[Caiyun Kingdom] The beginning of people

How could Kui Huangyi be so seriously injured?

I exchanged glances with him, then quickly turned around, blocking the sight of Licorice from behind, "Licorice, go and tell the people in the inner courtyard not to walk around carelessly."

Although Licorice didn't understand, she still obediently bowed to me, "Yes, miss."

After she left, I just walked in and closed the door when I heard a bang behind me.When I turned around, I saw Kui Huangyi fell to the ground, I quickly went to help him, but I heard him muffled, and I didn't dare to disturb him anymore.

"What do you want me to do?"

He suppressed his voice, "Help me to the inner room first, bandage the wound."

I rolled up my sleeves, struggled to resist Kui Huangyi, who was a whole head taller than me, and helped him on the bed, half leaning on the bed post.Only then did I see a huge gash in his abdomen, dripping with blood.I went outside and took a cloak casually, covered my body to cover up the blood stains just now, and hurried to the study to find Liu Jiahe, the secretary of the Zhang family for many years.

Liu Jiahe is quite skilled in medicine, after hearing what I said about the situation, he also took the supplies, and walked back to my room with me avoiding people.

Kui Huangyi frowned and stared at me, and I said to him, "If you can trust the Zhang family, then you can also trust Mr. Liu." Then he was willing to let Liu Jiahe treat him.

I went out again, and restrained the waiters in the outer courtyard, just like in the inner courtyard, they are not allowed to move around indiscriminately, and closed the gate tightly. I also ordered my servant Wang Dali to inquire about the news that the Lan family is in the city now, and then I turned around and waited in the outer room.

"Miss," Liu Jiahe lifted the curtain and came out, "Master Kui's injury is too serious, she must not be able to move anymore, I can only take more care of her."

"Please trouble Mr. Liu. I just asked Wang Dali to go out, Mr. Liu, please take care of the matter of the outer courtyard first."

Liu Jiahe nodded to me, "Miss, don't worry."

But I can see that he doesn't look relieved at all.Also, who knows what kind of trouble Kui Huangyi caused this time, and whether it will affect the Zhang family?I sighed secretly, nodded to him, and walked to the inner room.Liu Jiahe also walked out of the room, creaked, and closed the door.

"Would you like some water?" I sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Kui Huangyi, whose face was pale.He looked at me, and was about to sit up suddenly. I quickly reached out to help him, "What's wrong with you? Mr. Liu said you can't move around."

"He pointed this out specifically, isn't he just worried that he can't send me away?"

"It's troublesome, yes, but if you can't go, you can't go."

He sneered, "Why do you think I will be willing to stay here?" He raised a file that he had never let go of, "Zhang Zelan, do you think I trust you to this extent?"

I sighed softly, ignored his cynicism, turned around and poured him a glass of water, "If you don't believe me, what are you doing here at this time? Aren't you afraid I'll make you extra money?" I walked to the bed Bian sat down again, "Kui Huangyi, who do you think I am, Zhang Zelan?"

He drank water from my hand, "Aren't you afraid?" He leaned on the wooden board at the head of the bed.

I turned around with the water glass, thought for a while, and asked, "Did anyone see you walking into Zhang's house?"

"Probably not, but I'm not sure."

"Does anyone know who you are?"

"Except for your family and the Lan family."

I stood up, put the teacup aside, bent down and helped him lie down, "You stay here for now. Show me this file, and let me handle the outside affairs."

Kui Huangyi stared at me for a long while before handing over the dossier to me, then closed his eyes and meditated.

This daring fool.

I walked to the side of the chair and sat down, opened the file and frowned.Sure enough, he still messed with the Lan family.This dossier is the account between the Lan family and the Lanzhou salt merchants.

Bad thing.

The current King Zi Jianhua, like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, also implemented the practice of returning salt and iron to the public, and salt tax became one of the important tax sources of the court.It's just that no one knows that the local nobles can't let it go. The Lan family has a private deal with the Lanzhou salt merchants and withholds part of the salt tax. This is something everyone knows, and the king also acquiesced.The fact that the king was able to snatch part of the salt from the Lan family was already very impressive.

But did this idiot Kui Huangyi actually take the liberty to investigate the salt tax?

I frowned tightly.

"If you're afraid, it's still too late." His desperate voice came from the bed.

I put the file into the collapsed hidden compartment, and turned back to the bed, "You have a fever." I sat down, took out a handkerchief and leaned over to wipe his sweat.

"You haven't answered my question yet." His gray-blue eyes were fixed on me.

"If you messed up something, can you still be so righteous?" I dropped my shoulders weakly and looked at him, "You have been an official for many years, why don't you know that some things can only be deaf and dumb?"

"you have not answer my question yet."

"Why didn't I know that you wanted to hear useless words?" That was the Lan family. Of course, I couldn't take it for granted, but I couldn't just ignore Kui Huangyi.

He didn't make a sound, just looked at me knowingly.

