When I came to the eldest princess's mansion, it was already dark, and the house had already prepared a banquet, Xu Chen and the two old men were naturally familiar, and Li Shuang'er was even closer, like a family banquet, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

I haven't seen Lao Tian for a long time, but this old guy is very good, his face is full of red light, and he has the posture of a crane hair and a childish face, Li Shuang'er mentioned a few words, and the beautiful Lao Tian was happy, and laughed: "This is thanks to the good wine of the virtuous nephew!" ”

Xu Chen's way of purifying wine has long been learned by Lao Tian, the eldest princess has many restaurants in her house, and there are countless good wines, this purified high wine is naturally extraordinarily sweet, it is estimated that Tian Yu Ma Ye has not drunk less, at this time the four of them are in the main hall, Xu Chen toasted Lao Tian with a glass, Lao Tian actually dried it down, and directly scared Xu Chen.

After three rounds of drinking, Tian Rong was already drunk with a red face and a thick neck, every time Xu Chen toasted, the old man was killed in one bite, Xu Chen, as a junior, could only follow, and then he didn't dare to drink it directly, the wine made by the old man Tian was higher, and Xu Chen couldn't resist it.

At this time, Shuang'er and the eldest princess Li Qing started a family routine again, the eldest princess is a good businessman, and now the royal family belongs to her family's business is booming, the princess family in the Tang Dynasty generally has a side business, and the annual expenses are very large, just relying on Yulu is definitely not enough, and the princesses will choose to put usury and buy a large number of fields, Li Shuang'er also did it at the beginning, but because of the monopoly of the Yang family, it did not work much, and then started the business of buying cloth for the palace, but also encountered many difficulties.

How can business be so easy to do, Princess Li Qing's family has industries all over the capital, and naturally has a business mind, every time Li Shuang'er meets Princess Li Qing, she chats a few words of family life, and does not forget to learn from experience.

"The bank in your house has now become the largest in Chang'an, but it's not simple......" The eldest princess is nearly sixty years old, and she looks like a middle-aged woman of forty years old, but her hair is much grayer.

The bank has always been under the sign of the princess's mansion, Li Shuang'er basically didn't interfere much, she knew that the current bank was second to none in the capital, even the usury of the Yang family was gone, and the bank would send dividends to the mansion every month, even if Li Shuang'er wanted to interfere, she couldn't save face.

"The bank is all done by him, and I am idle in the house all day, where is there anything to do." Li Shuang'er said.

The two were chatting, but Xu Chen heard this sentence, and then Tian Rong said: "What do you think about this expedition?" ”

Xu Chen raised his eyebrows, dizzy, and when he heard this, he glanced at Old Man Tian and said, "My father-in-law ordered me to go on the expedition, how dare I have any ideas." ”

Tian Rong smiled and said: "It's not difficult for you to go on this expedition, then Brother Shuhan knows it in his heart, but he just wants you a few words." ”

"Tell me, how many forces are there in the court?"

Xu Chen frowned, not knowing what Lao Tian meant by this, but he still said: "On the bright side, it is the Yang family forces represented by Yang Guozhong, the prince faction represented by the East Palace, and then the neutral people. ”

There is only such a thing in the court now, Tian Rong asked, and Xu Chen also said it.

"Then tell me about the general trend of the world, how many forces are there?"

This old man has drunk too much and obviously talks a lot today, and Xu Chen doesn't need to be too taboo when talking to this old guy now, that is, he said: "In addition to the power of the court, An Lushan should be the leader, and now only Ge Shuhan is competing with An Lushan." ”

Tian Rong shook his head, his big eyes widened as if he had been beaten with chicken blood: "You also know that these are all forces on the surface, the power of the DPRK and the central government, it is far from being as simple as you think, and the power behind the Yang family is also intricate. ”

"Now the power of the Yang family is comparable to that of the royal family, and some people will be ready to move, even if Yang Guozhong has the heart to be the prime minister above 10,000 people under him, I'm afraid it's not that simple."

