I am a ruler in troubled times

Everyone knew that now was not the time to rush to talk, Song Peiyu asked Dali and Dazhuang to kowtow to recognize the Lord, and then sent them down to clean up.

That night, Bo Yang got some good medicine that would not leave any traces, and knocked the three servants and Da Zhuang into a coma.Make sure they can sleep through the night without feeling anything after waking up.

Bo Yang has been in Qizhen for nearly four months, and he only saved half a pack of medicine powder, and he used up one-third of it in one night.

Dali, no, Hao Shi was taken to the main room by Bo Yang in the middle of the night, and everyone else was also waiting for Hao Shi in the main room.

In order not to be noticed, the main room didn't even light the candles.

After Hao Shi entered the room, he knelt on the ground with a "plop" and walked up to Chong Yi, his voice was suppressed and trembling, "Your Highness! I finally found you! I..."

The burly man who was eight feet tall was so choked up that he couldn't speak.

Chong Yi looked down at the top of Hao Shi's head, and suddenly asked, "How is my father?"

Hao Shi wiped his eyes, and said intermittently, "Not good, since your disappearance, His Majesty can't even eat, and he has become thin and out of shape. Only His Highness King Su and Uncle Yunyang persuaded him Willing to eat something. But His Royal Highness King Su and Uncle Yunyang are also depressed, and they can't even comfort themselves, so how can they comfort His Majesty."

Song Peiyu was holding the round jade that Song Jinyu had handed to him before going to Mount Hua to sacrifice.Hearing Hao Shi's words, he couldn't help feeling sad, and raised his head in a disguised way.

Lu Jihe squatted directly beside Hao Shi, and asked eagerly, "Where is my father? How is my father, and my elder brother, are they... sad for me?"

Hao Shi nodded, "Master Shang Shuling has been ill for a long time, and he has not been able to go to court for half a month. Mr. Lu and General Song rushed to Huashan overnight. They searched Huashan day and night, even if there was no result, they were unwilling to leave. Until something called 'Medicated Soap' spread to Zhao State, Mr. Lu and General Song rushed directly to Yu County."

After hearing Hao Shi's words, except for Chong Yi who lowered his eyelids and couldn't see what was in his heart, the rest of the people had more or less emotion on their faces.

After being assassinated several times, he escaped from death several times, and fought wits and bravery with the Tongpan Mansion in a completely unfamiliar Qizhen. Now he suddenly heard news from his family, knowing that his family always missed them and never gave up looking for them. How could he Let them not be touched?

Even Bo Yang, who was standing in the corner, had mixed emotions in his heart.

He has never realized so clearly that he is different from Chong Yi, Song Peiyu, and Lu Jihe.

Chongyi is the only prince of Emperor Yonghe, the treasure in the hearts of Princess Xihua and King Su, and the cornerstone of the Zhao Kingdom.

Although Song Peiyu is only a bastard, he has elder brothers and sisters-in-law who love him like his own son, and there are also nephews who grew up together, who are more like brothers than brothers.

Lu Jihe was smart since he was a child, and even his elder brother willingly succumbed to him as the eldest son, and his status in the clan can be imagined.

And what about him?

In fact, he has always understood that after Uncle Yunyang pleaded for mercy, Emperor Yonghe did not directly kill him to sacrifice the flag.

As long as someone from the clan comes back to look for him, he can return to Yan Kingdom.

Because Emperor Yonghe didn't care about the Bai family who was already in decline.

The results of it?

In the dark, Bo Yang smiled wryly, feeling more and more melancholy.

Bo Yang was just feeling bored, and wanted to back out to guard the goal, when he felt a real stare on his body.

He subconsciously looked over and found that it was Chong Yi who was patting Song Peiyu's shoulder.

Bo Yang couldn't see any special meaning from Chong Yi's black and white eyes, as if Chong Yi simply remembered that there was a fifth person in this room, so he happened to see him.

He hesitated for a while, then walked slowly behind Chong Yi, his voice was so low that he couldn't hear him, "Your Highness?"

"Um"

Hearing Chong Yi's response, Bo Yang suddenly felt something particularly heavy fly away from his heart, and the breath in the room was not as suffocating as before.He silently took out the veil and handed it to Lu Jihe who was weeping silently, and then stopped on the spot.

