The red sunset has fallen below the horizon, and there is still a faint red sunset in the sky above the Chang'an city wall, and above the head, the sky appears blue, and finally blends with the twilight, a long pink thin cloud floats in the air, like a distant fairy island on the sea.

Li Qing and his entourage left the gate of the Bashu trading house, the brisk back dragged on the ground for a long time, today is the first time Li Qing has come to see his shop since he was appointed as the head of the household, as the official position is getting higher and higher, Li Qing pays less and less attention to the shop, one is no time, the other is limited by identity, and it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of using power for personal gain for a long time.

"It's time for me to step back into the background!" Li Qing immediately thought secretly, although Li Longji did not mention this matter to himself, but if someone has a heart to participate in his own book, he will be very passive, this matter can be managed by Xiaoyu, she is good at arithmetic, although she can't run a family, but financial management is still possible, she will come back from Chengdu in a few days, and hand over the account to her directly.

Li Qing thought slowly while walking, from the person leading the horse, he turned over on the horse, and when he looked up, he saw that the door of the shop next door had packed up a few large carts of goods, and Du Youlin was shouting loudly in front of the car, for fear that the next person would miss something valuable.

"Old Du, you are. Isn't he going to do it?

"Someone made a good offer today, and my store was transferred."

Du Youlin reluctantly glanced back at the store he had operated for more than ten years, sighed and said, "I'm also old." There is no one to pick up this shop, I have long wanted to sell it, but there has been no good price, and today someone offered a high price, so I got it. ”

He looked at Li Qing, and suddenly whispered in his ear: "Let me tell you, the person who bought my shop this time may be from An Lushan's background, you know it in your heart." ”

'An Lushan! As soon as he turned the horse's head to leave, Li Qing grabbed the reins violently. He looked back at Du Youlin in surprise, until he nodded slightly, and then confirmed that the news he heard was true.

Li Qing immediately became keenly aware that he had blocked An Lushan's financial resources from official channels, and he was going to get wealth from another channel, and it was impossible to raise more than 100,000 troops without millions of dollars of wealth every year. Even if the scale is not large now, hundreds of thousands of guan are always needed, so An Lushan naturally has more than one shop, and there is more than one city in Chang'an.

Li Qing pondered for a moment, then ordered someone to call the skeleton who was doing secret things for himself, and instructed him in a low voice: "You go to the city offices of the east and west cities to find someone to inquire, how much property has this person who bought Du Youlinpu buy in Chang'an?" Also, there are people who have traded in stores in the past two days, and their background must be investigated, so there is no need to rush in time. But it's important to be accurate. ”

As long as you catch the clues, you will be well documented. In the future, with this as a breakthrough, we will slowly find out the financial resources of An Lushan. It can also be inferred that he has privately allocated troops, and it seems that he is really not wronged to come to Xishi today, and he actually got such important news.

"Thank you Lao Du!" Li Qing turned his head and arched his hand to Du Youlin, who was counting the items, and led the servants to gallop away, and a group of figures gradually disappeared into the blood-red remnant sun.

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Li Qing and his entourage returned to the mansion, and when they did not arrive at the gate of the mansion, they saw two carriages slowly stopping from afar, and saw three maids pulling out a very fat lady from the carriage. The body is gourd-shaped, like a mountain of meat. But he was dressed in jewels, and his clothes were very colorful.

She also heard the sound of horses' hooves stopping beside her, her thick neck twisted slightly, and a pair of thin fish eyes shot at Li Qing.

Li Qing was stunned for a moment, and then saw Cui Qiao coming out of another carriage behind her, with a bitter face and sluggishness, like a vegetable that had been wilted by frost.

"When did Cui Qiao and his wife come to find him?"

But he was no longer allowed to think about it, Mrs. Cui had already twisted up with a smile, and the huge meat ball vibrated in front of her chest, making the Lifei brothers and a group of subordinates stunned, such a sensual woman, it was the first time they saw it, although Tang Nu is fat as beautiful, but Tang Nu's fat refers to plumpness, not Mrs. Cui is so fat.

Mrs. Cui stopped a few steps away, she smiled and said, "Uninvited, Li Shilang don't blame us for disturbing!" ”

As soon as Cui Qiao came out of the Xingqing Palace, he was stopped by his wife, Mrs. Cui seemed to be a fat worm in his stomach, and he had already felt his thoughts clearly, Cui Qiao's next destination must be Li Qing's mansion, in order to seek Jianghuai salt and iron for her son, how could she rest assured that her husband would go to negotiate with Li Qing alone.

Although Li Qing didn't like her, she didn't dare to slack off, she was the daughter of the emperor and had a noble status; second, she is Li Jingyan's aunt; Third, she is Cui Qiao's wife, and to put it bluntly, she is Lian'er's stepmother.

