March River Building.

Choi Tae had been standing in the courtyard waiting for news, and he knew about the siege of the granary, but he held back and did not mobilize people to help.

This kind of waiting and suffering can be imagined for him, but he still endured it, and the siege outside the city to involve Xiahou Zhuo's troops is to fight for more opportunities for them, if he shows his hole cards too early, he may fall short.

Until dark, no one was sent from the granary to ask for help, and the people sent by Cui Tai came back to report the news that they had seen Cui Qing holding a knife on the wall, what did this mean, and Cui Tai immediately understood.

The family dragged down the opponent with a determined heart, buying them time and opportunity.

In order for the Cui family to be able to turn the family into a country, I don't know how many family members will die for today's events.

Choi Tae stood there from dawn to dark.

So far, everything that should be arranged has been arranged, and news from all walks of life has been sent back to March Jianglou in a steady stream, and he has nothing to arrange anymore, so he can only wait until that hour.

"The owner."

Qin Zhuo hurriedly came back from outside, leaned over and hugged his fists and said, "Just now our buddies sent back the news, the four cities have ordered the military camp to be blocked, the passage is closed, and no one is allowed to approach. ”

Hearing the news, Cui Tae's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Is it done?"

"There is no definite news, the four cities are closed, our people can't get out, and people from outside can't get in, but it's certain that something happened in the four cities, otherwise it wouldn't be so tightly blocked."

Cui Tai slowly exhaled, he looked at the night sky, and after being silent for a while, he said, "Even if it happens today, maybe Cui Qing and they won't be able to come back." ”

Qin Zhuo said: "I am willing to bring people over to rescue, and I can always rescue some." ”

"No need."

Cui Tai said: "There is only less than half an hour before the army attacks the city, and at this moment, the four cities are closed, and the news has just been sent back that the people surrounding the granary have begun to attack, and they will probably take the granary at night." ”

He looked at Qin Zhuo and ordered: "All the manpower is ready to welcome the army into the city, once the army sends a signal, you and Wei will lead people to the north gate, respond with a signal, attack inside and outside, and seize the city gate." ”

"Li Qi and they besieged the granary, they should have guessed that we were going to seize the door, but they wouldn't know what our plan was, and they wouldn't know how we took the door."

Choi Tae said, "Go ahead." ”

Qin Zhuo asked, "But the owner, you don't have anyone by your side?" ”

"Maybe soon, Li Qi will come to visit, if he comes, I can contain him by staying here, Cui Qing and they are ready to sacrifice for the family, I have already done it, besides, I stay here to see him, there is another very important thing."

Cui Tai said to Qin Zhuo: "Whether you can successfully capture the north gate, the matter of you and Wei falling into battle is the most important, so don't worry about other things, the lord of Jiedu sent you back to assist me, and now the two of you open the door to meet him, this is a reincarnation, a very perfect reincarnation." ”

Cui Tai waved his hand: "Let's go." ”

Qin Zhuo was silent for a moment, fell to his knees in his robe, kowtowed to Cui Tai a few times, and turned to leave.

Soon after he left the March River Tower, a carriage stopped at the gate of the March River Tower, Li Qi got off the carriage alone, he walked to the door of the March River Tower, looked at the two guys, and without waiting for the two guys to stretch out their hands to stop him, he asked first: "Your proprietor should have explained, if I come, he will let me in directly." ”

"Li Gongzi?"

One of the guys asked.

Li Qi nodded: "It's me." ”

The guy said: "The proprietor of my house did explain that if other guests come, they will all be stopped, because Jianglou will not welcome guests in March today, but if Li Gongzi comes, please come in immediately." ”

"Thank you."

Li Qi nodded in thanks.

The guy led Li Qi into the March River Building, which occupies a huge area, the front street is a three-story wooden building, and after entering the wooden building, it is the front yard, the front yard is like a garden, exquisite and beautiful.

Across the front yard is the main building of the March River Building, a five-story wooden building, and the wooden building can be built so high that it is almost close to the limit.

And behind the main building

It's the backyard, and the backyard is also very large, which also includes several separate small yards.

The silver taels required for the construction and decoration of the March River Tower alone are definitely a huge amount, Li Qi thought while looking at it, with his current surplus money, he is afraid that he will not be able to build even a third of the March River Tower.