"Master Wenxian is right. I shouldn't have gotten close to people like you." I said softly, "Idiot, there are a thousand ways to climb up, and the worst thing is to rush forward. How many times have you You have done very well in the past year, why did you suddenly take the lead?" Just like when we first met in Heizhou, he was so bold.

"I was careless, but I have my own opinion." He stretched out his hand to cover my hand on the bedside, "Zhang Zelan, you can do something for me," he looked at me calmly, and didn't provoke me at all. The appearance of the matter, "It's done, I will help you look at the matter of the Chazhou Special Economic Zone. You go back to Heizhou to live the life you want, and I will never look for you again. How?"

Go back to Heizhou?

Live the life I want to live?

I froze.

"You don't like business at all." Kui Huangyi asserted.

I smiled wryly, "What are you talking about?" I lowered my eyes, "Go back? Then what? Marry and have children? Who else can I marry? If I marry the wrong person, what should I do? If one day, I become What should I do when I am an ignorant woman who has no contact with the outside world, and my husband and son are unreliable?"

"Come find me."

aha?I paused, then looked up at Kui Huangyi.

"If something happens, come find me."

Kui Huang Yi him... I looked at him in astonishment.I think, I'm not stupid.Kui Huangyi didn't avoid my eyes, and looked at me intently.I pursed my lips.His hand on my hand gradually tightened, and finally, it became a hand that held me tightly.

We seem to have known each other for almost eight years.Before we knew it, we had come to this point.

"If I mess with someone you can't handle, can I come to you?" I asked.

"Then don't marry someone who is too powerful, idiot. Sell the property of the Zhang family, and live in some countryside with your husband and son. What big troubles can this cause? I can only say that you are too stupid to die. Just use it."

I laughed, "So, are you just giving me a promise that won't be fulfilled?"

Kui Huangyi was silent for a while, then raised his other hand to caress the side of my face.I didn't avoid it, I just turned my eyes away and didn't look at him again.

"Lan, what I said is what I said."

I don't answer.

"Find a fool to marry and be your bride quietly. I will protect you." He said softly in a deep voice.

I was silent for a while.

Finally, I said, "I don't trust you." I can share my family's misfortunes, but I can't give myself completely to anyone.To stand in the world here, I must rely on myself.

Kui Huangyi put his palm on the side of my face, stroked my face lightly a few times, then brushed against my neck and gradually lowered it, and slowly retracted it together with his hand holding me.

"Then you have to help me with this matter even more, and it will be your own benefit after it is done." He suppressed his redundant expression and returned to his usual cold tone, "Zhang Zelan, you go to Lan's house for me. "

"Me?" I looked up at him.

"With the ability of the Lan family, they have no reason not to know that you are in contact with me. There is no need to worry that our cooperation will be exposed. It is not a miracle that businessmen and officials are in contact."

I straightened up, squinted my eyes, "What exactly do you want?"

"I said earlier that I didn't plan to reveal anything this trip, I just want to know the general situation of the Lan family's private salt. You copy the volume, and then return the original copy to the Lan family suzerain."

"But the Lan family knows that you have read the accounts, wouldn't they be able to scare the snake..." I frowned, "Your purpose is to scare the snake?" What exactly is Kui Huangyi's goal?

"Don't ask unnecessary questions. The Lan family can see that this has nothing to do with you, so you don't have to worry about involving the Zhang family."

"Of course I would be happy if I could meet the suzerain of the Lan family directly." Once I am recognized by them, or at least not disgusted, then my actions in the Lanzhou All-Commerce Federation will be much smoother, "But how can I Can I see them?" The head of the Lan family, of course, didn't just want to see them.

Kui Huangyi raised his eyebrows.

I twitched the corner of my mouth, "...Do you mean I have to find a way by myself?"

"I heard that as long as you climb Longmian Mountain on the Jiucai River, you can meet the head of the Lan family."

"Evil ghost?" Hearing this, I drooped my shoulders weakly, "I heard that people who entered the Jiucai River escaped death, and this place became a suicide spot." In addition, I was crossing, How could one not know the danger of the Jiucai River?

"I have provided a method very gently and kindly. If you don't use it, I can't help it." He said with a cold face that he was very gentle...

When I was about to say something to make fun of him, I was suddenly taken aback.

He's making a pun.

I looked at him, and he was looking at me.

After a long time, I reached out and wiped his sweat for him, then turned and left the room.After taking two steps, I stopped, turned and stared at the door.In fact, he has always treated me well, but I really didn't expect that he would take the initiative to ask me to go.It is not easy for him to do this step.I took a deep breath, then turned and left again, and ordered Licorice to guard the room.

When I came to the study in the front yard, Liu Jiahe, who was in charge of the paperwork, was waiting in the room.

"Miss, what have you decided?"

"What else?" I smiled wryly and stretched out my hand to ask him to sit down with me, "Do you want me to hand over Kui Huangyi?"

"It's not impossible."

"If it gets to the point where I can't handle it, I naturally know how to do it." I picked up the tea set on the table and slowly brewed the tea step by step, "It's just that it's not yet that time, we must not do this."

