In the East Palace, Tai Li Heng leaned on the soft couch expressionlessly, staring coldly out of the window, a black and slimy spider was building a web on two tree forks, pulling one invisible filament after another, and gradually turning into a deadly sky web, tight without a trace of omission, and the spider quietly retreated to the side and waited for the prey to come to the door.

Li Heng felt that he was a little worm that crashed into the sky web, unable to struggle, and his father was the spider hiding on the side, ready to kill him at any time, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, whether they were father or natural enemies.

Li Heng's hand reached for the teacup, only to find that the tea had become cold, and then there was a low sound of footsteps behind him, and a pair of white and slender hands appeared in front of him, and gently placed a cup of hot ginseng tea in front of Li Heng, "Too, it's time to drink tea!" ”

The owner of these hands was Concubine Merriam, a graceful and dignified woman, still beautiful, with bright eyes gazing serenely at him, and a smile on the corners of her mouth, from which a gentle air was revealed.

"Drink it while it's hot! If it's cold, your spleen and stomach will hurt. ”

Li Heng showed a rare smile on his face, took the ginseng tea and drank it carefully, and drank the ginseng tea in a moment, the concubine took the empty cup, hesitated, but did not leave.

"Is there anything else?"

The concubine smiled and said: "I received a wedding card this morning, it is Li Qing that you often talk about, he will get married in three days, I am thinking that we should give a generous gift." ”

"Oh!" Li Hengdi's eyelids twitched. "You can just look at this and do it, you don't need to ask me."

"Let's write a few sentences!"

The concubine tactfully persuaded: "None of them have elders, even if they can't attend, writing a few congratulatory words is a kind of concern for their subordinates." ”

"You can just watch it." still repeats the same sentence, as if Li Qing is a person who has nothing to do with him.

The concubine sighed secretly and turned to leave.

After a long time, Li Jingzhong came in quietly. Standing at the foot of the stairs with his hands down, "Is Your Highness looking for me?" ”

Li Heng glanced at him and said lightly: "You go and tell Li Qing that he won't be on duty in the future, and concentrate on being his sacrificial person!" ”

A distrustful seed sprouted in Li Heng's heart, regardless of whether Li Qing took refuge in Li Linfu or not. It doesn't matter anymore.

"Yes!" Li Jingzhong quietly retreated, and was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Heng again, "You go and tell him again, I still have it for that house, give him three days, and let him find another place to live!" ”

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The sun is shining, the grass grows everywhere, the walls and the cracks of the stone slabs, where the grass has not been hoeed. It's all verdant and full of life. Jackdaws, sparrows, and pigeons feel that spring has arrived, and they are all happily building their nests. Even the flies were warmed by the sun and buzzed under the thick corners.

This is the west market of Chang'an, and the east market is dedicated to the royal family and nobles, the west market is the industrial and commercial heart of the country, there are jewelry, silk fabrics, porcelain, spices and other luxury goods, and clothing, candles, cakes, medicine and other daily necessities, here merchants gather, there are many shops. There was a wide variety of goods, and trade was extremely prosperous. There are many Hu merchants, and orchid wine shops abound, so Li Bai Shiyun: 'Wuling boy Jin Shidong laughed into the orchid wine shop. ’

In a corner of the cloth market, gathered more than a dozen splendid silk shops, don't underestimate them, they control more than seventy percent of the country's silk supply, each warehouse in a variety of brocade, Luo, silk piled up, the monthly capital exchange is as high as 10,000, and Chengdu, each firm has its own background and background, get along for decades, although it is not clear, but the other party's old bottom is clear to each other.

At the door of Bashu Xing, the new proprietor Li Qing sat on a high chair, crossed his legs and looked at the busy guy with a smile, he no longer has the need to go to work, in the past, he hung a false title of Taisheren, but he was too the chief of the guard, and now he is not even the chief of the guard, and even the waist card in and out of the inner palace has been taken away, that is to say, he is still the official of the East Palace, but he is no longer a person from the East Palace, Li Qing has no regrets, On the contrary, there is a kind of relief and ease.

Bashu Xing was originally Li Lin's largest property, which has been generously gifted to Li Qing, mainly engaged in Shu brocade, controlling nearly eighty percent of the Shu brocade supply in Chang'an, in addition to the original shopkeeper employees, there are more than a dozen new strong nurses, these are Li Qing's subordinates in Yibin County.

