Although Li Mao was promoted to the general of the Zuo Longxiang Army and knew the military, he still held the post of the envoy of the Right Wei Yuan Army, and there was a very special organization under the Right Wei Yuan Army, under which the name was subordinate, and the personnel were also from the Right Wei Yuan Army, but they obeyed the orders of the Imperial History Observatory, which was the anti-'smuggling' bureau that Li Chun authorized Li Mao to jointly supervise the 'gate' set up by Li Jiang to ban the 'smuggling' of weapons and salt and iron in western Beijing.

The Anti-Smuggling Bureau does not have an official name, and this organization has not had an official name or formal establishment since its establishment and its conclusion.

Under the severe crackdown of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau, the smuggling of salt, iron, and weapons in western Beijing has been curbed to the greatest extent, and in the course of the successive brutal struggles against the smugglers, the power of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau has swelled rapidly, and no one can ignore it.

Such an organization that had made great contributions to the imperial court died in vain shortly after the news of the canonization of the crown prince came out, which inevitably caused a lot of speculation. But speculation is speculation, the river is rolling and flowing, and it will not be stopped because of some people's groundless speculation, and the anti-'smuggling' bureau has become a historical symbol, although many of his legendary stories are still circulating among the people.

Li Jiang, the superintendent of the imperial history, was admitted to the Hanlin Academy as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy because of his merits, and the rest of the meritorious personnel were properly placed.

When Li Jiang 'handed over' Li Mao for the last time, he gave Li Mao a pair of mutton fat 'jade' bracelets to express his gratitude, and Li Mao contributed a lot to his selection into the Hanlin Academy. According to the system of Datang, being a bachelor of Hanlin is equivalent to entering the fast lane of promotion, and the future is bright.

Li Mao went to Luoyang with Du Huangshang, Li Jiang praised it, in his opinion, this is a smart thing that a smart person should do, but Li Mao told Li Jiang to cherish the feathers and feathers, and not to be 'confused' and 'confused' by the 'temptation' and 'confusion' in front of him, this is what a true friend will say, Li Jiang is very 'excited'.

Sending Li Jiang away, Li Mao asked Qin Mo if Li Jiang was corrupt as an official?

Qin Mo said: "Don't be greedy for power, don't be greedy for power, you can be regarded as a good official." ”

Li Mao said: "So he doesn't have a lot of money now, where did he get this pair of mutton fat 'jade' bracelets?" ”

Qin Mo said: "My song, people are more or less supervising the imperial history and judging the 'private' bureau, what's wrong with 'getting' the 'jade' bracelet, this 'jade' bracelet is not expensive, and it lasts for 800 yuan." ”

Li Mao said: "Eight hundred guan is also money, find some excuse to send him some money over, the new official takes office, and he has to make money everywhere." A penny is difficult to defeat a hero, which is called charcoal in the snow. ”

Qin Mo said: "This is called a cold stove. ”

Li Mao said: "It's also a skill to burn the cold stove well, believe it or not, he will only take my money." ”

Qin Mo said: "I believe that you burn his cold stove, but others climb your hot stove, the two of you use each other, and no one suffers." ”

Li Mao said: "Why do you want to talk about the relationship between colleagues so vulgarly, can't there be some truth in the world." ”

Qin Mo said: "There is true love in the world, in the officialdom, hmph, there are interests." ”

Lan'er heard that Li Mao had a pair of bracelets, and her heart was itching, and she held a sumptuous banquet at night, and sent the Yao family ladies to the 'bed' to rest early, and accompanied Li Mao to drink four or five minutes to the fullest, serving him to wash, accompanying him to bathe, and going to the 'bed' to flatter in every way.

Li Mao gave her the brocade box and said generously: "Take this chat as a capital for the night." Lan'er was ecstatic, got out of bed naked, ran barefoot to the window, poked holes in the window paper, and looked at it carefully in the faint morning light, and said with joy for a while: "Good authentic 'jade'." Li Mao smiled: "It's dark, pick up the lights and look at it again." Lan'er smiled: "It's good that I can know it as soon as I 'touch' it, and I don't need to look at it at all." ”

The morning light was hazy, Lan'er's body was extremely beautiful, Li Mao couldn't help but move barefoot 'bed', leaned against her back, stretched out his arms around her, took a 'jade' bracelet and looked at it, and asked, "How much is it worth estimating?" ”

Lan'er said: "I won't say it, you won't be willing to give it to me." Li Mao said: "Joke, what should I leave her for?" ”

Lan Erhuo turned around and said with a smile: "You gave it to me first, and I will tell you." ”

