"Levels?" After listening to Hongluan's words, Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly and fell into contemplation, recalling what happened when Xuande entered Jiaozhi Xuanhua Mansion from Guangxi Taiping Mansion in the second year.

If Li Yuntian remembered correctly, the checkpoint connecting Taiping Mansion and Hexuanhua Mansion at that time was stopped by the local Tusi led by the local Tusi Territorial Soldiers sent by the Taiping Prefecture Governor to prevent the people who had fled from Jiaozhi from entering Taiping Mansion, so as not to cause social unrest.

In order to make things easier in Jiaozhi, Li Yuntian used a stand-in at that time, and asked a guard who looked like him to act as General Dingnan, and he dressed up as an accompanying bodyguard.

At the checkpoint, an eight- or nine-year-old thin boy slipped into a shed at the checkpoint because of hunger, took two pieces of bread from the table of two leaders of the soldiers who were drinking, and was later caught by a strong soldier.

At the critical moment, Li Yuntian caught the thin young man, and secretly ordered the people who fled to be released, so that the prefect of Taiping Prefecture could mobilize food to help the victims.

"You're that teenager?" After thinking of the past, Li Yuntian's eyes showed a look of surprise, and he looked at the graceful Hongluan with curiosity, he never thought that the thin young man who was eight or nine years old who was saved by himself would be a girl.

"In the chaos of the war, my mother dressed up the girl as a child in order to make the girl safer on the road." Seeing that Li Yuntian remembered what happened back then, Hongluan nodded hurriedly, her eyes couldn't help but become rosy, if Li Yuntian hadn't come to her rescue, I'm afraid she would have been thrown to death at that level.

"Hurry up, I didn't expect Ben Hou to meet the old man here." Li Yuntian saw that Hongluan's eyes became moist, so he smiled slightly, got up to help Hongluan, and asked with some curiosity, "Why did you come to Hangzhou?" ”

Since Li Yuntian had already controlled the situation in Jiaozhi at the end of the second year of Xuande's second year and properly resettled the victims, those who fled returned to the areas controlled by the Ming army one after another, and there were very few people like Hongluan's family who left their homes and Jiaozhi, and even those who fled to the interior of Jiaozhi also rushed back one after another after Li Yuntian trapped the Jiaozhi rebels in Yi'an Mansion.

"Master Hou, the father of the folk girl died in the war in Jiaozhi, and her mother couldn't live in Jiaozhi, so she took us all the way back to my grandfather's house in Hangzhou."

Hongluan realized that she was a little out of shape, and quickly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said with a gloomy expression, "Later, my mother married someone else under the matchmaker's matchmaker, and due to the poor family situation, my mother had to sell me into the Qinglou, at least I could have a full meal there." ”

"Did you recognize Ben Hou when you were in Baihua Temple?" Li Yuntian could feel that the Hongluan family had suffered a lot, and he didn't want to continue this heavy topic, so he turned around and asked with a smile.

"Hmm." Hearing this, Hongluan nodded, a smile appeared on her face, "Master Hou, the folk girl didn't expect to meet you in Baihua Temple, the folk girl thought she recognized the wrong person at the time, and it wasn't until she talked to you that she was sure that it was you." ”

"Ben Hou was still strange at the time, and this handkerchief fell a little too coincidentally." Li Yuntian couldn't help laughing, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he finally understood why Hongluan deliberately threw a handkerchief in front of him, it turned out to confirm his identity, which meant that Hongluan's suspicion of being a spy sent by Chen Guangzong was greatly reduced.

"The folk girl was also in a hurry at the time, and in desperation, she thought of such a method, which made the Hou Ye smile." Hongluan's face suddenly turned red, and two delicate blushes appeared on her cheeks.

"When did you know Benhou's identity?" Li Yuntian felt that Hongluan was quite clever, although her method seemed a little old-fashioned, it was undoubtedly the best choice at that time, so he asked with a smile.

"The folk girl always thought that the Hou Ye was a guard, and it was not until she met the Hou Ye at the banquet that the folk girl knew the identity of the Hou Ye." Hongluan's face couldn't help but become more rosy when she heard this, and she replied shyly.

Now think about it, how ridiculous it was for her to kneel in front of Li Yuntian today and plead Li Yuntian to fulfill her and "Zhao Guard", who would have thought that "Zhao Guard" was the famous Zhenwu Marquis?

"Miss Hongluan, you are my Daming child and Benhou is the court official of Daming, it is completely his duty to save you, so you don't need to repay Benhou."

Li Yuntian also felt that things were a little bizarre, and said to Hongluan with a smile, he never expected that by chance, he would still be able to see the girl he rescued in the past, and he also personally ordered Hongluan to become the leader of the Jiangnan Oiran Conference.

"Master Hou has a broad mind, and the people admire him very much." Hearing this, Hongluan blessed Li Yuntian and said solemnly, "However, in the eyes of the people's daughter, the grace of the Hou Ye's life-saving is as heavy as a mountain, and the people's daughter is ready to repay the grass and ring." ”

"Miss Hongluan, you are wrong, your best reward for Ben Hou is not to tie the grass ring, but to live better, only in this way can you live up to Ben Hou who saved you at that time." Li Yuntian saw that Hongluan was so persistent, so he groaned for a while, smiled and said to her, "Besides, if Ben Hou wants you to repay him, won't he become a fame and reputation fisherman?" ”

"This ......" Hongluan really didn't expect this, and was stunned for a while, as Li Yuntian said, if Li Yuntian accepted her repayment, then the motive for saving her back then would be criticized by the outside world, and she knew very well that Li Yuntian didn't think of letting her repay when he saved her at that time.

