Everyone's blood boiled as they spoke.
"Who in the Heifeng Stockade wouldn't betray us?" A hothead stood out and asked.
Guan Dahu laughed, "Of course I won't tell them what we're going to do. I'll just say that we're going to steal some stones from the imperial court. The Heifeng Stockade has been in the underworld for many years, so they've naturally heard of the Qingtian Alliance. What does our Qingtian Alliance do in the south? "
Liu Ban said, "Of course we're going against the dog emperor."
"Yes. That's why the Heifeng Stockade probably thinks that we're going against the emperor, so we're going to steal the stones from the emperor's mausoleum to show off. "
After all, stealing the stones to build the mausoleum was the biggest challenge to the emperor's authority.
Guan Dahu said, "They're all Jianghu people. When the time comes, we'll just give them some money in the name of chivalry. They'll help us do this and are afraid of being beheaded, so they won't be stupid enough to reveal it themselves. Once the six of us get the money, we'll just run away. The world is so big, do you think the emperor can catch us? "
Hearing this, they couldn't help but feel excited. Since ancient times, wealth came from danger. They were only one step away from success. As long as they had the money to hire the Heifeng Stockade people to move the stones, wouldn't that be enough?
"Why don't we take another risk?" Liu Ban anxiously gestured with a fierce look in his eyes.
Guan Dahu pursed his lips and thought, "Let's think of another way."
When they went to Danzhou Prefecture's Lu Family to buy an official position, they had to exterminate two large families to gather the money. For this money, their hands were stained with blood.
Guan Dahu tapped his feet, "There are still two large families here. Let's use peaceful means before resorting to force. If they're willing to sponsor us, then it'll be good. If not, then we can only use that method."
Liu Ban and the others nodded in agreement.
Just as Guan Dahu said, unless it was absolutely necessary, no one was willing to kill people. Killing people wasn't a good experience.
When Qin Yining and the others arrived at Huichuan County, it was the afternoon of the first day of the fifth month.
Although it was still early in the morning, the lead-gray clouds were pressing down on the top of their heads. The strong wind blew so hard that the car door was cracked open, and tiny raindrops drilled into the car.
"Your Highness, this is really … Fortunately, we are almost there."
"Yes." Qin Yining's dress was soaked by the rain.
"Halfway there, the car started to leak. The ten-day journey was even more torturous than when we went to Beijing." Bing Tang hurriedly covered Qin Yining from the rain and couldn't help complaining.
Ji Yun smiled and said, "Alright, look at you. You've been nagging the whole way. You're pouting so much that you can hang an oil bottle from your mouth. If Huzi sees you, won't he laugh at you?"
Bing Tang's face immediately turned red. He straightened his neck and said, "Anyway, he's with Wang Ye. You, on the other hand, are drenched like a drowned rat. Imperial Bodyguard Tang will laugh at you."
"You, you naughty girl!" Ji Yun also blushed.
Qin Yining stroked his hair that was soaked by the rain. When he saw the two girls teasing each other with red faces, he couldn't help but laugh.
Tang Xiu, who was following closely outside the carriage, heard the conversation inside. Her face was so red that it could evaporate a layer of white mist from the rain.
The group quickly entered the city. Because the journey was short, they thought that they would arrive soon, so they didn't order anyone to take the lead in advance. After the group asked around, they directly went to the largest inn in the area and booked the side courtyard that no one had rented before.
"Your Highness, this servant has already told the innkeeper to prepare hot water. You should take a hot bath later. Our small courtyard has a small stove that can boil water. This servant will cook some ginger soup later. Let's all have some, "Bing Tang said.
Qin Yining nodded: "You should quickly change into dry clothes first. It won't be too late to go later."
"Okay."
"I'll have to trouble you to prepare some more. Sir Xie is old, and the imperial bodyguards have been drenched by the rain along the way. Everyone should eat some."
"Got it." Bing Tang nodded with a smile. She and Ji Yun first helped Qin Yining change his clothes. When Zi Yuan and Han Xiao came back after changing their clothes, they went out to tidy up.
Qin Yining took the hot tea brought by Han Xiao and held it with both hands. The weather in May had become cold because of the continuous rain.
Qin Yining walked to the window and opened a gap in the lattice to look into the courtyard. There were three main rooms, two side rooms, and a row of inverted seats in the courtyard. Only the middle part of the courtyard was paved with stone bricks in the shape of a cross. The rest of the courtyard was covered with dirt, and it was now muddy from the rain.
Looking up, the sky was dark, as if it would press down at any time.
From the capital to Huichuan County, it had been raining for more than ten days.
He didn't know how many places had been affected by the heavy rain. Qin Yining wanted to go back and look for the court bulletin to take a look.
After settling down, Qin Yining asked Bing Tang to check Xie Yue's pulse to make sure that the old lady didn't catch a cold.
Xie Yue was very grateful for Qin Yining's meticulousness.
"Tang girl, go back and thank the Princess for this old man."
