Chapter 318: Behind the Scenes
"Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, he has always been wary of all the vassal kings, especially our father and son, if this matter is publicized, won't it cause you to suffer together."
"As the prince of the world, I can't protect myself, let alone you are a powerless businessman. As for Zhang Fengyu, his ancestors were honest for generations, but they can't be stigmatized in his generation. ”
What Murong Lin said showed that he had thought about it very comprehensively in his heart, but he didn't notice that Gu Zeyuan opposite him just shook his head vigorously, noncommittal to his words.
"That's a bad statement, if the people above want to deal with us, why not just make such an excuse?" This can be regarded as a sentence to the point, Murong Lin couldn't help but have a meal in his hand, and Gu Zeyuan took the opportunity to clip him a chopstick dish.
"The law does not blame the public, and the prince said, I am just a powerless and powerless ordinary people, if you have to toss me hard, won't you lose the hearts of the people?"
"Although the whole world is not the king's land, no matter how big it is, it is not as big as the people of the whole world. In other words, compared to the prince, my identity is the safest. ”
"Coupled with the relationship between you and me, do you still have any worries about my affairs?" Gu Zeyuan's words were full of twists and turns, just blocking all the retreats that Murong Lin intended to refuse.
"It's not that I'm worried, I just don't want to get involved." Murong Lin looked at his firm eyes, and sighed with emotion and resentment in his heart, "But if you insist, then let it go, I will thank you for Xiaoyue first." ”
"Since I dealt with you before, I always thought that you were a person who was unprofitable and couldn't afford to be early, and if there was no benefit, you would never agree, but I didn't expect you to be so proactive, Brother Gu completely refreshed my perception of you in my heart."
Murong Lin smiled and politely sent a cup of tea over, Gu Zeyuan picked up his cup, touched it with it, and nodded in response. "The lion lord said this, in fact, there is nothing wrong, if it weren't for the fact that the princess of the previous life also gave me a lot of novel ideas, and I wanted to become a person who had a good relationship with me, I would definitely not be so generous."
Moreover, Feng Xiaoyue disappeared on this trip to find a water source, if she does not die, she will have a blessing, and she will definitely be able to find a solution to the drought in the city.
If you help her, you can not only get the benefits of the name, but also insert your own people into her plan, and stand on the front line of the water source, how much profit can you get from this.
Although it's a bit unkind to say this, it's human nature, and it's not like I haven't paid anything, which is good anyway.
Gu Zeyuan covered most of his face with the blocking of the cup, and only raised a pair of eyes and quietly glanced at Murong Lin: As for the inside story, let's not tell him first, and it will save him from being angry for no reason.
The two of them talked in the room for a while, and then went about their own business. It just so happens that because of the bad market these days, there are not many guests in Wangchun Tower.
So many juniors in the building had nothing to do, so they happened to cover each other, and from time to time they eavesdropped on what Murong Lin said in the room.
By the time they came out of the room, the eavesdroppers in the next room had already recorded all the conversations and handed them to the shopkeeper who came from behind.
The shopkeeper casually swept the contents of the paper and dragged the notebook to the third floor over and over again. Pushing open the door of one of the private rooms, Murong Xi happened to sit inside basking in the sun.
"Lord Qiqi, according to what the prince and Gu Gongzi said, the princess has been missing on the boundary mountain for several days, and the location is the wind mountain."
"The whereabouts of the prince are strange these days, I'm afraid it's just to rescue the princess to recruit people everywhere, and Cihu in the palace doesn't plan to come over to help." The shopkeeper said as he opened the booklet and spread it out on the table beside Murong Xi.
Murong Xi rubbed a particularly beautiful cup in his hand, and the corner of his eye swept over the booklet, but he didn't intend to pick it up.
"The situation on the Falling Wind Mountain is extremely strange, ordinary people will definitely suffer a lot if they want to survive there, not to mention that the princess is still a powerless woman, can the prince plan to help?"
The shopkeeper asked tentatively, and Murong Xi on the other side put down the cup and raised his head, his eyes were extremely dark, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry now.
"Why, do you think this king will wade into this pond of troubled waters?"