"Where! Where! Both of them are Li Qing's elders, and they can't even invite them in the past day, how can they say the word bother! ”

Li Qing bowed to the couple and said with a smile: "Uncle Cui Shi, uncle, please sit in the room!" ”

Li Qing invited the two into the guest hall, but did not send anyone to inform Curtain Er, after all, Cui Qiao was Curtain Child's biological father, and Li Qing did not want them to have too much contact, especially Mrs. Cui was also there.

With his wife present, Cui Qiao seemed to have become her shadow at noon, following behind her, not daring to say a word.

"Li Shilang, we came here today to discuss something with you." Although it was said to be a discussion, Mrs. Cui's tone did not mean any discussion, and it was clearly a condescending tone of charity.

After speaking, she turned around and gave her husband a look, motioning for him to continue, Cui Qiao opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word, what did he say, he secretly hated in his heart, this arrogant and stupid woman, did she really think that people wanted to recognize this family?

But he didn't dare to disobey his wife's order, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "We are here for the curtain matter, I don't know if she is here?" ”

Sure enough, he came for the curtain, looking at the embarrassment on Cui Qiao's face, Li Qing also knew that this must be Mrs. Cui's meaning, he made an appointment with Cui Qiao that day, and he would never tell his wife at this time, but he missed the appointment.

Li Qingxin sneered for a while, but his face was silent, and he only said lightly to Mrs. Cui: "Nei is not feeling well these days, it is not appropriate to come out to meet outsiders, and it is the same if you have anything to tell me." ”

Cui Qiao understood what Li Qing meant, he looked at his wife, saw that her eyes were hot, he couldn't help but sigh secretly and stopped talking, but Mrs. Cui seemed to be unconscious, she was very excited, it is no wonder that his wife suddenly climbed into the world's famous family, and it is also the Boling Cui family, which man would not want to, this is a great improvement in his career and fame, even Xiangguo Li Linfu is also a drill to find a crack and want to marry his own daughter for his son?

"Speaking of a great joy, I have always regretted that I couldn't have Li Shilang as my son-in-law, but the world is unpredictable, I didn't expect that we would really become a family!"

The more Mrs. Cui spoke, the more excited she became, the heat emitted by her body almost melted all the tables, chairs, calligraphy and paintings in this room, unconsciously, she slowly stepped forward, picked up Cui Qiao beside Li Qing, pushed it aside, and with a 'squeak', Mrs. Cui's elephant-like ass sat on the slender guest chair, and said to Li Qing in a compassionate tone: "You must know the life experience of the squire's wife, and my old Cui was confused when he was young

Chang'an has been talking about her everywhere in the past few days, and we can't turn a blind eye! Am I his wife? This debt can only be paid back by me, so to tell you, I am willing to recognize Shilang's wife as a daughter, only to say that it was separated when I was young, can Li Shilang understand what I mean? ”

'Chang'an is talking about her everywhere! Li Qing suddenly understood, the curtain was in a trance a few days ago, I am afraid that it was because Li Jingyan entered the door and was under too much pressure, he was in Yangzhou at the time, he didn't know anything about this matter, he was full of guilt for his wife, and he really cared too little about her.

At this moment, Mrs. Cui came to mention this matter, just to use this to turn the identity of the curtain into orthodoxy, Li Qing was slightly moved, which can indeed reduce the pressure on his wife, he glanced at Cui Qiao, and saw that his face was numb, not at all angered by his wife's rudeness, nor surprised by his wife's suggestion, not happy with things, not sad with himself, as if it was none of his business, only his wife was singing a one-man show.

He saw that Mrs. Cui was enthusiastic, knowing that she must have something else to ask for, and the requirements would not be low, if he went down with a basin of cold water, he would inevitably offend this person, if he annoyed this shrew with status, he would be difficult to get along with Li Lin and Cui Qiao in the future, Li Qingwei groaned, and he had a plan, this matter must be found out after Mrs. Cui's hole cards can be decided to decide on countermeasures, so he smiled and said: "The matter is very important, I have to discuss with my wife before replying, can Mrs. wait for two days!" ”

Suddenly, he saw Cui Qiao standing up, looking behind him with a complicated expression, as if he was happy and sad, as if he was crazy. Li Qing hurriedly turned around, but saw that the curtain appeared behind her at some point, her eyes were firmly fixed on Cui Qiao, her gaze was deep, and there was a trace of bitter hatred.

Li Qing saw Mrs. Cui standing up with a smile, and secretly screamed in her heart that it was not good, and pushed her wife into the house before she could move. He turned back and said, "Please wait a while, I'll be back soon." ”

"Why are you hiding it from me!" As soon as he entered the room, the curtain shook off Li Qing's hand and said with a cold face.

