The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, Lin'an City is singing and dancing, and all restaurants are busy preparing their own Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meetings.

Qinglou is no exception, among which the poetry meeting held by the most famous Manxiang Building in Lin'an is the most eye-catching.

However, compared with the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting held by Liu Chan in person in the imperial city, these are nothing in comparison.

Just to set up the venue, it actually cost a full 800,000 taels.

The talented people in Lin'an City fought hard in order to grab a banquet place, because Liu Chan said that a scholar who can't do it is not an excellent reader.

Therefore, most of the scholars who walk in Chang'an City now have swords on their bodies to prevent others from looking down on them.

Although Zhao Ding has many objections to this, with Liu Chan's heart, who can stop it.

The cost of 800,000 taels will eventually fall on the head of the household department, which is sad for Qin Hui, who is also the secretary of the household department. If he can't save this expense, then the next year's expenses will be greatly reduced.

The salaries of the officials, the military expenditures of various places, and the construction of ships can all be pointed to the money of the household department.

But the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting can't be held, Liu Chan finally willed for a while, how could Qin Hui not satisfy him.

So Qin Hui came up with an incredible plan after considering it in many ways.

That is, in addition to officials and scholars, he also plans to sell ten banquet places, and the highest price will be obtained.

In the end, all these ten places were obtained by merchants, and the highest one was actually sold for a full 300,000 taels, and merchants are really rich.

But the hundred officials are not happy, Qin Hui, what do you mean by this, how can a merchant be worthy of the same table with them.

The matter was very big, and it even went to Liu Chan. Liu Chan ended with a sentence that whoever is willing to pay 800,000 taels will be willing to cancel the merchant's seat.

800,000 taels, except for businessmen, no one wants to be the head of this injustice.

Although the status of merchants in the Song Dynasty was somewhat better than that of the previous dynasties, it was actually very poor. Therefore, the rich who have accumulated thousands of net worth can't wait to turn from the shopping mall to the court.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is such a great opportunity.

A few days ago, there was no news about the assassination of the crown prince. Everyone who knew about the matter was silent, only Zhao Ying was still struggling to track down the murderer.

"This is the corpse of those three?"

"Yes, it's been here since it arrived. If it hadn't been for His Majesty's order, they would have been buried early. ”

Zhao Ying lifted the white cloth and saw that the corpse had not yet decomposed due to the cold ice. Zhao Ying looked carefully and couldn't see any problems.

"Have you found out the identities of these three people?"

"This is the intelligence of the shadow guard's investigation, please take a look at the prince."

Zhao Ying took the letter from Yingwei's hand, read it several times, and couldn't see any problems.

"Heh, could it be that these three people really assassinated me for money, so what is the explanation of the crossbow?"

"Little I don't know, Your Majesty has ordered that no one except the crown prince should investigate this matter privately."

"I already know, I don't need you to repeat it."

"Yes."

Zhao Ying turned around and picked up the assassin's crossbow, looked at it for a while, and then picked up the arrow on the table and looked at it for a moment.

After a long time, he said with a smile: "Who sent these arrows?" ”

"It was sent by General Yue Yunyue."

"Haven't you been in contact with anyone during this time?"

"No, when the shadow guard arrived, General Yue Yunyue had already cleaned up the battlefield and collected all the arrows."

After Zhao Ying listened, he left. When he walked out of the door, he saw Wan Yanxue standing by the carriage waiting for him.

"Xiaoying, didn't I say it, your injuries are not healed, just stay in the carriage and rest."

Zhao Ying walked forward quickly and supported Wan Yanxue, who was pale.

Wan Yanxue, alias Cao Ying, said with a smile: "The prince's status is humble, and it is already a blessing for the slave to be able to take in the slave maid, where do you dare to ask for so much." ”

"You saved my life, and you are naturally different from others."

"Childe, can you find out what?"

"This is not the place to talk, you and I get into the carriage first."

After Zhao Ying helped Yan Xue to get into the carriage, he asked his cronies to catch the carriage in person.

"This assassination will certainly not be so simple, I suspect that there are senior generals in the army involved."

Because Wan Yanxue was also assassinated and saved Zhao Ming's life, Zhao Ying didn't hide much from Wan Yanxue.

"You're the crown prince, how dare they?"

Wan Yanxue pretended to exclaim and said in disbelief.

"Prince? I'm afraid it won't be in a few months. Hey, look, I'm telling you what to do. Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Festival, and I will take you to see the world at that time. ”

"The slave is a humble person, how can she go?"

"There is Lone, who dares to say that you have a humble status, Lone will put him in prison."

"Poof."

Wan Yanxue chuckled, as if she was happy by Zhao Ying's appearance.

"Qin Hui, that villain, this time it's not bad. Lone didn't expect that the merchant would have such a lot of financial resources, and he actually saw this. ”

"Who is Qin Hui?"

"He's the prime minister, don't you know?"

"I don't know." Wan Yanxue shook her head.

"What about Yue Fei, you always know."

"Of course I know, General Yue is loyal and patriotic, but I know it clearly."

