I am a ruler in troubled times

From the crying of Yang Ye and Xiang Yun, Song Peiyu can probably guess the situation of Weiguo.

After everything in Zeng Zhen is settled, let's look back at what happened in those two years.

Yan, Li, and Wei were all losers, and they invested a lot of manpower and material resources in two years.

Several times of conscription brought complaints from the people in the country. In the end, it was hard to get off the horse, and they could only hope that the gold mines in Zengzhen would return to blood. In the end, they lost everything in another major earthquake in Zengzhen.

Among them, the worst is undoubtedly Wei Guo, which is the weakest country among Yan, Li, and Wei.

The loss in Zeng Town was a serious blow to Yan and Li, and to Wei, it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a catastrophe.

For a country with a population of less than 40, the sudden loss of [-] strong labor force can be imagined as a blow to Weiguo.

Just at this juncture, the old Emperor Wei actually passed away.

Regarding the details of the old Weihuang's death, Song Peiyu received several versions of the news, and he could not speculate who killed the old Weihuang, but he was sure that the old Weihuang definitely did not die normally, and the best result would be Be pissed off.

Later, "nine sons seized the throne", but no one could really secure the throne, which further exacerbated the chaos in Weiguo.

Until the second prince of the Wei Kingdom who was already afraid of the throne, clearly in control of the overall situation, but willing to retreat to the Regent, was also poisoned and killed, and even the Hussar General who controlled the remaining troops of the Wei Kingdom died in the Regent for no apparent reason. backyard.

Weiguo is considered to have completely collapsed.

According to what Yang Ye said, when he fled from Wei Jing, Wei Jing was already in disarray.

The sons and grandsons of the old emperor Wei have been wiped out, leaving only the eighth prince who is far away in the country of Zhao.

The people in Wei Jingzhong were discussing whether to find someone from the offshoot of the royal family or let the old Wei Huang's daughter take the top.

As Yang Ye moved away from Weijing all the way, the situation in the counties and towns he saw became worse and worse.

Although Wei Jing was in chaos, it did not delay the spring plowing of the nearby people.

In counties and towns a little farther away from Weijing, there was not even a single person in the fields.

Because Wei Jing himself is not stable yet, and has no time to pay attention to the lawsuits in the local government, the seizure of power and usurpation in the local government is even worse than that of Wei Jing.

When Wei Jing seizes power, he also needs to consider whether he can always hold power in his hands after the power change, and whether he will follow in the footsteps of the old Wei Emperor's sons.

The local government didn't have this trouble at all, as long as they wiped out the other aristocratic families at a lightning speed, they would be the 'Emperors of Earth'.

When Wei Jing came back to his senses, he couldn't do anything to them who had completely grasped the power in their hands.

The big and small families in the counties and towns are almost out of their minds for the greater good, so how can they spare no effort to take care of the panic-stricken people?

The young and strong in the common people's family have already left home in the conscripts one after another, and no one knows if they will have a chance to come back.

Without the strong labor force at home, spring plowing has become extremely difficult.

In the past two years, due to the war, the agricultural tax has been excessive every year. When the men in the family left, they could not keep half of the money subsidized by the government, and they all paid the tax.

Since the second major earthquake in Zengzhen, the price of food has doubled, and the more emperors Wei Jing changed, the faster the price of food rose.

Fortunately, the rural people have land and food in their homes. Although there is no hope for life, self-sufficiency in a short period of time is no problem.

Unfortunately, the reality is far more cruel than imagined.

People who hid in the mountains and forests in order to escape military service turned into bandits after a winter.Because the people in the county and town yamen are also busy fighting for power, these bandits became active openly.

Bandits would escape military service at the beginning, most of them were unattached, and no family members would be implicated.Or a cold-hearted person who only cares about his own comfort and doesn't care what will happen to his family after he escapes military service.

Even some conscientious people will not reject things from Bailai. At most, they will stay away from their hometown and rob people from other villages.

At the beginning, when the bandits specially selected the villagers to go out to cultivate, they quietly rushed down from the mountains and forests, and went straight to the villagers' homes to eat and take, commonly known as stealing.

After the villagers discovered this situation and well-organized women patrolled the village, the bandits stopped for a few days.

But these bandits had no land to cultivate, and even if they opened up wasteland, they couldn't get seeds. After they finished eating the grain they grabbed from the village, they still set their sights on the village.

