Tiansheng Empire, Qiantang County, Binhai Riverbank, Haoyue Sky!

Qiantang County is the richest and most prosperous county in the Tiansheng Empire. The water is widely spread, the green mountains are everywhere, the wind is fine, and the fertile fields are thousands of miles! There is the fragrance of fish and rice for ten miles, and the building is unremarkable! Not only the convenience of boats and horses, but also the benefits of coastal shipping, rich businessmen and wealthy people are constantly circulating, and talented and beautiful people are constantly coming and going! A county is familiar with the world, one party is obtained and the treasury is surplus, a corner of the talent and wisdom of the society, a place of work and clever mountains and rivers - the treasure of the world, outstanding people!

Such a magnificent and splendid place is the yearning and bustling of people from all walks of life in the Tiansheng Empire. However, tonight's Qiantang County tourists are even more than ever, for no other reason than because it is the wonder of the world, the autumn tide of the Yongling River!

The bright moon on August 15, around the Mid-Autumn Festival, is the time of the autumn tide wonder of the Yongling River. Although it is called a river, it is actually a water system, with 36 large and small rivers, which together form this huge water network. Along the coast, waterfalls, stone forests, reefs, beaches, wonders converge into one. The crowd was bustling, all waiting for the tide of the day.

Here, there is a vast estuary, as wide as ten miles, quiet and quiet. This sea mouth passes by the mountains on the right, there is a green island on the left, the mouth of the pot enters the sea, the shallow and shallow water is crystal clear, just like a mirror embedded in the mountains and forests. There is a secluded sky, the moon is bright, the thin clouds are like a veil, and the stars are lightly covered. The cinnamon glows in the landscape, the waves play in the stone pool, the bamboo and wood are in the ridge, and the fruity fragrance is ripe in the forest. But living here, everything you see is as picturesque.

However, in such a picturesque place, there is no other place for people to flow, and it is very lonely. There is no other reason than that it is a private venue. In the middle of this land, according to the change of topography, a manor was built. The houses on the ridge and the attic between the islands are exquisitely carved, simple and elegant. It is exquisite, but not luxurious, and perfectly integrated into the scenery, which shows that the owner here is aesthetically extraordinary.

On the surface of the river, a building boat is moving slowly. The water here is wide and gentle, and under the moonlight, the water surface is broken when the boat is sailing, and the silver waves are sparkling, and it is quiet and quiet. The attendants in the ship lined up left and right, each holding a tray, bowing his head and holding his chest, without saying a word. On the deck, a white-haired old man stood quietly, and as far as his eyes could see, it was an island in the middle of a river.

Although the island is small, the whole body is rocky, rugged and cookie-like, more than ten zhang above the water surface, covering an artificial bamboo forest. There is a pavilion under the forest, which is brightly lit. However, before he could look closely, he heard the sound of the piano and the sound of the flute.

Majestic as Mount Tai! It's like a river!

The rhythm is clear, but at first glance, although I feel that the piano and flute are beautiful, but if you appreciate it carefully, it is not difficult to find that this song is clearly based on the sound of the piano, and the sound of the flute is always in line with the sound of the piano.

There is a white-clothed young man in the pavilion, looking at his appearance, about six or seven out of ten, dignified behavior, slightly exposed edge, and is intoxicated with the piano. In addition, there is a black-robed young man, roughly the same age, with a resolute and handsome face, elegant and humble, pacing in the pavilion, playing the flute. Although this black-clothed young man is not very old, he has a trace of old and calm air in his behavior, which is particularly eye-catching.

When the momentum of the sound was greatly reduced, as if the river was open, the young man in white paused his gesture, and then the sound stopped, but the young man did not open his eyes, and seemed to be still intoxicated.

"Oops! Wonderful! Wonderful! It's wonderful! The young man in black stopped the sound of the flute and clapped his hands in admiration.

"Hehe, Brother Wang has won the award, it's okay to fool the villain in the market with this piano skill, in front of Brother Wang, it's really an axe, don't make fun of it, don't make fun of it......" The young man in white waved his hand again and again.

"Hehe, why should Brother Qiu be too humble? Far away and heavy, majestic and oceanic, the wonder of this song is all in the mastery of Brother Qiu. Mountains and rivers looking for bosom friends, if Wang can't hear the wonder of Brother Qiu's technique, wouldn't he spoil this good song? The young man in black said.

"Hahaha, thanks for the award."

......

