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Jiang Yanyi hugged him back. He was much taller than her, and his chin could just touch her forehead. This embracing posture made Jiang Yanyi's side face almost close to his chest, and he could clearly hear his heartbeat.

He would ask her like this, probably because he knew what Yuanshen did when he liked Lu Linyuan.

Jiang Yanyi sighed lightly: "Feng Shuo, the Jiang Yanyi you met in Xizhou is no longer the same person as the one in Beijing."

"I like you, and I only like you. I have nothing to do with Lu Linyuan. He did something wrong and he should be punished. But I don't want you to punish him severely because of me."

"You may have to fight for other things in this life, but in this relationship, you can be frank and upright, and there is no need to stain your life for irrelevant people. Even if he has a thousand ways Well, in my heart, it’s not half as good as yours.”

Feng Shuo didn't speak, his big palm landed on her back, his fingertips pierced through her thick long hair, the palm of his palm pressed against the light "color" skirt and jacket on her body, he tightened it tightly, and there was a hint of hoarseness in his voice: " thanks."

He only thought that what Jiang Yanyi said about her now was not the same person as the one in Beijing, and that it meant that Jiang Yanyi had completely bid farewell to the past.But it was impossible for him not to be touched by the subsequent confession.

He has been fighting for it all his life, and it was the first time someone told him that he didn't have to fight for something, because it belonged to him.

It was also the first time that someone cared about his reputation. He was no different from Yan Luo in the eyes of the world, and he was used to any infamy.The feeling of being cherished now is strange but makes him yearn for it.

When he was young in the palace, how many times he was pointed at his nose and scolded him for not living in this world. Even when his mother and concubine saw the countless scars on his body, she would cry and say to him, maybe at first He shouldn't have been brought into this world.

He has always been abandoned like a shoestring, even if the earth was broken and the world respected and feared him, it was only because of his status as the king of Liaonan and his previous achievements.

Feng Shuo closed his eyes, letting the turbulent emotions in his heart slowly calm down.

Jiang Yanyi pressed his face against the fox fur border on his cloak, and said, "It's the same for my sister-in-law, you just deal with it fairly, and don't think about exporting malice for me."

She didn't want Feng Shuo to surrender himself to do such a thing.

Feng Shuo asked: "Don't you hate her?"

Jiang Yanyi said: "Yan Gui and I have done a lot of excessive things to her since we were young. I was punished for the wrong things I did. I have no right to hate what I should bear. I only hope that there will be no intersection. Good. There are reasons for her to exile me to Xizhou, break Yangui's leg, kill my mother, and force the Chu family to this field, but the real culprit is the emperor, and I should hate him too emperor."

In all fairness, Yuanshen's third mother, after all, took the title of a vicious supporting role. She beat and scolded Jiang Yanxi since she was a child, and Yuanshen even found someone to destroy her innocence.Jiang Yanxi, as an ancient heroine with a bitter love, was basically bullied in the Jiang family in the early stage, and bullied by the concubines after entering the palace.

When she read the novel, she didn't like the soft and weak character of the heroine very much, especially after being robbed by the heroine in various ways, she said hate on her lips, but loved her to death in her heart, it really made her wish Rushed into the book, picked up the heroine and shook it, to clear the water from her mind.

Now that she's really transmigrated, she's still using a script of a vicious female supporting role. When encountering male and female protagonists who are careless, she has to be led by a dog. She just wants to stay away from them.Yuanzhen herself and her relatives have already received a hundred times more severe punishment than the heroine, and they have already paid off what they owed the heroine.

Jiang Yanxi committed a crime, and the punishment she deserved was that she didn't want to see Feng Shuo deliberately deal with Jiang Yanxi for her own sake.

The debt owed to her mother and the Chu family by the emperor and Jiang Shangshu, one day she will let them pay back.

She let Feng Shuo know Jiang Yanxi's identity in order to keep the initiative in their hands.After all, she wasn't out of her mind, so she couldn't help Jiang Yanxi and Lu Linyuan hide Feng Shuo together.