Stealing became robbery.

For the first time, there will be countless times.

Under the persecution of the bandits, the villagers could not retreat, and even the spring plowing could not go on.

Even if they insist on spring plowing, who knows if the government will continue to increase taxes when the autumn harvest comes?

Last year, they gave the government eight-tenths of the harvest and the copper coins left over from the men's military service, and added taxes. After a year of hard work, wouldn't they still have to ask the government for money?

The bandits are so rampant, but the government does nothing.

When the autumn harvest comes, the grain is piled up in the field waiting to be dried, which is the most convenient time for the bandits to attack, how much can they keep?

In the end, the villagers chose to protect what they had and stayed at home all day, always guarding against bandits.

The land in the village was barren.

Xiang Yun wanted to interrupt Yang Ye's crying.

Although he felt sorry for Yang Ye, he knew that it was not the time to speak. If Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe were made impatient, it would be bad for Yang Ye.

Song Peiyu stopped Xiang Yun with his eyes.

Because Xiang Yunneng was not reconciled, he started from nothing in a family with nothing, formed a caravan, and was able to get on board with the second prince of Wei, so he was naturally a smart man.

He immediately thought that Song Peiyu wanted to know the current situation of Weiguo from Yang Ye's mouth. While comforting Yang Ye with his words, he was also secretly guiding Yang Ye to speak more carefully.

After hearing Yang Ye's more detailed narration, Xiang Yun felt sore in his heart, and couldn't help but turn his eyes red.

Seeing that Yang Ye was already tired, not only did he have to support Xiang Yun to stand upright, his voice was extremely hoarse, his expression was exhausted, and he couldn't say anything more.

Song Peiyu gently called Xiang Yun to take Yang Ye down.

After Xiang Yun and Yang Ye had left, Sheng Wang also followed Song Peiyu's instructions to appease Sanqian Weiwei who was staying in Qihuo City.

Lu Jihe stood up from his chair, ready to go back to his residence.

The papers sent to Xianyang have already been sent away, and he still needs to write an edict to formally denounce King Rui of Liangzhou.

Song Peiyu called Lu Jihe to stop, motioned Jin Bao and Chun Ya to go outside to guard, and whispered a few words in Lu Jihe's ear.

As for Chong Yi...he can definitely hear it, so don't worry about him.

Lu Jihe looked surprised, knocked the jade fan in his hand, thought for a moment, and said slowly, "It's too early to say this now, but for your sake, it's not a problem to ask for more military rations as long as you write a letter. .”

Song Peiyu got an affirmative answer, but she didn't show any joy on her face. She wanted to whisper a few more words to Lu Jihe, but Lu Jihe's jade fan stuck to her face.

Lu Jihe's face was slightly weird, and his tone was much more urgent than before, "I suddenly remembered that there was a document that I was in a hurry to deal with. We will talk about these things later."

After finishing speaking, Lu Jihe turned around and left, as if some scourge was chasing after him.

When did Song Peiyu see Lu Jihe so impatient?

He thought about it for a few rounds in his mind, but he didn't expect anything to be so urgent. In the end, he could only guess that it was Lu's private matter, and it was inconvenient for Lu Jihe to disclose it to him.

It wasn't until Lu Jihe's figure completely disappeared at the door that Chong Yi withdrew his beast-like hunting eyes, and when he turned to Song Peiyu, it became another meaning.

It's a pity that Song Peiyu was already used to Chong Yi's gaze, and was concentrating on thinking about Weiguo's affairs, so she didn't notice the change in Chong Yi's gaze at all.

Of the seven golden mirrors, only three remain.

It's nothing to Song Peiyu, but it's a terrible news to the rich businessmen who have been waiting for a long time in the strange goods city.

Ever since they heard that Song Peiyu was attacked on the way from Yu County to Qihuo City, they secretly prayed that the seven thousand golden mirrors that Song Peiyu was carrying would be safe.

Even if they heard that four thousand golden mirrors were broken, they would still regard it as a rumor and refuse to believe anything.

Not to mention seven thousand gold mirrors, even seventy thousand gold mirrors are not enough for people like them.

Four more were broken, and only three were left. Did they want to see these dignified people fight for the Thousand Golden Mirror?

