Early the next morning, Qin Lei asked Tie Ying to invite Li Guangyuan again.

This time, Lee Kuang Yuan did not shirk it, and soon arrived.

Qin Lei was waiting for him in the small study where he met every day, and Li Guangyuan was a little relieved to see that his expression was as usual. Qin Lei greeted him for a while, then took out a piece of paper from the "New Three Kingdoms" and handed it to him, and said with some sorrow: "I don't know who to look for, and I ask the adults to teach me." ”

Li Guangyuan took a look, and there were five names on it, namely Ma Medical Officer of Qi Guotai Hospital, Huang Gonggong of Internal Supervision, Zhishan Monk of Baoguo Temple, Xu Daoshi of Longhu Mountain, and Tie Zhonghao of Zhongdu Pavilion, five unrelated people.

Li Guangyuan looked at the five names without the slightest doubt, obviously he knew about it.

This was the result of Li Guangyuan's inspiration at that time to make Qin Lei pretend to have amnesia, and he originally planned to use Qin Lei's assassination to earn a few more benefits in the negotiations, but this list of people who came to visit the medical treatment was a by-product.

Unexpectedly, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse and the negotiations ended in a hurry, and there was no point in pretending to be sick, and Qin Lei wanted to use this by-product to save himself.

He took his eyes off the paper and looked at Qin Lei, this highness had just been sent to a foreign country as a hostage after the full moon, if it wasn't for the careful care of the eldest princess who married into the Qi country, it was a question of whether he could survive. After the death of the eldest princess, she was even more lonely and helpless, and was bullied to the extreme by the Qi State. Now it is abandoned by its own homeland again.

Li Guangyuan sighed secretly in his heart, and his face became more and more solemn.

Qin Lei brought Li Guangyuan a teacup, and then stood quietly aside waiting for him to get out of his thoughts.

After a long time, the middle-aged official sighed and said astringently: "Your Highness, do you know why my Great Qin hastily signed the contract?" Without waiting for Qin Lei to answer, he continued: "My Great Qin has already completed the arrangement, and there will be a war in one month at most." ”

Qin Lei nodded, sure enough. It's just that for some reason there is such a change, he laughed self-deprecatingly,

This is not a secret, Zhao Wuyi, the Duke of Baisheng of Eastern Qi, has returned to Shangjing from the front line overnight, and he should be urging the emperor of Qi to mobilize for war.

Qin Lei smiled: "That means there is at least one month left." ”

Li Guangyuan saw that His Royal Highness was still talking and laughing freely, and said with his head bowed: "The sky is endless, and there are three people available on this paper." He clicked three times on the paper: they were Huang Gonggong, the best monk, and Tie Zhonghao. Huang Gonggong is a close attendant of the emperor of Qi, and Zhishan is the first disciple of the monk Huineng of Qi. And Tie Zhonghao can be an arm helper. ”

Qin Lei nodded lightly, and said with a slight distress: "Since my aunt went, my little nephew's situation has become more and more difficult, and now he is under house arrest at home, which is difficult to perform. "If there are few soldiers outside the Proton Mansion, you can still fight the generals, but now there are two hundred Jinwu, although Qin Lei is confident, he is not arrogant enough to provoke hundreds of strong men with only two people.

Li Guangyuan twisted his beard and groaned: "Gonggong Huang still has some friendship with Weichen, so he handed it over to Weichen." It's just that Weichen will leave for China the day after tomorrow, and the other two will need your personal transportation. ”

Qin Lei smiled: "I also want adults to help me get in touch." ”

Li Guangyuan moved quickly, and he sent a message at noon, and it was done.

He is approaching his return date, and his affairs are complicated, so he can only do this step, and then he can only rely on Qin Lei himself.

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At noon on this day, the chef of Qi State, who had good skills, renovated a table of Western Qin dishes, four meats, four vegetables and two soups, which were full of color, flavor and flavor. It seems that Qin Lei's praise for his cooking skills with practical actions has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of this cook.

Xiqin cuisine is similar to the Sichuan cuisine of Qin Lei's original era, paying attention to spicy and fragrant: bright vegetables, tempting semi-fat slices of meat with a variety of pepper condiments, under the careful cooking of master chefs, become a table of delicious food, smell it, and eat it is a very enjoyable authentic food.

In the country of Qi, which is not tired of eating, the Xiqin cuisine with simple workmanship and strong taste is regarded as a country dish by dignitaries and nobles, but the ordinary people are full of praise and are quite popular. Seeing that Qin Lei had a strong appetite and was not taboo about meat, the chef made it tentatively, and it was really popular, and it was eaten clean by Qin Lei and Tie Ying, so Western Qin cuisine became a standing dish on the recipe of Proton Mansion.

Qin Lei picked up a piece of fragrant meat with a golden glow, tilted his head and asked Tie Ying, who was eating heavily, "Are you really not related to that Iron Boss?" ”

Tie Ying was biting a piece of green rape in his mouth, and when he heard the words, he shook his head vigorously, shaking the leaves from side to side, and the soup splashed.

Qin Lei ignored it, put the meat slices into his mouth, and chewed happily. Ignore the Iron Boss's questions.

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Qin Lei didn't know that the iron boss was facing a crucial choice.

