() Half an hour later, the servants and guards in the Qinghe courtyard slowly smelled a sweet smell wafting from the direction of the kitchen, causing many people to keep looking at the kitchen while working.

Today, I heard that Hou Ye is making a delicacy called flower cake again, but it seems that he can't eat it, there are too few flowers, too many people, and low-level slaves can't take their turns.

The oven used to bake mooncakes in the kitchen was burning at this time, and an extremely sweet smell was constantly emanating from it, and a large group of people gathered around the oven to watch.

"It's almost cooked, take it out and taste it!"

Under Chen Xu's instructions, the two kitchen workers put on thick leather gloves to open the oven, and at the moment when the oven door opened, a more unbearable fragrance permeated the air, and in an instant, a sound of swallowing saliva sounded all around.

The two baking trays were pulled out of the oven with iron tongs, and sure enough, the flower cakes placed inside were already golden and crispy, and the grease was making a slight popping sound at the high temperature.

Chen Xu couldn't wait to pick up one with chopsticks to watch, and then took a bite after blowing a little cool with his mouth, and instantly a sweet taste with peony flowers and honey exploded in his mouth, which also had the strong fragrance of sesame seeds, although it was very hot, and the sugar heart made of glutinous rice was slightly sticky, but I have to say that this is a completely different sweet food, which is in line with the pursuit of food taste in this era, both the crispiness of puff pastry, the softness of oily skin, and the strong fragrance and sweetness of honey and glutinous rice, petals, and sesame seeds, enough to conquer everyone's appetite.

"Not bad, very delicious...... "Under the temptation of Chen Xu's face, the water couldn't help but pick one up, and after a few gentle blows, a hint of surprise instantly appeared on the cheeks that were already full of anticipation, and he praised while taking a small sip: "It's really delicious, sweet and rich on the outside and tender on the inside, I didn't expect flowers to really make such delicious food......

"Hehe, that's nature, time is all kinds of creatures, flying in the sky and running on the ground, swimming in the water drilled in the soil, flowering and fruiting, leafy and thorny, in my opinion, there are only two kinds, the delicious one is called food, and the undelicious one is called medicinal herbs...... Chen Xu said with a smile while eating.

Shui was stunned for a moment, and then laughed so much that he almost dropped his chopsticks on the ground, covered his mouth and chuckled and said: "The name of the husband is really worthy of his name, if this word spreads, I don't know how many discussions and jokes will be provoked!" ”

"Haha, others laugh at me for being crazy, I laugh at others for not being able to see through it, they are all ordinary people, don't care what they do, let's go, let's go to the restaurant to eat with Wan'er and them!"

Chen Xu instructed the kitchen worker to put the two plates of baked flower cakes in two clay plates, and let the two servants go to the restaurant together.

After winter, it was dark early, although Chen Xu went down early today, but he was busy making a meal of flower cakes, and it was already dark.

"Stampede......

Several horses galloped from the gallop west of Xianyang, and the riders on horseback were still whipping the horses to speed up.

Along the way, the villages and peasant households gradually lit up the faint lights, and on the endless plain, you can see the brightly lit Xianyang City more than ten miles away.

Several horses quickly arrived near the west gate of Xianyang City, but they did not enter the city, but slowed down slightly and headed in the direction of Qinghe Villa.

"Master Hou, Brother Yong, they're back!" Chen Xu, who was playing with his daughter in the living room, received a report from the doorman.

"Hey, they're back, that's fine, take them to my study!" Chen Xu stood up and strode towards the study, and soon with a burst of messy footsteps, a group of dusty teenagers and a tall thin man with a mask followed the steward to the study, and after entering the door, the door was closed, and the people in the courtyard of the study were also taken away by the steward.

"Meet Master Hou!" Several teenagers knelt down on one knee and saluted with fists clenched together with the tall, thin man who had removed his mask.

"No excuses, sit down and talk!" Chen Xu nodded, and waited for a group of people to sit down before asking, "How is the matter going?" ”

"Master Hou, the matter has been investigated, in March last year, there were soldiers in the northern army camp who deliberately provoked the Yanmen people who worshiped Li Mu, and there was a conflict between the two sides, and the soldiers destroyed the Jingbian Temple, killing three civilians on the spot during the conflict, wounding more than ten people, and more than 100 people were arrested and put into prison by the Yanmen guards......

In fact, there is almost no big difference between what Jiang Pu said last time, but Jiang Pu's news was brought back by Jiang Chutian, so the observation angle was mainly from the standpoint of the government and the army, and pushed more responsibility to the people of Zhaodi, especially the attack on patrol soldiers and the poisoning of war horses.

The news inquired by Li Gui, Chen Yong and others was mainly from the perspective of the people of Zhao Di, and it was more about describing how the soldiers destroyed the Jingbian Temple, pushed the statue of Li Mu, humiliated the worshippers and even killed innocents, and then the local government also tried to suppress the matter, and the guards and guards of Yanmen Pass sent a large number of soldiers to arrest the people who made trouble and the famous people who petitioned, and also hung the heads of the civilians who were killed in several conflicts on the wall of Yanmen Pass, and defiled it with treason.

