Li Zhen has nothing to do these days, and his life is easy, most of the time he stays in the Internal Security Office, or goes out for a walk, he has been in Luoyang for almost a year, and he has never calmed down to take a good look at this capital.

There is also his house in Fushanfang, which is only dozens of steps away from Zhao Qiuniang's martial arts hall, since Shangguan Wan'er gave him the house, Li Zhen has not had time to set foot in it, and at noon that day, Li Zhen came to this house for the first time.

In fact, Li Zhen once came to see this mansion, but the house was dilapidated, and no one had lived in it for many years, he had no interest, and Shangguan Wan'er also knew that the house was dilapidated and a little difficult to give away, so in the past two months, there have been craftsmen who have been renovating the house in the house.

Li Zhen walked into the door and happened to meet Steward Lin, because the eldest sister was not in Luoyang, there was nothing to do at home, Steward Lin came over to help Li Zhen see the progress of the renovation of his house when he had time, anyway, it was not far from the eldest sister's house, and it was very convenient for Steward Lin to come over.

"Is Childe coming to see the house?" asked Steward Lin with a smile.

"I happened to have nothing to do today, so I came over to take a look, Uncle Lin has worked hard. ”

"I'm just doing my best somewhere. ”

Steward Lin has a good impression of Li Zhen, this New Year, Li Zhen gave Aunt Lin ten yuan to thank her for helping to watch the children, although Li Zhen's generosity will make people like, but Uncle Lin is more grateful for his respect for himself, so he is also willing to help Li Zhen do something.

Uncle Lin pointed to the main house that had been repaired in the distance and said with a smile: "The progress of the repair is quite fast, the main houses have been repaired, and there are some sporadic finishing work, it is estimated that it will be completed in another month." ”

"I'm ashamed to say that, although this is my house, I really haven't looked at it carefully. ”

"How does this work?"

Uncle Lin was a little surprised, Li Zhen hadn't seen his own house, he smiled: "If the son doesn't dislike it, I'm willing to accompany the son to see the house." ”

"Then it's troublesome Uncle Lin. ”

Li Zhen's house is located in an alley, the alley is called Fenghuali, there are only three families in total, all of them cover an area of about ten acres of mansions, the three houses are 'product, font structure, Li Zhen's house is located at the top of the character type.

Although the house is not like the Liang Wangfu and the Wei Wangfu, it is also a very good old house, covering an area of more than ten acres, the old trees in the house are rooted, the shade is dense, the rockery pond fish, and there are many exquisite pavilions and pavilions.

The house is divided into three entrances, the outside is the kitchen, the stable and the lower room, the main hall in the middle, there is a small courtyard on each side, the backyard is the master's living place, surrounded by a circle of gardens, at this time most of the spring flowers have been gone, and the branches are full of green fruits.

"Childe, this is the back hall. ”

Uncle Lin pointed to a lobby that was laying floor tiles and said with a smile: "It turns out that this inner hall is basically unusable, and it doesn't stop leaking when it rains, but now it has been renovated, and even the main beams have been replaced, so there is no need to repair it for at least thirty years." ”

Li Zhen nodded, so far, he is very satisfied with this house, and he simply hopes that the eldest sister can sell her three-acre mansion and the family will move over.

At this time, a family member rushed over and shouted from afar: "Childe, someone is looking for you outside." ”

Li Zhen was stunned, who would look for him at this time, could it be Di Yan?

He turned around and walked outside, and walked to the front yard, only to see the fat man Jiuzhi standing anxiously in front of the shadow wall, looking inside, "Old fat, are you looking for me?"

Jiu Zhi saw Li Zhen, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull him and said, "Lao Li, I just got the news, come to Junchen-"

Li Zhen heard him mention Lai Junchen, and hurriedly waved his hand to stop him, "This is not the place to talk. ”

He looked back at the house, where many craftsmen were busy working, and it was inconvenient to speak, so he said, "Let's go to the wine shop next door." ”

The two of them left the mansion and came to a small wine shop diagonally opposite the alley, found a private room and sat down, Li Zhen took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "What do you say?"

