The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 58 The Wind Rises

However, Xing Gong's means of being able to become a royal doctor are also extraordinary.While pleading guilty to Emperor Yan, he launched a counterattack at night, raiding the mansions of several officials, and found stolen money, embezzled accounts and so on.

During this period, Emperor Yan received several more criminal evidences that reported the corruption of the officials who submitted the memorial.After a series of confrontations between the two sides, in the end, some of the officials whose stolen money was uncovered were dismissed, and some had their homes ransacked.

The doctor Yushi was also fined three years of salary.Few of the officials really depended on their salaries for food, or they would have starved to death long ago.The salaries and food of the various maids and guards in the Guangfu almost used up their salary.

Not paying attention to the salary, but it does not mean that the punishment of Emperor Yan can be ignored.On the contrary, Xing Gong attached great importance to it, and he was able to become a royal doctor entirely because of Emperor Yan's appreciation.

Moreover, the job he did was to supervise the officials and offend others, if he lost the emperor's favor.Without the emperor's action, the political opponents in Guangchaotang and even his officials, big and small, would tear him to pieces like sharks coming after hearing the news.

This accident is just the beginning.This is because someone felt that he had been in the position of Doctor Yushi for too long and wanted him to change his position.That's why I took this matter to test whether the Xinggong is still so favored by Emperor Yan.

That's why he made a decisive move to contain the unfavorable situation with thunderous means.Afterwards, Xingtai was even grounded, and he was given a three-foot Qingfeng, and asked him to apologize with death to repay the emperor's favor.As for whether Xing Gong really wanted to kill Xing Tai or was showing off to Emperor Yan, at least he gave Emperor Yan an explanation.

The whole city knew about this incident, and in the end, it was Emperor Yan who ordered it to stop completely.

Changsun Ji also went to Xingfu to see Xingtai once, after all, he still has the status of sworn brother with him anyway.But the more important thing is to check Xingtai's tone and see if he finds out who reported this to Wei An.

It's just that I didn't see Xingtai during this trip.I just chatted with Xing Gong for a while, but the guest of honor had a great time.Xing Gong was an old fox with a kind face, and Changsun Ji didn't see anything suspicious.

That's why he asked Shen Qiuyi this time, but seeing Shen Qiuyi's appearance, he had a guess in his heart.He didn't know if Xinggong could find out who the messenger was now or in the future, and whether he would continue to pursue it?

If the Xinggong no longer pursues this matter, then this matter will be over.If Xing Gong pursues it, then he can only hand over Shen Qiuyi.People always have to pay the price for the things they have done. No matter how outstanding their abilities are, if they are disobedient, it will not have much effect on them.

A few more days passed like this, the weather was very hot these days, and even made people feel inexplicably irritable.The sun breathed out its own breath in the sky to its heart's content, as if it would be cooler in this way.

Moments passed, and Changsun Ji stood in front of the window, looking at the trees outside the window, feeling the fiery sun moving westward a little bit from the center.Changsun Ji was extremely depressed. He could already smell the wind and rain, and feel the depression before the disaster.

It had been three days in a row, and every evening, he would stand here and look out the window.He had been standing here since noon today, and he had a premonition that today would be the last day.

If he remembered correctly, when the sun sets today, when it rises again, it will be ten days later.

His thoughts diverged a little, and then he thought of the grain Ma Xiao bought.Ma Xiao came back three days ago.

According to the map given by Changsun Ji, Ma Xiao found the cave without much effort during this trip, and then rushed to Yuzhou and Yanzhou.Originally, Changsun Ji thought that the most difficult part of the trip was easily solved, but the simplest thing of harvesting grain became the most difficult.

He still underestimated how much the people valued food at this time. According to Ma Xiao, many of them would rather have food moldy in their own granaries than exchange it for silver taels.

For this kind of mentality, Changsun Ji also understands. Dayan has established a dynasty for 23 years, but it has only been five or six years since most people have no worries about food and clothing. These people are afraid of poverty and hunger.The white money can't give them a sense of security. Only when there is food in the warehouse can they sleep peacefully.

Therefore, Ma Xiao went out for a month, day and night.Only 1000 taels of grain were purchased, and most of them were old grains, and most of them were purchased from grain merchants.

In most areas of Yan State, the price of old grain is only 27 yuan per stone. In major grain-producing provinces like Yanzhou and Yuzhou, the price of old grain will drop, to about [-] yuan.But Ma Xiao bought it at a premium of ten cents above this price.

One of the reasons for this is that Ma Xiao bought in large quantities.The second is that these grain merchants took the opportunity to raise prices, and some even had private relationships with officials and businessmen, and falsely accused Ma Xiao of smuggling grain to foreign races in order to swallow Ma Xiao's money.

If it weren't for Ma Xiao being a little more alert and more skilled in martial arts.It is estimated that they may not even return to the capital.It is clear that although singing and dancing are peaceful, it is not peaceful.Robbery still exists, and human trafficking is not uncommon.

With Ma Xiao's boring gourd, he certainly wouldn't talk about it.It was only under the questioning of Changsun Ji that they came out one by one.

About 1000 shi of grain was bought for 33 taels of silver, of which 25 shi were transported to the cave, and the remaining [-] shi of grain was placed on the second floor of Yichun Courtyard. Going in requires a lot of wasted manpower, and the gains outweigh the losses.

But it was overruled by Changsun Ji. Ma Xiao didn't know how big the storm was. If it was placed on the first floor, there was a risk of being soaked by the rain. After wasting so much energy, Changsun Ji didn't want to gamble with the wind and rain.

The way of heaven is permanent, it does not survive for Yao, nor perish for Zhou.No matter how much people don't want the sun to set, or how much they want the sun to set, it will not change its residence time.

This huge golden crow soaring in the sky slowly swallowed the last ray of brilliance into its belly.Near the place where the Golden Crow left, there is still some afterglow left by the clouds.

At this time, there was still a dull breath in the air.Even though he sucked in the air, it always made people feel dull in his heart, like a stone was pressed down.Can't breathe.

As night fell quietly, Changsun Ji was lying on the couch as usual at Haishi, but tossed and turned, unable to sleep until Choushi.Still unable to fall asleep, he sat up from the bed and sat quietly for a while, listening to the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves, the sound of blowing sand and gravel, and the sound of windows blowing...

Then he stood up slowly, walked to the window, and pushed it open.Immediately, the raging wind seemed to have found a vent, and rushed into the room in an instant. The bookshelves in the room, the dagger hanging on the wall... everything was blown loudly.

Changsun Ji's thin clothes were blown up and down, swaying back and forth.He squinted his eyes, looked out of the dark window, and muttered to himself, "It's windy."

(End of this chapter)