Li Mao looked at the dancing girl, and secretly exclaimed in his heart, he had seen a lot of beautiful women, but there had never been one of such amorous women, the ancients used "amazing for heaven" to describe the amazement of women, and it was extremely appropriate to use it here.

Qingmo held the wine glass and leaned into Li Mao's ear and said, "The old thorn is selling treasures, I think I want to take trouble." Li Mao subconsciously glanced at Wang Zhibang, and was also surprised, Wang Zhibang's eyes were clearly full of light.

Seeing that his favorite concubine suppressed the boy who didn't know the height of the sky, Mi Rulong was triumphant, after doing the history of Caozhou Thorn, Mi Rulong soon realized that his career had reached the top, and it was impossible to make any progress. to entertain loneliness in old age.

Once the competitive heart is satisfied, Mi Rulong is faintly worried, and after Mingzhu appeared, Wang Zhibang's face changed greatly, and there was clearly evil intentions hidden in his eyes! He secretly asked himself what was wrong, how did he become so unstable, and did unbelievable things again and again, first with the respect of the elders of the history of the assassination, to give up the seat to a hairy child, and then to fight to win, and take out the secret treasure concubine to show the public, the former is just a joke, the latter is the way to take trouble.

Since ancient times, all the red faces are in trouble, the big ones are ruined, the small ones are ruined, you Mi Rulong boasts that you know the history books and see through the world, why don't you even understand this simple truth, you really lived a great age in vain?

Mi Rulong felt sorry for himself, and he had no thoughts, and the feast ended hastily. When sending everyone out, Wang Zhibang took advantage of the strength of the wine to hold Mi Rulong's shoulder with one hand, and said with a red face: "Miss Mingzhu has good skills, so that Jun Ke is willing to give his love to his little nephew, and the little nephew is willing to be rewarded with a thousand gold." Mi Rulong's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he said angrily: "The virtuous nephew is drunk! He snorted: "Send off." "Get rid of Wang Zhibang and don't care about it again.

In this battle of words, the subordinates present saw it clearly and listened to it truly, but they all pretended not to know, said goodbye to each other, and dispersed in a hurry.

Li Mao looked back at Wang Zhibang, who was stunned there, and thought to himself: "With this generation gaining power, how can I not mess up my Datang?" Qingmo turned Li Mao and whispered: "I bet with you, Wang Zhibang will not give up." Li Mao sneered: "Then he is too self-sufficient." Qingmo said: "I know you don't believe it, do you know, I just heard his entourage say, 'Mi Lao Er is so uninteresting, he provoked us, and let the copper tiger head destroy his door.'" 'Bronze Tiger Head, do you know what it is, pinching a thorn to death is like pinching a bed bug to death. ”

Li Mao said: "Although the copper tiger head has the ability to pinch the history of assassination, but the history of murder and assassination is not guilty, and sooner or later someone will pinch the copper tiger head to death." ”

Qingmo saw that Li Mao didn't believe it, and said angrily: "If you don't believe it, let's make a bet, how about betting ten times for money, and the magic power will be a witness." "I don't testify, I'm going to bet with you." Qingmo was furious and said, "Okay, okay, you don't believe it, I'll go out and gamble with you, and I'll bet a hundred yuan, do you have it?" ”

Mo Qi shook his head, and Qingmo said, "If you don't have money, don't be strong." Feng Bu smiled on the side: "You are playing Laipi, bet on your way of playing." Qingmo said: "Feng Tou, listen to what you mean, you are not convinced, then you come to make this bet." Feng Bu smiled: "I won't fight you, the copper tiger head is ghostly, that's really uncertain." ”

Everyone talked and laughed and laughed at the hotel, and before entering the door, Zhang Ye rode a horse and chased over, inviting Li Mao to Wang Shiwei's drunken immortal residence, saying that a few fatty fish were caught now, and Li Mao was invited to go over and taste it. Li Mao knew that he was looking for something for him, so he didn't shirk it, and got on the horse and followed him to the Drunken Immortal Residence. Zhang Ye invited a few friends to accompany Li Mao, and everyone knew that he had something to ask Li Mao, so they left one after another. Wang Shiwei also withdrew after rearranging the banquet.