Jiu Zhi has already joined the internal guard, Li Zhen gave full play to his well-informed advantage, ordered him to be in charge of intelligence, there are ten brothers under his command, and he can be regarded as a small leader, Jiu Zhi lowered his voice and said: "Lai Junchen arrested Shang Shusu of the Ministry of Industry this morning, on the charge of plotting rebellion, I heard that he was betrayed by his son. ”

"What's going on?" Li Zhen asked with a frown.

"I also specially inquired with an insider, it is said that Su's son was infatuated with a prostitute in Lijinglou, because he was jealous and killed someone, and finally fell into the hands of Lai Junchen, Su's son in order to get rid of the crime, he provided some evidence to Lai Junchen, and as a result, this morning Lai Junchen led someone to arrest Su directly, which caused a great shock in the court. ”

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and said: "Su is just a civil official, if he plots to rebel and has no external response, it will not be convincing, I think Junchen is not as simple as catching Su, there must be other plans, you go and inquire again, who is Su usually has the closest relationship with?"

"I'll go now"

Jiu Zhi got up to leave, but Li Zhen stopped him and said with a smile; Don't be in a hurry, I want to talk to you."

Jiuzhi had to sit down again, and Li Zhen smiled: "You have made a lot of money in this polo competition."

Jiu Zhi scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "It's not bad, the money given by Shangguan Sheren, as well as the final reward, add up to nearly a thousand yuan, and my house on the north bank of Luoshui has also been sold, and I plan to buy a house of three or five acres near Nanshi, so that it will be easy for Ah Ling's parents to pass that level." ”

"How are you and Ah Ling doing now?"

"It's better than before, I have a good relationship with her, the key is her parents, but this polo match, Xiao Ye's attitude towards me began to change, I heard Ah Ling say that her brother said a lot of good things about me, and her parents are no longer as rigid as before, and specially invited me to their house for dinner. ”

Li Zhen knew that although the fat man was more lustful, he was very single-minded, and he wanted to marry Ah Ling as his wife, but Ah Ling's parents refused to agree, although the reason was that the fat man used to visit brothels, but this reason was far-fetched, and the status of Ah Ling's family was not high, but he was a fur merchant, and in the final analysis, he disliked the status of Jiuzhi, his father was a Dunhuang butcher, and Jiuzhi himself was just a palace guard.

Although Li Zhen understood it in his heart, he couldn't say it, even if he was a good friend, it would really destroy the fate of Jiuzhi and A Ling, Li Zhen smiled and asked, "When are you going to go to A Ling's house for dinner?"

"It's Today"

Jiuzhi hesitated and said, "Xiao Xi will come with me, I know you are busy, so-"

Without waiting for Jiuzhi to finish speaking, Li Zhen smiled and said: "The old fat is going to see his future mother-in-law, how can I stand by and watch, I will also accompany you." ”

Jiu Zhi was immediately overjoyed, if Lao Li was willing to accompany him, the possibility of the success of this marriage would be greatly increased, he was afraid that Li Zhen would regret it, so he quickly got up and said with a smile: "I'm going to inquire about the news, I know a guard, he may know Su's old bottom, and he will have an answer tomorrow at the latest." ”

Jiu Zhi ran away as soon as he slipped away, and heard him shout from a distance: "Lao Li, I'll invite you to drink another day."

Li Zhen couldn't help laughing, it is rare to have someone who always maintains his true colors, this wine fat man is one of them, at this time, his brows gradually became solemn again, Lai Junchen actually arrested the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Su, this is obviously with Wu Zetian's tacit approval, and Su is the Ministry of Industry, if there is no conclusive evidence, Wu Zetian will not easily agree.

The crime is plotting to rebel, this is Lai Junchen is beginning to dig deep into the Xingtang Society, Su is his breakthrough, Su will inevitably be connected to a certain royal family, even if this Su is not a person from the Xingtang Society, but the royal family he is involved in must also be a person from the Xingtang Society.

