There are three convenient ways to get from Jiangnan Road to Jiangbei Road, but no matter how you go, you always have to cross the mighty river, and in today's world, there are no cement bridges that Fan Xian is familiar with, so you can only rely on the continuous ferries between the two sides of the strait to support the busy traffic on the waterfront.

The three major squares of the inner library are in northern Fujian, the Yamen of the Transshipment Division is in Suzhou, and Xiao Fan is in Hangzhou, it seems that the control of the inner library is in a kind of looseness, but only the officials and businessmen who have had the opportunity to come into contact with this part of the country are clear, after the Supervision Yuan and the Inner Treasury Yamen joined forces, how strict the control of the warehouses and special channels all over the south of the Yangtze River is.

Especially the route to the north, deliberately detoured to the west, crossed the river from Shazhou to the north, and then crossed the barren mountains of Jiangbei Road, the meadows of Cangzhou Road, and then went around the Beihai, and continuously sent it into the border of Northern Qi, and then brought back rich silver taels for Qingguo to purchase the needs of the side.

Most of the goods on Xingbei Road are under the control of Xia Mingji, Xia Qifei marked a few big marks with the help of Fan Xian, and secretly integrated the small commercial houses and gangs in the south of the Yangtze River, which has gradually become a trend.

And the reason why he chose to cross the river in Shazhou, from the eyes of the officials, is naturally because the Jiangnan Naval Division is stationed in Shazhou, but only Fan Xian and him know that he chose Shazhou because the strongest strength of Jiangnan Shuizhai is here...... The things in it are all uneasy for the court to look at.

Xia Qifei sat in the tea shop outside the gate of Shazhou City, drinking tea while looking at the ships transporting goods on the gentle river, squinting slightly. The second young master in the north suddenly increased his appetite for the goods, but it was not so bad that he couldn't take it, after all, the door of the inner library was completely open for them, Fan Xian's cronies, but in such a short period of time, all the goods were transported there, and at the same time, the court could not be suspicious, which required very careful arrangements.

Fortunately, it is the practice of the imperial court to supervise the operation of the inner treasury, and the Supervision Yuan is responsible for it. So far, the worries of the ministers in the court have finally become a fact, Fan Xian supervises himself, how can this not be a problem?

Xia Qifei put down the teacup, slowly savoring the bitter taste in his mouth, but there was no bitterness in his heart, looking back on the past year and a half, he sometimes felt as if he was dreaming, since he climbed on the thigh of Lord Qincha, like a poisonous snake biting his heart for more than ten years of family feud once snowed, the Ming family returned to his own hands, and his identity has changed from the disgraceful leader of the Jiangnan Water Village to the official of the Supervision Yuan, a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River.

There is indeed something wonderful about this thing in this world.

It's just that he also knows that the Ming family today is no longer the Ming family of the past, although the imperial court did not directly intervene in it, but if Lord Xiao Fan really spoke, he could only do it all.

Thinking of this, he took his satisfied gaze back from the cargo boxes in the river boat, frowned slightly, and couldn't understand some things -- smuggling goods from the inner warehouse to the northern Qi Dongyi was undoubtedly the most profitable business in the world, but as Lord Xiao Fan, why should he be so greedy? Lord Xiao Fan explained back then that the reason why the eldest princess was greedy for silver was because she wanted to seek power in the court, lay the foundation for the princes, and buy people's hearts in the army.

But Lord Xiao Fan himself is the prince, and it is impossible for him to take over the throne after returning to the Fan family, what does he want so much silver for? What's more, His Majesty just didn't like the eldest princess back then to secretly move his inner treasury almost empty, can His Majesty allow Lord Xiao Fan to do this now?

............ Since the eldest princess Li Yunrui lost power, this shock wave that is not big or small has swept lightly in the hearts of the nobles of the world, and it has not stirred up any waves. Of course, this is only a superficial calm, and no one knows what people are thinking behind the scenes.

