The chariot slowly drove into Yangzhou City.

Jiangnan has always been a representative of prosperous business and prosperous martial arts.

It is also known as the holy land of martial arts.

Here the sky is proud, and there are many strong people like stars.

really responded to the sentence that the congenital is full of land, and the day after tomorrow is not as good as a dog.

Only the Yuan Shen Realm can gain a foothold in Yangzhou, and if it is the God Realm, it can be called a strong one.

Yangzhou, Jiangzhou and Hanzhou are called Jiangnan, and Yangzhou is the core of Jiangnan, and the degree of prosperity can be imagined.

The slightly old Emperor Qiandi sat in the emperor's chariot, looking at the prosperity of Yangzhou, and felt a little emotional, more prosperous than Kyoto.

Looking at both sides of the street and above the nearby restaurants, all forces were staring at the emperor's chariot.

But it was only from a distance, not close.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Qiandi lowered the curtain, closed his eyes slightly and said: "Jiangnan is worthy of being a holy land of martial arts. ”

After a moment of silence, a voice suddenly came from outside the chariot: "Your Majesty, these people from the rivers and lakes have only recently poured into Yangzhou to see Your Majesty's demeanor." ”

"Gan Rang, what do you say?"

Emperor Qian didn't say anything about this, and asked again.

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks Lord Leng is pertinent. ”

A shrill voice came from outside, paused, and this person said again: "There are many people in the rivers and lakes, there are many reckless, and I heard that Your Majesty went to the south of the Yangtze River, so I will gather here to admire Your Majesty's demeanor." ”

This person is the personal eunuch Gan Rang next to Emperor Qian, who is humble and powerful.

"Hmm. ”

Emperor Qiandi closed his eyes slightly, the expression on his face did not change, and he said again: "Leng Qing, Lu Qing is in Yangzhou." ”

Leng Shicheng was dressed in crimson official clothes, his face was slightly cold, and he had a short beard, and when he heard Emperor Qian's question, he bowed down and said truthfully: "Brother Lu is indeed in Yangzhou, and now he is waiting in the back, do you want Brother Lu to come over to meet Your Majesty." ”

"No need. ”

Emperor Qiandi spoke softly, and from the sound he could hear, he seemed to be a little tired, and he paused and continued: "It's not for the time being, wait to settle down and let Lu Qing come over." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Leng Shicheng sat on the horse and bowed.

After a few words, calm returned to the chariot.

The emperor did not speak, and no one else dared to speak.

In this way, the chariot passed through the main road in the city and slowly drove to the palace.

The palace is located in the southwest of Yangzhou, with an area of about 30,000 square meters.

Every time Emperor Qiandi went to the south of the Yangtze River to settle down, he was in this palace.

It's like a small royal palace.

Emperor Qian opened the curtain, raised his eyes to look at the splendid palace, and nodded with satisfaction.

The repair is good, and there is a little more royal style than before.

In his heart, the palace should be like this.

But I didn't know that the renovation of this palace alone cost a lot of money.

If it weren't for the Eighth Prince to preside over the renovation of the palace this time, I'm afraid it would be no different from previous years.

After all, after the imperial court appropriated the funds, it was exploited layer by layer, and it was still unknown how much would be left as a result.

Even the emperor's errands, too.

"Everything in the palace is arranged, and my father is running all the way, whether to eat or rest first. ”

After entering the palace, the chariot slowed down, and Zhao Ting rode over from behind and said respectfully.

"Hehe, the eighth child did a good job this time, and I am very satisfied. ”

Emperor Qian chuckled, lifted the curtain and looked at a voice that was somewhat similar to him, and said with satisfaction.

"My father has won the award. ”

Zhao Ting said with a smile.

"Hmm. ”

Emperor Qiandi smiled and said, "I'm a little tired all the way, let's rest first, don't be in a hurry to eat." ”

"Yes, Father. ”

Zhao Ting nodded slightly, waved his hand, and continued to walk towards the depths of the palace.

It took about an hour for Zhao Ting to settle down all the group.

And Emperor Qiandi has already rested in the palace, and he is willing to serve by the side.

Zhao Ting is still more relieved about this person.

This man followed his father for decades.

Back then, when his father was still the crown prince, he was serving.

Moreover, this person is also a martial arts powerhouse.

It can protect the emperor well.

After meeting the Eighth Prince, the group of officials dragged their tired bodies down to rest.

It's a bumpy road, and few people can afford it.

Watching the group leave, Zhao Ting was about to leave, when Lou Chunhua suddenly came over and stopped him.

"Eight Highnesses, Eight Highnesses......"

Lou Chunhua hurriedly walked over.

Zhao Ting turned around, looked at Lou Chunhua and asked, "Is there anything else going on with Lou Tingshi?"

Lou Chunhua walked to Zhao Ting's side, leaned over and whispered, "This...... Your colleagues asked the subordinate to come over and ask His Royal Highness the Eighth Highness, will His Majesty choose a show girl on his southern tour this time, I heard that His Majesty only brought Concubine Jing this time, so ......"

