Silk Su looked at Zhao Pu a little nervously, not knowing if Zhao Pu planned to let Fang Linyuan know about his tax payment.

I saw that Zhao Pu only raised his eyes to look at her slightly, and said, "Go down first." ”

Silk Su immediately understood, held the account book in both hands and bowed to the two of them, and then retreated.

Think about it too. According to her experience, the Fifth Highness never likes to say much, and no matter what she does, she does not want others to know.

But......

Where does her experience work.

In terms of experience, the Fifth Highness is the most indecisive figure in the world. Since he was a child, food and clothing have been a problem, and he has experienced the days when he sold the most valuable objects in the palace for a Dongchang fanzi, and was deducted half by the eunuch who changed hands, how can he not know how much role the silver can have.

But didn't he still throw it into the water, and gave 40,000 taels of silver to An Pinghou as soon as he raised his hand?

Even let her quietly withdraw, not even the sound of the silver falling into the water.

Juan Su lowered her head and retreated quietly, and when she came to the door, only Fang Linyuan and Zhao Pu were left in the room, quietly facing each other.

Fang Linyuan blinked, and only when the silk was holding something important that could not be considered by outsiders, he didn't ask again.

But......

He put down the sobering soup, and saw Zhao Pu's gaze quietly fall on his injured hand.

He put that hand behind his back like a thief and smiled awkwardly at Zhao Xuan.

"The envoy of the Beizhen Mansion has been waiting in front of the garrison department for a long time, and I think about it, it's really not good to dismiss people's hearts." He said. "I haven't had a few drinks, so I guess it's going to be fine."

I saw that Zhao Pu's gaze stopped slightly, and then moved from his hand to his face.

The four eyes were facing each other, and there was silence, except for the firelight that jumped in Zhao Pu's eyes, but those eyes were still bottomless, like a dark abyss.

“…… I forgot. Fang Linyuan was seen by him as weak-hearted, and muttered in a low voice.

saw Zhao Pu sit down in front of him.

"You used to be like that?" I only heard Zhao Pu ask.

"Which one?" Fang Linyuan didn't quite understand.

"The body is skinned, and it can be easily destroyed for the sake of any person." I only heard Zhao Pu say this, still looking at him. "This is true for Wang Chang, and the same is true for a brocade guard who came from nowhere."

Fang Linyuan was slightly stunned: "I didn't think about it so much. ”

He was telling the truth. When saving people's lives and agreeing to invitations, it's just a matter of a moment, where did you think so much?

I saw Zhao Pu lowering his eyes slightly, and he didn't say anything for a while.

Fang Linyuan pursed his lips and cautiously poked his head over.

Not angry, right?

But it happened to collide with Zhao Pu's raised eyes, and Fang Linyuan was so frightened that he hurriedly sat back.

"Do what?" Zhao Pu asked.

“…… I'll see if you're upset. Fang Linyuan replied honestly. Indeed, I have forgotten today, and there will be no next time. ”

Zhao Pu seemed to be laughed at by him.

"Your injuries come and go, doesn't it matter if I'm angry or not?"

“…… Yes. "Aren't they two different things? Fang Linyuan didn't know what the comparison between the two was.

His unexplained response fell on the ears of others, but it seemed to be an honest confession.

Zhao Pu in front of him paused slightly, and then turned his gaze unnaturally away from Fang Linyuan's unexplained gaze.

He lowered his eyes, took out something from his sleeve in a moment, and put it in front of Fang Linyuan.

"The prescription you want has been drawn up, when you send it to your subordinate, don't forget to remind him not to leak it." He said.

Fang Linyuan hurriedly took the prescription and opened it.

It is indeed full of common medicinal herbs, and even several flavors are extremely cheap. Such a prescription could not be more suitable for the soldiers of the frontier.

Fang Linyuan was surprised.

Zhao Pu is really a good person, and he still takes this matter to heart!

He cherished the prescription into his arms, and didn't notice how complicated Zhao Pu's gaze fell on him.

After a while, he heard Zhao Pu say again: "I'm not angry. ”

The voice is very soft, and the tone is also very soft, giving people the illusion that they are coaxing someone without a trace.

"Huh?" Fang Linyuan didn't come back for a while.

When he raised his eyes, he saw Zhao Xuan's eyebrows twisted slightly, looking at the swaying peach branches outside the window, and somehow, his expression was indescribably unnatural.

"But your own body should also be cherished." I just listened to Zhao Pu say.