Both Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe were determined people. After a brief adjustment, their emotions returned to calm, and they were even able to ask Hao Shi clearly about the situation outside.

Naturally, Hao Shi knew everything and talked endlessly, starting from the assassination in Huashan, and narrated all the things that happened after that.

Not only the East Palace Ten Rates were affected by the earthquake, but also those assassins, and the scene was once very chaotic.

It wasn't until four hours later that Murong Jing arrived with the frontier army, that the situation was completely stabilized.

After three full days of searching, there was still no news of Chong Yi. Only then did Hao Shi and Murong Jing dare to confirm that Chong Yi was missing. There was no one alive or dead, and Song Peiyu, Lu Jihe and Bo Yang were also missing.

Sheng Tairan was lucky. He was found by the frontier army who went to the mountain to search and rescue. He was crushed under a big rock and was unconscious. Although he was the most seriously injured among the people who did not disappear, but because the treatment was still timely, No other symptoms remained.

When Bo Yang heard this, his silent eyes finally brightened up.

He thought that Sheng Tairan had already...

After the news of Mount Hua reached Xianyang, not only Emperor Yonghe and King Su were furious, but the Song family and the Lu family smashed countless cups and cups, and even the correspondence from Xianyang to Yan State during that time was more than last year. several times.

However, the final answer was very disappointing. Those assassins were indeed the genuine Yan Jun, but Yan Jun's assassination was unsuccessful, and no one was captured alive. Yan Guo did not know Chong Yi's whereabouts.

Under the wrath of several bigwigs at the top of Zhao State, Murong Jing received the imperial decree before he had time to return to Xianyang, asking him to return to Zhao Yan's sideline immediately and be ready to fight at any time.

In just half a year, the State of Zhao conquered five counties with such force.

It's a pity that these five counties can neither make Emperor Yonghe and King Su happy, nor can Zhongshu Ling and Shang Shuling appease the anger. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of medicated soap similar to soap in Zhao State, Emperor Yonghe had decided to conscript troops again after the autumn harvest and attack with all his strength. Yan country.

For losing Chongyi, Hao Shi is the one who is most guilty.

If it wasn't for his little acquaintance with Emperor Yonghe, he might lose his mind when the news reaches Xianyang.

However, Emperor Yonghe didn't punish him, which made Hao Shi feel even more uncomfortable.

Emperor Yonghe ordered him to escort Chongyi to Huashan to sacrifice, because of his trust in him.

As a result, Chong Yi didn't even know if he was living or dying with Song and Lu's phoenix eggs, but he was alive and well, which made him have the face to go back to Xianyang to face His Majesty, Zhong Shuling and Shang Shuling.

Therefore, it is Hao Shi who is most active in finding Chongyi.

It was Hao Shi who was the first to discover that there were traveling merchants selling medicinal soap in Zhao State.

He stared at You Shang for two whole months before he found Qi Zhen.

Hao Shi soon discovered that something was wrong with Qizhen. All the clues he found were broken near Qizhen. He only found out that the traveling merchant who sold medicinal soap at the beginning seemed to have a special connection with the bandits outside Qizhen.

Hao Shi claimed that he was not a smart person, let alone pretending to be smart, so he immediately sent all the clues he found back to Xianyang.

The eldest son of the Song family took the imperial decree of Emperor Yonghe and rushed to Yu County, which is the closest to Qizhen in Zhao State, within ten days.

After combining all the clues, Song Jingming concluded that if Chongyi and Song Peiyu were in Qizhen, they must be trapped, and they should send someone to Qizhen to check the situation.

In fact, as early as a month ago, people from Zhao State pretended to be refugees from Zengzhen and entered Qizhen, which was the first batch of refugees to enter Qizhen.

To be on the safe side, this person didn't know any of the four missing people at all, and he didn't even know the real mission. This person's mission was to find out the origin of the medicinal soap, collect all the information related to the medicinal soap, and then send it back to Zhao.

Murong Jing rushed to Yu County specially for this reason, and brought Hai Dongqing, whom he carefully raised to convey military information, with him.

After several twists and turns, the first person to enter Qizhen finally got a relatively complete message.

'Sheng Brothers' appeared in the sight of Hao Shi and others.

Those anxiously waiting for the news in Yuxian County couldn't believe such a good thing would happen.

