The wheels of the four-wheeled carriage ran over the grass that would grow on the official road, and when they touched the cracks in the stones on the road, they made a gurgling sound, and the reeds between the carriages and the reeds were as cheerful as singing.

The road out of the inner library is full of a happy scene, the small birds are flying quickly in the forest on the edge of the distant paddy fields, the green grass seedlings show their slender and shy posture, the weeds on the edge of the paddy fields look at them with disdain, the convoys on the road are endless, the cargo ships on the river come and go, and the products of the inner library are transported out through various ways and sold to the people of the world, so a lively scene.

Originally, the wagons on the official road did not dare to compete with the convoy, and subconsciously stopped, but some people in the carriage looked at it twice, and seemed to find that the shipment volume of the inner warehouse was too large today, and the traffic was a little busy, so they ordered their convoy to stop on a grass on the side of the road, and it was very surprising to let the wagons go first.

In the penultimate carriage of the convoy, it was the poor officials of the Inner Treasury Transfer Division who had just been removed from Wusha yesterday, in addition to the official uniform, these officials were all the henchmen of the eldest princess in the Inner Library, although I had thought that Fan Tisi would have a bad time after his arrival, but I really didn't expect Fan Xian to be so faceless to the officials and the mother-in-law, and simply arrested them to the extreme, and in the name of ...... It's a matter of work...... Of course, these officials knew at this time that they had fallen into Fan Xian's trap, and they were panicked in their hearts.

However, Fan Xian did not immediately open the court to try the case, these officials have their own relatives and friends, and they knew in prison last night that Fan Xian was going to bring his people to Suzhou and hand them over to the governor of Jiangnan, Xue Qingxue, for personal interrogation. Even if the Supervision Yuan has the confession of the treasurer, as long as he refuses to admit it after arriving in Suzhou, Lord Xue Qingxue will always give the eldest princess some face, as long as it drags on for some time, as long as the pressure in Kyoto arrives, Fan Xian will not take care of himself, and he will probably not pay attention to himself anymore.

"Why do you want Xue Qing to be interrogated?" Haitang half leaned against the side of the car window, frowning slightly.

Fan Xian lowered his head and said, "I'm not suitable for this." ”

Haitang hummed softly and didn't continue to say anything, since the day of the work, the atmosphere between the two people has become a little weird, and the mutual trust in the rì seems to have weakened a little, and they are polite to each other, but a little more rusty. Haitang thought about it afterwards and understood why, knowing that when she proposed to travel, it was indeed a little embarrassing for Fan Xian, but after a few years, she saw that Fan Xian was always so deliberately light, and she didn't take the initiative to explain, after all, no matter what, Haitang, as a saint of Northern Qi, had such a transcendent status, and Fan Xian's pride also touched her pride.

So the two of them are currently maintaining this awkward answer.

"I want to confirm again, has the money arrived?" Fan Xian asked with a frown.

Haitang had a faint smile on his face, as if he was mocking Fan Xian's gains and losses, and said softly: "I said it last time in Suzhou, why worry so much, can't you trust me now?"

Fan Xian suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the carriage was a little depressing, and whispered a few words to Sisi beside him, and then lifted the curtain and got out of the car. Sisi tilted her head slightly, looking at Begonia curiously, not knowing how this famous girl offended the young master - she can see clearly these days, although the young master has no personal relationship with this Begonia girl, but at first it was like a friend who had been friends for many years, but it was a little strange these days.

Begonia was a little inexplicable by Sisi, and suddenly smiled: "What are you looking at?"

Sisi said angrily: "Just look at me, don't you look at you?"

Haitang shook her head with a smile, and habitually pushed her hands to her waist...... But she found that she had been wearing the clothes of a servant girl these days, instead of the flower cloth jacket she was used to, and there were no two big pockets in front of her.

She looked at Sisi and teased: "I look at you, I want to see what the woman Fan Xian likes looks like." ”

This is true, Haitang has always been a little incomprehensible, obviously her friend Si Lili is the most beautiful woman in the world, why Fan Xian can keep calm in front of Lili, deliberately maintain a distance, even after that night of madness, there is no concern for Lili, this Jiangnan is dozens of rì, Fan Xian has not asked himself a word, such as Lili's recent good life.

Even if he is a ruthless person, he will not be so indifferent to the peerless beauty who has had a one-night relationship and the blessing of the same car, so Haitang even began to wonder if Fan Xian had some hidden diseases, such as like His Majesty...... But Fan Xian accepted Sisi into the room, and Begonia came all the way, of course, he knew that Sisi's big girl was Fan Xian's room, so it was a little strange, but after watching these days, I didn't see what was strange about Sisi, and his appearance was just dignified and delicate, far less than the soft and rich Si Li.

