Chapter Seventy-Three: The County Lord's Treat
Someone is tracking.
It should be someone from the Jin Palace.
Li Wuchang didn't make any other moves recently, only a black fist last night, and he put down more than 20 guards of the Jin Palace, including many six-rank masters.
In addition, Li Wuchang also deliberately released a lot of fake news, the purpose was to confuse the public and lure the people of the Jin Palace.
This time the black fist should make Lu Yuanfeng's heart tremble, and it is normal to send a few people to monitor, which was originally expected by Li Wuchang.
The strategists of the Jin Palace, who are like rain, will definitely carefully consider various possibilities and come up with various ways to deal with them.
In the eyes of the Jin Palace, although Li Wuchang is a small miscellaneous fish, he is a kidnapper after all, and he cannot be ignored.
Li Wuchang felt that at least three people were following him, his martial arts were not very high, and Li Wuchang could even hear their rhythmic footsteps.
Before I knew it, I had walked to the East Market.
"Xiaoru, let's go, let's go to Bicui Silver Building, and I'll buy you jewelry. Li Wuchang raised his voice slightly.
The Emerald Silver House is the largest jewelry store in the East Market.
"Li Gongzi, you are here, please inside, this young lady, please too. The guy was very enthusiastic and beckoned Li Wuchang and Xiaoru to go upstairs.
In Dongshi, Li Wuchang is a celebrity, and the guys in that kind of big store know him.
The old shopkeeper received the news and hurriedly came out to entertain Li Wuchang.
"Lao Zhang, see this little beauty next to me, you recommend a beautiful set of jewelry. Li Wuchang sat down, crossed Erlang's legs, and explained his intention.
"Yes, Master Li. The old shopkeeper said respectfully.
Li Wuchang casually glanced down from the window.
The three stunned young people who were following were eating at the small stall below, and they stared at Bicui Lou after taking a bite.
It seems that they are ready to fight a protracted war.
The old shopkeeper had a good eye, and quickly picked out a set of jewelry for Xiaoru, which was very good-looking, Li Wuchang nodded and said, "Wrap it up!"
The old shopkeeper was very happy to see that Li Wuchang was as atmospheric as ever, and said yes again and again.
Xiao Ru tugged at Li Wuchang's sleeve and said softly, "Young Master, it's very expensive." ”
Li Wuchang blinked and said, "It's okay, you're the eldest lady!"
Xiao Ru was speechless for a while.
A total of six hundred taels, with Li Wuchang's current net worth, it is naturally a piece of cake, and he paid the silver happily and gave the old shopkeeper a tip of ten taels.
Xiaoru hugged the packaged jewelry and couldn't put it down.
Li Wuchang looked at Xiaoru's happy appearance, and his mood also improved.
Leaving the silver building, I came to the Dongli Restaurant not far away, and just had lunch, the three followers followed up again, followed up the restaurant, and found a seat in the hall and sat down.
When the shopkeeper Chen saw Li Wuchang coming, he came up to say hello, and then said: "Owner, today is the day to put new words, and old customers ask why there is only one song today, instead of two songs as usual, why don't you explain?"
Before Li Wuchang opened the restaurant, he wrote a lot of poems, most of which were famous chapters of the Tang and Song dynasties, and it has become a common practice to hang out two poems every once in a while.
Of course, the signature of the poem is the real author's name, but they all have a common identity, that is, Li Wuchang's cousin.
This has also become a strange talk in the literati circle in the capital, everyone knows that Li Wuchang has many talented cousins, but they are all dead.
Some people think it's strange and have specially investigated, but the Li family is a big family that has been around for hundreds of years, and the side branches are distributed all over Yongzhou, and there are too many people in Li Wuchang's cousin, and it is too difficult to investigate.
Someone else specifically asked Li Lingwu, but Li Lingwu was vague and said that he didn't care much about this.
Today is the day of new words.
Li Wuchang was puzzled: "Yes, why did I only play one song today? Isn't it? No, I remember I wrote a lot." ”
The old shopkeeper explained: "The owner, you have instructed before, if it is your cousin's poem, put two poems, put one cousin's poem, and today it is your cousin Li Qingzhao's lyrics." ”
Li Wuchang patted his head and said, "Yes, yes, cousin put on a song." ”
Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Shi and others are cousins, and Li Qingzhao is of course cousin.
The old shopkeeper said again: "Lord Ting is here again, he is in the private room upstairs, and there is a group of sons and brothers next to him, and he wants to talk to the owner just now, you see?"