After finishing speaking, Lou Chunhua looked at Zhao Ting nervously.

If it weren't for the persecution of many colleagues this time, he wouldn't have come over to touch the mold.

He shouldn't have brought it up either.

It is also helpless to be forced to ask.

Hearing Lou Chunhua's words, Zhao Ting's face suddenly turned cold, and he scolded in a low voice: "Lou Chunhua, do you dare to spread the matter of the palace?"

"Your Highness is angry, and the officials have also heard about it. ”

Lou Chunhua said with sweat on his forehead.

Although Zhao Ting couldn't do anything to him, as His Majesty's favorite prince and the prince's younger brother, he was really offended, and he couldn't eat and walk around.

"Humph!"

Zhao Ting snorted coldly, his face was a little gloomy, and asked, "Who came out?"

"I don't know?"

Lou Chunhua shook his head slightly, and said bluntly: "The news from outside is that the lower official is the assassin of Yangzhou, and he has to do it, I hope His Royal Highness can understand." ”

Zhao Ting snorted, and seeing that Lou Chunhua's words were sincere, he didn't say much.

"Just a colleague?"

Zhao Ting glanced at Lou Chunhua and asked meaningfully.

"Huh. ”

Lou Chunhua laughed dryly and said, "Don't dare to deceive Your Highness, there are also daughters of businessmen." ”

Hum!

Zhao Ting waved his sleeves fiercely.

After a pause, Zhao Tingcai said: "His Royal Highness doesn't know about the selection of the show girl by the father, and I will tell you when there is news, but I hope that Lord Lou is smaller, don't realize yourself, it is not easy to go to the position of Yangzhou Assassin History." ”

"Yes, yes, Your Highness is right. ”

Lou Chunhua nodded hurriedly.

"Alright, you can go back. ”

Zhao Ting waved his hand and left directly.

Before he went far, Zhao Ting turned to Lou Chunhua and said, "Lord Lou, don't come down casually before the coffin is closed." ”

Lou Chunhua nodded slightly, watching Zhao Ting leave.

As soon as he walked outside the palace, several colleagues walked over and surrounded Lou Chunhua and asked, "Lord Lou, what news is there, and are the rumors from the outside world true?"

Lou Chunhua looked left and right, and did not say the words of the Eighth Prince, but said: "Let's go, this place is not a place to talk, why don't you go to Lou's mansion for a few drinks and then discuss?"

"Okay, just Lord Yilou. ”

Everyone thought about it and agreed.

The walls have ears, not just words.

What's more, people in the rivers and lakes are deaf and clear-sighted, and it is easy to leak news.

Lou Mansion.

There are five or six people in the group, all of whom are officials of the Hanzhou civil official system, and all of them are above the fifth grade.

These people stomped their feet, and Yangzhou also trembled.

Several people sat down.

It didn't take long for the food to come up.

"Lord Lou, what did Your Highness say?"

Someone immediately asked.

Lou Chunhua did not hide it, they both prospered and lost, so they said the words of today's Eight Princes.

The crowd fell silent suddenly.

"Isn't Your Majesty going to select a show girl this year?"

"Every time the southern tour will select a show girl in Jiangnan, which exception, this time it will definitely be the same, there is no groundless, I just need to prepare first, in case I am in a hurry. ”

"What Lord Xu said is very true. ”

"I'm waiting for Lord Lou. ”

"Lord Lou. ”

Everyone toasted Lou Chunhua.

For a time, the staggered bargaining.

......

"Brother Lu, have the periphery of the palace been arranged?"

Leng Shicheng stood beside Lu Tianxing and said to him.

"Rest assured. ”

Lu Tianxing said lightly.

After a pause, he added: "Lu has already let the general arrests of all states rush over, and there will be no problems with security, besides, isn't there still you and me?"

Hearing this, Leng Shicheng smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Lu has promoted the younger brother, let me come over this time, Leng was frightened along the way, he was afraid of encountering an accident, and finally arrived in Yangzhou, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief." Later, you need to rely on Brother Lu. ”

"Why did the master let you come over this time?"

Lu Tianxing suddenly frowned and said.

"The chief arrester sent Brother Liu out, Feiyan didn't want to serve the emperor, so he didn't come over, there was no way, I had to accompany me, fortunately you are in Yangzhou, otherwise I really don't know what to do this time, in case of an accident, I will never recover." ”

Leng Shicheng thought back to the journey, although he didn't encounter any accidents, he was still a little panicked in his heart.

It's not about strength.

If he really wants to encounter an assassin, even if His Majesty is only a little frightened, he will never be able to redeem himself.

Lu Tianxing patted Leng Shicheng's shoulder to reassure him.

"By the way, after entering the city, the emperor asked you. ”

Leng Shicheng said suddenly.

"How?"

Lu Tianxing raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

"I probably want to know what you've been staying in Yangzhou for. ”

Leng Shicheng thought about it and said truthfully.

Lu Tianxing's brows furrowed.

