The river is vast, and several hours have passed in the blink of an eye. The crowd that saw them off on the shore had already dispersed, and on the silent dock, for a while, only Zhou Rushui's master and servant were left.

The midday sun shines on the water, and the white waves are surging like fish patterns. Zhou Rushui withdrew his gaze from the rolling waves and turned his head to look at Jiong Qi. She took a breath and asked in a low voice, "The five hundred taels of silver tickets can be stuffed into his baggage."

Hearing this, Jiong Qi glanced at her quickly, and bowed his head unhurriedly.

On the side, Shu Ying also replied: "The female monarch's shot is really generous, and now, even if he wants to be cornered, it will be difficult to hang himself." ”

"Desperate to hang himself" Zhou Rushui shook his head and glanced at Shuying, smiled faintly, and sneered helplessly, "He's a man there, although it's nonsense, but he is a husband." And such a person will only have a trough and no end in sight. ”

Zhou Rushui's words were full of determination, and she was stunned, and she reflexively asked directly, "In this case, why did the female monarch persuade him again and again, don't ask for a rope to stop this life"

"That being said, you need to breathe in life. No matter how capable he is, no matter how energetic he is, when he is alone, it is inevitable that there will be no lonely and hopeless moments. At this point, speaking of this, Zhou Rushui smiled, squinted at Su Ying, glanced at her with hatred, and said willfully, "The generous son Zhan needs a hundred gold to buy a fighting goose, and the palace is never less than him, but what can be said in exchange, when Liu Fenghan was kicked out of the house, he was only five taels of gold. Today's five hundred taels of silver tickets are really not worth mentioning compared to the hardware he helped at that time. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Rushui couldn't help but glance back at the villages and towns where smoke curled in the distance. The breeze came, and she blinked, looking at the not far away, as if looking at all kinds of pain in this world, looking at the disturbances in this crowd. In this suffering, in this red dust, she empathizes, but she is out of the world. Slowly, she sighed softly and said slowly, "Okay, let's go back." ”

It was night, the stars were low, but there was a dark tide surging on the Xin'an River. In the silence, several lotus lamps fell from the sky, silver bells came in the distance, and the sleeping birds among the branches were so frightened that they flew out. After a while, I saw a fiery figure falling from the sky, and the face of Feng Qianlou was hidden behind the shining golden lotus mask, and in the blink of an eye, he had thrown his sleeves widely, and stood on the shore with his negative hand.

Feng Qianlou Fang turned his back, and a ghostly black shadow flew out of the woods. The person who came had an ordinary face, with sharp facial features, pale skin, and a dull look like a dead soul. He bowed to Feng Qianlou, then knelt at the foot of Feng Qianlou with his face half-down, closed his mouth, and repeated mechanically in ventriloquism

"Can the five hundred taels of silver tickets be stuffed into his baggage?"

"The female monarch's shot is really generous, and now, even if he Liu Fenghan wants to be desperate, it will be difficult to hang himself. ”

"He's a man, though it's nonsense, but he's a husband. And such a person will only have a trough and no end in sight. ”

"In this case, why did the female monarch persuade him again and again not to ask for a rope to stop this life"

"That being said, you need to breathe in life. No matter how capable he is, no matter how energetic he is, when he is alone, it is inevitable that there will be no lonely and hopeless moments. ”

"The generous son Zhan needs a hundred gold to buy a fighting goose, and the palace has never had less money than him, but he can't spend anything."

In other words, when Liu Fenghan was kicked out of the house, he was covered with no more than five taels of gold. Today's five hundred taels of silver tickets are really not worth mentioning compared to the hardware he helped at that time. ”

Beside the Xin'an River where the dark tide was surging, the conversation between Zhou Rushui's master and servant resounded again in the night, and the man in black repeated the conversation of Zhou Rushui's master and servant word for word with almost the same voice, the same tone, and the same speed as them.

The riverside is extraordinarily quiet, and under the dim night, the dark mountains are gloomy and ghostly. Feng Qianlou's slender fingers rubbed repeatedly on the jade flute on his waist, and as the conversation deepened, his expression became more and more cold. Gradually, his dark eyes narrowed faintly, and the sharp and deep light of his eyes was like a poisonous snake that would spit out a letter at any moment.

When he heard the last sentence, Feng Qianlou had already pinched the jade flute on his waist, he raised his face sharply and laughed loudly. The laughter was sarcastic, with viciousness, he smiled strangely and said, "The rumors are not credible, she Zhou Tianjiao is the same as she is on the outside, why did she abandon Liu Zheng and set up a private garden" Under the moonlight, Feng Qianlou's body was plated with a ray of golden light, and with this action, his long black hair like silk satin poured down on his shoulders, which was shockingly beautiful, and he was cold all over his body.

In the dormitory of Hualin Palace, the brocade tent hangs low, the fragrance is soft, Zhou Rushui shouted that his legs were sore as soon as he returned to the palace, and he used some bits and pieces of pastries indiscriminately, and he leaned on the couch in a daze and fell asleep.

But in the middle of the night, two figures slipped into the hall along the wall. Before long, the door of the temple was pushed open from the outside, and Shu Ying was awakened from the ear room, and at first glance he saw two black-clothed people almost screaming.

