Chapter 0010 The official family who is fascinated by immortals
The door of the house.
Kou Ji put one hand behind his back and held a folding fan in the other, looking back at the horizontal plaque on the lintel.
There are two words written on the plaque.
Kou Mansion.
These two simple words represent Kou Ji's confidence.
He subconsciously straightened his back and tried to make himself more like a son of a noble family.
He wanted to solve the trouble caused by Kou Li. Although he couldn't rely on the power of the Kou Mansion, he still had to borrow the name of the Kou Mansion.
The trouble Kou Li got into was just a trivial matter in Kou Li's eyes.
But Kou Ji knew that this matter was no small matter.
The water here is very deep.
It was so deep that Kou Li couldn't see what was under the water.
When Kou Li was in Huazhou Township, he was just a poor scholar. Although there was a big man like Kou Zhun in the clan, he had not much relationship with Kou Zhun at the beginning. Kou Zhun could not help him all the time. At most, he would help him every time.
During the New Year and festivals, give some things to the clan and let the clan elders distribute them, so that he can take advantage of them.
So fundamentally speaking, Kou Li is a poor man after all, a poor man who needs to pawn his family's belongings to support his study abroad expenses.
Since he recognized Kou Zhun as his father, the poor suddenly become rich, and it is inevitable that he will pick up some habits of the nouveau riche.
It's a pity that his knowledge, strategy, courage and other aspects have not kept up.
When he followed Kou Zhun around, his meager knowledge could still be used.
But after entering the power field of Bianjing City, his meager knowledge and strategies were somewhat stretched.
So much so that he was tricked around by others.
This is like a sheep. When it was among the sheep, it was like a fish in water. But suddenly it is among the wolves, and it will be swallowed up very quickly.
Kou Ji is different. No matter in terms of knowledge, courage, strategy, etc., he is far more knowledgeable than Kou Li.
So what he could see clearly at a glance, Kou Li might not be able to see clearly.
Kou Li regarded this matter as a trivial matter from beginning to end.
But what Kou Ji saw was a big event involving cannibalism.
Who is Kou Zhun?
A veteran minister of two dynasties, he had paid homage to the prime minister four times and was given a first-rank official position.
A person who stomps his feet will make Bianjing City tremble.
How can someone who dares to spend time planning and scheming against Kou Zhun be an easy character to deal with?
What Kou Ji has to do now is to dig out the person hiding behind him and find out his purpose.
Kou Ji now understood why Wang Shu's face was filled with a half-smile expression when he heard that he wanted to see Kou Li.
Because he only heard the most superficial information from Kou Li's mouth, and Kou Li didn't know the root cause.
Until now, Kou Li still didn't know that he was being plotted by others, let alone the real purpose of others plotting against him.
Kou Ji didn't know whether he should be happy or sad to have such a father.
With such a cheap and shallow-minded father, he doesn't need to work hard to hide his identity as a time traveler in front of Kou Li. He only needs to use a little trick to prevent Kou Li from having any doubts about him.
However, with such a shallow and cheap father, he can no longer hope to enjoy wealth and wealth in Bianjing City. He cannot rely on his cheap father to protect him from the wind and rain, so he has to go into battle naked to help his cheap father.
Get shelter from the wind and rain.
"Hey~"
Kou Ji sighed, turned the folding fan in his hand, and walked out of Ma Xing Street.
Erbao followed him cautiously and asked, "Master, it's getting late, where are we going?"
"Go to the wine shops, teahouses, and foot shops respectively to appreciate the splendor of Bianjing City."
Kou Ji responded casually.
Erbao nodded innocently.
The man carrying the money who was following behind the two masters and servants glanced at Kou Ji in surprise.
He was not an ordinary long-term follower. His father was one of the first loyal servants to follow Kou Zhun, and he himself had been following Kou Zhun for several years.
Erbao didn't understand Kou Ji's intention of going to a wine shop and other places, but he understood.
Historically, these places have been the most convenient places to get information.
Bianjing is a large city and hides many secrets.
Bianjing is also a small city, and many secrets cannot be hidden.
The first place where many secrets leak out is in the wine shops, teahouses, and foot shops on the streets.
