About 4,000 miles from the northeast of Kyoto, the more ancient Huanghuang Shangjing City, the snow is extremely strong, and the goose-feather snow falls one after another, and the streets and alleys of Shangjing are like a layer of pure white wool blankets, while the snow does not accumulate on the houses with stoves, and the black eaves are exposed, and the two sides are particularly beautiful.

From the city gate, you can see the palace built by the mountain from a distance, the pure black sè of the eaves of the palace is deeper than the black eaves of the private house, the snow rock on the mountain is covered with frost and snow, the waterfall has gradually weakened into an ice stream, the stone path is oblique and lonely, and the winter mountain and the Qing palace are extremely harmoniously integrated.

After the summer passed, many things happened in the Northern Qi Dynasty, the most shocking thing was naturally the assassination of the commander of the Zhenfu Division, the handsome Uesugi Tiger who galloped on the street with spears and horses that night, is now under house arrest in the palace, and the attitude of the court and the palace is very clear, Shen Chong was immediately charged with countless Chun crimes after his death, the Shen family was ruined, and only the Shen lady who was very familiar to the people in Beijing suddenly disappeared without a trace.

The sudden death of Shen Heavy was an extremely heavy blow to Jin Yiwei. The Northern Qi secret service, which was already a little weak, was secretly manipulated by the young emperor, and after losing a leading figure with a lot of city government, it became even weaker, and even the voice of the queen mother was much lower.

In the past few months, all the personnel of the Jinyi Guard have been a little panicked, and no one has come to take over this yamen, and they don't know what the imperial court will do. Fortunately, a few days ago, the imperial court finally issued a clear decree, and the son of the Hou family of Changning, the young secretary of Honglu Temple, Wei Hua, officially took over the vacant position.

In the past rumors in Beijing, the queen mother was willing to serve as the commander of the Marquis of Changning, but she was resisted by the young emperor, but now the holy decree is written to let the son of the Marquis of Changning do it, which inevitably caused some discussions, I don't know if this pair of mother and son who quarrel every day have finally reached some kind of tacit understanding and compromise.

Now rì Jinyi Wei shook the god again, took out the fierceness and domineering of the year, and began to carry out a new mission.

More than 100 brocade guards wearing brown official uniforms surrounded Silk Street, allowing snowflakes to float on their bodies.

Silk Street is not simple, the shops on it have a very deep background, especially the seven shops in the middle are the imperial merchants of Nanqing, the two countries are currently in the honeymoon period, it stands to reason that Jinyiwei is in self-rectification, and it should not come to make trouble.

However, the development of the situation was beyond everyone's expectations, and the shopkeepers along the street stood up, rubbed their hands in the wind and snow, and nervously watched as Jinyiwei took away the wine boss surnamed Sheng. This boss's surname is Shengming Huairen, and he is one of the leaders of Nanqing Neku in Shangjing.

The shopkeeper of the glass shop held on to the old door panel, and said in a trembling voice: "How dare you catch it?"

The guy said softly: "It was said that Jingnan found a large number of hoarded goods, there were no customs documents, and there was not even a tax contract, so Jin Yiwei touched Shangjing along that line and dug out this Sheng boss." ”

The wind and snow came and walked around, which seemed to be more translucent than the glass bottle behind the shopkeeper Yu, and he looked at the brocade guard who was gradually withdrawing with a worried face. He was very aware of the smuggling of Neiku to the north, which was originally a business done by the eldest princess, but the Northern Qi side had always acquiesced and enjoyed the benefits of low prices, why did he suddenly do it today?

———————————————————— the beautiful palace in Shangjing, the young emperor was sitting in a warm mattress, holding a piece of snack in one hand and feeding it to his mouth, holding a book in the other, looking at it carefully and very attentively.

Wei Hua, the new commander of the Zhenfu Division, took a cautious look at him, and after thinking for a long time, he mustered up the courage to interrupt His Majesty's distraction, and said softly: "How many people have been arrested...... However, all along, the Cui family and Xinyang have helped the court a lot, and they are a little embarrassed, so according to the orders of the Queen Mother, those who have status are finally released. ”

The young emperor didn't look at him, but the corners of his eyebrows wrinkled in disgust, and said, "Women...... Renzhiren, since he has turned his face, what old feelings do you still see?"