Feng Shuo remained silent, Jiang Yanyi looked up at him: "Why, do you think I'm indecisive?"

Feng Shuo darkened his eyes and said, "No."

When he let go of his arms, he held Jiang Yanyi's face with both hands, and a thin and lingering kiss fell between her brows and eyes. The heavy snow was still falling, and the snowflakes on his face were cold, but his lips were warm of.

He kissed eagerly, as if afraid of losing something.

She is always frank, and she can never tell the difference between right and wrong.

He had always been afraid that Jiang Yanyi would have extra affection for Lu Linyuan, because Lu Linyuan was born in a family of Zhongming Dingshi, and he was full of integrity and pride.

Which girl in the world doesn't like such an upright man, but every step he takes is through treachery, he is despicable, he is shameless, and he does everything he can, because only in this way can he survive.

With her temperament, what she likes is probably the kind of honest gentleman in the book.

Jiang Yanyi was stunned by Feng Shuo's kiss, her crow-feather eyelashes trembled slightly, and she remembered in a daze that the first time he kissed her seemed to be on such a snowy day.

When Feng Shuo kissed her lips, tiger teeth bit her plump lower lip lightly: "What are you thinking?"

Jiang Yan said vaguely, "I'm thinking of you."

The uneasiness in my heart was miraculously soothed by these words.

Feng Shuo ended the kiss, Chong Ni pinched the tip of her nose, "What lip balm did you put on today?"

Jiang Yanyi blushed: "I didn't paint it today."

She just came over from the Chu family, so she didn't bring her lip balm.

Feng Shuo pursed his lips, as if he was really judging, then raised his head to look at her and said narrowly, "It's so sweet."

Jiang Yanyi blushed even more. When she came over, she drank white fungus, lily and lotus seed soup. Mrs. Chu is old and her taste buds are not very sensitive, so the food tastes relatively strong, and the lotus seed soup contains a lot of sugar.

She swung her fist and smashed Feng Shuo's chest: "Not serious."

Feng Shuo easily grabbed her fist and wrapped it in his palm. Seeing her blushing, he stopped teasing her.

He knew that the whole of Xizhou is now full of unfavorable remarks about the Chu family. She didn't say anything, but she was also worried in her heart. She came here suddenly today, maybe it was also for the Chu family, and said: "The rumors about the Chu family outside will soon disappear. If you can cover it, don’t worry.”

His tone was firm, but Jiang Yanyi was a bit "confused". Rumors and rumors are like a scourge, and they cannot be blocked by force. After experiencing the Internet information age of later generations, she knows that if she wants to cover up a topic, she must lead to another, more serious topic. controversial topic.

The emperor of the Chu family poured this pot of sewage, and there is no other way to cover it up except for waiting for people to forget it.

"What are you going to do?" she asked.

Feng Shuo said: "If I rebel, no one will talk about the Chu family's affairs."

Jiang Yanyi was really taken aback, she was stunned for a moment, and pointed out the key point: "Everything must have a legitimate reason to call the master famous."

Although the new emperor is violent, since he succeeded to the throne, he has suppressed his relatives who covered the sky with one hand, and he has developed a sharp knife like the Fan family. Although the Fan family is notorious, it is undeniable that the new emperor used the Fan family to repel Dissidents, checking and balancing relatives, promoted a group of courtiers who were loyal to him.

The minister of the Lu family for generations, Lu Dashi, as a great Confucian in the world, does not agree with the new emperor's ideas. One is that the new emperor sacrificed too many innocent people when he rectified the court, and the other is that the new emperor is too emotionally motivated. The relegation of concubines to courtiers was really beyond the tolerance of Mr. Lu, so he angrily reprimanded the new emperor in the Golden Palace.

In terms of personal enmity, there must be innocent and implicated families who hate the new emperor, but this can't shake the root of it. If they rebel for their own private enmity, they will not gain power among the people.

