The sky above the river became quiet, and the shore was as silent as cicadas. All the fishermen were watching from a distance, and the people did not dare to say a word.
A gust of wind blows, and the willows hug.
This should have been a good time to enjoy the scenery, but the river was filled with a solemn atmosphere.
The air became heavy due to the moment of stagnation.
After Jin Yiwei Baihu knew that Lu Bai could not be hurt, he stopped doing useless work. He got off the pier and asked the people behind him for instructions.
Crackling!
There was a lot of excitement on the boat belonging to the Admiral of the West Factory.
There was a sound of fighting in the boat, and then Erha exclaimed, "You are so hungry, you guys are so good at playing."
boom!
Erha was knocked out of the boat house and was about to fall into the water. Erha used his arms to hang himself on the side of the boat in time.
However, Erha, who was afraid of water just now, now outweighed his fear of water because of the surprise inside. He didn't care about his situation and shouted to Lu Bai: "My wolf ancestor, you can still play like a city man."
Play, especially eunuchs, tsk tsk, three people on one bed——"
He exclaimed, put his hand on the side of the ship, flipped onto the board, and rushed into the cabin.
Then, there was another violent fight inside.
It seems that the people inside are not much different from Erha. They are also in the mountain-moving realm.
He is probably the Admiral of the West Factory.
Lu Bai was thinking that the Admiral of the West Factory was quite powerful.
But then he thought that Lu Qinghuan once said that this man was the godson of the current factory owner of Xichang, so Lu Bai took it for granted.
"Ouch, I'll go!"
Erha let out a cry of pain and emerged from the boathouse after a fight, holding a woman wrapped in a quilt in his arms.
"Here you go, I'll listen to you and don't hurt innocent people!" Erha threw the quilt roll in his hand towards Lu Bai.
Lu Bai was deeply afraid that these two monsters would become evil, so he warned them when they came here not to hurt innocent people.
It seems that this Erha remembers his brother-in-law's words very well.
It's a plus.
Erha didn't know that he got extra points. He was holding his waist and regretting, "Grandma, I got punched in order to save her."
He said and rushed in again.
As for being caught in the air——
"ah!"
The woman moaned coquettishly while being wrapped in the quilt, while the quilt was loosened.
With the corner lifted up, the girl's face was revealed, and her naked figure was extremely white and attractive in the sun, but even whiter was the woman's face, which was frighteningly white among the black hair that was flying like clouds.
The woman is about to be exposed in front of everyone.
Lu Bai snapped his fingers.
Snap!
Whoosh!
An invisible force instantly wrapped the woman tightly, dragged her into the cruise ship, and landed heavily behind Lu Bai and in front of Gu Qinghuan.
"It's not a fox demon!" Lu Bai said without looking back.
Gu Qinghuan said nothing.
She looked up and saw that the quilt was rolled up at her feet and spread out, leaving her jade body lying in front of her.
Maybe there was a quilt and the woman didn't fall too hard.
After she let out a sweet cry, her body got goosebumps due to the cold, so she hugged herself into a ball in panic.
Lu Qinghuan stood up and threw the cloak over him. The cloak was fluttering, covering the woman's body.
The woman thanked her, stood up and wrapped her body in the cloak.
Gu Qinghuan pushed the tea cup forward and said, "Drink tea."
"Thank you, thank you."
The woman held her cloak in her hands and bowed slightly.
The girl's name was Yun Niang. She was originally the number one in the painting boats of Yongle City. She was more beautiful than any other, and she was outstanding in all her beauty. Later, she was ransomed by the Admiral of Xichang, and she was hidden by the golden house on the Admiral's boat, where she was used for his sexual pleasure.
happy.
Faced with the sudden change, Yun Niang was originally in a panic, but her wandering life since she was a child was influenced by Gu Qinghuan's calmness with Wanjun behind her, facing each other with bows and crossbows, and her face remained calm. She became calm and composed, and sat down wrapped in a cloak.
