Chapter 36 The Minister in White

"How do you know that King Jing is also fighting Xia Xiang's idea? Nonsense, nonsense! Mu En scoffed at Hua Guan's statement and smiled contemptuously, "You don't know King Jing, and you are not the roundworm in King Jing's stomach, what does King Jing think, how do you know?" ”

"I don't know King Jing, you don't know it, hmph, how much better can you be than me, aren't you also called by Yan Hao?" Hua Guan was annoyed and ashamed, stood up, raised his hand to hit Mu En, and as soon as he made a move, the sword flashed, and he had already been hit by a sword in his back.

Fortunately, it was the back of the sword, otherwise he would have been cut in two on the spot. Although it was the back of the sword, it was still amazingly powerful, and he only felt a strong force, where could he still stand, his legs were weak, and he fell to the ground with a "plop" sound.

"There will be a next time, and the head will fall to the ground." Mantuo glared at Hua Guan coldly, and then turned to Mu En, "You go on. ”

Mu En was frightened into a cold sweat, Mantuo's martial arts were extremely high, and he was moody, he said that he would do it, and he would kill if he said that he would kill someone, it was completely up to his temperament, but he couldn't annoy her, it was too worthless to lose his life in vain, he secretly wiped his forehead, thought about it and said: "Huaguan's speculation is not all unreasonable, I also overheard Yan Hao say to Gao Jianyuan, King Jing is also looking for Li Dingshan's whereabouts, it is said that King Jing also knew that Li Dingshan accepted a disciple named Xia Xiang in Zhongshan Village, he couldn't find Li Dingshan, so he wanted to find Xia Xiang." King Jing has always appreciated Li Dingshan and intends to protect Li Dingshan. He was looking for Xia Xiang, I was afraid that he also wanted to keep Xia Xiang thorough. ”

Mantuo slowly understood a little, the matter was all caused by Li Dingshan, and Xia Xiang just became the fulcrum very innocently. For Xia Xiang, who has not yet gained fame, it is not a good thing to alarm the princes and nobles with his white clothes.

Mantuo thought for a while and asked: "Now that the emperor is critically ill, the third prince is bent on winning the throne, he does not devote his mind to the major matter of inheriting the throne, but he has to find the whereabouts of Li Dingshan, what is the reason?" Could it be that Li Dingshan is the key person who can inherit the throne? Who is Li Dingshan? ”

Although Mantuo was born in a family of eunuchs, and his father once held important positions in the imperial court, he had never heard of what position Li Dingshan had held. Although his father was demoted to Hainan and stayed away from the capital, if Li Dingshan was a high-ranking and powerful person in the capital, he would inevitably be famous. But she didn't know Li Dingshan at all, and even her father never mentioned Li Dingshan......

Hua Guan was stunned by Mantuo's words, and after thinking for a long time, he scratched his head and said: "The little lady's words are not unreasonable, the third prince should be thinking about how to inherit the throne now, why do you have to find Li Dingshan's whereabouts?" Could it be that Li Dingshan is a crucial figure? Mu En, have you ever heard of Li Dingshan holding any important positions before? ”

Mu En was stunned, thought about it, and smiled strangely: "According to what I said, Li Dingshan once served as the imperial historian three years ago, because he wrote a book to impeach the three princes, which angered the three princes, and was driven out of the capital by the three princes......"

"Just a little imperial history?" Mantuo guessed in his heart, the imperial history from the first grade of the imperial history doctor, from the second grade of the imperial history of the middle of the Cheng, to the supervision of the imperial history and the imperial history of the palace, although the quality is very different, but they are not without power, they are noble officials, because she is very puzzled why Li Dingshan is valued by the three princes and King Jing.

You must know that among the four princes, the three princes are the most powerful and domineering, and they are also the most high-eyed, how many people want to devote themselves to the door of the three princes but can't enter. And King Jing, as the eldest prince, is the most old-fashioned and serious, and he has been careful for many years, never coming out, and has almost no sense of existence. However, the strange thing is that many people think that in terms of strength and influence, the aggressive Third Prince is still a little worse than King Jing.

As for the four princes and the five princes, the four princes are in the prime of life, but they are obsessed with calligraphy and painting and Buddhism, and the five princes like to play and indulge in the craft of making all kinds of exquisite objects, and regard themselves as craftsmen.

