Jiang Xiayuan thought that it would take some time to see King Anjun himself, but King Anjun sent an invitation the evening of the same day, inviting him to attend the banquet on the second day.

And at the dinner on the second day, Jiang Xia finally saw the long-rumored King Anjun with his own eyes.

Jiang Xia's mood, how to say it, is a bit complicated, and there is always a feeling of being violent

(In vain: Hey!) ）

However, no matter how complicated the mood was, Jiang Xia still stepped forward with a smile when everyone was greeting.

Jiang Xia was originally a gambler, when he was young, he fell out with his family, he was alone, penniless, he dared to take Steward Jiang who was still half the eldest son out to break out, and now for the back road, he is also willing to gamble again, not to mention that the King of Anjun of the Taishang Emperor's family is his best choice.

Because of the past, Tu Huaishen's wealth obsession has been widely known, so before the feast, Tu Huaishen received a large number of gifts. And in the face of the temptation at the banquet, he played Tai Chi with a cautious smile, but he didn't give a word, and halfway through, Father-in-law Fulu came to King Anjun's side and whispered a few words, and the attitude of the smiling King Anjun changed a little.

So a small number of people were cordially received by the king of Anjun, most of them were small and medium-sized salt merchants and middle-level officials of the salt administration, but for most of the others, the vain attitude was cold, and when the banquet was over, most of them went back, and a few officials and salt merchants who received special preferential treatment were politely stayed.

Facing the probing and puzzled eyes of the colleagues who were about to leave, these people were also full of doubts, and they couldn't speak, and they didn't know, okay?

Father-in-law Fu Lu coughed loudly a few times, interrupted the continued communication between them, began to drive people away, stretched out his hand to the people who didn't need to stay, and said with a smile: "Your Highness still wants to meet those adults, how many of you are?" ”

The meaning is clear, you can get out.

Father-in-law Fulu's intention to chase away the guests was so straightforward, and the people who were asked to leave were not good at staying, so he looked at the few people left behind with warning, but still arched his hand and left.

When everyone left, Father-in-law Fu Lu turned around and put on a standard smile, "Several, please." ”

And what is Tu Huaishen doing at this time, he is receiving Jiang Xia.

To tell the truth, as the head of the salt merchant, Jiang Xia was not on the list left by Vain Huaishen, so he turned a corner and automatically sent it to the door.

Receiving the small note forwarded by Father-in-law Fulu, he was also a little stunned, this chief executive, he must be too acquainted, this, this speed is too fast, or, is there any other reason?

After carefully looking at the banquet, Jiang Xia made a decision, Jiang Xia was so decisive, he didn't wait, and directly took advantage of the moment when he left, when the crowd came and went, he changed clothes with his own servant, and went back to the house.

So the two met.

Jiang Xia was also refreshed, first cried sadly, then happily admitted his mistake, scolded himself, sang and wrote well, and then said the request.

The requirements are not high, just to save the lives of their families, and the family wealth is willing to donate all to the court, of course, after saying this, he added a sentence in the future, and it is okay to secretly honor His Royal Highness the county king.

In vain:

Look at him directly, and he is also straight to the point, "If this king protects you, what can you give this king?" ”

Jiang Xia blinked his eyes, there were crystal tears flashing in his eyes, seeing a big man selling cuteness, the key was a big man who was not very good-looking, he couldn't bear to look at it directly, and turned his head slightly.

Jiang Xia whispered: "The grass people have in their hands the records of the amount of salt withheld over the years, the account books of salt tax advances, and the account books of exchanges with several adults. Some are honored individually, and some are honored together, and it is customary. ”

It was a surprise, and he looked at Jiang Xia's eyes kindly, but Jiang Xia said again: "It's just that although the grass people are the boss, the people below don't all listen to me, to put it bluntly, there are people behind many big salt merchants, and the grass people only have this account book, and they don't have them." But there is still some news about their general exchanges. ”

"What about the books?"

Get straight to the point.

Jiang Xia began to speak again and stopped, "It's not that the grass people don't believe in His Highness, it's really about these lives, if the grass people give it, you don't care, this grass people's family is old and young!" ”

This is a voucher.

The corners of his mouth twitched, glanced at Jiang Xia, who was still pretending, and asked, "Would you like to write down your testimony?" ”

Jiang Xia looked at Tu Huaishen's face, reluctant that the child could not trap the wolf, and nodded ruthlessly, "The grass people are willing." ”

In vain, he motioned to the bull balance on the side to get it.

Niu Heng quickly took the pen and paper back, Jiang Xia picked up the pen, and under the gaze of the two, he wrote sentence by sentence, and began to write quite quickly, but the more he got later, his hand gradually trembled a little, as if there was something blocking where, Jiang Xia gritted his teeth, sentence by sentence, and finished writing.

Blowing the ink, Jiang Xia glanced at the testimony again, sighed, or signed it according to the handprint, and handed the testimony to Tu Huaishen, after doing this qiē, he seemed to be drained of his strength, Jiang Xia knew that there was no turning back, so he could only continue to walk.

