In the next few days, Wei Changtian was busy dealing with some "trivial matters" in the aftermath.
Of course, he was too lazy to participate in most things, and Su Qi and Li Zimu basically made the decisions.
But even so, there were still many "big things" that required his decision. In addition, the Tengu Army also needed to rest and reorganize, and there were still some resistance forces in various prefectures and counties in Daqian, so it was delayed for a few days.
In this way, time soon came to June 25th, the summer heat.
When the red sun passes, the breeze is nowhere to be found.
Talking about scriptures and pillow books, melons and plums are full of ups and downs.
As the last solar term of summer, the days before and after the Great Heat are probably the hottest times of the year.
The sun was blazing in the sky, the sun was like countless fine needles pricking the skin, and the cicadas chirping on the trees were so noisy that it made people upset.
If there was a thermometer, the temperature in the city would be around 45 degrees at the moment. There were not many pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, there were a few shirtless men walking in the shade of the trees carrying cargo loads, all covered in sweat.
At this time, they have to work hard. Most of these men are poor people who are so poor that they can't eat even if they stop working for one day.
After all, if you are not careful on such a hot day, you will faint from heatstroke. Not only will you suffer, but you will also have to spend money on medicine.
Many people can't stand the heat even while sitting at home, let alone going out to do things.
Of course, these are just the situations of ordinary people.
For wealthy families, even if they don't have air conditioners or fans, there are always ways to cool down.
For example, a "cool house" built underground or in the shade, or ice cubes paired with a large fan can have some cooling effect.
As for a "big shot" like Wei Changtian, this is even less of a problem.
In the Daqian Palace, his "temporary office" was entirely shrouded in a formation called the "Cool Array", which continuously provided cool air to the room like a central air conditioner, keeping the indoor temperature at around 20 degrees. .
This formation is not a novelty, and it also reflects some of the fun of the world of cultivation.
I think when Wei Changtian first experienced this formation in Wei Mansion, he was curious and studied it for a while, but now he is no longer surprised.
"Dong dong dong."
"Mr. Wei, Master Su and Miss Li would like to see you."
Along with a knock on the door, the guard's voice sounded outside the door.
"Let them in."
Wei Changtian responded and closed an ancient book he had just found from the Daqian royal library.
"Son."
"Son."
The door opened, and Su Qi and Li Zimu walked into the room one after another and said hello to each other.
"sit down."
Wei Changtian nodded, a palace maid served tea to the two of them, and then wisely withdrew.
After the palace maid left, Li Zimu directly reported to Wei Changtian without waiting for Wei Changtian to ask questions:
"Sir, the three Jing family members have been found."
"Is it?"
Wei Changtian's expression didn't change much: "Are you dead?"
"I killed two of them, and one of them was surrounded by expert guards, so I couldn't succeed."
Li Zimu answered truthfully: "But we have found traces of this person again, and we will not miss him again this time."
"Um."
As if he didn't care about it at all, Wei Changtian just yawned indifferently: "Haha~ How are the courtiers doing?"
"My servants have already asked each of them."
Li Zimu replied softly: "According to Young Master's instructions, all those who disobeyed Mr. Su are dead. There are about ten people."
"We also killed those who pretended to surrender but actually had other agendas in their hearts. There were also more than ten people."
"That means killing almost half of them?"
Wei Changtian asked casually: "Are the remaining half willing to assist Mr. Su?"
"yes."
Li Zimu nodded: "Although it may not be sincere, at least it will not cause trouble in the future."
"Okay, that's enough."
Wei Changtian took a sip of tea and turned to look at Su Qi sitting on the other side.
Ever since the two of them came in, it was Li Zimu who had been talking, completely ignoring him.
Although Su Qi is indeed just a puppet emperor, he still has to give others some face, right?
"Master Su, I wonder why you came to me this time?"
After asking Su Qi with a smile, Wei Changtian thought that he should always give the latter a chance to speak.
After hearing this, Su Qi glanced at Li Zimu first, and when he saw the latter nodded, he quickly took out a long booklet from his sleeve.
"Sir, this is a list of all the big households in all the prefectures and counties of Daqian. Those marked in red boxes are all families related to the Jing family, and those marked in red circles are families with a very close relationship."
"Please take a look at it, sir."
As he spoke, he stood up and placed the roster in front of Wei Changtian.
Su Qi just stood aside and waited with his hands down, while Wei Changtian glanced at Li Zimu with a smile, and then picked up the roster and flipped through it casually.
