Two fast horses galloped on the official road, the man on the horse whipped like rain, and the two horses spewed hot air from their mouths and galloped at full speed.

At the beginning of the afternoon, the towering city wall of Shouzhou City was in sight, and the exhausted two horsemen slowed down at this time, and by the pond five miles away from the city, the two dismounted to rest, gave the horses water and feeding, and rested for a while.

A strong man took the water from the horse, drank a few sips, handed it to another slender man, took a few breaths and said, "Little Fourth Brother, have you been to Shouzhou City?" ”

The tall and thin man took a few sips of water, stuffed the water bladder and hung it on the saddle, and said with a smile: "Very familiar, I have an aunt who is married to Shouzhou, and I also made a living in Shouzhou a few years ago." ”

The sturdy man smiled and said, "No wonder the prince sent you to deliver the letter with me, and I will follow you when we enter the city later." ”

The tall and thin man said: "It's okay, let's enter the city from the south gate, and after entering the city avenue, we will go west, the official post is near the left of the Xicheng school field, if Lord Ouyang lives in the official post, he will definitely be able to find him; Unless he doesn't live in the official post, I'm afraid it will take some effort to inquire. ”

The strong man said: "Then it doesn't matter, Lord Ouyang has more than seventy entourages to escort them, these people must be stationed in the barracks, it is really not possible to go to the barracks to visit these people, please report them." ”

The thin man said: "Exactly, Brother Dynasty, the big boss is in such a hurry to send us to Shouzhou to deliver the letter, and we can't delay for a moment, is there something wrong." ”

Wang Chao smiled: "Little fourth brother, you are really clever, although I don't know what is going on, but it is obvious that something is wrong, the prince disappeared mysteriously this morning, and after he came back, he immediately left the full house of guests, and went back to the study to write this letter, obviously the matter is urgent; It's not going to be small. ”

Yang Xiaosi, a tall and thin man, said: "No matter what, let's get things done as soon as possible is serious, and the rest is the big owner, just listen to his arrangement." ”

Wang Chao laughed and said: "That's right, let's leave quickly, the sun is falling quickly, we have to rush back after delivering the letter, we can't delay." ”

Yang Xiaosi nodded, leaned over to look at the essence in front of the horse, got up and said, "The horse is hungry, a piece of bean cake has been devoured, let's go." ”

The two got up, sorted out their belongings, turned over their horses, and gently urged the horses to go to the south gate of Shouzhou.

……

In the city of Luzhou, in the twilight, several big cars quietly set off from Su's house and went left and right to go to Beicheng, and at the gate of a house, the big car stopped.

When the car door opened, Su Jin got out of the car with Mrs. Wang in his arms and walked slowly towards the house.

The lights were lit in the house, Yan Biyun stood at the door to greet her, and Mrs. Wang stopped and asked, "Son, why do you want to live in the house for your mother?" Why do you need to move if you live well at home? ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Mother, this is also my Su Ji's property, it is a clean house specially prepared for you by my son, I see that you have been upset by the guests at home these days, so I specially want to invite you to come here to clean up for a few days; From now until the Lantern Festival, the guests at home will be constant, arguing with you for more than ten days, how can this be good, if you provoke a migraine attack, your son will be guilty. ”

Mrs. Wang said: "But what kind of system does the family live in two places for the Chinese New Year? ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Miss Yan is here to accompany you, there is a big Buddhist hall inside, and the maids and cooks at home are also from the original class, you will not feel uncomfortable; I also came back to sleep in the evening; After this year, if you want to go back to live as you like, you can do it, but at this time you have to rely on me. ”

Yan Biyun came up and held Mrs. Wang's left arm and said with a smile: "Yes, my aunt will allow Biyun to be filial for a few days, and the old house is very noisy, not to mention you, even the slave family can't bear it." ”

Mrs. Wang sighed and said softly: "You don't have to hide it from me, something must happen, my mother is old, and there is nothing I can do to help you, so I can only ask the Bodhisattva to bless my son every day; But you need to promise to be a mother, everything must be thought twice, if you have an accident, your mother will not be able to live. ”

Su Jin was speechless, so he had to nod frequently to comfort, and with a wave of his hand, the maidservants behind him unloaded the things from the cart and moved in one after another; After a while, the house returned to calm.

