I am a ruler in troubled times

In a brief daze, the yamen servant who reacted the fastest immediately drew his knife and roared, "What are you trying to do?!"

The other yamen servants came back to their senses after being yelled at, and drew their knives and approached Chong Yi one after another.

Chen Meng and Song Peiyu made noises to stop them at the same time.

Chen Meng was still thinking about setting a long line to catch big fish. He frowned and said to the middle-aged man who was still full of disbelief, "Speak up, what do you have to do? Don't let them take the knife away."

Song Peiyu grabbed Chong Yi's left shoulder, pulled Chong Yi back, and repeatedly explained to the middle-aged man, "I'm sorry, our brothers have been dependent on each other since we were young, and my brother hates others who want to do something to me. I didn't mean to offend you." .”

"As for why these used medicinal materials are still so easy to put away..." Song Peiyu smiled wryly, and then looked at the expressions of Chen Meng and the middle-aged man, it was clear that there was something unspeakable.

Chen Meng raised his eyebrows, and deliberately put on a serious face, "Just say it, as long as you can tell the reason, no one will dare to do anything to you."

"I think you are just trying to trouble us, and reselling medicinal materials is just an excuse!" Lu Jihe, who had been quiet for a while, suddenly raised an eyebrow, looking at Chen Meng with anger, "The medicinal materials you are looking for are not good enough. They're all here? Sure enough, they want to make trouble, and they can find an excuse no matter what."

Chen Meng is the eldest son of Tongpan. He is like a prince in Qizhen. When did he get angry by pointing his nose like this?Immediately, he couldn't stand Lu Jihe's repeated fights.

It's just that his own family knows his own family affairs, and he knows much more about the outside world than ordinary townspeople in Qizhen. Facing the Sheng brothers from aristocratic families, he laughs at how embarrassed the other party is, but can't help secretly comparing himself with the other party. difference between.

He wanted to seek higher benefits from the Sheng brothers, and he really wanted to make friends with them.

After hesitating, instead of being angry because of Lu Jihe's sudden attack, Chen Meng smiled more kindly than before, and sighed helplessly, "What are you angry with me, I didn't have time to say anything."

The middle-aged man hurriedly said before Chen Meng could say, "This subordinate has no intention of offending Mr. Sheng, but the judge's explanation has to be completed."

Hearing the words, Chen Meng fell into entanglement again, and in the end, his fear of his father prevailed, and he lowered his head and concentrated on playing with the fan.

He was also dissatisfied with the arrogance of the Sheng brothers who belonged to the aristocratic family, especially Sheng Xing was not respectful to him even though he was somewhat close, and Sheng Xing was cautious towards Uncle Liu.

The Sheng brothers should also understand that this is Qi Town, not Yu County.

After the Sheng brothers have suffered and he comes to rescue them, they should know how to face him, right?

Seeing that it would be impossible not to give an explanation, the smile on Song Peiyu's face gradually became bitter. After struggling for a while, she closed her eyes fiercely as if making up her mind.After opening his eyes again, the whole person looked a lot more relaxed.

He said to Chen Meng, "I deliberately kept these herbs for their own use, but this matter is a secret, I'm afraid it's not easy to say it in front of so many people, I just want to tell the eldest son alone."

"No!" Before Chen Meng could say anything, the middle-aged man rejected Song Peiyu's words, and even stood in front of Chen Meng, his vigilant eyes shifted from Song Peiyu's non-existent Chong Yi to Song Peiyu's body without any trace. They refused to back down.

After Chen Meng noticed that the middle-aged man's gaze had settled, the smile that had just risen on his face froze, and he honestly closed his mouth.

When he was a child, Uncle Liu was the family's guard, and now he is also an expert at the Tongpan Mansion, but he was restrained by that man named Sheng Sheng without any resistance.

He really didn't dare to be alone with Sheng Sheng.

The so-called gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and there is really no need for him to take this risk.

Hearing this, Song Peiyu took the initiative to take two steps forward, and said to the middle-aged man, "Only I have a secret conversation with the eldest son. If you are worried, you can come and listen. But at most, I can only talk to you two, otherwise I will I won't say it."

