Chapter 111: Planning a counterattack

Time flies, and when listening to Yuxuan's development day by day, Lin Ling is becoming more and more busy.

Originally, the big dealers in the capital who resold news and intelligence were the legendary jack-of-all-trades, and when Tingyuxuan developed, many people came directly to Tingyuxuan to inquire about the news. This is bound to anger the know-it-all, no, early this morning, the know-it-all rushed into the Tingyu Xuan in a rage.

He broke into Tingyuxuan alone, with Ashin and the ghost behind, Lin Ling was not worried about anything big at all.

But on second thought, she might be able to turn this into a good thing.

Know-it-all has been entrenched in the capital for more than ten years, and he knows all the big and small things, and there must be a lot of unknown secrets hidden in him. He relied on these secrets to earn money, and naturally he would not divulge them at will. But to buy so much information about the know-it-all, you must pay a huge sum of money, and the best way is to turn enemies into friends.

Lin Ling put down the work in his hand, lifted the curtain and walked out.

I saw Ashin lift his foot and was about to kick the heart of the jack-of-all-trades.

"Wait!" Lin Ling hurriedly stopped, "If you have anything to say, don't move your hands and feet!" ”

Ashin said with a cold face: "He spoke wildly, and insulted Miss, he should be beaten!" ”

"As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, if you have anything to say, let's sit down and talk about it, just make it clear, Ashin, go and pour a cup of tea." Lin Ling said with a smile, please sit down on the chair opposite and carefully look at the man with the most face. About forty years old, his body is a little fat, his cheeks and stomach are full of fat, his face is full of atmosphere, his eyes are also facing upward, and his face is full of contempt.

Know-it-all roared slightly with his chin raised, and snorted coldly: "I'll tell you, the territory of the capital is mine, and I limit you to close this bullshit of yours within three days, otherwise I'll find someone to smash it!" Don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

Lin Ling still smiled and said, "Drink a cup of tea to extinguish the fire, and have something to say." I've only been open for a month since Yuxuan opened, and you let me close it, isn't it embarrassing? I know that you have been in the capital for decades, how can my little Tingyuxuan compare with you, isn't it? ”

"Humph!" The jack-of-all-trades was very comfortable, "Since you know, then close the door quickly, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you!" ”

"Jack-of-all-trades, why don't we cooperate." Lin Ling silently rolled her eyes in her heart, this know-it-all looked sideways, her good words didn't make sense, it was better to go directly to the topic, if he promised, everything would be easy to do, if he didn't agree, she wouldn't bother to talk nonsense with him.

The know-it-all said coldly: "I don't have anything to cooperate with you. ”

"As far as I know, you have been engaged in this business in the capital for more than ten years, and the people in the capital will come to you if they want to know any secret information." Lin Ling said lightly, "However, when they go to look for you, you often have to wait about three days to find out what the guests want to know, am I talking about it?" ”

The know-it-all nodded: "That's right, as long as it takes three days, you can inquire about anything anyone wants to know!" ”

"However, come to me to listen to Yuxuan, as long as the customer says the news they want to know, we can serve it immediately, if you need to inquire overtime, we will reduce the price by half." Lin Ling smiled softly, "Jack-of-all-trades, now you should know why your business has not been good since Tingyuxuan opened?" ”

The jack-of-all-trades' face turned red and green: "Hmph, that's you deceiving the people!" I vouch for my know-it-all personality that every message I provide is true and not made up nonsense! ”

"If my news was made up randomly, someone should have come to the door to ask for an explanation!" Lin Ling continued to smile and said, "Jack-of-all-trades, I cooperate with you because I am interested in your business that you have been running for more than ten years, and you must have a lot of news there that I don't have here." And if you work with me, you can save your business from bankruptcy. Now there are fewer and fewer people looking for you, and you are becoming more and more idle, otherwise you wouldn't have the time to come to me, would you? ”

"I'm not interested in working with!" The jack-of-all-trades said coldly.