Li Mao said in a nickname: "You are the most 'shrewd'. Let's talk about it. ”

Lan'er grinned and stretched out a finger: "A thousand runs." ”

Li Mao said: "It's worth a thousand? ”

Lan'er said: "A thousand is too little? Big brother, a thousand guan, how many families in this Chang'an City have all their belongings together, and they are only a few hundred. Wrapped around his waist for 100,000 yuan, he rode a crane down to Yangzhou. That was blown out by Li Taibai, and there can be a few people in the world who have a family property of 100,000 yuan. ”

Li Mao was surprised by these words, thinking that when he cooperated with Wang Jian in the river to cut off the heads of nineteen salt lords, the reward he got was only ten yuan, and the ten yuan was loaded into a big basket, and it was so heavy that even Qin Mo couldn't lift it.

Li Mao remembered that when he was in Baoding Xue's house, he used the ten-guan money plate given by the county order Zhu Ming to buy two pieces of jewelry for Wei's, and Wei's disdainful let him transfer it to Qin Niang, who told him that the jewelry used by Wei's was one hundred and ten pieces.

The Xue family and the Wei family were both born in famous 'men' families, and the wealth they have accumulated over the years is only one hundred and ten pieces of jewelry.

In just a few years, a poor bastard who was unliterate at the beginning can't even get into the eye of a piece of jewelry with thousands of children.

Lan'er saw Li Mao in a daze, afraid that he would regret it halfway, and wanted to hide the 'jade' bracelet, but her body was slippery and had nowhere to hide, so she tried to remove Li Mao's arm that was pressing on her shoulder, so that she could get out and find a place.

Li Mao was taken aback, and snatched the bracelet with his hand, Lan'er was in a hurry, and her face changed.

"How much jewelry do we have at home?"

Lan'er stood on tiptoe and tried to snatch the 'jade' bracelet back, but was unsuccessful.

"There are about twenty of them, but I don't have any of them." Lan'er pursed her lips and pretended to be pitiful.

"It's all Ru Niang's?"

"Ru Niang is alone, the two girls she left behind are so fierce, they don't say anything when they ask."

Speaking of Xiaoru's two girls peach, blue and white, Lan'er was angry, these two girls relied on Xiaoru's power, and they didn't take her, the current 'female' owner of Gushan Bofu, in their eyes, Xiaoru's courtyard, she couldn't even enter the 'door'.

"It should be Xiaoru alone, Qinniang is a poor couple, there was nothing to live a miserable life back then, Su Qing has a few good things at the bottom of the box, but they are not here in Yunzhou. Wan'er came from a humble background, yes, but it can't be so good. ”

Li Mao thought of Qin Niang, Su Qing, Wan'er and Xiaoru, and his heart was sour.

"Xiaoru is also from a bitter background, when she and Guo Ren came to Chang'an together, they had nothing but clothes." Li Mao returned the bracelet to Lan'er and said with emotion: "I didn't expect to accumulate so much wealth in such a short period of time." ”

"That is, you have become a big official, one person has attained the Tao, and the 'chicken' dog ascends to heaven, what's so strange."

Li Mao's heart was sweet and sour, there was any taste, he instructed Lan'er: "The tree is a big wind, the higher a person stands, the greater the risk, you have to guard me in this home, don't let those with ill intentions take advantage of it." ”

Lan'er said: "Don't worry, I'm measured." If I collect money everywhere in your name, why don't I even have a decent set of jewelry, and I am not ashamed to ask you. ”

After speaking, he said: "As long as you keep your towering tree, you can't get anything in the future, why bother to be shallow-eyed and let people have the opportunity to calculate you?" ”

Li Mao smiled: "Listen to what you mean, are you raising me as a cash cow?" ”

Lan'er giggled, laughed, laughed without saying a word. It was cold, although there was a dragon in the house, Lan'er was still cold, Li Mao carried her back to the quilt and kept it warm again.

Before leaving, Li Mao 'handed' Hu Nanxiang a task, taking out the evil energy when he raided his house, thoroughly investigating his family property, no one including Lan'er was allowed to stop and conceal it, violators, except for Lan'er to be left for him to come back to dispose of, the rest of the people could directly sweep the floor and go out of the 'door'.

Hu Nanxiang said worriedly: "It's just Mrs. Lan's mouth......"

Li Mao said: "I understand. ”

In order to prevent Lan'er from interfering with Hu Nanxiang's thorough investigation of the family property, Li Mao temporarily decided to take Lan'er to Luoyang, and took Taohong and Qingbai away on the grounds that Lan'er had no one to serve.

