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Chapter 41 Uninvited (Two in One)

The next day.

Early in the morning, Li Yi took Guo and Chen Xiaoniang to Zhengyangfang.

The three of them rented a donkey cart and slowly entered the inner city.

Perhaps because she was born in a remote village and had never seen the outside world since she was a child, Chen Xiaoniang sat on the donkey cart, looking left and right, curious about everything.

The little girl left her hometown and came to Tokyo. She had no relatives and should have felt scared and confused.

Fortunately, Li Yi and Guo were both friendly people, and Chen Xiaoniang was young and still had some childishness, so she adapted quickly.

After a while, the three of them arrived at the new house in Zhengyangfang.

At this time, there were many craftsmen and helpers busy at work in the house, and the plaque on the gate had been changed to the four words "Peace and Prosperity in the Country and the People".

Li Yi felt that the four words he chose were more well-structured than the original "Ruichang Tongtai".

As the three entered the house, an official hurriedly approached them with a flattering smile on his face. He said, "Envoy Li, if you have any instructions, please send someone to inform us. How could you trouble me to come here in person?"

Li Yi remembered that the official seemed to be called Qi Zhengshen, and his job was the Left School Secretary under the supervision of the Chief Secretary, a minor official under the ninth rank.

Previously, the queen not only rewarded the house, but also sent people from the Chief of Construction to repair the house for Li Yi free of charge.

This Zuo Xiaoshu Cheng was sent to supervise the work of the craftsmen.

"I came to take a look when I had nothing to do."

After replying, Li Yi asked again, "Secretary Qi, when will this house be ready?"

He had been rich in his previous life. He was lucky when he was in college and made his first fortune by speculating in cryptocurrencies. After graduation, he caught up with the short video trend and set up an internet celebrity incubation company.

Although he didn't make it to the top, he made some money and lived in a small villa before he was 30 years old.

However, Li Yi had never dared to imagine owning a house of this level, especially in a prime location in the capital.

Therefore, he couldn't help but feel a little impatient.

"Don't worry, Li Dushi. I will supervise the craftsmen carefully, and they will be able to move in within the next two days at the latest."

The Left School Secretary promised, and Li Yi nodded when he heard it: "Thank you, Secretary Qi, for your concern."

"No worries, no worries..."

Perhaps to show how hard he worked, the Secretary Qi began to bustle around the house in front of Li Yi.

Sometimes he directed the craftsmen to do this and that, and sometimes he scolded the helpers not to be lazy.

He even rolled up his sleeves and did the work himself.

Li Yi knew that the other party was just pretending in front of him, so he was too lazy to pay attention to him and took Guo and the other two to stroll around the house.

"So lovely……"

Chen Xiaoniang had never seen such a beautiful house. Perhaps she could not even dream that there was such a magnificent scenery in the world.

The little girl couldn't help looking here and touching there, her mouth wide open in amazement.

"My dear, can I live here in the future?"

Chen Xiaoniang held Guo's hand and whispered that she and Guo had been eating and sleeping together these days, and their relationship was very close.

Just as Guo was about to answer, Li Yi, in a teasing mood, put on a fake stern face and interrupted, "No, you can only live in the breakfast shop."

"I..." Chen Xiaoniang pouted as if she wanted to cry, but she didn't dare to refute anything.

Guo said coquettishly, "You, stop teasing her."

Perhaps she saw her own shadow in Chen Xiaoniang, and thinking of her own tragic experience in her youth, she couldn't help but feel sympathy.

Therefore, Guo treated Chen Xiaoniang with special care and did not treat her as an outsider at all.

Then she comforted him, "If Alang doesn't want you to come live here, I'll live with you in the breakfast shop and let him guard this big house alone."

Hearing this, how could Li Yi agree? Seeing that a happy sex life was just around the corner, he was also thinking about discussing life with Guo at night.

How could it be ruined by a little girl?
Li Yi quickly said, "I was just kidding. I will definitely arrange a room of your own for you when the time comes."

After getting Li Yi's promise, Chen Xiaoniang became happy again.

"Sister-in-law, what do you think of this house?"

By the small pond in the back garden, Chen Xiaoniang was squatting and looking at the lotus flowers. Li Yi took the opportunity to pull Guo's hand, placed it in his palm and gently stroked it.

Guo's face flushed slightly, but she didn't resist. Hearing this, she said softly, "This house is great. It's as big as the one in Beizhou before, and it's even more exquisite and elegant."

The Beizhou house mentioned by Mrs. Guo was the Guo family mansion that was looted by the Khitan troops. It seemed that she still remembered it after all these years.

