Chapter 22 Turn enemies into friends

This fluttering eight-line letter, in Hu Xueyan's feeling, seemed to be a heavy burden on his shoulders.The safety of the place, the blessings and misfortunes of growing roots, and the future of He Guiqing all depend on his words.Let me say: it is a preparation check, not ulterior motives, then the Qing army will naturally withdraw from the siege, but if the long-legged roots take the opportunity to make trouble, they will be held accountable. Not only He Guiqing is in trouble, but he may also move his head.If you answer: the situation is unclear and it is difficult to judge, then the Qing army may encircle and suppress, just like killing and surrendering. How to explain yourself on the scene is the second thing.

As a result of discussing with Yu Wucheng, there is only this answer: the investigation has been started according to the order, and before the truth is known, please He Guiqing tell the camp affairs office to stay put and take precautions. This is prevarication. What is the truth needs to be clarified urgently, but Zhou Yiming does not know where he is.Hu Xueyan thought to himself, the situation is like a can of gunpowder baked on the stove, ready to erupt at any time. If this can of gunpowder is not removed early, it will be uneasy for a moment.So I made a decisive decision and decided on a straight-to-the-point approach.

That night, I found out that the long roots with stilted feet rested at Miaozhen's place. Hu Xueyan asked Boss Zhu to send a personal guide to build the Miaozhen Fragrance Pavilion.This is an uninvited guest, and he was deeply surprised by his feet. Nervous on the inside, but very carefree on the outside, Hu Xueyan looked at Miaozhen first, she was not very beautiful, but she was tall and tall, with a very good figure, and she was in her prime, which was the most beautiful age among prostitutes.As for talking and entertaining, he was even more gracious, paired with a reckless hero like Stilt Changgen, he felt it a pity for her.

After setting out the plates for a drink, Hu Xueyan looked at Miaozhen and asked Changgen, "I have a letter that I want to show you." "Oh," Changgen understood, "Come here, please." As soon as she was introduced into Miaozhen's bedroom, she asked Hu Xueyan to sit by the dressing table, and Changgen sat on the edge of the bed by herself, leaning over each other, waiting for questions. "I'll listen to a word from you, and I'll answer whatever you say." Hu Xueyan said while handing over the letter. After reading the letter, Changgen's face looked very disturbed, he thought for a while and replied: "Brother, what do you think I mean?"

This question was very important, and Hu Xueyan replied very carefully: "If I don't believe it, I won't show you this letter." Changgen nodded, expressing satisfaction: "Okay! I know you are in trouble. Please tell me what to do." "Heavy words, serious words!" Hu Xueyan thought for a while and replied, "It's no wonder the officers and soldiers! The world is too chaotic, and we have to guard against misunderstandings. To be honest, we always suffer. So, I think it's better to wait a while." Wait, until the day when there is a point test, everyone will come again, and the officers and soldiers will not be suspicious."

"Yes!" Chang Gen said, "Go and drink!" Walking outside, he immediately called for Guisheng, and told him to send someone overnight to notify his subordinates to return to their original places. Hu Xueyan was also deeply satisfied with such a quick handling.While drinking and chatting, because the inner guard was removed, the two of them talked more and more speculatively. Hu Xueyan didn't wait for Zhou Yiming to return, and he already knew the reason why he changed his attitude and kissed him if he wanted to. Of course, it was because of him. autobiography. In a word, it was because of Hu Xueyan's attitude.The "exalting your hand" on the deck of Pai Gow is of course the main reason for the change of attitude, but it is not the only reason.He thinks that Hu Xueyan is "on the road" when he talks about the loyalty of the world, and he is certainly convinced, but what really makes him trust is Hu Xueyan's talent.There is also a way to talk about loyalty. Living and dying together is the most loyal, but dying together in the same year, the same month, and the same day, after all, is not as flavorful as living together with wine and meat.Chang Gen said frankly that he just believed that Hu Xueyan had the ability to make him eat wine and meat.

These heart-to-heart words naturally moved Hu Xueyan unexpectedly, but his way of life is that the more everyone respects him, the more he considers others, so he has always been humble, thinking that long roots on one's feet are "enough friends", and for him such save face.At the same time, he also highly praised Yu Wucheng, so that Qiaojiao Changgen could clearly feel that being able to respect Yu Wucheng would make him happier than respecting him. This small drink lasted until midnight, but Yu Wucheng was a little worried, so he specially sent Boss Zhu to inquire, under the pretext that there was a letter delivered overnight from Suzhou, and he was asked to go back and read it.When they met each other at home and explained to each other what had happened, Yu Wucheng became more and more impressed with him.

