Zhang Qi already didn't know how the farce in front of the state capital ended.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for a dignified long history to be so helpless in front of the state capital.

However, the long history of the Tang states, if the assassin believes you, you are a second-in-command existence.

If the assassin doesn't trust you, then you're an idle officer.

Therefore, officials in the state capital, such as Changshi, Beijia, and Sima, because of their relatively high grades, are also good, but they do not personally deal with the practice, so they are mostly used to give preferential treatment to the clan or place idle officials.

Therefore, Bai Juyi called this kind of official "sending old officials".

"Master, you're finally back. Hurry up and help Zhu Tou. ”

As soon as Zhang Qi returned home, his wife Zhang Zhu hurriedly came over.

"Huh? What's wrong with your face? Why are there so many scars, who is so bold to dare to do something to you? ”

"I didn't ...... Nothing, accidentally fell. ”

Zhang Qi was hesitant and didn't know how to explain it.

"No, it's obviously a fingernail scratch." Zhang Zhu's face suddenly changed, "Okay, you actually carried me behind my back to raise the young?" ”

As the daughter of the Zhu family, Zhang Zhu's status is not bad, so he naturally has some confidence to speak.

"Ma'am, it's not what you think."

"What's not what I think it is? The scar on your face, you dare to say that it was not caught by a woman? ”

The women of the Tang Dynasty, especially the daughters of the family, are definitely no worse than the women of later generations in the family.

It's like Fang Xuanling's wife has such a high status in the family, which has something to do with the fact that he is the daughter of Fan Yang Lu's family.

Therefore, Zhang Zhu's family is also a character who is indisputable, otherwise Zhang Qi would not always be used to Zhu Tou.

It's really a brother demon in the family.

Well, if Zhang Qi knew this word, he would definitely think that this word is appropriate.

No matter what era it is, marrying a brother demon is very sad.

"It was a woman who caught it, but it's definitely not what you think. You see, I go home immediately after being on duty every day, where is the time to mess with flowers. ”

Old husband and young wife, Zhang Qi is still very fond of this lady.

"Time? When will you be short of time? You are a long history of Hangzhou, and you didn't provoke anyone, why were you arrested? ”

Although Zhang Zhu had more important things to tell Zhang Qi, at this moment, all she had left in her mind was how the scratches on Zhang Qi's face came from.

Seeing that if you don't explain things clearly, you won't be able to live in peace today.

Zhang Qi was also aggrieved.

As soon as he came out in front of the state capital today, he was already angry.

I thought I could get some comfort when I got home, but I didn't expect it to be ......

No wonder people say that marrying a wife should be a virtuous one.

"Madam, I thought about this matter for a long time when I came back, I'm afraid that the root of this matter is Zhu Tou."

Zhang Qi didn't want to say this guess.

However, if you don't say it, there will be no peace at home.

"What? What does this have to do with my brother? Could it be that he is looking for someone to arrest you? ”

When Zhang Zhu heard Zhang Qi say this, he became even more angry.

"Of course not, but he offended people, he just used a trick on others yesterday, and today he will come to retribution. Let me tell you, the woman who came to make trouble today was followed by Qiu Ba, who was a sailor in several cities, otherwise how could her husband end up like this? Whose power is that of this city sailor, don't you know? And whose property is the treasure cabinet? I said it a long time ago, tell Zhu Tou not to stretch his hand too long, what is the result? Now the revenge is imminent. ”

Beside a woman, there were actually several Qiu Ba guards of the city's sailors, and this incident itself sent an obvious signal.

Zhang Qi was able to do the long history of Hangzhou, and he was not the kind of wine bag and rice bag, and after thinking about it, he had some eyebrows.

"You mean...... You mean...... This is the means of His Royal Highness the King of Chu? ”

Zhang Zhu was originally very angry, but now he suddenly changed his expression of nervousness and fear.

"I don't have evidence, but after thinking about it, I dare to do such a thing at the gate of Hangzhou Mansion, and the power of the city sailor has intervened, plus I don't seem to have offended anyone else recently, this matter is more likely to be related to the Chu Mansion."

"No wonder! No wonder! ”

Zhang Zhu's suddenly became depressed, which made Zhang Qi feel strange.

"You just said that you wanted me to help Zhu Tou, is there something going on?"

Although Zhang Qi really wants to pull Zhu Tou over and kick him right now, as an adult, he still has the awareness to solve things when he encounters them.