Li Qing took a deep breath and held his wife's thin shoulders, "Not bad!" I'm hiding it from you, but you know why I'm hiding it from you. What is the reason for this? ”

Curtain's shoulders trembled slightly, then he covered his face and squatted on the ground, tears flowed from her fingers, seeing his wife so sad, Li Qing was extremely distressed, he knelt beside her on both knees, gently hugged her into his arms, and whispered comfort: "Your mother died soon after giving birth to you, Cui Qiao is your biological father, but he is timid and cowardly, and he is naturally afraid of guilt." He was also responsible for your abandonment, and his wife was the aunt of the wild goose. is also a notoriously fierce woman in Chang'an, and letting you know the truth will only bring you more harm. I took it upon myself to hide it, Curtain, don't blame me! ”

The curtain couldn't hold back any longer, threw herself into her husband's arms and cried bitterly, her biological mother who she thought about day and night did not abandon herself, but died soon after giving birth to herself, and from her husband's description, you can know how tragic her mother died. At this moment, the self-pity for her life experience and the remembrance of her mother filled her heart with sadness.

Wait for her to stop crying. Li Qing whispered softly in her ear: "I'll deal with this matter, you go back to the house, okay?" ”

The curtain wiped away her tears with her sleeve, looked up at her husband with a tearful face, and said with a resolute expression: "I'm not rare in any family, I'm just my grandfather's curtain, that man let him go, I don't want to see him, and he is not allowed to step into the door of my house, even if he is the emperor!" ”

"Don't worry, I will make this matter a big thing a small thing, and a small thing."

Li Qing helped his wife into the inner room and kissed her forehead again, "You have our daughter and me, don't think about the past anymore, and look to the future." ”

Reluctantly persuaded his wife, Li Qing hurried back to the guest hall, and saw where the two were still waiting, so he stepped forward and said to Cui Qiao: "Uncle Cui Shi, the curtain is very sad now, she doesn't want to see you for the time being, you go back first!" I'll discuss this with my uncle. ”

Cui Qiao hesitated, but did not move, he was very uncomfortable, he wanted to reconcile with his daughter, but from Li Qing's reply, she obviously refused to forgive herself, and then looked at the lady on the side, she stared at herself with squinted eyes, her eyes showed a fierce light, Cui Qiao's heart couldn't help but feel cold, so he had to look up to the sky and sigh, "I knew today, why bother in the first place!" ”

After sighing, he lowered his head, dragged the unusually lonely figure, and walked slowly.

It wasn't until Cui Qiao left that Li Qing returned to his seat, looked at Mrs. Cui and said with a smile: "I'm a cheerful person, Mrs. Cui must also have something difficult, let's hear it, let me see if I can do it?" ”

Mrs. Cui saw that he didn't mention the matter of recognizing relatives, and asked herself directly about the conditions, first stunned, and then overjoyed, she was worried that she couldn't speak, but he mentioned it himself, this is the best, she laughed coquettishly, and leaned towards Li Qing's side, as if she was thirty years younger, and the thin fish glanced at an autumn wave, raised her willow eyebrows, and said in a scratching tone: "You are really a wonderful person, Liu Liu's son-in-law is too far away from you, but unfortunately you refuse to agree, the concubine body actually has no excessive requirements, I have a son, people are very down-to-earth, It's not good at drilling camps, so it has not been allowed to be reused, and now Suzhou is the chief of Huating County, can you look at your wife's ground, transfer him to the household department or the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Division, it is best to be promoted to a level, if it is really not smooth. ”

This is her condition, although Li Qing has not been a waiter in the household department for a short time, but also knows that the Huating County report has become the negative teaching material of the household department, she must be extremely incompetent, otherwise with Cui Qiao's identity and Li Linfu's status as a minister, how can he not be promoted, Li Qing quickly balanced its pros and cons in his mind, seeing that Li Lin was about to be appointed as the first salt and iron supervisor, if her son entered the salt and iron division, it would be impossible to transfer to Beijing first, and then turn to idle work with incompetence, which can perfunctory her, and can end the curtain, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"Madame's thoughts Li Qing can understand, the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Division is full, and most of them are young people, I'm afraid there is no chance, why don't I say hello to the Ministry of Officials, and transfer him to the Ministry of Household Affairs to be the main officer, how does Mrs. think of this?"

The head of the household department is also from the top of the rank, and the rank of the county master is the same, but the status of the Beijing official is high, Mrs. Cui does not know how many favors she has asked for over the years, but she is really not angry, and she is stupid, so she can only be transferred from one county to another, but there is no department in Beijing that is willing to accept him, and he has not been transferred to Beijing, today Li Qing did not understand the situation and generously agreed, which really made Mrs. Cui very happy, not waiting for her to express her position, Li Qing waved her hand and stopped her, and continued: "But the matter of my wife's return to the sect is over, and she doesn't want to mention the past, Mrs. Cui understands?" ”

Mrs. Cui's heart suddenly burst into joy, laughing so hard that her fat body trembled, and she couldn't wait to rush up and hug Li Qing for a few kisses, which could not only achieve her wish, but also not embarrass herself, how could she not be willing, she stretched out her big jade palm at the moment, and laughed loudly: "Jun Yiyan, the horse is difficult to chase!" ”

The corners of Li Qing's mouth twitched, and he quietly wiped the sweat on his hands on the placket of his clothes, and reached out with a bitter face to slap her, but his heart was as if he had swallowed a piece of unoiled meat, and he was fat.