What several people said was a burst of enthusiasm.

"Who wouldn't be a black man from Black Wind Village with us?" A stunned young man stood up and asked.

Guan Dahu smiled, "Naturally, I won't tell them what we're going to do, I just say that we're going to steal a batch of stones from the imperial court." The Black Wind Village has also been on the road for many years, so naturally I have heard the name of the Qingtian League, what did our Qingtian Alliance do in the south? ”

Liu Ban said: "Naturally, I can't get along with the Dog Emperor." ”

"Yes. Therefore, the group of reckless men in Heifeng Village also felt that we just wanted to get along with Jinshang, so they wanted to steal the stones of the Emperor's Mausoleum to play prestige. ”

After all, stealing the stones used to build the imperial tomb is the biggest provocation to the imperial power.

Guan Dahu said: "They are all people from the rivers and lakes, and when the time comes, in the name of chivalry, give them more silver, they themselves have helped us do this, and they are afraid of being caught and beheaded, so naturally they will not be stupid enough to leak it themselves." The six of us brothers got the silver, just go away and fly high, the world is so big, can the emperor still catch us? ”

When a few people heard this, they couldn't help but be a little trendy, since ancient times, they are only one step away from success, as long as there is money to hire people from Heifeng Village, can it be done to move things out?

"Why don't we go on another dangerous march?" Liu Ban gestured anxiously, his eyes fierce.

Guan Dahu pursed his lips and thought about it, "Let's think about it again." ”

The silver they used to make when they went to the Lu family in Danzhou Mansion to buy officials was only collected after destroying two large families. For this money, I don't know how much blood was stained on my hands.

Guan Dahu nodded, "There are still two big families here, let's salute first and then soldiers as usual, and it's naturally good to get someone willing to sponsor us, if you can't pull it, then you can only use that method." ”

Liu Ban and the rest of the people all nodded.

As Guan Dahu said, no one wants to kill people unless they have to. It's really not a good experience to kill someone.

When Qin Yining and his entourage came to Huichuan County, it was the afternoon of the first day of the fifth lunar month.

Although it was just a time to arrive, the lead-gray clouds were black and pressed overhead, and the wind was fierce, and the doors were opened, and small raindrops drilled into the car.

"Princess, this is really ...... Luckily, we're almost there. ”

"yes." Qin Yining's skirt was soaked with rain.

"Halfway through, the car began to leak, and the ten-day journey was more painful than when we went to Beijing." Bingtang hurriedly helped Qin Yining cover the rain, and couldn't help complaining.

Jiyun smiled, "Okay, look at you nagging all the way, your mouth is so pouting that you can hang the oil bottle, if the tiger sees it, he won't laugh at you?" ”

Bingtang's face turned red, and he said with a stiff neck: "Anyway, he follows the prince, but it's you, the big beauties are drenched in soup, and the soup guards look at the jokes." ”

"You, you bad girl!" Jiyun also blushed with shame.

Qin Yining stroked her sideburns that were wet by the rain, and couldn't help laughing when she saw the two girls blushing and joking with each other.

Tang Xiu, who was following closely outside the carriage, listened to the sound of the conversation inside, and his face was so red that he could almost steam out a layer of white mist from the rain.

The group quickly crossed the road and introduced the city, because the distance was close, thinking that they would arrive soon, so they did not order people to take the lead in advance. After everyone inquired, they went directly to the largest inn in the local area and chartered a side courtyard that no one had rented.

"Princess, the slave has told the store to prepare hot water. Later, you will take a hot bath, there is a small stove in our small yard to boil water, and the slave will cook ginger soup later, and we will eat some. Rock Candy said.

Qin Yining nodded: "It's not too late for you to change into dry clothes first." ”

"Whoa."

"Prepare more, Mr. Xie is old, and the guards have been drenched in a lot of rain along the way, so everyone eats some."

"Got it." Bingtang nodded with a smile, and first helped Qin Yining change his clothes with Jiyun, and only when Ziyuan and Hanxiao came back after changing their clothes, they went out to clean up their own.

Qin Yining took the hot tea brought with a smile and covered her hands with both hands. The May day was cold due to the rain for several days.

Qin Yining walked to the window and put up a gap in the lattice window to look into the courtyard. In this courtyard with three main rooms, two side rooms, and a row of upside-down seats, only the middle position is paved with a "ten" shaped stone brick road, and the rest of the place is a dirt road, which has now been drenched in mud.

Looking up, the weather was dark and dreary, as if it would be pressed down at any moment.

From the capital to Huichuan County, the journey of more than ten days has been raining.

I don't know how many places have been affected by this heavy rain. Qin Yining thought about going back and looking for the mansion to take a look.

After settling down this day, Qin Yining asked Bingtang to check Xie Yue's pulse to make sure that the old man did not catch a cold.

Xie Yue was very grateful to Qin Yining for his meticulousness.

"Tang girl, go back and thank the princess for the old decay."

"Yes." Bingtang smiled and put away the pulse pillow, and said with a smile, "When the princess asked the slave and maid to come, she told Mr. Xie by the way, this rain has been falling, it is not normal, and the princess wants to look at the palace newspapers in various places to see if there are any major events happening everywhere." ”

"The princess and the old man thought of going together. Tomorrow morning, I'll go find out the news. ”

"Well, that's Mr. Dorau."

