Rong Qi gently put down the pen in his hand, looked at Qiao Miao with a smile, and asked, "I heard that Lord Xiao Qiao has arrived in Jinhuai City." ”

Qiao Miao took a step forward with one hand, nodded and smiled: "I just arrived today, and I only received a message from the flying sword in the house earlier.

The young emperor snorted when he heard this, thought for a while and said: "Jinhuai City has not been peaceful recently, no, it should be said that there has never been peace there, Qiao Mansion really doesn't need to arrange people to secretly protect Xiao Qiao? ”

This Qiao Miao in front of him is the right-hand man of the old fox in Shangshu's mansion, and he is the confidant of Shangshu in the military department, who was arranged by the other party to his side by all means, monitoring his every move all the time, but he can't do it with Qiaofu openly, after all, that person holds great power, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and the military department, together with the criminal department, and almost half of the officials in the Zhengguo temple, have a deep personal relationship with Qiaofu and have an ambiguous relationship.

And he has just succeeded to the throne, and he has not yet sat firmly in the position of the son of Zheng Guo, and many things still need to be done by Qiaofu's hands, otherwise it is not enough to convince the public.

So at the moment, even if he is acting as a puppet, Song Qi is still "willing".

He didn't care what role the so-called Yin and Yang family played in Zheng Guo and what purpose it had, Song Qi only knew that if he wanted to firmly hold the power in his own hands, then he had to act like it first.

If he is watched, he will be monitored, how should he deal with the government or how to deal with the government, just to let Qiao Fu understand that he Song Qi can "deal with" some "corners" related to Qiao Mansion at any time.

For Shangshufu, these officials can only be regarded as chicken-like existences now, and it is a pity to abandon them if they are tasteless, but they are the best candidates for the young emperor to establish his authority.

It is not so much that he is targeting them, but that those people are blocking the road that makes Zheng Guo prosperous and powerful, and the purge is only a bypassing move.

Emperor Zheng Guo Rongqi killed the chicken to make an example of the monkey, and the chicken died, so he had to see the monkey's reaction, right?

Qiao Miao, who is nominally Mr. Young Emperor, is silent on the surface, but he is full of slander in his heart, you are a little fox, under the guise of caring about Young Master Shangshu on the surface, but in fact, he is asking whether my Qiao Mansion has eyes, ears, and eyeliner in Jinhuai City.

Why, if not, could it be that when you, the little emperor, still plan to clear Jinhuai City, you will kill Xiao Qiao "by the way" if you "accidentally"?

Qiao Miao glanced at the dozens of remaining pieces on the young emperor's table, and said casually, "The emperor is too worried, the whole world is not the king's land, and the coast of the land is not the king's minister? No matter how remote Jinhuai City is, it is also under your jurisdiction, so what does Qiaofu need to worry about?"

An old fox and a little fox looked at each other and smiled.

The young emperor nodded and smiled: "Then I wish Lord Xiao Qiao a smooth sail in Jinhuai City." ”

"Your Majesty, Emperor. Qiao Miao bowed his head slightly and bowed his head, making a courtier salute.

And the young emperor Rong Qi, who had clearly turned around and walked to his seat, turned his head coldly, looked meaningfully at the ears and eyes of the Qiao Mansion, and added, "This greeting, please be sure to convey it to me." ”

Rong Qi's eyes are surprisingly deep, like a bottomless abyss, making people seem to fall into it at a glance.

Qiao Miao, who was a little confused, was stunned, looked at the young emperor's eyes, and nodded more solemnly.

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Jinhuai City, Jinhuai Bookstore.

The young man in the green shirt had been holding a copy of the Jinhuai County Chronicles for an hour.

And the girl in white with a hosta on her head next to her had already chatted with the old man and talked a lot.

There are many problems with young girls.

Fortunately, the old man in the Confucian shirt was always willing to smile and solve her doubts.

The old man has been a gentleman all his life, and he doesn't dare to say anything else, at least he has some experience in teaching.

He naturally saw that the girl in white in front of him was born from a charm, and for such a "studious" spirit, everything in the world was fresh and interesting.

The girl will ask, why does it cost money to buy baked cakes, who invented gold and silver, what is the difference between fairy money and them, and what is the immortal sect on the mountain and the secular dynasty?

Why is a senior brother a senior brother and not a junior brother?

Why is the junior sister a junior sister and not a senior sister?

Of course, what Hong Shao is most curious about is why her senior brother said that she could only marry one woman.

The girl thought to herself, can't she marry one more? Her senior brother won't dislike that girl.

Li Zijin finished reading the yellowed Jinhuai County Chronicles on the pages of the book, slowly smoothed out the wrinkles on it, and carefully handed it to the old man in the Confucian shirt, "Thank you, old man." ”

The old man had just finished explaining to the little junior sister Hong Shao what it meant to be "three wives and four concubines" and what it meant to be "single-minded".

For the girl, words more than two words made her a little difficult to understand. At this time, the old man will patiently tell one or two small stories, in simple terms, and tell the meaning to the girl, and the old man will tell it in great detail.

