I am a ruler in troubled times

Chong Yi summoned Xiang Treasurer and Xiang Yun at the same time in the flower hall of the main hall of the palace.

Bo Yang's status was embarrassing, and he didn't want to participate in this matter, so he excused himself by going out to hunt in the city.

I haven't seen him for a few days, and the change to the shopkeeper is very big.

As if a hidden switch on his body was turned on, he suddenly changed from the big shopkeeper of Qizhen Shixianglou to the big eunuch of Emperor Yan Guoqing.

Xiang Yun has also changed a lot. He used to be a very forthright person. Because of his informal temperament, he is quite popular among the managers of the strange goods city.

After losing his beard, Xiang Yun suddenly became a lot more taciturn. He kept his head down and stood shyly behind the shopkeeper.

Song Peiyu suddenly saw the two people who had changed so much, and felt...a bit hot.

A strong man with a baby face is not scary, but what is terrible is a strong man with a baby face and a girly face full of shyness.

These days, Song Peiyu has also heard a lot about the experience of Shopkeeper Xiang and Xiang Yun.

When shopkeeper Xiang was the father-in-law of Yan Guo Ruixiang, his origins were always a mystery. I don’t know how many forces in the country of Yan spent a lot of energy to explore the past experience of Ruixiang’s father-in-law.

In the end, these people all returned without success, and were discovered by Emperor Qing, who suffered a lot.

As time passed, everyone no longer cared about the experience of Eunuch Ruixiang before he appeared in the Yan Palace.

However, following Xiangyun's line to check on Ruixiang's father-in-law immediately became easier.

Xiang Yun was born in a small family in Weiguo. The Xiang family in Weiguo didn't have a deep foundation. Xiangyun was still a remote branch. By his generation, he had almost lost contact with his family. smiley.

It is said that he is a son of an aristocratic family, but he is actually not much different from ordinary people.

Xiang Yun is an only son, in his twenties this year, both of his parents died before he reached the age of Guan Guan, and he sold all his family property and started to go into business. He has never married a wife and had children.

In just eight years, Xiang Yun has changed from a marginalized branch of the Xiang family to a wealthy Wei Guo Xiang Ye.

Although this has a lot to do with Xiang Yun's character, which is suitable for being a traveling businessman, but the most fundamental reason is that people in Zhao Guo found out that Xiang Yun was actually doing things for others.

Most of the wealth he has accumulated will flow into the hands of those behind him.

That person is also the Prince of Wei.

At the beginning, he would investigate Xiang Yun, but because he was generous in Qihuo City, he hadn't discovered the special relationship between Xiang Yun and shopkeeper Xiang, so he didn't continue to investigate, so as not to startle the snake.

So Song Peiyu still doesn't know which prince of Weiguo Xiang Yun is working for.

When Xiang Yun's father was a child, he followed his parents and younger brother to his grandfather's home in other places. On the way home, he encountered bandits. In the end, only Xiang Yun's father survived.

Shopkeeper Xiang is the younger brother Xiang Yun's father lost.

Shopkeeper Xiang and Xiang Yun are uncles and nephews.

Song Peiyu felt that shopkeeper Xiang and Xiang Yun were decent people, so there was no need to make the scene look like interrogation of prisoners, so he specially ordered some nuts and pastries to be served, and planned to let shopkeeper Xiang talk while eating.

Even if there is no particularly touching news for the time being, the shopkeeper's subtle identity can be used as a sharp edge to attack the current Emperor of Yan.

Or be more ruthless and create evidence without evidence.

The most criticized part of Zhao State today is that Emperor Yonghe was originally an old minister of Yan State, but shortly after the death of Emperor Yan Guoqing, when the new emperor had not fully grasped Yan State, he rebelled against Yan without warning. State, self-reliant as Zhao.

As long as it can 'prove' that the current emperor of the Yan Kingdom came to the throne incorrectly, it can be said that the Yonghe Emperor was too loyal to the old lord, and he would be sentenced to the Yan Kingdom.

Politicians only see the righteousness of the country, who would pursue being upright?

However, when the nuts and pastries were served, Chong Yi was the only one who was in the mood to eat and drink.

Shopkeeper Xiang didn't rush to tell his bargaining chips, but asked Chong Yi seriously what Zhao Guo could give him and Xiang Yun.

Before Chong Yi could swallow the snacks in his mouth, Lu Jihe had already cleverly picked up the conversation, "The so-called no reward for no merit, of course it depends on how wonderful the secret of Ruixiang is."

