General, he's cheating again

"What do you mean by the items sold in front of the boss?"

Qin Qingrong walked to the front of the stall, looked down at the two boxes of salt and iron placed by the merchant on the ground, and looked at the merchant with a smile when he raised his eyes, and asked in a gentle voice.

Seeing Qin Qingrong's extraordinary temperament, and his words and deeds full of bookishness, the merchant guessed that the person in front of him was either a courtier living in a high hall, or a counselor living in seclusion in the world.

And the buyer that this merchant needs is an ambitious person like Qin Qingrong with a strategic mind.

You must know that opportunities are hard to come by, and the merchants couldn't help but focus on the person in front of them when they heard the words and looked at Qin Qingrong.

The look in his eyes became serious, and he said in a calm voice: "My lord, what I sell is wealth and power. You must know that these two things have been easy to buy back since ancient times, but they are hard to bear after you get them.

As for whether it can bear it or not, it all depends on the buyer's ability. "

"The boss doesn't need to worry about whether you can bear it or not. I just ask how much you have now and how much you can sell to me?"

Hearing what the merchant said just now, Qin Qingrong thought in his heart that this person is indeed not simple.

It turned out that the salt and iron seized during transportation were all sold through this underground black market to some ambitious people who secretly organized forces.

Walking to the left side of the stall, Qin Qingrong stretched out a fair and slender hand and picked up a handful of fine salt in the box. From the corner of his eyes, he saw that Gu Zhen had gone around to the dark place behind the merchant's stall, knocked out the guard and sneaked into the room before taking it back. The heart continues to deal with this merchant.

The fine salt in his hand spilled into the box, Qin Qingrong raised his eyes and stared at the merchant, and said slowly with a smile on his face: "I want a lot, but I'm afraid you can't afford it."

Knowing the meaning of Qin Qingrong's words, the merchants now completely believe that Qin Qingrong is the guest he was waiting for for the big event, so they didn't hide and tucked him in. He straightened up and slightly raised his head to give Qin Qingrong a metaphor, "Mencius has a saying, Wan Those who kill the king in the country of Chengcheng must be the home of Qiancheng.

My lord, please look at the two boxes of salt and iron in front of me. If I have a total of six boxes in Song Dynasty, then what I own is exactly two boxes of them.Mencius even said that one-tenth can kill the king, so what fear do you have for an adult who owns one-third of a country's supplies? "

Hearing this, Qin Qingrong couldn't help being startled, and the look in his eyes when he looked at the merchant in front of him also became complicated.One must know that the fact that nearly one-third of the salt and iron can be secretly withheld, the forces behind this merchant must be complicated, and they are inseparable from the people in the court.

The merchant in front of him fixed his eyes on Qin Qingrong who was stunned and smiled slightly, "Hearing what I say at this moment, do you still think that you can bear it?

Even if your lord's goal is not the Great Song Dynasty, if you have the help of my servant, it will be a matter of flicking your fingers to destroy a small country. "

Seeing at a glance that Gu Zhen was leading the unconscious Yu Duocheng out of the dark, Qin Qingrong withdrew his eyes and made a gesture to leave with his hands behind his back. He bid farewell to the merchants, "Let me think about it again. I will come back to you for an answer.”

"He who knows the current affairs is a hero. I advise you not to think too much, so as to miss the opportunity." Seeing Qin Qingrong walking straight to the door without looking back, the merchant looked at Qin Qingrong's back until he disappeared from sight before returning to his thoughts , still sitting quietly.

As the saying goes, Jiang Taigong takes the bait when he fishes volunteers. He has already prepared his own strength. All he has to do now is wait, waiting for an opportunity to meet someone who can make great things happen.

Entering the secret passage, Gu Zhen supported Yu Duocheng who was already unconscious and waited for Qin Qingrong not far from the entrance.When the two met, Qin Qingrong knocked on the wooden door of the entrance three times, and the wooden door moved away by itself.Gu Zhen, the shopkeeper of the pawnshop outside the wooden door, helped the unconscious Yu Duocheng and couldn't help being shocked, but before he could react, he was knocked unconscious by Gu Zhen with one hand.

When Gu Zhen and the others walked out of the pawn shop, Hua Yan brought all the guards to meet him, and after taking over Yu Duocheng, they rushed to the governor's mansion first.

The moonlight in the city is bright and clear, and the shadows of the trees beside the river are whirling.

The thin beauty, dressed in red and exuding ink, was followed by a group of black-clothed guards, and her figure was shuttling in the alley like the wind without anyone noticing.

On the black roof tiles of thousands of houses in the city, two men each dressed in black and white brocade robes appeared from time to time on some high or low roofs, rushing all the way to the governor's mansion.

Qin Qingrong's pale complexion improved a little when his feet landed on the ground of the other courtyard of the Governor's Mansion. He had heard that it was common for martial arts practitioners to fly over walls.But when he personally experienced jumping from one roof to another, even though he was held in Gu Zhen's arms without any effort, he was still terrified.

Reluctance to calm down, Qin Qingrong walked into the room and filled a porcelain cup of herbal tea and drank it in one gulp to calm the shock.

"Master Qin, this tea was poisoned by the hall master during the day."

Suddenly seeing a black-haired man in red talking close to him, Qin Qingrong opened his eyes wide and choked violently.

Bending over and coughing while leaning on the table, he raised his eyes and looked at Hua Yan sullenly, Qin Qingrong frowned and asked, "What kind of poison is it that is so good?"

Hua Yan curved his lips into a smile, and gave an explanation that he thought was very reasonable, "I'm sorry, I couldn't hold back my itchy hands at the time."