Now this kind of suppression is becoming more and more intense, the entire Yanmen Pass near and even Yanmen, Taiyuan two counties have been affected, now many local people have fled to the surrounding counties, and even some people are hiding in the barren mountains and mountains, and now it is the cold winter season, under this oppression and terror, the local people are surging, and some people have begun to brew greater riots.

"Master Hou, this incident at Yanmen Pass is very bad, but now that more than half a year has passed, the imperial court has been ignoring it, and if it continues to develop, I am afraid that it will cause a riot no less than the Xiang family's rebellion!" Li Gui said in a low voice.

"Do you really know that there are people in the people who are secretly plotting to rebel?" Chen Xu's brows furrowed.

"Yes, this time I went to Yanmen, when we secretly inquired, Ma Teng met a son of a coal merchant named Yang Zhen, the same age as Ma Teng, when he learned that Ma Teng went to the local area to help Hou Ye find the mud of the Yan River, he took the initiative to come to give a gift set almost, I slowly became familiar with it, not long ago we went to Quyuan to play together, that Yang Zhen was drunk and inadvertently revealed that some local businessmen, Haoqiang and folk knights and even celebrities from all walks of life are secretly united, ready to choose the opportunity to start an incident......" Li Gui carefully said the news from Yang Zhen's mouth.

"Master Hou, it shouldn't be wrong for us to investigate and confirm this matter later, the local people are very wary of strangers, and generally don't talk about anything about Yanmen Pass, for fear of being arrested by the soldiers who visited the secret service, and several of the main leaders mentioned by Yang Zhen are indeed well-known people in the local area, especially Yang Zhen, his family is the largest coal merchant in Taiyuan County, with seven coal mines, and many steel and cement merchants in the northwest have close contacts, and even know a lot of people in the government, and the news is very well-informed, I heard that his father was also invited to participate, but the specific details are unknown, because Yang Zhen does not know the detailed inside story......"

"What's the name of this Yang Zhen's father? Could there be a famous person in the ancestors? Chen Xu asked with a serious face and a slight nod.

"Hou Ye, the Yang family is a wang clan in Taiyuan, the second son of Jin Wugong Boqiao was sealed in Yang State, in today's Yang County, after Yang State was destroyed by Jin, Yang scattered away, many are distributed in today's Zhao land, Yang Tong is a native of Taiyuan, is the elder of this Yang Zhen's family, or a family member within five suits, although Yang Tong has left his post to retire home, but Yang has a great reputation in the local area, many local celebrities have turned to Yang to make a living, and the family also controls a lot of coal and iron mines, and the family wealth is countless, And Yang Zhen's father, Yang Yan, is the contemporary head of the Yang family, and he is extremely famous in the local area......"

Although Li Gui seems to be an ordinary hunter, he is actually thoughtful and bold and careful, otherwise Li Si would not have let him contact Chen Xu at the beginning, and this time Chen Xu arranged to go to Yanmen to inquire about the news, which was very steady and attentive.

"Yang Tong......" Chen Xu pinched his chin and began to think.

Yang Tong is no stranger to him, the previous Lang Zhongling was still among the Jiuqing, but when Chen Xu came to Xianyang, Yang Tong was already very old, I heard that Zhao Gao was assassinated by Yu Wuya on the street, the emperor wanted to find someone to act as the commander of the CRRC government, Feng Quji recommended Yang Tong, but after being vetoed by Li Si, he recommended Jiang Heng, and Li Si won.

Yang Tong is an old minister of the three dynasties, since the king of Qin Xiang has been mixed in the court, before he is about to retire before mixing the position of Jiuqing, serious and old-fashioned, and especially respect Confucianism, so it is very unhappy Li Si, and later Chen Xu reformed the three provinces and six departments, Jiuqing became six, Lang Zhongling was cut one level and merged into the ministry, Yang Tong was Lang Zhongcheng for two years after poor health and resigned to go home to retire.

It stands to reason that as long as Yang Tong is not dead, his noble status will not allow the family to participate in this rebellion that has no chance at all.

But if things really go as Li Gui brought back, and many of the wealthy gentry and merchants in Zhao are ready to participate in the rebellion, then it is likely to cause several counties to be affected, and tens of millions of people will be plunged into the war.

It has only been two years since the rebellion of the Xiang clan in the southern Chu region was put down, and the people of Zhao Di rebelled again, which would greatly shake the foundation of Great Qin's rule, and at the same time greatly consume the reputation and wealth that Great Qin had accumulated with great difficulty.

"Where is that Yang Zhen now?"

"Back to Hou Ye, because of this matter, Hou Ye asked to secretly investigate, and I didn't dare to reveal my identity, but in order to let Hou Ye get a more detailed inside story, Ma Teng has returned with him, and we are in a hurry to come back to inform Hou Ye, so we will take the first step, and they will go to Xianyang tomorrow!"

"That's fine, bring Yang Zhen to see me tomorrow, it's hard to travel for days, you go down to wash up and eat some food and rest first!"

"Yes, Master Hou!" Fupin Chinese