The painting boat drove by, Xia Mu was dressed in civilian clothes, his left hand caressed the body of the girl in his arms, and his right hand was wrapped around the waist of the girl on the side, with the wine brought by the girl in his mouth.

It's a lot of fun!

It's so easy, after drinking a glass of wine, I said hello, the girl who played the pipa smiled, put away the pipa, Xia Mu let go of the girl in his arms, and applauded.

"The grass girl's pipa is getting better and better. Xia Mu praised.

Youcao pursed her lips and smiled, Xia Mu patted the girl in her arms, the girl glanced at him resentfully, got up and sat down with Youcao, Youcao was not polite at all, and sat in Xia Mu's arms.

"Childe hasn't been here for more than a year, and I don't know if I've been hooked by that girl. The grass snuggled into his arms and held the glass to his lips.

Xia Mu drank dry from the wine glass, Youcao was about to put the wine glass back, but Xia Mu suddenly kissed her cherry lips, Youcao was caught off guard, and with a sigh, the wine slid down from her mouth.

Xia Mu laughed: "Master will also serve you once." ”

"Look at you! Skirts are wet. Yucao feigned anger, and the pink fist hit him on the shoulder a few times, and then quickly picked up the handkerchief and wiped it dry.

The girl on the side said coquettishly: "Master Jia, the slave family also wants it, you can't favor one over the other." ”

Xia Mu smiled and stretched out his hand to pull her over, kissed her the lips, and only let go after half a sound, the girl gasped for breath and looked at him resentfully.

After laughing again, a girl named Songxia played a zither for him, Xia Mu let go of the grass, got up and walked to the window, looked outside getting closer and closer to the island, and asked, "What island is that?"

Yucao came over, looked at it and said, "This is Takeshima." ”

"Bamboo Island," Xia Mu was very satisfied, he was acting according to his plan, and today's goal was this Bamboo Island.

After taking over the task from the fast catcher, Xia Mu did not act recklessly, but planned carefully, after hearing that there were many cases in the lake, he felt that the opportunity had come, he easily reported the islands from a fast catcher, and then eliminated all these islands, and the rest was the target he wanted to explore.

In the past few days, he has seen four islands from island to island, each of which is dressed differently, there are scholars who travel to study, a few people play together, there are merchants, two people go to the island to buy special products, today, he pretends to be a noble son who travels in the lake, and brings beautiful women to play.

This painting boat, he came last year, my sister loves to love money more, the last time I came here, he happened to make a big vote, his hands are generous, and he is naturally generous, today, he will wrap the whole painting boat as soon as he comes, and my sister is naturally more convinced that he is a rich man.

"Took a day on the boat and went to the island to breathe. Xia Mu said and hugged the grass over, and the girl in the back hurriedly went outside to order.

"Childe is so Yaxing, this bamboo island looks very small, but in fact, the scenery has a unique charm. Yucao complimented.

"Oh, that's good, by the way, is there wine on the island? Your wine is too soft, not strong enough, it is only strong if you have spirits!" Xia Mu said and smiled meaningfully at Youcao, Youcao pursed his lips and quietly pinched Xia Mu's waist.

"Ouch! tigress eats man. Xia Mu screamed deliberately, and the laughter of the girls came from behind him.

The painting boat soon landed, Xia Mu brought Sanmei ashore, Sanmei was dressed in tulle, her beautiful body was half covered, and most of her fair-skinned **** was exposed, and the white swaying was straight to the human eye.

After going to the island, Xia Mu laughed with the beautiful woman, while looking at the surrounding scenery, Bamboo Island, Bamboo Island, in the name of bamboo, there are indeed a lot of purple bamboos on the island.

"Is this the purple bamboo of Zizhu Mountain?" Xia Mu asked with a little surprise.

Youcao nodded with a smile, a breeze blew, the skirts of the three girls fluttered, and the spring light was dewed, Xia Mu's heart moved, and he hugged her into his arms.

"It's so tempting, I miss you!"

