For some reason, Pei Yue's outstanding performance at the Lotus Banquet was not publicized.

Except for the imperial envoy Qin Xu, everyone who was qualified to attend the banquet last night got the hint. Therefore, the two poems Pei Yue produced and his feat of being selected by the Nine Flower Chiefs at the same time were only circulated in a small area.

The person with such strong means was naturally Xue Tao, the governor. Perhaps after thinking about it, he felt that instead of betting on an illusory common enemy, it would be better to eliminate Pei Yue's influence as much as possible. At least in quelling the civil unrest in Dongqing and settling the ownership of the Lingzhou coal mine.

Before the question came up, the two imperial envoys had to rely on him, the governor of Lingzhou.

But no matter how tyrannical Xue Tao was, when Pei Yue took Lin Shuyue out of Qiujiang Tower, the whole Xingyang City quickly spread this romantic anecdote.

Since the Furong Banquet last year, many gambling houses in the city have offered bets on who can be Lin Shuyue's first guest, attracting many dirty gamblers. After the imperial envoy's honor guard arrived in Xingyang, within a few days

Many people bet on Qin Xu, the romantic envoy, but no one cares about the reclusive Pei Yue, so that the odds for Pei Yue are as high as 20 to 1.

Yesterday afternoon, several major gambling houses received large sums of bets, all of which were bought on Pei Yue. The total amount reached one hundred thousand taels. After the Furong Banquet, these gambling houses needed to pay out an astonishing two million taels! Except for one of them, one with a profound background

, I was stunned to take out the money to settle the account. The other gambling houses simply couldn't afford the loss, so in the blink of an eye, these gambling houses changed their owners.

In the manor in the east of the city, Chen Xizhi looked at several contracts on the table and said with a faint smile: "Although I hate Pei Yue, because he helped me earn a lot of money, I can let him die in the future.

You have to have some fun."

There was a kind-hearted middle-aged man standing in front of the table. Hearing this, he sighed: "Miss, this game has been arranged since two years ago. Those gambling shops opened this handicap under our inducement. In fact, they don't know that everyone Lin is Miss Ping."

As long as the time is right and Miss tightens the thread, they will have no choice but to give up the property."

Chen Xizhi said indifferently: "Anyway, I am just idle here, just making some money. Slowly take action on these gambling houses, and the money will be transferred to the Taiping Bank headquarters in Kyoto through the previous channels."

The middle-aged man said seriously: "I understand."

As early as December of the third year of Kaiping, Chen Xizhi met in this manor with the descendant of the Wang family of Dongshan in Western Wu Dynasty. From then on, she began to pave the way for Lin Shuyue to become an oiran. The middle-aged man did not expect that his family

The young lady actually buried such a button without saying a word, indifferently

Then he bought several big gambling houses in Xingyang City. He thought of the rapid development of the Chen family's industry in the west in the past two years, and couldn't help but feel a sense of awe in his heart, because the young woman in front of him also had many such seemingly idle chess tricks.

You never know when you will get an unexpected harvest.

"Miss, everyone Lin has been brought back to the imperial envoy's office by Pei Yue."

"Look again."

The middle-aged man looked confused.

Chen Xizhi frowned slightly and said: "Lin Shuyue is not the kind of woman who is stubborn, not to mention that I am not very kind to her, I just helped her. The most important thing is not to underestimate Pei Yue, if you think

He is young and has no wealth, so he will definitely plot against you again and again. In fact, I originally just wanted to place another spy next to him. After all, this brat is extremely cunning and manages his side like an iron barrel."

The middle-aged man hesitated and said: "I remember that the young lady once hinted that she opened a line with Pei Yue last year."

Chen Xizhi picked up the white porcelain cup on the table, took a sip of tea and said calmly: "That man is one of his personal soldiers, but he can't be said to be of use to me. At that time, I only found out Fang Rui's burial through him.

Land of Bones. You don’t quite understand Pei Yue’s personal feelings towards those mud-legged people.

If you are too eager, it will be counterproductive. This chess piece will take a long time to cultivate, but once it succeeds, Pei Yue will inevitably suffer great losses. In fact, if the Fang family had not personally come forward, I would not risk using it.