Seeing that Lu Tianxing was silent, Leng Shicheng asked in a low voice: "Brother Lu, do you have any secret mission in Yangzhou, so you have stayed until now." But His Majesty seems to be a little suspicious, and will definitely summon you in a few days, so be careful then. ”

"Huh. ”

Lu Tianxing chuckled, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, the emperor won't do anything to me." ”

I hope so!

Leng Shicheng said silently in his heart.

Lu Tianxing didn't say what he was doing in Yangzhou.

"Your Majesty went to Jiangnan this time, and it was for the sake of Xiandao?"

Lu Tianxing glanced at Leng Shicheng and asked in a low voice.

"Leng really doesn't know about this. ”

Leng Shicheng shook his head and said: "The forces of all the rivers and lakes gathered in Yangzhou for this matter, but even we don't know, where do these people in the rivers and lakes know?"

"Don't know?"

Lu Tianxing's face was not very good-looking, and he thought it was sent out by the imperial court.

Now, I am afraid that this is not the case.

However, these people guessed that they were not far from ten. ”

Leng Shicheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty tours the south every few years, doesn't he just want to know about Immortal Island." ”

That's right, too.

Lu Tianxing laughed.

Whether Immortal Island exists or not, no one knows.

Who exactly came out of this news, no one knows.

Some people say that it came out of the heavens.

Complicated and confusing.

"Is Your Majesty still going to select a show girl this year?"

Lu Tianxing didn't bother with the so-called Immortal Island, with their strength, they really didn't care much.

The old emperor, thinking of immortality, was eager to find the fairy island, and after searching for decades, there was no trace.

"Possibly. ”

Leng Shicheng was not sure, "If the show girl is selected this year, Brother Lu doesn't know which woman has the best chance." ”

Lu Tianxing has been in Yangzhou for so long, and he will always know something.

In Jiangnan, he is a figure with hands and eyes.

What can be hidden?

"The youngest daughter of the head of the Yu family, Yu Linglong, is waiting for the boudoir, I heard that she was born with a sinking fish and a goose and a shy flower, and she has a great chance to come. ”

Where would Lu Tianxing care about this kind of thing.

That's it, he heard it by chance.

"Oh?"

Leng Shicheng glanced at Lu Tianxing in surprise, and said with a smile: "Then should we go and say hello?"

Lu Tianxing glared at Leng Shicheng, "You protect Your Majesty here, I'll leave first, don't meddle in other matters." ”

After that, Lu Tianxing left directly.

Leng Shicheng felt bored, but he wrote down the person Yu Linglong.

With his understanding of Lu Tianxing, ordinary people will not take it to heart.

Leng Shicheng turned around and went to set up the defense force.

It's been calm.

Two days later.

Nian Rusong sat in the yamen of the salt division, with a calm face and gloomy as water.

This yamen was set up in Yangzhou specifically for the purpose of collecting salt taxes.

The three major salt merchants of Gu, Xue and Fan are all in Yangzhou, and other large and small salt merchants also gather here.

In order to facilitate the collection and payment of salt tax, the salt department yamen will be set up here.

However, it is still dominated by the Yamen of the Hanzhou Salt Division.

"My lord, is Your Majesty still unwilling to summon you?"

Liu Bai saw that the adult had a gloomy face as soon as he came back, and asked carefully.

"Nope. ”

Nian Rusong said with a sad face: "I can't delay it, it must be the eighth prince who is making a hindrance, and now the official can't see His Majesty, but it's a pity that the official's friends in Beijing are not in the accompanying team this time, otherwise they can still hand the words to Your Majesty." ”

"That's trouble. ”

Liu Bai paced, frowning and thinking.

If the emperor is gone, there will be no point in them going to Yangzhou.

Moreover, it doesn't have to be the Eight Princes as demons.

It is also possible that the emperor was reluctant to summon Nian Rusong at this time.

Not long after arriving in Yangzhou, Xu is still recuperating.

Just when the two of them were worried, a servant ran in, whispered in Liu Bai's ear, and hurriedly retreated.

"My lord, Tang Yuan entered Yangzhou with great fanfare. ”

After the official left, Liu Bai looked at Nian Rusong and said strangely.

"Why is he here too?"

Nian Rusong was also very curious.

"Hehe, maybe I came by order. ”

Liu Bai smiled, "I heard that the six gates of the nearby states have all arrived in Yangzhou, which can be regarded as a deterrent to those people in the rivers and lakes." This time, the two gods of the six doors were arrested in Yangzhou, and there were several states that were arrested, which was already very important. ”

Nian Rusong frowned, but his brows still did not loosen.

He wanted to see the Emperor most of all now.

Ignore the rest for now.

Liu Bai said in a low voice: "Wait a few days, you might as well ask this Lord Tang for help, with his identity, he will definitely be able to contact Leng Shicheng, and it should be no problem for Leng Shicheng to say a word in front of His Majesty." ”

"That's right. ”

Nian Rusong's eyes are slightly bright.