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I don’t know if it’s because Jingshen’s desire is too strong. Just when the southern faction and the northern faction were arguing about whether to negotiate a peace or return the lost territory, news came from the front line. The old general Jian fell off his horse and was seriously injured. , Old General Jian is old, I am afraid he will not be able to pass this test.

Not only in the eyes of the common people, but also in the eyes of officials, the Jian family army is like a pillar, especially at this time when the country is in turmoil.

All of a sudden, both the peacemakers and the offensive factions panicked. Although the Jian family was loyal, and the eldest and youngest of the Jian family were already able to take charge of their own affairs, they were not as good as General Jian in people's minds. In terms of status, Old General Jian is like a banner, representing the entire Jian family army and even the entire Da Zhou army.

At present, this news is only circulating in the court. The emperor issued a death order, and no one can disclose the news of Old General Jian's fall from the horse. Anyone who violates it will be punished.

With His Majesty's decree, the ministers kept their mouths tightly shut, no matter how flustered their hearts were, they did not dare to spread the news.

However, the imperial court is not full of these obedient people. The Minister of Rites, that is, the former court official Yue Ban read the testimony against, did not go home immediately after leaving the imperial court. Instead, he turned into a restaurant in an alley and bought A jug of wine was not taken home, but the shopkeeper asked the shopkeeper to store the wine at the wine's house.

After another three or two hours, a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer said a few words to the shopkeeper, took the pot of wine away, came out of the restaurant, and walked into a private house.

Several people lived in the house, including an old man and a child, who looked like a family, but the child and the woman who looked like their mother seemed to be very afraid of the old man and the young man.

The farmer who fetched the wine put down the wine and left through the back door, leaving the old man and the young man with the pot of wine into another room.

All this can be seen in the eyes of the guards hiding in the dark, the man dressed as a farmer, even though his face has been blackened, Gong Juren still recognizes him, he is Jinxiu Palace - the alien A eunuch in the palace where the concubines of the emperor and Prince Rong lived.

The old man and the young man took out a note from the hidden compartment of the jug, and after opening it, both of them showed sinister smiles. The guards saw the content written on it through the roof tiles. It was Old General Jian. Upon hearing the news of the fallen horse, the two guards glanced at each other, nodded, and continued to observe.

The old man took out a box from the house. After opening the box, there were many mechanisms inside. One could vaguely recognize that it was a clock made of colored glass and gold. The young man pulled out a clock from a drawer full of metal tenons. The mortise is engraved with diamonds, and then assembled into a glazed clock, which is stored in a beautiful box.

The next day, the young man changed into the clothes of the palace guards and entered the palace. Together with another group of guards, they escorted a batch of tributes given to the palace by rich merchants from the south of the Yangtze River, and secretly mixed the glazed bells into the tributes.

The two guards followed all the way, and saw that the cart of tributes had been put into the warehouse, and they were counted and recorded by special personnel before being reset.

While counting, one of the eunuchs secretly put the glazed clock in the car that was about to leave the warehouse.This is the car of the emissary team that the Yihe faction will send to Yihe. Half a month later, this car full of treasures will be sent to Beiyuan along with the emissary team.

Jing Shen didn't expect that, just a casual test, he found out such a series of beating people, from the officials of the former court to the eunuchs serving in the harem, to the palace guards, and the eunuchs in the warehouse. All positions.

The emperor and Ji Lao were also very shocked when they heard his report, and after the shock, there were bursts of fear.Several people discussed and set up a bureau to catch them all.

Situ Meng and Jing Shen killed the murderer who killed Mr. Yue, and went back to Zhulingxuan to tell Ling'er that Ling'er was very pleased that now he could finally go down to find Mr. Yue with peace of mind. I hope that Mr. Yue is still waiting for him on the road to Huangquan. .

Seeing his expression, Situ Meng seemed to be too calm, and always felt that something was wrong.

The next day, news of Linger's suicide spread from Zhulingxuan.When Situ Meng and Jing Shen heard the news, they were surprised and disbelieving at first, but after confirming the authenticity of the news, all they could do was feel sad.

Situ Meng returned to the Lin Mansion in a daze. The servant said there was a letter from Yangzhou. Situ Meng took the letter and went back to the room to open it, only to find that it was Linger's suicide note: "Thank you for avenging Mr. Yue for me. In this way, I can go with peace of mind.

I hope that in the next life, I can also be born in an ordinary family and meet him innocently.I also hope that you two will be safe and successful, and fulfill the wish that I and Mr. Yue failed to fulfill.

