The Ding family has only one village outside the capital, in addition to more than a dozen villages, a few warehouses and several acres of surrounding fields, there is also a huge courtyard, and several side rooms in the courtyard are full of people at the moment, most of them are young girls, and the person responsible for taking care of them is a middle-aged couple. Romance debuts

The man in the couple looked at the girls who were working in the yard and laughing, his eyes were full of love, there were more than ten girls in this group, he thought it was bought by the owner, and then he heard them talk and realized that it was abducted, the eldest one was only eight years old, and his eyes showed maturity that did not match his age, and indifference.

"Li San, it's okay here, what about your mother-in-law." Ding Yingwen walked in with a person and greeted the man with a smile.

"Okay, I'm busy working in the field, I'll come over in a while, do you have any guests at the host, can you go and buy some food?" The man bowed, and when he saw Ding Yingwen nodding, he happily turned around and ran out.

"Is this man reliable?" Li Shiyi, who was following behind Ding Yingwen, asked a little puzzled, this Zhuangzi is too close to the capital, if something goes wrong, he may not be able to react, if he doesn't have enough people available, he doesn't want Ding Yingwen's people to interfere at all.

"Don't worry, old man." Ding Yingwen didn't seem to be willing to explain too much, this sentence was thought by Li Shiyi to use his net worth to vouch for that person, so he didn't ask anything more, when he walked into the yard, he saw the lonely girl at a glance, his heart moved, and his feet kept walking towards her, Ding Yingwen didn't know what he meant, so he could only turn around and follow.

Li Shiyi rushed back day and night, for which Jiang Ning specially selected a fast boat with him, they disguised themselves as cargo ships, used the identity of the Xie family, did not have to hide in Tibet along the way, plus the wind and water were smooth, so the speed was very fast, it only took six days to cross the inner bay, go ashore at the mouth of Zhigu, and then after a day and a night of wild running, finally rushed back to Dadu.

"Did the officials come to see the slaves?" Obviously, Li Shiyi's appearance surprised the girl very much, and there was a smile on her face, seeing her little face that had become round because of food or other reasons in the past few days, Li Shiyi's heart was still very relieved.

"Passing by, I came to see you by the way, are you still used to it?" The girl's eyes looked no different from others, clear and innocent, only Li Shiyi understood that this was just an illusion.

"The slave thought that the officials were here to take me away." The girl lowered her head a little disappointed, there was nothing bad here, it was a paradise compared to before, but she didn't want to live this kind of ordinary life, because no matter how good the life was, it couldn't beat the loneliness of losing a loved one.

"What's the hurry, there is something that may require your help, but I don't know if you are willing or not."

"Really, officials have to talk and count." The girl looked at him with wide eyes excitedly, and suddenly became radiant, this face-changing kung fu made Li Shiyi feel ashamed, he smiled and rubbed the little head.

"Don't lie to you, stay in peace, I'll come to you when the time comes."

Throwing down the little girl with an excited face, Li Shiyi walked to another room, the conversation between the two was fully watched by Ding Yingwen, what he felt was not warmth, but a sudden burst of coldness, Li Shiyi said that something would definitely happen, although he didn't know what it would be.

Sitting in front of the window, his eyes didn't know what he was looking at, and in all fairness, the defense here didn't seem to him to be very tight, but he didn't have the slightest intention of running away, it felt like somewhere, there was always a pair of eyes staring at you, making you feel like you had nowhere to hide.

When the door was opened, he thought it was the person who delivered the food, but when he turned his head, he saw the man who asked him.

"You're not telling the truth." Li Shiyi said word by word, as if he was afraid that the person would not hear clearly, and he was stunned, he didn't know where the other party saw it, this person was obviously a Han man, and he couldn't even understand his own Mongolian, how could he be so sure.

"He said he didn't understand what you meant." Ding Yingwen translated his words, Li Shiyi snorted coldly, stared straight into his eyes, and looked innocent, and the two confronted each other for a while, until Ding Yingwen closed the door behind him.

"That lustful man is not your real goal, you just want to use him, you are looking for someone else, am I right?"

Li Shiyi didn't plan to go around in circles with him, the purpose of his coming here was to confirm the guess in his heart, but what to do in the end, he had to go into the city to report to the waiter, and only Liu Yu had the right to decide.

After hearing this, Tuo Buhua's face suddenly turned pale, and he could finally be sure that the other party was not cheating him, but such a confidential matter, even the subordinates he brought didn't know, how did the Han man in front of him know? Tuo Buhua suddenly thought of a person, the lustful man in Li Shiyi's mouth.

"He said, it's the businessman who has the color of the eye, no matter what he says, please don't believe it, he is willing to pay the ransom, please make an offer."

After listening to Ding Yingwen's translation, Li Shiyi circled around Tuo Buhua without saying a word, and the latter felt that his eyes were indescribably weird, as if he was looking at a lamb that had been slaughtered, and his heart slowly sank.