Song Peiyu showed a gentle smile, tacitly acting as a red face, "If you still want to do business, you can come to the East Palace to be a companion with Eunuch An. If you don't want to, you can find a Zhuangzi with beautiful mountains and rivers in Xianyang city or near Xianyang. Every year."

"As for Xiang Yun." Song Peiyu looked at Xiang Yun with his head down all the time with smiling eyes, "I also have some transactions in Xianyang that are similar to those in the strange goods city, and I am short of an experienced shopkeeper to take care of them for me. Wait until After returning to Xianyang, the Ten Commandments of the Eastern Palace will also expand, not only will they need to recruit guards from the frontier army, but there will also be many vacancies for governors, thousands of households, and hundreds of households..."

Shopkeeper Xiang lowered his head and fell silent after hearing what Lu Jihe and Song Peiyu had said.

Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe looked at each other without urging, one looked at the small glass tree ornament on the Duobao Pavilion, and the other looked at the jade pendant on his waist.

For a while, the whole flower hall could only hear the crisp sound of peeling hazelnuts.

Song Peiyu listened silently for a while, but couldn't hold it back, she turned her head and cast her gaze on Chong Yi's hand.

Others have to use a small copper hammer to assist in peeling hazelnuts, but Chong Yi is different. He pinches the dark brown hazelnut between his thumb and forefinger, and with a little force, he can split the hazelnut shell into two halves neatly. The peeled hazelnut The kernels are all very full without any damage.

Two fingers are even more useful than a small copper hammer.

Song Peiyu watched it for a while, and found it quite interesting.

Feeling Song Peiyu's gaze, Chong Yi raised his head and glanced at Song Peiyu. Instead of directly stuffing the peeled hazelnuts into his mouth, he turned the lid of the tea cup over and placed it on the table, and put the hazelnuts into the tea. In the lid.

Song Peiyu caught a glimpse of Chong Yi's movements out of the corner of her eye, and suddenly felt a little thirsty and nervous.

Without much effort, the shallow teacup lid couldn't hold the hazelnuts that Chong Yi had peeled again, and Chong Yi could only stuff the hazelnuts that had just been peeled from his hands into his mouth.

Then he raised the teacup and handed it to Song Peiyu.

Although Chong Yi had already had a premonition when he moved, Song Peiyu still felt flattered that Chong Yi did it.

He has no shortage of hazelnuts to eat, and no one who peels them for him.

Although the hazelnuts peeled by other people may not be as perfect as the ones peeled by Chongyi, they are just nuts, so why do you have to eat such perfect ones?

Hazelnut kernels are within reach, Song Peiyu never thought about whether to refuse, looked around vigilantly, and stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup.

The shopkeeper Xiang was still thinking.

Xiang Yun also kept his head down.

Lu Jihe... was staring at him and Chong Yi with burning eyes.

Song Peiyu suddenly felt that Lu Jihe's clothes were too light and reflected light.

Adhering to the belief that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, no, it is Taishan that collapsed in front of it without changing its color, Song Peiyu calmly took the teacup filled with hazelnut kernels, and impatiently grabbed a few and stuffed them into his mouth.

Mmm, delicious!

It was better than any hazelnut he had eaten before.

When he returns to Xianyang, he will definitely bring back some hazel seeds from Qihuo City.

Lu Jihe's face gradually distorted.

He really didn't understand what was going on with these two people.

On the day of the earthquake, Song Peiyu was still full of disappointment, as if she wanted to say goodbye to Jun.

Then, that short-lived Song Peiyu disappeared in the earthquake.

After he managed to get up and saw Song Peiyu and Chong Yi again, he felt overwhelmed for no reason every day.

Although Song Peiyu did the right thing.

Chongyi was injured one after another, and because they were not in good condition when they first arrived in Qizhen, the toxins in their bodies were only suppressed, and they were never completely cleaned up. They really should take good care of their bodies.

But Song Peiyu was too sticky.

Could it be that Song Peiyu didn't realize that Chong Yi used to be a person who never refused medicine, but since he started coaxing Chong Yi to take medicine in various ways, Chong Yi refused to take medicine properly?

What made Lu Jihe most desperate was that the original two people... at least Song Peiyu still had some shame.

What now?

Song Peiyu eats hazelnuts as long as you eat hazelnuts. What does it mean to look at him not only without shame but also with pride?

He doesn't want to eat hazelnuts!

