Shi Chongren was very happy to go out of Beijing this time, not to mention broadening his horizons, the feeling of being respected was simply wonderful. The royal relatives of the capital are everywhere, and the status of a prince who is not valued by the Son of Heaven has not brought him much practical benefit, and the fists he receives when fighting with others are not a little lighter. No matter where you go, the local officials must welcome you from afar, eat and drink, talk and entertain, if it is not far from the state capital, the assassin will also come to meet in person, and by the way, send a gift from the car.

Along the way, officials from all over the country inevitably gave gifts, and valuables mixed in under the banner of local specialties included beautiful jade, beautiful people, fine wine, good tea, silk and other items. Zhuang Songwei saw that the gift list was far from the real thing, and strongly persuaded Shi Chongren to return the gift, otherwise he would definitely be trained when he returned to Beijing, and he would leave an unbearable impression in the heart of the Son of Heaven. Shi Chongren disagreed, his family was a useless prince, and I am afraid that most of his father and emperor will think that he is for eating, drinking and having fun when he goes to Beijing, so why not take the opportunity to restrain himself.

Jiang Anyi was very helpless, of course he would receive a copy if he followed King Luo Huai, Shi Chongren didn't care, he couldn't care less. After going back, King Luo Huai will be fine if he is scolded twice, at most he will return the gift, if he accepts the gift so blatantly, the imperial history will be happy, and he will never let go if he does not bite himself into a "skeleton".

Taking advantage of Zhuang Songwei's admonition to King Luo Huai, Jiang Anyi said unabashedly: "Lord Wang, you don't dare to say much about whether you accept gifts or not, but the lower officials will never dare to accept gifts, and the lower officials have thin assets in their families, and they don't want to hinder their future because of receiving gifts." Xiaguan followed the prince's side, Guatian Li Xia is inevitably a little suspicious, in order to avoid impeachment of the imperial history in Beijing, it is better to separate the two, Xiaguan left for Xiangning Mansion earlier, how about you please take care of yourself? ”

Zhuang Chongren laughed and said: "Master Jiang, no wonder people say that you are a 'second stunned', you are directly slapping Xiao Wang in the face." Yu Shi said that Xiao Wang was not afraid, but Lord Jiang did not take Xiao Wang on the road with him, and after he returned, his father was afraid that Xiao Wang would be imprisoned in Beijing from now on. Okay, Xiao Wang knows, Mr. Zhuang, please return all the things above five taels of silver. Master Jiang, things like bacon and fruits should be okay. ”

Gift-giving is also a science, after learning that King Luohuai does not accept heavy gifts, those who are hollowing out their minds to please change their ways, and heard that the prince likes flowers, birds, insects, fish and other elegant plays, so there are more birds and insects in the post station, seeing Shi Chongren teasing birds, playing with insects and gourds, a look of overjoyed, Jiang Anyi and Zhuang Songwei can only smile relatively bitterly, shake their heads and go back to the house to play chess.

It was May 12 when the convoy arrived at Xiangning City, and when he heard the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers in front of him, the carriage slowly stopped, and Shi Chongren knew that Xiangning City had arrived. Jiang Anyi's voice came from outside the car window, "Lord Wang, Lord Jiangzhou Thorn Shihong led the crowd to greet him." ”

Shi Chongren put the green skin gourd he was playing with into his sleeve and bent down to get out of the carriage. Hong Zhenyang and the others saw the yellow robes on the carriage, and they all bent down and said respectfully: "The ministers see King Luohuai, the prince is fine." ”

The crowd bowing down in front of him was like a ripe wheat field blown down by the wind, and a trace of excitement flashed in Shi Chongren's eyes, and he disappeared in an instant. Jumping out of the car, he quickly stepped forward to help up the vermilion "official robe" at the front, Shi Chongren smiled and said: "Lord Hong is exempt, Xiao Wang can't afford it, all adults are exempt." ”

Hong Zhenyang got up and glanced at King Luo Huai, and said with a smile: "The prince is heroic and young, which is really a blessing for all the people. The prince worked hard all the way, and the lower officials prepared a reception banquet to wash the dust for the prince. ”

Liu Changfeng and others stepped forward to meet King Luo Huai, Hong Zhenyang took advantage of this gap to rush to Jiang Anyi on the side, and said: "Hong has seen Master Jiang of the Qingtian Division, and Lord Jiang has worked hard from afar. ”

In Hong Zhenyang's heart, Jiang Anyi is far more important than King Luo Huai, the Son of Heaven has a will to clean up the official field, and Jiangzhou is preferred as a pilot, and Hong Zhenyang was stunned for a long time after receiving the will. Guantian is greasy, and there are more or less Guantian in 27 states in the world, but why is Jiangzhou doing the pilot?

