Chapter 202 Chapter Eleven Rong Mansion Birthday Banquet

Xu Ziling stood far away from Chen Changlin, only paying attention to the changes around Wang Shichong.Although it is impossible for him to change his height, a red samurai scarf is deliberately tied on his head, and the samurai uniform on his body also makes him look bloated.Unless there is someone with a heart, there should be no flaws, especially when all parties think that he has left the city long ago. But when Li Shimin and Tuli came to deal with Wang Shichong, he could relax, because even Li Jing, who was beside Li Shimin, only glanced at him and didn't pay attention to him anymore.

He didn't pay attention to what they were saying, let alone worried that Shen Luoyan would attack at this time.Lang Feng was in charge of setting up checkpoints and outposts on all the roads leading to Rongfu. If the enemy attacked aggressively, he would only be hit head-on. Because of Ke Feng's information, Shen Luoyan would definitely follow his plan and assassinate Wang Shichong on his way back to the imperial city, so it is safest to be at the banquet venue. After chatting for a few words, this group of political strategists and tycoons who control the life and death of the people talked about the issue of currency without leaving their own business.

I only heard someone say: "Now everyone privately mints to replace the five baht coins of the old dynasty, but the quality of the new coins is poor, and the prices of daily necessities such as rice and cloth have risen sharply, making people helpless." Wang Shichong said: "If the coins come from the official furnace, there is absolutely no problem in quality; the problem is in the private furnace money. The words on these bad money are blurred, and there is only an outline." The eldest grandson Wuji next to Li Shimin sighed: "The official furnace money has caused another problem. Since the Han Dynasty, gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, mercury and other minerals have gradually been returned to the government. However, in order to ensure that there are enough baht coins to circulate in the market in the old dynasty At the same time, the quality must be maintained, so a large number of mines must be opened. Yang Guang once opened more than 20 gold fields in 12 counties including Wuling, with 600,000 slaves and countless casualties, but only more than 50 gold mines were mined. Two pieces of gold waste hundreds of miles of land. Mining officials have become thieves against the people, and before they see the benefits, they see the harm."

Xu Ziling frowned when he heard that, he was sure that Kou Zhong had never thought about this aspect, only people like Wang Shichong and Li Shimin who had been in charge of the political affairs for a long time would think about this aspect.This eldest grandson Wuji lived up to the name of a wise man, and what he said was thought-provoking. At the same time, he noticed that Tuli was also listening very attentively, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately realized why the Turkic people only invaded through the middle-earth people under his control, because it is not a nomadic start to rule such a vast land nation can do it.Therefore, on the one hand, the Turks plundered the property and children of the Central Plains, and on the other hand, they supported the promising rebels.

Li Shimin interjected: "The so-called new coins nowadays are nothing more than melting and recasting the five baht coins of the old dynasty; while the bad coins of the people are made by adding other iron impurities to the melted five baht coins. , so a penny can be turned into a few pennies, and when it is profitable, it will be banned. The only solution is to reunite the world and put an end to this trend through a strong and powerful central government. Like the current situation, No one can do anything.” Xu Ziling felt admiration in his heart when he heard it, if Kou Zhong was not his brother, if he was allowed to choose one person, he would have to choose Li Shimin as the future monarch who will govern the people.

The thought made him very uncomfortable. No matter who wins or loses between Li Kou and Li Kou, the other party will only have the fate of being killed. How should this matter end? Kou Zhong also wanted to tease this pretty girl from Kucha who had always been cold to him, but she had gone away.Fu Qian, Xing Mofei and two Tuyuhun beauties greeted him, but he didn't know if Linglongjiao's departure was to avoid them. Under Fu Qian's introduction, I found out that the taller of the two girls was named Li'an, and the other was named Hua Na.They are all full of exotic style, with a touch of wildness and boldness that are rare for beauties from Middle Earth. When they look at Kou Zhong, they are more unscrupulous than when he looks at them.

Especially Hua Na, with her wavy chestnut hair draped over her shoulders so naturally and freely, pink lips, beautiful brown eyes, the corners of which are slanted upwards, paired with high cheekbones, and silky eyebrows , the soft and elastic skin, coupled with the seductive style between the eyebrows, the more you look at it, the more flavorful it becomes. It is not inferior to the beauties of Shen Luoyan and Song Yuzhi. Kou Zhong didn't know the relationship between the two women and Fu Qian, so he avoided the provocative gazes of the two women and said to Fu Qian with a smile: "It's not appropriate to do anything tonight!"

