No matter how good the fast horse is, you need to rest and breathe all the way to the two of them, and you need to rest and breathe not long after you come out of the Lin Mansion, and you will see the morning light faintly, and the fish belly has appeared white in the east, and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi said that it has not stopped all night, and there is just a place to eat some breakfast to warm the stomach, so he led the horse and took Mu Sanqian to the outside of the city.

After staying up all night, Mu Sanqian was obviously in poor spirits, yawning and saying that Donghuang Taiyi was too stingy, and he worked tirelessly to accompany him from the Sword Sect to the capital, not to mention going to Huajie to see the girl, and he didn't even eat a full meal. What kind of breakfast do you want to eat at this time, and what kind of breakfast can make up for the night's consumption?

Approaching the city gate, it was noticeably lively, even though it was still dark.

"You Xishu people got up early enough. ”

Seeing the endless carriages and traders on the road, Mu Sanqian couldn't help but sigh.

"The people of Shu are just diligent, in previous years, the Eastern Emperor owed Western Shu a rule of the world, and in recent years, it has been much better. ”

Donghuang Taiyi said that a good place to have breakfast is not far from the city gate.

The two of them could see from a long distance that the lights were bright, and the fog of the soup pot of the cage drawer was still diffused on the shop earlier. Most of the merchants who enter the city in the early morning do not have time to eat, and the restaurant in front of the city gate becomes an excellent place to go.

Although it was still early, Donghuang Taiyi led Mu Sanqian to go over and there was no good place to stand by the street, so the two had to find a corner to sit down.

"What to eat?"

Donghuang Taiyi was still a little self-conscious of a landlord, and after sitting down, he asked Mu Sanqian what to eat.

"Xishu, I'm here for the first time, you can look at it, if you're not happy to eat, it's a big deal to go back to your father and ask for some books. ”

"Well said. ”

Donghuang Taiyi seems to be surprisingly good at talking.

Then he beckoned the busy guy to come over and asked for two bowls of shohin and a cage of pork buns.

Sitting and waiting for the meal to be served, Mu Sanqian was not idle, and his two eyes looked around several times like a thief.

"This little breakfast shop is really not simple. ”

After the inspection, Mu Sanqian threw out a conclusion.

"Oh, how so?"

"It's not a big place, but the people who come to eat breakfast are rich and poor, the well-dressed businessmen and the neighbors eat and drink at the same table, and the coolies don't feel inferior to the rich neighbors. It is not strange to see that they have their own ways to coexist in the same place, and in many places it seems strange that the poor and the rich are only in the same room. ”

Mu Sanqian's subtle observation is true, although this morning shop is simple, but fortunately, it is clean and tidy, people who have not read books, can only sell coolies, wait outside the city gate for a mile from the middle of the night, and the goods escorted by merchants from other places are about to enter the city, or pass through Chengdu, which requires a lot of foot strength.

The porters will also eat here when they gather in groups of three or five, chatting like thunder while eating, and speaking Shu dialect that outsiders do not easily understand.

Whether it is a foreign businessman or a local businessman, after entering the place and sitting down, he whispered softly, and the talk should be about the recent business situation, but none of them frowned and were unhappy because of the noise around them.

Fish and dragons are mixed and have nothing to do with each other, this must be a tacit understanding after a long time of collision and infiltration.

"Ten years ago, there was no such thing, and no one would have expected such a thing. ”

Saying that, the guy had already brought up the two of them with the steamed buns, steaming and fragrant.

"You have met Mr. Zhuge and Uncle Lin, are you interested in hearing the story of the two while you are having dinner?"

"You say, I'll listen. ”

Brought up early, Mu Sanqian couldn't wait to start filling his stomach, copying hands in the north is also called wonton, the first one is too hot Mu Sanqian didn't eat it at all.

Donghuang Taiyi intended to let Mu Sanqian follow him to meet Zhuge Jin and Uncle Lin, who had mastered the government affairs and finances of Xishu respectively, no matter what his plans were in the future, the two were undoubtedly the two most important chess pieces on this chessboard. Donghuang Taiyi's move has shown great sincerity.

In the past ten years, the capital of Xishu has been like this almost every day, and no one cares that there are two extraordinarily dressed sons and brothers whispering softly in the breakfast shop outside the city gate.

The old man named Lin Uncle by the Eastern Emperor Taiyi was named Lin Wanghai, who was the champion of the Western Shu Jinzong for ten years, and was famous for his two brilliant articles on agriculture and commerce in Shu and Jinshu. After winning the hand-picked champion of the year, Emperor Shu and Emperor Donghuang Jin were more interested in marrying the princess, but Lin Wanghai politely rejected this opportunity, which seemed to outsiders to be a good opportunity to ascend to the sky.

Although Emperor Shu was not blamed for being rejected, he only felt that the twisted melon was not sweet, and the matter was never mentioned again.

Two years later, there were two things that have been used as talking points in the capital of Xishu, one is that the show girl in the palace gave birth to a baby boy, who was named Donghuang Taiyi in the future, and the other is that Zhuang Yuanlang was released to Yizhou.

