The bustle of Yanzhou is very different from that of Shangjing.

Yanzhou is on the border of Daxuan, and because Goryeo and the grassland tribes in the north belong to Daxuan, there are many merchants who come and go, and most of them will stay in Yanzhou City.

So over the years, the scenery of Yanzhou is also quite exotic.

After Fang Linyuan entered the city, he dismounted and headed all the way towards Shipu Lane.

As soon as he entered the city, he saw many people dressed in Goryeo or steppe costumes passing by the streets, the occasional tinkling camel passing by his side, and many of the shops were hung with woven tapestries and yak skulls unique to the grassland.

Shipu Lane is on Ninggao Street, the main street of Yanzhou City.

At this time, the sky is getting late, and the lights are on at the beginning of the day, and when you look at it, it is peaceful and lively.

Fang Linyuan's gaze quietly swept over the surrounding shops and vendors.

Most of them are of different races, and most of the food they sell is cloth, fur or utensils, but there are not many people who sell food and drink. There were few people in the foreign restaurants passing by, and the sheep vendors who pushed their carts past and sold only two or three out of a dozen sheep all day.

Among the people who came and went, there were many caravans, and most of them must have stopped here. Many of the Han people passing by were carrying baskets and pockets, and when they looked carefully, most of them were in a hurry.

If you look closely, you will see that you have just received the grain and grass.

Fang Linyuan led the horses all the way, quietly observing the surroundings, and gradually had a plan in his heart.

It is true that the harvest in Yanzhou is not good, so that the people are poor and weak. It's just that Yanzhou is an important transportation town, and there are frequent merchants and travelers, so the business is prosperous and the economy is rich, and the difficulties in it cannot be seen for a while.

Thinking of this, Fang Linyuan's eyebrows moved slightly.

Since it is an important town with a high concentration of merchants, it is said that there should not be a famine.

Goryeo also grows rice and noodles, although the various departments of the grassland are not engaged in farming, but there are also many herdsmen, and the cattle and sheep transported to Daxuan every year are unknown.

Most of the people in the city also lived by buying and selling, and such a strong circulation and complex types of trade should not cause the price of food to collapse because of the decrease in harvests.

Fang Linyuan's eyebrows sank slightly, thinking that he should also ask Zhao Pu about this.

Thinking so, he quickened his pace and headed towards Shipu Lane.

Unexpectedly, Shipu Lane turned out to be a flower street.

A huge flower building with curtains and curtains stands at the mouth of the alley, and then look inside, it is a beautiful signboard and door of spring water. The alleys were babbling and singing, and many richly dressed men came and went in groups, and in front of the Zhulou Embroidery Courtyard, Yingyan could be faintly heard.

Fang Linyuan's ears were a little hot.

How did Zhao Pu choose such a place!

Fang Linyuan looked around, but he didn't see the conspicuous golden beast mask.

Zhao Pu is talking about the street entrance, right? He walked a little further inside, but he was afraid that Zhao Pu would not be able to find him.

Thinking so, Fang Linyuan had no choice but to stop at the corner of the street.

"Is Xiao Langjun alone?" At this moment, a charming voice came from behind him.

Fang Linyuan turned his head and saw that it was a woman with a light veil fluttering, looking like she was twenty or thirty years old, with a charm that was ripe just right, like a cuckoo blooming brightly on the branches.

It is the mother who greets the guests in front of the flower building behind her.

Her eyebrows and eyes were delicate, and she only glanced at Fang Linyuan up and down, and her eyes could drip water.

"Ah, you even led the horse, Xiao Langjun is from out of town?" She asked.

"Are you here to play by yourself? If you don't know the way, it's better to go upstairs with your sister, the girls in our building can sing and dance, and they can choose with Xiaolangjun. ”

Fang Linyuan took a step back awkwardly.

He doesn't really have the ability to deal with such people.

After all, he had never been to such a place outside of business.

When he was in office, he had a holy decree in his hand, and a dozen or so guards followed him, and as soon as the token was pulled, no one dared to be a little careless, let alone pull his sleeve with a smile like now.

