royal girl

Chapter 308 The first confrontation

Following King Jing's expedition, the capital seems to have settled down again. After all, even if there is really a rebel army in the south, it is still far away from the capital, and no one can feel that deadly threat.Because of this, Kyoto can still discuss all kinds of gossip about the expedition army with a calm mind. A few days after King Jing went to the expedition, a small rumor suddenly appeared in the market, about whether the Ministry of household affairs would make a move on the replenishment of grain, grass and equipment Problems with hands and feet.

Ning Wangfu.

King Ning stood by the window with his hands behind his back, his eyes fixed on the distance, but his face was not as warm as before, and there was a bit of a storm about to come.The staff behind him were arguing fiercely, and the matter they were discussing was about food and grass. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little headache.He knew who released the news, and she didn't even intend to hide her identity when she released the news. This was a clear warning to him not to tamper with the military rations behind his back.

Dong Huiyu... King Ning felt a headache.

"Stop arguing."

King Ning's voice was not high, but the awe-inspiring intention made people dare not disobey. Everyone immediately fell silent and looked at King Ning together.

King Ning turned around slowly, wearing a sapphire blue straight gown that lined his face like a crown of jade, but the tiredness in those eyes could not be concealed.

"I'm just saying this time, no matter who it is, it's not allowed to do anything with military supplies, or if I find out, I will definitely not take it lightly."

"My lord, how could such a great opportunity be given up just like that?" That's really a pity, how could such an opportunity be let go.

"Yes, I agree. My lord, this is indeed a rare opportunity. And I'm sure I'll do it without anyone noticing, and I will definitely not let Prince Jing get caught."

Most people agree with it, and Ji Fuyan also knows that this is a great opportunity, even if he joins forces with King Anding and King Su, there is a great possibility that Ji Qiyu will never come back on the battlefield, as long as he is willing to do it, he will succeed. Very likely.

However, in the face of the national crisis, he was so selfish. Thinking about Ji Qiyu's willingness to be a deputy to Su Wang, even knowing that even if he wins, the credit will be credited to Su Wang. Please do not hesitate.If he is in such a situation, if he still holds him back, is he still a human being?
Even if he wanted to ascend to that position, he would never be so despicable and shameless as to joke about the country's crisis.

"It doesn't matter how Prince Jing is. Don't you guys think about what kind of disaster the court will bring if the rebel army expands again if Prince Jing loses?" King Ning swept across the crowd and said word by word: "The current national crisis, I hope everyone can put state affairs first. As for that matter, when Prince Jing returns, we will fight him in an open and honest manner, don’t you think we can’t win against Prince Jing?”

Of course, everyone would not admit this, and the crowd was excited.

King Ning had made up his mind, everyone's persuasion was ineffective, and finally left the palace, and two people went to Xinguo's mansion.

Lord Xin Guo's expression was unclear, after listening to the two people's words, he said after a long time: "My lord is noble, naturally I don't bother to do such a thing. But we want to share the worries of my lord, don't you think so?"

"But what if the prince knows about this matter?"

"If you don't tell me, if I don't tell you, how will the prince know? It is enough to let everyone believe that it is God's will." Duke Xin sneered. In the past few years, King Jing has been approaching step by step, and life is really aggrieved. With such an opportunity, the prince estimated that the brotherhood and the country were in danger, but he only had the future of the Xinguo government in his eyes, not to mention that if such a good opportunity was missed, there would be no second time.

"What about the rumors in the market?"

"Investigate." Mr. Xin Guo's face was cloudy, and he didn't believe that he couldn't find out who it was.

Duke Ning didn't know about Duke Xin's decision. He went ahead before the soldiers and horses moved food and grass. He has been busy with this matter in the household department for the past few days, and now he is finally taking a breath. Thinking of the rumors in the market makes him feel a little headache.Thinking about it now in the mansion, the headache is even worse. After Jia Geer woke up that day, he became even more silent, and he couldn't even say a few words to him. The child became like this, and he felt very sad in his heart. sad.Brother Ping was not close to him at all, and he really didn't like Brother Ping very much in his heart, and Dong Wan's current state was a little bit wrong, so he was even more upset.In the past, even though Dong Wan was down and out, at least she still had the arrogance of the eldest daughter of Dingguo Duke's Mansion, but now she doesn't even have this support for him, and he couldn't bear to see her like this.The cousin is pregnant again, and his mind is already sensitive. He has to think carefully about every move now. If this continues, he will feel that he is going to be driven crazy.

In short, right now, it can be regarded as a state of desperation.

"No matter how bad King Ning is, there is one thing he is good about." Dong Yuncheng was sitting opposite Huiyu in Prince Jing's mansion, and she said softly, "At least this person is not the kind of person who is really cruel and merciless. "

Dong Yuncheng listened to Hui Yu's words and nodded slowly. Hui Yu's evaluation was quite pertinent. More people who followed King Ning thought that King Ning was a benevolent and kind person. Everyone would feel that such a person felt very safe.However, with such a temper, being too gentle can sometimes be regarded as indecisive.Thinking about so many things that happened in Prince Ning's mansion, if King Ning had investigated vigorously and resolutely from the beginning, what should be punished and what should be dealt with, it would not be what it is now.Dong Wan will not always feel that there is hope, and those who have hope will not feel that they are at the end of the road, always thinking that they can still fight, maybe there will be a miracle.