"Just now he came to tell me that the two seagoing ships of the Zhu family went to sea today were all seized by the city's sailors, saying that they were suspected of tax evasion. The people on the boat only defended themselves a few words, and they were beaten. What's more, the captain had stuffed a small bag of gold coins into the sailor's team according to custom, but he was charged with bribing the court officials. ”

The more Zhang Zhu spoke, the more worried he felt.

Although the ships that go to sea will go to the city to pay the city tax, many times, underreporting, false reporting, and reporting high-value items to low-value items, this kind of thing is basically an unspoken rule.

The people of Hangzhou City are not unaware that they have turned a blind eye in the past few years.

Why did you suddenly attack yourself?

It turns out that the roots are here.

While sending someone to detain the Zhu family's fleet, the city boss also arranged for the woman to go to the gate of the state capital to make trouble, which made her husband lose face.

Could it be that it was really a disaster caused by his brother?

Zhang Zhu's arrogance disappeared without a trace immediately.

"Hey!"

Zhang Qi let out a long sigh.

If he was only eighty or ninety percent sure just now, today's matter has something to do with the Chu Palace.

So now, he can say 100% that this matter must have something to do with the Chu Palace.

There are so many coincidences in this world.

"I said a long time ago that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is not easy to mess with, there are so many noble families in Chang'an City, he can leave a great reputation, is he a bully character? This Zhu Tou hit the idea on the head of the Treasure Pavilion, this is simply hitting a stone with an egg. ”

"Sir, what ...... So what to do? Isn't Tou'er in danger? ”

Zhang Zhu originally felt that the Zhang family and the Zhu family still had a head and face in Hangzhou City, and their influence was huge. Now he is helpless against a few small tricks of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

"Not really. Fortunately, when Tou'er dealt with the Treasure Pavilion, he just sent a splash to make trouble, and didn't use any other moves, otherwise it would ......"

Zhang Qi secretly rejoiced that he persuaded Zhu Tou at that time, and did not agree with his behavior of arranging someone to kidnap the shopkeeper of the Hangzhou branch of the Treasure Pavilion.

Otherwise, at this moment, the situation you need to face may be complicated.

"This sea trade is the Zhu family's biggest source of income today, and the shippers in this city don't let the Zhu family's fleet go to sea, so how can it be good."

If you don't know that vegetables, rice, oil, and salt are expensive, Zhang Zhu's is not the kind of girl who hides in the boudoir and doesn't know the world.

Since her father died a few years ago, the Zhu family's influence in Jiangnan has been declining, and there are no special talents.

If it weren't for the marriage in the past and the close cooperation with various noble families, the Zhu family would probably go downhill.

"Whether it's in Hangzhou or Mingzhou, if the fleet wants to go to sea, it's impossible to avoid the city, otherwise people will directly copy your house, and you won't have a choice. If the Zhu family still wants to do this maritime trade business, then there is no other way than to apologize and seek the understanding of the Chu Palace. ”

If Li Kuan was not the envoy now, or if he was not in Hangzhou, Zhang Qi could still find someone to deal with this matter.

Now it seems that this matter is likely to be arranged by Li Kuan personally, and if he has other thoughts, he may usher in a more violent blow.

Accidentally, I became a leading bird in Hangzhou's wealthy family.

"That'...... Then I asked Tou'er to go to the treasure cabinet to apologize to their shopkeeper? Or go to the city to find the city to intercede? ”

Zhang Zhu also had no opinion at this time, and wanted to see what Zhang Qi said.

"Prepare a generous gift to go to the city and see if you can meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu. If we can see it, maybe there will be a turning point in this matter, if His Royal Highness the King of Chu is determined to kill us as chickens, hmph, then we can only fish and die and the net will be broken. ”

Zhang Qi's face suddenly showed a fine light.

The Zhang family started by virtue of military exploits, although when they arrived in the Tang Dynasty, there were no particularly good characters, but some slaves in the family still had a few brushes.

"This ...... How did this come to be? ”

Zhang Zhu sat on the ground in despair.

……

Outside the building.

Lin Tiansen and Zhang Bin rarely got together for a drink or two.

"Brother Lin, have you heard about what happened yesterday?"

"You mean the matter between Yu Jin and the Zhu family, right?"

"More than that, the Wuzhong Zhang family should be added."

Although his surname is also Zhang, his own Zhang has nothing to do with the Zhang family in Wuzhong, that is, Zhang Qi's family.