"Shengyu!" Bo Yang couldn't help calling Song Peiyu to stop. He heard Song Peiyu's meaning, how could he want to reveal their identities to the Tongpan Mansion.

Didn't the result of their previous discussion be kept secret for the time being?

He saw that these people in Tongpanfu didn't really want to do anything to them, and Chen Meng, the eldest son of Tongpanfu, also wanted to protect them.

That being the case, even if it is admitted that the medicinal materials are kept to wait for the Tongjufu to check, so as to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, it is fine.

Seeing the disapproval on Bo Yang's face, the middle-aged man who was still a bit hesitant immediately responded to Song Peiyu's words, "Yes, your brother must wait outside the door like my subordinates."

Chong Yi, who had been keeping silent all this time, suddenly raised his head upon hearing the words, his hard-to-ignor eyes fixed on the middle-aged man.Obviously Chongyi's eyes were not stressed, but the middle-aged man subconsciously covered his swollen wrist.Even so, he refused to back down on this matter.

Song Peiyu complied with the middle-aged man's request, turned around and said to Chong Yi who had already set his eyes on him, "I'll tell them about that matter, you wait for me outside the door, it will be fine in a while."

Chong Yi and Song Peiyu looked at each other for a while, then silently looked away.

Song Peiyu turned her head and nodded to Chen Meng and the middle-aged man, "Come with me."

As soon as Song Peiyu, Chen Meng and the middle-aged man walked out of the room, Chong Yi lifted his heels up.The movement of his steps startled the servants who stayed here, and the white blade that had just returned to its scabbard was pulled out again with a 'swipe' 'swipe'.

The three people in front turned their heads one after another when they heard the movement, and they had a panoramic view of the tense atmosphere.

Not to mention Chen Meng, even the middle-aged man couldn't stand it, and said angrily, "What are you doing?"

"He moved!" The yamen servant who was closest to Chong Yi pointed his fingers in horror.

Lu Jihe sneered, "The yard we rented for money, my brother can do whatever he wants in the yard, breaking the law of Qizhen?"

The yamen servants holding the knives looked at each other with the same blank expression on their faces, and finally looked at the middle-aged man, put away the knives according to the middle-aged man's gesture, and took the initiative to take a few steps back.

"I made you laugh." The middle-aged man nodded to Song Peiyu, motioning Song Peiyu to move on.The expression on his face was extremely inconsistent with what he said, and his face was full of 'you dare to laugh'.

Song Peiyu never had the habit of repeatedly jumping sideways on other people's thunderbolts. He took Chen Meng and the middle-aged man back to the main room. When he closed the door, his eyes stopped on Chong Yi who was only three steps away from the main room door.

With this distance, Chong Yi can definitely hear their conversation in the house, and no one can stop him if he wants to enter the main room.

The rest of the yamen servants were neither at ease nor dared to approach rashly.

Standing more than ten steps away from Chongyi, always pay attention to Chongyi's movements.

Just raising his head, Chong Yi frightened them all into ugly faces, some drew their knives, some retreated, and some walked forward... It's kind of funny to watch.

Seeing this funny scene, after Song Peiyu completely closed the door, the smiles on Chen Meng and the middle-aged man became more sincere.

He was not in a hurry to answer why he saved those useless medicinal materials, but asked, "I don't know if you have heard that Zhao Guoguo has a fragrant garden, which specializes in selling things called soap and soap. Soap and soap Soap is very popular in Zhao State, even in Xianyang, it is still difficult to buy with money."

"I've never heard of it," said the middle-aged man without hesitation.

Chen Meng also shook his head, "Qi Town hasn't heard any news from the outside world for a long time, and it's because of the incident at the Zeng Zhen Gold Mine that it spread recently. This kind of news, which is too powerful to be concealed, may take two or three years to spread."

From Chen Meng's eyes rolling around and his unsurprised expression, Song Peiyu could conclude that Chen Meng knew about Fen Fang Ting, at least he knew more than he originally expected.

It seems that he and Lu Jihe's original estimate was wrong, and the connection between Qizhen Tongju Mansion and the outside world is far closer than they imagined.

This was exactly what Song Peiyu wanted, and made him more confident in the idea that came to him on the spur of the moment.

