Xiao Xiao's face was still a little tense, but when he faced Qin Yining, his expression involuntarily slowed down, and he first sighed and admitted: "I was really angry that I would be so impulsive." ”

Qin Yining sighed in understanding, no matter who it was, he solved a problem in the field he was best at, only to know afterwards that he had fallen for the trick, and someone did it on purpose, which was a humiliation for anyone.

Qin Yining stood behind him, wrapped his arms around his neck, and pressed his face against the side of his face.

"I understand. This time, it's clear that you've been calculated intentionally and unintentionally. It is very likely that these people had already set up a trap before they learned that we were about to come to the old capital, and when we first arrived in the old capital, we were only busy thinking about how to gain a foothold, and we had to fall into the trap. ”

Qin Yining's voice was as gentle as water, and it sounded in her ears, and her body and mind relaxed because of this, and she couldn't help but turn her head sideways and kiss the corner of her mouth gently.

Qin Yining smiled and let him move, and said: "This four-way number, I can't say who is behind it, otherwise why would they have laid out to target us early?" In the old capital, the answer to who hates us the most is self-evident. ”

"Yu Chiyan doesn't have that much ability, I suspect that these are all Gu Shixiong's handiwork. is worthy of being the old emperor of the three dynasties, and his means are still the same. ”

Xiao Xiao sighed with emotion: "If Wei Chiyan didn't have Gu Shixiong by his side, I'm afraid he would have stopped thinking a long time ago, quietly became a rich idler, and let the saint raise him, while he obediently stayed in the cage to study calligraphy and painting." ”

"That's not necessarily a bad thing for him." Qin Yining also sighed a little.

In the past, although her relationship with Yu Chiyan was not close, she even offended Wei Chiyan for refusing to marry. But Wei Chiyan is an upright and upright person, tens of millions of times stronger than his faint father, he has the people in his heart, a family and a country, but he is not capable enough, and he does not have the ability to be a king of a country, but he is not a bad person in general.

But now, he has embarked on the road of fighting for power and profit, as early as when he was persuaded by Gu Shixiong to leave his wife and concubine to find treasure, he is no longer the former king who cared about the people and failed simply because he was powerless, and he deserved sympathy.

Qin Yining said: "Yu Chiyan is certain for us, since the Sitong can listen to Yu Chiyan's instructions to make this trap, we should also let them hand over a bundle." ”

"Cross-tie?" Xiao Xiao looked back at Qin Yining.

Qin Yining leaned close to Xiao Xiao's ear and whispered his method.

A smile gradually appeared on her face, and finally she gently scratched her upturned nose.

"You little villain. That's why you just stopped me? ”

"yes."

"That shopkeeper Liu is still very grateful to you. If he knew that he would be caught, he would have to cry again. ”

Qin Yining smiled a little embarrassedly.

"I don't want to do it unless I have to. That's actually a bit dishonorable. But it doesn't make sense that if people harm us, we can't fight back, is it moral for them to harm others? This is not the time to talk about morality, and I am not a kind-hearted person, no one hit me on the left cheek, and I have to smile and stretch out my right cheek. ”

Seeing that she was very angry, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but smile and patted her shoulder comfortingly, and as soon as his long arms were stretched, he hugged her around the back of the chair and sat on his lap, wrapped her arms in front of him, and pecked her forehead first.

"You don't have to feel sorry for it, because you're doing nothing wrong. If you hadn't kept your cool, I might have missed the best chance to fight back. ”

Saying this, Xiao Xiao felt more and more that it was his luck to have such a smart virtuous helper.

"Sister Yi'er, why are you so good?" Xiao Xiao's deep voice poured out in Qin Yining's ear, "I am pleased with you, and I am really pleasing to you more and more." ”

His sound like the sound of the piano and his warm breath were in his ears, Qin Yining was surrounded by him, and his whole body was surrounded by his familiar refreshing breath, and his whole heart was soft and about to melt.

Blushing and leaning on Xiao Xiao's arms, she simply buried her face in his quiet nest, Qin Yining's heart was unprecedentedly peaceful and calm, as if no matter what happened now, as long as she was accompanied by Xiao Xiao, she would not be afraid.

According to Qin Yining's method, he immediately ordered people to go to the city to publicize it. Tomorrow afternoon, in the big square outside the porridge factory, Prince Zhongshun has something important to say to everyone.

Although the people in the old capital are not all poor enough to need to go to the porridge shed to eat, the influence of the refugees is still very great, Qin Yining has asked Lu Dehan to continue to open the porridge shed to give porridge since the beginning of the New Year, so as to help these hard-working people survive the harsh winter. Although these people come regularly every day to receive porridge, they also have to go home when they turn around.

They lived in various parts of the city, and the neighbors heard many good words from the refugees.

Even when some people are stumbling on the streets, they tell the story of how Prince Zhongshun turned the tide, punished adultery and eliminated evil, and how he killed the wicked Gao Wenyao into a wonderful book.

