Everlasting prosperity

Outside the city of Xizhou, a group of carriages and horses came slowly, with boxes of wooden boxes covered with off-white cloth.

I saw those guarding soldiers who were not dressed like Jiuzhaoren standing leisurely in the middle of the city gate, holding a knife, waiting for them to enter.

"What are you doing! What's in the car?!" The leader of the soldiers asked loudly, who seemed to be the leader of the soldiers guarding the city.

"My lord, we are merchants from Beili country, and this cart is full of fruits for this month. Please do me a favor, let us go. It's not easy to do business these days." The chief escort Said.

"Fruit? Huh!" Bingtou snorted coldly, and then stretched out his hand to make a gesture.

In an instant, a dozen or so soldiers surrounded them one after another, and tightly surrounded the line of merchants.

"The fruit trade between me, Jiuzhao, and Beili is only autumn peaches. However, since last month, Beili has switched to wine due to the poor harvest of autumn peaches. May I ask, where did your autumn peaches come from? Could it be that there is something hidden inside, and you want to fool it?" The soldier squinted his eyes and asked in a strict voice, his face was full of righteousness.

Hearing this, the merchant frowned as expected, and his face gradually turned pale.

"Seeing that you don't speak, there must be a ghost. Come and search for me!" Bingtou ordered.

When the merchant saw two soldiers coming forward to check, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly stepped forward, blocking the soldiers with his whole body.

"You can't do anything! If Bei Li finds out, I'll see how you explain it!" the merchant said loudly.

Hearing this, the soldier gave a sneer, and ordered the other soldiers to step forward and hold the merchant, while the rest were detained and stayed aside.

The two soldiers turned over the cloth and pried open the wooden box with knives, and what they saw were plump, ruddy cherries. Wu, and Da Wu has cut off business with Jiu Zhao, so how could there be a cherry merchant?

"Boss! There is raw iron in it!" one of the soldiers suddenly shouted.

Hearing this, Bingtou stepped forward quickly, and looked along the pawn's knife, and he saw the black raw iron under the cherries.

"Oh, private merchant Yuantie, I see what else you have to say!" Bingtou cursed viciously.

Immediately, the soldier reached out his hand to signal another soldier, and whispered a few words in his ear, only to see that soldier nodded again and again, and then trotted away all the way.

"Take them all away!" said the soldier.

Cai Wenjun, the lord of the new mansion, was sorting out the affairs of the previous mansion in the mansion, flipping through the files, frowning involuntarily.It seems that these people who were convicted of inexplicable crimes have other secrets. If they are retried one by one, it will take a lot of effort.

Just as Cai Wenjun was thinking about how to carry out the retrial, a soldier ran from outside the door.

"My lord, we intercepted a carload of raw iron at the gate of the city, and it must have come from Wu." The soldier knelt on one knee, lowered his head, and said respectfully.

"What! Quickly lead the way!" Cai Wenjun was so startled when he heard this, he slapped the file in his hand on the table and said hastily.

"Yes!"

Since Da Wu broke off business with Jiuzhao, there has never been any incident of Yuantie entering Jiuzhao, and it may be that the previous government government deliberately concealed it.

Inside the Jiu'an Palace of Jiuzhao Kingdom——

Since the soul-absorbing Gu was planted in Jiu Ye's body, the poison has been triggered six times. Every time, Zong Zhengyuan would sit quietly and watch him curl up in pain, but he didn't even say a word of begging for mercy.

In fact, even if Jiu Ye just said "I hurt", he would be softhearted and take out the Gu worm.

But no, not even a word.

The only thing that made him feel gratified was that this person would be obedient and obedient only after being given the antidote, and let him manipulate him. Be obedient and won't open your mouth.

I don't know when it started, and I don't know the reason, Zong Zhengyuan no longer wants him to change hands.This person is tolerant, stubborn, loyal to the Lord, and everything else, and he likes it very much.When he first noticed this kind of thinking, he was indeed taken aback. He actually had such terrible thoughts about a person who killed his father.

But when he saw the person who made him feel a little prickly again, his heart softened.Thinking of this, he made up his mind to put these things aside, since he was tempted first, he just went for it.

Even if he did something unforgivable, at least this person is still in his hands.

Zong Zhengyuan looked at Jiu Ye who was sitting on the bed, put down the memorial in his hand, and stretched out his hand to pull the chain hanging on the corner of the table.

Jiu Ye, who felt her ankle being slightly pulled, slowly turned her head to look at Zong Zhengyuan who was sitting on the side who was supposed to be approving the memorial, her eyes were expressionless, and she stared blankly at him, not knowing why.