Soong Peiyu pretended not to notice Chen Meng's flaws, and carefully introduced to Chen Meng and the middle-aged man what Fenfangting and soap were from the perspective of a family in a remote county.

Even if Song Peiyu never opened the Fragrant Garden outside Xianyang, the soap would still spread to places outside Xianyang.In the story he is making up now, Shengyu is a person who, by chance, spends a lot of money and is lucky enough to get half a bar of soap.

I have to say that Song Peiyu is really good at telling stories, or it has been honed by Chong Yi.

At least, whether it was Chen Meng, who had a good attitude towards them, or the stern and selfless middle-aged man, after listening to Song Peiyu talking about irrelevant things for a long time, they didn't intend to interrupt him.

Song Peiyu suddenly lowered her voice, "I have carefully studied the half bar of soap and found that the raw material of the soap may be medicinal materials."

Chen Meng and the middle-aged man were stunned at the same time.

"You can make soap?!" Chen Meng lost his voice, pointing at Song Peiyu's face tremblingly, unable to hide his excitement at all.

The middle-aged man seemed bewildered by Chen Meng's intense reaction, his face was dazed.

Song Peiyu had a panoramic view of the expressions of the two of them, sighed, and smiled wryly, "I can't make it. I have tried countless times when I was still at home, and I have never made anything like soap."

"Isn't there anything useful?" Chen Meng leaned forward, his eyes fixed on Song Peiyu's eyes, successfully caught the almost invisible hesitation in Song Peiyu's eyes, and immediately said, "You tell me the truth!"

When Song Peiyu heard this, the expression on his face became even more hesitant, and he suddenly changed his words, "I was just guessing, and I never succeeded..."

"Shengyu!" Chen Meng interrupted Song Peiyu angrily, "I treat you as friends, and I am willing to go alone and risk a secret talk with you, so you can't tell me the truth?"

Song Peiyu seemed to be frightened by Chen Meng, she looked at Chen Meng dully, and didn't speak for a long time.

Chen Meng knew that he had lost his composure when he saw Song Peiyu's reaction. He calmed down his emotions, and his tone became gentle, "Don't you know where Qizhen is? Even I can't get out of this ghost place, let alone you guys Brother, even if you tell me the truth, I won't miss the soap recipe, I'm just too curious about the outside world."

Suspicion flashed in Song Peiyu's eyes, and Chen Meng looked at Song Peiyu without giving in.

After a long time, Song Peiyu's face was first moved, and his tone suddenly dropped, "Of course I know where Qizhen is, otherwise I wouldn't continue to try soap recipes in the random rented yard. I have to find some for myself. things to do."

Chen Meng kept telling himself not to be in a hurry, so he reluctantly swallowed the urging words, stretched out his hand and patted Song Peiyu's shoulder, both comforting and reassuring, "You brothers can rest assured to stay here, I don't care about the soap. Force you. If you need any medicinal materials, just tell me, don't bother to go to the pharmacy to buy them, I will send them to you directly from the Tongpan Mansion."

"Brother Chen" Song Peiyu's face was even more moved, and his eyes were filled with bits and pieces of guilt.

Chen Meng raised his hand, signaling Song Peiyu not to say any more, and said melancholy, "I only hope that after you make the soap, you can consider selling it in Qi Town, so that everyone in the town can open their eyes."

After all, Chen Meng stood up and walked slowly towards the door, "There are a lot of disturbances today, so I won't stay here if you are not a guest. I will post a post for you in the future, and you must come to Tongjuan Mansion for a banquet. "

Song Peiyu lowered her head, and when she heard the sound of the door, she suddenly said, "Brother Chen, there is actually nothing I can't tell you, after all, what I made can't be called soap."

"Would you like to tell me?!" Chen Meng turned his head full of surprise, and walked back in front of Song Peiyu in two big strides, holding Song Peiyu's shoulder tightly, with a hideous and terrifying expression on his face.

Song Peiyu's eyelids twitched, and she almost followed suit, and said with difficulty, "I didn't lie to Brother Chen before. When I was at home, I just had an idea, but I didn't have time to make a finished product. Now I have to do some preparations, and I have to do it now." There is no guarantee that it will be successful once, and it may take some time before there will be a finished product. At that time, I will definitely send a post to the Tongpan Mansion as soon as possible, and invite Brother Chen to share the reward."

