I am a ruler in troubled times

After receiving the news, Song Peiyu was surprised and felt reasonable.

It was after the Zengzhen earthquake last year that this area began to experience frequent aftershocks. After nearly two years, Zengzhen once again became the epicenter of the earthquake.

Although it is really unlucky, there is a reason to be found.

It's a pity that Zeng Town's 22 troops were killed by the earthquake.

As for Prince Rui's army of Liangzhou, Song Peiyu had expected it.

As early as when Liuli Road was being built, Song Peiyu knew that after Liangzhou Prince Rui discovered Liuli Road and Qihuo City, he would definitely not let it go.

Zhao Guo's behavior was equivalent to hammering a nail under Liangzhou Prince Rui's nose, it's strange that Liangzhou Prince Rui could bear this tone.

Apparently Prince Rui of Liangzhou was not very lucky, he chose the worst time, and had to go back home before leaving school.

No wonder Murong Jing specially used Hai Dongqing to remind Chong Yi to pay attention to the guards in the strange goods city.

After all, people's hearts are biased. After learning that Yuxian County and other places in Zhao State are safe, although Song Peiyu sighed for the tragedy of Zengzhen, she immediately recovered her former calmness and began to plan in an orderly manner. Disaster relief.

There is no serious problem here in Qihuo City, but the border counties and towns in Zhao State not far from Zeng Town are different.

Although the people sent by Murong Jing did not elaborate on the situation in Yu County, Song Peiyu was able to get a glimpse of it from the expression of grief that could not be concealed.

After asking Jin Bao to take the people Murong Jing sent to rest, Song Peiyu immediately looked at Chong Yi and said in a low voice, "I plan to use half of the gold and silver in the warehouse of Qihuo City for disaster relief, and send them to various counties and towns in the border areas. .”

Song Peiyu can earn money, but she is also very willing to spend it.

What's the point of earning money if you don't spend it and put it in the warehouse for ashes?

This is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to give Chongyi a reputation among the people without appearing obtrusive.

After sending the gold and silver to various counties and towns on the border of Zhao State, it is natural to tell all the people with great fanfare that the gold and silver all come from the prince's private treasury, which is the prince's sympathy for the people.

Chong Yi has never been interested in these things, so he waved his hand casually when he heard the words, fixed his eyes on the royal blue exposed from Song Peiyu's sleeve, and said suddenly, "This sign itself is a seal, you send the stamped document to Every yamen, they will treat the document as a lonely order, you can deal with it as you like."

Song Peiyu followed Chong Yi's gaze to his wrist, and put the sapphire-carved brand on the sapphire string in front of his eyes for a closer look.

Eunuch An bent down and pointed at the extremely inconspicuous place on the upper left corner of the jade tablet, and said in a low voice, "This place is invisible to the naked eye, but after using ink pad and printing it on paper, there will be the pattern of vermilion birds."

According to Eunuch An's instructions, Song Peiyu put her finger on the upper left corner of the jade tablet, and she really felt an unusual touch.

Rubbing with your fingers, you can only feel the unevenness, but you can't tell what the unevenness is.

Song Peiyu took a deep look at Chong Yi, unwilling to inquire into whether Chong Yi knew what the meaning of his current behavior was, and gladly accepted this convenience.

Having this seal is convenient for him and relief for Chong Yi, why not accept it?

The disaster relief fund was settled in just two days. Murong Jing sent soldiers from Yu County to escort the gold and silver. An imperial edict drawn up with illness.

The contents of the imperial edict are nothing more than official words like how Chong Yi sympathizes with the people. The rhetoric is gorgeous but not obscure, ensuring that the people can easily understand what it means.

For this edict, Lu Jihe, who was already able to get out of bed, forcibly lay on the bed for three days.

Because Chong Yi, Song Peiyu, and Lu Jihe were all injured, it is a pity that the return to Xianyang can only be postponed.

It just gave Song Peiyu enough time and convenience to learn about Zeng Zhen's follow-up and Liangzhou Prince Rui's next move.

Out of boredom, Song Peiyu specially asked Murong Jing to secretly send the eighth prince of Weiguo who was still in Yu County to Qihuo City.

He intuitively felt that the Eighth Prince of Wei would be a man with a story.

