The son-in-law is a thief

When Huo Qishan was young, he was the number one warrior of the Great Zhou, not to mention his martial arts skills, he was also a brave and resourceful man when fighting. Apart from being too stupid and loyal to the Great Zhou, it can be said that he did not have all the shortcomings of the officials in the court , For some people he is admirable, for others, it is a headache.

Xu Heng, the county magistrate of Fei County, was the one with the more headaches. He obediently gave up the county magistrate's precious seat, and sat on the side seat himself. He looked at Huo Qishan who was sitting on the master's seat, and felt a bit like sitting on pins and needles.

"Did you understand what the princess told me?" Huo Qishan asked.

"Your official understands." Xu Heng felt troubled, but he still had a smile on his face.

"If you understand, let's do it." Huo Qishan touched the gavel on the table. Although the surface of this piece of wood was smooth, it was clean, and it was useless for the county magistrate.

"But..." Xu Heng was a little embarrassed.

"But what?" Huo Qishan could see Xu Heng's reluctance in his heart, and he continued: "Didn't you say you understood it?"

Xu Heng went to Huo Qishan and followed, made a big salute, and said: "May I ask you, the princess asked us to go to Wanshi Port to register this merchant name in the register, does Master Gu know?"

Huo Qishan stroked his beard and sneered: "Isn't this merchant a citizen of my Great Zhou?"

"Of course... yes."

"Since you are a citizen of the Great Zhou, why do you need a pirate to know about the registration? The princess will do it if she asks."

"I'm afraid it's not good." Xu Heng was afraid of Huo Qishan, but he was even more afraid of Wanshigang. He smiled awkwardly: "What if the people of Wanshigang drive us away?"

But Huo Qishan slapped the gavel on the table with a loud slap: "Are the two hundred tigers in Fei County raised for viewing?"

"My lord, the tiger ben is ordered by His Majesty to the princess, how can I call it?" Xu Heng explained.

The corners of Huo Qishan's mouth twitched slightly, Xu Heng's explanation was too far-fetched, this tiger ben was indeed sent to Zhaoyang, but the food and clothing of the two hundred soldiers were all paid by Fei County, and the leader of this team of tiger ben was just a centurion Well, Xu Heng is a dignified sixth rank, so how could he not be able to adjust?

"Then I will formally inform you that you can move now." Huo Qishan didn't want to talk to him too much, he walked down from the main seat, and when he came to Xu Heng's side, he said again: "Master Xu, you and I are both People who are receiving the royal salary don’t ask for a vegetarian meal in place of the corpse, if everyone is like this, how can I, Da Zhou, help?”

Xu Heng was extremely unwilling in his heart, but this high hat had already been placed on his head, and he had no way to defend himself, so he just bowed his head and said yes, Huo Qishan didn't want to stay for a long time, Zhaoyang had more than one arrangement, he and After Xu Heng said goodbye, he hurried to Luo Qiaoniang's place again.

Chu Han used to have three strongholds for spies in Wanshigang, but Gu Ruyang has successfully destroyed two of them, but Wanshigang is a mixed place, not to mention Chu Han under the prince, Qin Wuyong is not an ordinary person, the emperor The city secretary had already sent people, like Nianguicheng, Qi, who was far away in the Northland, was also hiding minions here, and those Japanese and foreigners wandering around the pier, none of them were really clean.

The same is true for Zhaoyang's power. Although Zhaoyang and Gu Ruyang have been together day and night, her Green Bee Group was also stationed here before she married Wanshigang, but unlike other agencies, the Green Bee Group seems to be more Ordinarily, they exist like neighbors. They may be the old man who has placed sesame cakes for several years in the small street, or the fisherman who always picks up some small fish to feed the cat, or the aunt who delivers food to the restaurant every day.

However, as long as there is an organization, there must be a stronghold. The stronghold of the Green Bee Group is also located in Wanshigang, but it is also very delicately set up. It is not on the land of Wanshigang, but on a ship that sells goods. This ship never Fixed in one place, it is always open around, shouting to the people at the pier, sometimes selling some noodles, sometimes selling some fresh fish, just like every ship selling goods is as inconspicuous.

Huo Qishan walked to the pier, holding the knife in one hand, and beckoning to the cargo ship with the other.

"Are there any shrimps that were harvested today!" Huo Qishan asked.

"How many prawns do you want?" a fisherman with a rain hat replied.

"Three prawns, one catty of dried shrimps." Huo Qishan replied, these were the codes that had been agreed in advance.

"I'm afraid the shrimps are not enough, so the customer boards the boat and picks them?" As the fisherman rolled the cargo boat to the pier, he looked at Huo Qishan and said in a low voice: "If the shrimps are not enough, can I use fish to make up for it?"

"Yes." Huo Qishan jumped onto the boat while talking.

The fisherman pushes the boat away from the pier. He slowly shakes the oars at the stern, and continues to yell for his goods, but he is getting farther and farther away from the pier...

Huo Qishan entered the canopy, Luo Qiaoniang was already waiting inside, she was much darker than before, and her face was flushed due to the sun exposure, Qiaoniang saluted Huo Qishan respectfully, and called out to your lord.

"I've been working hard recently." Huo Qishan sat down and said, his tall figure seemed unusually incongruous compared with this small boat canopy.

"For Your Highness." Luo Qiaoniang said, her accent was already a local accent, she asked Huo Qishan: "Did the Princess have some orders recently?"

"Yes." Huo Qishan nodded: "The princess would like to know the volume of ships entering and leaving the nearest Wanshi Port."