"It's okay, it's okay, it's all the duty of old decay."

Bingtang went back and told Qin Yining.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day Qin Yining saw Xie Yue, and he had no intention of going out for the time being.

She always had to see the local situation clearly so that she could meet the people of Sitong.

When Xie Yue came back, he brought back amazing news.

"Princess, things are not very good. This rain is not only falling on the capital and Huichuan County. There are different degrees of heavy rain in various places, especially in the south, where the rain is the most, with the old capital of Dayan as the center, and the rain around is very heavy. ”

Qin Yining's brows tightened when he heard this.

"I'm afraid the current situation of the imperial court is no longer rich, the world is not peaceful, and those who have been fighting in the east and west in these years are afraid that those old people in the Northern Hebei Kingdom have long been hollowed out. The imperial tombs have been repaired and stopped, and if there is really a flood at this time, the treasury is afraid that it will be even more important. ”

It has not been a day or two since the treasury and silver were tight, otherwise Li Qitian would not have stared at the treasure of the Great Yan Dynasty to solve his urgent needs. If you want to open up sources and reduce expenditure, you must always find a way to do it, and you must have time to implement it.

If there is really a flood in the south, it is really difficult for Qin Yining to imagine what the Great Zhou Dynasty will become, and what damage Li Qitian will come up with to solve the urgent need.

Xie Yue was also in deep thought like Qin Yining.

"I'm afraid that the treasury won't be able to support the construction of the imperial mausoleum, and will the saint put the blame on the prince's head at that time?"

Qin Yining also nodded worriedly, "This is also what I'm worried about." ”

Li Qitian is now trying his best to weaken the tyrant, and he wants to impeach the tyrant when he seizes the opportunity, if he really seizes the opportunity for Li Qitian in this matter, he will definitely try his best to put the tyrant to death.

The two were silent for a long time before Qin Yining smiled and said, "The matter of the flood is not something that you and I can control, we can only cover the water with soldiers, let's solve the current matter first is the first priority." ”

Xie Yue smiled and nodded repeatedly, "The princess has a clear mind, so good." At first, he was worried that Qin Yining would be presumptuous and use too much energy on things that they couldn't control at the moment, so it seemed that he was too careful. It seems that he also reversed the mistake of belittling women, which cannot be done in the future.

Qin Yining discussed with Xie Yue what should be done in the future, and when the regulations were sorted out, they went back to rest.

When I got up the next day, the weather was still dark and dreary, and although the rain had stopped, I knew that there would be another heavy rain soon.

After breakfast, Qin Yining asked, "What about Mr. Xie?" ”

"Mr. Xie went out with two Jinghu guards, saying that he was looking for a house." Jiyun said with a smile.

Qin Yining nodded and said, "Then let's go to the Sitong number today." ”

Jiyun and Bingtang set out to get ready.

Most of the roads in the city are not paved with stone bricks, because the roads are very muddy, and when Qin Yining and a few people passed by the gate of Sitong in a carriage, Qin Yining ordered: "Keep walking." ”

Jing Huwei, who was driving the car, immediately obeyed the order and continued to move forward, and only after passing through this street corner did he ask: "Princess, let's not go to the Sitong number?" ”

Qin Yining said: "Let's stop in an inconspicuous place behind, you stay where you are, and I will only take two maidservants." It won't be too eye-catching. ”

"Yes." Jing Huwei smiled and said, "It's still thoughtful for you." ”

If it weren't for the princess's reminder, he was afraid that he would not have driven the car directly, wouldn't it be eye-catching?

Qin Yining arranged everything, then led people to the side door of the Sitong, and handed the maple leaf-shaped jade plate that Qiu Feishan gave her to Jiyun, "You go knock on the door and ask to see them." ”

"Whoa."

Jiyun embroidered shoes were covered with clogs, holding an oil-paper umbrella and lightly bought a puddle, which knocked on the side door.

After a while, a young man from inside came to answer the door.

When I saw that it was a pretty girl with a good appearance, looking at the dress and demeanor of the locals, the young man smiled smartly and said, "Yo, the distinguished guest is coming, what do you command?" ”

Ji Yun shook the maple leaf jade card with a smile and said, "Are you in charge here?" ”

The young man looked at the autumn characters on the maple leaves of the green jade, and immediately straightened his expression, and saluted: "Yes, yes, you later, the little one will go to pass it immediately." ”

Jiyun smiled and bowed his head, and stood under the porch and waited.

Bingtang and Qin Yining shared a large oil-paper umbrella here, and couldn't help but whisper: "This rain is falling again." It's not very big, but it's really annoying to keep it like this. ”

"yes." Qin Yining worriedly stretched out her white jade-like fingers out of the umbrella, the raindrops dripped on her fingertips every now and then, and she hurriedly retracted her hand when she was cold.

At this moment, a forty-year-old man wearing a royal blue cardigan with large sleeves walked out of the Huichuan branch of the Sitong number, saw Jiyun, saw the jade plate in her hand, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be an envoy sent by the owner, it was really a disappointment." ”