Although it was a 'woman' dressed as a man and dressed up again, Du Huangshang still saw through the true identities of the three Lan'er at a glance, and he said to Li Mao: "You are so reckless, can't you be a little more restrained at this juncture?" ”

Li Mao smiled: "She is my person, and she was not abducted halfway, I'm afraid of what they will say." ”

Du Huangshang said: "I know that you are young in the 'spring', and it is difficult to leave, but when is it now, there is no fashion to rise three feet of 'waves', you are tying yourself to the target of the arrow to catch up with people to 'shoot'." ”

Li Mao was taken aback, and found an excuse to leave the three of Lan'er in the Qingniyi Station in the east of the city. He only said that he would come to pick him up in a few days, and the three of them were not allowed to return to the city without permission.

Passing through Tongguan in one day, there is a narrow passage dozens of miles long in front, and the public and private business travelers crowd this road to the brim.

Li Mao immediately sent Qin Mo to inquire why the road was blocked, Qin Mo went not long ago, and brought back a person, in his thirties, with a purple robe and a gold belt.

Li Quanzhong was first awarded the Shannan West Road Festival Envoy, replacing Yan Li, who returned to Beijing as Taichangqing, and was still on the way, but because of Liu Pi's repeated provocations, the voice of the DPRK's crusade against Xichuan gradually became a 'tide' flow, in response to the Xichuan war, Du Huangshang suggested that Yan Li should not be moved for the time being, and his inspection of the school engineering department Shangshu, and at the same time promoted Li Element to Taichangqing, and Li Quanzhong was reappointed as Yicheng Town.

Li Quanzhong returned to Beijing to report on his work this time. Du Huangshang heard that he was acting domineering in Yicheng Town, and that the staff officials were at odds with the state and county officials, and it turned out to be a situation of fire and water.

Li Quanzhong didn't know about Li Mao's twists and turns, what he knew was that he had not yet stepped into Shannan on his front foot, so he was reappointed to Yicheng Town, and he was called back to the capital to report on his work as soon as his butt was hot in Yicheng Town. He was uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know whether returning to Beijing this time would be a blessing or a curse.

When crossing the most precipitous mouth of the fish mouth of Hangu Road, there was a conflict with a eunuch who returned to Beijing, and the two did not want to let go, and the narrow mouth of the fish mouth was completely blocked, resulting in the silting of the entire road.

At first, Li Quanzhong heard that the eunuch was just a petty official from the eighth grade, so he didn't take it to heart, and when he came into contact, he found that although the rank of this internal official was low, the style was not small, the purple robe 'jade' belt, the goldfish bag, was actually the dress of a high-ranking official above the third grade, and he was a little panicked, and then saw that the internal official was arrogant and domineering, and he didn't put him in his eyes at all, and he was even more worried in his heart, but he didn't want to take a look, not only Li Mao was there, but Du Huangshang was also there, and he was bluffed and knelt down and couldn't afford it.

Du Huangshang frowned, and hurriedly asked Zhang Wu to help the person up, and scolded lightly: "The imperial court has its own etiquette, and the dignified officials of the frontier are lying on the ground, what do they look like when they lie on the ground, get up quickly, it is unseemly." ”

Li Quanzhong sneered, although he was a high-ranking general from the third grade, his qualifications were almost blank, and when he saw a high-ranking official like Du Huangsheng, he inevitably behaved a little misbehaps, and unconsciously appeared foreign.

After laying out a carpet, Li Quanzhong sat on the ground, explained the reason for Du Huangshang's return to Beijing, and asked Du Huangshang for advice on how to deal with it. He was promoted to the festival envoy because of his meritorious service to Yang Huilin, and he ran too fast and had no foundation in the court, which was also a 'disorderly' rush to the doctor, and Du Huangshang and Li Mao were regarded as life-saving straws.

Du Huangshang briefly inquired about the situation in Yicheng Town, just nodded, and brought tea to drink, but never said a word.

Li Mao replied on his behalf: "Yicheng Zhenping protects the Cao Yun and curbs Heshuo, how important is the status, Your Majesty puts you in this position is the greatest trust in you, you don't have any worries, if there are any difficulties, just talk to the saint and listen." ”

Li Quanzhong bowed his head and was silent, being an official, especially being a big official, has always been the biggest desire in his heart, but only when he really became a big official did he know that a big official has the difficulties of a big official, especially a person like him, who has no foundation from top to bottom, which is more difficult and tiring.