Odd goods city is very considerate, in order to prevent these famous people from fighting and losing their grace, there are only three Qianjin mirrors left, which is different from the previous rule that no matter what is sold in Odd goods city, it is sold in Xianyang. The way of flawed daughter mirror.

Public auction, the highest bidder wins.The auction was held on the day when Song Peiyu hosted a banquet for everyone.

In order not to make the auction process too boring, Song Peiyu also added some gadgets that were not publicly sold in the odd goods city.

For example, first-generation and second-generation bicycles, completely transparent glass jewelry and small ornaments that can be seen everywhere in Qihuo City... Finally, there are ten knives Zhao paper.

"Zhao paper?" The wealthy businessman who was reading the post raised his head in surprise, "but it's precious paper like rice paper and gold leaf paper?"

"It's not that precious." Jin Bao smiled and waved his hand, "It's something our master fiddled with in his spare time. Although it's not as precious as rice paper and gold leaf paper, it's not as precious as the paper on the market today. If they are too similar, I will take them out to make up the number."

The wealthy businessman did not believe Campbell's words.

When can the items in Odd Cargo City be labeled with 'ordinary'?

If he had known that there were so many rare things besides the silver mirror, he would have brought more gold and silver.

After seeing the invitation and the auction items attached to the invitation, most of the rich merchants regretted why they didn't bring more gold and silver.

In particular, many people who think that their financial resources are not as good as those who are bound to miss out on the Thousand Gold Mirror, come here to watch the excitement, and do not have a wealthy businessman who specializes in preparing gold and silver at all, are even more regretful.

If he can't afford a thousand gold mirror, can't he still afford a bicycle?

It's a pity that Song Peiyu won't adjust the auction time for them.

Three days later, after the small banquet at the City Lord's Mansion ended, the auction officially began.

These rich businessmen may have wanted to please Song Peiyu, not only those little things they had never seen before, but they were sold at several times Song Peiyu's estimated price, and even the bicycles that can be seen everywhere in the odd goods city were sold for 100 taels of silver. sky-high price.

After Zhao Zhi took it out, it attracted everyone's attention, but in the end it disappointed everyone.

In terms of rareness, it is not as good as gold leaf paper, in terms of fineness, it is not as good as rice paper, and it is only better than the white linen paper that is generally circulated in the market...

It's not that it's bad, it's that it's not good enough.

If they see new paper elsewhere, they will naturally be very surprised.

But this is the odd goods city, and in the eyes of these wealthy businessmen, the things in the odd goods city should be the best.

Zhao Zhi is a bit too mediocre.

The atmosphere at the scene was almost invisibly stagnant, and most people had dull expressions on their faces, but when it came time to bid, these people were not polite.

Ten knives of Zhao paper were sold at a price far exceeding that of Xuan paper.

Song Peiyu had anticipated this situation a long time ago, and deliberately added a full set of four treasures of the study to each knife of Zhao paper, among which the paperweight and brush holder were all made of Liuli.The value of the four treasures of the study has exceeded the value of Zhao paper itself.

Those who got Zhao Zhi were overjoyed, those who didn't get Zhao Zhi regretted it, all beings are in different ways, but that's all.

The last thing to be auctioned was the much-anticipated life-size silver mirror.

Three identical life-length silver mirrors were placed together, and the auction would start after all the wealthy merchants present had watched them.

The first life-size silver mirror was sold at a price of 500 taels of gold.

The second life-sized silver mirror was sold at a price of 2000 taels of gold.

The last one-length silver mirror was sold at a price of 500 taels of gold.

Three life-sized silver mirrors were sold for 8000 taels of gold.

Not to mention the wealthy businessmen who participated in the auction, even Song Peiyu was surprised.

Originally, he only wanted to sell at a price higher than a thousand taels of gold, and he also asked someone to bid for the price, but he did not expect that the three life-size silver mirrors could be successfully traded at such an exaggerated price.

Song Peiyu's eyes turned around the three wealthy merchants who took away the silver mirror, two merchants from the Chen Kingdom, and one merchant from the Chu Kingdom.

Two thousand five hundred taels of gold and three thousand five hundred taels of gold equal-length silver mirrors were the exorbitant prices charged by Chen Guo merchants.

The rich businessman from the state of Chu who spent 2000 taels of gold had a bit of distress on his face, but the faces of the two businessmen from the state of Chen were only happy and proud.

It is said that Chen Guo sits on Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and the prosperity is indescribable.