"Xiao Jiu, it's late at night, go to bed earlier, don't sit still." Zong Zhengyuan said softly.

Hearing this, Jiu Ye blinked, shook her head, lifted the soft quilt that was sitting under her, slowly got in, lay down, covered the quilt, and then closed her eyes.

Zongzhengyuan looked at this series of actions, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, then picked up the memorial again, and read it.

In order to be able to see this person at all times, Zongzheng Yuan simply moved the memorial in. If there are no ministers to see him on weekdays, he would review the memorial in this dark room, and this terribly stubborn person would turn his back on him and fight Sit down.

That's fine, it's better than before.

Zongzhengyuan thought so.

Suddenly, he put down the memorial in his hand, stood up, and walked slowly towards Jiu Ye, who closed his eyes and rested, took out the key from his wide sleeve, sat on the side of the bed, lifted the quilt, and grabbed the lock on that ankle, Slowly put the key into the lock and opened it.

Xiao Jiu, if this is the case, will you be able to talk to me?

Three days later, Zong Zhengyuan held a banquet in the Jiu'an Palace and invited Ji Anjun and others to the banquet.

Ji Anjun looked at Zongzheng Yuan sitting upright in the hall, his eyes were like the eyes of an eagle flying in the sky, sharp and deep, staring at him for a long time, he always thought that he had seen through something.Xu Shi's banquet was relatively close, and Jun Ji An had just looked at Zong Zhengyuan carefully and thoroughly.

This man looks gloomy and violent.

As he thought about it, he really couldn't connect with the gentle emperor who was diligent in governing and caring for the people in the mouth of the common people.

Xiao Yizhi, who was sitting next to Ji Anjun, didn't pay attention to these things. He looked at the dancing girl in the middle of the hall, eating the cakes on the table, and didn't take those etiquette rules to heart.

Ji Anjun took a sip of his wine, turned his head to catch a glimpse of Xiao Yizhi who was enjoying watching the dancing girl, and frowned slightly.

The maid at the side saw that there was no wine in Xiao Yizhi's cup, so she hurriedly leaned slightly, took the cup, and wanted to pour it for him.

Seeing the maid's action, Ji Anjun reached out and snatched the cup, and looked at the maid.

"He doesn't drink." He said softly, but his eyes were as cold as ice.

When the maid saw his eyes, she nodded in fright and took a step back, as if realizing something, she was a little far away from Xiao Yi.

Hearing Ji Anjun's voice, Xiao Yizhi turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Eat less sweets, it's hard to digest." Ji Anjun frowned slightly, reached out and took away the half-empty Songhua cake, put a plate of fresh hawthorn in front of him, and poured another cup of tea, softly As he spoke, there was a touch of tenderness in his eyes.

"Okay." Xiao Yizhi looked at him, took the cup of tea, and responded.

Zong Zhengyuan in the hall saw this subtle movement in his eyes, and felt inexplicably sad in his heart.

And Xiao Yizhi, who had just drank a cup of tea, felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, and turned to look at Ji Anjun with an embarrassed expression on his face.

"I'm going out for a walk." Xiao Yizhi said softly.

"Well, don't go too far." Ji Anjun smiled.

So, Xiao Yizhi got up quietly, stepped back, bypassed the pillars behind him, and left the seat from behind.

Xiao Yizhi, who left the hall, looked at the night outside the hall, took a deep breath, must have eaten too much pine flower cake just now, and felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, hey, you shouldn't be greedy.

He looked at those neat soldiers standing in rows, and thought of the scene in the Great Wu Palace, which was almost the same.That's right, they were originally born from the same root, how could there be such a big difference in the palace formation?

While thinking, he took a walk to digest food.

Great Wu... Great Wu... By the way, how did that Gu worm come out that day?He was puzzled, although he was familiar with medical theory, he was not familiar with how to take out the poisonous poison. Even though he had learned some, it was all in writing after all, and he had never seen it in person, let alone carry out treatment. .

Thinking of this, he reached out to touch his waist, and a hard thing suddenly woke him up.

Blood jade?

This thing is very gloomy, and almost all the filth in the ground will not come close, could it even include Gu insects?So that Gu worm was easily taken out?

"General, Ma An, who smuggled Dawu Yuantie, has been arrested. Shall we send another person?"

Xiao Yizhi, who suddenly heard something, quickly turned around and hid in a corner. He was thinking of going back the same way, but when he heard the next sentence, he stood still.

"How much raw iron is there?" asked the general.

"It should be three cars." The mysterious man replied

"The rest, you do it yourself. I have recruited a hundred thousand troops, and as soon as that King Gaoping leaves, I can lead my troops to the city and succeed in one fell swoop!" the general said excitedly.

