After staying in Laojunguan for a few days, I settled down with Chongxu Dao Chang and Extermination Master, and it was time to return to Chengdu. Su Ren personally cooked a table of dishes, and summoned all the people who could be named in Lao Junguan's view to have a reunion dinner. Hu Ji sat down with Su Ren and tried his best to keep everyone, hoping to stay for a few more days and leave in a few days.

Su Ren smiled: "With your Lao Hu here, I am very relieved, wherever I go, this is my home." ”

Hu Ji nodded again and again: "Don't worry, sir, even if I'm gone, my kid will guard this old gentleman's view for me!" ”

That night, Dong Qian did not persuade Su Ren to drink a few fewer drinks. Lao Junguan's wine doesn't have to go anywhere else, three or five glasses down, and those who are not strong enough will get under the table. Su Ren held on and drank a drink with everyone, and then he smirked and lay down on the ground.

Huang Shisan's old father kicked Huang Shisan: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you carry Mr. down to rest?" ”

There is no banquet in the world, no matter how everyone maintains the atmosphere of the banquet. When the first rays of sunlight appeared in the distant sky, Su Ren was thrown on the carriage by Huang Shisan, bidding farewell to everyone and returning to Chengdu. The bumps along the way made the drunk Su Ren vomit several times, until he didn't vomit anything in his stomach, and then he woke up leisurely.

I looked left and right, and there were women all around me. Dong Qian, Leng Yue, Twelve Niang and her daughter. Su Ren's drunken carriage couldn't stay, but they could only endure it in this carriage. The curtains and windows on both sides are opened, and the effect of moving air is not very great.

With a hiccup, Su Ren asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Immediately to Wenshui County!"

"Oh, I didn't go far!" Su Ren shook his head: "This car made me look bad, I went into the city and asked Zhang Hu to change it." ”

"You know!" Dong Qian glanced at Su Ren: "If you can't drink it, don't drink so much, drink a glass with everyone, count it as thirty or fifty, one or two cups, how much do you count?" ”

"Are you happy!" Su Ren accompanied the smiling face and squeezed to Dong Qian's side. was pushed away by Dong Qian's disgust and hit the car hard.

Zhang Hu didn't come to greet him, and even those merchants were nowhere to be seen. The bustling city gates were full of people, but they did not see anyone who greeted them. With the crowd entering the city, there was a long queue before entering the warm water. Today is the market day of warm water, and people from all over the world come, and there are many merchants from other places who come to warm water to purchase goods from Yelang.

Su Ren asked Huang Shisan to find an inn casually and everyone to rest. Huang 13 nodded and led people straight to the east of the city. The east of the city is the rich area of warm water, the seat of the county government, and the inn here is the best in the whole warm water. After entering the store, asking for a few houses, and sending everyone to rest, Su Ren felt uncomfortable with hunger, so he asked the store to prepare food and eat it in the store.

"I've found you!" A fat palm slapped heavily on Su Ren's shoulder.

Su Ren, who was happily eating, turned his head to see that Cui Jiuming was standing beside him sweating profusely, and his face was full of mud mixed with mud and sweat. Chewing on the food in his mouth, Su Ren spoke a little vaguely: "Why are you here?" Looks like something happened? ”

Cui Jiuming nodded again and again: "It's an accident, something is wrong!" ”

Su Ren frowned and looked at Cui Jiuming: "What's wrong?" Speak slowly! ”

Huang Shisan brought Cui Jiuming a bowl of water, and Cui Jiuming poured half a bowl in one go, and then wiped his mouth: "As soon as you left Chengdu, I received news from my father from Chang'an." Cui Jiuming lowered his body, and looked around with his two dripping eyes: "The news from Chang'an says that Your Majesty is under house arrest by the Empress Dowager!" ”

"House arrest?" Su Ren was not surprised, according to the development of history, Liu Che had no chance to take power during the lifetime of the Empress Dowager Dou, and could only be passive everywhere, until after the death of the Dou family, it could be regarded as the time when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to exert his strength.

Seeing that Su Ren didn't say anything, Cui Jiuming hurriedly said: "It is the emperor who supports the purchase of our horses and cattle, Your Majesty is now under house arrest, and our cattle and horse business is over!" ”

"That's it?" Su Ren then lowered his head to eat: "Do you think something big has happened?" Cattle and horses are not only needed by the imperial court, all the princes and kings are rushing to get it, the imperial court will sell it to others if it is not wanted, and the imperial court will not dare to talk about it, rest assured! No matter who's in power, we're fine with this business. ”

Cui Jiuming breathed a sigh of relief: "Really? ”

"Of course it's true, don't believe it, wait, Mr. Cui will definitely have a letter in a few days, let us rest assured."

"Hey!" Cui Jiuming picked up the bowl of water, and drank a burst of cattle drink: "I haven't slept for three days when I got the news, I came to chase you in a hurry, who knew that you went to Yuanshan, I rushed to Yuanshan, you came here again, and when I got here, you have already entered the mountain, I don't want to think about tea and food for the past ten days, look, I have lost weight!" ”

"Hehe, it's good to lose weight, it's healthy to lose weight!"