Early the next morning, the news that Zhou Yiming brought was roughly the same as Qiaojiao Changgen himself said, and he now had a new task.On the Suzhou side, Hu Xueyan's arrangement was seven points of defense and three points of appeasement. Now the defense is no longer needed. Immediately, he made arrangements for Stilt Changgen, and specially sent Zhou Yiming to see He Guiqing first, and report a message. He himself planned to go back to Suzhou overnight to cook after the banquet this evening. A "Hongmen banquet" turned into a celebration banquet. Under the attentive service of Miaozhen sisters and the constant persuasion of the stilted Changgen, Hu Xueyan was as drunk as Yu Wucheng.After waking up from the wine, anxiously not knowing where he was, he stretched out one hand unintentionally, touching the extremely soft and smooth skin, then smelled the fragrance of fat, saw the pink light, and there was a person in the dimly-conscious tent. The Miao Nian woman fell asleep with him, but her face was facing outside, and she couldn't tell who it was for a while.

Thinking about it carefully, except for the scene of boxing and drinking, I can't think of the scene of drinking and people dispersing.So he shook the lotus root-like arm beside him, and when he woke up, it was Miaozhen's sister, whose color was far better than her sister's Miaozhu. "Oh, Master Hu, you're awake!" Miao Zhu, who was sleeping in her clothes, sat up hastily, "Do you want some tea?" "I want it." Hu Xueyan felt that his throat was dry and it was difficult to speak, "I want cold tea, let me have a cup!" "I've had too much wine. Uncle Yu is too drunk to know anything." She lifted the curtain and got out of bed, turned on the light, poured a large cup of half-warm tea, hung up the curtain, and took the teacup to Hu Xueyan lips.

He drank it down and asked after a breath, "What time is it?" "It's almost four o'clock." "I'm afraid that you won't sleep well in the middle of the night, and I'm really sorry." "Why does Mr. Hu say that? Serving guests is what we should do, not to mention you are Li Qiye's friend." Li Qiye was referring to swaying his feet and growing roots, Hu Xueyan asked: "Is he drunk?" "Li Qiye is never drunk." "Oh!" Hu Xueyan was very surprised, "Is he drinking so much?" "Li Qiye doesn't drink much, but he will have to drink."

