Yuan Zai hurriedly left, Guo Song stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the Furong Garden in the distance, at this time, Aunt Gongsun slowly walked to Guo Song's side, sighed softly and said: "The undercurrent behind is turbulent, but the saint still has to support Yu Chaoen on the surface, and the power of the eunuch is so great that it is suffocating!" ”

Guo Song said lightly: "I can understand the compromise and forbearance of the Son of Heaven, but I don't think it's wise to support one faction of eunuchs to deal with another, sooner or later another Yu Chaoen will be cultivated." ”

"We don't talk about it."

Aunt Gongsun knew that he was referring to Cheng Yuanzhen, so she changed the topic and asked with a smile: "Do you feel a lot of pressure when you go to Jianghuai this time?" ”

"A little!"

Guo Song smiled a little helplessly: "It's not as happy as shooting Li Fuguo with one arrow, this time it is necessary to fight wits and courage, and I feel that the difficulty is more than doubled." ”

Aunt Gongsun nodded: "This is also a test and exercise for you, there is a principle that you must remember that the court official must not use assassination methods, you can frame him, you can slander him, these methods can be used, but not assassination."

The reason is very simple, if you kill Huangfu Wen, then they will also assassinate Liu Yan, so everyone has this tacit understanding, on the contrary, it doesn't matter if people at the top level like Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen kill them. ”

Guo Song was a little disappreciative in his heart, if the court officials couldn't assassinate them, then how did those people who died violently on the road and died of illness in history die?

It's one thing to disapprove in my heart, but Guo Song still humbly accepted it.

"I remember!"

"What more could you ask for?" Aunt Gongsun asked again.

"Even the resources available in our hands are still too few!" Guo Song thought for a while.

Aunt Gongsun glanced at him, then looked at the lake and said lightly: "You are destined to be lonely, the reason why Liu Yan knows your identity is because the saint trusts him very much, your resource is that gold medal, at a critical time, you can use it to call a thousand troops, but Liu Yan has resources, and there will be ten warriors in the Hidden Sword Pavilion to follow him, if you need it, you can ask Liu Yan." ”

At this time, there was a crisp chirp from the sky, and a goshawk appeared above Guo Song's head, Guo Song whistled, and the fierce son retracted his wings and fell, standing firmly on Guo Song's shoulder, and gently pecked twice on his head.

Guo Song nodded and said, "Nothing else, when will I leave?" ”

.........

Guo Song and Liu Yan left Chang'an by boat that afternoon and headed for Yangzhou, Jianghuai.

At this time, there was chaos in Chang'an City, thousands of bounty notices were plastered all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, and a young man with a height between six feet one and six feet three and carrying a bow and arrow was arrested at a high price of 30,000 taels of silver.

The entire Chang'an City was overwhelmed by this bounty, and tens of thousands of beggars, ruffians and idlers took action one after another, asking people who met the conditions from door to door, and Yu Chaoen's subordinates all went out and found thousands of people at one time.

Meishou wine shop in the west market, Zhang Lei came back from outside in a hurry, his face was solemn, there was still a long queue in front of the store, almost all of them came to buy small bottles of authentic Meishou wine, and the family invited guests to eat, there was a bottle of Meishou wine on the table, which was also very face-saving, this is the wine that the Son of Heaven and the magnates drank, and the ordinary people can also drink it.

There are also many people from other places who come to Chang'an to do business, and they will also make a special trip to buy a bottle or two to take back to give away.

Meishou wine is still strictly limited to purchase, large bottles of Meishou wine can not be bought at all, Chang'an's magnates and the palace are fully booked, everyone can only sell one or two halves of small bottles of Meishou wine, each person is limited to two bottles, a guy collects money, a guy is responsible for delivery, and he is busy with his hands and feet.

Li Wenyu is patrolling on the side, there are now eight guys in the wine shop, the two of them are a little more relaxed, Zhang Lei has time to have a cup of tea during the day, Li Wenyu doesn't have to count the money and deliver the goods in person, she will come forward to deal with things if there is something.

Meishou Spring Wine is also managed by her, but there are special guys responsible for shipping and purchase, she is only responsible for dealing with some emergencies, but the reconciliation and verification of accounts every night are her business, and it is completely the posture of a boss lady, in fact, after Guo Song became the shopkeeper, Meishou Wine Shop is basically Li Wenyu's final say.