Lin Ling pointed at Ashin and said, "If you want to talk to him, it's no problem." ”

Know-it-all glanced at Ashin coldly, he was almost beaten by this person just now, of course he didn't want to talk to Ashin, and quickly shook his head. Cocking his legs, he said coldly: "What good do I have to cooperate with you?" ”

"As long as you provide the news, I will give you six layers of profits, how about it?" Lin Ling stretched out his hand and gestured, "And all the news I have here, you can take a layer of profits, you are still the boss, but you have changed the name in a different place, this cooperation, you only make money and do not lose." ”

Know-it-all pulled his eyebrows, patted his fat belly, stood up and said, "I'll go back and think about it." ”

"Okay, don't send it slowly." Lin Ling sent the know-it-all in with a smile, and when he turned around again, his face fell.

"Miss, this kind of person, we don't need to cooperate with him, isn't this just angry?" Ashin came over and said.

Lin Ling patted Ashin's shoulder and said with a smile: "You know, what is the purpose of my opening this Tingyu Xuan, the purpose is not to find out other people's secrets, nor to help the beggars in the capital, let alone to make money, I am to find out as much news as possible." And the jack-of-all-trades, I think, he must have something there for me to know, let's wait and see. ”

Imperial Palace, Taihe Palace.

When the second prince of the dynasty, the Qing prince, Long Yuze, knelt in the center of the hall.

"For the first time in more than a year, I summoned you, do you have any resentment against me?" The emperor on the dragon chair was old and tired.

Long Yuze straightened his back and hugged his fists and said, "Erchen doesn't dare to have any complaints. ”

"How have you been reflecting this year?" The emperor's voice was deep.

Long Yuze replied: "A year ago, it was the son's desire for profit that forced the palace to seize the throne, and it was the father's mercy that kept the son's life, and the son's minister once again thanked his father for his grace not to kill. ”

"The emperor is indeed merciful, and he sincerely loves you." The queen smiled on the side, "Not only did he not kill you, but he also did not take back your title and demote you to a concubine, even the servants of the Qing Palace, the emperor took good care of you." Ze'er, in the future, you must learn from the pain and repent well, so that you can be worthy of your father's kindness. ”

"Yes, Erchen must change his mind and be a new man!" Long Yuze raised his voice and said.

"Good, good! Stand down! With a wave of the emperor's hand, Long Yuze bent down and respectfully withdrew from the Taihe Palace.

After everyone in the hall retreated, the queen poured a cup of tea for the emperor with a smile and said: "Today, the emperor summoned Ze'er, the concubine was a little confused, and the concubine thought that the emperor wanted to lift Ze'er's grounding." However, Ze'er has also been imprisoned for a year, when does the emperor plan to release him? ”

The emperor leaned back with his eyes closed and said, "Don't you know your thoughts?" You are the crown prince with all your thoughts, and the prince has made many mistakes now, are you worried that I will fight for the throne with the prince after I release Ze'er? Don't explain, why don't you know your minds? Hey, I'm old, this throne should have to be handed over. ”

"Your Majesty, the crown prince is the flesh and blood of the concubines, can the concubines not cherish it?" The queen looked sad, "He is impetuous now, and it is the time when he needs to be taught, and the emperor must not lose confidence in him." The concubines are not afraid of anything else, but they are afraid that their brothers will turn against them. Ze'er has a cold temperament, and she led troops to force the palace more than a year ago, and the concubines still have palpitations......"

"Okay, okay, don't talk about the past." The emperor coughed twice and said, "Didn't I ground him for a year?" No matter how cold your temperament is, it's time to take it away. Queen, as long as the prince is diligent and loves the people, I will naturally not be partial. Alright, I'm tired, you go down. ”

"Yes, the concubine retired." The queen stepped back, and the fingers in her sleeves were pinched together.

Coming out of the Taihe Palace, she went directly to the East Palace.

"Where's the prince! Where did the prince go? Walking into the study of the East Palace, it was empty, and the queen couldn't help but roar.

The palace maids and eunuchs only promised: "Go back to ...... Back to the queen's mother, the prince ...... Prince ......"

"Don't stammer, say!" The queen kicked at the palace maid who was serving the prince closely, and said coldly.

The palace maid kowtowed and said, "The prince sneaked out of the palace...... The slave and maid did not listen to any persuasion...... Ask the queen to spare her life! ”

The queen said coldly: "You can't persuade the prince, of course, it's not your fault!" However, if you don't report it and don't tell this palace in time, that's a mistake! Come on, drag her down and beat her fifty boards! ”

"Queen Mother, the slave knows that she is wrong......" The palace maid begged for mercy in pain, but the queen just glanced at her coldly, slapped the table fiercely, and ordered: "Get the prince back in two hours!" Don't alarm anyone other than the East Palace and the Phoenix Eagle Palace, if the news is revealed, you just wait to be punished! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" The subordinates hurriedly retreated.

