Fang Jie didn¡¯t know how Zhuang Die left his sight. When he came to his senses, the team escorting the prisoners had already passed quite a distance. He searched among the crowd, but could not see the woman anywhere. Among the prisoners, there was sadness and despair.
Fang Jie subconsciously walked forward, trying to find the woman.
His arm was held by someone, a pair of very broad and heavy hands.
Fang Jie turned around and saw Wu Yiyi, who he was about to meet.
Wu Yiyi reached out from the crowd and took Fang Jie's arm, then shook his head slightly at him. At this time, he struggled out of a very strange feeling. He was shocked, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. He knew that he and Zhuang Die had no feelings at all. Even if he sympathized with this woman, he couldn't be so confused. The moment of trance just now almost made him do something impulsive.
If Wu Dao hadn¡¯t pulled him, maybe he would have really rushed over at this time.
"What's wrong with me?"
he asks.
Wu Daodao pointed in a direction and then walked out slowly. Fang Jie took a deep breath and followed Wu Yiyi to squeeze out of the crowd. The two people walked behind the crowd and left the street that led to Caishikou and also to the gate of hell. Turning around an alley, Wu walked into a teahouse. Fang Jie has been to this teahouse before. There is a house under construction opposite.
East 18th Street
Wu Yiyi, who was wearing his signature sapphire blue robe, sat down at the window seat and casually ordered a pot of fine tea and four kinds of dried fruits. The owner of this teahouse knew Fang Jie but not Wu Yiyi. From Fang Jie's attitude, he could infer that the person who came in first must have a great identity, so he entertained him in person and was very warm.
Fang Jie sat down opposite Wu Yiyi and looked out the window.
Opposite is a house that is under construction in full swing, and no trace of its original decadence can be seen. The dilapidated houses and courtyard walls have been pushed down, and the remaining bricks on the ground have also been raised. The progress of the project has been extremely fast these days, and basically everything that needs to be cleaned has been cleaned up.
Early spring is a good time to start construction. The wages of craftsmen are higher than before, so the enthusiasm of craftsmen is also high.
Wu Yiyi looked at the busy scene over there and smiled and said: "I have seen that place many years ago. I have always wanted to buy it but have not done it. It is not because of the rumors of gods and ghosts, but because this street has become more and more deserted. Even though this land is very cheap, I can't start any business. No matter how small the investment is, it's meaningless if I don't do business here and just build a workshop. "
Fang Jie smiled: "It's been sitting idle for so many years, why don't you just wait for me to buy it?"
"But the money used to buy the land is mine."
Wu Yiyi raised the corner of his mouth, and Fang Jie couldn't help but roll his eyes at him: "You account for the majority of the income from the garment workshop."
"forget it"
Wu Daodao shook his head: "I really don't pay attention to this small amount of money. Now you already know that the goods flowing all over the world are His Majesty's property, and the reason why I dared to give you such a large sum of money was because I was not afraid of the book. Your Majesty discovered any loopholes in it because the money is not actually mine, nor does it belong to the general public. "
"Whose money is that?"
Wu Daodao pursed his lips toward Caishikou and said: "Some of your financial backers will be executed today The money I gave you was intercepted by me, and they were all officials under Prince Yi. They deserve the dividends. The amount of capital these people invested in Huotong Tianxia is astonishing, but I have the final say on the amount of dividends. When these people die, the capital will naturally be charged to Huotong Tianxia. As for the bonus, I kept part of it and gave you a small part."
"So this is how the money comes from"
Fang Jie sighed: "You withheld their money before the incident happened. No wonder they wanted to kill you."
Wu Daodao shook his head indifferently: "Anyway, they are all destined to die. The money in their houses must be put into the national treasury, and the money in the merchant houses belongs to His Majesty. I would be really stupid if I didn't leave some dividends." . So you don¡¯t need to be grateful, just treat this money as a private reward for your majesty.¡±
"I'm not grateful to begin with."
Fang Jie curled his lips.
Wu Yiyi smiled: "Actually, there is something I didn't say because I thought it was a bit vulgar."
He picked up the tea cup and took a sip and said: "You knew that His Majesty didn't want you to interfere in the affairs of the world, but you still interfered. You knew that saving me might get you into trouble, but you still came This point Silver, just take it as my thanks.??Although you can't help much. Isn¡¯t it vulgar to say this? "
"I just like this vulgar thing."
Fang Jie smiled, but there was a hint of helplessness on his lips.
"What were you going to do just now?"
Wu Yiyi saw the strangeness in his smile and asked in a solemn tone: "Do you want to rescue the woman named Zhuang Die from the prisoner team? And then give her a bright future? Then she will treat you I am grateful to you for giving birth to children and carrying on the family line?¡±
"I didn't think too much about it."
"She was not guilty enough to die."
Wu Yiyi glanced at Fang Jie and said calmly: "In prison, she told everything she knew in one breath. Many torture instruments in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment were not used. Not only did she know the things related to Prince Yi Having said that, even the dirty activities in Crescent Tower have not been left behind. Moreover this woman's origins are somewhat bizarre."
"She said she was an orphan and from Jiangnan."
Fang Jiedao.
"Yes, she is an orphan."