Judging from the momentum of Chen Guohao's spending a lot of money, it really deserves his reputation.

While the people in Qihuo City were still immersed in the aftertaste of the auction, another gossip quickly spread among the rich merchants.

Yu County sent [-] troops to the outside of Jie County in Liangzhou overnight, shot a letter of condemnation on the city gate, and yelled and cursed outside the city for half an hour.

The content of the denunciation letter is roughly that Prince Rui of Liangzhou had evil intentions and sent people to ambush Song Peiyu near Qihuo City and Yu County to ambush Song Peiyu. Not only did he destroy the four thousand golden mirrors, but he also had the audacity to try to kidnap Song Peiyu.

The rich merchants didn't care about Prince Rui of Liangzhou's entanglement with Zhao Guo, but they cared about Qian Jinjing.

That's... at least 8000 taels of gold!

The rich businessman who has been in contact with the strange goods city from the beginning shook his head in the crowd, and said slowly, "What do you know? Liangzhou Prince Rui and the strange goods city, these are all lawsuits accumulated in the past."

The wealthy businessmen who were discussing enthusiastically turned their heads to look at the speaker, "Yang Ye! I remember that you are the first batch of caravans who came to Qihuo City, and you still have a residence in the palace."

As soon as these words came out, the wealthy businessmen watching the excitement looked at Yang Ye with a little jealousy.

Looking at Yang Ye's daily behavior, he doesn't look like a wealthy businessman who can spend a lot of money. He can have a residence in the palace because he came to Qihuo City earlier than them.

Yang Ye's expression changed several times, and finally settled on his complacency.

The one who has the residence in the palace is Xiang Yun. When Xiang Yun followed Mr. Song to Xianyang, he gave him the qualification to live in the palace. This is also the reason why Yang Ye came to Qihuo City to buy goods several times later, and he hardly encountered any twists and turns. main reason.

Naturally, there is no need to talk to these wealthy businessmen about these words.

At the begging of the wealthy businessmen, Yang Ye talked to them about the lawsuit between King Rui of Liangzhou and Qihuo City.

"Think about where the strange goods city is. When the strange goods city was built, what was going on in Zeng Town?" Yang Ye's eyes flicked across the faces of every wealthy businessman, and his voice suddenly lowered, "Others It's understandable that he was too busy with Zengzhen's battlefield to take care of this place, so what excuse does that Liangzhou have?"

The Rare Cargo City was built under the eyes of Prince Rui of Liangzhou.

Let Zhao Guo plant a nail in the three-way zone that makes all the surrounding countries find it an eyesore.

After hearing this, the rich merchants' complexions gradually became subtle, and they showed smiles that everyone understood.

They are businessmen, as long as they make money, they don't care which country the Odd Goods City belongs to and where it is located.

It was precisely because the Odd Goods City was located in a three-way zone that they were less worried.

It was different for Prince Rui of Liangzhou.

Qihuo City is located at the current location, which is equivalent to pinching Prince Rui's source of income in Liangzhou.

Because the strange goods city not only sells things, but also buys things from wealthy businessmen who come and go.

Caravans from Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou... and other places can get unspeakable wealth in Qihuo City, why should they go to Liangzhou?

From then on, if King Rui of Liangzhou wanted to communicate with Yan State, Li State or even Yanzhou and Qingzhou to the east, wouldn't he be able to hide it from Zhao State?

How could Prince Rui of Liangzhou bear this tone.

"Back then, that guy gathered troops and prepared to attack the Odd Goods City." Yang Ye shook his head with a sigh, "It's a pity that he was not very lucky. Because of the impact, I had to go back home."

The wealthy businessmen who listened to the excitement also shook their heads.

They heard that King Rui of Liangzhou sent people to attack Song Peiyu, which resulted in only three of the seven thousand golden mirrors remaining, so they had a bad impression of Prince Rui of Liangzhou preconceived.

If there were seven Thousand-Gold Mirrors, yesterday's auction would not have been so intense, and they would have a chance to win one Thousand-Gold Mirror.

Most of these rich merchants in Qihuo City came from traveling merchants. They traveled all over the world and experienced many difficulties and dangers that ordinary people can't imagine, in order to accumulate today's wealth.

Perhaps because they have experienced too many strange things, most of these wealthy businessmen are willing to believe in things that many people think are illusory.

Like luck...

