phoenix jiuxiao

Chapter 98

Early the next morning, Su Hailing changed into formal clothes, and brought Situ Ye and Meng Ruyan, who had put on make-up, to the mansion of Situ Zhen, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Seeing the butler go in with the greeting card to announce, Situ Ye, who was always calm, felt a little uncomfortable.

"Why, are you timid about being close to the hometown?" Su Hailing turned his head and smiled.

"I don't know if mother will recognize me?" Situ Ye asked hesitantly.

"Aren't you always confident in your makeup skills?" Su Hailing rolled his eyes at him.

"But...that's my mother." Situ Ye said sullenly.

"Don't come if you're afraid." Su Hailing said in a bad mood.

"What if you don't come?" Situ Ye snorted, "You are insidious and cunning, I won't be watching, what if my mother suffers from you!"

Su Hailing couldn't help but be a little bit dumbfounded when he heard the words.

Meng Ruyan took a few steps back, her cold face twisted a bit, obviously trying to hold back a smile.

"Hey!" After a while, Situ Ye couldn't help but said, "What if my mother doesn't see you?"

"No." Su Hailing smiled, but did not explain.

"She is a high-ranking official, and you are a businessman, a scholar, farmer, businessman, why does she want to meet a businessman?" Situ Ye objected.

"It's very simple, because I have money, but she doesn't." Su Hailing said flatly.

"What do you mean?" Situ Ye asked suspiciously. Although Situ Ye wasn't very rich, he was not short of money.

Su Hailing shook his head. Although Situ Ye was smart and had a good view of the situation, he was born as a son of a family, so his vision was limited, especially when it was about his mother, so the authorities were even more fascinated.

"If you don't say it, don't say it, rare!" Situ Ye curled his lips and fell silent.

"Miss." Meng Ruyan leaned closer and said in a low voice, "Although there is no miss's full name on the greeting card, Situ must really know you, is it alright?"

"It's okay." Su Hailing smiled slightly, "I just want her to know, but I believe she won't dare to talk nonsense."

"Sure enough, it's a bad idea." Situ Ye said.

"Situ, a person, has only one chance to choose a team in his life." Su Hailing said.

Situ Ye was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.He is a wise man, and when reminded, he can quickly understand.

The Ministry of Punishment is not a very important department among the six departments. Situ Zhen has always been cautious and never offends people easily. He is only loyal to the Queen, but he is all the way with Qin Xiang, and he has not leaned on either King An or King Jin. .However, three years ago, Situ Ye was accidentally selected by Su Hailing as the rightful monarch, and this delicate balance was broken. Even Su Xueling had some suspicion of her, and did not trust her as much as before.

It would have been fine if Situ Ye had really died in the Chaoyang Palace fire, but the royal family and ministers knew that there was no corpse in the fire scene, and the imperial mausoleum was just a tomb.

So... where did Situ Ye go?The only possibility is to be taken away by Su Hailing, and then there is no news for three years.Although King An vaguely knew that they were not together, if there was no collusion, how could Situ Ye, a weak man, voluntarily follow her to feign death and leave home?

In the eyes of others, regardless of whether Situ Ye was voluntary or forced, the mark of Princess Ruiqing on Situ Zhen would never be washed off.Thinking about how Situ Ye, a man who was raised in a boudoir, dared to do such a thing, it was because Situ really acquiesced.

So, in the past three years, Situ Zhen has somehow become the person jointly suppressed by the three parties. I'm afraid she still doesn't quite understand what's going on!
After a while, the butler who went in to report came out and said with a smile: "Miss, my lord is here to invite you."

"My housekeeper." Su Hailing nodded.

Situ Ye took a deep breath, followed behind her, and stepped into the house after three years of absence.

The place where Situ Zhen used to meet the guests was the side hall, the butler led them to the door and then retreated.I saw a middle-aged woman in official uniform sitting on the main seat, but most of her hair was already gray.

"Meet Master Situ." Su Hailing smiled lightly.

When Situ Zhen saw her face, he was slightly taken aback, and stood up unconsciously.

Although she had never seen Su Hailing a few times before, and only had a quick glance each time, she also faintly felt that the face of the woman in front of her was vaguely familiar.

In addition, both of Su's bloodline, Su Hailing and Su Xueling are somewhat similar.

Situ Ye secretly bit the tip of his tongue to keep himself from being overly excited. However, seeing his mother's face that seemed to be more than ten years older than he remembered, he still felt a burst of bitterness.

Situ Zhen gave way to the guests, and his gaze flicked across Meng Ruyan's face again, and when it fell on Situ Ye's face, for some reason, his heart trembled.