Wan Yanxue patted her chest, and her proud look made Zhao Ying laugh.

"Qin Hui is Yue Fei's nemesis."

"What! No wonder you say he's a villain. ”

"Hahaha."

Wan Yanxue's expression really made Zhao Ying laugh, and immediately he laughed regardless of the occasion, and the sorrow on his brow was swept away.

"Prince, what are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, hahaha, nothing."

"You're still laughing!"

"I didn't, hahaha."

Nourishing Heart Temple,

"The prince still hasn't found anything today?"

"Yes."

"Have you found out the identity of the woman next to the prince?"

"It's exactly the same as what the minister reported before, but she never knew where she wandered to Lin'an."

Liu Chan walked a few steps and said, "I always feel that this woman is not an ordinary person, it seems to be a little weird. ”

Quirky and of course weirdly tight.

Zhao Ming, who doesn't smell women on weekdays and doesn't care about beauties at all, would actually make fun of Yan Xue for caring about it, how is it not strange.

Before meeting Yan Xue, Zhao Jin's behavior can be described as a straight man. If it weren't for Wu Guifei finding a few palace maids for him, until now, Zhao Ying would probably still be worried about state affairs and alone.

But after meeting Yan Xue, Zhao Ying turned into a warm man, and every day he asked for warmth, and even learned to cook.

Compared to before, it is simply incredible.

It can be seen that Yan Xue's mastery is extraordinary.

"Do you want to send more men to follow?"

Liu Chan thought about it, shook his head, and said, "If the prince finds out, I am afraid that it will cause discord between my father and son." It's just a matter of doing it as usual. ”

In case Zhao Ying is a love brain, and it is found that Liu Chan actually investigates Yan Xue, then it will inevitably aggravate the father-son conflict between them.

Li Hui thought to himself, just a woman, what kind of mess can she cause.

But Li Hui's carelessness finally caused the Lin'an turmoil that attracted the attention of the world.

And Liu Chan is better, and he is very jealous of women. But because of the identity of the prince, this jealousy can only end without a problem.

Prince's Mansion,

After Yan Xue came to a no-man's corner, waited quietly, and after a while, a maid came over quietly.

"Lord, everything is ready, just wait for tomorrow."

"Okay, when it's done, bring people here and hide them as soon as they are done. Tomorrow the crown prince and I will go to the palace for a banquet, and it is the best time to start. ”

"The Lord is going to the palace tomorrow?"

"What's wrong?"

"My subordinates heard that Her Royal Highness the princess is still in the palace and has not been executed by the emperor of the Song Dynasty."

"What, Wanyan Fox's cheap maid is still in the palace?"

"Yes, when the incident was defeated, the emperor of the Song Dynasty did not punish Her Royal Highness the princess, but just locked her up. Tomorrow's Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting, the whole family celebrates, and she may not be released. ”

"Wanyan Fox's has seen me, which is very bad for us."

"The Lord might as well think of other countermeasures."

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger. I want to make a bet with the heavens, and after the bet, Yanhu's won't go to the banquet. ”

"Lord, this is too risky."

"We are shouldering the heavy responsibility of reviving the Jin country, and we are responsible for the life and death of thousands of gold people, if we don't even take any risks, how can we be worthy of those predecessors who died."

"Is there no other way?"

"No, we must rescue the Golden Vulture as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Praetorian Guard under my command will fall apart without a command, and within a year. ”

"Hey, I think that when my Jin Kingdom was in the north, it was like a tiger, and now it looks like this, which is really sad."

"Say no more, and give the order down."

"Yes."

Wan Yanxue touched the wound on her shoulder, and with the great pain, she still laughed. Of course, the mastermind of the assassination was none other than her Wan Yanxue.

If there is no such a bitter plan, how can Zhao Ying trust her, and how can Zhao Ying fall in love with her.

For a straight man like Zhao Jin, Wan Yanxue doesn't know how many ways there are in her heart. No, it's not been a few days, and Zhao Ying has already obediently obeyed her.

The corpses of those assassins were not real assassin corpses, and Wan Yanxue didn't know what was going on, but one thing was clear, someone must have swapped them.

Because the identity of the assassin is neither a native of the Jin Kingdom nor a ruffian of Lin'an, but a real soldier of the Yue Family Army, but a soldier of the Yue Family Army with an official position.

Wan Yanxue's plan was not only to cause discord between father and son between Liu Chan and Zhao Yin, but also to falsely accuse Yue Fei of rebellion.

If the identities of those soldiers of the Yue Family Army were exposed, Yue Fei at this time should have been removed from all official positions. But unfortunately, the bodies of the soldiers of the Yue family army were replaced.

And so far, except for Zhao Jin, no one has mentioned this matter.

However, it is impossible for the facts of this matter to change, as long as Zhao Ying continues to investigate, there will be a day when the truth will be revealed. When the time comes, the lightest thing will not be the removal of officials.

Wan Yanxue chuckled, walked with steps, sang, and walked towards the kitchen.

She wants to boil a bowl of chicken soup for Zhao Ying and continue to attack Zhao Jin's psychological defense.