Chapter 88 (Catching Bugs) Feng Shuo said: It's so sweet...

Jiang Yanyi hugged him back. He was much taller than her, and his chin could just touch her forehead. This hugging posture caused Jiang Yanyi's face to be almost pressed against his chest, and she could clearly hear his heartbeat.

He asked her this because he probably knew what his original self did when he liked Lu Linyuan.

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

"I like you, and only you. What Lu Linyuan does has nothing to do with me. 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 open and honest. There is no need to taint your life for people who have nothing to do with you. Even if he has a thousand good points, he is not half as good as you in my heart."

Feng Shuo didn't say anything, his big hand fell on her back, his fingertips penetrated her thick long hair, his palm pressed against the light-colored skirt on her body, and tightened it hard, There was a hint of hoarseness in his voice: "Thank you."

He just thought that the current her in Jiang Yanyi's mouth was not the same person as the her in Beijing, which 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 had been fighting for his whole life, and for the first time someone told him that there were some things he didn't have to fight for, because they belonged to him. It was

also the first time that someone cared about his reputation. In the eyes of the world, he was no different from Yan Luo, and any insults could be put on him, and he was used to it. Now this feeling of being cherished, strange but made him greedy.

When he was young in the palace, he was scolded many times for not being supposed to live in this world. Even his mother cried and told him that maybe he should not have been brought into this world in the first place when she saw the countless scars on his body.

He had always been treated like a worn-out shoe. Even though he was later crowned as a king and people respected and feared him, it was only because of his identity as the King of Liaoning and his past military achievements.

Feng Shuo closed his eyes and let the surging emotions in his heart calm down slowly.

Jiang Yanyi leaned her face against the fox fur with the edging on his cloak and said, "The same goes for my sister. Just handle it impartially and don't think of saying anything malicious on my behalf."

She didn't want Feng Shuo to lower 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 have been punished for the wrong things I have done, and I have no right to hate what I should have borne. I just hope that we will never have any intersection again. She was responsible for exiling me to Xizhou, breaking Yan Gui's legs, killing my mother, and forcing the Chu family to this point, but the real culprit is the emperor, and I should hate the emperor too."

To be fair, the original body, Niang San, was given the title of a vicious supporting role after all. She had been beating and scolding Jiang Yanxi since she was a child, and the original body even hired someone to discredit her innocence. Jiang Yanxi is a bitter and innocent heroine. She was bullied in the Jiang family in the early stage, and was bullied by concubines after entering the palace. She had to rely on the hero or the second male lead to save her every time.

When she read the novel, she didn't like the weak character of the heroine, especially after being robbed by the hero, she said she hated him but loved him to death in her heart. She really wanted to rush into the book, pick up the heroine and shake her, and drain the water from her head.

Now she has really traveled through time, and she is still in the script of a vicious female supporting role. If she encounters the hero and heroine, she will die if she is not careful. She just wants to stay away from them. The original body and her relatives have been punished a hundred times more than the heroine. They have paid off what they owed the heroine.

Jiang Yanxi had committed a crime, so she should be punished as she deserved. She didn't want to see Feng Shuo deliberately dealing with Jiang Yanxi for her own sake.

Every wrong has its perpetrator, and the emperor and Minister Jiang owed her mother and the Chu family, and one day she would make them pay.

She let Feng Shuo know Jiang Yanxi's identity so that the initiative would always be in their hands. After all, she was not stupid, and she couldn't help Jiang Yanxi and Lu Linyuan hide the truth from Feng Shuo.

Feng Shuo didn't say anything. Jiang Yanyi looked up at him: "Why, do you think I'm indecisive?"

Feng Shuo's dark eyes were heavy, and he said: "No."

When he loosened his arms, he held Jiang Yanyi's face with his hands instead, and the small and lingering kisses fell on her eyebrows. The snow was still falling, and the snowflakes fell on her face and were cold, but his lips were warm.

He kissed eagerly, as if he was afraid of losing something.

She was always frank and always knew right from wrong.

He had always been afraid that Jiang Yanyi had feelings for Lu Linyuan because Lu Linyuan was born in a wealthy family and was full of righteousness and pride.

Which girl in the world doesn't like such an upright man? But every step he took was through intrigue and cunning. He was mean, shameless, and unscrupulous, because only in this way could he survive.

