I Am Immortal In The Cultivation World

"Godfather, didn't you say stay away from the one in the harem?"

Xiao Yinzi showed doubts on his face, as the most favored godfather at the moment, he could more or less guess what godfather was thinking.

The benefits can be taken, but the work is not done.

"You have to make a clear distinction, that one is that one, and the prince is the prince!"

Zhou Yi was not optimistic that the empress would succeed, but he knew that His Majesty's child would definitely ascend the throne, so he suddenly asked: "How did this cloth merchant in Sujia District, Jiangning, get through the way of the eldest prince?"

The famous post is unusual, there must be an intimate relationship, not a merchant who earns money for the eldest prince.

"Godfather, our family has had someone investigate this matter, it sounds quite legendary."

Xiao Yinzi described it vividly: "The Wu family was wiped out the year before last, which freed up a lot of cloth tribute shares. Several families in Jiangning fought fiercely, and the Su family was at the bottom in strength. It was already impossible."

"I never thought that the humble son-in-law of the Su family would be good friends with the eldest prince. He took a famous card to Jiang Ning Liu Supervisor, and the share naturally fell into the hands of the Su family!"

"The son-in-law?"

Zhou Yi was amazed: "There is such an interesting story, let's talk about it carefully!"

"Our family also heard from Supervisor Liu. It is said that the son-in-law is excellent in both poetry and poetry, and can write first-class articles, so his name has spread to the ears of the First Prince."

Xiao Yinzi said: "The two exchanged letters and met several times later. Some people said that the eldest prince praised the son-in-law for his great talent. I don't know if it is true or not."

Zhou Yi pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Tell Eunuch Liu, send someone to keep an eye on that son-in-law, the eldest prince's vision is not low!"

"As ordered."

Xiao Yinzi said: "Godfather, you are interested in that son-in-law. Our family sent someone to invite it. Why is it so troublesome? A local wealthy businessman is just an ant, and our family can easily crush him to death!"

"You guys are too crazy to do things, and sooner or later you will cause trouble."

Zhouyi taught a lesson: "When our family was not prosperous, it was difficult to sustain three meals a day. How do you know whether today's nameless son-in-law will be famous all over the world in the future?"

"Instead of ignoring the facts and arresting people, it is better to send people to investigate carefully."

"If you really have great abilities, when his status is low, you can easily send charcoal in a timely manner, and you can use him with a little favor!"

When Xiao Yinzi heard the scolding, instead of being panicked, he burst into tears of gratitude.

Kneeling on the ground, kowtow.

"Godfather taught us the principles of how to behave and how to do things. He is more kind than his parents, and the godfather has nothing to repay. This life will be handed over to godfather!"

Zhou Yi showed emotion on his face, patted Xiao Yinzi's shoulder lightly, and said kindly.

"In the entire Dongchang, our family is the most trustworthy!"

...

late at night.

Pingxi Palace.

There was a knock on the door.

The concierge saw a drunk man leaning on the door throwing up through the gap, and he was still calling the name of the courtesan of Manyuelou.

"Yo! The prince is back, we thought you would stay overnight, so we didn't keep the door open."

There was an undisguised disdain in his voice, and he wouldn't dare to say that on a normal day, but at this time the prince, Feng Ze, was so drunk that he didn't respond even if he kicked him a few times and spit out his mouth.

The door was half-opened, and Feng Ze staggered in, his body was covered in filth and gave off a sour smell.

The porter covered his nose and helped Feng Ze to the middle courtyard. A servant had already heard the sound and came to take care of him.

After a while.

The concierge looked around and saw that the palace was quiet again. He took out a note from the crack in the wall and wrote four words with charcoal.

——still trash!

The papers were folded up and stuffed at the foot of the stone lion outside the door. Someone will come to pick them up early tomorrow morning.

"Bah! This trash is so lucky, why didn't we have this life?"

The porter spat bitterly, and went back to the house to continue the night watch.

The backyard of the palace.

study.

Brightly lit.

King Pingxi was looking through the history books. After he became king, he burned all the military books to ashes.

Read the Four Books and Five Classics, read the history books and biographies, but never touch the books of war and the art of war.

The servant opened the door cautiously and carried Feng Ze in.

"Wine, wine, wine..."

Feng Ze's consciousness is chaotic, he doesn't know where he is, he grabs the servant's hand and wants to drink.

"My lord, the prince is here."

The servant got rid of Feng Ze's entanglement, and hurriedly retreated while still on the ground, lest the prince's anger would be affected.

King Pingxi looked solemn, flipped through the history books page by page, and let his son get drunk on the ground.

After a long time, I read the whole book.

"Get up, stop pretending!"

Feng Ze got up staggeringly, his true energy circulated, he sobered up from the drunkenness in an instant, and slumped on the chair casually: "Father, if I continue to pretend like this, I will really become a waste."

"That's good, maybe the Feng family can leave incense."

King Pingxi said: "It's a pity that you are not a waste. You always want to do something big, so you have no other choice as a father!"

"To do great things, there is no need to rebel."