Linger's last pen"

Situ Meng held the letter, and finally couldn't help crying, and Jing Shen who came back saw him crying, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug him. When he saw the letter in his hand, his heart was touched, but he couldn't cry, so he hugged him silently. Live in Situ Meng.

These secret agents were all controlled by the guards and taken to the prison, but one person escaped during the escort, that is the young man who pretended to be the guard.

Jing Shen immediately issued arrest warrants throughout the entire Yangzhou government, and the next day, the detailed arrest warrants radiated to the entire Jiangnan area, and all the officials and soldiers who could be mobilized were mobilized. I could find clues about him, but the man seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and there was no news at all.

The status of the Fire Agency Secretary is now extraordinary. As the Secretary of the Fire Agency, Situ Meng's status has naturally risen accordingly. Many high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen have taken a fancy to this young man who has become a high-ranking official at a young age, and they want to marry a woman of the right age at home he.

There was an endless stream of people who came to say goodbye every day, almost breaking the threshold of the Lin Mansion, but Luo Wu blocked everyone.

Luo Wu didn't understand why Situ Meng wanted to reject everyone. In his opinion, there were several girls from other families who were in good condition. If Situ Meng got married with them, it would be a good thing.

It happened that Situ Meng also wanted to test Luo Wu's attitude, so he told him that he and Jing Shen had already made a private decision for life.

"Ah... this... you... are you telling the truth? Or are you lying to me?"

"I didn't lie to you, I'm with Jing Shen, we both like each other, love each other, the kind of love that we want to be together forever."

Situ Meng paid close attention to Luo Wu's expression, thinking that he couldn't accept two men being together, but unexpectedly after a while, Luo Wu said: "Master Jing Shen is Prince Rong, the younger brother of the Holy Majesty, and we will definitely get married in the future. What will you do then?"

Compared with whom to be with, Luo Wu is more worried that he will be wronged in the future.Seeing that he was always thinking of himself, Situ Meng felt a little complicated.

Regarding the matter of getting married, Situ Meng didn't think about what to do, so he honestly said to Luo Wu: "Let it be, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge, there will always be a way."

He didn't know, what Luo Wu was thinking at the moment was that if the emperor wanted to marry Jing Shen to a concubine Rong, he would go to ask Ji Lao, presumably Ji Lao would come forward, the emperor would look at Ji Lao's face Think it over.

The imperial fire mechanism factory has been built in sevens and eighties, and the fire mechanism department has put it into work before it is fully completed.On this day, Situ Meng took Ji Lao to visit the factory of the Royal Fire Organ, and by the way, he matched Ji Lao with Song Kaiji, the overlord of the Jiangnan maritime trade route, and President Gao would also help match them.

"The construction speed of this factory is really fast. Has the first batch of new armors been produced?"

"It's more than that?! It's almost finished. By the end of the month, [-] sets of new armor will be shipped to the front line. Although not many, it can somewhat solve the urgent need."

"Now the leader of the front line is the boss of the Jian family," Ji Wanjun said, "Boss Jian's art of war is like a god, and he is used to fighting with less to win more battles. Don't underestimate the [-] sets of armor. In his hands, he will definitely be able to play the best role." effect!"

"It's so good!" Almost all the craftsmen in the south of the Yangtze River gathered here, and the sound of clanging irons could be heard everywhere. Although Situ Meng had repeatedly told him to pay attention to ventilation, the smell of oil from the lighter was still too strong. It's pungent, he doesn't care if he's used to smelling it, but Prime Minister Ji is old and doesn't come into contact with it often, so if he smells it too much, he might cause problems.

Situ Meng calmly led the old man to a row of houses behind the factory. This is the workshop of the designers. Compared with the factory in front, it is much cleaner and tidy, and the smell is not so strong.

At this time, there were already two guests sitting in the room, and they seemed to be talking, when they saw someone coming in, they stopped, stood up and greeted Ji Wanjun and Situ Meng.

"Let me introduce to you, this is the elder of the three dynasties, Prime Minister Ji; this is the chairman of the Jiangnan General Chamber of Commerce Gao Wendegao; this is the largest and most influential maritime merchant in Jiangnan who just rushed over from Jinzhou yesterday. The helm of the team is Song Kaiji, Captain Song."

Situ Meng stood among the three of them and each introduced their identities, especially Captain Song, who seldom showed up. Almost all the sea routes in the south of the Yangtze River, including those in Dazhou and overseas, were contracted by their family. They even participated in the sea caravan of the manor.

