Afterwards, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Military Affairs exchanged words in newspapers, and the Ministry of Finance also attacked the Ministry of Military Affairs, but the Ministry of Accounting lost two of its indomitable thighs, so the Ministry of Accounting suffered a loss in general.

Those eastern and western banners in the newspapers have long been left to others, not for other reasons, but because the annual general meeting is approaching, and the first term of the city lord is about to expire, and he has to make a speech at the valley altar.At that time, the city residents will rush in, it will be a mess, and it will be difficult to guarantee safety, not to mention how many pairs of eyes will be staring at it, so it is absolutely necessary for the guards to spread too little, and it will fall if they spread too much. Civilian tongue.

The Fang family used to be righteous thieves at sea, escorting ships entering and leaving. Later, they saw that the previous dynasty was about to collapse, and the people were bitter and cold, so they became angry.Although his family has good military strength, but his brain is the brains of a businessman, and he gets along like a fish in water in the household department, especially with the old father of the city lord. Fang Jing became a member of the fifth rank of the household department at a young age It's easy to be promoted in Chengcheng, not to mention that he is still so young and his future is limitless.

Zou Yi and Qing Yu suddenly had nothing to do.

The nail of the enemy city was pulled out by Gucheng, and it is now being interrogated. Although they are strict, they can't stand the crowd. There are always a few timid ones who can make words, but it takes more time and energy to pry them open their mouths.

This is the matter of the Gucheng court, Zou Yi and Qing Yu only helped when arresting people, and they became famous in the newspapers, the military department has already felt that they are wrong, and guessed the two They are from the household department, but at this time they are digging up the dirt in the officialdom, so naturally no one has time to pay attention to these two unknown people.

The two of them had no one to talk to, and they enjoyed their leisure time. They went to see Dongshan again, comforted him, and prepared a five-layer food box for him, which contained all kinds of exquisite vegetarian snacks. Dongshan was full of snot and tears. Wanting to hug them and confide in them, the two of them avoided them in disgust.

After seeing Dongshan, I went shopping in the market. I didn’t go shopping in Gucheng at first, but then I searched with purpose in my heart, so although I knew some beautiful scenery, I just passed by before my eyes, and now I calm down to appreciate it.

But Gucheng is not a big place, and after a few days of shopping, they soon get bored. They went to the waterfall of "Dropping the Milky Way" because of its reputation, but they were drooling like idiots.

The sky was fine, so Zou Yi and Qing Yu slept under the shade of a tree, Qing Yu took out a jug of wine from somewhere, and slept soundly with her warm stomach.

Seeing the twilight, the two of them went down the mountain together.

As soon as he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Qingyu's stomach grumbled when he smelled the aroma of all kinds of food. He rubbed his stomach and said, "I'm hungry, why don't we choose a place nearby to eat?"

Although Zou Yi is stingy, she is picky, she can be called a troublemaker.After listening to it, he looked it over carefully, only to realize that it was a small farm house, and the food was probably rough, so he shook his head: "Go quickly, we will eat in the city."

"You hungry?"

"Not hungry."

As soon as the voice fell, a gurgling sound was heard.

Qing Yu glanced at his shriveled stomach, and saw that he was frowning and staring, looking like he was becoming angry from embarrassment. She hurriedly suppressed a smile and looked away, but she saw a familiar alley from the corner of her eyes, and hurriedly said: " I'm going to buy two pancakes, you wait here."

Zou Yi was taken aback for a moment, and in that moment Qingyu flew away.

Song Ji's pancakes are the best in Gucheng, and they are many times more delicious than the braised pork in Guquan Temple. Zou Yiben was still skeptical, but the moment he saw the pancakes, he dispelled his doubts, because the pancakes were crispy and tender. , the fish and clam meat are all fat but not greasy, fresh and alive, Zou Yi reluctantly eats it decently, Qing Yu simply opens her belly, panting for breath while swallowing.

After a while, Qing Yu tore off the greased paper and licked it clean. Zou Yi couldn't bear to look at it, and said with a smile, "Okay, if you like it, just buy two more."

But Qing Yu crumpled the paper and threw it away: "No, it's the most delicious when you have an appetite."

As he spoke, he hugged Zou Yi's shoulders affectionately: "Let's go, let's eat. I want to eat triple-steamed sea bass."

