Placid Chang'an

Chang'an City, Hanyuan Hall.

At the half-monthly grand court meeting, Li Shi squinted his eyes and watched all the little ghosts below, dancing and fighting with great excitement.

Those people from Yangzhou really had a lot of eyeliners in Beijing, and even Su Cen, who was a small fifth rank, could be targeted, biting like a vicious dog and not letting go.

However, Mr. Zhang is not a fuel-efficient lamp. After working in the officialdom for so many years, he has already become a genius.

"A small Dali Temple dares to despise the imperial power and openly refuses to attend the court meeting," a censor angrily reprimanded, "What does he think of himself, the king of heaven and I can't do it."

Zhang Jun shook his head and said: "I've said it all, isn't Su Cen sick? People eat whole grains, and there will always be a time when they get sick from eating, and they can't get up on the bed. You can't force others to make things difficult for you."

The censor smiled coldly: "I heard that Su Cen hasn't been to Dali Temple for several days. What kind of illness can last for so long?"

Zhang Jun said in his heart that not only has it been several days, I haven't seen him for half a month, and he still said calmly: "Who said that? I saw him yesterday. Who made this rumor, stand up and show me ?”

Yu Shi gritted his teeth, he naturally couldn't say that he had put eyeliner in Dali Temple, he could only suffer from this dumbness, and said coldly: "Then I will go to Su Cen's mansion to take a look after I leave court, what should I do if he is not here ?”

Zhang Jun copied his hands unmoved, "He may be in the toilet if he is not in the room, and he may be in the medical center if he is not in the toilet. There must be a hundred medical centers in Chang'an City. I hope Mr. Song will do it." You have to read the whole thing, don’t wrong the good guy.”

"You!" Yu Shi was angry.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials said: "May I ask Mr. Zhang when Su Cen's illness will be cured?"

Zhang Jundao: "Who can say for sure, maybe it won't be better in ten and a half months, or maybe it will be better tomorrow."

It depends on when that little ancestor will come back.

"If he can't get better and can't go to court, can't he be able to procrastinate?" The servant of the official department said, "Well, everyone should take a step back and ask Mr. Su to come to the yamen tomorrow to show everyone. If he really can't leave , we can visit at home, we are all colleagues, Mr. Su will not disappear behind closed doors, right?"

Immediately there were two or three people catering to him, Zhang Jun frowned, and just about to continue paddling, he only heard the man in the hall say: "Su Cen is in Xingqing Palace, you can go and see what you want."

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and there was an uproar in an instant.

The little emperor couldn't help poking his head: "Uncle, why is Su Cen in your house?"

Li Shi touched his finger before answering, someone knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty! You are too young to know. How is it proper for the prince to ask such a thing before His Majesty! What is the proper way!"

Li Shi raised his eyebrows and glanced at the man, and said with a smile, "What did I mention?"

Liu Zhen said coldly: "My lord, don't forget the last instruction of Emperor Taizong."

Li Shi leaned back in his chair: "What? Did you hear me?"

"What does your lord mean?" Liu Zhen looked unhappy. When Emperor Taizong passed away, only the first emperor was serving him. Of course he didn't hear it, but the edict was announced by the first emperor. Is it okay to question the late emperor?"

"Brother Huang may have heard wrong." Li Shi was too lazy to argue with these people, propping his forehead with his right hand and said slowly: "If you want someone, come to Xingqing Palace to ask for it. It depends on everyone's ability to see it or not."

Li Shi had just left the palace after the court that day, when he saw Wu Chiha waiting beside the carriage, he came out holding his sword and stepped forward, "My lord, Master Wen, I want to see you."

Li Shi frowned slightly, "You know so soon?"

Wu Chiha nodded.

Li Shi got into the carriage supported by Wu Chiha, raised the curtain and said: "You go to Ningfu to pick up the old man, and let's meet my father-in-law."

Yangzhou City.

The salt shop of Jia's family was sealed up overnight. Master Feng Yiming took people there in person, and found piles of low-quality private salt as high as a hill in the backyard of the salt shop on the spot. According to the saying, for a while, the city was full of ups and downs, and the sky turned into a storm.

In contrast, the Wang family seemed to be completely unaffected, and the shop was open to welcome customers. If you are worried, you can go to the inner courtyard to search. If you can find a grain of private salt, a grain of salt can be worth half a catty.

As a result, one of the two salt shops opposite the door was full of people, and the other had two seals, which were white and dazzling.

Feng Yiming acted quickly, and before Xue Zhi and the others could react, the incident had already become known to the whole city, and there was no way back.It's just that Xue Zhi forcibly snatched the case over after the incident, and at the end of the trial, a shopkeeper of the salt shop was charged with the crime, but the Jia family lost a shop and lost some salt, and no one was implicated.

Even so, Mr. Jia was still not satisfied. He thought about how such a hidden thing would be discovered. There were no more than five people who knew about it, and they were all his confidantes... No, there was another one, Jia Zhen that day. Hiding in the yard, I don't know how much I have heard.