The sun has risen high, today is the Harmony Festival, and the day is off, and officials in civilian clothes can be seen everywhere in the West Market secretly inspecting the shops they have invested in.

At this time, Du Youlin, the proprietor of Yang Suxing, came with a smile, saying that it was also a coincidence, he was also a subordinate official of the East Official, the official worshiped Doctor Zanshan, but his daughter was Li Hengdi's partial concubine, Feng Liang, although lower than Taizheng Concubine Wei, but the most favored, Du Youlin was about ten years old, his appearance was not good, and all officials, although he made a fortune from the income of the shop, but he despised it very much, and always felt that he had a ** share, it was rare to show up once in the West Market, and he usually handed over his nephew to operate, although he was too much of a father-in-law, but he did not become arrogant, just on the contrary, he put everyone in his eyes, He is generous and warm-hearted by nature, and his biggest characteristic is that he has a mantra, "Tell me too often.

Ten steps away from Li Qing, his bell-like voice came, "Haha! Li Sheren, we are officials with the government, and the same shop is neighbors, too often tell me, Li Sheren is modest, can be a deep friendship, this distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, let's have a good relationship. ”

Li Qingyi smiled and replied: "Where! Where! Dr. Du is a relative of the emperor, so he is afraid that Li Qinggao will not be able to climb high. ”

Du Youlin had a blank face, "What is this, I often tell me, not a party father and brother, not a rich and noble, it is my daughter who became the imperial concubine, I should pay more attention to the influence, don't ruin the reputation of Corporal Tai Lixian, in fact, I hate people the most when I say that I am the imperial prince, as if I am an official by my daughter, do you say yes, hehe!" Hehe! ”

Just as the two were greeting, Zhang Yiming, the new second shopkeeper of Bashu Xing, rushed to shout: "Master, there is a good thing, a few Nanzhao people are going to buy our 10,000 yuan of brocade silk, 10,000 yuan!" ”

His shouting made Li Qing want to cut off one of his pair of provocative ears as a dish, how many times have he said it, he always doesn't change it, and he doesn't look at who is next to him

, He peeked at Du Youlin, and sure enough, he saw that his eyes gradually let out a light and said with envy: "Li Sheren is really the head of fortune, only the first day he took over, there was a big deal at the door, when Nanzhao people also came to buy and sell my goods, too often told me, contentment and happiness, I don't want more, three thousand times will be satisfied." ”

Li Qing naturally understood his words, so he smiled slightly: "Since distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, how can you not make money together, how about two of us and half of each other?" ”

Hearing that Du Youlin was overjoyed, he secretly praised Li Qing for being a man, and hurriedly thanked him: "It's really good, Li Sheren can really have a deep friendship, I'll go to my shopkeeper to talk about it." ”

After speaking, he was afraid that Li Qing would regret it, so he turned around and ran, and when he was far away, Li Qing said to Zhang Yiming with a cold face: "You are really a golden mouth, with a mouth, the business of 5,000 yuan will be gone, you talk about it, how will I punish you this time!" ”

At this moment, Zhang Yiming's face was like the condensed seawater, so bitter that people couldn't bear to witness, "This, this. deducted his money, but he still counted on receiving the money this month to buy two maids and taste the taste of being a master!

"Brother Li, how about sparing him once in front of me?"

Li Qing turned around, but saw a strong bear-like man looking at him with a smile, not Wang Bing, who was each, stunned for a while, the two laughed, stepped forward and hugged tightly, Li Qing immediately gave him a punch and smiled: "You black bear, you don't come to see me when you come to Chang'an." Pour to accompany the king of Nanzhao. ”

"Then sir, I. . .

Li Qing waved his hand, "For the sake of the Wang Gang Master's ground, this time I will spare you, go and do the goods!" ”

Zhang Yiming was overjoyed, thanked Wang Bing for his intercession, and ran away. Li Qing shook his head, took out another list and said to Gao Zhandao: "If you have something to trouble you, just purchase the items I opened separately, I estimate that there should be all in this West Market." ”

Gao Zhandao agreed, called a few nurses and went out, and Li Qing found the shopkeeper to explain a few words. Only then did he pat Wang Bing on the shoulder and smiled: "Go!" Let's find a place to have a drink. ”