It's just that after the emperor sealed Xia Cun as the king, the situation changed abruptly.

Xia Cun was weak in the early years, and he should have been named the king of the county, and the sons of the third prince and the fourth prince were all the kings of the county. Even if Feng Xia Cun first saw King Ning, it would be much better, so that the outside world would not have too much speculation. Mantuo clearly remembers that at that time, her father told her that the fact that father and son are kings of one word is very rare in all dynasties, and there has only been one case in this dynasty. The prince of Great Xia went from the king of one word to the king of two words and then to the king of the county, decreasing in turn, and Xia Cun was the second special case since the founding of the Great Xia to go directly from the king of the county to the king of the first word.

Many people are figuring out the holy will and crowning Xia Cunxian as the king, could it be that the emperor intends to let Xia Cunxian inherit the throne? It's just that many ministers are puzzled and uneasy that Xia Cunxian is not a virtuous king, he has neither talent nor character, if he inherits the throne, it will not be the blessing of Great Xia or the blessing of the people. If you choose between the king and the star king, the three princes of the star king are more talented and more talented than Xia Cunxian.

After thinking too much for a while, Mantuo retracted his thoughts and waved his hand at Hua Guan and Mu En: "If you two do things that hurt the heavens and reason again in the future, you will be encountered by me, and you will have no chance of survival...... Get lost! ”

"Get out of here!" Hua Guan seemed to be very ambitious and raised his head and rolled on the spot, looking extremely funny.

Instead of laughing, Mantuo didn't even bother to look at Hua Guan and Mu En again, since she had asked everything she wanted, the two of them were useless to her, with her character, she really felt humiliating to even say a word to the two, so she turned around, pressed her feet, twisted her waist and shrugged her shoulders, and flew over the wall.

As soon as Mantuo left, Hua Guan retracted his figure, stopped rolling, and scolded angrily: "Damn, stinky woman, next time Lao Tzu will rape you first and then kill you." Mu En, were you stupid just now? I clearly hinted that you took the opportunity to sneak up on her, why didn't you respond? Are you fascinated by the beauty of the little lady? ”

Mu En snorted coldly and said with great disdain: "I knew that you had been thinking about attacking the little lady from the moment you knelt down, and I didn't respond to you, it's not that I'm stupid, it's that I want to save your life." The little lady's martial arts are too high, in my opinion, it is not a few points worse than Yan Hao, but she is softer than Yan Hao, if we are obedient, we may be able to live, if it is a sneak attack, there is only a dead end. You see, she has let us live now, if it weren't for me, Hua Guan, your head would have landed by now! ”

"Shit, shit, stinking shit!" Hua Guan was not convinced, raised his leg and kicked Mu En, "Have you forgotten how many masters we have killed in a sneak attack?" No matter how strong Mantuo's martial arts are, she is just a delicate little lady, you just fall in love with the little lady, pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, and you are reluctant to kill her, right? You see the ugliness of your flattery to her just now, I am so disgusted that I want to vomit. ”

Mu En was bent on Hua Guan's sake, just begging to save his life, Hua Guan not only didn't appreciate it, but also slandered him, and couldn't help but be angry: "I'm not the only one who has fallen in love with the little lady, I want to kidnap her here, it's also your idea to rape first and then kill, the matter is revealed, and then say that you want to save your life first, and begging for mercy is not a shameful thing, and the big husband can bend and stretch." Don't you often say that being able to bend and stretch is a dragon, and only stretching and unyielding is a worm...... Huaguan, today's events, as far as you know, I know the heavens and the earth, if it spreads, you and I will have no face to mix in Shangjing anymore. ”

Hua Guan looked unhappy, but still nodded: "Don't worry, how could I be stupid enough to say such a shameful thing?" Someday, we will take revenge for today. But the next time you encounter something like this, you must act according to my eyes, there have been several opportunities to kill Mantuo just now, and you are blamed for being too timid...... Ah, Mun you, you, you! ”

Three words "you" came out in a row, Hua Guan could no longer speak, the word "you" was his last sentence in the world, he felt that his body was rapidly becoming cold, as if he had fallen into an endless abyss, powerless, frightened, unwilling, unbelievable, and countless complex emotions did not have time to feel, his eyes began to blur, and his consciousness was blurred.