The queen took a deep breath and sat down on the soft couch in the East Palace.

When Long Yuze was not imprisoned, the prince was still an obedient and motivated child. But since Long Yuze was locked up, he has relaxed a lot, except for going to court every day, he doesn't see anyone all day, and most of the time he sneaks out of the palace. The place to go is nothing more than a casino and a green building!

In the final analysis, it's all because she, the queen mother, disposed of the concubine Yu without hesitation!

She thought that the prince was in love with Concubine Yu, but he was temporarily confused, but she didn't expect that since Concubine Yu died, he began to give up on himself. He has never been to see the goddess of Yuxi who lives in Yingtai Tower, and he runs to the Qinglou all day long, and he also accepts several Qinglou women as concubines. This East Palace has also been made into a miasma.

It's no wonder that the emperor will summon Long Yuze's kid today.

There must have been some wind heard.

If such a character of the prince reaches the ears of the civil and military officials and the common people, he will definitely be removed from the position of the prince!

As the minutes passed, the queen's face became colder and colder, and finally when night fell, the prince returned.

"The queen mother is in such a hurry to summon her sons, I don't know why?" The prince asked nervously with a sweat on his face.

The queen shouted coldly: "Kneel! ”

The prince was found from the Qinglou, and naturally knew that he would definitely not be able to eat today, so he knelt down without saying a word.

"Where have you been today?" The queen asked coldly, "This palace allows you to study hard and learn to deal with political affairs, but you sneak out of the palace to play?" You are really my good son, I have carefully planned for you, but you have caused trouble for me everywhere! ”

"Queen Mother, you have carefully planned for your sons, and your sons are very grateful, but what is the use of getting this world?" The prince said disheartened, "Erchen finally met the woman he liked, but you brutally killed her ...... queen mother."

"Shut up!" The queen coldly threw the teacup on the desk on the ground, the fragments splashed, piercing the prince's cheek, the queen looked distressed, but more hated iron and steel, she eased her tone and said, "Your father summoned Long Yuze today, do you know what this means?" Your father wants to lift his captivity and release him! Now you're just the crown prince, and there are too many unknown variables! ”

After all, the prince is not very old, and his previous disheartened words were only to complain to the queen, and when he heard that the emperor was going to let Long Yuze out, he panicked all of a sudden, reached out and grabbed the hem of the queen's phoenix robe and said: "Queen Mother, Long Yuze, he is too ruthless, his father has not died, he dares to force the palace, if he lets him out again, what if he comes again?" ”

Seeing the prince's anxious face, the queen's heart felt a little better, helped the prince up, and said seriously: "You are the meat that fell from the palace, and the palace will naturally plan carefully for you." But you also have to fight for yourself, if you perform well, your father will naturally be happy, and he will not think about other candidates. But if your bad character is spread out, it will arouse the disgust of the courtiers and the people, and the queen mother will not be able to help you at that time. ”

"Queen Mother, I'm sorry, my son let you worry!" The crown prince burst into tears, "The son must change his life and impress his father!" ”

"This is the good son of this palace!" The queen patted the prince on the shoulder with relief, but secretly planned to send more people to guard around the East Palace. The prince's heart is unstable, and he is instigated by someone with a heart, and he will definitely sneak out of the palace again to play greedily.

The emperor's so-called captivity can't lock Long Yuze at all,

Late at night, he climbed over the palace wall and walked out of the palace, heading straight for Lin Ling's house.

"Xiao Ling'er, check these three people for me." Long Yuze sneaked into Lin Ling's room and handed a small note to Lin Ling, "Check them well, it will be of great use to me." ”

Lin Ling looked at the note and read, "Lord Shilang, General, Prime Minister...... Why just look at these three people. ”

Long Yuze said lightly: "These three people speak with a lot of weight in the court, before I was imprisoned, they were all neutrals, and they never interfered in the confrontation between me and the prince. There is also a neutral faction that is Qin Xiaohou Ye, but for him, I just hope that he doesn't get involved when he speaks, but you don't need to check it. If I get to know these three people and grasp their handles, then I will have a good chance of winning this encounter. ”

Lin Ling noticed that Long Yuze didn't use the word "this king" in the whole process when he came to talk to her this time, which made her a little happy. The last time they met, she told all about her origins, thinking that he would not believe it, but she didn't expect him to listen to her quietly and finish everything. And this time, they actually discussed the way to deal with the queen and the crown prince together, and such a change really surprised her.