After the chest gradually returned to calm, Qin Qingrong suddenly felt that every inch of skin on his body was hot and itchy, and he couldn't help but feel unbearable.He couldn't help tugging at the skirt of his clothes, stroking his hot face and feeling wrong.

Immediately straining his nerves and looking alert, Qin Qingrong actually already had the answer in his mind when he asked subconsciously, "What medicine did you take? Why is it so... so hot?"

Seeing that Qin Qingrong had already had an attack, Hua Yan scratched his face in embarrassment. He didn't expect Qin Qingrong to drink the water on the table, and he explained implicitly with guilt: "This afternoon, the master of the hall saw that the green grass in the courtyard is like a tree, and a hundred flowers are blooming." , I couldn't help but sigh that the spring is just right. So on a whim, my hall master poured a medicine whose name is related to this harmonious spring..."

"...I'd like to trouble Hall Master Hua and Lord Gu to tell you about it. I'm not feeling well right now. We'll discuss anything tomorrow." Stumbling towards the door, Qin Qingrong was speechless for a while and all he could think about was to take a cold shower as soon as possible. .

After a while, Gu Zhen, who came back from patrolling the dungeon, entered the room but Qin Qingrong was nowhere to be seen.He sat wearily on a wooden chair in the room, turned his gaze to Hua Yan who was standing at the door in a daze and asked casually, "Did you see Qin Qingrong? Why didn't you see anyone else?"

Hua Yan faced Gu Zhen, and subconsciously replied, "He's going back to the inn first, and he's probably taking a shower in the water room right now."

"What's up with him?"

Tilting his head slightly, his expression was full of doubts, Hua Yan's words made Gu Zhen frown involuntarily.

Hua Yan looked a little embarrassed, and he pursed his lips for a while and replied: "Probably because of the heat... Gu Zhen, I think Qin Qingrong should still be a baby, what do you think?"

"hiss."

Gu Zhen couldn't help feeling a little regretful that he had just gone to inspect the cell, seeing Hua Yan's hesitant expression, he wondered what happened just now that made Hua Yan have such a deep insight into Qin Qingrong.

After thinking about it, Gu Zhen suddenly realized and asked in a cold voice, "Did you drug him?"

"My hall master has no grievances or enmity with him, it was purely an accidental injury..." Hua Yan flicked his sleeves and looked away, his hands resting on his back at this moment, thinking about other people's worries, "If you say that Master Qin is also a big man, but still He has never experienced anything between men and women, so he looks ruthless and lustless all day long. I'm afraid he will turn from a beautiful woman in the capital to an old bachelor in the capital?"

Unable to imagine Qin Qingrong's appearance as an old bachelor in the capital, Gu Zhen looked at the moonlight outside the house and shook his head amusingly and asked, "How do you know that he didn't think about any kind of love?"

At this time, in the water room of the inn, Qin Qingrong stepped into the wooden bucket filled with cold water with blushing cheeks, and felt his brows relax after feeling the heat subside.

His mind was in a mess, and all the thoughts in his mind at the moment were Gu Zhen.

On the first day back to the city, Gu Zhen was wearing armor, Gu Zhen was holding an orchid in his hand and smiling, Gu Zhen was crouching on the ground with a scar on his back...

"crazy."

The more Qin Qingrong thought about it, the more he felt unbearable, and suddenly opened his eyes, he suppressed the desire in his heart and laughed at himself.

Recalling that Ye Ruan asked him if he planned to start a family before, Qin Qingrong calmed down and thought about it. Maybe it was because he was old enough to get married, and because he never knew anything about men and women, he had the illusion of liking Gu Zhen. .

If the Yantie case is successfully resolved this time, maybe he should ask the emperor for marriage, so that Xiaoxiao will not be so lonely if he has an extra female family member in the family.

After thinking like this and calming down for a while, Qin Qingrong walked out of the tub, put on his underwear, and went to the hanger to tidy up the messy clothes.When picking up the outer shirt from the ground, he heard something fall on the ground and made a crisp sound. After searching around, Qin Qingrong found it was a jade pendant.

He couldn't help but recall tonight that he asked Gu Zhen why he wanted to return all the lottery to the banker. At that time, Gu Zhen only told him that because the banker saw that he was a novice, he wanted to throw some sweets for others to taste first, and wait for others to get addicted. , and then slowly drain the man's money to lure him.

If he didn't return the prize he threw out for fishing at that time, I'm afraid the banker wouldn't let them go easily.

Slender fingers rubbed the jade in his hands. When Qin Qingrong first saw the jade pendant, he thought it was of good quality and exquisite workmanship, so he took a second look.

It never occurred to Gu Zhen that he said he would return the lottery, but secretly left this jade pendant for him. Qin Qingrong didn't even notice when Gu Zhen put the jade pendant on him.

After concentrating on tidying up her clothes, Qin Qingrong lay down on the bed in the guest room and put the jade pendant next to the pillow and gradually fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, he vaguely heard a "squeak", opened his eyes slightly in a trance, and saw a familiar figure standing beside the bed.

The man was playing with the round jade beside his pillow, when he saw him open his eyes, a smile appeared on his face, then he put the jade pendant back on his pillow, helped him to press the quilt, then turned and left.

Dimly aware that the paper window in the room was half open, Qin Qingrong guessed in his heart that the person just now was probably Gu Zhen.But when he took a closer look, he didn't expect that he just had an illusion, and the windows in the house were closed properly.

After an inexplicable sense of loss appeared in his heart, he questioned whether he was in a dream. In fact, no one came here just now...