"Is there any arrangement?" Luo Qiaoniang asked again.

The secrecy on this small boat was excellent, but Huo Qishan suppressed his voice again, and said: "The princess wants to collect taxes in Wanshi Port."

Hearing what Huo Qishan said, Luo Qiaoniang was a bit surprised. Huo Qishan might not know about the relationship between Zhaoyang and Gu Ruyang, but as a detailed writer, she already knew it. Although she didn't know whether Zhaoyang and that Gu Ruyang had a deep relationship , but Zhaoyang does not need to investigate secretly if he wants to collect taxes.

"Why didn't Your Highness ask the son-in-law directly?" Luo Qiaoniang was a little curious.

"The princess said that the Wanshigang is not decided by the person surnamed Gu. There are four heavenly kings around her for advice, and she can't beat four of them by herself, so she asked us to make arrangements early to investigate all the merchants. Check the shipping volume as well, if she raises this matter formally, it will be justified." Huo Qishan said.

Luo Qiaoniang sighed, and only thought about how hard it is for this Highness. How can she shoulder the burden of returning to the city, Taiping Island, and the world on her shoulders? Now that she has made good friends with Gu Ruyang, Why bother yourself so much.

"For the sake of Da Zhou, Your Highness is really worried."

"Isn't it?" Huo Qishan echoed: "This time I went back to Niangui City, I saw Li Tuo in front of the palace, he was really handsome, and the princess was a match made in heaven, if it wasn't for Da Zhou, why would the princess feel wronged Marry that pirate yourself."

Hearing what Huo Qishan said, Qiaoniang knew that this old-fashioned man didn't know much about Zhaoyang's affairs, and she couldn't take the initiative to mention it as a secret worker, so she just said euphemistically: "It's all His Highness's choice, as long as His Highness likes it." .”

"Hey." Huo Qishan also sighed. When he first met Zhaoyang, he was still in Qiandi. At that time, Zhaoyang was only eight or nine years old, and he was just a commander of the Habayashi Guard. At that time, Nandu was still immersed in the pleasure of lust. Among them, and under such extravagance and prosperity, Zhaoyang was as dazzling as a pearl in the palm of the hand. At that time, this princess was already the glory of the empire, and many princely families were waiting for her to marry back for their son when she grew up.

"To say something disrespectful, His Majesty's princes are all worthless, and this is why our Highness is so ugly." Huo Qishan said, maybe he would only say these things for Zhaoyang, which in his opinion are outrageous .

"Then I hope Lord Huo will protect the princess well." Luo Qiaoniang said.

"If you risk your life, don't hesitate."

Luo Qiaoniang opened the curtains, looked at the sky, and said: "General, it's getting late, I will do what you ordered, and you can come here to find me in four days."

"Okay, Qiao Niang is doing things, I take it to heart." After Huo Qishan finished speaking, he picked up some shrimps and fish in front of him and went out of the boat tent. After explaining a few words to the fisherman who punted the boat, he went to the pier again. On the other hand, his assistant was holding the horse and waiting, he threw the fish and shrimps to the assistant and drove the horse towards Gu's residence.

Gu Ruyang only felt a little headache after a drinking game. Zeng Shi didn't know where he got the aftertaste of drinking so much. She stretched her waist to make herself a little more energetic, but found that she seemed to have returned to the nine heavens , she rubbed her eyes, and sure enough, this was her room in Jiutian. There was no decoration, it was simple and elegant. Gu Ruyang quickly opened the window, only to find that the sun was almost at the zenith.

"Why did I sleep for so long?" Gu Ruyang muttered, still blaming himself.

She straightened her clothes and headed straight for the boat building. On the way, she met some familiar sailors. Gu Ruyang cared about Zeng Shi again, and said that Zeng Shi threw her back to Jiutian yesterday, and then she returned to the boat. His Zeng family's fleet was boarding, Gu Ruyang felt even more headache when he heard this, she patted herself on the head hard, with a regretful expression on her face.

Coming to the deck again, the sailors greeted her when they saw her appear. Gu Ruyang waved casually and didn't care about these people too much, but walked to the side of the boat, and a sailor immediately came up to meet her.

"Master, where are you going?"

Gu Ruyang patted her head again, and she said, "Send me a boat to take me back to the pier."

"Deling!" The sailor said, and invited Gu Ruyang to the boat beside the boat, then lowered the rollers on both sides, and sent the boat into the sea.

No matter how approachable Gu Ruyang was, the sailor was still somewhat distant from the head of the family. Seeing that Gu Ruyang seemed uncomfortable, the sailor didn't want to ask too many questions, so he just focused on propping up the boat and headed to the pier.

"What time is it?" Gu Ruyang asked proactively.

"I'm afraid it will be noon today?" replied the sailor.

"Then you hurry up, I have something urgent." Gu Ruyang looked sad.

"Okay, master." The sailor followed suit and accelerated.

For the first time, Gu Ruyang felt that the nine-day stop was too far away, why couldn't Wanshi Port be reached in half a day?She was full of regrets in her heart, she had asked Zhaoyang to wake her up yesterday, but now she slept until noon, and she hadn't returned to the mansion after a long night, Zhaoyang might have gone to her Shenglan Courtyard, or it might be in vain After running for a while, the more Gu Ruyang thought about it, the more guilty she felt. However, thinking of Zhaoyang's mention yesterday, she felt a little estranged again.

"Hey... If you and just ordinary people, that would be great."