Yan Suming was a little drunk, shook the empty water bag and smiled: "That's it?" ”

Chen Yin nodded and said with relief: "Forget it, although it's not good to say this, but I have figured it out now, maybe in my brother's opinion, he can be regarded as a well-deserved death, after all, he was ready to die generously before acting." If he did send his husband out, it would be contrary to his beliefs. ”

"You mean you can't complain about this?"

"Maybe yes, after all, my brother chose faith between faith and life, well......" Chen Yin was silent for a moment, and then said: "Faith is often more important than life." ”

Juan Suming retorted: "Hmph, nonsense, when I was young, I also felt that faith was greater than everything, as long as I could act according to my beliefs, I didn't have to think about any consequences, but the greatness of life and death was like child's play." Later, as I got older, I carried more and more things, not only more and more doubts about the beliefs I once held, but also more and more timid and afraid of death. ”

"yes, in this way, it's better to be young, and you don't have to think about it so much."

"Hmph, stupid when you were young."

"Haha, that's right, that's right!" Chen Yin patted Suming on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Juan Suming also shook his head with a smile, the atmosphere quickly quieted down again, and after being embarrassed for a while, Juan Suming said: "Faith or life, which is more important?" ”

"I don't know."

Yu Suming asked and answered: "It varies from person to person, from time to time, and from thing to thing......

"Will you go back to Wu in the future?"

"I have to go back, I have to save Wu Xiangguo."

"What if it costs lives?"

"Whatever you want!"

"Hehe, in fact, you know it very well in your heart."

Juan Suming laughed at himself: "It seems that even at this age, I am still a fool." ”

"Don't say that."

"Well, when I was younger, I also had my own beliefs, and I was determined to fight for them, no matter what the cost. However, on the road of chasing beliefs, I did things that violated my beliefs again and again, and in the end I achieved nothing, and the beliefs that I once held on to were also consumed without a trace, which became the price paid in the process of chasing beliefs. Now, I'm like a walking corpse, tormented waiting for the rest of my life. ”

"I don't have the same beliefs as you, if it weren't for my brother's business, I might just shoot an arrow for a lifetime."

"Then you are lucky, at least you have saved a lot of pain."

Chen Yin shook his head, "No, I suffer as much as you." ”

"Haha, okay, you say the same is the same." Juan Suming stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and prepared to leave.

"Brother Yan!" Chen Yin called out to Su Ming.

"Huh?"

"What about the children?"

"Hehe, let them be, just follow the rules."

"But your daughter and Zhang Xun are already engaged."

"It doesn't matter, I don't care about their affairs at all, besides, what will happen in the future may be arranged by fate, don't try to change anything, just let it be."

After that, Su Ming left without looking back.

In the early morning of the next day, in Gusu City, Gong Wanran was about to go out, when he suddenly heard a quick knock on the door.

"Lord Gonghui! Princess! ”

Gong Huiran opened the courtyard door, only to see three people kneeling outside the door, the one who took the lead was the foreman of the spice factory, the foreman saw Gong Huiran, so he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "I hope that the adults will be the masters of the villains!" ”

Gong Wanran hurriedly helped the three of them up, and saluted: "Three, please speak slowly." ”

The foreman said with a sad face: "My lord! Don't you know! After the persecution and escape of Heyu Gongzi, the brothers have not slackened and have been working hard, everyone believes in Heyu Gongzi's character and knows that he must have been framed! ”

"yes!"

"yes!"

The other two workers nodded in agreement, and the foreman continued: "He Yu Gongzi is really kind! Especially good for us poor! It is our great benefactor! We're all waiting for Childe to come back! ”

"That's it! Wait for Childe to come back! ”

"Childe is a good person!"

Gong Wanran said: "Let's work with peace of mind, and in a few days, I will go to the incense factory to have a look." ”

The foreman had a frightened look on his face and said eagerly, "My lord! Don't you know? Something big happened to the incense factory! ”

Gong Wanran did not speak, and his face was expressionless.

The foreman hurriedly explained: "My lord! Yesterday, Dazai-sama's ruler took over the incense factory! Don't you know wow!? ”

"Oh......" Gong Wanyan nodded.

