There are two cities in Yongchang City, the east city operates the Quartet treasures, and the west market sells daily necessities.

The West Market covers an area of two squares, nearly 3,000 acres, the Tic-tac-toe street divides the West Market into nine large blocks, countless small streets and alleys divide the nine large blocks into fine squares, there are 40,000 merchants here, operating daily necessities such as clothing, food, housing, transportation, medicine, etc., although it is not as good as the East Market, "the treasures of the four directions, all are accumulated", but the prosperity is more than the East Market, it is an indispensable place for ordinary people, it is called the "Gold Market".

Merchants from the Northern Desert, the Western Regions and the Nanyang countries mostly lived in the West Market or nearby Fang City, selling the specialties of their respective countries, and then transporting the silk, porcelain, tea and other items of the Zheng Kingdom back to China, making a lot of profits. Many foreign businessmen got rich and liked the prosperity of Zheng Guo, so they simply bought houses and properties in Zheng Guo and lived for a long time, and some even became Zheng Guo people, so that future generations could study the imperial examination and become Zheng Guo officials.

There are walls on four sides of the east and west markets, there are two gates on each side of the wall, and there is a shop that deals in furs not far from the northwest gate, which is oriented east-west, faces three feet wide, and is three floors deep, and both sides are adjacent to the street. The convoy stopped at the back door of the fur store, where the owner, Yuan Dafu, was already waiting with four men, loaded with bundles of furs, including cow and sheepskin, wolf skin, bear skin, and fox skin.

Karyu, who goes by the pseudonym Mondo, gets out of the carriage and greets the neighbors who pass by, and he has been running between Zheng Guo and Mo Guo all year round, this leather shop is actually his stronghold in Yongchang City, and the owner and his men are actually Mo people. Since Zheng Guo's northern expedition, Kalu has not come to Yongchang City for more than a year, and now that the covenant has been decided, the caravans between the two countries have begun to come and go, and Kalu has brought a caravan to Yongchang to inquire about the news.

In the secret room, Yuan Dafu told the recent controversy about Jiang Anyi in the capital from time to time, and Kalu smiled: "Mr. Qu's plan has taken effect, and now that Yongchang City is about to come in a storm, you might as well add another fire." The Zheng people are dissatisfied with the covenant, but they are not clear about the content of the covenant, and you send someone to secretly reveal the content of the covenant and encourage the people of Zheng to be dissatisfied. Now that the soldiers and horses at the Zheng border pass have been greatly reduced, as long as the Zheng people dare to tear up the alliance, the hundreds of thousands of troops of Liman Khan will have a reason to go south, and then let the Zheng people exchange more benefits for peace. ”

Dongshi, a shop dealing in jewelry in the Western Regions, compared with the leather goods store, the façade of the jewelry store is much more generous, the two-storey façade is carved beams and painted buildings, two strings of red lanterns are held high under the cornices, and the three golden characters of "Bao Huiguang" are on the high fluttering banner, which is full of spirit. There are a lot of incense cars and BMWs parked in front of the store, and the people who come and go are richly dressed, mostly royal relatives, dignitaries, and there is a side door next to the gate, which specializes in receiving women, and the guys inside are also fair-skinned Hu Niang.

Bao Huiguang's boss Hegude is a native of Xiuli and has been in Yongchang City for twenty-four years, and he is an authentic Zheng Guotong. In the tea room on the second floor, four people from the Western Regions with high noses and sunken eyes sat around and tasted tea, and the topic of discussion was also Jiang Anyi. Hegude said: "This Jiang Anyi set up a border city in Huazhou, and the goods transported into Zheng Guo were first taxed once, and the tax to be paid in the East City could not be less, I heard that the Zheng Guo court was ready to double the tax on jewelry, perfume and other industries, and this business could not be continued." ”

Across from him sat Mushal, the shopkeeper of the spice shop, wiping the thick beard on his chin and saying, "Brother, there are people coming and going downstairs

