurant in Dayong, Jing Shunjing, is my cousin. , Two years ago, when I was recuperating in Nanchu, and when Tianji Pavilion had begun to emerge, Jing Shunqing came to join me. The reason was because he had a dispute with his uncle.
Speaking of my mother from a famous family, the Jing family is the leading scholar in Jiaxing, but after my mother passed away, my father had a big conflict with them, because the house we lived in, all the land was given to my father by my grandfather. Yes, after my mother passed away, my uncle, who had always been at odds with my father, threatened to take everything back. It stands to reason that these properties belonged to my father, and they had no right to take them back. I stayed away from Jiaxing, and I also made it clear that I would cut off my friendship with the Jing family, so after I passed the exam, the Jing family didn't have the face to reconcile with me.
This cousin of mine has a dull aptitude and doesn't like to read, so he won't be favored by his uncle, and he fell in love with a maid in the family, which made the maid become pregnant. When the uncle found out, he wanted to abort the child, the maid would resell it, and even My cousin married his fiancée immediately. In fact, for my cousin, if they could take that maid as a concubine, the two of them would be satisfied, but my uncle refused to let my cousin offend the Yue family. She took the maid and fled to Jianye to join me.
I have a good impression of this cousin. Although he is not good at reading, he is shrewd in doing things. I heard that he has been taking care of the family’s property and affairs. His fiancée is the daughter of a wealthy merchant in Nanchu, because his father-in-law valued his ability. A marriage was arranged, and my uncle saw that my cousin could not achieve fame, so he simply let him climb the high branch. Who knew that the cousin had fornicated with the maid and offended the Yue family, so the uncle was furious.
I sympathize with my cousin, and I still have a grudge against my uncle, so I arranged for my cousin to go to see the Tianji Pavilion Master. Of course, the "Tianji Pavilion Master" Han Wuji appreciates my cousin very much and supports him in his business. In order to avoid the Yue family's suppression, my cousin Crossing the river to Dayong, Nanchu and Dayong were still maintaining superficial harmony, so my cousin didn’t encounter any obstacles, so he stood on his heels in Dayong. My cousin is indeed a business genius. The 100,000 taels of silver have increased countless times. My cousin became very rich by trading goods between Dayong and Nanchu, and he promptly invested the funds in other industries and became one of the silk industry giants. This is because I improved the loom for him and because he is smart and capable, and a year ago, his father-in-law came to him and not only made up with him, but also sent his fiancee over. In fact, although my cousin's fiancee was stubborn, It's not unreasonable. The cooperation between my cousin and my father-in-law has also made his business develop rapidly. Businessmen are all interested in interests. They see the crisis in Nanchu, so the two plan to transfer part of their business and funds to Dayong, and his cousin is the pioneer.
I didn't expect my cousin to be so outstanding at first. When I invested in the investment, I promised that Tianji Pavilion would take 50% of the shares. Later, my cousin, Hongtu, proposed to buy back the shares at a price of 500,000 taels. Of course, my cousin did Well, we prepared for the sky-high asking price, but of course I will not go too far, and Tianji Pavilion never does things that make the collaborators too heart-wrenching, so they sold the shares at a reasonable price, but as usual, 10% of the shares are retained. , and the cousin also knew the power of the Tianji Guild, so the two sides happily reached an agreement. My cousin is a person who values love and righteousness. Although he didn’t know my relationship with Tianji Pavilion, he still sent gifts several times to thank me for my guidance.
This time, I was captured by King Yong and came to Dayong. Beforehand, I sent Chen Zhen and the others to wait for me in Dayong. There are many people in my cousin's property that I have placed. Although they have no memory of the secret camp, they still I remember the kindness of the secret camp to place them, and their qualifications are excellent after all, so many of them have become important management personnel, plus the identity of the Tianji Pavilion, so the secret camp can come and go freely in the cousin's industry. . And this restaurant is one of my cousin's businesses in Dayong. It is called Jiang Nanchun, and it sells food and drinks in the style of Southern Chu, which is very popular among the powerful and powerful in Dayong. My cousin is still very good. After knowing that I was captured, I came to Chang'an in person, hoping to do my best for me. I tried to ask King Yong to "raise your hand" several times, but there was no way until I became the Sima of King Yong's mansion. , King Yong only knew that my cousin wanted to save me, but he appreciated my cousin very much, so I could easily go out to Jiang Nanchun for a drink this time. After all, no one here can work with the boss to plot against me. I sent a few guards with strong martial arts to protect me, otherwise King Yong would not be worried about my safety.
Looking at Chen Zhen and Han Wuji, I smiled and said, "How are you two recently? Jiang's willfulness makes you two worried."
After the two greeted each other, Han Wuji smiled and said, "My subordinates have tried their best to arrange the plan of cheating death as explained by the son, but unfortunately it fell short. The son was still moved by King Yong, and the son must make up for our hard work."
Chen Zhen rolled his eyes at him and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Who keeps saying that the son doesn't need to be so dangerous to cheat to death? He was ecstatic when he heard that the son had changed his mind."
