Wei Ran didn't pay attention to the flower lady's words, but asked, "Are the rules of this flower picking conference set by people?" ”

Hua Niangzi didn't know what Wei Ran's intentions were, but she still stubbornly said: "Nature is a rule set by people. ”

"This king has no leisure to play this kind of game with you, this Xiang'er girl will be taken away by this king, the proceeds of tonight's flower picking conference, this king has all been calculated, and the Tianxiong army will come to count later, if you are less than a penny, this king will cure your crimes."

Wei Ran seemed to think of something, and said: "The rest of the women will also be brought back to the mansion, and after they are found out, they will all be arranged to return to their hometowns." ”

Just when the flower lady didn't know what to do, suddenly a young man walked out and said to Wei Ran: "The grass people have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin. ”

Wei Ran didn't know him, and was about to ask a question, when suddenly the guard next to him said: "Master, this person is the one who dissuaded Chen Ba on the road." ”

After Wei Ran heard this, he smiled faintly, and then asked, "This son, I don't know who it is?" This king heard that you are also quite prestigious among the powerful people of Jiankang. ”

The young man saluted, bowed down and said, "King Qin, the grass people are just a businessman, thanks to your love, now I am in charge of the Jiangnan Association for the time being." ”

Jiangnan Society, Wei Ran has also heard of it, is a spontaneous non-governmental organization of merchants in the Southern Dynasties in recent years, the reason why the Southern Dynasties are economically developed, in addition to the large amount of arable land, brocade and celadon technology has also advanced by leaps and bounds, and Panyu in Guangzhou is the concentration of overseas trade.

Jiangnan Club started in Panyu, and then shipped all kinds of strange things from overseas to Jiankang, and merchants also needed to ship their goods overseas for sale through Jiangnan Club.

Over time, the Jiangnan Society gradually became the largest organization among the people of the Southern Dynasties, because he monopolized the food and clothing of the upper class, which is also an important reason why the children of the Jiangnan Society will be low-voiced after meeting the people of the Jiangnan Society.

It's just a pity that Cao Zong overestimated his status and status, and the leader of a mere non-governmental organization wanted to get benefits in Wei Ran's hands, which was simply a fool's dream.

Wei Ran glanced at the young man coldly: "Jiangnan Society, is that Northern Dynasty spy organization?" ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Cao Zong was stunned, but even Xiao Ju was stunned.

Xiao Ju got up and walked behind Wei Ran and asked softly, "How did Wei Di know that he was a spy organization of the Northern Dynasties?" ”

After Wei Ran heard this, he said to Xiao Ju: "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't know, but Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much, Weichen will handle the following matters." ”

At this time, the entire Tingyu Pavilion was already panicked, and with Wei Ran's sentence of the Northern Dynasty espionage organization, it made many people frightened in their hearts, most of the people present had a relationship with the Jiangnan Association, if they were implicated, this would be a disaster of raiding the family and exterminating the clan.

Cao Zong himself was also out of his mind, and hurriedly said: "How can King Qin defile people's innocence out of thin air? ”

"Whether it's a dirty person or not, you can find out when you check it." Wei Ran said coldly.

At this time, someone suddenly exclaimed: "There are soldiers outside, all armed with sharp blades." ”

"Don't panic, come and come, those who have just participated in the bidding will hand over all the silver, and then they can leave freely." Wei Ran smiled very happily at this time, and even comforted everyone: "Although you can't hold a beauty after paying the money, you can also be loyal to the country, right?" Could it be that in your eyes, beauty is more important than family and country? ”

As soon as this high hat was worn, everyone present was like eating a fly, and all of them had to pay the money obediently.

Someone also said stiffly: "King Qin, although we participated in the bidding, but the bidding was not successful, we also need to pay money?" ”

Wei Ran said humorously: "That's natural, the people who won the auction didn't have a beautiful woman, so they were high-spirited and donating money to the court, don't you want to?" ”

Many of them had dealt with Wei Ran before, and when they heard Wei Ran's words, they naturally knew that Wei Ran would not let them go easily today, so they had to pay the money stupidly, and if they didn't have enough money with them, they also arranged for their subordinates to go back to the house to get them.

Some people persuaded the people around them and said: "Wait for businessmen, I don't know what kind of jackal King Qin is, let's pay the money first, otherwise the family will be ruined in the future, wouldn't it be ridiculous." ”

Looking at the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army who were under black pressure around them, although everyone was reluctant in their hearts, they had no choice but to let Wei Ran blackmail.

The flower lady was also pulled to Wei Ran's side at this moment, and when she saw the handsome and martial Wei Ran, the flower lady also tried to tempt Wei Ran with a beauty trick.

