fake prince

Chapter 1212

"Well……"

In the cabin, Su Ziji moved, opened his eyes, and looked around. He had already returned to the treasure ship, and this was already the mortal world.

His face sank slightly, he stood up, paced slowly, looked outside and muttered.

The weather outside was not good, and it began to rain when the boat passed the ferry, but it was already summer, and I was not afraid of the cold rain, but a gust of wind swept across the lake, bringing rain even more cool.

In the distance, the fields, docks, and windmill reflections are swaying on the water surface, and the drizzle makes a sound, which seems to be shallow, but also seems to be as deep as ink-stained fog.

"Don't you want Lord Long to still be here and help me?"

"It seems that her physical body should be Zhou Yao. This is a change. Do you want to start all over again?"

"As far as love is concerned, I really don't know how Wei Shizu and her are destined to love each other."

"Unfortunately, my own friend..."

The encounter with Long Jun made Su Ziji think again of Fang Xi and Yu Lv who were walking ahead.

The two of them knew each other at a young age, and their friendship in the past was unquestionable. The two of them were also involved in the vortex of the capital because of themselves. What is commendable is that they never betrayed themselves when facing danger.

But when faced with Yangmou, the three had different choices.

"No wonder some people say that if you want to ruin the friendship, you can just talk about your political stance, and it will guarantee that the friendship for decades will be in vain."

However, I can't blame Fang Xiyulu, after all, I can see through Yang's scheme because although I am in the game, I am also a chess player.

"Public and private, loyalty and treachery, righteousness, etc., are artifacts, labyrinths, and chess games."

And the two of them, in the game, are just two chess pieces.

As the second chess piece used by the emperor to check and balance Su Zi's status, the emperor can use the two of them to do anything, even in a dangerous situation, just because the emperor occupies the orthodox status, he can use his schemes to his heart's content.

It is the duty of courtiers to die.

Su Ziji had to take into account the safety of the two of them, and in this case he had to fight back against the emperor to prevent him from succeeding.

"Love, righteousness, and the last insight."

Probably even the emperor felt that Su Ziji had reached the point where he had to fall.

It's not something that can be solved with a single ruthless word, even if you don't care about friendship, righteousness, or infamy, as long as you don't have enough knowledge, it will be difficult for you to get out.

"I can solve it this time, but there is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no reason to prevent a thousand days from a thief."

"Besides, the emperor won't give me a lot of time."

Su Ziji pursed his lips, thinking that he had to plan secretly when it seemed like there was still room to survive.

"Otherwise, it's nothing more than cutting sausages and boiling frogs."

But in the end, I still have to try my best to handle this errand as "well" as possible, without showing the slightest trace of wanting to overturn the table, so as to hide from those countless eyes.

"Yu Lv, Fang Xi..." Su Ziji looked at the two who were going to Nantong County first through the heavy treasure ship while reading their names in a low voice.

Nantong County

This is one of the counties in Zhili, and its characteristic is that the post road is accessible. Five or six miles away is the canal, and the ferry post station is the starting point.

The county is not too prosperous, the streets are winding for only three or four miles, and there are quite a few shops and houses lined up in rows.

An ox cart was driving in the neighborhood. There were two people sitting in the ox cart. One was wearing a silk gown and the other was wearing a starched bamboo gown. The styles and prices were different. look out.

This is Zhili, and the food and materials are collected faithfully, and the seven warehouses are located in seven places in Zhili.

Although Yulin Mansion is the main place for their investigation this time, the six warehouses will also be investigated together, so Yu Lu Fangxi, who pretends to be an ordinary scholar on a study tour, got off the boat as soon as he stepped into this place, bringing only a Two entourages, sometimes even without entourage, just wandering around like this.

In their view, playing the role of a scholar is quite real, and no one can see through his identity.

After all, it was just an ordinary move, and it wasn't long before he jumped into the dragon's gate.

"There's a rice store over there, go over and have a look?" Fang Xiyao saw a flag with the word "rice" hanging in front of him, hurriedly pushed Yu Lu, and reminded in a low voice.

Seeing his excited appearance, Yu Lv had to tell him first: "Don't let anyone see through your identity in a while."

"It's impossible, don't worry, the two of us are ordinary scholars, even now, there is no difference." Fang Xi said confidently.

Yu Lv thought about it, and it was indeed the case.

The two of them are indeed unofficial, and maybe this is one of the reasons why the emperor asked them to investigate the case. It is difficult for those officials to pretend to be real if they want to visit incognito.

And if you can't visit in person, you will be easily deceived by the people below.

Even if they haven't done it themselves, they have heard of other people's deeds and read similar scriptures. They have long wanted to go through it in person and win the reputation of a blue sky master!
Such a sense of pride, as if he had personally experienced the storybook incident, made Yu Lv, who had always been calmer, a little excited, not to mention Fang Xi.

The two looked at each other, and asked the hired ox cart driver to park the ox cart next to the rice store, told them that they would come out in a while, and walked into the open rice store together.

The owner of the rice shop is lowering his head to settle the accounts. There is a guy next to him, sorting out the goods, and he goes to the back. There is also a half-sized guy who is younger and looks a bit dark and thin. This guy smiled at the two who came in, and asked: "Both guest officers, do you want to buy rice?"