Although Chen Zhen was joking, my heart was moved. I looked at Han Wuji, and I secretly figured out that he was also a native of Shu, how could he agree with me to join King Yong so much. My suspicious eyes were fixed on Han Wuji. If there is something wrong with this person, then my secret camp has been leaked, but there is no sign of this.
After all, Han Wuji used to fight every day. Seeing my eyes, I felt a chill in my heart, and quickly knelt on the ground and said: "Master, my subordinates really prefer Dayong, we were waiting for my son in Chang'an a few days ago, and my subordinates encountered a past My colleague, when he saw that I was in a good situation, he told me that he wanted me to join them in supporting the Prince of Shu and rebuilding the kingdom of Shu. I politely refused at that time, but the man said that some people are now organizing a resistance force. If I do not agree, When those people found me, they would never let go of my rebellious and forgetful ancestors. The subordinates knew that these people were bullying and fearing hardship. If the son surrendered to King Yong and took advantage of King Yong's power, then these people would not dare to come blatantly. Find it."
I sighed slightly. I am not surprised by the existence of the resistance forces in the state of Shu, but it is really stupid to use this method. Han Wuji used to be relatively opposed to Dayong. When I wanted to cheat to death, although he did not say it, But I am very active, and now I am overjoyed that I have surrendered to King Yong. Such changes are caused by those resistance forces. A person who has given up the past and has his own life, who wants to invest in the resistance forces that have no future? ? After confirming that those forces are not going to cause too much trouble, I still explain to Han Wuji and others to pay attention to their own safety. Although assassination cannot change the general situation of the country, the fate of individuals can be changed. After thinking about it, I am right. Han Wuji said: "Next time they come to force you, you will say that you are doing business and are willing to help them, but you don't want to participate."
Han Wuji said in surprise, "Why did you do this, Young Master?"
I smiled lightly and said, "I want you to control their actions. This will help me a bit, and it will be easier to eradicate them in the future."
Han Wuji was silent, I was a little puzzled, and was about to ask him what was wrong, when Xiao Shunzi's voice sounded in his ear: "Young Master, he is from Shu."
I just remembered that although he just said that he felt at ease about my taking refuge in Dayong, it did not mean that he was willing to see the resistance of the Shu Kingdom fail.
Shaking my head lightly, I said: "No plan, I understand your thoughts, but you must be clear that most of these people are not loyal to the Shu Kingdom, but to regain the lost power. They use this method to betray, Not only is there no possibility of success, but more people will be implicated, and they will even hurt more people. For example, if you don’t have the ability to protect yourself, how will they deal with you, think about it carefully, I won’t force you, I will tell others to do these things.”
Han Wuji knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "My subordinate, Young Master Xie, is magnanimous."
I looked at Chen Zhen, he nodded lightly, I knew he would take over this matter, and he would monitor Han Wuji so that he would not endanger my great cause.
Chen Zhen saw that Han Wuji had calmed down and said, "I don't know if the young master is going to tell His Royal Highness the existence of the secret camp."
I smiled lightly and asked, "What's your opinion?"
Chen Zhen said: "My subordinates think that if you tell King Yong, then the son will have less power to protect himself in the future, but if you don't tell King Yong, I am afraid that King Yong will doubt the loyalty of the son in the future."
I looked at Xiao Shunzi, Xiao Shunzi said coldly: "You are right, but you must not expose the secret camp to the sun. The reason why the son can advance and retreat freely is all because of the existence of the secret camp, and King Yong Just to doubt the loyalty of the son, we can't leave Dayong."
I thought about it for a while and said, "Xiao Shunzi is too extreme. If this happens, we will become hostile to King Yong. This is not good. Zhen is responsible for the host of the secret camp, and Xiao Shunzi is responsible for conveying my instructions. In the future, the mission of the secret camp is to integrate himself into the lower level of Chang'an. Remember my words, and you cannot get involved in the power of the upper-level dignitaries. His Highness King Yong discovered the existence of the secret camp, and he would not be too afraid of me. After all, His Royal Highness King Yong would not believe that I have no power to rely on at all. The big deal is that I said that the secret camp is Xiao Shunzi's subordinates. I think it makes sense, for so long, they can at least see the depths of Xiao Shunzi."
Xiao Shunzi nodded and said: "When King Yong put the son under house arrest, he always sent some experts to monitor us. Although I can come and go, if I bring the son, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape easily. Now King Yong is by our side. My bodyguard’s martial arts are also good, but it only means protection, because there are no masters who can entangle me, and the force is much weaker, but I am just going to help me protect the young master.”
I was about to tell them something, when suddenly there was a noise outside and the sound of weapons intersecting, I frowned slightly, this Jiangnanchun restaurant is a high-end place, why would anyone do it here, glanced at Xiao Shunzi, He walked out knowingly, and came back shortly after and told me that it turned out that someone was fighting outside, and Xiao Shunzi said that it seemed like a vendetta. I've seen bloody battles on the battlefield before, I've seen literati's tongue fights, and I haven't seen vendettas in the rivers and lakes. I couldn't help but be interested, greeted Xiao Shunzi, and I walked out of the door.