, every day into the gold, no matter how expensive Zheng Guo is, those rich people will also send you money, the tax is high, the goods are expensive, what are you afraid of? At present, Huazhou is at war, and the goods cannot be transported in, so I can only venture through the sand sea from Qingzhou, and the spices I shipped at the beginning of the year encountered a sandstorm, which was lost by three percent, and more than a dozen guys were lost, so I really couldn't support it. ”

Hegud said: "When Jiang Anyi was in Huazhou to do the history of assassination, although he collected taxes, but the goods were very safe, in the past, bandits were rampant in Huazhou, and the silver taels of the guards of the dart division alone were worth twice the tax silver, speaking of which, I would rather pay more taxes, but unfortunately this Jiang Daren can never return to Huazhou to do the history of assassination." ”

On the left side sat a strong man is the orchid wine shop of Sha Ju, named a Zheng person called Sha Luo, the invasion of Huazhou by the Western Regions coalition army has little impact on him, the Western Regions girl singing and dancing and serving wine orchid wine shop is popular among the people who come to take the exam, "laugh into the orchid wine shop", and sing and dance every day until the closing time.

Sha Juduo said to the outside world that he was from Tian Wei, but in fact he was a spy of Rong Miguo, using the wine shop to collect information about Zheng Guo. In the past few days, the tide in Beijing has been mostly seen in the eyes, and there are often arguments in his wine shop, and sometimes even from arguments to big fights. The day before yesterday, Sha Juduo received a secret letter, asking him to find a way to make a fuss about Zheng Mo's covenant, and used Jiang Anyi** to create rumors, saying that Emperor Zheng deliberately blamed his courtiers for his failure in order to cover up his failure, and Jiang Anyi was one of the scapegoats.

Zheng Guo was in turmoil in the country, and he didn't care about the war in Huazhou, so that the coalition forces could seize more booty, and Sha Ju Ta rubbed his chin and thought about how to spread rumors.

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Shi Chongwei looked tired, the tide in Beijing became bigger and bigger, from the initial dispute between Jiang Anyi and Liao Jianhui, to the leakage of Zheng Mo's covenant, the people were extremely dissatisfied with the compensation for Moguo's property, and the copper box was stuffed with sparse texts that were dissatisfied with the court, and recently it appeared that the Son of Heaven deliberately pushed the fault to his subordinates in order to cover up the failure of the expedition, and Jiang Anyi's imprisonment was just a scapegoat. Long Wei and the secret guard went out and caught a lot of fine works in the desert country and the Western Regions, and the king of Chu'an did not dare to take any more trouble in the fire, and the situation in Beijing was strangely quiet, Shi Chongwei asked Dali Temple to suspend the trial, and strictly guarded Jiang Anyi and Liao Jianhui, and was not allowed to contact people, waiting for the decision of the Son of Heaven.

On the 29th of the first month, the condition of the Son of Heaven finally improved, and Shi Chongwei received a message sent by the queen and hurriedly set off to Yanshan Villa. Shi Fangzhen's cheekbones were prominent, he was very thin, his two eyes regained their vitality, and he sat on the soft couch.

After not seeing his son for many days, Shi Fangzhen smiled and said: "Wei'er, I am not feeling well these days, and everything in the court is handled by you, I heard your queen mother say that the capital is stable, the officials are dedicated, the people are peaceful, I am very happy, I am not as good as you when you are so old." ”

Shi Chongwei was uneasy in his heart, and the queen praised him so much, how to tell his father about the chaos in Beijing. Queen Wang said with a smile on the side: "Since Wei'er was in charge of the country, he didn't dare to be sloppy in the slightest, he slept at the end of the day and got up at the beginning of the day, and he was diligent in the king's affairs. ”

Shi Fangzhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Wei'er should also pay attention to his body diligently, and take time to practice archery and horses every day, and his body is fundamental." Ahem, don't be in bed like I'm in my fifties. ”

