"Father, do you really want to take this risk?" Mu Jinming didn't approve of such an extremely dangerous method of fighting poison with poison.

"If you are not sure, my father will not joke about his own safety." Mu Haoyu smiled and pulled his little son who was worried about him and said, "They haven't decided on the result yet, if there is an eighty percent chance of winning, the father will give it a try." ”

"However, there are still two years to go, one year less than previously expected." Mu Jinming hurriedly said: "Xi'er knows that he is not willing to let his father try the medicine!" ”

"Chao'er." Mu Haoyu thought of his little daughter's pretty face, and his eyes were a little softer: "Father doesn't have much time to accompany you, Ming'er, you have to work hard to protect Chao'er in the future." ”

"I will." Mu Jinming's heart was very sour, how cruel and painful it was to watch his father gradually die.

"Go ahead." Mu Haoyu has too many expectations for his youngest son, in two years, he wants to train his son to be a capable and responsible monarch of a country, even if it is difficult, he hopes that his younger son will do his best, and his face is cold and warm, and he needs the care of his loved ones.

"The progress of the imperial doctor, the father will let Li Desheng star, you do what you have to do." Mu Haoyu said to his youngest son: "Don't tell Sù Chao'er about this matter first, so as not to worry about her." ”

"Well, don't hide it from me, father." Mu Jinming was afraid that his father would make a dangerous decision behind his back.

"Okay." Mu Haoyu smiled and touched his youngest son's head.

Mu Haoyu stared at the jade pendant in his hand alone: "Chao'er, Chao'er, there is not much that my father can do for you." ”

When they arrived at the garden, Lu Yin asked the two to take off their blindfolded black scarves and take them to see where they would live in the future.

"This is the guest room, if you need anything, just ask." Green Tone told me a few more things to pay attention to and left.

Everything in the house is all the best things, which makes Yan Lu sigh and worry about the fate of himself and Qu Lao at the same time, it seems that it is impossible to leave here safely without a letter of permission.

"Qu Lao, do you really plan to use that method?" It's not that Yan Lu doesn't believe in Qu Lao's medical skills, but that person is the king of a country, and if he doesn't get it right, he will raid his family and exterminate the clan, Yan Lu frowned.

"There's no going back." Qu Lao has lived for most of his life, and for the first time, he sighed helplessly, he can still enter the palace once when he is old, the king of a country, but he can't say that he can see it.

"How sure is Qu Lao?" Yan Lu asked, feeling ashamed of Qu Lao in his heart, blaming himself for taking things for granted, thinking things too simply, and now falling into such a situation.

"If there are no other factors, there seem to be five levels of certainty in the diagnosis." Qu Lao frowned and said, "If you can discuss a lesson or two with that Imperial Doctor Xu, you may be able to increase your score by a few points." ”

Yan Lu didn't say anything more, even if he did, it was useless, and it would depend on the will of heaven.

This night, Yan Lu and Qu Lao tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and the next morning, their faces were not very good.

At this time, the arrival of Imperial Physician Xu solved Qu Lao's urgent need, and the two discussed the method in the house, this chat was five days and four nights, in addition to the daily need to eat and sleep, the two of them can be said to have forgotten to sleep and eat.

The hard work paid off, and the two finally discussed a method suitable for the emperor to suppress the toxicity, and the emperor decided to make this method.

Mu Haoyu looked at the treatment method handed over, and after thinking about it, he decided to give it a try, no matter how bad it was, it couldn't be bad, so he ordered the two of them to start preparing.

Mu Jinming was very worried, and stayed by his father's side every day, except for the necessary schoolwork exercises, and watched Imperial Doctor Xu and Qu Lao treat his father.

Imperial Physician Xu and Qu Lao were extremely cautious in using poison, and the daily amount of poison was increasing little by little, stopping every two days to observe the emperor's physical condition before doing the next step of treatment.

This kind of treatment focuses on seeking stability, and the time drags on for a longer time, and Yan Lu and Qu Lao must stay until the end of the treatment and the condition is stable before leaving.

As one of the secret guards of the Xi Dynasty, Lu Yin wanted to return to his master, and rushed back to Xuzhou with the emperor's letter and the county lord's jade pendant.

Qin Wen, the governor of Liangjiang, had already arrived the day before yesterday, and Gu An, the salt transport envoy, secretly told the new boss about the sale of illicit salt, both of whom belonged to the second prince's account, so naturally he had to do his best to get more silver for the master's later use.