It's just that now people know how Fan Xian, the powerful minister of the Southern Dynasty, won the favor of the Qingguo Emperor, and how much power he has in his hands, he can't help but be a group of people and look forward to it - no matter what, Fan Xian is still a scholar in the hearts of people all over the world, especially the table on the stage over the years, which makes it clear to people that he is a little different from the ordinary children of Qingguo's magnates, as for not being so enthusiastic and warlike.

Northern Qi and Dongyi naturally hope that Fan Xian can last a long time. Even if the little emperor of Northern Qi wanted to pull Fan Xian to his side as a prince, he also knew that Fan Xian still stayed in Nanqing to benefit him the most, and he hoped that Fan Xian's power would be as great as possible, and the deeper the holy grace, the better, and it would be best to be strong enough to influence Emperor Qingguo's decision.

However, this is only extravagant hope and idealism, no emperor will be stupid enough to pin the hope of peace on a courtier in a foreign country, peace between countries, after all, is still reflected in strength, the strength of the country, is naturally military strength!

Since the opening of Chūn, in the open wilderness north of Yanjing and east of Cangzhou, the Northern Qi generation of male generals Uesugi Tiger was released from house arrest, parachuted into the southern front, established his absolute authority in the army in a very short period of time, and began to exercise and reorganize, maintaining a strong deterrent to the Southern Korean army and suppressing the ambitions of the Nanqing people.

Facing the Uesugi Tiger head-on was a general of Qingguo, Yan Xiaoyi, the governor of the Northern Metropolis. In this way, the two cattle collided together, how could there be no sparks and the smell of blood gradually rising, although there was no war on the border, but some small frictions, some deliberately created tense atmosphere, gradually diffused.

Xia Mingji, presided over by Xia Qifei, transported the goods of the inner warehouse to the north, and the reason why he had to go around the Beihai side in the south of Cangzhou was actually because the situation in Cangzhou had always been a little tense.

However, this qiē has completely changed in this month, for some reason, Uesugi Tiger suddenly collected his troops and returned to the north for more than fifty miles, transferred troops, and put on a lazy posture of not defending or breaking through, and seemed to not care that Yan Xiaoyi was leading 100,000 jīng soldiers in the middle of Yanjing and Cangzhou, staring like a cow, always wanting to come up and take a bite.

The tension suddenly turned into leisure, and the soldiers of the two countries suddenly turned into an outing, and the instantaneous changes made Nanqing's military feel annoyed and stunned for no reason.

What are the people of Northern Qi thinking?

Yan Xiaoyi knew what the people of Northern Qi were thinking, he picked up the cup and drank a sip of the liquor produced on the grassland in Beihai and Beibei, the wine slightly wet his beard, and the cold glint in his eyes gradually grew.

Since the news from Kyoto reached Cangzhou, Yan Xiaoyi knew that he was facing a crisis, and when his cronies lowered their voices at night to make ideas, he still remained calm and did not say a word.

When the Uesugi Tiger led the Northern Qi army to slowly retreat, and put on a posture of a ** girl reclining on the couch, Yan Xiaoyi was neither surprised nor puzzled, but just sneered.

The people of Northern Qi naturally knew the news of the eldest princess's loss of power, and knew that the emperor was bound to take down him, so at this moment, Uesugi Tiger deliberately showed weakness and removed all the pressure given to Yan Xiaoyi, just so that he could save all his strength and the god jīng.

What are you doing with these preserved? Naturally, you have to deal with your own emperor.

Yan Xiaoyi slowly put down the wine glass, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her lips. If the Emperor of Northern Qi suddenly wants to attack the Shangshan Tiger at this time, he will do the same, there is a problem within the enemy country, as his own side, of course, he must stand by and watch, and give the enemy as much space and strength as possible, so that the other party can toss himself, and after killing each other, it is not unpleasant to sit on the benefits of the fisherman.

But Yan Xiaoyi didn't seem to be prepared for anything, he seemed to be just waiting for that day, waiting for a few old and wrinkled eunuchs to come on horseback, tired and tired, hoarse, and full of panic, but he forced himself to announce His Majesty's will calmly.

"Yan Xiaoyi...... ......"