Feng Ze said: "For example, leading soldiers to fight, or poetry and writing, ordinary people can do things that I can do better!"

"You also know that is an ordinary person."

King Pingxi sighed and said: "My father is the only king with a different surname in the dynasty. The one in the north has already listened to the instructions and refused to listen to the announcement. If the court can't take him down, it will definitely attack the Feng family!"

Feng Ze understood the truth, otherwise he would not agree to Zang Zhuo.

The Feng family seems to be in prosperity, but in fact it is in danger.

Civil officials already despise warriors, not to mention the battle of King Pingxi's destruction of the country, which gave His Majesty the confidence to measure the land and reform.

The military officer did not dare to get close to King Pingxi, for fear that His Majesty would suspect treason.

The only one who supports King Pingxi is the Zhengtong Emperor, not to mention whether the trust is forever, nor to mention that the safety of the nine clans depends on one person. It is not a good entrustment for His Majesty to be 50 years old.

"Why didn't you support the prince, but chose that dog instead?"

"As a father, if you dare to get close to any prince, you will definitely lose His Majesty's trust, and the Feng family will not survive the day of trouble."

King Pingxi said: "On the contrary, although the steward in Dongchang has a bad reputation, he does not follow the rules and uses unscrupulous methods, but his situation is very similar to being a father. He is an enemy all over the court, and more importantly, he is capable."

"The Feng family is outside, and Dongchang is inside, maybe it can find a chance for the Feng family!"

"What a glimmer of life is just an excuse for power."

Feng Ze said: "Father really wants the family to be safe, but he can write a letter to excuse his illness, resign from all official positions, and return to his hometown in the northwest to provide for the elderly. The Feng family will surely be rich for several generations!"

There were thorns in the words, and King Pingxi was not annoyed, and asked instead.

"Are you willing to go back to your hometown in the northwest?"

"Of course not!"

Feng Ze stood up abruptly, with his head held high, and a frenzy flashed in his eyes.

"Even if you bet on the lives of the Nine Clans, you still have to take a chance. Since you have to go through the world, you have to leave a few lines in the history books, even if you are a traitor or infamy!"

...

After the governor of Dongchang came back.

The capital, which was already undercurrent and turbulent, began to set off waves.

First, the doctor Yushi wrote a letter to participate in the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He was charged with selling nobles and officials and forming a party for personal gain. Your Majesty, please submit it to the Zhenfu Division for investigation.

The government and the public were in an uproar, unable to figure out what enmity these two had.

A head of Qingliu and a six-part heavenly official, both of whom are the mainstays of civil officials, would tear their faces apart.

I never thought that this was just the beginning, and several senior officials in the court wrote to participate in the performance.

As soon as the orthodox emperor came to the court, the ministers of the court and the middle court would bite each other, and the solemn and solemn early court became a vegetable market. The dignified and dignified people on weekdays almost grabbed their hair and picked their eyes to fight.

The chaotic court was completely unable to deal with affairs.

However, the orthodox emperor couldn't arrest all of them, so he had to mediate with headaches, appease the Ministry of Households today, and persuade the Ministry of Officials tomorrow.

Anyone with a discerning eye on the sidelines can see that there must be a mastermind behind the chaos in the court.

This is just a harbinger of a big storm!

Fast forward to June.

The sun is hot.

The palace has become a hot steamer, and the use of ice to dispel the heat is increasing day by day.

Seeing that the ice cubes in the cellar were exhausted, the imperial prison collected ice tribute from the people to protect the use of the harem.

After several rounds of bidding, the Jiangning Su family obtained the ice tribute qualification at a price far below the cost.

...

Imperial prison.

There are eight ice mirrors placed around, and the temperature is similar to that of autumn and winter.

Whoever breaks the ice in the palace, there will be no shortage of imperial prisons. After all, there has never been a saying in the world that a cook will starve to death.

Zhou Yi looked through the account books and calculated the cost of storing ice in the palace in previous years. Compared with the ice tribute collected from the Su family, the price difference was more than 50%, and he couldn't help but wonder.

"Where did the Su family get cheap ice? Could it be conjured out of thin air?"

Eunuch Chen, the head of the imperial supervisor, said: "Duke, it must be that the Su family got the benefits of Gongbu and deliberately sold it to the palace at a loss of money to show their loyalty to the duke."

"If it is someone else, our family will believe it."

Zhou Yi caressed his beardless chin: "The Su family in Jiangning is different, and it must be profitable!"

Xiao Yinzi heard the words and bowed to report.

"Godfather, Supervisor Liu has sent a message. Fanzi has been watching for several months and found that the man is not mysterious. Instead, he is very laid-back and lazy. He does everything slowly."

Zhou Yi shook his head and said: "Slow and slow, you can also be confident, tell Eunuch Liu to find out the secret of the Su family's ice-making!"

"As ordered."

A strange color flashed in Xiao Yinzi's eyes. He admired his godfather's methods very much, and said that if the Su family had the means to make ice, they must have it.

With these secret recipes in hand, it is equivalent to a golden mountain that cannot be dug out!

