In the tenth year of Germany, May 19, the hour of Chen.

"It's a bit unpleasant to be at my cousin's house for a long time." Qi Qi said a little embarrassedly, a hint of wisdom flashed in her eyes, perfectly avoiding Qin Xiangxi's gaze that was always studying her.

"Oh, how do you say that kind of nonsense." Qin Xiangxi hurriedly glanced at Qi Qi, for fear that it would be because he had neglected his cousin and made his cousin feel uncomfortable, seeing that his cousin was smiling shyly, he immediately had confidence, and said with a smile on his face: "My cousin is liked, I wish my cousin would live at home forever." ”

After a few pleasantries, Qi Qi talked about yesterday's events as if he was at home, Qin Xiangxi liked to talk about this kind of "other people's misfortunes" the most, and soon Qi Qi led the topic to Li Xiong.

"Yesterday my cousin said that the person looked like Li Xiong, how can I seem to have heard of the name Li Xiong." Qi Qi said: "Don't be the little prince of the Guangwang family, right? ”

"Oh, no." When it came to the nobles in Chang'an City, Qin Xiangxi counted the names of the fifteen princes of Chang'an City one by one, and even remembered the names of the eldest sons of each family firmly, so he almost said the biological mother of each eldest son.

Li Xiong took his mother's surname, and heard that his maiden family was Sui Li, not Tang Li, a declining nobleman. He was an illegitimate child, and as for who his father was, it has always been a mystery. We met at a banquet at King Yi's house, and later I invited Pang Hai, the son-in-law of King Yi's daughter, Li Xing, to my house, and they brought him with them to my house. ”

"Oh, what does Li Xiong look like? What are you busy with now? Qi Qi asked curiously, she knew that as long as she gave Qin Xiangxi a word, this cousin would be able to talk tirelessly for a quarter of an hour.

"Hey, it's right for you to ask me about him, others don't necessarily know, that Li Xiong is smart and clever, not only full of poetry and books, but also a master of business, he went to the Western Regions alone in his teens, did a few businesses, and made a lot of money."

Qi Qi didn't speak, but listened carefully.

Qin Xiangxi continued: "Well, when he was eleven years old, his mother died, and then he seemed to disappear from Chang'an City, and it is said that he went to the Western Regions. ”

Qin Xiangxi had a touch of disdain and ridicule on his face, but he immediately felt that he was off-topic, so he suddenly laughed and blamed himself: "Look at my mouth, I don't know where to say it, I was going to talk about Li Xiong, but it was actually pulled on his mother, oops, it's really damned." ”

Qi Qi smiled helplessly.

Qin Xiangxi continued: "You asked me just now, what does he look like, hey, this young man is very beautiful, just like the one in your painting.

Hey, the more I think about it, the more I look like it, I'm afraid it's Jin Wuwei's painter who can't do it, and he didn't paint his charm. I've never seen a little white face with such white skin.

And he looks a bit like a native of the Western Regions, you know that the combination of the Western Regions and our Middle-earth people gives birth to children who are extraordinarily beautiful. So everyone speculated that his father might be a Hu man. Oh my God, his mother was so bold! ”

"I don't think there are many people in Chang'an City who know Li Xiong." Qi Qi said.

Of course, listening to him, he had almost no friends in Chang'an City, and he usually only contacted Cao Xiong alone in business. He was a rather mysterious person and rarely interacted with people. If it wasn't for Pang Hai who had to bring him that time, he wouldn't come. Qin Xiangxi said.

"Why is he afraid to see people?" Qi Qi pretended to be stupid and said, completely trying to find out more information that Qin Xiangxi knew.

"Do you still need to ask, cousin? He was an illegitimate child, and on that basis he could not like to associate with others......"

As soon as she said these things, Qin Xiangxi's heart of schadenfreude couldn't be suppressed at all, if she wasn't stopped, it was estimated that she would be able to go until the afternoon. But in these words, Qi Qi couldn't get the information he wanted.

"Although he is not a royal family, I still think I have heard it somewhere, cousin, tell me again, has he had any experience? Like his friends, maybe I heard about him from our mutual friends. Qi Qi said seemingly indifferently.

"Not to mention, I've just heard Li Xing talk about him in the past month, but I haven't seen anyone else for a few months." Qin Xiangxi seemed to be very interested in this beautiful man, and every time she mentioned Li Xiong's name, she seemed a little excited:

"The last time he appeared in the topic, it was related to the sudden death of Cao Mang, the owner of Qianzhuang in West City, Chang'an County, everyone said that he was Cao Mang's illegitimate son, and then I saw Cao Mang's portrait, not to mention, there are really three points of resemblance. Some people also said that he went to the Western Regions to do business, and the reason why he was able to make money was because of the goods that Cao Mang helped handle. ”

"How did Cao Mang die?" Qi Qi asked.

"Legend has it that he drank to death. It is not surprising that people like him drink heavily every day, and die of alcohol. Qin Xiangxi said.

"There are people who drink and die every day in Chang'an...... Qi said.

"That's right, so there's no going on with that." Qin Xiangxi said with some regret: "At that time, everyone thought that he would compete with some people for Cao Mang's property, and at that time, everyone would know whether he was Cao Mang's illegitimate son." But the problem is that this incident did not happen, and I heard that Cao Mang's inheritance was inherited by a concubine. It is said that before he died, he left a suicide note. I really don't understand, did he know that he was dying before he drank it? ”

"Hasn't this case been investigated in Chang'an County?"