"This," the shopkeeper felt that it was too much to take for granted, so he would be blocked by his words for a while, "I used to see that the relationship between the prince and the princess was good, but now she is in trouble, and the prince is an old-fashioned and warm-hearted person, and he will definitely not see death without help, the little one dares to guess like this, could it be that the prince has other plans?" ”
"Ancient road hot intestines? It's been a long time since I've heard anyone use such a word to describe him. Murong Xi laughed twice in a low voice, "It seems that you have been used to staying with Feng Xiaoyue for so long, but you have forgotten the true face of this king?" ”
"The prince has always hated meadow other people's affairs, and since you are the person next to the prince, don't interfere in these things." Seeing that the expression on his face was neither sad nor joyful, it was uncertain, and his heart was a little pimple, and he hurriedly said a few words from the shopkeeper, hoping that Murong Xi's reaction would be normal.
"Yes, the villain knows his mistake." The shopkeeper's figure paused, and he nodded at Liuyi again and again, and he was inevitably a little unconvinced.
"Actually, it's not for this reason." Murong Xi stretched his body, and his whole person's bearing also changed greatly, and he and Liuyi, who saw the shopkeeper, were puzzled.
"Six arts, everything can't be said too surely, how does this king usually teach you, you have to pay attention to these things when you speak in the future." Compared with his strange expression and aura, Liuyi was more willing for him to say by name that he was not, and he was going to come happier.
"Yes, the villain knows that he is wrong."
"Even if the princess of the world has a good relationship with this king, she is also Murong Lin's person, so naturally he Murong Lin and Li Wangfu bother to help find it, where is the need for us to worry about it in the back?"
"What's more, this king is just an idle prince who lives here, he has neither a position nor qualifications, and he doesn't have the ability to find people, so why pretend to put on a show
Show them? ”
In just a few words, Murong Lin actually belittled his efforts for so many years to be useless. The shopkeeper was very surprised when he heard it, but he could only squint his eyes and look back, he had no reason to believe those nonsense excuses.
"What the prince said is right, it is better for us to take care of ourselves first at ordinary times." Only Liuyi was willing to echo the voice without changing his face, and he didn't have the slightest intention in his heart.
"Huh." Murong Xi just glanced at Liuyi with a smile, his face didn't change much, and he seemed to be noncommittal to his words. "I'm more concerned about the other person's situation than I am about it."
After that, Murong Xi stared at the shopkeeper quietly, and the shopkeeper reacted for a while, and finally opened the other end of the booklet, which recorded the bits and pieces of Feng Wuwu these days.
"Miss Feng seems to have left Yanwu City these days and turned to Wanjiang City next door, and she doesn't know what the reason is. In Wanjiang City, she only found an inn to live in, and did not buy a yard, and it seems that the final choice to settle is still in Yanwu City. ”
"And in Wanjiang City, in addition to walking on the big river every day, Miss Feng is looking for markets and temple fairs everywhere, except for running more places, there is nothing else inappropriate."
"Didn't she always show a deep sisterhood with Feng Xiaoyue some time ago, why did she disappear in the past few days, she was not in a hurry at all, but she was still in the mood to enjoy the mountains and rivers." Murong Xi listened to the shopkeeper's report and couldn't help but say a word.
"Alas, a woman's heart is a needle. I can still talk and laugh with you at the last moment, but she can turn her face in the blink of an eye, not to mention that the princess and her friendship are only a few days' work. The shopkeeper seemed to be deeply touched, and what he said was particularly melancholy.
Wanjiang City, as the name suggests, is the only city with a large river flowing through the eleven cities in Yanwu. The Wanjiang River comes from the snow and ice of the southern snow-capped mountains, mixed with the mountain spring water at the foot of the mountain flowing all the way.
Originally, it was a straight road, but it went around in a circle when it passed through Wanjiang City, so that most of the city was on its shore, which can be regarded as nourishing the people of one side.
Then from Wanjiang City, it went all the way to the north, passing by the junction with Huijiang, and slowly flowed to Haikou.
Although the Wanjiang River is called a river, it is actually twice as big as an ordinary river. Every year, only in early spring, when the snow melts, there is a small flood.
The huge flow of water mixed with the ice and snow fragments brought down from the mountain rushed all the way to the front of Wanjiang City, but because of such a circle, the ice blocks the corner, so that Wanjiang City is not threatened by any flooding.
Although it is now a season of water shortage, Wanjiang City is far better than other cities by virtue of this great river of God's grace.
It's just for the people of other cities, Wanjiang is sent out every day, and the water flow is much less than in previous years, and it is estimated that the waterways at the border will dry up.
Fortunately, Huijiang did not rely on such a small river to use water, otherwise Murong Lin would not need to find a way to defend against foreign enemies in the future, and this problem would be solved by himself.
"Speaking of which, as early as the beginning of the meeting, this king felt that this Feng Wuwu was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it, do you have any opinions?" Murong Xi smiled slightly, skipping that topic for the time being.