No, he wanted to eat hazelnuts, and someone peeled them for him!

Shopkeeper Xiang suddenly let out a long sigh, breaking the increasingly weird atmosphere in the flower hall.

"Forget it, just treat it as my sorry Your Majesty." When he said this to the shopkeeper, his face twitched unconsciously.

It can be seen that he is indeed sad at this time, but not to the extent of pain.

The shopkeeper’s emotions only leaked out for a moment, and he covered up his gaffe in a blink of an eye. He turned his head to look at Chong Yi, and his mouth exploded with thunder, “This Emperor Yan is not the heir to the throne in the edict of the late emperor. I can't get away from him." Even Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe, who are deeply thoughtful and don't easily leak their emotions, couldn't hide their surprise and excitement when they heard these words.

They don't even care whether the words of the shopkeeper are true or not, as long as they are willing to speak to the shopkeeper and can be firm in this statement.

Song Peiyu stuffed several hazelnuts into her mouth in a row, so as not to speak too early and appear too excited, and gave the initiative to the shopkeeper.

After he stabilized his mood, he asked, "Do you know where the true edict left by Emperor Qing is?"

Smiling to the shopkeeper, he refused to speak again.

Song Peiyu silently squeezed the teacup tightly, so hard that her fingertips turned blue-white.

The shopkeeper has already shown his chips, and now it's their turn.

Only if they can offer conditions that satisfy the shopkeeper, will the shopkeeper provide them with more information.

Song Peiyu looked at Chong Yi and winked quietly.

Before summoning Shopkeeper Xiang, he told Chong Yi several possible words and reactions that Shopkeeper Xiang might say, and told Chong Yi how to speak.

Only Chongyi's personal promise can reassure shopkeeper Xiang.

Chong Yi put down the hazelnuts that he hadn't squeezed yet, and brushed off the crumbs of hazelnut skin on his hands, before turning his gaze to the shopkeeper, "What do you want?"

"Your Highness can give me whatever I want?" For the first time, shopkeeper Xiang showed a mocking smile in front of Chong Yi and the others, "If I said that I want you to show your respect, how about letting me and my nephew go home?"

Song Peiyu frowned when she heard this, it seemed that their tough tactics still caused dissatisfaction with shopkeeper Xiang.

He was about to wink at Chong Yi again, and asked the shopkeeper again, "Is it you who decides here, or Mr. Song?"

As soon as these words came out, not only Song Peiyu, but also Lu Jihe's eyes sank.

Lu Jihe was about to yell at the shopkeeper for being rude, but Chong Yi spoke first.

Because shopkeeper Xiang interrupted in time, Chong Yi didn't look at Song Peiyu's face, his eyes fell lightly on shopkeeper Xiang, and his tone was calm, "I thought shopkeeper Xiang was a smart man."

Smart people don't do stupid things.

When he was absolutely weak, it was obviously not a wise choice to offend the person who held the power over his life and death with words.

After listening to Chong Yi's words, shopkeeper Xiang's face became even more ugly.

Lu Jihe's eyes lit up.

He knows that Chong Yi doesn't like political affairs, but Chong Yi is the monarch, he and Song Peiyu can only advise Chong Yi in private, but they can't teach Chong Yi how to do things in full view.

This will give other people the wrong signal that Chong Yi is a man to manipulate.

Not only will they despise Chong Yi subconsciously, but they will also despise him and Song Peiyu even more, and try to take his and Song Peiyu's position next to Chong Yi.

This is not a good thing for Chong Yi, nor for him and Song Peiyu.

He doesn't expect Chong Yi to do more, no matter whether it makes sense or not, as long as he can suppress all those who try to provoke him.

This time, Chong Yi did exceptionally well.

To be able to go from a foreign eunuch with no foundation to a great eunuch next to Emperor Yan Guoqing, Xiang Treasurer is naturally a smart person.

After being instructed by Chong Yi, he immediately put away the edges and corners of his body, but the familiar aura of Song Peiyu and others appeared on his body.

From the great eunuch next to Emperor Yan Guoqing, he turned back to the big shopkeeper of Shixianglou.

Xiang the shopkeeper cupped his hands at Chong Yi, and said slowly, "It's rare that His Highness likes to eat the things made by the old slave himself. It seems that the old slave has a predestined relationship with His Highness. This old slave wants to go to the East Palace to serve His Highness, and also be a companion with Brother An."

