The night breeze is as cool as water, the stars are all over the sky, a melodious guzheng dingdong sounds, the voice is like crying, and the heart is sad to hear. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the mutual market outside the customs!

It was still the same small courtyard building, still the same spacious hall, the small red clay stove was blazing, and the hot water kettle on the stove was steaming, but no one reached out to lift it.

"Where's Yue'er? If it rains tonight, will he be drenched in ......" The eldest grandson's face was sad, his hands were gently plucked on the zither, and tears were faintly hanging from the corners of his eyes.

Li Shimin lay on his back in the rocking chair at the door, holding his favorite Spring and Autumn bamboo slips in his hand, but he couldn't read a word.

In an uproar, the emperor was angry for some reason, and suddenly threw the ancient book in his hand to the ground, the rope broke, and the bamboo slips were scattered all over the ground.

"Guanyin, the kettle is open, I want to drink tea, hurry up and make tea for me!" Li Shimin yelled, he obviously didn't want to drink tea, but there was a sense of anger in his heart and he was uncomfortable.

There were not only the eldest grandsons in the hall, but also Concubine Yang and two noble ladies, plus four or five important ministers of the court. Everyone knew that the emperor was in a wrong mood, and when they saw his angry voice, they all fell silent.

The eldest grandson silently picked up the kettle and got up to brew tea, the green tea was refreshing, and the house was full of fragrance, but Li Shimin suddenly sighed, and Xiao Suo said: "Forget it, don't soak it, don't drink it." ”

Several ministers in the room looked at each other, and one of them said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, you have not reviewed the chapter for three days, and the schedule of returning to Chang'an has been delayed again and again, and the ministers know that you are angry in your heart, but it is ......" He looked forward to Ai Ai for a long time, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "But the world can do without Jingyang Hou, but you can't do without you." ”

"If there is no one in this world, everyone will turn the same!" Li Shimin shouted loudly and said angrily: "I only rested for three days, you can't handle things, how can you help me govern the world?" ”

This is simply unreasonable, ministers can only deal with small things, how to have the right to govern the country, that is the qualification of the emperor.

But there is no way, since ancient times, the king is like a tiger, and when the emperor is in a bad mood, he will not be unreasonable if he wants to. The poor minister's proposal was obviously old, but he was scolded by Li Shimin. He arched his hand helplessly and slowly stepped aside.

Several ministers secretly glanced at each other, and they all set their eyes on the eldest grandson Wuji. Everyone's meaning is obvious, you are the uncle of the country, and you are related to the emperor, you have enjoyed all the treatment you should enjoy, and you have to resist thunder when it is time to stand up to thunder.

The eldest grandson Wuji scolded secretly in his heart, looked at Li Shimin with a sad face, and finally stood up.

This guy is slippery, he knows that the emperor is full of anger now, if he also learns from the minister's general speech just now, he will definitely be reprimanded.

Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuji has a unique shortcut!

"Your Majesty, at noon today, the three yamen of the mutual market reported the account books at the same time, and the ministers were very worried after inspecting them, and there are some things that need to be judged by you."

"Say!" Li Shimin waved his hand, and the emperor really cared about this matter, and said coldly: "Is there a problem with the operation?" In fact, I have long been aware of the fact that the mutual market has been depressed a lot recently. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded slowly, and sighed: "Your Majesty, you just noticed it, but you didn't know that the situation was extremely serious, and it was only half a month since the Marquis of Jingyang left, but the income of the mutual market has dropped by seventy percent. ”

"Seventy percent, so many?" Li Shimin gasped, the daily profit of the mutual market in the past six months has been more than 10,000 yuan, if the income plummets by 70%, it is a huge number.

The emperor's eyes flashed, and he said viciously: "Is there someone who is secretly corrupt?" The stinky boy is not here, and I will not allow anyone to touch his heart's work. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the sharp decline in mutual market income is not caused by corruption. Alas, the minister would rather there be a reason for corruption here......"