The eldest princess fell, and as the eldest princess's confidant, he was the biggest help in the army...... Naturally, he would not allow him to remain in charge of the very jīng soldiers of the Northern Army. Yan Xiaoyi is very aware of this.

He was ready, so he didn't take the anger on the faces of his cronies into his eyes. However, to his surprise, His Majesty's will had not yet arrived, and worry came to his face, wondering what kind of charges the emperor wanted to arrange for himself, and he had delayed it for so long?

The spirits burned his heart, and Yan Xiaoyi's heart hurt so much, could it be that His Majesty really trusted himself so much? But His Majesty knew that he was just a hunter in the mountains back then, and if it wasn't for the eldest princess, he was afraid that he would be unknown for the rest of his life.

What's more, Fan Xian has a grudge against himself for killing his son, although Yan Xiaoyi has not caught evidence, but he believes that within Qingguo, those who dare to kill their sons, except for His Majesty, there are only two crazy people, except for the eldest princess, of course, it is the crazy Fan Xian.

It is impossible for His Majesty to kill his illegitimate son to avenge his son. This is the biggest contradiction between Yan Xiaoyi and the emperor that cannot be reversed - and Yan Xiaoyi's ferocity is destined that he will not be caught with his hands tied and die in Kyoto from then on.

But he would not lead his troops to the Northern Qi monarchs and ministers who were watching a play in the north, because it would be a humiliation.

Yan Xiaoyi picked up the wine glass with the liquor again, drank it all, and sighed, I really don't know what to do, and then he received a letter, and the person who wrote this letter was a person he had never thought of.

Looking at this letter, his hand holding the letter began to tremble, the hands that had always been steady like mountains, the hands that controlled the strings like gods, and the hands that were still as steel as iron when the two masters of the Nine Grades of Shadow and Fan Xian were attacking, actually trembled.

――――――――――――――――――――― Qingguo was still at the end of the chūn, and the border in the far south was already very hot, and the dense woods around were all overwhelmed by the sun at high altitude, and they were soft on the rocks, and the vines on the rocks had long been roasted by the high temperature on the rocks.

The heat is not terrible, what is terrible is the humidity in the dense forest, there is somehow so much rain in the south, although the rain does not last long, but the rain lands, and before it can seep into the soil, it is baked into water vapor by the high temperature, wrapping the woods, animals and people walking on the road, making it difficult for all living beings to breathe.

A huge procession was lazily walking on the official road, and the officials of the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites, who were in charge of the face of the Heavenly Kingdom, ripped off their clothes, not caring about the physique. Military discipline has always been strict, and hundreds of forbidden soldiers with bright armor also wear crooked clothes and hats, and even the palace tiger guards who surrounded several carriages in the middle began to have a feeling of exhaustion and scoundrel in their eyes.

In the middle of the carriage, sat His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Qingguo.

At this time, it has been more than a month since he left Beijing, and the ceremony of Nanzhao was very smooth, and he held the coffin in front of the dead king's spirit and pretended to cry several times, and gently said a few gossips to the little king, and after witnessing the ceremony of enthronement, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his party set off to return to the north.

The reason why I chose to travel under such a big sun is because when the light is strong, the forest is not easy to fog, and in the dense forest at the junction of Nanzhao and Qingguo, the most terrible thing is those poisonous fogs.

The crown prince Li Chengqian knocked on the window lattice of the carriage, signaled the whole team to stop, and then stepped out of the carriage with the support of the eunuch, and whispered something to the chief official of the Ministry of Rites.

A tiger guard said respectfully: "Your Highness, take advantage of the rì head to go, so as not to be invaded by the poisonous mist." ”

The prince smiled and said, "Rest, everyone is tired." ”

"I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the post station in front. The tiger guard said in embarrassment.

"Didn't you say yesterday that there was a small family before the inn?" said the prince kindly, "It's good to stay there tonight." ”

The official of the Ministry of Rites, who had been questioned earlier, dissuaded: "What kind of identity does Your Highness have, how can you live in the wilderness casually? The post station in Tiancheng County is too broken, and the post station planned last night is ready to welcome His Highness. ”

The prince insisted on not allowing it, only saying that the entourage around him was tired. The official of the Ministry of Rites couldn't help but ask with a slight fear: "But I missed the return date......

