As the chief steward of the palace and someone close to the emperor, Wang Shai had never seen anything. But he had never seen rubies with big eyes.
Not only are the gemstones large in size, but the water in which they are planted is both transparent and bright, making them dazzling in the sunlight.
"This can't be done, others are watching..."
Without waiting for Wang Shai to finish speaking, Li Jinglong directly stuffed it into his hand and said with a smile, "How can outsiders watch?" He said with a smile, "I know you, Old Wang, are used to being cautious and don't accept other people's things, but I
Is it someone else?"
"We are friends and we are friends. What's wrong with me giving you a gadget? If your status wasn't too important, I would just get a box and send it to your house!"
"We are friends. You don't want anything from me, and I don't want anything from you. Is it possible that a ruby can bribe you, Manager Wang?"
"Even if I want to know something, I don't have to ask your chief manager, right?"
Li Jinglong smiled and said a series of words, leaving Wang Sha almost speechless.
But the ruby still felt hot in my hand, and I felt uneasy.
"Hold it firmly!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "Hey, that's what I, Li Jinglong, dare to say. Although you are such a majestic general manager, how can outsiders know your difficulties? You are very cautious all day long, and you have to think in your head when you speak.
I've been there three times."
Having said this, he shook his head again, "We are the only ones who know your difficulties!"
Now that the words have reached this point, Wang Shai will offend others if he doesn't accept it.
With a flick of his wrist, the ruby slipped into his sleeve, and he said with a smile, "Then the Za family would like to thank Mr. Cao Guo!"
"Scold me!" Li Jinglong said displeased, "If you are so polite, we will never be friends again!"
Wang Shai smiled and said nothing, leading Li Jinglong towards the guard duty room.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Deng Ping coming from somewhere with sweat on his forehead, and his brother-in-law and brother-in-law immediately came face to face.
"Peace slave!" Li Jinglong laughed.
Deng Ping was stunned and exclaimed, "Brother-in-law, why are you back?"
Li Jinglong smiled and said nothing, giving the other party a calm look.
The king said with a smile, "Okay, take it to the local Zajia family and then go back to serve the Long Live Lord!" Then he said to Deng Ping, "Deng Xiaoshe will quickly get water for Cao Guogong to wash up. The Long Live Lord is waiting to see you there.
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After saying that, he bowed his hands and left.
"It's said inside!" Li Jinglong watched Wang Shai leave and walked into the guard room with ease, his hands behind his back.
There were several guards inside who were resting. When he came in, they stood up and saluted. He, Li Jinglong, was the deputy commander of the imperial guards in the past, and he could be regarded as their old boss.
"Don't mention it, I'm just so comfortable here!" Li Jinglong sat on the Grand Master's chair, poured himself tea and said with a smile, "The Ministry of War, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the Yamen next to it are not as enjoyable as being with the brothers!
"As he said that, he looked sideways at the guards and said with a smile, "Brothers, you are doing well these days!"
"If you return to Cao Guogong, all the generals will be fine!"
"I just came back, and I have so much to say to the Emperor that I can't get away for a while! Let's wait for two days to wait and I will be the host in Taibai Tower. All my brothers will be present, and we will have a good meal. After drinking
After that, I’ll push him a few times on the stage, and then the girl from Qinhuaihe and Sister Hongxiu’s sister will all be counted in my account!”
Li Jinglong just has this kind of arrogance. Regardless of how he usually has a narrow-minded mind, he is very willing to spend money.
At this time, Deng Ping came out of the second-story courtyard and said, "Brother-in-law, the water is ready!"
"I'm going to freshen up first. Long Live the Lord is waiting to meet me! I can't see anyone in this ugly outfit!" Li Jinglong stood up and smiled, then turned and entered the second-story courtyard at the back.
The guard's duty room is a separate small courtyard. Pass through the Moon Gate from the front hall to the second-floor courtyard. The third room on the left along the corridor is Deng Ping's room.
There is water in the barrel and new clothes on the shelf next to it.
"Brother-in-law, you can wash here, I'll go out first!" Deng Ping said.
"Where to go?" Li Jinglong frowned and took off his clothes, "Come here and wipe my back, I can't reach my back!" He then pointed to the shelf next to him, "Is that soap from Jasmine?"
As he spoke, he took off his clothes in the blink of an eye and soaked directly in the barrel.
"Hiss!" Li Jinglong gasped and slowly moved his body in the water, "Comfortable! This damn trip, I lost at least twenty kilograms. Phew! Phew! It's better to be at home!"