Zou Yi rolled her eyes: "You have high vision, you don't know how expensive this dish is."

Qing Yu smiled and said: "Of course I know it's expensive, but isn't it using your money? Why do I feel bad about it?"

Because of this sentence, Zou Yi refused to talk to him for half an hour.

Qingyu's wishful thinking was well planned, she never thought that Cheng Yaojin would come halfway - Fang Jing, Master Fang.

Mr. Fang happened to be away from the yamen, met two people and said that he would treat them to a light meal no matter what, although Qing Yu looked at him as an eyesore, but Zou Yi agreed, so he had no choice but to follow.

The Fang family is rich and well-off, and the hot food is served like water, Qing Yu still finds Fang Jing annoying, but it doesn't prevent him from liking the delicate side dishes on the plate.

He ate chopsticks like flying, Zou Yi was also very hungry, and ate a lot, but Fang Jing looked indifferent, picked up a few chopsticks and put them down, seeing this and said with a smile: "You two really have a good appetite, eat more, if it is not enough for me Then ask someone to add some more food."

Zou Yi couldn't help but blushed, and took a sip of hot soup to cover it up: "No need. It's why Mr. Fang eats so little. The body is the foundation of a human being. Mr. Fang should not waste his body wantonly when he is young."

Fang Jing smiled and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Zou is concerned. I didn't do it on purpose. It's just that I have too many worries recently and my appetite is really bad."

As he spoke, he put a piece of fish into his mouth, and put down his chopsticks again.Seeing his exhausted expression, Zou Yi couldn't help frowning: "Tomorrow is the annual general meeting, and it will be fine after tomorrow."

Fang Jing said: "Yes, it's just that if this day doesn't come, it hangs in my heart all the time. I'm always afraid that something will go wrong. That internal thief dares to slander the city lord for collaborating with foreign enemies, but he never thinks that the military department will stand still. He must be furious. The annual meeting It is his only chance, once the meeting is over, the dust will settle, and his last move will be useless."

Qing Yuben buried her head in eating, but raised her head when she heard this: "There is one thing I have never figured out, and that is why the internal thieves would slander the city lord for collaborating with the enemy? With all due respect, the two heads of the household department, the household department and the servant He was imprisoned, and the people were angry, all blamed on the city lord, the current public opinion is extremely unfavorable to him, if there is no definite trump card, it is a certainty that the city lord will step down tomorrow, his wish will come true, why bother to waste effort?"

Fang Jing was forced to frown by his blunt words, and after a while he said: "If the household department is dirty, then the military department will be clean? Master has never read any newspapers these days, and there are many dirty things about the military department. It’s not certain what will happen tomorrow. As for this internal thief, he just wants to see the chaos in my city so that he can take advantage of the situation and deliberately stir up trouble.”

After he finished speaking, he drank a glass of iced osmanthus wine, and swallowed his restlessness together with a wisp of cold and sweet wine.

Unexpectedly, just after drinking a glass of wine, Zou Yi also made a sound.

Zou Yi said: "Master Fang's words are wrong. No matter how upside down the internal fight is, his family has closed the door and does not need outsiders to intervene. If he is really smart, he should quietly hide in the shadows and trip the two men. Wait until Gucheng When the city treasury is empty due to internal strife and then attack it in one fell swoop, he slanders the city lord for collaborating with the enemy to put himself on the bright side, isn't he afraid that the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Finance will put down old grievances and face new enemies and deal with him together?"

Fang Jing narrowed his eyes: "Young Master Zou means...he intends to throw himself into a trap?" Right after he finished speaking, he was denied by himself, "No, if that's the case, he wouldn't deliver the letter, if the surname Lin If you don't play tricks and send the letter straight away, the city lord's mansion will be surrounded that night. However, the evidence is insufficient, and our household department will never let it go easily. At that time, we will fight with them again, which is even worse than it is now. Nothing less than that, our Gucheng is not focused on defending against the enemy, wouldn't it be easy for them to invade?"

Zou Yi was silent for a moment, took a spoonful of fish soup and slowly chewed without speaking.

What Fang Jing said was right, the sword was slanted, and it was a dangerous move.

But he always felt that this move was too risky and strange, there was obviously a more gentle and sure way to turn Gucheng upside down, why did he choose this one?