“…… Even if it's just for me. ”

The words at the back were faintly audible, scattered in the night breeze floating outside the window, scattered in the sound of falling flowers.

——

When he rescued Wang Chang, Fang Linyuan really didn't think too much, neither thought about the grievances between the two of them, nor did he think about how to repay Wang Chang.

Therefore, a few days later, when Wang Chang came to the door and thanked him from the Sixteenth Garrison, Fang Linyuan himself was a little surprised.

Wang Chang didn't see any injuries on his body, he moved quickly that day, and the flowing fire didn't even touch him. However, he must have lost a lot of face that day, and when Wang Chang saw Fang Linyuan, his expression was not very natural.

"I'm here to thank you for saving my life that day." Wang Chang said. "They all told me that if it weren't for you, I would have been hit by a horse and killed."

Fang Linyuan looked at him with his arms crossed, and when he saw his awkward appearance that he wanted to go underground, he couldn't help but be a little curious: "You have been playing since you were a child, why don't you know the danger?" ”

Wang Changnuo was speechless.

That's because of his excellent skills and he has never been defeated on the pitch. Besides, these people in Beijing are jealous of him, and even the third prince has been polite to him since he was a child, how could there ever be a time when he needed to do it himself?

He didn't speak, so Fang Linyuan didn't force him. Looking at his appearance, you can know that he was forced to thank him, and he is not interested in embarrassing him.

"Okay, I received your thanks, I still have business to do, you can go back." He waved his hand lazily and turned to leave.

But he saw Wang Chang stop him.

"Wait."

Fang Linyuan turned around, and saw that Wang Chang took out a box from his sleeve with an awkward expression and opened it in front of him.

The huge silver ticket in it saw Fang Linyuan's eyes.

"What are you doing?" He took a defensive step back.

I saw Wang Chang close the wooden box and said, "It's not sincere to say thank you, and what you give you is a private gift." These coins are my private house, and I will send them to Yumen Pass today and donate them to the eighteen cities of Longxi to build the city wall. ”

Fang Linyuan was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect this person to do such a thing, and he looked at Wang Chang a little differently for a while.

After a moment, he asked, "Have you thought about it?" ”

"The messengers are already waiting in the Qin State Mansion." I saw Wang Chang say.

Fang Linyuan's gaze stopped on the box, and for a moment, his gaze at Wang Chang became much more serious.

"Since you have made up your mind, then I accept your thanks." He said.

"Can you do me another favor?" Wang Chang asked again.

"You say." Fang Linyuan replied very simply.

"At the banquet that day, I also had a quarrel with Her Royal Highness the Fifth Princess, and it was inconvenient to come to the door to apologize, and I asked you to convey your apology to her for me." Wang Chang said.

This was a gesture for Fang Linyuan, and he simply agreed.

Seeing Wang Chang hesitate for a moment, he said again.

"I wrote down what you saved my life that day." He said. "Where you can use me in the future, you just have to speak."

Somehow, he was more sincere than the one before him.

Fang Linyuan didn't quite understand.

Xie also said, and the silver was also donated, won't the grievances between them be settled? How can this man say that he is saving his life, as if the money in front of him was donated for someone else?

However, after all, I don't know the person in front of me. Fang Linyuan didn't bother much, and nodded towards Wang Chang.

"Okay." He said. "I think you like black horses? I saw that you rode a dark horse several times. ”

Wang Chang looked puzzled, but still nodded and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"I went back to Beijing and brought a few fierce horses that were returned by the Turks, all of which were kept in the house, and one of them had a very bright black coat, that is, it was extremely fierce, and it was necessary to take care to tame it." Fang Linyuan said. "The horse that confiscated you can't be returned to you, I'll let people take this horse to the Qin State Mansion when I turn around, and I just write off the things on the street that day."

When Wang Chang heard this, his eyes lit up.

——

As soon as Fang Linyuan returned to the Hou Mansion that day, he asked people to go to the stable and lead the Turkic horse to Wang Chang.

This is really a good horse, and it is inevitable that it will hurt to give it away like this. But thinking that Wang Chang donated so much silver to Yumen Pass, just a horse, give it to him.

When the attendant who sent the horse returned, he specially told him that the prince was very happy when he saw the horse, and rewarded him with a lot of silver.

Fang Linyuan didn't care, and when he went to Huaiyu Pavilion for dinner in the evening, he told Zhao Pu about today's events and Wang Chang's words about dragging him.

Zhao Pu smiled faintly, mumbled, and didn't say much.