"It's interesting what you said!" Hu Xueyan said with a sneer, "He also said that he can drink, and he also said that he doesn't drink much." "Oh! Master Hu, you don't want to 'make the difference'!" Miaozhu's expression and voice were so coquettish, "I mean Li Qiye can do tricks when drinking." "I'm not messing with you, your words are really interesting." Hu Xueyan held her face and said, "you can do tricks when you drink, think about it yourself, the words are interesting!" "Really! Don't talk nonsense." Miao Zhu asked, "Master Hu, are you familiar with Master Li Qi?" "It can be considered familiar, but it can also be considered unfamiliar." "What about you?" Miao Zhu retorted, "When you speak, you also put one foot in and one foot out." "There's a saying that we haven't met each other for a long time, so we can't count them as close friends, but we have a very deep friendship, so we can also say we are very familiar with each other." "You'll know when you're ready. Open your fist and toast. You have to be careful of Li Qiye. You can clearly see that he has poured it into his mouth, but he actually fell on the ground or in his sleeve. He knows how much he can drink. Stop drinking. However, he refused to say a word and couldn’t eat anymore, then—” Miao Zhu smiled and stopped talking, meaning that at that time, there would be “tricks” to watch. This irrelevant chatter is extremely useful to Hu Xueyan. Drinking and gambling can best reveal his temperament.Judging from the drinking situation like swaying his feet and growing roots, he is obviously a person who can control himself very much, but he is also a person who is extremely difficult to provoke. tricks. Therefore, Hu Xueyan could not help but arouse a little bit of wariness towards him.Miao Zhu was extremely alert, she could see from his eyes that he was not in the right mind, and immediately asked, "Master Hu, what are you thinking about?" "I'm thinking about Li Qiye's drinking tricks. When encountering such a situation in the future, we must be on guard against him and don't tell him to do tricks." "It's not easy, Li Qiye has a lot of tricks, you can't guard against it." "Oh!" Hu Xueyan became more wary, "Look, how about Li Qiye?" Miao Zhu thought for a while and replied: "Extremely capable." "What about his temper?" "A person always has a temper. Li Qiye is kind and doesn't lose his temper. My sister likes him." "What about you? Are you the same as your sister?" "That's right!" Miao Zhu showed that kind of tender and overwhelmed expression, "Oh, if we meet a customer with an ugly temper, then we are really guilty of eating this bowl of rice, and we can say anything that hurts people's hearts! " "According to this, you will like me the same way your sister likes Li Qiye." Hu Xueyan said, "I never lose my temper." "real?" "Naturally it is true." "Then I'm happy." As he said, he hugged Hu Xueyan and took a deep breath, as if he was too excited for no reason. Hu Xueyan quietly enjoyed the warm feeling, and at the same time compared the tactile sensation in front of him with the few women he had had skin-to-skin contact with before, he felt that Miaozhu was very attractive. Furong is quiet, Aqiao is sophisticated, and Miaozhu is as charming as Azhu, but without the jerky taste that Azhu has never enjoyed.Thinking this way, he became empathetic, so he took this bead as that bead, which just made up for the shortcoming. After a lot of lingering, with all kinds of amorous feelings, Hu Xueyan fell into a deep sleep contentedly.When I woke up, the sun was full of red, the first thing I thought about was going to Suzhou, but for some reason, my heart sank when I thought about it, just like when I was a child when I was having fun in the New Year, suddenly I heard that the school started like that in the Mongolian hall, and I was really reluctant. never mind!He made up his mind and decided to be lazy for a day.So I turned over and fell asleep again, but on the pillow under the quilt, the fragrance still lingered, lingering around my nose, rippling in my heart, I couldn't fall asleep no matter what. While tossing and turning, Miao Zhu, who was doing her makeup in the back room, was alarmed, and she came out gently to check on the movement. Hu Xueyan looked out from the brand-new Zhuluo gauze tent, and saw Miaozhu's light makeup as if she had applied it heavily, because she was born with extremely red lips and extremely white skin. The morning sun shines like a peony with dew, and through the curtain, she is like a peony. Looking at the flowers in the mist made him feel very itchy, longing for another kiss. Therefore, as soon as Miaozhu lifted the curtain, he stretched out his hand to pull it, and the action was too sudden, Miaozhu was really startled, "Pit! Speech!" She patted her chest and said, "Scared!" I have to come!" "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Hu Xueyan smiled apologetically, and at the same time retracted her body a little, signaling her to sit down. "It's really Master Mengmen!" Miao Zhu was still patting her chest, "My heart is still beating!" "Where are you so scared?" Hu Xueyan said dissatisfiedly, "I don't believe it." "If you don't believe me, touch it." Hu Xueyan stretched out his hand to touch her chest, smiled smugly while touching her, and then Miaozhu realized that she had been fooled, twisted her waist, grabbed his hand, slapped her, and then rolled her eyes , stuffing his