Xiao Zhan put down the letter in her hand, her face was a little heavy, originally she didn't have much affection for the people of King Hui's faction. In addition to King Hui's meritorious work in setting things right when Xie Rumo rebelled, in fact, she still felt that her imperial uncle was too unserious and did not have the style of a general. But she didn't expect that such an imperial uncle, who was despised by her on weekdays, was still anxious about her at a critical time, but he was also the only one in the entire Qi Dynasty who remembered her.

"King Hui sent someone to send a letter, although it is inconvenient to see it below, but there are some things, since it is entrusted by King Hui, then how can I give a few thin noodles below." Han Jian said with a natural expression.

"The king of the east has a heart." Xiao Zhan said helplessly.

Now her own situation is already very delicate, and in the entire Southern Dynasty, she can already be said to have lost power. Empress Dowager He didn't recognize her daughter, and she was also "to blame" and had to lean on Zhu Tongjing when choosing a camp, Xie Rumo was a rebel and thief from the beginning, and he had no common language with her. is Zhu Tongjing, who she once trusted the most, but now he is also departing from her.

Xiao Zhan suddenly felt a little tired in his heart, and when he came up, it was like a torrent, and he could no longer grind it out of his mind when he was surging.

Han Jian saw that Xiao Zhanqing was in a trance, so he probably knew that Xiao Zhanqing's feelings were not very good these days, so he got up and said, "I'm going to leave the palace here, so I won't disturb the princess's rest." ”

"Hmm." Xiao Zhan subconsciously responded, but she didn't react until Han Jian left, she still wanted to ask Han Jian something, such as the origin of this letter, or what this matter had to do with Sima Yi. Now that Han Jian is gone, she can only keep her doubts in her heart for the time being.

Han Jian went out and went out of the palace directly, but did not return to the East Palace.

He left the palace before dawn for another purpose, which was to check on the affairs of the Southern Dynasty assassins.

Northern military, he temporarily handed over to Su Tingxia and Lin Zhan. No matter how much Su Tingxia made trouble in the front, as long as Lin Zhan was guarding the rear, he was still very relieved. The worst result is that Su Tingxia is defeated and returns, whether he comes back from the north with a disgraced face, or dies on the battlefield, as long as Lin Ke can keep his last heart. Then the soldiers and horses of Beichuan could not cross the Yellow River.

Now the affairs of the imperial court, and even the internal strife of the Southern Dynasties themselves, are more concerned about him. Because most of the time the change of regime is not on the battlefield, but in the court, Han Jian knows this very well. The more we take the war too seriously, the easier it is to ignore some details, and too much concern about the war will also make the war change. He also knew that he was the kind of person who had a strong desire to control, and if he repeatedly put pressure on Su Tingxia, it would make the war in the north take a sharp turn.

Han Jian thought about things. The people have already arrived at the Wu'an Institute.

In the Wu'an Institute, there are not many officials on duty, but they are all in good spirits and do not come to mess with trouble. Speaking of the reason, I have to talk about Zhang Xing's dismissal from the military before, and then Han Jian adjusted the personnel structure of the Wu'an Yamen, emphasizing the problem of absenteeism, if anyone neglects his duty again, he may face the big crime of beheading. If the regulations are killed in this way, no one will dare to run out of the law and drink all day long.

"Young boy. All this information was just sent back tonight, and a copy has been sent to the East Palace. But I didn't see you, so I sealed it here. Please check it out with the young man. ”

The officer on duty handed Han Jian the front-line battle report, but Han Jian didn't look carefully. No matter how big the matter is on the front line, it is a question of Su Tingxia's entry or withdrawal after all, and he will not believe that Su Tingxia will be wiped out overnight. Because now Beichuan has not yet assembled troops and horses. The shape shì is very beneficial to Su Tingxia and even the Eastern Palace.

"Call someone from Tingwei's Mansion to come." Han Jian said and added, "Just find someone to go." ”

"Yes, young boy."