Su Jin talked to Mrs. Wang, and when she saw that Mrs. Wang was sleepy, she said goodbye and came to the courtyard; Yan Biyun and Xiao Xian'er stood quietly at the door of the back with lanterns and big coats; Su Jin hurriedly stepped forward and said, "It's so cold, why are you two standing outside and getting cold?" ”

After that, he stretched out his hand and took the cold little hands of the two of them and walked towards Yan Biyun's room, and when they entered the house, Su Jin added the charcoal fire, Xiao Xian'er made hot tea and put it on the small table, and the three of them sat around the brazier, silent.

Yan Biyun sighed lightly and said, "I didn't expect the house purchased by the slave family to come in handy. ”

Su Jin said: "Yes, this place is indeed private enough, it does not rely on people on the left and right, and it is a good place to live by the fertile water; The courtyard is so big, it looks like a martial arts arena. ”

Yan Biyun sneered and said: "What kind of martial arts field, it was originally a workshop, I saw that this courtyard has a large land, which is very suitable for another high-rise building here, and I originally planned to open a semicolon; It was also very noisy and prosperous here, there was originally a green building at the corner of the street in front of it, and now the green building seems to have been idle, so it seems to be very clean; Because of this, the slave family did not change it to a semicolon, and the market was not very good. ”

Su Jin nodded and said: "I see, I have to borrow your light again this time, otherwise I will have to hide from the world and send my mother's soldiers out of the city who tried to avoid the city gate, which will be difficult." ”

Yan Biyun sighed and said: "Su Jin, it's not that the slave family is talkative, you are doing this is a risky move, you go to persuade Lang Shaodong's slave family to have no opinion, it just so happens that Lang Shaodong's family was punished by Zhu Zhifu, and everyone in the Chamber of Commerce does not support him, obviously this opportunity must be used; But if you ask him to reveal the news of Chen Laogen and the letter, it is very dangerous. ”

Su Jin said: "I knew that when I was ready to implement this plan, I had already foreseen the hidden danger, but in fact, that was exactly what I wanted to achieve. ”

Yan Biyun frowned and said, "Your purpose?" ”

Su Jin nodded and said: "Exactly, I am actually not interested in Zhu Shiyong's tampering with the grain records, no matter what, Zhu Shiyong is the Luzhou grain affairs without any mistakes, even if he confuses the date and gives the grain merchants the price before the deadline, but after all, the grain affairs have not collapsed, even if this matter is found out and reported, it is not a fatal blow to Zhu Shiyong; At most, it is a small punishment, and even in the case of someone in Beijing helping to speak, it will offset the merits and demerits, and it will be safe and sound, so how can I tolerate it. ”

Yan Biyun said: "I understand what you mean, Zhu Shiyong's fatality is that he deliberately sent someone to send a letter to leak the secrets of grain transportation; But you revealed such important evidence to Zhu Shiyong, have you thought about how he should react? ”

Su Jin said: "Naturally, I have thought about it, the worst result is that he doesn't believe it, if he makes up his mind to do nothing and wait and see, I don't have any good way; And Chen Laogen's confession will be regarded as a false accusation because there is no evidence from the letter; Don't look at Ouyang Xiu's swearing, this person would not be so stupid as to fire at Zhu Shiyong without full evidence; Originally, I thought that he concealed the grain release for me for two reasons, one was that he was afraid of offending Lord Sansi, and the other was that the bargaining chips I gave him were beneficial to his promotion; But then I found out I was wrong. ”

Yan Biyun said: "How do you say this? ”