After the two finished speaking, they sat quietly at the table, the black-clothed young man lit sandalwood, and while signaling to the white-haired old man, he asked: "During the festive season, don't blame Brother Qiu for inviting him here, I don't know if Brother Qiu is still used to living?"

Looking at the white-haired old man and his servants on the table, the white-clothed young man said: "Yongling is ripe, the world is full, Brother Wang can really enjoy it." Hehe, I am also bored at home, I have a visit here, appreciate the terroir, I can have such an interest, and I am grateful to Brother Wang. If it is really a paradise on earth, there is no such scenery in northern Xinjiang. ”

The young man in white clenched his fists.

"Hehe, the river water in Qiantang County is like an orchid, and it is rare in the south. Don't hide it from Brother Qiu, when you have nothing to do, you will come here to stay here, and it is also pleasant to chant poetry and paint. Brother Qiu is good to get used to. The young man in black said. Immediately, the black-clothed young man slowly got up, shook the paper fan gently, walked to the edge of the pavilion, and looked around, it was the place where the mountains and islands converged and the rivers were connected. The black-clothed young man said again: "Brother Qiu, do you know why Brother Qiu was arranged to meet here."

The young man in white shook his head slowly.

The young man in black continued: "Inviting Brother Qiu here is not only for the scenery here, but most importantly, this place is an excellent place to watch the tide."

"Oh? Dry pond tide? Could it be that there are tides at night too? The young man in white was interested.

"Hehe, that's nature, and tonight's show, it has to be a full moon and a clear sky. How much longer? The young man in black asked the old man.

"Back to the young master's words, according to the old man's calculations, the tide tonight is about more than half of the hour, and there is less than half an hour." The old man clenched his fists and replied.

"Okay, are you ready?"

"It's already done."

The black-clothed young man nodded, and then said, "There is still some time, Brother Qiu, why don't you taste a few side dishes first?"

The young man in white had no objection, and then the old man beckoned, and the eight attendants outside the pavilion entered in turn.

"I don't know what it is?" The young man in white shook the paper fan and asked.

The name of this banquet is "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea". The young man in black said.

"Oh? Eight immortals cross the sea, thank you Brother Wang. Although the young man in white was still smiling, it was not difficult to see a trace of disappointment. Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea is a world-famous dish, which is roughly made with sand shrimp, small abalone, shrimp mushrooms, blue crab legs, red clams and other main ingredients with many auxiliary ingredients. But in the eyes of ordinary people, such an extraordinary dish is not unusual in the eyes of Qiu Gongzi, and it is inevitable that he will be a little disappointed for a while.

"Hahaha, Brother Qiu, don't worry. There are eight dishes in this dish, although it is the old name, but it is actually new. Come on, serve. The black-clothed young man smiled.

Hearing this, the waiters put the eight dishes in place, removed the lids, and presented the eight delicacies in front of them.

"This? It's Hai Bazhen! Qiu Gongzi said.

Seeing this, Wang Gongzi nodded. The world's dishes, in addition to skills, are the most important ingredients. Among the ingredients, the most rare ones are called eight treasures: Chun boil, Chun Mu, cannon dolphin, cannon pot, pounded treasure, stained, boiled and liver, or dragon liver, phoenix marrow, leopard fetus, carp tail, owl burn, scarlet lip, bear paw, crisp cheese cicada. Of course, there are eight treasures of animals, there are eight treasures of the sea, of course, the name of the eight treasures varies from place to place, but Wang Gongzi chose the eight seafood: shark fin, sea cucumber, fish maw, mussel, scallop, flounder, abalone, squid.

These eight immortals crossing the sea is based on the eight treasures of the sea, each with frying, stir-frying, boiling, stewing, stewing, stewing, frying, marinating the method of cooking, very exquisite. Seeing that this "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" was so fine, Qiu Gongzi immediately smiled and began to taste it.

After chatting for a while, everyone suddenly felt that the water level was lowering, revealing some reefs, and Wang Gongzi knew that the tide was coming, so he ordered to go around, and at the same time invited Qiu Gongzi to come to the shore. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the sea to rise, pouring into the estuary, and getting closer to the shore, the higher the tide!

"Whew!"

A huge wave slapped over, and Qiu Gongzi suddenly smiled and shouted: "Sure enough, the tide is heavenly!" Great! ”

At this time, under the instruction of Wang Gongzi, several attendants brought two wooden boxes and slowly opened them under Qiu Gongzi's puzzled gaze. The moon shone brightly, and I saw that the contents of the box suddenly became shiny.