Yang Ye took a sip of tea, and waited until the emotions on the faces of the rich merchants faded before he spoke again, "After this failure, that one is still unwilling to give up. In October last year, Mr. Song followed the Dragon Lord in the city back to Xianyang. As soon as the front foot left, the one on the back foot sent troops to come, I wonder if you have heard of it?"

Someone in the corner patted his thigh and said, "I know that time, just when I was going to leave Qihuo City to go home for the New Year, I was blocked by Liangzhou's army in the city."

With this person speaking first, others also spoke one after another.

Just out of less than 20 people here, four people have experienced that.

The four of them spoke to each other, and soon the onlookers understood what had happened.

Liangzhou Prince Rui's army suddenly approached the city, but it frightened the merchants who were in Qihuo City at that time.

Aristocratic families all believe in 'a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall'. Although these extraordinarily rich businessmen are not at the level of a 'gentleman', they cherish their lives as much as a 'gentleman'.

The only place that can comfort these rich merchants is the extraordinarily towering city walls of the Odd Goods City, and the strong and sturdy garrisons.

On the first day, most of the rich merchants who were lucky enough to live in the palace moved out, unable to eat in the inn or the small rented courtyard, and they were like frightened birds when they heard some movement, and immediately called the servants to go out to check the situation.

On the second day, the rich merchants calmed down a little, and they got used to the various sounds coming from the city wall from time to time. They knew that the garrison of Qihuo City did not fight, but chose to defend the city.

The rich merchants very much agreed with the decision of the garrison in Qihuo City, and finally squinted for a while under exhaustion.

On the third day, the sound outside the city wall was the same as the previous two days, but the rich merchants became more and more calm, and they were even willing to go out to have a look.

The factory was temporarily closed, and some workers were taken to the long-term closed factory in Qihuo City. It is said that they were used to burn boiling oil and hot water. Some workers were taken to the city wall to prepare logistics for the soldiers on the wall and assist the doctor. Take care of the wounded.

All kinds of shops in the city are not closed, but there are fewer small shops.

According to the shopkeepers, they all went under the city wall to do logistics and take care of the wounded.

The uniform guide price of the odd goods city is still hanging outside the store.

The prices of various items not only did not rise, but became cheaper. From the best-selling items in the odd goods city such as glass soap and perfume, to the necessities of life such as rice noodles and vegetables, the prices are all being reduced.

The wealthy businessman asked the shopkeeper with a face full of surprise if he posted the wrong price.

After the shopkeeper looked at the board seriously, he shook his head with a smile.

He told the rich merchant that before His Royal Highness left the Odd Goods City, he thought that something like this might happen at the end of his departure, so he left an order in advance.

The merchants who came and went were frightened in the strange goods city, and the strange goods city wanted to compensate them, so there was a good thing that the prices of glazed soaps and perfumes were reduced one after another.

In addition, considering that some merchants have already spent a lot of money in the city of strange goods, and because of unexpected events, they have to stay in the city of strange goods.

In order to minimize the impact of the accident on the normal life of the merchants, the prices of rice, flour, grain, oil, etc. will be reduced.

If a businessman really can't hold on, he can also go to the City Lord's Mansion for help.

After listening to the shopkeeper's words, the wealthy businessman was surprised and felt a sense of security in his heart.

He tentatively bought a large amount of rice, noodles, grains and oils, but the shopkeeper did not stop him, and even asked the second boy in the store to pull a cart to send the rich businessman and the things the rich businessman bought home.

During this period, whenever wealthy businessmen went to buy glass soap, perfume and other things in Qihuo City, the shopkeepers in Qihuo City would not say "no". The wealthy businessman refunded the price difference.

It's a pity that the purchase restriction in Qihuo City still exists.

Liuli soap, perfume and other items are still restricted according to the old rules.

Purchases of rice, flour, grain and oil should also be limited according to the head of the population.

Even with limited purchases, the hearts of wealthy businessmen have settled down.

The wealthy businessman who moved out of the palace overnight moved back again overnight.

Only five days later, the troops surrounding Qihuo City retreated under the attack of Wei Wei and the Qihuo City garrison.

The Qihuo City restored its former appearance overnight, only the guards would specially remind the merchants who were about to leave the city that it was Liangzhou Prince Rui's army that was attacking the city, if the caravan intends to go to Liangzhou, it is better to think again.