"Get out of the way! Li Quanzhong, where are you hiding, you come out for me, I'm not done with you! ”

But I saw a purple-robed eunuch holding a horsewhip to push away Du Huangsheng's guards, and rushed over violently, and saw Li Quanzhong sitting there with his head bowed, regardless of it, he raised his horsewhip and 'pumped'.

Qin Mo, who was in front of him, smiled and made way for him, but at the same time, there was a hook under his feet.

"Ouch."

The purple-robed eunuch fell out one by one, and fell in front of Du Huangsheng, his teeth slammed into his lips, and his mouth was full of blood. 、

"Oh, Shoucheng, what are you doing here, get up, look, hurry up, get water and rinse your mouth."

Du Huangshang got up to help the eunuch, and beckoned Zhang Wu and the guards to fetch water to rinse the purple-robed eunuch who was bleeding from his mouth that kowtowed to him.

Wang Shoucheng?!

Li Mao was shocked, the young and vigorous purple-robed eunuch in his thirties in front of him was the famous Wang Shoucheng in history?

The water was brought, and the purple-robed eunuch rinsed his mouth, because he was held by Du Huangsheng's sleeve, and he didn't dare to make a mistake, but just stared at Li Quanzhong fiercely. The dignified Yicheng Town Festival made him hold his breath at the moment, like a newcomer Lang official, he stood aside with his hands down, and he didn't dare to say a word.

"Shoucheng, where are you coming from?"

Du Huangshang intimately took the hand of the purple-robed eunuch and asked in a harmonious voice, like a year-old 'handover' that he hadn't seen for many years.

"The prime minister knows that the subordinate was ordered to go to Huzhou to inspect tea, and he is about to return to the palace to resume his life."

This purple-robed eunuch named Wang Shoucheng, seeing that he was serving in the Xuanhui Academy, he was ordered to go to Huzhou a year ago to inspect the tea house dedicated to the royal family. In terms of official position, he is only from the palace bureau of the eighth grade, but because of his royal errands, he is arrogant and arrogant, and he is showing off his martial arts everywhere, as for the purple robe 'jade' on his body, it is very strange, and nine out of ten are fake.

But even a high-ranking official like Du Huangshang is unwilling to worry more about these details.

"You and General Li are ......"

After a few warm words, Du Huangshang began to make peace for Li Quanzhong, Wang Shoucheng is a smart person, what is the weight of Du Huangshang in the court, he weighed it, even if he is out of town, it is definitely an old guy who is not easy to provoke.

What's more, there is also a young man standing next to him with a 'jade' belt around his waist and a goldfish bag, there is a saying in officialdom that bullying the old is not bullying the young, and a lot of people who are old have basically reached the top of their careers, if they accidentally fall into trouble, the hope of a comeback is very slim, such a person You step on his feet and smack him twice, and he can't help you anything.

But a person who climbs to the third grade of high-ranking officials at a young age must be cautious, the official of the Tang Dynasty is basically capped when he reaches the third grade, and there are only a handful of people who can have the ability to climb to the third grade, even if he falls on his heel in the future, he must not take it lightly. Dealing with such people is tiring and careful.

An old fox plus an unfathomable young man, how dare Wang Shoucheng not sell his face.

"Ah, misunderstanding, this is a complete misunderstanding, haha, I'm playing with General Li, it's a long road, isn't it, General Li."

"yes, yes." Li Quanzhong laughed twice, laughing was more ugly than crying.

The dignified general of the Sanpin Forbidden Army was chased and beaten in public by the officials from the eighth rank, but he didn't dare to say anything, and he wanted others to come forward to do peace, and he didn't know the grandmother who was embarrassed, this is simply a great shame, a great shame.

Li Quanzhong's face was redder than a monkey's ass for a while.

"Oh, you two...... It's a big heart. ”

Du Huangshang scolded with a smile and snorted, this festival is over.

The two of them each instructed their subordinates to get out of the way, the mouth of the fish mouth was unblocked again, the people from all walks of life slowly started, and the clogged flow of people began to flow again.

Wang Shoucheng glanced at Qin Mo and asked ill-intentionedly, "What do you call this little brother?" ”

"The soldiers and horses of the Right Dragon Xiang Army envoy Qin Mo."

"Oh, Long Xiangjun...... Brother, you stumble over my kick......"

"We're here to help."

"Forget it, it's all family, it's a joke. That must be General Li Mao. ”

"Exactly."

"General Mao, I've admired you for a long time."

Seeing Wang Shoucheng flattering Li Mao, Li Quanzhong's pupils were slowly contracting, and the upper and lower rows of teeth were 'fiercely' creating friction, and a seed of hatred landed in his heart, taking root and sprouting at a speed visible to the 'flesh'.