When he returned to the Dragon Guarding Villa, it was already the third watch, and at about three o'clock, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, but Ouyang Fei did not rest honestly.

At about two o'clock in the morning, Ouyang Fei suddenly got up and put on the night robe again, but instead of carrying a sword, he flew out of the window with the help of a telescopic stick.

Ouyang Fei quickly flew into the air and shot away in the direction of the palace, but unfortunately Ouyang Fei was not familiar with the palace, even when he was in this world, he had never been there, and he still found nothing after looking for more than an hour in the palace.

In desperation, he had to find a eunuch, and after controlling it with the Soul Shifting Dafa, he ordered him to go where he was going, and he flew in the sky to follow.

When encountering the patrolling Ouchi guards, the eunuch naturally knew how to dodge, and the eunuch was relatively familiar with the terrain in the palace, so it was easy to avoid the guards.

In less than ten minutes, Ouyang Fei finally saw the place he was looking for and ordered the eunuch to return to the distance on his own, while Ouyang Fei went to his goal.

That eunuch's soul transfer Dafa would automatically unravel after half an hour without Ouyang Fei taking the initiative to lift it, and he would only think that he had taken a nap.

And if the Soul Shifting Dafa is forcibly unraveled, it will cause the person who has been tricked to fall into a coma, just like Darba who was forcibly woken up by King Jinlun in a method similar to the Lion's Roar.

Ouyang Fei landed outside a black-lit palace, and the plaque above the door of the store showed the function of this palace, the bathing pool, which was where the emperor bathed on weekdays.

Ouyang Fei came here for nothing else, it was for his commission for this mission, Tianshan Snow Lotus.

The commission issued by the system is not the original task world, but similar to copying, in other words, the items issued to Ouyang Fei as commissions also exist in the mission world.

Even if Ouyang Fei gets that thing in the mission world, the commission that should be issued will still be distributed, that is to say, Ouyang Fei can get two Tianshan Snow Lotus in this mission.

This Tianshan Snow Lotus has the effect of detoxifying all kinds of poisons and multiplying power, such a natural treasure, no matter how much Ouyang Fei comes, he will naturally not let go of this opportunity.

After all, this is just a bathroom, not an important place, naturally there will be no guards specially guarded, before the emperor comes to bathe, there will be no eunuchs here, who would have expected that the emperor would put a sacred object such as the Tianshan Snow Lotus in the bathroom?

Ouyang flew into the Yude Pool, went straight to the mechanism at the steps, and without much effort, he successfully got the peach box containing the Tianshan Snow Lotus, opened it and looked at it, and the Tianshan cigar was indeed lying in the box intact.

Ouyang Fei grinned excitedly, closed the dark compartment, immediately called out the system, and chose to return to the present world, hiding the wooden box in the corner of the dormitory closet, covering it with his own clothes, and then teleporting back again.

However, when Ouyang Fei entered again, he directly teleported back to his own bedroom in Dragon Guardian Villa, took off his night clothes, and began to meditate cross-legged as if nothing happened, people in this world will never want to find that Tianshan Snow Lotus again.

Ouyang Fei didn't plan to eat the Tianshan Snow Lotus immediately, because the third level of the refreshed task this time came from the "Seven Killing Orders of Gods and Ghosts" in "China's Mr. Marvel World".

After all, the Seven Killing Orders of Gods and Ghosts are Taoist magic, and they are not the same system as martial arts, I don't know what the specific situation is, maybe I will keep the Tianshan Snow Lotus, and it will be of great use at that time.

Ouyang Fei meditated and practiced the Laughing Dust Technique, just after the fifth watch, there was a knock on the door, at this time Ouyang Fei did not have the assistance of alcohol, and his cultivation speed was slower, he had just finished running a round of eighteen weeks, and the second round was only running to the third week.

But there was a knock on the door, and he had to get up and open the door.

opened the door, but saw Shangguan Haitang, Duan Tianya, and Guihai Yidao dressed neatly, each standing outside the door with weapons.

Ouyang Fei asked in surprise, "What's the situation?"

Shangguan Haitang, who knocked on the door, said angrily, "Big brother, the fifth watch is over, you still don't get up?" Have you forgotten that you promised to teach us light skills last night?"

Ouyang Fei was stunned and said, "No, it's not dawn yet, is your life so fast-paced?"

"What do you think?"

Ouyang Fei reluctantly went back to the room to put on the long sword on his back, went out and followed a few people to the practice ground, and he couldn't stop muttering, "The big inner secret agent is so tired...... Wake up earlier than the chickens, go to bed later than the dogs, work more than the cows, and eat more than the pigs...... Uh, well, it's still a little better than what pigs eat. ”

"Poof"

"Hehehehehe......"

Shangguan Haitang listened to Ouyang Fei's muttering, and instantly burst into laughter, Duan Tianya also shook his head and chuckled, Guihai pulled the corners of his mouth, it was considered to have laughed, and it was already very rare.

"Don't you say that I don't think so, but when you say that, I also think that our inner secret agent is the most dedicated profession in the world. Shangguan Haitang was overjoyed.

Ouyang Fei shrugged his shoulders and said, "Isn't it?, it's even more industrious than bees, eh, by the way, how much is our money?"

Shangguan Haitang explained, "Our inner secret agents are all rank than four grades, and the four rank officials are 288 stones a year, which is 1152 taels of silver. ”

After Ouyang Fei secretly calculated, he was stunned and said, "In other words, it's only 96 taels a month? It turns out that the income of my court officials is so low? No, it shouldn't be that the income is low, but the silver is worthless, right?"

Duan Tianya opened his mouth and said, "You are right, I have understood, in the orthodox years, the price of grain was two coins of silver and one stone, and in just fifty years, it has increased twenty times, and now the price of grain is four taels of silver and one stone, but the price of Yulu has not risen much, so you will feel that Yulu is low." ”

Ouyang Fei smiled bitterly and muttered, "It seems that this soaring price is a big problem in any era, and the growth rate of Yulu will never be able to keep up with the rise in prices. ”

Shangguan Haitang shook his head with a smile and said, "Which of the officials really lives on the basis of money? Aren't we also relying on the support of 13,000 officials to have enough funds to operate normally?"

Ouyang Fei nodded, and began to understand those corrupt officials a little, "So, sometimes you really can't blame the greed of officials, if you are not greedy, where did he get so much money to maintain the expenses of the palace and support the servants?"

"If you don't keep a bunch of servants, do you have to do everything yourself? If you spend all your time on daily household chores, where will you have the time to do your duty?"

And this problem was more prominent in ancient times than in later generations, when the house was much larger than in later generations, and it was impossible to take care of it by wives and concubines alone.

What's more, the wives and concubines of those big officials are all daughters from big families, who is willing to do the work of cleaning up the house, washing and cooking?

Therefore, the weaker a dynasty's national strength, the easier it is to produce corrupt officials, and the more corrupt the officials, the more likely it will be that the people will not be able to make a living, and eventually the people will rise up and the dynasty will end, which is almost a dead circle.

"I think so! This pot has to be carried by the imperial court and the emperor, the national strength is weak, the price is rising, and even the officials can't afford it, because the king is incompetent and the court is inactive. ”

“......”

Ouyang Fei's sudden words made Shangguan Haitang and the others silent, but it made a pair of eyes behind them light up.