A brief close talk featuring Chen Meng's 'Good!I'm waiting for your invitation! ' to end.

Song Peiyu didn't need to say any more, Chen Meng, who was already thinking about the soap, took away the middle-aged man who was still confused and the other yamen servants with a strong attitude.

And he kept his word, on the first day he personally sent four young men with prostitution contracts, saying that he would send them to the Sheng brothers to run errands, so that they would not be burdened by ordinary things.

Even Bo Yang knew that these four boys couldn't refuse at all.

Lu Jihe guarded the medicinal materials in the kitchen and changed the names of the four servants at will, and he turned around the four servants without any effort, and he didn't have the energy to hinder their eyes at all.

Lu Jihe didn't even have to make trouble for the boys on purpose.

From his point of view, the temporarily rented yard was not pleasing to the eye. Now that they are sure that they will not be able to leave Qizhen in a short time, Lu Jihe naturally wants to make the residence more comfortable.

If you ask him, the four servants are still too few, and the Tongjufu is too stingy.

Song Peiyu had already figured out what kind of 'soap' he would use to fool Chen Meng, so he didn't panic at all.

In the early morning of the first day, he took Bai Yangpao to cook medicine in the kitchen, most of which were based on the prescriptions of Guben Peiyuan, which might not be useful, but definitely not bad.

After only half a day, Bo Yang discovered that one of the servants sent by the Tongjuan Mansion knew about herbal medicine, and could even be called proficient, at least better than Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe.

Lu Jihe quickly put the boy named Danggui at the top of the persecution list, and wandered outside with Danggui and another Huangqi who looked at him with mischievous eyes every day.

The rest of Bai Su and Bai Zhi stayed at home to work, and Song Peiyu could find any excuse to dismiss them, leaving time for Bo Yang to decoct the medicine.

Fortunately, after taking Chong Yi's detoxification medicine for half a month, he no longer needs to eat three meals a day, but only needs to drink a bowl every five days.

Everyone who accompanied Chong Yi to drink the inferior tonic for half a month breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past half a month, Lu Jihe visited almost all the open shops in Qizhen, spending money like water, and bought a bunch of things that he didn't need at all, most of which were rewarded to the Tongpan Mansion. Here are four boys.

Only half a month passed, and the four servants began to fight openly and secretly in order to compete for the qualification to go out with Lu Jihe.

Little did they know that their overly straightforward methods would only make Lu Jihe feel unbearable to look directly at.

Only Dang Gui, who knew herbs, cared more about Song Peiyu, always asking what medicine Song Peiyu was cooking.

Every time Song Peiyu grabbed the medicine randomly, how could she remember it, so she asked Dang Gui to pick up the dregs of the medicine, but Dang Gui really went there, completely forgetting that she shouldn't know about herbs, so stupid that Song Peiyu didn't have any sense of accomplishment.

During this period, every time Chen Meng urged Song Peiyu overtly and secretly, Song Peiyu would ask for something from Tongjufu through the servant.

Chen Meng kept his word, no matter what Song Peiyu wanted, Chen Meng would agree without saying a word.

Things that Lu Jihe couldn't find in Qizhen could be delivered to Sheng's house in Qingyu Lane within five days at the latest.

After trying this three times, Song Peiyu concluded that the Tongjuan Mansion must have a way to communicate with the outside world without being influenced by the bandit circle outside Qi Town.

Time hastily passed from May to June, Chong Yi and his party have been in Qizhen for more than a month.

Except for Chong Yi, who still needs to take detoxification soup regularly, everyone's injuries are healed, and only Chong Yi has a scar on his body.

The four servants sent by the Tongpan Mansion were never allowed to enter the master's room at will. To be on the safe side, Lu Jihe also got four Babu beds and put them in their rooms respectively.

In this way, as long as their voices are low enough when they are talking on the bed, even if the servant suddenly pushes the door and enters the room, it is impossible to hear what they are talking about.