There are four Sheng brothers, which just correspond to the four they lost.

When he decided to send another person to Qizhen, Hao Shi took the initiative to ask for help.

They need to send a reliable person to confirm whether the Sheng brothers are the person they are looking for. This person must be able to recognize Chong Yi, gain Chong Yi's trust, and also perfectly disguise himself as a refugee.

There is no more suitable candidate than Hao Shi.

Hao Shi finished Zhao Guo's search for Chongyi and the others in a few words, without mentioning at all how much he had suffered in order to integrate into the Qizhen refugees.

Fortunately, since Chong Yi disappeared, he has had trouble sleeping and eating, and a few months is enough for him to be skinny, which saves him the effort of trying to lose weight.

A look of emotion appeared on Song Peiyu's face, and she personally poured a cup of tea for Hao Shi, "You have worked hard."

"No." Hao Shi wiped his face, "It's all my fault that made you suffer so much outside."

Chong Yi patted Hao Shi's shoulder, his tone was as cold as ever, "It has nothing to do with you."

After Lu Jihe asked Hao Shi a few more questions, Song Peiyu asked Hao Shi about Zeng Zhen.

Hao Shi didn't expect Song Peiyu to care about Zeng Zhen. He wanted to find Chong Yi wholeheartedly, and almost couldn't answer Song Peiyu's question.

Fortunately, when he sent people to sneak into Qizhen, they all pretended to be the townspeople of Zengzhen, so he could barely speak up.

Not long after Chong Yi disappeared, Zeng Zhen started a war.

Wei Guo fights Li Guo, Li Guo fights Yan Guo, Yan Guo fights Wei Guo...

At the beginning of the Three Kingdoms, they were reluctant to part with the gold mines in Zeng Town. Later, when they fought, they became really angry. Facing the anger of Emperor Yonghe, Yan Guo would rather fight on two fronts under pressure, and did not withdraw from Zeng Town.

After the autumn harvest, the military forces of all countries have been newly replenished, and the war has long been no longer confined to Zeng Town. Not only the three areas near Zeng Town have been affected, but even the territory of the Three Kingdoms has not been spared.

The refugees who fled to Zengzhen were just a drop in the ocean.

Song Peiyu's knuckles 'da', 'da', 'da' tapped on the table regularly, and suddenly said, "At the latest half a month, it will definitely snow, and no matter what Yan, Wei, and Li think, it will be snowing. The war has to be ceased. Will the war in Zengzhen continue after the next year's thaw?"

Hao Shi was in a daze for a while before he opened his mouth full of uncertainty, "I don't know, but I remember General Murong once said that next year, the war in Zengzhen will definitely be even more tragic."

Song Peiyu frowned when she heard this.

Chong Yi was the first to notice Song Peiyu's abnormal mood, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Song Peiyu thought for a while, then leaned into Chong Yi's ear and whispered, "Do you still remember what I said about building a city in the three-way area? If the fighting in Zeng Town becomes more intense next year, it will be the best time to build a city."

Chong Yi suddenly lost interest, and gave a perfunctory 'hmm'.

Neither of them noticed that since they got together naturally, the expressions of the other three people in the room became more and more strange.

Lu Jihe habitually sneered.

Bo Yang silently covered his face.

Only Hao Shi didn't know why, but he understood that Lu Jihe and Bo Yang's reaction was not right, and his slightly red and swollen eyes were full of thirst for knowledge.

Even though there were still thousands of words to say, everyone knew that it was not the time for them to be completely relieved, and they all dispersed before dawn.

On the second day, the entire Sheng Mansion, from the master to the servants, slept late.

On the pretext that the two new servants were pleasing to the eye, Lu Jihe brought Dali and Dazhuang to serve him, and asked Angelica, Huangqi and Baisu not to appear in front of him with a depressed face.

Angelica, Huangqi, and Bai Suren were all frightened, they repeatedly promised that they would never hinder Lu Jihe's eyes, and hid in the kitchen tremblingly.

Thanks to these three little servants who were like frightened birds, Da Zhuang, who was already extremely timid, was terrified enough to hide behind Dali.

Lu Jihe, who caught a glimpse of Da Zhuang's movements, rolled his eyes quietly, but didn't care about it.

If not for less trouble, who would be willing to be a mad dog?