"It's a pity that you lost your last chance, Ulus Khan will never be able to wait for your arrival, what makes me curious, even if I release you now, how are you going to face Haidu Khan's reproach?"

Li Shiyi's words ruthlessly destroyed his last confidence, and even his most ** hole cards were revealed, but he thought he was hiding it well, and his mind was in chaos, watching the two go out, until the door was closed again, he jumped up like waking up from a dream.

"He said, please don't go, he wants to talk to you again." Li Shiyi shook his head and smiled, he didn't need Ding Yingwen to translate this, he could guess it, but his tentative goal had been achieved, he wanted to enter the city immediately, and there was no time to delay here.

After Liu Yu received the news, he immediately rushed over, and still made an appointment in the previous restaurant, he didn't expect Li Shiyi to come back so soon, and thought that something had happened, because according to the itinerary, how could this go be a monthly plan.

"The matter is handed over to the old Dingtou, the old boy is better than his subordinates, the distance and the head are familiar, but according to what the subordinates see, we thought a little wrong before, the Yuan people are very strict against them, and there is not even an adult man left in the village, I am afraid it will not play a role."

Li Shiyi simply explained his matter, this situation was indeed beyond Liu Yu's expectations, he originally just wanted to stir up a stir in the backyard of the Yuan people, so that they were tired of coping with the best, who knew that people had already prepared, this trick "drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle" was used, and it was resolved at once.

Despite this, Li Shiyi still decided to open up the road in that area as planned, and the fact that there is no opportunity now does not mean that there will not be one in the future, as the main source of furs and mountain treasures, the commercial value of the Liaodong area is also not small. Liu Yu didn't care about that, and after listening to it, he understood that when he changed the topic, he didn't even notice that Li Shiyi still had something to say.

"You came back just in time, the pheasant sister of that house has led someone to investigate, the matter is a little tricky, and the previous plan may not be implemented."

Liu Yu is in such a hurry to deal with this matter, not because he can't bear it, but because he is afraid that if it drags on any longer, the pheasant slave will do his own thing, and he will not be able to tie her to his side when the time comes.

"Don't hide the service system, long before going to Liaodong, my subordinates have observed for a few days, and the disposal is too unfavorable. There are big families around, either rich or expensive, once there is a movement, it will be big, and it is close to the palace, it is difficult to be quiet, but Fang Cai's subordinates have a faint idea, and they have to go there to see again to make up their minds. ”

At this time? Liu Yu looked out the window, it was already dinner time, the twilight was getting up, and it was about to get dark, did he plan to visit it in person? Li Shiyi didn't say what he was thinking, and he was probably not very sure in his heart, but the look on his face, Liu Yu was a little familiar, he should have this idea for some days, anyway, it has already come out, just accompany him on a bad trip.

When he went out, Liu Yu made a trick and asked a subordinate with a similar figure to put on his shirt and go out with the accompanying guards. When they took those tails away, Liu Yu and Li Shiyi left quietly, of course, there would be no shortage of little henchants.

The pheasant slave came more frequently on this road, and she walked to the front in a blink of an eye and led the way for the two. In the dark night, Liu Yu and Li Shiyi were a little dizzy by her, but she herself seemed to be wandering around her own home, three steps and one turn, and five steps and a turn came to the mouth of the alley, and at this time, the fangding was just preparing to go out on patrol.

Strangely, Li Shiyi did not step forward, but hid in a corner, holding a clairvoyant mirror to observe carefully, and from his angle, he could just see the front entrance and the side door at the same time. Liu Yu and the pheasant slave didn't bother him, and followed for a long time for some reason, before they roughly understood what he was observing.

"Look at those patrolmen, every five people in a team, about a quarter of an hour, according to this calculation, there are always twenty-seven large and small straights in the whole city, each with at least two teams patrolling back and forth, and the total number will not be less than three hundred. On the street outside the fang, a team of 100 patrol soldiers, once they receive a warning, the intersection will be closed in a short time. ”

After Li Shiyi finished speaking, he took out the microphone and commanded inside, and after a while, a call sounded in the distance, which sounded like someone had been attacked. Immediately after the sound of the police whistle, the whole market suddenly became lively, Liu Yu and the others quickly hid in the corner of the street, watching the patrols rushing over there in the dark, he couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Well, they retreated by a different route, and the route was surveyed early in the morning." Li Shiyi probably guessed what he was thinking, explained softly, and then raised his hand to look at the dial above, and silently began to count in his heart.

I don't know how long it took, Liu Yu heard the sound of a large group of people coming in, and the first was a group of cavalry, which rushed directly without making any stops, and then the team of foot soldiers sealed the gate and various intersections. Li Shiyi waited until the movement outside was a little smaller, and then put down his hand, in the dial on his wrist, the fluorescent indicator appeared green and faint, illuminating the faces of several people, Liu Yu's expression was a little solemn, he didn't expect a small movement, Yuan people would be so alert, this kind of reaction speed is already comparable to 110 in later generations.