Originally, the officer on duty listened to Han Jian's words, and was also worried that Han Jian would let him go by himself. After all, it is a little far from here to the Tingwei Mansion. It's easy to do things badly back and forth, which will affect career problems. Now that he is looking for someone else, he will be a little more relaxed.

In these years, the first thing that officials think about is not work efficiency or success rate, but how to push and shove first.

Han Jian sat down in Wu'an, and his spirit was not bad, after all, he had just woken up, and he had not been particularly busy in the past few days, and he had rested enough. After waiting for half an hour, the people from the Tingwei Mansion came over and reported that Han Jian had sent them to arrest the Southern Dynasty assassin Yu Dang.

In short, things went wrong.

"Maybe there is no need to save zài when you come to the Tingwei Mansion, just arrest a few people, this little thing can't be done, how can you work for Your Majesty in the future?"

Han Jian was furious, some of the main members of the assassins had already been captured by the people of the military station, but some of the comrades who were in and out of the city fled away, which would make the news leak out quickly, and it would also make the people of the Southern Dynasty suspicious. Originally, the Southern Dynasty came to assassinate Xiao Zhan, mainly by Xie Rumo and Zhu Tongjing, and the Empress Dowager He basically did not know about this matter. Although Empress Dowager He alienated Xiao Zhan's daughter, she did not have the intention of killing after all, and Empress Dowager He also lacked the ability to support a big scene. With Zhu Tongjing helping her before, she was barely able to compete with Xie Rumo, but now that Empress Dowager He is without Zhu Tongjing by her side, she still relies on Zhu Tongjing. The situation of the entire Southern Dynasties is based on a relatively balanced basis, Zhu Tongjing's forces and Xie Rumo's forces are basically confrontational and balanced, Xie Rumo may be more elite in people's horses, but because Jinling still has Xiao Ling and Xiao Tong's forces, this balance is even more uncertain.

Now Xie Rumo and Zhu Tongjing seem to have reached a consensus in secret, that is, to destroy the Xiao family first, and to start with the softest persimmon first, this person is chosen on Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan is a daughter after all, although it is impossible to come out like a man in the court to call for wind and rain, but there is still some appeal, Zhu Tongjing was also respectful to Xiao Zhan before, but Zhu Tongjing also has ambitions, and it is impossible to be subservient forever. Now if you want to turn over and become the master, you have to kill Xiao Zhan first. Of course, this is just Han Jian's opinion, but he also feels that eight or nine are not far from ten. For Zhu Tongjing, Han Jian has never had a good impression.

After hearing Han Jian's lesson, the people in Tingwei's Mansion looked very hasty. After all, after Yang Rui returned to Luoyang, the Tingwei Mansion was not restored for a long time, because Luoyang belonged to the period of military control for a long time before, and the entire city was under martial law, and the people in charge of city defense and law and order were all sergeants rather than yacha. Now the Tingwei Mansion has just resumed its duties. This happened, although the people of the Tingwei Mansion felt that the East King was deliberately trying to embarrass them, but they also knew that if things were not done well, someone would have to come out to take responsibility after all, and it might also affect whether the Tingwei Mansion had the need to save zài.

"Are the prisoners well guarded?" Han Jian seemed to be angry at first, but after a while. His anger seemed to have disappeared, and he asked in a slightly flat tone.

"Back to Your Highness, people are all watched by several generals, I'll wait...... You shouldn't have asked about it. "The people from the Tingwei Mansion will report immediately.

Han Jian nodded, this time he didn't wait for these people's inefficient past to pass the word, he chose to go to the Tingwei Mansion to have a look.

Han Jian left the Wu'an Office, got on his horse and took the guards to the Tingwei Mansion. At this time, the Tingwei Mansion was still brightly lit, and it was like this all night, and several groups of people were arrested one after another. Among them are the officials who attended the diplomatic banquet last night and returned to the post house afterwards. Because of the intelligence gathered from all sides, many of these accompanying officials who came with Xiao Zhan in the Southern Dynasty were connected with the assassins. For Han Jian, in order to confirm this matter, he must first find witnesses, and these people are also a good opportunity for him to open a breakthrough, regardless of whether he has anything to do with it or not.

