Seeing him like this, Su Qingmo didn't tease him anymore, raised his hand and asked the forest shrouded in mist not far away, "That is the terrifying forest that those villagers said, right?

Zhou Qingyun walked to her side, raised his eyes, and then nodded, "It should be there." I've heard them say that the fog looks like it's no different from the normal fog, but when you get closer, you can still see that its color is different from the normal fog, and it's indeed a pale pink. ”

Su Qingmo looked at him sideways: "I want to go over and have a look, is it done?"

Coincidentally, the village at your foot and the forest not far away both belong to the border of Xiliang, and at the other end of the forest is the border of the Celestial Empire. Because of the desolation of this area, except for a village here, the border belonging to the Celestial Empire has not been inhabited for hundreds of years, and all of it is deep in mountains and forests.

Su Qingmo once led a team of people in, but there was nothing extra except for the dense growth of trees and more wild beasts. Even the fog that envelops it is the same as a normal fog, and you don't feel anything when you breathe it into your mouth.

So if you want to get in, you can only start from Xiliang's side.

If it was just such a remote and inhospitable forest before the earthquake happened, even if a person with no skills entered it, no one would take care of it.

But Emperor Naxiliang didn't know if he was crazy, or if he listened to the advice of a courtier, saying that there would be frequent earthquakes in this place, perhaps because there was some unknown treasure hidden under the ground.

Emperor Xiliang ordered people to block off this large area, and specially sent a team of soldiers to guard it, even if those soldiers often died due to sudden earthquakes, there was still no intention to revoke the order.

For that forest, Su Qingmo didn't get much information, but she felt that if she entered it, she should have what she wanted.

Now it's just that there's just a lack of a reason to enter openly.

Zhou Qingyun's position in Xiliang's royal family was awkward. Even if he pretends to be sick and weak all day long, there will still be people who look at him unpleasantly and want to kill him at any time.

In the past three years, since she decided to expand her business to Xiliang, she has truly experienced the royal dispute of fratricide, son not son, father not father.

So under her planning, on the surface, he was the person on the second prince's side, but secretly he was allied with Zhou Qingyun to help him through one crisis after another.

Leaning on the second prince is equivalent to leaning on the big tree of the concubine Wen in the palace of the second prince who has been favored for more than ten years, and this is also beneficial and harmless for the business at hand.

It can be said that her business can develop so fast, and there is a lot of light from Concubine Wen during this period.

Knowing that Concubine Wen's mother and son hated Zhou Qingyun very much, she inadvertently reminded the second prince a few words some time ago, telling him that if he really wanted to make the sick and weak seventh prince who he didn't like disappear unconsciously, designing for him to take over this task was the best opportunity.

After all, what better means could be than to use natural disasters* to destroy people?

This head revealed to Zhou Qingyun that he wanted to go to that place to investigate and see if there were any valuable medicinal materials in the forest.

After getting along in the past few years, she has become more and more aware of how difficult it is for Zhou Qingyun to be in the royal family. She also persuaded him not to fight for that position, and it wouldn't be interesting to sit on it.

If he really became the emperor, then he would become a slave of the people of Xiliang, getting up early every day and being busy with dark work, and having to deal with all kinds of intrigues in the front and back harems, brain cells die quickly, people will grow old fast, once people get old fast, they will die fast, and a lifetime will pass in the blink of an eye, what's the point?

If he really wants to be the emperor, she can also let him go to the Celestial Empire to sit on the throne.

God knows, every time Qing Qi, who is dressed as Mingchen Hao, meets for herself, the sadness on her face can make several large vts of bitter wine, which makes her feel that her mouth is full of bitterness when she sees it.

But Zhou Qingyun only gave him a helpless look, telling himself that he had a reason to fight.

Su Qingmo didn't think so, and had to fight for the reason? Those people are all dead, what is the point of him sacrificing himself to fulfill his mind?

However, after all, this is his business, and she has no right to interfere, at most, she will do her best to help him, and do her duty as a friend.

"It's a little late to go in today, let's go tomorrow. Zhou Qingyun said.

Su Qingmo glanced at the sky, thought about it and nodded in agreement.

In order to deal with emergencies, Su Qingmo took Yin and Xiaosan to set up a special waterproof tent in a stable and open-minded place. This kind of special tent also became one of Su Qingmo's economic inputs two years ago.

Its lightweight, waterproof and windproof features make those who are interested shine.

In addition to selling to the common people, she mainly put it into the army. Let Liqing's subordinates enter the army in airborne mode, and lead those soldiers to conduct field simulation special training and military exercises from time to time, during which tents are one of their must-haves.

The profits made by the tents in the Celestial Empire can only be maintained without losing money, and after Su Qingmo introduces the tents into Xiliang, the profits brought by it are enough to maintain the military supplies that the Celestial Empire army needs to put in every year.

A country's biggest expenditure is military spending, and all the military spending of the Celestial Empire is equivalent to being squeezed out of Xiliang.

What is the difference between a country that is not short of money and a country that is short of money, just look at the collection of its taxes.

Since the treasury of the Celestial Empire was not short of money, Su Qingmo asked Qing Qi to issue a holy decree that the Celestial Empire was exempt from taxes.

As a result, nine out of ten businessmen from neighboring countries who come to the Celestial Empire to do business will choose to settle in the Celestial Empire.