But the next moment, Jiong Qi had already covered her mouth in time, and said lightly, "Your own people, don't be impatient." Immediately after, she saw that the two men in black showed Gongzi Musheng's talisman, and Shuying stared at the talisman for a while before relieving herself. He was also frightened for a while, panting and rolling his eyes, and after exhaling a long breath, he entered the inner hall without hurrying and woke up Zhou Rushui.

Zhou Rushui suddenly woke up from a dream, and got up from Shuying waiting for her clothes, and after washing up, she sat quietly in front of the dressing table for a while, and when her mind was sober, she was still tired, covered with a jujube and apricot-colored robe, and sat down on the couch with a few.

At that time, Shu Yingcai let the man in black come to see him.

When the two of them saw Zhou Rushui, they all bowed, but they didn't say a word, and only the person on the left handed Zhou Rushui a secret letter sealed with fire paint.

The hall was warm, and under the candlelight, Zhou Rushui's long black hair was smoothly draped over her shoulders, and her dark eyes were bright and clear, revealing a childish beauty.

Seeing the secret letter handed by the man in black, Zhou Rushui hesitated for a moment before raising her hand to take it, her plump white and tender little hand carefully pinched the letter, glanced at the man in black, and then tore off the fire paint and looked at the silk book in her hand intently.

When he saw the handwriting on the silk book, the doubts in Zhou Rushui's heart were light. However, when she read the letter carefully from beginning to end, Zhou Rushui couldn't help frowning. She pursed her lips and hesitated for a while before she opened her mouth and asked, "Brother mean, ignore the salt for the time being" As she spoke, her brows furrowed even tighter, because she had just woken up, she exerted some strength, and her clear voice was even more hoarse and continued to ask, "Why"

As soon as the words fell, it was still the one on the left who stepped forward. He saluted Zhou Rushui, lowered his eyebrows and replied respectfully, "The affairs of the court are changing rapidly, and this matter is foolproof, but I don't want to, out of the basket." As he spoke, he carefully told Zhou Rushui about the changes that had happened in these days.

The matter of salt affairs started with Qian Lu, and now this change also starts with Qian Lu.

Among the three filial piety and honesty, only Qian Lu is now used by the son Mu Sheng. Qian Lu is also talented, shrewd, and even more cautious. But I don't want to think that such a shrewd person will be planted in the back house. This planting also made the son Mu Sheng not give birth.

In the past, Gongzi Musheng and Qian Lu were as light as water as gentlemen's friends. He never talked about state affairs privately, or even understood the words, and acted in this way in order not to leave any handle. But who knows, even if he is so cautious, he is still exploited.

After Qian Luzhong was filial piety, he bought a concubine Shi, Shi's was very beautiful, and he was very favored by Qian Lu. However, this Shi is an informant of Gongzi Zhanyang. Again, Qian Lu has taken precautions, but he has never been able to prevent a wife and a concubine in his own back house. In this way, one day when he was drunk, he talked to Shi Shi very proudly about the matter of salt affairs in the bed. Shi Shi got the letter, and naturally passed the matter to Gongzi Zhan.

Gongzi Zhan was very happy after the letter, and he knew that Gongzi Mu Sheng always liked to do some thankless things, so he made up his mind to focus on Gongzi Mu Sheng.

So, when Gongzi Musheng's return gift was sent to Qianfu, Shi Shi took advantage of the effort to send dinner to Qian Lu to enter the study, and sandwiched a "gentleman" in the brocade silk given by Gongzi Musheng.

"Make the gentleman" is a traditional Chinese medicine, shaped like a gardenia, with deep ribs and pointed at both ends, light red in color, and five petals. In terms of pharmacology, it specializes in the treatment of roundworms in the abdomen of children.

As the so-called organ is too smart, if others see that "gentleman", they may let it go in a daze. However, Qian Lu cleverly informed Gongzi Musheng about the salt affairs in front of him, which was originally a time of pride. Now that I see my son Mu Sheng replying like this, I am very concerned about it.

This is not to be taken to heart, he is just pretending to be clever and self-approving the "gentleman", and with the pharmacology of "making the gentleman", he decided that this is the son Mu Sheng is instructing, and asks him to take the lead to remove the roundworms of the Zhou Kingdom. In this way, Qian Lu was even more happy, and he was also thinking about it for a while, only thinking that he might be able to reuse it soon. He didn't ask anymore, and like a daredevil, he wrote to King Zhou overnight and told the court about the disadvantages of salt introduction.

Qian Lu's book naturally caught everyone off guard, and it could be regarded as breaking the sky for a while

First, today is extremely loyal to the monarch and filial piety. The "salt introduction system" was made by the Holy Emperor of Zhou, and Qian Lu, as a courtier, rebuked the "salt introduction system" as if he reprimanded the Holy Emperor of Zhou, which was said to disrespect the monarch.

Second, King Zhou, as a descendant of Emperor Shengdi of Zhou, if he agrees with Qian Lu's advice, it can also be described as unfilial. In this way, King Zhou frowned and was furious.

Third, in the past hundred years, since the implementation of the "salt introduction system", not only have countless businessmen gone to the northwest nine sides one after another, that is, among the high gates of the world, there are also many people who secretly resell salt roads. As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, and the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and there is really no one to help him.

It was also because of this that King Zhou was furious, and he demoted Qian Lu by three levels in court in a row.