Li Daqi didn't expect his son to come back at this time, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and pulled his son and walked towards the yard.

Li Yanqing hurriedly told his father, "Daddy, I still have five retinues in the Hongqiao Tavern!" Including Mr. Mok, they had to arrange their accommodation first. ”

"This is no problem, I have five upper rooms in the Hongqiao Inn, which is next door to the Hongqiao Tavern."

Li Daqi turned around and instructed a steward, "Steward Luo, you go and arrange it, Mr. Mo will have dinner at the Hongqiao Tavern, and arrange three upper rooms for them in the inn next door." ”

The steward agreed and hurriedly went, Li Yanqing relieved his heart and entered the guest hall with his father, Li Daqi asked the maid to serve tea to his son, and sighed: "Since I heard that the master was dismissed, I have been so worried that I can't sleep well for a few days, I am worried that Tong Guan will retaliate against you." ”

"Tong Guan gave me small shoes and sent me to Qizhou for leisure, this time I took a month off to return to Beijing, and he approved it very happily."

"How can you just take leave, you have to find a way to transfer."

"I have already applied to the imperial court for transfer, and it is estimated that it will be approved soon, Tong Guan wants to purge all the henchmen of the Seed Master, he doesn't dare to treat me too much for the time being, but since I have taken the initiative to transfer away, he can't ask for it."

"Good! Good! ”

Li Daqi said hello twice in one breath, and then asked with concern: "Then where do you plan to go next?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I don't know now, but I don't want to go to Fang La, I'll go to the Privy Council to ask when I go back." ”

Li Yanqing is most worried about being transferred to fight Fangla, the current imperial army encircling and suppressing Fangla is all Tong Guan and Gao Yu factions, rather than going to fight Fangla, it is better to stay in the Liangshan battlefield, this time he asked for leave to come back, just to find an opportunity to move in the imperial court.

"Don't worry! You're not going to play square wax. Li Daqi blurted out.

Li Yanqing was stunned, how could his father know, he was just about to ask, but he saw the maid come in with two bowls of tea, Li Yanqing had to keep his mouth shut for the time being, and when the little maid put down the tea and went out, Li Daqi said in a hurry: "A few days ago, Mrs. Liang sent someone to invite me to come over for a meeting. ”

Li Yanqing was stunned, and he hurriedly asked, "What is the specific day?" ”

"Three days ago! Early in the morning, he sent someone to invite me to the Taifu Mansion, and he was very polite and personally came to meet me at the gate, and we talked for most of the hour. ”

"What are you talking about?"

"Just chatting about homely things, asking me how my business is doing, and asking me how the balsam is made, I didn't hide it, and roughly told him that it was extracted from butter."

"And then?"

"In the end, when it came to substantive issues, he said that he planned to transfer you out of the army, either to stay in the DPRK as an official, or to go to a local state and county as an official, and he asked for my opinion, and I was inclined to go to the local state and county as an official."

Li Daqi saw that his son's face was a little not good, and hurriedly explained: "Now that the army has been completely controlled by Tong Guan, Tan Zhi and Gao Yu, you are a person who cultivates the Tao of the Master, and they can't tolerate you, in this case, it is more beneficial for you to become a civilian official." ”

"Is this what Liang Shicheng said?"

Li Daqi shook his head, "He said that this is what the prince meant." ”

Li Yanqing was silent for a while, Li Daqi was a little worried, and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything wrong with this?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with that!"

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly and said: "Whether it is the prince or Liang Shicheng, in fact, they all mean the same thing, I am afraid that I will stay in the army and be co-opted by Tong Guan or Gao Yu." ”

Li Daqi was silent for a moment and said, "I think it's safer to be with the prince." ”

"What if the crown prince is deposed?" Li Yanqing hit the nail on the head.

Li Daqi was speechless for a moment, he never thought about the issue of the prince being deposed, but he was born as a scholar, he knew that the prince's abolition was not alarmist, but something that would really happen, it was said that this time the master was dismissed because he was implicated by the prince.

After a while, Li Daqi asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

Li Yanqing pondered for a long time and said: "Father don't ask about this matter for the time being, I believe I will deal with it." ”

"Okay!"

Li Daqi nodded, and at this time, he remembered something and smiled: "I cleaned up a yard for you, you can go and have a look!" There are people you meet there. ”

..........

The courtyard mentioned by Li Daqi refers to the next door of the head office of Baoyan Zhai, a house covering an area of about two acres, the front and the shops along the street are separated by a wall, but there is no door, there are two doors into the courtyard, one is located in the head office, is a small door hidden in the room, and the other is the back door, directly through a small wharf, if there is danger, you can leave through the waterway at any time.

This is also a common method used by Bianjing merchants to circumvent housing restrictions, although many merchants have money, but the level is not high, they are not qualified to rent a mansion, and they cannot afford to buy a house that can easily cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

Of course, for shrewd merchants, instead of spending hundreds of thousands of yuan to buy a house, it is better to spend the same amount of money to buy a shop, and then secretly build a residence in the shop, thus avoiding the imperial court's restrictions on the merchants' residential qualifications.