"As for my nephew," he mentioned Xiang Yun to the shopkeeper, his eyes became more kind, and his attitude became more humble. He changed from sitting on a chair to kneeling in front of Chong Yi, pleading in his eyes, "I wonder if this old slave can get along with His Highness?" Please be kind enough to let him also serve in the East Palace, so that we can complete the friendship that we look forward to seeing each other for many years."

When Xiang Yun knelt down to the shopkeeper, he silently knelt behind the shopkeeper.

Although he did not speak the whole time, judging from his demeanor and behavior, it is not difficult to find that he respects the shopkeeper Xiang very much, and also trusts the shopkeeper Xiang from the bottom of his heart, and is willing to let the shopkeeper Xiang decide for him.

Chong Yi didn't answer right away. He seemed to be absorbed by the birds outside the window. After a long while, he exchanged a glance with Song Peiyu before turning his gaze back to shopkeeper Xiang and Xiang Yun who were kneeling respectfully on the ground, " Can"

In all fairness, the request to the shopkeeper is not too much.

He also understood that in his capacity, Zhao Guo would not let him and Xiang Yun leave Xianyang.

The choices he could make were nothing more than those that Soong Peiyu proposed at the beginning, in the East Palace, in Xianyang City, or in Huangzhuang.

The East Palace seems to be the most restrained, but in fact it is the most free place.

If he chooses Xianyang City or Huangzhuang, his behavior will be restricted to varying degrees. Only in the East Palace, under Chongyi's eyes, can he really go wherever he wants.

Most importantly, shopkeeper Xiang wanted to give Xiang Yunbo a future.

After all, he is older and more sophisticated than his nephew.

Not only can he rely on a few words, but he can deduce that although his nephew works for the second prince of Wei, he always takes great risks but cannot gain the trust of the second prince of Wei.

Even in the nephew's caravan, there were people who only obeyed the orders of the Second Prince of Wei.

Moreover, Xiang Yun has lived alone since he was a child, and has no close relationship with other members of Wei Guo Xiang's family. Apart from the caravan, he has no other concerns.

In this way, Xiang Yun's future in Zhao State will be much stronger than that in Wei State.

Although he is not in the East Palace, he can still ask Chong Yi to arrange an errand for Xiang Yun in the East Palace.

But he was in the East Palace, so he could always remind Chongyi how big a secret he had given.

The road to the cloud will also be better.

If it wasn't for Xiang Yun, he would have put life and death lightly, and would never have revealed that secret easily.

He is loyal to Emperor Yan Guoqing, not the current Emperor Xiaoxing.

Even if you tell Zhao Guo about the things that have shaken the foundation of Yan State, you will not feel any guilt.

He's telling the truth.

Keng Xiaoxing Emperor can even be said to avenge Emperor Qing.

I didn't want to reveal these things before, just because I didn't want to participate in the mortal world anymore.

Xiang Yun, who is now in the mortal world, made Shopkeeper Xiang want to participate again.

Tell the shopkeeper to Chong Yi and the others that when Emperor Qing suddenly fell ill, he always dreamed of the Seventh Prince who died in the Hengshan sacrifice.

It wasn't until Emperor Qing passed away, and when he presented Emperor Qing's edict to the shopkeeper, that it turned out that the noble concubine had long colluded with Emperor Xiaoxing, who was still the fifth prince at that time.

They had already taken advantage of the late emperor's trust in the noble concubine during his illness, completely controlled the late emperor's bedroom, and took away the imperial edict from the shopkeeper with a tough attitude.

Seeing that the edict was said to belong to the fourth prince instead of the fifth prince, the fifth prince became furious and directly destroyed the edict.

It was also thanks to the noble concubine and the fifth prince who were sure that they had grasped the overall situation and didn't care about the shopkeeper Xiang who was already a dead person in their eyes. Only then did the shopkeeper know that it was the noble concubine who had added something to Emperor Qing's medicine, which caused Emperor Qing to be only cold and insomnia at first. , To be so lingering on the sick bed.

Including the sudden sudden death of Emperor Qing, it was also because the imperial concubine changed her medicine again.

Only the sudden sudden death of Emperor Qing could guarantee that Emperor Qing would not be able to summon important officials in time to officially announce the heir to the throne, leaving time for the noble concubine and the fifth prince to act.

After the noble concubine and the fifth prince destroyed the original true edict, they forged a new edict.

The whole Luoyang has been in turmoil for more than three months, and finally the noble concubine and the fifth prince who took the lead won.

