Chapter 212 Meet the Old Know in a Foreign Country

When they entered the city, Qin Mubai and others found a hidden forest to change their robes and clothes, and then disguised themselves as businessmen as before. Then they rode into the city and returned to the inn.

Just as I was about to enter the room, I bumped into Chen Yan, who was about to go out. Chen Yan was stunned when she saw Qin Mubai, and then smiled, "You turned into such a thing. I didn't recognize you for a while. You are in your teens in an instant!"

"Ha ha!" Qin Mubai greeted her into the room with a smile, removed the disguised beard and hair accessories, and said to her, "I'm going to the Assassin's House. Why don't you go with me?" Anyway, Li Ke, you are also familiar with each other.

Chen Yan thought for a moment and nodded: "Well, I'm just free. I'm just about to go out for a walk."

"Then let's go! I was about to talk to Li Ke about the water ghost in the West River Trough. You also know more or less, and maybe you can tell us something.

The group of people went out of the inn and went to the Assassin's House.

Li Ke's new official took office, and everything was done hastily. He did not set up another royal palace, but simply cleaned up the back house of the assassin's mansion and took it as a residence. The government officials of the Assassin's Mansion and the relatives of the royal palace were familiar with Qin Mubai, so they walked unimpeded. Zhou Laojiu, the catcher, was even more excited to see Qin Mubai and led him to Li Ke's residence in the back house.

Hearing that Qin Mubai was coming, Li Ke came out laughing loudly and said with a smile from afar, "Oh, rare guest, rare guest!"

"Just ridicul me!" Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"Who said hello to you? I obviously said hello to Lady Chen." Li Ke smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Miss Chen. Is everything all right?"

"It's acceptable." Chen Yan replied with a smile, "It's just that I almost became a broken-headed ghost who died unjustly in this precious land of Xiangzhou."

"Oh, it's none of my business. I didn't take office yet! Now, I, a Qing official, have been appointed in history. How can there be another injustice? Besides, even if I'm a fool, no one dares to wrong Lady Chen, otherwise someone will definitely fight with me, haha!" Li Ke laughed narrowly.

"I can't stand you. I'll brag when we meet you." Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled, "There are some business things to talk about with you. Is it just standing on the edge of the steps and talking?"

"Oh, it's Xiao Wang who was rude, he was rude! Two distinguished guests, please come into the room and talk! Come on, make tea to welcome the guests!" Li Ke swaggered into the room.

Qin and Chen looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled, and followed in.

Li Ke is still an old habit. He can't leave tea anywhere, and he specially brought the exquisite and expensive gold tea set from Chang'an to Xiangzhou, and even the beautiful girl who makes tea is still the same.

The three of them sat relaxed and chatted and waited for the tea. When the tea was cooked, Li Ke dismissed the idler and began to talk about the topic.

"Say, what did you gain from the military parade today?" Li Ke came to the point.

Qin Mubai said, "The people in the military government don't work hard. They are just pretending. The divine fish spaceship is good-looking and useless, and the white wave water army is floating. In a word, the Xiangzhou Military Government did not intend to seriously suppress the thieves, but was doing all kinds of tricks to confuse the public.

"It's expected." Li Ke nodded, took an account book and threw it to Qin Mubai, and said, "Kwon Wanji checked the accounts of Yin Cao, Liang Cao, Jun Cao and Fa Cao, and also found these problems. Over the years, Xiangzhou has paid countless money and grain to suppress thieves, which is the first place in all expenses, far more than persuading farmers. In fact, Xiangzhou is very rich. Those docks alone can bring rolling financial resources. However, most of this income is used to raise soldiers, but the water ghosts in the West River are getting more and more fierce. I really doubt whether the money is used to raise soldiers or thieves.

Qin Mubai looked through the account book for a while, frowned and said, "The military government did nothing, and the assassin's government colluded with the military government. Xiangzhou went up and down to tolerate the traitors. No wonder the water ghosts in the West River became more and more lawless. Now I'm thinking about a question. I'm afraid the reason why the emperor sent you here and asked me to be your assistant is that I've heard about the water ghost of the West River. Otherwise, why does a small Xiangzhou need to send you to the town?

"sit down? I like this word, and it seems that I am very capable. Li Ke laughed jokingly and said, "Let me tell you this. It's not my father who sent me here, but I've been in this place for a long time. As early as Anzhou, I heard that Xiangzhou was rich, but the governor of Xiangzhou was as diligent. At that time, I didn't understand, so I was curious - was it that people didn't want to do such a good assassin? Why do you have to leave after a few days of work? In recent days, I have only vaguely figured out the reason.

