These words have been prepared for a long time, and at this moment, Huang Chengsheng said everything very smoothly, and even directly revealed the words in his heart.

The back house of the Liuzhou Mansion caught fire, resulting in the theft of the official seal of the Lord Fuzun, and now the Lord of the Mansion has ordered the city to be locked and sealed, what a legitimate reason for the closure of the city?

Shen Yan, who was sitting on a horse, moved slightly, looked up at Huang Chengsheng at the head of the city and said: "The mansion has lost its seal, and the whole city should search for it!" But we are now going into the city, not out of the city, so why do you have to stop us from going into the city? ”

Rabbit and Piggy's eyes lit up slightly, and they immediately agreed, indicating that they were now going into the city instead of going out.

"General Ben, whether you enter the city or leave the city, Lord Fuzun has already issued an order: without his order, no one can open the city gate, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law!" Huang Chengsheng was speechless for a while, and then immediately lifted out of the prefect's great humanity.

The prefect is the official of the seal and has the responsibility of guarding the city. Although he abandoned the city and fled and was beheaded by the imperial court, while carrying obligations, he also enjoyed certain rights and had a very high right to rule the city.

Now, he has ordered the prefect of Liuzhou to seal down the city, which can really make not a single fly fly in, unless Lin usually uses force to attack the city.

It's just that if Lin usually does this, it is equivalent to rebellion, but he directly stands on the opposite side of the Zhu dynasty.

"The prefect didn't let the city gate open, and he was worried that someone would take the opportunity to escape with the seal, but we are going to go inside!" The little rabbit reiterates the authenticity.

Although Huang Chengsheng didn't have the smugness just now, he said with a straight face: "This general received an order from Lord Fuzun to guard this city gate, no one can open the city gate without his order, please go to the city to live temporarily outside the city or go to other places!" ”

"Then please call the Kochi Mansion and say that we want to enter the city!" Shen Yan said loudly again.

Huang Chengsheng seemed to have already said something, and immediately responded: "Lord Fuzun is now busy recovering the official seal, and he has already explained that he will not see anyone at the end!" ”

Lin usually bit his chin gently, but his gaze fell on Ali next to him. As if she knew what she was thinking, Ali looked up at the towering walls, but shook her head slightly.

"Miss, Gao Yan is really with them!" Shen Yan withdrew her gaze from the city, turned her head to look at Lin Ping, and said solemnly.

They have actually investigated Gao Yan, but it is difficult to distinguish between the truth and falsehood of a lot of information, especially since Lin has seen Gao Yan's poverty with his own eyes, so naturally he has no way to judge Gao Yan's true face.

Lin Pingchang also had an inference in his heart, so he said loudly to Huang Chengsheng at the head of the city: "Huang Chengsheng, you tell the Kochi Mansion for this patrol!" The official seal of the imperial court is extraordinary, if it really can't be recovered, then Hugh blames the official for impeaching him! ”

After applying a certain amount of pressure, she turned around and walked away.

The dusk in the west was brilliant, but as night fell, everything returned to calm. In the city and outside the city, it is as if they are in two worlds.

The safety factor outside Liuzhou is naturally not as good as in the city, but the land here is cheap, and many wealthy families like to build big mansions on the edge of the Liujiang River.

Although Lin usually couldn't enter the city, he didn't fall to the point of staying in the mountains and forests overnight, but went to the house of the United Restaurant, intending to deal with it here for a while.

When the group returned here, someone naturally cleaned up the room.

Lin usually came to the flower hall sullenly, his cheeks bulging obviously, and he directly expressed his unhappiness on his face.

thought that if the imperial court opened a warehouse to release grain, she would be able to take the opportunity to help the people lower some grain prices. But she never expected that this Gao Yan was in a group with them, but she was blocked out of the city gate.

"Miss, what shall we do?" Little Rabbit brought tea to Lin Ping and asked worriedly.

Lin Ping didn't answer directly, but turned his head to look at Shen Yan and asked, "Shen Yan, do you think they didn't let me enter the city, what do you mean?" ”

When Ali and the others heard this question, they also looked at Shen Yan curiously.

Shen Yan took the teacup sent by Xiaotu, but analyzed it: "Some people pursue power, and some people pursue wealth!" They will not hesitate to provoke you, and they will also keep you out of the city, and the intention is naturally a word for 'profit'! ”

Ali and others have traveled north and south over the years, and their knowledge has already far surpassed that of ordinary people.