Su Jindao: "In fact, Zhu Shiyong's case and the list of those in Yangzhou who have been transferred to other places and have colluded with Feng Jingyao are not attractive to him; The only thing he had to scruple about was Lord Sanji; If it weren't for the fact that you were forced to die that day, he felt the seriousness of the problem, and he would never let me go. ”

Su Jin reached out and held Yan Biyun's hand, kneaded it gently, looked at her and said, "Thank you, you did save my life." ”

Yan Biyun saw Xiao Xian'er beside her, blushing a little, and wanted to withdraw her hands, but suddenly she didn't want to pull them out, let Su Jin hold it, and said softly: "To save you is to save the slave family themselves, or that sentence, if you die, the slave family can't live alone." ”

Su Jin smiled: "I understand, but without your words that day, Ouyang Xiu would not easily agree, the chips I gave him were not enough at all, and the reason why he accepted it was just the icing on the cake; He thought very clearly, if he provoked the anger of Lord Sansi, his future would be over, between Lu Yijian and Lord Sansi, with the fierce competition for the phase, there was no middle way to go, and he had no future if he wanted to be a grass on the wall; Whoever gets the phase, his position as a centrist is awkward, so he desperately wants to find a backer to rely on; He bet on me because he understands the relationship between you and me, and he has saved me, and as long as the third master ascends to the throne, his good days will come; That's what really saved me, everything else was smoke. ”

Yan Biyun thought about it for a while, and said softly: "Are you worried that he won't do his best in Zhu Shiyong's matter at all?" So as not to shoot yourself in the foot with insufficient evidence? ”

Su Jin nodded and said: "That's for sure, if there is full evidence, he will launch it immediately, but the problem is that he only has human witnesses, and Chen Laogen has actually not read the letter at all, so it is easy to reveal flaws; He was supposed to come to Luzhou with me to collect evidence, but at my strong invitation, he chose to go to Shouzhou, saying something about investigating Wang Qinian's participation in my edict; It seems that he is solving my difficulties, but in fact he just wants to fight with the mud, he knows that there will be a fight between me and Zhu Shiyong when I return to Luzhou, so he chose to stay out of the matter, how can I let him get his wish. ”

Yan Biyun nodded slightly, she had to admit that Su Jin's analysis was reasonable, Ouyang Xiu sat and watched the tiger fight, Su Jin's defeat had nothing to do with him, and Yan Shu would not blame him; If Zhu Shiyong reveals a flaw, he will immediately push Chen Laogen out and press the last straw to get a piece of the pie; If Ouyang Xiu really thought so, then this person would be too insidious.

"Zhu Shiyong and I have become a fire and water, Hei Qi and others were dropped, and then they were wiped out, Qin Dalang and several others died in the case, and he must have done it. Regardless of these crimes for which we have no evidence, for me personally, my father's enmity, and the framing of me in the case of Qin Dalang, to the obstruction of grain transportation, so that the grain was robbed, are all directly related to him; If he hadn't made a hindrance from it, how could I have been in trouble in Yangzhou City, and now I have been set up with several major crimes, exaggerating military rations and even killing people, if these accounts are counted to be given by Zhu Shiyong, how can I tolerate him. ”

Yan Biyun saw that Su Jin gritted his teeth and the muscles on his face were tangled, so he hurriedly comforted him softly: "Don't be angry, don't be angry." ”

Su Jin said: "Some people may think that I blame Zhu Shiyong for the wrong things I did, but Zhu Shiyong is the cause, just like a firecracker, Zhu Shiyong lit the first one, and the latter had to explode in a row. Every one of these sins in me can put me to death, so how can I be merciful to him? ”

Yan Biyun stretched out her hand to caress Su Jin's face, and said softly: "The slave family understands, the slave family understands." ”

Su Jin said softly: "So I want to force Zhu Shiyong to do it and Ouyang Xiu to act, this is the essence of my plan this time." ”