In the afternoon of that day, Guanshi Qian approached Dali and Dazhuang with a contract of selling their lives.

Song Peiyu personally received Guanshi Qian. Although she was still not in high spirits, she was no longer as cold as yesterday.

In addition to giving Song Peiyu a deed of sale, Guanshi Qian told Song Peiyu that the Tongjuan Mansion has already found a place for the elderly over 50 and children under ten. After repairs, old women and little girls can move in. On the street behind Yaozaoyuan, Chen Tongpan personally nominated it as a 'saleshouse'.

When Song Peiyu heard this, the corner of her mouth finally raised her first smile of the day, "This is a great thing."

"Who says it's not?" Guanshi Qian puffed up his chest, his face full of pride, "It's only because we judge adults to love the people like children, that we are willing to do this kind of charity that can't be repaid. These people can make mistakes by accident. It's a blessing they cultivated in their previous life to come to Qizhen!"

Bo Yang, who happened to be passing by, quickened his pace silently, and with his back turned to Guan Qian, he couldn't control his expression any longer, and his sarcasm was beyond words.

Charity shit.

He has never seen a parent official who can pick skins better than Qizhen Tongjufu.

After living in Qizhen for a long time, Bo Yang realized that the 'poor' people he met in Qizhen were actually people who lived well in Qizhen.

Most of them opened a shop in Qizhen, and they also had their own land outside the town.

What is really difficult is that those people who rely solely on farming for a living can only eat one meal a day. Even young and strong people who do a lot of physical work every day only have a bowl full of beans.

This also caused another strange appearance of Qi Zhen.

As long as Tongpanfu calls for something, there will be some rewards, even if the reward is only a bucket of grain, it will make those townspeople who are burdened with unimaginably heavy taxes grateful to Tongpanfu and think Tongpanfu is kind.

On the contrary, it made the prestige of Tongpanfu in Qizhen even higher.

Song Peiyu just pretended not to realize that this was a temptation from the Tongjuanfu, or as before, every time a new refugee entered Qizhen, he would go to the Medicine Soap House and ask how the Salesian House was doing.

When the first snow fell and the sales home officially opened, Song Peiyu asked Huang Qi to give something to the old woman, the little girl, and the little boy who had the courage to stop him.

He himself had never been in the Salesian.

This matter was handed over to Chen Meng by Chen Tongpan. Song Peiyu's reaction made Chen Meng confused, and finally had to bite the bullet and ask Chen Tongpan for advice.

Chen Tongpan has long since despaired of Chen Meng's brain, and he has recently sold a large amount of medicated soap, not only earning money that he could not have imagined before, but also getting compliments from those wealthy businessmen with high eyesight, and he is in a good mood He didn't even bother to talk to Chen Meng, and nodded after listening to Chen Meng's words, "This is the case in advance, order the people in the sales house to carefully check the things that Sheng Yu sent, if someone in the sales house wants to give Sheng Yu something Double-check, too."

Chen Meng hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Why didn't you just kill the old woman and that girl? It's enough to tell Shengyu that it's the wind and cold."

Chen Tongpan closed his eyes, and kept saying that this was his own, so that he could stop the thought of hitting someone, and said angrily, "It's just an old woman and a little girl, so what if it's someone Shengyu has known for a long time?" ? We take good care of the people he wants to take care of, so that he won't make trouble for us."

"I'll say it again, what you have to do is to know people to use them well and to use them, so that the people you want to use are willing to use them for you, instead of forcing them to hate you." Chen Tongjuan sighed at this point, "You Ah, there are still too few setbacks.”

Chen Meng lowered his head, he still didn't understand much, but he knew that if he asked further, he might be beaten.

After half a month, Song Peiyu and others received a reply letter from Zhao Guo.

After being hinted by Hao Shi, Bo Yang gave Huang Qi, Angelica, Bai Su and Da Zhuang drugs.

That night, everyone gathered in Chongyi's room again in the dark.

Hao Shi told everyone the news he had just received.

Murong Jing ordered troops himself, and quietly transferred Zhao Jun from the Zhao-Yan border to Yu County, ready to send troops south to Qizhen at any time.

Murong Jing hoped that Chong Yi could give him a specific date.

It was Song Peiyu who spoke first, and he showed hesitation, "But it's already December, and the road is blocked by heavy snow..."