Without touching their own fundamental interests, no one wants to live a life of displacement.

Unless...she publicized the fact that she was punished by the new emperor to work as a "prostitute" in Xizhou, and the new emperor lost his virtue, then there would be a reason to oppose him.

Feng Shuo seemed to know what she was thinking, he squeezed her palm and said, "Back then, Mu Wuhou was defeated in the battle of Yingzhou, so that all the Daxuan people in the [-]th city of Yingzhou were slaughtered by Minghan Kingdom. The court was shocked, and Mu Wuhou "suicide" in fear of crime, and then Mu's family was ransacked and beheaded. But when I took over the battlefield in the southern border, I discovered that there were many strange things in it, and Mu Wuhou's death was not simple."

At that time, Chen Guogong spent a lot of money to replace the Mu family brothers with two death row prisoners, so as to deceive the world.After resigning from office, he entrusted the Mu family brothers to Feng Shuo.Mu Xuanqing followed Feng Shuo through life and death, just to find out the truth about Mu Wuhou's death and to avenge the Mu family.

And in the battle where both he and Mu Xuanqing almost died in battle, Mu Xuanqing once received a feathered arrow in the army tent, with a note on the arrow that said "If you want to know the cause of Marquis Wu's death, stick to Yingzhou for three days".It's a pity that they insisted on not waiting for the truth of Mu Wuhou's death after all, but only waiting for the army of Ming Han to suppress the border.

Jiang Yanyi was horrified when he heard the words: "The fall of Yingzhou has something to do with the emperor?"

Feng Shuo's eyes were deep: "After that battle, the military power of the Mu family fell into the hands of the empress dowager's relatives, the Gao family. The new emperor can successfully seize the throne and sit on the dragon throne. The military power of the Mu family still deters many people."

When the new emperor registered, he was seriously injured and was still on the run. If Mu Xuanqing hadn't blocked the ax for him, he would probably have died on the battlefield. Whether the posterity scolded him for his ineffective defense of the city or lamented his death Martyrdom is also unknown.

Even though he knew the imperial family's methods of seizing the heir were dirty, Jiang Yanyi still felt disgusted when Feng Shuo talked about the past.

Under the power of the emperor, how many loyal ministers have been buried.

If Feng Shuo's speculation is true, then the change in Yingzhou back then not only allowed the new emperor to gain military power, but also removed the threat of Feng Shuo.

Enduring the discomfort in her heart, she asked, "Have you found any evidence over the years?"

"If there is evidence, Chi Qing would not dare to use his original surname." His tone was low, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes were already sharp: "But the evidence back then was nowhere to be found. The new emperor appointed Fan Yaonian and the Turkic prince Evidence of joints is not hard to find."

The Turkic prince is still in prison, even if the Turkic prince refuses to admit it, it is not difficult for him to put his fingerprints on the indictment. Although Fan Yaonian died, his father Fan Wei is still there.The Fan family turned against each other. In a sense, they were on the same front.

Fan Wei hated the new emperor deeply, so Fan Wei would definitely be happy to let him cooperate in accusing the new emperor.

In order to get rid of a thorn in the side of the prince, he did not hesitate to lure wolves into the house.Regardless of whether the new emperor's plan is to let him fight with the Turks and lose both sides, and then the fisherman will gain a profit, which will not only eliminate him but also consume the Turks' troops, the world will be ashamed when the truth is spread.

If the kingship is supreme, will the common people live like ants?

***

When Feng Shuo went to interrogate Lu Linyuan again, Lu Linyuan was sick due to the wind and cold, his complexion was pale, and his lips were so chapped that a layer of skin appeared.

But when he saw Feng Shuo, he immediately sat upright, trying his best to make his demeanor look flawless, as if he was the most respectful student in front of the saint.

"I have seen the prince...cough cough..." He coughed after seeing the ceremony.

Feng Shuo was sitting on the grand master's chair, the cell was dark, only a few rays of light from the torch on the wall, his stern face was half reflected in the firelight, half hidden in the shadows, without saying a word, he gave Lu Linyuan Endless pressure.

