During the garrison hour, the crescent moon was reflected in the water next to the Hanging Mountain House. The water surface rippled and even the gray tiles on the roof were shiny. This was the brothel in Zhongqu, Pingkangfang, Feng Dalun's only property here.
Feng Dalun was sitting on his knees in a quiet room, and the deep tones of a harp and a woman's laughter could be heard faintly in the distance. He picked up the wine set on the table in front of him and poured the wine, while he poured himself a glass of wine.
The partition door covered with jute paper opened, and Luo Xingchang walked into the room with a spring breeze on his face. He knelt down on the futon in front of Feng Dalun and asked with a smile: "Feng Dalun called me to come, but to get rid of Li Siye?"
Feng Dalun didn't say anything, he raised his triangular eyes and stared at him with a faint cold light, like a cobra guarding its tail, waiting for the enemy in front of him to reveal a flaw.
Luo Xingchang was so distracted by his stare that he thought he had exposed some secret, so he pretended to be calm and asked: "What? Feng Dalang, why are you staring at me like this?"
"You didn't tell me the truth."
"How come I didn't tell you the truth!" Luo Xingchang leaned forward and raised his brows to confront Feng Dalun. "Feng Dalun, this matter is so simple. You take someone's life, and I owe you a favor. There are some things I know.
Too much will not be good for you."
Feng Dalun withdrew his aggressive gaze and sneered: "Of course I don't want to know about Luo Silang's grudges. But I, Feng Dalun, don't want to get into trouble."
He made an aquiline shape with his fingers, pointed at the floor and continued: "I am not going to talk to you about anything else today, but about this person you want to get rid of! Does he really have no foundation? Does he really have no background? He just
Just a white body?"
"Dang..." Luo Changxing suddenly stopped talking, went through everything in his head again, and then vowed: "Of course! If the details were not clear, how could I dare to ask you to grant Dalun a great title? He entered Chang'an
I am alone, with only one girl around me. I make a living by selling out in Tonghuafang. I may have real skills. I have only been a delinquent for a few days. Other than that, I have no other influence. Could it be that Zhang Xiaojing?"
"Stop guessing," Feng Dalun leaned over and spat out the words through his teeth: "You can't guess it even if you think about Potian. He is currently making a strange cake in the West Market. He has only been in the market for three to five days.
Collecting tens of thousands of dollars, recruiting hundreds of people, and being escorted by dozens of people at any time, it is really majestic."
"How could this happen?" Luo Changxing looked a little disappointed, and even his kneeling posture softened.
The two sat opposite each other and were silent for a long time.
The nerves in Luo Xingchang's mind suddenly changed, and he suddenly stood up from a squat and put his face close to Feng Dalun's face: "The more capable this person is, the more we can't let him go! If time passes, if he succeeds, it will be the day we die!
"
Feng Dalun was not anxious anymore. He was playing with the three-color wine cup with twisted branches in his hand. He raised his beard and tentacles and asked with a smile: "Luo Silang, what do you think we should do?"
Luo Changxing had blue veins bulging on his forehead, and three words popped out of his mouth: "Western City Department!"
"Then it has nothing to do with me. Luo Silang joined the army at the seventh rank of Jingzhao Mansion. You are much more capable than me in official matters."
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Li Siye decided to go back to Xuanyangfang and put the tens of thousands of money in his yard into the yard. It was neither convenient nor safe to put it in the West Market.
He handed over the green onion cake shop to Gao Shi, followed by thirteen or fourteen people, who took turns carrying copper coins on shoulder poles, and walked out of the West Market in a crowd.
Before going to Xuanyangfang, he decided to go to Wenji Incense Shop to visit his sister. Living in other people's homes was not as casual as his own home, so he didn't want to offend others without knowing it. He was even a little worried about Wen Ran's sexual orientation.
, this will affect others.
All the way along the streets on both sides of Yong'an Canal to Dunyifang, he asked the fourteen people around him to wait outside the incense shop, and he walked into the incense shop carrying a load.
Wen Ran and Mei'er were both staying in the back room of the shop, each sitting on a bed, carefully making incense.
Li Siye suddenly appeared, stood behind the two of them and said with a smile: "Mei'er! Wen Ran."
Wen Ran's hands trembled, she patted her chest and looked up at him angrily. Li Mei'er also stared at her brother with a complaining look, as if he was an uninvited guest who suddenly disturbed their world.
"What's wrong? Did I come at the wrong time?"
Li Mei'er wore a double bun on her head, held incense in both hands, stretched her neck and turned back to Li Siye and said: "Brother, why did you come just now? I can make incense. Sister Wen Ran taught me. I can make it at home in the future."
Make incense and sell it yourself, and I will support you in the future."
"You still feed me?" Li Siye said proudly: "Come and see what this is?"
He stretched out his hand and pulled away the linen covering the wicker dustpan, revealing a hill of Kaiyuan Tongbao. Each copper coin was round on the outside and square on the inside, which was eye-catchingly beautiful.
Li Meier said calmly: "Brother has made tens of thousands of dollars again." He turned away and concentrated on making her incense.
His sister's reaction was so different from what he expected. Li Siye felt a gap in his heart. It's not surprising at all that his affectionate brother made so much money.
He had no choice but to grab a handful of money from the dustpan and gave it to her: "This is your pocket money to buy you candies."
He grabbed another handful of money and handed it to Wen Ran: "Wen Ran, this is for you."
Wen Ran blushed and refused: "Brother Siye, I don't get reward for my merits. Don't give me money, otherwise my father will scold me to death if he knows."
"Oh," Li Siye didn't force it and was just about to take the money back. Wen Ran rolled his eyes and suddenly said, "How about I give you a piece of fragrant cake and you give me the money, so it's not for nothing.
It’s a business deal.”
Li Siye smiled happily and said, "Okay."
He put the money in Wen Ran's hand, but Wen Ran took off a sachet from his waist and handed it to Li Siye's palm with his little hand.
"Hey, there is a fragrant cake in the sachet. If you put it on your body, even the butterflies and bees will circle around you."
Li Siye lowered his head to look at the sachet. It was exquisitely made and made of purple and green silk threads embroidered with flowers and tangled grass. Just like its owner, it was both elegant and smart.
He put the sachet into his arms, bent down and picked up the dustpan with a pole, turned around and said, "Brother is gone. I'll pick you up next time. Wen Ran, Mei'er, what do you want to eat? I'll bring it to you from the West Market."
return."
Li Meier lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Well, Biro?"
Wen Ran said without raising his head: "I want fire crystal persimmons."
Li Meier quickly changed her words: "I want fire crystal persimmons too!"
"OK!"
Li Siye walked out of the incense shop carrying a load, extended his hand to greet the dozen or so people squatting outside, and everyone headed towards Xinchangfang in a mighty manner.
They came outside the house in Xinchangfang. There were no fallen leaves or grass in front of the courtyard, and it seemed that it had been cleaned. Li Siye did not think about who was learning to do good deeds, so he stepped forward to open the lock and said to everyone: "You guys just wait outside.
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He carried the coins into the east wing and found that he had so much money that he had no place to store it. He would not be back for a few days, and if he was robbed, he would lose everything.
Li Siye found a stick, went to the foot of the mulberry tree, took five steps back, and used the stick to dig into the soil, causing dust to fly under his feet.