The reborn worthy minister is difficult to do

Although the man was unwilling, Xu Ci's words a few days ago shocked him.

The man didn't dare to complain too much, so he gave Guanshi Moyu to Xu Ci on the spot.

The man watched the flowers being carried away by Xu Ci, and his heart was dripping with blood.If this flower were to be auctioned, six to seventy taels would be no problem, but now it was bought at a price of 70 taels, which is really a big loss.

Xu Ci handed over the 20 taels of silver, and warned the man: "After paying back the money, work hard, don't try to sell your daughter."

The man took the 20 taels of silver pitifully, snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and walked away.

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The next day, on the critical day of the Peony King competition, the two sisters of the Fang family were left in the inn to look after Aunt Huang.

Because of his father's status, Yang Baifu didn't dare to rob people blatantly, so the three of them are safest in the inn now.

Li Haochen, Gongsun Yu, Yan Si, and A Niu all went to the Lin Mansion to save people.

Li Haochen was originally worried about Xu Ci, and wanted to accompany him to the central square.

However, Gongsun Yu and A Niu had no martial arts skills, and lacked actual combat skills, so they had no one to take care of them, so they had no choice but to follow them to Lin's mansion.

Xu Ci also had other plans in his heart. He sent Kunshan Yeguang to the square early in the morning, and then sneaked back to the inn. He didn't wait at the scene, but only waited for the rescuers to come back.

Only the eldest brother of the Fang family wore a bamboo hat and stood in the crowd under the square to investigate the situation. He was worried about the two brothers in his heart, so he didn't have the heart to watch the peony competition that he was usually most obsessed with.

But because it was His Highness the Crown Prince's order, if there is any accident, they should be notified immediately, so they had no choice but to suppress their anxiety and stare carefully at the high platform.

Today's competition was extraordinarily grand, besides the [-] top-quality peonies that had already been placed on the high platform, several table tables were added.

Almost all the famous people in Yangzhou attended the game one after another, sitting at the desk to watch the game.

Lin Baifu got the news that Kunshan Yeguang was among the twenty potted flowers, and he led people to the scene regardless of the injury on his head.

When the competition was about to start, more than 30 servants surrounded Lin Baifu in a mighty manner. Lin Baifu wore a square black Confucian hat on his head, which covered the gauze on his forehead, but could not hide his pale face.

Lin Baifu's face was pale, feminine like a woman, with scarlet clothes on his body, and a folding fan swaying gently. He looked suave and suave, but the black and blue under his eyelids revealed his excessive indulgence.

What a well-dressed beast!The eldest brother of the Fang family watched from a distance from the audience, cursing inwardly.

Prefect Lin is now over 50 years old, and it is very distressing to see his youngest son come here with injuries.He hurriedly drove the people beside him to the corner, and sent someone to welcome his youngest son to the place next to him.

Lin Baifu was reprimanded twice by Lin Zhifu in a low voice, and responded perfunctorily, but his eyes scanned the crowd from a high place, but he did not find the figure of the Fang family.

This flower has been placed on the square by a special person early on, and the owner of the peony flower will only show up when the final evaluation is made.

No matter how rampant he was, he couldn't disobey his father's face in public at such an important moment. After all, the reason for the forehead injury was somewhat out of the question.

Therefore, he had no choice but to suppress his temper, and wait until the end, when the Fang family came out, and then secretly arrested him.

Three veteran judges evaluated the twenty peonies one by one based on stems, branches and leaves, shape of petals, pistils, color, number of petals, size, aroma, etc., and selected the top three.

Kunshan Yeguang did not win the king of peonies, but only the second, and the third was a three-variant Saiyu.

This year's peony flower king fell on a colorful Linglong. Seven colors of petals bloomed on one peony flower.

However, the eldest brother of the Fang family didn't care about all of this, and he didn't feel happy or proud at all that the flower he had raised for three years won the second best.

The eyes hidden under the bamboo hat stared at Lin Baifu bitterly, killing him over and over again in his heart.

Because of this incident, the eldest brother of the Fang family no longer has any thoughts on cultivating peonies.

The competition lasted from early morning to noon, and the peony that was eliminated was not like it was sold privately yesterday.

The people who came to Dabi yesterday were all ordinary people, although there are some people from wealthy families among them, they are just ordinary wealthy businessmen.

The reason why so many rich and powerful people came today is to watch the game, and to take a photo of an eye-catching peony.

Those seventeen peonies were eliminated under the quilt, but they will be auctioned in public.Naturally, this is also done voluntarily by the flower owner, if any flower is unwilling to be auctioned, someone will take that flower away.

And the remaining flowers on the table can be auctioned at a high price.

A long time passed, and the auction of the seventeen peonies was completed one by one, and then it was time for the top three peonies to be awarded.

The eldest brother of the Fang family watched the sun rising from the audience, and became more and more nervous.

It's been so long, I don't know if the two brothers have been rescued.

Finally, when someone came out, Lin Baifu suppressed the madness in his eyes, and pulled out a sinister smile.

Being hidden in an inn and not daring to come out, do you think I can't catch you?

Hmph, to dare to participate in the competition, I was really dazzled by fame and fortune.Now that you have cast yourself into the trap, you really have nowhere to go.

If I get it in my hands, you will be finished!

However, after seeing the scene after seeing this crazy idea, it seemed to sink into the sea without any waves.

The owner of Kunshan Yeguang did not appear at all, which is unprecedented in the Peony Festival competitions for so many years!

The referee also looked at each other in blank dismay, all looking at Prefect Lin.

The competition between the Peony King and the Peony Fairy has become a unique scene in Yangzhou, and the competition is also organized by non-governmental organizations or by the government.

