I am a ruler in troubled times

The envoys of the State of Wei did not turn back, and the latest news of the State of Wei reached Yu County first.

Weiguo decided to close the fortresses in the north and west. From now on, only exits are allowed and no entry is allowed.

Lu Jihe flicked the letter in his hand, and said with a light smile, "This is to guard against us and Prince Rui of Liangzhou."

It has to be said that Weiguo's order is extremely far-sighted, and on the premise of not affecting the country, the maximum degree of defense against foreign enemies that may invade.

The state of Chu in Jingzhou in the south has always been aloof from the rest of the world. It can communicate peacefully with other peoples, and even has a stable mutual market. It has lived peacefully with Wei, Li, and Chen for many years, and there is almost no possibility of doing anything.

Li State in the east suffered more losses in Zeng Town than Wei State. Moreover, Li State is located in the center of Kyushu, bordering Yizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, and Jingzhou. In its own weakness, it dare not act rashly .

Fang Zhao and Liang continued to communicate with Chu and Li.

It can be regarded as the most correct decision made by Wei Guo after the old Emperor Wei passed away.

Song Peiyu asked Jin Bao to go to the strange goods city immediately to see the reaction of the Weiguo businessman who was in the strange goods city.

Weiguo's city closure order was caught off guard. Even Song Peiyu and the others only received the news half a day early, and there was no time to make more arrangements.

As soon as Jin Bao went out, the deputy commander and Luo Yong came. They were in charge of investigating the bandits who suddenly appeared between Qihuo City and Yu County.

Since opening the opening, new progress can be made every day.

Luo Yong's face was still so ugly, he sat next to Lu Jihe with his sword in his arms, his face looked indifferent, but his eyes were actually dull.

Seeing how pitiful he was, Lu Jihe could imagine what Luo Yong had gone through to become like this, so he quickly ordered Chunya to serve Luo Yong hot tea.

Compared with Luo Yong, the Deputy Commander's face was full of radiance, which was much more pleasing to the eye than the shrinking look he had when he first appeared in front of everyone.

Thinking of why the deputy commander became so radiant, Lu Jihe couldn't help but fell silent, feeling even more pitiful for Luo Yong.

The deputy commander sat down beside Luo Yong, took out a stack of confessions from his pocket and put them on the table, "After I made a new breakthrough, I went to interrogate those bandits again, and I found out some new things."

Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe picked up some confessions to read, and Song Peiyu also took a few by the way, and showed Chong Yi who was sitting next to him.

Seeing this, the deputy commander couldn't help but look at Chong Yi a few more times.

He had heard about Song Que for a long time, when Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe met the bandits outside Yu County, those bandits were even more afraid of Song Que.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Song would be willing to let Song Que help him with such a confidential matter. Could it be that this strong man is not only brave, but also has a good strategy?

It's a pity, if his face is a little more normal, even if he was originally a servant of the Song family, he can arrange a good place to go after finishing his business with Mr. Song this time.

It happened to be such a Rakshasa ghost.

The deputy commander was thinking about these things, Chong Yi raised his head and glanced at him.

There is no cruelty in the eyes, only bottomless depth.

The deputy commander suddenly felt a little cold, he looked away honestly, and picked up the hot tea in front of him.

Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe took some time to browse through all the confessions and make a preliminary classification.

"Commander Lin thinks who is telling the truth and who is lying?" Song Peiyu first asked the deputy commander. This person is very capable in torture, at least he can hang and beat Commander Wei Wei who has been under house arrest.

The deputy commander was already used to Song Peiyu's straightforward way of speaking, and he opened his mouth when he heard the words, "It's a pity that there are not many bandits alive, otherwise we can ask more inside information. Judging from the current situation, these people must be They are people under Prince Rui of Liangzhou, and their purpose is Qian Jinjing, who will undoubtedly attack Master Song's carriage..."

The deputy commander tilted his head and thought for a while. Words such as 'sickness' and 'an idiot's dream' flashed across his mouth, but he felt that none of them were appropriate. In the end, he really ran out of words, so he said a 'temporary idea'.

