"The official has his own judgment on this matter, come here, take this old woman and child into custody first." Li Siwen gave the order quietly, Li Mu heard it on the side, felt a little excessive, and was about to speak, when he saw Li Siwen's eyes, he knew that there must be a reason for him to do this, so he didn't speak. When the surrounding onlookers saw that the county order really punished the lazy, they were even more afraid in their hearts, and secretly warned themselves that they must not be lazy, otherwise there would be no food.

When the crowd dispersed, Li Siwen pulled Li Mu aside and said, "My father mentioned one thing in his letter, after the Turkic camp was breached, Jieli fled, and his concubines were scattered. One of them is the former Princess Yicheng of Sui, and the Turks have used troops against the Central Plains several times, but this person provoked trouble, and His Majesty hated him deeply. Wei Guogong pursued Jieli, and His Majesty ordered my father to look for her, to see people in life and corpses in death. ”

Li Mu frowned and said, "Do you think this old woman is Princess Yicheng?" No, you should have admitted that you were wrong, when I was in the Turkic camp, I saw Jieli's concubines from afar, and there were no white-haired people! ”

"I know she's not Princess Yicheng." Li Siwen said: "Princess Yicheng's age is about forty years old, and this old woman has gray temples, so it is impossible for her." It was through this Princess Yicheng that I thought of another person, the former Empress Xiao of Emperor Yang of Sui. When Emperor Yang of Jiangdu was killed, Empress Xiao took his young grandson Yang Zhengdao to be controlled by Yu Culture, and then Dou Jiande killed Yu Culture, and Xiao Hou fell into the hands of Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande settled in Wuqiang County, and wanted to use Yang Zhengdao to emulate Cao Cao to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. When Princess Yicheng heard the news, she wrote a letter to threaten Dou Jiande, and took Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao to the Turks, and settled them in Dingxiang City. When Wei Guogong broke through Dingxiang, he also deliberately looked for this pair of ancestors and grandchildren, but did not find them. I looked at the old woman's noble temperament, not like ordinary people, and then looked at her and the child's age, and matched with Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao, so I remembered this incident. ”

"Empress Xiao?" Hearing this name, Li Mu suddenly had the plot of a TV series in his mind, he forgot what the name of the TV series was, but there was the role of Queen Xiao in it, saying that she was beautiful and amazing, and she had married six men successively, and Li Shimin was the last to take over. But this is the words of the novel, I am afraid that the actual situation cannot be true, if the old woman I just saw is really Queen Xiao, this person is already in her sixties, Li Shimin can still take the plate, and the taste is heavy enough.

However, this matter involves the court of the previous dynasty, and it is not a trivial matter, Li Mu thought about it and said: "Since you have doubts in your heart, then quickly ask to understand, if it is really Empress Xiao, then report to the imperial court, and ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

"That's what I thought too." Li Siwen nodded, and the two said goodbye, one went home, and the other went back to the yamen.

As soon as Li Mu arrived at the door of his house, he heard someone talking in the courtyard, and his voice was a little raw, Li Mu couldn't help but wonder a little, he didn't remember any acquaintances in this Dingxiang City, who would it be?

Pushing the door into the courtyard, Bai Qiaoqiao immediately greeted him, leaned into Li Mu's ear and whispered a few words. Li Mu nodded knowingly and walked into the courtyard.

"Ahh The virtuous son-in-law is back! Bai Hao'er chatted happily with the old man with a goatee, and when he saw Li Mu entering the courtyard, he hurriedly greeted him, and squeezed his eyebrows at Li Mu.

Bai Hao'er was very happy, pulled Li Mu to the old man with a goatee, and introduced: "Virtuous son-in-law, I will introduce you to you, this is Master Zhang, one of the top wealthy businessmen in Longyou, he came today to discuss something with you, you talk, I will say a few words to Qiaoqiao." ”

After the introduction, Bai Hao'er found an excuse to avoid it. Li Mu looked at the goatee in front of him, stretched out his hand and gestured, and the two of them sat down on both sides of the stone table.