It's like you're also surnamed Li, can you compare with the children of the clan?

"My in-laws wrote to me in the early years and said that they must not go against the Chu Palace. Therefore, when Dongfang Langzhong came to Hangzhou to set up the city department, I did not support Ma Biao's rebellion. This time, the treasure pavilion came to Hangzhou, in fact, there was nothing to rob anyone, but some people were jealous of the scene of making money that day, thinking that Hangzhou was far away from Chang'an, and they could touch the tiger's buttocks. ”

Lin Tiansen and Yang Benman are sons and daughters, and they are also engaged in the tea trade business.

In the past few years, I have really made a lot of money.

Zhang Bin: "Hey, then the Zhu family really has no successor, Nuoda has a family business, and it falls on Zhu Tou, and he actually has to rely on buying Qian Sangui to do things, which is really a loss of face for the ancestors." As soon as the city's shipping department tightens the supervision of the fleet going to sea, it is not only the Zhu family who is unlucky. ”

"Hehe, this Zhu family, it's probably going to be cold. Even if His Royal Highness the King of Chu let them go, other wealthy families would take this opportunity to annex the various properties of the Zhu family. ”

What Lin Tiansen said was cruel, but it was the truth.

"If you want to do sea trade, you must not offend the city ship, and behind the city is the Chu Wangfu. If you offend the Chu Palace, let alone go to sea yourself, even other maritime merchants don't dare to buy things from your house, right? ”

"Yes, so some people still underestimate the energy of His Royal Highness the King of Chu and overestimate the influence of their own family."

……

Zhu Tou's heart is very cold!

First of all, Qian Sangui gave a stupid pig-like performance, and he was half angry.

Then his own fleet to go to sea was seized by the City Shipping Division, and Yu Jin, who had a close relationship with his family, was also unlucky.

Next, Datang Royal Qian Zhuang actually urged himself to repay the money.

This loan was agreed to be repaid next year, but the people demanded that they repay it now, otherwise they would have to resell the various fields and shops mortgaged to the money bank to pay off the debt.

Then, his brother-in-law was also criticized by Shi Shi, and all the affairs he was responsible for were assigned to other drivers.

These are not what Zhu Tou is most worried about.

What worried him the most was that he went to visit His Royal Highness the King of Chu with a large number of gifts, but he didn't even see him.

Even if he visited Lu Quan, he was not successful.

This made the situation of the Zhu family in Hangzhou City delicate.

Many people who have cooperated with the Zhu family have recently begun to have ambiguous attitudes.

"Brother-in-law, why don't we stop doing maritime trade in the future? This Datang is so big, I don't believe that His Royal Highness the King of Chu can cover the sky with one hand. ”

"The Tang Dynasty is very big, but who wants to be unhappy with His Royal Highness the King of Chu for us?"

Don't look at Zhang Qi's cruel words in front of his wife before, but after thinking about it again, all his anger disappeared.

Either you obediently consider yourself unlucky, or you ......

"The source of this matter is that we are looking for someone to go to the Treasure Pavilion to make trouble, if we spend a lot of money to buy all the things sold in the Treasure Pavilion, and then arrange for the servants at home to help render the Treasure Pavilion good, can we express our sincerity?"

At this time, it was Zhang Zhu's woman, who came up with an idea that seemed to be useless, but seemed to be useful when she thought about it.

"Sister, I'...... I'm not reconciled. ”

Zhu Tou felt a sense of grievance in his heart, and he couldn't get out.

Zhang Zhushi: "What can you do if you are unwilling? Are you just watching the Zhu family ruined in your hands? In my opinion, we should not only go to the Treasure Pavilion to purchase items on a large scale, but also buy the storytellers of the major restaurants in Hangzhou, let them talk about the good of the Treasure Pavilion, and let the Treasure Pavilion see our sincerity. ”

"In the past two days, when I go out, I always feel that there are some special eyes looking at me, and I think people are afraid that we will be in danger again. I didn't take a risk, otherwise I might have been served directly. The original Ma Biao was a lesson from the past. ”

His attitude changed a little quickly, but Zhang Qi didn't feel any shame.

In the adult world, face is so important.

"Let's put half of our money on it, and then we'll pay a visit to the shopkeeper of the Treasure Pavilion to show our submission. Maybe, taking this opportunity to be able to hug the thigh of the Chu Wangfu is another opportunity.

Zhu Tou: ......