In case even if the Ministry of War got the whistleblower letter, it would still refuse to believe it and stand still, wouldn't it still be the same as the current situation?

This matter is a lump in his heart, and he can handle it everywhere, but this place always feels that it doesn't match the calm personality of the inner thief. However, Fang Jing has been immersed in it for many years, and knows better than his half-assed one. Maybe it's something wrong with him Maybe.

Seeing Zou Yi stop, Fang Jing lightly held the tip of the chopsticks in his mouth, and his peach blossom eyes were filled with water mist thoughtfully, his heart moved, and he couldn't help laughing, "Young Master Zou, eat quickly, be careful of the cold food, I am not good at it." With such a topic, we will only drink and eat food today, and we will not talk about those troublesome things."

As he spoke, he raised the jug, stood up and poured him a glass, the two of them were about to clink glasses when Qing Yu said coolly: "Master Fang, do you still remember our agreement?"

Fang Jing's face froze, and he said with a smile: "Of course I remember it, please rest assured, master, after tomorrow, we will tell the public about the chivalrous deeds of the two of you, the people love these chivalrous stories most, and they will definitely save Master Dongshan's life .”

Qing Yu lazily raised her eyelids, her gaze lifted from bottom to top, showing a blunt but sharp knife: "That's good."

Although he didn't say it, Fang Jing could clearly hear his unspoken words——

If they don't let him go, he will rescue Dongshan even if his head is broken.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Zou Yi hurriedly put a piece of steamed sea bass in Qing Yu's bowl: "Didn't you say you wanted to eat this before, why didn't you eat it?"

After hearing this, Qing Yu gave him a naughty smile, lowered her head and swallowed the snow-white fish in one bite.

Fang Jing watched coldly, not knowing what was in his heart, he turned his face slightly, cast his gaze on Zou Yi wholeheartedly, and raised his glass to Zou Yi: "Young Master Zou, please."

Zou Yi smiled and nodded at him, and also raised her wine glass.

The cups of wine were staggered, and it was Haishi in a blink of an eye.

Although you can still sing happily in the restaurant, but considering that tomorrow is the annual meeting, Fang Jing has a heavy burden on his shoulders, everyone left early, and Zou Yi also advised him to rest earlier.

The three of them were saying goodbye at the entrance of the restaurant, when they saw one or two children with red strings on their corners running over, their eyes were as bright as black grapes, with a basket slung across their hands, and their round white porcelain faces raised: "Three Master, how about buying a newspaper? What will be said at the annual meeting tomorrow, it is clearly written in it!"

What this manuscript was about, Fang Jing had only read it this morning, so the boy naturally wouldn't know, and he didn't know which corner newspaper he was selling.

The little boy didn't know that what he was facing was the right arm of the city lord, Mr. Fang Jing, a member of the household department, saw that the man was only staring at him and didn't speak, thinking he didn't hear clearly, he repeated it loudly, Fang Jing saw the little boy's face Flushing red, my heart softened, so I paid for a few copies.

He didn't even look at it after buying it, just smiled and handed it to Zou Yi.

Zou Yi took it, but glanced at it quickly, as if thinking of something, suddenly frowned: "I remember that there were also many newsboys selling newspapers in Gutan, and the accident in the household department was the first to reveal the accident that caused the current situation. The situation, if the insider wants to make a move...will he do something in the newspaper?"

Fang Jing said with a smile: "Of course I'm careful. The head of the bookstore and newspaper sellers are under strict control. Nothing will happen to you. Don't worry, Mr. Zou."

Zou Yi nodded after hearing this, then saluted and said goodbye to him.The two walked on the road facing a bright moon as big as a silver plate.

The seaside was cool at night, Qing Yu silently walked to his side, protecting him from the wind.

Zou Yi naturally felt it, and his heart moved. He didn't know what was going on in his heart. He looked down and saw the bright moonlight sprinkled on the ground, like a fine layer of hoarfrost, on which there were two black shadows that were long and short. , Fat and thin, suddenly one of the shadows touches the other—Qing Yu suddenly grabs his wrist.

Zou Yi was taken aback, and froze there considering whether to break free, but Qing Yu was extremely natural, rubbing his wrist with her callused fingertips once and for all.