With her personality, she probably likes the kind of upright gentlemen in the books.

Jiang Yanyi was stunned by Feng Shuo's kiss. Her crow-feather eyelashes trembled slightly. She vaguely remembered that the first time he kissed her seemed to be on a snowy day like this.

When Feng Shuo kissed her lips, his tiger fangs gently bit her plump lower lip: "What are you thinking about?"

Jiang Yanyi said vaguely: "Thinking about you."

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

Feng Shuo ended the kiss and dotingly pinched the tip of her nose, "What lipstick did you put on today?"

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

She just came from the Chu family and didn't bring any lipstick.

Feng Shuo pursed his lips, as if he was really judging. After a moment, he raised his head and looked at her and said timidly: "It's strangely sweet."

Jiang Yanyi blushed even more. She drank Tremella, Lily and Lotus Seed Soup when she came here. Old Madam Chu was old and her taste buds were not very sensitive, so she had a stronger taste for food. There was a little more sugar in the lotus seed soup.

She raised her pink fist and hit Feng Shuo on the chest: "Not serious."

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

He knew that the whole of Xizhou was full of negative comments about the Chu family. She didn't say it, but she was actually worried in her heart. She came here suddenly today, probably for the Chu family, so she said, "The rumors about the Chu family will soon be covered up, don't worry."

His tone was firm, but Jiang Yanyi was a little confused. Rumors were like a flood and a beast, and they could not be blocked by force. Having experienced the Internet information age in the future, she knew that in order to cover up a topic, she had to bring up another more controversial topic.

The emperor splashed this basin of dirty water on the Chu family. How else could he cover it up except waiting for people to forget it themselves.

She asked, "What are you going to do?"

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

Jiang Yanyi was really surprised. She was stunned for a moment and pointed out the key point: "Any action must have a legitimate reason to be justified."

Although the new emperor was violent, since he took the throne, he suppressed the all-powerful relatives and forged the Fan family, a sharp blade that could cut whatever he pointed at. Although the Fan family was notorious, it could not be denied that the new emperor used the Fan family to exclude dissidents, check and balance the relatives, and promote a group of court officials who were loyal to him.

The Lu family has been a loyal minister for generations. As a great scholar of the time, Mr. Lu has different ideas from the new emperor. One is that the new emperor sacrificed too many innocent people when he rectified the court. The other is that the new emperor is too emotional. He demoted ministers for the sake of concubines, which is really unbearable for Mr. Lu, so he angrily rebuked the new emperor in the Golden Palace.

In terms of personal grudges, there must be innocent families who hate the new emperor, but this cannot shake his foundation. Rebellion for personal grudges will not gain power among the people.

No one is willing to live a life of displacement without touching their fundamental interests.

Unless... she publicizes the fact that she was punished by the new emperor to be a camp prostitute in Xizhou, and the new emperor is immoral, then there is a reason to rebel against him.

Feng Shuo seemed to know what she was thinking. He pinched her palm and said, "Back then, Marquis Mu Wu was defeated in a battle in Yingzhou, so that the people of Daxuan in the fourteen cities of Yingzhou were all massacred by Minghan State. The whole court was shocked. Marquis Mu Wu committed suicide out of fear of crime, and then the Mu family was exterminated. But when I took over the battlefield in the southern border, I found that there were many strange things. Marquis Mu Wu's death was not simple."

At that time, Duke Chen went to great lengths to replace the Mu brothers with two death row prisoners to cover up the truth. After resigning from office and returning to seclusion, he entrusted the Mu brothers to Feng Shuo. Mu Xuanqing followed Feng Shuo through life and death, just to find out the truth about Marquis Mu Wu's death and clear the Mu family's name.

In the battle where he and Mu Xuanqing were almost killed, Mu Xuanqing received a feather arrow in the military tent with a note attached to it saying "If you want to know the cause of Wu Hou's death, defend Yingzhou for three days". Unfortunately, they did not wait for the truth of Mu Wu Hou's death, but only waited for the Minghan Kingdom's army to press on.

Jiang Yanyi was shocked when he heard this: "The loss of Yingzhou, is it related to the emperor?"

Feng Shuo's eyes were deep: "After that battle, the military power of the Mu family fell into the hands of the Queen Mother's relatives Gao family. The new emperor was able to successfully seize the throne. The military power of the Mu family still frightened many people."