After meeting the Eighth Prince of Wei, Song Peiyu said bluntly, if the Eighth Prince did not tell the truth why he came to Zhao after disappearing from the Zengzhen battlefield, Zhao would announce his identity to the Nine Kingdoms and threaten Wei with the Eighth Prince.

After the Eighth Prince heard Song Peiyu's words, he didn't hesitate at all, and just said what he had to say.

To put it bluntly, if he doesn't run away, he will only die.

He is the son of Concubine Sin, he has not been liked by Emperor Wei since he was a child, and he can't compete with his brothers when he grows up.

In fact, the eighth prince didn't even think about fighting.

But he was born in the royal family, and he was not protected by anyone. It can be said that he couldn't help himself, and he was still involved in the struggle after all.

Zengzhen Battlefield is the place where his brothers carefully selected for him to bury his bones.

So the Eighth Prince slipped away after discovering that the food specially presented to him was poisonous.

After fleeing from the Zengzhen battlefield, the eighth prince had only two choices.

Go to Zhao country or go to Prince Rui's territory in Liangzhou.

It just so happened that Zhao Guozheng was planning to build a city wall like a city of rare goods in Yu County, and he was extremely tolerant of refugees.

The eighth prince went to Prince Rui's territory in Liangzhou and there was no one to go to, so he entered Yu County among the refugees without hesitation.

It's a pity that he didn't expect that Yu County was willing to accept refugees for the purpose of building the city wall. He was thinking about how to leave Yu County for a safer and more prosperous county, so he was arrested and taken to the construction site.

No matter how much the Eighth Prince was not welcomed by Emperor Wei, and no matter how much he suffered from childhood, he could not move bricks among the refugees without being noticed.

In fact, within three days, the eighth prince couldn't take it anymore and confessed his identity.

They didn't even wait for Murong Jing to interrogate him.

The absurdity of the story of the Eighth Prince of the Wei State is ridiculous, but it is also very novel. At least Chong Yi has never heard of such a story, and he has deliberately summoned the Eighth Prince of the Wei State several times.

I have to say that the eighth prince of Weiguo really doesn't think of himself as a prince at all.

He is the prince of Wei, and Chong Yi is the prince of Zhao.

When he saw Chong Yi, he knelt down without any hesitation.

Hearing Eunuch An's tactful expression that Chong Yi likes to listen to stories, the eighth prince was still a little overwhelmed. When he understood the reason why Chong Yi summoned him, the eighth prince immediately entered the state, and there was no resistance at all.

Song Peiyu followed Chong Yi to listen to the gossip about the royal family of Wei State several times.

Brothers killing each other or having a meal together can poison half of them.

Sixteen virtuous concubines were conferred in the harem within three months, and each virtuous concubine was the only virtuous concubine in the palace when she was alive.

After the prince found out that his brother had stolen his concubine, he actually wanted to join in instead of reporting on it.

……

Song Peiyu's three views were about to be shattered.

In the end, my mind was full of 'your circle is really messed up.

With Chong Yi's 'favor', the eighth prince, who was originally a prisoner, soon gained some freedom in the palace, as well as food, clothing, housing and transportation in line with his status as a prince.

For this reason, the eighth prince of the Wei Kingdom... was moved to tears?

Zeng Town, which had been bustling for nearly two years, suddenly became deserted after the earthquake.

Not only because of the earthquake, the 22 troops never returned, but also because the gold mine in Zengzhen was buried underground again during the earthquake.

Yan, Wei, and Li announced their withdrawal at the same time.

Song Peiyu suspected that the gold mine in Zengzhen was buried underground again during the earthquake. It was just an excuse for the Three Kingdoms to withdraw their troops. The reason for the actual withdrawal was that the country could not bear the investment and losses for two consecutive years, and the gold mine in Zengzhen could not make up for it. loss.

In order to verify this idea, Song Peiyu also asked Laifu to take someone to take a look at Zeng Town, which was already empty.

In just one day, Laifu and the others actually found some gold mines.

It is indeed buried in the ground, but it is only five to ten meters above the ground. It is actually not difficult to dig it up, and it is easier to mine than many gold mines in Zhao Guoguo.

The gold mine came so easily that everyone in the strange goods city couldn't believe it.

Lu Jihe, whose face was still pale, stared at Song Peiyu's hand with burning eyes, and sighed, "Before my father said that you were destined to bring wealth, and it was the fate of a beckoning cat. I still didn't believe it. Now it seems that my father's ability to divination Much stronger than me."