"Is there any other reason besides the repeated prohibition of water ghosts?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Of course." Li Ke said, "Another important reason is that the official gentry in Xiangzhou are quite close to each other, and outsiders can't get into the water. The Assassin's Office, the Military Office and the local rich and gentry form their own faction, with their own leaders and common interests. In this way, no matter which assassin and captain are transferred, they are isolated and excluded. On the surface, Assassin and the lieutenant are the most powerful and the most official, but in fact, they can only be alone. When an official comes to such a place, who can live for a long time?

"It seems that Your Highness has smelled something." Qin Mubai asked, "You can see who is the 'earth bully' on the ground in Xiangzhou?"

"Sima Wei is arrogant in the Assassin's Mansion, and Du Chengyuan, the captain of Guoyi in the Military Mansion." Li Ke said word by word, "It's just these two people."

"Sure enough..." Qin Mubai gently picked up the corners of his mouth and nodded.

"So, do you feel it too?" Li Ke's eyes lit up and asked.

"I don't know about the Assassin's Mansion. In the military mansion, the generals are indeed only Du Chengyuan's head. When I made my debut for the first time today, he gave me a show. Fortunately, I have a hundred riders to follow, otherwise I will really lose face and I won't be able to get off the stage. Qin Mubai sneered, "But don't worry, it's easy to deal with him. But I just don't know how powerful they are in Xiangzhou and how many people are involved behind them.

"Take your time! When we first arrived, we had to stand on our feet first. Li Ke nodded and said, "For good thing, I'm a prince, with my own manpower and a group of people. Otherwise, the one who is alone really can't do anything about them.

At this time, Chen Yan smiled and said, "Why don't I go out for a walk? Let's talk about it?"

"Oh? Haha! It seems that we are abrupt beauties!" Li Ke quickly raised the teacup and said, "It's over! Come on, Xiao Wang, give you a bowl of tea. You have the right to make amends.

"How dare you." Chen Yan returned a salute and smiled, "I feel that you two are more intimate than when you were in Jiangzhou. This time you worked together, but the location was changed from Jiangzhou to Xiangzhou. I don't know how much noise you are going to make this time?"

"Haha!" Li Ke pointed to Qin Mubai and laughed, "I don't have the courage! In fact, he instigated me to do everything. It's none of my business!"

Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled, "Chen Yan, now you know what it means to sell friends for glory, right? It is said that he is good to meet an old man in his hometown, but it is a bad thing to meet such a person like Your Highness.

"Oh, when you say that he met an old friend in his hometown, I think of something." Li Ke got up in a hurry, walked into his study, took out a letter and handed it to Qin Mubai. He said, "There are so many friends. There are also old friends in Xiangzhou who visit you. The barracks couldn't get in, so I found someone to find the Assassin's Mansion and asked me to forward the letter to you.

"Who will it be?" Qin Mubai opened the letter curiously and looked at it. It turned out to be a letter written by Wu Mei Niang. At the beginning, he was excited for a while and thought that Wu Mei Niang had come to Xiangzhou. After reading the letter, he knew that she didn't come. He just asked someone to bring a letter. What is written in the letter is nothing more than lovesickness, and it is mentioned that he is asked to find a shop in Xiangzhou. The letter said that the renovated Qinxian Pavilion (formerly the first wine in the world) has been opened, and the business is not bad. Now it's turnover. It won't take long for you to have more money to open a branch in Xiangzhou.

Qin Mubai, the person who wrote the letter, knows Zheng Anshun, the young master of the Zheng family who once cooperated with Wu Mei Niang to open the "first wine in the world"!

"Zheng Anshun?!" Qin Mubai's eyes lit up and asked Li Ke in surprise, "He came to Xiangzhou?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Li Ke said with a little consterren, "You know him very well. Why are you so excited?"

"No - where are the others?" Qin Mubai asked.

"He left a memento, saying that if you have a letter, please bring it back to Chang'an, you can go to him." Li Ke then brought a piece of paper and handed it to Qin Mubai.

Qin Mubai opened his eyes and stroked his hands excitedly: "Great! It's really a coincidence that it doesn't become a book. God helps me, haha!"

Li Ke and Chen Yan looked at each other and asked, "Why are you so excited?"

"Let me sell it first, and you will know it in the future." Qin Mubai clapped his chin a few times with a laugh, called the guards around him, handed over the paper to them, asked them to find Zheng Anshun in the city according to the address, and be sure to invite people to the royal palace.

Li Ke raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, "This guy is doing something strange again. Whenever I see him so confident and mysterious, I know that there must be a good show to watch!"

Chen Yan smiled and said, "You know each other well."

"That's need to say!" Li Ke raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother! Those who know brothers are also brothers!"