This hard-won chess piece."

When Fang Rui was mentioned, a ray of gloom flashed in her eyes, and then turned into an ancient well.

As for the Fang family at the back, he refers to Fang Yuntian, the son of Xie Xiao, the Duke of Zhenguo, the leader of the Southern Zhou camp.

Before the New Year in the third year of Kaiping, news of Fang Rui's death spread back to the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Fang Yuntian was determined to bring back the bones of the Pingjiang Fang family members who had been sent to Beiliang. He personally found Chen Xizhi and asked her to find out where Fang Rui's bones were buried.

Then in September of the fourth year of Kaiping, Pei Yue finally took advantage of Pei Yue's unpreparedness to bring all the bones of those people back to the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

The middle-aged man naturally knew these secrets. He shook his head and sighed: "The Fang family contributed a lot to the Hengduan Mountain incident. After all, the lady owes them a favor. It's better to repay it as soon as possible. It's just a pity that a boy from the Pei family suddenly appeared.

Disrupt the young lady’s plan, otherwise Wang Pingzhang will face a dead end and may reveal what happened back then.”

A hint of hatred appeared on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "If no one with enough weight comes forward, Liu Zheng can continue to be his good emperor and daydream about unifying the world."

Chen Xizhi looked at his slightly ferocious face and sighed: "Uncle Nong, don't call yourself a subordinate in the future."

The middle-aged man shook his head resolutely and said, "Miss, the etiquette cannot be discarded."

"After Uncle Yu left, there weren't many old people around me anymore."

Chen Xizhi's eyes were confused and his tone was very sad.

The middle-aged man was stunned. He thought of the man who was holding an iron rod like an iron tower, but had to commit suicide in the Hengduan Mountains because of Pei Yue. Anger and sadness were mixed in his heart, and his fists were clenched unconsciously.

Chen Xizhi turned to look at the summer scenery outside the window, with his fingers clasped tightly, his knuckles turned white, and his tone was slightly erratic: "My master told me back then that you should not be too paranoid as a person, and sometimes you need to learn to let go. But like you, Uncle Nong, you are like

Uncle Yu, like the uncle who is still struggling in that purgatory-like place in Kyoto, you have already sacrificed so much, how can I give up? How can I dare to give up? "

She looked away, with no sadness in her eyes, and asked expressionlessly: "Master said that he doesn't recognize me as a disciple, Ye Qi said that she has no senior sister, Aunt Leng felt in her heart that I killed too many innocent people, is it really true?

Did I do something wrong?"

The middle-aged man said every word: "No one can do it better than Miss."

"Maybe."

Chen Xizhi quickly put away that emotion and picked up a piece of paper from the table with common words written on it that no one could understand. She stuffed the letter into a simple envelope with her own hands and handed it to the middle-aged man.

Holding it in the man's hand, he whispered: "Send it to Kyoto, and it must be handed over to Tian Zi No. 3 himself."

"yes."

"Inform the man in Qingyu Mountain that he must be careful recently. If Pei Yue sees through Lin Shuyue's origins and intentions, he will definitely stay at the imperial envoy's office and pretend to play songs every night to paralyze me. But if he doesn't see through, then

He will definitely not stay in the office. If he wants to bypass Xue Tao's restrictions and promote briquettes in Lingzhou, he will definitely attack those horse bandits first."

"Miss, although Pei Yue has five hundred elite soldiers from the southern camp, he seems unable to move those horse bandits."

"I have paid close attention to him in the past two years. You don't understand this kid's character. He never shows all his strength on the surface. There must be a fist hidden under the surface. Don't forget that he has connections in the military.

Very broad.”

"My subordinates will remember it."

"It's time for chaos to start in Linqing. We can't let the money we spent before go to waste."

"yes."

"That's it for the time being. Tomorrow I will go to the west. In Xingyang City, all our people will be submerged under the water. No one can move without my order."

"yes."

The middle-aged man left the study with the strange secret letter. Chen Xizhi picked up the tea cup and blew it gently. The clear tea showed her cold and fierce face.

"Oh."
Chapter completed!