Chapter Forty-Six: Bluestone on a Rainy Night
This time I came to Drunken Immortal House to dine, naturally it was not Xiao Yixuan's temporary idea. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Since the last time he knew the power behind the drunken immortal building, and when his big owner and his mother also intersected, he had some thoughts, at this time on his body, a list had been prepared in advance, and the names on it were densely packed - Yue Fei, Liu Yong, Fang Xuanling, Zhang Juzheng, Wang Anshi... As long as it was the name he remembered, it was all written on this list.
For the prince's request, Qiao Shiyin naturally has no reason to refuse, or rather, she also hopes that the other party can entrust herself with something to do--- although she used to have some friendship with the queen Cicada Suer, but it is also a bit of old things, I think that at the beginning, before the queen was married, she was a close friend of the boudoir, after the other party stayed in the palace and ascended to the sky in one fell swoop, the two basically broke off contact, until a few years ago, the queen somehow suddenly remembered her best friend, so she sent someone to invite her and asked her to go to the palace to accompany her for a few days, and after hearing that he was already engaged in business, he introduced himself to some ministers, and gave a plaque to the drunken immortal building.
This kind of courtesy once made Qiao Shiyin overjoyed, and felt that with the current queen as her backer, she would definitely be able to defeat all those former opponents and completely unify the Dayue business community.
It's just that this dream is still shattered after all, the queen is still the queen after all, and she is just a businessman after all, the gap between the two is really not just a girlfriend friendship can make up, only two months later, the queen faded the invitation to her, from once every three days, to once a week, and then once a month, until she completely forgot about her best friend.
Qiao Shiyin knew in her heart that Xiao Yixuan had said that the queen was thinking about her before, but she was just polite.
Perhaps to this day, only the gold-lettered plaque in front of the door of the Drunken Immortal Building can prove the friendship between her and the current queen, and it is precisely because of that plaque that she can maintain a unique arrogance in the capital where princes and princes are everywhere, so that those ministers who bothered to please themselves in the past have a lot of thoughts, so as not to be attacked and squeezed by the government, and save the last territory of Jucai Commercial Bank.
Qiao Shiyin is a smart woman, she knows that this arrogance, this residual thought, after all, it is impossible to resist the erosion of time without any foil, those wolf-like members of the DPRK and China, sooner or later, will abandon the last trace of deterrence left by the queen, so as to attack the target of her Jucai Commercial Bank's fat oil, she believes that as long as that day really comes, the seemingly huge business empire of Jucai Commercial Bank may not be used for a month, and it can be gnawed to a complete defeat!
She needs a backer, a very tough backer!
And the crown prince in front of him, the future emperor, is an excellent choice!
Thinking like this, suppressing the excitement in her heart, Qiao Shiyin smiled and said: "Your Highness doesn't have to be polite, don't say it's just looking for a few people, even if Your Highness wants half of the assets of my Jucai Commercial Bank, the people's daughter's brows won't blink." ”
"Aunt Qiao's gift is too expensive, I still don't want it."
Hearing this, Xiao Yixuan chuckled, took out the list from his arms and handed it over, and continued: "The people on this list, I don't know what they look like, what age they are, and I don't know where they are. ”
"Understood."
Hearing this, Qiao Shiyin swept the list roughly, and didn't ask much, and when she answered, she folded the list and said, "I will focus on supervising this matter!" ”
"Then there will be Aunt Lao, my prince order will be sent to you, if there is any trouble, you can show it to someone, if it doesn't work, you can also go directly to the palace to find me, as long as it is within my ability, I will definitely help."
Hearing this, Qiao Shiyin's eyes lit up, and her heart said that she was waiting for your words, but although she was happy in her heart at this time, she was also silent on her face, and said with a gentle smile: "Your Highness is polite." ”
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After saying goodbye to Qiao Shiyin, Xiao Yixuan lost the interest of continuing to stay here, and when he came out of the backyard, he called a large internal guard guarding the first floor to go upstairs and call Ji Yun and Zeng Guofan, and rushed to the palace when he went out.
Dayue folk customs are open, there is no curfew, although it is late at this time, but there is still a prosperous and noisy scene along the way, and even more lively than in the daytime, along the road are more gorgeously dressed officials and businessmen and rich people, Miss Gongzi, except for some merchants and beggars, but there are few poor people again, think about it, the poor people are tired every day, at this time most of them have already slept to nourish their spirits, how can they have the energy to indulge in pleasure like these rich people.
Along the way, there are so many vendors and shops in various cities, and there are jugglers who play monkeys and practice martial arts, one by one, blocked on both sides of the road, and each block is brightly lit, and Zeng Guofan and Ji Yun, who have never visited the capital at night, are dizzying, and sigh again and again at the prosperity of the capital, even Mu Jingjing, who is like an ice cube, is happy, and stops for a while from time to time--- she is still a girl after all.
Seeing this, Xiao Yixuan, who had drunk a few more drinks tonight, was also happy, the steps under his feet were slow and slow, and finally he walked directly, on the other side, with a master like Mu Jingjing on the side, several accompanying Ouchi guards were also in a relaxed mood, and it was rare to be in the mood to watch the scenery along the road in addition to the escort, this group of people just walked and stopped, looking at the purchase and purchase of land, the distance that can be completed in a while on weekdays was actually walked for more than half an hour!
