"Book of Rites": The emperor comes to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was an ugly girl named Wuyan in the Qi State. She often worshiped the moon devoutly when she was a child. When she grew up, she was selected by the ministers for her good moral character and entered the palace. However, due to her ugly appearance, she was not favored by the emperor for a long time.
When admiring the moon on August 15th of a certain year, the king saw her in the moonlight and felt that she was different, so he made her his queen. This is how the custom of worshiping the moon came about.
The girl worshiped the moon and wished that she would look like Chang'e and have a face like the bright moon.
A few years ago, the Tang army rebelled against the Sui Dynasty. On August 15th, General Pei Ji, the contemporary leader of the Pei family, and the eldest nephew of Pei Ju, successfully invented mooncakes based on the idea of the full moon, solving the food problem.
Afterwards, Song received the news and after verification, bought the formula at a high price and began to vigorously promote it around the world.
Appreciating the moon and eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is a popular story. The Song family will also take a three-day holiday during this festival and distribute moon cakes for free to reunite families.
Of course, if you have to work that day, your salary will be tripled.
When people from other families heard the news, they went to the market to buy moon cakes and shed tears while admiring the moon.
I cried with envy!
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"Dang~"
The auspicious time has arrived.
In the evening, guests began to enter the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden. Under the city wall, golden-armored warriors guarded these gentry and representatives of everyone. Girls wearing Hanfu and holding lanterns could be seen everywhere, as well as some attendants carrying fine wine and food.
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Amidst the dots of lights, the flickering light and shadow, everyone could feel that Ms. Li had paid careful attention to every aspect of this wedding.
As the gong sounded on the hour of Xu, clusters of fireworks rose from the water of Furong Lake and bloomed brilliantly in the night sky.
"Prince Tang, congratulations."
"Mr. Chai, I wish you a happy marriage and a happy marriage for a hundred years!"
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Amidst the sincere New Year blessings and the Mid-Autumn Festival, various performances in the garden with lights are slowly beginning. Scholars in white clothes and scarves slowly sailed towards the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in a small boat, and met a little girl across the boat.
Hope, dialogue between past and present;
The undulating fireworks intertwined with the lanterns on Furong Lake, and the ladies holding lanterns danced gracefully; the traditional Qin opera sang boldly, and various acrobatics were exciting;
Against the background of fireworks, time reflects the most beautiful light and shadow of thousands of lights...
All the guests coming and going enjoyed it.
Although a lot of gifts were given to this wedding, it was really a worthwhile trip. Just the decorations, performances, and various delicacies would probably make Ms. Li bleed.
Inner hall.
Li Yuan was sitting in the first place, but his expression was not very good.
The wedding is about to officially begin, but who are the people who have come so far? Except for some gentry from Chang'an and the generals and guards under the Li family, almost no other major families, top nobles, and martial arts sects have come.
Even if they come, they are all minor characters, some whose names I have never heard of.
After inquiring about the news, he found out that all of them had rushed to Luoyang to participate in Song's auction.
It is said that in addition to rare treasures such as the Heshi Bi and the Evil Emperor's relics, the Song family is even willing to share some domestic and overseas trading routes so that everyone can make money together.
The Song family's business philosophy has always been: competition. Only competition can make a family or a force more active and prevent it from being complacent and falling into internal strife.
"Butler, the supervisor of the Song Family's residence in Chang'an today: Song Jie didn't come to the wedding either? Didn't you go and notify me?" Li Yuan asked in a deep voice.
"Sir, I have informed you, but Song Jie said that although he is on holiday today, he cannot leave the station because of his responsibilities, so he sent a servant over casually and gave him a gift of ten taels of silver in his own name."
Twelve? Or in personal name? Li Yuan was instantly disgusted.
"There was no other expression from the Song family? Then did Song Yuzhi confirm the receipt?
Got the invitation, have you received any reply, are the gifts still on the way?"
"We can't contact the great master at all, sir." The housekeeper was a little frightened.
"Okay, let's go down." Li Yuan waved his hand helplessly.
No one came, no one came!
He suddenly felt that Li's wedding was a lively event, but it seemed to be of no use. Even several of his important allies didn't come.
For example: Holy Sect Holy King, Shi Zhixuan.
Grandmaster, Grandmaster, how great it would be if the Li family also had a Grandmaster!
Only at this moment did he understand a sentence: everyone below the Grand Master is an ant.
No matter how nice you usually say it, at the critical moment, those top experts will not give you any face at all if they see that you are not a grand master.
Even Kou Zhong, who had just conquered Liangdu and had become famous, and his good brother Xu Ziling didn't come today. Could it be that he didn't miss the friendship he had with Li Xiuning at all?