But Wei Ran had no interest in this kind of half-aged at all, and after making them kneel on the ground, Wei Ran asked coldly: "Who is the person who planned and led the scene of this flower picking conference?" Don't tell me it's Gangnamkai. ”

The flower lady was still trying to confuse herself, full of nonsense, but Wei Ran didn't give him this opportunity, and directly slapped people a few times.

Soon half of the flower lady's face was swollen, and Wei Ran said: "This king will give you another chance, if you are so prevaricating, this king will send you to the workshop for people to play for free." ”

Xiao Ju couldn't listen to it anymore at this time, and said to Wei Ran: "Brother Wei, is this too much?" ”

Hua Niangzi immediately looked at Xiao Ju with a distress-like look, she knew very well that the only person who could call Wei Ran her brother was Xiao Ju, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the people really don't know anything, and I hope Your Majesty will see it."

Seeing the crying pear blossom with the rain flower lady, Xiao Ju couldn't help but feel compassion.

I saw that Xiao Ju first handed a pot of tea to Hua Niangzi, and then began to persuade Wei Ran: "Brother Wei, you are a manly man, it is ungraceful to scare a weak woman like this, and it is ungraceful to spread it, besides, sending it to the sect for free fun, isn't it her life." ”

When the flower lady heard this, she immediately knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty is blessed with all the heavens, and you are sympathetic to the people's daughters, and the people's daughters are grateful." ”

"Or just send it directly to the nunnery outside the city, what do you think, Brother Wei?"

At this time, the flower lady was stunned, she never dreamed that Xiao Ju would say this.

At this time, the deputy commander of the Tianxiong Army was Yang Chen, the son of Yang Hu, the prince of Jinling County, Yang Chen hurriedly rushed into the private room, kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, as expected by King Qin, someone tried to slip away from the trail and was captured by our army on the spot. After investigation, it was indeed a person from Western Qin. ”

Wei Ran clapped his hands excitedly, then patted Yang Chen's shoulder, and praised: "Tiger Fu has no dogs, you really have your father's style." Now that the stolen goods have been obtained, Cao Zong, Hua Niangzi and Western Qin spies will all be taken away, and they will all be brought to the court tomorrow. ”

After arranging these things, Wei Ran said to Xiao Ju: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, Weichen sent someone to escort Your Majesty back to the palace, and there will be a good show to see in the court tomorrow." ”

Xiao Ju suddenly realized at this time: "Brother Wei, you already know about this?" ”

Wei Ran was noncommittal, and said to Xiao Ju: "Your Majesty, do you know why Zhang Zemao has always complained about his illness in recent months? ”

Xiao Ju finally came to his senses, it turned out that Zhang Zemao said that he was not sick, and he was always excused when he went to visit the patient, and it seemed that he had been absent from the house.

After figuring out these links, Xiao Ju looked at the four million taels of silver in the account book, and suddenly felt at ease, after all, he was a generation of benevolent lords, and he didn't want to be written by the historian to comment on the plundering of people's wealth by open fire.

Outside the Listening Rain Pavilion was already full of people in the distance at this time, and when the Thousand Heavenly Heroes surrounded the Listening Rain Pavilion, the people in the nearby night market all felt a hint of something wrong.

First, he watched a large number of dignitaries and magnates with their names come out with disgraced faces, and went to the city without looking back.

Later, the sound of fighting was heard, and dozens of soldiers grabbed a few people by the lake, and then directly put them in chains, broke their legs, and dragged them away.

Such behavior has made many people believe that tonight's incident must have been Wei Ran's doing.

Everyone was puzzled, and someone explained: "The king of Qin is jealous and hateful, and when he encounters lawless people, he will definitely let them suffer from flesh and skin, and those who dare to run away will break their legs is a daily routine." If we see that the prisoner is caught, and breaks his legs without saying a word, we know that it must be the King of Qin who is doing something. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't know how to express their inner feelings.

Then I saw several people being escorted by the Tianxiong Army and heading towards the Tingwei Mansion, at this time everyone was shocked, it was just a flower picking conference, why was there such a big fanfare and so many people were arrested today.

After returning to the mansion, Wei Ran went to sleep in Yuan Shu's courtyard tonight, and when Yuan Shu helped Wei Ran wash, he suddenly asked curiously: "Since Zhang Zemao said that he had been ill for many days, why did his husband find that there would be problems in Jiangnan?" ”

"Panyu is the base camp of the king of Yue, trade continues, so the king of Yue has the capital to rebel, after I invaded Panyu, I really seized a huge amount of wealth in the palace, and found some account books, I didn't know about it, so I handed over the account book to Zhang Zemao, Zhang Zemao is in charge of the world's taxes, and after some research with the shopkeeper of Daqi Qianzhuang, I found out the clues."