Even the deep hatred between Zhao Guo and Yan Guo, and the situation where Yan, Wei, and Li had to fight their brains for Zengzhen's gold mine dog, had to tacitly cease fighting after the snow fell.

Hao Shi thought that Song Peiyu was worried that Zhao Jun would not be able to take down Qizhen immediately, but would expose their identities, so he immediately comforted him, "It's okay, the distance between Yu County and Qizhen is only two days, and Qizhen doesn't even have a decent city wall." , General Murong sent troops from Yu County, and within three days Qi Town could be conquered."

Song Peiyu is not someone who can be fooled by a few words. He looked at Hao Shi quietly, and his tone was unhurried but to the point, "What about the casualties? After two consecutive days of rapid march, Zhao Jun directly attacked Qi at the most exhausted time. Moreover, Zhao Jun violated the default rule of not fighting in winter, and suddenly appeared outside Qi Town, which originally hated Zhao Jun extremely, and I am afraid that the people of Qi Town will put on a desperate posture."

If this battle is lost, not only Chong Yi and his identities may be exposed, Zhao Guo's reputation will probably be completely stink.

Although Hao Shi is good at skills, he doesn't have the ability to lead an army to fight. He has always been a guard for Emperor Yonghe, or responsible for transporting extremely confidential things. Later, he led the East Palace Ten Commander to Chongyi, and he was really questioned by Song Peiyu.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and it was Hao Shi who lowered his head first.

"Why is it so troublesome? Qi Town is not Zeng Town." Lu Jihe suddenly said, "The Tongju Mansion has been busy collecting money these past few months, and it has been a long time since we paid special attention to this place. We can sneak out of Qi Town, as long as There are people outside the town to respond, as long as we can prevent us from being intercepted by bandits."

Song Peiyu chuckled, "Who said Qi Zhen is inferior to Zeng Zhen?"

Lu Jihe subconsciously felt something was wrong, squinting his eyes and looking in Song Peiyu's direction vigilantly, "What do you mean?"

Zeng Town is rumored to have a gold mine of unprecedented scale, which is why the Three Kingdoms are vying for it.

Why does Qi Zhen compare with Zeng Zhen?

By bandits?

Or with medicated soap?

Song Peiyu straight to the point told everyone his plan that took more than half a year to gradually perfect, "I plan to build a city in Qizhen and move all the people in Qizhen to Yuxian County. Then I will borrow troops from the imperial court, and all the people in the new city will change their defenses regularly. .Specialize in selling soap and colored glaze to traveling merchants in various countries in Xincheng, and the Song family will share [-]% of the profits with the treasury."

The low-pitched but exceptionally clear words seemed to stay in the darkness for an exceptionally long time. After Song Peiyu finished speaking, no one answered for a long time.

"Are you crazy? You actually want to build a city in an area that doesn't matter?" Lu Jihe asked a series of questions without thinking, "How big a city do you need to build to ensure that you can be attacked by other countries without the advantage of terrain?" Can we wait for reinforcements from Zhao State? Do you know how much manpower and material resources are needed to build such a city? How can you ensure that the surrounding countries will turn a blind eye to this during the construction of the city and let you piss at their gates to mark the territory?"

Song Peiyu had thought about these questions thousands of times long ago, without being asked at all, "You know the repairs of the Eastern Palace, as long as it's not in winter, give me three months at most, and I can build a city that can become a fortress.

The townspeople of Qizhen can be used to build the city, or the frontier army can be used. The materials can be obtained locally or transported from Yu County.

Next year, Yan, Wei, and Li will fight again, and they are all really angry. As long as they add more fuel, they will definitely not have the energy to pay attention to Qi Zhen.King Liang of Liangzhou couldn't care less about Qi Zhen. As for King Rui of Liangzhou...we can hide it from him. The bandits outside Qi Town are the best cover. "

After hearing Song Peiyu's clear words, what else did Lu Jihe not understand?

Song Peiyu didn't do it on a whim at all, he planned it for a long time!

The panting voice in the darkness gradually calmed down, Lu Jihe no longer entangled with Song Peiyu to build a city in Qizhen, anyway, according to Song Peiyu's meaning, if there is a plan to build a city, we have to wait until Yan, Wei, and Li fight again next year. Fishing in troubled waters in Qizhen.

