Chapter 72: The beginning of the year and the beginning of the war
In the first month of the year, the first month passes the fastest, and the past is over.
Li Sangrou was sitting on the chair, sighing at the new green vegetable garden, and the excited voice of the dark horse rushed up from behind, "Boss, boss, Ruyi is here!" It's wishful! ”
Li Sangrou couldn't help but roll her eyes to look at the blue sky.
This dark horse has grown a year of knowledge, that is, from the prince of the world, to the wishful thinking!
Li Sangrou turned around and looked at Ruyi, who had lost a lot of weight and darkened a lot.
"Hello girl!" Although Ruyi is dark and thin, his spirit is quite good, and he owes a courtesy, "Our prince came back yesterday, and he has been busy until now, asking the girl if she is free, if the girl is free, our prince will invite the girl to eat and talk in the Pan Building opposite." ”
"Now?" Li Sangrou asked with a smile.
"Yes!"
"Let's go, then." Li Sangrou stood up and followed Ruyi out.
The door of Pan Lou was closed, and Li Sangrou's eyebrows were raised.
Ruyi glanced at her and said with a smile: "The prince said that the spring in the back garden of Panlou is good, but if there are too many people, it will not be good, and the small ones will let them clear the field." ”
"Expensive, right?" Li Sangrou glanced at the closed door of Panlou again and asked casually.
"Okay." If you want to laugh, you quickly sip it.
In the back garden of Panlou, in the middle of a new greenery, there are tables and chairs, and a screen is erected at the upwind outlet.
Hearing the movement, Gu Xi turned to look at Li Sangrou.
Li Sangrou's footsteps paused slightly, and she looked at Gu Xi from top to bottom.
He also lost a lot of weight, and his expression and eyes were a little aggressive, with a faint killing intent.
"Went to Jiangning City?" Li Sangrou took a few steps closer and asked.
"See? Or did you guess it? Gu Xi laughed.
"A few years ago, I heard that Wuwei Mansion cut off people's heads in the middle of the river, and you look murderous." Li Sangrou replied with a smile.
"Within a month of Wu Huaiyi's arrival, he took dozens of our boats, saying that they were smuggling silk and wool, and the boats were locked in a row in the middle of the river, and the heads of one or two hundred people were cut off on the boat, and the boat was set on fire.
The rivers were dyed red. ”
Gu Xi said in the end, his voice and expression were all fierce.
Li Sangrou's face turned slightly pale.
Gu Xi glanced at her, his eyelids drooped slightly, and then said: "Jiangdu City Night Incense Xing was also arrested by him, and he was escorted to the middle of the river on the same day and beheaded. ”
Although Li Sangrou expected it, after listening to Gu Xi's words, she was still slightly dizzy, took a step forward, and sat in the chair.
"Before Wu Huaiyi caught the people of Yexiangxing, he probably didn't figure out what Yexiangxing was doing, and he didn't make preparations, and the next day after killing the people of Yexiangxing, Jiangdu City was full of feces and urine, and the stench was unbearable, and it had been chaotic for seven or eight days.
This incident made Wu Huaiyi reveal his shortcomings: negligence, impulsiveness, and lack of preparation. ”
After a pause, Gu Xi continued:
"It's probably very irritable and arbitrary, so the subordinates don't dare to say more.
Someone must have thought of the consequences of Ye Xiangxing at that time, and probably no one dared or was willing to remind him. ”
Li Sangrou hummed in a low voice, stood up, took the wine jug, poured a glass of wine, and drank it with his head up.
Gu Xi looked at her silently, watching Li Sangrou drink four or five glasses of wine in a row, and was about to speak, Li Sangrou looked at him and said with a wry smile: "It's okay, I have thought of it before." Alas. ”
"It didn't hurt my wife and children." Gu Xi thought for a while and added.
Li Sangrou snorted in a low voice, "Those ships aren't all smuggling silk and wool, right?" ”
"Hmm." Gu Xi hummed with great certainty.
"Jiang Ningcheng took revenge and went back?" Li Sangrou then asked.