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In the orchid wine shop next to the trading house, Li Qing and Wang Bing each asked for a few pots of wine, and were slowly telling about the aftermath, Wang Bing gently shook the wine bowl, excited but with a little regret said: "I was originally a member of the tribe of Nanzhao Baiya City, my father brought me to the original since I was a child, my greatest wish in this life is to let my father's spirit return to his hometown, just in Chengjie's grandfather is the chief of Baiya City, he agreed to my conditions, and I became the captain of his personal guard." It's a pity that this person is really a bit disappointing, too far worse than his eldest brother. ”

He remembered Yu Chengjie's rudeness to Xiaoyu again. Apologetically: "It's me who is not good, take him and his two younger siblings on the road together." I'm really sorry for my brother's entrustment. ”

Li Qing patted his hand and smiled: "It's okay, the curtain and Xiaoyu came unharmed, thanks to you." ”

Wang Bing has always apologized for this matter, and seeing that Li Qing didn't take it to heart, he calmed down a little, drank the bowl of wine in one gulp, and wiped his mouth and said: "Tell me about you, I heard my younger brother and sister say that you have been promoted." But really? ”

If Li Qing could meet Wang Bing a few days earlier, he would definitely rack his brains to get acquainted with Yu Chengjie through Wang Bing. But now, the matter of going to Nanzhao has also come to naught, Yu Chengjie is meaningless to him, it would be a good thing if he could buy more goods from him, Li Qing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's promoted, but it's an idle official, and there's nothing to do, so I came to do business, are you the people from Nanzhao who came to buy goods just now?" ”

"Yes! In a few days we are leaving, Yu Cheng Festival to give gifts, then send someone to purchase some brocade silk and the like, the procurement officer does not understand the original goods, I came together, just met you, how? Do you want me to persuade him to buy more, this time your emperor rewarded a lot of money, more than enough. ”

Li Qing nodded and thanked: "Thank you so much." He suddenly remembered one more thing, and the tail of his slender eyebrows couldn't help but be soaked with joy, "The day after tomorrow is the day when I and Lian'er get married, you must come!" ”

Wang Bing laughed, "I really convinced you, I will get married and still do business here, let's talk!" Where do you live? I'll be there as soon as I'm ready. ”

"We are now living in the Si Ning Mansion in Anren Fang, where the wedding will also be held, we don't know many people, and the ceremony is relatively simple."

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In the imperial study of the Zichen Palace, Li Longji sat in front of the imperial case and finally decided to go to the list of envoys to Nanzhao, he mentioned the Zhu pen and added ink, first drew a circle on Chen Xilie's name, and marked a straight character, and then drew a circle on Wei Jian's name, but approved a sub-word, and then he carefully searched for them one by one on the list, his eyes showed disappointment, and finally he turned to the page of the escort army, and wrote below Li Siye, 'Zhaowu Captain Li Qingzhong crossed a line.

Li Longji put down the pen gently, his solemn brows slowly relaxed, he seemed to remember something, raised his head and smiled at Gao Lishi: "Take him in!" ”

In a moment, several palace guards came in with a man in black, and he quietly floated like a shadow and knelt down in front of Li Longji.

"How is he now?"

The shadow lowered his voice and said: "Back to Your Majesty's words, the minister and Li Qing's family moved to the Si Ning Wangfu yesterday, and today Li Qing went to Xishi, where he met the old man from the former place, who was a Nanzhao man, who was originally the leader of the Chengdu Min Gang, and now follows the Nanzhao Mission, named Wang Bingge, and the minister investigated, he is Yu Chengjie's personal bodyguard. ”

Li Longji nodded approvingly and said, "Yes, what else?" ”

"There is also the fact that Li Qing is going to get married the day after tomorrow."

"Oh!" Li Longji suddenly became a little interested. Who are you marrying? Cui Qiao's daughter? ”

"No, it's an ordinary woman who has been following Li Qingdi, and the minister has been sending invitations for them these days, and at least half of them won't go depending on the situation, they are all afraid of Taihe Li Xiangguo."

"You have done a good job, you have worked hard in Chengdu in the past few years, and you will go back to Anxi after the Nanzhao is over! Your father hasn't seen each other for at least five years, so now you can go back and help him make the happy event happen. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The shadow bowed slightly, and then drifted away, swift and ghostly.

Li Longji looked at his back, smiled slightly, and said to himself: "This little is going to get married, this is an interesting thing." ”