When other people heard the words, they also looked at Song Peiyu's fair and slender hands, their eyes were full of "that's how it is" and "that's amazing".

However, after hearing Lu Jihe's words, Song Peiyu felt that there was too much to say.

What the hell is a lucky cat?

When Song Peiyu heard this word, the fat man with a smirk on his face and kept waving his arms came to mind.

Cute is pretty cute, but what does this word have to do with him, Song Peiyu?

There are also Lu Ji and divination... It is a big problem in itself.

It can only be described as 'vegetables and addiction'.

After talking and joking, everyone couldn't hide the excitement of being hit by a gold mine from the sky.

In particular, Yan, Wei, and Li Sanguo put in so much manpower and material resources for the gold mine in Zengzhen, but in the end they failed to fetch water from the bamboo basket, and even the bamboo basket was smashed.

They got the gold mine in Zeng Town so easily.

It's almost like a dream.

Song Peiyu was also very happy, but she couldn't calm down in the mood of temporarily forgetting everything else except being happy.

The culprit who affected Song Peiyu's thoughts was by his side.

Song Peiyu is really hard to ignore, Chong Yiru has a real line of sight.

He looked sideways at Chong Yi, and signaled Chong Yi not to look with his eyes.

After Chong Yi and Song Peiyu looked at each other, they looked away for a short time. Before even ten counts, they turned their eyes back again, and it got worse. The hand placed under the table went directly to hook Song Peiyu because everyone couldn't bear to watch , while resting the hand on the lap.

Song Peiyu immediately put her hands on the table again, and gave Chong Yi a hard look.

He found that he has become increasingly unable to guess Chong Yi's mind recently, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is 'unpredictable'.

Chong Yi is like a big cat that failed to reach the ball of wool. Although he feels regretful, he has not completely lost his patience. He puts his hands on his face and lies half-lying on the table lazily, his gaze is still on Song Peiyu's hand.

Song Peiyu couldn't move forward or retreat immediately, she put her hands on the table, just letting Chong Yi watch.With his hand under the table, Chong Yi must reach out to reach it, it's really annoying.

He glanced at Chong Yi again, simply put his left hand into the right sleeve, and his right hand into the left sleeve, and then smiled at Chong Yi complacently before turning his attention back to what everyone said.

Song Peiyu didn't know, after he turned his head completely, Chong Yi also smiled.

Because he had no interest in gold mines and was sitting on the other side of Song Peiyu, Bo Yang, who had witnessed the whole process, wished he could poke his eyes.

He was wrong, why did he sit so close to these two people?

With unremitting efforts to recall, Bo Yang vaguely remembered that it was because when he came, there was only a place next to Song Peiyu left.

Bo Yang's eyes full of resentment turned to Lu Jihe who entered the door in front of him.

Lu Jihe, who had already put all his attention on the Zengzhen gold mine, sneezed twice, frowned, took out a handkerchief and wiped his nose, not paying attention to this trivial matter at all.

Although Song Peiyu also enthused about the gold mine in Zengzhen, she was calmer than others.

Zeng Town is an extremely dangerous place.

First of all, no one knows how long it will be before the next earthquake in Zengzhen and how powerful it will be.

Secondly, the Three Kingdoms of Yan, Wei, and Li had already paid such a high price for the Zengzhen Gold Mine, not to mention nothing, and in the end they even lost their wives and soldiers.

If Zhao Guo went to Zeng Town to mine gold mines with great fanfare, it would be equivalent to tearing off the faces of the Three Kingdoms and rubbing them under his feet. I am afraid that he would have to face the wrath of the Three Kingdoms at the same time.

Three Kingdoms has spent nearly two years proving that Zeng Town is a place with very peculiar geomantic omen.

As long as it is stained, it will be full of fishy smell, and this layer of fishy smell cannot be removed without peeling off the skin.

Taking all factors into consideration, Song Peiyu felt that even if there were gold mines in Zeng Town, it was not worth their trouble.

While no one found out that Zengzhen Gold Mine was so easy to mine, they hurriedly asked people to dig it secretly, and earned as much money as they could dig.

When other people found out that the gold mine in Zeng Town was so easy to dig, they retreated immediately, and they must not be contaminated by the smell of Zeng Town.