Situ Ye was startled, and quickly turned around by sitting down to avoid looking directly at her.

"I wonder if this young master is..." Situ Zhen hesitated for a while before saying.

The woman standing behind was obviously a guard, but how could anyone bring a man with him when he came to visit the Shangguan?What's more, this man has an ordinary face, and he is not a gift that can be given to others.

"His name is Ye'er, Ye Ye's." Su Hailing gave Situ Ye a meaningful look, "He is my younger brother, and he has always been pampered. Please don't take offense, my lord."

"Don't you dare?" Situ Zhen looked at Situ Ye again, and found nothing wrong, so he could only suppress the doubts in his heart, "I haven't asked Miss Su's name yet..."

"I, Su Che, is the steward of Haiyue Villa in Xijing." Su Hailing smiled.

At this moment, a handsome waiter came in with a tray and put down the teacup.

"So it's Manager Su." Situ Zhen waved his hand and said, "Tea, please."

"My lord, you are welcome." Su Hailing took a sip from his teacup.

"I don't know what the important thing is that Manager Su came to visit me?" Situ Zhen said.

"The owner of my family intends to move part of his business to the capital, so he came to ask for permission from the Ministry of Criminal Justice." Su Hailing did not beat around the bush, and directly explained his intention.

"I don't know which career Miss Su wants to do?" Situ Zhen frowned.

Dayong’s laws stipulated that the capital city was no different than other places. For foreigners who opened shops in Beijing, certain types of shops had to be licensed by the Ministry of Punishment and other relevant departments before they could operate. For example, weapons stores had to be approved by the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Industry.In Su Hailing's understanding, it is a bit like a modern business license.

"Rice line." Su Hailing said.

"Miss is really capable." Situ Zhen said in surprise, "Last autumn Dayong had a bad harvest, but it was not easy to buy new rice."

"Sea Moon Villa is a businessman." Su Hailing said plainly.

When Situ Zhen heard the words, he couldn't help pondering, and after a while he said: "Excuse me, the price of rice has skyrocketed this year, and if Miss has a large amount of rice, the supply should be in short supply. Why bother to transport it all the way to the capital?"

"Businessmen are naturally the least willing to suffer." Su Hailing said with a light smile, "Marshal Lan Jing is willing to buy all the grain in Xijing for military use, so we have nothing to complain about. Selling things, who are you selling them to?" Isn't it for sale? It's not the same as taking money. But...the price offered by Marshal Lan is a bit unreasonable, and it's [-]% lower than the market price in previous years."

"This is what's wrong with Guizhuang." Situ Zhen said displeased, "The army at the border between the western part of Dayong and the southern Chu all collects food on the spot. If there is insufficient food and grass, how can the army defend the country? It is the nature of businessmen to seek profit. , but it can't be seen that Xiao Li has forgotten his righteousness!"

"Lord Situ is really not in charge." Su Hailing shook his head and said, "Does your lord know how much food there is in Xijing?"

"Huh?" Situ Zhen was taken aback, not understanding what she meant by asking.

"Enough to feed 20 troops for a year or so." Su Hailing sneered.

"What?" Situ Zhen stood up abruptly.Although she is not particularly capable, she has been in the officialdom for decades anyway, so she still has some common sense.Under normal circumstances, an army would never levy so much food and grass in one go. No wonder Lan Jing wanted to lower the price of rice, even if the imperial court couldn't afford such a large amount of money for a while.

Su Hailing slowly raised the corners of his lips, showing a hint of a smile.

Her words were half-truth and half-false, with a little exaggeration, but she was not afraid of Situ Zhen to investigate.

It is a fact that Lan Jing wants to buy all the grain in Xijing, and the grain merchants in Xijing have indeed been active recently.As for the price of food, and how much food there is in Xijing... Naturally, Haiyue Villa can say as much as it wants.

"This matter should not be discussed in detail in a private residence. In a few days, please invite the young lady to come to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment to handle it." Situ Zhen thought for a while before saying.

"Thank you sir, I must be busy with business, so I won't bother you any more." Su Hailing said with a smile.

"Forget it. Butler, see off the guests!" Situ Zhen raised his teacup and said.

Su Hailing nodded, took Situ Ye and Meng Ruyan out with the housekeeper.She knew that Situ Zhen was shocked by the news she deliberately revealed, and now he needed time to think about it, and even sent someone to investigate the situation in Xijing.

However, everything was arranged when she left home. Yang Wan was already shrewd, and with Lan Qinshuang's cooperation, there was absolutely no flaw.

After leaving the door, Situ Ye still looked dispirited.