What's more, the girls in the Jianglou in March are all selected from all over Dachu, and there are also the best selected from outside Dachu.

Because of the sudden closure today, the girls in the March River Building are a little leisurely, they all know that they will not accept any guests today, but they saw a young man come in, so they are also curious.

Many people leaned on the window and looked at Li Qi, curious why this person could come in.

For them, the Cui family is like a zenith in Jizhou City, and the Cui family said that no one is allowed to come in, and in Jizhou City, I am afraid that there is really no one who can come in casually.

They are curious about who Li Qi is, and Li Qi is curious about who Cui Tai is.

Entering the living room of the main building, Li Qi saw Cui Tai standing there looking at him with a smile, so Li Qi leaned over slightly and was rude: "Mr. Cui." ”

Cui Tai also solemnly returned the salute: "Li Gongzi." ”

This is the hall on the first floor, a zigzag place, looking up you can see the corridor of the upper floors, at this time the girl with good things is already standing on the side of the cloister, holding on to the railing and looking down.

Cui Tai smiled: "I guess Li Gongzi will definitely come." ”

Li Qi also smiled and said, "I guess Mr. Cui must be waiting for me to come." ”

Cui Tai made a gesture of please, and then ordered someone to serve tea, and to brew his treasured lotus heart.

"This is last year's tea deposit."

Cui Tai sighed softly and said: "Li Gongzi also knows that the world is becoming more and more unpeaceful, there used to be a special tea chamber of commerce to send good tea from the south of the Yangtze River, since last year, the business route is not passable, and people who go through business, seven or eight times out of ten will have an accident, it seems that all of a sudden, the people in the world have all become bandits." ”

Li Qi snorted, but did not answer.

Cui Tai continued: "This lotus heart is a good tea produced in Hangzhou, a pound of good lotus heart, should not be less than 14,000 buds, has Li Gongzi been to Hangzhou?" It is a good place of the best in the world, exquisite and beautiful, and there is no other like it. ”

Li Qi shook his head and said: "I have never been to Hangzhou, and I have never even been out of Jizhou." ”

Cui Tai said: "If you have the ability and conditions, you should still walk in the world, the world knows the world, I don't know how big the world is, everyone knows the beauty of the world, I don't know where the beauty of the world is." ”

He looked at Li Qi and said, "Li Gongzi is still young, take a look at it more, and his mood will be different." ”

Li Qi nodded and said, "I'll see it later." ”

Cui Tai said: "When I was twenty-two years old, I left Jizhou and started to go around the world, which was nearly thirty years ago, but at that time I knew that Da Chu was about to end, so I thought that if I didn't take advantage of Da Chu's death, I would be in chaos in the future, and I couldn't leave if I wanted to." ”

He looked at Li Qi and said: "It took me fifteen years to go through the thirteen states of Da Chu, the rivers and mountains of Da Chu, I see it more clearly than most people in this world, if Da Chu is a sick person, then I am a person who sees where the disease is, this world, this one says to treat Da Chu, that also says to treat Da Chu, but I haven't even seen Da Chu, I don't know where the disease is, how can it be cured?" ”

After a pause, he continued, "So then I figured out that they didn't want to heal this Da Chu, they just wanted to suck more blood from this patient. ”

Li Qi sat here, already slightly moved.

Cui Tai continued: "I have traveled for 20 years, 15 years around the world, and 5 years in Daxingcheng, and when I lived in the national capital, I wanted to see how this most seriously ill place should be treated. ”

He shook his head slowly and said, "I have looked at the world for fifteen years, and I have looked at the capital for five years, and then I understand that there is no cure." ”

He asked Li Qi: "What does Li Gongzi think?" ”

Li Qi replied: "I can't be cured." ”

Cui Tai laughed: "Although there was some unhappiness between me and Li Gongzi before, but when I saw you for the first time, I knew that you were different from others, and the most terrible thing in the world was not that people were old and calculating, but that they were young and promising." ”

Li Qi clenched his fists: "Thank you Mr. Cui for your praise." ”

Choi Tae Road:

"If I'm not mistaken, Gongzi Li should be a member of the Yanshan Camp Green Eyebrow Heavenly King Yu Chaozong?"