Feng Shuo waited for Lu Linyuan to finish coughing before asking: "You came under my command, and I have never treated you poorly. Today, I want to hear from you personally, who is the woman surnamed Li?"

Lu Linyuan was terrified. Looking at Feng Shuo's sharp and majestic phoenix eyes, he suddenly had a feeling that Feng Shuo already knew everything, and asking him now was just to give him one last chance.

He had always admired the King of Liaonan, but now he was suspicious of him, Lu Linyuan felt uncomfortable.

The nails stuck into the palm of his hand but he didn't feel any pain. He closed his eyes and finally confessed: "This official is guilty, and this official deceived the prince. She... is the eldest daughter of the Jiang family."

Feng Shuo looked coldly: "Chi Qingke asked you more than once, why didn't you tell me?"

Lu Linyuan said with some embarrassment: "I'm ashamed, I just don't want the political disputes to affect the innocent."

Jiang Yanxi was once the emperor's favorite concubine, and in Feng Shuo's hands, the best thing would be to become Feng Shuo's weight against the emperor. After all, she is a girl who has been infatuated with her for a lifetime. Even if the relationship fades, he can't bear to see her well. It is easy to get free, but in a blink of an eye he becomes a hostage again.

He originally thought that the people under him would take away the token that the Turkic prince had given to Jiang Yanxi, and then send her to the countryside. His people would give her a large sum of money, and she would spend her life incognito, and the fate of the two of them ended here. That's all, how could Jiang Yanxi turn back to find her and expose her true identity.

On the one hand, Lu Linyuan felt ashamed to face Feng Shuo again, on the other hand, he was worried about Jiang Yanxi's safety.

He knelt down and kowtowed to Feng Shuo: "I know I am ashamed of the prince."

After hearing his words, Feng Shuo just sneered: "Affecting the innocent? Did you know that she almost helped Ogusdan send a letter to the Turkic stump?"

Chi Qing took Jiang Yanxi to Ogusdan for a test, and sure enough, he tried something, and then threatened Lu Linyuan to "force" Jiang Yanxi to tell her what Ogusdan told her when he let her escape. Send people to the Beichengmen tea house to trap Turkic stumps.

Hearing this, Lu Linyuan's face paled instantly, and he said in pain: "She must be...not aware of the identity of the Turkic prince."

If he had been in the carriage at that time, he would have exposed Ogusdan's identity. Jiang Yanxi would not be foolish enough to regard the enemy prince as a savior. Lu Linyuan regrets it now.

Even if Jiang Yanxi was unintentional, once the news got out, it would be the same as collaborating with the enemy, and it would not be an exaggeration for Feng Shuo to kill her.

Hearing his defense, Feng Shuo's eyes turned colder: "I heard that when you were demoted to Xizhou, you also worked in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Is this how the Ministry of Criminal Justice handles cases?"

Beads of sweat slipped from the corners of Lu Linyuan's forehead. He couldn't help but watch Jiang Yanxizhen being executed by Feng Shuo. An itchy feeling rose up in his throat. He coughed and said, "My lord, I heard that the emperor values ​​her very much. You just spare her life. This matter is indeed Linyuan's shame on the prince, Linyuan is willing to do his best to repay the favor of the prince's cultivation, I hope the prince will give Linyuan another chance!"

It might be better for Jiang Yanxi to be a hostage than to be treated as a Turkic accomplice.

Before Feng Shuo could open his mouth, Xing Yao came in from the outside suddenly, and whispered something to Feng Shuo, Feng Shuo's expression changed slightly, he didn't continue to interrogate Lu Linyuan, got up and left the prison.

Lu Linyuan vaguely heard Xing Yao's deliberately lowered voice coming from the corridor outside the cell, as if he was talking about the Chu family or something.

Does Feng Shuo's sudden departure have anything to do with the Chu family?