He was talking about the Queen Mother here, and Wei Hua naturally didn't dare to answer. The emperor shook his head, his gaze still on the book, and continued: "But it doesn't matter if you catch people or not, the goods ...... How many are you chopping?"

"Not a lot. There was a hint of excitement in Wei Hua's eyes, "The news is accurate, and the Nanban didn't expect that we would break the old rules, so we were caught off guard and suffered a lot of losses." ”

He suddenly thought of something, and asked: "This thing is a bit ridiculous, even if Fan Xian wants to grab the inner library with the eldest princess of Nanqing, there is no reason to send such a large gift to us, with his current strength in Nanqing, he can completely swallow these goods by himself, and not let these goods flow to the north." ”

The emperor still didn't look at him, and said coldly: "Giving me a big gift, naturally I have to ask for it." ”

"It's no problem to pinch the time, according to the news from the south, Fan Xian made a move before us, and the southerners should not suspect that I am joining forces with him to share the spoils, but will only think that I am taking advantage of the fire to rob. It's just ......" He suddenly put down the scroll in his hand, squinted at Wei Hua, the meaning of the accusation in his eyes was very clear, and said: "There are only five people in the DPRK and China who know about this matter, and I don't want to leak the news because of you." ”

Wei Hua was frightened, bowed to the ground, and said after making a poisonous oath: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty." Although he is the son of the Marquis of Changning, he is actually closer to the emperor, and this time he can be in charge of such a powerful yamen as Jinyiwei, he knows that the emperor has given him a chance, and it depends on whether he can catch it.

"Are the envoys of Qingguo still protesting?" the Emperor asked with sudden interest.

Wei Hua nodded, and said with a wry smile: "That Lord Lin makes a lot of noise in the Honglu Temple every day, complaining about the Cui family, saying that the imperial court will do it without investigation, and forcibly seizing the Cui family's goods and money is a nonsense act, which greatly affects the friendship between the two countries. ”

The emperor scolded: "What is the Cui family? It is the biggest smuggler in Qingguo! I help the southern barbarians to discipline their subjects, and they don't come to thank me, but they still come to complain about me, these southern barbarians are really guys who don't know the etiquette." ”

Wei Hua smiled bitterly, thinking to himself that you helped a foreign country discipline a businessman, but you refused to spit out the goods and silver in your mouth, how can this make sense. When the Cui family incident happened, Lin Wen was the plenipotentiary envoy of Qingguo in Shangjing, but he didn't know the inside story, of course, he had to fight for the people of his country.

"The most troublesome thing is the counselor Wang Qinian. Wei Hua suddenly had a headache and said: "Lord Lin is just making trouble in Honglu Temple, but this Lord Wang goes to Taichang Temple every day and asks to enter the palace to see His Majesty, saying that the Cui family is a famous businessman in Qingguo, and as Qingguo officials, they must safeguard the interests of the Cui family." ”

The emperor was stunned when he heard this, laughed angrily, and laughed: "Interesting, really interesting, Fan Xian is not only interesting himself, but even his henchmen are so nonsense...... Obviously, it was his own master who wanted to bite the Cui family to death, so he made such a fuss, not only washed Fan Xian's buttocks, but also defiled me. ”

............ But for the colleague in the south, Wei Hua was still a little jǐngti, and couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, what if...... secretly transmitted the truth of this incident back to Nanqing, so that Emperor Nanqing knew that Fan Xiankang was angry about the country and secretly communicated with this dynasty, but he was afraid that he would be furious...... Maybe he'll never get up again. ”

The negotiation between the two countries in Xia Rì let him know how indifferent and ruthless Fan Xian, a gentle and elegant scholar, was in his bones, so that after he took over as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he immediately regarded Fan Xian as his biggest enemy, and always thought about how to make Fan Xian unlucky.

To his disappointment...... The Emperor still just shook his head.

"Take a long-term view. The emperor said with mockery: "These goods of the Cui family are already within the border, what is the use of me taking these goods?......? The imperial court had been dealing with the eldest princess in the past, and both sides had gained a lot of benefits...... The reason why you want to cooperate with Fan Xian this time, don't you understand?"