Wei Ran soaked in the barrel, while enjoying Yuan Shu's meticulous service, he closed his eyes and said: "Panyu is connected to overseas and has developed trade, but Xiao Shi can't do the smuggling thing in person, so he definitely needs a middleman. ”

It turned out that after Zhang Zemao found out about the Jiangnan Society, he sent people all the way to investigate, but the people who visited him all said that the Jiangnan Society was a serious chamber of commerce, which was beneficial to Daqi, and the keen Zhang Zemao found out that something was wrong, so he planned to make a secret visit in person.

In order to avoid leaking the news, he didn't even inform Xiao Ju and Yuan Muzhi of this matter, but only notified Wei Ran, and then pretended to be a merchant and groped for the Jiangnan Society's branch in Linhai County.

Because several counties in eastern Zhejiang have never seen Zhang Zemao, he only said at first that there are a batch of antiques that need to be sold, and the origin of these antiques is not transparent, so it is inconvenient to sell in the territory.

The Jiangnan Society helped him sell his goods to Ryukyu and other places, and made a lot of profits, so Zhang Zemao planned and wanted to participate in overseas trade with the Jiangnan Society.

Jiangnan Club was quite wary of Zhang Zemao at first, but after Zhang Zemao directed and acted in several scenes of catching stolen goods, he gradually gained Cao Zong's trust.

After the two of them got drunk one day, Cao Zong inadvertently revealed that he was originally working for Xiao Zhi, the king of Yue, after Xiao Zhi's rebellion failed, he was in a panic all day long, and finally took his wealth all the way to the coast, but he met Northern Qin's people overseas, and the two hit it off, Cao Zong returned to Southern Qi and continued to run the Jiangnan Society, while transmitting intelligence and accumulating wealth for Northern Qin.

Originally, he just wanted to catch some remnants, but he didn't expect to involve Northern Qin, Zhang Zemao also simply informed Cao Zong, saying that he was from Jiangzhou, and was originally a staff member of the Heng family, and later the Heng family fell, Xiao Yin was placed under house arrest in Jiankang, and he fled with his belongings.

Seeing that Zhang Zemao was like a treasure to Jiangzhou, Cao Zong immediately put his heart into Zhang Zemao, and later Cao Zong revealed another news, although the previous flower picking conference, although Lu Cao took the lead, but the Tingyu Pavilion behind it was the spy agency of Northern Qin in the Southern Dynasty, specializing in exploring the news of the Southern Dynasty, and at the same time, in the name of the picking conference, gathered the wealth of Southern Qi to Northern Qin.

So Zhang Zemao planned to let Cao Zong re-hold the flower picking conference, at this time the Northern Qin had been divided, and all the intelligence organizations of the original Northern Qin were returned to the Western Qin, and the Western Qin happened to be short of money recently, so he agreed to this request.

Yuan Shu couldn't help but beat Wei Ran at this time: "Although the starting point of the husband's move is good, why do you want to forcibly confiscate the property of those sons and ministers, so you don't have a grudge with them?" ”

Wei Ran stroked Yuan Shu's hand and said, "Where did Madame's words come from?" Are they all my friends? My friends in the DPRK are only Zhang Zemao and Yuan Muzhi, since they are enemies and not friends, why not take this opportunity to knock them. ”

Yuan Shu also felt quite funny at this time, and couldn't help but complain: "Throughout the dynasties, the powerful ministers have formed a party and formed a huge interest group, but your husband is the enemy of everyone. ”

When Wei Ran heard this, he couldn't help but look a little gloomy, thought for a long time, sighed heavily, and then said to Yuan Shu: "Madame doesn't know, this matter is not what I want, now thanks to Your Majesty's love, I have the power to lean towards the government and the opposition, if I am on good terms with the ministers in the court, how can Your Majesty rest assured?" Even if Your Majesty is relieved, Your Majesty's dragon body is ill after all, and the crown prince will ascend the throne one day, if the whole dynasty is my cronies, I am afraid that one day, even if I don't want to, I have to be sorry for Your Majesty. ”

Yuan Shu also understood the bitterness in Wei Ran's words at this time, Wei Ran now controls the world's soldiers and horses, but only lacks the hearts of the ministers, so Xiao Ju is not worried about Wei Ran's rebellion at all.

Because even if Wei Ran rebelled, he would not be able to sit on the throne, and there was a balance between the two that was difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Wei Ran was already extremely tired today, and after washing up, he fell asleep hastily, because he knew that there would be a fierce battle tomorrow.