It was obvious that when Su Qi read this booklet to himself, he undoubtedly wanted to know how to deal with these families marked in red.
After all, although the Jing family is finished, families that are connected or even related to the Jing family are still spread throughout Daqian.
These large households may become destabilizing factors for the new dynasty in the future and should not be ignored.
But it is undoubtedly unrealistic to kill them all, so they need to be handled properly.
Of course, there is no standard "handling process" for this kind of thing. Each dynasty has different ways of handling it when it changes dynasties.
So Wei Changtian didn't bother to care about this, and after looking at it for a few times, he said casually:
"Master Su, I don't know much about Daqian's situation. It's up to you and Zimu to figure it out."
"Oh, yes, there is a He family in Le'an Prefecture who runs a pawnshop and bank business. There are juniors in his family who know me. Please be careful when the time comes."
The He family in Le'an Prefecture.
There is no doubt that Wei Changtian is referring to He Jing's family.
Although Wei Changtian felt that the size of the He family should not be included in this book, he still mentioned it by the way.
When they heard that he specifically mentioned the He family, Li Zimu and Su Qi couldn't help but feel a little stunned.
Neither of them knew when Wei Changtian met such a person named He, but of course they didn't ask, so they just remembered "He family in Le'an Prefecture" in their hearts.
"It's young master, I understand."
Nodding and putting the fold away, Su Qi returned to his seat and sat down.
Wei Changtian seemed to have remembered something at this time, and suddenly asked:
"By the way, Mr. Su, it's the end of June now. What are your plans for the imperial examination in August?"
"this"
Su Qi was stunned, wondering why Wei Changtian suddenly mentioned taking the imperial examination.
Although this year is indeed the year of the imperial examination, when the new dynasty changes to the old dynasty, the imperial examination will naturally not be held smoothly.
Su Qi didn't understand what Wei Changtian meant for a while, so he had to answer truthfully:
"Back to the young master, there are only a few months left in August, and the new dynasty has not yet been established. I think this year's imperial examination may need to be canceled temporarily and wait until three years later."
"There's no need to cancel."
Wei Changtian shook his head and said with a smile: "Now is the time for the new dynasty to hire people. I think we can take this opportunity to select some young talents for the new dynasty."
"Well"
Looking up at Wei Changtian with a blank look on his face, Su Qixin said how many of the people selected now are willing to serve the new dynasty.
But Wei Changtian said so, and he couldn't refuse, so he could only bow his head and say:
"Yes, the villain will order the officials to supervise this matter and will not delay this year's imperial examination."
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In this way, Wei Changtian conveniently helped He Jing two more times.
After that, the three of them chatted in the room for a while, and then Su Qi and Li Zimu wanted to say goodbye and leave.
However, Wei Changtian kept Li Zimu.
"It seems like you control him very strictly."
Standing by the window, looking at Su Qi who had walked away along the path outside, Wei Changtian smiled at Li Zimu and said, "He is the future emperor of the new dynasty, so you should give him some face."
"Otherwise, it will be difficult for him to govern the country after you leave."
"Sir, I just want him not to forget his identity."
Standing next to Wei Changtian, Li Zimu spoke in a very serious tone: "Su Qi is different from Gongsun Yan. He has a deep affection for Da Gan. I am afraid that he will do something detrimental to the young master over time."
"Okay, whatever you want."
Waving his hand, Wei Changtian didn't take Li Zimu's "PUA" Su Qi's matter to heart, but suddenly asked a somewhat confused question.
"How did that go?"
". Returning to the Young Master, everything has been arranged."
His expression turned serious for a moment, and Li Zimu lowered his voice and replied: "There should be results before we leave Daqian."
"good."
He squinted his eyes, and there was a bit of cold murderous intent in his eyes.
Wei Changtian said no more after saying the last word, so it is temporarily impossible to know what else he had planned before.
But this is not too difficult to guess.
After all, now that the goal of destroying Daqian has been completed, the next thing he has to do, or deal with, is the mysterious man who has never shown up.
Almost a quarter of an hour later.
It was still Wei Changtian's "temporary office". Unexpectedly, before Li Zimu could leave, Su Qi, who had just left not long before, turned back and said that he had just found the Jing family's private treasury.
The so-called private treasury is where the Jing family stores their treasures. Because all the Jing family members died, they have never been found.
But now, after several days of searching, he has finally been found.
Different from the national treasury where money is stored, the private treasury is designated to contain many heavenly materials, earthly treasures and magical weapons.
