On a summer afternoon, there was no breeze, and there was only the rustling sound of turning books in the quiet courtyard, Zhao Xian half-leaned on the chair and absentmindedly flipped through the "Xiangyang Chronicles" that had been read repeatedly, almost drowsy.

At this time, the courtyard door was gently knocked, she perked up, and said in her heart: "It's finally here, although it's a little later than I estimated, but it's still here in the end." ”

At the opening of the courtyard door, a handsome boy in a white shirt walked in, gently shaking the folding fan, obviously elegant and elegant, but it was actually full of charm. With skin like jade than a woman, with a pair of enchanting phoenix eyes, but there is no rouge, and he walked in with a smile that turned everyone upside down.

Zhao Xian said with disdain: "Cousin Yunsheng, why are you doing this in front of me? Your posture is suitable for going to Lixiangyuan, Chunfeng Building and other places, and ensure that those girls not only do not charge you money, but also stick a little sticky to you. ”

Zhao Yunsheng thinks that he is infinitely attractive, and he can be said to be invincible to women, but when he meets this cousin, his proudest capital is useless, and he secretly slanders this cousin, who is not stunning, so he doesn't know how to appreciate beauty.

But his face showed a bitter gourd-like complexion, and he snorted lightly: "You woman, you don't understand the amorous feelings, if your cousin and I look second in Xiangyang, no one dares to call it first."

Zhao Xian laughed out loud, squinted her eyes and said: "That's right, cousin, sister, I really don't know how to appreciate it." He put down the book in his hand, stood up, and asked, "What advice did my cousin give me today?" ”

Zhao Yunsheng's eyes were rested on the book "Xiangyang Chronicles", and he said "Huh": "You are actually reading this book?" ”

"What's wrong?" Zhao Xian asked.

"Do you know who wrote this book?" Zhao Yunsheng smiled mysteriously.

"It must not be you!"

"Ahem" Zhao Yunsheng put his fist on his mouth and coughed a few times in embarrassment, and then pointed to the courtyard wall next door with his finger and said: "After you and Brother Yunxi visited this person in person in the morning, you didn't even know about this person's book?" ”

"Mr. Hu?" Zhao Xian never expected that "Xiangyang Chronicles" would be written by the old gentleman with eye disease.

"Yes, Mr. Hu Dan has been in Xiangyang for more than ten years and has written many books, and "Xiangyang Chronicles" is only one of them. After that, he picked up the book, opened it and flipped through it a few times, and then turned to the place where Zhao Xian often flipped it.

Zhao Yunxi looked at the page, his eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled again: "Five miles? Interested in this? ”

"Does my cousin know? I want to hear about it! Zhao Xian understood that the two of them had said a lot of nonsense before, and it was not until this time that the conversation between the two gradually entered the main topic.

"Dozens of miles west of Xiangyang City, there is a town called Wulitou, which is not famous near Xiangyang, and few people know that this is a place for water and land transshipment and trading, but all the private goods transported by the Han River need to be transferred to the land and then transit through here." Zhao Yunsheng's smile faded.

"Bootlegging?" Zhao Xian thought of the things that the Great Song Dynasty government prohibited from buying and selling at will, and couldn't help asking, "But private salt, tea, tribute, etc.?" ”

Zhao Yunsheng never thought that this cousin had a very good brain, and she could guess eight or nine without leaving ten just by the word private goods, and nodded: "Not bad!" It is these, and there is also a tribute to the imperial court in Xiangzhou. ”

"Since it is trading private goods, why can't the government help it? Could it be that the government and businessmen colluded, pretending not to know? Zhao Xian asked.

"If it could be banned, it would have been banned a long time ago, and who would not want to capture these water thieves so that they can make a great contribution to their careers? Just because these five miles of trading are carried out at night, the dawn will be dispersed, and the Zhizhou Yamen has repeatedly sent the yamen to investigate in vain, if you send someone to visit secretly, the few people are not enough to catch it all, and there is nothing to do at present. ”

"Water thieves? But what do you mean by the 'Jiaolong Gang'? Zhao Xian's mind had a flash of inspiration.