Perhaps Song Peiyu's description was too subtle, the excitement of the others cooled down, and they showed disgusted expressions.

Even if everyone was reluctant to part with Zengzhen's gold mines, they still had to admit that Song Peiyu was right.

For Zhao Guo, Qihuo City is the golden chicken that lays the golden eggs.

If the Odd Goods City is in danger for the smelly gold mine, that would be putting the cart before the horse.

Although Chongyi is in charge of Qihuo City, it is Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe who can make the decision. As long as the two of them can convince each other, this matter will basically be considered a success.

Song Peiyu personally brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and 'guided' Chong Yi to repair the book and borrow soldiers from Murong Jing.

Since the focus is on digging and running, it is natural that the more people there are and the higher the efficiency, the better for them.

Prince Rui of Liangzhou does not know when he will make a comeback again, and the [-] troops stationed in Qihuo City must not move.

Then the only choice is to focus on the frontier army in Yu County.

Murong Jing's response was very fast, and he directly sent [-] frontier troops to Qihuo City. In his reply, he was also very supportive. He could dig as many gold mines as he could in Zeng Town. If he was discovered, he would run away immediately. plan.

Song Peiyu put too much energy into the Zengzhen Gold Mine, and after a few days, he found out that his golden rooster had laid golden eggs for him again.

Ever since Fenfang Ting and Liulifang started to compete for money, Song Peiyu has put the plan of improving paper on the agenda, and there is also a special paper workshop in Qihuo City.

There was a sudden earthquake before, and the paper workshop, like other factories, destroyed a batch of goods that were being produced.

The process of making paper is different from other things. Although it deviates halfway due to force majeure, it can still continue according to the original plan, but the result will be even more unknown.

The stewards of the paper workshop are reluctant to part with the materials they have already put in, and they are tasked with researching new paper, so they should try more and collect as much data as possible.

So the steward of the paper workshop bit the bullet and used the pulp that hadn't been completely spilled.

Unexpectedly, it was precisely because of the mind of the manager of the paper workshop to make use of waste that new paper was actually made.

The steward of Zhifang asked Song Peiyu to see him immediately.

Unfortunately, Song Peiyu first put all her thoughts on disaster relief, and then spent every day trying to recover from Chong Yi's injuries. After she had some free time, she put all her energy on the gold mine in Zeng Town.

After almost a month, Song Peiyu was free to summon the steward of Zhifang.

Unexpectedly, Zhifang suddenly gave him such a big surprise.

The new paper is naturally not as good as the rice paper that Song Peiyu has been used to since she was a child.

The color is not as white as rice paper, and when the brush is dipped in ink and travels on the paper, there will be almost undetectable resistance. Fortunately, the ink will not smudge. Anyway, it is not a problem to write hairpin flowers on the reverse side.

Even Song Peiyu, before he earned money, could afford rice paper and only used rice paper. It was Mrs. Song who doted on him, and bought paper directly from her private house every month and sent it to Song Peiyu's residence, no matter how Song Peiyu postponed it , Mrs. Song turned a deaf ear to it.

Song Peiyu always hated to see good things piled up with dust, so she gradually developed the habit of using rice paper.

Nowadays, even in aristocratic families, hemp paper is the most commonly used.

As the name suggests, hemp paper uses ramie, hemp, jute, etc. as the main raw materials.

In this era, at least Song Peiyu has never seen cotton, and most of the clothing materials come from hemp and silk.

Ordinary people can't even afford new clothes, but aristocratic families can use hemp to make paper.

It is a pity that hemp paper is mostly rough in texture. Although it is not easy to smear ink and has the advantages of strong and unbreakable paper, it is still far inferior to rice paper in terms of usability.

Purely from the perspective of writing, regardless of how long the paper can be stored, hemp paper is not even as good as new paper made by Zhifang.

The cost of new paper in paper mills is far lower than that of hemp paper.

The raw materials of Zhifang's new paper are branches and grass leaves that can be seen everywhere. After more than 20 procedures of cooking, refining... and then repeating the above process, it is produced. The cycle is about half a month.

Although the process of new paper is more complicated than hemp paper, the raw materials are far cheaper than hemp paper.

Now at the price of Xianyang hemp paper, one hundred sheets of hemp paper costs five taels of silver, which is the cost of the whole year for the people of Xianyang to live frugally.