"Are you all ready?" Qin Wen asked uneasily: "You must make sure that nothing goes wrong." ”

"Your Excellency, don't worry, this is not the first time, everything is arranged as usual, and the lower official has already personally checked it once to ensure that nothing is exposed." Gu An replied with a smile.

"When?" Qin Wen needs to have a reliable information so that he can respond to possible accidents at any time.

"Three days later, the manpower has arrived, please rest assured, the lower officials will personally supervise it." Gu An patted his chest and promised: "In terms of manpower, adults don't need to worry, they are all very tight." ”

"That's good." After hearing this, Qin Wen temporarily let go of half of his heart, he had just arrived, and he still needed to work closely with Gu An, so that he could stand firm in the future in order to do his best for His Royal Highness the Second Prince.

"My lord, after this is done?" Gu An glanced up at Qin Wen from the corner of his eyes, he mainly asked how to distribute the large amount of silver money obtained after the matter was completed, this was a preliminary temptation, although both of them were from the account of the second prince, but neither of them knew each other, they were afraid that the other party would wear small shoes for themselves, and turn around and sell them well in front of the master, and things like this kind of silver money should not be sloppy.

Qin Wen frowned, suddenly smiled and reached out to pat Gu An's shoulder, and said, "It's still as it is, just do what you want." ”

Gu An breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, how could he let the silver in his hand fly, and this adult would not do such a stupid thing to unload the mill and kill the donkey, so that he would no longer have to worry about secretly hiding the silver he deserved.

"Master Xie." Gu An thanked him sincerely, and the two smiled heartily, and the meaning in the smile was self-evident.

Qin Wen is a smart man, otherwise he would not have been pushed hard by the second prince to Xuzhou to be the governor of Liangjiang. This is a fat and oily beauty difference, and only one entry of private salt can be worth more than two years of income for a first-class member in Beijing. He naturally knew the intention of Gu An's personal question, and the entry of the private salt matter was generally divided into four parts, one was presented to the master, one was filial piety to the officials, one was what Gu An deserved, and the other was those soldiers who did things. Gu An is afraid that he wants to make a score to make his master happy, how can he think that without Gu An's good hand, how can he have a rich pocket, wouldn't it be worth the loss because of a small loss, Gu This is careful to try, he is not stupid, how can there be a reason not to earn the silver in his hand, and the silver that he should have will not be less, and his own share will not be taken out, that is very good, no one will think that there is too much silver to burn his hands.

Gu Anxin left satisfied, and his heart blossomed happily along the way, it seems that this Lord Qin Wenqin is quite upright, so that he can be much more handy in doing things in the future. This time it can be much more profitable than the last time, and the next time you finish this vote, you may not be able to settle it, but fortunately, if you earn enough this time, it will be enough for at least two or three years.

Gu An went home happily, and as soon as he was in a good mood, he inevitably had to drink a few glasses, and his eyes began to wander after a few glasses of wine, and he was so drunk that he didn't know who was there, and he didn't notice that someone had sneaked into his house at all.

The sky at night is silent, and a faint light still shines in a room in the back garden of Fengyang Tower, and it is obvious that the owner of this room has not rested.

Xichao is waiting, waiting for what, waiting for the people sent out to come back.

After a while, the window moved, and a dark shadow flashed in, knelt in front of the bed and said, "The subordinates failed to find the account books, but they found the letters exchanged between Gu An and the major merchants. "Hands handed over a few stolen letters.

Xi Chao took the letter and took out one of the letters, opened it and looked at it roughly, put it back into the envelope, and ordered: "The letter is sent back untouched, so as not to startle the snake, send someone to keep an eye on Gu An, he must have the account book of private salt transportation in and out, find a way to get it." ”

"Yes." The Dark Guard put away the letter and replied.

"Let's go down." Xichao raised his hand, ready to rest.

After the dark guard left, Xi Chao waved his hand to extinguish the candle flame at the table and had a good night's sleep.

There were also people in the palace who had not slept, and the man on the seat listened to the news reported by the people below, and pondered for a long time.

"Your Highness, this is the last time for Lord Qin's secret report, someone on the Great Prince's side is already secretly investigating this matter, and Lord Qin needs to be careful for fear of making a mistake." The henchman eunuch who knelt on the ground got a secret report from outside and submitted it overnight.

"Let them do it themselves, don't let people take the handle." The man was Mu Rong, the second prince, and his fingers tapped lightly on the edge of the table, thinking about something else in his mind, but he said, "Go down." ”

"Yes." The eunuch withdrew and closed the door.

