After listening to Su Qingjie's narration, Tang Xiao really didn't feel good in his heart.

The daughter-in-law who has not passed through the door is arranged as a slut who eats human flesh, drinks human blood, and sings every night, isn't it equivalent to a green hat on his head, or the kind with its own glitter.

"You two don't eat, come back to the city with me!"

Yu Chi Baoqi put away her laughter and asked, "You don't really want to go to the person surnamed Chai to settle accounts, do you?" ”

"Heh, the master is not so idle!" Tang Xiao sneered, and then asked, "By the way, where did the surnamed Chai come from?" ”

Su Qingjie pursed his lips and said: "That's an outsider from Longxi, relying on the power of his uncle's family to pretend to be an uncle in Beijing, and his brothers are not all the way at all. However, that kid has a good relationship with the eldest prince, Yang Wei, Wang Daoming, Dou Yuan and others, and he has already complained about his misdeeds in several counties in the eastern suburbs. ”

"Jingzhao Mansion Yamen doesn't care?"

"Tube? What the hell! Yu Chi Baoqi chuckled, feeling helpless: "If we, the descendants of the Duke and the Hou Mansion, cause some trouble, Jingzhao Mansion may dare to take care of it, but as long as those children of the family do not cause any trouble, Jingzhao Mansion will generally turn a blind eye." ”

"Family ......" Tang Xiao frowned, thoughtful, and said: "Hearing you say this, aren't those families more majestic than these princes' mansions and marquis mansions in Beijing?" ”

Hearing this, Su Qingjie and Yu Chi Baoqi both laughed.

"Brother worry-free, our Guogong Mansion, Hou Mansion, and General's Mansion have only been prosperous for five generations, and even your Tang Clan has only been more than three hundred years old. And those big families have existed for at least four or five hundred years, and there are a few big families that have existed since the pre-Qin period. When the Holy Ancestor raised his army, it was with the support of these families that he conquered the Great Xia River. ”

"You have lived in Jingzhou and Miao for a long time, and you may not be very clear about these. Not to mention Jiangnan and Hedong, only a few major families in our Guanlong area have monopolized the important trade routes from the south to the north, and I heard that the silver they earn in a year is more than the taxes collected by the household department in a year. ”

Hearing this, Tang Xiao finally understood. To put it bluntly, it is these great families who unite with each other, for the benefit of the family, and even compete with the imperial power. He really didn't expect that behind the seemingly prosperous Great Xia, there was such a big hidden danger.

"You mean...... That Chai Lingwu is from a family in Longxi? ”

Yu Chi Baoqi nodded and said: "Chai Lingwu's father, Chai Shao, is from Linfen, Jinzhou, and was favored by Li Yuan, the previous head of the Li family in Longxi, and became the son-in-law of the Li family. The father and son of the Chai family are now in charge of the Li family's business south of Chang'an, and have moved to Chang'an for more than ten years. ”

Hearing this, Tang Xiao was suddenly dumbfounded: "You mean the Li family in Longxi?" Plum...... Li Yuan? ”

Seeing Tang Xiao like this, Yu Chi Baoqi smiled: "It turns out that you have also heard of the Li family in Longxi!" However, it is not surprising that the Li family is the largest family in Guanlong. However, Li Yuan died last year, and was posthumously named King of Jin by His Majesty. Listen to my grandfather, this is all a helpless move, who let the Li family have been holding the Western Regions trade road and holding the biggest money bag of our Great Xia Dynasty. ”

At this moment, Tang Xiao felt that his whole head was dizzy, and he looked confused.

Although Li Yuan has not rebelled in his life, he is still awesome! What's worse is that he has an even more awesome son! Li Er is a ruthless person who even dares to kill his own brother and force his father to abdicate!

Thinking of this, Tang Xiao hurriedly asked, "Since Li Yuan is dead, who is the head of the Li family now?" ”

"It's a lot more interesting to talk about. Don't you know, although Li Jiancheng sat on the position of the head of the family, his younger brother didn't obey him at all, and he was about to make trouble for a year. ”

Hearing that it was Li Jiancheng, Tang Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now that he has sorted out the relationship, he feels that he should meet the Chai Dagong as soon as possible, which can be regarded as a rainy day.