"Of course it was investigated, but the suicide note was very in line with the rules, there were lawyers, witnesses, and what is even more convincing is that most of the money was donated to the state, not his concubine." Qin Xiangxi said with an incredulous expression.

"What's the name of his concubine?" Qi Qi asked.

"Uh...... Call ......" Qin Xiangxi suddenly rubbed his forehead, and didn't think about it for a long time, so he shouted at the maid standing at the door: "Xiao Cui'er, do you remember, what is the name of Cao Mang's concubine?" ”

"It's called Cui Qiaoqiao!" The maid Xiao Cui'er stood at the door and said loudly.

"Oh, you can't be quiet, I'm not deaf!" Qin Xiangxi said hatefully, then turned around and said to Qi Qi with a smile: "You see that this maid in my family is the worst maid who follows me." It's not polite at all, and it seems that I'll have to explain the rules to her more in the future. ”

Qi Qi smiled and said, "As the saying goes, Mrs. Ren, maid jumps." The more magnanimous the master is, the more unruly the maids appear. However, as long as the important things are properly disciplined, it is also enjoyable. ”

"Oh, look at how good our cousin can talk." Qin Xiangxi said with a satisfied look.

"So Li Xiong didn't react at all after Cao Mang's death?" Qi Qi continued the topic: "It seems that he is not Cao Mang's illegitimate son. ”

"Not exactly." Qin Xiangxi said: "I also heard from others, someone has seen him go to the West Market to contact Cao Mang's former men. ”

"Did you say anything specifically?"

"Then I don't know," Qin Xiangxi suddenly lowered his voice and said with a scared look: "You must know that Cao Mang is not a good person, he is said to be the leader of the underground in the West Market, and most of all the black money and black goods in the West Market were completed by him, so he is very rich." Do you know how much money he donated to the imperial court? Say it, it will really scare you! ”

"How much?" Qi Qi asked imitating Qin Xiangxi's expression and tone, looking like a woman with a long tongue.

"Two million gold coins, thirty million silver coins! It is equivalent to 5 billion texts. Qin Xiangxi suddenly leaned forward and said as if announcing a shocking secret.

"So many!" Qi Qi was really surprised, with so much money, he could almost buy half of Yongyang Fang, the suburban square where Wei Chang's family was located.

"Not really!" Qin Xiangxi was also so surprised when she saw Qi Qi, she retracted her body that leaned out, lowered her head slightly, and looked at Qi Qi with a voyeuristic gaze and said.

Qi Qi looked as if he couldn't calm down, and said after a long time: "Since he donated so much money to the country, of course his will will not be doubted, at least the government will not doubt it, and even don't want to doubt it, for this reason, the Chang'an County Order is estimated to get some rewards." ”

"I really let you say it, the gold and silver that the household servant personally came to Chang'an County to collect, not only praised Chang'an County, but also openly praised the concubine, but unfortunately, the concubine did not appear that day, and I heard that the concubine had already run away with the money. The people around Cao Mang said that since Cao Mang's death, the concubine has not appeared again. Cao Mang still had many relics left, but no one took them. ”

"Why didn't anyone take it?" Qi Qi asked.

"Because it's worthless, of course." Qin Xiangxi said: "However, that's just for that concubine, after all, she got one-third of the inheritance, and there are thousands of silver coins left, it's not easy to sell, she doesn't bother to care anymore." ”

Qi Qi smiled and said, "Cousin, have you noticed that the situation of this Li Xiong and the deceased Liu Ming can be completely alone." ”

Hearing this, Qin Xiangxi blinked her eyes, she didn't agree with Qi Qi's words very much, but it was not good to deny it directly, so she said: "I don't think others will think so, after all, Li Xiong has also made a lot of money, so he won't run around in the middle of the night, and he will fall to his death, right?" A person like him who is not short of money, what urgent matter can he have to break into the night ban? ”

Subsequently, they stopped talking about Li Xiong, because Qi Qi was worried that her cousin would find out something. Although my cousin is a talkative person, she is not stupid, and even has a lot of eyes. It's just that her heart is a little off.

But she shouldn't be blamed for this, she has a smart brain, but she has no place to use it, what else can she do except study the shortcomings of the East and West all day long? It's like it's already something that is a competition between upper-class women.

Who knows more things, the more popular they will be. Be the center of a group of people.

Li Su will not blame his wife for this kind of thing, because there are many things that have benefited from his wife's diplomacy.

Their conversation seemed to have no substance, but Qi Qi felt that her ideas had been further validated,—— and she felt more and more that Li Xiong was the victim of Huaiyuan Chonghua Tianqiao, and that he was by no means an accidental death, but most likely a murder.

In Chang'an City, there are very few people who know him.

The sudden disappearance of a man who left Chang'an at the age of eleven and often went to Persia so far away to do business did not arouse the minds of too many people.

And according to Qin Xiangxi's description of Li Xiong, she dared to be sure of her own idea.

After all, the deceased looked really beautiful, an out-and-out little white face. For this reason, Qi Qi also felt a little pity for him.

In addition, Qi Qi also thought of many things, and she couldn't grasp the key point, so she felt anxious about it.

At this time, she suddenly expected Wei Chang to come soon, although this disciple looked rough, but he was a master of ideas, after listening to his analysis, he could always make people feel at ease to do something, without having to think about it.