When the messenger from the Eastern Capital finally arrived in Suzhou after a long journey, it was already approaching the end of February. Although Zhang Feng did not ease his opposition to Du Shiyi's persuasion of tea, compared to the initial toughness, several tenants came to the door and pleaded that they wanted to try tea cultivation, but he finally did not say no. When such news spread, everyone didn't know that although the stone of the Zhang clan of Wu County had not been moved, it was no longer an insurmountable fortress like the Lu clan. Therefore, when Yuan Sheng invited him under the pretext of an angel to come to see him on this day, Zhang Feng actually showed a slight smile when he saw Du Shiyi.

"Du Shiyu."

"Zhang Langjun is fine."

After the beauty of Chinese New Year's Eve, Du Shiyi left all the people in the Liu family's courtyard to Yuan Sheng to worry about, and he selected local tea growers, funded by the tea introduction department, and let them go to the farmers who were willing to grow tea in Sixiang to carry out the so-called jishu guidance. After getting the wages, Du Shiyi promised to let the merchants give priority to their tea, and these skilled old tea farmers were naturally happy to run this tolerance, and for a while, a vigorous tea planting wind spread from Suzhou to neighboring states and counties, so that Yuan Sheng, the Suzhou Thorn History, received letters from several Thorn Masters in neighboring states in just ten days, and was very busy.

Now, Yuan Sheng can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The parties have arrived, and the envoy Li Jingzhong from the Eastern Capital politely bowed his hand to everyone, especially showing a kind smile to Du Shiyi, and then said in a deep voice: "Bixia has a life, what the Liu family has done is shocking, and he should be brought to justice to set an example, but the Liu family is a wealthy family in Guanzhong, marrying the imperial family, and in the future, the palace Liu family, Princess Yongmu and King Yan have to be a little decent." Today, the lowly official came and gave the Liu family the death to appease the hearts of the princes. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Sheng, who was present, saw that Du Shiyi and Zhang Feng had different faces, the former seemed to have expected it, and bowed down to promise to agree, while the latter showed resentment, obviously dissatisfied with such a solution. Faced with such a scene, Yuan Sheng was afraid that Zhang Feng would fight again regardless of it, so that when the rumor reached the ears of the Son of Heaven, he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Feng's arm with a smile, regardless of his age.

"Bixia benevolence, we are all grateful for the five. Then the Liu's Annex, should I order someone to accompany this inner servant, or ......"

"There are many people, Yuan Yuanjun can just pick someone to take me there"

Since the other party said so, Yuan Sheng was not very interested in watching this kind of murder, so he immediately nodded and agreed. However, to his surprise, the other party said to Du Shiyi respectfully: "Can Du Shiyu go along?" Although Bixia has a life this time, when he dies, there must always be a person from Taichung in the imperial history. ”

It is not the first time that Li Longji's non-criminal murder has been killed, especially it is not uncommon to be punished with a cane or even killed with a cane, and it is rare for the imperial history of the Yushitai to come forward to defend the return, but the Dali Temple has a strong Dali Temple Secretary Li Chaoyin persuaded him, and Du Shiyi returned it once for Jiang Jiaofeng, so this time he had no interest in watching. But since Li Jingzhong specially invited him to accompany him at this moment, he did not refuse, and after agreeing, he waited until Li Jingzhong went out first, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhang Feng standing there with a pale face, and after thinking about it, he stepped forward.

"Zhang Jiulang thinks that such a measure is illegal?"

"The wealthy family of the Liu family in Guanzhong can save dignity for it, so this son has blatantly killed people in disregard of the national law, and he has ever thought about his own reputation? Bixia is really too lenient," Zhang Feng angrily dropped such a sentence, and then glared at Du Shiyi and asked, "Du Shiyu doesn't think this matter is unreasonable?" ”

"Of course." Du Shiyi saw Zhang Feng's expression of even more annoyance for a while, so he smiled and said, "Non-criminal murder is indeed a taboo in the law, but sometimes, you have to only look at the result, not the form." Then if I'm not in the Eastern Capital, do you know that the reputation of the Liu family will really be harmless? Having taught such an unscrupulous child, how could they not bear the slightest consequences? ”

When he and Li Jingzhong came to Liu's Courtyard, Du Shiyi seemed to be able to see Zhang Feng's disapproving annoyed face in front of him. For this angry young man of the Tang Dynasty, he was not disgusted, but felt that this person had something to say, it was really like a piece of officialdom white jade, no wonder even Zhang Qiqiu, who was a father, could not protect such an impassioned son. As for him, as long as Liu Ximing is dead, Liu Jieyu and Liu Qiwu can collapse, and he doesn't care about the rest

"Du Shiyu, Concubine Hui asked me to give you a word." Along the way, he couldn't speak, and Li Jingzhong didn't find an opportunity to talk until he entered the Liu's courtyard and avoided the idlers. Seeing that Du Shiyi really stagnated and looked sideways, he said with a smile, "Du Shiyu has been out for nearly two years, and it is time to return to Beijing." One step further, whether it is the imperial history of the Imperial Historical Observatory or the official of the Six Lang Divisions, Du Shiyu is competent. When the time comes, one or two more terms will be sharpened, and the Zhongshu people will be just around the corner."

