Return to the Tang Dynasty to be a villain

Chapter 43: The Golden Glory

After a long conversation with Niu Xianke, Qin Yi understood the other party's ambitions.

Niu Xianke does feel depressed about his current life in the Jishiyuan, and his real ambition is to fight on the battlefield.

As the red sun gradually set in the west, Niu Xianke finally said goodbye and left Qin Yi's public housing.

When Qin Yi remembered the appointment with Lai Junchen in the evening, he quickly got up, hurried out of the Jishiyuan and walked towards the courtyard where he lived.

When he returned home, Qin Zhong and others were also waiting for him.

As soon as they saw Qin Yi at this moment, the two maids Hongwei and Luqi immediately exclaimed.

"Da Lang, you are really...really..."

Luqi murmured, trying to find a word to describe Qin Yi, but she was at a loss for words.

"You are truly extraordinary today."

Hongwei, who was older and knew more words, said something.

"That's right," Luqi's face flushed with shame, and she said in a soft, mosquito-like voice, "My dear, you look very impressive today."

Qin Yi smiled and waved his hand, dusting off his green robe.

"This is nothing, it's just a green robe. In time, for your Dalang, even the scarlet robe, the purple robe, or even the yellow robe will become more valuable."

He was still drunk and his words were a little off-topic.

But before she could utter the word "yellow robe", Hongwei stepped forward and covered her mouth.

Hongwei gave Qin Yi a cold look and smelled the alcohol on him. She knew that Qin Yi had been drinking.

However, she did not dare to blame the other party. After all, Qin Yi was the master, and she was just a maid. She had no right to interfere in the distinction between superiors and inferiors.

In addition, knowing that Qin Yi was a new official, he would have to have some social engagements. Although Hong Wei was a servant, she grew up in the Licheng County Mansion, so she understood this principle.

She quickly grabbed Qin Yi's hand and pulled him into the bedroom, pushed him onto the couch and asked him to sit down. Hongwei turned around and wanted to wet a hot towel to wipe Qin Yi's face to sober him up.

Looking at Hong Wei's graceful figure from behind, Qin Yi sniffed the hand she had pulled close to his nose, and a smile appeared on his face.

If he had not lived in the Wu Zhao Dynasty and met a cruel and ruthless female emperor, how comfortable would his life be with no worries about food and clothing and beautiful maids serving him.

Qin Zhong watched Hong Wei walk out of Qin Yi's room before walking in.

"Da Lang, this time I brought back fifty glass bottles, one hundred glass boxes, and five strong men."

Qin Zhong went straight to the point and reported to Qin Yi the task that the other party had assigned to him.

Qin Yi nodded and raised his hand to point in the direction of the city wall.

"The place at home is so cramped, so you can take them there and build a shack to live in."

Qin Zhong immediately understood what Qin Yi meant.

The space in this yard is really cramped now, and there are two little girls, Hongwei and Luqi, at home.

With Gao Xianzhi and Qin Zhong added to the mix, the living space was already a bit tight.

This time he brought back five men. These people were coming in and out of the yard all day long. Not only was it really crowded, but the neighbors would also become suspicious if they saw them.

However, Qin Zhong still had some doubts in his heart.

During these days, he looked at the products of Hongwei and Luqi, as well as the glass products of Caodianzi Village, and Qin Zhong also recognized Qin Yi's creative ideas.

He originally thought that the five men were called back to expand the production capacity in Chang'an, but Qin Yi had them build shacks outside the city to live in, which took a lot of time to go in and out of the city every day.

Seeing the doubt in Qin Zhong's eyes, Qin Yi knew that he could no longer hide his plan from him.

He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, on which was a design drawing he had drawn.

According to Qin Yi's idea, he needed these people to dig a tunnel from outside the city to under the city wall first.

Wait until the space inside the city wall is dug out, and then dig from both the city wall and the courtyard.

In this way, the secret space inside the city wall has two exits: inside the city and outside the city.

Qin Yi also had a passage leading out of the city.

Although he was very confident that he could thrive in this era, Qin Yi still exercised caution and left himself a way to escape from Chang'an at any time.

After Qin Yi finished his explanation, Qin Zhong finally realized how bold and presumptuous his young master was.

However, Qin Zhong was used to his misbehavior, so he didn't think too much about it. He turned around and left Qin Yi's courtyard with the five people.

Qin Yi then went to the backyard and moved all the glassware Qin Zhong brought back there, and told Hongwei and Luqi to put the perfume, soap and dough in it.

"Alas," Qin Yi sighed, seeing that Gao Xianzhi was the only one left in the courtyard, "We're still a little short of manpower."

Actually, Qin Yi has quite a few people he can use now.

Wei Xian and Wang Wuzhe have both sincerely submitted to him, and Gao Xianzhi and Li Siye, two famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, have now been recruited by him. In total, he has a large number of talented people under his command.

But when the time came for him to need people, Qin Yi found that he was still stretched to the limit.