Fu Qian scanned the audience, and finally settled on the group of Li Shimin, Tu Li, Wang Shichong, and Rong Fengxiang, and replied casually: "You can do it anywhere, Boss Rong probably won't mind. But I still This is the first time to participate in your Han people's feast, and I don't want to spoil the peaceful and lively atmosphere now." Kou Zhong felt that his casual words seemed to imply something else, the words contained mystery, and said with a smile: "So if it is on the ring, or in a place where the flames of war are endless, the prince can show his strengths. Right? ?”

Fu Qian smiled slightly, and turned aside: "Who is that person next to Li Shimin who is looking at you?" Kou Zhong looked at it with a wry smile and said, "This man's name is Li Jing, and he is Hong Fu's husband-in-law." Fu Qian nodded and said: "This person is indeed extraordinary, no wonder he can be seen by Hong Fu Nu, why didn't Hong Fu Nu come?" Hua Najiao smiled and said, "Prince He Bo asked him directly? I guess he is coming!" Her voice is impure, and the words "bu" and "jie" are translated into "bo" and "ze", but it has a funny flavor.

Sure enough, Li Jing walked towards them slowly, his steps were steady and powerful, and he seemed to be coming towards them. Fu Qian praised: "This man can be a great general." Kou Zhong was stunned and said, "Does the prince know just by looking at it? So what about Li Shimin?" Fu Qian said indifferently: "I am the best at observing people in small ways. He saw that we were talking about him, not only did he not feel uneasy at all, he came to the meeting on his own initiative, and his steps were full of confidence. It can be seen that he is a courageous and promising person , not an ordinary person."

