"Would you like to change places?"

As soon as he stepped into the mansion, Wang Fen asked in a low voice, the middle-aged man shook his head slightly, Wang Fen hesitated slightly and ordered the mansion to raise its vigilance, this time the middle-aged man didn't say anything. し0。

Gong Xiuying came out, he didn't go to the city today, but stayed at home, looked up and saw that the middle-aged man and Wang Fen's expression was wrong, so he didn't ask.

When they got inside, everyone else retreated, and the yard was immediately secured.

The middle-aged man sat in the first place, Wang Fen and another middle-aged man wearing silk embroidery sat down and lowered his head, and Gong Xiu sat at the bottom of Wang Fen.

Gong Xiu felt that something was wrong in her heart, raised her eyes to look at everyone, and asked carefully: "Seventh Master, Third Son, Brother Wen, what is the result?"

The seventh master is naturally Wang Fen's seventh uncle Wang Ze, Wen Brother Ming, Wen Yan, Jizhou Famous Scholar, once served as the governor of Yanzhou, and then disagreed with the Yanzhou Assassin at that time, so he hung up the crown and left, and had a high reputation in Shilin.

Wen Yan sighed softly, he followed Wang Ze to the imperial capital, the ancestors of the Wang family were very dissatisfied with Wang Fen's delay in making progress in the imperial capital, this time he bypassed Wang Fen and set up this killing array, but he didn't expect Liu Han to be so strong.

This sigh made Gong Xiu understand, he was a little lost in his heart at first, but then he relaxed.

After Wang Fen took several actions after arriving in the imperial capital, he felt that it was inappropriate to fight with Liu Han in this way, and began to change his thinking, suggesting to negotiate with Liu Han to get the water transportation north of the Yellow River as the bottom line, but after this plan was reported, it was denied by the ancestors, and the ancestors insisted on all the water transportation north of Pengcheng, insisting on defeating Liu Han, Wang Fen had no choice but to take a delaying strategy, but this angered the ancestors, so there was Wang Ze's trip to the imperial capital. Today's failure proves that Wang Fen's previous strategy was right.

Gong Xiu carefully controlled her emotions, sighed and said, "Liu Han is so difficult, is it really beneficial for us to fight like this?"

Regarding the battle of strategy, after Wang Ze arrived in the imperial capital, Gong Xiu discussed with Wen Yan, Wen Yan was very confident in the strength of the Wang family, and looked down on Liu Han, who was born in recklessness, and thought that Liu Han was quite high in cultivation, but compared to the deep strength of Wang and Xu's two families, it was just a grasshopper shaking the tree.

Still no one answered, Wang Fen's heart was much more relaxed than his expression, it turned out that he was right, however, he knew that since the old ancestor bypassed him, it was not his person who shot today, even if they were all dead, it would weaken the strength of the seventh uncle Wang Ze.

However, he is also aware of the crisis, since the ancestor has bypassed him, it means that the ancestor is dissatisfied with him and has doubts about him, which is a great hidden danger.

Seeing that no one answered, Gong Xiu understood a little and didn't speak again.

In the room, the four of them drank tea in silence, and a cup of tea was tasteless, only to hear footsteps outside.

Huang Shen and Zeng Sheng pushed the door in, first saluted Wang Ze, and then said: "We found the body of Master Jueming in the forest, and we found no trace of the fisherman's predecessors. ”

"Master Jueming's sword in the back," Zeng Sheng added, "It should have been attacked suddenly, and he was suddenly attacked and stabbed in the back." Also, the wound is covered. ”

After Liu Lin quieted down, Wang Ze felt uneasy in his heart, so he asked the two of them to investigate, and before the two of them went downstairs, Liu Han came out of Liu Lin.

Wang Ze frowned slightly, slightly surprised. Wang Fen only then knew that it was Jueming and the fisherman who shot it, and he couldn't help but be shocked, young people rarely knew about these two people, but more than ten years ago, these two people were so famous and famous, it can be said that only under the six great masters, these ten years, the fisherman lived in seclusion in Jizhou Sewage Creek, and Jueming lived in seclusion in the Jufeng Mountain Tide Palace in Langya County, Qingzhou.