Later, when confronting the Dayuan army head-on, water transportation will definitely become a crucial link. Taking advantage of this time, let the Song family establish a good relationship with the imperial court, so that they can ask for help in the future.

He invited the three to sit down separately, poured tea for them himself, and finally paused when he added tea to Gao Wende, and the two exchanged glances, "The reason why the new factory can be put into operation so quickly this time is thanks to both of you! "

"The current national crisis is everyone's responsibility! If I were ten or twenty years younger, I would definitely pick up a kitchen knife and go up to fight those barbarians! We rough people just paid some money, like Ji Xiangguo, that's the high Righteousness! For the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it can be said that I have devoted myself to it!" Gao Wende took a sip of tea, this time he came not for anything else, but was entrusted by Situ Meng to match Ji Wanjun and Song Kaiji.

According to him, he doesn't know what Prime Minister Ji's attitude is, but Song Kaiji is a real man with a cold face and a warm heart, otherwise he wouldn't be negotiating business in Jinzhou. Heard that he could meet Ji Xiangguo, So he left his business and came here without stopping.

Besides, there is another thing, even if Situ Meng and Ji Lao don't look for Song Kaiji, Song Kaiji will come to him by himself—

At that time, the war had just started, and Song Kaiji's son was still in the border town next to Pingcheng.He did not have the luck of the common people in Pingcheng. He met Jing Shen and others who were looking for oil merchants on their backs. In the first round of Beiyuan army's attack, most of this border town fell, and all the generals and soldiers guarding the city died. They were massacred together, including Song Kaiji's son.

Therefore, Song Kaiji had a deep blood feud with the Beiyuan people, and vowed to kill all the Beiyuan soldiers and avenge his son.

However, since the prime minister is willing to come, he must also be concerned about this matter. Both parties have this willingness.

Ji Wanjun smiled and shook his head, "The old man is just relying on living a few years longer than others, seeing more things, and having more experience. Today's Dazhou is different from what we used to be. Now it is young people's The world, we old men should have retired a long time ago... This is the person who is always greedy. Seeing the children grow up, he wants to see them marry a wife; What about grandsons! When grandsons are born, I think, they are still young, I will live a few more years to protect them..."

"You said, those children must think that us old men who point and point all day long, with rusty heads, pedantic and conservative, and old-fashioned occupy positions! But they don't understand, no matter how high or far the kite flies, there must be a kite. The string should pull them back, otherwise the kite will fly away and cannot come back. It is the same at the moment, the young people just rush ahead, and we old ones pull them in the middle from time to time, while people like President Gao and Captain Ji The mainstay is to hold the rear, so that our kites and strings can have a place to go back to."

Literati always like to go around when they talk. Situ Meng is very afraid of dealing with Ji Wanjun who is the prime minister. He thinks that the old man Ji who lives next door to the manor is more interesting.However, President Gao and Captain Song have been ups and downs in the business world for many years, and they have already cultivated to be mature, so Prime Minister Ji can naturally understand what they say.

"I don't dare to be the mainstay. I was born in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Now that there are wars and disputes, the people are in dire straits. Although I, Gao Wenxiu, am a rough person, I will never do such despicable things as bringing disaster to the country and the people and making the country rich! Of course, I also I will urge the members of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce to unite as one and stick to their homeland together!"

Gao Wenxiu was the first to express his opinion, and Song Kaiji was not pretentious. He toasted everyone with tea instead of wine, and said, "Song Kaiji hereby promises that until the Dayuan people are completely expelled from my Dazhou territory, the Song family and those under the name of the Song family All sea routes and waterway merchant ships can be used as military resources, and two escort members of the Song family's overseas caravan will be provided to the imperial court and will never be taken back."

This completely exceeded the expectations of Situ Meng and Ji Wanjun. The reason why the Song family's caravan was able to dominate overseas was due to the five escort teams under it.These five guards were said to be guards, but they were actually more like private soldiers. They were not only brave and good at fighting, but also very loyal.Now Song Kaiji said that if he provided two of them and would never take them back, it would be tantamount to directly sending well-trained heavenly soldiers and generals to the imperial court.

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It's coming to the end, and my thoughts are a bit messy. I overturned what I wrote before. I feel that there are many loopholes. I need to sort it out again, otherwise I'm afraid it will be unfinished, so I will suspend the update for two days. I will think about how to deal with the ending. I'm sorry. Let's wait for two more days, thank you, refill~