Chu Changping was indeed capable. When he thought that the Chu family had moved to Xizhou, and he still had to hide, and that no one dared to touch the Lu family in the capital because of Mr. Lu's prestige among Confucian scholars, Lu Linyuan became very anxious.

He had a fever and a splitting headache, trying to find information about the Chu family at this time from the memory of his previous life.

In the previous life, Chu Changping also came to Xizhou to collect Jiang Yanyi's body, but it was indeed Jiang Yanyi who died at that time.

In the end, everyone in the Chu family was imprisoned, and only Chu Changping survived with the help of the eldest princess.Chu Changping's only son was captured alive, and Chu Changping took his old troops to rescue people. Just in time for the emperor to leave the palace to look for Jiang Yanxi, the two groups met, and both Chu Changping and his only son died under random arrows.

Lu Linyuan felt that he must have lost his mind from the fever. Chu Changping died, but what he thought was that Jiang Yanyi and his brother would have a hard time in Xizhou in the future.

***

Outside the cell, Feng Shuo listened to Xing Yao's report on the urgent report from Danzhou, his face was full of gloom: "The garrison in Danzhou is less than [-], where did you get the [-] troops from?"

Chi Qing, who had just rushed over, was also in a state of distress: "According to reports from the spies, although the leader of the army is Gao Yuanju, the empress dowager's nephew, there are still [-] imperial troops accompanying him. I'm afraid the real leader is the one on the dragon chair. The troops of the Gao family. General Chu led [-] elite cavalry and dared not attack him head-on, and now that the people are scolding the Chu family, General Chu and others are in a dilemma, and the court has been encircling and suppressing them, so they have to hide on the mountain."

Feng Shuo only pondered for a moment, then said: "Let the news out that the concubine of the Jiang family is in our hands, let's see how the emperor reacts. Send another person to meet Chu Changping, just in case."

Feng Shuo had also heard of the emperor's crazy actions for Jiang Yanxi's sake. Even when Jiang Yanxi arrived in Xizhou, the emperor secretly led his troops to the north. Feng Shuo felt that this might be related.

If the emperor really valued Jiang Yanxi, it would be great if Jiang Yanxi could be used as a pawn in exchange for Chu Changping's only son.

Chu Changping's only son, Chu Chengmao, was once the number one scholar, but later he abandoned literature and went to martial arts. It's just that in those few years, Mu Xuanqing was too popular, and Jingzhong Erlang was overshadowed by him. Chu Chengmao had just entered the military camp again. She achieved a little success, and her fame was overshadowed by Mu Xuanqing.

Feng Shuo walked out, Chi Qing followed him and said, "There is one more thing I need to ask you for instructions. The emperor's troops are entrenched in Danzhou. Once the news of your incident spreads, it will be easy for the emperor to lead troops to intercept Yuzhou. , without food roads, hundreds of thousands of soldiers here in Xizhou will starve to death. According to my subordinates, I have to send people to Yuzhou to lobby the Marquis of Xing’an. We have to find another way to buy grain and grass that can last at least three months."

Feng Shuo said, "Just do as you say."

Chi Qing bitterly asked: "Who are you sending to Yuzhou?"

Feng Shuo paused, thought for a moment and said, "Lu Linyuan."

A little confusion flashed in Chi Qing's eyes, but the next moment the fox's eyes shone brightly, and he cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness is brilliant."

The Lu family is family friends with the Marquis of Xing'an, so it is perfect for Lu Linyuan to lobby the Marquis of Xing'an.

For the sake of Grand Scholar Lu, no matter how cruel the Marquis of Xing'an was, he couldn't just cut off the head of his old friend's son.

Moreover, this move could test Lu Linyuan's loyalty.

Previously, Feng Shuo still thought that Lu Linyuan was useful, so he turned around and lied, but now no matter how loyal Lu Linyuan is, Feng Shuo doesn't dare to believe him completely, so he can take this opportunity to try him out.