When the begonia girl said "the woman Fan Xian likes", Sisi's face turned red all of a sudden, and she responded in a voice the size of a mosquito: "Young master...... How can you like me. ”

Haitang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I don't like you, how can I accept you into the room?" Although Fan Xian is a cold-blooded and ruthless person, I don't believe that he will act like this. ”

Sisi suddenly raised her face, revealing a look of pride and confidence: "The girl is mistaken, the young master is the most affectionate person in the world. ”

"Affection?" Haitang smacked these two words, remembering that Sisi seemed to be a person who grew up waiting for Fan Xian, he frowned for a while, and hesitated in his heart, like Fan Xian, a cold-blooded and ruthless young minister who takes pleasure in calculating others, is really ...... Someone who loves it?

She sighed, and since there were no big pockets on her clothes, she had to fold her hands with some regret, and asked, "Miss Sisi, why did you stare at me before?"

In fact, Sisi was a little resistant to this Begonia girl, who was always inseparable from the young master a few days ago, after all, the other party was not a young person, and he was a hostile Northern Qi person. But later, I came into contact with more, just like many people who have come into contact with Begonia, Sisi also easily fell in love with this girl who is gentle in words, bright in action, and straightforward but not reckless. Begonia is a noble person, although his face seems to be sparse, he doesn't talk much, but he treats people very sincerely, no matter what kind of person he is, he will be treated equally, and it is respect and equality from the bones - such as Sisi, who is still a big girl - this alone has surpassed the world.

At this time, listening to Miss Begonia's question, Sisi couldn't help but hide her lips and smile, and said, "As the girl thinks, I also want to see what the young master's favorite person looks like." ”

............ The carriage was quiet, Haitang opened her big bright eyes, looked at Sisi like a cute little animal, and after a while, put her hands in her sleeves, shrugged her shoulders, and said, "Will the Hu people not kill people?"

Xihu Beiman, I don't know how many Chinese people have been killed for hundreds of years, and the name of ferocity has spread all over the four fields, Sisi replied very resolutely: "Impossible!"

Haitang blinked slowly, smiled and said, "The same thing." ”

――――――――――――――――――――――― breeze swept Fan Xian's face, telling him that it was now chūn day. He closed his eyes, facing the breeze blowing in his face, smelling the breath of life in the wind, very pleasant, the green leaves of the trees at the end of the paddy field in front of him were rustled by the wind, and suddenly his eyes moved slightly, and he heard the rustling sound from behind.

It's not the wind blowing in the treetops, it's not sweeping the streets, it's not rolling dice, it's not the pencil head writing, it's not the silkworm eating the mulberry leaves.

It's her walking, and the village girl is walking.

Fan Xian didn't open his eyes, and said slowly, "Why is it impossible?"

"Huh?" Haitang calmly walked up to him and expressed his doubts in one word, which was very light like the blind man who was expressing doubts to Chen Pingping many years ago.

The corners of Fan Xian's lips curled slightly, and he said, "Why do you think I can't like you?" According to the news in the courtyard, the Empress Dowager of Northern Qi has already begun to worry about your marriage. ”

Haitang put his hands in his sleeves, stood beside him and looked at the ploughing cattle in the paddy field in front of him, smiled lightly, knowing that he had heard all the conversations with Sisi in the carriage, and said, "It seems that your true spirit is good." ”

Fan Xian opened his eyes, stared at a small bird that landed on the back of a ploughing ox, and asked with a smile, "What am I asking...... Why can't I like you. ”

Haitang turned his head to look at him, and found that he was asking this question very seriously, and couldn't help but respond helplessly: "I always like this kind of flowery, but I can't really take advantage of anything." ”

Fan Xian was silent, thinking of the conversation with Qiye yesterday, there are many things that he can only do and can't say after he is reborn, but with Haitang...... He couldn't help but laugh and said, "I'm just curious why you're so sure." ”

Haitang smiled and said: "In Shangjing City, you once said that all men, or male animals, think with their lower bodies...... And I thought to myself, I didn't have that kind of face to arouse your thoughts, after all, my identity is different, you are jealous, and it is impossible to get any benefits, how can you like me?"

Haitang is the saintess of Northern Qi, Fan Xian is the minister of Nanqing, the two can get along as friends, but if they really want to make a couple, the Empress Dowager of Northern Qi and Emperor Nanqing will definitely not allow this kind of thing to happen, on the contrary, it will bring some damage to the plan of the two people. But Fan Xian didn't think about this, and said mockingly: "I like this kind of thing, it has nothing to do with interests." I found that this is only half a year, and your heart is already much worse than before. ”

When he was in Hangzhou, Fan Xian seemed to have said it to Haitang.