Li Zhen immediately got up and paid for the wine, he planned to go to Shangguan Wan'er and listen to her thoughts, but Li Zhen just walked out of the door of the wine shop, and hesitated, Li Zhen stood at the door and pondered for a moment, he couldn't be in a hurry about this matter, he had to calm down, naturally someone would come to him.

Just as Li Zhen judged, he did not rush to find Shangguan Wan'er, and Shangguan Wan'er did not send anyone to find him, Shangguan Wan'er obviously calmed down and watched the development of Su's arrest.

For an afternoon, Li Zhen didn't hear anything, and it seemed that all the stakeholders were waiting to see what happened.

At dusk, Li Zhen rode a horse to Ah Ling's house in Fushan Fang, Ah Ling's parents' surname is Jiang, a native of Longxi, who has lived in Luoyang for 20 years, and currently has opened a fur shop in Nanshi, and the family is very wealthy, which can be seen from their house.

A Ling's house is a house covering an area of about five acres, a family of five lives here, in addition to her parents, A Ling also has two brothers, the eldest brother Jiang Lin followed his parents to do the fur business, and he will take over the store in the future, the second brother Jiang Ye, that is, Xiao Ye, who followed Li Zhen to play polo, he performed well in the polo tournament, and was favored by Wu Youxu, and called him into Qianniuwei and became a polo player of Qianniuwei.

When Li Zhen came to Jiang's house, it was a little later than the agreed time, Jiuzhi and Xiaoxi had already arrived first, Li Zhen just turned over and dismounted, Ah Ling's mother greeted her, and followed her father slowly, Ah Ling's parents were about forty years old, quite like the Conmaid couple, the mother was fat and tall, but the father was thin and small, completely shrouded by the shadow of his wife.

"Commander Lee, welcome"

Ah Ling's mother greeted her with a smile on her face, as if Li Zhen was her future son-in-law, in fact, if Li Zhen had taken a fancy to her daughter, she would have been willing to do it a long time ago, but it was the fat man who liked her daughter, her father was a Dunhuang butcher, and she was a little guard, so she didn't like it.

However, I heard that the fat man entered the internal guard and became a small leader, Ah Ling's mother's tone was a little looser, and with Li Zhen covering, the fat man would never be too bad, so he could barely consider it.

Li Zhen took out a box containing a pearl necklace, handed it to Ah Ling's mother and said with a smile: "This is the first time I come to the door, this is my little heart, please smile."

"Yo, why are you embarrassed to let Commander Li break the bank?"

Ah Ling's mother, Yan Shi, took the brocade box, felt very embarrassed, and hurriedly smiled: "Commander Li, please come in quickly"

Ah Ling's father didn't speak much, he was more taciturn, he just smiled and nodded to Li Zhen, and invited him into the house, the house was well cleaned up, very neat and clean, but there were gorgeous decorations everywhere, a little cheesy, and they came all the way to the lobby.

In the lobby, there were Jiuzhi and Xiao Xi, Ah Ling's eldest brother was talking with them, Xiao Ye was on duty today and was not at home, and Ah Ling was a little shy and hid in the house and refused to come out.

Li Zhen walked into the lobby, everyone stood up, Jiu Zhi glanced at him gratefully, Li Zhen was willing to give him face, then today's marriage is likely to be successful.

"Commander Lee, please sit here."

The Yan family gave up the main seat to Li Zhen, Li Zhen felt that it was a little inappropriate, and it was not him who came on a blind date, how could he sit on the main seat, isn't this just a hustle and bustle?

"Aunt is so polite"

Li Zhen hurriedly waved his hand, pointed to the seat next to Xiao Xi and said with a smile: "I'll just sit here."

Where was Yan willing to let Li Zhen sit in the last seat, she insisted on letting Li Zhen sit in the main seat, and personally laid a soft cushion on the couch, her excessive enthusiasm made everyone a little embarrassed, and the lobby was cold, but Yan Shi was unconscious, and still enthusiastically asked Li Zhen to sit down in the main seat.

Li Zhen was helpless, so he had to secretly smile bitterly, sat down on the main seat, and Yan asked the maid to change the tea again.