Although Li Qing'an lives in the Gaolishi Mansion, but this time he entered Beijing, he has a lot of things, not only to report on his work, to win Li Longji's support for his next plan, but also Li Heng's East Palace dispute, although he knows that it is difficult to turn things around in a short time, but at least he has to make a start for Li Heng, in addition, it is his lifelong event.

He is twenty-nine years old this year, twenty-nine has not yet married, and it is already considered a late marriage in later generations, not to mention that this is the Tang Dynasty, Li Heng is still less than forty years old, his grandsons are several years old, and Dugu Mingyue, she is also twenty years old, and he should also understand the pressure she is under, especially Yang Guifei's advice to him, which makes him vigilant.

As soon as he settled down in the Gaolishi Mansion, Li Qing'an went to the Lonely Mansion located in Wubenfang, and from a distance, he saw Dugu Mingzhu sneaking out of the side door on a donkey, compared with two years ago, she has indeed changed a lot, and she has become a slim girl.

"Third girl, you can't go out!" A dark, strong middle-aged woman chased after her.

"Liu Erniang, just spare me! I haven't been out for almost a month, so you just let me go! ”

"No, Madame ordered me to take care of you, you go back quickly!"

The middle-aged woman rushed up, grabbed the reins of the donkey, and did not allow Mingzhu to go alive or dead.

Li Qingan coughed heavily and said with a smile: "Mingzhu, where are you going?" ”

Mingzhu was begging Liu Erniang, when she suddenly heard Li Qing'an's voice behind her, she turned around and shouted in surprise: "Brother Li! ”

She couldn't care about Liu Erniang holding her little donkey, jumped down from the donkey, and grabbed Li Qingan's arm and jumped and jumped excitedly.

"That's it! All right! ”

Li Qingan patted her head lightly and said with a smile: "Seventeen-year-old girl, how can she still look like a child." ”

"I don't look like a child! People are happy. ”

With the arrival of Li Qing'an, Mingzhu's idea of sneaking out of the mansion had already been thrown out of the clouds, and she took Li Qingan's hand affectionately and walked to the mansion, complaining to him.

"Brother Li, do you know? In the past two months, my mother has always asked me to go on a blind date, and I am annoyed to death. ”

"Blind dates are a good thing!"

"What a thing! I hate those people when I see them, they think they are dashing, but in fact they are so naïve, they don't look like men at all. ”

Li Qingan couldn't help but laugh when he heard her say funny: "Then what kind of man is not naïve?" Like an uncle? ”

Mingzhu took a sip, "Go!" What uncle, are you an uncle? ”

"Oh! It turned out that Mingzhu wanted to marry me. As soon as the words came out, Li Qingan regretted it, this joke was a bit too much.

Sure enough, Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, her face turned red with shame, she dropped Li Qingan's hand, and ran to the inner house.

"Pearl!"

Li Qingan couldn't shout, so he had to watch her run away, he smiled bitterly, he always regarded Mingzhu as a little girl, and grew up unconsciously.

The dancing clothes and the picturesque sisters are temporarily living in Dugu Mansion, but Li Qing'an came unlucky, Mingyue just went out with the dance clothes, and no one knows where she went.

After sitting in the guest room for a while, Mrs. Pei hurriedly walked in, and Li Qingan hurriedly got up and smiled: "Auntie, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

It can be said that Li Qing'an is the person Mrs. Pei is looking forward to the most, her daughter is twenty years old, and she will not get married again, but she will be gossiped about, and she feels that there are signs of a daughter in the saint today, the last time the concubine Niangniang had a birthday, the kind of vision that the saint saw her daughter was different, and at that moment, Mrs. Pei saw a kind of possession in Li Longji's eyes.

She knew that if it weren't for Li Qing'an, her daughter would probably have entered the palace at this time, and it was Li Qing'an, a powerful local prince, who made the current saint dare not act rashly for a while.

And what about after that? Mrs. Pei's heart was full of worries, it was best to let her daughter go to Anxi with her husband, that would be the best solution, and she didn't dare to tell her husband about this matter, she knew her husband very well, maybe her husband would sacrifice her daughter for his own future.

Mrs. Pei nodded with a smile and said, "General Li arrived yesterday morning!" Where to stay? ”

"Aunt might as well call me Shichiro, people close to me call me that, I live in the Colliers Mansion now."

"Okay, I'll call you Shichiro in the future."