"Less than a quarter of an hour." Li Shiyi's face was also a little not very good, he estimated that it would not be a long time, but he didn't expect it to be so short, the reason why there was an error was because the Yuan people actually sent cavalry to patrol the city at night, and they suddenly increased their reaction speed.

Probably because the matter is not big, about half an hour later, the Yuan people returned to normal, it can really be said that they came and went quickly, and when they heard no movement outside, the three of them emerged from the darkness, and looked at the mansion in the distance together, and did not speak.

The result is even worse than imagined, and it is basically impossible to come hard, unless you risk exposing and losing a large number of people, just as Liu Yu said to the pheasant slave, for such a eunuch, it is not worth it at all.

"My subordinates have an idea, but I don't dare to say that it's still uncertain, and I have to say it at this point." When Li Shiyi spoke, his eyes were on the pheasant slave, and Liu Yu was suddenly shocked in his heart.

"I'm afraid this matter will fall on Sister Pheasant." Sure enough, his next words made Liu Yu's face sink, and the pheasant slave was stunned.

Jingshi Lin'an Mansion, Liu Mengyan received a horse express from Jiankang Mansion at about the same time, because it was not an urgent military situation, it took more than two days to arrive, he didn't dare to slack off at a glance, and directly found Wang Entropy's mansion.

"Dictionaries?"

Wang Entropy almost put the candlestick under his nose to see the words on it, but this look was taken aback, it was not the defense they asked for at all, but the resignation of "Huaidong Cangsi" directly.

"And this, Li Xiangfu's letter of guarantee." Liu Mengyan nodded and handed over another document, Wang Entropy didn't take it, he just knew the content, he didn't need to read it, Li Tingzhi did this, it was a direct expression of his attitude.

Liu Mengyan knew what he was thinking, and originally wanted to use this excuse to test it, but he didn't expect the other party to react so violently, and he was suddenly forced to either stop or do it directly, which was completely inconsistent with the strategy of struggle, and it was very different from Li Xianggong, who was "loyal to the country" in their minds. A strange feeling welled up in the hearts of both of them.

Li Tingzhi's meaning is obvious, Huaidong is his one-third of an acre of land, and no one else is allowed to interfere, and the behavior is, you can stop people, and he can also push people again, can you say that this is not in line with the rules? At least on the surface, they still give face to the princes of the political hall, but this face is even more shameful than slapping the face.

In this way, those later tricks will not be used, people don't even want to send them, what else do you impeach him? Wang Entropy suddenly felt powerless, he didn't understand how he ended up like this, even Chen Yizhong had never been so tough.

"Who does he protect?" After a while, Wang Entropy said leisurely.

"Harakura Priest Hook." Liu Mengyan's answer was unexpected, it was a matter of course for the deputy to take over the main position, and no one could find fault with such a guarantee. Cang Si is dispatched, this official does not need to be of high grade, if the political affairs hall denies Li Tingzhi's guarantee for this reason, it will become a battle of will in the eyes of outsiders, and even Liu Mengyan knows in his heart that this is unacceptable.

He didn't come to the palace to ask for a plan, but to inform Wang Entropy of the result, the matter is going to end here, otherwise the Empress Dowager will not be able to pass that level, and even worse, it will fully expose the ineffective control of the government affairs hall.

"Forget it, let Chen Youquan fight with him, you send this to the ministry, and don't come forward yourself."

Wang Entropy's words are pertinent, in order to save Mengyan's face, pushing the matter to the officials is the practice of getting off the donkey from the slope, as long as the matter does not float to the surface, it is not a shame, this is also the purpose of Liumengyan, hearing this, he nodded, and left under the pretext that Wang Entropy needed to rest.

After he left, Wang Entropy sat in the chair and didn't get up, he really wanted to rest, his heart was tired, and his body was tired. A feeling of inadequacy always surged up, accompanied by a heart-rending cough, Wang Entropy's hand kept trembling, and the bright red blood stains on the square brocade handkerchief he was holding were so clearly reminding him that his life was short.

"Ren Zhong, that's all, you try to save as much as possible, lay a foundation first, and talk about the next things later."

Chen Yizhong hasn't gotten the news yet, but he already has a clear understanding in his heart that the best result of Huaidong's salt tax may be delayed for a while, but it is urgent to replenish the imperial camp.

After some tossing, he was only able to hand over 200,000 yuan to Su Liuyi, which was not even able to recruit 10,000 township soldiers in a rich place like Liangzhejiang, not to mention the imperial camp forbidden army with physical skill requirements, so he knew the latter's predicament and had to be appeased.

"Xianggong, there will be a reluctant invitation in the end, I don't know if I should say it or not." Su Liuyi knows his difficulties, and he finally pulled out this little money, where do he dare to expect too much?

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Chen Yizhong waved his hand and said indifferently.

"The last general wants to go to Huaidi to recruit troops, and please ask for the permission of the minister." Su Liuyi's words made Chen Yizhong stunned for a moment, touched the green beard under his chin and thought for a while, he nodded slowly, this is a way to save money.