Liu Liying's face turned pale in an instant. She never expected that Wu Yuanzi would appear in Jiangzhou City. For a moment, Liu Liying glanced at Lin Zhao lying on the bed and didn't know what to do.
"snort!"
Wu Yuanzi smiled, gently opened the oil-paper umbrella, and stepped into a nearby uninhabited alley. A golden numerology vein appeared on the oil-paper umbrella. The next second, Liu Liying's figure made a "swish" sound.
He fell from the oil-paper umbrella to the ground. The moment he landed, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and gritted his silver teeth: "Master..."
"Useless things!"
Wu Yuanzi sneered and said: "How can Lin Zhao make you lose your mind? Fortunately, you are still the leader of hundreds of beautiful murals, but you actually disappoint me like this."
"Master, I..."
"okay."
Wu Yuanzi said calmly: "I don't want to listen to your sophistry. Your mission remains unchanged. Try to gain Lin Zhao's trust, just like a fish in a pond. When he is trapped in the mud, you will get out. If you can
It is still a great achievement of yours to disturb Lin Zhao's Taoist mind and make him, a passerby, no longer care about Baihua Tianxia's family affairs. Otherwise, your lifeline is in my hands, and it will be easy to crush it."
"Yes, Master..."
Liu Liying frowned.
"Let's go back."
Wu Yuanzi raised his hand, and Liu Liying, who was sitting by the window, trembled slightly, and her mind returned to her body again, as if she had never left the room. She turned around and saw that Lin Zhao was still lying on the bed and snoring.
After a deep sleep, he was already defenseless against himself, but with Lin Zhao's personality, would he really be defenseless?
She frowned. Wu Yuanzi was scheming and his methods were vicious. Lin Zhao was not necessarily less cautious than him. For a moment, Liu Liying was even more confused. I am afraid that every step will be extremely difficult in the future.
…
Early next morning.
Lin Zhao got up early, and after breakfast, he let Liu Liying continue to hide in the scabbard of the Liquan Sword, while he walked to the outside of the city. He had no other place to go today, just to see the famous palace in the world of flowers.
The famous Yellow Crane Tower is said to have a history of thousands of years, and countless literati and poets have left poems on it that have been handed down from generation to generation.
On the way, there were also many people dressed as scribes going to the Yellow Crane Tower, and in addition there were monks. The monks in the world also longed for the state of mind of climbing up to the Yellow Crane Tower and looking into the distance, so basically all the monks who came to Jiangzhou Prefecture would take a trip to the Yellow Crane Tower.
Crane Tower, otherwise it would be in vain. Until noon, Lin Zhao walked to the Lingze River in the north of Jiangzhou City on two legs, and a majestic tall building was on the river bank, which was the world-famous Yellow Tower.
Crane Tower.
"Son."
A man in brocade clothes with a smile on his face was guarding the Yellow Crane Tower. Behind him were two sergeants wearing Jiangzhou Prefecture patrol soldier armor. He smiled slightly and said: "How many floors of the Yellow Crane Tower are you going to?"
"Um?"
Lin Zhao was surprised and said with a smile: "Does it matter which floor you go to?"
"Of course, I think it's my first time for you to come to Yellow Crane Tower." The man smiled and said, "Yellow Crane Tower has five floors, and the tourist tokens required to enter are also different. For the fifth floor, you need to buy a golden token.
To spend a flying fish coin, the fourth level requires a silver talisman, which costs a green clam coin. The third level requires a black iron talisman, which costs one tael of silver. The second level requires a bronze medal.
Ten copper plates will suffice, the first level is the cheapest, you only need a wooden sign, and one copper plate will suffice."
"That's it..."
Lin Zhao smiled, after all the time, the money still had to be spent, so he took out a flying fish coin from his arms and handed it to the gatekeeper. For a moment, the man's eyes lit up. Finally, he was the first victim of the day.
It finally appeared.
"Sir, this is your talisman."
He respectfully handed over a golden talisman and said: "From the first floor to the fifth floor, the young master can visit at will with this card."
"Thanks!"
Lin Zhao nodded and went upstairs with the talisman in hand. As expected, the first floor had the most people. Many people who looked like ordinary people were pointing at the first floor. Some were looking at the poems on the wall and shaking their heads, while others were just joining in the fun.
, and on the second floor, there are basically people who look like scholars. Some are holding a bottle of wine, and some are holding folding fans. Most of them are scholars from poor families, so they can only spend ten copper coins to buy bronze medals.
, and on the third floor, there are some wealthy young men and wealthy scholars. They spend a few taels of silver to enter the third floor. Basically, they are not short of money.
On the fourth floor, there were only a few monk-like people traveling around. Some ordered a pot of tea and some ordered a table of dishes, eating and drinking while admiring the river view on the Yellow Crane Tower. On the fifth floor, there were only
Lin Zhao was alone. As expected, he was the only one who spent a flying fish to reach the fifth floor. He called out Liu Liying and joined Liu Liying to overlook the beautiful scenery of Lingze River from the highest point of Yellow Crane Tower.
Liu Liying stood beside Lin Zhao, feeling slightly happy. Apart from anything else, she actually liked traveling with Lin Zhao to the beautiful scenery. As for the mission Wu Yuanzi entrusted to her, she didn't want to think about it if she could.