Wu Yiyi looked at Fang Jie and asked: "Before entering the Crescent Tower, a family in Jiangnan took her in because they saw her as pitiful. That family had a daughter who was a few years younger than her. She was very fond of that family. Her biological daughter liked her very much, and she carried her behind her back every day and coaxed her, just like a biological sister taking care of her younger sister. Later, one day her adoptive parents went out and asked her to take care of her younger sister. When they came back, they saw her crying. Zhuang Die of Man.¡±
"The biological daughter of that family accidentally fell into the well and drowned."
When he heard this sentence, Fang Jie's pupils suddenly closed.
"Because their biological daughter died, the couple naturally loved and pitied her even more. They held her in their hands and cared for her, and never let her help when working in the fields. When she was thirteen years old, she was picked up by a Jiang Hu who was passing by their village. The customer deceived her and promised to take her around the world, then left her in the wilderness. When she was desperate, she used her body as fare to beg a merchant to take her back to her village, but the merchant took her away instead. Sold in the imperial capital."
Wu Daodao sighed: "These are all what she said herself. When she was in prison, she told everything she knew like crazy. She even wanted to use her own body to find a way out and begged the jailer to let her go. escape."
"Is she pitiful?"
Wu Yiyi asked.
Fang Jie nodded.
"Does she deserve to die?"
Wu Yiyi asked again.
Fang Jie was silent for a long time and nodded again.
"She said you are Prince Yi's accomplice."
??Wu Yiyi put this sentence at the end.
Fang Jie took a deep breath, and then smiled: "She has been lying to people for half her life, and she is still lying in the end. Maybe when she looked at me and said those words, she deceived herself."
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"The reason why I'm looking for you is not because of Zhuang Die."
Wu Yiyi looked out the window and said in a lazy tone: "I just happened to see it while passing by, but I didn't expect that your will can be so fragile sometimes. Zhuo Buyi also praised you as the most determined person he has ever seen. Even his illusion may not be effective on you. Now it seems that Zhuo Buyi was mistaken. "
"maybe"
Fang Jie shook his head.
When he saw Zhuang Die, he felt really fragile. Perhaps it was because he had been recalling the warmth of his previous life that the coldness this world brought to him was temporarily forgotten.
"If you are so prone to making mistakes, then it is better not to go to the southwest to meet Luo Yao."
Wu Yiyi looked away from the window, looked at Fang Jie and said, "Your Majesty asked you to go to Yongzhou, do you really think it was just because of the eldest princess's marriage?"
"Someone once told me that His Majesty has deep faith in Luo Yao."
Fang Jie answered.
Wu Daodao smiled, a little coldly: "No one should tell you who your Majesty believes deeply. Others are just speculating on your Majesty's thoughts. The reason why someone told you this before is because you haven't yet In other words, an insignificant person is not qualified to know any secrets."
Fang Jie was silent, he knew what Wu Dao said was right.
"I say this not to tell you that Luo Yao has any strange thoughts. But to make you understand that you are here"??What should we see Your Majesty wants to march westward, where will the soldiers come from? The garrison of Gyeonggi Province can be redeployed by up to 30%. The important area of ??Chang'an has never been guarded by less than 200,000 troops. After transferring 30%, the garrison in Gyeonggi Province will be less than 200,000. The other soldiers of each guard have their own responsibilities. It is impossible for His Majesty to mobilize all the soldiers, so it is impossible to mobilize county soldiers and palace soldiers. "
"Luo Yao has been expanding the army these years. The left vanguard has no less than 300,000 troops! Your Majesty wants to use it, but I don't know if Luo Yao will be dissatisfied. If Luo Yao is pressed, do you think this person will do something What's going on? You know, the southwest where Luo Yao is located is even less controlled than the northwest where Li Yuanshan is, is Luo Yao preparing something in the southwest just like Li Yuanshan?"
Wu Daodao sighed: "Your Majesty is not only worried about the happiness of the eldest princess, but also worried that Luo Yao will take the opportunity to divide the southwestern Taoists of the Great Sui Dynasty. Luo Yao is domineering in the southwest, and the officials of the four Taoist Taoists are like his retainers. Likewise, his control over the southwest is more worrying than Li Yuanshan¡¯s control over the northwest.¡±
"Your Majesty wants to use Luo Yao's soldiers for one thing, and to find out whether his people have any rebellious intentions is the other thing."
"If so, the imperial court would rather give up the northwest than the southwest."
Wu Daodao drank all the tea in the cup: "The bitter and cold land in the northwest still needs help from the imperial court every year. But in the southwest, the land of rich fish and rice, once it is divided by the rebels"
"Do you know why His Majesty sent you?"
Wu Daodao did not wait for Fang Jie to answer, and said seriously: "Because you have a low status, because you are a newcomer to the court, and because you will make Luo Yao look down on you Only when your opponent despises you will you have a chance."
"Why do I suddenly feel that I have a narrow escape from death if I go to the Southwest?"
Fang Jie sighed: "If Luo Yao is really rebellious, will I be the one who beheads him to sacrifice the flag?"
¡°If you¡¯re unlucky, yes.¡±
Wu Yiyi patted Fang Jie on the shoulder, pointed to the house opposite and said seriously: "Don't worry, if you die, your property will be small, but I will take care of it for you."
Fang Jie snorted: "Now I finally feel no guilt or guilt about spending your money. Thank you. Don't you have any more reminders and pointers for the adventure of life and death that I'm about to embark on?" "
Wu Yiyi stood up and was about to leave, smiled and said: "I wish you good luck, nothing else."