Chapter 297: Good luck

Fang Xie didn't know how Zhuang Die left his sight, and when he came back to his senses, the team escorting the prisoner had already passed a long way. He searched the crowd, but nowhere could he see the woman. In the midst of a prisoner, full of sorrow and despair.

Fang Xie subconsciously walked forward, trying to find the woman.

His arm was grabbed, and it was a pair of very large and heavy hands.

Fang Xie turned around and saw Wu Yiyi, who he was about to meet.

Wu Yiyi reached out from the crowd and grabbed Fang Jie's arm, then shook his head slightly at him. At this time, he struggled out of a very strange feeling. He was shocked, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. He knew that he and Zhuang Die had no relationship at all, and even if he sympathized with this woman, it was impossible for him to be so confused. The trance just now almost made him do something impulsive.

If Wu Yiyi hadn't pulled him, maybe he would have really rushed over at this time.

"I ...... What's wrong? ”

He asked.

Wu Yiyi pointed in one direction, and then walked out slowly. Fang Xie took a deep breath and squeezed out of the crowd behind Wu Yi. The two of them walked behind the crowd and left the street that led to the entrance of the vegetable market, which also led to the ghost gate. Turning an alley, Wu Yi walked into a teahouse. This teahouse has been solved, and there is a house under construction opposite.

East 18th Street

Wu Yiyi, who was wearing a signature royal blue robe, sat down in the window seat, and casually ordered a pot of high-quality tea plus four dried fruits, the owner of this teahouse knew Fang Xie but did not know Wu Yiyi, but from Fang Jie's attitude, he deduced that the identity of the person who came in first must be amazing, so he personally entertained him and was very enthusiastic.

Fang Xie sat down opposite Wu Yi and looked out the window.

Opposite is the house that is under construction, and there is no longer a trace of the original decadent appearance. The dilapidated house and courtyard walls have been pushed up, and the remaining bricks on the ground have been raised. In the past few days, the project has progressed very quickly, and basically everything that should be cleaned up has been cleared.

Early spring is a good time to start construction, and the remuneration of craftsmen is higher than usual, so the motivation is also higher.

Wu Yi looked at the busy scene over there and smiled: "I have seen that place many years ago, and I have always wanted to buy it but I didn't do it, not because of the rumors of some gods and ghosts, but because this street has become more and more deserted." Even though this land is very cheap to buy, it can't do any business. No matter how little you invest, there is no point in making no profit. If I thought that if I didn't do business here, and only built a workshop, it wouldn't be your turn. ”

Fang Xie smiled: "It's been idle and abandoned for so many years, aren't you just waiting for me to buy it?" ”

"But the money for the land is mine."

Wu Yi picked the corners of his mouth, and Fang Xie couldn't help but glance at him: "You account for the majority of the income of the garment workshop." ”

"Forget it"

Wu Yiyi shook his head: "I really haven't seen this little money, now you already know that it is Your Majesty's industry to go through the world, and the reason why I dared to give you such a large sum of silver, I am not afraid that there will be any loopholes in the account that Your Majesty will find out, because the silver is actually not mine, and it is not considered to be the world." ”

"Whose money is that?"

Wu Yi pouted at the entrance of the vegetable market: "A few of your gold masters will be beheaded today...... The money given to you was left by me, and it was all the dividends due to the officials under Prince Yi. The amount of capital invested by these people in the world of goods is amazing, and the amount of dividends is up to me. When these people die, the capital will naturally be filled into the goods and become His Majesty's money. And as for that little bonus, I kept a part and gave you a small part. ”

"That's how the money came from......"

Fang Xie sighed: "You withheld their silver before the incident, no wonder they want to kill you." ”

Wu Yiyi shook his head indifferently: "Anyway, they are all certain to die, the silver in their house must be filled into the treasury, and the silver in the commercial bank is counted as His Majesty's, if I don't leave some dividends, it will be really stupid." So you don't need to be grateful to Dade, this bit of silver should be considered as a reward I gave to you privately for Your Majesty. ”

"I wasn't grateful to Dade in the first place."

Fang Xie pursed his lips.

Wu Yi smiled: "Actually, there is another sentence I didn't say, because I feel a little vulgar." ”

He took a sip of the teacup and said, "You know that Your Majesty doesn't want you to meddle in the affairs of the world, but you still interfere." You know that saving me may trap you in yourself, but you still came...... This little bit of silver, just as my thanks, although you didn't help much. Isn't it vulgar to say this? ”

"I just like this vulgar thing."

Fang Xie smiled, but there was a little helplessness on the corner of his mouth.

"What were you going to do just now?"

Wu Yi saw the strangeness in his smile, and asked in a somewhat solemn tone, "Do you want to save that woman named Zhuang Die from the prisoners' ranks?" And then give her a great future? Then she will be grateful to you and have children for you? ”

"I ...... Didn't think about it that much. ”

"She was not guilty of death."

Wu Yi glanced at Fang Xie and said lightly: "She was in the prison, and she told everything she knew in one breath, and many torture tools in the prison of the Criminal Department were useless. Not only did he know and say as much as he had to do with Prince Yi, but even the dirty things in the Crescent Moon Tower had not been left behind. And...... There is something bizarre about this woman's origins. ”

"She said she was an orphan, a Jiangnan native."

Fang explained.

"That's right, she's an orphan."

