It's better to marry a devil

Ye Guqing knew that not everyone in this world was as upright and honest as Zhang Taishou of Xiangxuan City, so he was mentally prepared as early as the beginning.He originally thought that these people would only make a move when his freight business was booming, but he didn't expect that these people would come to him just at the beginning.

Standing on the deck, Ye Guqing asked someone to put down a small boat, got on the small boat and sailed to the opposite side.Standing on the deck, Hong Xiyue looked at the group of people with unkind expressions, worried about Ye Guqing, raised her breath and lightly tapped the side of the boat, and flew towards Ye Guqing.

Feeling the light shaking of the boat, Ye Guqing turned his head and saw Hong Xiyue standing behind him with a smile on his face.Stretching out his right hand to Hong Xiyue, seeing the other party was stunned for a moment, he reached out and put his hand in his palm.Ye Guqing held his hand, looked at him and smiled, then turned her head away.

The person blocking the middle of the river was indeed a member of the government. After Ye Guqing knew that the other party was just a steward, he declared that he wanted to see the prefect of Jinling City. After the steward stood on the boat and looked at Ye Guqing, he took her on the shore.

At this time, the prefect of Jinling City was sitting in a restaurant by the bank drinking and listening to music, when he saw the steward leading two people in, he was very displeased.However, when he saw Hong Xiyue following behind him, his face immediately changed.A pair of eyes were almost glued to Hong Xiyue's body.

Sensing the other party's gaze, Ye Guqing moved in front of Hong Xiyue indiscriminately, blocking the other party's gaze at Hong Xiyue.

"Next, Ye Guqing will meet the prefect." Ye Guqing bowed to the prefect of Jinling but did not bow down.

It stands to reason that Ye Guqing is just a commoner, so he would bow down when he sees the prefect, but since this person has bad intentions, and he is bound to take out the letter that Qu Chengyin sent him, so he doesn't want to wrong himself.

"Hey! You are so courageous, you villain, and you didn't kneel down when you saw this official. Do you know what crime you should be guilty of?!"

"The grassroots are guilty." Ye Guqing bowed and replied.

"Since you are convicted, why don't you kneel down? And you led the fleet across the inland river under my jurisdiction, did you pay taxes?"

Hearing the prefect's words, Ye Guqing smiled and took two steps forward and said, "I'm here today for this matter. The grass people are from Xuancheng. From now on, I will often walk on the Jingcheng River under the jurisdiction of my lord. I don't know if I have to pay How much is the tax?"

Hearing this, the prefect nodded in satisfaction, looked down at his ten fat fingers, hesitated for a moment before saying: "One, no, just, just 8000 taels."

According to the court regulations, if Ye Guqing only needs to pay 1000 taels of tax, the eunuch will ask for [-] taels. His purpose is already obvious.

"Master Taishou, according to the court regulations, we only need to pay one thousand tax silver, and the eight thousand... Is the Lord Prefect wrong?"

"Nonsense! The prefect is so smart, how could he not even be able to calculate a small amount of tax money?"

After listening to the manager's words, Ye Guqing smiled, and took Qu Chengyin's letter out of his bosom.

"But Prince Cheng told me that if you want to pass through the jurisdiction of the adults, you only need to pay one thousand tax silver. Could it be that Prince Cheng made a mistake?" After finishing speaking, Ye Guqing unfolded Qu Chengyin's letter and handed it to him with both hands. In front of the prefect.

The other party's expression changed when he heard the words 'Prince Cheng'.Seeing Ye Guqing handing over the letter at this time, she even stood up and took it.After reading the letter carefully, the prefect immediately returned the letter with both hands.

"Oh, I don't know that the young master is a prince, and I looked at Haihan when I was rude just now. Come, come, Mr. Ye, please sit down."

Seeing this, Ye Guqing reached out and took out a bank note from his bosom and handed it to the eunuch, and then said: "I hope you will collect the 1000 taels of tax money. I have something to do today, and when I have free time in the future, I will pay you back." It is decided to go to the mansion to pay a visit."

Knowing that the other party is a man who becomes a prince, how dare the eunuch say anything more.After hurriedly asking the steward to take over, he personally sent Ye Guqing to the Jingcheng River, until Ye Guqing and Hong Xiyue boarded the boat and left, then wiped the cold sweat off his brow, turned around and kicked the steward next to him Vent anger.

Ye Guqing took a boat and ran through all the piers that had been set up. After seeing that they were gradually familiar with all the procedures, he brought everyone back to Xuancheng with confidence.

Ye Guqing has just started, so the business is naturally not that easy.Fortunately, with the recommendation of Zhang Taishou and the help of Zhao Yunpeng and Hao Yuanwai, although the business can't be said to be full of profits, it is still somewhat profitable.

Time passed slowly, and half a year later in the blink of an eye, the merchants who were still watching half a year ago saw that Ye Guqing's fleet never missed a shipment, and finally handed over their own goods to Ye Guqing to transport them with confidence.

Ye Guqing originally thought that he would just spend the rest of his life with Hongxi like this, but he forgot about Qu Chengyin.When Gao Jingyu appeared in front of Ye Guqing with Qu Chengyin's letter with a cold face, Ye Guqing knew that their good days were probably coming to an end.