Cui Jiuming relaxed his mood, only then did he feel a little hungry, so he slapped the table and called the shopkeeper over, and made a good banquet on the table with a hundred yuan. The two of them chatted while eating. Su Ren told Cui Jiuming about his reasoning to reassure him. Cui Jiuming had Su Ren as the backbone, he was finally relieved, let go of his hands and feet, and ate a table of wine in an instant.

While burping, I drank the unique diet tea of warm water. Su Ren asked: "It seems that our emperor has failed again this time, and he has worked hard to gather so many people, this time they should not end well, hehe!" After laughing dryly, Su Ren suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked, "Is there any news about Mr. Dong Zhongshu Dong?" ”

Cui Jiuming raised his head and slapped his head fiercely: "Oh, look at me, I almost forgot about business, my father said that this time the Empress Dowager was furious, and it seemed that she had the idea of changing the emperor, and many people around His Majesty were involved, Tian Wei was dismissed, and Mr. Dong was also imprisoned, and the court was strictly interrogated." ”

Su Ren frowned, if Dong Qian knew that her father was worried about his life, no one knew what would happen. Su Ren thought for a while: "What else, let's talk about it together." ”

"Liu An, the king of Huainan, has entered Beijing, obviously to pay homage to the queen mother, in fact, everyone knows his purpose, the people who stayed in Shu County of Huainan for more than a year have been cleaned up by us, and there are rumors that the king of Huainan has the possibility of doing something to Shu County."

"How are they prepared?"

Cui Jiuming shook his head: "I don't know this yet, of course I won't send troops to attack, with Liu An's yin and damaging temperament, it is very likely that he will act with the hands of the imperial court." ”

Su Ren couldn't sit still, turned to Huang Shisan, and said, "Go quickly, call everyone up, let's go back to Chengdu overnight!" ”

Huang Shisan hurriedly agreed, and went out to call someone.

Seeing Su Ren's solemn face, Cui Jiuming asked in a low voice, "Is the matter bad?" ”

"It's not just very bad, it's very bad, you also go back overnight, let our Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce rein in a bit, don't run away from the business, what can be handed over to others will be handed over to others, if it doesn't work, it will be broken, run our two business routes, remember, the business route must not let anyone get involved, if it doesn't work, go to Sun Er Mazi and let him send someone to deal with it."

"Is it that serious?"

"Hmph, you also said that Liu An is yin, and the Empress Dowager is angry, who knows what the Empress Dowager will do after Liu An provokes, be careful."

"Good! I'll go back! Cui Jiuming hurriedly got up, forgot to even salute, and hurried out.

The sleepy-eyed guards and a group of people came out of their respective rooms, and the fatigue of the past ten days was not relieved by sleeping for only half an hour. Without waiting for everyone to ask, Su Ren jumped out first: "You haven't rested yet, hard work, there are some problems with the shops in Chengdu, I have to rush back to Chengdu overnight, presumably you don't want to stay in Wenshui, so I beckoned everyone to go back together, and those who are sleepy can sleep in the car again, time can't be delayed, time is money!" ”

Dong Qian snorted coldly: "You are really a good businessman, profiteer!" ”

Su Ren smiled and urged everyone to go back and pack up, and immediately prepare to leave.

The moon came up, illuminating the newly renovated streets of Wenshui County. The shops on both sides of the street are one after another, and lanterns are hung in front of the doors, and the wind blows and the sound of the cague. Su Ren rode on the horse and remembered that when he first came to Wenshui, it was also a night, and the black light was blind, and he almost made the current county commander Zhang Hu arrest him as a bad guy.

Turning his head to look at Leng Jun who was walking side by side next to him, he pointed to a house in front of him, and Leng Jun smiled slightly. There is the back door of the county government, and the original lantern with the word "Zhang" has been replaced, and the door has also been changed. Seeing a group of people coming from a distance, the door probed his brain and looked at it a few times, and hurriedly got into the door.

"This guy's guts are far worse than the original one! That guy dared to do it with Leng Xia at the beginning, this guy is just a mouse! ”

Leng Jun shook his head, straightened his horse's head and leaned towards Su Ren's side: "What happened?" ”

Su Ren glanced at Leng Jun: "It's okay!" Little things! ”

"Don't lie to me, just say it, I won't tell it."

"It's really fine, it's just that there is some problem in the shop, go back and solve it, really!" Su Ren replied very sincerely.

Leng Jun snorted: "Don't say it, forget it!" ”

Su Ren sighed, drove his horse to catch up with Leng Jun, poked his head out and took a look: "Angry?" ”

"Humph!"

"Alright, it doesn't hurt to tell you." Looking back at the carriage: "Mr. Dong has been imprisoned!" ”

"Mr. Dong? That Mr. Dong? ”

Su Ren pointed to the carriage. Leng Jun was immediately shocked: "Ah, this ......! ”

"Shh Su Ren hurriedly made a silent movement: "Be quiet, don't let her hear!" ”

Coming to the gate of the city, the gate was closed, and more than a dozen guards stood in the doorway in high spirits, without blinking their eyes, which was very different from before.

Huang 13 roared: "Who is in charge here?" ”

"I'm in charge!" The voice of the voice is overhead. Under the moonlight, Zhang Hu stood quietly on the city tower, looking very tall.

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