Chapter 391: Consciousness of Being a Dog
Can you calm down this fierce horse?
Not to mention that Sun Shaozong had no idea whether this was a joke or a sincere attempt to give himself a chance to have sex.
Given King Zhongshun's usual absurd character, he would naturally call his friends to watch this wonderful performance of "Subduing the Wild Horse"!
Even if Sun Shaozong didn't mind performing "horse training" in front of others, this Zhongshun King was a standard double-plug. If he got interested, he would definitely take up arms and go into battle...
Oh~
After these thoughts, Sun Shaozong felt a chill all over his body, but he could not think of any romantic ideas .
only……
What King Zhongshun is asking now is to "please" him to help tame the wild horse.
If I refuse directly, wouldn't that be giving him no face?
Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said in front of Zhou Mo's envious gaze, "Your Majesty has given me an order, and I shouldn't have refused. But your horse is tall and strong, and I am not sure I can tame it in such a hurry. If Your Majesty can allow me to take the horse back home and tame it, it would be..."
"Hahaha……"
Before Sun Shaozong could finish, Prince Zhongshun patted the plump buttocks of the woman in his arms and laughed: "You are really cunning, monkey. It's fine if I let you have a taste of something new, but why do you want to cheat me of my good horse?"
After laughing for a long time, he resumed his lazy tone and asked casually, "I heard that in Wangjiang Tower, Qi Guan received the king's order but intended to disobey it. Is this true?"
Sun Shaozong had just breathed a sigh of relief after getting away with it, but when he heard these words, his heart immediately rose to his throat.
To tell you the truth, there is suspicion of betraying Jiang Yuhan.
But if I cover up for Jiang Yuhan, Zhou Mo is watching closely from the side. Will he let me talk nonsense?
But I dare not hesitate too long on this dilemma.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong gritted his teeth and bowed again, saying, "In fact, I just happened to meet this opportunity and wanted to find the murderer as soon as possible, so I advised Brother Jiang to slow down for a while. As for disobeying the prince's order, I dare not do it."
"Really?"
Prince Zhongshun uttered two words playfully, which became even more unpredictable after passing through the thick clouds and mist.
Sun Shaozong was on edge for a long while before he heard him say quietly, "The more favored you are, the more you should obey your master's orders. Even dogs know this, so why do people always get confused?"
The problem is that after enjoying countless love and glory, Jiang Yuhan may not be willing to treat herself as a dog!
Sun Shaozong was complaining in his heart when he heard Prince Zhongshun lazily ask, "Zhou Mo, have we sorted out most of the idle people in our palace?"
Zhou Mo's heart moved, and he immediately bowed and said, "Reporting to the prince, all the servants in the palace have been checked and identified. Only the opera troupe has not been included in this inspection due to its special circumstances."
"Since the whole palace has investigated, it doesn't matter if we add another troupe." Prince Zhongshun said calmly, "Help Officer Qi to carefully identify them. If there are any people with inappropriate backgrounds or those who are not steady in their daily lives, they will all be dismissed."
This is equivalent to handing the power of life and death of the troupe to Zhou Mo!
Zhou Mo was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and agreed excitedly. He was ready to take the opportunity to teach Jiang Yuhan a lesson.
"Sun Jiajilang."
After arranging the punishment for Jiang Yuhan, Prince Zhongshun turned his attention back to Sun Shaozong and said calmly, "You caught the murderer in the blink of an eye. It was not easy. I will reward you..."
After a slight hesitation, he continued, "I will reward you with two 'Tao Zhu Gold Shells'."
He didn't forget to advertise when giving out rewards . He really works hard to make money!
But this is a godsend opportunity. Originally, Sun Shaozong didn't know how to take the lead and bring up the matter of "Tao Zhu Jin Bei". Now it is simple.
"Your Majesty!"
He immediately said in a serious tone: "In my humble opinion, this 'Tao Zhu Jin Bei' is absolutely untouchable. The correct thing to do is to ask the court to ban it!"
When Prince Zhongshun heard this, he finally couldn't help but sit up straight, frowning and questioning: "What do you mean by this?"
Sun Shaozong immediately said: "Your Highness, according to my investigation, this is a conspiracy planned by the 'Hu merchants', who intended to use flashy things to defraud the savings of the people of our Great Zhou!"
"If they really succeed, I don't know how many kind-hearted families will be destroyed!"
After hearing these words, Prince Zhongshun's eyebrows were almost twisted together, and he stared at Sun Shaozong in silence for a long time.
Zhou Mo, who was standing by, could not stand it any longer and quickly jumped out to scold, "Master Sun, why are you talking nonsense again? How can a mere toy ruin your family? Besides, if a person is so obsessed with toys that his family is ruined, how can he be considered a family of good people?!"
After a pause, he continued, "If you follow what you said, then eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, collecting antiques, and performing arts and acrobatics, which one of them hasn't had people obsessed with it to the point of losing everything? Do you think that all of them should be banned by the imperial court?!"
Zhou Mo spoke these few words quickly, urgently and with murderous intent, which really seemed to mean that cutting off someone's financial resources was like killing their parents. It was estimated that he had secretly hoarded a lot of gold and silver.
"Master Zhou has misunderstood."
After thinking about it for the past few days, Sun Shaozong had already figured out the matter, so he would naturally not be thrown into disarray by his few sophistry.
Therefore, he said calmly: "Although the things you mentioned have their advantages and disadvantages, the disadvantages are far less than those of 'Tao Zhu Jin Bei'!"
"Really?"