Zou Yi raised her eyes, but saw that he was frowning, with a rare serious expression, and he whispered: "I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't figure it out. Now that I read the newspaper, I suddenly understood that the insider Thieves do everything to guide public opinion.

What kind of city do you think Gucheng is?Isn't it the most proud, the most special, and the freshest thing is absolute freedom?The votes of the city residents directly affect the policy of the court. If the court is unpopular, it must be the fastest dynasty to disintegrate.

He only needs to let the people know that their city lord is in touch with foreign enemies, and that there are city lords who are corrupt and pervert the law, causing a great commotion among the people. Whoever cares if he is true or false will definitely execute the city lord!How could the Household Department be willing to fall down a big tree in a muddle-headed way? It must not be willing. The urban residents who have tasted the sweetness of democracy will naturally become angry and overthrow this dynasty that has been established for less than 60 years! "

"Reason? Why is he not using the Ministry of War, but the citizens of the city?"

"The reason is that the military part of the household department resists the court, and there is a balance. It is too slow for Gucheng to disintegrate due to internal strife."

"He can't wait? Why can't he wait?" Zou Yi suppressed the fluttering in his heart and licked his lips. There was an uproar, but Fang Jing just said that he has controlled the newspaper, how else can he guide public opinion?"

Can't you yell?This number is so poor, it will only be counterproductive.

In the last link, the city lord answered the questions of ten random citizens. Naturally, the city lord had already made arrangements, and he must have been screened and screened to be extremely loyal.

Even if he got in, if he asked a question from a tricky angle, the city lord couldn't answer it, and it wasn't the city lord who aroused suspicion, but him.

In short, if he wants to guide public opinion, it must be done in an instant, quickly and ruthlessly.

It was a good idea to distribute newspapers before, but Fang Jing has already killed him, what else can he do?

Qing Yu said in a low voice: "This newspaper is so obvious that so many people have thought of it, he can't fail to think that since he wanted to do this from the beginning, he must find another way to avoid the supervision of the newspaper."

Zou Yi nodded indifferently: "You are right, apart from newspapers, other than the newspapers issued by that boy, there must be other things that can slip into the valley altar silently and spread out in an instant, even the guards have no time to stop them. "

what is it?

what is it?

What is it that quietly, under the eyes of the guards who are so strict in investigation, enters in majesticly, and throws out the paper full of the city lord's crimes in an instant?

Zou Yi said: "If it was you... what would you do?"

Qing Yu smiled wryly, "I don't know."

The two were silent for a while again, but their thoughts bumped against the south wall, but their bodies continued to walk. After a while, they arrived at the Taoshan Inn. There were people in the inn drinking and eating in twos and threes, and some found a corner to play mahjong.After getting along for many days, the waiter knew that the two were wealthy and good-natured masters. As soon as they entered the door, they greeted them very hospitablely and eagerly, and said with a smile: "You two are back, have you eaten? The kitchen made some Jingui sour plum soup, would you like two bowls?"

Zou Yi's stomach was full of meat, and he could hear the sea water sloshing when he walked, and he waved his hand and was about to go upstairs, but Qing Yu thought for a moment and suddenly turned around: "Let's have two bowls, add more hawthorn, if you are full, you can also eat it." Good for digestion."

Xiao Er got the order and walked briskly to the kitchen. Zou Yi rolled her eyes and teased, "What is your stomach made of? After eating pancakes and eating such a big banquet—" He suddenly thought of something, and his face turned pale He kept his mouth shut and gripped the handrail of the stairs tightly.

Qing Yu hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"

Zou Yi stared at him, and said in a deep voice: "We all forgot that besides newsboys, there are all kinds of snacks sold in the valley altar. Is it possible... that they are pancakes? The Songji pancakes we ate were wrapped in oiled paper, and It is also sold in the valley altar."

Its business is booming, and many people rush to queue up to buy pancakes, which are sold out quickly.

Maybe the person who eats half of the food can see the densely packed words written in the oiled paper when he lowers his head; or maybe the pancake seller threw the oiled paper bag into the air, and everyone rushed to pick it up for unknown reasons...

Qing Yu's expression froze.

He quickly glanced at Zou Yi, met his sharp eyes, and ran downstairs like a gust of wind. Xiaoer was startled by him, and tremblingly went to stop him: "Guest officer..."

Qing Yu said without turning her head: "I'll be right back!"

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