Volume 1 Life History Chapter 12 The Wind Rises
Xun Ji stepped on the river and returned to the passenger ship.
"Boatman, today's events are not enough for outsiders."
The boatman nodded again and again, after what happened just now, he was already so shocked that he couldn't speak, he thought that Xun Ji was just an ordinary old man on the ferry, but he didn't expect it to be an old fairy! The boat family really even had the urge to kneel down for Xun Ji on the spot.
Xun Ji sat in the cabin to breathe, after all, he was old, and after this battle, it was inevitable that he would be a little powerless.
Bo'an County.
As a famous county in the south of the Yangtze River, Bo'an County has a resident population of nearly 700,000, and as one of the important trade ports between the interior and the coast, it has a developed economy and simple folk customs. It is also located in the south of the Yangtze River, with four seasons like spring and pleasant scenery. Not only that, this place is rich in artisans, especially good at making porcelain, and the ceramic products produced have always been a must-have in the homes of princes and nobles.
Since ancient times, autumn has been sad and lonely. The bleak winds of autumn never seem to blow here.
Xun Ji got off the boat, handed the reward to the boatman, and repeatedly told him not to divulge today's events, but the boatman nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, promising that he would never divulge today's events.
Xun Ji entered the city gate, and came to a commercial hall with a familiar car, and the plaque was impressively engraved - the four big characters of the World Chamber of Commerce.
Xun Ji walked in, there was a mixture of fish and dragons, Xun Ji called the handyman and asked, "Where is the store?" ”
"There's something wrong with the store, it's not here." The handyman looked at Xun Ji's appearance, not like a rich merchant eunuch, just like an ordinary person, so he casually perfunctory.
"I have a big deal to discuss, if it's delayed, can you afford it?"
When the handyman heard this, he looked at him suspiciously, if it was true, he couldn't afford it, although he still didn't believe it in his heart, but he didn't have the previous snuggence: "Old gentleman, please come with me, the shopkeeper is resting on the second floor." ”
Xun Ji followed the handyman to the second floor, and the handyman knocked on the door of the room near the window: "Shopkeeper, there is an old gentleman who said that he has a big business to discuss with you." ”
"Let him in." A lazy voice came from inside.
The handyman opened the door and made a gesture to Xun Ji to invite in. Xun Ji walked in, and a large number of books and rare antiques instantly came into view. Near the window, there was a white-haired old man, lying on a Taishi chair, holding a pu fan in his hand, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he was gently shaking the Taishi chair, looking very uncomfortable.
"Do you dare to ask your Excellency what business you want to talk to me about?" The man still had a lazy tone.
Xun Ji didn't answer him directly, but asked rhetorically: "My business here is very big, I don't know if you can take it?" ”
The shopkeeper opened his eyes, looked at Xun Ji, looked at him for a while, and said, "In this world, there are really not many businesses that I can't take." ”
It's not that he's pretending to be arrogant, as the person behind the scenes of the World Chamber of Commerce, he does have the strength to say this.
The World Chamber of Commerce, its industry is all over the nine counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and the name of the Chamber of Commerce has been inherited for a hundred years, claiming that as long as you have money, there is nothing they can't do.
Xun Ji flipped through those ancient books, and said lightly: "Don't be mistaken, I naturally know the strength of the World Chamber of Commerce, but to do this business, strength alone is not enough." ”
"Oh? So what else is needed? ”
"Courage!" Xun Ji stared at his eyes, "The deal is too big, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it!" ”
The shopkeeper put away the lazy look on his face, and became very solemn, "What kind of business is Your Excellency doing?" ”
"I want to buy something."
"What's that?"
Xun Ji walked up to him, lowered his voice, and said in a low voice:
"A temple."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he stood up in disbelief, looked at Xun Ji, who had not lost his temper at all, and asked, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”
"It's just a cloth coat."
The shopkeeper went to the door, looked around, made sure no one was eavesdropping, and closed the door.
The shopkeeper ushered Xun Ji to the guest seat and poured tea for Xun Ji.
"If you refuse to tell me your identity, how can you convince me that you have the strength to buy this thing?"
"I've already said that I'm just a cloth coat." Xun Ji smiled lightly, "As for me, I don't have this strength, so you have to identify it yourself." As he spoke, he threw out a jade pendant.
The shopkeeper caught it with both hands and looked at it carefully, he was not only the president of the World Chamber of Commerce, but also an excellent treasure connoisseur, he took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully, "This material should be a royal item." ”
"This pattern seems to be a bird, maybe a totem, could you please tell me?"
"This is the Liaodong Sparrow." Xun Ji held the teacup and said unhurriedly.
"Liaodong finch, Liaodong finch...... Imperial supplies from Liaodong, could it be ......" seemed to have thought of something, the shopkeeper looked at Xun Ji's eyes with awe, "You, is it ......?"
"As you think, don't make a noise." Xun Ji made a silent expression at the shopkeeper.
"I have a letter here, and the person who wrote it said you will understand when you see it."
The shopkeeper took the letter from Xun Ji's hand and read it.
The moment the shopkeeper got the letter, his hands couldn't stop trembling, and as he looked down line by line, the shopkeeper's expression became more and more sad and angry, and when he saw the end, he unconsciously shed tears, and muttered to himself: "So that's it, it's like this......"
