The fact that the entire family of the Shi family was suddenly convicted and imprisoned for murdering the emperor really caused an uproar in Qiushui City like a boulder thrown into the water.

On the one hand, people who don't know the truth but are jealous and hateful, sentence the teacher family as "chaotic ministers and thieves" and "spies of the enemy country", and advocate severe punishment; On the one hand, most of the families or people who have usually received the favor of the teacher's family remain neutral for fear of being implicated, and do not say a word, just waiting for the following.

People are scared, but that's it.

It is said that Shi Yuezhen, the eldest lady of the Shi family, escaped from the palace, and early in the morning, the forbidden army searched everywhere for her whereabouts, and the people were naturally a little worried, and they were even cautious about opening the door to set up a stall to do business.

And just like the shopkeeper of Mochizuki Tower, he still holds the auction ceremony of the "Famous Flower Banquet" with great fanfare, which is really unique.

"Famous Flower Banquet", taking the meaning of "Famous Flowers Pour the Country and Joy of the Country", as the name suggests, is a banquet to watch the performance of beauties, unless there are special circumstances, it will only be held once a month.

The beauties of Mochizuki Tower are rare, and the wine is even more rare, but it is intelligence.

The intelligence network of Mochizuki Tower is all over the world, as long as you have money, there is almost no information that you can't buy; Conversely, if you provide valuable information to Mochizuki, the reward they give will be just as staggering.

It's just that only a few people understand the trick.

"This is the last rose order of the year, this guest has already bid for eight thousand taels of silver, are there any other guests to bid?" Su Luoran had a polite smile on her face, and several girls behind her were holding trays, and there were white carved jade plaques of different styles neatly placed in the tray - this is the ticket to the "Famous Flower Banquet" that nobles from all over the world are now rushing to buy.

The admission ticket to the "Famous Flower Banquet" is divided into three classes according to the number of seats in the venue and the level of intelligence that can be traded, from low to high: Magnolia Jue, Lily Paper, and Rose Order.

The highest level of these is the Rose Order, and unless the shopkeeper allows it, Mochizuki Tower will rarely take out the Rose Order to participate in the bidding - after all, such things are often priceless. This is because only those who hold the highest level of the "Rose Order" are eligible to obtain more valuable information at the Mochizuki Tower.

And being able to enter the "Famous Flower Banquet" is itself an affirmation of financial resources and identity, and people who have the "Rose Order" are even rarer, coupled with the unwritten intelligence transactions in the Moon Tower, so come and go, the already small Rose Order will naturally attract everyone to scramble as soon as it appears.

Eight thousand taels of silver is already a relatively high price just for entry, but thinking of the benefits of having the "Rose Order", it is natural to feel that it is worth the price - however, eight thousand taels is no longer something that ordinary people can take.

Everyone looked at each other, and for a moment the hall was free of the noise of the previous bidding.

Seeing that no one continued to bid, the man who shouted out eight thousand taels was secretly relieved.

"Then, this last piece of 'Rose Order' will be ...... at the price of eight thousand taels of silver," Su Luoran casually picked up a wolf hair from the pen holder on the side, dipped it in ink, and prepared to record it on paper.

And at this moment, a man in Xuanyi came from outside the door and said loudly: "I will give 10,000 taels, gold." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Only Su Luoran still maintained his relaxed expression with squinting and smiling, and took over: "This guest bid 10,000 taels of gold, but is there a higher price?" ”

"Is this man stupid, 10,000 taels of silver is fine, and he still has gold?" Shi Yuezhen, who was watching the excitement upstairs, was speechless, with a look of disgust, "You look at Su Luoran's calculating face, you know that he is a profiteer at a glance." ”

"It's obviously a clean business with open bidding, how can it become a profiteer?" Tang Haoqi held a jar full of dried meat and fruits, and stuffed food into his mouth from time to time, "And how can there be a wronged boss rushing to send money, nine times out of ten there are other plans." ”

"Something else? Hearing from you, this man seems to be a dangerous person? ”

"Huh? How do you feel that? That's what I'll say. Tang Haoqi looked dazed, and stuffed another handful of food into his mouth.

Shi Yuezhen: "......"

"10,000 taels of gold, deal." Su Luoran smiled and recorded it, and instructed the girl behind her to distribute the admission tickets she had just sold to the guests one by one, and personally took the rose order and handed it to the man in Xuanyi.

The man in Xuanyi took it with a smile and said, "I didn't expect the shopkeeper of Mochizuki Tower to be so young. ”

"Your Excellency has an overreputation, and you are just a person who does things for people." Su Luoran smiled back indifferently, "Your Excellency has come from afar, is this ten thousand taels of gold for silver tickets or cash?" ”

"The treasurer's wisdom is just that 10,000 taels of gold is too heavy, so it is naturally a silver ticket." The man in Xuanyi took out a stamped silver ticket from his bosom and gave it to him, "The silver ticket of the silver number of heaven and earth has a semicolon in every country. ”

"The reputation of the Heaven and Earth Silver is excellent, thank you for your patronage." Su Luoran took it and glanced at the huge words "10,000 taels of gold" on it, and her smile deepened.

"Heaven and Earth Silver Trumpet......" Tang Haoqi has excellent ears, and when he heard this, he didn't hold back, and laughed out loud, but he almost choked himself because of the food in his mouth that he hadn't swallowed.