"The attack on Mr. Song's carriage is just a temporary idea."

"Greedy!" Lu Jihe shook his head, as if feeling sorry for those bandits, "If they didn't target Song Peiyu, they just grabbed the silver mirrors and ran away, and they didn't intend to snatch all the silver mirrors, as long as one, If you are not sure, you will succeed." The deputy commander smiled dryly, did not dare to answer Lu Jihe's words, and continued to talk about the results of his interrogation, "The leaders all died on the Liuli Road. They are all little soldiers who just obey orders and don't know much about the inside story. After they bypassed the strange goods city, they walked and stopped all the way without any rules. They often slept at noon and hurried on the road at night, or they only traveled for an hour and had to rest for two or three times. For an hour, but never encountered Wei Wei's patrolling soldiers. Other than that, they couldn't say anything."

Song Peiyu chuckled.

How could there be such a clever thing?

It was obvious that these bandits knew the time of the Weiwei patrols' activities long ago, so they deliberately avoided them.

Perhaps Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe's coldness and sarcasm were too obvious, and the deputy commander's expression was also a little embarrassing.

Although it can be guaranteed that the patrol time and trajectory of the Weiwei patrols were not disclosed by him, and there are even suspected candidates.But after all, it was Wei Wei's fault, and the commander had already 'fell ill', so it was natural for him, the deputy commander, to be at the forefront.

The deputy commander put the small box that was always in his hand on the table, and before opening the box, he told everyone the origin of the box, "I had someone do an autopsy on the dead bandit, and found some useful clues. In this box."

While speaking, the deputy commander just put his hand on the box, but didn't open the box right away.

After all, it was something picked from a dead person, who knows if these noble people from Xianyang have any taboos.

It wasn't until Song Peiyu nodded that the deputy commander showed a simple and honest smile, and opened the small wooden box.

No one noticed that after seeing the deputy commander's simple and honest smile, Luo Yong's face suddenly twitched, and he lowered his head in a complicated manner.

On the top of the box is a palm-sized sheepskin map.

The deputy commander first took out a clean black cloth from his pocket and spread it beside the small box, then unfolded the sheepskin map and put it on top of the black cloth.

Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Chong Yi.

There was a two-finger-wide hole in the middle of the sheepskin map, which fit the width of the feathered arrow.

Chong Yi looked around, and when his eyes fell on Song Peiyu's smiling eyes, he reluctantly explained, "To catch the thief, first catch the king."

"Naturally, this is the reason. The scene was so chaotic at that time, and the clothes of these bandits were extremely similar. You can still recognize who the leader is at a glance." Song Peiyu raised the corner of her mouth and gave a thumbs up. "This kind of eyesight and reaction The speed is truly extraordinary."

Luo Yong and the deputy commander nodded again and again. They felt more deeply than Song Peiyu.

When the bandits attacked, Luo Yong didn't blindly hide behind the guards, but also fought the bandits himself.

When he fights with the bandits, he can only guarantee that he will not lose the wind in a short period of time. In the end, whoever wins depends on which side has better explosive power and endurance.

With the help of Song Que's flying arrows, Luo Yong, who was originally only comparable to the bandits, actually "slayed" five bandits in a row.

While this made Luo Yong's blood boil, he also realized how terrible Song Que was.

If Song Que hadn't been aiming at bandits...

Forget it, I don't want to.

The deputy commander had no chance to see Song Que's bravery with his own eyes, but he had a lot of exchanges with the guards in Song Peiyu's convoy when he was investigating the origin of the bandits, and almost everyone was full of praise for Song Que.

In addition, when the deputy commander was looking for someone to perform an autopsy on the bandits, he was also on the scene.

Most of the bandits were killed by feathered arrows on their chests or heads.

A hundred meters away, he was killed with one blow.

This sheepskin map was also found on the chest of a certain bandit. The gap on it was the mark left by the feathered arrow.

Lu Jihe held up his fan to cover half of his face, secretly thinking that Luo Yong and the deputy commander didn't wink.

Song Peiyu boasted, and she smiled happily.

You have been boasting for so long, do you have any honor on your face?

It's better to hurry up and talk about business.