hands into the quilt. "Miaozhu!" Hu Xueyan salivated and said, "Sleep with me for a while!" "Speech! You're not fun." As he spoke, he stood up and wanted to leave. "Don't go, don't go!" Hu Xueyan softened and shouted repeatedly, "I don't want to talk to you, it's okay to talk to me!" Miaozhu smiled, and sat down again, "It's still early, you can sleep a little longer." She asked, "What do you want to eat today? Shad, okay?" "it is good!" "Then, I'm going to take care of Chief Siwu early." Miaozhu pressed his quilt head, preventing him from stretching out his hand, "I'll be right there!" Sure enough, he kept his word and returned as soon as he left, while tidying up the room, while chatting with Hu Xueyan casually.This made Hu Xueyan unable to sleep any more, but he was well aware of the rules in that place. Before lunch, except for the cook and the handyman, the aunt and eldest sister were still in bed. , then according to the rules, someone should come to serve, wouldn't it disturb people's dreams?Hu Xueyan is most willing to be considerate of his servants, so he still "lays" on the bed, gossiping and thinking about things in his heart, which is rare for him to be leisurely. It was almost noon before he started to get up.After washing up, he was about to meet Qiaojiao Changgen, when suddenly an unexpected visitor came, it was Boss Zhu, who brought an unexpected news, saying that You Wu and Gu Yingchun had arrived, and Yu Wucheng asked him to meet immediately. "Okay!" Hu Xueyan was very happy, "I'll tell the master, and I'll leave right away." After arriving at Miaozhen's Fragrant Nest, I found out that Changgen had left early in the morning, because Hu Xueyan was having a good dream at that time, so I didn't want to be disturbed, so I left a message before leaving, staying with Hu Xueyan for a day, and still having a banquet here at night. In order to repay Miaozhu and, at the same time, not only to stand on the mat with long roots, but also to welcome You and Gu, Hu Xueyan used Miaozhu's name to say to Miaozhen: "Sister Zhen, today I should 'be a flower head', Please prepare a 'double table'. The food and wine are both good!" As he spoke, he took out a fifty-two silver ticket and put it on the table. Miaozhen refused to take it no matter what, and said that it would not take so much money. Hu Xueyan could only take it back, and gave another twenty taels of silver as a reward.So, the words "Master Hu is the No. 1 good guest" spread immediately. When he arrived at Zhu's house, Hu Xueyan felt that it was unusual. It wasn't just You Wu and Gu Yingchun who came uninvited, there were five other people, all middle-aged and well-dressed, but their expressions couldn't hide their heroic spirit. Tell him not to understand what the number is. It was not until You Wuyi introduced them that they could tell that they were all the first-class people in the Su, Song, and Tai areas who could be named.One of them called Hu Xueyan "Little Grandpa", needless to say, he was You Wu's senior brother.With this "foundation" in mind, Hu Xueyan is very speculative in socializing.However, what is the purpose of this generation's visit, he took a lot of doubts, so he found an opportunity to invite You Wu to one side, and asked about it carefully. "We came here for nothing, but it's good for nothing. If we need to use our strength, things will be bad!" You Wu smiled and said these few nonsensical words, and then expressed his intention of coming. He returned to Songjiang the day before yesterday, and Wang Youling entrusted him with the matter, so he has no time to go into details at the moment. As soon as he arrived in Songjiang, he got news that he would grow roots with his legs crossed. The boss of Songjiang was very concerned about the actions that were not good for Hu Xueyan and Yu Wucheng. He discussed with You Wu and invited this group of people to come to solve the problem. There are still a large number of people on standby. "I am really grateful to the old man for treating me like this." Hu Xueyan was really moved, "The matter is settled!" "I also heard about it as soon as I arrived. Uncle, you are really good! You are a person who is notoriously difficult to deal with, and you let you settle it. However, I think it is good for us to come here to help you out. .” "It's not bad at all. To be honest, I've inquired about people with stilted feet and long roots. Out of ten, there are still two or three points that are not very reliable. With the face of you guys, it will be completely safe!" "Okay! I'll come out to treat you." "Tonight is mine. Let's have flower wine. Tomorrow at noon, you will come out. Do you think it's good to be here?" "It's only appropriate to borrow from Boss Zhu. But—" You Wu hesitated, as if it was inconvenient to say something. "Fifth brother, if you have something to say, just say it." Hu Xueyan really couldn't think of the relationship between You Wu and himself, and what else would get in his way, so he was full of curiosity, "There is nothing we can't say about our friendship. " "Uncle, let me accuse you first. After all, you are always outside the 'threshold'—" That's why!Hu Xueyan rushed over and said, "You don't need to say it. I know. I should avoid it." It's best to understand.You Wu felt that the friendship was enough and there was no need to explain, so he mentioned another matter: "Old Gu came to my place yesterday, and he also has a lot to say to