Opposite Gu Qinghuan.
At this moment, there was movement on the shore.
Qianhu, the Jinyiwei of Yongle City, got on the cruise ship that docked, and asked his men to row the boat, slowly approaching the cruise ship where Lu Bai was.
The Lord of Yongle City, the West Factory, and the people from the East Factory were all standing on the pier, sitting at the back, and looking at Lu Bai at the same time.
Before they could get closer, Yongle City Qianhu shouted from a distance: "Lu Qianhu, I have admired your name for a long time, and I have always wanted to find an opportunity to go to Yancheng to meet you, but I didn't expect you to come to Yongle City. Li will not be able to welcome you from afar."
Lu Bai glanced at the heavy troops on the shore and said with a smile: "Li Qianhu, it's not that you missed the welcome, it's that the welcome was too grand."
"Haha." Li Qianhu apologized, "Brother Lu, you misunderstood. I heard from my subordinates that the murderer of the assassination of the Northern Dynasty envoy in Yongle City last year has a clue. Today he appeared on this cruise ship. I was worried.
, so he came with a large team of people."
He smiled sheepishly at Lu Bai, "I never would have imagined that Brother Lu, you were actually related to this case. It was really my staff who were negligent and didn't tell you that it was you. Otherwise, I would directly invite Brother Lu to come over for tea and find out.
That’s it, why go to such great lengths to go to war?”
When Li Qianhu said this, he was passing by the Lianzhou boat of the Admiral of the West Factory.
There were sounds of fighting and sawdust flying in the boat, but Li Qianhu ignored it and looked at Lu Bai sincerely.
Lu Baigang wanted to say, since you are so sincere, why don't you remove all these people.
Before he said anything, Li Qianhu smiled slightly and said, "How about it, brother Lu, come with me to Qianhu Office for a drink of tea and explain the case clearly?"
Perhaps, Li Qianhu felt that his words did not carry much weight, so he added, "Brother Lu, this is also my duty, and I have to do it as a last resort. This case is not trivial. The one who was registered in front of the Holy Emperor and the one who died was a member of the Northern Dynasty military."
I’m a human being, so I hope Brother Lu will take it for granted that we are all Qianhu and don’t embarrass me too much.”
As he spoke, the boat stopped at Li Qianhu's feet. He stretched out his hand sideways and said, "Brother Lu, please."
Lu Bai's complexion changed slightly.
There is a saying that what Li Qianhu said is true. When he came here last year, Lu Bai did kill an envoy from the Northern Dynasties named Shopkeeper Dugu. Before killing him, he heard them discussing in the alley. He was indeed a member of the army and his position was still junior.
No.
Therefore, Li Qianhu asked him to question him about this case and invited him to have tea. This was normal, as teachers have a reputation.
But this formation, this timing, and the relationship between Lu Bai and the Lord of Yongle City, it would be very abnormal if he followed.
Lu Bai can be sure that if he goes with him, he will never come back. Not only his life, but also the people around him cannot be saved.
But if I don’t go——
Lu Bai once again looked around at the airtight city guards on both sides of the strait. Their swords were cold and their eyes were cold. Lu Bai could be sure that these people would rush up in an instant and invite Lu Bai in their own way.
Of course, as practitioners of the Skybreaking Realm, let alone these people, even if their number were doubled, they would still not be able to invite Lu Bai.
However, what City Lord Lu and others wanted was not to ask Lu Bai.
What they want is that Lu Bai will fight against these city guards and Jin Yiwei and kill them. It's best to kill them until there is a river of blood!
As long as Lu Bai kills someone and makes a fuss, and these Jin Yiwei are well-known, then Lu Bai is treason!
Anyone who plots rebellion will be found and punished.
Lu Bai's official career in Rencheng will come to an end, and he will lose the opportunity and value of becoming a sharp sword in the hands of the Eight Great Sects - it is impossible for the Eight Great Sects to use treacherous people to deal with Yiqiu Villa, because being loyal to the Son of Heaven, this is the Eight Great Sects
The consensus and bottom line of the faction.