After a full incense stick of time, the deputy commander closed his mouth unsatisfied, and looked at the sheepskin map laid out on the black cloth.

"This is a map from Qihuo City to Yuxian County. It shows the patrol route and time of Weiwei patrol soldiers." The deputy commander gritted his teeth and struggled for a long time before saying the second half of the sentence, "Make this The person on the map is in Yu County, and they belong to Weiwei."

The fan in Lu Jihe's hand shook even faster.

In other words, it is basically certain that these bandits can rush to the face of the convoy without warning because there are ghosts in Yu County.

The candidate for the inner ghost has almost been locked in Wei Wei.

Song Peiyu pondered for a moment, then asked, "And then?"

The Deputy Commander was more winking than Commander Wei Wei, "I've already asked the person who made the map, and he said that this map was made by himself, and there is a special mark he used to leave on the back of the map."

"The exact same map, he made a total of seven copies, including one for the commander, one for me, and one for the left and right colleagues, and the other three are stored in Wei Wei."

"I took him to check the rest of the maps separately. The maps in the hands of me and the left and right colleagues are all right. Among the three maps in Weiwei, one is an imitation without special marks."

"Where is the share in Commander Wei Wei's hand?" Song Peiyu asked.

The deputy commander was stunned for a moment, showing embarrassment, and said, "I have found the problematic map, so I didn't bother the commander anymore."

Song Peiyu shook her head, the corners of her mouth curled up in a cold arc, "I'll trouble you to take the person who made the map to see it later, it would be best if the map is okay."

However, Song Peiyu felt that there was a greater possibility of a problem, so he added, "Brother Lu is currently investigating the communications between the Wei Wei Commander's Mansion and the outside world for the past five months. Commander lends a hand."

The deputy commander nodded, but his expression was reluctant.

He still doesn't want to command Wei Wei to make the crime too deadly. Even if something happens to Command Wei Wei, the Li family is still a family in Yu County. He has participated too much now. It would be embarrassing.

Chong Yi, who was almost quiet from the beginning to the end, suddenly asked, "Why are there so many maps of Wei Wei's patrol routes and times?"

Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe showed surprise, there are only seven maps, how many?

Luo Yong, whose face finally became normal, showed a suddenly enlightened expression after hearing this.

No wonder he felt that something was not right since yesterday afternoon.

Unfortunately, after he couldn't remember what was wrong, he attributed the reason to having too many nightmares.

From the corner of Chong Yi's eyes, seeing the surprise on Song Peiyu's face, he turned his head and explained to Song Peiyu, "This kind of map, commander Wei Wei, a copy, deputy commander and the person in charge of the matter from the left and right colleagues, Wei Wei Wei left one copy as a deposit, and three copies are enough."

Qifen, is it because you are afraid that people who are preoccupied with the map will not be able to do it?

Song Peiyu nodded as if she had realized something, and she was in a good mood.

Ever since he decided to send troops to Weiguo, Murong Jing has always made a fuss about Chong Yi. Song Peiyu was also worried that Chong Yi probably listened to Murong Jing's words as stories and couldn't remember anything in the end.

Unexpectedly, Chong Yi not only memorized it, but also mastered it.

It can be seen that it is not that Chong Yi is too salty, but that their former teacher cannot make Chong Yi interested in learning.

When he returns to Xianyang, he must persuade his elder brother and monk Shuling to spare time to teach Chongyi.

If you can understand the important tasks in the military today, you can learn to govern the government tomorrow.

If things go on like this, will Mingjun be far behind?

The deputy commander raised a wry smile, lowered his head and said, "Originally, I planned to make three maps, but the commander felt that three copies were not enough, so I asked the people who made the maps to do more. After the people who made the maps received the order, they made more Made a copy. After a total of four maps were sent to the commander, the commander was furious, thinking that the map maker did not take him seriously, so he would fool him like this, and severely reprimanded the map maker. Whoever made the map made three more copies."

Lu Jihe raised his hand to cover his head.

No, he started to faint again.