When the new emperor was enthroned, he was seriously injured and still on the run. If Mu Xuanqing hadn't blocked the axe for him, he would probably have died on the battlefield. It is unknown whether future generations will spit on him for not defending the city or lament that he died for his country.

Although he knew that the royal family's method of seizing the throne was dirty, Jiang Yanyi still felt disgusted when he heard Feng Shuo talk about this past.

How many loyal ministers were buried under the power of the emperor.

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

She endured the discomfort in her heart and asked: "Have you found evidence in these years?"

"If there is evidence, Chi Qing would not dare to use his original surname until now." He spoke in a low voice, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes were sharp: "But the evidence of that year can't be found, but it is not difficult to find evidence that the new emperor appointed Fan Yaonian to contact the Turkic prince."

The Turkic prince is still in prison. Even if the Turkic prince refuses to admit it, it is not difficult to let him put his fingerprints on the confession. Although Fan Yaonian is dead, his father Fan Wei is still alive. The Fan family turned against them. In a sense, they are on the same front.

Fan Wei hates the new emperor to the core, and Fan Wei will certainly be happy to let him cooperate in accusing the new emperor.

In order to remove a thorn in the flesh, he did not hesitate to invite a wolf into the house. Regardless of whether the new emperor's plan was to let him fight with the Turks and then win, he had eliminated him and consumed the Turkic troops. Once the truth was spread, the world would be ashamed.

The king's power was supreme, so were the lives of the common people the same as ants?

When Feng Shuo went to interrogate Lu Linyuan again, Lu Linyuan was sick due to a cold, his skin was pale, and his lips were cracked.

But when he saw Feng Shuo, he immediately sat up straight and tried to make himself look impeccable, as if he was the most respectful student in front of the saint.

"Your humble servant has seen the prince... cough cough..." He coughed after paying his respects.

Feng Shuo sat on the armchair. The cell was dark, with only a few rays of light from the torches on the wall. His stern face was half illuminated by the firelight and half hidden in the shadows. Without saying a word, he put endless pressure on Lu Linyuan.

Feng Shuo waited until Lu Linyuan finished coughing before asking, "You have been under my command, and I have never treated you badly. Today, I want to hear from you in person, who is that woman surnamed Li?"

Lu Linyuan was terrified. He looked at Feng Shuo's fierce and majestic eyes, and suddenly had a feeling that Feng Shuo already knew everything, and now he asked him just to give him one last chance.

He has always admired the King of Liaoning, but now he is suspected by him. Lu Linyuan feels uncomfortable.

His nails pierced into his palm but he didn't feel any pain. He closed his eyes and finally said frankly: "I am guilty. I deceived the king. 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 embarrassment: "I feel guilty. I just don't want the political disputes to affect innocent people."

Jiang Yanxi was once the emperor's favorite concubine. The best case scenario for her to fall into Feng Shuo's hands was that she would become a bargaining chip for Feng Shuo to fight against the emperor. After all, she was a girl he had been obsessed with for a lifetime. Even if their feelings faded, he couldn't bear to see her finally get her freedom and become a hostage again in the blink of an eye.

He originally thought that he would let his men take the token that the Turkic prince gave to Jiang Yanxi, and then send her to the countryside. His men would give her a large sum of money, and she would live out her life in anonymity. Their relationship would end there, but he did not expect that Jiang Yanxi would come back to find him and reveal her true identity.

Lu Linyuan felt ashamed to face Feng Shuo again, and at the same time he was worried about Jiang Yanxi's safety.

He knelt down and kowtowed to Feng Shuo: "I am ashamed of myself, Your Majesty."

After hearing what he said, Feng Shuo just sneered: "Innocent people are affected? Do you know that she almost helped Ugusdan to pass the message to the Turkish spy?"

Chi Qing took Jiang Yanxi to Ugusdan to try, and sure enough, he found something. Then he threatened Jiang Yanxi with Lu Linyuan and forced her to tell him what Ugusdan told her when he asked her to escape. Now he has sent people to the teahouse at the north city gate to capture the Turkish spy.

Lu Linyuan's face turned pale when he heard this. He said painfully, "She must be...unaware of the identity of the Turkic prince."

If he had exposed Ugusdan's identity on the carriage at that time, Jiang Yanxi would not have been so foolish as to regard the prince of the enemy country as her savior. Lu Linyuan regretted it now.

