Chapter 14: A Visit to Gaoyang
The family sat around the fireplace, eating a hot reunion dinner, and Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, praised the good craftsmanship of the businessmen from time to time, and called Li Mo's boy blessed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After the meal, the merchant and his two brothers and green sleeves accompanied Wei Guogong's family to play a few laps of horse hanging, while gossiping, coaxing the old man to smile, until the first day of the lantern sent Wei Guogong's family out of the house.
It wasn't until the carriage of the Weiguo family traveled far away that Shang Shang and Su Ruiyi watched the little two close the main entrance of the kitchen road and return to the backyard.
Looking at the smile hidden at the corner of Shang Shang's mouth, although Su Ruizhi was a little hesitant, he stopped her after thinking about it.
"Lan Xin!"
Hearing this, the merchant looked at Su Ruizhi, and the faint smile on his face was the same as Fang Cai.
From the time she mentioned Enke, she could tell that Su Ruizhi was worried about her. After all, after being a criminal official, she has experienced prosperity and despicability, and she is afraid that she will avoid the affairs of the court like a snake and scorpion, and she can understand Su Ruizhi's distress that she does not want her to get involved.
"Brother!"
"Lan Xin! Brother doesn't want to stop you, it's just ...... The affairs of the government are not trivial, and if you are not careful, you will be implicated, you ...... Beware! ”
Pushing the wheelchair close to Lan Xin, Su Ruizhi seemed to be worried like never before.
After he escaped from Biansai and came back, he no longer had any extravagance, he only hoped that his brother and sister would be safe. Now that Toshizhi is married to Green Sleeves, Lan Xin has a good home, and the business of Kitchen Road has been very stable, and he is really satisfied with the life in front of him.
If Lan Xin rashly intervenes in the government affairs, he really doesn't know if he can withstand the blow of losing all his strength again.
Shang Shang meekly approached his brother, pushed his wooden wheelchair forward, and said softly:
"I understand, brother! Don't worry, I'm just using this momentum to save people, and besides, this is a matter that is beneficial to the emperor, and with his backing, this matter will not have any impact on us. ”
"Lan Xin! Those families have been in business for many years from the Wei and Jin dynasties to the present, and they are intertwined, how can it be so simple for the emperor to solve it at one time? Brother is worried about success now! At that time, if the emperor can't withstand the pressure of the court and the central government, and pushes out those of you who are plotting, then there will be no return! ”
Su Ruizhi carefully lowered his voice, such a sensitive topic was not suitable for everyone to know, and he cautiously looked at the servants waiting in the courtyard to make sure that they were all out of his reach.
"Brother! In fact, it is impossible for the emperor to solve it all at once! ”
The merchant pushed Su Ruizhi's wheelchair into his room, lit the octagonal glass lamp on the bookcase, closed the door, squatted in front of Su Ruizhi, and looked at him levelly.
"As you said, the family is intertwined, and if the emperor wants to clean it all up at once, it will definitely cause turmoil in the DPRK and China. But it is undeniable that the behavior of the family to control the direction of the government has already affected the government and the government, coupled with the conflict of interests with those upstarts, if the emperor does not solve it, it will definitely be like the previous dynasty, and finally be held hostage by the family, so the emperor is not clear and clear, there is no choice, what I said to Wei Guogong is just to help the emperor come up with a solution, and thus open the gap, so that the emperor can slowly figure it out. ”
Shang Shang paused for a moment, and said with a slight smile: "What's more, I'm just a little woman, these political opinions have been put forward by the Lord of the DPRK, so what does it matter to me?" You won't get it on my head, don't worry! ”
Su Ruizhi looked at the businessman's expression seriously, and thought about it carefully, what the sister said was not bad, although it was the sister who proposed Kaienke, but who would have thought that she proposed it? As long as she doesn't take too much of Gao Yang's matter, it shouldn't be too difficult to save someone according to the emperor's wishes, right?
"I hope so!" Su Ruizhi also smiled.
Maybe he was too worried? The girl's words are not unreasonable, and thinking about Li Mo who is far away in Jiuji, he will let go of half of his heart and no longer be entangled in it.
"Go and rest! It's been a busy day, too. Su Ruizhi, who was relieved, smiled and drove the businessmen back to rest.
"Hmmm! Then brother, you should rest early! The merchant lit the bedside lamp in his brother's room, called Su Ruizhi's personal servant to come in and serve him to freshen up, and then returned to his room with confidence.
As soon as he stepped through the door, the merchant heard a slight flapping of his wings.
A pigeon covered in white feathers flapped its wings and rested on her windowsill, combing the feathers on its tail.
"Xiaozhu?" The merchant happily stepped forward and gently grabbed the pigeon, and was not surprised to see a small bamboo tube tied to its feet.
Raising his hand to let go of the beads, the merchant approached the lamp and unfolded the note, looking at the words as small as gnats.
Li Mo's reply was simple and clear, only mentioning a few names, and also allocating Li Yan to her, so that she could let Li Yan do something, and there was nothing left.