After talking about the map, the deputy commander introduced to everyone what was wrong with the other items in the box. Most of them were small items unique to Liangzhou, which could prove that these bandits were all from Liangzhou.

The deputy commander took out the last thing with a troubled face, which was a jade pendant with a rather strange shape.

"This is something I picked up together with those broken swords and arrows when we were cleaning the battlefield." The deputy commander looked at the faces of everyone and whispered, "This is Jiang Tongzhi's jade pendant. Many people have seen him wearing it before." This jade pendant."

However, when Commander Wei Wei hurried to the place where Song Peiyu was attacked that day, he didn't bring Jiang Tongzhi with him at all.

Song Peiyu looked at Chong Yi, he felt that Chong Yi was better at seeing people than he was.

Chong Yi nodded, "Let Jiang Tongzhi come."

Hearing Lu Jihe call Chunya to call Jiang Tongzhi, the deputy commander felt a little unhappy, but he didn't show it.

He didn't understand why Song Peiyu wanted to ask a guard for such an important matter, and even Lu Jihe chose to listen to the guard.

Even if this guard is brave and resourceful, he shouldn't have said so contemptuously to let Jiang Tongzhi come.

The deputy commander didn't like Jiang Tongzhi very much, but as a colleague, he couldn't look down on others, especially those whose status was far lower than them, to neglect Jiang Tongzhi so much.

Because he knew that this kind of person would neglect Jiang Tongzhi, and he would definitely not take him seriously.

Not long after, Jiang Tongzhi arrived.

Jiang Tongzhi was in charge of personally leading people to patrol between Qihuo City and Yuxian County. While chasing down the escaped bandits, he checked whether there were still people hiding between Qihuo City and Yuxian County.

If Jiang Tongzhi was not Murong Jing's person, Song Peiyu would not trust him with such an important matter.

In just a few days, Jiang Tongzhi was visibly haggard.

For example, the dark circles under the eyes are clearly visible, and the small wounds on the face and hands are not known to be worn out by something.

Although his appearance was a lot more sluggish, Jiang Tongzhi's spirit became more and more vigorous, his eyes were radiant, as if he had endless energy.

After greeting everyone, he sat down between Luo Yong and the deputy commander, and immediately saw the jade pendant in front of him.

"This..." Jiang Tongzhi showed hesitation, put his hand on the jade pendant but did not immediately take it, but looked at Song Peiyu, "This seems to be the jade pendant I lost for a long time, why is it here?"

The deputy commander received Song Peiyu's gaze, and explained the origin of Yupei to Jiang Tongzhi in a few words.

After Jiang Tongzhi pondered for a while, the expression on his face became more and more strange instead of flustered. He looked at Song Peiyu seriously, "My jade pendant was missing after I went to Commander Wei Wei's banquet, because it was... rewarding me. So I searched for it for a long time, and even troubled the commander to find it for me a few times, but unfortunately there was no result, no matter how unwilling I am, there is nothing I can do about it.”

The speed at which Song Peiyu clasped her fingers on the table increased silently.

He was sure that the word Jiang Tongzhi omitted in his words was general.

It turned out to be Murong Jing's stuff?

In this way, the suspicion on Jiang Tongzhi became even smaller, but the reappearance of Commander Wei Wei made the suspicion even greater.

Of course, the possibility that Jiang Tongzhi lied is not ruled out.

Song Peiyu secretly glanced at Chong Yi beside him, waiting for Chong Yi to make up his mind.

Chong Yi raised his chin and motioned Jiang Tongzhi to look at the jade pendant, "Do you want any more?"

Jiang Tongzhi didn't expect Chong Yi to ask him such a sentence suddenly, and he couldn't react immediately.

After he realized what Chong Yi said, he also set his eyes on the jade pendant that was missing a corner. After hesitating for a while, he looked at Song Peiyu cautiously, "Can you return this jade pendant to me?"

Song Peiyu nodded with a smile, but it was just a jade pendant, which had special meaning in Jiang Tongzhi's eyes.

Chongyi thinks that Jiang Tongzhi is fine, and Song Peiyu doesn't want Jiang Tongzhi to create a estrangement with them because of this incident.Not only did Jiang Tongzhi be able to take the jade pendant away now, but he also gave Jiang Tongzhi a finger that was almost exactly the same in color as the jade pendant, so that Jiang Tongzhi could use the finger to repair the jade pendant.

The deputy commander could no longer hide the complexity in his heart, and it showed on his face one after another.

He also thought that these people called Jiang Tongzhi to ask him for questioning. He suspected that Jiang Tongzhi, like Commander Wei Wei, made convenience for others for the sake of benefit.

Unexpectedly, instead of embarrassing Jiang Tongzhi, they easily returned the jade pendant that could be used as evidence to Jiang Tongzhi.

Before Jiang Tongzhi came, the deputy commander who was still fighting against Jiang Tongzhi felt strong jealousy in his heart, and secretly made Jiang Tongzhi the number one competitor.

The commander seemed to be dying, and with more and more evidence, let alone continuing to be the commander, it might be difficult to save his life.After the commander's position is vacant...

If hope can be seen, who can not fight for promotion?

Jiang Tongzhi didn't feel the emotional change of the deputy commander beside him at all. He was happy to get back the jade pendant he had lost for a long time, but also worried that he would be suspected because of it.

It's just that he didn't have so many thoughts in his mind, and Song Peiyu and others didn't take the initiative to question him, and he didn't expect to take the initiative to explain.

Looking at this incident, it seems that this is the past...

Jiang Tongzhi hesitated, and began to talk about the results of a blanket search after blocking the range between Qihuo City and Yu County.

Wei Wei has always had a close relationship with the garrison of Qihuo City, especially Jiang Tongzhi.

The troops stationed in Qihuo City are all Murongjing's personal soldiers, and Jiang Tongzhi is Murongjing's personal guards.

Besides, Song Peiyu is now in Yu County, Jiang Tongzhi still took Song Peiyu's private seal to Qihuo City, and asked Qihuo City to cooperate with him to lock the range of Liuli Road, so the garrison in Qihuo City would be easier to speak.

Those bandits who escaped were easy to come in and difficult to get out. In the end, only a few escaped successfully, and most of them were captured alive under the attack of the Qihuo City garrison and Weiwei.

But not all of them were taken back to Yu County, but were taken away by the people from Qihuo City.

Song Peiyu nodded, he had already received a letter from Shengwang, the lord of Qihuo City.

After interrogating those bandits in Qihuo City, they also came to the conclusion that those bandits were Liangzhou soldiers.

In addition, the bandits in Qihuo City also confessed that a merchant from Wei State who had stayed in Yu County for many years was actually a merchant from Liangzhou. The reason they were able to get the news of the "Thousand Gold Mirror" so quickly was because the merchant was in Zhao State. , the news in itself is faster than the news from the strange goods city, so that Liangzhou King Rui can get the news and make arrangements earlier than the merchants in the strange goods city.

Song Peiyu had ordered the businessman to be arrested. He didn't intend to ask the deputy commander to interrogate the businessman. He wanted to come in person.

For the sake of safety, before Murong Jing arrived in Yu County with the army, Song Peiyu would not let the deputy commander or any one of the right and left accomplices know all the current news.

After all, Yu County is such a big place, who knows how many people will be involved by that idiot Commander Wei Wei in the end.

Even if the deputy commander and the right and left acquaintances themselves have no problems, what about their cronies, subordinates, or clansmen?

Especially Yu Tongzhi, the deputy commander who was born in a family in Yu County, had too many unstable factors.

After confirming that there was no other ambush between Qihuo City and Yuxian County, Song Peiyu made arrangements for Yuxian County and took people to Qihuo City again.

This time he took away three thousand soldiers of the deputy commander and commander.

Even the commander, who was apparently still recuperating in Yu County, was also in Song Peiyu's convoy, hiding in the Eighth Prince's carriage.

Not only that, Song Peiyu also sent a letter in advance, asking Qihuo City to send 5000 people to welcome him.

The performance of "greedy for life and fear of death" is vividly expressed.

Under such careful arrangements, the convoy entered the Odd Cargo City smoothly.

Song Peiyu took advantage of the situation and left the deputy commander who planned to return to Yu County after success, and the three thousand soldiers who just escorted him to the strange goods city.

With the order of the East Palace and the [-] troops stationed in Qihuo City who unconditionally obeyed Song Peiyu's orders, the deputy commander and the [-] soldiers were not allowed to say "no".

No matter what they thought in their hearts, they didn't have a choice other than to listen to Song Peiyu's arrangement honestly.

It has been less than half a year since leaving Odd Goods City, but the changes in Odd Goods City have been great.

In Qihuo City, the lights are bright during the day, and the sky is still brightly lit on the moon.

The road is not like Xianyang's concrete floor, bluestone floor tiles are extravagantly pasted everywhere, and bicycles, which are not seen in Xianyang, can be seen everywhere.

Some are a generation of bicycles without pedals and can only rely on their feet.

Some are second-generation bicycles, which already have pedals and metal chains, but the metal chain may break at any time.

Once this happens, it often causes roars of laughter from those around you.

The cyclist was not annoyed, he put the chains scattered on the ground into the wooden basket in front of the bicycle, as if he was riding a bicycle of the first generation, and continued on the road with his feet.

The bicycles in Qihuo City are distributed uniformly by each factory. Employees do not need to pay. After recording, they can ride the bicycles away and ride them back when they return to the factory for work.

During the period, as long as there is no man-made damage to the bicycle, the employee will not be asked to pay.

The chain of the second-generation bicycle was broken, but the employees were required to bring the broken chain back, otherwise they would have to deduct money from the employees' wages.Only deducting the weight of the copper chain is worth much, and will not deduct the cost of craftsmanship. Although it is a pity for the employees, it will not be painful.

Because of the instability of the second-generation bicycle chain, the most popular bicycles today are still the first-generation bicycles.

Workers often choose the second-generation bicycles because they cannot grab the first-generation bicycles.

Song Peiyu lay on the window of the carriage, curiously looking at the people riding bicycles outside.

Qihuo City's bicycle research is much faster than Xianyang's. Not only do they already have second-generation bicycles with pedals and metal chains, but even the shape of the bicycle is very in line with Song Peiyu's imagination.

Since the arrival of bicycles, the main roads of Qihuo City have been planned again, divided into carriage roads and bicycle roads, separated by conspicuous white lines.

Song Peiyu saw with her own eyes that a carriage drove half of the bicycle road, was stopped by the garrison wearing soft armor, and was fined 50 taels of silver.

Even if the outsiders in Qihuo City are rich businessmen with rich family backgrounds, they will inevitably show heartache.

However, as long as it is in the city of rare goods, there is no reason to speak, and the city lord's mansion is the reason.

No matter how unwilling the wealthy businessman is, as long as he wants to stay in Odd Goods City, he will have to take this fine.

Before Song Peiyu had finished watching, she arrived at the gate of the palace.

The movement of the main gate of the palace was opened, which attracted the attention of many people.

In fact, Song Peiyu asked Yu County to send [-] soldiers to escort, and Qihuo City garrisoned [-] troops to support them, so it was impossible for them to enter the city quietly.

Most of the people in the strange goods city knew the news of Song Peiyu's coming to the strange goods city in advance.

Curious people arrived early on the only way from the city gate to the palace, waiting to watch the excitement.

It's a pity that whether it's the [-] Weiwei or the [-] garrison, they are all arriving at the city gate.separated from the team.

If you still encounter danger in Qihuo City, you don't have to worry about Weiguo's territory anymore. Take care of your own hen that lays golden eggs first, and then think about other things.

After the soldiers left, Song Peiyu's motorcade was almost the same as those of the luxury merchants going to and from Qihuo City, even worse than some luxury merchants.

The people who came to watch with great interest suddenly felt dull.

After the main gate of the palace was opened, the convoy went straight inside, and no one got out of the car at all.

At the last chance to watch the excitement, I didn't see anything.

Arriving early in the morning at the restaurant where you can see the gate of the palace, the rich merchants who spent a whole day eating at a high price looked at each other, feeling that they were a bit at a loss.