"Wow." Shi Yue really distanced himself from him in disgust, and after a little entanglement, he still stretched out his hand to help him smooth out, "What are you laughing at?" You don't know the Silver Trumpet of Heaven and Earth? ”

"I don't know." Tang Haoqi shook his head sincerely, as if he remembered something funny, and laughed again.

Shi Yuezhen: "...... ”

Shi Yuezhen: "The Heaven and Earth Silver is a famous big silver number in the world, even a border town will have a semicolon, and the reputation is good-you still laugh?" What's so funny? ”

"No, its name is actually called Heaven and Earth hahahahaha-" Tang Haoqi laughed so much that he almost fell to the ground.

As a young man who has crossed over, the words "Heaven and Earth Bank" are like thunder, okay? Wasn't this exactly what he used to be the standard for paper money at that time......

Tang Haoqi couldn't stop laughing, and Shi Yuezhen beside him began to think seriously about how to throw him down.

"What are you laughing at, you can hear your barbell-like laughter from several floors away." As soon as Su Luoran came up from the stairs, he saw Tang Haoqi, who was smiling so badly, that he couldn't straighten his waist, and Shi Yuezhen, who was beside him with a look of disgust and undisguised expression, and shook his head helplessly.

"No, nothing." Tang Haoqi knew that he couldn't explain these things to them, so he had to hold back a smile with all his heart, "The business is done?" ”

"Well, tomorrow is the famous flower feast." Su Luoran glanced at the guys below who were organizing the end and cleaning up the venue, "Just now it was someone from the Yanding Mission—I'm afraid the purpose of their trip is not just to welcome Princess Tang Jue and his relatives." ”

"No matter what he does so much, this is Tianqi's territory after all, and they can't make any tricks." Tang Haoqi finally stopped laughing, and began to stuff food into his mouth again, "Let's open the door to do business openly, since they have sent it to the door, maybe we can get something useful from their mouths." ”

"That's right." Su Luoran thought thoughtfully, "The dark line came to report that Ning Zhongji's person went to the prison last night, but there is no news in the prison yet." ”

"You mean that my parents are still safe?" Shi Yuezhen's eyes lit up.

"Although Ning Zhong can charge the Shi family with rebellion, his order to arrest all the Shi family in prison is already considered trespassing, except for the emperor, no one has so much right to convict the Shi family." Su Luoran nodded at her, "And Yan Ding's envoy and welcoming team to welcome Princess Tang Jue have already arrived in Qiushui City, and there must be no changes in the Tianqi Dynasty at this time—after all, foreign visitors can't let them see this." ”

"Look, I told you a long time ago that the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain." Tang Haoqi smiled and patted Shi Yuezhen on the shoulder, "During this time, Ning Zhong is about to deal with the Yanding Mission, and he is overwhelmed, so your parents and clansmen should be safe for the time being-let's think of a way, this trumped-up charge can't let your master family carry it for too long." ”

"Ning Zhong is this villain...... People are watching the sky, and he will be struck by lightning sooner or later. Shi Yue really snorted coldly.

"Ahh

"What's wrong? But when you came last night, you were caught in the wind and cold? Zhao Tianyuan motioned to the maid on the side to prepare hot tea, and looked at Ning Zhong on the other side, his eyes were full of concern, "Do you want to call a doctor to come and have a look?" ”

"Recently, when I see these imperial doctors, I have a headache." Ning Zhong shook his head silently, "Today's Yanding mission has arrived, although His Majesty is sick in bed now, but the agreed time for peace should not be postponed - there is not much time left for us." ”

"I'm dragging you down this time." Zhao Tianyuan bit her lower lip, "That thing...... Are you sure? ”

"Everything that can be done has been arranged." Ning Zhong unconsciously fiddled with the tiger-shaped belt hook on his waist (1), "After planning for so many years, I can't give up when I encounter such an accident. ”

"A little surprise...... I've been having nightmares lately, I've dreamed ......" Zhao Tianyuan's clenched lower lip has turned white, "I always feel ...... There will be retribution ...... doing so"

"I don't believe in karma—and besides, I did it, and even if there was retribution, it would never happen to you." Ning Zhong immediately frowned, lifting her chin to force her to let go of her own lips that had bitten out a faint blood mark, "As long as you wait, I will hold Tianqi's position as the queen mother in front of you - and those things that should belong to you, I will take them back for you." ”

Zhao Tianyuan looked at him a little stunned and a little moved, speechless: "......"

Ning Zhongji's fingertips gently caressed the face in his hand—a face with bright eyes and bright teeth, and a gorgeous and bewitching face.

Such an action is already excessive, but Zhao Tianyuan did not scold him for being rude, but inadvertently showed a little inexplicable smile on his face.

"Woo ————"

When the maid entered the hall with the teacup, she saw this scene, and she was so frightened that she directly smashed the teacup in her hand - one was the prime minister who was heavily taught, and the other was the concubine who favored the harem, two people who had nothing to do with each other, but at this time they looked at each other affectionately like a loving couple, and the prime minister's hand even stayed on the face of the concubine.

When they heard the noise, they turned to look at the maid.

Zhao Tianyuan pushed him away with some weakness, but Ning Zhong didn't react, just looked straight at the maid, his eyes were full of coldness.

......

Related Notes:

(1) [Belt hook]: The hook of the belt worn by the ancient nobles and literati and warriors, also known as "rhinobi" in ancient times.