After hearing this analysis, Xiaohu immediately said movingly: "Master Shen, do you mean that they don't let the elders enter the city, they want to push up the price of rice for profit?" But even if the elders don't enter the city, they can't ......! ”

"It's the first step for them to keep the eldest lady out of the door, and their second step is to deal with the United Restaurant, at least they won't let the United Restaurant continue to sell rice!" Shen Yan took a sip of tea and speculated rather presciently.

When Xiaohu heard this explanation, he found that everything made sense. However, this is Shen Yan's speculation after all, and now they don't have any evidence in their hands, but the truth of the facts has yet to be demonstrated.

When Xiao Rabbit heard this, he said nervously: "Master Shen, is Shopkeeper Chen in danger?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, Shopkeeper Chen has now been imprisoned in the government prison!" Shen Yan took a sip of tea, and her face looked very heavy and authentic.

As soon as he finished speaking, the dog hurried over from the corridor in the twilight.

"What's the matter?" Lin Ping immediately asked.

The dog sent the note to Lin Pingping, and reported seriously: "Lao Da, news has just come out of the city!" The people in the Liuzhou government said that some people had eaten poisoned rice, and now they have taken the shopkeeper Chen into prison, and they have also seized the United Restaurant! ”

"Destroy the county and break the door!" Mu Ying immediately accused indignantly.

"My next step for them is to torture Shopkeeper Chen and make Shopkeeper Chen admit some trumped-up charges!" Shen Yan let out a long sigh and further inferred.

Things are getting clearer and clearer, Gao Yan and Qian Huilong and Han Hui are in a gang, they originally planned to make a disaster fortune through monopoly, but they were troubled by Lin Pingping.

It's just that the wealth is moving, although they were troubled by Lin Pingping, but they didn't stop there, and they were unwilling to give up this piece of fat that came to their mouths.

They first invited Lin Ping out of Liuzhou City in the name of disaster relief, and then attacked the United Restaurant, thus completely cutting off the cheap rice of the United Restaurant.

When the people of Liuzhou City lost the rice source of the United Restaurant, the rice market was naturally decided by them again, as for whether a pound of rice sold for 50 meters or 100 Wen, it was all in their thoughts.

Lin Ping also figured all this out, looked at the note and thought for a moment, and suddenly asked Shen Yan seriously: "Shen Yan, I am writing to my brother now, is it too late for him to transfer Gao Yan away?" ”

"The real mastermind of this matter should be Liuzhou Wei Tongzhi Hanhui! Even if Gao Yan goes down, there is still money to return to Taki, and even Qin Di can't be fully trusted, we don't have a ready-made replacement person, and the person who was replaced in a hurry is also his side, we just wasted precious time in vain! Shen Yan shook her head bitterly and directly rejected the plan.

Lin usually knew that he was not very smart, so he asked for advice again: "Shen Yan, we have to do something now, right?" We can't just watch them poison the 100,000 people of Liuzhou City! ”

Ali and the others thought so, and they all turned their heads to look at Shen Yan, the intellectual leader of their team.

"Now it's a power struggle, you report the situation here to Lord Lin, maybe Lord Lin can help us!" Shen Yan hesitated for a moment, but then proposed.

Although she is the smartest person in the world, when it comes to strategy and political struggle, she thinks that she is not as good as that man, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites who once made Guo Pu, the former secretary of the ministry, disgraced.

Lin Ping nodded slightly, and stood up to write a letter.

She wasn't in a good mood tonight, and she kept a raging rage in her voice. This was pitted by that Gao Yan, and now watching the 100,000 people in the city being knocked out by those bad guys, she can't wait to pull out a knife and cut down all those people.

Liu Chunlou is still full of people, and the rich merchants and sons in this city enjoy a life of drunken gold.

In the luxurious room on the top floor, there was the sound of pushing tea and changing lamps inside, and Han Hui's voice was very loud, shouting loudly inside.

"Come, let's toast Kochifu!" Han Hui led the officials and generals present to raise their wine glasses one after another, and said enthusiastically towards Gao Yan, who was sitting on the first seat.

Gao Yan was still wearing the patched official uniform, but there was a touch of treachery on his face, and in the face of everyone's cups, he also picked up the wine glass with a red face and drank bitterly: "Drink together!" ”

He is a Jinshi in Jiajing for 20 years, because he is only a third-class Jinshi, and there is no backstage in the capital, so far he has only mixed up with this small position of Liuzhou prefect.