"Miss, with our current scale, Aoi-sama is not the only one who can cooperate with him. He is not the only official partner. Have you considered changing people? Aoi-sama is just at the time when she is young and energetic. It doesn’t match the style of our Zhang family.” Liu Jiahe once again talked about the things we discussed a few days ago.

"Of course there is. From my point of view, Aoi-sama also has the same idea."

"Really?" Liu Jiahe was slightly surprised, "Master Kui has cooperated with us happily for many years. It would be the best if we can break up the partnership peacefully, but I thought he would not let go easily. After all, he spent a lot Build us up with strength."

I didn't expect that either. "Mr. Liu, don't just look at our Zhang family, Mr. Kui is also not to be underestimated. Although his official position has not been raised much over the years, the censor has always taken the path of humiliation. He has not sat in the imperial court for a day It is natural for the position of Doctor Shi to be lower."

"You mean..."

"Eight years ago, he was the supervisory censor, and then he was transferred to serve as the censor in the palace and the censor in the palace." I tapped the table with my fingers, "Under the censor's stage, the inspectorate, the palace courtyard, the Taiyuan courtyard, and the three courtyards He successively served in successive positions, but did not rely on a lot of credit to be promoted to other high-ranking officials in other ministries and provinces, Mr. Liu still can't see what he is trying to do?"

"I want to take down the Yushitai." Liu Jiahe patted his thigh, "Kui-sama is really not in the pool! Now there is a dispute for the crown prince in the court, and the national examination faction and the noble faction are also fighting fiercely. He doesn't care Going to the door of the aristocratic camp, instead of finding another way out, and accumulating credit in real terms, when Mr. Sun Kui wants to go further, others will have no reason to stop him, and Yushitai will be brought into the hands of the aristocratic faction and captured. It's a city!"

"So with Kui Huangyi's ability, how could he have only us in the business world? I'm afraid there are more powerful collaborators than us, and it doesn't matter without the Zhang family. Since we have different ways, we naturally don't get along with each other. seek."

"But I'm still a little worried. Miss's position in the All-Commerce Federation is becoming more and more obvious. You are such a person. The Zhang family has always been a very useful chess piece. I'm afraid Mrs. Kui will not give up easily."

"What kind of person am I?" I laughed, "Even Mr. Liu wants to call me a benevolent woman?" I shook my head and poured him a cup of tea. We have to save Kui Huangyi first this time. We have cooperated for many years, and we can give up as soon as we say it. We can’t do this thing of crossing the river and picking boards. After all, the Zhang family is just a small bug in the eyes of the upper echelon. It’s not impossible for Aoi-sama to take action against us. We will discuss the rest later.”

"Yes." Liu Jiahe took the tea with a smile.

I looked at his smiling face, "You don't object?"

"It's the master, I think he will do the same. That one is the one who came back after all the money was gone."

"I can't," I smiled, held up the teacup, and saluted Liu Jiahe. "Unless I have to, I don't dare to play the game of returning after all the money is gone." My father when he was young, I heard that he was also a The daring master spends his wealth for other things from time to time, but he is good at making money and can always recover.This kind of skill is almost comparable to that of Tao Zhugong, and I, a layman, can't learn it.At most, it is enough to have enough food and clothing.

"Miss Duyi." He raised his glass in return.

What is left now is how to meet the suzerain of the Lan family.If this matter is resolved smoothly, it will also save a lot of time arguing with those people in the Lanzhou All-Commerce Federation. I can return to Chazhou as soon as possible to watch the establishment of the Jinhua Special Economic Zone.

After Liu Jiahe retreated, I sighed softly, and when I lowered my head, I realized that I was still wearing a cloak, and I hadn't changed out of the dress that was stained with Kui Huangyi's blood.I reached out and stroked the blood that was no longer warm.

I sat in the study for a while, drank all the tea in the pot, and then turned back to the room.

"Miss." Licorice, who had been guarding outside the room, bowed to me.

"You go to rest first, you don't need to come over tonight. You don't need to enter the room without my order."

Licorice looked at me, then lowered her head and left without saying a word.When I entered the room, I saw Kui Huangyi was asleep.I went to get my clothes and changed them in the next room, and then went back to the room to look at him.With such a serious injury, I don't feel relieved to leave him alone.I leaned over to look at him, and saw that his cheeks were abnormally red, and I poked his forehead, it turned out that he had a high fever.But the medicine has also been drunk, what should I do?I went to see Liu Jiahe to see him, the two of them worked all night, and finally let his enthusiasm subside.

But Wang Dali, the family servant, sent another news that all members of Zhang's family seemed to be targeted.

I have to settle the matter of the Lan family before they forcibly come to snatch the file back, so as not to fall into a situation of no return.The meaning of being snatched back and taking the initiative to return and meeting the suzerain is very different.The latter means that neither side intends to pursue this matter for the time being.

I sigh again.

headache.

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