On the contrary, although Li Yi inherited the original owner's memory, he did not have much impression of the house in Beizhou.

But if you think about it, this house in front of you can be considered a luxury house even in Daliang City, Tokyo.

Beizhou is far less prosperous than Tokyo, so it is normal that the Guo family mansion is not as luxurious as this house.

Seeing that Guo was feeling a little down, Li Yi took her into his arms and comforted her: "Our lives will get better and better in the future. With me here, I will not let you suffer any more grievances."

"Erlang~" Guo looked up at Li Yi, her eyes seemed to be about to overflow with tears.

Li Yi's heart was moved. Smelling the fragrance emanating from Guo's hair, he couldn't help but slowly lower his head.

Seeing this, Guo's body trembled slightly. Feeling the touch on her lips, she finally closed her eyes and let him suck her.

Half an hour later, Li Yi and the other two left Zhengyangfang.

Then he drove the donkey cart to Kaifeng Prefecture.

Although the key to the house had been obtained, the house deeds and land deeds still had to go through Kaifeng Prefecture. When he arrived at the government office, Li Yi learned that the procedures had been completed.

He only needed to sign and seal the document and leave a copy for archive, and the house would belong to him completely.

……

"Envoy Li, take care."

Officials from the Kaifeng government office escorted Li Yi and the other two to the door.

After taking a few steps, Li Yi suddenly thought of something and quickly turned around to stop the official who was about to return to the government office.

He asked, "Sir Zhao, where can I hire these servants in Tokyo?"

Li Yi had previously ignored this issue.

The new house is so big that Guo can't rely on herself to take care of it all. Even if she has Chen Xiaoniang to help her, it is still not an easy task.

Besides, now that I am rich, my family should enjoy the life with me. How can I let Guo continue to work hard?

"If Envoy Li wants to hire some odd jobs, there are quite a few brokers in the West Street Market in the outer city. Just ask them for help in finding one."

"As for servants, we in Kaifeng Prefecture do have some official slaves. I can take Envoy Li to take a look and see if there are any that he is satisfied with."

At this point, the official remembered something and quickly added, "I forgot that when His Majesty ordered the confiscation of the houses in Zhengyangfang, the original servants were also taken as official slaves..."

"That's perfect." Without waiting for the other party to finish, Li Yi said immediately, "Please ask Minister Zhao to take me to see those official slaves."

He added, "They are the slaves who were confiscated along with the house." Li Yi felt that those people had originally worked in the house and should be familiar with the affairs of the house. They would be more convenient to use, saving the need to hire new people and train them from scratch.

Immediately, the officials took Li Yi to select people.

Unexpectedly, Fan Aineng was quite wealthy. He had confiscated more than 10 to 20 slaves, including doormen, maids and servants, as well as dancers and musicians.

After careful selection, Li Yi finally took away two maids, an old nanny, two odd jobs, a doorman and a horse servant.

He didn't need the other dancers, musicians, etc., so he naturally didn't care about them.

Since official slaves had to be bought with money, Li Yi bought the indentures of these people from the Kaifeng government. The government gave him a friendly price, and the total cost was less than 100 strings of cash.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yi and the other two returned to their house in Zhengyangfang with the servants.

"Here are ten strings of cash. Use them to buy some food and utensils. Stay in the house for now. I'll deal with other matters after I move in in a couple of days."

The doorman was an old man in his fifties named Zheng Ada, who looked honest and kind. Li Yi handed him some money and gave him a few instructions.

Anyway, the indentures of these people are in my hands, so I am not afraid that they will run away.

Moreover, in this chaotic world, a slave without status has no other way to survive except to rely on his master.

When everything was ready, it was almost dusk.

Li Yi did not delay any longer and took Guo and Chen Xiaoniang back to the breakfast shop.

……

July, the sixth day of the first lunar month. Ren Zi, auspicious, suitable for moving house.

The house in Zhengyangfang had been renovated, so Li Yi chose this day to move into his new home.

As for the breakfast shop next to Longjin Bridge, it was originally rented from someone else, but after returning to the court, Li Yi bought it.

Although the shop is a bit shabby and simple, Guo has lived here for several years after all, so he is somewhat nostalgic.

Li Yi simply offered a price that satisfied the homeowner and took the breakfast shop's title deed and land deeds into his pocket.

However, he was not planning to let Guo continue to run the shop, so he just kept it here as a decoration.

On the day of moving to a new house, Li Yi did not hold a grand celebration. He only invited Ma Renyu and a few other playmates from Xiajin.