"Boss, hum!" Mu Rong snorted coldly, and his eyes were full of light.

Xu Chenlin has been very busy these days, as long as he thinks that it won't take a few days for the silver to flow into his pocket, he can't be happier. There is a lot of money to earn, and it is naturally extra careful, and the arrangement is appropriate.

However, when Xu Chenlin was busy making money, he did not forget his friend Yan Lu, who was far away in Shangjing, and he would go to Xichao every day to ask one or two.

Xi Chao is doing a female celebrity today, she wants to make a sachet for her father and brother in the palace, and by the way, practice the flexibility of her fingers, and martial arts must be practiced diligently and cannot be wasted.

When Xu Chen entered the house, he saw Xi Chao in men's clothes, but he was embroidering something with an embroidered bandage in his hand, and his jaw almost dropped for a while, in his heart, the little girl dressed as a teenager in front of him would not touch the female red no matter what, where did he think that he would see this amazing scene with his own eyes, if someone who didn't know the inside story saw it, he was shocked beyond measure, because it was the young man in front of him who was embroidering, and it was a strange story through the ages!

Xi Chao naturally did not ignore the unconcealable look on Xu Chenlin's face after he came in, she didn't need to worry about Xu Chenlin's stunnedness, she had always lived arbitrarily, and there was no need to care about other people's eyes.

Hong Ming brought a snack and poured fragrant tea for Xu Chenlin, turned around and came to the desk, sorting out a few poems written by the master this morning.

Xi Chao pierced the last stitch, removed the embroidery bandage, and took scissors to cut the embroidered cloth into the shape of a round treasure.

Xu Chenlin took a sip of the teacup, his eyes kept paying attention to the movements of the cold-faced young man, he was almost choked by the tea, coughed a few times, and eased up.

"Who are you doing this for?" Xu Chenlin had nothing to say.

"Family." Xichao deftly sewed a sachet and filled the dried spices inside, preferably sewing well.

After hearing this, Xu Chen lamented the young man's love for his family, but he didn't know that the family in Xi Chao's mouth and the family he thought were two different things, and Xi Chao guessed this but didn't explain too much, because the relationship between the two was limited to cooperation.

"How's the preparation?" Xi Chao asked about the illegal salt.

"It's all set." Xu Chenlin was confident in his deployment, "What's more, it's not the first time that the salt transport envoy Gu An has handled it, if he wants to get a large sum of money, he has to make sure that nothing goes wrong." ”

"Be careful." Xi Chao was not worried about it, but just asked Xu Chenlin to pay attention.

"Hmm." Xu Chenlin accepted the kind reminder of the Xi Dynasty.

Three days later, it was curfew time in the city, and every household had closed their doors and windows to rest. At this time, the streets and alleys were only left with the night patrol and the watchman. However, tonight was different from the past, and a number of torches were lit at the city gate, and a large amount of fire light gathered at the city gate, and the sound of the carriage could be heard from time to time.

"My lord, everyone is here." The official in the officer's uniform trotted in front of Gu An and returned.

"Have the people sent by those merchants carefully checked it?" Gu An looked at the crowd.

"According to the instructions of the adults, they have been carefully checked one by one, most of them are old people, and only the people from the Xu family are new faces." The officials reported according to the facts.

"The Xu family didn't dare to send unfamiliar people, it was really a mess that ruined the entire Xu family." Gu An saw it clearly, if the Xu family was not involved this time, the silver in hand would not have doubled, but fortunately, everyone is a shrewd person, as long as they follow the steps at this juncture, nothing will happen.

"Alright, let's get started." Gu An thought that he would be able to squint for a while if he finished it early and returned early.

"Yes." The servant immediately ran to the firelight, found a man in the same bad clothes, and told them to hurry up, and transport the smuggled salt that had been placed on the wagons in the morning to the wagons of the merchants, and after loading them, they could leave the city and be transported to the wharf and sent away by boat.

Gu An stood aside with his arms crossed, his eyes swept back and forth in the crowd, watching his subordinates load the illicit salt into the carriage one by one, and half of the big stone in his heart was lost.

Once the private salt makes a mistake on the road, it can be pushed away, after all, I didn't see it with my own eyes, as for those who transport salt, it is not within the scope of their consideration, and the good ones can be released in ten days and a half months, and those who are unlucky can only go back to reincarnate a good family, who let the illegal trafficking of official salt is a serious crime of the country, once it is verified, it will be copied and beheaded.

