Although Huangfu Bailing was dedicated to Wei Ming's concubine, but Wei Ming did not accept it in the end, he had to take into account his wife's feelings, in the evening of the same day, Qi Xinlan changed her strategy and began to calmly persuade her husband, he is a person who wants to do great things, and he can't think of silver desire when he is a little full, and he is only a first-class official, not yet to the level of an official, he just wants to marry a concubine as soon as he improves, and he will lose points in virtue when interviewing in the ministry in the future.

His wife's bitter heart finally persuaded Wei Ming that when taking a concubine would affect his future, he would not hesitate to give up.

And Qi Xinlan also promised her husband that in the future, with the prosperity of the family and the gradual improvement of her husband's status, she would agree to him to take a concubine in the future, and the husband and wife finally reached an agreement on the pillow to take a concubine.

As Huangfu Weiming's health improved day by day, the time of departure was gradually approaching, and the time of departure was set for June 16, that is, two days later.

Early in the morning, Wu Jin came to Beishi accompanied by Hei Mi, accompanied by Chen Ying, she was no longer allowed Wu Jin to call her Hei Mei, the reason is very simple, since Wu Jin is unwilling to admit the special relationship between them, then she can't use the couple-style title of Hei Mei, she gave Wu Jin two choices, either call her aunt like Hei Mi, or call her Sister Ying like when she was a child, she is two months older than Wu Jin, and she is his cousin, this title is natural.

Wu Jin finally chose the latter.

"Sister Ying, why aren't you so happy all morning, didn't you sleep well last night?"

Although Wu Jin still doesn't like this title very much, at least this title makes him feel relaxed and without pressure, he would rather her be his cousin than his lover, and the two of them are gradually getting used to this relationship that was once a couple and is now a cousin.

Chen Ying rubbed her eyes a little sour, and complained: "Your pawnshop is not quiet at all, it has been a night of dingding dong knocking, can I sleep well?" ”

In the past few days, the vicinity of Baxian Bridge has been very lively, and the land sold by Wujin has begun to build houses, including his money village, for businessmen, building a day earlier means making money a day earlier, but for people in Jin Fu Ji pawnshop, it is not so easy to sleep well at night.

"Forget it, I'll move back to Tianxiang Rice Shop tonight and try to get a good night's sleep before leaving."

Chen Ying also wants to enter Beijing with Wujin, she has already grasped Wujin's handle, if Wujin does not agree, she will tell Weiming that they are cousins, and Wujin has no choice but to agree to her to go with her.

This time to enter Beijing, for Wei Ming is to participate in the imperial examination, but for Wujin, a businessman, can enter Beijing to earn a sum of money, the fifth uncle has already opened a good list for him, but also pointed out to him the way to make money, in the north market to buy a batch of Lion Country and Pi country of the best jewelry raw materials, into Beijing can be directly sold to the three major jewelry stores in Luojing, can make a profit of about one five to two percent, if you want to make more depends on his luck and bargaining level.

Although there are many gem stalls in Beishi, but the high-quality gems are not easy to buy, or through the relationship of black rice, it took a few days, Wu Jin bought a batch of high-quality garnets, topazes, sapphires and emeralds, only a small box one foot wide, and used up nearly 10,000 taels of silver.

"Alright, you're done!"

Wu Jin bought the twenty emeralds he wanted at the end, and the purchase of gems was completed, "Then where do we go next?" ”

Wu Jin asked the two behind him with a smile, and Heimi cautiously reminded him, "Isn't Childe still going to find Luo Yu to enter Beijing together?" ”

"I've already looked for him, this person is a ghost, I hope he can be used by me, but unfortunately he refuses."

Wujin was a little regretful, Luo Yu, nicknamed Dragon Claw, impressed him deeply, and he paid a high price to let him enter Beijing with him, but he refused to follow him into Beijing on the grounds that his son was young.

"I'll ask him when the child's money village opens."