As for the new paper from the paper shop, after cutting out a hundred sheets and calculating the cost, it is enough to make anyone's heart beat faster.

Branches and blades of grass can be seen everywhere, and if the cost is not counted, the cost is only manpower.

In the eyes of the steward, manpower cannot be considered as a cost, because all the people in the paper workshop are tenants who have signed a contract of sale.

There is no need to round up, new paper just falls from the sky, and half a copper plate is not spent.

Song Peiyu laughed, but her feverish mind came to her senses instead.

He put the abacus inlaid with gold and jade at his waist as a decoration on the table, and counted several numbers one by one, with a look of surprise on his face.

If he does not want to make a profit, but only maintains the normal operation of the paper mill, and leaves a sum of money in the account to deal with emergencies, the new paper can be sold for a minimum of one hundred sheets for only 200 copper coins, and he will not lose money.

The exchange ratio between gold, silver and copper plates in this era is not fixed.

Still taking Xianyang as an example, one tael of silver can be exchanged for [-] copper plates, which means that the silver that was originally only enough to buy a knife of hemp paper is enough to buy thirty dollars of new paper.

Even if he knew that the paper industry was monopolized by aristocratic families, and even giant merchants couldn't touch it, there must be tricks in it, Song Peiyu still couldn't recover for a long time.

He did the calculation three more times, each time with the same result.

He was not wrong, it was because the matter itself was too outrageous.

Song Peiyu looked down at the neatly stacked new paper beside her, pondered for a while, and then said to the manager of the paper workshop, "Write down the steps of making new paper in detail and give it to me, and then tell the people involved in making new paper to pack their bags. , ready to return to Xianyang with me."

The sensation that new paper can bring is no less than that of good varieties, and the impact will even be greater than that of good varieties.

Odds City can’t afford the turmoil that new paper will bring.

The manager of Zhifang had a look of embarrassment on his face, he lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I don't know so many words."

Song Peiyu's movement to get the abacus paused for a moment, then turned to get the brush that was still dripping ink, and said in a gentle voice, "Say it, I'll write it down."

The manager of the paper shop obviously put in a lot of effort in this area. When he talked about the specific production steps of the new paper, he was even more proficient than when he introduced the new paper to Song Peiyu just now, and the logic between his words was much stronger.

In just one stick of incense, Song Peiyu recorded the words of the manager of Zhifang on a new piece of paper.

Song Peiyu took out six small animals made of gold from his purse, looked down, and kept the golden cat-shaped golden nude, and rewarded the remaining five to Zhifang steward.

After the manager of the paper shop left, Song Peiyu was silent for a long time in the study.

Suddenly he rolled up his sleeves and rubbed the ink, and began to write big characters.

Whenever he was upset, he always used to write big characters to calm him down.

Only half of the new paper brought by the steward of the paper workshop was left before Song Peiyu let out a long breath, not only calming down his mood, but also making up his mind.

Of course, such good new paper cannot be circulated only in the hands of a few people.

200 copper coins can buy hundreds of pens, not to mention other places, at least the common people in Xianyang can afford it, and if they bite their teeth, they can also afford pens made of low-quality ink and pig hair or rabbit hair.

Not to mention far away, at least the low-level officials in the yamen can read and write in a short period of time.

For the Zhao Kingdom, and even the Nine Kingdoms, this will be the beginning of a huge change.

With the lessons learned from the good breed, Song Peiyu no longer felt that he could think of everything by himself.

Too advanced vision is his advantage, but also his disadvantage.

He decided to hide the matter of Xinzhi first, and then privately tell Song Jinyu and Emperor Yonghe after returning to Xianyang.

If Song Jinyu and Emperor Yonghe forbade him to sell the new paper for 200 copper coins, it would not be too late for him to find another way.

Song Peiyu smiled again, put the brush in the brush washer, and looked back at what he wrote just now.

As soon as his eyes moved to the paper covered with handwriting, the smile that had just appeared on Song Peiyu's face froze.

The full page of 'Chong Yi', is this what he wrote?

impossible!

Song Peiyu bent down and pulled out the brazier under the table, first lit wax pellets into the brazier, and then directly threw the whole stack of papers full of handwriting into it.

"Your Highness," Jin Bao's voice came from outside the door.

???

Song Peiyu subconsciously wanted to hide the brazier, and the burning sensation passed down her hands to her head. Only then did Song Peiyu realize that the brazier had just been lit and the fire inside was raging.

