Ruixue Zhaofeng year, the advent of this winter snow, made Chang'an a city covered in silver makeup.

Yuan Highway rubbed his hands, and first warmed his hands before putting on those leather gloves. The leather boots creaked on the snow, and when he saw the driver checking the axles and brakes, he asked, "Is it okay to walk on the road?" ”

"Zhongcheng rest assured, the villain has been to see it, and each workshop will organize people to clear the snow early in the morning, and there is no problem on the road

The word "Zhongcheng" made Yuan Highway smile slightly.

Ten years ago, he couldn't have imagined that he, a small county magistrate with no backing, could become the middle of the imperial history in such a short period of time. Similarly, ten years ago, he didn't expect that Ye Chang, who was looking down on him, would become his biggest backer now.

At the beginning, he thought that this person was arrogant and arrogant, and sooner or later he would get into trouble because of his talent, so he deliberately avoided him, but he never thought that he would be today......

"Sell water, sell water, well spring water, sweet and sweet......"

The voice of a water seller could be heard in the distance, and Yuan Highway couldn't help but look at the corner of his yard, where a half-wood, half-iron machine was standing.

This is the pressurized water well known as the "ground well", the new thing that came from Liaodong in the past two years, the wellhead is completely closed, so that there is no need to worry about dirty things falling into it, and there is no need to worry about children or the elderly falling into the water. Every time Yuan Highway saw this, he admired Ye Chang's ingenuity and intelligence.

Like honeycomb coal, this supports a new industry in Chang'an City.

In recent years, the people of Chang'an City have become more and more particular about hygiene, and the Commercial Press sells the kind of pamphlets that introduce hygiene knowledge at a cheap price of a few pennies, which can be described as all-inclusive, and some knowledge of environmental and food hygiene has been popularized.

The carriage ran on the streets of Chang'an City, and the Yuan Highway opened the curtain and let the wind blow its face.

His brow furrowed, thinking about a question.

Now that Ye Chang's situation in the court is very difficult, what should he do. He originally stayed in the DPRK to represent Ye Chang's interests, but over the years, he seems to have ...... Some are too inactive.

Halfway through the carriage, he saw a man on the side of the road, who seemed to be waiting for a shuttle bus, and he sighed and ordered the driver to stop.

"Zimei, Zimei, where are you going, do you want me to take you for a ride?"

Du Fu was waiting for the shuttle, and when he looked up and saw that it was Yuan Highway, he trotted two steps, and complained while getting into the car: "It's cold, the axle is broken, I can only come to take the shuttle, fortunately, I met Yuan Gong, otherwise I don't know when I have to wait."

"Ha Luha, your coachman is too bad, when will you change it?"

"After all, it is the hometown that has come to take refuge, the clothes are not as good as new, and the people are not as good as the old...... I'll go to Ye Gong's house, what about you

"I guess so, I'm also going to Ye Gong's side." Yuan Highway Road.

The two were silent for a while, and Du Fu looked at the street scene outside, as if he had not intentionally said, "The cold wind is coming."

"It's the cold wind coming,...... Yuan Highway muttered, "The People's Daily said that the source of the cold wind came from thousands of miles north of Broken Leaf City, where the weather was cold, and in winter, the cold air froze and spread outward...... If the source of this cold is not solved, it will be such a cold wave after all. ”

"How can it be solved?" Du Fu shook his head.

The two are secretly exchanging opinions with natural weather. In terms of political position, the two are now the same, both belong to Ye Chang's faction, the Yuan Highway official has been to the Imperial History, and Du Fu is known as the Imperial History of Wuyin, both of which are branded with a very deep Ye Chang.

Unless the court is changed, the honor and disgrace of the two will be tightly tied to Ye Chang.

The cold wind in their mouths refers to the current predicament that Ye Chang is facing, and the source of the cold wind is Li Longji.

Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, the master of this empire, is also the root of Ye Chang's predicament.

Yuan Highway and Du Fu are both traditional literati, and the way of loyalty and righteousness has been soaked for a long time, and even they are bored with Li Longji, and the rest can be imagined.

"Ye Gong is really difficult." Du Fu sighed softly.

Yuan Highway looked at Du Fu, and he didn't know whether he should trust Du Fu or not.

He has a big plan, this plan needs the help of people, Du Fu is known as the Imperial History of the Seal, with his advocacy, things can be done much easier.

Preach?

Yuan Highway suddenly thought of one point: Du Fu's "People's Daily" was personally invited by Ye Chang. Did Ye Chang know that this newspaper would have a huge impact, so he did this?

"If that's the case, Ye Changran is planning far, and ...... in the meantime"

Yuan Highway's heart was pounding, and then he struggled to control his emotions and not let himself show it

He has never been a person of high character, but he is also not a person who is too bold, so a certain thought that comes to his mind now is too strong, and the intensity makes him a little unbearable.