"I'm sorry Huaguan, you can only die for my life." Mu En leaned over to Hua Guan's ear and whispered, he slowly pulled out the sword that pierced Hua Guan's chest, and wiped the blood stains on the sword on Hua Guan's body, a tear dripped from his eyes, "You can rest assured that I will take care of the future." ”

Hua Guan's body fell to the ground, stirring up only a little dust, and then returned to calm. The afterglow of Mu En's eyes swept away, and in the dark night, under the eaves not far away, the figure of Mantuo flashed and disappeared into the darkness in a blink of an eye.

Mu En sat on the ground and cried loudly: "Huaguan, you are really a big fool, Mantuo has not gone far, he is eavesdropping on the two of us, if you continue to talk about it, you and I will die......"

Mantuo did not go far, she did not want to eavesdrop on Hua Guan and Mu En, but the murderous intent rose again, and she wanted to kill the two of them for a hundred. Unexpectedly, as soon as I turned back, I heard the conversation between the two, and I didn't think it was funny. In fact, Hua Guan wanted to hint that Mu En was going to join forces to do something to her several times, but she had already noticed it, but she just pretended not to know.

Just as he was about to kill the two, Mu En suddenly killed Hua Guan, and Mantuo's killing intent was vented, so he didn't shoot again.

Returning to the Xingzhou Inn, the inn was already in a mess, and the old man who was mistakenly robbed by Huaguan and Mu En was Xiong Lishi, one of the shopkeepers of the Nanhai Commercial Bank who went south to Quanzhou. Hua Guan and Mu En robbed Xiong Lux by mistake, but it was not intentional by Mantuo, with Mantuo's character, she disdained and was too lazy to make a bad thing behind her back, she just checked into the Quanyou Inn, and noticed that Hua Guan and Mu En were going to use three indiscriminate methods to drug her, so she asked the store to propose to change the room. As for who lived in the room she vacated, she didn't care.

There are dozens of people in the Nanhai Commercial Bank, and one of the shopkeepers suddenly disappeared, how can they not make a fuss about the inn? The inn didn't know that Xiong Lishi didn't sleep well, how could there be a walk in Yaxing in the middle of the night, so he sent people to look around. Mantuo was also happy to be a favor, and stopped a guy from the South China Sea Trading House and told him where Xiong Lishi was.

The guy is burly, although he is not the type of five big and three thick, but he is also the image of Kong Wu, it is rare that he still has a little elegance, he was pleasantly surprised, and bowed to Mantuo: "Thank you little lady for telling me, Xia will definitely remember it, and it will be unforgettable." ”

It was a trivial matter, Mantuo wanted to leave after speaking, and didn't want the other party to not only report his name, but also deliberately say that it was unforgettable, she couldn't help but look at Xia Go a few more times curiously, it was okay not to look at it, and she remembered something at a glance, "Huh": "Xia Go?" Are you Xia Qu from Lingshou Zhongshan Village? ”

Xia Qu was also surprised for a while: "The little lady knows you?" ”

Mantuo didn't answer Xia Qu's question, and asked lightly: "Your Nanhai Commercial Bank should go all the way south to the sea, why is it in Xingzhou?" ”

"Xiong Weng said that the countries of the South China Sea are very fond of Daxia porcelain, and Daxia porcelain is most famous for the Xingzhou Xingzhou kiln, which is a commercial house in Xingzhou, and it is not too late to fire a batch of Xing kilns and then go to sea." Xia Qu looked slightly worried, "Don't hide it from the little lady, Xiong Weng is my savior, I fell off the cliff and fell unconscious, it was he who saved me, and enlightened me all the way, let me go to the South China Sea countries with him to do a great career." I was reluctant at first, I didn't want to be thousands of miles away from home, but then I figured out that the man has ambitions in all directions, and if he doesn't make something big, he will be a big husband in vain. ”

I see, Mantuo nodded, and wanted to tell Xia Deshui about asking her to send a letter to Xia Xiang, but before she could speak, Xia Go was pulled away by someone from the trading house.