Every time Song Peiyu changed Chongyi's dressing, it was always on the Babu bed with the curtain down.

Except for the most serious wound on the right back that turned into a hideous scar, there were many large and small scars on Chong Yi's body, which spread from the shoulder down to the waistline with no end in sight.

Chong Yi didn't seem to care about these injuries at all, and he never mentioned the scars left behind, but Song Peiyu felt uncomfortable when he saw it, so he asked Bo Yang to prepare a wound medicine to remove the scars, and changed Chong Yi's medicine every day .

Song Peiyu first wiped off the ointment applied yesterday with a wet handkerchief, then scraped off the new ointment with a jade piece, carefully applied it on Chong Yi's scar, and complained casually, "It's a pity that there are only the most basic medicinal materials here. Some expensive ones Even the Tongjufu would not take out the medicinal materials, and the ointment they concocted is just a comfort to the heart, and there is no effect at all."

Chong Yi said 'hmm', and said again, "Then I won't take the medicine from tomorrow on."

Song Peiyu turned to persuade Chongyi, "Don't, what if it works? Maybe I give you medicine every day, so you can't see the change. Call Bai Yang and Lu Jihe to take a look at it another day, maybe you can see it." It's working."

Chong Yi lowered his eyelashes, he was not good at verbal arguments.

Whether he has scars or not doesn't bother him, it's just that Song Peiyu cares and grabs him to take medicine all day long, so he takes medicine every day.

"Has the scar on your body disappeared?" Chong Yi asked suddenly.

Apart from the most serious injury on Song Peiyu's wrist, there are also many small wounds on her body from scratching in the mountains, most of which are from bandits.

Song Peiyu really stopped Chong Yi from asking.

He could find every scar on Chong Yi's body with his eyes closed, but he didn't know where there was on his body, so he hesitated for a while, and said casually, "It's all gone."

Chong Yi raised his eyelids and looked straight at Song Peiyu, "Lie"

Song Peiyu's hands shook, and the translucent ointment was all on Chongyi's beautiful butterfly bone, without any scars.

No matter how many times it happened, every time Chong Yi simply and rudely exposed him, he would feel an uncontrollable guilt. As the relationship between the two became closer, this guilt became more and more difficult to ignore.

Song Peiyu coughed lightly to cover up, and as if nothing had happened, re-dipped the ointment and applied it to the next scar, and said in a coaxing tone, "I'm really not lying to you. Take a look after applying the medicine, if you see a scar, please apply some ointment to me by the way."

The scene of seeing Song Peiyu's scars suddenly flashed in Chong Yi's mind.

Under the orange-red sunset, a man wearing tattered clothes was forced to retreat, but his eyes were still burning and determined.

"Huh?" Song Peiyu put his hand on Chongyi's forehead skillfully, fearing that the temperature measurement would not be accurate, so after removing his hand, Song Peiyu put his forehead on it again.

After standing up straight, Song Peiyu looked at Chong Yi with strange eyes, "I don't have a fever, why is the back of my ears so red, are you allergic to something?"

Chong Yi's eyes were strange for a moment, and he said in a muffled voice, "It's nothing."

"I'll let Bo Yang take a look at it later. I can rest assured only when he says it's all right." Song Peiyu said, having applied the ointment to all the scars on Chong Yi's upper body, made a gesture, and stood aside waiting for Chong Yi to take off his pants.

Compared with the appalling upper body, Chong Yi's lower body only had two long and shallow scars on his thighs.

While applying the medicine, Song Peiyu envied Xia Zhongyi's smooth muscles again.

It seems to be an armor that fits tightly on the bones, and it contains huge power, which is as deceptive as Chong Yi's face.

After all the scars were treated, Song Peiyu stuffed the medicine jar into Chong Yi's hands, lowered her head and pulled the belt directly, and turned around with her bare upper body, "How is it? Are there any scars?"

No, except for the things that should be there, which are as smooth and flawless as warm jade.

"Huh?" Song Peiyu, who didn't wait for an answer, turned her head to look at Chong Yi in surprise. Just as she met Chong Yi's deep gaze, she suddenly felt a little weak in her legs, and subconsciously took half a step back, but forgot that his back was facing Chong Yi. , the leg just knocked against the edge of the bed, and immediately fell to the ground.