"Before I went, I killed a few boatloads of people, and after I arrived, it was forbidden to kill indiscriminately, and when I got a private ship, I was punished with three years of hard labor, and the cargo was confiscated."
"Well, the old emperor of Nanliang is dead? Or is it dying? Li Sangrou was silent for a moment and asked.
"The old emperor is fine. Cai Guifei died, that month, many illegal things of the Cai family were turned over, all of them were human and material evidence, the crime was unforgivable, the Cai family destroyed the door, and the third son of the emperor cut his hair and guarded the tomb to survive on the grounds of filial piety, but ......"
Gu Xi sighed lowly.
"I couldn't find a way to live, saying that I was filial piety and piety, and I didn't give up my biological mother, so I sealed myself in the tomb of Cai Guifei.
Now up and down Nanliang, everywhere is praising the filial piety of the third son of the emperor, poems and songs, a bunch of them. ”
Li Sangrou sighed lowly.
Cai Guifei has been in a special room for more than ten years, and in the past ten years, the third son of the emperor has been regarded as the crown prince by countless people, thinking that he is just not right.
Cai Guifei was only in her early forties, and she died in front of the old emperor.
"Although the fourth son of the emperor has not set up a crown prince, the succession has been determined." Gu Xi said, sighing, "The eldest son and the second son of the emperor all died in the hands of Cai Guifei, but Cai Guifei made wedding clothes for others. ”
"The fourth son of the emperor is more talented?" Li Sangrou looked at Gu Xi.
"Well, that's a lot of talent.
When I went to Nanliang, I met him, and he had excellent demeanor, sharp reactions, and interesting conversations, which made people feel like a spring breeze.
The eldest brother carefully looked at several government affairs he handled, and said that he was good at government affairs and had extraordinary insights. ”
"On par with your big brother?"
"I think he is not as talented as the eldest brother, but ......" But the latter words, Gu Xi stopped abruptly.
"He will be the emperor himself in the future, but your eldest brother is not." Li Sangrou answered.
Gu Xi looked at her for a moment and looked away.
"I heard that since entering Layue, there have been very few letters received from all over the world? When do you plan to wrap up? When will the new line be opened? After a while, Gu Xi spoke again and changed the subject.
"I didn't plan to finish up for the world, he did his business, I did my business. I've never done anything to them.
Although they have been digging the roots of my walls.
There are no plans for the new line, what are your plans? Li Sangrou looked at Gu Xi.
"Well, if you want to open a new line, let's open the Yangzhou line first." Gu Xi lowered his eyes and said.
"How long can it be peaceful? If there is a fight, what will it be? Li Sangrou looked at Gu Xi and asked.
"The eldest brother's plan is not to worry the emperor. On the Nanliang side, it's about the same.
I have met the Emperor of Southern Liang, similar to the emperor, who is old, his ambition has faded, and he does not like change. Gu Xi said vaguely.
"On New Year's Day this year, I heard that the emperor is in good spirits, what about Nanliang? How's the illness going? Li Sangrou looked at Gu Xi.
"It should be okay, the suburban festival went by himself, and when he came back, he was still on a horse and accepted the congratulations of all the people.
After thirty or forty years of peace, and thirty or forty years of preparation, the eldest brother is not in a hurry for two years in this year, and the fourth son of the emperor should not be in a hurry for two years in this year.
There is always peace for a year or two.
Over the years, the eldest brother has been thinking about dominating the world, and Nanliang probably thinks the same way.
Once the fight starts, it will be either Jiangnan or Jiangbei, but I am afraid that it will be a scorched earth. Gu Xi's tone was indifferent.
This battle, the eldest brother and him, have been preparing for more than ten years.
Li Sangrou was silent.
Li Sangrou came out of Pan Lou and went straight back to Fried Rice Lane, when Dachang and the others went back, Li Sangrou sat under the porch, already half drunk.
"What's wrong?" Da Chang rushed to the bottom of the corridor in a few steps and looked at Li Sangrou curled up in the circle chair.
The black horse and the golden retriever, as well as the three of Xiao Luzi, followed behind Huhulala.
"Wu Huaiyi washed the Yexiang Gang in blood." Li Sangrou looked up at Da Chang, and after saying a word, she leaned back on the back of the chair.