"However, I'm afraid that Jiang Haotian already knows about the private railway." The mysterious man said.

"Oh?"

"Don't worry, general, I have already made arrangements."

"Very good." The general applauded.

"The old minister congratulates the general first! No...Your Majesty!"

"Let's go, don't keep Zongzhengyuan waiting!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yizhi hurriedly paused, with enough energy, his feet felt like the wind was blowing, he returned to the hall, and quietly sat down next to Ji Anjun again.

"But are you more comfortable?" Ji Anjun asked.

"Well, it's better." Xiao Yizhi replied, but he didn't look at him, but looked at Zongzhengyuan in the hall.

"Yizhi." Ji Anjun felt that something was wrong, why did he go out for a trip and stare at Emperor Jiuzhao when he came back?He cried softly.

"Yuan Qian, it's better for us to leave Jiuzhao earlier." Xiao Yizhi suddenly looked at Ji Anjun with earnest eyes, and responded.

"You don't like it here?" Ji Anjun asked.

Xiao Yizhi, who didn't know why he would ask such a question, frowned slightly, and could only reply truthfully, "Someone wants to plot rebellion."

Hearing this, Ji Anjun slightly tilted his eyes, lowered his eyes slightly, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but his eyes were slowly covered with cold frost, turned to Xiao Yizhi, leaned into his ear, and said softly, "Speak clearly."

"I heard that a minister privately traded the Great Wu Yuantie, and the person who talked to him said that he had already recruited [-] soldiers, and that the original iron should be used to make weapons for the lieutenant soldiers. The person also said..." Xiao Yi Zhifu whispered in his ear.

"Okay, I guess I didn't hear it." Ji Anjun suddenly retreated, interrupting Xiao Yizhi's words.

"Yuan Qian! I..." Xiao Yizhi became a little anxious.

"Yizhi!" Ji Anjun looked at him reproachfully, his face sank slightly.

Seeing Ji Anjun's expression, Xiao Yizhi lowered his head slightly, feeling that something was wrong, so he reached out and poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it down in one gulp.

"The king of Anyang has arrived—"

Suddenly, a servant outside the hall shouted loudly.

"I refer to your majesty, and to King Gaoping of Beili!" Anyang Wang Zongzhengxuan arched his hands at the two, but he did not kneel down.

Hearing this voice, Xiao Yizhi took a deep breath and looked up at the Anyang King.

Ji Anjun, who felt that the breath of the people around him had changed, also looked at the King Anyang who came in, squinting his eyes.

"Uncle, please stand up. Please take a seat!" Zongzhengyuan said respectfully with the corners of his mouth curled up.

"Thank you sir!" Zong Zhengxuan responded, turned around and walked to his seat.

Xu Shi felt that he received a strong gaze. After Zong Zhengxuan took his seat, he raised his head and turned his eyes to Xiao Yizhi. Seeing this young boy sitting at the same table with King Gaoping of Beili, he was also slightly surprised. .

The sudden staring with Zong Zhengxuan made Xiao Yizhi flustered for some reason, probably because of eavesdropping just now, which made him turn his eyes away quickly.

It's really fun.

Zong Zhengxuan thought so.

"Your Majesty."

A servant came trotting from a place in a hurry, and whispered something in Zongzhengyuan's ear.Zongzhengyuan squinted his eyes, and Ji Anjun, who was sitting not far away, saw that his hand under the table was suddenly clenched and squeezed hard.

"Look here." Zongzhengyuan stood up with a gloomy face, and then left the table.

In the bedroom of Zongzhengyuan in the royal palace——

"When did you find out?" Zong Zhengyuan looked at the servants and guards all over the floor, and asked with a gloomy face.

"Huihuijun, the servant just entered, then..." The servant replied tremblingly, buried his head deeply, and did not dare to raise his head to face the emperor who was speaking coldly.

"Pass down the order to block Jiu'an City, whoever dares to go out will be killed without mercy!"

Zongzhengyuan ordered angrily, his eyes gradually filled with violence and viciousness.His hands were trembling slightly, he was gasping for breath, and his chest felt tight and aching.

"Come on, bring Fei Jin Yu! Prepare your horse!"

Jiu Ye, what do you take my tolerance for you as?

The east gate of Jiu'an King City——

Jiuye did not expect that the news of his escape would reach Zongzhengyuan's ears so quickly. Maybe it was because he had been imprisoned for too many days, and his kung fu had dropped a lot. This city gate has twice as many troops.

He took a deep breath, ready to fight and rush out.