Hong Zhenyang was puzzled, could it be that he had made the Son of Heaven unhappy, and he wanted to get rid of himself? However, he has always been cautious in his actions, the right and wrong in Beijing are never mixed, the filial piety that should be sent is delivered on time, and the taxes are in the top three among the nine central states; He is still a clean official, and his political performance is not bad, but he has been in Jiangzhou for less than three years, and the performance of the officials is in the middle and upper levels, how could he choose Jiangzhou as a pilot for cleaning up official fields?

Liu Changfeng once joked: "There are no royal relatives in Jiangzhou, and the top ten families do not settle here. {Sub, so it was singled out and pinched first.} ”

Although it is a joke, Hong Zhenyang thinks that this is the reason why ** is not far from ten. After knowing the reason, Hong Zhenyang relaxed, even if the Son of Heaven sent the "disaster star" Jiang Anyi to Jiangzhou, it had little to do with him, and the affairs of Guantian had always been handled by others, and there was no major change in Guantian after he arrived. Don't drive Xu Guoxiang panicked when he heard that the court sent Jiang Anyi to Jiangzhou to clean up the official field, and during this period of time, the lights in the mansion were all night long, so he even came to greet King Luo Huai today, Xu Guoxiang also resigned from his busy official duties, and seized the time to sort out the documents and files.

Jiang Anyi knew that his reputation was not very good, and hundreds of people's official hats fell because of him in the Yuanhua River investigation of the embankment, and a few unlucky ghosts lost their heads, and some people called him a "disaster star" behind his back. Bowing his hand back, Jiang Anyi smiled bitterly and said: "Sent by the Son of Heaven, Jiang doesn't dare not come, if there is any offense, please forgive Lord Hong." ”

Hong Zhenyang said with a smile: "Lord Jiang is polite, you are a messenger, just act impartially." Please! ”

The long pavilion reception banquet is just a meaning, after drinking two cups, everyone re-got on the car, got on the horse, and blew all the way into Xiangning Mansion. Hong Zhenyang ordered people to clean the Yayin Hotel and put on new bedding, and transferred more than 30 maids and servants from the officials' homes who looked good and were diligent to serve inside, and transferred 600 government soldiers into three groups to guard around the Yin Hotel day and night to protect the safety of King Luohuai.

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Knowing that she was taking over a big business, Yun Niang would appear in the Qian Ji Pulp Washing Shop every day to inquire about the situation, and learned from the mouth of the fat man that she could get at least five hundred taels of introduction fees after this business was negotiated, and five hundred taels were not in her eyes at all a few years ago, but now it is the happiness of the second half of her life, how can she not worry.

Seeing the days passing, Yun Niang's heart gradually became heavy, she knew that the seven-day period was empty and happy, today was the seventh day, standing in front of the pulp shop, Yun Niang was nervous and did not dare to enter the store. Seeing that the sun was about to rise overhead, Yun Niang gritted her teeth and entered the backyard of the pulp washing shop from the corner gate.

Qian Fat Man sat on the bamboo chair under the porch, his face was cloudy, and he didn't even notice Yun Niang's approach, and when Yun Niang called "Brother Qian" delicately, Qian Fat Man suddenly woke up from a dream.

