Chapter 631: The Merchant Pulls the Strings

readx; Early the next morning, Li Qing'an found Zhang Hao in the imperial city of Shangshu Province, and asked him to ask him to go to Anxi to take charge of the government, he thought it would take a lot of money, but he didn't expect Zhang Hao to readily agree, saying that he was willing to go to Anxi, Li Qing'an was overjoyed, and talked with him for more than an hour, and the two ended the conversation happily, and then Li Qing'an went to Zhongshu Province to find Zhang Yun and discuss the specific details of Zhang Hao's transfer to Anxi. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

One morning, Li Qing'an was busy spending time, until it was close to noon, he came out of the Daming Palace, just walked in front of the Danfeng Gate, a personal soldier stepped forward to report, "General, there are people waiting for you outside the Danfeng Gate, and they have been waiting for more than an hour." ”

An hour is two hours in the Hereafter, and a man has waited for him for more than two hours, which is a long wait anyway.

"Where are the others?"

The soldier pointed to a carriage in the distance and whispered a few words to Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Go up and have a look!" ”

Li Qing'an's carriage galloped up, and when it was dozens of steps away from the opposite carriage, it gradually stopped, and hundreds of cavalry guards were separated on both wings, watching the carriage on the opposite side vigilantly.

The carriage door on the opposite side opened, and I saw a bewitching woman coming down, it was Yang Huahua, who had been ghostly, she stepped forward in a charming manner, and gave Li Qing'an's carriage Yingying a salute, "Huahua see His Royal Highness King Zhao!" ”

Li Qingan also got out of the carriage, and saw that she had bright makeup and a charming smile, and smelled the strong fragrance wafting from her body from afar, completely losing the elegance of the previous light-eyebrow, and the sad and sad appearance after being beaten last time.

Li Qing'an heard that she was doing business in Hebei and Hedong, and she was quite favored by An Lushan, and only her caravan could be unimpeded in the entire Hebei Province, and she really made a lot of war money.

Li Qingan smiled and asked, "Why is Madam in Chang'an?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Zhao, I am here for you to give you a generous gift."

Li Qing'an heard her call herself King Zhao, instead of calling herself Qilang as before, and knew that she had untied the knot in her heart, so she nodded and smiled: "What gift?" ”

Yang Huahua's eyes rolled, and she smiled and said: "One or two sentences are not clear, it is almost noon, why don't I invite His Highness to lunch, let's talk while eating, I promise that it is the gift that His Highness is most interested in." ”

"Alright! You come with me. ”

Li Qing'an got into the carriage and ordered: "Go to the Scholar Building!" ”

Shuxianglou is located in Chongrenfang a wine shop, opened this year, is his father-in-law Dugu Haoran investment and management, the wine shop is very large, covers an area of eight acres, composed of two five-story buildings, can be among the top ten wine shops in Chang'an.

Two restaurants, one is called Zhuangyuan Building, one is called Xiangguoju, this is mainly the cultural atmosphere of Chongrenfang is very heavy, Guozijian is located here, there are more than 100,000 scholars who enter Beijing every year for reference, almost all of them are concentrated in Pingkangfang and Chongrenfang, in addition, there are many Jinjuan Yuans in Chongrenfang states, it is obvious that the scholarly wine shop is mainly to make money from scholars and foreign officials, of course, the court officials are also willing to give face to the Dugu family, and they have come here to eat.

At this time, it is the spring of March, and next month Chang'an will hold the imperial examination, which is the first imperial examination held after the suspension of the imperial examination for two years, so it is particularly eye-catching, more than 100,000 scholars from all over the country crowded Chang'an City, and the streets and alleys of Chongrenfang can be seen young and hurried figures.

Interestingly, Chengdu in the Southern Tang Dynasty will also hold a provincial imperial examination next month, but there are only more than 20,000 scholars who rushed to Chengdu, and the scholars in Chang'an are said to have exceeded 150,000 people.

Li Qing'an's carriage slowly stopped at the back door of the wine shop, it is now noon, the officials have come out to eat, it is easy to meet the officials who come to drink and spend the afternoon, although Li Qing'an is frank, but he is seen with the infamous Mrs. Qianguo, this afternoon, the court will definitely put on a big gossip array, and the lace scandal about him will definitely spread to the sky, which will have a little impact on his reputation, so Li Qingan is very low-key and enters the wine shop through the back door.

Not long after Li Qing'an entered the wine shop, Yang Huahua's carriage stopped at the main entrance of the wine shop, and the shopkeeper of the wine shop had already been instructed, so he immediately greeted him and said, "Madam, please come with me!" ”

Yang Huahua nodded, she whispered a few words to her entourage, and then followed the shopkeeper into the building, although the Yang family has been defeated for many years, but Yang Huahua's appearance still caused a stir in the scholarly building, many officials who ate here knew Mrs. Qiuguo, and even a few people were Yang Huahua's guests in the curtain, Yang Huahua went upstairs all the way, and many people came out to greet her.

"Madam, the demeanor is still the same!"

"Madame, are you married? Who is Lang Jun? ”

"It turns out that Madame didn't become a ghost under the knife!"

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There are admirers, ridiculers, and ridiculers, but Yang Huahua is not annoyed at all, and greets everyone one by one with a smile, "It turned out to be Zhang Langzhong, and the Huaji Cabinet in the East Market was opened by me, welcome to save money." ”

"Li Shilang praised it, people are already old."