He smiled bitterly when he said this, and explained: "Since the Marquis of Jingyang left, the ministers transferred a large number of household officials to take over the mutual market. Your Majesty, if you don't think about it, I'm afraid the mutual market will be abandoned. ”

Li Shimin was furious, pointed at the eldest grandson Wuji and roared: "How can this be? How so? The stinky boy once told me that the shelves of the mutual market have been set up, and the various operations are on the right track, why did this happen after you took over? What do you want? What do you want? ”

He scolded him with his head and face, and the eldest grandson Wuji hung his head and suffered it silently, until the emperor's anger dissipated a little, and the eldest grandson Wuji dared to speak, sighing: "It's strange that Jingyang Hou is born with talent, and it is definitely not a layman who can follow suit." When he used to be there, everyone only saw him giggling and shopping around every day, and he didn't seem to do anything deliberately, but the mutual market ran smoothly. ”

When he said this, he sighed again, and said with some shame: "After the ministers took over, I found that operating the mutual market was simply a laborious move. Not to mention anything else, just that Crystal Palace supermarket, every day to buy, replenish, count, settle ......"

He quietly glanced at the emperor and explained: "These terms were left by the Marquis of Jingyang, and the ministers took over the mutual market for half a month, and basically learned these words all over. It's a pity that I only learned the vocabulary, but I didn't learn the things behind the vocabulary. About 10 days ago, the supermarket began to have problems, and the ministers persevered, but finally they couldn't hold on, and they had no choice but to close it this morning. ”

"Bold!" Li Shimin shouted violently and roared angrily: "Who gave you the courage to dare to close the supermarket?" How sad should he be when the stinky boy returns and sees this in the future? ”

"No, no, Your Majesty, now the Crystal Palace has to lose thousands of times every day, and the ministers really can't hold on!"

"Don't say that you lose 1,000 yuan, you can't turn it off even if you lose 10,000 yuan!" Li Shimin was furious, and his face was pale.

"What do you mean, Your Majesty?" The eldest grandson Wuji was worthy of the old fox, his eyes rolled slightly, and he quietly kicked the ball to the emperor.

Li Shiming snorted angrily: "I will bear the loss, and the supermarket must not be closed." He glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji, and then at the other ministers in the room, and said coldly: "Not only can't the supermarket be closed, but no industry in the mutual market can be closed, I want to let this mutual market continue to flourish, whether it's a year, two years, three years......

Several ministers looked at each other, and the eldest grandson Wuji said cautiously: "Your Majesty, since this time, the deficit is huge, and I am afraid that the treasury will be difficult to bear." ”

"Then out of my private vault!" Li Shimin shouted violently and shouted: "If my private treasury is not enough, I will use the queen's, and if the queen's is not enough, I will call the concubine's ......."

is completely unreasonable, and the faint king is not so irritable. Empress Eldest Sun suddenly sighed, walked over and whispered, "Your Majesty, forget it." ”

Her eyes were like water, looking at the dark night outside, and said quietly: "If Yue'er never comes back, we won't be able to defend this mutual market." Even if you grit your teeth and hold on to the deficit, it will only keep an empty shelf, which looks like a god, and it is sad in vain. ”

Li Shimin snorted angrily and slammed his fist on the table.

At this moment, footsteps suddenly came from outside the courtyard, and then I heard a person shouting: "Your Majesty, Li Chong, the leader of the Hundred Cavalry Division, has come to report something." ”

"Get in!" Li Shimin drank a sentence, still with anger in his voice.

The armor clanged, and soon a young man entered the courtyard, it was Li Chong, the leader of the Hundred Cavalry Division. When he entered the courtyard, he got down on one knee and saluted, and then got up and stepped into the house.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Li Shimin waved his hand irritably, and said coldly: "If it's a matter from Chang'an, I won't listen." ”

Li Chong coughed lightly, hesitated for a while, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, this matter does involve Chang'an, but Your Majesty thinks that you have to listen." ”

Li Shimin let out a 'hmm', his tiger eyes were shining, and he stared at Li Chong coldly. This young leader of the Hundred Horsemen Division had always been very obedient, but now he was facing his orders, and it was obvious that he had something to do.