Fang Linyuan didn't move, hurriedly pulled back his sleeve, raised his hand and waved stiffly: "No need, I'm waiting for someone here." ”

The woman seemed to have seen more of such curious, but jerky, awkward young men who wanted to make excuses for themselves.

Besides, in such a place, what kind of friends can you be waiting for?

"Just a drink." She said with a smile. "Xiao Langjun, why don't you go upstairs and sit down and wait? When your friends come, it's okay to have fun together......"

At this moment, a flat female voice came from behind her.

"He's waiting for me." The man said.

The woman immediately turned around, and saw a tall and beautiful woman standing behind her, dressed in fluttering clothes.

She was wearing a dress of a woman of an alien race, with three thousand blue silk tied into a braid, and a lapis lazuli gem with a bright color on her forehead, and the gems in her hair rattled.

The woman was covered with a light veil, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a Turkic or a Loulan person. Only under the long eyebrows, a pair of peach blossom eyes with flying tails were cold and bewitching, looking at her calmly.

It was waiting for each other.

——

The woman who was pulling away walked away in a playful manner, and Fang Linyuan immediately looked at Zhao Pu, who was three steps away.

He even changed into women's clothes again!

Fang Linyuan couldn't distinguish the reason for questioning him, only to feel that the savior had descended, and immediately stepped forward a few steps forward and stopped in front of Zhao Pu.

"You're finally here!" He said. "I'm scared to death, I remember that your note didn't have the hour written on it, and I'm afraid that I'm coming early, so I don't know how long I'll have to deal with it here."

I saw Zhao Xuan next to him with slightly slanted eyes and was looking at him.

Zhao Pu is really amazing.

Fang Linyuan didn't know how to make up, and he couldn't see Zhao Pu's superbly makeup skills, but he felt that this person would change his skin as soon as he turned around.

When those eyes looked at him, his expression was clearly Zhao Pu, but his appearance and posture were full of exotic customs, who would recognize him as Princess Huining who was far away in Beijing?

It's really a ghost, and it lives up to its name.

Fang Linyuan's eyes adoring Zhao Pu were so adoring that he forgot to look at the road for a while.

The next moment, Zhao Pu's arm grabbed him and pulled him towards the side of the street.

different

The scent of spices from the domain enveloped him faintly, and the arm on his arm was soft but powerful, like soft but tough spider silk, wrapping him in layers.

Fang Linyuan looked up in a daze, and saw that above Zhao Pu's lowered eyebrows, the gold dust like broken gold was shining, like the glow that stopped on his eyebrows.

Fang Linyuan's heart thumped with the flickering glow.

The next moment, a speeding carriage passed by him, lifting the hem of his clothes.

——

"Be careful." I only heard Zhao Pu say this.

Fang Linyuan woke up like a dream, and then came back to his senses.

His face flushed a little: "Ah, it's so dangerous, I didn't pay attention." ”

As he spoke, he was about to withdraw his arm.

But the hand on his arm didn't move.

For a while, as if he was bound by some rope knot, his arm couldn't be pulled away, so he was held by Zhao Pu and slowly walked towards Shipu Alley.

"Why are you pretending to be like this again?" Fang Linyuan calmed his abnormal heartbeat while looking for words to talk to Zhao Pu.

"Jiang Huaqing sent someone to spy on me." I only heard Zhao Pu say on the side. "Tan Ji also sent someone to follow you, we will meet in private, they will definitely take other precautions."

Fang Linyuan nodded when he heard this.

When it came to business, he was quickly pulled back into attention, and he was much more fluent when talking to Zhao Pu again.

"There is a difference in the Yanzhou army." He whispered to Zhao Pu. "I went around in the army today, and those soldiers were tight-lipped, I was afraid that Tan Ji was already a figure in Yanzhou."

As he spoke, his eyes slightly shifted to Zhao Pu's direction, and he saw the evening breeze blowing his hair, and the charming lights on the street shone on his side face.

Fang Linyuan hurriedly withdrew his gaze as if fleeing.

