Chapter 70: The Benefits of Li Jiazhi
"There is such a big thing in the house, my brother is not here, my mother is sick, and you have to be busy with housekeeping, of course I have to do something as a man!" Li Jiazhi was very proud of this discovery, and said eloquently as if telling a story: "I have been sending people to keep an eye on Li Yuanxiang these days, and it turned out that he often went to an antique shop called Gleaning Fang on Wenchang Street in the east of the city. You say! He doesn't read as many books as I do, and his greatest skill is to play with a big knife and not to be able to show enough on the street, so he has nothing to do with his elegance! There must be something wrong with this!"
"Poof" Hongluan couldn't hold back her laughter for a while.
Li Jiazhi glared at her, and was about to speak, but Situ Ningbing hurriedly coughed dryly, revealing an encouraging smile, "You continue." "She's listening to the book, it's funny!
Li Jiazhi was greatly encouraged and made a "sister-in-law, you know the goods" and continued to foam at the mouth: "That antique shop is divided into two floors, below is the counter with some ordinary objects, it is said that it is used to entertain distinguished guests, Li Yuanxiang goes directly to the second floor every time, stays for at least an hour, and when he comes out, he does not necessarily buy things, and the most important thing is that he never gives money for the things he buys from there!"
"How do you know this?" Situ Ningbing was really curious this time, she knew that the gleaning workshop was the property of the Korean Gong, and it was probably opened to facilitate the exchange of news with Li Yuanxiang and to monitor the Anguo Mansion by the way, in order not to expose that he did not participate in Li Yuanxiang's actions except for delivering news, and his actions were also secretive, and she felt that something was wrong when Li Jiazhi found out that something was wrong, she felt that it was purely a blind cat that hit a dead mouse, but he actually knew whether Li Yuanxiang paid or not? This is really a bit unbelievable.
"I'll explain this to you later, you listen to me first!" Li Jiazhi was telling the story and didn't want to be interrupted, so he waved his hand impatiently and continued to preach in a colorful voice: "How can there be a reason to open a store and do business without charging money! At that time, I thought that this store was strange, so I asked someone to inquire. Sister-in-law, guess what I've heard?"
Situ Ningbing showed a curious look very cooperatively, fully satisfying Li Jiashu's psychology of telling stories, so he continued: "That antique shop was opened eight years ago, and the shopkeeper and a few guys are all from Chang'an, and the strange thing is that these people have no family members, and now the women in the family are all concubines who have been purchased after coming here, this posture is clearly not going to live in Longxi for a long time, otherwise how can they not even bring their families?"
Situ Ningbing looked at him with a strange expression, "Where did you get this from?" Although the reason is a little crooked, the idea is still quite correct, but how Situ Ningbing listens to it and thinks it is strange, it feels like... The third aunt and six mothers-in-law are chewing the root of their tongue with her!
When Li Jiazhi told her with a smug face, these were all from Aunt Wang next door to a gangster named Garlic, Situ Ningbing suddenly felt that his feeling was really accurate. However, when she knew how Li Jiazhi learned the ins and outs of Li Yuanxiang's purchases from the relics shop, he had to be impressed. After all, it is much more difficult to steal the account book of an antique shop with a detailed function than to steal an ordinary shop, and that thief actually has the ability to memorize an account book.
"Sister-in-law, I am a little scared when you look at me like this. Being looked at by Situ Ningbing's scorching gaze, Li Jiazhi was a little uncomfortable.
Situ Ningbing praised sincerely, "Don't be afraid, I just suddenly found that although your brain is not as good as your brother's, the quality of your subordinates is simply a few streets behind him!" said and reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "You have a very promising future!"
Although he was praised, Li Jiazhi had a hairy feeling in his heart, as if he was being targeted by a wolf!
"Don't be stunned, go on. Situ Ningbing was interested, she wanted to see how many surprises Li Jiazhi could bring to herself.
"Say... What?" Li Jiazhi was frightened by her, and he couldn't react for a while.
Situ Ningbing didn't speak, but just pointed with his index finger at the stolen account book that he had just shown her.
"Oh!" Li Jiazhi suddenly understood, tilted his head and straightened his mind before saying: "Based on these two suspicions, I guess that seventy percent of this antique shop is open in South Korea!" Sister-in-law, you think, although our family is a prince's family, but since the death of my grandfather, the family has moved to Longxi, except for my father and my brother, in the past twenty or thirty years, no one in our family has ever been to Chang'an, and the relatives over there are estranged, if you want to say that Li Yuanxiang can have any connection with the people in Chang'an, think about it, there is only his cheap Yue's Korean father!"
Seeing Situ Ningbing nodded, Li Jiazhi suddenly had a heroic spirit of pointing out the country, and said with a foaming mouth: "Han Gong is no longer in the stream, he is also a first-class duke, you said that he stayed in Chang'an and had nothing to do, and opened a small antique shop on our territory in Longxi, is it just to send a few antiques to Li Yuanxiang from time to time? I am not as empty as him!"