Even if Jiang Yanxi did it unintentionally, once the news got out, it would be the same as colluding with the enemy. Feng Shuo would not be wrong to kill her.

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

Beads of sweat the size of beans slid down Lu Linyuan's forehead. He couldn't bear to watch Jiang Yanxi being executed by Feng Shuo. His throat itched in a hurry. He coughed and said, "Your Highness, I heard that the emperor values ​​her very much. Please spare her life. I am indeed ashamed of you for this matter. I am willing to work hard for you to repay you for your cultivation. I hope you will give me another chance!"

Rather than being treated as a Turkic accomplice, it might be better for Jiang Yanxi to be a hostage.

Before Feng Shuo opened his mouth, Xing Yao suddenly came in from outside in a hurry and whispered something to Feng Shuo. Feng Shuo's expression changed slightly. He stopped interrogating Lu Linyuan and stood up to leave the prison.

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

Feng Shuo's sudden departure, is it related to the Chu family?

Chu Changping is indeed a capable person. When he thought about the Chu family having moved to Xizhou and he had to hide, and that no one in the capital dared to touch the Lu family because of the prestige of Master Lu among Confucian scholars, Lu Linyuan was extremely anxious.

He had a fever and a splitting headache, and tried hard to find information about the Chu family during this period from his memories of the previous life.

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

In the end, all the members of the Chu family were imprisoned, and only Chu Changping survived with the help of the Grand Princess. Chu Changping's only son was captured alive. Chu Changping took his old subordinates to rescue him. Just as the emperor came out of the palace to look for Jiang Yanxi, the two groups of people met, and Chu Changping and his only son were killed by random arrows.

Lu Linyuan felt that he must have been delirious due to the fever. When Chu Changping died, he thought that Jiang Yanyi and his brother would not have a good life in Xizhou in the future.

Outside the prison, Feng Shuo listened to Xing Yaohui's urgent report from Danzhou, and his face was gloomy: "There are less than 5,000 troops stationed in Danzhou, where did the 30,000 troops come from?"

Chi Qing, who had just rushed over, was also worried: "According to the spies, although the army is led by the Queen Mother's nephew Gao Yuanju, there are also 1,000 imperial guards accompanying him. I'm afraid the real leader is the one sitting on the throne, and the troops mobilized should also be the Gao family's garrison. The Chu generals led 3,000 elite cavalry and dared not to attack them head-on. In addition, the people are now cursing the Chu family. The Chu generals and others were in a dilemma, and the imperial court was constantly besieging them, so they had to hide in the mountains. "

Feng Shuo pondered for a moment and said, "Spread the news that the concubine of the Jiang family is in our hands, and see how the emperor reacts. Send someone else to support Chu Changping, just in case."

Feng Shuo had heard about the crazy things the emperor did for Jiang Yanxi. Even when Jiang Yanxi arrived in Xizhou, the emperor secretly led his troops north. Feng Shuo felt that this might be related.

If the emperor really valued Jiang Yanxi, it would be great if he could use Jiang Yanxi as a hostage to exchange for Chu Changping's only son.

Chu Changping's only son, Chu Chengmao, was once the top scholar in the imperial examination. Later, he gave up his studies to pursue military career. However, Mu Xuanqing was too popular in those years, and all the young men in the capital were eclipsed by him. Chu Chengmao had just joined the army, so even though he had some success, his fame was overshadowed by Mu Xuanqing.

Feng Shuo walked out, and Chi Qing followed him and said, "There is one more thing I need to ask you. The emperor's troops are stationed in Danzhou. Once the news of your rebellion spreads, it will be easy for the emperor to lead his troops to seize Yuzhou. Without food supplies, hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Xizhou will starve to death. In my opinion, we should first send someone to Yuzhou to lobby Xing'an Hou. If it succeeds, it will be great. If not, we have to find another way. The purchase can at least provide three months of food and grass. "

Feng Shuo said: "Just do as you said."

Chi Qing asked bitterly: "Who should be sent to Yuzhou?"

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

Chi Qing's eyes flashed with some confusion, but the next moment, the fox's eyes instantly glowed, and he bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise."

The Lu family and Xing'an Marquis are old friends, and it is most appropriate for Lu Linyuan to lobby Xing'an Marquis.