"The ruler said that the incense factory will be in charge of him in the future! And also told us that if anyone knows the whereabouts of Heyu Gongzi, expose him, and he will be rewarded! ”

"That ruler has a fat head and big ears! Not a good person at first glance! ”

"That's it! It's like us and Yu Gongzi! ”

The two workers were talking.

Gong Wanran frowned slightly, and asked with concern, "Has the ruler reduced your income?" ”

These words poked at the worker's head, and the foreman quickly knelt down and cried: "My lord! You don't know! That size has made us miserable! Not only did he ask us to work an extra hour a day, but he also deducted half of our wages. What's more, the meat that was supposed to be eaten yesterday was replaced by brown rice! ”

Gong Wanran sighed lightly, "I know, I'll go and talk to the ruler, you guys can work in peace first, I'll deal with this matter." ”

The three workers wept in unison.

"Your Excellency! Call the shots for the little people! ”

"Your Excellency! When will he come back?! ”

"You don't care about us! Please! ”

At this moment, a sharp voice smashed over his head and face, "Dare to Diao Min!" Dare to make a mistake in front of the public lady! ”

When the workers turned around, they were panicked and disgusted, but they hurriedly suppressed their voices, and their bodies subconsciously curled up because of fear. It was none other than Qi Liu, who saw him move his fat body and come with four thugs.

He squinted his eyes at the three people kneeling on the ground, twisted his thick lips and said, "Lord Gonghui, what are these Diao people, do you want me to help you clean up." ”

As soon as the words fell, the thugs rolled up their sleeves and put on a look of eagerness.

Gong Wanran hurriedly waved his hand and refused, "No hindrance, no hindrance." ”

Gong Wanran glanced at the foreman, and then lowered his voice and said to him: "You go back first, I will find a way to make up for the wages deducted by the ruler, don't worry." ”

The foreman was very moved and a little embarrassed, "My lord, is this appropriate?" ”

"Don't worry." Gong Wanran nudged the foreman's back, motioning for him to hurry up and take the people away.

The foreman was moved to tears, and he took the lead and kowtowed three times in front of Gong Huiran, and then leaned against the wall, hiding from a distance.

He spat at the foreman with disdain and scolded, "Diao Min." ”

"Ruler Son, I haven't seen you for many days." Gong Hui saluted the ruler.

He smiled, "Yes, Lord Gonghui, I haven't seen you for many days." ”

"I don't know what Childe is doing?"

"Hmph, Lord Gonghui, are you going to let Ben Gongzi just stand at the door and talk?"

Gong Wanran hurriedly saluted and apologized: "Oh, I'm really sorry, it's a lot of offense, please, please." ”

"Humph!" The ruler snorted contemptuously, and then swaggered into the public courtyard with the thugs.

"Please sit down in the courtyard for a while, and I'll make some tea."

"It is said that the princess is noble, but it is not so that the guests are not allowed to enter the house, right? Is there something unsightly hidden? Ha ha? He laughed, and several thugs laughed along.

"I smiled, there is really no decent hall in this house, but it is not as refreshing as this courtyard, and I hope that the son will not dislike it."

"Hehe, don't take it seriously, I'm just joking, hehe."

After a while, Gong Huiran brought a set of tea sets, he used a handkerchief to cushion the handle of the pot, lifted the copper kettle that was still steaming, and made freshly brewed tea for several people.

He just took a small sip, but spit it out again and said, "Hey! Princess! You said that you almost lived in it, why can't you even give up a good tea? I'll have someone bring you some good tea! Don't drink these bad teas all the time. ”

When the thugs heard this, they stopped drinking, and one thug even spilled the tea in the teacup directly on the courtyard wall.

Gong Huiran frowned slightly, as if he felt a little sorry for the tea, but said with a smile: "Then thank you." ”

"Hehe, Lord Gonghui, do you know? The king has given me a chore! ”

"Oh? What's up? ”

"It's you who made that mess with Yu Heyu!"

"Spice factory?"

"No!"

"Oh." Gong Wanran nodded.