Maxing Street, where the Kou Mansion is located, is dedicated to carriages and horses. It is relatively quiet and has few shops.
Kou Ji wanted to find a place with many wine shops, so he had to go out of Maxing Street, pass through the alley between Daxiangguo Temple and Jinling Palace, and go to Yujie Street.
Yu Street is far more prosperous than Maxing Street.
As soon as Kou Jicheng stepped onto Yu Street, he saw a foot shop and a wine shop.
Most of the people in the foot shop are tenants and long-term workers who used to take a break. They will ask for a bowl of tea from the shop, squat or sit, and gather together in small groups to chat.
In comparison, the guests in the wine shop are wealthier than them.
Most of them are servants in wealthy families. They have one or two small coins given by their masters. They gather together in small groups and order two pots of wine and a plate of food and drinks. The boss can play for a long time while sitting together.
The Li family is short.
With Kou Ji's identity, it is naturally inappropriate to go to a foot shop.
So he chose a seat in the wine shop and sat down.
At the greeting of the waiter, he ordered a pot of sweet wine and a plate of boiled beans, and sat in the wine shop eating and drinking without saying a word.
This sitting lasted half an hour.
Half an hour later, he asked Chang Sui to pay, and then took Erbao and Chang Sui to the next house.
On the way, Erbao scratched his head and asked in confusion: "Master, why don't we eat and drink in the same shop instead of running back and forth?"
Kou Ji paused before walking forward and said with a smile: "As for your young master, I came out today just to taste it. If it tastes good, I will visit him often in the future. If it tastes bad, I will definitely never come here again.
We will live in Bianjing permanently from now on, and food is the top priority, so we can’t be careless."
Erbao scratched his head again and said, "But the one just now tastes good."
"Maybe the next one tastes better."
"..."
The master and servant chatted wordlessly.
Soon we arrived at the next one.
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In this way, the three of them walked in and out of the wine shops, foot shops, and teahouses on Imperial Street until late in the evening, when they reached the end of Imperial Street.
Erbao ate well today. He opened his mouth to eat and ate a lot.
When I walked to the street, my belly was as round as a puff of pig urine.
Kou Ji didn't eat much because his mind was not on food.
After an afternoon of snooping, Kou Ji got a lot of useful information.
The news that Kou Li had pawned the gift from the emperor had already spread throughout the city.
At the same time, Kou Ji also confirmed his suspicion that Kou Li was indeed being plotted by someone, and it was the Wu brothers who plotted against him.
As for why a sixth-grade Shi Yushi had the audacity to plot against the prime minister of the dynasty, no one knows.
Kou Ji felt that he still needed to find someone to get more detailed information and find out the Wu brothers' purpose in plotting against Kou Zhun.
In addition to complaining that Kou Li ruined Kou Zhun's great reputation, the people also felt that Kou Zhun was going to be in bad luck.
The reason why they were so sure was because the rhinoceros belt pawned by Kou Li was not an ordinary item.
It is said that it was the rare Tongtian rhinoceros that was paid tribute by the foreign countries. Emperor Taizong ordered the craftsmen to make two rhinoceros belts, one for himself and one for Kou Zhun.
Emperor Taizong passed away long ago, and the rhinoceros belt that belonged to him was buried with him in the imperial mausoleum.
The rhinoceros belt in Kou Zhun's hand can be said to be the only one in the world.
Not only is it priceless, but it is also famous in the inner palace.
Even the inner government is thinking about something, which shows how precious it is.
Everyone expected that Kou Zhun would be unlucky, but now Kou Zhun is not unlucky. The reason lies in the official in the palace who is seriously ill and cannot afford it.
It is said that this official who was obsessed with cultivating immortals had a dream four days ago that a goddess had arrived, wishing to bless him and invite him to ascend to heaven together.
After waking up from the dream, he immediately issued an order to ask all the officials in the court to bathe and fast for seven days on his behalf. After seven days, they would join him in welcoming the goddess' blessing.
It was precisely because of these seven days of fasting and bathing that Kou Zhun never suffered from bad luck.
This is why Wang Shu reminded Kou Ji at the entrance of the main hall of Kou Mansion that he still had three and a half days.