Even if there is nothing particularly good, it would be good if you can find a few treasures like the Qing Jue Jade Pendant.
At least you can't come back empty-handed after traveling all this way.
Just like that, Wei Changtian immediately took Li Zimu and ran excitedly to "hunt for treasure".
At the same time, on the other side, Yang Liushi and Zhang San had just finished their "treasure hunt" activity in Daqian Capital and were walking in the alley where the small courtyard was with large and small bags.
Because they are too lazy to change places, Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi are still living in the small courtyard before, while Duan Fangping and the other four have moved out.
And because Wei Changtian basically stayed in the palace these days, Yang Liushi went out every day to see the customs and customs of Daqian when he was bored.
Of course, as a woman, you must buy something when you go out for a walk.
Then Zhang San became a "porter" and was responsible for "carrying bags" behind Yang Liushi every day.
And this made him suffer a lot these days.
After all, it's not easy to take a car when going shopping. Most of the time, he has to carry all kinds of strange objects through the streets.
The day before yesterday, there were two large porcelain vases made with the unique craftsmanship here in Daqian.
Yesterday it was a screen.
Today was even worse. Yang Liushi didn't know what kind of style she had, but she actually bought a wooden cabinet and said she was going to take it back to Shuzhou.
Considering that Wei Changtian's residence could not be revealed easily, Zhang San couldn't let the store deliver the goods to his door, so he had to carry the big wooden cabinet all the way back to the alley.
In addition, the weather is hot, so even a middle-level third-level martial artist can't help but sweat profusely at this moment.
"Husband, Madam, will you still go shopping tomorrow?"
Carrying a wooden cabinet and following Yang Liushi with empty hands, Zhang San asked with some trepidation: "If you still want to go shopping, can I find someone else to accompany you?"
"I'm still thinking of going to the north of the city tomorrow."
Yang Liushi has been very familiar with Zhang San for a long time, and has never treated the latter as a servant, so she speaks very casually at this moment: "What? You don't want to follow me?"
"That's not true. The key is what you want to buy, madam."
Zhang San muttered in a low voice: "Yesterday you bought a screen, and today you bought a wooden cabinet. I'm really afraid that you will buy something bigger tomorrow."
"Goose goose, feelings are because of this."
Yang Liushi looked back at Zhang San, covered her mouth and smiled: "Don't worry, I will definitely not buy such a big thing tomorrow."
"That's good, huh?"
After a pause, in Yang Liushi's strange eyes, Zhang San's gaze suddenly focused in one direction.
The latter's original depressed expression suddenly turned into astonishment, and he muttered something subconsciously.
"Miss You?"
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Frowning, Yang Liushi immediately turned her head and followed Zhang San's gaze after hearing this, and her expression changed instantly.
Because she also saw the woman who looked exactly like You Jia.
At this time, the woman was looking at them blankly.
"Squeak~"
The next moment, with her head lowered and she quickly walked back to the courtyard door, Cui'er stretched out her hand to close the courtyard door.
Ever since she saw so many rebels looking for Wei Changtian that night, she had deliberately avoided the latter and never went out when she had nothing to do.
Therefore, Yang Liushi and Zhang San have naturally not seen her in the past few days.
Just now, Cui'er originally wanted to take advantage of the lack of people at noon to go out and buy some groceries, but she didn't expect to bump into the two people who had just returned from outside.
With her heart pounding fiercely, Cui'er already knew through "secret observation" in the past few days that this man and woman should be Wei Changtian's servant and wife respectively.
Therefore, in her opinion, Yang Liushi and Zhang San were naturally related to the rebels. At this moment, she couldn't help but feel panicked and just wanted to avoid them quickly.
But before the courtyard door was halfway closed, she suddenly heard the voice of the extremely beautiful woman outside the door.
"etc!"
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His little hands trembled with fear, and he failed to close the courtyard door.
Seeing that the other party had discovered her, Cui'er was afraid of offending "the wife of a big shot in the rebels", so she had no choice but to grit her teeth and walk out again, asking in a trembling voice:
"Husband, madam, are you calling me?"
"yes."
At this moment, Yang Liushi had walked across from Cui'er and was looking at the latter carefully up and down.
Like Wei Changtian, she quickly discovered some differences between Cui'er and You Jia.
But because the appearance of the two people was so similar, Yang Liushi looked at it for a while and softly tested:
"Miss You, is that you?"
(End of chapter)