This time, Prince Zhongshun finally couldn't help but join in the conversation, and sneered angrily, "Then I'd like to hear your brilliant ideas!"
Seeing Prince Zhongshun like this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Although Sun Shaozong had always been targeting those "groundless" Hu merchants - but according to Prince Zhongshun's usual style, if he really gets angry, he may not care who you are targeting!
But now the arrow has been drawn and it is too late to regret.
Furthermore, Sun Shaozong dared to speak out about this matter based on the remarks made by King Zhongshun just now - now that his words are still fresh in his mind, he can't just go back on his word immediately, right?
Therefore, Sun Shaozong still put on a calm attitude and said: "This is just my humble opinion, not a profound theory - in fact, this 'Tao Zhu Jin Bei' was originally just an ordinary toy, but recently the foreign merchants have used various means to raise the value of this thing, which has given it an extraordinary disaster!"
When Zhou Mo heard this, he immediately wanted to refute.
Sun Shaozong refused to give him a chance to interrupt, and rushed to say: "Those 'Hu merchants' sold a small amount of gold shells to hype this thing, and then created the illusion that this thing is rising in price every day, as if as long as you buy the 'Taozhu Gold Shell', you can sit back and wait to get rich!"
"In order to give this illusion a plausible reason, they even made up a whole theory!"
"And the people love to pursue profit the most, and it is human nature to love leisure and hate work. It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but if they see people making a profit from buying and selling this thing every time, and if they hear about its preciousness every time, how can they not rush to buy it?"
"If the 'Hu merchant' takes this opportunity to sell the large amount of gold shells he has stored at a high price, he will surely be able to plunder a lot of the people's wealth!"
"However, this rising trend is, after all, an illusion created by the Hu merchants. Once they achieve their goal and withdraw from the matter, the price of the gold shell will lose its support and is likely to plummet!"
When Sun Shaozong said this, he glanced around, but saw that Prince Zhongshun and Zhou Mo did not react much. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It seems that Prince Zhongshun had already anticipated this consequence, but just didn't care.
After a short pause, Zhou Mo interrupted in a hurry and said, "Lord Sun, aren't you worrying too much? The gold shell is a rare and festive item. How do you know that it won't continue to increase in value?"
"This is exactly what Sun is most worried about."
Sun Shaozong sighed and said helplessly: "If the Hu merchants withdraw, the price of gold shells will plummet quickly, and the loss to the common people may not be too great."
"But if the people's enthusiasm for this thing does not subside, and instead the price of the gold shell continues to rise, then more people will inevitably be drawn into it."
"By then, the influence of this 'Tao Zhu Jin Bei' might expand to a level that even the initiator may not dare to believe!"
"But shells are just shells after all. When people finally realize that these useless things are not worth the ridiculously high prices, this castle in the air built by 'Tao Zhu Jin Bei' will inevitably collapse!"
"Things that were once worth more than gold will become worthless in the blink of an eye!"
"How many people will be affected by this incident and lose everything they have?"
"Two or three thousand? Four or five thousand? Or tens of thousands?!"
"Let alone tens of thousands, even if there were three thousand, it would still be a huge disaster!"
Sun Shaozong blurted out all these words in one breath, especially the number of tens of thousands, which finally made King Zhongshun and Zhou Mo change color.
Prince Zhongshun was still frowning and pondering, but Zhou Mo could not help but screaming: "Sensational, you are clearly sensationalizing! A mere toy... How could a mere toy... How could it be..."
Although he tried his best to deny Sun Shaozong's words, he obviously lacked confidence halfway through his words.
"Sun Shaozong!"
For the first time, King Zhongshun called out Sun Shaozong's name and leaned forward slightly, pushing the upper body of the woman next to him into the water. The woman only dared to raise her head desperately, not even daring to breathe, let alone call for help.
Then King Zhongshun asked in a deep voice, "Do you have any basis for your speculation just now?"
Sun Shaozong said respectfully: "This matter is purely the result of my deliberation. If we talk about the basis, it is nothing more than guessing people's hearts - but preventing problems from happening is the duty of a minister. As long as there is a possibility of endangering the country, I should remind the court and Your Majesty!"
After a pause, he added: "Your Majesty has always been loyal to the country, and I believe he will understand my thoughts."
After hearing this, Prince Zhongshun's face became even gloomier and he stared at Sun Shaozong for a long while.
Until the woman beside him was about to drown, he suddenly lay back lazily and said calmly: "I will report this matter to His Majesty on your behalf, you should just concentrate on managing the criminal cases in this prefecture!"
As he spoke, he waved his hand as if to shoo away a fly.
Sun Shaozong heaved a sigh of relief and bowed, saying, "I will obey your orders, my Lord, and go back to rectify the prison!"
Having said that, he bowed to Zhou Mo again, then took seven or eight steps back before turning around and walking away.
"Your Majesty!"
After watching Sun Shaozong leave, Zhou Mo couldn't help but yelled in frustration: "We have been planning for a long time, and we are about to close the net. Are we going to give up this great opportunity just because of his nonsense?!"
Prince Zhongshun didn't even look at him and waved his hand in the wind.
Zhou Mo had no choice but to retreat indignantly.
When only the naked women were left, King Zhongshun sighed, "The more favored you are, the more you should obey your master's orders."
When he said this before, he was full of the majesty of a superior.
But at this moment, there was a hint of helplessness and unwillingness.
After a while, King Zhongshun suddenly kicked the gasping maid into the wine pool, cursing angrily, "The lies of the caged bird really can't be trusted!"