Sheng Wang had already ordered people to clean up the long-closed main hall.

At the beginning, Chong Yi, Song Peiyu, Lu Jihe and Bo Yang lived in the main hall, and together with their servants, it could be considered loose.

Now with the addition of Luo Yong, Wei Zhiyuan, and Sheng Tairan, it seems a bit crowded.

Moreover, the three people in the back didn't know that Song Que was Chong Yi, if they lived together for a long time, they would inevitably reveal their secrets.

Bo Yang took the initiative to speak, saying that he felt that the living room was a bit crowded at the beginning, thinking that the palace had just been built, and they would not stay in Qihuo City for long, so he didn't say anything.

Now I don't know how long it will take before returning to Xianyang, he doesn't want to squeeze with Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe anymore, he wants to live in the side hall with Sheng Tairan.

Seeing this, Luo Yong and Wei Zhiyuan took the initiative to say that they would live in another side hall and leave the main hall to Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe.

In this way, everyone except Lu Jihe was very satisfied.

After a simple wash and refreshment, Bo Yang took the initiative to take Sheng Tairan, Wei Zhiyuan and Luo Yong out to visit the strange goods city.

Song Peiyu was going to meet Shengwang in the Nuan Pavilion of the main hall, and Yang Ye, who had come to Qihuo City with Xiang Yun, Xiang Yun's nephew, but insisted on returning to Weiguo in the end.

Chong Yi was still wearing his outrageously heavy outfit from face to feet, sitting silently beside Song Peiyu.

As the weather gradually warmed up, it would be a pain to wrap your body in a cushion made of muslin. Song Peiyu deliberately asked people to open the doors and windows, so that the outside wind could blow in.

Holding his newly acquired jade folding fan, Lu Jihe entered the door before Shengwang, and sat on the other side of Song Peiyu with a sleepy look, looking very listless.

Seeing this, Song Peiyu was about to care about what happened to Lu Jihe, when she saw Shengwang and Yang Ye entering the door one after the other, she could only let it go.

Because of Yang Ye's presence, Sheng Wang didn't say anything important, he first asked the prince of the Eastern Palace who was far away in Xianyang how he was doing, and then asked Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe if there was anything wrong along the way.

Lu Jihe sneered, "Sir Sheng's words are too false. Who doesn't know that when we came to Qihuo City a few days ago, we were robbed by bandits at the gate of Yuxian County, so we had to go back the same way and take our two brothers from Xianyang?" I was so terrified. If I come to Qihuo City from Yu County, not only 3000 people will be needed to send it off, but also 5000 people will be needed to pick it up."

When Sheng Wang heard this, his face became embarrassing.

This matter is indeed not a secret, at least before Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe arrived in the strange goods city, it had already been spread in the strange goods city.

With the information of the strange goods city being well-informed, it can spread to neighboring countries within three days at the latest.

"How dare the old thief Prince Rui bully me so far?!" Lu Jihe slapped the jade fan on the table, his face became more and more angry, and he said through gritted teeth, "I've already sent someone to send me a booklet back to Xianyang, you guys People who like to watch the excitement on weekdays, wait and see the excitement!"

Sheng Wang didn't know that just a few polite words from him could make Lu Jihe so angry.

In front of Yang Ye, he hinted that he would settle accounts with Prince Rui of Liangzhou.

Sheng Wang didn't know what to do, he could only look at Song Peiyu for help.

Song Peiyu shook her head almost invisibly, put her eyes on Yang Ye who was always bowing her head, and said in a gentle voice, "I still remember you, Xiang Yun's brother? He also followed me to Qihuo City. Let Jin Bao Take you to talk to him."

Without further ado, Yang Ye knelt down and kowtowed to Song Peiyu. The speed was so fast that Shengwang didn't even have time to stop him.

I sent invitations to the City Lord's Mansion in advance. There are many people who want to visit Song Peiyu today, and many of them are wealthy businessmen who spend a lot of money in the strange goods city.

After Yang Ye returned to Weiguo, he came to Odd Goods City a few times, and he could be counted as a familiar face in Odd Goods City, but he was nothing compared to those wealthy merchants.

