After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

Leaving the capital with the identity of Zhongshu's minister and Jianghuai Salt and Iron Transport Envoy was different from the past. During the preparation stage, although Pei Jiaoran was not worried about anyone getting in the way, he still arranged for his confidants to keep an eye on him. After he finished delivering the affairs of Zhongshu Province, he went to Li's house again.

"Does Li Sikong have any letters that you want me to bring to him?" Pei Jiaoran asked with a smile.

"We won the battle, it's time for him to come back." Li Sikong looked at her suspiciously, then realized, "You want to keep him here?"

When asked, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said nothing.

Her attitude showed everything to Li Sikong.

Looking at Pei Jiaoran, Li Sikong was silent for a while, "I just hope that Prime Minister Pei's trip goes well."

After glancing at Li Sikong, Pei Jiaoran stood up and left. She believed that Li Sikong was someone who knew his priorities clearly. The two sides are now allies, one prospered and the other harmed. When she was not in Chang'an, the Li family had to keep an eye on those people for her.

On the first day of May, Pei Jiaoran and his assistants from the Ministry of Works and the Capital Water Supervision, as well as Bi Fei and Zhou Mancao, set out from Chang'an and took a boat along the Weishui River to Luoyang, and then transferred from Luoyang south to Yangzhou.

Emperor Wei specially sent the prince to see him off. The prince came in a chariot with a distinguished guard of honor.

Pei Jiaoran looked at the prince who was slowly approaching, and the tip of his lips raised a curve. At this moment, the prince and his ministers looked at each other from a distance. Standing under the sun, Pei Jiaoran was wearing a deep purple robe, and the spring light fell on her peaceful face, conveying an indescribable sense of strength.

The prince stared at Pei Jiaoran in front of him with excitement in his eyes. His ideals will be passed on bit by bit through the hands of this central minister.

"I will definitely live up to your majesty's trust and your highness's wishes."

Upon hearing this, the prince quickly reached out to help her, his eyes concerned. However, as soon as his hand touched her arm, he took it back.

"Please take care of yourself during this trip, Qing Pei."

The prince's tone was polite and distant, maintaining the proper boundaries between monarch and minister. He appreciated her talent and ability, but also knew how many pairs of eyes were staring at him. Being too close to such a central official will only arouse suspicion. It makes people wonder whether the new policies came from the prince's instructions.

After looking deeply at the prince, Pei Jiaoran bowed and said goodbye.

The boat slowly left the shore amidst the sound of oars, and the prince's figure gradually became blurred, until only a vague outline remained.

According to the planned route, it will take at least half a month to go from Chang'an to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Yangzhou. In order to deceive others, the whole group concealed their identities. Disguising merchants traveling from Chang'an to Luoyang to avoid disturbing local officials along the way would inevitably lead to another lot of trouble.

After traveling for five days, the ship had just arrived in Luoyang. Seeing that everyone was bored after staying on the boat for a long time. Pei Jiaoran simply let everyone disembark and walk around in Luoyang, buying some supplies along the way.

The accompanying officials, Zhou Mancao and Bi Fei all got off the boat. Only Pei Jiaoran and Jin Wuwei, including Fangge, remained on the ship.

Leaning in front of the window and looking at the case file in his hand, Pei Jiaoran frowned. In the past few days, she has been studying the reform of water transportation and dredging rivers.

Huan Qi was already on her way to Beijing, but the dams he had set up had not been removed. Including the policy of directly calculating the salt profits based on real estimates and abolishing false estimates, she needed to go to the Salt Institute to negotiate in person. In addition, during her trip Another purpose is to return Yantieli to Duzhi's ownership.

This approach is bold and dangerous. It can even be said that one wrong step can destroy everything.

But without risk, where would the opportunity come from?

She was thinking about a homing pigeon landing on the window against the light, its dark eyes staring straight at her. He took a rolled note from the pigeon's leg and took it down.