Zhou Yi knocked on the table, his mind wandering, and suddenly asked: "How did that person behave before, such as taking out the first prince's name card?"

"Report to godfather."

Xiao Yinzi said: "That man doesn't care about the Su family's business, but in order to compete for the business in Kampot, the Su family mortgaged their fields and dyeing workshops. If they can't get a share, they will go bankrupt."

"Until the debt collectors blocked the door and the Su family had no way out, that person took out the first prince's name card!"

"It turned out to be like this..."

A gleam flashed in Zhou Yi's eyes, and he immediately understood that the East Factory spies had been exposed.

The spies were all masters of the rivers and lakes, staring at the man in turn, not only did not notice anything unusual, but recognized Dongchang's identity, speculated from this, and further speculated that he must possess mysterious martial arts.

In the past, he was indifferent to the Su family's business, but this time he helped the Su family win the ice tribute, which has three meanings.

The first is to tell Zhou Yi that I already know you, the second is to use the ice tribute to express the signal of not being an enemy or even joining forces, and the second is that the method of making ice is only mediocre in his hands.

The mountains of gold and silver in the eyes of ordinary people are only used by that person to send a message!

"It's fun, it's fun!"

Zhou Yi clapped his hands and praised, it is easy to communicate with smart people, and he can explain everything clearly even thousands of miles away.

"Xiao Yinzi, is there anyone in the Su family in Jiangning who is a student or an official?"

Xiao Yinzi thought about it carefully, and said: "That man doesn't get along well with the Su family, but he takes good care of his wife. His brother-in-law failed three consecutive scientific examinations and failed the Jinshi!"

"It's good to make arrangements."

Zhou Yi ordered: "Next year Chunwei will let him become a Jinshi and seek an official in Beijing, and our family will also have to return a gift."

Xiao Yinzi asked: "Do you need to arrange a good ranking?"

"No need."

Zhou Yi said: "The return of the gift has to be done according to the person's will. If someone doesn't want to be famous, if there is a big commotion in our family, then the gift will be an enemy!"

"Godfather, don't worry, it will be done properly."

Xiao Yinzi kept that person in his heart, so he didn't need the method of making ice, and he had to make friends with him in the future.

"Go ahead, our family is going to meet an old friend."

Zhou Yi waved away his followers and walked through the palace alone, and all the servants he met kowtowed to see him.

"Good job."

"Yes, there is a future in the future."

"You can make things happen, our family said..."

Pat on the shoulder, and simply say a few words, the servant will thank you all, wishing to die for Zhouyi immediately.

Until the cold palace.

Zhou Yi glanced at the old palace gate, the paint surface was mottled, completely different from the brilliance of other areas in the palace.

"Old Lu, our family is here to see you."

While talking, he stepped in and saw the old deer lying on the steps, basking in the scorching sun, but he didn't see any sweat stains on his body.

Zhou Yi suspected more than once that Lao Lu was a peerless master, but after several trials, he was sure that he was an ordinary old eunuch, who just lived a little longer.

The old deer opened his cloudy eyes. After not seeing him for two years, he had aged a lot, and his pupils were about to scatter.

"You kid is walking, why is there no movement?"

"I'm used to it. I was on duty in the palace in the early years. Whoever walked quietly, if the heavy footsteps disturbed any nobleman, he would be pulled out and killed with a stick."

Zhou Yi didn't care about the dirt on the steps. He lay down on the steps in his purple dragon robe and asked curiously.

"Old Lu, why don't you break a sweat? Could it be that the cold and heat are not invading like our family?"

"Our family is just a bad old man, he can't compare to the famous Mr. Yi, who even killed the innate sword god!"

The old deer caressed his chest: "The mind is calm and cool, our family's heart is about to stop, how can we know whether it is hot or cold."

Zhou Yi used the technique of listening to breath, and sure enough, the old deer's heartbeat was slow and weak, as if it would stop at any time, and a gleam of joy flashed in his eyes, as expected, it was like a report from a servant in the palace.

The old deer is dying!

The servants on duty nearby are all confidantes arranged by Zhou Yi, and they are always watching the cold palace carefully.

Zhou Yi definitely didn't want to kill Lao Lu, but wanted to watch him go with his own eyes, and send him off by the way to repay the kindness of his guidance back then.

"Don't worry, Lao Lu, our family will hold a good event for you, and then find a descendant for you in Beijing, change your surname to Lu, and offer incense every year!"

"Don't bother."

The old deer shook his head and said: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, our family has long since seen through life and death, there is no such thing as hell in the world, it is just a lie to deceive believers."

Zhou Yi nodded slightly: "I'm here today, and I still have something to ask."

Lao Lu said: "Is there anything in this world that Eunuch Yi can't do?"

"Of course!"

Zhouyi said: "As the saying goes, prosperity must decline. This is an eternal truth."

"Our family is already the Chief Admiral of the Internal Affairs Department, and we have also established and managed the East Factory. It can be called the most powerful eunuch in history. Is it also going to decline?"

Happy New Year's Eve, Happy New Year!

I wish readers, gentlemen, great luck and fortune in the coming year!