"You two, do you want to accompany me to Chai Mansion for a cup of tea, and take a look at that Chai Master by the way?"

The two looked at the weird smile on Tang Xiao's face and hurriedly nodded.

The three of them rode their horses and whipped all the way to Chaifu in the southeast of Chang'an City.

On the embankment of the river, the depression of winter can be seen. Since the three of them set off from the Grange, they arrived at the manor of Chai Mansion in less than an hour. When the steward of the manor heard the identities of the three, he hurriedly went to the mansion and invited Chai Shao to come out.

Tang Xiao is also lucky, Chai Shao just came back from Longxi a few days ago, and he planned to go south today. Before he had time to leave in the morning, he heard that his bastard son maliciously slandered the innocence of Zhenbeihou after he was drunk in Baihualou last night.

Hearing this rumor and seeing that his son had not returned overnight, Chai Shao hurriedly sent his servants out to find his son's whereabouts. At this moment, I didn't wait for the news, but I heard the housekeeper come to report, King An Le and the little sons of the Duke of Qi and the Zhenyuan General's Mansion came to the door. Chai Shao suddenly panicked and hurriedly ran out of the gate.

"Chai Mou visited His Royal Highness King Anle and met the two sons."

"General Chai doesn't have to be polite."

For this title, Tang Xiao specially asked Wei Chi Erbao on the road, and learned that Chai Shao was given the title of a military post in the early years and did not serve in the army. Anyway, the idle generals in Chang'an City grabbed a lot of them, and they didn't care about such a title.

As the saying goes, 'nothing is left to climb the Three Treasures Hall'. Chai Shao welcomed the three of them into the house, and he simply showed his attitude towards his father. He naturally knew the purpose of Tang Xiao's visit this time, and only hoped that the notorious His Royal Highness King Anle would not go too far.

Tang Xiao looked at this luxurious mansion with great interest, looked at the utensils in front of him, and began to scold his mother in his heart.

This fucking is a typical coal boss nouveau riche, with extremely luxurious interiors, and they are almost in time for the palace.

This...... A tray made of silver? The materials for the tables and chairs turned out to be the best nanmu!

Damn! A teacup dares to use mutton fat jade!

Yu Chi Baoqi and Su Qingjie were obviously also shocked by this high-profile luxury, and glanced at each other.

Anyway, we are also nobles, how come we feel the same as the cave people on the top of the mountain when we come here?

If Chai Shao knew that they thought like this, I am afraid that he would not have taken out these things that he treasured to entertain the three masters. You must know that the white jade teacup in Tang Xiao's hand, Chai Shao has never used it to drink a sip of tea.

After a cup of tea, the servant served a few snacks and took away the teacup.

Seeing a few servants carefully holding the teacups, Tang Xiao realized that this was probably Chai Shao's intention to entertain him with such good utensils.

As the saying goes, wealth is not exposed. If you dare to show off in front of the master, then don't blame the master for being unkind!

"General Chai really enjoys life! Drinking tea with such a precious set of teacups, this king has finally seen it today. ”

"If Your Highness likes it, Chai will give this set of teacups to Your Highness." Chai Shao said with a smile, but his heart was dripping blood.

"This ...... How embarrassing is this, this set of teacups should be General Chai's beloved thing, how can this king win people's love! ”

Hearing this, Chai Shao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"But ......" Tang Xiao looked at Chai Shao, and his smile grew: "General Chai has to give it to this king, if he refuses again, won't it be in vain for the general's kindness?" ”

Hearing this, Chai Shao's heart ...... just stopped bleeding It started dripping blood again. He hurriedly asked the housekeeper to carefully pack this set of mutton fat jade cups, so as not to see things and hurt them.

Seeing Chai Shao's entangled expression, Tang Xiao's heart was dark for a while, and he arched his hand and smiled: "Thank you General Chai for your generous gift!" ”