Mrs. Pei sat down and said with a smile: "It's really unfortunate today, I asked the next person just now, only to know that Mingyue and the girl in the dance dress went out together, maybe they went to the temple to burn incense, the two of them have a good relationship, they hit it off at first sight, and I also hope that they can be like sisters in the future." ”

"It should be, Mingyue is an empathetic, kind-hearted good girl, I came today, in fact, I want to discuss the marriage with my aunt."

Mrs. Pei smiled, this Li Qingan was finally willing to take the initiative, she put down her heart, and said with a smile: "Generally speaking, your marriage with Mingyue must be arranged by elders, but you don't have elders in Chang'an, so last time Gao Weng took the initiative to propose, he is willing to arrange it for you, if you don't object, I will discuss the specific details with Gao Weng's wife, in fact, it is quite cumbersome, I know that you have a lot of things in the court, so I won't let you worry about it." ”

Li Qingan hurriedly got up and gave a deep salute, "Thank you aunt for arranging!" ”

Mrs. Pei smiled slightly: "No need to be polite, you have something to do, when Mingyue comes back, I will tell her that you have come to look for it, if there is anything, I will let Mingzhu come to you." ”

Li Qingan understood what Mrs. Pei meant, she hoped that she would try not to meet Mingyue before getting married, which was also human nature.

He nodded and smiled: "I understand what Madame means, I will wait patiently, I wonder if my uncle will come back then?" ”

"It should be!"

Mrs. Pei smiled slightly: "I heard news that your Uncle Dugu has been appointed as the secretary of Sinong Temple, and it is estimated that he will come back soon." ”

Li Qingan was stunned, his mind turned extremely fast, could this be a sign of the revival of the original Donggong Party? But Li Li didn't tell himself, he hurriedly asked, "When did my aunt hear the news?" ”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Pei was in a particularly comfortable mood, and she smiled: "It was the afternoon before yesterday that an official from the Ministry of Officials came to the house to say that not only my lord was promoted, but even my younger brother Pei Min was appointed as the Taishou of Qizhou, which is close to Chang'an." ”

"What about the others? Does my aunt know about Wei Lian's situation? ”

"I haven't heard of it, the officials only talked about our family."

Li Qingan was a little puzzled, whether this was the restoration of the original East Palace Party, or because of himself, if the East Palace Party was restored, then the possibility of the emperor's eldest grandson entering the East Palace would be very great.

Thinking of this, he got up and said with a smile: "Since Mingyue is not here, then I will leave." ”

"Alright! I won't keep you either. ”

Mrs. Pei sent Li Qingan out of the courtyard and went back, Li Qingan just walked to the front of the mansion, Mingzhu rushed out of the bamboo forest next to the mansion gate like a deer, took his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Li, I'll go out with you!" ”

Li Qingan stared at her for a long time, is this the big girl who was so shy that she ran into the inner courtyard just now? How does it feel like it is not like it at all, she has changed back to the Dugu Pearl that Li Qing'an used to be familiar with at this moment, Li Qing'an was relieved, this is the pearl he likes, and said with a smile: "Okay! I'll take you out, where are you going? ”

"Wherever you go, I'll go?"

Li Qingxin couldn't help but sigh secretly, not knowing what she was thinking again.

"Let's go!"

Li Qingan happily agreed, and Mingzhu jumped up with joy, "Let's go!" ”

She suddenly turned her head back and grimaced. Liu Erniang, who was chasing after her, stared dryly, and watched Mingzhu take Li Qingan's arm and jump out.

........ "Brother Li, let me tell you, that Lu Yizhong laughed to death, he thought I was a drunkard, the next day, my mother went to Lu's house to redeem it, you know what Lu Yizhong said, he said Madam, don't lie to me, I knew that she was a drunkard as soon as I saw Ling Ai, and she also scolded me for being a donkey, does Madam think I am like a donkey?" ”

Mingzhu laughed so much that she couldn't straighten her waist, and almost fell off the horse, so frightened that Li Qingan grabbed her and said with a smile: "Don't be stupid, when the time comes, Chang'an will spread that the three girls of the Dugu family are drunkards, see who dares to go on a blind date with you again." ”

"I don't want to go on a blind date!"

Mingzhu stretched her waist for a long time and said with a smile: "How good it is to be like me now, a person is free, you can wear your favorite clothes, you can wear your favorite makeup, you can party with friends, you can breathe freely, the sky is so blue, the clouds are so white, this is the world of birds, I really want to be a little bird, although the bird is small, but it can have the whole sky." ”

"That's it!" Li Qingan smiled: "Are you going to become a bird, or are you going to drink with me?" ”

"Drink!"

