Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 325 The People of Pingkang Square 1
"If brother Li is willing to be a rich and idle person for the rest of his life, then what can I do!" Liu Qi said with a smile, "I can only blame myself for being blind and seeing the wrong person!"

Li Jingye opened his mouth, but couldn't speak. After a while, he forced a smile and said: "You will never misjudge someone!"

Seeing Li Jingye's back disappearing at the end of the corridor, Liu Qi shook his head and walked outside. Just after turning the corner, a person came over, it was Liu Weili.

"What do you think of Li Jingye?"

"It's not the same as us!" Liu Qidao: "So I try to let him know as little as possible!"

"So, he is a guy with a name in vain? Is it nonsense for the world to call him a hero?"

"No, he is indeed a rare hero, and he is very ambitious. But he just wants to use our power to change the status quo and realize his ambition, and then—" Liu Qi made a beheading gesture at this point .

"I see!" Liu Weili nodded: "I think you are right, the more he knows, the more likely he is to betray us!"

"That's right!" Liu Qi nodded: "Even if he wants to report on us now, he has nothing to report on. By the way, has this guy done anything recently? It seems that he is short of money! But according to his His family background should not be short of money, right?"

"It's not surprising!" Liu Weili laughed: "On a fair day in the UK, the family is ruled by the military and the law. Li Jingye can only use his room. Although there are a lot of them, it can't stand him spending so much money. A few days ago In the polo match in the womb, he bet heavily on the East Palace team, but he didn’t want the two sides to be tied, and no matter which side he bet on won, he would lose everything.”

"So that's what happened!" Liu Qi laughed: "God really wanted him to lose. By the way, did Wu Xiaoyi arrange someone to watch over him? He is the key. If he surrenders to the government, it will be troublesome." Very good!"

"I've already arranged someone to watch it!" Liu Weili said with a smile: "Actually, you don't have to worry about Xiao Yi, his family was destroyed by Empress Wu. If he had the opportunity to hold such a big enemy, how could he show up?"

"Be careful, I have been waiting for many years of hard work, and if I am not careful, it will be ruined!" Liu Qisu said: "Also, if you spread the news, say that there is little rain in winter and spring, not only the harvest in Guanzhong is bad, The river has dried up, and the amount of grain transshipped from Luoyang to Guanzhong has decreased. In order to resist the Tubo people and reduce grain consumption in Guanzhong, the imperial court conscripted [-] vicious youths from Chang'an to join the army!"

"Ah? Where did this news come from?" Liu Weili was taken aback: "How come I haven't heard any news about such a big event?"

"I heard it here, just now, that place!" Liu Qi pointed to the place where the few people chatted just now: "I heard it from three idlers!"

"Ah?" Liu Weili didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Aren't you joking? You can take the nonsense of a few idlers seriously? Can't you hear what is said at the gate of the West Market?"

"Of course I know it can't be true, but didn't you believe it just now?" Liu Qi said with a smile, "Don't you think the news seems to be true?"

"That's true!" Liu Weili nodded. Except for the last sentence that the imperial court wanted to conscript the vicious youngsters into the army, the rest of the news is true, and there are precedents for the imperial court to do so. The fake ones sound more real than the real ones. Moreover, even if the government refuted the rumors, it would be considered to calm the situation and would not doubt the truth of the news.

"Let's do this, add a handful of dry wood to the fire!" Liu Qi said with a smile: "Heat the water a little more."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away!" Liu Weili responded and left quickly.

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Pingkang Square.

Wu Xiaoyi walked into the square gate, passed Bodhi Temple and Wan'an Temple, and stopped in front of a dilapidated mansion.

Twenty-five years before the events we describe, the mansion of Chu Suiliang, the Minister Zuo Pushe who served as Minister Tuogu together with Changsun Wuji, was recognized by everyone as one of the most elegant and beautiful mansions in Chang'an.In the previous life of this house, there was a gorgeous gate. The horizontal plaque on the door was the imperial pen of Emperor Taizong: "The minister of the arm and arm". Of course, the imperial pen does not exist anymore.

Due to the light snowfall, there was no one on the street, Wu Xiaoyi stood there very abruptly, and the guard on duty came over when he saw this.Seeing this, Wu Xiaoyi hurriedly turned around and walked forward. Seeing that Xiaoyi had left, the gatekeeper didn't bother to catch up and ask, so he shook his head and went back.

Different from other workshops close to the imperial city, apart from dignitaries and dignitaries, there are also some not-so-respectable residents in Pingkangfang. This workshop has three alleys from the north gate to the east along the wall. They are Nanqu, Zhongqu, and Beiqu. All the people living here are Lehu prostitutes. It is said that Yan Lingbin, Wang Susu, Zheng Juju, Yang Miaoer, Wang Tuaner and other Chang'an famous prostitutes once lived here. .

Because it was still early, the doors on both sides of the street were basically closed, and the street seemed deserted.Wu Xiaoyi was strolling on the empty street, and a familiar scene flashed before his eyes. He couldn't help recalling the interesting things when he was young, and a smile appeared on his originally stern face.

At this time, the door of a small courtyard by the side of the road was pushed open, and a maidservant with a red lacquered toilet came out. She was yelling and walking towards the street, just bumping into Wu Xiaoyi. She was about to scold, but found that The person in front of me looked very familiar, and when I saw it again, I turned my anger into joy: "Isn't this Brother Yi? How long haven't we seen you? Come, come, come! Come and sit in the room!"

"I still have something to do, I'll visit again next time!" Wu Xiaoyi hastily declined.

"Next time, when is it going to be next time? I don't know how happy I am to know you're back!" After that, she didn't want the toilet, grabbed Wu Xiaoyi's arm and dragged her into the yard, shouting into the yard Said: "Xiao Niang, Xiao Niang, Brother B is back!"

"Xiaoyi is back?" There was a sudden commotion in the room, and the window was pushed open immediately, revealing a pretty face, her eyes lit up when she saw Wu Xiaoyi: "My friend, you are finally back, why are you standing outside? Hurry up, come inside, it's cold outside, Xiaoju, hurry up and prepare some soup and snacks!"

Wu Xiaoyi was entangled with the maidservant, another woman came out from the door, it was the one who was looking out the window just now, she rushed to Wu Xiaoyi's side in three steps at a time, grabbed his other arm, annoyed Said: "You haven't come to see me for so long, you must have forgotten Juju!" It turned out that she was Zheng Juju, a famous courtesan in Chang'an.

"How can there be such a thing?" Wu Xiaoyi looked embarrassed: "It's just that I've been busy all the time, so I can't spare time!"

(End of this chapter)