Although there was no gentle word, but the businessman felt that his heart was full of warmth when he read the letter, although Li Mo did not say anything, but was silent as always, but he did not hesitate to transfer Li Yan here is the greatest support for her.
and the few adults he mentioned who had a friendship with him, all of whom were children of the Qingliu family, although they were not well-known, but they held real power and did not belong to the family.
It seems that Li Mo has already sensed the threat of the family to the authority of the royal family, and he has been farther than she thought, just listening to what she said about it, he already understood the situation in the DPRK and China, and thought of how to deal with it one step earlier than her, and she just thought of Kaienke by having more insight than him, and I am afraid that the specific things will have to be done by these adults.
The letterhead was carefully placed into a small sandalwood box, and the merchant carefully placed the box in the secret compartment behind the bedframe.
After placing the letterhead, the merchant opened the door, called Xiao Tao, cleaned his face with water, and freshened up, and then fell asleep.
A good night's sleep.
Early the next morning, Li Yan, who received Li Mo's message, came to the kitchen.
I haven't seen him for a long time, and when I saw Li Yan in cloth again, the businessman also sighed a little in his heart.
Even though Li Mo never planned to enter the court as an official, Li Yan has always been by his side and has never complained, and this kind of friendship between men has greatly moved the businessmen.
"Merchant girl!" Li Yan still looked as taciturn as he did at the beginning, but there was more relaxed smile in the eyes of the businessman, and there was less haze in the past.
It seems that Li Mo's relief has also made him a lot easier.
"Li Yan, long time no see! Always good? The merchant asked with a smile while motioning for Xiao Tao to serve tea.
Li Yan just curled the corners of his mouth, but he didn't speak, but his eyes revealed the pleasure in his heart.
"You still don't like to talk like this, I really don't know how you lived with Li Mo before. Why didn't he get suffocated by you? The merchant laughed.
The corners of Li Yan's mouth became more and more violent, but he just didn't say a word, and looked at the merchant with a smile.
"Alright, alright! What a defeat for you! ”
The merchant smiled and waved his hand, signaling Xiao Tao who served the tea to retreat, and then said to Li Yan what he had thought about overnight, and explained the names of several adults mentioned in Li Mo's letter to Li Yan.
"The two officials of the Ministry of Officials, Lord He, Lord Zhou, Lord Qu of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Liu of the Criminal Department, and Lord Yushi Qiu, although the status of these adults is not high, but the positions are very important, Li Mo specially mentioned in the letter, the matter I just said Wei Guogong should be deployed with Lord Changsun, you might as well visit these adults, and reveal this meaning a little, I think there should be some gains."
"Hmmm! I went. Li Yan was not verbose, and got up and left as soon as he put the teacup down.
He has been following Li Mo for a long time, so he can naturally understand what he should do, and the businessman is also extremely assured of his ability to do things.
After sending Li Yan away, the merchant finished breakfast slowly. After thinking about Li Mo's words, although he was a little reluctant, he still decided to go to Gaoyang again.
Now I'm afraid that the biggest variable is this rude princess, if she makes any more demon moths at this juncture, it will be really troublesome.
It is estimated that Li Zhi doesn't have much heart to care about her now, and only she, an idler, can have the heart to knock her.
went back to the room and called Xiao Tao to comb her hair for her, and instructed her to pick out a few fine snacks from the kitchen and put them in the food box, and then took Xiao Tao out of the door to see Gao Yang in the name of visiting.
Before they reached the gate of the house, the merchant had already heard the noise and shouting. Xiao Tao was a little curious and wanted to open the curtain, but she glanced at the merchant and saw Shang Shang's slightly frowning brows, although she didn't understand why Shang Shang was unhappy, Xiao Tao still instinctively sat up, not wanting to make her unhappy.
The merchant whispered to the coachman to slow down, and the carriage slowly approached the gate of the house.
The merchant sitting in the carriage listened with bated breath to the voices of people outside the carriage, trying to make sense of the chaos from the noisy noise.
Xiao Tao obediently opened a thin slit in the curtain, not only to prevent the people outside from seeing the people inside, but also to observe the movement outside through this slit.
There were a large number of people gathered at the door of the house, but most of them were young and middle-aged, only a small part were old people and women, but the clothes and ornaments were distinct, half of them were facing the door of the house, and the other half looked like the house slaves of the house, and the other half was coarse linen clothes against them, which was obviously divided into two hostile camps.
I saw those servants in green clothes and small hats lined up at the door, blocking the door tightly, no matter how the people in sackcloth pushed but always refused to let go, although the face was not good-looking, but for the abuse in the mouths of those wearing sackcloth has been silent, and did not reply, just nailed to the ground like nails, and those people were not allowed to take a step forward.
The merchant turned his eyes on the person at the door, and he already understood a little in his heart: this must be the relatives of the family of the royal master who was beaten and brought the servants to the door of the house to make trouble!
It seems that it is not easy to be this peacemaker! Shang Shang rubbed the corners of his forehead and sighed slightly. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )