Colorful

Chapter 109: Finally Strike (3)
"Aren't you going to wipe your face?" Ji Cheng couldn't help but ask.

"Hands are not empty." Shen Che chuckled.

Ji Cheng glanced at him, Virtue, love to wipe it off, wants her to do it, stop dreaming.

"How are your eyes?" Shen Che asked again.

Ji Cheng didn't want to talk to Shen Che anymore, but this person was too good at talking, and he picked up topics that she couldn't refuse: "There is nothing wrong with these days." At the beginning, Shen Che said that even after detoxification, she would still have sequelae and her eyesight would decline. , but Ji Cheng didn't feel anything unusual.

"En." Shen Che responded, but did not continue the topic.

In the silence, the river glowed with fluorescence, and the boat shrouded in the light of the night pearl seemed to be the only existence in this dark world.But Ji Cheng knew that there was still something hidden in those places covered by darkness.

Shen Che probably sensed the doubts that Ji Cheng didn't ask: "The secret roads under the capital are densely packed, not only the Shen family has them. Although the Qin Dynasty was only established for more than a hundred years, this capital is the ancient capital of three dynasties. The outside is glamorous, but the underground It's hiding dirt and evil, and maybe there are great robbers hiding in places you can't see."

Ji Cheng was not frightened by Shen Che's words, and then Shen Che raised his finger to point to the dark place on the left side behind her: "This should be in Harmony, did Jiang Zhi hear it first?"

Of course I heard that when Ji Cheng was young, Jiang Zhixian's name could definitely stop children from crying at night.The whole gate of Xu Manjiang, the prefect of Jincheng, was wiped out overnight, and a total of 120 corpses were carried out from that gate, and Zheng Tiaojiang was stained red with blood.

When the incident happened, the whole court was shocked, and the emperor ordered the police from the six gates to try their best to arrest the murderer. Although they found out that the perpetrator was Jiang Zhixian, Jiang Zhixian has not been brought to justice until now.For this case, Six Doors changed a total of three chief arresters.

Lin Dongshan, the world-renowned iron-blooded policeman, died with unsatisfactory eyes. He did not allow his family and disciples to pay homage to him. He left his last words saying that only when Jiang Zhi was brought to justice first, would his descendants be allowed to visit his grave.

This unsolved case is already a story 50 years ago.

"Jiang Zhixian lives in Xiangheli now." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng immediately widened his eyes: "How come?"

"If you want to hide people in the underground world, you must be able to hide them." Shen Che said plainly.

"Since you knew, why didn't you report him?" Ji Cheng asked naively.

"The underground world has the rules of the underground world, and those who break the rules will not end well. Besides, don't you think that if I take care of this matter, I will be suspected of being a dog and a mouse?" Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng was silent.

"There must be something pitiful about a hateful person. Jiang Zhixian's father is Xu Manjiang's brother. Xu Manjiang was a gangster before he became an official. Later, when he had money to buy an official, he killed Jiang Zhixian's family for fear of revealing his identity. Zhixian was only a one-year-old baby, so he tied an iron chain around Jiang Zhixian's neck as a dog, and Jiang Zhixian was kept in a dog cage, and he never straightened his waist all his life." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng looked at Shen Che without blinking, trying hard to restrain the trembling of his body.

The boat passed another section of waterway, and Ji Cheng didn't know how Shen Che judged the direction and how many roads he had traveled in this underground world. Now he pointed to the right side again: "The one who sewed dolls out of human skin Have you ever heard Mrs. Xiong?"

Ji Cheng wished he could cover his ears, Shen Che was really annoying, he only picked the most terrifying things to talk about.

"How long will it take?" Ji Cheng tried to change the subject.

"Actually, Mrs. Xiong is not that scary. Those human skins are all peeled off from dead people. She has an enemy, and if she can't beat her, she can only scare him. With such a reputation, her enemy is not sure about her details. She didn't dare to do anything. She lives in the cave above, it's a poor, 90-year-old old woman, and she has to go to the cemetery in the middle of the night." Shen Che said.