Feeling weightless, Song Peiyu panicked and threw her arms upside down trying to save herself, "Chong Yi!"

Lu Jihe, who had already put his hand on the door, put it down again, and looked at the person behind him expressionlessly, "Come and open the door!"

Bo Yang, who has gradually realized his status recently, sneered, "Can you hurt Mr. Lu's hand by opening the door?"

Having said that, Bo Yang did not refuse his action, and stretched out his hand to push the door according to his words.

Lu Jihe was unexpectedly good-natured, silently watched Bo Yang open the door, and did not raise his legs in a hurry to follow, but answered silently in his heart, 'It won't hurt your hands, it might hurt your eyes. '

"What are you doing?" Bo Yang's broken voice came outside the door.

Lu Jihe turned his head and looked around vigilantly, making sure that the four servants were indeed sent away by him, and no one came back secretly, so he entered the door, and locked the door with a delicate bronze lock by the way.

If it wasn't for the fact that the main room is the only room that can be locked inside the door, it was hard for him to find an opportunity to send the four servants sent by the Tongpan mansion away at the same time. He must have turned around and left just now so as not to hurt himself. opportunity.

After doing sufficient psychological construction, Lu Jihe turned to look at the Babu bed in the main room.

'Clatter' Lu Jihe vaguely heard the sound of something collapsing.

Standing in front of him was Bo Yang, who was still in shock from his back.

Further on is the Babu bed that he personally chose.

Through the hazy curtain, Lu Jihe could clearly see that Chong Yi and Song Peiyu had no clothes on, and they were overlapping each other on the bed. Combined with the shout heard before entering the door, there was still something Lu Jihe didn't understand.

Thanks to the fact that Song Peiyu still finds excuses every day to give Chong Yi medicine, so that's how he used medicine?

Not in vain, he deliberately moved the strongest bed to Chongyi's room.

Song Peiyu could easily see through Bo Yang's bewilderment that seemed to shatter all three views under Bo Yang's calm appearance, and the undisguised meaning in Lu Jihe's eyes.

"Why did you come in directly?" Song Peiyu heard her question from her soul.

"Even if you knock on the door, which one of you is free to open the door for us?" Lu Jihe turned back unceremoniously, and then waved his hand generously, "I managed to send all four boys away, you two Hurry up and put on your pants, let's hurry up and discuss what to do next."

Bo Yang, who had just closed himself, shuddered violently when he heard the words, his face changed from a mixture of this and that, to a daze mixed with relief, and a daze mixed with relief.

Song Peiyu was stunned by Lu Jihe's unscrupulous words, and at the same time found a way to explain.

He got up aggressively from Chong Yi, and pulled the curtain of Ba Bu's bed violently, "We didn't even take off our pants! Put away your dirty thoughts!"

Bo Yang followed Song Peiyu's gaze and looked at Lu Jihe. Lu Jihe folded his arms and remained unmoved, "It's just right that I didn't have time to take off my pants."

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Song Peiyu's face was turning green, and she turned her head to look at Chong Yi who was slowly getting up from the bed, "Come and talk to him!"

Chong Yi raised his eyelids and glanced at Song Peiyu, then reached out and took off Song Peiyu's strand of hair hanging from his eyelashes, "Yeah"

Lu Jihe pulled out his chair and sat down on his own, and gave Song Peiyu a sneer.

Bo Yang turned around with a dazed face, staggered and sat down beside Lu Jihe, still full of disbelief, "They..."

Lu Jihe glanced at Bo Yang, who was struggling to search for vocabulary in his stomach, and mercifully relieved Bo Yang of his entanglement, "Sleeping."

"But..." Instead of calming down, Bo Yang's expression became more entangled.The two of them fell asleep right away, without any symptoms at all?

"I was interrupted by you." Lu Jihe added another blow.

"Me?" Bo Yang pointed at himself tremblingly.

Lu Jihe nodded solemnly, affirming Bo Yang.

Song Peiyu knew that it was not easy to send four servants away at the same time, so she hurriedly put on her pajamas and strode over with the thought of clearing herself.