Looking at the prime ministers who have entered the political hall of the Tang Dynasty, almost without exception have stayed in the pivotal position of the Zhongshu Sheren, which has become an almost inevitable stepping stone on the road to worshipping the prime minister. Therefore, Du Shiyi had to secretly sigh that the bargaining chip given by Concubine Wu Hui was not heavy.

However, he also knew that Li Longji had always been wary of women in politics, otherwise he would not have killed Shangguan Wan'er as soon as possible during Tang Long's coup, cut off one of Princess Taiping's arms, and then killed Princess Taiping after winning a great victory in the wrestling. Even the queen Wang, who was a married couple and once plotted together to deal with the crisis when he was cold, was immediately executed after he was not pleased. In her prime, if Concubine Wu Hui is really in power, will this son of heaven really take care of his feelings? Therefore, what Concubine Wu Hui promised is actually just imaginary

"Concubine Chenghui has said auspiciously."

He dealt with it vaguely, and when he and Li Jingzhong stepped into the dormitory and saw Liu Ximing, who was tightly chained, unable to move or harm himself, and was so emaciated that he only had a handful of bones left, he didn't even bother to look at people more, and directly turned his gaze away.

However, Li Jingzhong announced the holy order, and the former noble son, who was motionless as if waiting for death, suddenly jumped up. He struggled as hard as he could, cursing every curse he could think of, and it wasn't until Zuihou had poured the wine from the porcelain bottle into his mouth that he was slumped to the ground and spat out a few words word by word.

"You...... Yes...... Yes...... Retribution ......"

"Karma, I believe." Du Shiyi turned her head to look at Liu Ximing, whose eyes were gradually distracted, and said lightly, "If you have a next life, remember to be a good person."

Li Jingzhong was a little unsure, but seeing that Liu Ximing had a few violent convulsions and then was silent, he stepped forward and tried his snort pulse to make sure that he was really dead, so he stood up and said with a long sigh of relief: "This son is stubborn, I'm afraid I will live up to Du Shiyu's hard work." After I ordered someone to be buried on the spot, I will set off to return to the Eastern Capital to resume my life, and I wish Du Shiyu all the best in the future."

"Thank you very much"

Li Jingzhong came and went faster, and even ordinary officials didn't notice that such a close attendant of the Son of Heaven from the Inner Servant Province was coming, so he quietly turned back to the Eastern Capital. And when he left, Du Shiyi also set off separately with Pei Ning, Pei Ning went to Changzhou, Runzhou, and Huzhou, while he and Wang Rong went south to Yuezhou, Mingzhou, Muzhou, Wuzhou, and Taizhou. On the way to persuade tea in this circle and establish tea introduction divisions in various states, he learned the news that Zhang Shuozhishi, Yuwenrong was dismissed as the assassin of Weizhou, and Cui Yinfu was dismissed. Although it was expected, he inevitably sighed secretly for such a lose-lose.

And the first time he tasted the forbidden fruit, he was as simple as a monk for many years of abstinence, and it was naturally difficult for him to control himself, and since Wang Rong had tasted the taste of ecstasy, he naturally would not turn him away. By the time she returned to Suzhou in April, Du Shiyi looked radiant as if she was two years younger, and Wang Rong was also like a flower moistened by nectar, which was particularly beautiful.

Like their complexion, the harvest of this road is also not small, the area of tea planting in the south of the Yangtze River is not as good as Shuzhong, the tea merchants have not yet reached a considerable scale, the Hao family is not involved in tea affairs, through a variety of dazzling vertical and horizontal, the implementation of tea is less than the imaginary resistance, but the matter of planting tea is more exhausting. Fortunately, he did not take a strong pressure posture, according to the current situation, but in a few years, the green tea that makes the mouth fragrant and fragrant can really become popular in the entire Tang Dynasty.

April is the most suitable temperature in Gangnam, but it is also the season when rain is frequented. In the dripping rain, he had just met Pei Ning again, so he waited for the edict from the capital, but he called him back to the court, in addition to judging the two taxes of Yizhou, and sentenced the tea to the minister, and left Pei Ning in Jiangnan to judge the tea director. Faced with this move, he was a little surprised when he saw Pei Ning's eyes, and suddenly came to his senses.

"Third Senior Brother, ...... you"

"Although it is good in the capital, everyone is staring at it, so it is better to be at ease in Jiangnan. So I wrote to ask my brother and brother to try together, but others didn't care much about me, so I stayed. Pei Ning showed a rare smile on his face, stretched out his hand and patted Du Shiyi lightly on the shoulder, and then said earnestly, "Nineteen Lang, I am afraid that I will not be able to participate in the marriage between you and Yuyao, so I simply gave this congratulatory gift to you in advance, hoping that you will be of the same heart and a good union for a hundred years." ”

Wang Rong on the side didn't expect Pei Ning to stay, when she saw the box sent to her, she took it with some mixed feelings, and when she saw Pei Ning signaling to open it in person, she carefully opened the lid and immediately exclaimed. Hearing this exclamation, Du Shiyi couldn't help but lean over to take a look, but she was also stunned.

In the box are two wooden dolls wearing Shu brocade clothes, but in a moment, the charm of the outline of the facial features is a copy of him and Wang Rong. He couldn't help but reach out and rub the bright clothes, then he looked up at Pei Ning and said, "Third Senior Brother, when we get married, we must put this pair of dolls on the desk of the new house You are in Jiangnan, take care of yourself, and you will take office here in the future, and I would like you to admonish more." ”

"Jiangnan has me, you can rest assured"