The Fourth Prince's Mansion was attacked by assassins, and there were 120 people in the mansion, none of whom survived.

On the contrary, the shopkeeper survived by relying on his old connections because he was not seen by the noble concubine and the fifth prince.

Shopkeeper Xiang's original plan was indeed to go back to the place where he was born to have a look, and by accident, he ended up in Qizhen.

Because he was not sure where Weiguo's family members were and whether they were still alive, shopkeeper Xiang gave up his idea of ​​leaving Qizhen again, and opened Shixianglou after dealing with Chen Tongjue.

After briefly talking about this experience, he felt that everyone's eyes were on him. He turned to the shopkeeper and said another secret, "Actually, His Majesty left two wills, which were passed down to the fourth prince and It is passed on to the sixth prince. It is precisely because His Majesty has not yet made up his mind on which prince to pass on that he has been reluctant to establish a prince."

"When His Majesty was dying, only the old servant was by His Majesty's side. His Majesty didn't make up his mind until the last moment, to pass the throne to the fourth prince, and ordered the old slave to announce the will first, and then quietly destroy the other pass to the sixth prince. Go, and then hand over the jade seal to the Fourth Prince." Speaking of this past event, the shopkeeper's speech slowed down unknowingly.

Song Peiyu suddenly didn't know what to say.

It was precisely because Emperor Qing chose the fourth prince in the end, and did not make perfect arrangements, that brought the disaster of extermination to the fourth prince.

On the contrary, the sixth prince who was abandoned at the last moment got a blessing in disguise. Although he had to spend his days under Emperor Xiaoxing, at least he was still alive, and Emperor Xiaoxing even made him a prince.

Thinking of this, Song Peiyu did not ignore the real point of the shopkeeper's words. He leaned forward slightly with his upper body and asked impatiently, "That is to say, are the two copies of the imperial edict and the jade seal placed in three places? The imperial concubine and the fifth prince only If there is time to destroy the edict passed on to the fourth prince, the edict passed on to the sixth prince is still there?"

As for the fact that Emperor Xiaoxing did not have a jade seal, Song Peiyu had heard about it when he was in Yan.

Because Emperor Qing was the first emperor of the dynasty, and Emperor Xiaoxing was the second emperor, if Emperor Xiaoxing did not continue to use the jade seal of Emperor Qing, then the so-called imperial jade seal of the Yan Kingdom would only be used for one generation.

Everyone tacitly understood that the origin of Emperor Xiaoxing's throne was unknown, and everyone could guess why he didn't have the jade seal of Emperor Qing.

That being the case, how could anyone be dead against Emperor Xiaoxing on the matter of Yuxi?

If you lose, you lose. Let alone your own life, the whole family is at risk of losing their heads.

If he wins the knock, Emperor Qing will not climb out of the imperial tomb again to promote the person who smashed the jade seal.

Over time, no one mentioned the jade seal of Emperor Qing anymore.

Smiling to the shopkeeper, "Sir Song is very predictable. Indeed, there is still a will from the late emperor to the sixth prince that has not been taken out from the secret place, and the jade seal has also been put away by His Majesty's instructions in advance."

After listening to the first half of the shopkeeper's story, Lu Jihe, who had already begun to think about how to forge the edict of Emperor Yan Guoqing, was greatly refreshed, and asked impatiently, "Where are the edict and the jade seal hidden?"

Shopkeeper Xiang didn't mean to be tricky, and told Lu Jihe the answer directly, but his eyes were always on Chong Yi, "In the Qingshan Palace in Yan Kingdom."

When Chong Yi saw the excitement on the faces of Lu Jihe and Song Peiyu, it cooled down a lot because of Xiang's words to the shopkeeper. At the same time, he showed a thoughtful expression, and suddenly felt that he was excluded.

Chong Yi was not happy.

He never wronged himself, and asked Song Peiyu directly, "What happened to Qingshan Palace in Yan Kingdom?"

It was the first time for Song Peiyu to see Chong Yi actively understanding the business, and his heart immediately felt relieved like an old father, and carefully explained to Chong Yi the origin of Yan Guoqing Mountain Palace.

Emperor Qing was originally a civil servant after a famous official in the previous dynasty.

The previous dynasty was beaten violently by Tuyuhun, Turks, and Khitan in turn, and moved southward many times, but in the end they still failed to escape the fate of destroying the country.

The behavior of repeatedly moving south has become a joke of failure in self-help and success in moving graves.