There are certain rules for entertaining guests these days. Either you invite everyone or you don’t. Otherwise, if you invite some but not others, you will definitely offend people.

Besides, Li Yi had just been promoted not long ago, and he was not very familiar with many mid- and high-level generals. There was no reason to invite them rashly.

As for those low-level lieutenants and soldiers, Li Yi knew quite a few of them, but there were too many of them to invite all at once.

It would be better to wait until things stabilize and then slowly win them over.

However, what Li Yi did not expect was that although he did not make a big fuss about it, some people still showed up uninvited on the moving day.

"Envoy Wang Du, Envoy Han Du, I am sorry for not coming to greet you."

"Please come in, please come in!" Li Yi hurriedly welcomed the visitor into the house.

The ones who came were Wang Shenqi and Han Chongyun, and his arrival was beyond his expectation.

Wang Shenqi was easier to deal with. After all, when he went to support King Wei, he was Li Yi's deputy general. The two had fought side by side and had some friendship.

Han Chongyun really has nothing to do with Li Yi.

However, if you think about their military positions, you can see some clues.

Both were promoted after the Battle of Gaoping.

Wang Shenqi was the commander-in-chief of the Second Army of the Left Wing of the Iron Cavalry, and Han Chongyun was the commander-in-chief of the First Army of the Right Wing of the Iron Cavalry.

Moreover, the two of them had served together in the left and right guards in front of the palace.

Historically, Wang Shenqi and Han Chongyun were also members of the Ten Brothers of Yishe.

Although Li Yi has traveled through time and space and has not heard of the existence of ten brothers, the private relationship between the two must be unusual.

Thinking about it this way, it is very likely that Wang Shenqi brought Han Chongyun here.

"Congratulations to Envoy Li Du on his new home."

"I have prepared a small gift, and I hope Envoy Li will accept it..."

Wang Shenqi and Han Chongyun were both ten years older than Li Yi, and had more seniority in the imperial guards than Li Yi. However, they did not take advantage of their seniority, but were very polite instead.

"You two are here to give me, Li Yi, face. Given our friendship, wouldn't it hurt our relationship to talk about money?"

Li Yi talked nonsense without blushing at all, and people who didn't know the truth would really think that he had a deep friendship with the two of them.

Although Ma Renyu, who was standing next to him, did not speak, he looked at Li Yi with admiration.

Look at Brother Yi... He is worthy of being the leader of our gang since he was young, and he always speaks nicely!

"Haha...we should get closer to Li Dushi in the future!"

Wang Shenqi smiled readily. He had gotten along with Li Yi when he was in Xinzhou and had even fought the Battle of Xinkou together. He was quite close to Li Yi when facing him.

On the contrary, Han Chongyun had little chance to speak, but Li Yi did not ignore his presence.

Li Yi took the initiative to support Han Chongyun's arm and sighed, "Back then, when I joined the army under the late emperor, Han Dushi was the commander of the late emperor's personal guard and he took good care of me."

Han Chongyun was confused. He was indeed the personal guard in front of the tent at that time, but he had no impression of Li Yi. The other party's height and appearance were so outstanding that it would be difficult for him to forget him easily if he had dealt with him before.

However, hearing what Li Yi said so confidently, he just thought that his memory had declined due to his age, which was why he couldn't remember clearly.

As Li Yi spoke, he invited the two into the main hall.

He then introduced Zhao Yanwu and the other two to Wang Han and explained that they were his playmates from his hometown and that they had come to help with the move today.

Li Yi said this to avoid embarrassment for the two of them.

You can't say that you only invited people close to you, so you weren't invited because you weren't close enough, right?

Just as Li Yi and Wang Han were chatting, the doorman Zheng Ada suddenly ran in and announced that two people named Zhao had come to congratulate the host.

Your surname is Zhao?
Li Yi was a little confused for a moment. Since he could come to congratulate him, he must have a close relationship with him.

But he didn't remember that he was in the army and knew two generals with the surname Zhao.

Li Yi apologized to Wang Shenqi and Han Chongyun, and asked Ma Renyu to temporarily entertain them.

Then he walked towards the gate.

Unexpectedly, when he saw the person coming at the door, Li Yi was surprised.

The person who came was a big man with a dark face. Who else could it be but Zhao Kuangyin?
Then, Li Yi noticed that there was a fair and tender little fat boy following Zhao Da.

And apart from the difference in skin color, the little fat boy looks like he was carved from the same mold as Zhao Da.

Damn...Zhao Er?
　It is difficult to separate the two chapters, so the two chapters are combined into one.

　　I beg all readers to read on.

　　Thank you!

　　
　
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