He turned around immediately, trying to find water, first extinguished the brazier, and then hid the brazier.

It's a pity that he just poured the water in the brush washer into the brazier, and before he had time to put down the brush washer to get the teapot, Chong Yi had already opened the door and entered.

Seeing the embarrassing scene in the house, Chong Yi raised half of his eyebrows in surprise, turned around and shut the door of Eunuch An and Lai Fu who also wanted to follow in.

Then he leaned against the wall, taking a good look at the situation in the study carefully.

The brazier was emitting thick wet smoke, and the flame inside was growing and shrinking, like a will-o'-the-wisp. The evidence that caused this scene was being held by Song Peiyu in his hands.

At this time, Song Peiyu was very different from usual, the barely visible ink spots on the clothes and the slightly messy sleeves were not the focus of Chong Yi's observation, his eyes were on Song Peiyu's face.

Song Peiyu's double eyelids are very wide, which is a typical inner double. Usually, it looks like single eyelids from a distance. Although Song Peiyu's eyes are big, it will not make people think that his eyes are small just because they look like single eyelids, but Song Peiyu's eyes are still covered by the inner pair, which will not leave a deep impression on people.

It was different now, Song Peiyu seemed like a frightened cat, carelessly hugging the pen wash in her arms, looking at Chong Yi vigilantly and defensively.

The slightly widened eyes turned the usual inner pair into outer pair, making the eyes extra large and moist.

Looks like she's already crying...

People can't help but want to try harder to make this frightened cat actually cry.

Song Peiyu couldn't figure out Chong Yi's abnormal thinking from Chong Yi's normal face, but felt the danger from Chong Yi's pupils which were darker than usual.

After thinking briefly about the possibility that he is now throwing the brush on Chong Yi's head, he can hit Chong Yi, and even make Chong Yi just unconscious, and when Chong Yi wakes up, he happens to lose a memory.

Song Peiyu forced a smile, put down the brush, took a few steps forward firmly, and stood in front of the brazier, pretending to be surprised, "Why is Your Highness here?"

If I had known that he would have nothing to do, I would have poured the water from the brush washer into the brazier, and it would have made the fire burn faster.

Chong Yi suddenly raised a smiling face, walked straight behind Song Peiyu, and said in a very lazy tone, "I'm fine at first, now I want to see what's in the brazier."

Song Peiyu only wanted to stop Chong Yi, but there was nothing around him, so he came up with a trick in a hurry, and he stretched out his hand to hug Chong Yi's arm.

Chong Yi, who was clearly able to drag Song Peiyu's strides like flying, really stopped because of this. He looked down at Song Peiyu, but he didn't intend to speak first, obviously waiting for Song Peiyu to explain.

Two years have passed, Song Peiyu's height has slipped, and she has gradually lost the figure of a teenager. Even if she is taller in the crowd, she still cannot compare with Chong Yi.

When we first met two years ago, Chong Yi was half a head taller than Song Peiyu, and now Chong Yi is still half a head taller than Song Peiyu. When the distance between the two is too close, Song Peiyu always has to raise his head slightly to meet Chong Yi's eyes.

However, at this moment, instead of raising her head, Song Peiyu lowered her head firmly, and said in a muffled voice, "It's just something written by hand, so it's not easy to be seen by others, so it was thrown into the brazier."

Chong Yi's thoughtful eyes moved from the top of Song Peiyu's dark head to the brazier that was no longer emitting black smoke, and his tone was firm, "Is it related to me?"

'of course not! '

Song Peiyu bit her lips silently, holding back what she wanted to blurt out.

Recently, Chong Yi has always been exposed by the simple and rude word 'lying', it is hard for him not to have a psychological shadow.

Song Peiyu didn't speak, and Chong Yi also fell silent.

Seeing that Chong Yi didn't want to argue with him, Song Peiyu's stiff body gradually eased, and he tentatively let go of Chong Yi's arm, "Your Highness...!"

After feeling the strength in his arm disappear, Chong Yi took steps without hesitation, and the target was still the burning brazier.

Song Peiyu embraced Chong Yi's arm again, looking at Chong Yi's face with burning eyes.

Chong Yi really stopped because of this, and lowered his eyes to look at Song Peiyu.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Song Peiyu looked away first.