"This palace is responsible for it, and it can't let these soldiers get tired and sick. The prince said with a frown.

There was an order to go down and let the hundreds of people rest on the spot, and they should be able to spend the night in Tiancheng County tonight. When the sergeants and tiger guards heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thanked the prince, and arranged defenses on both sides of the road, and divided into teams to rest.

Everyone knew that it was the prince who felt sorry for himself and other hardships, and they all cast grateful eyes, but they didn't dare to let the prince see this look. In the past month or so, from Kyoto to Nanzhao, and then back to the north, the road is far and difficult, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not as delicate as people used to imagine, he is silent, and there are many consolations and encouragements to these subordinates, and they are indescribably amiable.

Along the way, everyone has a new understanding of His Royal Highness the Prince, and feels that His Royal Highness really pities the people, not only has no complaints about His Majesty's will, but also does not forget himself everywhere.

The crown prince led the order to the southern edict to observe the ceremony, such a hard-working and unprofitable messenger, in the eyes of the people of the world, they would feel that even if His Majesty was not banishing the prince, he was also suing the prince, or a disguised punishment. However, these soldiers and officials today are a little puzzled, what is there to dislike about such an excellent prince?

............ In fact, everyone knows that it is mainly for the prince's convenience, although the prince and everyone share the joys and sorrows along the way, but it is impossible to let a dignified highness squat on the side of the road with everyone to shit bare-assed.

Li Chengqian smiled helplessly at the forbidden soldiers who pulled the green curtain, lifted the corner of the blue curtain and walked in, however, ...... He didn't unbutton his pants, just waited calmly and slightly nervously.

He didn't stay long, and he held a pill in one hand and sent it into the green banner.

Obviously, this kind of thing happened more than once, the prince directly took it, chewed it and swallowed it, and licked the gap between his teeth with the tip of his tongue to make sure that there would be no residue left, so that those eunuchs who were called servants and secretly monitored would find out.

"Why can't you give this medicine to those sergeants?" the prince said after a moment of silence, and then said to the faint shadow outside the green banner, his tone a little sad, "Seven people have died along the way. ”

Nanzhao has too many poisonous miasma, although the hospital has prepared excellent medicines, but there are still several forbidden soldiers and eunuchs who accidentally inhaled the drug mist and died.

The shadow outside the green banner paused for a moment and then said, "Your Highness, I find that I like you more and more. After saying this, Wang Shisanlang shook his head and disappeared quietly.

The prince squatted down and frowned slightly, he knew that Wang Shisanlang was sent by Fan Xian, but he didn't know why Fan Xian was so careful to protect himself, but Fan Xiandai's words were very clear, and he didn't need to get him any affection, but he didn't like the feeling of a master being far away from him, and he had also tried to let that person give him all the medicine.

It's just that he has eunuchs to serve when he sleeps, and if people find out that the prince is carrying drugs from unknown sources, it will indeed be a big trouble.

It's just that there is no medicine around him, so he can't save people, and when he thinks of the people who died along the way, the prince couldn't help but sigh.

This paragraph is very good, so good that it can't be better, because he knows what kind of person his father is, his father is looking for a reason, a substitute to abolish himself, if he can't find an excuse that can not damage the emperor's face, the father will not be in a hurry to do it.

Father loves face too much, Li Chengqian thought with a smile, stood up, threw the used paper on the ground, and thought to himself, what is the difference between this kind of thing and the paper that rubs the buttocks?

But it is really needed, at least because of this, Li Chengqian can hold on for a while longer. A stubborn look appeared on his face, Father, my son won't give you too many excuses, if you want to abolish me, don't think about keeping face.

He opened the green banner and walked out, looking at the dazzling sunlight in the sky, and suddenly thought of the little child next to the coffin of King Nanzhao, slightly distracted, thinking that he was a prince, and his father died early, in fact, it was really a happy thing.

He immediately thought of living in Tiancheng County tonight, and felt that the name of this county was really auspicious, so he couldn't help laughing.