When Han Jian arrived at the Tingwei Mansion. It's almost dawn. When the people inside began to feel a little sleepy, they heard the news of the arrival of the East King in person. One by one, they all hurriedly cheered up and came out to greet them.

Han Jian entered the Tingwei Mansion and didn't say any nonsense. Although it was the first time he had come to Tingwei's Mansion when he returned to Luoyang this time, he was also very familiar with it, and he had done a lot of "bad things" here before. Han Jian thought to himself, he was not afraid of one more thing if he did bad things.

"Bring the prisoner in." As soon as Han Jian arrived at the gate of the main hall, he didn't wait for the officials of the Tingwei Mansion and the generals who had been stationed before to come forward to greet him. Han Jian drank directly, looking a little anxious.

Because Han Jian was very anxious, he said this sentence as soon as he came up, so that the people present did not dare to stick to the etiquette, and they all let Han Jian enter the main hall. Then he hurriedly sent someone to spread the word and bring over the assassins captured that night one by one for Han Jian to interrogate.

Han Jian sat down, and the people standing beside him were all figures with heads and faces in Luoyang City. Unlike those ministers of the imperial court who have been stripped of their powers, the people of the Tingwei Mansion, even if they lose power, are still very powerful because they have people under them and are also responsible for many things related to the judgment of cases and prisons in Luoyang City. When the people of Luoyang mention the Yamen, they will not think about the court, they will directly think of the Tingwei Mansion, after all, the Tingwei Mansion is the yamen responsible for the security of the capital, and it is closely related to the lives of the people. This is also the reason why Han Jian couldn't jump into the palace when he chose to arrest the assassins and detain the assassins, only by bringing people here would it seem reasonable, otherwise others would only think that this was a military incident, and would link the matter to the level of foreign affairs and politics between the two countries.

The man was quickly escorted over. There are a lot of people, all these days with the caravan of the Southern Dynasty came to Luoyang, originally Luoyang and the Southern Dynasty still maintained trade, this is also the previous Zhu Tongjing peace talks brought about by the friendly relations between the two countries, to the present Luoyang City is lacking in everything, so that the merchants of the Southern Dynasty poured into the Wei Dynasty in a large area, but also gave some people with bad intentions the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

"A few officials, why are you arresting us? We're all businessmen, so why can't we tell you? Let your stewards speak! ”

As soon as the people were escorted in, someone began to shout. It's as if he is the king of heaven and no one can subdue him.

This is also caused by the psychological factors of the people of the Southern Dynasties.

Now that the Wei Dynasty is in the midst of civil strife, the Southern Dynasty merchants will also talk about this matter on weekdays, and they all feel that the Southern Dynasty does not come to attack the North at this time, it has already given face to the Northern Dynasty people, and now the Northern Dynasty people should lower their voices when they see the Southern Dynasty people. Once there is this kind of thought, the people of the Southern Dynasties will also seem very domineering when they come to the Northern Dynasties to do business, and the price will be raised lightly, and some commodities unique to the Southern Dynasties will have long been out of stock in Luoyang today. There were so many hoarders in the Southern Dynasties that the local merchants of the Wei Dynasty were on the verge of bankruptcy within a few days after the market opened.

Economic chaos is also a status quo in the surrounding areas of Luoyang. Han Jian's arrest of the assassins this time also meant to rectify the economy around Luoyang.

In these years, when it comes to economy, it is nothing more than some items related to the daily life of the people, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, all of which are indispensable. On firewood, Han Jian doesn't need to think about it, now the price of firewood in Luoyang has been low to freezing, and almost no one cares. The main thing is that this commodity only needs a little body, and many people who can't eat can only rely on this to support their families temporarily, and only after the autumn harvest can their lives improve. After all, when it was sown in autumn last year, Luoyang was still in chaos, and it could only rely on spring sowing to support the family.

