Tao Jinnian didn't know what Hua Yi and his wife had said to Chen Jingze.

After he left Fenglv Pavilion, he returned to Yanguangman. He changed from his previous smile without saying a word. Today he is very serious. Tapping the wall of the teacup lightly, resting his chin on one hand, he was listening to the shadow warriors on the ground reporting the latest situation to him.

A wealthy client asked him to investigate some matters. He relied on his connections to lay a tight net. After a long period of ambush, today was the time to close the net. Tao Jinnian narrowed his eyes. Every word of this cold conspiracy can be heard clearly.

After the secret officer reported to Tao Jinnian, he lowered his head and knelt on the ground anxiously waiting for Tao Jinnian's instructions.

Tao Jinnian looked at him condescendingly and said, "This matter is very important. Since you already know, I can only save your life. If you can't read, you don't need to break your tendons. You can go and get a bowl of dumb medicine." Come on, money can't be short of you."

The dark man seemed to have known for a long time that there would be such a result, his chest rose and fell, and he said sonorously: "This subordinate obeys orders."

With that said, he saluted Tao Jinnian, and went out respectfully.

Tao Jinnian got up, quickly dipped the special thick ink on the desk, and wrote these complicated things on the same special paper. After the paper and ink were closed and opened again, it would turn into ashes within an hour.What he wrote was cipher text, each word had a specific way to decipher, and only Tao Jinnian and that big customer knew this way.

After he finished writing, he tugged at the red thread at hand. A bunch of bells were tied on the red thread, jingling. Tao Jinnian counted to three in his heart. Put the paper into a mailbox and throw it into the man's arms.

He just said, "Give it to your master."

The man nodded, put away the letter box, and flew away.

Tao Jinnian smiled silently towards the dark corner of the room. He always thought that power and fame were nothing more than stinking filth, but he didn't expect that he would now walk on the edge of this vortex of power and fame like walking on thin ice. , If you don't pay attention, you will be involved in the abyss.

Hua Yi and Song Tan have lost their way. One of them has to watch the store, and the other has to work in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Obviously, they should only see each other at dusk every day, but they both tacitly work together. act of dereliction of duty.

Song Tan was fine, so he said, "Oh, this dish is quite novel. I'll go and give it to Huayi to taste, and ask him to give some advice." If this kind of lame reason is left to the Criminal Department, Huayi will work at the desk, and he will be honest. Shidi sat next to him in a very virtuous manner, handing a piece of food to Hua Yi's mouth from time to time.

In fact, this is very boring, but Song Tan doesn't think that he often falls asleep while sitting. At this time, Hua Yi will get up and carry Song Tan into the bed in the inner room to let him sleep peacefully. Close your temples and cover your quilt.

Like a wife, like a husband, Hua Yi sometimes ran back and forth feeling sorry for Song Tan. He often nodded perfunctorily after listening to everyone talking about his performance reaching the standard during the regular meeting of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Then he said solemnly: "You know that I was injured some time ago, which hurt my foundation. You guys made the air turbid. I have to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to raise it,"

Who can't tell that Mr. Hua is talking nonsense, but who dares to expose him head-on.So Hua Yi carried a pile of official documents and moved to Fenglv Pavilion generously, and found a place on the second floor where Song Tan's busy figure could be seen at a glance.

A huge sense of peace and contentment spread from the soles of their feet, enveloping them.They still have a life to live like this, as if no one can stop them anymore.A lifetime is many years, many days and nights. Thinking about it this way, they all feel that they are extremely rich and don't need to ask for anything else.

……

The timing is fast, the branches are already bare, and after one night, they are often covered with a layer of silver frost, sending autumn away and ushering in winter.

A distinguished guest came to Ji Qingxian's manor, and he invited him to meet him in the warm flower hall. He was dressed in brocade embroidered belts, and a luxurious robe, full of extravagance.

He personally cooked a pot of steaming tea for this honored guest, but the honored guest was not very satisfied. He stared at Ji Qingxian's movements, his brows were full of hostility, and he was impatient. He said calmly: "Mr. Ji, Hua Yi has already found out about me. Cheng Xuehong turned over a pile of old accounts and impeached the ministers and officials who supported me all day long. Father's health is getting worse every day. The imperial physician Said he won't last until the beginning of spring, why don't we do it?"

Ji Qingxian did not speak, put the tea into a silver roller, ground it into powder, poured it into boiling water, and the rising white mist became a barrier between them, making Ji Qingxian's eyebrows soft and fuzzy for a while, and suddenly felt that he was young A lot, back to more than 20 years ago, he was just a handsome young man who was well protected by Hua Yi's father.

