When Qing Cang came back, it was already an hour later, he walked in with a solemn face, and saw Shang Jingcheng sitting on the bed meditating, so he respectfully saluted him and said, "Master, my subordinates have inquired." ”

Shang Jingcheng slowly opened his eyes, looked at him and asked, "What did you hear?" He got out of bed, sat down at the table, motioned for him to sit down as well, and poured him a cup of tea.

Qing Cang was not embarrassed, pulled a chair and sat down. Over the years, he has followed Shang Jingcheng to the north and south, and their friendship has long been no longer an ordinary relationship between superiors and subordinates, they are more like brothers, but the identity of the master is there, and he doesn't dare to make too much trouble on weekdays.

"Just now, my subordinates mixed into the caravan with a little trick, and I found out that they were originally the caravan of Liguo in Jin, and they were going back and forth between Liguo and Jin on weekdays, they were salt merchants, and they were also imperial merchants, and they were reused by the regent, and they had a prosperous life in Jin over the years."

"Wait, Imperial Merchant, are you saying that the caravan below is an Imperial Merchant? But why have I never seen them? "If he is an imperial merchant in Liguo, then he will definitely not mix too badly in Jinguo, he should know that they are right, although he usually doesn't pay much attention to the caravan.

"Oh, they said that in the Jin Kingdom, they are just ordinary salt merchants, they live in Kyoto City on weekdays, and they have to travel salt to Liguo every few months, and they all go with good salt, and it seems that they also have dealings with the ministers of the court." Qing Cang didn't ask which minister it was.

Shang Jingcheng nodded and said: "If they want to gain a firm foothold in the Jin Kingdom, they must deal with the ministers of the DPRK and China, as for the ministers who deal with them, I can also guess a thing or two, either the Ministry of History or the Ministry of Households, they are all ministers who have close contacts with Jiang Zhimian." ”

"Master, are you saying that this matter is still related to Jiang Shangshu?" Qing Cang asked with some confusion.

Shang Jingcheng shook his head and said, "It's not necessarily related, but Jiang Zhimian is only afraid that it won't be clean, but now is not the time to move him, let him be proud for a while." "The current Jiang Zhimian has long been sitting firmly in the position of Shangshu, and if he moves at this time, he will definitely move his whole body, and there are many ministers who have a close relationship with him, so he will definitely breathe out with one nostril.

Although the situation in the Jin Kingdom is also turbulent, it is still calmer than that of the Li Kingdom.

"Master, I heard them say that this trip to the salt is for the regent's mansion, and I also heard that the regent has a happy event in the palace recently, and they have to rush to deliver the salt in time, so they are also in a hurry." Qing Cang told all the news he had inquired about.

"Staying in a hurry?" Shang Jingcheng asked with some curiosity.

"Oh, I heard that there are a few women in the salt team, and in order to take care of them, they also have to stay every three or five days, for fear that they will be tired and drag down the caravan's itinerary even more." Qing Cang had inquired about all of this clearly.

After listening to this, Shang Jingcheng looked at him with some amusement and asked: "You are amazing, even these are clear, Qingcang, Qingcang, it seems that your role today is fully exerted!" ”

Qing Cang touched the back of his head a little embarrassed and said, "Master, don't make fun of me, it's just that there is a particularly talkative kid in the caravan, so he knows a lot, it seems that that kid is still the second leader in the caravan, so he also knows a lot, but people don't have any scheming, but it's a bit rare." ”

When he went downstairs, he happened to steal his money bag, and then pretended to pick it up and return it to him, but he didn't expect him to really treat him as a friend.

Shang Jingcheng thought for a while and said, "As you said, we can make good use of this caravan, so that early tomorrow morning, we will take advantage of the excuse to approach them and follow their caravan to Liguo!" ”

"Yes, sir, they are also staying here for the night, so we have to get up early tomorrow morning, or we will miss it." Qing Cang thought that the caravan had arrived early, so he reminded him loudly.

Shang Jingcheng nodded and said, "I know this, let's sleep first now, and then talk about it when I get up tomorrow." After saying that, he lay down on the bed with his clothes.

Qing Cang glanced at him, and then fell asleep on the table, he didn't dare to climb into the prince's bed, although they were like brothers, but the etiquette should still be there, no matter what, he was also a high prince, and he was also his subordinate.

There was no word all night, and there was no trace of the wind.

In this night, those secret guards didn't catch up again, but I don't know if it will be plotted along the way, which is also the reason why Shang Jingcheng wants to catch this caravan, if it is really like what Qing Cang said, this salt merchant is an imperial businessman, then those secret guards will not act rashly, after all, this is the regent's people, they are all a family, and they will definitely not fight their own family!