"Can you stop talking?" Ji Cheng was so frightened that his palms were sweating.It was already dark here, the night pearl glowed silvery white, like the phosphorescence of ghosts, a head might pop up from the bottom of the clear river, Ji Cheng tried his best not to go up and cover Shen Che's mouth.

"Actually, there are good ones. This section should go to the underground black market. There is only one thing for sale there, which is life. No matter whose life you want to buy, as long as you can afford it, someone will do it for you." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng raised his eyebrows, suspecting that there was something in Shen Che's words, what was he implying to himself?
"Then when will Cousin Che be free, can you take me to have a look?" Ji Cheng tentatively asked.

"Nangui knows how to get there." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng lowered his eyelids and stopped talking, the boat quickly landed on the shore, and Shen Che tied the boat to the iron pillar on the shore: "Let's go."

There was an iron cage one person high in the corner of the wall on the bank. Shen Che walked in first, tapped three times slowly with a hammer hanging on the cage, knocked three times quickly, and repeated nine times, one fast and one slow, and the iron cage was lifted. It rattled and began to rise.

Ji Cheng calculated that he had risen by about nine floors, the iron cage stopped in front of a cave, Shen Che stepped over it, then turned around and stretched out his hand towards Ji Cheng, leading her over.

After turning a small path, the stone door opened, and behind it was a large secret room.On the wall of the secret room stood a row of rosewood inlaid treasure chests, and a three-tier dowry of the same color.

"Go up after changing your clothes." Shen Che said.

Shen Che has thought about every possible place where his identity could be revealed for Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng grabbed the copper ring of the phoenix head on the wardrobe, and the wardrobe slowly opened. Inside were clothes of various colors, but the styles were all exactly the same, only the colors were different.

All gold embroidered camellia brocade.

Ji Cheng turned around abruptly: "How did you know I would choose this mask?" That mask was tied around Ji Cheng's waist, a black camellia.The clothes in this closet were obviously chosen to match the mask.

"Intuition." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng looked at Shen Che suspiciously, his intuition was too accurate.

Ji Cheng went behind the screen to change clothes, a black skirt with a large bowl of camellias embroidered with dark gold and silver two-color thread with a stand-up collar, a black fox fur cloak, a mask of black camellias on her face, and dark red lips. When I saw myself in the mirror, I felt that she could be the old Mrs. Xiong when she was young.

Mysterious and terrifying.

"Wait." Shen Che called to stop Ji Cheng, took out a pen from the stationery box, dipped it in creamy white paint, and added a tear mole under Ji Cheng's right eye.

Ji Cheng realized belatedly: "You painted this mask?"

Shen Che nodded: "I didn't expect you to like it at first sight."

Ji Cheng thought to himself, so I saved you a lot of embarrassment, old man, and saved you from going all out to lure me into choosing this mask, right?
Above the stone chamber is a market, with people coming and going, a few more unfamiliar faces will not attract attention at all.

Ji Cheng was sitting on the upper floor of a wine shop, and he could go directly to this place from the secret room.I think that the wine shop must be the eyes and ears of Jing Shijun.

There were footsteps on the stairs. The wine seller was a charming woman. The man in the family was unbelievable. He would beat his wife when he was drinking. Her family's building is no stranger to it, isn't it just a flesh and blood business.

Tong Xiang, Sun Rulong, and Pang Junxiong had already received orders before they came to Jixiang Winery, and they unconditionally obeyed the arrangements of the new master.

It's just that the three of them never expected that their new master would be a woman, and they knew that she was a stunning beauty at first glance.Although her face was covered by a mask, the remaining half was also hidden in the shadow of black fox fur.

But the young and cold voice, the slender and slender waist, and the elegance of her gestures are all enough to show that this is a very beautiful woman.

Although there are many women in the Jing Shi Army, the only woman with such a high status and power in the area is this one.

There were rumors in private that she was the woman of a certain bigwig.This kind of woman who got promoted by going to bed has never been sincerely recognized by people since ancient times, not to mention who are the people in the Jingshi Army?

A person who can do what the world can't tolerate.

When Tong Xiang and the others were looking at Ji Cheng, Ji Cheng was also observing the three of them. If nothing happened, these three would become her generals.