"Our departure from Qizhen now will not affect your return to build the city next year. As long as you can convince His Majesty, there is nothing wrong with it." Lu Jihe said coldly.

Knowing that Lu Jihe might not be able to see him, Song Peiyu shook his head and said firmly, "It will affect the quiet construction of the city in Qizhen. The premise is that no news will spread during the process. If we start from Qizhen at this time Disappearing will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Tongpan Mansion. Even if it is for the medicinal soap, the Tongpan Mansion will come up with tricks beyond our control. If Qizhen suddenly enters the eyes of various countries, it will be impossible to build the city silently. "

Lu Jihe sneered, "Because you don't know whether the city building plan will be successful, you have to put your highness in a dangerous situation? People in Zhao country will think of you through medicated soap, and then find Qi County, and people from other countries can also How can you guarantee that while His Highness is waiting for an opportunity in Qi County, the troops of other countries will not conquer Qi Town first?"

"I can't guarantee it." Song Peiyu's voice was very calm, "The so-called wealth and wealth can be found in danger, and the benefits that building a city can bring are worth the risk of His Royal Highness."

Song Peiyu looked in Lu Jihe's direction based on his feeling, "I still say the same thing. I only think about safety, and if I lose the courage to fight, I won't be able to achieve great things in the end."

Hearing these familiar words, Lu Jihe immediately remembered the times he suffered from Song Peiyu's hands before, new hatred and old hatred welled up in his heart, he simply abandoned those rhetoric, and said bluntly, "I just don't want to stay here It's a damn place, I want to go home! Your Majesty will not want His Highness to stay here, he must want His Highness to rush back to Xianyang immediately!"

Of course Song Peiyu understood this truth, why didn't he want to go home?

He thought about his elder brother, his sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu, his mother... and he was also worried about how Sheng Tairan's injury would be, whether there was no disease left as Hao Shi said.

In the end, Song Peiyu just said lightly, "I just hope that before General Murong departs from Yu County, I can send my city building plan to Xianyang, and make a decision after Xianyang has a result."

Lu Jihe was about to laugh angrily, "It will take ten days for you to send the news back to Yu County. General Murong will send your city building plan back to Xianyang and wait for His Majesty's will. The journey will take at least ten days. After Xianyang has made a decision, It will take another ten days for General Murong to contact us again. One month is enough time for us to return to Xianyang directly. The risk is too great, and I disagree."

Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe couldn't convince each other, so they all set their sights on Hao Shi who could pass the message to Murong Jing.

Although one had a gentle gaze and the other had a sharp gaze, neither of them would give in at all.

Hao Shi was not troubled by this, he said sternly, "I will listen to Your Highness."

In the darkness, Song Peiyu tugged Chong Yi's sleeve violently.

Lu Jihe suddenly widened his eyes, stared at the direction that had been silent all the time, and persuaded earnestly, "Your Highness is the foundation of the country, you should return to Xianyang as soon as possible, so that His Majesty and the ministers are not worried, and you can avoid many things that shake the hearts of the people. Gossip."

Chong Yi's sleepy voice sounded, "Well, listen to Li Nu."

Lu Jihe stomped his feet hard, shook his sleeves and left, muttering something in his mouth.

Hao Shi heard "disaster for the country".

Bo Yang heard the 'Yao Fei'.

What Chong Yi heard was unknown.

Song Peiyu also heard about Yaofei.

Song Peiyu, who had long been accustomed to Lu Jihe's misunderstanding, was a little hot-faced.

Not because of Lu Jihe's 'demon concubine', but because of Chong Yi's 'raccoon slave'.

Since he woke up from Chongyi's high fever, he asked Chongyi who he was, and Chongyi answered 'Beaver slave'.Chong Yi seemed to suddenly realize that Song Peiyu still had a nickname, and when he called him again, he was always Li Nu, not Song Peiyu.

The name is chosen for people to call, no matter the name is the same, so Song Peiyu has never felt that there is anything wrong with Chong Yi changing the name.

Until now, Chong Yi still called him 'Beaver Slave' in front of so many people, and Song Peiyu suddenly felt an intimacy and... weirdness that couldn't be ignored.