"Miss Hongluan, take a step back and open the sky, sometimes you can't be too persistent." Seeing this, Li Yuntian smiled and persuaded, in fact, he admired Hongluan in his heart, and he would rather give up his rich and luxurious life than serve a guard, and there were not many people who could do this.

"Hou Ye's words are like an initiation to Hongluan, which makes Hongluan's mouth suddenly open." Hongluan was slightly stunned when she heard this, and her face immediately showed a thoughtful look, as Li Yuntian said, she was too persistent, which was a kind of pressure on Li Yuntian, and then smiled and blessed Li Yuntian, his mood was suddenly enlightened, and he was not entangled in the knot of grass to repay Li Yuntian's kindness, after all, there are many ways to repay his kindness.

"Miss Hongluan's dancing skills are outstanding, if I can see the style of the soldiers of the martial army, it will definitely inspire morale and inspire the morale of the army." Li Yuntian smiled when he heard this, and said in a deep voice, with Hongluan's worth, how can those sergeants of the Xiaowu Army be seen, if Hongluan goes to the Xiaowu Army, he will definitely be welcomed by the soldiers.

With the rapid expansion of the Xiaowu Army, Li Yuntian has shifted his energy to the spiritual life of the Xiaowu Army, and only by enriching the spiritual life of those soldiers can they maintain their strong fighting spirit.

"The people's girls must do their best to perform for the military masters of the Xiaowu Army." Hongluan smiled when he heard this, and nodded to Li Yuntian.

"Miss Hongluan, it's getting late, let's go back." Li Yuntian saw that Hongluan's heart knot had been opened, so he looked up at the sky and said with a smile.

"Master Hou, you have to be careful of the people of the Salt Merchants Association." Hongluan was just about to turn sideways to let Li Yuntian go first, but suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly reminded Li Yuntian with a concerned expression.

"The Salt Merchants' Association?" Li Yuntian's eyes suddenly flashed when he heard this, he didn't expect Hongluan to take the initiative to mention the salt merchant.

"Master Hou, it is no coincidence that the Minnu was the last to appear at the Oiran Conference on August 15, but it was arranged by the people of the Salt Merchants Association, and they secretly controlled the serial number of the lottery."

Hongluan naturally didn't know that Li Yuntian had been secretly investigating the corruption of the two Huai Salt Roads, and after Li Yuntian arrived in Yangzhou, he thought that Li Yuntian had no intention of the two Huai Salt Roads, so he looked at him solemnly, "After the Oiran Conference, the Salt Merchants Association once sent a message that the people's daughters should serve the Hou Ye wholeheartedly, and promised not to treat the people's daughters badly, those salt merchants spent so much effort to please the Hou Ye, obviously they didn't have any good intentions, and the Hou Ye should be more careful!" ”

"They're people who always like to figure it out."

Although Li Yuntian's subconscious told him that Hongluan was trustworthy, Hongluan was a Qing man from the Yueyue Pavilion after all, and it was inevitable that he would have something to do with the salt merchants in the territory of Jiangnan, so he naturally couldn't tell the truth to Hongluan, and it would be bad if Hongluan was sent by someone from the Salt Merchants Association to spy on the news, so he smiled disappreciatively:

"The case of the Lianghuai Salt Road is nearing the end, there is no need for them to go to great lengths to curry favor with Ben Hou, how can Ben Hou accept their benefits as a salt patrol envoy!"

"Master Hou, do you really plan to leave the case of Lianghuai Salt Road like this?" Hongluan's eyes showed a look of surprise when he heard this, hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively.

"The amount of money involved in the case of trafficking in illicit salt found by Ben Hou is huge, the human and material evidence is complete, and the main culprit confesses, plus Ben Hou has no evidence of other corruption in the two Huai Salt Road, so after finishing the case at hand, he will naturally go back to his home and enter Beijing to reply to the emperor."

Hearing that Hongluan asked about the two Huaiyan Dao, Li Yuntian's eyes suddenly flashed with a fine light, and then said in an orderly manner.

Hongluan's eyes suddenly flashed a look of disappointment, she had heard about the Lianghuai Salt Road in Fengyue Place, and knew that there were many shady scenes in the Lianghuai Salt Road, and the arrested Zhao Wenju was a substitute ghost thrown out by the salt merchants, she really hoped that Li Yuntian could thoroughly investigate the Lianghuai Salt Road, eradicate those corrupt officials and illegal profiteers, and return the Lianghuai Salt Road to a peaceful world.

"It is rumored among the people that the amount of money involved in the trafficking of illicit salt seized by Hou Ye is millions of taels, which has created a precedent for the corruption of ink in the two Huai Salt Roads in the Ming Dynasty, and it must be able to give a deterrent to those lawbreakers in the Two Huai Salt Roads."

Subsequently, Hongluan avoided this topic, and praised Li Yuntian with a smile, the matter of Lianghuai Yandao is very involved, and the interests are even more intertwined, although she is disappointed in her heart, she doesn't want Li Yuntian to poke this hornet's nest, and she doesn't want to plant a big heel on it.

"I hope so!" Li Yuntian keenly noticed the fleeting loss in Hongluan's eyes, frowned slightly and nodded to her with a smile, and then walked towards the shore with Hongluan, talking and laughing as he walked, secretly guessing in his heart Hongluan's intention to ask about the Lianghuai Salt Road case.