Later, everyone in Qihuo City heard that the merchants who happened to go to Liangzhou at that time were detained whenever they passed by King Rui's territory in Liangzhou.

Although his life was safe, the goods he carried with him were never seen again.

For merchants, this is more uncomfortable than killing them directly.

The wealthy businessmen who were present felt the same way when they heard the words, and their faces showed dissatisfaction.

If Prince Rui of Liangzhou had started attacking when the Qihuo City had just been built, it wouldn't have anything to do with them.

It has been nearly a year since the completion of the Odd Goods City, and more and more traveling merchants from various countries have gathered in the Odd Goods City, and a stable new business route has been formed, spreading to the starting point and end point of the rich merchants from all over the world.

Prince Rui of Liangzhou was still clinging to the Rare Goods City, not only provoking Zhao, but also hindering these traveling merchants, including those who benefited from these traveling merchants.

Everyone only eats from one golden rice bowl, so you can't feel unhappy because you didn't eat the big head, so you have to smash everyone's golden rice bowl, right?

After this day, the topic in the restaurants and restaurants in Qihuo City gradually changed from Qian Jin Jing to the tit-for-tat confrontation between Zhao Guo and Prince Rui of Liangzhou.

Not long after Wei Wei went to Jue County, Liangzhou to yell and scold, King Rui of Liangzhou was furious and chose to fight an eye for an eye.

It's a pity that since Song Peiyu was attacked between Qihuo City and Yu County, both the guards of Qihuo City and Wei Wei have been more diligent than before.

The Dongliang Army could no longer cross the Qihuo City and quietly appear outside Yuxian County like before.

The leader of the Dongliang Army simply asked the Dongliang Army to stop outside the Qihuo City and yelled and cursed directly outside the Qihuo City.

Not only did they refuse to admit that the bandits who attacked Song Peiyu were disguised as Dongliang soldiers, but they also beat back, saying that Song Peiyu directed and acted out the attack in order to destroy most of the golden mirror he brought so that the rest of the golden mirror could be destroyed. sell at a higher price.

After Song Peiyu received the news, she couldn't help shaking her head, "I didn't expect Prince Rui to be so quick-tempered."

Luo Yong, who happened to be eating tea here, said with a strange expression, "No matter how slow you are, you can't resist Lu Jihe's scolding."

From the bandits who suddenly appeared between Odd goods city and Yu County, to Prince Rui's two attempts to strike against Odd goods city, and even the old King Liang who hadn't passed away, he could talk about it.

It was like nailing Prince Rui to the pillar of shame for disloyalty, filial piety, benevolence and injustice.

Not to mention Prince Rui who controls half of the state, even an ordinary farmer would roll up his sleeves and fight Lu Jihe for his life after hearing those words.

I don't know how Lu Jihe moved Wei Wei, so that Wei Wei ran to the gate of Jixian County and shouted a denunciation book with a loudspeaker.

Wei Wei is also a talented person, for fear that the Yan army would not understand, the two held wooden horns bigger than their heads at the same time, one read the denunciation written by Lu Jihe, and the other translated it into easy-to-understand folk slang.

The person who spoke folk slang was very considerate, and he specially chose a loud voice who could speak Liangzhou dialect.

Thanks to Wei Wei's early preparations, although only 2000 people went, only 500 people went to shout and scold near Ji County, and the remaining 500 people were always galloping on horses in the distance, with thick branches tied to their tails.

Judging from the top of Jixian County, I thought that Weiwei sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Jixian County.

The people in Ji County showed their cowardice at the first moment, sealed the city gate tightly, and listened to Wei Wei yelling and cursing inside for a whole day, and then watched Wei Wei leave swaggeringly.

Luo Yong could only imagine how remorseful and angry the people of Jie County would be when they found out that Wei Wei had only 2000 people.

Song Peiyu held up the teacup, covered the smile on her lips, and glanced at Chong Yi, who was beside her in a daze, "It's none of our business whether Prince Rui of Liangzhou is in a hurry, but I don't want to hear someone so carelessly outside Qihuo City." Li. Everyone in the world knows that Qihuo City is the fiefdom of His Royal Highness. Prince Rui of Liangzhou is acting so arrogantly, how could he ever put His Highness in his eyes?"

After listening to Song Peiyu's words, Luo Yong almost choked on the tea.