This is the first and last time for the Xu family to participate in this larger private salt transportation, of course, they will be careful not to reveal the slightest mistake, otherwise the silver is easy to earn and it will not be worth taking human life.

Gu An has the ability to supervise all aspects of nature, and from time to time he urges to speed up, this time the amount of private salt is large, and it will take some time than before.

The people who carried the salt were in good order, and after half an hour slower than usual, all the smuggled salt were loaded, and the carriages loaded with the smuggled salt were lined up in two columns, and they left the city gate one after another.

Gu An stayed until the last carriage disappeared outside the city gate, and then relaxed.

"My lord, it's all settled, a total of 50 million taels of silver, and the rest will be settled when those people come back." The previous officials went back and forth.

"Well, the people who follow are all arranged?" Gu An asked about the official who escorted the carriage along the way.

"Don't worry, my lord, they are all old people who have been gone more than once, and they are all shrewd." The official replied.

"That's good." Gu An can rest assured now, "You are here waiting for them to come back." ”

"Yes, the adults go back to rest, the villain is watching here, and as soon as there is news, he will report it." The official sent Gu An away respectfully, found a place to sit down, and squinted for a while by the way, this trip will take an hour.

After a few months, the flow of people in Shangjing has increased, and it has become a common practice for locals born in Shangjing, and this should be the case in the country's important place.

The only thing worth talking about is still those famous people in Beijing, but unfortunately the praise of the figure has not yet appeared after a few months.

"It's been a long time, so you won't go somewhere to recuperate, right?" Some people sit in the tea shop and chat while sipping tea.

"Who knows?" One person answered: "I'm afraid it's not like that's not the case without the slightest rumor." ”

These people chatted about the new things that happened in Shangjing not long ago, and then talked about the noble county lord of Zunyi, who made this county lord a highly regarded figure in Shangjing, and his family background alone was beyond people's reach, not to mention that the current saint has a lot of favor for him, and he is simply envious of others.

Speaking of interesting stories about Shangjing, where is the lack of this lord, even if the main owner has not shown up for a long time, it has left many people to talk about after dinner, and all kinds of speculations emerge in endlessly, and it has become a story in the book, which makes people want to stop, and they always have to find out something to prove the credibility of their guesses.

"The Prime Minister's Mansion didn't give an exact statement, I think eighty percent of them were grounded." Someone said it.

"Cut, when is this old yellow calendar, and what is he doing?" Someone disagreed.

"That is, how can the county lord be grounded, and there is still a chance that he will be summoned to the palace."

"Then I'm sick and need to recuperate." Everyone, you and I will express your opinions.

Everyone downstairs was aroused their curiosity and joined the crowd of speculation, and all kinds of statements were ridiculous.

There were four people sitting in a private room upstairs, originally chatting about things in the school, when they suddenly heard the sound of talking downstairs and changed the topic.

"These people are bored." A man sipped his cup and smiled disapprovingly.

"Everyone is not an idler, as soon as people are idle, they have to have some fun, and it is normal to pick up interesting stories in Beijing." Another man spoke.

"That's right, it's just that the people who often talk about each other can't be separated from the county lord of Zunyi, so it's surprising." Another man spoke.

"What's so strange, the limelight of the lord of Zunyi can overshadow any dignitaries in Beijing, who makes the family not only have the father of the dynasty behind him, but also the current emperor as the backing, who dares not to avoid his edge in Beijing." The last person expressed his opinion.

"That's what Brother Murong said." Everyone nodded in agreement.

The four people in the private room are Murong Xuan, the eldest son of the Shangshu of the Murong family's Ministry of Rites, Luo Changdong, the second son of the Luo family's cabinet envoy, and two friends who can talk to each other, Qi Jie and Lin Shixian, both of whom have the same family background.

After all, the four of them are going to take the examination to become officials in the court, and some common sense problems in the court are taken out to discuss together, so as to cultivate their own forces for entering the court in the future.

Qi Jie and Lin Shixian are Murong Xuan's optimistic right and left hands in the future, so they will make friends with them, most of the children of the family are like this, the academy is a place to produce talents, and it is also a narrowing embodiment of the division of forces among all parties, if you can cultivate your own power before the title of the gold list, even if you are not in one place in the future, it will be a help, and the importance of connections is particularly prominent in the officialdom, so it depends on whether you can be convincing in all aspects.