Da Chang was stunned.
The black horse's eyes were round, and he poked the golden retriever, "What do you mean by this, boss?" ”
The golden retriever glared at the black horse, but could not speak.
Behind the black horse and the golden retriever, Xiao Luzi's mouth was half open, like a fool, and the big head and grasshopper were also the same as Xiao Luzi, dumbfounded.
After a while, Li Sangrou straightened her head and commanded in a low voice: "Tomorrow you go to the Great Xiangguo Temple, do a good ritual and send it to everyone." ”
"Okay." Dachang didn't finish a good word, and he choked.
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Just out of the first month, Lu Hepeng asked Wen Cheng to take a long vacation, went straight to Huaiyang Mansion, met Zou Wang in Huaiyang Mansion, and rushed to Xiangcheng on the same day.
In Jianle City, on the day when Erlong raised his head in early February, Dachang took the grasshopper and handed a copy to the government office, suing the two most popular tabloid owners in Jianle City: Dong Shu'an and Lin Jianmu.
Gu Xi heard that Da Chang went to the government to hand over the first year of Jianle City, and hurriedly sent Ruyi over to see the excitement.
Qiao Tuiguan took the case, glanced at ten lines, and saw the number of more than 1.6 million taels of silver in the middle, and his two eyes were round in shock, and he hurriedly asked people to ask Shifu Yin, this case has too much silver, he doesn't dare to try it, and he can't try it.
Shifu Yin came over very quickly, took the form from Qiao Tuiguan's hand, carefully read it two or three times, and then took the two contracts handed over by Dachang, and then carefully read it two or three times, looking at the large stack of account books held by the grasshopper, he couldn't help but take a breath.
This case, either, is a pitfall.
These two tabloids stepped into the pit dug by others!
Either that, or something else.
The four seas are connected to the ring, and it hasn't been a day or two.
This time, it was the tailwind that hit back.
Both have backstage, and this complaint is not against the two tabloids, but the one behind the tailwind, the one behind the tailwind, the one behind the board!
Thinking of this, Shifu Yin had a headache, and subconsciously swept around, and this sweep swept to Ruyi, and suddenly, his head hurt even more.
Shi Fu Yin looked at Qiao Tuiguan, and Qiao Tuiguan was also looking at him.
"Look?" Shi Fu Yin suppressed his voice and shook the shape in his hand.
"If you have to be tried, you should be tried how you should be judged, and you will be judged according to the rules." Joe's voice was lowered.
Shifu Yin snorted, he can only be tried, but he can only be judged when he doesn't see anything, how he should be tried, how he should be tried.
Shifu Yin snapped the sound of Xingmu, and ordered the official to be promoted to the court, and went to spread the news to Dong Shu'an, and Lin Jianmu of the Lin family tabloid.
The two of them arrived quickly, and when they entered the yamen, they looked inexplicable, and they were still inexplicable when they saw Dachang kneeling in the middle of the hall.
Shifu Yin sighed, looking at these two people like this, nine times out of ten, they were pitted by the wind, or made a spearhead.
Alas, pitiful.
"Show them both." Shifu Yin handed the form to the master standing next to him, and the master handed it to the officer, who handed it to Dong Shu'an first.
Lin Jianmu took Dong Shu'an's hand and looked at the shape.
Dachang's statement is written in all vernacular, simple and clear.
Two people look at each other and read it once, you stare at me, I stare at you, hurry up and read it for the second time, the second time I finished reading it, the two looked at each other for a moment, looked at Dachang together, and then looked at Shifu Yin from Dachang.
"Is what Chang Shan told true?" Shi Fu Yin tightened his face and asked in an official tone.
"Go back to the mansion and ......" Dong Shu'an and Lin Jianmu kowtowed, answered the three words "return to the house", and then they were stuck.
"Is it true?" Shi Fu Yin twisted his eyebrows and asked again.
"Back to Fuzun, at that time, it was a girl who found the little one with this Chang Ye, and this Chang Ye didn't speak, it was all said by that girl.
