Lian Xiaoqiang stood at the gate of the city, wrapped in a white fur fur. Whether it was a gust of wind or the fur brushing his nose, he sneezed several times.
"Young Master Qiang, please get in the car and sit down." A servant in the car beside him said, "It's so cold outside. Someone has told Weiwei that we are waiting for him here. He will look for him when he comes."
And there is no need to go out of the city to pick them up. It’s not like the capital cannot be entered, and they are not outsiders. They are old people from Huainan Road. When they come to the capital, they are no different from returning to Huainan Road. They are swaggering.
Let Weiwei enter the city and go directly to the place where Lian Xiaoqiang stayed. He did not follow Xiaojun into the palace.
It's okay if I don't mention this, but Lian Xiaoqiang gets angry when I mention it.
He is also a young master, why should he be kept outside?
Lian Xiaoqiang shook out his fur, revealing the gorgeous robe underneath, so that the people coming in and out of the city could see his handsomeness as a young man.
He looked at the road with endless traffic in the wind and snow, and looked forward to Wei Wan's arrival even more. However, Wei Wan could tell at a glance that he was a prince and treated him as one.
Afterwards, I sat in the carriage and looked outside. We haven't reached the capital city yet, but both sides of the road are already very prosperous.
The capital city.
"Brother Ayu, it seems that nothing has changed since we left the capital." The attendant lay on the car window and looked outside. He had already looked all the way.
It must have been twenty or thirty years ago, I can't remember it for a long time. They were sent to the palace when they were very young. They had very few opportunities to leave the palace, and they followed King Zhao out of the capital.
After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't remember what the capital looked like in his memory, but he looked outside and it was no stranger.
No matter how many people there are on the road, there is no chaos. Along the way, there are porridge shacks set up by the government, allowing homeless people and beggars to rest and eat hot soup to survive. At each porridge shack, someone will ask about the origin and whereabouts of the visitor, and there are checkpoints in every city.
Register, but only register without blocking or searching. Everyone can enter and exit freely.
"Of course this is not unfamiliar." The attendant smiled, "Huainan Road is all like this."
It was under the rule of Mrs. Chu. Now the capital is also under the rule of Mrs. Chu. Of course it is the same as Huainan Road.
He continued: "It's the same as Jiannan Road."
For more than a year, he followed Lian Xiaojun on business and traveled all over Jiannan Road. Jiannan Road, which had not experienced war, took in the refugees coming from all directions. The barracks recruited new recruits to train soldiers, and the government and soldiers performed their duties in an orderly manner.
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The follower said: "Many places are now following Mrs. Chu's approach, including Jiangnan Road, Shannan Road, Southeast Road, and even..."
He lowered his voice.
"It's the same even with the rebels."
This year they went to many places in the name of doing business, including where the rebels were.
The war will not end in a short while. The rebels are also human beings and need to live and buy and sell. They quietly come to the rebels' location, sell them what they need, and take what they want.
This method of combining kindness and power to gather refugees, maintain cities, and raise soldiers can also be seen among the rebels.
Wei Wei shook his head: "It's different."
Painting a tiger's skin is difficult to paint its bones. In a short period of time, what we have learned in many places is superficial and not the same in its bones. For example, there is a Chu army in Jiangnan Road, which is closest to Huainan Road, but these things are very rough and stumbling.
, specious.
But Jiannan Road is different.
They move smoothly, whether it's the government guards or the people, they all seem to be deeply rooted in their bones and have long been used to it.
In the end, I even had a strange idea.
"What are you thinking?" the attendant turned around and asked.
He continued: "Mrs. Chu learned from Jiannan Taoism."
The attendant laughed: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
He also smiled and said no more.
"It's not surprising that Jiannan Dao is well learned. It's no different from Huainan Dao." The attendant turned around and smiled, "That's Jiannan Dao managed by Han Xu. Han Xu has a good relationship with Mrs. Chu Guo and he is smart.
She is also very capable, so it’s easy to learn from Mrs. Chu’s practice.”
When other people talk about Han Xu and Mrs. Chu, they will say that it is an affair between a man and a woman, but for Weiwei, Han Xu and Mrs. Chu have an extraordinary relationship. They both have their own needs, but what they want is definitely not a relationship between a man and a woman.
Affection.
This may also be the reason.