After reading it carefully, he was quite satisfied, handed the testimony to Niu Heng, walked to the table, wrote a note to Jiang Xia, and stuffed it to him.

Jiang Xia hurriedly took it, looked at it carefully, folded it solemnly, and put it in his arms like a treasure.

"The grass people will send it personally." Jiang Xia assured.

Tu Huaishen refused, "No need, there are always people watching here, I'll send someone to get it from you." The rest of the time, you pretend that there is no such thing, if there is anything, you can send the news," Tu Huaishen looked directly into Jiang Xia's eyes and carefully observed his expression, "After all, the more you do, the greater the credit, the better I will intercede for you, I will send someone to you, you can find him if you have something." ”

Jiang Xia responded seriously.

Sending away the unexpected joy Jiang Xia, he went to Fulu to deal with the people left behind, he was not in a hurry, he originally asked them to wait.

One by one, I saw each other, and when the matter was dealt with, it was already late, but fortunately the moonlight was bright tonight, and I could see the road clearly, so I stretched my waist in vain, and walked towards the courtyard where I was temporarily resting, and when I walked into the courtyard, I met someone, it was Daiyu.

Daiyu sat on the steps, her head propped up with her hands, and watched the starry sky in distraction.

According to Lin Ruhai's meaning, he didn't want Daiyu and Tu Huaishen to be too close no matter what, but now more is better than less, there are too many people in the Lin Mansion who know Daiyu, for the sake of insurance, or still let Daiyu pretend to be a little eunuch, fortunately, Daiyu and Tu Huaishen don't live together in the end, Lin Ruhai can only comfort himself like this.

He moved to Daiyu's side and sat down, holding his hands, but instead of looking at the starry sky, he looked at Daiyu.

One looks at the sky and the other looks at people, being stared at by such a big living person, Rao is Lin Daiyu can't stand it anymore, and she doesn't look at the stars anymore, but she turns her head and meets the cautious gaze.

Lin Daiyu seemed to suddenly realize that the little fat man's eyes were actually very beautiful, and the eyes that often smiled and narrowed on weekdays were looking at her intently at this time, the tails of the eyes were slightly provoked, naturally with a bit of style, the eyes were black and white, clear and clear, looking at herself, I don't know why, Lin Daiyu felt that the atmosphere seemed to be even stranger.

Lin Daiyu felt quite uncomfortable, Mo Ming didn't dare to look at him, turned his head, looked for a topic, and took the lead in breaking the peace, "You, how is the errand?" ”

Tu Huaishen smiled and said the progress, and then asked, "It's so late, why don't you go to rest?" ”

"Can't sleep." When she was in the capital, Lin Daiyu always thought about Yangzhou, but now that she is in Yangzhou, she can't sleep. Daiyu was originally the most unable to hide things, but now she gradually has things in her heart, worries, and the once carefree childhood seems to be gradually fading away.

"I can't sleep either." Tu Huaishen also said the same, maybe the atmosphere was right, maybe the person was right, he suddenly wanted to talk, "I miss my father." ”

Seeing Daiyu looking at him, he explained, "It's not my own father, it's me, it's my father and mother here in Yangzhou." Tu Huaishen often fantasizes about what his biological father and mother are like, but in the end, he has no memories of them, and all impressions come from the people around him bit by bit, and he slowly sketches their images from these descriptions. He naturally misses them too, though

The Zhang couple in Yangzhou have always raised him as their own sons, and he has always regarded them as his biological parents, and in the past few years in Yangzhou, it is also the freest and most carefree days in his life.

"So, they're now?"

"Now they have changed their names and gone into seclusion somewhere else." And he never saw them again, this is for their safety, but also for the sake of Tu Huaishen's future, after all, as long as Tu Huaishen still cares about them, the Zhang couple will be targeted by others.

In vain Huaishen said plainly, but Lin Daiyu could feel his sadness and longing, and didn't want him to continue to be depressed, Daiyu changed the topic and talked about business, she really wanted to know, "What are you going to do next?" ”

Tu Huaishen also realized it, but he also cooperated, and then changed the topic.

It's just that, after listening to his plan for a long time, Daiyu finally couldn't help but ask, "So, you lack some key evidence?" ”

Vain nodded cautiously.

Lin Daiyu glanced at him, her eyes seemed to be a little puzzled, she stood up directly, and patted her chest heroically, "Since that's the case, why bother so much, leave it to me!" ”

Vain Huaishen: "Huh? ”

Early the next morning, Tu Huaishen took Qiu Yue and other officials to the Salt Administration Yuan, and began to check the salt introduction and salt tax over the years.

After Lin Ruhai's hair, the salt administration here naturally made preparations, these people have related interests, even if they were originally disobedient due to the distribution of interests, they also temporarily died down at this time, first put the current hurdle over and then said, the account books can be smoothed as much as possible, as for the uneven, they have to launch a few unlucky and disobedient.