"Hey, you must know that this incense factory is the capital of the state treasury, and it belongs to the king's business. Right now, he conspired with his father to rebel, but he left such a mess and handed it over to me, do you say I'm bad or not! ”

"There's Lao Gongzi bothered."

"Huh." The ruler smiled slightly, and the fat on his face rose horizontally, and a layer of oil shimmered, "However, since the king has handed over this matter to me, I have to take it well, don't you say?" Princess? ”

"That's nature."

"If you want me to say, this Yan Heyu is a fool, it took so much effort, and I didn't see how much money he earned, I looked at the account book, the revenue situation is very bad, why set the ex-factory price so low? Who knows, the profits are made by those merchants? And also! The wages are too much! Which government-run industry and commerce have you seen that much paid for it? The money given to the workers is all the money that belongs to the king! Hum! Those homeless people know to be lazy all day long, and if you want me to say, I shouldn't have kept so many people in the first place! All those homeless people should be driven out of Wu State! ”

Gong Hui ran did not answer.

"Hehe, I have a very good idea, I don't need to raise so many useless homeless people, and I can earn a lot of profits, and even production can be saved."

"Huh?" The public looked at the ruler in bewilderment.

"Hehe, although this snake thorn incense is produced in all countries, but the quality of our Wu country is the best, it is said that compared to the snake thorn incense produced in other countries, the incense of our Wu country has some unique fragrances. I have a friend who is from the Jin Kingdom, and he said that our spice recipe may not be the same as others, and he wants to buy our formula, but the price is very expensive! Hehe. ”

"Childe wants to sell formulas?"

"Hmmm! I'll just say, this Yu Heyu is a fool, it takes a lot of effort to feed, produce, sell, and finally make a few dollars, where can it compare to selling formulas? Just write a few words on the cloth, and you can sell a lot of gold, and you say this is a good thing, why don't we do it? ”

Gong Hui said perfunctorily: "The son is smart." ”

"Huh." The ruler slightly pressed his shoulders against Gong Huiran, and said with a smile: "I heard that this recipe is only known to Yu and Yuhe, Lord Gong Hui, don't hide it." You know, it's all the king's property. ”

Gong Wanran shook his head and said: "I only made a lot of efforts when I built the factory, and then I didn't take care of the production and operation, as for the formula, I don't know." ”

The ruler raised his eyes and smiled at Mimi looking at Gong Huiran, and then put it in Gong Huiran's ear and whispered: "Lord Gonghui, hehe, don't worry, when this business is done, the benefits will be indispensable to you." ”

"I really don't know." Gong Wanran still shook his head.

"Hey, my lord, we don't just sell it once, friends from several vassal states want it! I've done the math, it's enough for us to earn a handful. ”

"Childe, what I said is true, I don't know."

"I really don't know?" The ruler's face was angry.

"I really don't know."

The ruler pulled down his face, pointed at Gong Hui Ran and said viciously: "Gong Hui Ran! Don't toast or eat! ”

"Childe's idea is good, but I really don't know, there is such a thing as a formula, I'm afraid I can only ask and ask for it."

"Humph! Good for you! Wait and see! ”

Footage stood up angrily, kicked the stone bench to the ground, and then turned and walked out of the courtyard.

The thugs also kicked down the stone benches, smashed the tea set on the stone table, and then walked away.

Gong Wanran shook his head, silently swept away the debris on the ground, then picked up the copper kettle and made himself a cup of tea.

He took a sip, the new green of the hundred-year-old tree, the entrance is bitter, but the aftertaste is sweet.

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door outside, and Gong Hui Ran opened the courtyard door again, only to see the housekeeper on Cai Kuo's Mansion standing outside the door, the housekeeper was very anxious, and when he saw Gong Hui Ran, he pounced and prayed: "Lord Gong Hui!" Go to the house and see Lord Cai, he's going crazy! ”

"What's going on?"

"Lord Cai is scolding all the time, we can't pull it! Now the city is tense, I'm worried that the wall has ears, my lord, you can help us persuade Lord Cai! ”

"Okay, let's go!" Gong Wanran had already guessed seventy-seven-eighty-eight, hurriedly locked the courtyard door, and followed the housekeeper to Cai Kuo's mansion.