This intimacy and weirdness didn't stop Song Peiyu from looking for Chong Yi alone.Let Chongyi specifically tell Hao Shi that he very much agrees with his plan to build the city.

Chong Yi looked at Song Peiyu without a word, even if he was as salty as him, he felt that Song Peiyu was too much.

Song Peiyu followed Chong Yi's gaze, bargaining calmly.

"A New Story"

“…”

"Two new stories, not the Long Aotian series."

"..."

"Two new stories, and I'll give you Cauldron Hard Candies specifically."

"..."

"Two new stories and the hard candy I made. When I return to Xianyang, I will send the cook who can make cakes to the East Palace."

"..."

"Don't go too far!"

"Oh, so be it."

In the end, Hao Shi not only sent Song Peiyu's city building plan back to Yu County according to Chong Yi's instructions, but also made a special note that His Highness very much agreed with Song Peiyu's plan.

Even if Lu Jihe didn't know Hao Shi's special remarks, he was still so angry that he ignored Song Peiyu and Chongyi for several days, and devoted himself perfectly to the role of "Popularity". The frightened souls are about to disperse.

When the new year was approaching, Tongpan Mansion sent a post to Sheng Zhai, inviting the Sheng brothers to come to Tongpan Mansion to celebrate the new year.

Sheng Zhai declined the invitation from the Tongpan Mansion, and had an ordinary and special New Year. He also gave Lu Jihe a lively birthday on the first day of the first lunar month, which was even more grand than the New Year's day.

Lu Jihe ate the birthday cake made by Song Peiyu and Chong Yi himself, and finally forgave the couple with difficulty, ah, no, it was the lord who gave him a headache and the political enemy who made his eyes hurt.

Xianyang's reply letter arrived in Qizhen after a year.

Emperor Yonghe agreed to Song Peiyu's city building plan, or he was pleasantly surprised that Chongyi would have a clear attitude towards other people's political opinions, so he immediately chose to support Chongyi unconditionally.He also ordered Murong Jing not to report everything to Xianyang, and Chong Yi was to decide everything about Qi Zhen.

But Emperor Yonghe also has conditions, he is only willing to give Chong Yi a year.

A year later, no matter whether the city can be built in Qizhen or not, Chong Yi will return to Xianyang immediately.

Lu Jihe was no longer angry, and after realizing the reality that he could not go home in a short time, he became very interested in Song Peiyu's city building plan.

He and Soong Peiyu looked at the problem from a very different perspective. After careful consideration, the questions he raised were all places that Soong Peiyu had just ignored.

The city construction plan was completed by the end of March, and everything was ready, only the east wind from Zeng Town was missing.

No matter how deep and simple they are, there are some things they are destined to be unable to avoid, such as Chen Meng's birthday.

Before Zhao Jun's soldiers approached the city, they all had to calm down the Tongpan mansion.

Chen Meng's birthday banquet was held at Tongpan Mansion, and all the people attending the banquet were well-known people in Qizhen except for the 'Sheng Brothers'.

Everyone came here with the idea of ​​saving face for the Tongpan Mansion, and deliberately coaxed Chen Meng to be happy with words and deeds. Song Peiyu also specially made some other shapes of medicinal soap and gave it to Chen Meng as a birthday present.

It's just that Chen Meng may not be happy.

A bunch of tan things, no matter how you look at it, it feels strange, even stranger than tan ingots.

After drinking for three rounds, the sound of clank music suddenly sounded.

All the people who were talking during the dinner stopped in unison, and listened carefully to the music.

The pawn with a long beard smiled and said, "How many nieces are here to celebrate the eldest son's birthday?"

Chen Tongpan had no other children except Chen Meng, and the niece mentioned by the pawn was someone who worked in Tongpan's mansion.The girl at home.

Hearing this, Bo Yang, who was about to embarrassingly praise the sound of the piano, froze the smile on his face, and choked himself again.He quickly turned his back, coughed frantically, and patted his little heart through the clothes.

It was so dangerous, he almost said 'this diva...'.

If it is true, wouldn't it offend most of the Tongju government all at once?

It's just that Bo Yang was also very wronged. Whose girl from a good family would come to the front yard specially during the boy's birthday, playing and singing through the translucent screen, and even dancing!

Song Peiyu's and Lu Jihe's faces were no more natural than Bo Yang's, and they all lowered their heads subtly.