The third girl's face was crimson, and the grass writhed in his arms, and said in a greasy voice: "Master, this, this is not good, let's go back to the boat, go back, you can do whatever you want." ”

As he spoke, he was about to break away, but Xia Mu hugged her tightly, looked up and looked around, and smiled evilly: "Baby, there is no one at all, besides, ******** is nature." ”

Youcao is ashamed, in this era, this kind of curtain is not uncommon, those noble sons often do this when they are cultivating or feasting, if the two of them are friendly, and even easy concubines to sleep, it is also a common thing, no one says anything, but... , it is still in a private environment, to put it simply, in its own manor, not in the wild.

Seeing Youcao's shy appearance, Xia Mu couldn't help but kiss her with pity on her blown-up face, and then walked deep into the bamboo forest with a smile.

Youcao quickly glanced at the two girls behind her, the two girls also had red faces, and their expressions were a little scared, and after a while, they found that Xia Mu had gone away, and the three girls hurriedly caught up.

The island is not big, the people on the island are also quite poor, a few thatched houses, the courtyard separated by bamboo, the only attraction is the small pavilion of the bamboo forest by the lake, and the couplet on the pavilion pillar is quite elegant.

"The clouds and shadows are shining up and down the sky, and the pine and bamboo rhyme are in the middle of the water. ”

"Good connection! good connection!" Xia Mu praised repeatedly, standing in the pavilion, watching the water birds in the lake flying, the Zizhu Mountain in the distance, the mountain shadows are heavy, and the bamboo waves are howling, which is refreshing.

"Good times. Xia Mu couldn't help but admire, and then sighed: "It's a pity that there is no wine!"

Youcao's eyes rolled, and he pointed to the thatched hut outside the bamboo forest next to him with a smile, Xia Mu was suddenly overjoyed, and took the three daughters to the thatched hut.

In the courtyard, a middle-aged fisherman was repairing a bamboo tube, the middle-aged fisherman had a dark complexion, a simple face, wearing a short jacket made of linen, his arms were exposed, and he was vigorously tying the bottom of the bucket.

"Nope. The fisherman was not polite at all: "If you buy wine, you have to go to Dongshan Island, and we don't have wine on the island." ”

Xia Mu didn't give up, and took out the ingot of silver: "This son is for silver, this white flower of silver, fifty taels, Qinglou in Yangzhou City, fifty taels can also buy a sixty-year-old daughter red, don't lose you!"

The middle-aged fisherman raised his head and glanced at it, then lowered his head again: "It's really not, fifty taels of silver, the son wants to go to Dongshan Island, you can buy good wine!"

Mu Chang Xia sighed, turned his head and blamed the grass: "Look, we should bring wine, yes, yes, don't be wronged, little baby, I don't blame you." ”

Saying that, he twisted it lightly on Youcao's face, and said with some frustration: "Let's go, there are no fifty taels, that's really nothing, good bamboo and good scenery, but unfortunately there is no wine!

"Let's go over there and have a look, Childe, I see there's someone over there. ”

Xia Mu sighed and hesitated: "Okay, otherwise, I will wronged you to take a trip." ”

"Childe!" the girl shouted coquettishly, Xia Mu sighed again: "Alas, it is a big sin to be tired of a beautiful woman! ”

The four of them chatted and walked, turned around the bamboo forest, and there was a bamboo forest in front of them, which was different from the bamboo forest in front, sparse and scattered, and had a unique taste.

Xia Mu's eyes rolled, and he pulled the grass to the lake, the lake water was crystal clear, and he couldn't help but shout: "Such a beautiful scenery!

The voice fell, turned around to protect Youcao, Youcao was a little panicked, half-pushed, half-pushed, and followed him behind the rock.

Seeing this, the two women couldn't help but eat and laugh, and they didn't go over, stood by the rock, took off their shoes, put their white feet into the water, leisurely made water, and listened to the sound of the spring tide from behind the rock.

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"You want to buy them all?"