"Ma Yuanjun, the slave family is not married yet, if you don't dislike it, the slave family is willing to marry you."

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Yang Huahua looked calm, smiling like a flower, and walked up to the fifth floor, there were no guests here, very quiet, the smile on her face slowly disappeared, and she turned around. He scolded: "My mother lives better than any of you!" ”

The shopkeeper secretly smiled bitterly, and took Yang Huahua to the innermost room, where there were already eight burly men standing at the door, all with blazing eyes, all of whom were extremely strong in martial arts.

"Madame, please come in! Your Highness is waiting for you in your room. ”

After a pause, the shopkeeper said, "When we go down, Madame can tell me first, and I can lead Madame through the secret passage." ”

"No need, the old lady walked out in a dignified manner."

After speaking, Yang Huahua walked into the room quickly, the room is a suite, two inside and outside, it is Li Qing'an's special dining room, very secret, except for Dugu Haoran and the big shopkeeper, the rest of the people don't know, there is an inner room inside, there are eighteen Li Qing'an's henchmen and guards standing in front of the outer door, more majestic than the eight people outside, a personal soldier opened the door of the inner room, "Madame, please!" ”

The two women's guards brought Yang Huahua into the side room for inspection, Li Qing'an's security was very strict, which was no longer up to Li Qing'an's own wishes, this was the decision of the political hall, and officials below the third grade had to be strictly searched and checked, not to mention Yang Huahua, who came back from Hebei.

Yang Huahua was helpless, and was carefully searched by the two female guards, and even the inside of her hair had to be checked, and all her belongings had to be taken out and placed on a gold plate, which was temporarily kept by the female guards, and then returned to her when she left, and finally even her golden hairpin was pulled out.

"Madame, I'm sorry, please!"

Two female guards brought Yang Huahua into the restaurant, and there were two beautiful maids in the dining room, and four personal guards lined up, standing in front of the window with their backs, and the curtains were lowered, making the room a little dimly lit.

Li Qingan is looking at a calligraphy on the wall with his hands behind his back, the calligraphy is written by Dugu Haoran himself, and it reads. Indifferent to the four words, Dugu Haoran has been serving as an official in the East Palace since Li Qing'an was in charge, and was promoted to the prince's guest last year, although the official quality is high, but it is an idle position, without any real power, after being impeached by Pei Zunqing, he almost lost his idle position, after Pei Zunqing's death, he was also disheartened, knowing that Li Qingan would not reuse himself again, Suo resigned from the position of the prince's guest, and got an honorary prince young master, and retired with honor, at the beginning of this year, he borrowed 10,000 yuan from his daughter Dugu Mingyue, and invested in opening this scholarly wine shop。

"His Royal Highness King Zhao, it's really difficult to have a meal with you!"

Yang Huahua laughed helplessly behind her, Li Qingan turned around, and saw that her makeup was a little scattered, and she didn't have the dazzling demeanor when she saw her just now, so he smiled slightly: "Fortunately, Madame is a woman, otherwise it would be impossible for a businessman from Hebei to see me." ”

"Really? Then I'm lucky. ”

"Sort of! Madame, please feel free to sit. ”

Yang Huahua sat down, she took out a gold mask studded with jewels, and took out an eyebrow pencil to carefully touch up her makeup, her beautiful eyes were raised, and she stared at Li Qingan with a smile and said, "Do you like my makeup?" ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly: "It doesn't matter if I like it or not, as long as Mrs. Key likes it." ”

"Hey! When you are old, the years are not forgiving, and you can only rely on makeup to make a mask. ”

Yang Huahua put away her eyebrow pencil and mirror, and said with a long sigh: "If a woman doesn't have a man to rely on, she really ages quickly, I regret it now, I knew how good it was to marry back then, and I don't have to suffer in the wind and rain now." ”

Li Qingan poured her a glass of wine and said with a smile: "But I think Madame is so busy and willing, isn't it?" ”

Yang Huahua picked up the wine glass, her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon with a smile, "You are really a roundworm in my stomach, I guess it, I really can't hide it from you." ”

She drank all the wine and said with emotion: "Officialdom is a man's world, I can't play with you, so I make money in business, what a husband!" O man! It's all fart, and only money is the most reliable. ”

Yang Huahua let go of the past, Li Qingan was a little interested in her, so he smiled and said, "Tell me, what business are you doing in Hebei?" ”

Yang Huahua poured herself another glass of wine, raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Don't try to trick me, I know that if you sell grain, pig iron, and all military supplies, if you are caught, you will be killed, so I don't do any of this, I sell salt and jewelry, now it's okay!" ”

Li Qingan shook his head and said, "I think these are your cover!" ”

Yang Huahua squinted and laughed, she gave a thumbs up and said, "It's really amazing!" I can't hide it from you. ”

She lowered her voice and said to Li Qing'an: "I can't hide it, I am actually trafficking in gold and silver, using the difference between gold and silver and copper coins to make a fortune, I can exchange one silver dollar for two pieces of money in Hebei Province, and then transport these two pieces of money to Taiyuan, and exchange them for two silver dollars, and earn 10,000 yuan once I go, amazing!" ”

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(To be continued)