Yu Lv said, "Let's take a look first."

"Okay! Then you can watch it first, and if you like it, call me a little one!" While talking, a customer came into the store, and this guy was busy in front of him, so he could only talk to Yu Lufang. After saying this, he ran to entertain.

The area of ​​the rice shop is not very large, but it is not small either. Except for the small counter in the corner, there are some opened rice and noodles in other places, all kinds of coarse grains, fine grains, There are even peanuts and dried fruits, some of which are placed in bulk, so that people who come in can take a closer look.

If someone wants it, there is no need to ask the price one by one. In the middle of each grain, there is a piece of exposed wooden board with the price marked on it.

Unless you are an illiterate person, you will find a buddy or a rice shop owner to ask the price.

Both of them were dressed in scholarly clothes, and they were literate at first glance. This is why the buddies let them see for themselves. They can check the quality and price for themselves, and then discuss whether to buy or not.

But Yu Lufang regretted that he did not enter the store to buy rice or coarse grains, but to investigate the situation.

I didn't show up directly to the government as an investigating official, but visited this ordinary rice shop privately to investigate. This is very in line with the situation of Weifu's private visits and investigations, and I am more cautious than the contents of the dramas I have heard in the past.

There was nothing revealing their identities on the two of them, even in order to appear more like ordinary scholars, even the clothes were half-worn. Seeing that they had been washed many times, they met the standards of a scholar.

Fang Xi walked to the side, first looked at the price of ordinary rice, then reached out to touch the rice, and asked, "Boss, I don't know if the price of rice is now low or high?"

Look at the person who asked this question, the owner of the rice shop was doing some calculations, and he was doing his own calculations. When he heard a customer ask, he said without raising his head: "It's not too high, and it's not too low. I can only say that it's about the same as in previous years."

It sounded like he answered carefully, but he didn't say anything in detail.

Yu Lv touched the rice on the other side, and found that these bags of rice were new rice, and the texture and luster were obviously better. Looking at the price of rice, it was similar to what he occasionally heard mentioned when he was not in Beijing. , but the problem is that the county where he is located is not a rich place, nor is it a good place for business routes.

And the more such a place is, the price of rice may be lower.

He asked again: "Boss, where did you get these kinds of new rice? The texture is different from the old rice."

Fang Xi continued: "Is the price of rice higher than in previous years?"

Hey!These two people touched the rice and saw the price, but asked these, are they looking for trouble?
"Let me tell you two, are you here to buy rice, or to inquire about the market? If you are here to buy rice, the questions you two are asking are meaningless."

"In every rice shop, the price of rice is almost the same. It doesn't matter whether you ask or not. Does it mean that if you don't ask, the rice you buy will not taste sweet?"

"If you ask about the market, not only will there be government supervision, but also guilds. The water is deep. Small shops like ours can't be the masters. It's useless to ask us."

The owner of the rice shop put down his calculations this time, looked up at the two scholars who came in seriously, and said a little bit weirdly.

"Hey! You!" Fang Xi had never experienced such ridicule before, and she was about to refute immediately.

Yu Lv hurriedly pulled it aside, and said with a smile, "Boss, let's take a look first."

"If you look at it, you should have seen enough by now, right? Our store is small, you two should make room first, to make room for others, I thank you two first!" The owner of the rice store turned towards the two People just throw their hands together.

These words did not directly swear, but to scholars, it was more embarrassing than direct swearing.

Rao Yu Lv's face became hot, and Fang Xi's blushed even more. The two couldn't stay any longer, so they could only go out.

They thought about simply buying some rice and going back, but the problem is that they always have to ask all the way, they can't just go into a store and buy some rice, right?
Besides, buying rice after being ridiculed by others still feels awkward.

Forget it, let's leave first.

Impatiently, the owner of the rice shop chased the people out, and the owner of the rice shop scolded the guy who had just finished his work, then walked over by himself, smoothed the rice that the two of them had touched, and sneered at the door: "Just ask if you want to buy it or not!" , is really a scholar who reads and reads stupid!"

The owner of the rice store really didn't regard the two of them as noble people. The more he opened the store, the better his vision. It is said that the long-term living habits are hard to cover up-it is not the appearance and the manner, but the living habits , is the root of the piercing eyes.

After a while, one person came in, and when he saw it, he quickly apologized and smiled: "It's Mr. Shen, why are you here when you're free, please come in quickly, buddy, serve good tea soon."

Third Lord Shen was a man in his thirties, with a gloomy smile, he said, "I don't have time to drink your tea. Just now, what did the two scholars ask you? Tell me all about it."

The boss and a few shop assistants couldn't help but look at each other. This third master Shen is just a member of the guild, and it is not easy to meet each other. Now when asked about this, could it be that the two who passed by just now were really the masters who visited in secret?

"Yes, Mr. Shen, I'll tell you right now, and I'll tell you everything." After regaining his senses, the boss quickly bowed and became cautious.

The process wasn't long, and after listening to the words, Third Master Shen couldn't help but pooh: "You stupid scholar, what can you find out if you keep checking like this?"

"This is not allowed!" Third Master Shen couldn't help worrying about the country and the people.

(End of this chapter)