Zhao Jingyan followed the bailiff. The two of them walked around the city, then went out from the city gate and ran straight to a village.
After getting off the horse, Zhao Jingyan was taken to a house. He waited in the house for two cups of tea before the door opened.
A man walked in slowly.
Zhao Jingyan raised his head, and it was right as he expected, it was Master Sun.
"Sun..."
As soon as Zhao Jingyan said these words, Lord Sun waved his hand, stared at Zhao Jingyan and said, "How about this tea?"
Zhao Jingyan couldn't smell the tea after drinking it and said hurriedly: "Excellent tea cakes."
Sun Ji was the new magistrate of Taozhou. Sun Ji was once a capital official and was later transferred to Taozhou. He was supposed to take over the post of magistrate three years ago. As a result, after Sun Ji arrived in Taozhou, he was unable to defend the border and was defeated.
The previous magistrate took advantage of the situation, and Sun Ji kept a low profile in Taozhou for many years. Now that he is finally able to hold the post, he can be considered proud and proud.
Zhao Jingyan put a lot of thought into trying to catch up with Sun Ji, but he didn't expect that the final hurdle would fall on his eldest brother. By helping Sun Ji get rid of him, he would be able to completely gain Sun Ji's trust.
Sun Ji sat down and said calmly: "It seems you don't understand tea."
Zhao Jingyan smiled apologetically and said: "Master Sun, I don't understand, but the shopkeeper of Fuji knows very well that every time he brings you good tea." He used hundreds of kilograms of tea and gave it to Sun Ji again and again as a gift.
It seems that the big shopkeeper has a good vision. As expected, Zhang Ting, the previous governor of the state, was captured by Sun Ji, and Taozhou fell into the hands of Sun Ji.
Sun Jidao: "When Zhang Ting was here, you also sent him tea?"
"No," Zhao Jingyan said, "As you know, Fu Ji's boss felt from the beginning that Taozhou always wanted Mr. Sun to make the decision, so how could they pay attention to Zhang Ting."
Sun Ji had never met Fu Ji's boss, but that boss had helped him more than once. They collected evidence of Zhang Ting's corruption and asked Zhao Jingyan to bring him over, so that he could pull Zhang Ting down in one fell swoop.
After Sun Ji took charge of Taozhou, he really needed such a person to buy tea for him and secretly escort him to Taozhou so that he could sell the tea in exchange for money and horses.
Originally, he didn't expect to interact with Fu Ji's people so soon. Zhao Jingyun happened to come to Taozhou, and Sun Ji had been checking on Zhao Jingyun. Fortunately, with Zhao Jingyan's help, he got twice the result with half the effort.
Sun Ji originally had doubts about Zhao Jingyan, but his people saw with their own eyes that Zhao Jingyan was having an affair with Zhao Jingyun's wife, the Zhou family, and he felt relieved.
Zhao Jingyun would not risk his wife and family just to set a trap for him. It is even more impossible for Zhao Jingyan to be of the same mind as Zhao Jingyun, otherwise he would not reach out to his sister-in-law.
Therefore, Sun Ji agreed to meet the owner of "Fu Ji".
Sun Ji collected a lot of horses and spices this year, but Zhao Jingyun searched everywhere for evidence that he secretly sold horses to Fanbang. It was not a good thing for these horses to stay in Taozhou.
He has used his own channels to take away some horses, and now he is probably being targeted by Zhao Jingyun. The rest can be taken out by "Fu Ji".
Sun Ji sent someone to inquire and found out that the owner of "Fuji" started out as a brocade maker and now secretly wanted to sell tea because he was interested in the benefits of tea.
The horses and spices bought by "Fu Ji" would be given to wealthy families. He tested it several times and found that the family was quite smart. Maybe Zhao Jingyan and "Fu Ji" would work for him in the long term.
Zhao Jingyan said: "This time the 'Fu Ji' came to escort the goods from the young master's family."
Sun Ji raised his eyebrows slightly.
Zhao Jingyan said: "My master wanted to come in person, but he got sick, so he asked the young master's family to come. I have already informed the young master's family and told him to come to Min County on the 9th of this month. He will stay three miles away from Min County by Sui Jizhi."
It’s up to Mr. Sun whether you want to see him or not.”
Sun Ji nodded.
Zhao Jingyan continued: "I have one more thing to tell Master Sun. The young master of 'Fu Ji' is actually a girl. The son of 'Fu Ji' is still young, and now it is his daughter who helps take care of the business. "Fu Ji," the young master sees you.
They won’t mention your last name, they will only say that they are here to find Mr. Ma.”
Sun Ji said: "I know, I will make arrangements when the time comes."
Zhao Jingyan wanted to say that he could stay and help, but obviously Sun Ji wanted him to deal with his eldest brother more, so he could only wait until his eldest brother had a deal before he came back. He didn't want to miss this business.
After Sun Ji said this, he didn't want to stay any longer. He raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Jingyan and said, "Your elder brother's people haven't come over yet, so you have to think of something."
"The longer it takes, the harder it will be to deal with."
Zhao Jingyan hurriedly bowed: "I'll wait for two more days, and if there's no movement, I'm going to go out and look for someone."
Sun Jidao: "If anything goes wrong on your elder brother's side, it will not be good for me, you...and your sister-in-law."