At this time, a guy stepped forward and whispered to Li Wenyu: "That Wang proprietor is here again!" ”

Li Wenyu frowned, walked to the door and said to a short and fat middle-aged man: "Proprietor Wang, what do you want me to say about you, this is the fourth time you have queued up today!" ”

The middle-aged man clasped his palms together and begged: "Proprietor Li, I am from Luoyang, how many relatives and friends in Luoyang have asked me to buy a bottle of Meishou wine, and I can't help it, you can raise your hand and sell it to me again." ”

"Then let's say okay, this is the last time, and I will sell you no less than ten bottles."

"Good! Good! Guaranteed to be the last time. ”

At this time, Li Wenyu saw Zhang Lei coming in a hurry, his face was full of worry, so he said to his buddy: "Sell it to him, this is the last time." ”

Zhang Lei walked into the wine shop and gave Li Wenyu a look, Li Wenyu understood, followed Zhang Lei to the backyard and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Look at this!"

Zhang Lei handed a notice of arrest reward to his wife, and Li Wenyu was taken aback after reading it, "Isn't this arresting your junior brother?" ”

"I said how did the fifth child write a note and disappear, it turned out that Yu Chaoen was arresting him, what did he do? He was arrested for 30,000 taels of silver! ”

Li Wenyu hurriedly said: "Don't care what big things he has done, I guess someone will definitely report him, you hurry up and go to Qingxuguan to greet Senior Brother and ask his apprentices to keep their mouths shut." ”

Zhang Lei nodded, "I'll go right away, but we have to discuss it first, in case someone comes to investigate, how should we deal with it?" ”

Li Wenyu thought for a while and said: "Let's just say that it was the leading guy Jiang Feng before, he is very tall, anyway, the junior brother never brings a bow and arrow with us, so he shouldn't take it too seriously." ”

Zhang Lei slapped his thigh, not to mention, that Jiang Feng was as tall as his junior brother, just enough to push him on his head, or his own lady reacted quickly.

"I know, let's go and clear the void now."

Zhang Lei called an ox cart and hurried away.

Li Wenyu was really worried in her heart, she had vaguely guessed that the assassination of Li Fuguo that everyone said was probably done by her junior brother.

At this moment, seven or eight samurai came from a distance, and in front of them was a ruffian who was leading the way, and a group of samurai walked to the door of the liquor store and asked, "Is this the shop?" ”

The ruffian nodded repeatedly, "This is the shop, I saw with my own eyes that there is a very tall young man in this shop." ”

Several samurai walked into the shop with a big grin and shouted, "Find a person, who is very tall, about six feet and one inch or more, and says that there is such a person in your shop." ”

Li Wenyu suddenly raised his eyebrows and pointed to the long queue, "There are thousands of customers in the wine shop every day, who do you want me to remember?" ”

Several samurai looked back at the ruffian, and the ruffian who led the way shook his head, "It's not the customers who buy alcohol, it's the people in their shop." ”

Li Wenyu walked to the staircase and shouted, "All come down to the old lady!" ”

The four guys who were resting on the second floor walked down lazily, and Li Wenyu said, "Look at it! Eight guys are here, my husband is a big fat man, he's out, or you wait for him to come back. ”

There were two tall men in the guy, both of whom were over 1.8 meters, and the samurai stepped forward to take a look, and they didn't feel like it, and they weren't martial arts practitioners at first glance.

"Were there any tall people before?"

Li Wenyu thought for a while and said: "There is a guy in the first batch who is very tall, almost six feet three, but he has been fired by me a long time ago, he is a buddy in the Wangsi Restaurant opposite the gate, called Jiang Feng, you can go to him yourself." ”

"Isn't it?" The samurai at the head asked, looking back.

The ruffian who led the way was not very clear, he had only seen Guo Song come out of the store, he scratched his head and said, "Maybe!" ”

Several other samurai also felt that it was unlikely that the person to be arrested would hide in the wine shop, so they whispered a few words, and the samurai at the head nodded and shouted, "Go to Wang Si Restaurant and ask!" ”

A samurai wanted to reach out and take away a bottle of wine, Li Wenyu clasped his hands in front of his chest and said coldly: "If you dare to take wine, the old lady will go and ask Father-in-law Yu for money, do you believe it or not?" ”

The warrior shrank his hand in fright, glared at Li Wenyu fiercely, and turned to leave.