After reading Qu Chengyin's letter, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In the past six months, Ye Guqing also heard that the battle between Qu Chengyin and Prince Jing had been brought to the fore.The emperor let the two of them fight at first, but now it is still impossible to intervene.At this time, the emperor has almost been emptied, and even if he wants to control it, it is just powerless.

The letter from Qu Chengyin was sent by Gao Jingyu, which made Ye Guqing feel bad. At first, Ye Guqing thought that the other party was going to drag him into the light, but when he saw the letter, he said that he just wanted to be with Ye Guqing for a while. After borrowing 'si' to pick up ten thousand taels of silver, Ye Guqing felt at ease.

Now Qu Chengyin holds ordinary powerful officials in his hands, and he doesn't need to use money to win over anyone, and the money he needs is undoubtedly spent on the army.This also shows that Qu Chengyin should make a move in the near future.

It's not that Ye Guqing can't get the money out, but he's worried about what will happen after Qu Chengyin takes the big position after taking out the money, or what will happen after he misses a move.After success, Qu Chengyin might silence them with a wave of his hand and wipe out his past.It is also possible that after the failure, Prince Jing followed the vine and pulled out Ye Guqing.No matter what, these are all great detriments to Ye Guqing, so Ye Guqing needs a bargaining chip at this time - a bargaining chip that can survive in the future!

After closing the letter, Ye Guqing looked up at Gao Jingyu and said, "Master Gao, I can give you the money. But I have one condition."

"Tell me." Gao Jingyu looked at Ye Guqing and said.

"I want Lord Cheng to leave a way for my Ye family to survive after he ascends to the throne."

Hearing Ye Guqing's words, Gao Jingyu couldn't help frowning: "My lord won't be so heartless."

"I know that Prince Cheng is kind-hearted, but there are contingencies in everything. What if Prince Cheng becomes murderous towards us after he succeeds?"

Hearing this, Gao Jingyu nodded in silence for a moment, then got up from the chair and went out.Seeing this, Hong Xiyue came to Ye Guqing's side with a worried expression on his face.

Ye Guqing smiled at him, reached out and patted Hong Xiyue's palm and led him to the backyard.

At this time, the first month has just passed, the cold air in the yard has not subsided, and there are still residual flowers on the plum trees trying to exude a lingering fragrance.Ye Guqing sat in the pavilion and put his arms around Hong Xiyue's waist and couldn't help but sigh.After the other party turned his head to look at him, Ye Guqing kissed his side face.

"Zijin, what should we do if Qu Chengyin really turns his face and denies anyone in the future?" Hong Xiyue poured a cup of hot tea from the table and asked Ye Guqing to hold it in his hand, and got up from Ye Guqing, Comb his hair messed up by the cold wind.

"If there is such a day, we will change our appearance and leave here, and find a quiet place to settle down, just the two of us."

Hearing what Ye Guqing said, Hong Xiyue nodded with a smile and said nothing.

In fact, Hong Xiyue hopes that Ye Guqing can leave here. In the past six months, Hong Xiyue has seen Ye Guqing's exhaustion and hard work. Although he has tried his best to study and wants to help Ye Guqing share some pressure, but he What can be done is extremely limited.He doesn't care how rich his life is, he just wants to see Ye Guqing with him in a healthy and healthy way, and spend the rest of his life in a normal way.

But before that, he will take Ye Guqing back to the place where he lived with Tang Qingli and Master, which Ye Guqing once promised him.When he is free, he will go back and have a look with himself.

"Zijin, you'll be fine. With me here, no one will hurt you!"

Ye Guqing got up and hugged Hong Xiyue's body, nodded quietly after listening to his words, and said: "I believe in you, and you believe in me, we will be fine."

The two stood quietly in the pavilion until the old housekeeper came over with his clothes in his hands and called them to eat, then they let go of each other.

Looking at the old housekeeper who was walking in front without looking back, Hong Xiyue arched Ye Guqing with his shoulders, pursed his lips and laughed.Ye Guqing and Hong Xiyue have been together for so long, it can be said that they understand each other very well.Seeing him laughing like this, it is natural to understand that this guy is definitely going to provoke the old housekeeper again.

"Tell me, what did you do?" Ye Guqing looked at the back of the old butler and asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing, but that day Uncle Liu asked me if I could persuade you to have a baby. I said we were both men and couldn't be promoted, so he asked me to help you take a concubine, and then I lowered my head and wiped the knife. Uncle Liu just finished reading it without saying anything. gone."

Hearing this, Ye Guqing staggered and almost fell to the ground.Looking sideways at the smug Hong Xiyue, Ye Guqing silently shook his head, eyes filled with doting.

"I don't know how to take concubines, not in my life."

"I know, if you have that kind of thought, do you think I will keep you safe until now?" After finishing speaking, Hong Xi gave Ye Guqing a white look, chased after the old butler and took out the small dagger from his arms.Seeing the old butler's expression suddenly changed, Ye Guqing couldn't help being speechless for a while.