What worries Li Yuan even more is that if he did not come to Chang'an, he would go to Luoyang to participate in the auction. If Koo Zhong auctions the Heshi Bi again, will it be possible to directly become a great master?
Although this chance is very small, very small, but what if it happens?
Now it can be said that the Li family has completely offended Kou Zhong. Originally, the guy was offended. After all, the martial arts experts of the Song family have analyzed that it would be basically impossible for the two Kou Zhong brothers to break through to the Grand Master without some adventure.
thing.
In this way, of course Mr. Li chose money.
After all, although there are not many top masters, the Li family, there are still a few, so there is no need for an outsider to come in and take control of the military.
Now here comes the problem. It was the Song family who said they couldn't break through, and then it was also the Song family who boasted about He's Bi in the bulletin. Didn't this completely deceive him?
Sure enough, what Shimin said is right. The words of those experts may not be credible, and they are very harmful!
What gave him some comfort was that most of the people participating in the auction were wealthy families who had been rooted in the Central Plains for thousands of years, as well as those wealthy Buddhists. To be honest, he didn't think Kou Zhong could compare with those monks when it came to money.
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What he was afraid of was that Kou Zhong would mortgage the beams he had just knocked down in his anger.
The reason why young people are frivolous is because they are very energetic and can do anything in anger.
It is said that the Heshi Bi and the Evil Emperor's relics can help break through to the Grand Master, but how many people have broken through to the Grand Master with the help of these two rare treasures throughout the ages? So far, he seems to have heard of only Shi Zhixuan.
In this way, those rational wealthy families will definitely not pay a high price for He's Bi, exhaust their wealth, or at least break their bones. The key point is that Kou Zhong actually doesn't want He's Bi. He only needs to use He's Bi.
Just use the baptism of Shibi's special power.
If he is smarter, he can even cooperate with Buddhism. If you calculate it this way, then Kou Zhong's chance of being baptized by He Shibi is not small.
So sloppy!
"Dad, the wedding is about to start, why are you still here?" Li Xiuning, dressed in a bright red wedding dress and elegant, came in and asked respectfully.
Although there is a folk saying that a bride should not wander around, Chai Shao obeyed her and she was too lazy to stay in the room and simply came out to deal with some important matters.
A wedding is only once in a lifetime, so there must be no mistakes.
Li Yuan looked at this girl. She was so beautiful and beautiful that she was indeed his daughter, but she seemed to have been sold at a loss.
"Xiu Ning, I have to tell you something, so you have to be mentally prepared..."
After listening to his father's analysis, Li Xiuning fell silent.
for a long time.
The bride raised her head and looked at each other with her biological father, both of whom looked incomprehensible.
Why was it such a coincidence that He Shibi was born? Why didn't the Song family resolutely continue to invest in Kou Zhong?
Why did Kou Zhong capture Liangdu with only 10,000 troops? You must know that Li Shi informed Yuwen Chengdu in advance. Is his so-called Tianbao General a waste?
Why didn't Kou Zhong stick to his choice and dedicate Liangdu to the Li family in order to win the favor of his beloved sister Xiuning?
Do you hope she can change her mind?
Their families had already discussed it and announced that they would not accept Liangdu and let the people of Liangdu govern the city themselves.
How to govern ourselves? Of course, it must be governed by the gentry who have secretly submitted to the Li family.
Love? Li Xiuning, who grew up in a family, knows deeply that without power, no matter how much love you have, it will be gradually worn away by the troubles in life.
So she agreed with her father's choice and once again abandoned Kou Zhong and chose Chai Shao.
But why didn't Kou Zhong forgive her this time? Why didn't he continue to fight for it? Could it be that his love couldn't stand the test?
"Hey, now that things have come to this, let's take it one step at a time." Li Yuan sighed.
Money is worthless in front of the extremely powerful.
"Dad, it all depends on manpower! Chai Shao isn't bad either." Li Xiuning said firmly.
The girl's face is delicate and her eyes are dark and bright, emitting a different light under the light.
The path you have chosen, even if you are kneeling and crying, you have to go on it.
Moreover, there is only one great master out there, so why is Kou Zhong so lucky that he was able to break through just now?
Impossible, she doesn’t believe it!
"Okay, my daughter is right, let's go, today's wedding, I want the world to know about my Li family's financial resources!" Li Yuan said with a smile.
Then Li Xiuning dignifiedly supported her father and slowly walked to the auditorium.
At this moment, the father and daughter unexpectedly thought of the same thing in their minds.
I hope Kou Zhong won’t be stupid!
.......
There is a restaurant in Luoyang.
A once-in-a-century auction is about to be held here, so the first floor is very lively. Many people are ordering food here to prepare for the night's battle, and some are inquiring about news.
"Mr. Zhong, do all women need to be coaxed? I think, since you have agreed to give me a gift, you might as well go see Sister Xiuning for the last time."