Zhao Yunsheng nodded and praised: "Xian Mei is really smart, she guessed at will." ”

Zhao Xian heard the praise, but did not show joy on her face, and asked lightly: "With the ability of the Chu Palace, if you make a move, you will definitely be able to help the Zhizhou Mansion to sweep away this disaster?" ”

Zhao Yunsheng's expression moved slightly, his eyes narrowed slightly at Zhao Xian, and after a while, he laughed and said, "What does this have to do with my Chu Palace?" Sweeping away those water thieves, my Chu Wangfu will not do any good, and if we don't sweep them away, it won't affect us. Who would do such a thankless task? ”

Zhao Xian snorted and said, "It turns out that the muddy water is easy to fish!" Why, then, did my cousin tell me so clearly about the events of the Five Miles? Think I'm a weak woman, even if I know, I can't do anything about it, and force myself to do what the government has not done? ”

As he said this, his heart suddenly shook, and there were some immature but extremely bold guesses.

Zhao Yunsheng's phoenix eyes were lightly raised, and Da Lu smiled: "Sister Xian's words are too amazing, the Chu Wangfu has never done anything to fish in troubled waters." After that, he flicked his cuffs with his hand, pretended to wipe the beads of sweat that did not exist on his forehead, and said angrily: "Sister Xian is so hospitable? Let my brother stand in the courtyard for a long time, and I have not been invited to sit down, and by the way, I have a glass of water to quench my thirst. ”

Zhao Xian smiled slightly and said: "Sure enough, my sister is wrong, it's rude to snub the guests so much, cousin still invites you to sit in the hall?" But in his heart, he secretly scolded this person for being scheming and speaking in a roundabout way.

Zhao Xian smiled and walked forward to lead the way, Zhao Yunsheng followed behind him, Zhao Xian stepped into the hall with his front foot, and before he stepped out of his back foot, Zhao Yunsheng suddenly asked, "Qingqing is good?" ”

Zhao Xian was stunned for a moment, almost stumbled and tripped again, and the dark air in her heart was that this person's language was erratic, which made people unpredictable, and even speaking was hot in a cold pot, and it came in bursts.

She didn't turn her head to pay attention, only held the door frame with her hand, and walked in, after the two sat down, Zhao Xian also stared at Zhao Yunsheng for a long time, and said, "Qingqing? Which Qingqing? ”

Zhao Yunsheng chuckled again and said, "You and I, brother and sister, don't you need to test back and forth like this?" Naturally, it is the youth in the Paradise of Paradise. ”

When Zhao Xian heard Yunsheng's words, her face immediately sank, and she said softly: "Qingqing is dead, my cousin clearly knows about it, so why ask knowingly?" ”

Zhao Yunsheng laughed and covered up: "I don't know for sure, I sent a letter to Yu Qingqing, asking her to help Xian Mei escape from that place, I think Xian Mei must know Qingqing's whereabouts." ”

Zhao Xian's face was sad, she stood up and saluted Zhao Yunsheng, and said: "In any case, my sister is here to thank my cousin for helping, Qingqing died because of me, I should remember this kindness, even if I owe you a favor today, if he has the opportunity in the future, he will definitely return it to you." ”

Zhao Yunsheng took a sip of the tea sent over, looked at the courtyard, and said leisurely: "I will bother my sister in the future, I just hope that my sister will remember today's promise." ”

After speaking, he raised his neck and drank the tea dry, stood up, opened the folding fan he brought, shook it twice, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Today's bothering, I will leave my brother now." After taking two steps forward, he suddenly turned around, raised his slender eyebrows twice, and spit out a few words in his mouth: "Xiuzhuwu!" ”。

"Huh?" Zhao Xian was surprised.