The previous dynasty was completely behind, and the still relatively complete aristocratic family brought the new emperor, who claimed to be a descendant of the previous dynasty, all the way south again.

In the end, he settled in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and forcibly gave another breath to the previous dynasty, which was the predecessor of Chen Guo.

Then there was the absurd thing that forty emperors changed in 20 years, but all males with the blood of the previous dynasty, ranging from a 70-year-old man to a baby who was only three days old, have all sat on the throne.

In the end, the blood of the previous dynasty was completely tossed away abruptly. The head of the Xue family, who was born in a Yangzhou family, was "entrusted with a heavy responsibility" by the last emperor of the previous dynasty and became the new emperor.

Five years later, the head of the Xue family changed the name of the country to 'Chen', which is now the country of Chen.

After all, foreigners are reckless men who only know how to plunder and plunder, and cannot occupy the land of the Central Plains for a long time.

In those years when Chen Guo was busy changing emperors, Yongzhou, Yizhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou, which were occupied by Tuyuhun, Turks, and Khitan, returned to the hands of the Central Plains people one after another.

These Central Plains talents can really be called the recovery of rivers and mountains.

Emperor Qing's father was one of those who regained the land. He led his family to abandon literature and pursue martial arts, and owned Yongzhou and Yizhou, the largest in the north, accounting for two-sevenths of the area of ​​Kyushu. He became the prince with the most land at that time.

It's a pity that his life was not good, and he died before he could proclaim himself emperor.

What was left to Emperor Qing were the unconvinced Tuyuhun and Turks, as well as the unfinished palace.

That palace was exactly the palace prepared by Emperor Qing's father for himself.

The death of his father dealt a great blow to Emperor Qing.

Under internal and external troubles, he reluctantly stopped the construction of the "imperial palace" and set up Xianyang and Luoyang as both capitals.

Emperor Qing also named the place where the unfinished "Imperial Palace" was located with his emperor title.

As time passed, the place that had just finished laying the foundations turned from an imperial palace into a palace. Although it was not on the mountain, it was called Qingshan Palace by the people of Yan Kingdom.

The Qingshan Palace is of great significance not only to Emperor Qing, but also to the State of Yan.

Because Emperor Qing moved the Taimiao to Qingshan Palace.

It can be said that the guards of the Qingshan Palace are no worse than those of the Luoyang Palace, and even because there are not as many people coming and going as the Luoyang Palace, they will be stricter on the contrary.

Leaving aside whether Emperor Qing's edict and jade seal hidden in the Qingshan Palace have been discovered long ago, even if they knew that the edict and jade seal were in the Qingshan Palace, they wanted to take out the edict and jade seal without alarming the country of Yan , is also very unlikely.

Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe were very satisfied with the news they got from the shopkeeper.

Although how to make use of this matter needs to be discussed after returning to Xianyang, but Song Peiyu is not stingy to implement what he promised to the shopkeeper first.

Xiang Yun transformed himself from a merchant in Weiguo to Chongyi's guard.

From the history of Habayashi of the seventh rank, it is the same level as Laifu, just let Laifu bring it to the cloud.

Only after raising Xiang Yun well can they get more useful information from shopkeeper Xiang.

With the hatred between Zhao and Yan, it is only a matter of time before the war starts again.

When Yan Guo recovers from Zeng Zhen's matter, he will definitely stare at Zhao Guo, who is like a thorn in his flesh.

As expected, shopkeeper Xiang did not disappoint Song Peiyu. As soon as Xiang Yun took office, he brought a plate of exquisite dim sum made by himself to greet Chong Yi.

During the period, he seemed to inadvertently talked about many past events that happened in the palace of Yan Kingdom.

For Chong Yi, it is purely listening to stories.

In the eyes of Song Peiyu who 'happened' to be there, it was no less than a small private class.

The "interesting stories" of the Palace of the Kingdom of Yan are far less exciting than the "interesting stories" of the Palace of the Kingdom of Wei, but the level of "storytellers" is indeed quite different.

Over time, even Chong Yi prefers to find the shopkeeper, no, now it's Xiang Gonggong again.

Even Chongyi prefers to listen to stories told to his father-in-law.

When the Eighth Prince of the Wei Kingdom 'fell out of favor', he panicked briefly.

Not only did several big gossips break out that were unbelievable that they happened in the palace, but also Xiang Gonggong's nose is not a nose, and his eyes are not eyes.

Eunuch Xiang has seen too many savage masters, and a few words can make the Eighth Prince of Weiguo giggle, completely forgetting why he came to find Eunuch Xiang in the first place.