Chong Yi was stopped by Song Peiyu when he was dressing, saying that the ointment on his body still needed to dry, and he was only wearing a pair of loose trousers shirtless.

Lu Jihe immediately got into the state of talking about business, and told the other three people the results of his latest observation of Qizhen in a few words, "I think that only ordinary townspeople are blocked in Qizhen. The Tongjufu can not only communicate with the outside world, but also master trade route."

Lu Ji would say this, not only because Song Peiyu was trying to find out what Guan Tongpanfu wanted, but he was involved in the whole process.Knowing that after the Tongpan Mansion sends the things that Qi Zhen can find, it will usually send the things that Qi Zhen can't buy after five days.

Five days, if you hurry up, it will be enough to go to Zhao State or Wei State to buy it.

Of course, there is a necessary prerequisite for this, that is, they will not be intercepted by bandits outside Qizhen.

In addition, Lu Jihe also specially observed the people in Qizhen, especially the shops in Qizhen.

[-] Regardless of the towns in the area, most of the villages and towns are very close to each other, and even some towns, as long as they go out of the gate, they are villages.

The same is true for Qi Town, or some of the townspeople are villagers.

They have land outside the town and houses inside the town, and they rely on farming to survive.

In Qizhen, there are the most people like this.

In addition, there are townspeople who rely solely on shops to survive, and they are also the key observation objects of Lu Jihe.

For things such as food and seasonings, raw materials can also be obtained from Qizhen.

Where did the linen and satin come from?

According to Lu Jihe's cliché, there are no hemp growers outside the town.

There are also candies and fruits that only grow in the northern part of Zhao State.

There are no crops that can boil sugar outside Qizhen.

The kind of fruit that only grows in the northern part of the Zhao country, although the growing environment and conditions are harsh, has a far higher yield than other fruits, and it can be picked when it is not yet ripe.As long as it is stored properly, it will mature slowly, which is far longer than other fruits, and it is a fruit that will appear in the entire Zhaoguo County.

Because of its low price, it is very popular among the people.

Lu Jihe realized something was wrong when he found out that there were many shops in Qizhen selling those fruits. He deliberately bought a lot of those fruits, and deliberately found a chance to talk to the children playing in the alley, and learned that this kind of fruit was in the market. Qizhen is very common.

So who passed through the bandit circle outside Qizhen and transported the linen, silk, candy, and fruit into Qizhen?

The answer was self-evident, but Lu Jihe didn't dare to delve into it.

I'm afraid that if you startle the snake, it will bring disaster to yourself instead.

Song Peiyu agrees with Lu Jihe. He also thinks that the connection between Tongjufu and the outside world is far deeper than they show. When he talked about soap that day, Chen Meng thought he was covering it up very well, but in fact it was full of loopholes. The performance can explain many problems.

In this way, their decision to hide their identities might just have saved their lives.

It is not uncommon to occupy Qizhen, which is isolated and helpless. What is rare is that the Tongpan Mansion can raise the entire Qizhen in captivity. He regarded the Tongpan Mansion as a good person who saved them.

Before the discovery of the gold mine, Zeng Zhen was basically in the same situation as Qi Zhen. The news from Zeng Zhen was that the townspeople of Zeng Zhen were completely disappointed in Zeng Zhen and would rather leave their hometown and seek refuge in a foreign country.

As for the bandits outside Zeng Town...they ran faster than the townspeople of Zeng Town.

The Tongpan Mansion, which has been in Qizhen for five generations, can firmly hold Qizhen in its hands and turn the townspeople into birds in cages. There must be unknown forces behind it.

Based on the existing information alone, Song Peiyu and the others are completely unable to determine which country the power behind the Tongpan Mansion comes from.

It is also possible that the forces behind the Tongpan Mansion are either from some country or from themselves.

Controlling Qizhen by keeping bandits outside Qizhen in captivity can not only make the people unable to escape no matter how harsh the tax is, but also rob the rich businessmen passing by.

Even if the rich businessman deliberately detours, it is impossible to completely avoid the bandits who have been prepared.

Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe saw the problem too thoroughly, and they could understand each other's meaning in just a few words, and they fell into deep thought at the same time.

