Chapter 256 Royal Offering Osmanthus Cake,

Hou Dabao heard Ye Xing call himself up, but he didn't know whether he should get up or not, he glanced up at Ye Xing, and saw that Ye Xing no longer had the anger just now, so he stood up boldly and cautiously,

"I don't know if Lord Ye has anything else to ask." After Hou Dabao got up, he asked cautiously,

Ye Xing took a sip of a cup of tea on the table and asked, "In this osmanthus fragrance, do you know who is likely to be an enmity with Zhu Gong." ”

Hou Dabao thought for a long time, and finally shook his head: "This Zhu Gong has a very high status in the osmanthus fragrance, and it is said that he must have offended many people, but I can't think of anyone who may have a grudge against Zhu Gong." ”

Ye Xing didn't look like Hou Dabao was lying, but he continued to ask: "I see that your osmanthus fragrance is only planted with osmanthus flowers, and you have no other side business, why does this place look so rich." ”

Some people boast of the richness of the place they govern, how can Hou Dabao not be happy, he hurriedly replied: "Lord Ye doesn't know, don't underestimate this osmanthus, this osmanthus is extremely valuable, in addition to being used in medicine, it can also be appreciated, the most important thing is that this osmanthus can be used as a spice, and it is also an indispensable raw material for making osmanthus cake, so I can get rich here only by relying on osmanthus." ”

Ye Xing really didn't expect that the little osmanthus could become so rich, but after Ye Xing thought about it, he felt that it was wrong, so he hurriedly asked: "According to what you say, you can indeed be so rich, but I have been here for most of the day, and I haven't seen a few shops that make osmanthus cakes or spices, and how do they make profits." ”

Hou Dabao smiled slightly, said: "They don't rely on selling osmanthus cakes for profit, they just sell osmanthus flowers, every year when the osmanthus is in full bloom, the prefect will come to my osmanthus fragrance to purchase osmanthus flowers, in order to pay tribute to the imperial court, and at that time, many foreign traders will also come to join in the fun, buy osmanthus to make osmanthus cakes, so that the money they earn in August is enough to spend for two years." ”

Hearing this, Xu Ruoxuan hurriedly asked: "Everything that is paid tribute to the imperial court is strictly controlled, don't you prefects here know about it?" ”

Hou Dabao heard Xu Ruoxuan say this, and hurriedly shook his head: "How could the prefect not know that in order to choose the best osmanthus, the prefect has always checked it himself, so every August here, there will be an osmanthus appreciation competition, and whoever wins in the end will be able to offer the osmanthus to the court as a tribute." ”

"Then whose osmanthus wins every year?" Ye Xing looked at Hou Dabao and asked,

"There is almost no suspense about this, every year Zhu Gong wins, his osmanthus has a complete variety, and the most bewitching and fragrant flowers."

Ye Xing pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then asked, "What are Zhu Gong's opponents?" ”

Ye Xing asked like this, everyone understood a little, every year the osmanthus competition is Zhu Gong wins, and now Zhu Gong has planted four seasons of osmanthus, so wouldn't he have a better chance of winning this year, once this osmanthus becomes a tribute, the price is several times upward, who doesn't want to win,

But if Zhu Gong's family is killed because of the matter of Tianxiang Taige, then his opponent may win in this year's Osmanthus Competition.

So Ye Xing asked this question, and Di Xiaojie and the others understood Ye Xing's intentions,

Hou Dabao naturally understood, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "There are a total of four families in my osmanthus fragrance, in addition to Zhu Gong, there are three families, and every year the four of them compete fiercely, Lord Ye can think of this, his subordinates really admire." ”

Ye Xing didn't have the time to listen to Hou Dabao's flattery here, so Ye Xing asked one after another, "Which ones are they?" ”

Hou Dabao didn't think about it, and then replied: "The four families of Osmanthus Fragrance are Zhu Gong of the Osmanthus Family, as well as Murong Kuo in the east, Sima Qingfeng in the west and Linghu Fairy in the south. ”

After Di Xiaojie listened to Hou Dabao's words, he hurriedly said: "In that case, let's go investigate the other three." ”

Ye Xing nodded, these four families naturally have a gap between each other in order to compete for osmanthus tribute, but they are so rash to go, I'm afraid it's not appropriate,

Ye Xing thought of this, looked at Hou Dabao and asked, "Zhu Gong Tianxiang Pavilion seed theft, you have already told King Ning." ”

When Hou Dabao heard Ye Xing ask like this, his face immediately changed, as if he was very scared, and after Ye Xing saw Hou Dabao's face, he knew that Hou Dabao had already informed King Ning of the news.

And at this time, Hou Dabao hurriedly knelt down and said: "Lord Ye spares his life, I just want to rely on this matter to make a future, above this officialdom, who is not like this, I don't have the good luck of Lord Ye, I was given by the emperor to walk for the world, so I have to do it." ”

Ye Xing sighed secretly in his heart, was he given by the emperor to walk in the world because of luck?

I'm afraid that no one can tell the word luck.

"Okay, okay, since you've done it, forget it, I'll investigate this matter, but now I'll give you a task, I must find Liu Qilang for me."

Hou Dabao heard Ye Xing's matter, and his face suddenly improved, but when Ye Xing said let him arrest Liu Qilang, his face darkened suddenly.

"Catch ...... Naliu ...... Shichiro. ”

Ye Xing nodded: "Why, there is difficulty." ”

Hou Dabao hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said: "It's not a secret, it's been two years since the people of the Yamen arrested Liu Qilang, but we don't even know what he looks like, and he has come and gone without a trace, so we don't know any clues about him at all." ”

Ye Xing was even more angry when he saw Hou Dabao's many excuses, so Ye Xing suddenly got up and said: "Liu Qilang's matter will be called for you to do, no matter what, you have to do it for me, if you can't find Liu Qilang, don't say that you have no hope of being promoted, even your life is a problem." ”

After Ye Xing finished speaking, he ignored Hou Dabao's plea for mercy, and led Hua Zhimeng and they left the county office.

said that after they left the county office, Hua Zhimeng said with a smile: "You really look like an official just now." ”

Ye Xing turned his head to look at Hua Zhimeng: "Wasn't I originally an official, since I am an official, I naturally have an official appearance, and an incompetent official like Hou Dabao, keeping him is just a waste of food." ”

Di Xiaojie and the others didn't dare to say anything after they had been coming to the inn, Xu Ruoxuan had the courage to ask: "Brother Ye, no matter what, we have to do something now, can't we hand over everything to that incompetent Hou Dabao." ”

Seeing this, Di Xiaojie echoed again and again,