Later, the Eighth Prince of the Wei Kingdom discovered that Eunuch An's rules were extremely strict.

Even if he 'falls out of favor', his status in the palace has not changed, and he can still live a life of eating and waiting to die.

Therefore, the Eighth Prince of the Wei Kingdom not only lay flat on the spot, but calmly accepted the fact that he was already a yellow flower of yesterday, he would also take the initiative to please Eunuch Xiang for the sake of delicious cakes.

In just one month, the Eighth Prince of the Wei Kingdom actually gained twenty catties.

Song Peiyu had to suspect that the eighth prince of the Wei Kingdom was eating fat on purpose.

In this way, when Zhao Guo intends to announce his identity to the Nine Kingdoms, or intends to use him in Wei Guo in exchange for benefits, the Eighth Prince of Wei Guo can refuse to admit it.

After considering this point, Song Peiyu unilaterally decided to start restricting the diet of Prince Wei.

He specially asked Jin Bao to instruct the people in the kitchen of the main hall of the palace to provide the food for the prince of the state of Wei according to what he, Lu Jihe and Bo Yang had prepared, and he could add half of it as appropriate, and he must not let the prince of the state of Wei eat like Chong Yi so many.

It's November in a blink of an eye.

According to the original plan of Song Peiyu and others, they have returned to Xianyang now.

But because of the sudden earthquake and other things, I was not ready to leave until now.

The business of Qihuo City has been on the right track, and Song Peiyu can safely hand over Qihuo City to Shengwang.

Yu County had laid the foundation of the new city wall before the ground froze, and finally built the new city wall completely before the snow fell, and Murong Jing would escort them back to Xianyang.

Murong Jing's lieutenant will temporarily stay in Qihuo City so that he can keep an eye on the situation in Zeng Town.

It has to be said that the gold mine in Zengzhen really lived up to its reputation.

To describe it in one word, many.

To describe it in two words, a lot.

Described in three words, very much.

……

Summary: lots and lots!

The [-] Frontier Army dug for nearly a month, and they were still able to easily dig gold mines from Zeng Town.

From half a month ago, the [-] frontier army has become [-] frontier troops.

Murong Jing also transferred his personal soldiers stationed at the Zhao-Yan border. In order to save time, he did not send the booklet back to Xianyang to wait for the permission of Emperor Yonghe. .

Zhao Jun wants to dig out all the gold mines near the ground as much as possible before the snow falls this year.

Not surprisingly, Zhao Jun will not come to Zeng Town next year.

When they first came to Zeng Town, there were only Chong Yi, Song Peiyu, Lu Jihe and Bo Yang, and a carriage from the bandits.

Now preparing to return to Xianyang, there is a large group of people.

The people who sent them from Xianyang to take care of them, everyone who participated in the production of new paper, the prince of Wei, Eunuch Xiang and Xiang Yun, and Xiang Yun's entire caravan...

Since you want to show kindness, it is natural to do it without leaking.

Song Peiyu specifically asked Jin Bao to ask Xiang Yun what to do with his caravan.

Xiang Yun first explained to those in the caravan who only listened to the second prince of Wei, and then expressed that he wanted to have a private chat with the people in the caravan.

After chatting with the people in the caravan, Xiang Yun asked Song Peiyu if he could let the people in the caravan follow him to Xianyang.

The people in Xiang Yun's caravan were all similar to Xiang Yun.

Either orphans, or the death of their father or mother, they will gradually become free servants in the "home" no matter whether they follow their parents who are still alive or are thrown to family members with blood relations.

Although Xiang Yun is an orphan, the Xiang family is an aristocratic family after all, in order to look good, they must at least raise Xiang Yun until he can leave the ethnology.

Of course, whether Xiang Yun will become a decompression tool for others during the ethnology study period is completely out of Xiang's family's consideration.

Most of the people in Xiangyun's caravan were not as good as Xiangyun.

When they were young, even having enough to eat was a problem.

Therefore, most of the people in Xiangyun's caravan, like Xiangyun, have no special concern for Weiguo.

After starting to work for the Second Prince of Wei, he was caught in it.

They can't get out, they can't get out, and over time, they get used to it.

Now that he heard that Xiang Yun was going to live in Xianyang of Zhao State, he was no longer afraid of the second prince of Wei State in words.

After the rest of the caravan hesitated, most of them expressed their desire to go to Xianyang with Xiang Yun.