"Yes." Bing Tang smiled and put away the pulse pillow. Then, she said with a smile, "The Princess asked me to tell Sir Xie that it's been raining for a long time. It's not normal. The Princess wants to look at the court bulletin to see if anything major has happened."
"The Princess and this old man have the same idea. Tomorrow morning, I'll go and find out what's going on. "
"Oh, then I'll have to trouble Sir Xie."
"It's no big deal. It's my duty."
Bing Tang went back and told Qin Yining.
It was a quiet night. The next day, Qin Yining saw Xie Yue and didn't intend to go out for the time being.
She had to understand the local situation before she went to see the people from Sitong.
When Xie Yue came back, she brought back a piece of shocking news.
"Princess, things aren't good. The rain doesn't just fall on the roads to the capital and Huichuan County. There are different degrees of heavy rain everywhere, especially in the south. With the old capital of Dayan as the center, the rain is very heavy. "
Qin Yining frowned when he heard this.
"I'm afraid that the imperial court isn't rich anymore. The world isn't peaceful. After all these years of fighting in the east and west, Beiji's treasury has probably been emptied. Even the imperial mausoleum has been repaired and stopped. If there's a flood now, the national treasury will be even more burdened. "
The national treasury had been short on money for a long time. Otherwise, Li Qitian wouldn't have been so focused on the Dayan treasure to solve this urgent problem. If they wanted to increase their income and reduce their expenditure, they had to think of a way and have time to implement it.
If there was a flood in the south, Qin Yining couldn't imagine what the Da Zhou dynasty would be like and what Li Qitian would come up with to solve this urgent problem.
Xie Yue and Qin Yining fell into deep thought.
"I'm afraid that the national treasury won't be able to support the construction of the imperial mausoleum. When the time comes, will Your Majesty blame Wang Ye for it?"
Qin Yining nodded worriedly. "I'm also worried about this."
Li Qitian was thinking of ways to weaken Pang Xiao and take the opportunity to impeach Pang Xiao. If Li Qitian really had a chance on this matter, he would definitely think of ways to kill Pang Xiao.
The two were silent for a long time. Qin Yining smiled and said, "The flood isn't something that you and I can control. We can only deal with it as it comes. The most important thing is to solve the problem at hand."
Xie Yue smiled and nodded. "Wang Fei's thoughts are clear. This is good." At the beginning, he had been worried that Qin Yining would be impulsive and spend too much effort on things that they couldn't control. Now it seemed that he had worried too much. It seemed that he had made the mistake of underestimating women. This couldn't happen again in the future.
Qin Yining and Xie Yue discussed what to do in the future. After they sorted out the plan, they each went back to rest.
When they woke up the next day, the sky was still dark. Even though the rain had stopped, it looked like there would be another heavy rain soon.
After eating breakfast, Qin Yining asked, "Where is Sir Xie?"
"Sir Xie took two Jinghu Wei servants and left. He said that he was going to find a house." Ji Yun said with a smile.
Qin Yining nodded and said, "Then today, let's go to Si Tong Number to take a look."
Ji Yun and Bing Tang went out to prepare.
Most of the roads in the city were not paved with stone, so the roads were very muddy. When Qin Yining and the others passed by the gates of Si Tong Number, Qin Yining ordered, "Keep going."
The Jinghu Wei who was driving the carriage immediately obeyed and continued forward. When they passed the street corner, he asked, "Wang Fei, we're not going to Si Tong Number?"
Qin Yining said, "We'll stop at an inconspicuous place in the back. You stay here and guard. I'll only take two servant girls. This way, we won't attract too much attention. "
"Yes." Jinghu Wei said with a smile, "You're so considerate."
If it wasn't for Wang Fei's reminder, he probably would have directly driven the carriage there. Wouldn't that be too eye-catching?
Qin Yining arranged everything and brought people to the side door of Si Tong Number. He handed the maple leaf-shaped jade tablet that Qiu Feishan gave him to Ji Yun, "Go knock on the door and ask to see them."
"Okay."
Ji Yun wore wooden clogs outside her embroidered shoes and held an oil-paper umbrella. She lightly walked over a puddle of water and knocked on the side door.
Not long after, a waiter came to answer the door.
When he saw that it was a pretty servant girl with a romantic appearance, looking at her clothes and aura, he knew that she was not a local. The waiter smiled and said, "Oh, an honored guest has come. Do you have any orders?"
Ji Yun smiled and shook the maple leaf-shaped jade tablet, saying, "Is the person in charge here?"
When the waiter saw the character 'Qiu' on the green jade maple leaf, he immediately straightened his expression and bowed, saying, "Yes, yes. Please wait a moment, this little one will immediately pass on the message."
Ji Yun smiled and nodded, standing under the porch and waiting.
Bing Tang and Qin Yining shared a large oil-paper umbrella and couldn't help but whisper, "It's raining again. Although it's not very heavy, it's really annoying to keep raining like this. "
"That's right." Qin Yining worriedly stretched her white jade-like fingers out of the umbrella. Raindrops fell on her fingertips from time to time, causing her to be so cold that she hurriedly retracted her hand.
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