Bo Yang had already discovered the fact that his mind couldn't keep up. After turning his gaze a few times, he couldn't help wandering around Song Peiyu and Chong Yi.

He still couldn't understand why these two people could suddenly get together. When they were in Xianyang, there was no rumor of a good Nanfeng.

And Lu Jihe wasn't surprised at all, he looked as expected.

Could it be that he missed something?

Chong Yi also didn't care about what Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe said. He waited until the ointment on his body was almost dry, and then went back to the bed to get dressed. When he came back, he took Song Peiyu's coat and put it on Song Peiyu.

Seeing Chong Yi's skillful movements, Bo Yang's heart raced again, his gaze towards Chong Yi and Song Peiyu became more and more strange, and suddenly he met a pair of black and white eyes.

Bo Yang's soul was almost scared away by Chong Yi, and he stiffly pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying.

"The Tongpanfu is urging your soap again. I'm afraid there is not much time to delay." Lu Jihe put the knuckles of his thumb on his lower lip, and frowned, "Do you really want to give the soap recipe to me?" them?"

Although as long as someone sells soap, Zhao Guo will notice it.

But Song Peiyu will definitely be suspected by the Tongpan Mansion and the forces behind the Tongpan Mansion first.

After all, the rare thing about soap is that only Fenfangting can make it.

Song Peiyu unfolded the folding fan on the table, blocking the mysterious smile on the corner of her mouth, "Guess?"

Lu Jihe looked at the treachery in the corner of Song Peiyu's eyes, rolled his eyes indecently, got up and walked away, "Go ahead."

continue what?

The expression on Song Peiyu's face froze immediately, but before he could make trouble, Lu Jihe was gone.

Bo Yang who was thrown down was dumbfounded.

He began to wonder why when Lu Jihe asked him to discuss matters, he would follow without hesitation.

I basically didn't understand the business, but also knew about the life-threatening adultery.

Chen Meng has been in a bad mood recently, impulsive and irritable.

Seeing the concubine's cat urinating yellow on his boots, he kicked it up without hesitation, scolded the concubine who was still crying, and returned to the study angrily.

He gave Famous nearly two months.

During this period, no matter what Shengyu wanted, he tried his best to satisfy Shengyu.

The results of it?

It's already June [-]th, and the other party hasn't even moved at all!

'Wow!' Chen Meng swept all the teacups on the table to the ground, and called for people to come in loudly, "Go to the yamen to order people, and follow me!"

What a great reputation, what a Sheng brothers, toasting the bitches who don't eat the fine wine, he will fulfill them!

Just as Chen Meng was about to go out, the servant who hadn't seen anyone all morning suddenly trot in from the outside, "Young master is very happy, this servant has brought you the good news!"

Thanks to the boy who opened his mouth to say auspicious words, Chen Meng kicked it out without raising his leg. He frowned and said, "What does it look like to be frizzy? I think you are suffering less!"

The boy didn't expect Chen Meng to be so angry, he quickly knelt on the ground, unable to utter the witty words that were originally used to ask for rewards, and honestly said, "There is news from the Sheng Mansion in Qingyu Lane, Dang Gui personally came to inform the little one, Sheng Yu boiled the medicine again yesterday, and before seeing the result, he smiled happily, saying that there will definitely be results this time, and that he will send it to the young master for appreciation as soon as possible."

Chen Meng raised half of his eyebrows, "Really?"

The little servant laughed and said, "I don't dare to tell lies to the young master. Danggui said that there will be news by this afternoon at the latest."

Liu Li, who once searched the Sheng Mansion in Qingyu Lane with Chen Meng, strode in from the door, "I heard that the young master called me."

Chen Meng waved his hands again and again, "It's okay, I wanted to treat Uncle Liu to a drink, but I realized that I have other things to do, so I can only wait for another day."

Liu Li still didn't know what kind of virtue Chen Meng was, but he didn't expose Chen Meng's perfunctory, just said a few words and left, not caring about Chen Meng's madness at all.

Chen Meng hastily ate a delicious lunch, and waited eagerly for the news of the Sheng Mansion in Qingyu Lane. It was not until the sunset was about to completely set that Angelica and Huangqi appeared with strange expressions