For Lu Bai and Gu Qinghuan, without the mutual use of the eight major sects in their official career, it will be even more difficult for Lu Bai to advance to the next level. They will not be able to avenge the people of Shuobei City, and they will not be able to overturn the verdict of the soldiers who died in Shuobei City.
The reputations of sword immortals, sword gods, and even gods will not be stained, and they can still stand high, like a flawless white lotus, enjoying the incense and offerings of the world.
No matter how high Lu Bai's realm is, he can only wander in the wilderness or drift overseas and become a fallen genius.
He may be able to safely be a valley owner in the middle valley, but he can't go too far.
If not, a thunderous strike with the power within the rules of the Eight Major Sects, Nei Shu Tang, and Yi Qiu Villa would be enough to destroy Lu Bai physically and mentally.
Lu Bai's face darkened.
What a plan!
It can be said that whether Lu Bai goes or not, it is a loss.
Sure enough, Li Qianhu, the Jinyi Guard of Yongle City, extended his hand to invite me again: "Brother Lu, please, please don't embarrass me, otherwise, as colleagues, we won't look good to each other."
There was already a threat in his tone.
"Sir Senhu, I'm sorry, your case is important, but no matter how important it is, it is not as important as our case."
Gu Qinghuan stood up.
She walked up to Lu Bai and handed the peeled melon seeds to Lu Bai. She grabbed a handful of melon seeds in her hand and stood against the railing, cracking the melon seeds while looking at Li Qianhu.
When Li Qianhu saw Gu Qinghuan, he felt a sense of experience at first, and then became a little afraid.
The city lord said that the most difficult person to deal with was not Lu Bai, but Miss Gu Si, who was famous in Beijing.
He calmed down and was about to ask Lu Bai what case he was working on——
boom!
It seemed like a cannonball exploded on the West Factory Admiral's boat. The hull was torn into pieces. Two figures jumped out from the mist and sawdust, each standing on the remaining half of the hull.
On the broken hull of the boat near Li Qianhu, stood an father-in-law.
His hair was messy, his clothes were disheveled, and his eyes were sinister. However, his handsomeness could not be concealed, especially his body, which was neither fat nor thin, and had some small abdominal muscles. He looked quite like a popular celebrity that Lu Bai had seen in his previous life.
What's even more sinful is that this guy's eyes are so seductive that many little girls can't help but wonder why he is a eunuch.
When a man sees him, he will say, luckily he is a eunuch.
If this eunuch's handsomeness is still in the category of human beings, the guy Erha is holding in his hand on the other broken hull is not handsome enough to be human.
He was handsome and girly. If he wasn't naked and had things as thin as earthworms hanging on his body, Lu Bai would most likely mistake him for a woman.
Lu Bai looked at them, then back at Yun Niang, and suddenly realized.
He now knows what Erha said about playing in the city, and he really knows how to play.
Li Qianhu turned his head and glanced at the admiral, and said in a strange tone: "Is this an important case handled by Lu Qianhu?"
Gu Qinghuan nodded without hesitation, "Not bad."
"Joke!" Admiral Xichang said. He turned over and landed on the cruise ship where Li Qianhu was. He took a piece of clothing from the guard next to him and put it on, "I wonder what case Miss Gu Si was responsible for murdering me.
.”
Li Qianhu also reminded Lu Bai, "Brother Lu, don't forget, this is Yongle City, not Yancheng. Talking about handling cases - hum! When did Yongle City get the turn of people from Yancheng to handle cases!"
Gu Qinghuan was calm and unhurried.
After she took a melon seed, she said, "This case we are handling can only be handled by Yancheng's Jin Yiwei, because——"
Gu Qinghuan put the melon seed peel in Lu Bai's hand, "Lu Qianhu suspects you of treason!"