Haitang was silent for a long time, and slowly spoke: "Tianyi pays attention to the induction of heaven and man, the upper body of the world, and the lower pity of all the people, I thought that these things would be done naturally, but in the past six months, I have been entangled in many plans, which is very different from the central law of my door, and I can't help but be a little uncomfortable." ”

Fan Xian bowed slightly, and said in agreement: "This kind of intrigue is indeed only suitable for people like me, you should still be a promising career as a village girl." He didn't know what he thought, and sighed and said: "Speaking of your discord, it's still my problem after all, if I don't pull you into the game when you go to Beijing, maybe you are still raising chickens and teasing donkeys in the garden." ”

He turned to Haitang and smiled and said, "Did I lead you into the Demon Path?"

"What is the way of the devil?" Haitang replied calmly: "It's just a demon in the heart, if there is a yù, there will be a loss, although my place seems to be magnificent, but it will still be lost, this is the so-called way of nature." ”

Fan Xian asked, "Then you still insist?"

"Of course. Haitang said softly: "Anzhi, you said a sentence that is deeply in my heart. ”

"What?"

"There has never been a good war or a bad peace in this world. Haitang smiled and said, "So for this goal, I am willing to help you." ”

Fan Xian fell into silence again, looking at the scene in front of him in a daze, only to see that the bird might be on the ploughing cow covered with yellow mud, and did not find any parasites to feed his stomach, so he flew away with a snort.

"Actually, you shouldn't be too inferior. Fan Xian turned his head to look at Begonia, and said very seriously: "I have always felt that you are very dignified. ”

Haitang was dumbfounded, and responded after a while: "Dare to ask, is this admiring Duoduo or mocking?"

Fan Xian laughed, shook his head and said, "It's just the reason why I can't like you because of what you said earlier." ”

Begonia finally couldn't help but glance at him, like a little girl, extremely rare.

Fan Xian found that his eyebrows were a little itchy, stretched out his fingers and rubbed them, and said, "Don't compare with me, there are few beauties in this world." He said depressedly: "It's not my problem, it's my parents' problem." ”

No matter how light and self-contained Begonia is, after all, it is just a teenage girl's family, how can a girl's family not pay attention to appearance? Unless it is blind...... She was so angry that Fan Xian's words were clearly relieved and secretly made fun of, thinking that this guy's mouth was really a little suspicious, so she gritted her teeth and said: "As a high-ranking official, it's better not to talk nonsense." ”

Fan Xian didn't seem to notice the other party's anger, and explained seriously: "It's not nonsense, you said that I can't like you because you are not beautiful enough, and I want to explain to you that in my opinion, you are really good-looking......"

Begonia was slightly stunned. Fan Xian's next sentence came very quickly: "After all, there is a precedent, my wife, Kyoto people say that she is just beautiful, but in my opinion, Wan'er is the most beautiful woman in the world......" He shook his head and sighed: "My aesthetics are probably different from most people in this world." ”

This sentence finally turned the begonia poison, she snorted, took out the hands in her sleeves, and brushed them away. With a flick of his sleeves, the grass clippings on the grass flew wildly, the wind moved for no reason, and the momentum was compelling.

Fan Xian stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, and he was not a wolf in a piece of grass clippings, swaying back and forth, as if he might fall to the ground at any time. In this way, his happy laughter could be heard from the grass clippings.

............ The wind stopped the grass clippings and fell, and Begonia stood quietly aside, with a hint of sneering on his face, looking at him and sneering: "Humiliate me, can you get rid of the anger of the previous two days?"

Fan Xian was slightly stunned, sighed, and said with a smile: "Duoduo, are you still angry?" This is the first time he has called each other Duoduo after Gong Cháo's rì.

After Haitang was stunned for a moment, he slowly turned around and walked towards the carriage. At this time, the six swordsmen in the carriage had already gotten out of the carriage to take care of them, and the tiger guards led by Gundam were even more staring at Haitang, after all, there was a burst of grass clippings wind before, and these Fan Xian's subordinates didn't know what was going on, and they were very afraid that Haitang would suddenly make a move.

Fan Xian followed, smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry to get in the car, walk with me." He waved his hand to let Gundam and the others retreat, and after a few more words, he walked forward side by side along the woodland next to the official road with the begonias.

............ The two walked side by side, a long distance away from the convoy, and the chūn forest above them was shining in the sunlight, turning into all kinds of beautiful spots of light, shining on their clothes.

