"His Royal Highness King Ping, this silver is really easy to come by."

A ghostly voice sounded, and King Ping, who had bought a large sum of money and was about to successfully complete the errand given to him by his father, instantly shuddered and knocked over the wine handed by the Maiji next to him to the ground.

"Who? Who's there! ”

"It's so easy to draw a big cake and hang people out of silver."

The cold voice resounded throughout the space from top to bottom, and King Ping craned his neck to follow the voice, and saw the young man in Xuanyi staggering on the roof like a bat. The roof was slightly dark, and his goshawk-like eyes were exceptionally bright.

"Lu Jingyuan, how can you be a gentleman on the beam, and if you have a kind, you will come down and confront it openly."

"As you wish."

The hand that grabbed the roof was released, the hem of his clothes was lightly raised, and Lu Jingyuan landed on the ground without blushing and panting, and his cold eyes stared at King Ping across the table. Reaching out and grabbing a thick pile of deeds in front of him, he took a few random ones and swept them up, and when he looked at King Ping again, he showed appreciation.

"This empty glove white wolf, admire it below."

"Give me back."

Easily dodging his hand stretched out to scramble, Lu Jingyuan raised his eyebrows: "Still?" This is irrefutable evidence of your intention to rebel. ”

The intention was recognized, and instead of being nervous at all, King Ping breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he adopted Song Qinwen's advice, and did not explicitly state the great cause of restoration, but changed to another version. All the merchants present were his witnesses, and even if the little marquis knew his intentions, he could not find any evidence.

"Attempted rebellion?" King Ping looked around at the silent merchants, and a little disdain flashed in his heart: "The king is just discussing business matters with all the silk merchants, and everyone present can testify. ”

Shen Jinshan also came over and strongly proved what King Ping said.

"Please forgive me, those of us who do business, how can we have less relationships, and it is natural to be filial to the top."

After speaking, he leaned into Lu Jingyuan's ear: "Master Hou, rest assured, the silver for the military salary banquet tomorrow will definitely only be much more than Shen." ”

After finishing with a smile on his face, he pinched the deed of the rice paper inside under his wide sleeves. Although Hu Jiuling was so angry this morning, he still agreed to his conditions. In exchange for the finest raw silk, he could withdraw 30% of the cash in advance. Don't look at only a small thirty percent, this is the Hu family's spring silkworm tribute in one season and all the profits in the silk market, just by virtue of the large base, it is also a lot of income.

Now he is full of confidence.

Thinking of the attitude of the little marquis who recognized the money first and then the people when they met a few days ago, he was even more relieved.

"Just more, no less?" Lu Jingyuan smiled playfully.

Shen Jinshan's smile became even warmer: "Of course." ”

"That's right." Lu Jingyuan nodded, and before Shen Jinshan could be proud, he coldly spit out the next sentence: "Of course you have to be a little more." ”

What does Hou Ye mean by this? Although he didn't say it, Shen Jinshan's doubts were clearly written on his face.

Lu Jingyuan ignored him, looked through the confused businessman beside the hot pot, and said to the door, "Bring it in." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, two guards in navy blue robes suddenly appeared at the door, and two of them drove a beggar in ragged clothes.

If Ah Yao was here, he would definitely be able to recognize at a glance, this person with messy hair, ragged clothes, and a beggar was Song Qinwen, who took the last half of the Song family's family and the last bit of jewelry of the Yang family two days ago, and escaped from the city before Song Guansheng went home to Linzhou to participate in the imperial examination.

But he was very unlucky, first he was knocked out by the secret guard sent by Lu Jingyuan, and all the identity documents were taken away; Then Ah Yao sent the subordinates to go one step late, only to see Song Qinwen fainting on the side of the road, and he couldn't find the document and the guide, so in order to go back to hand over the errand, he could only take the most valuable things on Song Qinwen's body, so that he couldn't catch the way. Out of contempt for the white-eyed wolf, the Hu family's subordinates gave full play to Zhou's temperament and touched the last copper plate on his body.

After the Hu family left, the secret guard who was hiding on the side came out and threw Song Qinwen, who had only a middle coat left on his body, to Shen Moci's only way back to his ancestral hometown.

The next qiē was just as Lu Jingyuan expected, Shen Moci, who was now short of people, really saved Song Qinwen, and coaxed him over to take it for himself in a few words. Originally, Shen Moci might have other plans, but when Shen Jinshan gave her last and biggest bargaining chip, the first time that the girl's family was innocent, to Queen Ping without hesitation, he even hated the Shen family with her. She wants to use King Ping to gain power, and Song Qinwen, a marionette who has read books, has shown talents, and can speak well and is easy to make King Ping trust, has become the best chess piece in her hand.

Under her arrangement, Song Qinwen became a staff member of King Ping and helped him draw up Fang Cai's empty glove white wolf recipe.

can come up with this plan, Song Qinwen is very valued by King Ping, and he stays well in the other courtyard. After two days, the depression that was robbed before has been swept away. It's a pity that his life is not good, and he met the little marquis and his subordinates who visited the courtyard at night. After Lu Jingyuan decided to make a move, the secret guards also acted quickly, and two people sneaked into Song Qinwen's room, covered their mouths and dropped their knives on their necks, and directly dragged him into the wilderness of Dongshan.

