187. The Storm Changes

Xie Jingxiu took Xiao Yu and Feng Zhaoqi to the dock together, and there were already three big boats docked at the edge of the dock.

The dock was very crowded with people, but there was a figure that stood as bright and dazzling as a flock no matter where it stood.

Master Fang San was wearing a moon-white robe, his body was straight, his back was facing them and he was talking to the workers on the dock, and there was a tall and silent shadow standing beside him.

Xie Jingxiu helped Xiao Yu get out of the carriage, and walked quickly to Master Fang San.

"The third master, don't come unharmed." Xie Jingxiu beckoned.

Master Fang San turned around and raised his slender eyebrows when he saw Xie Jingxiu and the twin brothers behind him.

Xiao Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, after not seeing him for a year, his third uncle β–‘β–‘was getting brighter and brighter.

"The prince is wellβ€”it's time to be called the prince? I was about to call for some carriages. Master Fang San smiled.

Xie Jingxiu said: "The carriages outside are dirty, where can the third master deign to ride those cars." Please get on the bus. ”

Seeing the luxurious carriage parked not far away, Third Master Fang nodded and smiled, "It's okay." ”

Xiao Yu looked at his appearance of being courteous to the beauty, and was so angry that he pinched Xie Jingxiu several times, pinching Xie Jingxiu's brows, turning his head and asking in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Yu puffed out his mouth and didn't speak.

In fact, in Feng Zhaoqi's opinion, the two are just polite greetings, they are originally business partners, no matter how cold his brother-in-law is, can he push the money out?

But his brother didn't think so, his vexatious brother had obviously regarded their third uncle as a vixen.

Master Fang San pointed to the big boat behind him and said, "Lord Wang, slow down, I also brought some guests." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a small figure in a big red coat had already jumped off the boat and shouted: "Ah Cang, hurry down, come and see, there are really people on the sea!" ”

"Ah Cang?" Xiao Yu felt that this name was somewhat familiar, and the appearance of the young child was also very familiar.

A young man hurriedly came down from the deck and chased after the little boy and said urgently: "Little master, slow down, don't run around, fall carefully." ”

Seeing the appearance of the young man, Xiao Yucai suddenly remembered.

"Bailing's brother!"

Feng Zhaoqi pointed to the boat and shouted, "The old lady is here too!" After saying that, he hurried forward.

The old lady Feng was pale and was supported by her subordinates, and slowly stepped down the deck dizzily.

The old man was old, and he first fled from Huaiqian to the capital in a tiring manner, and was approached by the people of the Fang family before he could settle down. I thought that the Fang family was seeking justice for the Fang family, but he didn't expect the housekeeper of the Fang family to tell him a shocking news.

The grandson of his Feng family, who was raised as a girl, actually married the prince of Yuan Wang as his wife, and this is not counted, the prince of Yuan Wang broke into the palace for him and committed the great crime of rebellion.

The old lady Feng almost passed out. If this is the case, he fled to the capital with the Feng family and the whole family, not only could not avoid disaster, but sent the Feng family to the knife of the angry Son of Heaven!

His in-laws, the Fang family, who had never paid attention to him, reached out to the Feng clan at this time, arranged for them to leave the capital overnight, and traveled all the way day and night to the seaside of Haijing City.

That's not all, Master Fang San led everyone to abandon the car and board the ship, and actually sailed all the way towards the depths of the vast and boundless sea.

If it weren't for the old lady Feng to take out the coercion of the patriarch to suppress the objections in the clan, and begged the third master Fang to send someone to force the Feng clan to board the boat, I am afraid that the clan would have scattered and fled long ago.

Not to mention the forbidden sea order of the imperial court, just looking at the sea that seems to be so wide that it seems to have no borders, like a silent monster that chooses people to devour, everyone just wants to avoid it from afar, who dares to go to its unknown depths?

Even if the three hulls were huge, they were just like papier-mΓ’chΓ© boats, fragile and vulnerable to attack in the endless sea.

When the old lady Feng saw the oncoming young man, she squinted her eyes and said in a trembling question: "Brother Yu?!" ”

"I'm playing chess, old lady." Feng Zhaoqi hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the eldest lady's arm.

The eldest lady suddenly burst into tears, and the anxiety along the way faded at this moment, and he patted Feng Zhaoqi's hand again and again: "Okay, good." Good boy, good boy for grandpa. ”

He didn't make a single mistake in his decision. It is wrong to go to the capital, but it is the most correct choice to go to sea by boat. There really is a paradise here, and the people of the Feng clan no longer have to worry about war, being displaced day and night, and homeless.

Xiao Yu had also stepped forward: "Big old lady." ”

The old lady Feng looked at the tall and handsome young man in front of her, and her thoughts were complicated for a while.

"Child, it's the Feng family who is sorry for you." In the end, he could only hold Xiao Yu's hand and sigh heavily.

Xiao Yu and Feng Zhaoqi helped the old man off the boat together, and Xie Jingxiu had already summoned his subordinates to arrange a carriage and take the people to settle down first.

Old Lady Feng and Third Master Fang boarded Xie Jingxiu's carriage together, and Xiao Yu and Feng Zhaoqi sat beside Xie Jingxiu together, blinking at the two elders opposite.

With such a big move by the Feng clan, there must have been something big in the outside world that they didn't know about.