This house is Li Daqi used the extra two acres of land in the shop to secretly build a residence, Li Daqi originally planned to live for his wife Yang and daughter, but he took into account the actual situation of his son, so he left this house to his son.

Li Yanqing walked quickly into a room similar to a guest hall, directly into the room, pushed open a small door in the room, his eyes lit up, a delicate patio appeared in front of him, in the corner of the patio is a strange slender Taihu Lake stone, next to two osmanthus flowers, the golden osmanthus has bloomed, the patio is fragrant, a beauty wearing a plain white dress is admiring the osmanthus flowers that have just bloomed with two maids.

They all heard the sound of the door opening, and couldn't help but turn back together, the beauty saw Li Yanqing, and couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, desperately rushing towards Ailang, Li Yanqing hugged the jade man in his arms tightly, and his heart was also very excited, he never thought that Sisi would be in the capital.

"When did Sisi enter Beijing?" Li Yanqing asked in a low voice in the ear of his concubine.

Guo Sisi [Master Li's real name, if you marry, you will abandon your stage name] Only then did she remember that there were two maids next to her, she was a little embarrassed to leave Ailang's arms, a pair of affectionate beautiful eyes were full of eagerness, she coquettishly handed Ailang a thick lovesick eye wave, and whispered: "I only arrived in the capital two days ago." ”

At this time, the two maids left with interest, and specially closed the small door of the patio, Sisi couldn't hold back the excitement in her heart anymore, and threw herself into Ailang's arms again, wrapped her soft arms around his neck, Li Yanqing also hugged her tightly, and the two poured out the endless lovesickness in their hearts with hot kisses.

I don't know how long it took, Sisi closed her eyes and fell in Ailang's arms, she was still experiencing the sudden happiness, Li Yanqing gently stroked her hair, and said with a smile: "I still plan to visit you in Jiangning in two days!" ”

Sisi's long eyelashes moved, and a pair of deep pool-like beautiful eyes showed a trace of resentment, and said in a low voice: "What about the beginning of the year?" Why didn't I think of going to Jiangning after Xixia came back. ”

Li Yanqing felt sorry in his heart, "I was going to go, but ..... Liang Shanjun entered Tangyin County and changed my plans. ”

"Oh! I thought you went back to your hometown on a blind date, and when you have a new love, you forget about other people's ......" Speaking of this, Sisi's eyes suddenly turned a little red.

Li Yanqing kissed her again, and whispered in her ear: "I have no new love, and I haven't forgotten you, they are all damn Liangshan bandits!" ”

"Actually, I also know, it's just in people's hearts..... You are not allowed to send me away again this time. ”

Sisi saw that he didn't react, so he pinched his arm lightly, and said coquettishly: "Did you hear that?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly, "I'll just obey orders." ”

Sisi suddenly smiled like a flower, pulled Li Yanqing and said, "Let's go!" I'll show you our new home. ”

Li Yanqing followed her through the patio, which was a small pond covering an area of about half an acre, surrounded by curved corridors, and two small courtyards were distributed on the east and west sides, surrounded by high courtyard walls.

"Over there, the west courtyard is where magpies and two little maids live, and the dining hall is also in the west courtyard, and I live with two maids in the east courtyard."

Li Yanqing thought of the magpie at this time, he secretly screamed ashamed in his heart, he actually forgot her, he hurriedly asked, "What about the magpie?" ”

"She is in the city during the day, she is responsible for the preparation of Bao Yan Zhai's new rouge, and she will not come back until night, she is not your little maid now, she is the first rouge master of Bao Yan Zhai, the rouge she developed sells well, earning one hundred and twenty yuan a month, originally Daddy also planned to give it a hundred percent of Bao Yan Zhai's share, she refused to ask for it."

Li Yanqing nodded, the magpie showed her superb talent for preparing rouge when Baoyanzhai was first established, and it was not strange to get a high salary, at this time, he pointed to a small door and asked, "Where does that door lead?" ”

"That's the pier over there, I'll take you to see it, there's only a painting boat parked, and I haven't sat on it yet!"

Sisi pulled Li Yanqing out of the back door, outside the back door was a bamboo forest, and a stone road led directly to the Bianhe Wharf dozens of steps away, and a painting boat was parked on the wharf.

Li Yanqing looked at the bamboo forest, his brows couldn't help frowning, this bamboo forest seems to be quiet, but it is actually very unsafe, thieves can easily swim up from the Bianhe River, especially this area is outside the city, dragons and snakes live together, there are all kinds of people, and the land is very complicated.

Sisi didn't feel in danger because she had just arrived here, but if she stayed for a long time, a beautiful woman with a rare temperament like her would definitely be targeted by people with bad intentions.

Li Yanqing immediately decided to live in another place, he could temporarily rent a house in the city, and he would move out no matter whether his father was happy or not.