"Why, are you unhappy to see your mother?" Su Hailing said.

"I'm really unfilial." Situ Ye sighed.

"If you want to go back, when the big thing is settled, no one will pursue what happened back then." Su Hailing said indifferently, "After all, if I don't die, you will naturally be alive too. At that time, as long as you announce a plausible reason, no one will say anything about it." You are not forgiving."

"So what if you go back?" Situ Ye lowered his head and said, "Continue to be your rightful monarch? I have returned the marriage certificate and jade bracelet to you. Or wait for another woman I don't know to come and marry me?"

Su Hailing opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything to refute.

This is the tragedy of society, and Situ Ye is just a drop in the ocean.She, Su Hailing, is not so narcissistic that she thinks that she can change the law of social development.The protagonists of countless time-traveling novels go back to ancient times, and they all engage in constitutional monarchy and parliamentarian elections, all of which are farts!The evolution of a social system has its own inevitable law of development. Accidental events can speed up the process, but it is impossible to skip a step.Talking about equality, freedom, and democracy to those ignorant people who have been poisoned by feudalism will only make them think that the court has launched a new round of literary inquisition, and become more panicked and cowardly.

In a dull atmosphere, the three returned to the small courtyard where they lived in silence.

Situ Ye didn't say much, and went straight back to his room.

Su Hailing looked at the sky, knew that Mu Qingchen must be taking a nap at this time, and didn't want to wake him up, so he decided to go back to the study to read the materials for a while.

Walking through the courtyard, I didn't see Mrs. Hong who was always busy in the garden, and even the two little girls Anxiang Yingshou.

Su Hailing pushed open the door of the study with some doubts, but she immediately noticed the natural sensitivity of soldiers.There is someone else in the house!

"What's the matter, I'm not an assassin." An angry voice came from behind the desk.

"Junhan!" Su Hailing was surprised and delighted, and quickly put away the dagger.

No wonder no one was seen in the yard, it turned out that the immediate superior chased him away.

Mei Junhan put down the scroll in his hand, stretched his waist, and said leisurely, "Why, you don't want to see me?"

"How come?" Su Hailing stepped forward, suddenly remembered something, and tore his clothes forcefully.

"What are you doing? It's broad daylight!" Mei Junhan was taken aback, and hurriedly covered the front of his clothes, his handsome face was already flushed.

"Where did you go? Am I so hungry?" Su Hailing was stunned for a moment, then angrily and funnyly said, "Don't move, let me see if the wound is healed."

"It's been fine for a long time." Mei Junhan let go of her hand, but turned away in embarrassment.

Su Hailing took off his shirt carefully, only to see that a new wound on his shoulder was still covered with a thick bandage, which was untied round and round, exposing the wound.

"Because the hidden weapon is poisonous, it will heal a little slower, so it's not a serious problem." Mei Junhan explained.

Su Hailing caressed the slightly swollen blood scab with distress, and could still see a few strands of dark blue color faintly, and couldn't help but worry: "Have all the toxins gone?"

"I have the poison of Tianshuibi in my body. Any non-cold poison will greatly reduce the effect on me. This is the only benefit Tianshuibi has brought me." Mei Junhan laughed at himself.

"Nonsense!" Su Hailing glared at him, "Everything in the world is mutually restrained. There is absolutely no poison that cannot be cured. There will be a way."

"Speaking of which, the pair of killers also said that they gave us the poison of heaven, water and green." Mei Junhan frowned, "I was poisoned in the first place, so I don't feel anything, are you okay?"

"I was also a little worried, so I asked Situ to take my pulse, and there was no sign of poisoning." Su Hailing shook his head.

"I always feel that they didn't intimidate us casually." Mei Junhan said.

"When things happen, you will always know. It's useless to think about it now." Su Hailing re-medicated him and wrapped it with a clean bandage. "Ask Situ to see if there is any remaining poison at night. He just When I came back from home, I was probably absent-minded, so it’s better not to mistake oranges for grapefruits now.”

"Whispering!" Mei Junhan rolled her eyes and said with a light smile.

"I miss you." Su Hailing lowered his head, and his lips gently rubbed against his face.

"Don't make trouble." Mei Junhan avoided it.

"As the saying goes, a little farewell is better than a newlywed, I miss you." Su Hailing ignored him, continued to make persistent efforts, and continued to kiss!

"Why haven't I heard of it? And I didn't marry you!" Mei Junhan said.

"It doesn't matter if you're not married, as long as I marry you!" Su Hailing finally couldn't bear it anymore, cupped his face with both hands, and kissed him deeply.

(End of this chapter)