Shi Chongwei saw that his father's eyes were gloomy, and he hurriedly relieved

Said: "My father has always been strong, but he has occasional discomfort, and he will be safe and sound." Someone gave a few good horses to his son, and after his father recovered, his son would have to hunt in autumn with his father. ”

Shi Fangzhen sighed: "I have been busy with the northern expedition, I have not been in autumn hunting in the past few years, if I recover, I will go to autumn hunting this year to see how Wei'er's riding and archery practice is." I'm old, and I'm afraid that the Wang Ting of the Calm Desert will look at you. ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was touched by the sadness, Queen Wang hurriedly smiled and said: "In previous years, the autumn hunting ministers and concubines were waiting in the palace, and this year, I will take the concubines with me." Although the concubines can't pull away the bow and arrow, they can cheer for Banzai and the emperor. ”

The family talked and laughed, half an hour passed quickly, Shi Fang was really a little tired, Queen Wang glanced at her son, and said with a smile: "Wei'er, didn't you say that you have something to play to your father?" ”

Shi Fangzhen leaned on the soft pillow, closed his eyes slightly, and said, "I have ignored the government for many days, what is the important thing in Beijing?" ”

Shi Chongwei stubbornly said: "Father, the case of the Military Intelligence Department suing Jiang Anyi Tongmo in Beijing is hotly discussed, Qi Dashuai sent Jiang Anyi to Dali Temple for trial, Liao Jianhui went to the hall to accuse Jiang Anyi of the three major crimes, and the people who heard the trial were angered by Liao Jianhui's stripping and showing his injuries, and gathered the crowd to knock on the Suzaku Gate to relieve ......."

The more he listened, the more gloomy Shi Fangzhen's face became, and Shi Chongwei squeaked and didn't dare to say any more. Shi Fangzhen said angrily: "Jiang Anyi is indifferent, such children know that it is impossible, why don't you make a decision in time, you have to wait until the uproar to play, what are Kong Province and Ma Sui really doing, they are assisting you like this?" What about Xiong Zhiren, why didn't he persuade you? ”

Shi Fangzhen became excited as he spoke, his face flushed, and he began to cough, which frightened Queen Wang and Liu Weiguo and said in unison: "Long live the anger, long live the anger." ”

Shi Chongwei said aggrievedly: "The son immediately wants to release Jiang Anyi from prison, but the second brother insists that the national law cannot be violated, and wants Dali Temple to interrogate Jiang Anyi. ”

For the little fight between the two sons, Shi Fangzhen watched the fire, and even acquiesced and connived at it intentionally or unintentionally, but at this moment Shi Fangzhen felt powerless, from Shi Chongwei's vague words, he heard the wrestling between the two, and Jiang Anyi's case was the object of their wrestling.

Queen Wang is familiar with Shi Fangzhen's temperament, and she can also detect the mood with a subtle movement of the Son of Heaven, and find that her husband is dissatisfied with her son's performance, Queen Wang hurriedly said: "Long live I don't know, Wei'er often comes to Yanshan Villa because of Jiang Anyi's case during this time, but Long Live is not in good health, so the concubine asked him to go back and wait for the news, speaking of which, the concubine delayed time." The concubines heard Wei'er mention it, the courtiers didn't know what to say, King Chu'an and Huang Ping were aggressive, secretly manipulating the children to make trouble, and there was a reason for the chaos in Beijing, no wonder Wei'er. ”

Empress Wang explained for her son, and gave King Chu'an some eye medicine, Shi Fangzhen closed his eyes tiredly, and said softly: "I'm tired, I'm going to rest, Wei'er, you go back first, I will issue an order to deal with this matter." ”

Waiting for Empress Wang to send Shi Chongwei out, Shi Fangzhen opened his eyes and said, "Liu Weiguo, summon Feng Zhong to see me." ”