Lu Jihe was only allowed to let Wei Wei go to Jiexian County to yell and scold, to bury Prince Rui in a bad manner, but he was not allowed to fight back, is this the scary thing about literati?

Song Peiyu seemed to have seen through Luo Yong's thoughts, and took the initiative to explain, "It was Prince Rui's idea to attack the strange goods city repeatedly, and then sent someone to snatch the Qianjin Mirror. Lu Jihe was only writing that because of his anger. Statement of denunciation. This matter should have come to an end, but Prince Rui sent someone to provoke him again, it was Prince Rui's fault."

Luo Yong was stunned, what Song Peiyu said...was very reasonable!

"How many Dongliang troops came to provoke?" Song Peiyu looked at the guard who came to report.

The guard bowed his head respectfully to cover up his weird expression, "There are about 2000 people, except for the 500 who shouted and cursed in front of the city gate, the remaining 500 people are bluffing in the distance..."

After hearing what the guard said, even Chong Yi who was in a daze blinked.

"Is this what you learn and sell now?" Luo Yong laughed heartily.

It's a pity that the Dongliang Army didn't know that there were artifacts such as telescopes in Qihuo City.

They are playing tricks in the city of strange goods, and in the eyes of the people of strange goods city, they are no different from running naked.

Song Peiyu smiled a little more reservedly, he didn't almost sit on the ground like Luo Yong, he looked at Chong Yi, "Why don't Wei Wei go out and catch all the disrespectful Dongliang soldiers, and serve in the official mine Three years as a punishment, and then let them go back to Liangzhou." Chong Yi nodded, "Yes"

Song Peiyu looked at Chong Yi with a smile.

Chong Yi remained motionless.

Song Peiyu could only comfort herself, what if Chong Yi went out to capture the Dongliang army outside the city and accidentally captured two thousand Dongliang troops?

Could it be that no one can go back to Liangzhou and report to Prince Rui vividly how poor and vicious the Zhao army in Qihuo City is.

Luo Yong complained that Lu Ji was too hot-tempered and caused trouble for no reason, but Luo Yong, who actually watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal, took the initiative to take over the matter, took the East Palace order from Song Peiyu, and excitedly went to find him who was staying in Qi for the time being. The three thousand Weiwei in the cargo city.

The poor Dongliang army rushed to Qihuo City not long after they rushed to Qihuo City, and they hadn't fully recovered their breath, and they hadn't even shouted a few words.

Suddenly, the gate of Qihuo City was opened wide, and a group of soldiers in light armor rushed out.

Dongliang Jun was immediately petrified.

Just a dazed effort, Dong Liang Jun was rushed to the face by Zhao Jun.

After the leader of the Dongliang Army came back to his senses, the Dongliang Army closest to Qihuo City was completely surrounded.

Making noise from behind, the Dongliang army who confused Qihuo City had already fled, and was kicked out by Zhao Jun screaming.

In just two hours, more than 1000 prisoners were captured in Qihuo City.

Song Peiyu personally wrote a letter.

First he greeted Prince Rui, and then he told Prince Rui very sorry that he did not have enough evidence to prove that the bandits who attacked him between Qihuo City and Weiwei were Dongliang Army.

It's all because the people below didn't explain clearly, which caused Lu Jihe to misunderstand, thinking that the evidence was convincing, so he wrote the denunciation letter and committed other irrational behaviors.

Lord Rui, please be generous and forgive Lu Jihe for his impulsive behavior.

In return, Qihuo City is willing to return the Dongliang Army prisoners to Prince Rui, and asks Prince Rui to send someone to pick up these prisoners.

Although the captives were returned to Prince Rui unconditionally, Prince Rui had to pay for the food, clothing and lodging of these captives during their stay in the City of Odd Goods.

Song Peiyu made it clear that he didn't want to have more unnecessary misunderstandings with Prince Rui because of his belongings, so he didn't need to calculate the food, clothing and accommodation expenses of these prisoners in detail.

As long as Prince Rui 500 taels of gold.

The whole letter is based on "I think in the prince's heart, so many strong men from the Eastern Liang Dynasty, no matter how you count, are worth more than half a piece of slightly flawed silver mirror." ' for the end.

After Song Peiyu put down the brush, she read the entire letter from beginning to end, and gave up the idea of ​​letting Lu Jihe retouch the brush.