"Ahem..." Situ Ningbing held back a smile and coughed lightly twice, and he had a new understanding of Li Jiazhi - self-knowledge.
Li Jiazhi thought that his sister-in-law was reminding him not to deviate from the topic, so he smiled innocently and continued: "Isn't there a saying that nothing is done to be courteous or a traitor or a thief? Then the Cui family is not born to the Korean father, and it is said that the grandson is actually unable to beat the eight poles, what is he doing to Li Yuanxiang so well? There must be some scheme! Combined with Lin Kun's case, what else is there that I don't understand, isn't that old guy from the Korean government just trying to be our family! Helping Li Yuanxiang kill me and my brother, the Li family will have to change their surname to Cui! This old guy is not very ambitious! ”
"Don't complain about Cui Jue's too big ambitions, who made your Li family look like a piece of fat. Situ Ningbing has always felt that ambition is not a bad thing, if it is not good, there are only two reasons: first, overestimating himself, and second, underestimating others. Cui Jue's thinking was originally not bad, the Li family was thin, and there were few talents in the clan except for An Guogong, and An Guogong's parents died when he was young, and the only brother he could rely on died on the battlefield at a young age, as a child who had no elders to mention and grew up under the wings of his brother, An Guogong's mental skills were far inferior to the Korean Duke who was in charge of the lifeblood and future of the Cui family. With the opportunity of Li Yuanxiang, the Korean princess, who wants to make the Cui family a top family, will naturally not let go of the opportunity. It's a pity that he not only underestimated Li Jiayi, but also overestimated himself, all the small tricks played by Li Yuanxiang over the years have been resolved by Li Jiayi without a trace, if it wasn't for King Wei's idea this time, he wouldn't have the heart and courage to play so big!
"I'm still the same sentence," Situ Ningbing stared at Li Jiazhi word by word and said: "If you want others not to dare to calculate you, you must first be strong enough! Otherwise, you will only be eaten alive by life!" She is not Li Jiayi, since she knows the benefits of Li Jiazhi, she must make the best use of it, so she wants him to understand that his carefree and idle life is over!
Li Jiazhi pursed his lips and muttered a little unconvinced: "I'm not that bad, right? At least the collusion between Han Gong and Li Yuanxiang has been found, and you and your brother can also let Cui Jue that old guy go in the future." ”
"Heh..."Situ Ningbing raised his eyebrows and looked at him, unceremoniously pouring cold water, "If Li Jiayi and I have to wait for you to remind us, we will know that Li Yuanxiang and Han Gong's dealings are estimated to have been reincarnated a few times!"
"Sister-in-law, you're too bad to speak... Huh?!" Li Jiazhi reacted halfway through his words, "You and my brother already knew about this!" Seeing Situ Ningbing nodding, Li Jiazhi was suddenly unhappy, "Then why don't you sue me?!"
"Hehe" Situ Ningbing sneered again, "Sue you, what are you going to do? Put two snakes in Li Yuanxiang's room to scare him to death? Or do you pull him to death with chin beans in his meal? I don't think there is so much trouble, you might as well rush to Songtao Courtyard with a kitchen knife now and hack him to death, and the probability of success is higher." It seemed that Li Jia, who was still a blow, was not responsible enough, Situ Ningbing added, "Remember, bring your four little guys who are not Li Yuanxiang's opponent!"
Li Yuanxiang stared at Situ Ningbing and puffed out his cheeks for a long time, just when Situ Ningbing thought that he was going to kill himself with a kitchen knife, Li Yuanxiang suddenly grinned and said to her in an almost flattering tone: "Sister-in-law, I know that I don't need to help you and my brother, but if you want someone to run an errand and spread a message or something similar to stealing chickens and dogs, I can still do it for you, you just command!"
Situ Ningbing's eyelids jumped, but then he thought of something again, and smiled at Li Jiazhi and said, "Since you have said so, you are welcome, I just have something to do with you here." ”
Li Jiazhi's careful liver trembled with laughter from her, and he swallowed his saliva before he said tentatively: "What's the matter?" He regretted a little that he shouldn't have said so much, but looking back, he couldn't hide under his brother's wing for the rest of his life, he was seventeen, and he should always do something that a man should do!
Situ Ningbing admired Li Jiazhi's wonderful expression changes, and said with a slow smile: "You go and prepare some rouge gouache, silk and jewelry, all of which must be good, especially the rouge gouache must be the best, it must not be mixed with lead powder and red sand, and it is enough to prepare three or five pieces of each one." Without giving Li Jiazhi a chance to refuse, Situ Ningbing stretched out a finger and said in a tone that was so determined: "Give you a day, and come to me with these early the morning after tomorrow." ”
Li Jiazhi tilted his head and thought for a long time, and he didn't know what the intention of Situ Ningbing was to give such an order, so he agreed first, anyway, he didn't lack silver, and his sister-in-law had silver, so he wouldn't take advantage of him.