Wu Yi looked at Fang Xie and asked, "Before entering the Crescent Tower, a family in Jiangnan took her in pity when they saw her. The family also had a daughter, a few years younger than her. She likes the biological daughter of this family very much, and coaxes her behind her back every day, like a sister taking care of her sister. Later, one day her adoptive parents went out and told her to take care of her sister, but when she came back, she saw Zhuang Die, who was crying. ”

"The family's own daughter accidentally fell into a well and drowned."

When he heard this, Fang Jie's pupils tightened suddenly.

Seeing Fang Jie's expression, Wu Yi bowed slightly: "You have already guessed?" ”

Fang Xie swallowed and foamed, a little bitter.

Because their own daughter died, the couple naturally loved and pitied her even more. Hold her in the palm of your hand and take care of her, and never let her help when she works in the fields. At the age of thirteen, she was deceived by a quackler who passed by their village, promised to take her on a tour of the world, and then left her in the wilderness. When she was desperate, she used her body as a fare to beg a merchant to take her back to her village, but the merchant took her to the imperial capital and sold her. ”

Wu Yi sighed: "These are all things she said herself, when she was in prison, she told everything she knew like crazy, and even wanted to use her body to change her life, begging the jailer to let her escape." ”

"Is she pathetic?"

Wu Yi asked.

Fang Xie nodded.

"Does she deserve to die?"

Wu Yiyi asked again.

Fang Xie was silent for a long time, and then nodded.

"She said you were Prince Yi's comrade."

This sentence, Wu Yiyi put it at the end.

Fang Xie took a deep breath, and then smiled: "She has been lying to people for half her life, and she is still cheating in the end." Maybe when she looked at me and said those things, she lied to herself. ”

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"The reason why I'm looking for you is not because of Zhuang Die."

Wu Yi looked out the window, and his tone was a little lazy: "It's just that I happened to pass by and saw it, but I didn't expect your mind to be so fragile sometimes." Zhuo Buyi also praised you for being the most determined person he had ever met, even if his illusion might not have an effect on you. Now it seems that Zhuo Buyi has looked away. ”

"Maybe"

Fang Xie shook his head.

When he saw Zhuang Die, he was indeed very fragile in his heart. Maybe it's because he's been recalling the warmth of his previous life before, so that the coldness brought to him by this world is temporarily forgotten.

"If you are so prone to making mistakes, then don't go to the southwest to see Luo Yao."

Wu Yiyi withdrew his gaze from the window, looked at Fang Xie and said, "Your Majesty asked you to go to Yongzhou, do you really think it's just because of the eldest princess's marriage?" ”

"Someone once told me that His Majesty has deep faith in Luo Yao."

Fang Xie replied.

Wu Yi smiled, a little cold: "Your Majesty should not let others tell you who you believe in." What His Majesty's mind is, others are just speculating. The reason why people have told you this before is because you haven't reached the level where you can know another aspect. In other words, an insignificant little person is not qualified to know any secrets. ”

Fang Xie was silent, he knew that what Wu Yiyi said was right.

"I don't mean to tell you what Luo Yao has in mind. It's about making you understand what you're supposed to see...... Your Majesty is going to march west, where do the soldiers come from? The defenders of Gyeonggi Province can be redeployed by up to 30%. Chang'an has never been defended by less than 200,000 horses. With the transfer of 30%, the defenders of Gyeonggi Province will already be less than 200,000. The soldiers of the other guards have their own duties. It is impossible for His Majesty to transfer all the soldiers, so it is impossible to say that the county soldiers and the palace soldiers must be transferred. ”

"Luo Yao has been expanding his army over the years, and there are no less than 300,000 soldiers and horses in the left avant-garde! His Majesty wants to use it, but I don't know if Luo Yao will be dissatisfied. If Luo Yao is forced in a hurry, do you think this person will do anything excessive? You must know that in the southwest where Luo Yao is located, than in the northwest where Li Yuanshan is located, the control of the imperial court is even lower to an unimaginable level. Is Luo Yao also like Li Yuanshan, what has he prepared in the southwest? ”

Wu Yi sighed: "Your Majesty is not only worried about the happiness of the eldest princess, but also worried about Luo Yao taking the opportunity to divide the southwestern roads of the Great Sui. Luo Yao is in the southwest, he is already domineering, and the officials of the four provinces are like his retainers, and his control of the southwest is even more worrying than Li Yuanshan's control of the northwest. ”

"Your Majesty wants to use Luo Yao's soldiers is one thing, and investigating whether his people are against him is the second."

"If there is, the imperial court would rather give up the northwest than the southwest."

Wu Yiyi drank all the tea in the cup: "In the bitter cold land of the northwest, the imperial court still needs to dispatch relief every year. But once the land of fish and rice in the southwest is divided by traitors......"

"Do you know why His Majesty sent you?"

Wu Yi didn't wait for Fang Xie to answer, and said seriously: "Because of your low status, because you are a newcomer to the imperial court, because you will make Luo Yao look down on you...... You only have a chance if your opponent despises you. ”

"Why do I suddenly feel like I'm going to the southwest for a lifetime?"

Fang Xie sighed: "If Luo Yao is really anti-willful, will I be the one he cut off his head and sacrifice the flag?" ”

"If you're unlucky, yes."

Wu Yi patted Fang Xie on the shoulder, pointed to the house opposite and said seriously: "Don't worry, if you die, although your little property is very small, I will help you take care of it." ”

Fang Xie snorted: "I finally don't feel a little guilty or guilty about spending your money now, thank you." Don't you have any more reminders and guidance for my upcoming adventure of life and death? ”

Wu Yiyi stood up and prepared to leave, and smiled: "Good luck, nothing else." ”