．．．．．．．． After a short time, they came to Xishi, or to Atamiju, and now Li Qing'an knows that this is actually the secret contact point of the Hidden Dragon Society in Chang'an.

Li Qingan pointed to the wine shop in the distance with a horsewhip and smiled at Mingzhu: "Do you remember here?" ”

"Remember! You brought me here that year. ”

"You can bring your friends in the future, and I'll give you free."

"Brother Li, is this wine shop yours now?" Mingzhu asked in surprise.

"Sort of!"

Li Qingan turned over and dismounted, and smiled at a greeting orchid: "Are you Chang Proprietors here?" ”

"General, I'm here!"

Chang Jin ran out of the door and said excitedly: "General, we are just going to look for you." ”

"No, didn't I come?"

Li Qingan smiled and threw the reins to the man, and ordered: "Open a few tables for my entourage and let them eat and drink to their heart's content." ”

He pointed to Mingzhu again and asked Chang Jin, "Do you know her?" ”

Chang Jin thought about it and said with a smile: "This girl, it seems that she came with the general last time." ”

"It's good to remember the surname, she is my sister-in-law, and in the future, she will bring her friends here to drink and give her free."

"Definitely! Certain! ”

Chang Jin was extremely enthusiastic, stepped forward to salute Mingzhu, and hurriedly instructed Hu Ji and his companions: "Quickly vacate the 'Broken Leaf City' on the third floor, and get two bottles of Broken Leaf Wine for Dugu Girl." ”

He said respectfully to Mingzhu: "Girl, please go upstairs!" ”

Mingzhu has never been so respected, everyone treats her as a child, she is very proud in her heart, pretends to cough, turns back to Li Qing'an with her hands behind her back and says solemnly: "General, let's go up!" ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw that she was funny, Li Qingan tugged at her braid lovingly, and said with a smile: "You go first!" I'd like to say a few words to the proprietor. ”

Mingzhu glanced at him, and followed the two orchids up first, and then Li Qingan said to Chang Jin: "Use all the strength of the Chang'an Han and Tang Societies to investigate the assassination of King Di for me, and the focus is to pay attention to every move of King Di's mansion." ”

"Yes! Subordinates understand. ”

Li Qingan nodded, and said, "Send someone to find Li Huichun for me again." ”

With that, he walked upstairs, Broken Leaf Castle was on the third floor, it was the best room in Atamiju, it was fresh and elegantly furnished, there were the most beautiful orchids to serve, Mingzhu was already seated, and a beautiful orchid was pouring hot tea for her.

Li Qing'an walked in, took off his coat and handed it to Orchid, sat down opposite Mingzhu, and said with a smile: "Serve us wine first, this girl is Broken Leaf Wine, I am Gaochang Wine, I want to use ice." ”

"Why should I drink crushed leaf wine? Is there any difference? Mingzhu asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Broken leaf wine tastes better, and it is not easy to get drunk, so it is suitable for women to drink, otherwise you will get drunk and smoke, and your sister will have to come to me to settle accounts."

Mingzhu smiled slyly, "Hee-hee! Don't you want my sister to come to you to settle accounts? ”

"You little girl, I'm for your good, do you want to be grounded by your mother forever?"

Mingzhu glared at the orchid who was snuggled up to Li Qing'an, and said, "No!" I went to drink with my brother-in-law, my mother won't be angry, if she doesn't worry about you, will she let me go to Beiting alone? ”

Li Qingan heard her full of reason, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "That's good! All changed to Gaochang wine. ”

"That's right! I just like the strength of Gaochang wine. ”

She saw Orchid snuggling in Li Qing'an's arms again, coquettishly serving a teacup to feed Li Qing'an tea, and scolded secretly in her heart, 'Shameless!' ’

She finally couldn't help but say, "Hey! Can this orchid stay away from my brother-in-law? ”

Hu Ji's face flushed, slightly away from Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an took a sip of tea, and asked with a smile: "Mingzhu, the diamond I gave you last time, is it still there?" ”

"It's gone, it's gone!" Mingzhu doesn't have a good airway.

"Oh? Such a precious diamond, are you willing to give it away? ”

"It's just a broken stone, what's reluctant!"