"Liu Han is using a knife," Wang Ze's expression was calm, and he thought about it and said slowly: "In this way, there is another person." ”

Huang Shen and Zeng Sheng sat down straight without waiting for Wang Ze to speak, and then Huang Shen nodded at Wang Ze: "Seventh Master is right, we also judge it this way." ”

"Who is this person, who can actually sneak attack Master Jueming?" Wang Ze seemed to be talking to himself and asking.

Huang Shen and Zeng Sheng didn't answer, now that they have been destroyed, there is no trace of this person before he made a move, but with Master Jueming's cultivation, this person can sneak attack him, and one move is fatal, and the cultivation has at least crossed that threshold.

The room fell silent again, and several people thought about the fleet almost at the same time, this side had already suffered a fiasco, even if the fleet side won, it could still be said that there would be a draw, and even if they had to negotiate, they would have more chips in their hands.

But the hope was soon gone, and it didn't take long for someone to come in quickly, and handed a bamboo tube to Wang Fen, Wang Fen took out the secret letter, his face was miserable, and then handed it to Wang Ze, Wang Ze took it and took a look, there was only one sentence on it: "Xiao Yu arrived at Junyi, escorted by the sailor, I was defeated, and Tan was seriously injured." ”

"It's over, it's all over. Wang Fen muttered to himself, couldn't help shaking his head, Huang Shen Zengsheng's expression was solemn, the two of them no longer had the arrogance when they first arrived in the imperial capital, this time, whether it was the red-haired red devil Tan, or the fisherman Jueming, in terms of reputation in the rivers and lakes, or in terms of cultivation, they were all higher than them, they could have such strength, and there were all kinds of designs, there was a Qingyun Five Elements Array outside the city, and the fleet was ambushed by He Dong, but the result was so disappointing.

The red-haired red devil was seriously injured, but what about the others? What about He Dong? Since the secret letter didn't say it, they might all be dead.

After a long time, Wang Ze sighed: "Return to the ancestors, tell everyone that in the near future, you are not allowed to leave the house." ”

"Good! a good knife!"

In the courtyard of the internal guard, a cry of surprise broke the peace of the courtyard, making Gonggong Mu, who had just stepped into the courtyard, stunned, and then couldn't help but show a smile, it must be amazing good news to make the owner of this courtyard so out of shape.

Father-in-law Mu waved his hand, the little eunuch next to him stopped, he walked to the door alone, there was only Father-in-law Lin alone in the room, there were two secret notices side by side on the desk, Father-in-law Lin stared at the secret confession with a happy face, and applauded very disgracedly.

"Why are you so happy?" said Grandpa Mu with a smile.

Gonggong Lin looked up and saw it, immediately stood up, and said respectfully: "The ancestor is here, my son is too excited, I didn't pay attention, please"

"Come on," Grandpa Mu came in with a smile and sat down on the side of the case: "Don't excuse yourself, I don't know you yet, don't hold back, sit down, I'll see, what's going on, make you so excited." ”

Saying that Father-in-law Mu took the secret notice, Father-in-law Lin explained on the side: "This is just received, the Wang family has lost a lot of money this time, Liu Han, hehe, it's really a good knife, godfather is smart!"

The secret notice had not yet been transcribed, and the handwriting was very small, so Father-in-law Mu struggled to read it, and after reading a few lines, he pushed it away, raised his head and said to Father-in-law Lin: "You should tell me about it." ”

Gonggong Lin knew the temperament of Gonggong Mu, and immediately explained: "This is today's battle report on Wulipu outside the city, the ancestor of the Wang family laid out the Qingyun Five Elements Array, dispatched the fisherman and Jueming, the two high-grade grandmasters, Liu Han broke the formation, and killed Jueming;

Godfather, fisherman and Jueming have been famous in the rivers and lakes for a long time, more than ten years ago, suddenly disappeared, and the son guessed that he might be recruited by a certain family, and now it is true, this time, to get rid of Jueming can be regarded as relieving a heart disease for the imperial court. ”

"Jueming killed by Liu Han?" Father-in-law Mu was a little surprised, and Gonggong Lin laughed: "It was the ghost shadow who did it, but the ghost shadow said that when he made the move, Jueming was already injured, and it was precisely because he was injured that he succeeded in the sneak attack." ”

Father-in-law Mu nodded slightly: "I'll just say, if Liu Han can still kill Jueming under such circumstances, it's really amazing, what is his situation?"