They have also saved some property over the years, and exchanged it for gold to carry with them.

When they arrived in Xianyang, a few people partnered to open a shop and settled down completely, and they no longer lived the life of wandering anytime and anywhere.

A few people who wanted to return to Weiguo expressed that after they returned to Weiguo, they would never betray Xiang Yun and others.

They would say that the caravan had an accident on the way and everyone else died.

When Xiang Yun said these words to Song Peiyu, he was very careful throughout the whole process, for fear of accidentally making Song Peiyu feel dissatisfied.

After working under the Second Prince of Wei for so many years, he has long known that these nobles don't take their lives seriously.

Sensing Xiang Yun's emotions, Song Peiyu smiled, and easily agreed to let those who wanted to leave.

He actually didn't care what the Xiangyun caravan sent back would say to the Second Prince of Wei.

It's as if he doesn't care what the second prince of Weiguo thinks about this matter, even though the eighth prince of Weiguo once said that the second prince of Weiguo will take revenge, and he is a person who can bear revenge.

Did the Second Prince of Wei feel that Xiang Yun had betrayed him, or did he feel that Zhao Guo poached him, and would have some emotions because of it.

What does Song Peiyu have to do with him?

Anyway, the second prince of Weiguo didn't have the ability to vent his anger on him.

The group set off from Qihuo City in November, passed through Yu County, then Huashan, and returned to Xianyang along the way they had come to Huashan to worship.

This time they are not in a hurry.

Song Peiyu always felt that Chongyi had not been cleaned up for less than two years, not only had the residual poison in his body not been cleaned up, but he had been injured repeatedly, so he must be in an extremely weak state and needed meticulous care.

Although Chong Yi still looks like a dragon and a tiger, Bo Yang has repeatedly assured that since Chong Yi cannot be compared with ordinary people, even if his face is very deceptive, in fact, it is not a problem to go up the mountain to fight a tiger.

But Song Peiyu stubbornly believed that Chong Yi was weak.

So in the process of returning to Xianyang, they never slept in the open air like they did when they came here.

Although she was still resting at the post station, Song Peiyu specially asked someone to buy a brand new bedding for Chong Yi.

Even if it is a pigsty with air leakage, it can be laid out fragrant and soft. It is like treating Chongyi as a delicate flower who sleeps on a hard bed and will turn blue the next day.

Although this kind of behavior was met with contempt by Lu Jihe and others.

Song Peiyu and Chong Yi never cared about it, and even seemed to enjoy it.

As they traveled northward, the weather became colder and colder, especially at night, it was too cold to sleep.

One day, Lu Jihe woke up early from the cold.

Only in this way can I wear thick and warm clothes that are far warmer than cotton quilts, drink freshly boiled tea, and hold a hot hand stove, which is much more comfortable than being in a cold bed.

Although getting up so early would inevitably cause them to feel sleepy during the day, but what could they do if they were not in the carriage during the day and took advantage of the warm temperature to catch up on sleep?

Obviously, Lu Jihe is not the only one who has the same idea.

He saw Bo Yang and the Eighth Prince of Wei who had been sitting in the flower hall for who knows how long.

The three of them looked at each other with sympathy, and then turned their eyes to the door.

They are not the ones who are most afraid of the cold, Song Peiyu is the one who is most afraid of the cold.

Two days ago, Song Peiyu was the first person to wake up from the cold.

Things are very different today.

Song Peiyu didn't get up until the sun that made people feel completely unheated entered the flower hall.

The three looked at each other again.

The Eighth Prince of Wei State whispered, "Master Song is not sick, is he?"

Lu Jihe thought back to Song Peiyu, who spent the winter in Qizhen at this time last year, and it seemed that during this period of time, his head was sluggish for several days, and he couldn't help turning his head to look at Bo Yang, "Maybe?"

Bo Yang also thought of Song Peiyu at this time last year, he remembered it better than Lu Jihe, after all he prescribed the medicine himself.

Immediately, Bo Yang couldn't sit still anymore, and stood up with his arm propped on the armrest of the chair, "I'll go see what happened to Song Peiyu."

Although Lu Jihe and the eighth prince of Weiguo were very reluctant to part with this moment of warmth and didn't want to go into the cold wind at all, they only hesitated for a few seconds and followed behind Bo Yang.

Just at this time, Chong Yi entered the door. He was surrounded by a big red cloak, with a rosy face and easy steps. It was Lu Jihe and others who thought they could even crawl on the bed.