Hongrui was frying fish for Li Xiaofei, Li Xiaofei was spinning around the stove, smelling the aroma and saliva came out, the fish was fried on both sides, and it was even more tempting after sprinkling green onions and garlic leaves with balsamic vinegar, Li Xiaofei couldn't wait to serve it to the table, so he grabbed it directly with his hands and sent it to his mouth. Li Xiaofei, who was chewing the fish, became more and more energetic, and suddenly the fish and red stamen disappeared, and Li Xiaofei saw that he was still lying on the bed.

It turned out that he had a dream just now, and at this time it was already dawn, Li Xiaofei stretched his waist and sat on the bed to reminisce about the plate of fish just now, and it was really the best that he couldn't eat.

The guards outside knocked on the door: "Lord Li, the washing water is brought to you, Jingzhao Mansion has prepared breakfast, just wait for Lord Li to go and enjoy it"

Li Xiaofei didn't care about putting on his shoes, ran barefoot and opened the door to take the face wash: "I'm sorry, let everyone wait for me, I'll come after I wash my face."

After a while, I washed my face and dressed neatly, and followed the guards to breakfast. Cui Ju, Qin Shun, and Xie Tan were already chatting at the table, and Li Xiaofei saw that everyone was waiting, so he apologized and blamed himself one by one, and everyone did not blame him. Cui Hong motioned to Li Xiaofei to have breakfast first.

Li Xiaofei was stunned when he saw breakfast, it was all delicacies from the mountains and seas that he had never seen, and Cui Ju introduced them to him one by one, including meat sauce made of squirrel meat, camel ears, beef tendon of bison, deer legs of wild deer, goat tongue, shark fins, whale eyes, seal gall, pearl soup, tofu made of perch brains, etc. Cui Ju's favorite dish is a steamed dish - steamed suckling monkey, Li Xiaofei panicked when he saw it, and he couldn't imagine how strange Cui Ju's eating was.

Cui Ju talked to them endlessly about the delicacies of the mountains and seas that the Cui family ate, and I am afraid that many emperors have not enjoyed it throughout the ages.

Li Xiaofei only chose deer legs to eat, but fortunately, Cui Ju did not force the guests to eat, and the meal ended quickly.

After breakfast, Qin Shun asked Cui Ju if he wanted to visit the Yang family and Li's house, and Cui Ju smiled: "Didn't you already see Yang Hongzu and Li Zhong yesterday?" My cousin is bent on doing the so-called big thing, and I don't stop it, but he has already made everyone know about his desire to be the emperor, and we will definitely lose when the time comes. It was originally a conspiracy, but it became known to everyone, and I couldn't laugh or cry."

Qin Shun and the others had to admire Cui Ju again, and they praised it again, and Cui Ju was also very useful, so they told Qin Shun that they could take their tokens to the Fang Market in Chang'an City, and it was not in vain to come to Chang'an.

Qin Shun, Xie Tan, and Li Xiaofei have eaten delicacies from the mountains and seas for a few days, and they also want to go to the market to breathe and change their taste, even if it is a bowl of corn porridge. The three of them thanked Cui Ju, then took the token and took the twenty-five yellow-clothed guards to Chang'an's Fang City.

The guard who led the way asked Qin Shun: "May I ask the adults whether they are going to the West Market or the East Market?"

Qin Shun asked rhetorically: "Is there any difference between this West City and the East Market?" ”

The guard said while leading the horse: "Most of the merchants in this western market are merchants from Mobei and the Western Regions, selling spices, jewelry, jade, medicinal materials, silk, silk, linen, porcelain, and many inns and wine shops over there; It's not good in the East Market, it's all weapons, armor, horses, and some stragglers are there to recruit people, so there are often murders and robberies."

Qin Shun looked at the west of the city: "Let's go to the West Market, it seems that this East Market can't go." What do Master Xie and Master Li think? ”

Li Xiaofei was also happy to buy jewelry and spices for Hongrui, and Xie Tan naturally didn't want to go to the East Market to find trouble, so they all agreed to go to the West Market.

The three of them went shopping in the West Market for a day, and ate snacks such as Hu cakes, retort cakes, roast sheep, roast chicken, etc., and exchanged half a cart of money for five carts of jewelry, jade, spices, medicinal herbs, and some seeds only found in the Western Regions. Back in Jingzhao Mansion, Cui Ju also went to see what they bought, Cui Ju was very happy: "A few people really have a vision, buy these and return to Jiangnan can be exchanged for a lot of wealth, I am really worried that you went to the East Market on a whim, the East Market is too chaotic, bandits are mixed, if you hurt a few, I will not be able to explain to your country"

Qin Shun laughed: "We came to make an envoy to negotiate peace, so since Dongshi is a place to sell weapons and hire martial artists, we naturally won't ask for trouble, Master Cui doesn't have to worry."

Li Xiaofei and Xie Tan also agreed, thanked Cui Ju for his concern, and the three of them went back to the house to rest for one night.

For the next three days, the three of them went to the West Market to buy some spices and furs, and Cui Ju didn't bother to look at them.

On the sixth day of the first month of March, they took the last cart of money to the West Market, and Cui Ju did not send anyone to guide the way this time, first, it was cooked, and second, dozens of carts of jewelry, jade and spices were piled up in Jingzhao Mansion, and these messengers would not leave casually.

Qin Shun Xie Tan took fifteen yellow-clothed guards and continued to go to the West City, and Li Xiaofei took the other ten yellow-clothed guards and the last car to the East City quickly.

In Dongshi, Li Xiaofei quickly selected 300 warriors hired by others, bought weapons, armor and horses for these 300 people, bought enough grain and grass for two months, and left a small half of the money. Li Xiaofei asked the ten internal guards around him to lead thirty people each, divided into ten squads, and followed him directly out of the east gate and then ran south, and waited for the opportunity to return east after meeting with Qin Shun and them in Tianhua Mountain.

Qin Shun and Xie Tan took fifteen internal guards to each dressed up in the Western Regions in the West City, and quietly sneaked out of the West Gate.

Cui Ju waited in the house until it was dark, and found that the three envoys had not returned to the mansion, so he slapped the table and hurriedly sent his men to look for it. At this time, Li Xiaofei and the others had been out of the city for half a day and couldn't catch up.

Cui Ju was greatly annoyed, and hurriedly went to Cui Hong to discuss whether to transfer troops to intercept him, and the brothers discussed with Yang Hongzu Li Zhongyi and decided that Hu Jian would be the villain, so he immediately sent someone to inform Hu Jian.

After Cui Ju returned to Jingzhao Mansion, he looked at dozens of carts of jewelry and spices, and finally sighed: "I can't imagine that this trick of the golden cicada shelling has also deceived me, they can give up so much property and be in a hurry to return to the country, they must have a new idea, if they don't want to take advantage of the chaos of our country's court situation to persuade the Emperor of Liang to go on the Northern Expedition, then they can only go to Jinling to succumb to the king Xie Xiaochen!" ”

After Hu Jian received the news that Li Xiaofei and others were saying goodbye, he immediately became angry, waved his sword and jumped on his horse and rushed out of the city with one person, shouting to arrest the envoy of the Southern Dynasty who did not say goodbye. Hu Jian chased thirty miles, and then led the people directly to Tongguan in the east. These days, the Cui family has not monitored the envoy and his party, but Hu Jian has sent people to follow, he already knew that the envoy is going south, and Weixing County in the south is Yang Hongzu's territory, so he doesn't bother to pay attention to it, but hopes that Li Xiaofei will lead people to capture Weixing County.