Feng Shuo ignored Chi Qing's flattery, and he told Xing Yao: "Take a tight word about Chu Changping, don't spread it out, and the concubine of the Jiang family will take strict care of her, and she must not commit suicide or run away."

Xing Yao clasped his fists in response.He didn't know that Feng Shuo didn't let the news leak out, probably because he was afraid that Jiang Yanyi would be worried when he learned that Chu Changping was in danger.

Once it is decided to turn against the imperial court, Feng Shuo and his staff still have a lot to discuss. In order to prevent the Turks, the city wall in the north of Xizhou will be strengthened every year, but the city defense in the south is too weak. Still have to start arming.

***

Jiang Yanyi went back to the antique soup shop and looked around, and found that even if she was not in the shop, the business would not be bad. She was finally relieved that she didn't have to guard the shop all the time, so she could free up time to do more other things.

Bing Shao said that all the pots and stoves at the noodle shop were ready for use, and Jiang Yanyi went to the noodle shop with Bing Shao in the afternoon with the idea of ​​opening the noodle shop early and making money.

There are five qualified master chefs in the noodle shop, two are good at making noodles, and three are good at rolling noodles.

The so-called pan noodles is to put the fermented dough strips into a large vat for noodles. After the noodles are fermented, they are twisted into thin strips as thick as a thumb and quickly wrapped around two wooden poles. This step is to wind the noodles. The noodles also need secondary fermentation.

The noodles that have been successfully fermented for the second time are taken to a ventilated place to dry. One wooden pole is placed on a high shelf to hang the noodles, and the other wooden pole drags the noodles with appropriate strength. The thin strips become dried noodles of uniform thickness, which can be stored for a long time after drying.

These veterans who have been bearding noodles for decades don't need Jiang Yanyi to talk too much, every step of the process is engraved in their bones.

On the first day of work, the other guys were also in high spirits, and they all worked hard to show off their fists in front of Jiang Yanyi.

Among these people, the shortest one has been in the industry for five or six years. I don't know what Jiang Yanyi used to make a large pot and order a steamer the size of a dustpan, but Jiang Yanyi asked them to light the pot with the steamer, and they didn't Dare to raise objections, everything is done.

Jiang Yanyi saw that the hanging noodles had turned into filaments, so he asked the waiter to take them down, put them in a steamer and steam them until they were cooked, then continue to wind the steamed noodles with wooden poles like making vermicelli, and then put them in the beaten soil. Kiln dried.

This earth kiln is the kind of earth kiln specially made for roasting whole sheep. When Jiang Yanyi built it, he specially asked the mason to make it bigger. It can hang nearly ten wooden poles in at a time, seal the kiln mouth, and use charcoal fire underneath. After a few hours of baking, the water in the noodles will be completely dry.

Although this method is not comparable to the industrial manufacturing of later generations, it is already the fastest and easiest method under the current production conditions.

Take out the dried instant noodles and cut them into noodle pieces with a guillotine.

Because the density of the steamed noodles is different, the cut noodles also have their own ugly methods. Limited by the current technology, Jiang Yanyi can only let the guys pick the cut noodles, and the denser noodles One piece will be sold for two pennies and one piece, and the sparser ones will be one penny for one piece.

The guys were very surprised by the instant noodles they made. Even if there was no seasoning sauce, they boiled water directly, and only put salt to soak a piece of noodle cake.

The non-fried instant noodles taste bland, and there is no special seasoning sauce. This bowl of instant noodles with only salty taste is really not delicious, but the guys are still very excited.Before today, they never thought that steaming noodles before drying them could turn them into ready-to-eat food.

Realizing that this would be a way to make a lot of money, the guys didn't need Jiang Yanyi's encouragement, and they were willing to work overtime to make pasta.

Jiang Yanyi brought the noodle cakes that were made that afternoon to the antique soup shop to sell, and because they were sold directly at the door, they were almost sold out.

Knowing that instant noodles are now available, and many people came to place orders in advance, Jiang Yanyi wrote several pages of reservations.