"Brother-in-law, get up and I'll rub your back!"
"Why are you so anxious? Don't you want to soak it?" Li Jinglong rolled his eyes at him, then splashed himself with water, and said, "Taking a bath in hot water is not as enjoyable as taking a bath in fragrant soup. Our Taibai Tower fragrant soup pool only contains herbs.
Just add the flavor, soak it in to relieve fatigue and refresh your mind..."
Deng Ping wrapped a towel around his hands and couldn't help but said, "Brother-in-law, don't be too white. You don't know, right?"
"What's wrong?" Li Jinglong asked in surprise.
"Taibai Tower is closed! It's closed down!" Deng Ping dipped the towel in his hand into water and patted it on his palm.
Li Jinglong stared at his boss, "Sealed it? Who sealed it? Yingtian Mansion or the Military and Horse Department? Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment? How was it sealed? The Chang family didn't say anything? The Zhao family didn't say anything either?"
"Please keep your voice down!" Deng Ping quickly lowered his voice, "Your Taibai Tower is too eye-catching. There are censors on the left and right of the Imperial Procuratorate, and more than 20 officials from the Ministry of Personnel are involved in your work!"
As he spoke, he whispered again, "This matter caused quite a fuss in the court. The officials were as if they had been beaten to death. They said that Cao Guogong and others were relatives of the emperor, not to mention competing for profits with the people, and extravagant.
Wudu opened a casino and brothel... Didn't you see that the emperor's face was blue at the time!"
"No, what is it that Cao Guogong set up? This is not our family's business?" Li Jinglong yelled, "What happened next?"
"It's sealed!" Deng Ping slapped his hand again and rubbed Li Jinglong's back. "Because of this matter, Zheng Guogong and Marquis Huaiyuan stopped all their errands. They were fined for three years and went home to think about their mistakes. They haven't done anything yet.
With the emperor’s decree of forgiveness!”
"There is also Marquis Zhao of Cheng'en, who is the queen's biological father! The queen scolded her so hard that she originally planned to let the boy from Cheng'enhou's family enter the palace to study with the prince in the palace next year! The queen said on the spot
Thanks to Grace, the old Marquis cried all the way out of the palace!"
"So evil?" Li Jinglong was a little dumbfounded.
Deng Ping looked at Li Jinglong's expression from behind, and rubbed the opponent's back vigorously with his hands. The mud balls fell off one after another, and soon floated on the surface of the water. Seeing Li Jinglong's expression, he was stunned.
Scared, he actually felt a little happy.
"Yeah, when you built that restaurant, I asked you to mix it with me, but you refused to let me do it!" Deng Ping thought to himself, "You will bear all the blame if anything happens this time!" Thinking about this, he became even more angry, "You open a restaurant.
The expansion of the building has taken up two of my stores, so I don’t want to mention it, bah!”
Li Jinglong pondered for a long time and then said, "Taiping slave, everything in the palace is fine recently?"
Bang bang, Deng Ping clapped his hands vigorously, and then rubbed Li Jinglong's shoulders and back.
"Hehe, brother-in-law, you have enough mud on your body! What do you think, can you use this strength?" Deng Ping said with a smile.
"Don't be frustrated first!" Li Jinglong pointed to the ugly clothes piled up beside him and said, "There is a purse in the lining of my coat, take it out!"
Deng Ping took off his hand towel and said, "What purse! I'll take it later..." The purse, half the size of a palm, was heavy in his hand and its weight was extraordinary.
Li Jinglong leaned against the barrel, closed his eyes, and said, "Open it!"
"Hiss!" Deng Ping gasped and his eyes widened.
It is full of gems the size of a cat's eye and of various colors, all of which are top-grade and worth thousands of gold. Just half a bag of gems is worth a fortune. If you sell it to a jewelry merchant, it will cost you thousands of dollars in cash. That's not much to say.
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"You've never seen it before!" Li Jinglong opened his eyes and smiled, "Look at your worthless look, it's all from you!" As he said that, he rubbed his neck with his big hands, "We are all a family, and my brother-in-law is away from home.
Yes, I have some good things in mind for you. Now that you are older, you can’t have no money in your pocket as you work for the Long Live Lord, right?”
"If you go out and socialize with friends, you can't just let others spend money, right?"
Looking at the gem in his hand, Deng Ping felt warm in his heart.
"Come, rub your brother-in-law's back! Also, what happened in the palace recently?"
This chapter has been completed!