Zhao Jingyan was startled, but soon showed a relaxed smile: "Mr. Sun was made to laugh."
Sun Ji took a few steps forward, reached out and patted Zhao Jingyan on the shoulder: "You are young, you can still have fun, but don't forget to do something."
Zhao Jingyan said hurriedly: "Don't worry, it concerns my future and I will never be careless."
After Sun Ji strode away, Zhao Jingyan was also invited out of Zhuangzi.
Riding on the horse, Zhao Jingyan thought about what Sun Ji said. The matter was done. Even if he submitted the certificate of surrender, it would be more convenient to work in Taozhou from now on.
He helped "Fu Ji" do business, and was able to earn a large amount of money. He joined Sun Ji and had someone to take care of him in his official career. The price was the death of an elder brother.
Good deal.
Living with the eldest brother is not good for the Zhao family. In the past, when Prince Yu was here, he did not dare to take action. Now that Prince Yu is dead, he can let go.
Zhao Jingyan was taken back to the city by Officer Lu and returned all the way to Lanshan Inn.
As soon as Zhao Jingyan got off his horse, he heard someone shouting.
"Uncle."
The sky was getting dark, Zhao Jingyan frowned and looked over, and saw the little girl selling his licorice standing not far away with his two younger brothers.
The little girl was holding a bowl in her hand, with several eggs in it.
"Uncle," Zhao Luoyang stepped forward and said with a smile on his face, "you are finally back."
Zhao Jingyan didn't understand: "What are you doing?"
Zhao Luoyang raised his head and said, "Uncle helped me find my brother today. I boiled some eggs with my milk and asked me to thank uncle."
Zhao Luoyang said and put the bowl in Zhao Jingyan's hand.
Zhao Jingyan naturally didn't care about these eggs, so he refused when he saw the little girl squatting down and starting to wipe the dirt from his boots.
Zhao Jingyan raised the corners of his lips subconsciously, she is really a sensible girl.
"I accepted these eggs," Zhao Jingyan said, taking out a dozen copper coins from his pocket and handing them to Zhao Luoyang, "Take these, your journey will not be easy."
Zhao Luoyang hurriedly refused.
Zhao Jingyan said: "Too few?"
Zhao Luoyang shook his head. A dozen copper coins were not too few, but too few.
"Take as much as you can."
Zhao Jingyan looked at the little girl whose eyes seemed to be slightly red. He was obviously moved in his heart. He whispered: "I come here often. After you naturalize in Taozhou, there is no chance that we will still see each other. Then you can thank me again."
Not too late."
At that time, he might be able to do something else, but he just hoped that this girl would not die before then, which would be a real pity.
Zhao Luoyang had no choice but to accept the dozen coins, thank Zhao Jingyan repeatedly, and then walked back to Liansheng Inn.
"Sister," Zhao Yuanrang swallowed, "why did you sell the eggs to him?"
Zhao Yuanrang felt that Sister A would not give eggs to bad people, but she could only earn more than ten cents from three eggs, so why would she sell them?
Zhao Luoyang reached out and patted the dust off Zhao Yuanrang and Zhao Yuanji.
Zhao Luoyang said: "How much money did you have in your hands before? Don't refuse to make small money just because you have more money now. Only when you make more small money can you become big."
Zhao Yuanrang and Zhao Yuanji nodded seriously.
Zhao Luoyang counted out six coins and gave them three coins each to Zhao Yuanrang and Zhao Yuanji.
Earning eight cents, the wealth value of 2.64 yuan was indeed too little, but Zhao Luoyang didn't care. What she really wanted to do was get her recorder back.
I was completely relieved when I got the recorder.
"Shi Jiu," Zhao Luoyang said, "when it gets dark and everyone goes to bed, we will listen carefully to what is recorded on the recorder."
Shi Jiu listened to Zhao Luoyang's cheerful voice and said, "There should be great gains." However, looking at Zhao Luoyang's joyful expression, she might not have thought of another problem at all.
Is there anything in the recorder that I cannot listen to?
He didn't realize until now, after thinking about it carefully, whether Zhao Jingyan went to find Zhou...
Shi Jiu frowned slightly, hoping that Zhao Luoyang would think of it.
However, what happened was counterproductive. Apparently Zhao Luoyang didn't think about it. When everyone fell asleep, she took out the recorder and secretly pressed the play button.
There were noisy sounds inside, first the footsteps of Zhao Jingyan, and then the sound of him talking to the people around him. After listening for a long time, they entered the city with Zhao Jingyan.
After Zhao Jingyan left the market, Zhao Luoyang listened more carefully, and it was obvious that something important was coming.
Zhao Luoyang said to Shi Jiu: "That woman should be the Zhou family."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of Mr. Zhou beating Zhao Jingyan came from the earphones, and then Zhao Jingyan said: "Hit me, don't make your face swollen. I still have to go out and kill people to make money to support you and turn you into a widow, you little bastard."
, what's wrong with you? You can't stand it if I don't treat you for a few days, right?"
Breathless voice…
Zhao Luoyang realized something, but before he could react, Shi Jiu had already said, "Turn it off. Turn it off now."
Shi Jiu was completely different from usual at this moment, actually carrying a serious and serious aura.