"It's okay to go to Xia, it's okay to be fine." Xia Xiang was overjoyed, and when he heard the news that Xia Xiang was safe and sound, he was extremely happy, and bowed to Mantuo, "Thank you, little lady." ”

Mantuo naturally didn't tell Xia Xiang all about her experience, and the things about Huaguan and Mu En also skipped many irrelevant links, and only picked up the important ones, she picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea: "Don't thank me, it's just a matter of effort, why bother with it." Xia went here to go to the South China Sea, it was also extremely dangerous, he fell off the cliff, and it was a great luck that he did not die. If you go to the South China Sea again, it will be another life. It was because he didn't report his safety to Xia Deshui, and he also had his troubles, and he didn't want his father to go to the old worries and add new worries...... This teacup, could it be the Xingyao that Xia Qu said? ”

Xia Xiang nodded: "Xingyao and Yue people can both make porcelain." It is round like a moon soul pendant, and light as a cloud...... The white porcelain produced by Xingyao is very exquisite, the glaze is as white as snow, the modeling is standardized like the moon, the wall is light and thin like a cloud, and the sound of the buckle is crisp and wonderful. And because of its large number and low price, in addition to the use of the court, but also for the common people, is famous for the world of Xingyao. Nanhai Commercial Bank deliberately stayed in Xingzhou, mostly because of the low price of Xingyao. In fact, along the south of Xingzhou, there are many places along the road to produce porcelain. ”

Mantuo was slightly shocked in her heart, Xia Xiang was originally a scholar, how could she be so clear about business, she was very curious, so she asked: "Xia Langjun is reading the book of sages, how can he be interested in business?" ”

"It's not that I'm not very interested, but I just know a little bit about it." Xia Xiang smiled indifferently and talked eloquently, "When I think of the Tang Dynasty, the four seas surrendered, and Fanbang came to worship, and it was called the Celestial Empire." Datang Wenzhi martial arts, strong national strength, in my opinion, Datang is far inferior to Daxia. ”

"How so?" Although Mantuo has a body of martial arts, she has lived in the home of poetry and books since she was a child, she was influenced by her father, and also read through history, "During the Tang Dynasty, the four seas surrendered, and now the Great Xia has been established for a hundred years, and the four seas have not yet returned to the heart, and the people who come to worship in Fanbang are still not as many as when the Tang Dynasty was born, why is the Tang Dynasty far inferior to the Great Xia?" ”

"There are three people who are inferior to Daxia in Datang, one of which is that Datang surrendered to the four seas, but did not open the sea ban, and its national strength failed to benefit the countries of the South China Sea. Second, the Tang Dynasty suppressed business and agriculture, but the Great Xia agriculture did not suppress business. Third, although the Tang Dynasty has the imperial examination, it is limited to a family that has no white ding within three generations, and my Daxia can participate in the imperial examination to seek a background regardless of my background. With only these three points, Daxia will definitely surpass the Tang Dynasty. "Xia Xiang has hills and valleys in his chest, and he will think and tell him what he has been thinking and thinking since he entered Beijing, "Allowing trade to the sea, the national strength of Daxia will benefit the countries of the South China Sea, and the countries of the South China Sea will first like the tea and porcelain of Daxia, and sooner or later they will yearn for the Daxia culture because of the yearning for the treasures of Daxia." It is to allow commercial banks to go to sea, which can not only make profits, but also promote my heavenly prestige, killing two birds with one stone. ”

Manta did not speak, his eyes shining, and his hands on his cheeks, like a young girl who did not know anything about the world listening to the lecture of a learned old scholar.

Xia Xiang opened the folding fan in his hand, shook it a few times, and continued: "Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and so is business. Agriculture should be important, and business should not be light. If there were no merchants, how could the silk, tea, and porcelain of Bactria be sold to the countries of the South China Sea? How do you get the silver for white flowers? Little lady, do you know that Great Xia produces very little silver, and it is precisely because of going to sea to do business that a large amount of silver was exchanged for tea and silk from overseas. Little lady, you must not know that at the beginning of the Great Xia Trading House went to sea, the goods on the ship were all tea and silk, but the tea and silk were too light, and it was easy to capsize in the event of wind and waves, what should I do? ”

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