The cold wind whined, and the snowflakes flew.

The gray sky became oppressive and dull, and a few snowflakes fell on Qin Huaidao's brows, invading his skin, revealing a bit of chill, and not far away, a few people who had been chased out were returning.

The battle is over.

Qin Huaidao told the news he got unexpectedly, and reminded everyone to tell the elders in the family after they went back, be more careful, Cheng Yanjin is in charge of the forbidden army in the south, and Wei Chigong is in charge of the forbidden army in the north, as long as the two of them stare at death and don't make mistakes, no one can make waves.

After that, Qin Huaidao's words changed: "Brothers, let's come to cut off the Cui family's minions, and secondly, to make a fortune, just now the room was checked in time, the property was not destroyed, everyone dispersed, clean up the battlefield, it will be late, stay and rest for the night, recover some physical strength, and return early tomorrow morning?" ”

"No problem." Everyone agreed, they were tired all the way, and they were a little too cold to bear, so they really needed to rest and sleep well.

"Be careful when searching the room, be careful that someone cheats to death, and check carefully to see if you can find some letters and the like." Qin Huaidao reminded him and walked towards the village.

Let's take action.

Half an hour later they met together in a wooden hut and piled together the spoils of the clean, ten sacks of copper coins, and a small bag of gold cakes, worth twenty-three thousand six hundred yuan, fifty mules and horses, fifty war horses, and sixty donkeys, which was another wealth.

What everyone didn't expect was that there were more than a dozen bags of precious medicinal herbs, which were worth a lot of money, estimated to be the result of looting a caravan passing through the Meridian Road, as well as a lot of grain, smoked meat, but unfortunately no letters or anything like that were found.

Everyone sat down around the campfire in the wooden house, ate barbecue, chatted, and guessed what the Cui family's plan was, but unfortunately there was too little information to guess why.

Outside the door, the snow was heavier.

……

Temple of Manna.

Fang Xuanling came in a hurry at the call, his face was a little haggard, his eyes were red, and Li Er asked him to sit down and said, "It's been three or four days, and I still can't find that kid from Huaidao?" ”

"I have searched everywhere I can, but I haven't been able to find it, and no one knows where I went, and the three brothers of the Cheng family and the two brothers of the Wei Chi family can't find it, so it's estimated that they are going to do something together, but it's freezing and the roads are icy, where can they go?"

Li Er couldn't figure out where he would go, so he stretched out his hand to bake the fire with a puzzled face, and said, "Could it be that there is something important that you have to go?" Let's not talk about this kid, let's talk about food, but they are actually working against the imperial court and making hostile acquisitions, what are they trying to do? ”

"Shengshang, if you can't do it, you can only increase the purchase price, and now you are giving five Wen, if you mention ten Wen, what will the minister see them fighting for? However, the cost has increased dramatically, I don't know if Huaidao can afford it? Or will the imperial court bear the extra part? Food prices are rising every day, and if they are not suppressed, there will be chaos. Fang Xuanling hurriedly said.

Li Er said with some irritability: "Aiqing, I don't agree to raise the purchase price, but many people suddenly impeached Huaidao, saying that the imperial court uses public weapons for private purposes and seeks benefits from others, all of which are pressed by me. ”

Fang Xuanling didn't know, but there was no other way, his brain hurt angrily, and he said angrily: "These bastards are simply inhumane, what are they going to do?" If there is really a mess, how can there be eggs under the nest? No, the more they do this, the more the court will have to stop it. ”

"Aiqing has thought of a way?" Li Er asked.

Fang Xuanling said: "The minister thinks that he can only increase the price, no need to increase it all at once, they will follow the rise once a day, it will not have much effect, it will rise once in the morning, and it will rise again in the afternoon, completely disrupting their plans, so that they can't react, and the ministers will come back to explain to Huaidao with some more costs. ”

"It's okay, many people are watching my jokes, this battle can't be lost, in addition, I asked the Baiqi Division to increase the search efforts, and we must find Huaidao." Li Er said solemnly.

At this time, the chamberlain Wang De came in: "Holy Lord, Princess Yuzhang asks to see you." ”

"What is she here for? Didn't you say that my son-in-law was much better after taking the medicine? Xuan in. ”

Soon, Princess Yuzhang entered the palace, and after saluting, she said angrily: "Father, the son wants to sue the prince's brother." ”

"Well, what's wrong with the prince?" Li Er was a little confused, but he wasn't a son-in-law.