"According to my inquiries, King Ning has ordered that his subordinates not be allowed to tamper with military supplies. At least King Ning is clear about the country's righteousness and personal grievances. This is also admirable." Dong Yuncheng said, he had previously treated Ning Wang can't say whether he likes it or not, it's just that the simple temperament of Prince Jing is more to his liking, and he likes Prince Jing's behavior style more, and then he is gradually attracted by Prince Jing's personality, charm and talent, so he is completely inclined to him here. "However, Mr. Xin Guo frequently moves in private, you should know it?"

Even so, now Dong Yuncheng feels that King Ning is a real man, at least he thinks so at this moment.

"Yes, that's why I asked my eldest brother to come here." Huiyu nodded, "Mr. Xin Guo is more selfish and narrow-minded in nature. Now that such an opportunity is in front of him, he will naturally not let it go."

"What are you going to do?" Dong Yuncheng knew that Huiyu must have a plan, otherwise why would he come here.

"I think Mr. Xin Guo has been too free recently, so he has time to calculate these things." Huiyu pushed a piece of paper by the table over, looked at Dong Yuncheng and said, "I don't have anyone available around me now, sister-in-law will send it to you." I will hand over the two people who came to my eldest brother, and I will ask my elder brother to help with these few things."

Dong Yuncheng raised his eyebrows, reached out to pick up the piece of paper and looked down, his face became stiff for a moment, and he looked up at Huiyu.

Huiyu smiled slowly at him, didn't say much, and just said: "At first, I thought about transferring two people from sister-in-law's side, so I can do it here. Who knew that Duke Xin would do something so desperately?" , I am too embarrassed to say hello to him inappropriately. So I don’t have enough manpower now, so I can only come up with an idea, and the elder brother will work hard to share the burden for the younger sister.”

Dong Yuncheng smiled helplessly, "Okay, I'll take care of these few things. However, your move is bad enough. I'm afraid Duke Xin will spit blood out of anger."

"That can't be helped. He plotted against my man, and I just repay him with his own way. Our aunts who are married in Dingguo's mansion can't suffer out of thin air. If my mother finds out, she can kill him directly with a knife. Go to the Xinguo Mansion, I am already very gentle."

Dong Yuncheng: ...

Dong Yuncheng walked away with heavy steps. He felt that the words of the sage were right at all, and women should not be offended, especially the type who loves to hold grudges and is cautious.

After returning to Duke Ding's mansion, Dong Yuncheng went to find his father. Duke Ding read Huiyu's plan and didn't say a word for a long time.Looking at his father's expression, Dong Yuncheng suddenly felt psychologically balanced. With his father's experience, he could be frightened to such a degree, and his broken heart was instantly restored. People are happier only if they compare.

"Huiyu, girl... Prince Jing has picked up the treasure. No wonder he decided to marry her back at the beginning. Did he already know something about his feelings?" Ding Guogong recalled that Huiyu went to the border with Mrs. Dong and was imprisoned for several months. , Prince Jing was also there at the time, I'm afraid he has been missed for a long time.The trick is that when he came to the mansion to propose marriage, Prince Jing still looked like he had suffered a lot...

Duke Dingguo's mood was very complicated at this moment, and he looked up at his son, "When did you notice it?" Could it be that this bastard also knew that Huiyu was a sap master?Is it too much to just keep it from him?Anyway, he is his father!
Dong Yuncheng looked at his father seriously, "I just found out not long ago, and my feet were still fluttering on the way here."

Duke Ding looked at his son, snorted coldly, and then sighed again.But thinking about his son's vision, it's not bad. At least now that he's standing in line with King Jing, he feels more at ease. He took out a token from the box and threw it to his son, "This is the token of Duke Ling's mansion. With it, you can mobilize the power in the mansion of Kyoto."

My son has grown up, and he has his own ideas and determination in doing things. It's time to let him go.Even if it stumbles this time, it doesn't matter, it's all for practice, anyway, he is behind.

If Xin Guogong knew Ding Guogong's thoughts, as long as he jumped up in anger, he would become the object of Dong Yuncheng's training.

"Thank you dad."

"Go, I'm old, and it's time for me to enjoy the blessings." Duke Ding waved his hand, and before he knew it, the children were able to take care of themselves. He was really getting old.

"Hey, who is the owner of the newly opened shop opposite?"

"This name is only one letter away from our shop name. Does the owner of the shop opposite us not know who owns our shop, and dare to snatch business like this? You are looking for death!"

"What? It's exactly the same thing, and the price is one-third cheaper?"

