Chapter 235 is really high

Songbailou is a time-honored brand in Chang'an City. The owner of this restaurant has a deep background and is said to have an indescribable relationship with a major figure in the court. You can often see carriages marked by various wealthy families here. It is said that many adults in the court like to come here to eat.

The dishes in Songbai Building are indeed exquisite. It is said that there is a master who holds a spoon in the kitchen who once stayed in the palace. The reason why the business here is good is that the environment is very good. The Songbai Building is actually just one-quarter of the area, and the yard behind is the most expensive place to consume here. In the backyard, there are small yards separated by different yards and are not connected to each other and separated by high walls. Even the guests in the two adjacent yards do not know who the person next door is.

Moreover, I don’t know what methods were used in the house in the yard, and the sound insulation effect was excellent.

If you have never been to the back garden of Songbai Building, you don’t know that there is another world here. If you haven’t entered the back garden, you don’t know the magic of the house. Even if you come in, non-minded people will not pay attention to these things.

The most secluded courtyard in Songbai Building is closed for a long time and there are few guests in and out. Even if there are no guests inside, the courtyard is not open to outsiders. When a customer asks, the guy will politely answer that it is the place where our boss rests himself, not the private room in the restaurant.

No one would doubt anything after hearing such an answer.

In fact, this is a place where many adults in the court discuss matters secretly. Besides important matters, adults will not come here to gather. Some small matters will be discussed while eating and drinking in other yards.

On the evening of the second day of the second month, the door of the small courtyard opened and more than a dozen people with gloomy faces came in. They were all wearing thick cloaks and their hats covered their foreheads. They could only see clearly the faces below their eyes, but they could still see that they seemed to be in a bad mood.

The waiter who is responsible for serving is also a close confidant of the owner of Songbailou. He doesn't walk out of this yard when he is fine on weekdays.

After more than a dozen people entered the yard, the waiter immediately closed the yard gate. The group quickly walked into the room and took off the cloak outside and hung it on the clothes hanger at the door. They sat down on the chair in the room, and no one spoke until the waiter left the tea.

"Wu Yidao is too much."

A tall and thin man said dissatisfiedly: "Since we have asked Prince Yi to come forward, we will leave him a way out. If he is willing to hand over everything honestly and leave Chang'an City, he will regard his fortune as a dream of spring and autumn, and he may even have a good life. Is money and business more important than his life? We have given him enough face, but he is ungrateful!"

Another slightly fat man sighed: "You can't drag it anyway. This time, Wu Yidao helped His Majesty transport troops to the northwest without telling us. His Majesty's strength has already shocked him. Before His Majesty decides to take the Fuel World into the court, we must let Wu Yidao bow his head!"

"Yes"

The person sitting in the outer seat said: "Your Majesty is obviously interested in the world of goods. If one order comes to take over the world of goods and bring it to the court, there will inevitably be people from the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel and even the Ministry of Justice to check the accounts... If Your Majesty knows that half of the people in the court have members in the world of goods and will definitely be furious!"

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

One person sighed: "Prince Yi revealed the news that it was really a matter of making money by joining the market and buying goods across the world. Why would we not believe it when the prince spoke? So he invested more or less. Who knew that Wu Yidao was really brave and refused to accept it... Later, when he really made money, we spent more and more money in it, our hands naturally became less and less clean. You and I know these things. In the past, we might have a little disagreement in order to distribute dividends, but now we must sit down and come up with a way to make Wu Yidao bow his head."

"We must all withdraw before His Majesty's will comes down, and we must withdraw cleanly!"

A gentle and elegant man shook his head and said, "Have you ever thought about it? Why would Wu Yidao rather offend half of the officials of the court than give up?"

"He's idiot!"

Someone cursed hatefully.

"He's not an idiot!"

The person who spoke before thought about it and said, "I have been thinking about Wu Yidao for a long time, but it was only yesterday that I suddenly realized. What is the reason why he offended us even Prince Yi to contradict him?"

He paused for a moment and continued, "Of course he couldn't bear to leave his family business! He is not really fighting with us now, but he is really fighting with His Majesty. He holds so many things in his hand and does not let go, but just wants to hold us up. Let us speak in the court and prevent His Majesty from taking over the goods! He wants to force us to help him maintain his family business. No matter who works hard to build such a large industry, he will be like cherishing his own children. Whoever wants to get involved will resist, even if... it is His Majesty."

"You mean, he won't submit anyway?"

"Difficult!"

"What should I do?"

"Kill?"

"What is the use of killing Wu Yidao? I don't know where he hid the account book, and what we have been shameless for many years, Wu Yidao must have remembered it one by one. He must have hid things in a place where others can't find them at all, otherwise how could he be so confident?"

"If you don't know where the thing is, it's a troublesome thing after all. Killing Wu Yidao is simple. If you can solve this matter by killing someone, will you and I sit here to discuss it?"