In addition to firewood. The price of other commodities in Luoyang is almost one price a day. It's like the panic before the war, when almost everyone wanted to buy it, but those who had it themselves refused to sell it, waiting for the price to rise. Prosperous jewelry troubled gold, now the Wei Dynasty civil strife, silver has been unable to be used as a normal transaction currency, and now Luoyang City is not only to buy a field house. Even most of the commodities of firewood, rice, oil and salt have to be traded in gold. At this time, it can also be seen how problematic the credibility of the imperial court was.

Han Jian was also very annoyed when he heard such an unknown question, Luoyang was not peaceful in the first place, but the people of the Southern Dynasty were rampant around Luoyang by virtue of their own identity, and he, the person in charge of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, did not come out to take care of it, so no one dared to do anything to these people.

"Pull it out. Beat! ”

Han Jian snorted.

The young businessman obviously didn't expect this young man, who seemed to be younger than him, to be so "grumpy". didn't ask the reason, he actually came up and let people fight directly. This is something that was unimaginable in the Southern Dynasty, but it happened in the Northern Dynasty, where the rule of officials was chaotic.

"You ......"

Before the person could speak, he was dragged out by several officials. Originally, he also wanted to discuss using silver to dredge it up like ordinary yacha, and pad a piece of skin for himself. Who knew that these yacha didn't seem to talk nonsense with him at all, and they would beat him when they came up. There were constant screams outside, but he was alone.

Seeing this posture, the rest of the merchants, as long as they were not related to or knew about the assassin's affairs. All began to be honest. Some people are still arrogant, mainly because they realize that this matter has something to do with them. And he also realized that the young man in front of him was Han Jian, the king of the east, nine times out of ten.

At this time, if you don't speak, you're basically dead. They still want to use their identity as people from the Southern Dynasties to talk about things, so that the people of the Northern Dynasties dare not do anything to them. After all, they didn't come to assassinate the king of the East this time, nor did they come to assassinate the court dignitaries of the Wei Dynasty.

Some people came out to talk nonsense, but Han Jian was not polite, he waved his hand directly, and someone immediately stepped forward to drag people. came and went, and there were more than a dozen of them dragged out to fight. The rest of them didn't make sense at first glance, and they didn't say anything anymore.

Han Jian got up and walked in front of a person. This person is very young, he looks only about twenty years old, and he doesn't know that he thinks it's a woman dressed as a man, but this person Han Jian is also a little familiar, because he has seen it. It is precisely because of this person that Xiao Zhan is very disappointed in Zhu Tongjing.

"This benevolent brother, I don't know what kind of business I came to do?" Han Jian looked at this person back and forth, and asked in a very friendly tone.

As soon as this young man saw Han Jian, his expression was a little evasive, even if he was a tool for killing, he didn't have a kind of confidence and bearing at this time, although he also knew that killing the person in front of him would make his own master appreciate him more, but he didn't dare to do it after all.

"This Shangguan, this Brother Li doesn't like to talk on weekdays, so he came down to answer for him, we are here to do the tea business together." A middle-aged man next to him leaned over and said.

"Tea business?" Han Jian smiled and pointed at the middle-aged man, "Together!" ”

The middle-aged man thought that Han Jian was talking about doing business together, but he didn't feel right, and two guards had already rushed up next to him, and directly took down the person, and then there was one more person who was beaten outside.

At this time, the young man who was still standing in front of Han Jian was a little flustered, after all, he also knew that today's incident had nothing to do with him.

"This brother, we should have met before, right?" Han Jian continued to ask with a smile.

The young man lowered his head and didn't speak, and there were still people who wanted to interject, and he was a little stunned when he thought of the fate of the middle-aged man. Now that the king of the east has made it clear that he wants to come forward to question the main culprit, whoever comes out to speak is almost like sending him to death.