Shangjing City is a traditional square city, the pattern is strict, and the east of the city is the residence of high-ranking officials and nobles; The west of the city is a place where merchants gather; The south of the city is where the common people live; To the north is the yamen of each department, where the Gyeonggi Jinwuwei live, and these four departments will defend the huge imperial city in it, and the class is strict, and it is impossible to cross it.

Although the three countries stand side by side and the flames of war are not extinguished, they can have the same root and origin, and the complementarity is very strong, and naturally there are frequent exchanges between them, and trade is prosperous. However, because of the antagonism and contradictions between countries, it is difficult for a single merchant to survive in the difficult exploitation, so the merchants have to gather and form large and small trading companies to face the challenge of survival.

On Taozhu Street, the most prosperous street in the west of Beijing, there are large and small commercial banks of various countries, the largest of which covers an area of dozens of acres, with red tiles and green trees, and a high-walled compound. There are many pavilions in the interior, and business travelers gather. A quaint plaque in front of the door, on the book 'Zhongdu Pavilion', as the name suggests, is a place where businessmen from the capital of Qin gather in the capital, and Tie Zhonghao is the hall here.

In the past, the calm demeanor, the graceful and generous iron master at this time was a little out of place, he struggled in Beijing for 16 years, and only now has the status of pampering and recognizing. Suddenly having to give up everything in Shangjing to complete a task full of cobwebs, Tie Zhonghao couldn't face it calmly.

He paced back and forth in the hall for a long time, and said in a deep voice to the old man dressed as a housekeeper who was silently standing on the side: "Uncle Cai, please go and arrange three things: First, from now on, all the shops of my Tie family will stop purchasing, and all the turnover in the account will be withdrawn." Second, agree to Liu Fatzi's acquisition request, but must be delivered in cash. Three...... All of our people have withdrawn to the country. ”

The old man, who was called Uncle Cai, said in a hoarse voice: "Master, won't your sixteen years of hard work be in vain?" ”

Tie Zhonghao was silent for a long time, and finally straightened his waist and said resolutely: "The family is above all else!" "The sound is like gold. In fact, when he sent the guards in the palace to block the assassination of Qin Lei a few days ago, he understood that sooner or later there would be today.

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The person who caused Tie Zhonghao's distress was saying goodbye to Li Guangyuan, the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple of the Qin State.

Lee Kong Yuan will leave for China early the next morning, and he will have his own ceremony. Qin Lei was trapped in the mansion and could not be sent, so Li Guangyuan came to resign in advance.

At the gate of the Proton Mansion, Qin Lei was a little sad, although he had not been friends with Li Guangyuan for a long time, the two were also teachers and friends, and they got along very happily, which can be described as a year-old friend.

Qin Lei was reluctant, held Li Guangyuan's hand and said, "Farewell Mr. today, I don't know when I will see you again." Tie Ying on the side saw that His Royal Highness still adhered to the consistent line of pathos towards Lord Li, and he snickered in his heart but did not dare to show it on his face.

Li Guangyuan is also a little reluctant, although the five princes' studies have been delayed, but they are talented, intelligent, and the most rare thing is to be generous and humble, and treat people with sincerity. If he can return to China, he will be a pillar of Great Qin. He completely forgot about the poor people who were still lying on the hospital bed during the proton house brawl.

He patted Qin Lei's hand and said emotionally: "Your Highness, take care, if you have time to read more books in that box, you are all right, but your knowledge is not enough." "Qin Lei doesn't know any of them, it should be said that he can't learn and have no skills.

Seeing that the master was a little embarrassed, Tie Ying picked up a tray and stepped forward, with three glasses of water and wine on the plate.

Qin Lei picked up a cup with both hands, saluted it in front of Li Guangyuan, and said loudly: "First cup, I wish you a smooth return journey, and a smooth journey." There was no trace of sadness on the delicate and gentle face.

Li Guangyuan solemnly took it and drank the cup to the brim.

Qin Lei picked up the second cup and said in a clear voice: "The second cup wishes me the victory of the Great Qin Banner and the shame of the first battle!" The voice is elegant, but there is an indescribable sarcasm.

Li Guangyuan glanced at Qin Lei apologetically and drank.

Qin Lei picked up the last cup and said loudly: "The third cup, for tomorrow's meeting!" Fill this cup! ”

Li Guangyuan saw that Qin Lei had regained his former vigor, and couldn't help laughing, took the wine glass, and drank it all. He said loudly: "It's really a wine confidant!" Throw the cup and turn around and get into the sedan car.

Li Guangyuan raised the sedan curtain, bowed his hand to Qin Lei and said resolutely: "After Weichen returns to China, he will definitely meet the saint and ask for an explanation for you." Your Highness, take care, there will be a period later! ”

After finishing speaking, he got up and left......

Qin Lei walked to the door, habitually stepped on the stone bench, and pondered silently. Jin Wuxiao, who was guarding the door, was beating a drum in his heart, and he heard that the 'martial madman' in front of him had beaten a group of colleagues to bedridden in this place.

When Qin Lei came back to his senses, he was a little stunned when he saw the frightened face of the guard in front of him, but he understood it in an instant, stretched out his hand to pat the poor guard's face, and Shi Shiran walked into the mansion.