However, the years are not forgiving, he is already fifty-six this year, so naturally he has no chance to return to the capital to serve. Even if they are promoted to another level in the locality, they are usually appointed as deputy envoys or general politicians.

At his current age and position, it is already unrealistic to want to climb to a high position in officialdom. It's better to take advantage of the fact that he is still in the position of the prefect of Liuzhou, and take advantage of this once-in-a-decade drought to make a lot of money.

It is precisely because of this that he chose to cooperate with Han Hui and Qian Huilong, and used this drought to leave some money for himself and his children and grandchildren, and he was considered to have walked in the officialdom in vain.

"Lord Fuzun, you don't need to worry too much!" Han Hui drank all the wine, patted his chest at Gao Yan with a sad face on his face and said: "This court is not his Lin Ruoyu alone, I have drunk wine with the eldest son of the Xu family, and this matter is on me!" ”

"Even if Xu Gongzi?" Gao Yan's eyes lit up slightly, but he asked seriously.

"When the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, the son of the current first pavilion!" Han Hui immediately said Xu Fan's name.

Although Xu Fan is far less powerful than the former Xiaoge elder Yan Shifan, he is the son of Xu Jie, and he already has a lot of influence.

In particular, Xu Jie's position is the first assistant, and his friends Yan Ne and Li Chunfang are in the household department and the Ministry of Rites, and both of them have entered the Xiyuan, and the Xu Party is much more reckless than the Yan Party in the past.

Once Xu Fan can be invited to come forward to protect Gao Yan, it will naturally be no problem.

Gao Yan knew that he and Lin Haoran did not have a deep grudge, so he smiled and said to Han Hui: "Hehe...... If you can ask Xu Shaoqing to take action, this mansion can be regarded as worry-free! ”

Qian Huilong looked at his brother-in-law suspiciously, but in the end he didn't say much.

In fact, in this era, he had doubts about his brother-in-law's so-called relationship in the capital, but things had come to this point, and he could only follow his brother-in-law head-on.

But things are still under control, the girl who got in the way was deceived out of Liuzhou City, and the United Restaurant became a soft persimmon for them to handle at will, and everything has returned to the right track.

"The shopkeeper of United Restaurant Chen has a hard mouth, and he has not confessed until now!" One of the vice-presidents in the middle of the banquet put down his wine glass and said with resentment.

Surprisingly, Gao Yan said lightly: "If you don't move, you will fight until he moves!" I've been an official for so many years, and I really haven't met a few people who have been tortured and refuse to be detained! ”

Gao Yan seemed to have said something unintentional, picked up the wine glass that had just been poured and said: "Don't talk about official business today, just drink, come, come, let's have another drink!" ”

Han Hui and Qian Huilong secretly exchanged glances, but they quietly raised the wine glass, but in Gao Yan's blind spot, they secretly poured the wine from the wine glass.

Qian Huilong and the others naturally noticed this move, but no one broke it, and continued to indulge in this harmonious atmosphere, frequently toasting to Gao Yan, the protagonist of the banquet.

Gao Yan burped, but asked for no reason: "What is the price of rice tomorrow?" ”

"I don't know if it's good to have sixty wen a pound?" Qian Huilong didn't dare to assert himself, but said in an inquiring tone.

Gao Yan seemed to be drunk, but he waved the sleeve with the patch and said: "Whether it is a catty of sixty Wen or a catty of eighty Wen, this mansion doesn't care about it, it's all up to you!" ”

Han Hui's heart moved slightly, and he looked at Gao Yan meaningfully.

"I'm drunk, I can't drink anymore!" Gao Yan faced the deputy Qianhu who wanted to continue toasting, but he waved his hand lightly.

"Hurry up and help Lord Fuzun go back and rest!" Han Hui gave the Qinglou woman next to him a look and commanded directly.

Qian Huilong watched Gao Yan be helped away, but said suspiciously: "Brother-in-law, what do you mean by what Gao Yan said just now, does he want us to sell it for eighty yuan per catty?" ”

"Brother-in-law, I have one more extremely important thing to do tonight, I am leaving!" Han Hui didn't answer, but left this sentence and hurriedly went downstairs and left.

The gate of Liuzhou City was closed, especially when the official seal of Lord Fuzun was stolen, even some people who were related to it could no longer let people open this city gate.

The moon was like fishing, the whole world seemed gloomy, and the grass outside the city came from the cries of summer insects.

The Jingnan Gate was quietly opened, and a black-clothed team composed of dozens of people quietly left the city and headed directly towards a house outside the city.