Before dawn the next day, Shang Jingcheng and Qing Cang got up, Qing Cang first came out to investigate, and saw that the people in the caravan were eating breakfast downstairs, so he beckoned Shang Jingcheng to go downstairs together.

As soon as Shang Jingcheng appeared, the girls in the caravan looked at them one by one, and they all sighed in their hearts, this man is so good-looking, even better than many women.

"Ah, isn't this Brother Qingcang? Is this in a hurry? I don't know if I've eaten early, why don't you sit down and eat some together? A man in green clothes in the caravan stood up with a smile and shouted at Qing Cang and Shang Jingcheng, those eyes looked Shang Jingcheng up and down for a long time, and the smile on his face deepened.

Qing Cang also smiled at him: "Haha, it turned out to be Brother Li, we also went downstairs to have breakfast, since it is such a coincidence, then let's go together, ah, this is my good friend, his name is Shang Zheng, Brother Zheng, this is the second leader in the caravan, his name is Li Wei, he's talkative!" ”

"It turns out that yes, brother, brother will call me Xiaowei in the future, we will go out, and we will be friends and brothers, since you are also down for breakfast, then sit together!" Li Wei is very cheerful and cheerful.

Shang Jingcheng was a little curious about this person, he didn't look big, he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he was very generous in his words and deeds, well, this person went to business, and he didn't worry about eating with this mouth.

Their caravan sat at three tables, and this Li Wei sat at this table with five people, among which there were two women, and the remaining three were men, Li Wei seemed to be their leader, and two of them were staring at them with a posture of preparation, and it seemed that they were still a little wary of them.

"Xiao Wei, well, good name!" He sat down with Qing Cang, looked at Li Wei and said with a smile.

Li Wei touched his head a little embarrassed and said: "Oh, the name is not good, I, but I don't complain about my name, my father is too casual, so he called it a word, hey, the old man still said to me that it is a good thing to be young and promising, I don't want to argue with him......"

Shang Jingcheng smiled and said: "Your father is not wrong, your name is concise and generous, it is indeed a good name, yes, I heard Qingcang say that you are a salt merchant?" Where is this going in a hurry? ”

Li Wei glanced at Qingcang, and then said with a smile: "Oh, we are the imperial merchants of Liguo, we have been living in Jin Kingdom, and we will take a trip back to Liguo every few months, this time I heard that the regent of Liguo is going to do a happy event, so I am in a hurry to go back this time, by the way, where are you going?" ”

Yesterday he patronized himself and said, and he forgot to ask where this brother Qingcang is going, if it is good to stop by, everyone can still take care of one or two on the road. He had a caravan of fifteen people, and the woman ordered six, and although the rest of the men also knew some kung fu, compared to the two people in front of him, they were afraid that there was a difference between cloud and mud.

When this merchant came just now, he noticed that this person looked light, and his breathing was flat when he walked, and he looked like a practitioner, although they were imperial merchants, they were not afraid of anyone to make trouble, but along the way, he was afraid that he would encounter some bandits who were not long-eyed, and he didn't want to see anyone killed or injured.

Shang Jingcheng glanced at Qing Cang, and when he saw him nodding, he knew that he didn't tell this person where they were going yesterday, so he said softly: "Oh, we don't have an exact place to go on this trip, we originally wanted to go out and wander around and see the scenery in this world, anyway, let's go where there is fun." ”

It turned out to be a rich boy, this is easy to do, pull them on the road together, it should be possible.

"Ah, that's a coincidence, you don't know, the scenery of Liguo is beautiful, there are many traces worth seeing, you might as well go to Liguo with me to see, you like it!" Li Wei was about to applaud when he was happy.

At this time, the man who had been silent on his left hand side shouted with a calm face: "Xiao Wei, don't make trouble, people are going to play, they are originally doing it casually, you give people the goal like this, how can there be any fun in playing?" As he spoke, he arched his hand to Shang Jingcheng and said, "I'm sorry, Xiaowei is young and doesn't think about things well, so please don't blame the two of you." ”

"Ah Man, it's boring for you to be like this, it's rare that I have made two new good friends, what's wrong with me inviting them to Liguo together? Is there anything bad about it? Li Wei looked at him a little angrily.

Ah Man saw that he was angry, and said a little nervously: "Big ...... The second master, the villain is just worried that this will sweep away the Yaxing of the two sons. ”

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay, we don't have a goal anyway, since Xiaowei thinks the scenery of Liguo is beautiful, then let's go and take a look, if you don't dislike it, it's good to be a companion along the way." Qing Cang hurriedly waved his hand and said, it seemed that he was relieving Li Wei.

The man who was called Ah Man glanced at Qing Cang, and the look on his face sank a little more, and then he stopped making a sound.