"Master Zhang came to the door today, what is the so-called matter?"

The goatee opened his mouth and laughed first, arched his hand, and said: "The old man is white, and he doesn't dare to call himself a master in front of the county lord." The white shopkeeper praised it falsely, where is the old man a wealthy businessman, but he is just a messenger who runs errands for the nobles, and he can't get on the stage. ”

Although the words were modest, Li Mu looked at this goatee, but he was very arrogant, and he had a condescending feeling, which made him very unhappy. But since people dare to come to the door, they must have something to rely on, before figuring it out, Li Mu still couldn't help but not have a seizure, and said: "There is no need to say polite words, why did Steward Zhang come, you might as well get straight to the point." ”

"Lord Xiancheng is really straightforward, since that's the case, then I'll say it directly." Goatee said: "This time I came from afar for wine." The secret recipe of 'three cups poured', how much is it, you make a price, I don't counteroffer, sell it to me. ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Master Zhang, if you have the secret recipe of 'three cups poured', will you take it out and sell it?" ”

"Okay, then I'll buy your wine, I will buy as much as you brew. Sell it to me only, you make a price. ”

Li Mu frowned and said, "I don't do such a business. ”

"Then I will cooperate with you, you will come up with the secret recipe, I will work and make materials, you three and I will seven."

Li Mu lowered his face coldly and said, "Don't speculate, please go back." ”

The goatee didn't move, the old god was there, looked at Li Mu, and said, "The young man is not small, I made three proposals in a row, but you didn't agree." Then you say, what are the conditions, your wine, can let me run it. Business is negotiated, don't miss a good business because of a momentary emotion. ”

Li Mu didn't bother to talk nonsense, and said, "This business, someone has already done it with me." The son of General Li Jida, the Duke of Cao Guo, is now the commander of Xiangcheng County, Li Siwen, the two of us are like-minded, this business has been negotiated, so no matter what conditions you offer, I can't cooperate with you, if you want to drink, I can sell you a few jars, and there is no need to say anything else, so as not to hurt the harmony. ”

"I see." The goatee showed a sudden look, but he still didn't give up, and said, "Lord Xiancheng, aren't you curious how I know that you have wine here?" ”

Li Mudao: "Didn't my father-in-law tell you?" ”

The goatee shook his head and said, "No, I only met the white shopkeeper for the first time today, how could it be that he told me." Speaking of which, I might as well be blunt. I am the steward of the Zhao Guo Mansion, and I am in charge of the business of the Zhao Guo Mansion. My master flying pigeon has passed the book, let me talk to you. I still wonder why you are so unappreciative, it turns out that you hugged Gao Zhi of the Great General's Mansion. In that case, how much the General's Mansion produces, we also produce, accounting for 30 percent, how about it? ”

After the goatee finished speaking, he stared at Li Mu's eyes, as if to say: Do you dare to agree?

This goatee's attitude reminded him of the department head in his previous life, and that guy was just like this goatee, always a fox and a fake tiger, which was disgusting. If it weren't for him in his previous life, Li Mu would not have worked overtime until he died suddenly. Thinking of this, Li Mu became angry, and thought to himself, I was angry with such a person in my last life, and I still want to suffer it in this life? What if you don't say yes? Lao Tzu doesn't believe in this evil today!

Thinking of this, Li Mu said expressionlessly: "Life is in the world, the word faith is just a word, I am friends with the little grandfather, this is righteousness, I have promised to partner with him, this is faith." Xinyi is in front, don't dare to repent, don't mention this matter again, Steward Zhang, it's getting late, it's inconvenient to entertain, please too. ”

Goatee didn't seem to expect Li Mu to not agree, the expression on his face froze, and after a while, he squeezed out a 'good' word from between his teeth, got up and flicked his robe sleeves, and left with an air bag.