Fang Xuanling didn't want to get involved in royal affairs, so he quickly got up and said, "Holy Lord, the minister will retire first." ”

Yu Zhang hurriedly said: "Fang Xianggong is not in a hurry to leave, this matter is related to Brother Huaidao." ”

"Huaidao? He...... Prince? What happened? Fang Xuanling was taken aback.

Li Er's face changed slightly, and he couldn't understand what was going on with the two, so he asked, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

"Father, the prince's brother asked people to go to Tongguan County to pull coal, the coal is Huaidao's brother's, the son heard that Huaidao's brother agreed to give the prince, but asked for the same as the fourth brother, a car and a tael of silver, the fourth brother gave silver, but the prince's brother disagreed, let people rob, the first time was driven down the mountain, the second time to bring more people up, even the prince's guards were dispatched, Huaidao's brother's people did not stop again, let them pull for a few days, did not give a penny, he is the prince, the prince is also a king, how can he rob the courtiers?" Yu Zhang said angrily.

Fang Xuanling was stunned, looked at Yu Zhang silently, and his eyes flashed with surprise.

Li Er also looked at Yu Zhang silently, and felt a little pain in his heart, as if the Chinese cabbage that had been raised for many years had been arched by a pig.

Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, Yu Zhang suddenly became anxious, and continued: "Father, you have to say something, if this matter spreads, the royal face will also be lost. ”

"Okay, step aside, my father will take care of this matter." Li Er said with a cold face.

Yu Zhang saw Li Er's serious expression, so he couldn't say anything more, pouted and left.

Li Er looked at Yu Zhang's back, his mood was complicated, and he was silent for a long time.

Fang Xuanling glanced at Li Er, and said, "Holy Lord, the minister retires." ”

"Aiqing, does Huaidao have a marriage match?" Li Er said suddenly.

"The minister has never heard of it."

"Okay, go ahead, do as you just said."

Fang Xuanling retired, hurriedly left the Ganlu Palace, a gust of cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but feel excited, hurriedly wrapped his sleeves, hugged his body and went down the steps, walked a distance to see Li Jing coming, stopped, and said in a low voice after seeing that there was no one around: "Pharmacist, can Huaidao have a marriage match?" ”

"Haven't you heard that you have the heart to do this? Which woman? Li Jing asked curiously.

"No, just now Princess Yuzhang came to sue the prince for snatching Huaidao's coal, her words were quite defensive, and her behavior was abnormal.

"Shhhh

Li Jing gasped and said in a low voice, "Actually suing the prince? If this thing can't be done ruthlessly, the saint intends to be the one of the Tang family, and this Yuzhang Gong mainly means Huaidao, and if he doesn't make trouble, something will happen. ”

"Yes, the old man is also worried, however, the Tang family is just an investigation, and has not decided, looking at the expression of the saint just now, the tone of the question, I am afraid that Huaidao will also be included in the scope of the investigation, the saint loves Yuzhang very much, and who will definitely take into account Princess Yuzhang's thoughts in the end, but in this way, the Tang family will resent Shanghuaidao."

"He dares—"

Li Jing's face sank, thought for a while, and said: "Princess Yuzhang is knowledgeable, has a good character, is virtuous, and is a good match, aren't you worried that Huaidao is not there, and it is not good to increase the price of purchased grain?" According to the old man, it is better to say that it is a business done by the two together, and Yuzhang agreed to increase the price. ”

"You want to make it hard, the beauty of adults ......" Fang Xuanling reacted suddenly, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's a soldier fox, I'm afraid that no one in this world can calculate you except for the saint." ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "Huaidao is our son and nephew, watching him grow up, if we don't protect it, who will protect it?" However, this matter involves the innocence of Princess Yuzhang, it is best to ask Princess Yuzhang what she means first, so as not to make a big mistake, as for the saint's side, you have more experience than me in what to do. ”

"Such a big thing wants to encourage me to go alone? There are no doors. Fang Xuanling said.

"You go to find out, it's not appropriate for a lot of people, girls are thin-skinned, if you are interested, don't you also take advantage of the situation to solve the matter of food prices?" Li Jing said with a smile.

"Old fox, why don't you go?" Fang Xuanling was not happy and asked rhetorically.

"I have something important to report to the saint here, and something happened in the northeast." Li Jing said in a low voice.

"It's just you." Fang Xuanling scolded with a smile and hurried away.

Li Jing smiled and didn't care, the old brothers for many years, who were familiar with each other, hurried towards the Ganlu Palace.