"Open the city gate quickly! Master Jiang was assassinated! Open the city gate quickly to let people out of the city!"

Suddenly, a shout came from a distance, and then a group of men in black were seen rushing towards the gate of the city with swords and swords.

good chance.

Jiu Ye thought so, waiting in place.

The soldiers at the gate of the city looked at each other, hesitating.

"Quickly open the city gate! Let Mr. Jiang out of the city!"

Seeing Master Jiang's distressed sound, the soldiers opened the city gates one after another, and rushed forward one after another, fighting together with his soldiers to kill batch after batch of men in black.

Seeing Jiu Ye, who was slowly opening the city gate, she quickly got up, flew down, and rushed towards the city gate.

"Whoosh-"

Three golden feathered arrows suddenly shot from behind him, following the direction of their owner's breath, they flew towards Jiu Ye like a god.

Jiu Ye, who felt a hidden weapon approaching behind him, turned sideways to avoid a feathered arrow.

It's Fei Jinyu!

Jiu Ye, who had a bad secret way, was distracted for a moment, and was shot by the other two golden feather arrows in the left shoulder and right leg respectively.

"Save Mr. Jiang!" Zongzhengyuan shouted loudly, while riding a horse, he broke into the crowd and rushed towards Jiuye who was shot by Fei Jinyu but was still running away.

"Run! Run again!"

Zongzhengyuan swung his sword vigorously, cutting Jiuye's back mercilessly, leaving a bloodstain on his clothes instantly, and his heart tightened suddenly.

But in the next moment, anger surged out, overwhelming and swallowing up the heartache at that moment.

Jiu Ye, who was scratched, raised his sword vigorously and swung at the horse's hoof. Unexpectedly, the horse seemed to have predicted it in advance, and raised its hooves upwards to avoid his sword.

Seeing this, Zongzhengyuan, who was enraged by this move, was full of anger, and stretched out his hand to strike another sword, fiercely slashing towards Jiuye's right wrist holding the sword, breaking the tendon of his right hand.

"Bang!"

The long sword fell in response.

"what--"

Jiu Ye suddenly yelled in pain, trembled all over, and knelt down straight.

Zongzhengyuan bent down, dragged the man onto the horse with one hand, and pressed him firmly on the horse's back with his backhand.

Immediately, he turned around, looked at the man in black who was almost cleaned up behind him, and looked coldly at the soldier guarding the city.

"Aftermath."

After saying that, he rode his horse and left quickly.

In the palace, the servants guarding the door of the emperor's bedroom are waiting for the emperor tremblingly. They can clearly remember that the emperor just now

Your Majesty looked furious, and the anger in his eyes seemed to be gushing out, enough to kill the entire person in the bedroom, and the tone of his speech was like black impermanence crawling from the underworld, trying to seduce people's souls!

The servant Fang frowned, looking outside the palace gate, the young master's escape must have made the emperor extremely angry.The flying golden feather is a birthday gift given to the emperor by the previous emperor. For this reason, the emperor has specially practiced for many years, and there is absolutely no two people in the entire Jiuzhao who can control the flying golden feather.This thing can flow with the master's breath, not just by wind.

In other words, as long as the emperor thinks, once the flying golden feather is shot, the direction and strength can be controlled according to the emperor's wishes.Thinking about it, the young man might not be able to escape.

Thinking this way, he saw a man dressed in bright yellow not far away, dragging a man in black by his hand, rushing towards the bedroom in a hurry.

"Your Majesty!" Zifang saw Zongzheng Yuan coming back, and rushed forward to meet him.

"Get out!" Zongzheng Yuan pushed Zi Fang away and shouted viciously.

Immediately, dragging a blood-covered but struggling person, he strode into the bedroom and slammed the door shut.

Seeing this, Zifang waved his hands again and again, telling the surrounding guards and servants to withdraw from the palace gate to guard.

He knew Dijun's temper, so he still wanted to invite this doctor.

"Why are you running? Huh?"

Zongzhengyuan dragged the man by a bloody hand and walked into the dark room, asking angrily.His mind was full of the resentment in Jiuye's eyes when he stabbed the sword at the gate of the city just now, like a sharp knife, piercing deeply into his heart.

"Pfft—hahaha, you can't keep me! You can't keep me!" Jiu Ye, who was thrown on the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood, mocking with all her might.

Seeing Jiu Ye who suddenly spoke today, Zongzheng Yuan sneered, bent over and pulled out the feather arrow on his body suddenly.

"what!"

"Huh"

He looked at the man who was curled up into a ball clutching his wound, stretched out his hand to pick him up, and said viciously,

"Jiu Ye, you asked for this."