"Don't worry, there is no news of these three people here for the time being, I will send someone to investigate." Lin Ling put the note into the candle flame, watched the note turn to ashes, and said, "How are you going to fight back this time?" Don't hide it from me like you did last time, you tell me we can think of things together. ”

Long Yuze looked at Lin Ling's sparkling eyes and said, "This time, I naturally won't be as impulsive and reckless as last time!" Xiao Ling'er, now that the prince's character is getting worse and worse, I plan to make a big fuss about this point, and let my father die to the prince first, which is the first step. When the crown prince's position is vacant, I will design to let my father notice me, and then it will be a matter of course. ”

"But...... The queen's mother's city is extremely deep, how can the prince be so easily overthrown? Lin Ling said worriedly, "I'm afraid that the emperor will suddenly die and the crown prince will ascend the throne, so you ...... You're in for a treat! ”

"It's not so easy for the prince to want my life." Long Yuze snorted coldly, "You forgot, the goddess who now lives on top of Yingtai Tower is Li Sanmei from the fishing village at the beginning, although he has changed his name and appearance, she is still the same her." My father believed in the national teacher very much, so he decided that Li Sanmei was a goddess, and if Li Sanmei was asked to help us, I think she would not refuse. ”

"Have you seen the third sister?" Lin Ling grabbed Long Yuze's arm, "How is she doing now?" ”

"One person is below ten thousand people, she only needs to obey the emperor's orders." Long Yuze said lightly, "There are many people begging to see downstairs in Yingtai now, but she has never met anyone. As you said, she is not really a goddess. Maybe there is no goddess in this world...... Xiao Ling'er, in my heart, you are the goddess! ”

Long Yuze's sudden confession made Lin Ling's cheeks red, and her hand was held tightly by Long Yuze on her chest, and her palm felt the heartbeat of "plopping" in his chest. Lin Ling's cheeks were hot, and he lowered his head. She has always felt that Long Yuze also likes her, but she has never received positive confirmation and answers, at this moment, her heart seems to jump out of her throat, she is like a girl who is just starting to fall in love.

Long Yuze's heart moved, he lowered his head slightly, and kissed Lin Ling's cherry lips.

A year later, the intimate contact again made the two of them seem to have a fire on their bodies, and they are burning brightly.

Long Yuze's palms were hot, Lin Ling's chest was soft, and he closed his eyes and felt the caress full of love.

The body was not disgusted, and the heart was even less disgusted, Lin Ling's hand hooked Long Yuze's neck.

Long Yuze...... I love you......" Lin Ling whispered in his ear.

Long Yuze hugged Lin Ling tightly, kissed her earlobe, and said softly, "Me too." ”

The night was deeper, and the moonlight was shining. There were many, but she never met anyone. As you said, she is not really a goddess. Maybe there is no goddess in this world...... Xiao Ling'er, in my heart, you are the goddess! ”

Long Yuze's sudden confession made Lin Ling's cheeks red, and her hand was held tightly by Long Yuze on her chest, and her palm felt the heartbeat of "plopping" in his chest. Lin Ling's cheeks were hot, and he lowered his head. She has always felt that Long Yuze also likes her, but she has never received positive confirmation and answers, at this moment, her heart seems to jump out of her throat, she is like a girl who is just starting to fall in love.

Long Yuze's heart moved, he lowered his head slightly, and kissed Lin Ling's cherry lips.

A year later, the intimate contact again made the two of them seem to have a fire on their bodies, and they are burning brightly.

Long Yuze's palms were hot, Lin Ling's chest was soft, and he closed his eyes and felt the caress full of love.

The body was not disgusted, and the heart was even less disgusted, Lin Ling's hand hooked Long Yuze's neck.

Long Yuze...... I love you......" Lin Ling whispered in his ear.

Long Yuze hugged Lin Ling tightly, kissed her earlobe, and said softly, "Me too." ”

The night was deeper, and the moonlight was shining.