The room fell into silence again, only the occasional small sound of the brazier could be heard.

This time, Song Peiyu had a long memory, and he didn't let go until the contents of the brazier turned into black ashes.Shi Shiran tidied up his sleeves, pretended nothing happened, and naturally returned to the chair and sat down, "What is your Highness looking for me?"

Chong Yi stood on the spot with his arms folded, and he was silent for a while before speaking, "I just met the Weiguo caravan in the city, and found that the leader looks very similar to shopkeeper Xiang."

Song Peiyu immediately knew who Chong Yi was talking about, and Wei Guoxiang's caravan came to the strange goods city again yesterday.

He also felt that Master Xiang's face of Wei Guo was a little familiar, but he had never thought about Xiang's shopkeeper, and now that he was reminded by Chong Yi, he was still a little dazed.

"How much does it look like?" Song Peiyu is not considered face-blind, but she does not have a very clear memory of the outline of a person's facial features, unless that person's facial features are as outstanding as Chong Yi's, which makes people unforgettable.

"It must be a blood relative." Chong Yi replied without hesitation, which made Song Peiyu even more suspicious.

It's not that he wants to find fault, the shopkeeper Xiang is a eunuch so he doesn't have a beard, and his body is on the fat side. His face is like a steamed bun, plump and not crowded. It's a pleasing fat face.

Wei Guo Xiangye is different, he has the body shape of a man in his prime, with a beard that can cover most of his face, he doesn't look like a wandering businessman, but a green forest bandit.

The temperament of the two people cannot be said to be exactly the same, it can only be said that they have nothing to do with each other.

Seeing that Song Peiyu's face was full of hesitation, as if he didn't believe his words, Chong Yi continued, "If you don't believe me, then shave off the beard of that Weiguo businessman."

"This...isn't it?"

Song Peiyu said so, but she didn't hesitate when she made the move.

He asked the steward of Liulifang to take Wei Guo Xiangye's caravan to drink, and he also moved all the good wine left in the cellar.

The process of getting Wei Guo Xiangye's caravan drunk was extremely simple.

These caravans coming to Odd Goods City are all vigilant, but this vigilance will not be directed against Odd Goods City.

Because they know that as long as they enter the range of Odd Goods City, they have no other choice but to believe that Odd Goods City will protect them.

With the garrison in the strange goods city, they can be squished and rounded at will without any effort.

Instead, these caravans are mainly guarding against people with the same status as them.

There are only so many shipments in Qihuo City, and if everyone wants to return with a full load, there must be some people who will not be satisfied.

In order not to be dissatisfied people, they all scrambled to please the stewards of the Curiosities City.

It's a pity that there are strict regulations in the Odd Cargo City, and the steward is not allowed to accept any gifts from the caravan.

In this way, the steward of Liulifang is willing to show respect and take the initiative to invite Wei Guoxiang's caravan to eat. For Wei Guoxiang's caravan, it is no less than a sudden pie falling from the sky, hitting them on the head.

Not to mention that they haven't found any abnormality yet, even if there is a knife in the sky, they still have to go to the appointment.

So far, no one can refuse the wine brewed by Song Peiyu himself, and Wei Guoxiang's caravan is no exception.

It's a pity that although their alcohol tolerance is good, what they can't hold back is not pure wine.

In less than an hour, Master Wei Xiang's caravan collapsed in a crooked manner.

The manager of Liulifang was also drunk, and wailed and wailed with Lord Xiang's shoulders on his shoulders, completely forgetting what his mission was.

Xiao Er, who was in charge of serving the food, saw the half-crazy and half-stupid people in the room, and went back to get a pot of sweet water. Starting from Wei Guoxiang, he poured a cup for everyone in the caravan.

After about a quarter of an hour, these people fell asleep completely.

Xiaoer had already brought back clean water and soap, stretched out his hand and pushed Grandpa a few times.

Seeing Master Xiang lying motionless on the ground, Xiao Er took out a dagger from his boot.

Song Peiyu, Chong Yi and the others were next to the private room of Liulifang's manager to entertain the caravan of Wei Guo Xiangye, not only Lu Jihe and Bo Yang, but also the shopkeeper Xiang.

Shopkeeper Xiang has always refused to admit that he is the father-in-law Ruixiang who was next to Emperor Yan. After being recognized by the old housekeeper of the Song Mansion, he still worked hard as Chongyi's exclusive cook as before.