Li Qi replied: "Yes." ”

Cui Tai exhaled slowly: "That's why I'm not leaving, but waiting for Li Gongzi here." ”

Li Qi said: "If Mr. Cui waits for me for this reason, I'm afraid he will be waiting for the wrong one." ”

Cui Tae asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Qi didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "Mr. Cui knows that Prince Yu also has a lot of intentions for Brother Yu. ”

Cui Tai was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then laughed a little apologetically: "It is true that I underestimated King Yu and Gongzi Li, what the Cui family planned was also what King Yu plotted, so there is nothing to talk about." ”

Li Qi said: "If the Cui family plots, it would be good if it wasn't in Jizhou." ”

Cui Tai said with a smile: "Li Gongzi is underestimating the Cui family, this place in Jizhou, the Cui family has witnessed hundreds of years of changes, generation after generation, if there are few people who see the world more clearly than me, then no one can see Jizhou more clearly than the Cui family." ”

Li Qi shook his head: "I'm in a hurry." ”

Cui Tae was stunned.

Li Qi picked up the teacup and looked at it, put it down again, and exclaimed: "Such a precious tea, it looks so beautiful, it's the first time I've seen such a precious tea...... Mr. Cui said that if you want to seek the world, you must first look at the world, which is very good, accurate, and practical. ”

Li Qi put down the teacup and continued: "I haven't seen the world, I haven't even seen Jizhou completely, according to Mr. Cui, there are too many things that I haven't seen clearly, but I have seen through Mr. Cui's two things." ”

Tri-tae frowned, then laughed.

He asked, "What can Li Gongzi say, what are the two things?" ”

"Okay."

Li Qi first said apologetically: "It's rude." ”

Then he took out a cloth bag from his sleeve, untied the cloth, and inside was an oiled paper bag, and then opened the oiled paper bag, and inside were a few meat buns with residual warmth, which Gao Xining wrapped for him with his own hands.

Li Qi took one and asked Cui Tai: "Does Mr. Cui eat it?" ”

Cui Tai shook his head and said, "If Li Gongzi is hungry, I will let people prepare meals now." ”

Li Qi smiled and said: "No, eat your own food, be practical, I was just polite just now, the person I care about the most in the family made it for me, if Mr. Cui said to eat it just now, probably I would not be willing to give it." ”

It's a bit petty.

He took a bite of the meat bun and looked a little satisfied with his expression.

"When I came, I went home, and I happened to see my family making steamed buns, and I was in a hurry to see Mr. Cui, thinking about eating on the road, but I thought too much on the way and forgot to eat it."

When he said the words "eating his own food", Cui Tai's face had changed slightly.

Li Qi said while eating: "First thing, I asked people to check the Cui family's business, but how much business the Cui family has in the city, it may be impossible for anyone except the Cui family to find out." ”

"But pick up the same to check, there will still be eyebrows, the Cui family suddenly started to do the medicinal materials business more than ten years ago, and now seven or eight out of ten Chinese medicine shops in the city are the Cui family, and even if it is not the Cui family's medicine shop, the medicinal materials needed must be bought from the Cui family."

He glanced at Cui Tai and continued: "So since ten years ago, the Cui family has controlled the medicinal materials in Jizhou. ”

He finished eating the bun in his hand, then picked up the second one, and said while eating: "After monopolizing the medicinal materials, the Cui family began to arrange the control of the granary, and it should have taken nearly ten years to replace the people in the granary with the people of the Cui family. ”

"The flour and dry food sent to Sicheng today should be mixed with a lot of medicinal powder, and I don't know if Mr. Cui is going to poison everyone or just poison everyone, but since I can see it clearly, then this kind of thing will not happen."

He looked at Trai Tae and asked, "But that's not all of the two things I'm talking about, it's one of them, can I still see it?" ”

Li Qi said: "Mr. is waiting for me, and he is also waiting for news, I am here, and the news should not come." ”

He finished all the buns, and for some reason he suddenly laughed.

Then he said to himself: "Fortunately, you didn't eat it, the food she cooked is really not very delicious, the whole world, I love to eat." ”