Gu Wei looked at Lin Niang with interest, Lin Niang and Zhen Niang nodded, today Lin Niang came to the camp and specially invited Zhen Niang to come over, Zhen Niang did not refuse, and came with him.

Lin Zhen nodded, not shying away at all: "The purpose of the lordship, we know that the imperial court wants the lord to raise three million taels of silver, and the lord has no choice but to auction the remaining 1,500 mu of salt fields, we have discussed, and we are willing to contribute to the imperial court, and buy all the salt fields for three million taels of silver to contribute to the imperial court." ”

Gu Wei thought thoughtfully, thought about it, shook his head and said: "Contributing to the imperial court, this idea is very good, with this will, it is very good, the imperial court will definitely remember it." ”

Lin Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and was thinking about what to say, but before he could think about it, Gu Wei's tone changed: "However, this official has already notified the whole city of the auction, and there is an endless stream of merchants coming from all over the world. ”

Lin Zhen's expression was calm, Gu Wei's reaction was expected by him, and he said at this moment: "My lord, it is impossible to sell this 1,500 mu of salt field for 3 million taels of silver, so my lord added a salt tax for three years, but my lord didn't know that with this 1,500 mu of salt field, the output for three years was very low, even if the salt tax was added, it would not reach the level of 3 million in three years." ”

When Gu Wei heard this, he pondered for a moment and nodded slightly: "You are right, indeed, this matter is very risky, the Salt Chamber of Commerce is the richest chamber of commerce in Yangzhou, but I think that people cannot stand without trust, as a messenger, representing the face of the imperial court, if I lose my trust, that is, the court will lose my trust." ”

Lin Yan was very disappointed, secretly a little anxious in his heart, he frowned slightly, he didn't know what to say for a while, and couldn't help but glance at Zhen Niang.

Zhen Niang understood and smiled at Gu Weiyan: "What the adult said is very true, but the concubine is an adult, the major affairs of the court cannot be delayed, and the merchants who sign up now are mixed with dragons and snakes, and many people only have a share capital of tens of thousands of taels of silver, these people do not have the slightest help for the adult's major affairs, it is better to exclude these people and let the rest of them bid." ”

Gu Wei frowned and thought for a while before saying, "There is some truth in this, you mean to set a condition, so how many conditions?"

Zhen Niang was slightly contemplative, and then said, "One hundred thousand taels, I don't know what adults think?"

"One hundred thousand taels?" Gu Wei pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly: "It's too high, so let's do it, fifty thousand taels, and the total share capital is fifty thousand taels." ”

Zhen Niang bent down slightly at Gu Wei, a trace of affection flashed in her eyes, Gu Wei also smiled slightly, Lin Wei thought about it, but still didn't give up, and asked tentatively: "My lord, if we want to take all the salt fields, how much silver will we have to pay?"

Gu Wei smiled: "Duke Lin, if you have the heart to serve the imperial court, this official is very grateful, but the imperial court must have faithfulness, since the notice has been issued, the official must insist on maintaining the integrity of the imperial court, even so, the official must postpone the auction time by three days." ”

"Postponed for three days?" Zhen Niangxiu frowned slightly: "Don't you worry about your lordship, you missed the time stipulated by the imperial court?"

"It's okay, this official will explain to the court. Gu Wei smiled.

Lin Yan sighed in his heart, got up to say goodbye, Zhen Niang got up with him, and threw a wink at Gu Wei while no one was paying attention.

Gu Wei got up with a smile and sent the two out of the door.

Outside Yangzhou City, in the willow forest, the reeds outside the forest are swinging, swaying with the wind, on the lake, there is a thin rain, and the boat on the lake is hurrying.

"Bamboo Island ?!!!" Liu Han was slightly surprised, as far as he knew, Bamboo Island was very small, there were no more than ten families on it, and the nest of the Hundred Workshops would be here?

Xia Mu's expression was still a little cynical and relaxed, he stood under the willow tree, holding an oil-paper umbrella in his hand.