Li Wuchang instructed: "Old Chen, you go find a private room first, get some delicious food, let Xiaoru eat first, and I will deal with that group." ”
Xiao Ru said: "Young master, don't you eat, you didn't eat in the morning." ”
Li Wuchang said: "It's okay, you eat first, I'll come over later." ”
With that, he hurried upstairs.
The old shopkeeper arched his hand and took Xiaoru down.
......
"Oh, Lord Ting, you're here again, you're really welcome!" Li Wuchang walked into the largest private room and saw Lu Ting at a glance.
There were several more people in there.
Guo Yunling and Lin Qin, the two of Lu Ting's sworn friends, are here, and there are a few other sons and daughters who admire Lu Ting, who are not very familiar with each other, they are all sons and daughters of major families, and they usually like to write poems and lyrics.
"Miss Lin and Miss Guo are also here, hello...... There are also Brother Zhang, Brother Yan, Brother Du, Brother He, all the great talents, you can patronize it, the small shop is really splendid. Li Wuchang greeted politely.
"Hmph, Li Wuchang, tell me, this Li Qingzhao is also your cousin? Also, why did you only put one poem today?" Lu Ting couldn't wait to ask the question in her heart.
"The red lotus fragrance remnants of the jade in autumn, lightly relieve Luo Shang, and go on the Lanzhou alone. ”
"Who in the clouds sent the brocade book? When the word goose returned, the moon was full in the west building. ”
"Flowers float and water flow freely, a kind of lovesickness, two places of leisure. ”
There is no way to eliminate this situation, so I frowned, but I was in my heart. ”
Li Wuchang looked at the newly hung "A Cut Plum" on the wall, read it out slowly, and then said with a smile: "Lord Ting, don't you think this poem was written by a woman?"
Lu Ting's eyes lit up and said, "Is it really written by a woman?"
Li Wuchang nodded and said, "Li Qingzhao, my cousin, it is precisely because I am my cousin that I only put one song today." ”
Then he arched his hand to the surroundings and continued: "God is jealous of talent, my cousin passed away at a young age, I specially took out one of her words today for everyone to enjoy, I am a big old man, I don't know poetry, and I hope that all talented women, great talents will not hesitate to give evaluations." ”
Hearing that this poem was written by a woman, the people around exploded and talked about it.
Lu Ting, Guo Yunling, and Lin Qin were all red-faced, very excited, as if they were honored, and the expressions of all the great talents were not very good, and they were all a little unnatural.
It's easy to understand.
Since ancient times, a woman's lack of talent is virtue, and writing poems and articles is generally a man's business, but now there is such a good poem in front of him, but Li Wuchang told them that they were written by a woman.
It's no wonder that Lu Ting and the three of them were excited, and thought to themselves, it turns out that a woman can also have such a talent.
You don't look good on your face, you originally wanted to curry favor with the county lord Ting, and by the way, you showed off your talent, but you found that your talent couldn't catch up with a woman, which is really ironic.
After Lu Ting was excited, she looked at Li Wuchang and frowned: "Why did you pass away again, don't say anything jealous of talents, this god is not so short-sighted, specifically pit your cousin and cousin." ”
Li Wuchang shrugged his shoulders and said, "Tingjun mainly doesn't like the word jealousy of talents, so I'll put it another way, how about a thin life...... Don't frown, my cousin is gone, and I'm sad. ”
Lu Ting glared at Li Wuchang angrily and said fiercely: "There is no truth. ”
Li Wuchang looked at Guo Yunling and shouted: "Wronged, Miss Guo, you know, I am notoriously honest, you can testify to me quickly, Lord Ting has misunderstood me." ”
Guo Yunling said with a smile: "If you are honest, you will not be able to find anything bold in the entire Chang'an City." ”
Li Wuchang looked at Lin Qin again and said, "Miss Lin, you can be fair, Miss Guo has a grudge, and she always thinks about how to fix me." ”
Lin Qin covered her mouth and chuckled, but did not make a sound, and looked at "A Cut Plum" on the wall again, and seemed to appreciate it very much.
At this time, the old shopkeeper pushed the door in and said a word in Li Wuchang's ear.
Li Wuchang arched his hand at everyone and said: "Little brother is entangled in mundane affairs, go and explain a small matter first, and then come to greet you later, Shopkeeper Chen, help me greet all the VIPs." ”
......
Li Wuchang came to the special room behind the restaurant, where Jiang Minglun was already waiting.