In his seat, Xu Ziling was trying to persuade him. What his brother had done recently even frightened him a little.
According to the rules of the Song family, they only receive property and do not need the power of the city, so the entire Liang Dynasty is not valuable to the Song family. Then Kou Zhong only did one thing: to gather all the big gentry in the city and spend money to buy their lives.
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If you don’t have enough money, your house will be ransacked and your family will be wiped out!
Since when did the kind-hearted Mr. Zhong become like this?
"Women need to be coaxed? What kind of fucking bullshit is this? Men should coax women. If a man is tired, hurt, or suffering, who will coax him?" Kou Zhong was very dissatisfied.
Xu Ziling:......
Mudd, there is some truth in it.
"Bang!" Kou Zhong slammed the table, stood up, and walked straight to the east window seat.
Xu Ziling hurriedly followed, a little worried.
Regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, if you are in a hurry, you can do anything.
When Yuwen Chengdu saw Kou Zhong coming, he ignored him and didn't even bother to get up. He said fearlessly: "I heard that the young commander seems to be in a bad mood now. Maybe his sweetheart is being ridden by someone else.
Oops, is Marshal Kou here to fight with me? Okay, I'm happy to accompany you, come on, slap me in the face!"
"Young Master Zhong, don't be impulsive. Those who take action at Song's residence have never had an easy time." Xu Ziling reminded calmly.
Kou Zhong stared at Yuwen Chengdu's face that needed a beating and suddenly smiled.
"Master Yuwen, how could I, Kou Zhong, come here to fight? Of course I come here to do a big business with you."
"If you don't want to fight, get out. The Yuwen family and you will never cooperate!" Yuwen Chengdu said with a cold face.
This guy had just conquered his own city, and now he was still doing business with him with a smile on his face.
Shit, if you want to do it, do it with your mother!
"I heard that Yuwen Chengdu is also interested in auctioning the Heshi Bi, but if that thing is really useful, the Song family will not lose interest.
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In this way, wouldn't it be better if I return the beams to you and you give me the money?
Of course, if you don’t want it, I will sell it to Wang Shichong. I believe the Wang family must be very interested in a great city." Kou Zhong said seductively with a smile.
For these big families, what they get is the real deal.
Grandmaster? Too illusory.
Yuwen Chengdu was tempted.
Why didn't he prepare to take pictures of the Evil Emperor's relics? Because people from the Demon Sect would use any means. He's Bi belonged to the Buddhist Sect, so he dared to get his hands on it. At worst, he could get a favor by returning it after using it.
A gentleman deceives others.
But the Yuwen family has a history of hundreds of years. Didn't they get He's Bi in the middle of the process? Yes, can it help break through the great master? A little. Successful in that? No!
In order for a great master to transcend the ordinary and become a saint, in addition to his strength, he must also walk his own path.
The Tao is illusory. If only one Heshi Bi could be used, then there would not be only a few great masters in the world.
Yuwen Chengdu looked back at Yu Wenhuaji, who was the one in charge.
"We only brought five million taels of silver notes and mines worth ten million taels when we came here this time. That's the price, nothing more!" Yu Wenhuaji said calmly.
There are millions of people in Liangdu, and if they work hard, each person can earn ten taels of silver a year, and they can make back their capital in one year, without any loss!
"Deal!" Kou Zhong was very decisive.
Yuwenhuaji:......
After a moment of silence, Yu Wenhuaji continued to pull.
"You have to go to the Song family for notarization. I'll pay for the notarization fee!"
According to the Song family's rules, if two parties in a large business do not trust each other, they can pay a notarization fee of one-tenth of the transaction amount to ask the Song family to notarize it. Afterwards, if either party violates the agreement, the Song family will handle it personally.
No money? It just so happens that Song's Medical Department is short of experimental materials. Calculate how much money you have.
"It's a deal!"
After a while, room No. 1, Tianzi, on the second floor.
"Master Fairy, I haven't seen you for a long time, you look beautiful again!" Kou Zhong said with a smile.
Shi Feixuan looked him up and down, a little surprised.
This guy is domineering, fearless, and has given up everything. Now he seems to have the air of a human being.
"Zi Ling said you want to talk to me about something important. Go ahead and tell me. The auction will start soon."
"It's very simple. I now have 25 million taels of Song's silver notes. I want to cooperate with your Buddhist sect. When I take the He's Bi, I need to use the divine power once to clear away the strange power in my spirit."
Shi Feixuan was startled and opened her mouth: "How come you have so much money?"
The Song family's money has always been valuable. With this much money, the Song family can even buy a large uninhabited island overseas.
Xu Ziling said helplessly: "Master Zhong sold all the beams!"