The emperor picked up the book on the table, and said softly as he read it: "The Neku of the Southern Dynasty is about to be surnamed Fan, if you are not sure enough to destroy him, then it is better to be polite to him, the people of this kingdom are still counting on that Fantisi...... Deliver bargains every year. ”

After Wei Hua resigned, the emperor's face seemed to relax a lot in an instant, stretched an indecent waist, and yawned heavily. At this time, a woman with a beautiful face and dressed in a luxurious palace dress lifted the curtain and walked out, looked at the direction of the new commander's departure, blinked her eyes, and asked curiously: "What are you talking about?" It sounds like it has something to do with Fan Xian. ”

"Lili, as soon as you hear the word Fan Xian, you are so nervous, aren't you afraid that I will be jealous?" The young emperor took her over, hugged her in his arms, and said in her ear: "Fan Xian has made a move on Xinyang in the south, I ...... Cooperate with him a little. ”

It was not a small cooperation, the Cui family's line in the north had been completely destroyed, and the remaining goods and silver had all been seized by the Jinyi Guard, a big clan famous for doing business had one hand cut off, and the other hand placed inside Qingguo had already been completely cut off by the terrifying Supervision Yuan.

The manager smiled and said, "Of course I'm nervous, Master Fan is our matchmaker." ”

The young emperor was right when he thought about it, if it weren't for Fan Xian's "strange idea", let Uncle Kuhe take Li as an apprentice, and with Li Li's life experience, if he wanted to enter the palace, it would be a little troublesome.

"What are you looking at?" said the clerk curiously snatching the scroll from the emperor's hand.

The emperor was in a hurry, snatched it with his backhand, and said, "The stone record that Fan Xian specially sent to me, the latest chapter...... It's unique in the whole world, so don't break it. ”

The manager smiled brightly, snuggled up to his side, and said softly: "How dare Fan Xian...... your own mother-in-law?"

The emperor shook his head and said, "This guy's courage seems to be much greater than mine, and the palace in the south is much more complicated than ours, who knows?"

—————————————————————— the most noble river in the Northern Qi Kingdom is the Yuquan River that flows down from the mountain, circles the palace for half a circle, and then crosses out of the ancient city of Shangjing. The further upstream you go, the closer you get to the palace, the quieter it becomes.

Today, there is heavy snowfall, there are ice chips hidden between the banks of the river, and the bitter cold is incomparable, and there is a small garden where you can already see the black eaves of the palace and the winter trees in the mountains, and I don't know what kind of identity people can live here.

A boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old was working as a coolie in the garden at this time. The young man's face was slightly fat, pulling the stone mill in the garden, gritting his teeth and turning in circles, the stone mill made a squeaky sound, but his legs and feet trembled a little, in this cold winter weather, the clothes on his body were wet with sweat on his back, it was really indescribably pitiful.

After a few turns, the young man finally couldn't bear it anymore, pushed the handle in his hand, turned around and scolded angrily: "There are no beans!

The object of his angry scolding was sitting under the eaves at this time, lying on the chaise longue with a thick mattress, and his bright but not striking eyes were looking at the snowflakes whistling outside the eaves, as if he was in a trance. Listening to the young man's roar, she yawned, stood up, crossed her waist, and said lazily: "Where can I buy beans when it snows today......?" Aren't you now? I sold my donkey a few days ago, and the chickens and ducks in the garden also need to be heated in the winter, and they always need money. ”

The two people in this strange situation are naturally Fan Sizhe, who was banished to the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the most famous figure in the young generation of the Northern Qi Kingdom: the Begonia girl.

Haitang was wearing a cotton jacket with a large flower cloth, her hands in her pockets, a smile flashed on her plain face, and she looked at Fan Sizhen and said, "Your brother just wrote a few days ago, let me discipline you well." ”

It's okay if she doesn't say it, as soon as she says this, Fan Sizhen finally went really crazy, he came to Shangjing for some days, but he didn't do anything, he was caught by this village girl and was doing coolies, and even Yan'er was sent away by her!

The status of this village girl is high, her martial arts are strong, and she has a good heart, and she has thought about escaping many times, but it didn't work, and living in Beijing is really hard. Thinking of this, he squatted down angrily and scolded, "Who are you, and why are you disciplining me?"

Haitang smiled and didn't answer, but just lay down again, her eyes slightly closed, as if she was going to fall asleep to the accompaniment of this wind and snow.

Fan Sizhen looked at her, knowing that if he was disobedient, he probably wouldn't even have to eat, so he had to hold the handle of the stone mill again, gritted his teeth with hatred and said: "It's like a village girl, and she still wants to marry my brother! Don't think that I will recognize you as a sister-in-law in the future!"