However, these people are still unwilling to let them go, they have to let them watch Yingying Zhuozhuo's dancing posture on the screen, and then give a grade to the singing and dancing behind the screen.

Now even Chong Yi took a few more glances at these people.

If all these people hadn't said it, the girl behind the screen was also a girl from the official family in Qizhen, he would have thought that he had come to the Jiaofang Division instead of the Tongpan Mansion.

Moreover, the wrong strings of these people's playing, the out-of-tune singing, and the dancing... don't mention it. I'm afraid they only serve tea and water when they arrive at the Jiaofang Division. How can they judge the grades?

Song Peiyu covered her mouth and coughed twice, looked at the speaker with apologetic eyes, and said in a muffled voice, "The girls have their own strengths, and I'm a foreigner, so I'm afraid it's not good to give pointers to the girls."

Chen Tongpan, who was at the top, suddenly smiled, "Is there anything I can't point out? You are all people who have seen the world, and it is their blessing to be able to point out these girls' movies."

Rao is as good at dancing as Song Peiyu, he can't answer this question, he subconsciously looked at the fathers of these girls.Surprised to find that the fathers of these girls did not show any anger when they heard such offensive words. Instead, they happily followed Chen Tongpan's words and directly held Song Peiyu and others in midair.

Song Peiyu couldn't help bringing Murong Jing into the presence of his father, and suddenly felt chills on his neck, and he couldn't speak.Turning to look at Lu Jihe, Lu Jihe also had a face full of indescribable words.

Seeing that the Sheng brothers all lowered their heads and said nothing, Chen Tongpan was upset, and he called names directly, "Sheng Sheng, you are the boss, you speak first, so as to set an example for the younger brothers."

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Chong Yi raised his head, and Song Peiyu was really afraid that Chong Yi would ask Chen Tongpan what he wanted him to say, or say something like 'whatever', 'um', 'oh'.

"No impression," Chong Yi replied.

Song Peiyu twitched the corners of her mouth to make amends for Chong Yi, "My elder brother said that the girls have their own strengths, and they really can't tell the order."

Chong Yi glanced at Song Peiyu, facing Song Peiyu's cramp eyes, and silently swallowed the rebuttal from his mouth.

Lu Jihe also endured the discomfort all over his body and came out to smooth things over a few rounds, and finally got over the matter of grading the performances of the girls.

It's a pity that this catastrophe has escaped and there will be another catastrophe. Chen Tongjuan changed the subject and suddenly mentioned that Song Peiyu and others have also reached the age of marriage, but now they have no parents to take care of them. their lifelong event.

To put it bluntly, it is to match them.

Song Peiyu sighed calmly, and said with a wry smile, "My nephew thanked Uncle Chen for his kindness, but you don't know that although our brothers have never married, we have already given the bride price when we were at home. If there is no accident last year , I'm afraid the eldest brother has married the eldest sister-in-law into the family."

Chen Tongpan was not angry when he was rejected, and said with a smile, "In that case, let's take a noble concubine. You are all from aristocratic families, and these girl films will not suffer anyway."

Song Peiyu was speechless again. Ever since Emperor Yonghe proclaimed himself emperor, he has seen many veiled or frank matchmaking methods from Lihua Village to Xianyang. This is the first time he has seen such a shameless matchmaking method.

He really doubts now whether the girls who performed just now are the girls from the official family or the maids raised by the Tongsan Mansion.

Fortunately, Chen Tongpan just wanted to test the idea of ​​the 'Sheng Brothers'. Although he was not satisfied with the result, he didn't intend to act as a matchmaker immediately.After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Chen Tongpan left the table, and other people who worked in the Tongpan mansion also left with Chen Tongpan, leaving only those who were the same age as Chen Meng.

Song Peiyu and the others didn't want to leave now, so they could only stay patiently, listening to these people say some things that seemed inexplicable to them, and even smiled and agreed.

It was even more tiring than the test they faced with the teachers of Donggong Elementary School.

When Song Peiyu and the others were finally able to bid farewell, Chen Meng sent them out on purpose, pointing at them deliberately when they parted, saying that they were already residents of Qizhen and had lived in Qizhen for more than half a year, but they still existed with Qizhen. The estrangement, the best way to eliminate this estrangement is to marry their girl from Qi Zhen.

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