"Zhongcheng, it's here." He was pondering the matter, and heard the coachman.

had already arrived at Ye Chang's house, Yuan Highway and Du Fu got out of the car, and were about to enter the door, but saw a person coming out of the inside

It's Chamberlain Shaw.

Today's Xiao Bolang is no longer the leader of the rangers at the beginning, his identity is somewhat special, he is Ye Chang's partner, and he is responsible for selling all kinds of weapons to the countries and tribes around the northeast of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, it is some of the blades eliminated in Liaodong, and the iron-smelting and casting industry in Liaodong has widely used animal power and hydraulic forging hammers, and the quality of the armor created is quite small, and the price is cheap. However, the defective rate is still relatively high, which has always been a big problem, and after Xiao Bolang found this, he volunteered to solve this problem for the Liaodong Iron Workshop. While selling these defective products at a high price, he also stirred up some trouble at the sales target.

As for the means of provoking trouble, it is not enough for outsiders. In short, one of the things he did best was the civil strife in the Bohai Kingdom. Originally, the Bohai Kingdom was also eyeing the land of Liaodong, if it weren't for the fear of the Tang Dynasty, it would have swallowed this fat meat in one bite. However, Xiao Bolang helped Shen Xi, the cousin of Damen Yi, to provoke a rebellion in the southern part of the Bohai Kingdom, and the two thousand Bohai people trained by Ye Chang for Shen Xi became the main force of the rebels, and Xiao Bolang became Shen Xi's largest ordnance supplier.

This kind of thing is not easy for Ye Chang to do, so Xiao Bolang will carry it out. It is said that the Bohai Kingdom Gate Art also learned of this news and offered a reward of 5 million for Xiao Bolang.

"Duke Yuan, Duke Du, the two of you are also looking for Duke Ye?" Seeing the two of them, Xiao Bolang stepped forward to greet them with a smile.

Yuan Highway felt a little awkward in his heart, this Si was just a profiteer from a ranger, and now he was also combined with their interests. There are really not too many characters on Ye Chang's side.

Du Fu didn't have as many thoughts as him, but said curiously: "I haven't seen Xiao Langjun for a long time, when did you return to Chang'an, and where are you now?" ”

Although he knew Xiao Bolang, he didn't know what Xiao Bolang was doing now. Xiao Bolang said with a smile: "I am in Liaodong, relying on the prestige of Ye Gong, mixing a mouthful of food, and now when I return to Chang'an, I naturally want to come to pay homage to Ye Gong." It's just a bit unfortunate today, Ye Gongren is not there, and it says that he went to Zhuangzi outside the city, and I don't know when he will come back. ”

"Zhuangzi outside the city?" Yuan Highway and Du Fu glanced at each other, at this time, Ye Chang was not in charge of the center in the city, what was he going to do outside the city?

"I don't know what to do in Zhuangzi...... Hey, there's someone over there again."

Although there have always been a lot of guests in front of Ye Chang's house, those who come to the side door like them are all close people. Xiao Bolang looked at the person who came, and a smile appeared on his face again, Yuan Highway glanced at the person who came, and bowed.

The person who came was Dugu Ming, although his status was not high among Li Longji's sons-in-law, but Yuan Highway and others would not despise him, because the princess Xincheng he married had a very close relationship with Shou'an. Moreover, their family has a very bad relationship with the Yang family, and Li Longji almost sent his daughter as a princess to make peace.

Immediately after that, a few more people came, and they were all relatives and nobles such as horses and county concubines, and Yuan Highway was moved in his heart, although these people were noble relatives, most of them were not on good terms with the Yang family, so they were not liked by Li Longji. But most of them are the first shareholders to set up the Anton Chamber of Commerce, and over the years, they have even been moved by Ye Chang to adopt new techniques, open workshops, or engage in large-scale manor planting.

In a sense, they are different from their deceased nobles, and economically, they are independent of the imperial court and imperial power, and they use management methods similar to Ye Chang's to manage their own property.

Outside Chang'an City, about 20 miles southwest.

Ye Chang squinted his eyes and looked at the small Zhuangzi in front of him from a distance, he was looking at it from the top of the hill, and he was still holding a telescope in his hand, so the people in the Zhuangzi were unaware of him.

"Are you sure?" Ye Chang asked.

"Confirmed, the people in this Zhuangzi rode to the West Horse Farm that night, and there were more than 20 people in total." Bian Ping, who was following Ye Chang's side, said with a wooden face.

If you are coaxed by his wooden expression, it will be a big mistake. Bian Ping's talent was fully developed, and now he is the intelligence leader of Ye Chang's dispatch to Chang'an, nominally a position in the Longwu Army.

"You said that there were two groups of people who were very suspicious that day, one group was the rangers in Chang'an City who had a very good relationship with Longwu Wanqi, they went to the West Racecourse in the afternoon of the same day, nominally to see the excitement, but in fact they reconnoitred for a long time, and seemed to intend to seize the West Racecourse?"