In desperation, he could only send Gao Xianzhi to the shop on Zhuque Street to call Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong back. After all, our young master, the dignified Qin Yi, the acting head of the Imperial Court, was going to visit Lai Junchen at night, so he couldn't go by himself in a carriage.

After Gao Xianzhi called the Zhang brothers back, Hongwei and Luqi packed all the products and took out ten items of each and placed them in three small boxes.

So, Zhang Yizhi drove the carriage, pulling Qin Yi and three boxes, and Zhang Changzong followed behind the carriage, and they arrived at the gate of Lai Junchen's mansion.

After stuffing a small string of money into the gatekeeper's pocket and explaining his identity, the man quickly turned around and ran into the mansion.

Qin Yi had waited for less than a moment when a man in his thirties, who looked 70% similar to Lai Junchen, came out to greet him.

After exchanging greetings, Qin Yi learned that the man's name was Lai Zicheng, Lai Junchen's eldest son, and he now served as the Palace Censor.

When Lai Zicheng saw the boxes that the Zhang brothers took down from the carriage, he quickly had them carried into the mansion.

Qin Yi asked the Zhang brothers to wait outside the mansion, and naturally the servants who came to the mansion brought them tea and food.

Following Lai Zicheng, Qin Yi walked through the halls and rooms and headed towards the depths of Lai's mansion.

Along the way, even though Qin Yi came from modern times, he was still amazed by Lai Junchen's mansion.

The Lai Mansion covers an area of ​​about one hundred acres. In the center of the mansion, outside the main hall, is a small lake of about thirty acres.

There is a small island in the lake, connected to the lakeshore by a nine-curve bridge.

Around the lake, there are many pavilions and towers hidden among the green trees.

Every two steps along the way, there would be two maids whose beauty was no less than Hongwei and Luqi standing on both sides of the road.

There are also many rare birds and animals roaming around, such as peacocks and sika deer.

Just when Qin Yi was sighing that compared with Lai Mansion, his father's Licheng County Mansion was just like a low-rent housing, Lai Zicheng stood outside a brightly lit hall and extended his hand to him as a gesture to invite him in.

Qin Yi hurriedly stepped into the hall. As soon as he entered, he felt that this place was truly magnificent.

This lobby covers an area of ​​about 300 square meters, with a ceiling height of about five meters. Looking up, the entire lobby is magnificent with carved beams and painted pillars.

Hanging from the caisson is a golden lotus with a diameter of about one meter. It is a chandelier.

The candles on the ceiling are probably mixed with Canaan incense, and the burning smoke is filled with an intoxicating smell.

The ground under Qin Yi's feet was paved with white marble. In the middle was a square pit of about 100 square meters, sunken one meter downwards.

In the center of the square pit is a circular pool of about 30 square meters. In the center of the pool stand seven fairy statues carved from green jade and as tall as real people.

The seven statues are clustered towards the center, with their arms raised high, holding up a sky made of crystal, which is crystal clear.

The most ingenious thing is that a mist is spreading from the bottom of the crystal, making the center of the square pit smoky and like a fairyland.

Outside the pool, there are forty or fifty charming dancers, wearing only a few pieces of clothing, dancing gracefully to the sound of stringed instruments.

At this moment, Lai Junchen was sitting on the highest seat in the hall, and more than ten men in gorgeous clothes and with extraordinary demeanor were sitting at the table on the steps.

At this moment, these people were hugging the girls left and right, drinking and flirting with the girls around them.

There were more than ten beautiful girls leaning against and crawling at Lai Junchen's side and feet. Each of these women was graceful and charming.

They were trying their best to seduce Lai Junchen with their charming manners, but he seemed unmoved at all, and was just concentrating on combing the hair of the Fulin dog in his arms.

Lai Zicheng walked to Lai Junchen's side, bent down and reminded him in his ear that Qin Yi had arrived.

Lai Junchen raised his eyes when he heard this, and a smile immediately appeared on his face when he saw Qin Yi.

Raising his hand, he handed the Fulin dog to Lai Zicheng, and Lai Junchen waved at Qin Yi.

"Teacher." Qin Yi hurriedly walked to Lai Junchen and bowed to him.

Lai Junchen stood up from behind the table, walked to Qin Yi, took Qin Yi's hand, and brought him to the people who were drinking and having fun.

"This is the Left Censor Wang Hongyi."

"This is the Minister of Justice, Mr. Guo Hongba."

"This is the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Wei Suizhong."

As Lai Junchen introduced the story, Qin Yi heard familiar names one after another.

These people are Lai Junchen's loyal followers and minions.

Qin Yi saluted them one by one, and these people kept praising Qin Yi for his promising young age and handsome appearance.

"Teacher," after greeting everyone, Qin Yi pulled Lai Junchen aside.

"I have brought you some gifts, which I have just given to Dalang. These are very novel. I hope you will take a look at them when you have time, dear teacher."

The reason why Qin Yi had to give Lai Junchen a special reminder was because the other party received too many rare treasures every day, and most of them were put into the warehouse without even looking at them.

Qin Yi's words aroused Lai Junchen's curiosity.

He always knew that his student was eccentric, and for a moment he became interested.

(End of this chapter)