He didn't linger on the memories of the years, he waved his hand and brushed away the mist, his good time, like a light smoke on the hot tea soup, passed away silently in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that he was silent, the distinguished guest was even more impatient, he said in a panic: "Why don't we find someone to kill Hua Yi."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Qingxian suddenly looked up at him, with a bone-evisculating knife in his eyes, aiming directly at him, "Second Highness, do you dare to touch Hua Yi?"

His tone was very gentle and polite, and what he said was indeed undeniable and ruthless.

Cheng Xue'an scratched his hair angrily, his eyes widened, and his face was full of madness, "Then tell me, what should we do next. Cheng Xuehong's will, if Hua Yi takes those The evidence of the matter was presented to my father, and I have no chance at all!"

Ji Qingxian smiled slightly, "Second Highness, guarding against arrogance and impetuosity is the long-term way. When the fruit is ripe, you don't have to wait for others to put it in your hands, you can go to it yourself pick."

"You mean..."

"Master You Servant is in charge of three ministries, among which there is a military department. No matter how much commotion there is in the palace, the military department can suppress it and not send it out. The second highness understands that the rescue is late."

Cheng Xue'an paused, and said in shock: "Killing the king is treasonous!"

Ji Qingxian looked at him with confidence, as if he had seen through his nature, and didn't take his words seriously.

Sure enough, Cheng Xue'an's eyes rolled, and after doing the gesture, he turned his anger into joy, and cupped his hands at Ji Qingxian, "Sir, help me!"

Ji Qingxian slowly poured strong tea into the jade cup in front of Cheng Xue'an, and he said casually: "The Second Highness will marry a side concubine after three months, and the side concubine comes from a family outside the border. His wealth and honor made a grand display for the side concubine."

Cheng Xue'an knew that it was Ji Qingxian who gave him some advice. He thought of the jealous concubine in his family, and said hesitantly, "Where is the beauty? You don't need to make a fake show."

Ji Qingxian yelled in his heart that this guy is really mentally retarded, he couldn't tell which one is more important than beauty or daye.With no expression on his face, he said indifferently: "No matter how beautiful a beauty is, she will turn into bones. What the Second Highness wants to see is what the beauty will bring to you after death."

Cheng Xuehong looked educated again, he left without drinking the cup of tea that Ji Qingxian poured for him, saying that he was afraid that he would attract suspicion if he stayed here for a long time.

Ji Qingxian didn't want to keep him, he was really thoughtful when he praised him, but he knew in his heart that Cheng Xue'an was going to entertain that round of officials, and spend a lot of time to build relationships.

He threw the cup of tea, including the cup and tea soup, on the ground in disgust, and the water exploded, as if he would rather be broken than whole.

Ji Qingxian also stayed in the flower hall for a long time, he just sat silently, a black and white chess game was laid out in his mind, he was the chess player, and everyone was reduced to his chess pieces.

After calculating everything, he strode out of the flower hall.Pushing open the hall door, the fresh and cold air carried Xue Xingzi whistling from behind, he looked up at the dark sky, and it really was going to snow.

He thought, it doesn't matter if the snow falls, the pure whiteness can completely cover up all the dirty and sinful things.

Not only Cheng Xue'an was impatient, but also another crown prince, Cheng Xuehong.

He has been visiting Huayi almost every day recently, picking out some Huayi and leaving the store, and Song Tan leaves the shop at dusk, and every time he comes with the last rays of the setting sun.

And he asked the same sentence almost every time: "Cousin, do you think it's right for me to do this?"

He has clearly finished the matter, and he has done it impeccably. On the surface, he impeached Xue An's faction, and secretly stumbling their other faction, but every time he finished, he had to get a word of affirmation from Hua Yi, so that he would feel that he had taken this step. That's right.

After Hua Yi listened, he just said every time: "Do what you want, and be worthy of the people of the world."

Cheng Xuehong pondered for a while, "I want to make my second brother frustrated in the matter of Yongzhou."

Hua Yi immediately refused, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Yongzhou has been a place of salt production since ancient times, I know what you are thinking, turn the official salt into your second brother's private salt, and pull him off? You know, this year is not In the harvest year, if the price of salt fluctuates, the economy and taxation of the entire country will be affected, and many innocent people will be affected by this, Cheng Xuehong, what you want to do is to be a people-oriented monarch."

Cheng Xuehong's eyes flickered, and he whispered, "Got it."

There was nothing to say between the brothers for a moment, Cheng Xuehong thought about breaking the embarrassment, and he was the first to speak: "Why don't you see Song Tan today?"

"He's lethargic recently." Hua Yi remembered something, "He asked me to ask you, how is Song Ansong, the store is free recently and he wants to see his brother."

When Song Ansong was mentioned, Cheng Xuehong's slightly imperceptible eyes flashed a trace of awe, and he said to Hua Yi with a normal face: "Ansong is physically weak, and it's hard work to conceive a child. The imperial doctor said that it is inconvenient to see more people, and it is best to rest."

---------------

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like