The two things seem to be unrelated, but in fact, Lin Wanghai broke into the palace drunk after learning that Xiu Nu gave birth to a dragon child, and although he was stopped outside the palace by the guards, he still scolded the Shu Emperor and made disrespectful remarks.

This shocked the palace. After investigation, I learned that the champion Lang and the show girl were childhood sweethearts, and the show girl was selected to enter the palace Lin Wanghai to participate in the imperial examination and won the champion, the purpose of which was just to be closer to the show girl.

The matter of the harem should not be spread outside, Lin Wanghai was ordered to be sent to Yizhou that night, and the cause and effect of the whole thing was also sealed.

A few years later, Donghuang Taiyi's biological mother died of illness, and Lin Wanghai was transferred back to the capital.

There are also many factions in the harem, and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi is often excluded when he is alone. Lin Wanghai inquired about the situation of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and then risked killing his head to write to the emperor.

Fortunately, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi showed an unparalleled talent in swordsmanship, and the emperor took advantage of the situation to send the Eastern Emperor Taiyi to the Sword Sect, but Lin Wanghai was dismissed and demoted and became a commoner.

"It turns out that your Uncle Lin is still a seed of infatuation. ”

Mu Sanqian nodded after hearing this.

"What is the relationship between Mr. Zhuge Jin and you? Wouldn't it also be an infatuated person who fell in love with your mother, it doesn't look like the age. ”

"Not really. ”

Donghuang Taiyi shook his head, and he didn't care about Mu Sanqian's ridicule.

"Zhuge Jin was Uncle Lin's staff when he was released to Yizhou, and he was later recommended to me, and through my recommendation, he slowly achieved the position of the envoy. ”

"Dare to love that the financial power of Xishu is all in your hands, isn't the one in the East Palace going to live miserably all day long?"

"Not necessarily, after all, the East Palace is a legitimate prince, and in the future, the emperor of Western Shu will not be a lot of people who will be attached to the East Palace inside and outside the court. ”

Donghuang Taiyi said these words very casually, but Mu Sanqian couldn't find the words to continue, and the implication of his words was already obvious, seizing power in the East Palace and plotting against Xishu!

According to Mu San's impression of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi ten thousand years ago, he could never have imagined that a martial idiot with a weak temperament would be keen to fight for power and profit.

"Looks like you've been through a lot over the years. ”

Mu Sanqian took a big bite and ate the last bun, and laughed dryly.

"The world is hot and cold, but many things are not used to seeing, and I can't see it, so I naturally have to find a place to vent after holding my breath for a long time. ”

Donghuang Taiyi didn't eat much, and most of the buns in a cage were eaten by Mu Sanqian, and he suddenly thought of something.

"Ten years ago, I came back from Dunhuang, from Wulian all the way to Shu and finally to Chengdu, that was the first time I seriously saw what kind of country Xishu was. ”

"How did it turn out?"

"I'm disappointed, even more so than I come from. ”

Donghuang Taiyi couldn't help but sigh lightly as he spoke, as if what he saw with Bai Mingshi ten years ago was just yesterday.

"Shu has a difficult road to the outside world, and foreign merchants have to pass through the checkpoints to pay heavy taxes when they enter Shu, and it has almost reached the scene of no one coming and going on the official road under layers of exploitation. ”

"Hey, people, if you have the slightest right, you will inevitably seek your own personal gain. But according to what you say, Xishu ten years ago was really not bad. ”

"It's hell on earth. ”

Donghuang Taiyi used a tragic-sounding description.

"This person has also seen it, and he has eaten the meal, and he has pulled me a small herald to make a night tour of the Xishu capital, Your Highness, if you have anything to say, you should say it directly. ”

After breakfast, the two of them went to untie the reins tied to the pillar, and Mu Sanqian asked with a full burp.

"No matter what your identity was before, now in the eyes of the Xishu people, you represent Qiyuan, I hope that no matter what happens during the trial, you can watch from Qiyuan's standpoint. ”

"Surprise me, I'm good at watching a show. ”

The two walked farther and farther on the official road side by side, and the popularity of the capital gradually left behind.

"With so many cards in one night, I can't do anything for you. Although I don't have the strength to participate no matter how I think about it, the only thing I can use is the identity of a Qiyuan herald. I really don't know whether to say that I came to Xishu at this time, is it providence or my bad luck. ”

"If you are from Qiyuan, what choice will you make in the face of the current situation in Xishu?"

"If I were Qiyuan's person, I would probably do something to rob while the fire was on, after all, it would be a good thing for Xishu to get Qiyuan's support no matter which side of Xishu gets. ”

"So when I knew that the herald from Qiyuan was you, Mu Sanqian, I felt that it was providence. I will take my Shu Jiangshan and you will avenge your father's murder. ”

"I will avenge my father's murder, and you will take your Shujiang Mountain. But you're going to owe me a favor from now on. ”

Mu Sanqian counted and felt that this was a one-time deal.