But Jia is really his own son, and there is absolutely no reason to help outsiders clean up his own family.

After much deliberation, if something happened to Jia's family, that one person would benefit the most.

The warm sun was just right, and He Xiao copied a pair of "Hai Dai Stickers" against the window. It is said that it was just excavated from the tomb of a certain emperor in the previous dynasty.

This rubbing is indeed a great work, the handwriting is like a knife carving, the muscles and bones are exposed, and it is powerful.Seeing that he was about to finish copying, just as he was about to finish his pen, a young boy hurried in outside the door and disrupted the atmosphere.

He Xiao showed displeasure, and the last stroke became more and more awkward. After contemplating it for a moment, he rubbed the paper and threw it aside, then raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Only then did the boy dare to say, "Master Jia is here."

He Xiao frowned, straightened his clothes and said, "Say I'm not here."

"But..." The boy wondered, "He has already come in."

Immediately after that, a person strode in from outside the door, pointed at He Xiao and scolded: "He Xiao, you villain, you are secretly cheating on me, what do you think you are, don't forget that Yangzhou City is not up to you! If I gather the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce to boycott your salt shop, you won't feel better!"

He Xiao waved his hand, and the boy stepped back, not forgetting to close the door for the two of them.

He Xiao casually brewed a cup of tea and brought it up to someone, he said in a leisurely manner, "Have a cup of tea to quench the fire, I heard about the Jia family, it's not a big deal."

"What do you mean it's nothing serious?" Jia Wangchun put the tea cup down heavily, and the tea immediately spilled all over the table, "It's not your Wang's shop that was seized, nor your Wang's salt that was confiscated!"

He Xiao glanced at Jia Wangchun coldly, "This is the tea given by Zian, Master Jia is really reckless."

Jia Wangchun was taken aback for a moment, but then felt a chill in his heart.

This is a blatant threat. The four largest families in the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, the Jia family, the Wang family, the Su family and the Yue family, only because of the relationship between He Xiao and Su Lan, they gathered the three families together. If they deal with his Jia family together, it is enough Drive him out of Yangzhou.

Jia Wangchun reluctantly picked up the teacup and took a sip, and He Xiao's complexion eased.

He Xiao continued: "I warned you a long time ago, don't try to smuggle salt, just manage it well, and I'll take care of the rest, why don't you listen?"

Jia Wangchun snorted, "Pretend I don't know, you colluded with the government, you can get low-priced salt from the salt and iron transporter, and the lower part is all filled by my Jia family, I don't fight privately." The idea of ​​salt, how can I mend such a big hole?"

"Everything has advantages and disadvantages," He Xiao sipped his tea slowly, "If you want the government to help you open the way and help you fight against illegal salt, you will naturally have to pay a price, and the government is not a place to show kindness casually."

Jia Wangchun knew he was in the wrong, so he stopped entangled in this aspect, and said directly: "I'll ask you, did you cause this incident?"

"What's the benefit of destroying you? If I really wanted the Wang family to dominate, I would have done it back then." He Xiao paused, "There have always been people with intentions in the court who wanted to abolish the ban on salt. It will make the Wang family the one to stand out. So whether it is colluding with the government or cracking down on private salt, I just want to win some living space for the official salt. Do you think I have ever attacked the salt merchants in these years?"

Jia Wangchun pondered for a moment, the fact is true, the Wang family may prosper for a while if the Jia family falls, but He Xiao is not such a petty person, he knows very well that the next unlucky family after the Jia family will be the Wang family.

He Xiao said again: "A piece of advice, instead of doubting me, you might as well go back and discipline your young master. I'm afraid the Li Xu he has just befriended is not easy."

"Li Xu?" Jia Wangchun was taken aback, "What's wrong with him?"

"I haven't figured it out yet." He Xiao frowned slightly. "The timing of his appearance was too delicate. He came just after Feng Yiming sent out a few folders. I was not at ease."

"From the capital?" Jia Wangchun lowered his voice, "I heard that Su Lan has a younger brother who works in the capital, could it be him?"

He Xiao frowned and shook his head, "I don't know, but there's no news from the capital, maybe I'm worrying too much."

"I don't care about these things about you," Master Jia got up and wanted to leave, "I just ask you, when will I get back my shop and salt?"

"Now that this matter is raging in Yangzhou City, why wait for the limelight to pass?" He Xiao took a sip of tea from a teacup, "It will be a month later."

"One month?" Jia Wangchun stepped forward, "No, one month is too long, ten days, ten days I want my shop to reopen."

"Don't push yourself too hard," He Xiao put his teacup heavily on the table, "I've already put in a lot of effort to keep your family safe, do you think I'm a god of Daluo? It doesn't take time for all parties to clear up? And that Feng Yiming, what kind of fuel-efficient lamp do you think?"

"You just want to take advantage of the closure of Jia's salt shop to make a fortune," Jia Wangchun sneered, "Don't think that I don't have your handle, I saw what happened three years ago .”