The emperor groaned, suddenly waved his hand, and said lightly: "Since this is the case, you can say it." Picking up the important ones, I was very upset and didn't want to listen to the details. ”

"Yes!" Li Chong agreed, cleared his throat, and replied directly: "Your Majesty approved Tian Doudou, the wife of the Marquis of Jingyang, and others to leave Hushi three days ago, and let Liu Heishi and Li Fenghua, the retainers under the command of the Marquis of Jingyang, leave together for protection. They walked hundreds of miles in three days, almost non-stop, and galloped all the way. ”

"Alas!" Li Shimin sighed heavily, his eyes were a little sentimental, and he muttered: "Those girls are very good, I would rather abandon the glory and wealth than go to find a husband, how can I not allow them to leave." ’

Li Chong didn't dare to answer this, and continued to report his affairs, and continued: "Your Majesty, the minister was assigned by you to secretly accompany and protect him all the way, but he was sniped by a dead soldier this morning, and he lost the trace of Tian Doudou and others. ”

Bang -

Li Shimin slapped the table suddenly, his tiger eyes flashed fiercely, and he said angrily: "You said they were sniped? ”

"Not bad!" Li Chong nodded solemnly, he glanced at the emperor, and said cautiously: "The other party is all dead soldiers, looking at his skills and martial arts, it seems to be, it seems to be ......"

Li Shimin suddenly waved his hand to stop him, and said lightly: "You don't need to say it, I know who came from where." The emperor's face was a little unsightly, and his expression was obviously very sad.

At this moment, the eldest grandson suddenly asked Li Chong: "You just said that you went to the traces of Tian Doudou and others, could it be that they are in danger?" Your Majesty asked you to be the leader of the Hundred Cavalry Division, and you served the royal family like this? ”

Li Chong smiled bitterly, and said with a sad face: "Niangniang, there are five hundred dead soldiers on the other side, all of them are outlaws, and the minister only brought thirty horsemen to protect him secretly at that time, and all of them died in battle. ”

When he said this, he suddenly stretched out his arm, uncovered his armor and said: "The minister himself was also stabbed twice, if he didn't want to come back to tell him, he would definitely die there." ”

The eldest grandson was silent, and the knife wound on Li Chong's arm was deep and visible, obviously he made a great effort.

Such a loyal person naturally cannot be reprimanded anymore.

Li Chong rolled his eyes, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, please rest assured, although there are many of those dead soldiers, they have not been favored." ”

He said this with a happy face, and continued: "At that time, the situation was critical, and suddenly a down-and-out young Taoist priest appeared, this person was in shabby clothes, but his martial arts were really magical. He held an ancient clumsy long sword and looked up to the sky and roared, shouting angrily, who dares to touch my junior brother's wife? Like a meteor flying, and like a tiger descending from the mountain, he rushed into the group of dead soldiers for a while, one sword at a time, just like chopping melons and vegetables. ”

The eldest grandson's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "It's good, it's good, the palace is still worried about Doudou's safety, it turns out that someone went to save them." The queen's face was full of joy, she only said a few words, suddenly frowned, became worried again, and asked Li Chong: "There is only one Taoist priest, but the other party has five hundred dead soldiers, even if he is strong in martial arts, I'm afraid he can't beat those people, right?" ”

Li Chong hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Niangniang, there is not only one Taoist priest, don't forget, there are also Li Fenghua and Liu Heishi who protect Tian Doudou......"

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and suddenly said: "The most important thing is that at the end of the fight, Jingyang Hou suddenly appeared." ”

"Huh?" The eldest grandson exclaimed in surprise and covered his mouth tightly with his hands.

Li Shimin got up suddenly, his tiger eyes flashed, and he shouted: "Make it clear, I want you to explain the things at that time word for word." How did the stinky boy show up, and was he hurt? ”

The emperor suddenly shouted, Li Chong subconsciously shuddered, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, how could the Marquis of Jingyang be injured, when he appeared, he carried a strange iron cylinder on his shoulder, and shouted: Dare to move the old woman, eat me with a shot......"

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