Heimi smiled: "Maybe he will be willing then." ”

"Perhaps! When I came back to him then, he promised that he would do things for me as long as I didn't leave Viyan. ”

Wu Jin turned around and asked Chen Ying with a smile, "Sister Ying, I'm going back to the pawnshop, do you want to go back with me?" ”

Chen Ying covered her mouth and yawned, and said with a tired expression: "No, I'm going to go to Tianxiang Rice Shop to sleep and come back to you tomorrow." ”

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow."

Wu Jin said goodbye to the two, called a carriage, and returned to the pawnshop, but when he was halfway there, he suddenly remembered that there was something else today, as if the time had passed, and he hurriedly ordered the carriage to turn around and go to the Assassin's Mansion.

．．．．．．．． When Wujin arrived at the Assassin's Mansion, Su Hanzhen was chatting with Wei Ming in the study.

"Sorry! I'm late! As soon as Wu Jin entered the room, he smiled and apologized.

Wei Ming frowned, and complained a little about his brother, "Wu Jin, you must be punctual in the future, Master Su has been waiting for you for half an hour." ”

Su Hanzhen smiled and waved her hand, "It's okay, let's start!" Wu Jin, you come along. ”

There was a detailed map of the Daning Dynasty on the table, today they were going to decide the route into Beijing, Su Hanzhen pointed to Weiyang County on the map and said with a smile: "We can take three routes to Beijing this time, one is to take the sea route, take a boat to Donglai County to enter the Yellow River, and then take the Yellow River to Luojing ....."

At this time, Wu Jin couldn't help but ask: "My lord, I want to ask first, which capital are we going to, Yongjing or Luojing?" ”

This is something that Wujin has always been a little confused, the Daning Dynasty has two capitals, one is Yongjing, the other is Luojing, sometimes the court is in Yongjing, but sometimes the court is in Luojing, how to distinguish it.

"Of course it's Luo Jing."

Su Hanzhen smiled and explained to him, "Forty years ago, the capital of the Daning Dynasty was in Yongjing, and Luojing was only the eastern capital, but after the change of Jin'an, the imperial court moved to Luojing, but between November and March of the following year in some years, the emperor will go to Yongjing for the winter, so at that time, some major decisions will be made in Yongjing, like this year, the emperor is in Yongjing, and many important ministers have followed." ”

"What Jin'an changed?" Wu Jin couldn't help but ask.

Wei Ming kicked him lightly on the side, gave him a look, and asked him not to ask more.

Su Hanzhen didn't seem to want to say more, he smiled, "Let's continue to talk about the route to Beijing, in addition to the sea route, you can also take the land route, directly along the Cao River into Beijing, or take the Yangtze River to Hanshui to Xiangyang, but this road is a little farther, I don't recommend it, so it's the sea route and the land route, you can decide!" ”

Although Wei Ming is the head of Hu Cao and bears the heavy responsibility of escorting taxes and silver, Su Hanzhen has clearly told him just now that Wu Jin is fully responsible for the safety of the way to Beijing this time, Wei Ming only thinks that Su Hanzhen values his brother a little too much, after all, he is only seventeen years old, can he afford such a heavy responsibility?

"My lord, there are phoenixes on the sea route, it is not safe, and it is a long distance from the mouth of the Yellow River to Luoyang, and there is no difference between the distance and the land route, my lord, I am more worried that going to Qizhou will have extraneous branches."

Wei Ming's eyes were fixed on Su Hanzhen, and he was reminding Su Hanzhen that he could not only see Uncle Shen's interception, but also consider the threat of King Qi.

Su Hanzhen understood what he meant, Qizhou was the lair of the King of Qi, far more powerful than the King of Chu in Chuzhou, he groaned, and then smiled at Wujin: "Wujin, tell me your opinion." ”

Wu Jin had already thought about this problem, he preferred to take the sea route, he was familiar with the sea route, and there was also the Phoenix Society that could take care of it along the way, which was the opposite of Wei Ming's worries.