"This is? Gold Leaf! That other box...... Is it silver powder? Qiu Gongzi investigated and understood. One of these two boxes is gold leaf, and its workmanship is as thin as cicada wings, which is extremely exquisite. The other box of silver was in excellent condition, but it was all ground into powder.

"Brother Wang, this ...... What does that mean? ”

"Hahaha, Brother Qiu, this is the program prepared for tonight, in order to add a little bit of elegance to Brother Qiu's tide viewing." Wang Gongzi smiled, and then, under the suspicious gaze of Qiu Gongzi, he picked up a handful of gold leaves and threw them out against the waves!

I saw that the gold leaves were glowing with golden light, swept in by the waves, and then waited for the waves to fall and float on the water. The disturbance of the water surface, coupled with the moonlight, is already shining with silver waves, and at this time, there are countless gold leaves, which are even more dazzling! Strange light! didn't wait long for everyone to appreciate it, and the waves hit again, and Wang Gongzi concocted it in the same way, and another handful of gold leaves were scattered!

"Wonderful! It's wonderful! Qiu Gongzi personally stepped forward and threw those valuable gold leaves down to admire them. And Wang Gongzi cooperated with the direction of the wind, raising the silver powder, and the silver powder went up to the wind, fluttering everywhere, dotted with stars in the moonlight, very beautiful. In this way, while the two of them were enjoying the beautiful scenery, countless valuable gold leaf and silver dust waves and water waves danced in the sky, as if they were sprinkled with mud and sand. Extravagant!

"Hahaha, Brother Qiu, this tide viewing, what you see is "silver waves drifting gold, moonlight star crumbs." "I don't know what to do."

"It's wonderful, it's wonderful."

At this moment, a man quietly came to Wang Gongzi and whispered a few words in his ear, and then, Wang Gongzi's face changed suddenly. After taking a few breaths, Wang Gongzi barely suppressed his anger, his face returned to the same as before, and he hugged his fists at the interested Qiu Gongzi and said: "Hehe, Brother Qiu, there are 20,000 taels of silver and 8,000 taels of gold here, just have fun, if it is not enough, order your subordinates to be, there is something to do, and you have to be absent for a while."

"Brother Wang, just go."

"Hahaha, then I'll be out of company, serve Qiu Gongzi well."

"Yes!"

Back on land, Wang Gongzi hurried back to a pavilion, and along the way, the guards and servants saluted one after another. Wang Gongzi turned his head and said angrily: "What about people?"

"Back to the young master, it's upstairs."

Rushing back to the place, Wang Gongzi pushed the door in, and a man in the hall knelt on the ground, trembling. Without saying a word, Wang Gongzi walked to the side of the case and sat down slowly.

"Say?" Wang Gongzi took a sip of tea lightly, and his tone was calm and terrifying.

"Big ...... People, Yi Magnolia Fragrance Garden...... Ruined! ”

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"Whoa-la-"

Turbulent streams, high beaches, shallow anchors, rocks, rotten wood in the water, and withered fragrance on the shore.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he filled the water bladder and looked up at the sun. Before the hour came, it was already hot in this stream.

Back on the shore, under the pine and cypress, the two horses were digging their hooves from time to time, looking a little irritable.

Mu Jingxi lay on his side, silent.

Sitting next to Mu Jingxi, Yutai took out the dry food from the bag and handed it to Mu Jingxi along with the water bladder. Seeing this, Mu Jingxi turned over and turned his back.

The end of the Ming Dynasty sighed in his heart, the two had already left Huacang for three days, but Mu Jingxi was still so depressed. Then he nibbled on dry food.

In this way, except for the trickling stream and the low sound of horses, there was no sound in all directions.

"It's hot!"

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, but it did not bring a trace of coolness to the sweaty two, but the wind blew on the face, a slight burning sensation, Mu Jingxi got up angrily, kicked on the pine stem, startled countless birds.

The remaining anger did not subside, Mu Jingxi punched the trunk of the tree, however, because Mu Jingxi did not use his spiritual power, as the trunk trembled, a trace of red also dripped to the ground. Yutai watched quietly at the end of the Ming Dynasty and did not stop it, he knew that Mu Jingxi needed catharsis.

In this way, I don't know how long it took to vent, the sound of the fist hitting the trunk gradually slowed down, and was replaced by a tired gasp.

A big hand suddenly reached out, clamping Mu Jingxi's bloody fist. Unable to break free, Mu Jingxi finally knelt on the ground tiredly and sobbed.

"It's all gone......"