He and Zhao Xun were in charge of monitoring the movements of Jinchangfang, and after a morning passed, Jiang Minglun came back to report the situation.
Jiang Minglun said excitedly: "Stunned, the guards of the Jin Palace's mansion really withdrew, leaving only a few people staring." ”
Li Wuchang said: "See clearly? Don't be suspicious." ”
Jiang Minglun analyzed: "Brother Xun and I also suspected it, so we investigated silently in Jinchangfang for a morning, afraid of missing something, so we were very careful, but there was still no abnormality, only two people were left patrolling secretly, and the martial arts were not high, we followed them and did not find us in the whole street, it seems that tonight is a good opportunity." ”
Li Wuchang said: "There is a trouble now. ”
Jiang Minglun didn't know why, and looked at Li Wuchang suspiciously, waiting for the following.
Li Wuchang got up and motioned for Jiang Minglun to follow.
The two walked into the downstairs hall of the restaurant, and at lunchtime, the crowd was buzzing.
Li Wuchang whispered: "Don't make too many moves, quietly glance at the third table to the west, they are estimated to be from the Jin Palace, and they have followed here from the Li Mansion." ”
Jiang Minglun understood, glanced at it casually, and sure enough, there were three strong men eating, their eyes kept scanning, and when they saw Jiang Minglun looking over, they hurriedly avoided it.
"Are the people of the Jin Palace's Mansion suspicious of you?" Jiang Minglun asked softly.
"Suspicion is not enough, it should be just in case. Li Wuchang replied.
"That's really a trouble, we must not deliberately get rid of them, otherwise it is equivalent to telling the Jin Mansion that we have ghosts in our hearts, but if we don't get rid of them, how can we do things, and you will be in charge of the overall situation at night." Jiang Minglun frowned.
"You go get something to eat first, I have a way. Li Wuchang said with a smile.
After Li Wuchang finished speaking, he walked into Lu Ting's private room again.
You can take advantage of Lu Ting.
"Lord Ting, I'm back again, hey, I'm entangled in mundane affairs, I didn't entertain Lord Ting and you well, I'll punish myself first. Li Wuchang walked in and apologized.
Everyone is already eating.
The old shopkeeper made the kitchen do his best, and even made a few new dishes that had not yet been launched in the restaurant, and everyone was addicted, but the wine had not been touched much.
Lu Ting took a small drink, frowned, and said, "Your wine is too domineering, I really don't understand why my father likes it so much." ”
Li Wuchang laughed and said: "Bold people and rough people like to drink, His Royal Highness King Qi is a bold person, and I am a rough person." ”
After that, he drank another big drink.
Seeing that everyone was very happy, Li Wuchang said again: "I only put a poem today, and I didn't let Lord Ting and everyone enjoy it, this meal is mine, and in addition, I am also going to invite other people in the restaurant to drink." ”
Then he pushed open the door of the private room, walked out into the hallway, cleared his throat, and shouted, "Everyone, please be quiet, be quiet." ”
The restaurant quickly fell silent, and everyone looked at Li Wuchang.
Li Wuchang continued: "Today, I have the patronage of the county lord of the Qi Wang's mansion in the Dongli Restaurant, and I am deeply honored to be contemptible for the guests here. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone applauded.
"Thank you, Lord Ting!"
"Lord Tingjun is atmospheric!"
All kinds of praises were endless, making Lu Ting, who was following Li Wuchang, a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "You will engage in these bells and whistles." ”
Li Wuchang laughed, pulled the shopkeeper Chen aside, and whispered: "There are several pots of wine on each table, and the third table on the west side of the hall has three pots of the strongest wine, remember, it must be the strongest." ”
Shopkeeper Chen left in response.
After a while, a large ticket of men began to move wine, and there were them on every table.
Li Wuchang said again: "Everyone, please drink as much as you want, you must finish drinking, otherwise you won't give face to Lord Ting, come, I'll give you a glass first." ”
The group below applauded loudly and raised their glasses and drank it all.
Guo Yunling pursed his lips and snorted: "You Li Er is stunned, what the hell are you doing?"
Li Wuchang smiled: "What's the matter, isn't it that Lord Ting was a little angry just now, I want to find a way to make her a little, it just so happens that everyone is happy." ”
He glanced at the three big men of the Jin Palace, and saw that they had already started drinking, and they were a little energetic, Li Wuchang was secretly happy.
Drink, drink, these pots are enough to put down a few of you.