Chapter 235

Songbai restaurant is a time-honored brand in Chang'an city. The owner of this restaurant has a deep background and is said to have an unspeakable relationship with a big man in the court. There are often carriages painted with signs of various rich and powerful families here. It is said that many adults in the court like to eat here.

The dishes in Songbai building are really exquisite. It is said that a master in the back kitchen once stayed in the palace. Another reason why the business here is good is that the environment is very good. In fact, the floor of Songbai building is only a quarter of the floor area of this store, and the back yard is the most expensive consumer place here. In the backyard, small courtyards are separated from each other and separated by high walls. Even the guests in the two adjacent courtyards don't know who the people next door are.

And I don't know what means the house in the yard uses, and the sound insulation effect is excellent.

If you haven't been to the backyard of Songbai building, you don't know there is a cave here. I don't know the magic of this house until I enter the house in the backyard. Even if they come in, non delicate people will not pay attention to these things.

The most secluded courtyard of Songbai building is closed for a long time, and few guests are seen in and out. Even when there are no guests inside, the yard is not open to outsiders. When a guest asked, the lads would politely answer that it was our host's own resting place, not the elegant room of the restaurant.

Hearing such an answer, no one will doubt anything.

In fact, this is the place where many adults in the court discuss affairs secretly. And adults won't come here to meet except for important things. Some small things were discussed when eating and drinking in other yards.

On the evening of the second day of February, the door of the small courtyard opened and a dozen gloomy people came in. They all wore thick cloaks and hats covering their foreheads. They could only see the faces below their eyes, but they still could see that they seemed to be in a bad mood.

The waiter in charge of waiting is also a confidant of the boss of Songbai building. He doesn't go out of the yard when he's free on weekdays.

After more than a dozen people entered the yard, the waiter immediately closed the gate. The party quickly stepped into the house, took off their cloak and hung it on the clothes hanger at the door. They sat down on the chairs in the room until the waiter put the tea on and withdrew.

"Wu Yidao is too much."

A tall and thin man said discontentedly: "Since we entrusted Prince Yi to come forward, we have left a way for him. If he is willing to hand over all his things honestly and leave Chang'an City, it will be regarded as his goods going down all over the world. It is a great dream of spring and autumn, and he will get a good job. Is money and business more important than his life? We have given him enough face, but he knows neither good nor bad!"

Another chubby man sighed: "we can't drag it anyway. This time, Wu and his wife helped his majesty transport troops to the northwest without telling us. His Majesty was shocked by the strength of goods through the sky. Before his majesty made a decision to take goods through the world into the possession of the imperial court, we must let Wu bow together!"

"Yes"

The man sitting in the outer position said: "Your Majesty is obviously interested in the downward movement of goods through the sky. If you want to take the downward movement of goods through the sky and return it to the imperial court, people from the Ministry of household, the Ministry of officials and even the Ministry of punishment will follow the order to check the accounts... If your majesty knows that less than half of the imperial court have members in the movement of goods through the world, he will be very angry!"

"This is not the key... The key is that none of us is clean."

A man sighed: "At the beginning, Prince Yi told us that people who buy goods all the time can actually earn money. Why don't we believe what the LORD said? So we invested more or less. Who knows that the guy from Wu Yidao is brave enough and doesn't refuse to come... Later, we really made money. We threw more and more money into it, and our hands naturally became more and more unclean. These things You and I know that we might have some disagreements about sharing dividends in the past, but now we must sit down and discuss a way to make Wu bow his head together. "

"Before your Majesty's will comes down, we must all withdraw, completely withdraw!"

A gentle man shook his head and said, "have you ever wondered why Wu Yidao would rather offend half of the court officials than let go?"

"He's an idiot!"

Someone scolded with hate.

"He's not an idiot!"

The speaker thought for a moment and said, "I've guessed that Wu Yidao's mind hasn't been in one day or two. It suddenly opened up yesterday. Why did he hesitate to offend us? Even Prince Yi contradicted him. What's the reason?"

He paused and continued: "Naturally, he is reluctant to give up his family property! He is not really fighting against us now. He is really fighting against his majesty. He is holding so many things in his hand, just trying to coerce us. Let's talk in the court and prevent his majesty from taking the goods down all over the world! He is trying to force us to help him keep his family property, no matter who has fought so hard An estate will be like cherishing its own children. Anyone who wants to touch it will resist, even... Your majesty. "

"You mean he won't give in anyway?"

"Difficult!"

"What about that?"

"Kill?"

"What's the use of killing Wu Yidao? He doesn't know where the ledger is hidden by him. Wu Yidao must remember everything we haven't seen for many years. He must have hidden things in a place where others can't find them. Otherwise, how can he be so confident?"

"I don't know where things are. It's a trouble after all. It's easy to kill Wu. If killing can settle this matter, you and I will sit here and discuss it?"

The elegant man hesitated and said, "we've analyzed it before. Wu Yi sent his daughter Wu Yinyu to qingleshan in the south of the Yangtze River before going to the northwest. Maybe it's in his daughter's hand! He won't trust others for such an important thing, so unless he keeps it himself, it's Wu Yinyu."

