Chapter 42: Meet Again
"So that's it?" Zhao Ting asked incredulously.
Yun Moxi said sarcastically: "This Shu country is not like before. Now the government is corrupt, and the lord Meng Chang is extravagant and greedy for women. pampered Concubine Xu Hui and reused the treacherous Li Hao. Where will care whether the people live or die? ”
"Hmph, such a person is also worthy of being the head of a country."
"It is rumored by the people that on the fifteenth day of every month, the Emperor of Beiyin sits in the palace of the underworld, and personally sends a ghost messenger to the yang world to arrest the fugitives. So that night the people closed their doors and burned incense and prayed at home, which made the hearts of the people panic. ”
Zhao Ting sighed: "I didn't expect the life of the people of Shu to be so unstable. This is still at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and the capital is still like this, and the rest of the city is only unmanaged. ”
"What Your Highness said is that other places are corrupt and perverted the law, and reckless human life abounds. The people were heavily taxed and miserable. It is only because Shu is rich and isolated from the mountains of the Central Plains that it is in a safe corner. ”
"This king is here to investigate the people's situation and survey the terrain."
Yun Mo nodded clearly. The Great Song Dynasty is now in full swing, and it is imperative to expand its power and gradually achieve unification.
"Why did you come to Shu?" Zhao Ting asked.
"The Yun family's business in Shu has been suppressed in the last year, and it is said that they have all been replaced by Jia Gui, a giant merchant of the Northern Han Dynasty. You don't care about this business, but these people who live in Shu and serve the Yun family are counting on this livelihood to support their families. It's not like business here can be easily recouped if you don't do it. ”
"But you are a woman running around, Ling Zun ......" felt pity for Yun Moxi in her heart, but she didn't understand why she had to bear all the burdens of the Yun family.
Yun Moxi smiled bitterly: "Daddy has passed away a long time ago, but I was afraid that outsiders would despise the Yun family and have no male protagonist, so I concealed this matter." ”
Zhao Ting was even more distressed when he heard it, and he didn't know how to comfort him for a while.
"Then Meng Chang sent someone to the Yun family two months ago and asked the Yun family to come to negotiate in person, otherwise all the Yun family's business in Shu will be handed over to Jia Gui to take over. I also happened to be hiding from the ghost eater, so I just came here myself. ”
Zhao Ting slapped the table, "How can this be true, the Yun family is the people of the Great Song Dynasty, why listen to his threats." This king will take care of this for you. ”
Yun Moxi smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, but Your Highness has more important things to do." We can't afford to delay big things. The end has its own way to deal with it, and His Highness can rest assured. ”
Although she looks young and weak, her eyes are unusually firm and calm, shining with wisdom. It seems to be in the chest and knows everything.
touched the tenderness in his heart, and comforted: "Just do your best, if you don't succeed, don't worry, there are only a few days of climate in this Shu country." When the Great Song Dynasty destroyed the Shu Kingdom, the guys of the Yun family would not have to worry about having no way to live. ”
Listening to his sincere words, Yun Moxi felt a trace of warmth and nodded with a smile.
Maybe the old man has always valued Zhao Kuangyin, so he also has a special sense of closeness and reliability to the Zhao family and Zhao Ting.
Yun Moxi thought so.
"Your Highness can live in the Tobacco Shop for the time being. The people who come in and out of here are either rich or noble, and I think some news will be useful to His Highness. I have ordered a separate courtyard to be prepared, and there will be no outsiders to disturb me, so Your Highness can rest assured. ”
He was naturally happy to stay, "Mo Xi is thoughtful. So it bothered! ”
"Someone!" Yun Mo screamed, and Ligu walked in with two maids.
"Take His Highness to the Cuixiang Residence."
"Your Highness, please come with the slaves!" Ligu said.
Yun Moxi got up to see him off, and after tossing for most of the night, Zhao Ting didn't say much, and followed Ligu out.
Along the way, there are some pavilions and small courtyards, and there are songs and laughter.
It's just that I only hear his voice but don't see his people, and the tea tobacco shop only receives dignitaries and dignitaries, and naturally it is very secretive.
Occasionally, there are sturdy sedan chair bearers carrying soft sedan chairs to pass by, and carry them directly to the small courtyards.
Zhao Ting saw the novelty, and he never went out of these places, so he naturally didn't know that there was such a place.
Ligu was also very happy to see Zhao Ting again, and asked him to look for Yun Moxi before, although he didn't find it, but he also tried his best to find it, and Ligu was very pleased and appreciative in her eyes.
Now that the master has returned safely, and seeing this young and handsome prince here, there are more happy words in his heart.
He stepped forward and said, "Your Highness didn't come here to find my girl?" ”
"This king has sent people to look for it, but it was really unexpected to meet here."
"How long does Your Highness plan to stay?"
"I'm not sure, I still have to go around and see the mountains and rivers of Shu."
Ligu looked a little regretful.
Walk to the door of a small courtyard. Ligu pointed and said: "It's inside, Your Highness rest early, if you need to tell the little people inside as much as possible, the master has already arranged it." ”
Zhao Ting looked at it and saw that this small courtyard was more secluded and larger than other small courtyards.
"There's Aunt Lauri!"
"Slave and maid retire!" Ligu took the people and left.
Zhao Ting and the four of them walked in, and the inside was very spacious and self-contained, with halls, wings, and gardens, small and exquisite.
Everything you need to enter the room is provided, and there are two small servants waiting at the door.
He Chong and the two guards stayed in the wing, and Zhao Ting saw that it was late at night, so he turned off the lights and rested.
The next day, I got up early, walked out of the small courtyard and walked in the courtyard, the whole courtyard was very quiet, even quieter than at night.
There was no sound in the small courtyard where there was singing and laughing at night.
Except for the slave and maid nursing home in Mingyanfang, I didn't see any outsiders, not even Yun Moxi and He Ligu.
I asked the little guy and said I didn't know.
He took He Chong and two guards out of the tobacco shop, and there was a lively street outside.
I saw that the streets had returned to their former state.
The shops are also open.
After the inn that refused to open the door last night, the door was also opened at this time, and there were guys soliciting customers with smiling faces at the door.
He Chong stepped forward and said angrily, "Why didn't you open the door when the uncle knocked on the door last night?" ”
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, remembering that someone did knock on the door desperately last night, and there was nothing to be afraid of under the sun at this time, so he smiled and said, "I'm sorry guest officer, last night...... Last night...... Please forgive me. The guest officer will go inside, and the small one will arrange a room for you. ”
He Chong waved his hand and said: "Now you don't want to go to live with the uncle, the uncle lives in the tea tobacco shop." ”
"Oops!" When the shopkeeper heard this, he looked at him differently, nodded and said: "Those who can live in the tea and tobacco shop are either rich or expensive, and the small ones really have eyes and don't know Mount Tai." ”
He Chong was very proud.
Zhao Ting saw He Chong playing treasure there, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and walked forward by himself.
After a day of wandering, this Furong City is the capital after all, and it is quite harmonious, so naturally I can't see that there is too much of a problem.
It was only in the evening that I returned to the Tobacco Factory.