The girl said that she was the owner of the Shunfeng Express shop, said that Shunfeng Express was doing the business of believers, said that she wanted to sell the small tabloid to Chen, Ying, Shou, and Wuwei Prefecture, and said how much the small tabloid sold in Jianle City, she only added ten big money to a tabloid, and said that if the small one was not at ease, she could give the money first and then get the goods.
Later, the same details were decided, the girl looked very happy, and it was all a joke, and later she said that the small tabloid, outside of Jianle City, she was the only one, and said that she would be the only one in the future.
At that time, wasn't she the only one, the post business, she was the only one at that time!
Xiao thought at the time, she was talking about her post business, it must be the only one! I don't think much about anything else, who can think about it?
Later, the four seas came out, came to get tabloids, and also sold them to those four states.
The four seas have taken tabloids here since I was a child, not for a day or two!
This Chang Ye, and that girl, in the whole Shunfeng Express Shop, no one said a word and a half!
At this time, he suddenly sued the little one to Fuzun, this is really! ”
The more Dong Shu'an spoke, the more angry he became, and he couldn't go on anymore.
Dong Shu'an said, Lin Jianmu nodded, only to make people dizzy.
"It's the same with the little ones!" After Dong Shu'an finished speaking, Lin Jianmu hurriedly shouted.
"Chang Shan, what Dong Shu'an and Lin Jianmu said, is it true?" Shi Fu Yin asked Dachang again with a serious face.
"Big master, can the little one ask these two masters a few words?" Chang Shan looked at Shifu Yin and said in a sullen voice.
"You ask." Shifu Yin raised his hand to signal.
"Master Dong, Master Lin, our boss, did you say to your face that the tabloids of your two families are exclusively sold in the four states of Chenzhou, Yingzhou, Shouzhou, and Wuwei Prefecture, which are sold exclusively by Shunfeng, right?" Da Chang moved, faced Dong Shu'an and Lin Jianmu, and asked word by word.
"Yes, yes, but at the time, I thought you were talking about the post business! That's a joke! Uncle Dong replied hurriedly.
Lin Jianmu nodded hurriedly, "It's really a joke, how can there be such an exclusive?" Isn't that a joke? ”
"At that time, there was still a contract, and our boss said, please read it clearly, sign it, press the handprint, and have no regrets, right?" Dachang then asked.
"Then I ask you! My family sold the tabloid to the world, not a day or two, why didn't you say it at that time? Yes? Why didn't you say it at the time! Dong Shu'an was often asked, and he was angry.
"Sir." Da Chang moved and faced Shi Fu Yin, "Our boss is a real person, real and honest.
When they sold the tabloid to someone else, at first, our boss really didn't know.
Such a treacherous thing is something that our boss could not have imagined!
Until the tabloids were sold everywhere in the four states, and many people talked about our boss, our boss still couldn't believe it.
Master, you say, how can there be such a person in this world who does not speak of faith? You can't think of it, do you?
None of us expected it!
Later, our boss said that hearing is false, seeing is believing, and our boss took a trip himself.
From Chenzhou to Wuwei Mansion, four prefectures and 16 counties, our boss walked and watched it all over, and our boss knew that there was really such a person in the world who did not speak of faith! ”
Dachang looked sad and angry.
Shi Fu Yin kept blinking when he listened.
Later, "Dachang wiped away his tears, and the grasshopper fell to the ground and simply began to cry.
"Later, our boss almost fell ill.
Our boss said that Master Dong and Master Lin must be confused for a while, and they must be generous, and they must leave opportunities and room for others to change their ways and return to righteousness.
So, our boss waited for a month and let them change their ways.
But wait, it's the New Year, sir, you said, the New Year's Day, we can't go to the yamen to sue for this, don't you say?
No, as soon as the New Year came out, our boss sent the younger one here.
Ask the lord to avenge us! ”
Da often kowtowed, and the grievances could not be sentenced. The grasshopper lay on the ground, and the crying was choked.
Shi Fu Yin raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, and looked at Qiao Tuiguan, who made a drag gesture.
"This case is serious, let this official check it clearly, you go back first, and come back tomorrow for the trial!" Shi Fu Yin twisted his brows, slapped the waking wood, and announced sharply.