A group of warriors left, and a fellow stepped forward and whispered, "Could that ruffian be talking about Guo Gongzi?" ”

Li Wenyu suddenly glared at him angrily, and said viciously: "Don't talk nonsense, Guo Gongzi was not in Chang'an half a month ago, if you dare to cause trouble, I will be the first to fire you." ”

The guy stuck out his tongue in fright, and he didn't dare to say anything.

.........

The 3,000-stone passenger ship sailed east along the Cao Canal of the Tang Dynasty, and ten days later, the ship entered the Huai River.

Along the way, Guo Song became familiar with Liu Yan, and he found that Liu Yan was not silent, he was still very humorous and laughing all the way.

In the afternoon of this day, the boat moved slowly on the Huai River, the boat entered the Huai River from Surabaya, the opposite bank is Huaiyin County, and then walked 80 miles to the east, and then entered the Cao River from Shanyang County, and continued to walk south for three days before arriving in Yangzhou.

"Guo Gongzi is coming to Jianghuai for the first time!"

In the cabin lobby on the first floor, Guo Song and Liu Yan sat opposite each other, and the two drank tea and chatted.

Guo Song nodded and smiled: "I grew up in Longyou since I was a child, don't say Jianghuai, Guanzhong Yidong is also the first time to come, but I often hear some old people talk about the world, so although I haven't been here, I know better." ”

Liu Yan picked up the teacup and smiled slightly, "No wonder my brother praised Gongzi to the sky, saying that Gongzi is both civil and military, and he is a pearl buried by wind and sand." ”

Guo Song was stunned, "Liu Yuanjun's brother knows me?" ”

Liu Yan took out a pasted scroll from the bookcase next to him, slowly unfolded it, and a majestic calligraphy appeared in front of Guo Song's eyes, "There are talented people in the country, and they have been leading the way for hundreds of years. ’

"This is written by Guo Gongzi, right?"

Guo Song suddenly suddenly, "It turns out that Liu Ji from Lingzhou is your brother!" ”

Liu Yan nodded, "He is my fourth brother, he recommended you to me after he returned to the capital, saying that it was a pity that you were buried in Lingzhou, so I told him that the pearl will definitely shine, and now it seems that I am right." ”

Guo Song secretly thought in his heart, this Liu Yan could calm down, and they took a boat together for ten days, and only now did he tell himself about Liu Ji.

"Where is Brother Ling now?"

"He is in Chuzhou, and he is the governor of Chuzhou, which is next to Yangzhou, maybe we will have a chance to meet him."

Guo Song pondered and asked, "When does Liu Yuanjun think the Tang Imperial Examination will be resumed?" ”

Liu Yan sighed and said: "We have been discussing this issue, many ministers think that the war is not going to stop now, and when the Tang Dynasty completely settles down, the imperial examination will naturally resume, in fact, the so-called war is an excuse, and many power groups are doing everything possible to obstruct the imperial examination, such as the major families in the world, and the Long group, their children do not need to participate in the imperial examination to be in a high position, of course they strongly oppose the imperial examination."

And the emperor of heaven is unstable, and he also needs their support, so in the end he can only compromise, and the matter of the imperial examination is temporarily put on hold, on the contrary, the martial arts have been strongly promoted by the Guanlong group and various feudal towns, and it is very active every year, and this year's martial arts has been held two months ago, but it is a pity that you are one step late. ”

Guo Song shook his head, "I'm not interested in martial arts. ”

"That's right, you don't need to participate in martial arts now, the Son of Heaven is very important to you, as long as you can give full play to your talents, the future is limitless."

Guo Song didn't want to talk about this matter more, so he changed the topic and asked with a smile: "Liu Yuanjun tell me about the current situation in Yangzhou!" ”

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[Datang's salt and iron supervisor is in Yangzhou, in charge of salt and iron monopoly, which is one of the important financial resources of Datang, Liu Yan is actually the salt and iron supervisor order before the fifth Qi, which has been changed here, with Liu Yan's qualifications, it is a bit condescending to be the Yangzhou Thorn History and Jianghuai Transit Envoy]