The young man snorted twice, and finally mustered up a little courage and said, "No...... Haven't seen it. ”

"How so?" Han Jian smiled and said, "Could it be that this king is wrong?" ”

Han Jian, who calls himself "this king", some businessmen who don't know the reason yet, but were just scared back by the fighting just now, all feel that things are not simple. Originally, they thought that the Wei Dynasty people felt that they had made too much profit, so they figured out how to seize some goods or let them hand over some bail money to share the benefits. After all, this is the norm in the government. They just have to insist on not giving. Now that the East King himself has come, and it is in such a delicate period of time before dawn, this also shows that the matter is so big that it is necessary to keep the East King awake all night.

"You...... Who are you? The young man asked, as if he didn't know.

"You don't even know this king?" Han Jian smiled and said, "This is strange, this king still remembers when you and Princess Yongdan came to Luoyang, at that time, you blocked the sword for Princess Yongdan, and at that time, this king did not speak much on the side...... Wait, it seems that I said something too, don't you recognize? ”

The young man swallowed, things had changed so much that even he could barely remember.

He really didn't leave much impression on Han Jian.

Han Jian thought for a moment and said, "The princess called you that day...... Xiao Ning, it's still Xiao Hui, I can't remember clearly, and it's been a little long. This benevolent brother, what is the name of the family? ”

The young man originally wanted to persevere, but when he heard Han Jian even say his name, he knew that there was no way to avoid it.

"Yes, I do...... He used to be a princess's retinue, but he ...... Now I'm in business, it's a tea business. Isn't it permissible for trade between the two countries? ”

With a horizontal heart, he became much more bold when he spoke.

But Han Jian sighed in his heart, no matter how manly this person is, he is not a man after all. The entourage who danced the sword with Xiao Zhan in the Wenwu Hall that day was just a eunuch at all, that is, the eunuch in front of him who was called "Xiao Ning" by Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Ning's swordsmanship is indeed very good. It's a pity that after all, he is just practicing foreign kung fu, Yang Ke wanted to kill Xiao Zhan with a sword that day, but it was he who blocked the sword for Xiao Zhan in front of him, in this regard, Xiao Zhan is afraid that he will also remember his good in his heart. However, this person is completely Zhu Tongjing's person, or he was bought by Zhu Tongjing to be by Xiao Zhan's side, and he has always been conscientious. This time he came to assassinate Xiao Zhan, even Xiao Zhan himself was unexpected. Who would have thought that a retinue who had nearly killed himself and who was loyal to him would turn around and assassinate him?

But after all, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the news was still found by the eyeliner that King Hui placed beside Zhu Tongjing. Although Xiao Ling, the king of Hui, was despised by many people in the Southern Dynasty and felt that he had no big ambitions, he was powerful after all, and many people were willing to die for him. King Hui's people are all over the court and the opposition, but many of them are also oriented towards him and have not shown it, Xiao Ling wants to thank his father Lao King Hui for this. It is also Lao Huiwang who can buy so many people for his own use. It is precisely these people that will not be suspected by Zhu Tongjing or Xie Rumo, because in addition to the point of heart to King Hui, they are the most critical figures in the camps of the various factions of the Southern Dynasty.

"Doing business, naturally, is allowed." Han Jian smiled, "I don't know if Your Excellency came to Luoyang, but you have met the princess?" ”

"Never met." Young man.

"Why not? Could it be that Your Excellency feels a little ashamed of the princess after doing business? Han Jian continued to ask.

"Don't worry about His Royal Highness the East King, I just want to do some business this time, the quality of the business has nothing to do with the princess, and besides, I have long stopped serving the princess, why do I want to see the princess? The princess is concerned about my great mission to His Majesty, and she is not the kind of person who does not know the times! When the young man spoke again, he no longer had the timidity just now, Han Jian knew that this kid was out of the way.

It is only when people are out of the box that they forget what it means to be afraid.

"That's a pity, this king mentioned your deeds at the banquet in the Wenwu Hall last night. The princess also said that if it weren't for your heroic rescue, I'm afraid she would have died long ago. Alas, I never thought about how a good man could not be an entourage, but ran away to do business. It's a shame to say! (To be continued......)