Wu Jin looked at the map carefully again, pondered for a moment, but what he said made sense, taking the sea route is a problem of too long a distance, and it is necessary to walk a long distance to the Yellow River, and this distance is almost the same as the land route, but there is no perfect plan for everything, the key is to choose the one with the least drawbacks.

"I tend to go by sea, one million taels of tax silver, at least fifty large boxes, a ship can be loaded, if you take the land route, although you can use the Cao River, but after all, the ship is not big, not much, and there is a long section of land, you need to change to a carriage, then at least twenty carriages, the risk is too great."

Wei Ming stared at him, "Wu Jin, although it is a little troublesome to take the land route, but if we go to Qizhou, our danger will be greater." ”

"Big brother, there will definitely be danger, King Qi will not let us go because we don't go to Qizhou, if he has the heart, he will also send someone to intercept it by land, on the contrary, going to Qizhou will trigger the possibility of infighting between King Qi and Uncle Shen."

The stubbornness of his brother made Wei Ming a little unhappy in his heart, in front of Su Hanzhen, he would not show it, he asked lightly: "What about the Phoenix Society?" If they collude with Uncle Shen, at sea, will we be able to escape? ”

"No!"

Wu Jin shook his head without hesitation, "The Phoenix Society will never attack us!" ”

"Why?" There was a hint of doubt in Wei Ming's eyes, and he looked at his brother puzzled.

"Okay, you brothers don't fight."

Su Hanzhen interrupted their argument with a smile, "Actually, I also agree with taking the sea route, although there is a threat from the Phoenix Society, but it is indeed more convenient than taking the land route, and the risk is also smaller." ”

After a pause, Su Hanzhen accentuated her tone again, and said slowly: "Let me tell you a piece of news, I just got the pigeon letter from the prince, and Uncle Shen will use all the power in his hands to intercept you, and His Royal Highness the crown prince may not be able to provide much assistance." ”

．．．．．．．．． An hour later, a carriage left the Assassin's Mansion.

"Wu Jin, why are you so sure that the phoenix will attack us?"

On the carriage, Wei Ming stared at his brother and asked, this question had been haunting his mind, and when he left the Assassin's Mansion, he couldn't wait to ask Wujin.

Wu Jin sighed secretly in his heart, there are some things he can't hide, the eldest brother will know sooner or later, so he took out the black phoenix gold medal from his arms and handed it to the eldest brother.

"What is this?" Wei Ming had never seen this kind of gold medal, and even heard of it, he took the gold medal and looked at it carefully, only to see the two phoenixes on the gold medal lifelike, but unfortunately it was black, which seemed a little weird.

"This is the highest power token of the Phoenix Society, the Black Phoenix Gold Medal, big brother, I'm sorry, I've been hiding it from you."

"This ..... What's going on? Wei Ming was a little stunned, his brother had a relationship with the Phoenix Society, and there was also the highest power token of the Phoenix Society, he looked at Wu Jin in shock, and didn't know how to ask him.

Wu Jin took back the gold medal very calmly, and smiled: "Big brother, don't worry!" I'm not a member of the Phoenix Society, and I have nothing to do with the Phoenix Society. ”

Wei Ming was a little relieved, and he asked strangely: "Then what's the matter with such a gold medal?" ”

"Didn't I learn from a wine priest in Laoshan? There are many senior brothers and sisters, and the current third master of the Phoenix Club is my senior brother Chen Qing. He also gave me this gold medal, so I said that Phoenix would not embarrass us. ”

Wei Ming breathed a long sigh of relief, and he looked at his brother with a solemn face, "You must remember that the Phoenix Society is not an ordinary pirate, it is the great enemy of the imperial court, you must not have anything to do with them, otherwise you will affect the entire family." ”

"I know!"

Wu Jin's eyes were staring out the window, his heart had flown to the capital, where he could break out of the sky for himself?

(To be continued)