"Yes, this group of humanists is a torturer, but this person is friendly with Wang Jian and is under the control of Dr. Wang. The gang has been meeting a lot lately, and I suspect they are probably trying to pretend to be thieves and do a big deal. They had been here for a long time and their whereabouts were suspicious, but they returned to the city before the drums were banned. Someone in my hand found out that they indulged in singing and drinking and did not act again, so I excluded them. ”

Bian Ping replied very carefully, the information he obtained, and the reasons for his judgment, these were all taught to him by Ye Chang before, but he is now blue.

"So, it's these people who are suspicious, and you have confirmed their background?"

"Yes, the Taoist priest in the village is Li Yu, and there are forty or fifty people, who do not farm on weekdays, but only boil their strength and refine their martial arts, nominally Zhuangzi belongs to the eunuch Li Jingzhong, but in fact it should be the hands of the prince who is secretly hiding."

Ye Chang grinned and laughed silently.

Crown Prince Li Heng

At first, he didn't take the fire in Ximachang to heart, but just habitually asked Bian Ping to investigate, but he never thought that the prince Li Heng, who was almost forgotten by him, would still have such a sum buried here

Li Mi

This famous man who was famous as a prodigy in his early years, Ye Chang had met him several times, and Ye Chang did not have the power he has today, so he didn't have the heart to recruit him at all. When he had the strength to recruit him, he forgot about this stubble, and never thought that he would live in seclusion here, not Songshan

Not only lived in seclusion here, but also worked for Li Heng here

Ye Chang is very clear about the ability of this Li Mi, in the history of his other life, this Li Mi is a legendary figure in the middle of the Li and Tang dynasties, for several generations of Tang Emperors, as long as he believes in him, the regime will be stable, as long as he believes in slander and excludes him and belittles him, the regime will be turbulent.

It can be said that the first strategist of the Tang Dynasty is none other than Li Mi.

At this time, Li Mi was still very young, just thirty years old, but his mental strategy could not be underestimated. Li Heng, Ye Chang is very disdainful, his heart is big and shallow, he has power but no strategy, except for being able to endure it, he is almost useless. And his forbearance is still the cruelty of the outside and the cruelty of the inside, in the Anshi Rebellion of another life, in order to return to Chang'an as the emperor as soon as possible, he did not hesitate to give the gold silk of Chang'an's children to the Hui people.

Ye Chang didn't take Li Heng in his eyes at all, but if Li Heng added Li Mi - then the difficulty of dealing with it would be completely different. Fortunately, after all, Li Mi is still only Li Heng's hidden strategist, and may not have Li Heng's full trust, so he does not have the right to make decisions.

If he has the right to make decisions, I'm afraid he won't do such a stupid thing, the burning of the horse farm and the bad sacrifice of prisoners should be a plan set by Li Heng's stupid thing before he left Chang'an, and now Li Heng is staying in the Hot Spring Palace with Li Longji, but he sent someone to urge Li Mi, and Li Mi has to listen to it.

"I've got all the men in place, and I'm ready to move them at any time." Bian Ping said again.

Ye Chang nodded, but did not speak. Bian Ping is a skillful, under Li Longji's suspicion, it was difficult for Li Heng to leave the East Palace, but he also buried this Zhuangzi secretly, but Bian Ping only took one day and one night to dig out this Zhuangzi.

Slaughtering this Zhuangzi is not a difficult task for him, but if he does this, will he startle the snake?

He was thinking about this question when he saw a person appear in Zhuangzi, his person was immortal, handsome, and looked like he was only twenty people, which seemed to be the same age as Ye Chang.

"Li Mi" Ye Chang's heart moved.

Over there, Li Mi didn't know if it was telepathy, or for some reason, he looked at Ye Chang's side. The two looked at each other for several miles.

Ye Chang saw the look on Li Mi's face, but Li Mi didn't see Ye Chang. He looked at the snow-capped mountains and took a long breath.

The snow fell so well that even if they left any traces the night before, they disappeared after this heavy snowfall. What's more, they set fire to it the night before, but it was a blessing that the fire was extinguished by snow.

"The Sanqing Patriarch is above, and he finally didn't cause too many killings...... Alas, for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, it is also necessary to ......"

Li Mi muttered to himself in his heart, and he didn't know what to say, a few miles away from here, Ye Chang put down the binoculars and looked back at Bian Ping.

"You just said that what kind of torturer seems to be doing?"

"Exactly."

"Inquire carefully and see what they are doing." Ye Chang smiled: "They are calculating, and they want me to think that Yang Zhao did it, so that I can fight with Yang Zhao...... Amusing. That being the case, let me use the way of others to control their bodies. ”

Bian Ping responded respectfully and did not ask any more questions.