Tong Xiang is the youngest of the three, 25 or [-] years old, with tall eyebrows and deep eyes, he should be of Hu people's blood, his eyebrows and eyes are full of unruly.

Sun Rulong has slit eyes and looks a bit cunning. He is a man in his thirties.

Pang Junxiong, with a square face and a pendulous nose, looks upright and gives the impression of being very loyal and brave. He is the oldest of the three, about 40 years old.

Ji Cheng said, "According to someone's recommendation, the three of you know the public opinion in the Western Regions best. I have invited the three gentlemen here today, and I want to ask the three gentlemen some questions."

Ji Cheng was kneeling upright on the ball mat, and her speech was extremely polite, and Tong Xiang knew that she was a so-called "scholar" as soon as she heard her talk, and she was the most boring.

However, people had to bow their heads under the eaves, and Tong Xiang and the others had no choice but to pretend to kneel down and sit down, feeling very uncomfortable.

After the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, the Hu style gradually spread to the east, and Hu beds and chairs entered the Central Plains and spread widely. Only those who admired the ancients or put on a show would insist on the old kneeling.

Ji Cheng is definitely the latter.But she didn't intend to change it, if she changed her style because Tong Xiang and the others got used to being messed up, it would only give them the impression that she is a leader who is easy to talk and has a weak stand.

Ji Cheng clapped his hands lightly, and a woman brought in a sand table and placed it in the middle.This sand table is specially made by clay sculpture sheets. The mountains are raised, the valleys are sunken, the rivers are painted with blue paint, and the roads are detailed with yellow sand.

"This is just a prototype. Let the three of you take a look. Based on your experience, is there anything wrong with this map?" Ji Cheng said.

It was the first time for the three of Tong Xiang and the others to see such a "map". The mountains, valleys, and rivers were all clear at a glance.Tong Xiang is a rough man, he has never been able to understand the complicated hand-drawn map, and he feels a headache when he looks at it, but this "map" in front of him can't help him, a rough man.

Among the three, Pang Junxiong was the most familiar with the Western Regions. After careful observation, he pointed out several things that were not true. Ji Cheng nodded and took notes quickly.

Then Ji Cheng took a small flag made of bamboo sticks and cloth heads at hand, and planted it where she planned to build an inn.

"I want to build a convoy dedicated to transporting goods from the Central Plains to the Western Regions. In addition to our own goods, we also accept business from outsiders. The purpose of these small flags is to build an inn for supply and transshipment."

Ji Cheng took three more walnuts and placed them in Xizhou, Yancheng and Jingjue respectively. It can cover most of the Western Regions.

"I plan to build warehouses in these three places. When it snows and the roads are blocked by ice and snow, all business will have to be interrupted. If there are these three warehouses, they can not only store goods, but also make large-scale supplies." Three places They were all carefully selected by Ji Cheng. Starting from these three warehouses, the goods can arrive anywhere in the Western Regions within a month.In many cases, there is no need to wait for others to buy before shipping from the Central Plains.

"I don't know how big a warehouse the girl wants to build?" Pang Junxiong asked, "If the target is too big, it is easy to be robbed." Pang Junxiong obviously disapproved of Ji Cheng's "whimsical".

Ji Cheng has also considered this issue. The Western Regions are not the Central Plains. Although the countries in the Western Regions bowed their heads to the Great Qin, they cannot be prohibited by orders, and it can even be said that they have no binding force.If it wasn't for the great Qin Dynasty being strong and the countries in the Western Regions fighting among themselves for years, these people would definitely turn against the tide and invade the East if they had the opportunity.

"We are in business. Merchants only seek profit. The guards of this warehouse are hired locally in the Western Regions. We must let them know that this is their own business. No matter how the situation changes, our desire to seek money will remain the same. Yes." Ji Cheng said, "No one can monopolize all the money in the world. In the past, we transported the goods and made all the money. The barbarians saw that they were greedy, so they would naturally do it. This time is different. We only control the supply of goods, and the rest They all hire local people. Including the caravan we want to build, we also use local people."

"But how much money can we earn in this way?" Sun Rulong interjected.