Sending a post to the City Lord's Mansion, apart from having delusions and hoping to see Xiang Yun, he will do whatever everyone else does.

Hearing that the City Lord's Mansion sent invitations to other rich merchants one after another, and Song Peiyu would meet these people after a banquet in the Palace in a few days, Yang Ye put all his expectations on him receiving the invitations.

Never expected that Song Peiyu would be willing to meet him today.

It wasn't until he heard Song Peiyu's words that Yang Ye found the reason.

It turned out that Brother Xiang also followed Mr. Song back to the city of odd goods.

He must be pleading with his elder brother for him, and Song Da is willing to give him this face.

Thinking of the time when the two traveled together in the past, and what they experienced in the six months of separation, Yang Ye couldn't help but silently blushed, and even his voice was hoarse than before, faintly crying.

"Thank you Mr. Song"

Song Peiyu deliberately asked Shengwang to bring Yang Ye here, which was indeed a cliché, but he didn't expect Yang Ye's emotions to come so quickly.

He paused for a moment, and turned his words that Jin Bao would bring him down, and changed it to let Jin Bao bring Xiang Yun.

Xiang Yun came very fast, and his beard has never grown longer since he shaved it off, because Eunuch Xiang doesn't like Xiang Yun's beard.

When Xiang Yun didn't have a beard, anyone who saw Eunuch Xiang and Xiang Yun would doubt whether they were father and son.

Eunuch Xiang likes this speculation very much.

Xiang Yun has Song Peiyu in Zhao Guo to take special care of him, and Xiang Yun, his father-in-law, his uncle, is worried about it. Life is going smoothly.The carefree life made him look younger.

Yang Ye was the complete opposite of Xiang Yun. After just half a year, Yang Ye had aged more than ten years, and he and Xiang Yun looked like two generations.

"Why do you..." Xiang Yun stared blankly at Yang Ye, his voice suddenly softened, "Did you suffer in Weiguo?"

Yang Ye wanted to hold back his emotions, and was crying when he and Xiang Yun were the only ones left, but he couldn't help asking Yun Wen in a voice, and his tense emotions collapsed in an instant.

It turned out that Yang Ye wanted to go back to Weiguo wholeheartedly, because unlike Xiang Yun and other brothers who had nothing to worry about in Weiguo, he still had elderly parents in Weiguo.

Now he is no different from everyone else.

After returning to Weiguo, Yang Ye and other people who chose to return to Weiguo kept their promises and lied, saying that Xiang Yun and others had died at the hands of bandits.

It was precisely because of Xiang Yun and others' desperate fight that they were able to bring the goods back safely.

Instead of blaming them, the second prince of Weiguo gave them more generous rewards, hoping that they would continue to do business between Qihuo City and Weiguo.

After hesitating for a few days, these people agreed.

Later, the old Emperor Wei passed away, and there were many chaos in the succession of the throne, and even the whole Wei country fell into chaos.

Yang Ye returned to Weiguo again from Qihuo City, only to find out that his parents had been implicated in the fight between the Prince Regent and the Hussar General's subordinates, and had already been buried in the ground.

Yang Ye rejected other people's solicitation, and spent all day at home decadent, until the neighbor's little sister told him that his parents did not die on the spot, and left a last word.

They hope that Yang Ye can live a good life.

After crying all night, Yang Ye took stock of his property, took his neighbors and those in the caravan who were willing to leave with him, and fled to Qihuo City day and night.

The author has something to say: #map#

From top to bottom 1, 2, 3...

left to right = west to east

1. Yongzhou (Zhao), Yizhou (Yan), Yanzhou, Qingzhou

2. Liangzhou (Liangwang), Liangzhou (Ruiwang), Liangzhou + Yuzhou (Weiguo), Yuzhou (Liguo), Xuzhou (Chenguo)

3. Jingzhou (Chu State), Yangzhou (Chen State)

It’s roughly like this, but the terrain of each state and each country is not square. For example, Weiguo is actually 2-2.5 from top to bottom, and it doesn’t reach 3. Weiguo Chu State in the south is 2.5-3+