Feeling a pair of warm and powerful arms around him, Mu Jingxi finally couldn't help it, leaned on the wide and solid chest, and cried hysterically, as if he wanted to vent all his grief, self-blame and grievances.

"Cry, just cry."

The end of the Ming Dynasty. Looking at the young man in his arms like a volcano erupting, Yutai Mingmo knew that he had suppressed too many emotions. For the death of the Li siblings, his self-blame and remorse have been suppressed in his chest.

For this, the end of the Ming Dynasty is both relieved and worried. I am glad that the kindness in my disciple's bones is very good. He knew that although Mu Jingxi was obedient, he was the most affectionate person. That sincerity of emotion is not mixed with a trace of falsehood, and it is imprinted in its bones! It doesn't need anyone to teach, it's like the sun shining on everything. It is not so much that he is naïve, but that he is actually a flawless piece of jade, and his nature is as pure and innocent as that of a child undefiled by the world! The brilliance of such humanity makes all evil have nothing to hide! Just like the dawn in the sky, people dare not look directly and are extremely fascinating!

Benevolence and righteousness! Yang is dry!

However, what worries the end of the Ming Dynasty is that this kind of mind is both its strength and its weakness. Perhaps, one day, the biggest setback in Mu Jingxi's life is due to his character!

"I can't do anything." At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he muttered silently.

After Mu Jingxi finally finished venting, the end of the Ming Dynasty was worried that he would be depressed again, so he was ready to divert his attention. I saw that the end of the Ming Dynasty took out a bag from the luggage and handed it to Mu Jingxi. Mu Jingxi was puzzled, but under the signal of the end of the Ming Dynasty, he still took it.

When I opened it, I saw that there were many thick books wrapped in it, and Mu Jingxi, who didn't know what it was, looked at the end of the Ming Dynasty. However, Yutai didn't say much, just smiled and motioned for Mu Jingxi to open it.

Pouting, Mu Jingxi casually picked up a book and flipped through it. However, at a glance, Mu Jingxi suddenly exclaimed: "This ...... This is?! ”

hurriedly continued to flip through, and a string of astonishing numbers stunned Mu Jingxi! Throwing the book away, Mu Jingxi hurriedly copied another one, and as Mu Jingxi looked at it more and more, the shock on his face became stronger.

In the end, under the trembling of Mu Jingxi's hands, the book fell to the ground, and Mu Jingxi looked at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and even his lips twitched.

That's right, these books are the account books of Yimulan Xiangyuan in recent years! That string of terrifying numbers, Rao is noble Mu Jingxi, was also shocked into a cold sweat!

Rich and rivaled!

This is the only word that Mu Jingxi can think of at this time. In the past few years, the annual profit of Yi Mulan Xiangyuan has reached an average of more than 80 million taels of silver per year! What is this concept? You must know that many middle-sized powers on the mainland only pay 30 million taels of silver a year! Such huge profits are enough to crush many countries!

From a personal point of view, two taels of silver is enough for an ordinary person's expenses for a year! Even if it is the most powerful country on the continent like the Tiansheng Empire, the county order of a county is only five hundred taels of silver a year! It can be seen that this magnolia incense garden is terrible!

Of course, Mu Jingxi was shocked and more than that! It is a hint from the end of the Ming Dynasty, which is some clues that can be found through this account book!

First of all, it is not unusual for Yi Magnolia Xiangyuan to be involved in many black industries such as gambling, smuggling, human trafficking, and resale of stolen goods, but with such a huge volume, it stands to reason that it should have attracted the attention of the empire a long time ago. If the imperial court finds out, will it tolerate its existence?

Thinking of the golden flower plum horned deer in the deep palace of the imperial royal family can appear here, it means that there is definitely someone escorting the Yi Magnolia Fragrance Garden! Thinking of this, Mu Jingxi couldn't help but gasp!

The powerful are monstrous! The supreme arrogance of a person with great power!

If you think about it the other way around, it can also be confirmed. Yi Mulan Xiangyuan is so profitable, so its three dealers: the Liu family, the Du family, and the Jingsha Gang, can get at least more than 20 million taels every year! Judging from the books, the profit of Yi Magnolia Xiangyuan is not divided into three parts, but there is a huge amount of money that has disappeared for no reason, which means that there is still a force to withdraw it!

So, who will it be? How can the powerful be like this? Can Yi Magnolia Xiangyuan be safe here?

Who is it? How can such a large amount of money be needed to support a country?

Who is it? What is the purpose behind him?

Who exactly!

With a long exhale, Mu Jingxi smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that he has been involved in a big incident!"