Recently, Xin Guogong has been very troubled. More than a dozen shops in the capital have reported all kinds of bad news at the same time, and his own shop has suddenly suffered from large-scale malicious competition.On the territory of the capital, it would be fatal for someone to dare to do this.

"Check it out for me." Mr. Xin Guo slapped the table and said angrily, "Have someone teach them a lesson. Don't think that with a head and a mouth, you can open a shop in Kyoto."

"The subordinates have ordered people to investigate, but the strange thing is that no matter how hard they search, they can't find out who the owners of these dozens of shops are, and they hide them very deeply. The subordinates think that this is because they came prepared to target You come."

Since Xin Guogong took over the family property, he has never encountered such a thing in decades. Even if someone wants to do business in Xin Guogong's mansion, no one dares to be so different from him. Being foolish and bold, he was about to laugh angrily.

"Idiot, go directly to the government to check the store's records, it must be there."

Hearing the master's stern reprimand, the man immediately replied: "The subordinates went to investigate, but the government refused with various reasons, and the name filled in the record was that of a stranger, but it seems that the yamen manager is pushing back and forth on this matter." If you refuse to tell the truth, the subordinates must have someone with a big background behind them. They dare not offend him, and they dare not offend you. The name on the record is just a cover-up."

In the end, I still couldn't find out the details of that person, and Lord Xin frowned this time, "This is really a joke. If you can't find out with the post of Lord Xinguo's mansion, then who else can find out?" get?"

That subordinate didn't dare to raise his head, but said in his mouth: "Grandpa, why don't you let the prince have a try?"

"Do you still need to bother the prince with such a trivial matter?" Duke Xin Guo couldn't afford to lose this person. "In this case, let someone go and add some food to them."

"Yes."

Duke Xin thought about this matter and knew that it was not a trivial matter, so he asked his son to come over and said to him, "You should go and watch this matter yourself, obviously you are going to make things difficult for Duke Xin's mansion. These dozens of shops They are all important places in the mansion, so they must not be sloppy." Some of them specialize in hidden pile business, so it would be bad if they were found out.

Xia Shanchang frowned when he heard his father's words, and quickly agreed: "Yes, my son will go and see for himself."

Lord Xin Guo nodded, Xia Shanchang went out of the mansion and followed his father's instructions directly to the opponent who was close to his family's largest business store.

Standing outside the door, looking at the three big characters of Zhishengzhai written on the plaque, Xia Shanchang looked back at the three characters of Baoshengzhai hanging on the opposite side of his shop, which was really annoying.With a cold snort in his heart, he led people into Zhishengzhai's shop, and went in to see the bright and elegant decoration of the whole shop. There are all kinds of gold and silver treasures on the Duobao Pavilion made of high-quality wood.Baoshengzhai mainly engages in border trade in order to obtain profit from the price difference.Xin Guo Gongfu has been doing this line for decades, and the supply of goods is stable and most of the goods are not available to other small businesses, so it has such a high reputation in Kyoto.But looking at the goods placed in Zhishengzhai now, Xia Shanchang also has a headache, and even some of the styles he has never seen before, this Zhishengzhai really has some tricks.

"It turns out that the eldest son of Xin Guogong's mansion is here, and I am really disappointed. I hope to forgive my sins, forgive my sins."

Xia Shanchang turned his head and saw a short, fat man with a smile on his face approaching, clasping his hands together, looking terrified, he smiled, "Are you the shopkeeper of this shop?"

"It's the villain. The villain's name is Qiao San, and the elder son called me by my name." Qiao San said with an air of familiarity, and invited Xia Shanchang to sit in the inner room.

Xia Shanchang did not move, but said slowly: "It turns out that it is the shopkeeper Qiao, who can open such a shop in Kyoto, in such a location, and get such goods, the shopkeeper Qiao is very capable."

"You're too much, the villain is just supporting the family, he can't make much money, he can't make much money." He said with a bitter and hatred expression on his face, "I don't know, the villain brought these things in from outside. , The taxes, tolls, and shipping fees along the way are all added up, but there are not a few copper coins in the hands, and it must not be compared with your business, and please help me a lot, please help me a lot."

Having seen shameless people with such thick skins, Xia Shanchang has learned a lot.This person who called himself Qiao San opened a shop selling the same goods across from his shop, and he still told himself how hard he was, how little money he had, and that there was such a shameless person who robbed people of business?

At least Xia Shanchang has grown up since he was a child, and none of the people who appeared in front of him tried to show a good side in front of him. No one has ever been so thick-skinned as shameless.

What an eye-opener!
"Shopkeeper Qiao's words are really heartbreaking. I'm crying because of you. Since it's been so hard, is Shopkeeper Qiao willing to sell this shop to me? Seeing that it's not easy for you to support your family, I'll pay [-]% more than the market price. How about the price? Of course, the shopkeeper Qiao doesn’t have to worry about the shop being gone, you can sign the contract and continue to be the shopkeeper here.” Xia Shanchang looked at Qiao San with a smile, and played with him.

(End of this chapter)