Hongcheng is still prosperous, and Qianni City is simply a paradise. He has established a new chamber of commerce, called Qianni Chamber of Commerce. Hongcheng does not have Su Ren's imagination, so he has been imitating Su Ren consciously or unconsciously in his work.
, but he didn’t learn it the same way. Instead of learning Su Ren’s selflessness, he learned Su Ren’s greed.
Lying on the window sill and watching the movement in front of the palace gate, Hong Cheng sighed: "What can these few hundred people who are not afraid of death do?"
Sure enough, as Hong Cheng said, the troubled merchants quickly dispersed. The king specifically issued a decree to allow the merchants to trade with Su Ren's Han merchants. This was something that could not be helped. Once people formed a climate, no matter how the privileged class
Cruel and ruthless, I can only endure this tone. Even if I look for opportunities to deal with them one by one in the future, it is better to comply with the people's sentiments at the moment.
In addition, the merchants who caused trouble were big merchants from Shanshan State. They controlled Shanshan State's meager finances. Such people would not dare to offend. The countries in the Western Regions were different from the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty had a large population and the status of merchants was very low. In most areas,
Being self-sufficient, even if merchants want to cause trouble, no one will follow. However, the Western Regions are much more complicated. Their country is built on money and water, and any drying up will be a disaster.
But Hong Cheng guessed wrong. He overestimated his status in the minds of those people. Once a person is melancholy, drinking becomes the best choice. Those businessmen who were following him all day long will now be in Su
Ren asked for forgiveness in front of the inn where he lived. So Hongcheng became even more melancholy.
After drinking glass after glass of wine, the drunkenness never came up. Hong Cheng, who was extremely depressed, vented all his grievances on Hu Ji who was serving him. When Hu Ji under him screamed in unbearable pain, Hong Cheng
Now my depressed mood is getting better.
Zhao Xin was sitting in the outer room and could clearly hear what was going on inside. He watched Hong Cheng coming out of the back room in disheveled clothes: "Why is this necessary? Since the giant has such an arrangement, he will naturally have his own countermeasures.
We are just temporarily stabilizing those people for the giant, so don’t worry too much.”
"Hmph!" Hong Cheng snorted coldly and wrapped his clothes tightly. The strenuous exercise just now made him sweat. When the cold wind outside blew, his whole body became cold and he shuddered: "To put it bluntly,
We are their tools, right? You are really not very self-aware?"
Xin Zhao sighed: "I should have had this consciousness when I joined back then. Now I realize that I don't want to be used by others. Isn't it a little late?"
Hong Cheng took a deep breath: "I just can't give in!"
"What's there to be unwilling to do?"
"Why are you not willing to accept it? Are you willing to accept it? You have been working as a cow and a horse for so many years just to be used by others and then give it up? I am a human being, not a tool!"
Zhao Xin stopped talking. In fact, he knew that what Hong Cheng said was right, but he just couldn't do the same as Hong Cheng. Hong Cheng didn't have to care about his family, he had to care about it. There were dozens of young and old in his family, and he usually lived a normal life.
There was no shortage of food and clothing, which was enough to make him desperate.
Hong Cheng glared at Xin Zhao: "What? Do you think I'm right? To tell you the truth, if they hadn't been able to keep an eye on the pressure from those merchants, I could have completely killed Su Ren here without them taking action.
On the Gobi Desert! Is there a lot of guards with a thousand people? Su Ren thinks too highly of himself if he wants to run rampant in the Western Region with a guard of a thousand people!"
"You have a way to stop telling me earlier?"
"Haha!" Hong Cheng said with a sad smile: "Does anyone give people like us a chance to speak? We don't even know whether we will be sent to Su Ren tomorrow and become a tool for him to reconcile with Su Ren. Who has ever
Have you asked us how we feel?"
The Hu Xuan Dance is the most famous dance in the Western Regions. When combined with the music of Qiuci, it has driven the rich and powerful people in Chang'an City crazy. The dancing Hu Ji has a perfect figure. Where she is big, she is huge, and when she is small, she is comparable to others.
Hold. It was spinning like a top on the floor of the main room. The fiery red skirt on her body was extremely dazzling. The jewelry she wore rotated into a circle. It was particularly beautiful when viewed from above. The Orchids felt that the person they wanted to serve was in a bad mood.
, so the dance was particularly vigorous. It was a pity that the two patrons had no intention of enjoying the dance, and just lowered their heads and drank one sip after another.
The exquisite silver wine jug was already empty. The dancing Hu Ji immediately spun to Hong Cheng's side, placed a jug filled with wine in the place where the wine jug had been, and dodged to avoid Hong Cheng's claws.
She returned to the stage with a charming smile and continued her performance.
There's no point in talking to someone like Xin Zhao. Xin Zhao is usually taciturn, so it's good to be able to comfort Hong Cheng when he's down. Waiting for him to make you happy is just a fool's errand.
Hong Cheng finally got a little drunk. When he looked at the dancing Hu Ji, he felt that she was so beautiful. Those eyes, face, and figure were something he had never seen before in his life. He stood up unsteadily and swayed.