you. I heard that foreigners are already docile. I'll go to accompany the guests. Call him out to talk to you." Gu Yingchun brought excellent news, and the foreigners finally softened and decided to buy silk at a high price.According to Gu Yingchun's calculation, this business can earn 180,000 silver. Ask Hu Xueyan if he can sell it? "Why don't you sell it?" Hu Xueyan said happily, "Don't talk about 180,000 silver, even if I earn 80,000 silver, I will sell it! The business should be done slowly, and the long-term will be far away. And, to be honest, I There are too many things on hand, it will be terrible if you don’t clean them up!” "Selling is selling. The foreigner has a condition. He must sign a three-year contract. After that, all the silk will be bought by him alone." "That's okay, but the price is different every year. How do you calculate it?" "Of course we will discuss it at that time. He guarantees that we will make money." Gu Yingchun said, "It is roughly based on foreign quotations, deducting his profit, which is the real price." "I'm afraid this is inappropriate! This will make him rich." Hu Xueyan said, "Think about it, if the price of foreign silk falls, deducting his profit, it is not enough for our cost, what should we do?" "Yes. I've thought about it too. However, after all, it's the same in both China and abroad. If the price of foreign silk falls, he won't accept it, and of course others won't accept it either. I One more thing, foreigners are different from us in doing business. They pay attention to the source of cultivation when they do business, so they will never ask too much. I think we can talk to him about our concerns in this regard. In a word, keep the two words of mutual benefit The contract must be good. I wonder when you will go to Shanghai?" "Most of my business needs to be done in Shanghai, but I have to go to Hangzhou, and Seventh Sister's business is also very important." "Oh!" Gu Yingchun asked, "Did Brother Wu talk to you?" "About what? No!" "Fifth Brother told Wang Xuegong honestly that this marriage is to take advantage of his reputation so that our old patriarch will obey. Wang Xuegong is very considerate. He said, in this case, we might as well raise the marriage first. The weather is also hot now. There is no need to work on Seventh Sister. Qiuliang will have a wedding, he will find time to have wedding wine, and then make up for the etiquette of pronouncing. If he can't come, let me send Seventh Sister to go back to the door to recognize relatives, and it will be convenient for both." "Excellent! Since Mr. Xue said this, respect is worse than obedience. I don't have to go back to Hangzhou for the time being. I'm going to return to Shanghai from Suzhou after I've done the business of rooting my feet." Hu Xueyan asked again, "What about Lao Qiu?" "It's scheduled to leave from Shanghai today. I've also met Mr. Yu's young gentleman. He's young and mature, and he's a very decent person. Fifth Brother has already taken care of him in the Songjiang area. It's bound to be a smooth journey. Don't worry." Because of this series of good news that everything went well, Hu Xueyan was in a cheerful mood and was in high spirits, so he decided to give a big treat.In addition, it is impossible to choose a date, so let the banquet tonight be expanded, and this matter will be handed over to Liu Bucai. He discusses with Yang Fengmao and Boss Zhu, and invites all local people who have connections with the Cao Gang.He was also concerned that it would be inconvenient to occupy the first seat in front of You Wu and his group of distant guests, and it would not be appropriate to wrong him to be an accompanying guest, so he specifically explained to Hu Xueyan that he also regarded Qiaojiao Changgen as the host, and posted a post to list him In the front, this is considered to be very flattering to him. The embarrassing thing was that in the evening, there were more than forty guests gathered, and one of the hosts, Long Gen, never showed up.Hu Xueyan was struggling all by himself, but he kept muttering in his heart, which made him feel uncomfortable. "Sister Zhen!" Hu Xueyan asked Miaozhen quietly, "Where did the long roots go? You must know something?" "I can't figure it out either. One of his brothers called him early in the morning, and he left without telling anyone. Before he left, he didn't say anything. I think," Miaozhen was very decisive, "it's inconvenient to keep the guest for a long time." Wait, let's sit down!" So there were four banquets, and after a long time of pushing back, they began to sit down.Liu Bucai had already made preparations, and made a list of the "famous flowers" in Tongli, and passed them around during the banquet. If anyone he knew was willing to greet, he would mark them with a pen, and then fly notes to urge the flowers, Yingyingyan Yan, come one after another, those who have regular customers will naturally go to the regular customers, and those who do not have regular customers will be matched by Liu Bucai according to the situation.For a while, the voice of silk and bamboo singing came one after another, and the sedan chairs and horses at the front door and the boats at the back door were very lively. This feat attracted countless passers-by, who stopped to look around and inquired one after another, which rich man had such a talent, and when they heard that he was the owner with slack feet and long roots, some people were surprised, wondering why he suddenly had such a rich scene . There was another person who was surprised, that is, Changgen himself. Seeing how lively Miaozhen's place was, it was a bit inconvenient to rush in. He grabbed a helper and asked, "Who is treating guests here?" "Hey! Li Qiye, what you are asking is really funny? Didn't you treat yourself with Master Hu?" Changgen understood that it was Hu Xueyan who was trying to save face for him, so instead of going into the hall, he walked around from Bei Nong to the back, and found Miaozhen, and after careful questioning, he found out. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Changgen walked to the hall with his legs crossed, and he clenched his fists in a circle. "I, the master, am late, and I'm rude. If you don't say anything, I will be fined three cups." After speaking, he picked up the wine glass in front of Hu Xueyan, drank three glasses in a row, and then greeted each of them at the table depending on the size of the seniors.The entertainment was quite beautiful and thoughtful. The feast is over, and then they open the table to gamble.After arranging the guests, Changgen pulled Hu Xueyan aside, and said in a complaining tone: "Old Hu, you did something wrong. You almost made a big mess!" "how?" "You're shipping foreign guns from Shanghai, you should tell me first!" "Oh! Oh!" Hu Xueyan hastily admitted his mistake, "This was my negligence. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" "I didn't know until this morning, and I didn't settle until the afternoon." Therefore, Chang Gen revealed the situation of his subordinates. Not all of the more than 2,700 people were willing to listen to his command.When the swaying long roots turned around and turned hostility into jade, that group of people had the intention of opposing him, and planned to forcibly seize the ship of foreign guns that Qiu Fengyan escorted according to the original plan. Fortunately, the matter was not confidential, and to find out the truth for a confidant of Stilt Changgen, Xingye came to Tongli, woke him up from Miaozhen's fragrant quilt early in the morning, and rushed to the junction of Qingpu and Jiading, Only then did they stop those people. "It was intercepted, and it took a lot of effort. The foreign gun ship has passed Jinshanwei, and the boss of Songjiang is there, so it doesn't matter. But—" Changgen shook his head, unwilling to continue. Hu Xueyan was grateful and uneasy. "Brother Li Qi," he changed his address, "you have helped me a lot. Now that you are in a dilemma, it is up to me to help. You say, as long as I can use my strength, I will do whatever I want." After thinking about it for a while, I resolutely said: "Your brother is different, let me tell you the truth, the head of that group is my apprentice who is a 'co-participant', let me 'do' it." -" Hu Xueyan dared to do anything, and didn't care about anything, but when he heard this, his expression changed, and he couldn't help asking: "Why? Did you kill him?" Changgen nodded solemnly. "Then," Hu Xueyan said in a low voice, "won't his family settle accounts with you?" "According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, what I did is not wrong. He is disobedient, and this matter is too important and urgent. If I do this, no one can say that I am wrong. However, public affairs are public affairs, private affairs are private affairs For the sake of family rules, I have to get rid of him, and when it comes to personal affairs, I have to take care of his funeral." "Oh, oh, I get it, I get it! It's like Zhuge Liang beheading Ma Su. You can't ignore his 'octogenarian mother'." Hu Xueyan paused for a moment and asked bluntly, "Brother Li Qi, are you right? Need copper coins?" "Yes. On the one hand, it's about pensions, but on the other hand, some people dare not speak up and refuse to follow me in their hearts. I think it's better to get rid of them." "Yes! It's clean to do so." Hu Xueyan asked, "How much do you want? I have ten thousand coins ready-made, and I can have more, but it will take two or three days." "That's enough, that's enough! Two thousand silver for pension, ten taels of silver for walking, there are about three hundred people, you can lend me five thousand silver." He staggered to the window , took out the pen and inkstone used to write the bureau ticket, and wrote an IOU with great difficulty. The handwriting was crooked, but the wording was very decent: "I borrowed five thousand taels of silver under the name of brother Hu Xueyan. We are good friends and have no guarantees." There is no interest, and it will be returned to the Qing in about three months. The special document will be kept." The name under the mask is "Li Changgen". While he was writing the IOU, Hu Xueyan had already gone to look for Liu Bucai and prepared the amount of money. When he came back, he handed over the IOU. Hu Xueyan didn't even look at it, and just lit it on the candle. "Brother Li Qi, my good friend Gu Yingchun, who is in business with me, told me that I made a lot of money on silk. We should share our hardships and share our blessings," he handed over a stack of banknotes. In the past, "you share the red of ten thousand denarii." "This, this—" Chang Gen, who has always been shrewd and capable of words, didn't know what to say. "Brother Li Qi! It's been a long time making friends." Hu Xueyan patted him on the back, smiled and walked away.