Seeing that no one claimed the peony Erjia, the prefect Lin asked in a deep voice, "Who is the owner of this flower?"

The servant who placed the flowers was very impressed by the flowers, and hurriedly replied: "My lord, it is a young man named Xu Ci."

Lin Baifu jumped up immediately, and said anxiously: "Isn't it surnamed Fang?! And that person should be a middle-aged man, how could he be a teenager, did you make a mistake?"

Seeing Lin Baifu getting angry, the servant hurriedly knelt down and said bitterly: "You dare to swear to the sky, there is no mistake, but the person who came is a young man. That young man was late yesterday, and rushed here in such a hurry that he almost missed the first two days." Shijia, many people have seen it."

Lin Zhifu coughed, knowing that his precious son was about to go crazy, he quietly dragged him to sit on the mat and said, "Since the owner is not here, this flower will be temporarily stored in Lin's residence, and the rest will continue."

Lin Baifu took advantage of the excitement and came back disappointed. When he got home, he was very upset and wanted to vent his anger on the two brothers again.

But as soon as they arrived at the private prison, they saw the guards fell to the ground one after another, and they shouted in their hearts that it was not good. When they went in, they found that the Fang family brothers had disappeared...

But at this time, in the inn, the eldest brother of the Fang family sneaked back to the inn after watching the game, and saw a person lying on the bed in the room. This person's clothes were torn, the original white inner garment was stained with dark red blood, and there was no good flesh on his body.

His face was scratched several times and his appearance was already disfigured. It was the second elder brother of the Fang family.

The eldest brother of the Fang family was terrified, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

The two younger sisters of the Fang family had fainted from crying several times, and now they had just recovered from their grief. The first time they saw the elder brother who staggered towards the bed, they found support in an instant, and the three of them hugged their heads and cried bitterly.

When the three of them had cried enough, the eldest brother of the Fang family knelt down to Yan Si who was guarding the side, "Thank you, my lord, for saving my life!"

Yan Si nodded and said: "Brother Gongsun has already gone to ask for a doctor, you can rest assured for now. Although the two of them are seriously injured, there is no danger of their lives."

It was only then that the Fang family's second child was found lying on the bed, and the eldest brother of the Fang family asked, "My lord, where is my third brother now?"

"In the next room, A Niu and Aunt Huang are taking care of your third brother. Your third brother was slightly injured, and his face was not scratched. He is much better than your second brother."

The second elder brother of the Fang family was covered in cuts and bruises, blood and blood. The elder brother of the Fang family looked around, but couldn't find a place to put his hands down.

In the end, he tremblingly stroked the hair of the second elder brother of the Fang family, with regret in his eyes.

"I'm going to see the third brother, you take good care of your second brother here now." The elder brother of the Fang family choked up and instructed the two sisters, and then walked to the next room with heavy steps.

Seeing that the Fang family members were all here, Yan Si didn't stay any longer, instead he hurried out of the room and went to the Prince's room.

Now in the crown prince's room, Xu Ci is frowning as he looks at the secret letter Li Haochen retrieved from the Lin family.

The characters in the secret letter are Yue Guo characters, and Xu Ci also knows some of them.

The content of it is horrifying, and any one of them is taken out, it is all treasonous words.

Li Haochen's face was gloomy and cold, his eyes were secretive, "When we went to Lin's mansion, we lit a firewood house and made a lot of noise. Lin Gou's wife gathered everyone to fight the fire, Gongsun Yu and A Niu took the opportunity to save people, and I went with Yan Si Lin Gou's study."

Because only the woodshed was burning, and the fire was not big, Mrs. Lin did not send someone to inform the prefect Lin. After all, the prefect Lin had to participate in the important competition of choosing the king of peonies today.

"These secret letters were found in his study. Yan Sihui imitated the handwriting, copied a copy and put it back in the original place, so we brought back the original." Li Haochen tapped the table with his slender index finger, his eyes were cold , "I just went to save people, but I didn't expect to have such a harvest."

Xu Ci looked at each letter, and the shock in his eyes became more and more intense, "The prefect of Lin is actually the secret work of Yue Kingdom!"

He stayed in Yangzhou for several years in his previous life, but he never found any flaws in the prefect Lin.

If His Royal Highness hadn't obtained this secret letter by chance, they would have missed a huge conspiracy.

"It's also thanks to you. If you hadn't told me how suspicious the prefect of Lin was, I wouldn't have thought of going to investigate the study." Thinking of this, Li Haochen's eyes suddenly softened, Xiaoci was really his lucky star .

"I'm just curious. The prefect of Lin has two powerful in-laws, Prince Gong and the governor of Yangzhou. Why is he still only a fifth-rank prefect and hasn't been promoted for many years." Xu Ci shook his head, "It's just that I guessed right at the beginning but I didn't guess the ending. I never expected that the truth would be like this."

Li Haochen smiled and rubbed Xu Ci's soft hair, "Prefect Lin was sent to the countryside of Dayao Country since he was a child, and was adopted by a poor couple to grow up in Dayao Country. No one would doubt his identity. Moreover, Yangzhou is far away from the capital. Even the emperor's hidden guards can't be found here."

"It is worthwhile to have this harvest now. If the contents of the secret letter come true, the consequences will be disastrous."

Xu Ci did not respond to Li Haochen, and fell into deep memories.

In the secret letter, the prefect ordered Lin Zhifu to find a trustworthy Yagong who had devoted herself to the peasant family to train her as a Yangzhou skinny horse, and then send it to the home of the bureaucrats and dignitaries.

This trusted Yagong is probably Luo Yuanwai.