"But they don't have to say anything." He said. "I've seen all of their schoolyards, and at least two hundred soldiers have just joined the army, and I'm afraid that they are worthy of the status of those soldiers who starved to death. It's just that now I only have a rough look, and in two days, I can confirm their distribution in the army. ”

I heard Zhao Pu on his side hum.

"I am presiding over the distribution of grain today, and according to the population of each household, people have been registered." He said. "If there are people in the family, they are not included in the distribution of disaster food, and at the end of the day, more than a dozen households with a population shortage are registered."

"You mean......" Fang Linyuan's eyes widened slightly.

Zhao Pu on the side nodded: "It was said that he was going out or making a living, but nine times out of ten he was filled into the army." ”

Fang Linyuan said again: "Has Jiang Huaqing noticed?" ”

"Not yet." Zhao Xuan lowered his eyes and said. "It is customary to distribute food according to the official roster, and I pretended to do a lot of things, but he stared at it for a while, and then he didn't pay attention to it anymore."

"That's good." Fang Linyuan said. "So...... As long as the people in the army can be caught and compared with the list of food recipients, it can be easily proved that Tan Ji lied. ”

Speaking of this, he groaned slightly: "It's just...... We have to find another way to find out what they have embezzled from the grain and grass. And when I traveled all the way today, I found that there was something strange about the famine in Yanzhou. ”

I only heard Zhao Pu answer slightly beside him and said, "I'm checking these." You don't have to worry, just contain Tan Ji first. ”

Fang Linyuan turned his head to look at him.

"Do you have a plan?" He asked.

"Tan Ji only embezzles and sells for profit, only people outside the barracks can do it." I saw Zhao Pu say.

"Besides, the more famine there is, the more expensive the food, and their business may not have anything to do with the famine."

Fang Linyuan was slightly stunned.

What does Zhao Pu mean is that even the famine in Yanzhou came from them?

If this is the case, then the official who covers the sky with one hand has the ability to turn the world upside down.

"Then I'......," he hesitated.

If this is the case, he can't let go of his hand and let Zhao Pu take care of it alone.

But before he could say anything, he saw Zhao Pu's eyes swept away.

"If there is any news, there are people answering in the jujube grove on the north side of the camp every day." He said.

"In addition, you just need to remember that the woman I saw today came from nowhere, and I only heard that my surname was Bayan, and I didn't know anything else."

His voice was so light that it was almost inaudible, and in the noisy human voice, it was like a gust of wind drifting through Fang Linyuan's ears.

He was slightly stunned.

Why did you suddenly say this?

Then, in his peripheral vision, he saw a tall, strong figure, dressed in armor, followed by two soldiers, walking towards him.

It's Tan Ji.

Fang Linyuan's eyebrows moved slightly.

The next moment, I heard Tan Jilang laughing loudly on the other side.

"General Fang, you are actually here!" He said. "I heard from my subordinates that you came to the city, why did you come to Shipu Lane!"

Fang Linyuan raised his eyes to look at him, and saw him walk through the crowd and walk straight towards him.

This Yanzhou guard is really arrogant and arrogant. He knew that someone was following him, but he didn't expect Tan Ji to be so upright that he rushed over in person.

I'm afraid that he is playing with insects and ants, and I want to see him angry and make him jealous.

Fang Linyuan's heart was stunned.

If you want to contain him, you need him to be as arrogant as possible. The more arrogant you are, the easier it is to take it lightly.

Thinking so, his eyebrows sank, first put on an unhappy look, and then pondered in his heart how to answer for a while.

At this moment, he saw Tan Ji, who was getting closer and closer, looking at Zhao Pu beside him with interest.

The next moment, his arms clenched.

Fang Linyuan tilted his head slightly.

I saw Zhao Pu beside him, his arm tightly wrapped around his arm, and half of his body was attached to his arm.

I saw that he looked forward with a pair of peach blossom eyes with slender eyelashes and golden light, and then lowered his eyebrows slightly, his eyelashes drooped, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he quickly turned his face away.

With a slight twist of his face, he took on a delicate posture of flowers and beauty, and hid his face behind him just right.