A place where literati and flirts often visited with their beauties, concubines, and maids.
On weekdays, it is a place where many dignitaries are willing to come for entertainment.
After Gao Zhixing entered, he found a corner seat on the second floor.
He held the window sill with one hand and looked out the window with squinted eyes.
Not long after, a richly dressed young man came and stood opposite him.
Gao Zhixing's brows moved.
He knew who was coming without looking.
He slowly turned around, grabbed the teacup and raised his head to drink, but unexpectedly, the young man snatched it away from him.
The young man was not polite to him. He grabbed the teacup and drank all the tea in one gulp.
Gao Zhixing still held the cup, raised his eyebrows and said, "This is Sophora flavescens tea!"
Sophora flavescens tea is not an ordinary tea.
It has the word "suffering" in it, so naturally there is unbearable suffering.
Even those who drink this tea for a long time should drink it slowly and in small sips.
But this man is so good. He drank a large glass in one go. Isn’t this asking for trouble for himself?
The young man who realized it later turned green.
But he didn't want to embarrass himself in front of Gao Zhixing, so he just pretended that nothing happened.
"I said you guy, can't you give me some face?"
The young man said dissatisfied: "You are still acting like this now. Even if my father wanted you to be a high official, you wouldn't be able to do it."
"Be a shit."
Gao Zhixing chuckled and said, "I know my own virtues, so just give up this idea."
There is probably only one person in the entire Tang Dynasty who can have such a conversation with Gao Zhixing.
Nothing more than the King of Qin, Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian took a slow sip of tea: "Have you ever thought about my sister?"
"Your sister?"
Gao Zhixing pursed his lips: "Your sister will understand me..."
"I understand you shit."
Li Chengqian sighed: " Okay, don't pretend to be like me, I know what you mean."
"Don't you just want to go to Longyou Road with me?"
"But have you ever thought about it, if you follow me to Longyou Road, you will never have the chance to climb up again."
"Even if you follow me, it will be a dead end with no future."
"In Chang'an City, you still have a lot of opportunities and choices, so why put all your treasures on me?"
Li Chengqian really didn't want Gao Zhixing to follow him all the way to the dark side.
He knew that Gao Zhixing was a talented person.
And he is a talent more suitable for this era than himself.
If Datang lost such a talent due to his own fault, then it would really be his fault.
Gao Zhixing turned to look out the window: "You are not a fool, and I am not a fool either. I know it well, and so do you."
"But for me, it's really not worth it..."
Li Chengqian pursed his lips and didn't know how to explain to Gao Zhixing.
He couldn't tell Gao Zhixing directly that he was a time traveler and he knew what would happen to Li Chengqian after he became the prince, so he didn't want to be the prince, right?
"Isn't it worth it?"
"If you, Li Chengqian, are not worthy of my loyal allegiance, then who else in the world is worthy of my allegiance?"
Gao Zhixing looked at the teacup in his hand and said, "What if I, Gao Zhixing, do nothing all my life?"
"Even if I achieve the greatest achievement in my life, so what if I did those things in Northeast China?"
"To put it bluntly, I have never valued these things."
"In other words, fame, fortune and wealth are worthless in my eyes."
"I only think about whether she is happy or not, that's all."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian was stunned.
It turns out that again
It's my sister who is helping me.
It was because of her that Gao Zhixing took the initiative to apply to Li Shimin to go to Longyou Road with him...
Li Chengqian pursed his lips and said, "Sometimes I have to say, don't dote on my sister too much."
"Whatever you do, you should have your own plan."
"After all, I mean after you two get married."
"Are you really willing to just be a county horseman in name only?"
Gao Zhixing glanced at Li Chengqian and said, "So what?"
"I have said before, I don't care about fame and fortune, I only care about whether she is happy or not, that's all."
"You are my cousin, and you are my respected and good friend."
"I don't want you to go astray."
Li Chengqian raised his hand and patted Gao Zhixing on the shoulder and said, "Just listen to me and stay in Chang'an City until you are promoted to an official position."
"It is precisely because I am your uncle and your friend that I want to help you."
"If not, would I do this?"
Gao Zhixing said: "What I want to do is to help you when you encounter problems. The rest of the problems are not my responsibility."
"Actually, I went to a place when I was traveling."
"As soon as you open the door, you can see the vast desert, and when you turn around, you can see the great rivers and mountains of the Tang Dynasty."
"Sometimes I can't help but wonder how the generals who were stationed here endured it."
"But when I was returning home, I saw those people and realized that it was only because of the word responsibility."
"In front of us are enemies who may attack at any time, and behind us are the thousands of people of the Tang Dynasty."
"And the general is the wall. If the wall does not fall, the people will never see the enemy, and they will not be slaughtered and trampled by the enemy..."
I heard what Gao Zhixing said.
Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said: "Don't worry, wherever I go, I will never just make a wall."
Gao Zhixing raised his eyes and said, "Then what do you want to do?" "I want to make a sharp arrow."
Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and said: "An arrow that shoots at all enemies."
After saying this, Li Chengqian stood up slowly and said, "That's enough. I want to go out for a walk. Do you want to come with me?"
"Okay, I just haven't been shopping for a long time..."
After finishing speaking, Gao Zhixing stood up and left regardless of Li Chengqian's expression.
This scam...
Did you pay the bill?
Li Chengqian shook his head helplessly, and had no choice but to take out a bunch of copper coins from his pocket and put it on the table...
The two walked out of the teahouse and turned left into an alley.
After walking inside, my ears were filled with the cries of vendors and the flattery of brothel madams soliciting customers.
The beggar who sets out to beg for food on the street, the charlatan who plays tricks...
There is everyone in the alley.
Li Chengqian and Gao Zhixing walked side by side.
Li Chengqian raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "I just like this place. Although it is messy, it has the atmosphere of fireworks."
"That's natural."
Gao Zhixing also smiled and said: "There are many places with beautiful scenery in the world, but the most beautiful place is our Shangjing."
"Then you and I, brothers, must keep this beauty and make it even more beautiful."
It was just when Li Chengqian and Gao Zhixing were moving forward.
Suddenly, a woman with gorgeous clothes and a bloated body next to her said, "My dear... you have such a good physique."
"Boy, as long as you are willing to go with me, I will give you an additional thousand dollars based on your price!"
Hearing this, the two of them couldn't help but stop and looked up.
Only then did the two of them see a middle-aged man with a grass tag on his head standing on the street corner.
This man has an extremely strong physique, sword-shaped eyebrows and tiger-like eyes, and is so handsome that even if they let their male eyes look at him, they can't help but feel their eyes light up.