The curtain was lowered, and the carriage slowly drove away from the dock. Master Fang San spoke: "Lord Wang, now that the situation outside is becoming more and more chaotic, our business is not easy to do for the time being. After running this order, I'm afraid I won't be able to work for the prince's sea trade anymore. But the prince can rest assured that the things that the prince has explained will continue to be meticulously implemented, and our cooperative relationship is still counted. ”

The goods that come to the sea are all novelties, and only in times of peace can the people have the spare time to pay attention to them. The channels for collecting raw silk, tea, porcelain and other goods from all over the country have been almost half abandoned because the world is too chaotic, and many silk farmers and tea farmers have been forced to move their families or be displaced. It was cut off from the source, and where could the goods be collected.

Xie Jingxiu said: "The third master doesn't need to worry too much, it's time for the sea trade to stop." ”

Over the years, the sea trade business has been done, and the real money and silver accumulated on the nameless island are enough to fill several caves, and Xie Jingxiu is not worried about the problem of not having enough money.

"What's going on out there? Although I have secret agents to report everywhere, I don't know as well as the third master. Xie Jing cultivated.

Third Master Fang shook his head and said in a deep voice, "It's not optimistic. Since you left Beijing, I thought that the emperor would be angry, and those who had contact with you and Yu'er were afraid that they would be liquidated by the imperial court. It's nothing, it's not difficult to protect these people secretly with the tens of thousands of elite guards you left with me. It's just that I didn't expect that the emperor not only didn't hold you accountable, but instead became vigilant against the Li family. ”

"That faint gentleman has been drunk and dreamed of death for so many years, and he has actually woken up?" Xiao Yuqi said.

Others don't know, but he knows very well that the kind of thing that the emperor has sucked for so many years has fundamentally destroyed the cranial nerves physiologically, and it is difficult to overcome the torment of that kind of drug addiction by will alone. Anyone who gets that kind of thing will never be able to be a normal person again.

So how did this emperor come to his senses? Xiao Yu felt very curious.

Master Fang San said: "Soon after you left, the queen will be mourned. Maybe it was the queen who woke him up, in short, the emperor no longer had the grace he used to have for Concubine Li, and he no longer connived at the Li family. The government and the opposition are now in chaos, and people everywhere are panicking. ”

"The emperor has begun to work hard, which is a good thing." Feng Zhaoqi said, "Why is it more chaotic?" ”

Master Fang San said with a smile: "Da Liang Guo has long been in a mess by his mediocrity, and now he wants to set things right, how can it be so easy. The Li family is already powerful, and it can even compete with the imperial family, how can they sit back and wait for the emperor to cut his authority? In the early years, the Li family killed many officials who did not want to be in the same stream with his Li family through the hands of the emperor, and sent the children of the Li family to the state capitals to serve as local governors. ”

Old lady Feng sighed: "Those people don't care about the livelihood of the people at all, they expropriate and extort money, loot the people's fat and ointment, and do everything. The people were overwhelmed, and in the end they lost even the land they had to eat, and they could only become homeless. Even so, those hateful corrupt officials are completely inappropriate, so that more and more people are displaced, and eventually cause β–‘β–‘ disaster. Huaiqian has been besieged many times by the rebels, and all the families with some family backgrounds have moved out of Huaiqian and found another way out. ”

There was a moment of silence in the carriage. Huaiqian, which is already a very rich area, has also been chaotic and almost fallen, what about other places?

Xiao Yu said loudly: "What do I think...... Is the Li family deliberately messing up the Liang Kingdom? ”

The Li family doesn't look like people who have no ability, even if they are traitors, they won't do it to this point, in fact, many big corrupt officials and traitors in history have done a lot of practical things.

What good is it for them to mess up the Liang Kingdom?

Master Fang San said: "In short, all parts of the Liang Kingdom are not very calm, and this sea realm city, because of the Lifeng Port, the people are still rich and safe. ”

Xie Jingxiu kept silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Master Fang San continued: "There is one more thing, which may be somewhat interesting. The emperor wanted to turn things around, not only did the Li family obstruct it in the court, but there was also a rumor in various places, which spread all over the country almost overnight. In my opinion, it is impossible for Emperor Yongrong to fight against the traitorous ministers he supports. It's just that I don't know where this Liang Dynasty will go in the future. ”

"What rumors?" Xie Jingxiu was finally a little interested.

"The rumors probably say that the current emperor has no talent and no virtue, tyrannical nature, pampering concubines, persecuting loyal ministers, and collecting money, resulting in the displacement of the people, and the people are not able to make a living, which is really unworthy of being an emperor. Heaven warns that it is necessary to kill the false dragon, and find the true dragon Son of Heaven to rule the world, which is the right way. Master Fang San said, "Now I don't know who is fueling the troubles, but this rumor has scolded the emperor and the Li family together." The Li family was scolded by the people for being a traitor and villain, and the emperor had lost the hearts of the people. Lord Wang, if you want to start an incident, this is a great opportunity. ”

Master Fang San looked at Xie Jingxiu with a smile, a pair of beautiful Danfeng eyes with undisguised assessment.

Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Does the third uncle think that this is Jing Xiu's handiwork?!" You couldn't be more wrong. If the prince really wants to make trouble, he will never play such an unsightly method. uses the suffering of the people as a bargaining chip, even if he sits in that position, he is just another faint king who does not take the people seriously. ”

Old Master Fang San's beautiful eyes turned and looked at Xiao Yu with a smile.

"It is said that women are extroverted, but I didn't expect my nephew to marry and get married, and he is also so oriented to his man. It can be seen that extroversion or non-extroversion has nothing to do with whether she is a woman or not, and the woman is just guilty of nothing. ”

Xiao Yu was embarrassed, even if he regarded Xie Jingxiu as "his man", it was too embarrassing to say it from the mouth of an elder.

Xie Jingxiu nodded: "The third master doesn't have to doubt this king, this matter really has nothing to do with this king." ”

As the crowd spoke, the carriage slowly stopped.