For the sake of the face of Lu Daxueshi, Xing'an Marquis can't just chop off the head of his old friend's son no matter how cruel his heart is.

And this move can also test Lu Linyuan's loyalty.

Previously, Feng Shuo still thought that Lu Linyuan was useful, but he turned around and deceived his superiors and subordinates. Now, no matter how loyal Lu Linyuan was, Feng Shuo didn't dare to believe him completely. This was a good opportunity to test him.

Feng Shuo ignored Chi Qing's flattery. He ordered Xing Yao: "Keep your mouth shut about Chu Changping's matter, don't let it spread out. Keep a close eye on the concubine of the Jiang family, and don't let her commit suicide or escape."

Xing Yao clasped his fists in response. He knew very well that Feng Shuo didn't want the news to leak out, probably because he was afraid that Jiang Yanyi would know that Chu Changping was in danger and would be worried.

Once they decided to rebel against the court, Feng Shuo and his staff had endless things to discuss. In order to prevent the Turks, the city walls north of Xizhou were reinforced every year, but the city defenses in the south were too weak. The issue of grain and fodder had been figured out, and

they had to start deploying defenses. Jiang Yanyi went back to the antique soup shop and took a look around. She 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 stay in the shop all the time, so she could have more time to do other things.

Bing Shao said that the pots and stoves over there in the noodle shop could be used. With the idea of ​​opening the noodle shop early and making money early, Jiang Yanyi went to the noodle shop with Bing Shao in the afternoon.

There are a total of five experienced masters in the noodle shop, two of whom are good at making noodles on a plate, and three are good at making noodles in a circle.

The so-called pan noodles are to roll the fermented dough into a large vat special for dough. After the dough is fermented, it is then twisted into thin strips as thick as a thumb and quickly wrapped around two wooden poles. This step is to wrap the dough, and the wrapped dough needs a second fermentation.

The noodles that have been successfully fermented for the second time are taken to a ventilated place to dry. A wooden pole is placed on a high rack to hang the noodles, and the other wooden pole is used to pull the noodles down with appropriate force until it is pulled to the bottom. The thin strips as thick as a thumb will become noodles of the same thickness, which can be stored for a long time after drying.

These veterans who have been making noodles for decades do not need Jiang Yanyi to talk much. Every step of the process is engraved in their bones.

On the first day of work, the other guys were also very excited and wanted to show off their skills in front of Jiang Yanyi, so they all worked very hard.

Among these people, the shortest one had been in the industry for five or six years. They didn't know what Jiang Yanyi was doing with the large pot and the steamer as big as a winnowing basket, but when Jiang Yanyi asked them to light the fire in the pot, they didn't dare to raise any objections and did everything as he asked.

Jiang Yanyi saw that the noodles had turned into thin threads, so he asked his staff to take them down and put them into the steamer to steam them. Then, he continued to make noodles like making dried noodles, using wooden poles to wrap the steamed noodles and put them into the clay kiln to dry.

This earthen kiln is the kind that is specially used for roasting whole lamb. When Jiang Yanyi built it, he specially asked the mason to make it bigger. Nearly ten wooden poles can be hung in it at a time to seal the kiln mouth. Then, charcoal fire is used to bake the noodles for several hours. The moisture in the noodles will be completely dried.

Although this method is not as good as the industrial manufacturing of later generations, it is already the quickest and simplest method under the current production conditions.

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

Because the steamed noodles are not dense, the cut noodles are ugly in different ways. Limited by the current technology, Jiang Yanyi can only let the employees select the cut noodles. The denser noodles will be sold for two cents each, and the sparser noodles will be sold for one cent.

The employees were very surprised by the instant noodles. Even though there was no seasoning sauce at the moment, they directly boiled water and soaked a piece of noodles in salt.

Instant noodles without oil taste bland, and without special seasoning sauce, this bowl of salty instant noodles can't be called delicious, but the employees are still very excited. Before today, they had never thought that by steaming the noodles first and then drying them, they could turn them into food that can be eaten immediately after soaking in water.

Realizing that this would be a way to make a lot of money, the employees were willing to work overtime to make the noodles without any encouragement from Jiang Yanyi.

Jiang Yanyi brought the noodles made that afternoon back 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 were now in stock, many people came to place orders in advance, and Jiang Yanyi's order list took up several pages.