After reading the letter, Pei Jiaoran sighed. Yushitai's actions were quite fast. Only a few days after the whole process started, he pulled out all the moths in Zuo Shence's strategy. Zhang Rang was furious at the moment, but he couldn't find anyone to vent to, so he had no choice but to endure the loss. The only good thing is that Youshence not only survived, but was also praised by Emperor Wei.

Pei Jiaoran crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the smoker. He stood up and walked out of the cabin. She admitted that she left Chang'an not only because she wanted to reorganize water transportation and abolish Buddhist temples, but also because she wanted to avoid this dispute.

She didn't want to bear this wave of anger yet.

The ships entered the Jianghuai area before summer. There are vast expanse of blue waves on the Yangtze River, and the wind is blowing and the sails are hanging. Pei Jiaoran held a white porcelain bowl and leaned against the railing. He leaned on the railing and looked into the distance while tasting the bayberry in the bowl.

Entering Jianghuai, Wu Nong's soft words are everywhere. Familiar and approachable.

For Pei Jiaoran, Jianghuai is the place she is most familiar with.

Pei Jiaoran tapped the red railing with his fingers, his eyes showing contemplation.

The ship went directly to Yangzhou, and now Li Xiujing and his Shence military base are stationed in Runzhou. The two places face each other across the river, which is not far, but it is troublesome to change roads in the middle.

While she was thinking, she suddenly heard the accompanying Jin Wuwei shouting.

"Alert! An unknown ship is approaching!"

Listening to the shouts of the Jinwu Guards beside him, Pei Jiaoran raised his head and made a silent gesture. Looking into the distance with a smile.

Dozens of wooden boats were seen breaking through the waves and surrounding the cargo ship they were on.

What stood in front of them was a walking dog. There were two people standing on the boat, one holding a harpoon and the other holding a scimitar.

"Quickly put down the sampan and hand over all the money you have. Otherwise, I will throw you into the river to feed the fish." The man holding the harpoon said with a fierce expression.

Although I knew early on that there were water bandits in the Yangtze River, I never expected that I would encounter them.

"It's not impossible to hand over your belongings. It's just that it won't cost my followers their lives." Pei Jiaoran smiled, "Bifei asked them to put down the sampan."

It seemed that Pei Jiaoran was so easy to talk to, and the water bandit holding the harpoon hesitated. But before he could say anything, the water bandits who came with him had already boarded the cargo ship along the sampan.

Under Pei Jiaoran's order, the Jinwu guards looked on coldly as the water bandits looted the boat.

Instructing the Jinwu guards to protect Zhou Mancao, Bi Fei and the accompanying officials, Pei Jiaoran walked slowly towards the cabin. He bent down and picked up the small gold-painted crossbow hidden aside. Smiling and pulling the trigger.

The water bandit who came out of the cabin first was shot through the heart with an arrow.

When the remaining water bandits saw the dead on their side, they shouted, "You have been fooled, retreat quickly."

However, after receiving the news of Pei Jiaoran's attack, the Jinwu Guards had already swarmed forward with swords in hand. Fight with these water bandits.

Between the water bandits and the Jinwu Guards, the Jinwu Guards won with an overwhelming advantage.

The two water bandits who were showing off their power just now were sitting on the ground with sad faces.

"Tell me, where is your water village?" Pei Jiaoran leaned on the bench and looked at the two of them.

The water bandit holding the harpoon said hurriedly: "We are originally people who are responsible for farming. However, the court is unethical and we have no choice but to fall into the trap of bandits."

"I see. What's your code?"

"This……"

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran sighed, "The world is not easy, why do you have to sacrifice your life for this?" As she said this, she put the knife in her hand on his neck.

"The king of heaven overpowers the tigers of the earth! I will fight in all directions."

"Boring." Pei Jiaoran stood up and glanced at the accompanying Jin Wuwei Lang, "Order the men and horses to go with me. The rest continue to take the boat to the Shence Army camp in Runzhou."

"Pei... Miss Pei, what are we going to do?" Lang Jiang asked.

"Naturally, it is justice for heaven."