"Haha! Well, prince, I'm going to borrow your flowers to offer a Buddha today. Qin Mubai smiled and said, "When everyone arrives in Xiangzhou, it can be regarded as a reunion in a different place. How can we not celebrate?"

"No problem!" Li Ke stroked his palm and said with a smile, "Look at your expression, I know you must ask Zheng Anshun to help you!" Well, I'll pay for a table for the banquet to help you. Besides, there are still beautiful women today. Xiao Wang is very happy!"

Chen Yan shook her head and smiled, "Your Highness is such a romantic figure. Chen Yan is like grass mustard in your eyes. How can she become a beautiful woman?"

"Oh, you can't say that!" Li Ke smiled and said, "The demeanor of Lady Chen is unique and unmatched! Even if Xiao Wang has read all over the flowers, he has never seen such a strange Qiba as Lady Chen... Qin Mubai, you are so lucky!"

"Uh! ..." Qin Mubai pretended to be stunned, "Why did it come to my head again?"

"Finstall! This is the best way to pretend!" Li Ke pointed to Qin Mubai and scolded with a smile, "I have heard about your glorious deeds of saving beauty. The prisoner came to see me begging for mercy without tears, with your big seal on his face - you are so majestic, General Qin! Take the criminal away from my assassin's prison and leave me a meat seal IOU!"

"Haha!" Everyone burst into laughter.

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The three of them chatted with tea, talking and laughing happily, but they were also happy. Time flies, and it's dusk in a blink of an eye. The banquet arranged by Li Ke has been prepared, and the people sent to Zheng Anshun have not come back yet.

Just when everyone was a little impatient, Zheng Anshun came!

Zheng Anshun, the eldest young master of the Zheng family, the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, is 25 years old. He is said to be proficient in rhythm and learning rich. He is polite, modest and cautious. He is also a famous romantic figure in Chang'an. I don't know how many young women in Chang'an miss him in the boudoir.

The Zheng family in Chang'an has completely changed the world's prejudice against businessmen.

For all, officials have despised businessmen and are ashamed to make friends. There are four levels of agriculture, industry and commerce. The social status of businessmen is not as good as that of farmers and ironsmiths. No matter how rich they are, it is useless.

But the Chang'an Zheng family is not like this. They are a different kind of businessmen.

As early as the beginning of Wude, Zheng Fengchi, the head of the Zheng family, fell in love with Li Yuan, the emperor of Wude, and repeatedly funded Li Yuan's money, food and goods, which was called "the righteous merchant of the Tang Dynasty" by Li Yuan. Up to now, there is such a golden signboard written by Li Yuan in the Zheng family's home. Since then, the Zheng family has become a royal merchant of the Tang Dynasty. Most of the "money, grain, salt, cloth and iron" and other items exclusively sold by the imperial court are represented by the Zheng family. In addition, if there is a war in the Tang Dynasty, military food is often handed over to the Zheng family for transshipment and sale.

For more than 20 years, the status of the Zheng family in Chang'an has been increasing day by day, and most of them are princes and ministers. Although the Zheng family abides by the rules of businessmen, and none of their nephews has participated in the scientific examination or joined the army, but they have made a lot of friends in the officialdom and military. The Zheng family's business roads are all over the Tang Dynasty, and the friends of the Zheng family are also all over the world. It is said that the Zheng family's caravan has a special group of people who are proficient in all kinds of nonsense in order to deal with foreign businessmen. Zheng Anshun, the young master of the Zheng family, is a talented person who is proficient in several Hu languages. He has always been alone from south to north, and there is no need to take people to translate.

Qin Mubai and Zheng Anshun have only a few faces of relationship and have not had a deep friendship. Not long after she first met Wu Mei Niang, Wu Mei Niang deliberately provoked Qin Mubai with words, saying that it was far better to follow Zheng Anshun than to follow him. For this reason, Qin Mubai still had a trace of jealousy in his heart.

Seeing the living Zheng Anshun today, Qin Mubai sighed: I should be jealous! This guy is so handsome and elegant... He is rich, rich, gentle and elegant, erudite, talented and handsome. Such a man is simply a female killer!

"I'm Zheng Anshun, I've met His Royal Highness the King of Wu and General Qin." Zheng Anshun bowed his hands with a smile on his face, and his words and manners made people feel like a spring breeze.

"Tut!" Li Ke shook his head with a smile, "Mu Bai, I have a feeling of 'gathering things by class' today."

"How to say this?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Don't you think that one of our three big men is more handsome than the other?" Li Ke laughed and said, "Of course, you're a little worse."

Qin Mubai and Zheng Anshun laughed together. Chen Yan next to him couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, "I'd better go. I don't seem to be able to stand it!"

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