Ji Cheng said, "We have more important things to do than earn money."

Tong Xiang suddenly interjected: "The location of your inn is wrong. Although Yanxiagu is the shortest way from Xizhou to Yancheng, there are a bunch of bandits here. Unless the merchants passing by are large caravans that employ experts , everyone else would rather take a long detour, take an extra three days, and go out on He Ping Road."

The shortcut that can save three days must not be given up. Ji Cheng thought for a while and said, "That's a good way to build a reputation. Let's build an inn here."

Tong Xiang didn't understand why Ji Cheng had such a loud tone, but she stopped talking, and after looking at Pang Junxiong, they stopped talking.

Sun Rulong pointed out a few differences for Ji Cheng. For example, in the section of road near Jingjue City, because the summer is extremely hot and the winter is bitterly cold, caravans cannot travel a hundred miles a day. Ji Cheng only needs to build a road in other places. Inns, but two must be built on this road, because the caravan will have to travel for two days to complete this section of the road.

Ji Cheng graciously added a small flag, and then discussed many details with the three of them, and they didn't give up until dusk.

After leaving Jixiang Winery, although the three of Tong Xiang left separately, they finally reunited in a house fifty miles away.

Because Pang Junxiong was the oldest, the three of them, headed by him, were waiting for his opinion.

"I really didn't expect the three of us to make a living under the hands of this little girl. I'm really aggrieved. According to me, Brother Pang should be in charge of the affairs of the Western Regions. Now that such a thing has appeared out of nowhere, besides being able to sleep with men What will happen?" Sun Rulong spoke first.

"You can't say that." Pang Junxiong waved his hand, "I think she is indeed capable. Although she is still a little bit young in the world, she has a lot of things to say, and she has seen the world." At least Ji Cheng can leave the Central Plains aside. Pang Junxiong felt that it was unusual for him to meet with a family from the Western Regions.

Of the three of them, Tong Xiang has Hu people's blood, Pang Junxiong's wife is a Hu girl, Sun Rulong's concubines are mostly Hu people, and they have been in the Western Regions all year round, so naturally they will not be as arrogant as the Central Plains people Look down on barbarians and treat them as inferior people like livestock.

But Ji Cheng was from the Central Plains at first glance, and his conversation was either from an aristocratic family or the daughter of a scholar family. It is actually very rare for people like them to treat Hu people as equals.

Tong Xiang said: "She stands taller than us, sees farther, and is not limited to immediate benefits. I think her plan can't be spread without a few million taels in the early stage."

Although Tong Xiang is rebellious, the more rebellious people usually have the ability to be different from ordinary people. Although Pang Junxiong is the elder, he has to listen to Tong Xiang's opinions.

"Then what kind of attitude should we have?" Sun Rulong asked.Do you do your best to help her, or do you just deal with it perfunctorily?Sun Rulong knew the rules of Jing Shijun, those who are not capable of sitting in that position will be kicked out sooner or later.As long as they don't cooperate, they don't believe that she, a woman, has the ability to secure her position.

"Let's take a look first. Didn't she say that she wants to build an inn in Yan Xiagu? Let's see if she can build it first." Pang Junxiong said.

But back to Ji Cheng, after sending Tong Xiang and the others away, Ji Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, his palms were sweating, these three people are all veterans, and each one was more difficult to deal with, Ji Cheng could see that they were not convinced by him, so he became more aggressive. She was very serious, and she knew in her heart that she had to fight to establish her prestige, otherwise it would be difficult to act in the future. If she couldn't command her pawns, Shen Che was not a good person, and she would be liquidated sooner or later.

Ji Cheng went to the back of the house, she was watching Shen Che go in, he said he was watching her from behind, but when Ji Cheng went in, Shen Che was nowhere to be seen.Ji Cheng returned to the secret room underground, and waited for a while before seeing Shen Che come in.

At this time, Shen Che had already changed his clothes and his face was clean, obviously he had gone out to do some errands.

"How?" Shen Che asked.

Ji Cheng complained slightly: "You are quite relieved of me."

Shen Che replied: "I don't worry about you, aren't you okay?"

(End of this chapter)