After Lao Tian finished speaking, Xu Chen was confused, the forces behind the Yang family? Yang Yuhuan? Obviously impossible, and Tian Rong meant that the Yang family had someone who was plotting against him, and this person was not Yang Guozhong.

"What the old man is worried about is that you are going on this expedition...... I'm afraid it's not that simple, or maybe it's too much to worry about, in short, you have to be cautious in everything......"

Xu Chen was clever when he heard this, and he guessed that Yang Guozhong was going to do something to himself, and his surname may be very small, because Ge Shuhan is a powerful assistant to Prime Minister Yang in the border town, if something happens to him, Ge Shuhan will definitely suffer, and Tian Rong means that he may encounter trouble on this expedition, and it is likely to be trouble from the Yang family.

Unexpectedly, a thought popped up in Xu Chen's heart and startled him: Could it be that the Yang family is going to deal with Ge Shuhan? Do you want to use your own expedition accident to pull Ge Shuhan off the horse? But this is not in the interests of the Yang family?

And Tian Rong said that the Yang family's sphere of influence is indeed too wide, and there are many powerful people in Yang Yuhuan's family, the most prominent of which is Yang Guozhong, but these are all on the surface, and the hidden power should not be underestimated.

Of course, Xu Chen didn't understand this period of history, and the figures who were active on the stage of history during this period were none other than Yang Yuhuan, Yang Guozhong, An Lushan, and Li Longji, but he never thought that there were contradictions and differences in the Yang family's forces, which was surprising.

The reason why Tian Rong said this to Xu Chen was to remind him that this expedition was proposed by the old emperor, even if Yang Guozhong used a trick, he also had to take care of Ge Shuhan's status, Ge Shuhan was an important means used by Yang Guozhong to contain An Lushan.

This is also a mention, but Xu Chen is thinking far-reaching, in short, this expedition will not be so simple, and even if there is danger, Xu Chen is planning to go on such a journey, the so-called not to enter the tiger's den to get the tiger, just to see the power hidden behind this Tang Dynasty.

After eating, he played chess for a while, Tian Lao Ma and Wang Wei are all experts in this thing, and Xu Chen can win a game in the next three or four games, but the time of each game is very long, and he directly scratches his ears and cheeks in a hurry, and he can't wait to do it for an hour.

Playing chess with the elderly is the most ink, just like the master-level opponent selected by playing a mobile chess game, and people who often play slowly really have the ability to take one step and think seven or eight steps, who can stand it.

The last one has the meaning of killing the world, every time Xu Chen moves, it is obvious that he wants to change children with the other party, killing a thousand enemies, and self-damage is also a method, at the beginning, the old man was on guard in every possible way, just not to change with Xu Chen, and Xu Chen took the initiative to attack, hard work, this has only been played for less than ten minutes, and there are not many chess pieces left on both sides on the field.

"You kid, you're too violent, you can't forget it, this game is drawn." There is really no chess available, Tian Rong will play this game again when he sees it, and it is estimated that it will not work without a good time, so he will give up.

"The skills of my uncle and Wang's predecessors are comparable."

"Where can he compare to me!" As soon as Lao Tian heard Xu Chen's words, he blew his beard and glared.

"Yes, yes, slightly less." Old man, you have to follow it, as soon as the cow's temper comes up, as soon as it is more serious, ten cows can't pull it, if Xu Chen says that Tian Rong's chess skills are not good, it is estimated that this old man will immediately go out of the city to try Wang Wei's competition.

Xu Chen could guess that Tian Rong and Wang Wei had a close relationship, as well as the mysterious old man, these three people were like the three musketeers, and their spleens and surnames were almost the same, but the old man Wang had already seen through the world and devoted himself to studying Buddhism, just because of the mental study that Xu Chen said recently, he had the posture of pulling Wang Wei back from the door of Buddhism.

The two chatted while playing chess, and mentioned the last time they were kidnapped outside the city, but Tian Rong grabbed the handle and ridiculed Xu Chen.