Qin Guogong was really frightened by him, and he had to spend time telling him through Fang Linyuan's mouth after paying the silver, for fear that he would act rashly.

"What are you laughing at?" Fang Linyuan, who was on the other side of the table, asked.

I saw Zhao Pu say calmly: "I just didn't expect Wang Chang to remember this little thing." ”

Fang Linyuan naturally didn't know that this was just Zhao Pu's usual conspiracy.

As long as he is 100% sure, he will expose his identity to the other party in a grand manner, so that even if they are annoyed and unwilling, they will be honest and clear.

Since Shi Shen obtained several pieces of evidence for him that Qin Guogong acted secretly and received privately, he appeared in front of Qin Guogong as the fifth princess in a grand manner, and at the same time imposed threats and forced him into his camp.

This kind of cautious and slick man is most afraid of a fearless madman like him. Even if he knew Zhao Pu's wolf ambitions, he didn't dare to fight with him with his net worth and life, so he had to control it for him and be his minion.

As for the silver that was sent to the frontiers......

It's just a donation to compensate Fang Linyuan, but with Qin Guogong's thoughts, he must have regarded it as a bribe for Zhao Pu to bribe the border generals. He thought that he was tied up as a part of the bribe, which he financed and delivered, and after that, he could no longer get out of Zhao Pu's plan.

Zhao Pu put away his smile lightly.

Over there, Fang Linyuan nodded thoughtfully and said, "This kid must not be incorrigibly bad. He could think of donating money to Longxi, which was really beyond my expectations. ”

"Are you happy, then?"

But I heard Zhao Pu ask.

Fang Linyuan looked at Zhao Pu puzzled: "What?" ”

"He took the donation as a thank you for saving him." I saw Zhao Pu looking at him, and then asked. "Are you happy?"

Fang Linyuan: No

I know why he asked, but he nodded sincerely: "Of course I'm happy!" That's a lot of money. ”

The candlestick on the table lightly burst into a light spark, and the candle flame trembled, just shaking into Zhao Pu's eyes.

He saw Zhao Pu smile slightly, and when he blinked, his eyelashes swept, shaking the candlelight in his eyes and sparkling.

"It's good to be happy." I only heard him smile lightly and droop his eyes, and said lightly.

——

As soon as the Qingming Festival passed, Shangjing became warmer and warmer, and gradually even the spring breeze was wrapped in warmth, blowing hot on the body.

The injuries on Fang Linyuan's hands have also healed, even if the gauze is removed in the past few days, it will not prevent him from riding a horse and using a knife.

Lin Zihao was also busy with the case at hand, and this day was free, so he invited Fang Linyuan to meet the general outside the city as promised.

Speaking of the general Zhu Song who guarded the city, Lin Zimiao also told Fang Linyuan that this person had admired him for many years, and when he heard that he could be brought to see him, he happily dug up all the wine that had been buried under his tree for more than ten years, and had to have a good drink with him on the top of the city tower.

Fang Linyuan didn't know Zhu Song.

coincided with his rest on this day, so he made an appointment with Lin Zimao and others at the south gate of Zhu Song's duty at dusk. As soon as he reached the gate, he saw the tall, armoured general on the city wall beckoning eagerly to him, and as soon as he reached the bottom of the gatehouse, he was already rushing down with a gust of wind.

He was extremely tall, he could be nine feet tall when he looked at it, and he was born strong, and when he rushed in front of Fang Linyuan, he was like a boulder that had collapsed from the city wall.

"The last general will see the general!" saw Zhu Song pounce in front of him, his voice was like a bell, and he bowed down and wanted to salute him.

Fang Linyuan's title is extremely high, but in terms of the actual official position at the moment, it is the same as Zhu Song. Seeing that he was about to kneel, Fang Linyuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him.

In an instant, it was like a jack pressing down from his arm. Fang Linyuan turned his head to look at Lin Zimiao a little helplessly, and saw that Lin Zimiao looked a little helpless, and shook his head at him.

Fang Linyuan had no choice but to stop Zhu Song and said, "General Zhu has tormented me." ”

Reluctantly let Zhu Song stand up, Lin Zimiao stepped forward and introduced the two of them.

There's nothing to recommend. As far as Zhu Song is concerned, Fang Linyuan is a thunderous and famous general, and without waiting for Lin Zimiao to finish speaking, he pulled Fang Linyuan up and sincerely and sincerely expressed his admiration and admiration to him.