Xing Mofei interjected: "People who Li Shimin is willing to reuse will not be sent there." At this time, Li Jing came to the five people and saluted, "Li Jing has met Prince Fuqian." Then he looked at Kou Zhong and said, "Can I take a step and say a few words?" Fu Qian laughed and said, "Brother Li, can you answer a question for me first?" Li Jing met Fu Qian's eyes that were as sharp as an arrow without looking sideways, and said calmly, "Prince, please ask me." Fu Qian looked up to the sky with a long smile, and immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the hall, and then said loudly: "If your lord is lucky enough to win the world, will you show off to the Western Regions and expand the country like Yang Guang's great feats?" The hall was immediately silent, even the servants who waited on the guests stopped moving, only music was playing, which shows the deterrent effect of these few words. Kou Zhong screamed loudly, even Tuli and Wang Shichong would listen attentively to see how Li Jing would answer. This question should have been answered by Li Shimin himself.But the problem is that Li Shimin is not the prince. If he rushes to answer, it will be clear that he will compete with his elder brother Li Jiancheng for the succession to the throne. Moreover, this also involves Li Shimin's ambitions. It is equally inappropriate for Li Jing to answer or not to answer. If he shrinks his words, it will only make Fu Qian look down on him. Fu Qian finally made a move to try. Li Jing smiled calmly and said: "Whoever wins the world should also understand that the difference between Han and Hu lies in the differences in regional habits and customs, and the situation is the same. The owner only suffers from virtue and does not add to it, and there is no need to be suspicious of others; Gade Zeqia, then the Sibari can form a family, there will be a lot of suspicion, and the flesh and blood will inevitably become enemies. Does Prince Fu think so?" These words were repeated, and everyone listened to them with heartfelt approval. Fu Qian let out another burst of laughter, and called "Okay" three times in a row, then lowered his voice and said happily to Li Kou and the other two: "You two, please go your own way!" Kou Zhong and Li Jing bypassed the banquet, left the hall through the side door, and came to the stone railing of the veranda built next to the hall. Although the heavy rain stopped this morning, the weather has not improved, and the stars and the moon are dark.Outside the fence is a fish pond piled with fake stone mountains. Peony flowers are planted all over the pond, but they fall due to heavy rain. The petals float on the surface of the pond and float with the water. Li Jing said in a deep voice, "Where did Xiaoling go out of the city last night?" Kou Zhong really wanted to ridicule whether he had sent people to monitor the entrances and exits of the city for twelve hours, but remembering that he had been a brother after all, he suppressed his temper and said: "He went to find a friend because of an emergency." Li Jing sighed and said, "Oh! Why did it get to such an unmanageable situation?" Kou Zhong stared at the fish swimming in the pond, and said calmly: "Well said! Yesterday I almost gave my sister-in-law a red brush so that I lost my life." Li Jing was shocked, he looked at him and said: "What?" Kou Zhong shrugged and said, "Nothing? I wouldn't blame her either. Is this called love for my husband?" Li Jing was speechless for a long time, and after a while he said with some embarrassment: "When will you return to the south?" Kou Zhong showed a bitter and bitter expression, as long as he thought of the unfortunate Sister Su, he would feel that all his achievements were vain, and there was nothing to show off, so he said helplessly, "Don't stop How is Miss Lisu? Now we don't even have the strength to blame you." Li Jing changed his face and said, "What happened? You always look a bit sluggish tonight." After thinking about it, Kou Zhong almost cried, he gritted his teeth and waved away. Li Jing grabbed his arm and shouted: "What happened?" Kou Zhong whimpered, "Sister Su's biggest mistake in her life is getting to know the three of us, is that enough?" Shaking off his grasp, he staggered into the hall. Kou Zhonggang rushed into the hall, bumped into a person head-on, the person grabbed him and said, "I was looking for you!" Kou Zhong was in the mood to talk with others at the moment, so he said angrily: "Brother Hou, what's your business?" It was really "Sexy Young Master" Hou Xibai. Seeing him talking to someone, Li Jing, who had chased after him, sighed and walked away disappointed. Other guests began to take their seats, only Li Shimin, Wang Shichong and other groups were still chatting and chatting. Rong Fengxiang exchanged greetings with Fu Qian, and the atmosphere was jubilant and lively. Yun Yuzhen also came, whispering with Song Lu and Liu Jing, not knowing what they were talking about.The new guests include Bai Qing'er, Zheng Shuming and Zheng Shiru. The band paused to play, and the sound of firecrackers, persuasion and banter, and the noise of boys and girls playing were constantly heard from the front two halls and the back garden. Compared with the inner hall, the atmosphere was much more serious. Hou Xibai pulled Kou Zhong to a corner, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Ziling? Why didn't he come to join in the fun? I met Feixuan yesterday, and she said that the matter with He Shibi has been settled." Kou Zhongdao: "Xiaoling can't come because he has something to do, what's the matter with you?" Hou Xibai's handsome eyes glanced at Dong Shuni and Rong Jiaojiao, who were seated side by side.That seat was set by one of the four chairmen of the Central Committee, and it was almost full of people, including the two brothers Wang Xuanying and Wang Xuanshu, who were all younger generations, and everyone rushed to show courteousness to the two women.But the eyes of the two women drift towards Kou Zhong and Hou Xibai from time to time, showing that they are very interested in them. Hou Xibai said: "Brother Fenghan and Brother Ziling, did they mention to you that I followed the demon girl of the Yingui sect?" Kou Zhong remembered that Xu Ziling had told him before, he managed to pull himself together, and said, " How? Who is it?" Hou Xibai leaned closer and said, "It's the peerless beauty in Yunnan batik. She was the only one in the audience wearing this kind of clothes, she is very pushy." Kou Zhong never pays much attention to what clothes a girl wears, he only feels whether she looks good by intuition.He frowned and said, "You are an expert on girls, but I don't know anything about it. Can you not be so profound?" Hou Xibai laughed dumbly and said: "It's inconvenient for me to point her out, because all the young women in the audience are staring at us. The characteristic of batik dyeing is that the wax horns are cracked during the dipping process, and the dye is infiltrated along the cracks, making thousands of differences. The ever-changing ice-fried pattern changes naturally, without a fixed pattern, and the color tone is elegant and varied." Only then did Kou Zhong realize that Dong Shuni's colorful clothes looked exactly like that, he was startled and said, "Didn't you mean that savage girl with blue and red clothes?" Hou Xibai happily said: "Brother Kou is sure that it is this woman, absolutely unmistakable, who is she?" Kou Zhong took a deep breath and said: "It's not Rong Jiaojiao but her, it's really unexpected, but her lightness skills are indeed very good, but I don't know that she is also proficient in martial arts." Hou Xibai urged: "Who is she?" Kou Zhong smiled wryly, "She is Wang Shichong's niece, but she should not be a demon girl from the Yingui Sect." I thought to myself that I had a sweet relationship with her.This woman's brilliance is that she thinks she is good at lightness kungfu, but her martial arts is ordinary, but they never doubted her words, because she really has no reason to lie. Hou Xibai said in astonishment, "Are you sure?" Kou Zhongdao: "If she is really a witch from the Yin Gui Sect, Xiao Ling and I will be finished! How can we talk to you here." Rong Fengxiang's laughter interrupted everyone's conversation, and then he warmly greeted all the guests to sit down.