"What?!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who wants to rebel?" Li Qianhu and the Xichang Admiral were both stunned.
Gu Qinghuan said slowly and calmly: "Due to the vast territory of this dynasty, many places are built with forts and are beyond the reach of the imperial court. Therefore, a joint sitting system is implemented between the Jinyi Guards who are responsible for supervising all officials. If the neighboring city rebels, the Jinyi Guards in this city will sit together."
She first brought out the regulations and told them that it was not impossible for Lu Bai to handle cases in Yongle City.
Li Qianhu's face was gloomy, "Let me tell you clearly, who is plotting rebellion?"
Gu Qinghuan took out a piece of paper from her body, which was the "Message to the People of Yongle" that she had written yesterday. She said without changing her expression: "This is the evidence of the crime. We got it half a month ago. It is clearly written on it.
The city lord of Yongle City colluded with the guards of Yongle factory. He had no regard for the king's law, no regard for the court, and no regard for the emperor. He took into account the material resources of the whole city of Yongle and gained the happiness of the Yiqiu Villa family——"
The admiral of Xichang was furious, "What nonsense! We are loyal to the Holy One and dare not make the slightest mistake. How can we not have a court or an emperor? This is nonsense!"
Gu Qinghuan smiled slightly, "Really?"
She felt that the only way to prove whether Admiral Xichang was lying was to check the accounts. "We originally planned to arrest you and interrogate you quietly. Now that we know everything, let's investigate openly."
Gu Qinghuan finally asked the admiral, "Do you dare to let me investigate?"
The Admiral of the West Factory was silent.
There is no need to check at all, this is an obvious fact.
Not only the money from Yongle City, but also the salt tax money paid by Yancheng back then was also given to Yiqiu Villa.
Admiral Xichang tried his best to calm down and said word for word: "You don't need to check, these saints all know it!"
"Yeah?"
Gu Qinghuan didn't think so, "Does Your Majesty know that after he changed the control of salt affairs to Xichang, the money from Yancheng's salt sales will still go to Yiqiu Villa in all likelihood?"
Admiral Xichang's face sank.
I really don’t know about it now.
Gu Qinghuan smiled slightly, this was the problem.
Today's emperor is greedy for money.
In other words, at least in Gu Qinghuan's own opinion, he was greedy for money out of necessity, and the fastest way to earn money was from salt and iron.
From last year to today, the emperor has changed the control of salt affairs to Xichang, just to put as much money into his pocket as possible.
Yongle City is an important place for the salt industry.
There was a lot of money, so he was naturally the focus of the emperor's attention.
However, Xichang Changgong sent his godson to Yongle City. Xichang Changgong was promoted by the Supreme Emperor after joining the Lu family.
Gu Qinghuan thought this was very subtle.
There is no doubt that the Supreme Emperor needs money to practice in Yiqiu Villa.
Sometimes it's not him who needs it, but it's also him who needs it.
As someone he promoted, the factory owner of Xichang had the obligation to get money for his master.
But as the saying goes, one mountain cannot have two tigers, and one country cannot have two kings.
Now the leader of the Southern Dynasty is the current Holy Emperor, and Xichang Changgong is caught in a dilemma, so he simply lets his godson return to Yongle City to secretly seize Chencang.
Even if the Holy Father knew about it, he also knew that his father had taken it, so he probably wouldn't make any noise about it.
This is a tacit understanding, a tacit understanding that cannot be expressed, but Gu Qinghuan wants to make this tacit understanding clear.
Admiral Xichang could only say coldly: "Even so, it's not rebellion, right?"
Gu Qinghuan nodded, "It's true that it's not rebellion, but it's not you who is being investigated for rebellion -"
Gu Qinghuan raised his head and looked at the Lord of Yongle City at the pier on the other side.
Her eyes were determined.
bring it on!
It goes back to decades of discussions on rituals and down to the imperial power and party struggles. I will burn them all for you today.