Xu Chenxin said that it wasn't because Wang Wei was idle and called me to study some Buddhism, but after thinking about it, Hu Tong had long wanted to kill himself, sooner or later, since he was safe last time, he didn't have to pursue such a thing, and then his mind turned, as if he remembered something: Could it be that it was the forces behind the Yang family who instructed Hu Tong to kill him?

A long time ago, Xu Chen still remembered the "Huzi kidnapping case", that time someone used Huzi to deal with him, is it also the so-called secret force? I thought about it carefully, but I felt that it was too nonsense, at that time, I was a little-known colt, so naturally I would not attract the attention of anyone's master.

But when I think about it, I can't help but think about it, that incident is really someone who wants to do something to him, what's so strange about it?

The reason why the Yang family has a secret secret power must be that they are dissatisfied with the desire for power at this stage, and Yang Guozhong is not at ease if he is the prime minister above 10,000 people under one person, so there can only be one purpose......

After playing a few games of chess, it was not too early, and Xu Chen and Li Shuang'er went back to the princess's mansion.

Entering the mansion, the two walked side by side, Xu Chen fell the section where the two were going to break up, Xu Chen said: "I estimate that this expedition will take several months, and the bank will definitely open a branch, and the next branch is going to let you take care of it. ”

After Xu Chen finished speaking, he walked to his study, leaving Li Shuang'er standing alone in the dark night......

The next day, before dawn, Xu Chen got up early in the morning, because there was a big event today, killing Hu Tong!

The plan had already been formulated, Xu Chen wanted to make sure that nothing went wrong this time, so he went to Qiu Ling and gave instructions carefully, and then went to Li Ye, that kid rarely goes back to the mansion now, and spends all day in the hotel to show off his might to those orchids.

It's completely a personal fetish, Li Ye super enjoys the prestige of being a shopkeeper, according to his age, coupled with the love of Emperor Li San, he should have found a group of wives for him a long time ago, at least with Li Ye's identity, he must not marry the minister's daughter or the daughter of a relative.

But in fact, Li is almost twenty years old, and no one has ever given him a matchmaker!

This is really unprecedented in Datang, Li is also a prince, Li San has already mentioned a few family affairs to him, but they were all politely refused.

And the aristocratic single prince Li was not looked at by those powerful people, which is nothing more than the following reasons.

First: This Li Ye used to be too sloppy, if he hadn't stopped in time, he would have been called the second young man in the capital with Yang Tingquan, and his reputation was very bad in the early years.

Second: This is the most important point, Li Ye didn't even ask for an official position, even if the emperor rewarded him with an official job, he didn't do it, the idle capital is a tyrant, and the relatives and nobles, high-ranking officials and ministers often attach great importance to the purpose of marriage.

The third point: Since Li Ye grew up, the emperor Lao'er didn't care much about him, and Li Longfan's sons didn't care about him, which formed a cycle of evil surnames, and Li Ye was slowly forgotten in the palace of marriage.

The above is not important, the important thing is that Li Ye himself is not in a hurry, it is not simple for him to find a rich daughter-in-law with status, as long as he comes to the door to propose, even the king of Hades has to see the Buddha face of Li Sange, the fact is that Li has never done this.

Even if he is squirming, he is just used to being pampered, and when he is older, it is good to have more thoughts.

Li Ye was still sleeping at this time, Xu Chen knocked on the door to wake him up, and he was startled when it was over, thinking that the killing of Hu Tong had been sued, and this brother-in-law was here to call him to flee for his life.

I was dazed, so I got up and packed up my things, and the most important thing was not to forget to take the money, and I pulled out a box from under the bed at once, and slowly a box of copper coins inside.

Xu Chen was dumbfounded to see his actions, and then Li Ye said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, I'll go home and get some jewelry, we're running away!" ”

Cao and his sister, Xu Chen immediately kicked Li Ye, who was squatting on the ground and pulling the box, and said angrily: "Run your mother's belly!" ”

At this time, Xu Chen was also very nervous, such a big thing as killing the imperial court officials, once the incident happened, it would have to be over, Li also knew the stakes, and he was in a daze, so he made this move in a panic, so he was not embarrassed.