The two secret guards had experienced the apprenticeship ceremony a few days ago, and they knew how open-minded Song Qinwen was to protect Shen Moci. They have always done things properly, just in case, they are a little more ruthless when they start, and the methods they use are inevitably a little extreme. The methods practiced in the sea of swords and fires could not be withstood by such a scholar with fine skin and tender flesh who had never suffered hardships, and he couldn't stand it all after a few strokes. Even so, the two of them still used a little more punishment, and asked Song Qinwen to practice what to say on the spot, until the effect was satisfied, and they repeatedly made sure that they would not temporarily change the hexagram before bringing him over.

After tossing like this, the originally gentle scholar life became a disciple of the beggar gang.

"Who is this?" Not only the businessman with misty eyes, but even Shen Jinshan, who was still conscious, didn't recognize it.

Only King Ping, who was directly opposite, recognized it, "Song Qinwen, why are you here." ”

The secret guard holding Song Qinwen coughed, his hand was released, and he rushed out like an arrow from the string, passing Lu Jingyuan and rushing to the table, supporting the table with both hands, and looking at King Ping eagerly.

"Your Highness save me, save me."

I didn't react for a moment just now, and King Ping also realized that something was wrong. Covering his mouth with his sleeve to block the stench on his body, he said in disgust: "Where did you call Hanako, you dare to rush into the banquet of this king." Come, throw it out to the king. ”

"Lord Wang, you were still calling the villain's name just now. The villain is dedicated to doing things for you, how can you turn your face like this and not recognize people when something happens. Could it be that the prince forgot that the emperor ordered you to come to Qingcheng to get silver......"

"Shut up."

King Ping got up and wanted to cover Song Qinwen's mouth, but Lu Jingyuan was even faster than him, and he took a step forward directly and stretched out his hand between the two.

"You go on." When he said these four words, his voice was rarely gentle, since he entered Qingcheng, he wanted to clean up Song Qinwen like this. But I was worried about the girl's love in front of me, and finally the stupid girl figured it out, and he became an important chess piece and couldn't move for the time being. As the time and place were favorable today, he sent two secret guards who had the most knowledge of punishment to greet him, and the result did not disappoint him.

This wolf bèi's appearance, do you want to find a chance for that girl to take a look? All it takes is a glance, and the girl will never think about this cousin in the future.

But what if it scares her?

Thinking of this, he unconsciously touched his chin, even if he didn't use it before the execution, Song Qinwen was far inferior to his appearance alone. If you like beauty, then it's enough for the girl to just look at this situation. It's just a defeat of the subordinates, so don't look at it.

When he hesitated, Song Qinwen, who was like a frightened bird, had already said like a bamboo tube pouring beans, "Although the emperor has a noble status, if he is the emperor today, the name of this matter is not right, and His Royal Highness is helpless." In the end, it was the little one who sold these silk merchants in the name of the imperial merchants, and asked them to pay filial piety to the silver. But you also know that this method is clearly to draw cakes to satisfy hunger, because deciding which one to be the imperial merchant and provide silk to the inner house, the whole emperor and the queen mother's mind, and then the inner government decides, and the emperor who is far away in the capital is beyond the reach of the whip. ”

Although the silk merchants have smoked too much hibiscus, they are even a little confused. But this will calm down the atmosphere, and the doors and windows are wide open, and the cold breath of spring outside the window blows in, and they are also a lot more sober.

Hearing Song Qinwen's words, everyone often took a breath of cold air.

What did they do?

Donate silver to the Emperor, so where do they put the current saint? Many people understand in their hearts that in fact, King Ping is not a lie to them. Whether it is the emperor or the emperor, for these small businessmen, they are all big people who are as high as clouds in the sky, and they can't be seen and touched. No matter which one they take, the little thing that sticks out of their fingers is enough for them to benefit immensely in the future.

The truth is that there are some things that cannot be made clear. One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and now the nominal owner of Great Xia is the emperor, not the emperor. In front of the emperor sent by the emperor, they blatantly donated the silver to King Ping sent by the emperor, which was a big deal.

The cold wind in the mountains blew in gusts, but many businessmen were soaked in cold sweat on their backs.

And Song Qinwen's next sentence directly ignited the hearts that made them fearful.

"If Your Highness forgets this, you will always be familiar with the smell of the room today. After the plan came out yesterday, you were afraid that the businessmen would understand the stakes, so you let Shen ...... People bought hibiscus in the city's medicine shops and sprinkled them in the banquet. Too much of this stuff can cause people to hallucinate, lose their sobriety, fall into frenzy, blindness, and impulsiveness. ”

Codeine!

The merchants present had been busy counting the accounts for the past two days, and on the last afternoon before the conscription banquet, they finally had time to relax, and they heard Kukai's opinion about Furong.

A hibiscus, which is often used to make soup in the past, turned out to be a thing that harms people's minds.

The nose wrinkled and sniffed carefully, and under the fragrance of the warm pot, it was faintly mixed with the smell of hibiscus. When I took a bite of the hot pot soup, I didn't seem to taste that taste.

Where does the smell come from?

"It's here."

Another guard came in, holding a pot with a white powder at the bottom.

"A hibiscus powder, hidden in the skirt of the dancing girl."