After the cook from the small kitchen of the Xianyang East Palace was brought in, Shopkeeper Xiang fell completely silent.

Song Peiyu didn't want to be forced to retreat to the shopkeeper before she finished collecting the news about Father Ruixiang, so she never asked the shopkeeper for a question.

This was the first time they met after being exposed to the shopkeeper.

"Please trouble the shopkeeper to cook so many meals for us, and now we are about to leave for Xianyang, and we specially throw a banquet at the Zhenxie Pavilion to return the invitation. How do you like it?" When Song Peiyu was speaking, Jin Bao had already obediently poured food to the shopkeeper. Wine was served.

Shopkeeper Xiang was more cautious than any time he saw them before. Hearing this, he got up from his chair, bowed down and bowed to everyone present, "It's a blessing for Caomin to be able to cook for His Royal Highness, and I can't afford it." Thank you, Mr. Song. Zhenxiu Pavilion is really extraordinary, and the cooking skills of the chefs are all above that of Caomin."

Song Peiyu couldn't help laughing when he heard Xiang's words of rejection, and signaled Jinbao with his eyes to continue pouring wine and serving dishes for Xiang.

There is still no movement next door, and they can still seize the time to have a good meal.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone was not drunk at all.

Shopkeeper Xiang stood up from the chair again, knelt on the ground in a polite manner, and said in a loud voice, "Caomin has finished eating. This is the most delicious banquet Caomin has ever had in his life. Thank you His Highness for the reward."

After all, the shopkeeper Xiang had already put his head on the ground, and was waiting for Chong Yi to respond so that he could leave directly.

Before Song Peiyu could speak, Fu's voice suddenly sounded at the door, "Your Highness, the silver treasure will be brought to you." Song Peiyu's eyes lit up, and he had already confessed to Yinbao. If you ask the shopkeeper, you will bring it directly to Lord Xiang.

If the shaved Mr. Xiang doesn't look like shopkeeper Xiang at all, he will pretend that Mr. Xiang's caravan is too drunk, and then he will shave Mr. Xiang's beard crookedly in a mess.

Chong Yi, who was drinking by himself, was pulled down by his sleeves, glanced at Song Peiyu, and said loudly, "Come in!"

Then continue to bring the wine glass to his mouth.

Seeing this, Song Peiyu twitched her eyebrows, bowed her head and started counting jars.

One, two, three... gone?

Song Peiyu was about to get up and go to the other side of Chongyi to look for the jar again, when she suddenly heard Chongyi's voice, "Here we come."

Song Peiyu raised her head upon hearing the sound, and clenched her fists so as not to rub her eyes.

There are actually two people who are so similar in the world?

It is clearly a thin version and a fat version of a face.

No wonder Grandpa Xiang has such a bushy beard. It's true that not everyone can control the macho body and baby face, at least Grandpa Xiang.

Song Peiyu cleared her throat and said slowly, "Master Xiang, look who is here."

According to the shopkeeper, he raised his head and looked behind.

He also heard that the person who was brought was called 'Xiang Ye', but there was no fluctuation in his heart.

He didn't think this 'Master Xiang' would have anything to do with his Xiang.

Then the shopkeeper fell into self-doubt.

After a long while, the shopkeeper Xiang turned back to look at Song Peiyu, with his head down, and his tone was full of vicissitudes, "Sir Song really has a lot of people under him, and he can make people look like me so much, it's a pity that I have no family for a long time .”

However, Song Peiyu felt that the matter could not be so absolute. He hinted that Yinbao placed the comatose Master Xiang next to the shopkeeper who was still kneeling on the ground, and shook his head at Master Xiang, "If you know how to disguise yourself like this, even Give it to Yin Bao, and I will pay his tuition fees, and guarantee your prosperity and freedom for the rest of your life."

"Freedom?" Shopkeeper Xiang was amused by these two words, and sighed whether it was true or not, "Caomin is very impressed by Mr. Song's conditions, but unfortunately he has no ability."

That being said, when Master Xiang was lying quietly next to shopkeeper Xiang, shopkeeper Xiang still couldn't remain indifferent.

After being silent for a while, he stretched out his hand tremblingly, but he didn't rush to see if there was any disguise on Grandpa Xiang's face, but placed it on Grandpa Xiang's face.