"It's Yun Niang." Qian Fatzi stood up, his eyes were a little fluttering, and his expression was a little flustered. Yun Niang was so focused on business that she didn't notice it, and asked, "Brother Qian, today is the last day, has the business been negotiated?" ”

Yun Niang didn't know the characters behind Qian Fatzi, and she didn't even know what business the guests came to discuss, but according to the code words agreed in advance, she took the letter from the guests and gave it to Qian Fatzi. Qian Fatzi looked at the half-aged in front of him who was still charming, and squeezed out a smile and responded: "It's done." ”

Yun Niang happily clasped her palms together and read: "Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless, with the silver concubine body, you can leave the Warm Love Pavilion." ”

Qian Fatzi's smile was stiff, a deacon under the helm of the Qi Prefecture Branch of his Tianxing Sect, knew that most of the matchmakers in the first-class business were going to be wiped out, and the helmsman had already told him to dispose of Yun Niang after he got the deposit. Looking at the happy woman in front of him, smiling flatteringly at herself, thinking of a few dewy encounters with her, she still brought her to this line by herself, the fat man was sour, stupid woman, she didn't know that death was coming, and she was still thinking about going to the scholar Qiao.

Hardening his heart, the fat man smiled and said, "My sister went to tell the vendor to let him pay the deposit first, and then pay for the goods in three months." How to pay I have written in the letter, you just give the letter to him. ”

Yun Niang took the letter, glanced at the fat man with joy, and said with a smile: "Yun Niang will go back when she goes, and Brother Qian will wait for me to come back for lunch." ”

At the Grand Hyatt Inn, Tu Chengyi lives in the west suite, and he often goes out to talk about business these days, and the house is full of tea and porcelain. At the junction of Qizhou and Jiangzhou, small traders will buy low-priced tea and porcelain from Qizhou and sell them to Renzhou and Weizhou in the south of the Yangtze River. As for authenticity, how many people can tell that most of the people who buy it are to buy fame.

The birthmark on Tu Chengyi's face is easy to recognize, Yun Niang went to the inn and asked, and the guy pointed her to the west room in the backyard, looking at the goods in the house, Yun Niang secretly thought, how can the boss of a big business buy such inferior goods to deceive people. It's none of her business, Yun Niang won't care, and hand over the letter from the fat man to Tu Chengyi.

The letter used code words, indicating that the next assassination business, a deposit of 10,000 taels, a time of three months, after the completion of the remaining 10,000 taels of silver deposited in the "Qingfeng Ticket Bank", through the token and code to extract, if the matter does not work out, the same to the Qingfeng Ticket Bank with tokens and code words to get back the deposit. It's not the first time Tu Chengyi has done this kind of thing, and the reputation of Tianxingzong can also be trusted, and after reading it, he handed over the prepared letter to Yun Niang, and the business was negotiated.

Waiting for Yun Niang to leave, Tu Chengyi left Zhaowu County with the goods, pushed the goods into the valley in no one's place, and changed his outfit to return to Fengleishan to deliver a letter.

Yun Niang took the letter back to the money to remember the pulp shop, the fat man read the letter and received the token, and said with a smile: "Sister, this business is thanks to you, I calculated that I should give you five hundred taels of silver." ”

"Thank you Brother Qian for taking care of her", Yun Niang hugged the arm of the fat man, her eyes were a little red, and her words showed a bit of sincerity, she was left out in the Warm Love Pavilion, and she really lost the care of the fat man.

"Brother Qian, do you eat first or eat first, hehe." Yun Niang held the hand of the fat man and rubbed it in her arms. She didn't notice that the fat man's eyes were suddenly sharp and soft, and finally sighed, took out his arm from Yun Niang's arms, took out the silver tickets from his arms, counted five to Yun Niang, and said, "This is five hundred taels of silver, you deserve it." ”

Yun Niang took the silver ticket, counted it three times, and then put it in her arms, Ying Ying bowed, and choked up: "Yun Niang, thank you Brother Qian." ”

Qian Fat sat on the chair, took out two hundred taels of silver tickets and handed them to Yun Niang, waved his hand: "You are a person with a hard life, listen to the persuasion of the fat brother, pack up your things and leave Zhaowu County as soon as you go back, go as far as possible, live incognito from now on, don't go to that Qiao scholar, go quickly." ”

Yun Niang was stunned for a moment, she ushered in the natural eyesight, looking at the posture of the fat man and the seven hundred taels of silver tickets in her hand, she understood a little at the moment, knelt on the ground and snorted at the fat man, got up and left in a hurry. (The title of the chapter was originally hope and despair, but in the end it was changed to desperate hope, let Yun Niang have a way out)