Jiannan Road is not really controlled by Han Xu, but the little governor of Jiannan Road, or someone behind the scenes, is very willing to let Han Xu manage Jiannan Road.
The hand on his knee was gently rubbed, Jiannan Road was a strange place...
That little governor was not the ridiculous little governor in the eyes of the world.
But Jiannan Road was not supported by him alone. There were people behind him, or more than one person.
"This Li Mingyu must have a sister." He said, "Li Fengan has a son and a daughter."
The attendant hummed: "My daughter is getting married. She is married to Xiang Yun's nephew Xiang Nan. The latest news was just sent a few days ago. After being lost in Taiyuan Mansion, she was taken back to Shannan Road by Li Mingyu."
The loss of Taiyuan Prefecture was particularly funny. The three families of Governor Xiang, Governor Li, Governor Qi, were all present, but Taiyuan Prefecture surrendered to the enemy.
This has become a joke in Daxia, no matter how the official explanation is given for officials who are rebellious and become thieves.
The attendant did not laugh: "It's no joke how powerful the family is. Even if you have a title, you may not be able to do anything. As for Miss Li, she is just a poor boudoir lady who lost her mother and father."
He didn't smile even after he finished, and thought: "I heard that when Li Mingyu inherited Jiedushi, it was Miss Li who wrote to the emperor. A young lady with such a mind should not be an ordinary boudoir lady."
"Of course she is not an ordinary boudoir lady." The attendant turned around and said, "That is the apple of Li Fengan's eye. She was raised by an immortal. She can immediately build a ladder if she wants a star. This lady probably has never known what it means to be embarrassed. She just needs to reach out and ask for it.
No matter what, even if her father is gone, she still dares to offer her hand to the emperor."
It makes sense to be ignorant and fearless, and behave arrogantly and arrogantly.
"The emperor had long ignored these matters at that time, and Cui Zheng and Quan Hai were having a serious quarrel. When Quan Hai saw such a child reaching out for protection, of course he had to take it over."
"So the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people made this child a success."
"But the officials of the aristocratic family in Taiyuan Prefecture, Ankang Mountain, are not in the troubled times of the late emperor. If she reaches out again, what she will get is..."
The attendant slapped his palms, making a snapping sound.
Without a smile.
"Brother Ayu, why do you think so much about the eldest lady of Jiannan Road?" the attendant asked.
Wei said: "We are now helping Xiaojun do business with Madam Chu. Madam is interested in Jiannan Road. Naturally, I have to have a thorough understanding of Jiannan Road. Only by knowing myself and the enemy can I win every battle."
The more it is broken apart and crushed, the weirder it becomes.
The eldest lady got the title of Jiedu Envoy for her younger brother because she caught up with the opportunity, but this opportunity was too coincidental, right?
Did she catch up? Or catch her?
"Don't think about it." The attendant opened the window again and looked out, "Little Master Qiang is here to pick you up."
Before he finished, he jumped out of the car and saluted Lian Xiaoqiang who greeted him: "Mr. Xiaoqiang, thank you for coming to pick me up."
As expected, it was the unfinished business that made people feel most happy. Lian Xiaoqiang held his arm and said, "It's all Xiaojun. He left as soon as he said he wanted to. He didn't have time to wait for you."
Wei Wei smiled: "It's only a few days, is everything okay?"
Lian Xiaoqiang hummed and said: "Okay, when I got here, I went to the palace to see my wife. I stayed there and never came back."
He then said: "It seems that Madam is looking forward to Young Master Xiaojun, shall we go back and talk?"
Lian Xiaoqiang laughed and asked him to get in the car. Before she got in the car, Lian Xiaoqiang refused to get in the car. She thought about sitting outside and driving until there was a voice asking from behind.
"Hey, where is the servant in fur? He was standing here just now."
"The master who picked him up is going forward."
"Ah, has his master finally arrived? Come and see what he's like? The servants are like this, so the master must be extraordinary."
"I saw that he is an elegant man."
Hearing this, Lian Xiaoqiang sighed angrily, threw down the riding whip to the unfinished entourage, and climbed into the carriage herself: "Go back quickly!"
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I simply washed up and changed my clothes, had a bowl of hot tea, and chatted with Lian Xiaoqiang about what to do after leaving. When I heard Lian Xiaoqiang say that the young master was full of confidence, it was a success and it had been three days since he entered the palace.