He rushed towards Hu Ji, but unfortunately he missed the target. The smell of powder in the air made Hong Cheng a little confused, and he chased the spinning Hu Ji with a smile on his face.
Xin Zhao sighed, lowered his head and continued to drink. The wine is different from the wine for big men. It tastes a little sour, but the aftertaste is sweet. Even a woman can drink several large glasses of this kind of wine, let alone a strong man. Drink it.
Wine should be paired with a jade cup. The blood-colored wine emits a dazzling light in the jade cup, making people enchanted when the light shines on it.
Xin Zhao shook his head and felt a little dizzy. He had never drunk so much wine before, and he didn't expect that the wine would have such great stamina. The reason why Xin Zhao didn't drink was because he never felt safe.
He has been surrounded by danger most of his life, and he understands that drinking can cause trouble. But today he drank too much. Like Hong Cheng, nothing happened at Hong Cheng's home.
He leaned on the cushion and enjoyed the dance in the hall. The dancing Orchid was still spinning, and there was sweat on his head, but Hong Cheng was lying on the ground without any movement, not even the hem of Orchid's skirt.
It brushed over Hong Cheng's face, but Hong Cheng didn't react at all.
Xin Zhao shook his head and smiled bitterly, how could such a person do great things? It is ridiculous to think of controlling Su Ren's huge group of merchants. At least Xin Zhao knew from Jingji's mouth that Su Ren cherished his life and was very cautious, and would not do anything.
He would think long and hard before doing anything and never do anything without any benefit. Therefore, Su Ren could become the business god among the Han people.
Xin Zhao felt a little sleepy and tried to open his eyes, trying to see clearly what was in front of him. He had not gone through any obstacles when he came to Hongcheng. His current identity was very special. Although his identity might have been exposed, Juzi did not.
If you order him to leave, then you are still the horse thief's strategist, so you naturally have to obey the command of the wolf Lord Thorns.
Xin Zhao's head sank hard and then bounced up again. Why was there a pool of red stuff under Hong Cheng's body? What was that? Xin Zhao tried hard to see clearly, but his eyes seemed to be blurred.
A hot mouth reached to Xin Zhao's ear, with a faint fragrance: "Go to sleep!"
Xin Zhao really wanted to sleep, but he realized something was wrong and struggled for a while but couldn't do it: "Who are you?"
"Hey Hey……"
A series of laughter like bells penetrated into Zhao Xin's ears. The woman spoke very nicely and smelled very good. Zhao Xin turned his head with difficulty, and in front of him was a beautiful and shameless woman with big, bewildered eyes.
With a high nose and flaming red lips, he looks like a god in the sky: "Who are you?"
There was another burst of laughter. The woman's smile became even more beautiful. She put her head in front of Hong Cheng and could even hear her breathing: "My surname is Sun, and they all call me Sun Erniang! How about this name?"
"Sun Erniang? Are you Han?"
The woman smiled even more happily: "Yes, he is a Han! Am I beautiful?"
"Beautiful!" Xin Zhao replied subconsciously, eliciting a burst of laughter like silver bells. Xin Zhao looked at the woman. He could no longer control his behavior and wanted to reach out to grab it, but he didn't have the slightest strength in his body:
"What did you feed me?"
Sun Erniang smiled and said: "Nothing? Have you heard of mandala flowers?"
Xin Zhao shook his head: "No."
"This kind of flower is produced in the Western Regions. I don't know where it is specifically. I just know that this kind of flower has aphrodisiac effect and is also very toxic! I remember that when we were in Yanmen Pass two years ago, your people used it for our husband. That time
It almost killed our husband, so I will try it on you today, of course I added some other things to it."
"Are you from Su Ren?"
Sun Erniang didn't answer, she just looked at Zhao Xin and smiled.
Xin Zhao didn't feel any pain in his neck. He only felt a bit of cool air pouring from his neck into his stomach. Then the burning feeling all over his body disappeared, and his eyes became clear. He reached out and touched his neck.
Dark red blood stained his hand. The woman in front of him was not as beautiful as before. Not only was she not beautiful, she was frightening. The sunken eye sockets seemed to have no eyeballs, and her cheekbones were exposed.
Bones, what Xin Zhao saw was a face of bones. He wanted to scream, but unfortunately he could only open his mouth but no sound came out.
The house was in a mess. Everyone who appeared in the house was lying on the ground, either in front of them or behind them. It could be seen that they all had one fatal wound, but one.
Cai Yuanzi walked out of the back hall holding a bloody dagger and glanced at Sun Erniang who was squatting next to Zhao Xin: "What are you looking at? The matter has been done, it's time to go!"
Sun Erniang laughed: "This person can actually wake up when he is about to die, which shows that it is extraordinary. It is a pity to die!"
"What a pity that I didn't let you make buns?" Cai Yuanzi laughed and said, "Tell me the story that Mr. told us. You and I are husband and wife, and we are a couple who run a black shop selling human meat buns!"
"Bah! Who wants to be your husband and wife?"
Cai Yuanzi was not upset. He returned the dagger to its sheath and pulled off the black cloth on his face: "I will beg my husband when I get back and ask him to marry you to me. Look at how well my mother, Da Chong, and Xiao Wei Chi are living, but they don't