Li Zijin helped his forehead, quickly stopped the little junior sister's endless questions, and said, "Hong Shao, don't keep bothering the old man, you have too many questions." ”

The girl in white sighed, and as expected, she immediately shut up, and sat very obediently on the side, her hands lightly on her knees.

"Let Mr. see it and smile, my junior sister is good at everything, she just likes to ask questions, I don't know where there are so many doubts in her head, like a child, but she looks like she is about the same age as me. Li Zijin walked up to the girl in white, stood next to her and stretched out his hand to pat the girl's head.

The old man in the Confucian shirt waved his hand and said: "Teacher, it is nothing more than preaching and teaching to solve doubts, the old man has not answered so many questions for others for a long time, the little girl is innocent and simple-minded, which is a good thing." ”

Li Zijin looked up.

It's getting dark.

Snow fell in Jinhuai City.

The young man said goodbye and planned to leave Jinhuai Bookstore with his little sister and find another inn.

I didn't think that the old man in the Confucian shirt smiled and pointed to the backyard of the Jinhuai bookstore, there was a staircase there, and the old man said: "That staircase leads to the Feixue Inn next door, the shopkeeper is my friend, it's not early now, and there is snow outside, and it's cold and cold." If you don't dislike it, stay at the Snow Inn. ”

Li Zijin thought about it, agreed to come down, and went to the backyard of Jinhuai Bookstore with Hong Shao, planning to enter the Feixue Inn along the stairs.

When passing by the backyard of the bookstore, the young man saw a koi fish in the pond, his eyes were smart, and when he saw the little sister Hongshao passing by the pond, it suddenly jumped out of the water, very happy, as if greeting the girl.

Hong Shao took a step forward and lay on the edge of the pond, looking at the koi fish swimming in front of her eyes, fiddling with the tail of the fish, with a smile on her face.

After the two entered the Flying Snow Inn, a middle-aged man in old clothes slowly walked out of the back room.

There were no men in the inn, only a cook in the back room, and as for the outside, it was all up to the shopkeeper to do the work.

The middle-aged shopkeeper raised one eyelid and said weakly: "The small shop is not as brilliant as the flower set, and this inn is also owned by everyone. ”

Li Zijin was stunned, in the world, there would be a shopkeeper who persuaded guests not to stay at the inn? And how did he know that he and his little sister had just come out of the Huajian Inn?

But in the end, it is a teenager who has gone through three states, and he has long been surprised by some guys with strange tempers and strange personalities, and the world is so big that there are no surprises.

The young man in a green shirt with a sword behind him nodded, "Shopkeeper, we live here." ”

The middle-aged shopkeeper sighed, spread his hand and said, "Ten taels of silver, more refund and less compensation." ”

The implication is that the shopkeeper saw that the young man and the girl did not look like they would only stay for one night, so he opened his mouth to ask for ten taels of silver, which means that after paying the silver, he let go of the house, and when the time comes, there will be more money or less money, and then he will look at it.

The fee of Feixue Inn is not expensive, and it can even be said to be quite cheap compared to the Huajian Inn where Li Zijin asked for a gold ingot for a hot pot before.

So Li Zijin almost didn't hesitate at all, and directly took out ten taels of silver from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper, and then said with a smile: "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, is there a room with two beds?"

The latter glanced at the young man in green shirt, and then at the girl in white with a beautiful face, and then nodded: "There is really one on the third floor." ”

The middle-aged man took the money and took the two to a room on the third floor.

"The small shop is not better than those spacious restaurants and inns, there is no difference between the sky and the earth, the Feixue Inn is three floors up and down, the furnishings and layout of each room are very different, by the way, what do you want to eat directly from the window, shouting to the courtyard, the cook will do it when he hears it, and send it to you when the time comes. The middle-aged shopkeeper stood outside the house, smiled and said a final sentence, and then turned to leave, and went to receive other guests.

Li Zijin and Hong Shao pushed the door in, there was a faint fragrance in the room, and the young man caught a glimpse of a basket of sandalwood lit by the window. The whole room is not large, but it is relatively tidy, and there is a screen at the entrance, which is just in front of the two of them, making the bed over there seem more private.

In addition, there are some furnishings in the rooms of restaurants and inns, wine tables, wine jugs and wine glasses on the table, a wooden cabinet by the window, Li Zijin walked over and opened the wooden cabinet, and there were two washbasins inside. There is also a footbasin under the bed, and the house has everything and lacks nothing.

It is true that there are two beds in the house, but because the room is not large, the two beds in the room are placed together, and the foot of the bed is connected to the head of the bed.

Hong Shao fell on the bed, yawned, didn't notice the spring light that leaked inadvertently between his collar, Li Zijin rolled his eyes, and quickly sat on another bed, with his back to the direction of the girl, with a little headache.

Looking out the window from this angle, you can see the snowflakes falling slowly, one by one, sprinkled on the world. The boy smiled dumbly, watching the flying snow at the Flying Snow Inn?

Li Zijin looked at it and became distracted.