This kick kicked Li Ye firmly, Xu Chen's hateful teeth itched, and sure enough, the mud couldn't support the depression of the wall, Li Ye was not confused, touched his head, and said with a smile: "I'm sleeping......"

"You said brother-in-law, you too, what are you doing here before dawn, look at what scares me, let me make up for it again......"

Xu Chen immediately kicked again, this miser's behavior was too bad, he was thinking about money before he ran away, but this dignified prince was too exaggerated, and there were not many copper coins in that box, and this kid was hiding under the bed.

Li Ye then stuffed the box back and said, "These are all the money earned by the hotel, and I am precious." ”

Sure enough, he was addicted to being the boss, Xu Chen was helpless, and he didn't care about him, so he asked, "Is it okay for me to let you do it?" ”

"All right." Li also shook his hair, blazing with Shinto.

"Can you make sure that Hu Tong is there at the right time?"

"This little thing, I love to do this the most, don't worry, I won't dare to kill him!"

Xu Chen nodded, and then asked some specific details, so he was relieved, and when he left, Li Ye actually said: "If the incident in the east window happens, if my brother-in-law wants to escape, remember to take me!" ”

WTF, Xu Chen still couldn't help but go over and beat him up......

At noon, the sun is shining, sweeping away the haze weather in recent days, Chang'an City emerges with a vibrant rhythm, and the small stalls and vendors can shout vigorously at this time, just to eat!

"Shaanxi Liangpi, come and see, hot Shaanxi Liangpi ......"

Xu Chen, who was sitting upstairs, heard such a sentence from the alley, and was surprised, Shaanxi Liangpi, or hot? Stood up and lay on the railing to look downstairs, but he heard it wrong, where is the Shaanxi Liangpi, it is clearly the Western Regions sheep's trotters, the kind of roasted, Xu Chen has eaten it a few times, it is very refreshing.

The pronunciation of the Tang Dynasty at this time was too far from Mandarin, but Xu Chen quickly got used to it, but this time he heard the hawker's voice wrong.

Xu Chen's building is very close to Dongshi, it is a good restaurant, there are three floors high, Xu Chen is sitting on the third floor at this time with a design similar to a modern balcony, looking out, taking in the scenery of Chang'an.

At this time, Xu Chen was sitting at the table alone, and the meal had not yet been served, because the guests had not yet come.

At this moment, there was a team of officers and soldiers downstairs, and the vendors in front of the restaurant were busy retreating to the side, but the group of soldiers stopped at the door, and there was only one person upstairs.

The curtain of the private room was lifted, Xu Chen looked over with a smile, and when he saw Qin County Ling coming in, he was also busy getting up to greet him, and today everyone invited to eat, not only Hu Tongren, but also Qin County Order, and what Xu Chen had to do was to slaughter this old thief in broad daylight in front of Qin County Order.

Hu Tong happened to have just come out of the mansion at this time, and brought five or six guards, personal guards, there must be some kung fu, he is now a little apprehensive in his heart, the horse and the little prince want to invite himself and Qin County Ling to dinner, saying that they want to thank the horse for their strong help in the matter of being tied up.

This made Hu Tong a little confused, but he didn't dare not go, the horse is now a squire in the military department, and the little prince, where did he dare to thin their face, but Hu Tong was stunned in his heart, all because of the analysis that Captain Zhang had had.

According to County Lieutenant Zhang's analysis, this colt will know about the cold arrow, and in fact, this colt is also very likely to know the truth of the matter, so this dinner is obviously not so simple.

Even if he decided to come, he wouldn't have thought that Xu Chen would do something to him in broad daylight, and the purpose of Hu Tong's visit this time was to understand the attitude of this colt and observe his words.

The reason why the two assassinations of Hu Tong were okay was of course because someone notified the news in advance, and this was the net of heaven and earth under his subordinates, as for how he got the news, it was quite complicated.

Li Ye also came after a while, Xu Chen and Qin County ordered Li Ye and the three of them to drink tea upstairs first, and Li Ye said: "This Lord Hu is really a big face, and he hasn't come to ...... so late" (to be continued.) )