Although Jiang Nanchun is a restaurant in name, it is actually a small garden. The garden is full of Jiangnan landscapes. Flowers, bamboo forests, small bridges, flowing water, and rockeries divide the space in the garden into hundreds of small spaces. , Each small space has different styles of pavilions and pavilions. It is the most respectful in the middle of the noise. There are corridors connecting the pavilions everywhere. Outside the corridors are lush flowers and trees. meeting.
The small building I was in was very elegant. I pushed open the door on the second floor, and there was a terrace surrounded by vermilion railings. There was a staircase leading to the lower floor. Looking down, there was an old man standing with his hands behind his back on the corridor connecting the downstairs and another pavilion. Behind him stood two mighty-looking middle-aged men and a beautiful and charming girl. On a rockery, stood a scholar in yellow, handsome in appearance, but a little frivolous, holding a jade flute in his hand, and opposite him stood a handsome young man with a sword in his hand. During the fight, the young man's swordsmanship seemed to be good. The flash of the sword light made the scholar very embarrassed, but the scholar laughed and sneered from time to time. I saw that the young man's face was red and he was going crazy.
When I looked down, the scholar was fighting back and shouting: "Oh, it's really terrible, Xiaosheng is just joking, not to rob you of beauty, don't worry, although your junior sister is beautiful, Xiaosheng is used to seeing it. There are many beauties in the world, there are quite a few prettier than her, but it was just a few jokes, and I didn’t touch her hair at all, why are you working so hard?”
The young man shouted: "Nonsense, nonsense, you came to seek refuge, we kindly accepted, but you, you did such rude things and offended my junior sister." After speaking, the swordsmanship became more rapid.
While resisting, the scholar in yellow swore vowed: "My slender lady, a gentleman is so arrogant, Xiaosheng is just a longing for a beautiful woman. She pursued Miss Sha for a few days, but there is absolutely no indecent behavior. Besides, Miss Sha is a disciple of Fengyi, and Xiaosheng is Don't dare to offend her, Jingjing, Jingjing, you plead for me, I didn't offend you."
The beautiful girl's jade face was slightly red, and she said fiercely: "What are you pursuing, you are entangled with me every day, and you will play a flute outside when you have nothing to do. Also, you also stole my things, you obediently let my senior brother beat you Then return the things, or I will never let you go."
The yellow-robed book grower sighed: "Oh, it seems that you won't let me go. Hey, you've seen enough of the drama, brother, if you don't save me, I'll die." Saying this The jade flute in the scholar's hand suddenly turned into thousands of phantoms, the young man seemed to be unable to distinguish, and subconsciously took a step back, who knew that he forgot that he was on the rockery, and stumbled, he quickly stabilized the next plate, at this moment , This scholar suddenly flew into the air, rushed in the direction I was in, and shouted, "Brother, help."
Just as his figure was flashing, a middle-aged man behind the old man rushed from behind him like a goshawk. The scholar shook his hand, only to hear a violent explosion, and within a radius of several meters, he immediately became blue. The smoke was billowing, and red smoke was mixed in it, and the scholar shouted: "Brother, don't use poison, I have nothing to do with them." , a few people looked intently and saw that the scholar had disappeared. On the terrace in the direction of his escape, a scholar in Tsing Yi was smiling wryly, and a handsome servant standing behind him turned his face and seemed to be snickering. .
The young man pointed his sword at the tower angrily and said, "What about that bastard, hand him over quickly, you must not be a good person if you use poison in broad daylight."
I couldn't help laughing bitterly when I was pointed at me. I was actually framed. Just now, Xiao Shunzi secretly told me that this scholar seemed to be breaking through. I was just curious to see how he would break through. Xiao Shunzi immediately stood in front of me, and then we heard him frame the blame, I don't know what that red smoke is, but I know it's definitely not poison, but for those who glared at me, I But how to explain it
At this time, several guards from Prince Yong's Mansion had already rushed upstairs to see that I was safe. One guard walked up to me and whispered, "Sir, what happened."
I shook my head lightly and said in a loud voice, "Several, the person just now has nothing to do with me, so I would like to ask you to investigate."
The young man said loudly: "Sophistry, when we met that person, he was walking towards you, and he broke through from your direction just now. It's strange that you are not from the same party. Come on, what is the relationship between Xia Jinyi and you? "
I smiled slightly and said, "I really have nothing to do with that person, please let me know."
The old man suddenly said: "Does your Excellency despise our intelligence so much? The one surnamed Xia was originally going to you. After seeing you just now, I wanted to break through in your direction several times. If it has nothing to do with you, why have you never refuted it? ."
At this time, the guard whispered in my ear: "These people are from Chang'an Guanzhong Lian, and that old man is the head of the alliance, Sha Qingyuan. Guan Zhonglian brings together Chang'an warriors. In fact, it is where the court controls the Jianghu people, Sha Qingyuan. Now he is neutral, but he prefers King Qi, because many of his disciples serve in King Qi's army."
I suddenly had a vague plan in my mind, so I said, "Master Jiang Lian's words are bad, I waited to hear the noise outside, so I came out to see the excitement, the man suddenly climbed up, and there were several towers nearby, How do we know that this person is the one who is climbing and breaking, and it would be a loss of identity to listen to one side's words."