"Back to Godfather, he was injured, he risked injuring Jueming and was injured by the fisherman, however, the fisherman was also injured. Lin Gonggong said.

Father-in-law Mu nodded calmly, and then asked, "What about the other one?"

"It also just arrived, Xiao Yu won a big victory, and He Dong's entire army was annihilated, well," Lin Gonggong's voice was lowered by two points: "The other party shot the red-haired Red Devil Tan Raccoon, Iron Fist Lu Kuo, and Qingque Qin Fei, as a result, the red-haired Red Devil escaped with serious injuries, and Iron Fist Lu Kuo and Qingque Qin Fei both died." ”

"What?" Father-in-law Mu was very keen, and immediately noticed that Father-in-law Lin's tone was different, and Father-in-law Lin nodded and said, "Yes, there is a problem here, the red-haired red devil Tanyu is the person of King Qi." ”

Mu Gonggong's expression suddenly became serious: "King Qi's people, King Qi!"

Gonggong Lin nodded slightly: "Yes, we reported it to the internal guard of Luoma Water Village, and he heard it with his own ears." ”

Father-in-law Mu was silent, and Father-in-law Lin didn't speak, and after a while, Father-in-law Mu spoke: "This matter must be investigated, hmph, our family is impatient to see that this Wang family is living." ”

King Qi actually made a move, which was unexpected by Gonggong Mu and Gonggong Lin, the internal guards of the Qi Palace's mansion and the internal guards buried by Wang Xu's two families did not even have any news, and the palace was concealed to death.

The collusion between the gate valve family and the clan is a taboo in the imperial court, and the ancestor of the Wang family is actually linked to the king of Qi, which makes Gonggong Mu very suspicious.

"Godfather, do you want to report this matter to the emperor?" asked Gonggong Lin.

Gonggong Mu was slightly silent before he said, "Don't spread this matter, I'll do it." ”

Gonggong Lin understood, Gonggong Mu was hesitating, whether to report to the emperor.

There have been a lot of recent things in the imperial court, and the imperial court has implemented deterrent policies, but the effect is not great, and the war is still burning, and the king of Qin and the king of Taiyuan have sent urgent reports to the imperial court to ask for countermeasures, especially the king of Qin.

In addition to the Saiwai Hu people in the north, Tubo is also not stable, and there are signs of border violations, and the pressure of the Qin king is especially great.

But the imperial court has no countermeasures, not that there are no countermeasures, but that the treasury has no money.

Chen Guo sorted out the land, the displaced people had just been resettled, and they could not afford to hand over money and grain, so the Peng Zhu played a concert and asked for tax exemption for the resettled displaced people for three years, but the imperial court did not agree.

Yangzhou salt tax reform is the only bright spot in all things, Gu Wei in Yangzhou both rigid and soft, successfully opened the situation, the current tax reform is advancing smoothly, Gu Wei co-authored, said that three salt field auctions have been held, selling 5,000 acres of salt fields, a total of 1.7 million taels of silver, and 600 acres, it is estimated that 200,000 taels of silver can be obtained.

At present, the salt tax reform in Yangzhou has been implemented to the tax level, and Gu Wei and Gu Wei summoned all tax officials to Yangzhou for a meeting, at which the new tax system was announced, and tax officials at all levels were strictly ordered not to raise taxes without authorization.

But even if it is 1.9 million taels of silver, it is a drop in the bucket for the imperial court, and the gap in the court's expenses is more than 5 million taels of silver.

In addition, there is also the problem of displaced people, all of which have made it difficult for the emperor to take care of them, and at this time, the two families of King Qi and Wang Xu will appear, and the emperor may not have much to do, but only to increase his troubles.

"What do you think about this Liu Han?" asked Grandpa Mu again.

Gonggong Lin thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "There is no specific one yet, but my son thinks it's better to put him outside." ”

Father-in-law Mu thought about it and nodded: "Let's do this first, in addition, deduct Jizhou and Qi State, all internal guards, and three months' salary as punishment." ”

"My son understood. Gonggong Lin replied respectfully, knowing in his heart that this was Gonggong Mu's dissatisfaction with the fact that the internal guards of the two places did not find out that the Wang Xu family and the King of Qi were colluding.