The elegant and elegant person hesitantly said, "We have analyzed before that Wu Yidao sent his daughter Wu Yinyu to Qingle Mountain in Jiangnan before going to the northwest. Maybe that thing is in his daughter's hands! He will not trust others such an important thing, so unless he keeps it himself, it will be with Wu Yinyu."

"It's almost two months!"

The tall and thin man said, "The news has not been heard back from the people we sent to Jiangnan. This Wu Yidao is an old fox! I'm afraid that this day would have been expected, so he spent a lot of money to send Wu Yinyu to Qingle Mountain to practice Taoism. I used to think that he was just spoiling his daughter, and he gave him whatever Wu Yinyu wanted, but now I realize that his mind is so far away!"

"I can only wait. If the people who go to Jiangnan cannot bring back good news, this matter will only be resolved in the capital. If it really doesn't work, I will get rid of Wu Yidao first and then kill all his confidants. In this way, even if His Majesty wants to find the account book, there is no way to find it. We can't get it, no one can get it. In order to keep it secret, Wu Yidao must not know about this matter. Therefore, he can't kill a few people."

"That person named Fang Jie... I have been living in Sanjin Hou Mansion a while ago. Do you think...will Wu Yidao give him the things?"

"It should be impossible, how could Wu Yidao trust an outsider?"

"Prince Yi has sent someone to Fang Jie's side. If Wu Yidao really gave Fang Jie the thing, he would definitely find it out."

The last person who spoke was Qin Liuqi, the manager of Prince Yi!

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Qingfeng View

Prince Yi looked at the surrounding scenery while walking, and couldn't help but praise: "This view is one of the most peaceful and comfortable places in Chang'an City. No wonder the real person never went out again after arriving in Chang'an City. After being here for a long time, I'm afraid even the lonely will fall in love with this quietness and tranquility."

The one who followed him was Xiao Zhenren, the leader of the Daozong of the Great Sui Dynasty. This old Taoist with a superb status in the world did not look like a fairy-like temperament. If he had not been wearing a black Taoist robe that symbolized the identity of a real person, he would not have been remembered anywhere he walked in the clothes of ordinary people.

Such an old man, even if he passes by you on the street, you will not leave any impression. Ordinary, too ordinary. The Qingfeng Guanguan Guanguan who walked a few meters behind them and the Heli Taoist in red robe looked more like a master of Taoism than Zhenren Xiao.

Zhenren Xiao smiled and said, "The prince was in the dust, and he didn't expect that he would have a heart of Tao."

Prince Yi laughed: "Where is there any Taoist heart? I'm just a little bored when I'm in the hustle and bustle for too long. Suddenly, I'm in this Taoist temple, it's like walking into a paradise, my heart is much more purified. With the nature of the gorge, I really let go of my life here with the oil lamp Taoist etiquette, and I'm not suffocating to death?"

Zhenren Xiao said, "I dare not ask the prince to live for a long time, otherwise the temple will not last long and will be filled with the yard."

Prince Yi smiled and leaned back and said as he walked, "Zhengren Xiao saw it clearly. In this half of his life, Gu cannot do without three things. One, fine wine, two, beauty, and three delicious food. If Gu Zhen lived in this yard, perhaps the girls in the buildings in Chang'an City would really come to look for him."

Zhenren Xiao smiled and didn't answer.

Prince Yi walked outside the hall, turned around and looked at the road he had walked with some emotion, "This is the highest point of the Taoist temple, and when you look back, you can see the road when you come. It is better to stand on a high place to see the scenery, the higher the better. Standing at the highest point, it is worth the hardships of walking halfway."

Zhenren Xiao said indifferently: "There are cold on the high ground."

Prince Yi said: "Then wear thicker."

Zhenren Xiao said again: "Is the cold on my body cold? No matter how thick the clothes are, they can't wrap the cold in my heart."

"Why are real people cold?"

Prince Yi asked: "Is it because he stands too high?"

Zhenren Xiao said: "Why is it too high that the prince is standing tall yet?"

He pointed at his feet, and it was indeed a step shorter than Prince Yi. He did not walk to the small square in front of the hall, he was only one step away.

"Why don't you take another step, as high as you stand alone?"

Prince Yi asked.

After a while of silence, Xiao Zhenren said seriously: "I stand where I should stand, no matter how high I am. If I stand where I should not stand, no matter how low I am, I will still stand high. And sometimes the prince looks at the heights a little better. In fact, just looking at the scenery, there is no difference between the top of the mountain and the place that is one step shorter than the top of the mountain. I stand on the position of a step below the prince, so there is no difference between what the prince sees."

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

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

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

Prince Yi smiled and paused for a moment and asked, "Zhengren Xiao, I have something I have always wanted to ask you, but because I am not polite enough, I have been holding on to it. Since today I happened to be talking about it, then I will ask it out based on this question... Do you think you are taller or Dean Zhou is taller?"
Chapter completed!