The noise made Fang Linyuan's ears hurt, and it could be seen that this person's pair of copper bell eyes were shining on the black round face, and Fang Linyuan couldn't bear to interrupt him again.

Several people talked and went all the way up to the castle tower.

Although there are waterways in Shangjing, the various city gates are still fortresses for merchants from all over the world. The road at the south gate leads directly to the towns in the south, and it has always been the most dense pass for merchants and people.

Fang Linyuan followed them around the city tower, and took a few more glances at the entry and exit sentry posts at the south city gate.

Most of the people who came and went from here were people who carried burdens or merchants who rode horses and horses, and everything from personnel to goods had to be inspected before they could enter the city. It was dusk, but the people who entered the city still lined up in front of the pass, and the guards guarding the city were orderly, but the inspection process was not as strict as Fang Linyuan imagined.

Zhu Song next to him was still gushing, talking about the iron array he had laid out against the Turkic cavalry in the first battle of the Yumen Pass.

Fang Linyuan looked down for a moment, frowned slightly, and interrupted Zhu Song: "General Zhu." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Song immediately stopped talking and looked at him seriously and reverently.

I saw Fang Linyuan raise his hand and point in the direction under the city gate, and asked Zhu Song: "General, look, there are obviously three or five people on that cart, why only check the coachman's documents?" ”

Zhu Song sighed and replied, "The general doesn't know, this is the old rule." There are so many people in and out of the capital that there are long queues every day, and if they are carefully checked one by one, every day when the city gate is closed, half of the people will be blocked outside the city and cannot enter. ”

"But if someone is in the mix, won't it be easy to sneak into the city?" Fang Linyuan was puzzled.

"I can't do that." Zhu Songlang laughed loudly and said. "We don't just check the drivers, but the ordinary people check the household registration as a unit. Like just now, it is usually the family who goes into the city together, and if they drag the family with them, they only check the head of the household and the young man, and the others pass by, and only do simple registration. ”

"Never did it go wrong?" Fang Linyuan asked again.

"As long as it is confirmed that it is from the same clan family, nothing can go wrong." Zhu Song replied. "They have documents and directions that are distributed everywhere, and their members are registered. If you mix in with outsiders and go wrong, you will have to sit up and down their family. ”

Fang Linyuan looked at the city and nodded thoughtfully.

"Did General Fang notice something wrong?" Lin Zimiao next to him asked. "Is it related to Turkic thieves?"

Speaking of the Turkic thieves, Zhu Song's expression was also a little nervous, and he turned his head to look at Fang Linyuan.

"We just check the Han people like this, and every foreign merchant who enters and leaves is all checked one by one, and the investigation is clean." Zhu Song said. "I don't want to leak into someone who doesn't know it!"

Fang Linyuan shook his head and smiled comfortingly at the two of them.

"There's nothing wrong with that." He said. "It's just that the border has always been strictly guarded, and it's the first time I've seen such a censor."

Both of them nodded.

Speaking of the Turkic bandits, Zhu Song said: "We really didn't expect them to break through the city defense that day. In the past few months, His Majesty has made an order, and we have also checked the entry records of all foreign races that have entered the city, but all of them are complete with documents and orders, and no suspicious elements have been found. ”

"What about those who go out of town?" Fang Linyuan asked again.

"It's always easy to get out of town. His Majesty has also ordered us to wait for an investigation in the past few days, but this is undoubtedly a needle in a haystack. It's just that the Divine Will is above, and we can only try to find out. ”

Fang Linyuan nodded thoughtfully when he heard this.

As they spoke, it grew dark. The deputy general who succeeded Zhu Song had already arrived at his post, and after several of them stared at the change of guard under the city, they entered Zhu Song's residence on the city wall and set up wine and food.

The view from the city wall is excellent, and you can see the lights of the sky all over the city to the city, and you can see the villages and towns dotted around the city outside the city.

Before the city gate was locked, even though it was dark, many people came to the city one after another, and the canal not far away was wide and wide, and the sparkling waves shattered the reflection of the lights and ships in the water, but the shadow of the moon could not be found.

Zhu Song put on the table the good wine that had been buried in his house for many years, he was happy to see Fang Linyuan this day, and he had been friends with Lin Zimiao for many years, so he drank more and more heartily.

After Fang Linyuan talked with him today, he was still puzzled by how the group of Turks entered the city, and he was a little absent-minded for a while.

When the wine passed three rounds, even Zhu Song could see that his mind did not belong.

"General Fang, what are you thinking?" He asked.