"It's been almost two months!"

The tall and thin man said, "we haven't heard from the people we sent to Jiangnan yet. This Wu Yiyu is an old fox! I'm afraid I had expected this day, so I spent a lot of money to send Wu Yinyu to qingleshan for cultivation. I thought he was just doting on girls. What Wu Yinyu wants, he gives. Now I understand that his mind is so far away!"

"We can only wait. If the people who go to Jiangnan can't bring back the good news, the matter can only be solved in the capital. If we can't, we'll get rid of Wu Yidao first. Then kill all his confidants. In this way, even if your majesty wants to find the account book, there's no way to find it. We can't get it, no one can get it. Wu Yidao, in order to keep it a secret, there must be few people who know about it. So, You can't kill a few people. "

"The one named Fang Xie... Lived in Sanjin Hou's house a while ago. Do you think... Will Wu Yi give him something?"

"It should not be possible. How can Wu Yidao trust an outsider?"

"Prince Yi has sent someone to the Fang Xie. If Wu Yidao really gave something to Fang Xie, he will find it out."

The last speaker was Qin Liuqi, the steward of Prince Yi!

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Qingfeng view

Prince Yi looked at the surrounding scenery as he walked, and couldn't help praising him: "this view is one of the best clean and comfortable places in Chang'an city. No wonder the real person doesn't go out after arriving in Chang'an city. After a long time here, I'm afraid even the orphan will be infatuated with this quiet and peaceful place."

With him was Xiao Zhenzhen, the leader of the daozong of the Sui Dynasty, the leader of the Yiqi view of Leshan in the Qing Dynasty. This old Taoist, who has a superior position in the Jianghu, doesn't seem to have the temperament of immortality. If you were not wearing a black Taoist robe symbolizing the identity of a real person, you would not be remembered everywhere if you changed into the clothes of ordinary people.

Such an old man, even if he passes you on the street, you won't leave any impression. Ordinary, too ordinary. Walking a few meters behind them, the master of Qingfeng temple and the Taoist crane in red robe also look more like an expert in Taoism than immortal Xiao.

Immortal Xiao smiled and said, "the Lord is in the wind and dust. Unexpectedly, he has a Taoist heart."

Prince Yi laughed: "there's no Taoist heart, but I'm tired of being in the noise for too long. Suddenly, being in this Taoist temple is like walking into a paradise, and my heart is much cleaner. According to my lonely nature, I really let myself stay here with the oil lamp road for a long time, and I don't suffocate?"

Xiao Zhenren: "don't dare ask the Lord to stay for a long time, otherwise the Taoist temple will be full of yingyanyan in the yard soon."

Prince Yi smiled back and forth and said as he walked, "immortal Xiao really saw it. In his whole life, he couldn't live without three things. First, wine. Second, beauty. Third, food. If Guzhen lived in this yard, maybe the girls in the building in Chang'an City would really come to find him."

Immortal Xiao smiled and didn't answer.

Prince Yi went outside the hall and looked back at the road he had passed. He said with some emotion: "this is the highest place of the Taoist temple. When he looked back, he had a panoramic view of the road. It's better to stand high and see the scenery. The higher the better. It's worth the hardships on the way."

Xiao Zhenren said calmly, "it's cold at high altitude."

Yiqin Wang said, "then wear thicker."

Immortal Xiao said again, "the cold on the body is not cold. No matter how thick the clothes are, they can't wrap the cold in the heart."

"Why is your heart cold?"

Prince Yi asked, "is it because you stand too high?"

Xiao Zhenren said: "I'm not as tall as the Lord. How can I be too tall?"

He pointed to his feet, which was indeed a step lower than Prince Yi. He didn't go to the small square in front of the hall, only one step away.

"Why don't you take another step and stand as high as the one standing alone?"

Asked Prince Yi.

After being silent for a while, immortal Xiao said seriously: "No matter how high I stand where I should stand, I can't stand high. If I stand where I shouldn't stand, I can still stand high. Moreover, sometimes the LORD looks too beautiful from high. In fact, from the perspective of the scenery, there is no difference between the top of the mountain and the place close to the top of the mountain. When I stand on a step below the Lord, I'm expected to be no different from what the Lord sees."

Prince Yi nodded and said, "it makes sense."

He looked down and up: "There must be no big difference between what you see on the top of the mountain and what you see one step away from the top of the mountain. But there must be a big difference between what you see on the top of the mountain and what you see on the hillside. But as long as you are still in the world, what you see from the top of the highest mountain is still a poor sight. What if you leave the world and look down from the sky?"

Immortal Xiao smiled and shook his head: "no one can stand in the sky, no one can."

Prince Yi smiled, paused and asked, "immortal Xiao, I've always wanted to ask you something, but I'm not polite enough, so I've endured it all the time. Since I'm just talking about high and low today, I'll ask you through this topic... Do you think you're taller or president Zhou?"

After a moment of silence, immortal Xiao said word by word: "I don't know how tall President Zhou is, so I can't compare. But I know how tall I am... I'm not afraid of the king's jokes. I'm really tall."