Some villages and towns bordering the Celestial Empire, especially those peasants who made a living from farming, also ran to settle down in the realm belonging to the Celestial Empire after hearing about this holy decree, and re-established a household registration in the Celestial Empire.

For these things, Qing Qi, who was sitting on the throne, expressed his worries, in the past two years, more and more people have poured into the Celestial Empire, and now there is silver in the treasury, it is good to say, and it can be raised, but if there is a famine in any year, it will become a burden for a red fruit.

But Su Qingmo didn't take it to heart, in her opinion, giving the people tax exemption and exemption was what the lord of a country should do. If the lord of the country does not seek the interests of the people, then the good birds choose the trees to perch, and the people have the right to choose a more comfortable place for themselves to live and give birth to offspring, since they cannot choose a new lord.

Besides, the territory of the Celestial Empire is vast, and those who have money can buy a house in the town to live, and those who are short of money can find a corner of the mountain, in the village, and build another house to live in.

In short, there is almost no writing in that holy decree: Welcome to the nationality of the Celestial Empire, the whole people are independent, whatever you choose, these words.

Early the next morning, under the leadership of Zhou Qingyun, Su Qingmo took Yin and Xiao San and prepared to set off to explore the mysterious forest.

Before they could go far, there were several hurried footsteps behind them.

Zhou Qingyun turned around and saw a guard running towards him. Looking at his sweaty appearance, it seems that there is something urgent.

Zhou Qingyun motioned for everyone to stop, and asked lightly at the guard who had already run in front of him, "What's the matter?"

The guard gasped and said intermittently, "Report to the Seventh Prince, I came from outside just now...... A team of strangers came...... Stranger. ”

Zhou Qingyun was stunned, stranger? Could it be that his stupid second brother can't wait to want his own life? Turning his head to look at the woman pretending to be a man on the side, he saw that his eyes were also dazed.

Then he asked the guard, "Have you asked who it is?"

The guard shook his head: "I asked, they didn't say." Only a child of a few years old said that he had come to find An Gongzi. After speaking, he glanced at Su Qingmo.

Zhou Qingyun seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Su Qingmo again, and sure enough, he saw a touch of helplessness in her eyes.

He sighed lightly and said, "Since I'm here to find you, why don't we go back and have a look first?"

Su Qingmo wanted to go back as early as when she learned that it was her son who came to find her. When I heard him say this, I naturally nodded in agreement.

Sure enough, as soon as they reached the simple thatched hut where the guards lived, they saw a child of two or three years old standing among several tall men.

The child walked over to them, and the child was already grinning at her.

When Su Qingmo walked in front of him, before he could lecture him, the kid obediently threw himself into her arms, leaned into her ear and whispered, "Mother, the child misses you so much." A few soft words made Su Qingmo's original action of raising his hand and preparing to spank him suddenly retreat.

Thinking that this is not the place to talk now, he made a look with Zhou Qingyun, and when he nodded, he walked to his tent with Lisu in his arms. Qingyi and Qingsan followed behind Yin and Xiaosan.

Facing Xiao San's gloating eyes and the disapproval on his face, Qing Yi pursed his lips and explained a little helplessly: "The little master is a person with ideas, if we don't bring him over, maybe one day when he wakes up, the little master will come by himself." Wouldn't it be even more dangerous then?"

"You should explain these words to the boss in a moment. Xiao San laughed.

Qingyi glared at her, and saw that Yin didn't mean to help him at all, so he didn't speak again in a suffocated manner.

After Su Qingmo carried Li Su into the tent, Qingyi and the others spontaneously sat down around the tent, observing all the suspicious people around them, so as to avoid being overheard by outsiders about the conversation between the mother and son inside.

Looking at his son's tired little face, Su Qingmo twisted a hot towel to clean his face and hands with some distress. He took a plate and handed him some of the beef jerky he had made before, and told him to eat it first.

While pouring him another glass of warm boiled water that she hadn't finished drinking before going out just now, she quenched his thirst.

Although Su Qingmo's coquettishness just now saved people from the pain of skin and flesh, the worry in Su Qingmo's heart had not yet dissipated, and at this moment, he stared at his son who was gnawing on beef jerky, and said in a bad tone: "Stinky boy, haven't I already sent a letter to you, and I'll go back in another month? Why are you still coming along? Don't you know that this place is very dangerous?"

Li Su picked up the cup and took a sip of water: "It's because it's dangerous, so the child has to come over to protect his mother." ”

Looking at his son's natural appearance, Su Qingmo's heart began to soften again, and he sighed: "Your mother and I are not children, if you are not completely sure that you can get out of the whole body, how can you come?"

"But accidents always happen unexpectedly. The boy had promised the man that he would keep you and your sister safe until he returned. The child doesn't want to break his word and get fat. ”

Su Qingmo glared at him: "Quissling! If it is something else, it would be easy to say, but at the moment, this matter is that I am not completely sure of my mother, what are you doing with a little child?"

Li Su suddenly raised his hand and pointed at her and said, "Oh, it turns out that my mother didn't blink her eyes when she lied." ”

Su Qingmo slapped away his little hand: "Paste, why did I lie?"

Li Su pouted: "Why didn't you lie? You just said that if you weren't completely sure, you wouldn't come, but now you say that even you are not completely sure, what is it that you are not lying?"