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"You mean, Young Master Xiaojun has been in the palace for three days and hasn't come out again?" Weizhuang interrupted and asked, "No news has been sent out?"
Lian Xiaoqiang complained: "Yeah, they didn't even say they would take me in."
Afterwards, he held the tea cup in his hand and said, "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
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"This matter is not easy to handle."
After reading the thin account book for three days, I gave the final answer.
"These people have borrowed too much, and they must have hoarded a large amount of grain. Once Mr. Lian empties his grain into Jiannan Road, and then asks the bank to demand repayment of the loan..."
There is no need to talk about the remaining money next, Yuan Ji and Jiang Ming all know.
Grain prices plummeted, and grain merchants had no money and could only sell grain at low prices.
"No, they won't sell it at a low price. In this troubled world, food is life." Li Minglou shook his head, "They won't give up their lives, so they can only fight hard."
A group of grain merchants, backed by Jiannan Road, were certainly not afraid of an outsider like Lian Xiaojun, but Lian Xiaojun changed hands and gave them to Mrs. Chu.
If you dare not give Mrs. Chu food, if you dare not pay back Mrs. Chu's money, if you dare to fight Mrs. Chu to death, then Mrs. Chu, who has soldiers and horses in her hands, can raise her sword to kill people.
Jiannan Road will be in chaos.
There is no solution for the remaining money, so this matter is unsolvable.
"This is Lian Xiaojun!" Yuanji stood up, snapping the case, "If there's anything unsolvable, just kill him."
"How can you kill him, Uncle Yuan Ji? I asked him to do this." Li Minglou said, "I was the one who harmed Jiannan Dao."
"Miss, it was he who took Miss to take revenge." Yuan Ji said.
Li Minglou shook his head and said: "This matter is because of the deal I made with him. Now that he has done business with me, I can't go back on my word."
Yuan Ji said: "What should we do?"
Li Minglou stood up, reached out to lift his hat, took off his cloak, and stood like a lotus in the bright winter hall.
"He has a grudge against Mr. Li, and he has proven that he is capable of revenge." She said, "Let me reconcile with him on behalf of Mr. Li."
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Lian Xiaojun was invited by the palace ladies when he was playing in the palace garden. He had a smile on his face and did not feel at all depressed about being left out by his wife for three days.
"Madam, are you done with your work? Do you want to see me?"
The palace maids responded and followed him to Haitang Palace. They stopped outside the palace and said, "Madam, please go in by yourself."
Lian Xiaojun walked up the steps and walked into the warm and bright palace in winter. He immediately saw a woman, or rather a girl, standing in the palace.
This time she was not behind a curtain or veil.
He could see her tall stature, slender waist, raven hair, and snow-white skin at a glance.
She is sparkling and dazzling, like the stars in the sky.
The smile on Lian Xiaojun's face spread, and he quickened his pace and walked towards the girl: "Madam, it is indeed true..."
He once asked her when he could see her face, and she replied, once you finish the business, show it to him.
In the past few days, she had locked him up and ignored him. He was not anxious or annoyed. He knew that she was checking. Although she was a little ruthless, she was indeed a trustworthy person. After checking, she confirmed that he had not lied to her. She really came to see him with his true face.
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Lian Xiaojun smiled, but as he approached, his voice and footsteps stopped, and his eyes hovered on her face.
He looked into her eyes. He had seen her with her face covered and one pair of eyes exposed. At that time, a thought occurred to him, as if he had seen these eyes before somewhere.
Now that he knew, he reached out and touched his eyes. In the mirror, her eyes looked just like his.
He looked at her nose again. He had seen her nose before, but it was not his. It looked more like his cousin, a young man named Li Mingyu.
He looked at her lips again. Her lips were as red and small as cherry blossoms, and they were prettier than both his and Li Mingyu's.
He looked at her face for the last time, and when he saw this face, he seemed to be in a dream. In the dream, he had met the eldest aunt.
The smile on Lian Xiaojun's face disappeared and he asked: "Who are you?"
Li Minglou said: "I am Li Minglou."
With a sound, the sky in front of her eyes was suddenly torn apart, and a beam of hot fire struck down like a sword, hitting her arm.
Li Minglou's breathing suddenly stagnated, he heard crackling sounds in his ears, and sticky heat flowed down his arms...
She clenched her hands and held the blood in her palms.