Lady forced to seek prince

As soon as Ningfu County Lord spoke, he regretted it in his heart. Maybe he was finally able to use this loom after studying for many days. He was inevitably happy, so he relaxed his guard in front of Princess Yu.

This is how some people interrogate female relatives, either intimidating, using torture, or playing tricks. Princess Yu is obviously the last one. She thought very clearly when she turned the spinning wheel, and she would not be fooled by Princess Yu in any case. Unfortunately, she still Careless.

Now Princess Yu probably didn't talk to her on purpose, trying to hold her back so that she couldn't help but speak out on her own.

But Ningfu County Lord thought wrong again. She soon heard Zhao Luoyang say: "The County Lord said he was familiar with it. Did he see someone using a loom before? Could it be that he is a female member of the family?"

The words spoke to her heart, and the head of Ningfu County nodded: "It's the aunt who gave birth to me."

Huaiguang had found out that the Ningfu County Lord was a concubine. It was only about six years ago that the Prime Minister recorded the Ningfu County Lord in his name.

Zhao Luoyang said: "The female relatives in the clan still have to do work?"

"It depends on who it is," Ningfu County Master showed a smile, "It also depends on whether he made any mistakes. In short... everything has a price."

Zhao Luoyang said: "Is it because of this that you can be remembered as Princess Xiang?"

The Lord of Ningfu County was surprised by Princess Yu's intelligence and acumen. Her surprised look briefly disappeared, but she quickly lowered her head to cover it up.

Zhao Luoyang said: "Then your position as county leader also needs to pay a price, right?"

Lord Ningfu's hand trembled again.

Zhao Luoyang continued: "Coming to the vassal territory with the female relatives to congratulate us and my wife is the price, because this trip may not come back."

Lord Ningfu pursed his lips.

Zhao Luoyang asked again: "Is your aunt still in the Prime Minister's Mansion? Are there any brothers and sisters from the same mother?"

Ningfu County Lord did not answer, but Zhao Luoyang had already seen the answer on her face. She did not ask any more questions, stood up and walked out.

Ningfu County Lord heard the footsteps getting away, the door opened and closed, and the room returned to silence. Only then did he realize that at some point, her hands had been clenched tightly.

There are many things she can't say. As she mentioned, everything comes at a price. The best result is that she keeps her mouth shut. Now that Princess Yu knows about it, she will probably not be able to persuade her with any kind words. What she will face next may be severe torture. In short, she will find ways to take those words out of her mouth.

In fact... when she came to the domain, her father gave her a dagger and told her to find an opportunity to assassinate Princess Yu if she was discovered. She did not agree. She could be a chess piece, but not a murderer.

Thinking about it now, she might have been wrong. If she had done this, she might have died more happily and wouldn't have had to suffer so much.

The head of Ningfu County was thinking wildly when a sound of footsteps came from far away. She took a deep breath. This was the person who came to arrest her and put her in jail. Sure enough, the door opened and several people came in.

Ningfu County Lord did not move, waiting for those people to escort her out, but those people ignored her and walked towards the spinning wheel.

Yes. The head of Ningfu County thought that she was not as valuable as a spinning wheel, so naturally he had to move the spinning wheel out first.

Sure enough, the spinning wheel was lifted and moved aside. What happened next was beyond Ningfu County's expectations. Those people brought another loom into the door.

"The princess said that this loom is also newly made for the county chief's use."

After speaking, the women withdrew.

The door was closed again.

Ningfu County Lord sat there for a long time, then she raised her head in disbelief, because she did not hear the sound of the lock being locked. She stood up and walked forward, walked to the door, stretched out her hand and pushed it gently. The door was slowly pushed open, and County Lord Ningfu was stunned.

The door is really unlocked.

She wanted to make sure whether this was true, but she was caught off guard and faced the blazing sunlight, and she couldn't help but squint her eyes.

When she opened her eyes again, she clearly saw the servant passing by in the yard. The servant obviously saw her but did not come forward to stop her.

Lord Ningfu took a step forward and walked out of the house completely.

……

Zhao Luoyang had many things to be busy with, first he was busy celebrating the New Year, and after the New Year, he waited for the first batch of merchants to come and take away the goods.

While the imperial court was attacking the Prime Minister, it secretly sealed off the vassal territory and secretly prevented merchants from doing business in the vassal territory.

But there is a saying that goes well: Wealth can be found in danger.

At present, if Daqi can buy the best leather goods, it can only come to the northwest. Among the goods they took away years ago, apart from cotton, most of them were leather goods.

Fur goods have always been in short supply, and dignitaries like to use valuable furs to make cloaks. Therefore, even if the court makes arrangements, merchants will take risks to send food and goods to the northwest in exchange for furs and cotton.

In addition to selling goods to merchants, Zhao Luoyang would also carefully ask them about their journey along the way, what checkpoints they encountered on the way, and how much money they needed to spend on goods. From this, he could infer which officials sent by the imperial court could be bribed and which ones would More difficult to deal with.

It seems difficult to deal with the King Xiang and the Grand Master joining forces, but in the final analysis, things still have to be handled by their people. Who knows what those people are thinking? What the Prime Minister and Grand Master want, the generals and officials cannot get.

Zhao Luoyang talked to Shopkeeper Wang. This Shopkeeper was introduced to her by Grandma Qian and helped her during the relocation. Later Huaiqing brought him over. Shopkeeper Wang was interested in this trade route in the northwest. , so a caravan was formed to transport goods back and forth.

This time, shopkeeper Wang tried to send the goods to Beijing, but was intercepted on the way. He told Zhao Luoyang these things in detail.

"There are a lot more soldiers outside the city, which were not seen before. Those people are interrogating people coming from the vassal area. When we were stopped for the first time, those officers and soldiers looked fierce. If we don't go back the way we came, we will be detained. I was also shocked by our goods, but I thought I still had to test them out, so I prepared gifts and money later in the day and went to see the leader of the army. The army officer accepted the money without hesitation and let us leave. .”

"He also told us that if we come back, we should try our best to go this way. If we meet him on duty, he can be accommodating."

"That means, let's give him the money."

Zhao Luoyang said: "How much money did you give me?"

Shopkeeper Wang stretched out his hand: "Twenty taels of silver."

Twenty taels of silver is a lot of money to pay for passing. On weekdays, even if someone from the government blocks the road, they only give a few taels of silver.

Shopkeeper Wang said: "I have walked that road twice before. The soldiers blocking the road all had very ugly faces. After entering the city, I inquired and found out that those people were sent here recently."

Shopkeeper Wang knew at that time that these were the people the princess asked him to inquire about.

"The further away from the vassal territory, the looser the situation becomes. Five taels of silver is enough for the following cities. As we approach the west of Beijing, things become stricter again. There is a deputy general named Yin who is particularly strict and interrogates us several times. Fortunately, Deputy General Huang came to persuade us and we were able to escape, but that time we also gave away more than a dozen fox skins."

"The other group that left separately from us did not go well. When they reached Zhangqiu, they were detained along with their goods."