There was no one in the house, so Zhang Ye bowed and said, "Brother Maohua save me." ”

Li Mao said: "What does this mean? Get up. Zhang Ye got up and said with a sad brow: "Mi Tingshi thinks that I am too close to Hu Rongyu, and he doesn't trust me at all, and several colleagues who joined the army with me have been promoted, but I am still struggling in the position of joining the army, and I can't be trusted by the commander when I join the army, it's just an ornament, this kind of pain, the proud brother of the spring breeze can't understand it." ”

Li Mao said: "You ask me, I should have tried my best to help, but I'm just a city envoy, I'm afraid I'm powerless." Hearing this, Zhang Ye hurriedly wiped his eyes and said: "I know that my brother can talk to Jia Gong bluntly, he is now going to be promoted to the deputy envoy of the branch, and there is a shortage of people around him. ”

Li Mao said: "He has just been promoted to the observation envoy, why is he promoted again, is your news reliable?" ”

Zhang Ye said with a smile: "Your brother and I have no other skills to find out the news, but we are good at it, this matter is true." ”

Li Mao said: "I can write a letter of recommendation, but as for whether Jia Gong rewards his face or not, I don't dare to pack a ticket." Zhang Ye got up and bowed: "Success is my life, defeat is my luck, I have to remember the kindness of Brother Maohua, in the future, there will be a place for my brother, just words, fire in the fire, water in the water, no ambiguity." ”

After finishing business, Zhang Ye wanted to take Li Mao to the brothel to play, Li Mao hurriedly waved his hand, and refused to go under the pretext of being tired.

Zhang Ye said: "This is an old man, you must meet him." Li Mao frowned, and couldn't remember any old people in Caozhou.

With curiosity, I followed Zhang Ye, and when I arrived, I learned that the owner of this brothel turned out to be Mrs. Hu, the sister of Hu Rongyu, the former assassin of Caozhou, who had no children and had been dependent on Hu Rongyu to live. In the winter of the sixteenth year of Zhenyuan, Li Mao gave her a gift when she was a gold envoy in Chengwu County, and she gave Li Mao a few butter cakes in return.

A year ago, Hu Rongyu was accused of embezzlement of public funds and was arrested in Yunzhou for punishment. Mrs. Hu lost her support, and her family wealth was extorted by officials, so she had to become a private prostitute. She has a gentle temperament, graceful demeanor, in her early thirties, because of proper maintenance, she still does not lose her charm, plus she is from a large family, she talks elegantly, behaves appropriately, and is proficient in singing, dancing and chess, and she became popular soon after her debut.

Now she changed her name to Xia Ruihe, and everyone persuaded her to adopt a few lonely girls as daughters, teach her skills, and rely on her when she is old and decrepit, but she politely declined.

When the deceased met, Li Mao felt embarrassed and couldn't speak. Zhang Ye is obviously a frequent visitor here, and when he met, he laughed with Mrs. Hu, who smiled and was already very sophisticated. In the past, when Hu Rongyu was assassinated, Mrs. Hu's home was also ushered in, and the laughter was endless, but time passed, although those people came, and they may still say those words, but people's moods have been very different, the same sentence, the meaning of which has long been very different, not the same.

Li Mao couldn't do it at one time or another, the Mrs. Hu in his eyes was still the Mrs. Hu who gave him the butter cake back then, so he had no intention of laughing, and he didn't even want to say a word.

When Zhang Ye accompanied Li Mao to watch the singing and dancing, Mrs. Hu personally cooked a few butter cakes and wrapped three for Li Mao, Zhang Ye smiled and said: "Xia Ruihe, are you going to drive people away, Maohua came to spend the night with you this time before leaving." Mrs. Hu smiled lightly: "The concubine is old and decrepit, how can she accompany the young talent, you should spare me." ”

Zhang Ye said with a smile: "Although Maohua is young, his mind is different from ordinary people, he is not interested in those little ladies who are raw, and what he likes is as familiar as his wife." Mrs. Hu smiled and looked at Li Mao.

Li Mao became uneasy, shirked his tiredness, and hurriedly left. When he returned to the inn, he gave the butter cake to Qingmo, Mo Qi Shentong and Feng Bu, and Qingmo took a bite and said that it was delicious, and stroked the exquisite pattern in his hand, only to say that it was from the cake shop. In the past, the little maid had also eaten a piece of Madame Hu's cake, but he had long forgotten it.

Feng Bu recognized that the mark on the cake was the exclusive property of Mrs. Hu's family, and how many officials in one city and four counties of Caozhou racked their brains to get such a piece of bread in the past, and curry favor with it, but after getting it, they were reluctant to eat it, and showed it off everywhere like a treasure. However, after only a year of hard work, the high and low have been turned upside down, the heaven and the earth have been turned upside down, and the cake is still the same cake, but it can no longer taste the taste of the year. Feng Bu said it was greasy and gave the cake to Mo Qi's magical power. Mo Qi's magical powers are unknown, but he eats with relish.