When the news spread that Prince Zhongshun was going to say something in the square of the porridge factory, many people were curious and decided to see what was going on.

And Wei Chiyan and Gu Shixiong naturally got the news here.

"Lord Wang, I don't know what moth to come up with this time, as usual, he should be in a state of exhaustion by now."

Yu Chiyan propped his hands on the painting case, looked down at a picture of a beauty on the paper that had not been carefully depicted with facial features, raised his head when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's strange that he's not in a hurry." A great famine fell from the sky, where did he come out? And the consequences of not being able to get the money this time are very serious. Those rough men in the army are not easy to get along with, and if they don't pay when it's time to pay, who will follow him? It is possible to send troops and change. ”

Gu Shixiong also smiled when he heard this, "This time, we finally got back a city." Don't let the surname Xiao Na be proud forever. ”

Yu Chiyan carefully flattened the drawing paper with a mahogany paperweight, and said with a smile: "Ming'er is going to see what kind of moth the surname is going to make." ”

With such a big crisis, Wei Chiyan doesn't believe that Xiao Xiao has the ability to solve it. If he could get money by talking to the people, would he still be so embarrassed?

At the same time, the study room of the outer courtyard of the Yang Mansion.

Yang Zhifu sat sideways on the official hat chair by the window, with a somewhat ridiculous smile on his face, and said playfully: "I don't know what Xiao Zhixi is going to do this time." ”

Qiu Feishan sat elegantly on the main seat, took the hot tea served by the maidservant, smiled and warmed her hands with a blue and white bowl, and did not say much.

Seeing this, Governor Yang shut up, put away Fang Cai's disdain and contempt, and said, "Let's go and see it tomorrow." ”

Qiu Feishan bowed her head and chuckled, "After what happened last time, I'm really a little curious about what he will do. And I met Prince Zhongshun at the last banquet...... She was a beautiful and intelligent woman. ”

Governor Yang remembered the appearance of the princess he saw yesterday like a delicate flower reflecting water, and couldn't help but nod in agreement, and then said with a smile: "Miss Qiu is also better than her." The delicate flowers are certainly eye-catching, but they are always a little less elegant than the red plum. ”

Qiu Feishan only laughed at this kind of flattery.

For that woman with a stunning appearance and a pair of very clear eyes, Qiu Feishan has heard a lot of her legend, and she has already made friends. Merely...... Now it seems that the position between them is not easy to become friends.

At noon the next day, the people who learned the news gathered in the square in front of the porridge factory. And the prefect of Yang, Wei Chiyan and the local gentry had already booked a private room on the second floor of the nearby teahouse tavern facing the street, waiting to see with their own eyes what Prince Zhongshun was going to do in such a big battle.

Qin Yining didn't go to the private room, but was surrounded by Jinghuwei and the silver-faced spies, and waited at the corner of the street in a carriage.

Dressed in a python robe and wearing a sable velvet, he walked to the middle of the open space, and cut straight to the point: "Folks." Today, the king has gathered everyone here to tell you something. ”

Such an approachable tone makes ordinary people feel very useful.

And his usual words also made those people who didn't know a few words understand without effort.

Xiao Xiao said: "Everyone also knows that this king came to take the post of generalissimo of Pingnan this time, and he is also a newcomer here, and he has just begun to understand everything here. Just yesterday, this king actually learned a shocking news. ”

He deliberately paused here, arousing everyone's curiosity, even Wei Chiyan, Yang Zhifu and others sitting in the box were also curiously holding their breath.

Xiao Xiao said: "Yesterday, this king learned that the original Pingnan Army actually owed a foreign debt of three million taels of silver!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.

Some people couldn't imagine that Xiao Xiao would say such a thing, such as Wei Chiyan. Some people were surprised and observed with interest the look of Xiao Xiao, such as Yang Zhifu.

The people even fried the pot.

What is the concept of three million taels of silver? These flat-headed people may never have the opportunity to see thirty taels of silver put together in this life! Three million taels, that's just a lot they can't imagine.

That's an amazing sum of money for trees!

Everyone is talking about why the Pingnan Army owes so much debt!

Xiao Xiao said loudly again: "Presumably, everyone wants to know what is going on, right?" At the beginning, when our Yandi was just included in the Great Zhou, the Holy Lord considered that the people were living too hard, so he exempted the local tax for ten years. Everyone knows about this.

"As for the Pingnan Army, these 100,000 soldiers must be stationed here in order to defend their homeland. The big guys also know that the Tartars in the north are not honest, and at this time when we are talking here, there is a war going on in the north. The Holy Lord now focused on considering that the common people in the north would not be bullied by the Tartars, so he could only order the Pingnan Army to raise their own salaries locally. However, there is no tax, so where does the food come from? ”

"At this time, Sitong took the initiative to stand up and borrowed 300,000 taels of silver to solve the problem of military salaries for the Pingnan Army!" ”