.
She glanced at the young swordsman next to her who was drinking against the wind, and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth. It would be harder for her to harm Lin Zhao at this moment than to reach the sky.
…
Not long after, there was a sudden noise from the river embankment not far from the Yellow Crane Tower. Looking from a distance, I saw a large number of people gathering along the river. And just on the river embankment, a man dressed as a court official came up.
On the river embankment, it was none other than Lu Huaining, the minister of household affairs. Following him were two inspectors of the household ministry and dozens of retinues from the residence of minister Lu Huaining.
"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me!"
Lu Huaining put his spiritual energy into his voice, so his voice was full of energy. He put on his official robe, looked down at the ragged people, frowned and said: "These days, many businessmen have come to the village, want to
Buy everyone’s fields?”
"Yes, sir!"
An old man leaned on crutches and said: "The county magistrate even sent several businessmen to station in the county government office to deal with the purchase of land. Many of us were affected by the flood, and our food and livestock were washed away.
, now we don’t even have a bite to eat, but those businessmen in the capital have kept the land prices very low, they are killing us!”
"Dear elders!"
Lu Huaining said in a deep voice: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Lu Huaining, a scholar of Wenhua Pavilion of the Hanlin Academy. Elders, please listen to me and never sell your land. Once the fields passed down by your ancestors are sold at a low price, you can never sell them again.
We can't get it back. If everyone can't survive, help each other. Whoever has food can give some to those who are hungry. I have sent people to the capital to apply for disaster relief food and money. Everyone.
Be patient and don’t sell your land to those with ulterior motives!"
"good."
Many people echoed, and some young scholars even stood up and bowed: "The reputation of Lu University's scholars is far-reaching. Many of us students have long regarded ourselves as students of Lu University. We can trust the words of Lu University, folks.
You guys, please don’t sell your land, otherwise you will fall into the trap of those corrupt officials.”
Everyone nodded.
But at this moment, a man with a scar on his face walked out of the crowd, pointed at Lu Huaining's nose and cursed: "Don't listen to him, everyone, Lu Huaining is the same as Jiangzhou Governor Qin Wang and his group.
You probably don’t know that those businessmen from the capital are basically a den of snakes and rats, right? The person in the imperial court who promoted the conversion of grain into rice was Prime Minister Zhao Qian, and our Lu Huaining, Lu Daxiang, was Zhao Qian when he was ranked first in high school.
It was selected by Qian himself. He has always regarded himself as Zhao Qian's student, and it would be a good thing that Lu Huaining didn't come. The embankment collapsed as soon as he came. How could such a coincidence happen in the world?"
"right!"
Someone else roared angrily: "Lu Huaining and Qin Wang are the same corrupt officials. They are basically the hawks and dogs of the imperial court. They just want to plant spiritual rice to please the gods on the mountain. How can they care about the life and death of our common people!?"
"This hypocritical villain!"
Someone raised a hoe and said angrily: "These dog officials deliberately dug up the river embankment and drowned so many of our innocent people. Since they don't treat us as human beings, why should we treat them as human beings? There are no soldiers around Lu Huaining, let's work together
Come on, get rid of this treacherous and evil sycophant next to His Majesty the Emperor, come on!"
For a moment, many young men in the crowd rushed over.
"grown ups!"
One of the subordinates drew his sword and frowned: "Someone is causing trouble."
"Sheath the sword!"
Lu Huaining looked stern: "No one is allowed to draw a sword against the people. Didn't you hear what I said?"
All the subordinates gritted their teeth and resisted the crowd in front of Lu Huaining. However, they could not withstand the crowd. Someone in the crowd of common people suddenly took out a dagger from his arms and plunged it into the subordinate's heart. Suddenly, a group of people carrying shovels and rakes suddenly appeared.
, the common people rushed over, and the man with the scar on his face was the first to take action, raising a hoe high.
"..."
Lu Huaining had a fearless look on his face and looked at him coldly, even with a sneer on his lips, but he never evaded and even forbade any of his subordinates to come forward to rescue him.
The handle of the hoe fell heavily and hit the second-rank household minister on the cheek. Then an old man hit Lu Huaining on the back with the handle of the shovel. There were more and more people.
, Lu Huaining was drowned in the blink of an eye.
…
"Son..."
Liu Liying looked at the chaos in the distance and said softly: "Master Lu, is he okay...why don't you fight back?"
"For the sake of people's hearts..."
Lin Zhao sighed and said: "Lu Huaining only wanted the people of the world to support the Xu dynasty. Once he really ordered his followers to fight back and kill people, I am afraid that the hearts of the people in Jiangzhou would really be cold. How many of these people are deliberately
Anyone with a discerning eye will know who planted it, and Lu Huaining knows it even better, so he is unwilling to fight back and does not dare to fight back."
"Isn't it too cliché for a scholar to protect his reputation?" Liu Liying said softly.
"It doesn't matter."
Lin Zhao floated up, raised his hand and pulled out the Liquan Sword, and said with a smile: "Lu Huaining is angry, I'm here to help him get it back! If Lu Huaining can't say something, I'm here to help him say it!"