"Tell me about your evidence. ”

Of course, Xia Mu knew that the other party would never believe such a thing easily, he smiled, raised his head slightly, and threw the hair on his forehead aside.

"It's very simple, the men on the island are eunuchs, I brought three beauties to the island, each of them is fragrant and beautiful, plus their clothes, hehe, but none of the men on the island are looking at them.

Second, the bamboo on the island, well, is supposed to be carved, and although it is very subtle, it cannot hide from my eyes.

Third, there is no wine on the island, hehe, this is strange, you go and inquire, in this lake, as long as there are fishermen, who don't like wine, there is some wine at home.

Isn't it enough to have these three!"

Liu Han nodded, these three were enough, Xia Mu looked at him: "Give the silver." ”

Liu Han didn't say a word, and handed over the remaining three thousand taels of silver to Xia Mu, Xia Mu didn't order it, put it into his arms, and then said teasingly: "There will be such an easy thing in the future, come to me again." ”

Liu Han shook his head slightly: "This matter is not easy, I sent three groups of people to investigate, but they didn't find any clues, by the way, you'd better leave Yangzhou for a while." ”

"Don't bother!" Xia Mu arched his hand, turned around and left in a very chic manner.

Liu Han also turned to leave, he paid attention to his back, did not follow, he returned to the small courtyard by the lake, Liu Huo was cooking in the kitchen.

Liu Huo was very angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to attack, the two Taoist priests in the house were very strange, they ate strangely, behaved strangely, after entering the house, the two of them almost never went out, and the same was true for eating, the meat was not sticky at all, and only a little bit of vegetables were eaten, only melons and fruits could eat a little more.

The only thing was that he was not allowed to step into their room without a greeting, and at any time, he had to arrive at once.

Not to mention the whole day, from the time he saw them to now, they had not spoken more than ten words to him, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Seeing Liu Han come in, Liu Huo finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over, Liu Han glanced at him, and he had to shut his mouth stupidly.

Liu Han arrived at the door, knocked lightly, the door opened silently, Liu Han entered, turned around and closed the door.

"Senior uncle, senior brother," Liu Han saluted the two, and the two of them sat cross-legged in the room, Chunyangzi didn't move, and Qingling nodded.

"When will the master arrive?" asked Liu Han, Qing Ling counted the days: "There are two days at most." ”

There are still two days, Liu Han calculated in his heart, it is already very fast, and it usually takes three or four days to come out of the mountain.

"Senior uncle, senior brother," Liu Han said, "Two days later, the disciple met with someone and needed a senior uncle or senior brother, preferably a senior uncle. ”

Junyoko opened her eyes and said, "Who is it?"

"The one who forced the disciple into the Yangtze River and had to fake his death. Liu Han replied.

Junyoko showed a sneer: "Okay." ”

Liu Han said again: "I'm afraid I'm going to wronged my uncle at that time, well, the disciple guessed that that person was a subordinate of the disciple's Qiu family, and the disciple hadn't found out the whereabouts of the enemy's family, this person was a clue, and the enemy family was not found, and the disciple didn't plan to kill this person." ”

"Why?" asked Junyoko.

"Uncle Shi, this person's disciple can deal with it, please ask Uncle Shi to make a move, for another person, that person, the disciple is estimated to have a great master cultivation. ”

Chunyangzi understood now, nodded slightly, and Liu Han still explained: "This great master, the disciple doesn't know if he will come, if he comes, the uncle must leave him behind." ”

Chun Yangzi nodded again, he completely understood what Liu Han meant, whether he wanted to do it or not, it completely depended on whether the great master was present or not.

"Uncle Shi, the disciple also wants to go and see. Qing Ling interjected, and Chun Yangzi frowned slightly, seeming to hesitate a little.

"Senior uncle, since the disciple started, except for the senior brother and senior sister of the sect, he has never fought against people from other sects, and the disciple wants to see this great master. ”

Chun Yangzi nodded hesitantly, Qingling was overjoyed, and Liu Han also smiled at him: "Thank you, senior brother." ”

(End of chapter)