Xiao Yixuan felt that if it weren't for the fact that the sky was not beautiful, he might not be able to enter the palace until the early hours of the morning.
"Whoa!"
The heavy rain came fast and fiercely, and hit the noisy city of Beijing by surprise, people picked up whatever could block the wind and rain at hand and covered their heads and fled in all directions, the hawkers hurriedly packed up their stalls, in order to prevent the goods from being wet more, the handsome young ladies who were still personable a moment ago also became soup chickens one by one, dancing to the place where they could shelter from the rain, their expressions were very embarrassed, some strange, while drenching in the rain while fanning the fan in their hands, shook his head and chanted some bullshit praise rain poems, and listened to the person next to him scolding ****.
When going out, Xiao Yixuan and his entourage took a carriage to avoid the rain, at this time Xiao Yixuan and Ji Yun, Zeng Guofan, and Mu Jingjing had entered the carriage at the beginning of the rain, but Liu Wengui and those guards did not have such a blessing, so they had to brave the rain to escort, seeing that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the speed of everyone's march was getting slower and slower.
Xiao Yixuan's two carriages look plain from the outside, but the inside is gorgeous and durable, although the location is not large, just enough to seat four people, there is a small stove in the middle, after igniting it emits a faint sandalwood heat, the ground is covered with a thick fur blanket, so that people are very comfortable to do, not at all bumpy, the carriage curtain does not know what material is made of, not only does not show water, the sound insulation effect is also quite good, sit here at this time, if you don't listen carefully, I couldn't feel that there was a pouring rain outside.
Opposite Xiao Yixuan, Ji Yun and Zeng Guofan sat there upright, looking a little restrained and embarrassed--- they didn't dare to sit in the same carriage with Xiao Yixuan, but it was also because of the latter's repeated urging that they sat up, thinking that they would be able to enter the palace after a while, just be patient for a while, who knew that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and their marching speed was also slow.
As if because he couldn't stand this atmosphere anymore, Ji Yun broke the silence first and said, "That... Your Highness, it's a pity that the frost girl who listened to the Wind Pavilion before was finally led away by that Liu Zhaozhao. ”
"Oh."
Xiao Yixuan replied indifferently, as if he didn't take it to heart at all, seeing this, Ji Yun pondered for a few moments, and continued to speak: "I don't know why His Highness rejected Cui Kejian's kindness at that time? If you want to say that the Cui and Liu families hold half of our Dayue's army, and there are countless generals under them, His Royal Highness should be friendly with them and build a bridge in advance! ”
"There's no hurry."
When the words fell, I saw Xiao Yixuan chuckle and said: "You may not know, that Liu Fatzi's sister is the third princess of my family, since he and Liu Cui have a very close relationship, they can be co-opted by the third child's line, and there is no need to start from the younger generation at all, and on the other hand, Lin Yuanshan does not look like an open-minded person, besides, I heard in recent days that Lin Shiran and Yin Ke are very close, and I can't add fuel to the fire for any reason before the two are completely together... ”
I saw Xiao Yixuan talking and talking, but it seemed that he was in thought, Ji and Zeng first came to the capital, and they didn't know the situation here, so they were naturally confused, until Xiao Yixuan chattered for a long time, and saw that the two of them looked dazed, so he hurriedly stopped the conversation and said with a smile: "That's it, I'll explain the situation to you in detail after I finish, and you two will have to give advice to me at that time." ”
When the words fell, the two were terrified: "I am willing to die for His Highness!" ”
After talking about the business, the atmosphere in the carriage was a little more relaxed, and after chatting about some more things, Zeng Guofan suddenly interjected: "By the way, before His Royal Highness left, we chatted with those sons and brothers for a while, according to the news I heard, it seems that Mrs. Qiao is still Yun Ying's unmarried?" Your Highness, look... ”
Hearing this, Xiao Yixuan saw that the two of them were laughing strangely, and intended to get closer to them, so he also joked: "Why, do you really think I have such a weird hobby?" ”
After that, the three men laughed, thanks to the fact that the three of them had drunk a lot today, if it was normal, then Ji Yun and Zeng Guofan would never have such courage, they laughed, and there was a burst of gossip between them, and they were very happy, and Mu Jingjing on the side of the hearing had bruises on her forehead, and she was patient.
Just when Mu Jingjing couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to kick all three guys out of the car, a strange movement suddenly came into her ears, and then a sudden crisis instinct in her heart floated, so that she didn't have time to think, so she immediately pushed Xiao Yixuan beside her fiercely, and shouted: "Get out of the car!" Move! ”
Mu Jingjing had a lot of strength in his hands, and Xiao Yixuan was caught off guard, so he pushed him straight out of the car, but fortunately, the inner guards below caught him quickly, otherwise he would have hit his head on the ground and be restarted.
"What are you doing...
The next moment, the Ouchi guard shouted angrily, but before he could finish speaking, he saw a sharp arrow suddenly appear in front of his eyes, and then broke through the outer wall of the carriage with a 'tug' and shot into the cart.