"You say, there is nothing unusual about the aliens who have entered the city for several months in a row, how did the hundred and eighty bandits with knives get in?" Fang Linyuan asked.

Zhu Song smiled comfortingly and patted him on the shoulder.

"It's impossible to think about it." He said. "Didn't the general already find the Turkic man in the lead? The warrants issued by His Majesty have already been distributed to all the states and counties, and when this person is caught, the case will soon be clear. ”

"But I'm only afraid of ......" Fang Linyuan held the wine glass, pondered for a moment, and sighed slightly.

Zhu Song didn't understand, and looked at Lin Zimiao hesitantly.

"The general is afraid, if these people can enter Beijing without knowing it, they will be able to leave Daxuan without knowing it?" Lin Zimiao asked.

Fang Linyuan nodded.

Lin Zimiao thought for a while, and said, "Don't worry, general, this is impossible." These people were able to enter the capital, all because they had an innocent identity, and now they have escaped, even if they can mix a city and a town, they will never be able to escape thousands of miles away. But now I don't know where they are hiding, but in time they will appear. ”

He is telling the truth. The quotations and documents of the Turks entering the Great Xuan were all distributed by the Great Xuan official government, one volume per person, and there was absolutely no room for it.

Just like the leader of the Uliji, he went out of the city this time, with a foreign face, except for his Uliji's paper, he couldn't even use a fake identity.

Fang Linyuan nodded when he heard this: "You're right. ”

"If the general is not at ease, it is better to ask Lao Zhu to give you a copy of the records of the aliens who entered and exited the city gate in the next few days." Lin Zimiao looked at Zhu Song again and said with a smile. "The general will take it for review, and maybe he can find clues."

When Zhu Song heard this, he immediately stood up.

"What are you going for?" Lin Zimiao hurriedly stopped him.

"I'm going to ask them to find out all the paperwork and give it to the general to copy." Zhu Song drank a little too much, and when he got up, he swayed slowly, and his words were not clear.

"What are you anxious about, come back and sit down!" Lin Zimiao hurriedly said.

Zhu Song didn't look back, and walked straight outside: "I'll go and get it for the general!" ”

"Drink too much." Lin Zimiao shook his head helplessly, and the other party Lin Yuan said.

Fang Linyuan was amused by Zhu Song, and hurriedly stood up, chased out of the gatehouse, and took a few steps forward to stop him.

"Don't worry, I wish the general to sit down first." Fang Linyuan said with a smile. "They're still guarding down there, so don't make trouble."

As he spoke, he glanced down at the city with a faint smile, just in time to see several wagons carrying goods slowly stopping in front of the city gate.

The whole convoy was full of seven or eight people, and they were in a hurry, when a group of merchants were about to enter the city before the city gates were locked.

Seeing that it was time to close the gates, the guards in front of the gate also showed fatigue, stepped forward, and stretched out their hands to ask for their road quotations.

The one who was the first to drive the car hurried into his arms and fled.

Fang Linyuan's gaze swept over him, and his eyes lit up.

This person didn't seem to be quite right.

The merchants and people who came and went usually looked very natural, and the documents were prepared in advance, for fear of delaying too long in front of the city gate. But this person's posture was timid, and his movements were slow and awkward, and when he handed it to the guards, he also subconsciously avoided the other party's scrutinizing gaze.

It's a scary action.

Fang Linyuan's gaze looked at the other people in the car again.

There were both men and women, and a pair of very old women and old men. From a distance, it looks like a family, but there is an awkward strangeness.

The next moment, Fang Linyuan's eyes lit up.

Yes! The family had been on the road for so long, and they should be relaxed and tired when they saw that they were about to enter the city. But when the man stepped forward to deliver the papers, they stared at him with their eyes like torches, intentionally or unconsciously.

That gesture is clearly not treating family members, but as if they are spying on hostages.

Looking at the dress of these people, the night breeze in late spring is warm and warm, but they are all dressed neatly, and the collars are tightly covered and covered.

Fang Linyuan's hand on the city wall was slightly retracted.

At this moment, the old woman in the car raised her head and was crashing into Fang Linyuan's gaze.

The moment her eyes met, she subconsciously raised her hand and pinched her neckline.

In the midst of the lightning, Fang Linyuan remembered what the waiter had told him that day before the palace gate.

“…… It is said that the followers of the Holy Lotus Sect will tattoo a lotus flower here for identification. ”

Fang Linyuan immediately leaned out.

"Stop them!"

He raised his voice and gave a short, clear order to the guards under the city. ，