He wiped his tears, turned his head to Xun Ji and bowed to his fists, and said solemnly: "My lord, I already know your origin, the adult who wrote the letter has a life-saving grace for me, and I will do my best to do what he said." ”
"Money shopkeeper, please get up." Xun Ji picked up Qian Lei, "Xia Yintang's saucer is pervasive, and the money shopkeeper must remember to act carefully." ”
"Keep in mind below."
After Xun Ji left, Qian Lei looked at the fiery sunset outside the window and sighed deeply.
It's really a mountain rain coming, and the wind is full of buildings.
The imperial capital of Great Xia, Yong'an City, inside the imperial palace.
Wang Yi was lying on the bed, his face as pale as paper. The queen on the side was serving on the side, worried.
"Someone, someone."
The queen immediately came to the side of the dragon's bed: "What is Your Majesty's will?" Wang Xin stretched out his right hand and pointed into the distance, "I'm dying, hurry, quickly find someone to go to the bamboo forest thatched cottage outside the city to inform Wang Xin, I have something important to entrust!" ”
The queen immediately raised her voice and summoned a eunuch, "You immediately leave the palace, summon Qin Yu, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and ask him to go to the dense forest grass hall outside the city to find a king side by side, inform him that His Majesty is seriously ill, and ask him to return to the court immediately!" ”
"The minion takes orders." The eunuch took the order, closed the door of the dormitory, rolled his eyes, and ran in the other direction.
"Your Highness, this is the way it is, please make up your mind quickly, the slave just wants to remind you, when you keep interrupting, you will suffer from it."
"Get up, and let me think for a moment." The red-robed young man stood up and paced back and forth in the room.
This red-robed young man is Wang Yi's third son, Wang Qin, the king of Qi!
Wang Yi had three sons in his life, the crown prince Wang Ze, who was born to the queen. The second son, Zhao Wang Yan, and the third son, Qi Wang Qin, are all from Xiao Guifei.
It turned out that the eunuch had already been bribed by Wang Qin, so he got an order, and he reported to Wang Qin first to seek the next order.
"Your Royal Highness, the crown prince is outside, this is a good time, if the king returns to the palace side by side at this time, the general trend will go." A middle-aged man with a lupine scarf sitting in the guest seat spoke.
"What do you think, sir, at this time?"
"Your Highness, you must not let Wang Xin return to the palace at this time, if he returns to the palace, the overall situation has been decided. We don't have to pay attention to him, His Highness immediately attacked the Facing Saint, saying that there were traitors in the city, and His Majesty would hand over the Imperial Forest Army to His Highness, and His Highness could directly control the Imperial City. As my father-in-law said, Your Majesty is already in the dark of the day, and Your Highness can wait for Your Majesty to be in the sky, issue an edict, and be promoted to the emperor. ”
"But if you do this, what should my uncle and eldest brother do?" Wang Qin asked.
"The prince should be inspecting the people in Shu County now. His Royal Highness can send the minister of the central abdomen, the pseudo-emperor's edict, to display the ten major crimes of the crown prince, and order him to see the edict and judge himself," he thought about it, "Or, directly send a master to assassinate!" As he spoke, he also made a motion to wipe his neck.
Listening to his words, Wang Qin seemed to have made up his mind, he had been planning this day for a long time. With such a godsend, he had to consider whether this was the only opportunity in his life.
"Good! I will enter the palace and order to go down, so that the family in the house is ready to answer at any time, father-in-law, please go back to the palace immediately, inform my father and the emperor, and say that the king will go out side by side, and he will not be in the grass hall. ”
"The slave receives the order, and the slave is here first to congratulate His Highness in advance." The eunuch bowed to Wang Qin's luggage, and left the palace under the mutual send-off of the royal family.
"Sir, you have full control over the affairs outside, and you don't need to report it to me."
"Yes. In the next must fulfill their duties, do not live up to the trust, if there is a mistake, please Your Highness to punish the crime. The middle-aged man bowed and said.
Wang Qin hurriedly helped him up, "What is this talking about, if there is no assistance from Mr., how can I have today, when he succeeds in the future, Mr. will be the prime minister of the dynasty!" ”
"Then Zhang Hui, thank Your Highness first."
This Zhang Hui, born in the gate, studied with friends and classmates when he was a teenager, and other classmates studied seriously, but he likes to talk loudly, and often openly breaks the rules of the school above the school. He doesn't care about other people's opinions, but he likes to comment on others, and often talks about his mistakes in front of the parties, which makes people unable to get off the stage. Over time, no one wanted to be friends with him, and they broke off their friendship with him. He didn't know it, and shouted every day: "No one understands me." Until a certain dinner party of a senior official, Zhang Hui climbed up to Wang Qin, and Wang Qin also liked Zhang Hui, an unobtrusive reader, so the two smelled like each other and hit it off. Zhang Hui came to the Qi Palace, and became a "military advisor".
Zhang Hui thought of those classmates who studied with him at this time, and couldn't help but smile, they were full of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, and now there are very few people who have a half-official position, and he is about to become an existence above ten thousand people under one person in this Great Xia Dynasty, thinking of this, Zhang Hui couldn't help but grin.
In this world, not everything can be done by hard work.
In today's imperial city, how many people will be sleepless.