"I'm a big believer in trusting those two words. Fan Xian said calmly: "Maybe it's because in my life, it's difficult to find someone to trust, so I'm a little disappointed that you have to leave the house that day." ”

Haitang lowered his head slightly, did not explain anything, but said very directly: "Duoduo is also a person who cares about this matter very much, after all, you and I belong to two countries, if there is no trust, it is really difficult to succeed." ”

Once the words are spoken, it is relatively simple, but at this time, it is already very unnecessary to ask whether Haitang wants to go to the workshop to peep, or if Fan Xian misunderstood this girl. Since through Fan Xian's sour mouth, the trust between the two has been restored by a certain kind of Cheng dù, and it will be extremely stupid to mention the old things.

The two walked forward side by side, Haitang glanced at him with his peripheral vision, frowned, his hands were still in his sleeves, it was not as comfortable as Fan Xian's big pocket, Fan Xian explained softly: "The official uniform of the Supervision Yuan, I asked Sisi to add two pockets. ”

Begonia smiled slightly and sighed with some regret.

In the woodland next to the official road, the rustling sound rose again, this pair of men and women who have no selfishness between men and women, but are particularly demanding of each other's trust, just like in the palace in Shangjing of the Northern Qi Dynasty half a year ago, on the road by the Yuquan River, they naturally dragged their heels and walked lazily.

In front of and behind him is a chūnsè, and the forest leaves above the head are young and lovely.

"How are you going to deal with the Ming family?" asked Haitang softly.

Fan Xian's eyebrows raised slightly, and said: "Neiku opened the door for bidding, a total of sixteen items, in previous years, the Cui Ming family had to occupy fourteen items, and now that the Cui family has fallen, there are almost six positions left, I have arranged for someone to take over, and when Si Zhe in the middle of the year closes the Cui family's remnants in the north, the north and the south will be connected, and the road will be reopened...... As long as your guard commander doesn't make a fool of himself, there will be no problem with the goods route from the inner library to the north, and as for how many private goods can be set up in it, it depends on what kind of process I can master the inner library, and the other is the manpower transferred to me by my father, I don't know how much role it can play. ”

This is an agreement between him and the little emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and Haitang went south, of course, to keep an eye on this matter and that large sum of silver.

Haitang was silent for a moment and then said: "Even if you can get all the inner library in your hands in a short period of time, if you send the amount to the north...... According to the agreement, there will be more private goods than the eldest princess in previous years, how can you guarantee the amount you will pay to the Qingguo court? I am worried that you will not be able to explain to the Qingguo Emperor, before coming this time, His Majesty also asked me to bring you a message, and now this year cannot meet the needs of the north, you can postpone it for two years, and wait for you to stand firm, after all, this is a long-term plan. ”

Fan Xian was slightly stunned, he didn't expect the Emperor of Northern Qi to think about himself so much, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "It depends on the situation, as long as the production capacity of the inner warehouse this year has increased significantly compared with previous years, I will be able to explain it to the imperial court." ”

Haitang glanced at him and asked suspiciously, "Where did this growth come from?"

Fan Xian replied calmly: "First, of course, the production of the various workshops in the inner library should be increased, after the open source, how to make accounts to smuggle the goods out, naturally there are old shopkeepers, Su Wenmao, and those old officials sent by my father to do things on the account, you also know that it is me who supervises the inner library, and it is not too difficult for me to smooth out the traces; ”

returned to the question that Haitang asked at the beginning, how did he plan to deal with the Ming family. Haitang listened to his tone, and didn't seem to be ready to wipe out the Ming family in a short time, and was a little surprised, and asked, "Can you tolerate the Ming family?"

"I have tolerate, at least for this year. Fan Xian laughed at himself: "The foundation of the Cui family is too floating, and the battle line is too far, so the Supervision Yuan can succeed in a battle, but the century-old clan of the Ming family is a famous family in Jiangnan long before the inner library, and the foundation is extremely solid. The most important thing is ......"

His face sanctuated: " The Ming family has eaten a lot of benefits from the inner library over the years, but such a big business, of course they can't be alone, of course there is the shadow of the royal family behind this system, the eldest princess, the crown prince, the second prince, all have shares in it, maybe you don't believe it, even my Fan family has a position in it, and they go to Kyoto every year to give heavy gifts, and the ministries and even the Privy Council have an excellent impression of the Ming family, and they have always been low-key, you have also seen that young master Ming, who is a very stable person who does things for others, and does not have a bad reputation among the people...... It's hard to move them. ”

Haitang also began to feel that this matter was a little complicated, but she found that although Fan Xian's eyebrows were slightly worried, she still did not lose her confidence, and asked, "What are your hole cards?"

"My hole card is the emperor. Fan Xian said seriously: "The Ming family stole the silver from the inner treasury, and then gave a part to the princess, princes and ministers, and everyone in the world likes the Ming family." But...... His Majesty didn't like it, because what the Ming family stole was his silver. ”