As he spoke, Mingzhu took out the diamond that Li Qingan gave him from the inner pocket of his waist, and slapped it on the table: "Give it back to you!" ”

Li Qingan picked up the diamond, squinted his eyes, and said with a smile: "I heard your sister say in Xianyang that you fought with Cui Liuliu over this diamond, and insisted that she stole your diamond, but you found it in the crack of the bed, is that so?" ”

Mingzhu blushed, that was the most embarrassing thing for her, and she was a laughing stock among her friends, she exhaled angrily: "It's all your fault for this broken stone, so I went to apologize to Cui Liuliu, you know her smug appearance, and it's angry to death just thinking about it." ”

"Broken stones?" Li Qingan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "If you don't want it, then I'll give it to someone else?" ”

Mingzhu glanced at the orchid vigilantly, and saw that she was looking at the diamond with envy, she stood up, snatched the diamond back from Li Qing'an's hand, and said, "Who allowed you to give it away, this is my gem, I will sell it tomorrow for rouge." ”

"Sell it to me! I'll give you as much rouge as you want. ”

Li Huichun's figure appeared at the door, and he walked into the house to salute Li Qingan: "See the general!" ”

Li Qingan waved his hand and smiled: "Sir, you're welcome, please take a seat!" ”

Li Huichun nodded, sat down, and smiled at Mingzhu again: "Does the girl know how much this diamond is worth?" ”

"How much?" Mingzhu's eyes widened suddenly, at this moment, her mind was full of copper coins, and the trace of dissatisfaction with Li Qingan just now had already been thrown out of the clouds.

"This diamond is called the Atami Elf, it is one of the three most beloved treasures of the Thiri Shirweitler Khan, he as a gratitude to General Li, and specially dedicated to General Li, when the king of the stone country wanted to buy this diamond, he had bid 150,000 Dilar silver coins, plus a hundred beautiful slaves, which is equivalent to 20,000 yuan."

"Twenty thousand!" Mingzhu exclaimed, she slowly raised the walnut-sized diamond in her hand, the diamond shimmered with a brilliant blue luster, she thought it was worth a thousand guan at most, but she didn't expect it to be worth 20,000 yuan.

Li Huichun smiled and said: "In fact, there are more than 20,000 yuan, it can be described as priceless, I advise the girl not to carry it with me, I lost it, but there is no second one." ”

Mingzhu was a little conflicted in her heart, she thought about it, and returned the diamond to Li Qing'an, "Brother Li, its value is too expensive, I can't ask for it!" ”

Li Qingan stuffed the diamond back into her hand and said with a smile: "It's just a stone, our pearl is the real priceless treasure, you accept it, even if it's a dowry from me." ”

"I'm not a rare dowry!"

Mingzhu muttered in a low voice, and then took the diamond in a happy mood, and at this time, several men brought wine and food with large plates, and the table was full in a moment.

Li Qingan poured a glass of wine for Mingzhu and said with a smile: "Just drink it!" Get drunk, Brother Li will send you back. ”

With Li Qing'an's words, Mingzhu began to eat and drink with a smile, but Li Qingan asked Li Huichun: "How is the matter of the cabinet shop arranged?" ”

"Back to the general, the cabinets in the east and west markets have been packed, we have prepared 50,000 copper coins to exchange for silver coins in advance, in addition, the 5,000 silver coins shipped from the north court, I heard that they are already on the way, and they can be sent to Chang'an in ten days at the latest, I want to ask the general, is it to wait for the silver money to be sent to the cabinet shop to officially open, or to open first?"

Li Qing'an sighed for a while and said: "It's too late in ten days, I ask to open tomorrow, the Sogdian merchants have two thousand pieces of silver in their hands and are anxious to exchange, you can redeem them first, in addition, the saint has agreed to circulate the gold and silver money in Datang, this is the opportunity I have won, we must seize it, the cost of 50,000 yuan is still too little, and the two cabinets are far from enough, I hope that the Han and Tang Dynasty will completely control the circulation of silver coins in Datang, and the silver coins I mint will be sent one after another in the future, and there is only one task I give you. That is to make silver coins as important as copper coins. ”

"General, I understand, according to your deployment, tomorrow the East and West Market Cabinet Shop will open at the same time, and we will expand to all important cities in Datang in the future."

"Brother Li, what are you talking about?" Mingzhu looked confused and asked, "What silver money?" ”

Li Qingan snorted, picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "It's nothing!" Come, drink! Mingzhu, I toast you a glass and wish you more and more beautiful. ”

(To be continued)