He was afraid that Prince Rui would be angry if he recognized Lu Jihe's style of writing.

To show her sincerity, Song Peiyu released the leader of the two thousand Eastern Liang Army and asked him to bring this letter to Prince Rui.

Prince Rui's reply letter was still gone, and the envoys of the State of Wei finally left and returned.

This time, the envoy of the State of Wei was no longer a lone person, but a long motorcade. Although it was not as lively as when the envoys of the State of Chu entered Xianyang, it was still very exciting.

Especially in combination with the current situation of Weiguo, it is even more obvious that Weiguo is sincere in wanting to welcome the eighth prince back.

Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe changed into official uniforms and received the envoys of the Wei Kingdom in the palace.

Although they were 'relegated' to Qihuo City, Emperor Yonghe did not dismiss them as the Shaoqing officials of Honglu Temple, and it was their duty to receive the envoys of the Wei Kingdom.

Luo Yong, Wei Zhiyuan and the others didn't want to appear on such a formal occasion, and they didn't want to waste time with the Weiguo people. After they arrived in Qihuo City, they gradually developed the habit of going to various parties every day. Lou cheers.

The envoy of the State of Wei, who had just left the State of Wei, came back again, and this time he was no longer the chief envoy.

The chief envoy was a stranger, and when facing Song Peiyu, he was far more calm than the previous envoys of the state of Wei. He claimed to be the brother-in-law of the new emperor of the state of Wei, and his surname was Dong.

Ever since Weiguo sealed off Yi County, Song Peiyu's grasp of Weiguo's news was not as good as before, and it was difficult to talk to the new envoy after hearing the news.

You can't ask him 'who is your brother-in-law? ', can only laugh without saying a word, and call Master Dong.

Master Dong didn't care whether Song Peiyu's attitude was enthusiastic or not.

As long as he is enthusiastic enough, there is no need to worry about Song Peiyu not talking to him.

Since the purpose of the envoys from the Kingdom of Wei was to welcome the Eighth Prince back to the country, the Eighth Prince was naturally also in the banquet, and he was also the host.

When Mr. Dong saw the Eighth Prince, it was as if he had finally found a dog that had been raised since he was a child, but had been accidentally lost.

Although the cries were full of complex emotions such as joy and distress, coupled with the eighth prince's blank and shocked expression, the picture made people feel inexplicably ridiculous.

After drinking for three rounds, Song Peiyu wanted someone to take Mr. Dong down to rest, and they would discuss the details of the eighth prince's return to the Kingdom of Wei in the coming day.

Master Dong said, however, that there are still people who are eagerly waiting to see the Eighth Prince.

Lu Jihe's eyebrows moved, his face changed suddenly, and he suddenly threw the wine glass out of his hand, looking around with a gloomy expression, "Which bastard gave me the deer wine, I don't know, I want to see you A joke? Are you impatient?!"

Chunya immediately knelt on the ground and slapped herself twice, "Calm down, I'll go check it out, little one."

After saying that, Chun Ya immediately got up from the ground and ran away without looking back.

It's not like going to investigate, it's like simply running away.

Song Peiyu squeezed the wine glass tightly, feeling something was wrong.

What they drank today was low-alcohol fruit wine, where did they get the deer wine?

And in the past, Lu Jihe had no taboo against drinking deer wine.

Before Song Peiyu could react, Wei Guo's deputy envoy had already brought two girls full of emerald jewels into the door.

Master Dong glanced darkly at the face of Lu Jihe who lowered his head to hide his embarrassment, and walked towards Song Peiyu with a smile, "This is Princess Taojiao and Princess Suyue, brother-in-law asked me to find a good home for them in Zhao State. I want to escort the eighth prince back as soon as possible, and I have no time to stay in Weiguo for a long time, so the two princesses will be entrusted to Mr. Song."

Song Peiyu suddenly realized.

Lu Ji and this dog thief must have discovered these two people a long time ago, so they made that one on purpose!

The two girls slowly put down the round fans that covered their faces.

The face of the man in red was like a peony, and his eyes were like spring water. After meeting Song Peiyu's gaze, he showed a reserved and frivolous smile in the blink of an eye.

The woman in the lake blue dress also has bright teeth and bright eyes, as bright as the autumn moon. She just glanced at Song Peiyu, then lowered her head shyly, and just put her beautiful shoulders, neckline and ears together.