Zhu Bai smiled: "That's very good."
He has been looking at Hongyuan every day these past few days. Zhu Xi would never be stupid enough to kill someone in front of him.
Zhu Ping: "Twelve brothers, do you want to move to my palace? There are many rooms anyway, and there are servants and maids to serve you."
Zhu Bai: "No, I have a lot of official work to do. It's convenient to live in Guanya Bureau, so I won't bother my second brother."
The key is now that he has noticed that something is wrong with Zhu Xi, so he must be careful.
Guanyin Village and Guanya Bureau were built as solidly as blockhouses. It is the safest place in Xi'an.
Zhu Xi nodded: "Okay, then twelfth brother, let's go back and rest first. We will meet again after you finish handling your official duties."
Zhu Bai turned to Hongyuan and said, "Master, will the King of Japan ask someone to pick you up tomorrow to teach the King the Ksitigarbha Sutra?"
Zhu Xi immediately said: "It's better to come to my palace to talk. There are many people in your Guanya Bureau and it's noisy."
Zhu Bai: "Okay."
Hongyuan clasped his hands together: "The poor monk is waiting quietly for the arrival of King Xiang."
Zhu Xi personally escorted Zhu Bai to the gate.
Zhu Bai got on the horse and began to think quickly in his mind: Zhu Ping didn't want me to know that he had abused Hongyuan for a long time, and he was afraid that if he didn't let Master Hongyuan talk to me, I would feel something was wrong and leave.
Therefore, his purpose was to stabilize me.
Just now he kept urging me to go hunting outside, obviously trying to trick me out.
Why are you cheating?
Are you going to trade me for Deng Zhiqiu to come back?
The more I think about it, the colder my heart becomes.
Before coming here, he thought that Zhu Xi would care about brotherhood to some extent and would not be so cruel.
Now he has no illusions about Zhu Xi.
But now, it was useless to tell Fugui and them. Instead, it made them nervous, and Zhu Xi noticed it and took action in advance.
Now he is just wondering whether to run away first and tell people to report that his father will come back to save Hongyuan, or whether to save Hongyuan and then run together.
Zhu Ping silently watched Zhu Bai's retreating figure. His heart, which had been wavering all day, suddenly made a decision: He must find a way to exchange Zhiqiu back with Zhu Bai!
There are so many people around Zhu Bai, but I am the only one in Zhiqiu.
So, I'm sorry, twelfth brother, I can only wrong you.
As long as I continue to provide food, Wang Baobao will definitely not kill you.
When the time comes, there will naturally be people who will think of ways to save you.
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Li Jinglong finally arrived in Xi'an early the next morning.
As soon as he entered the city gate, he grabbed the guard and asked, "Is King Xiang still here?"
The guard said: "The King of Xiang arrived yesterday."
Li Jinglong breathed a sigh of relief and choked with sobs: "We have caught up."
He didn't have time to rest, so he went directly to Zhu Bai to report.
Fugui and the others did not dare to call Zhu Bai because Zhu Bai slept late last night and told him not to disturb him.
Li Jinglong could only wait obediently in the lobby of Guanya Station.
Zhu Bai woke up naturally from his sleep, washed and dressed, and saw a beggar standing in the hall.
The man was dark and thin, with an unkempt beard and messy, knotted hair.
A large cotton robe that was so dirty that it was soaked with starch was tied around his waist, and his muddy boots were wrapped in dry, dark trousers.
The front of the boots were torn, revealing the original color of the socks.
Zhu Bai turned around and looked. There was no guard at all. He couldn't help but frown slightly: What are these people doing? How come everyone is let in? !
Fugui approached and whispered, "This is Li Jinglong."
Zhu Bai almost laughed out loud: Damn it, why did he become like this.
When he came out of Yingtian, he was still a handsome and noble man.
When Li Jinglong saw Zhu Bai, he almost cried: "Uncle, I have finally caught up with you."
Zhu Bai patted him on the shoulder, suppressed the disgust in his heart and said, "Ah, thank you for your hard work. Take a good rest. Anyway, all the work you should do is done now."
Li Jinglong nodded, turned around and went out.
Zhu Bai secretly laughed: Tsk, tsk, tsk, it really is a matter of teaching people a meeting. Li Jinglong is much more sensible than before.
However, now that this guy is here, I better leave immediately, otherwise it will look like I am avoiding him on purpose.
Li Jinglong and the others had a good meal at the Guanya Inn, then took a shower, changed clothes, and slept for a while before they looked like human beings.
Fugui almost stopped laughing, and came back to describe it to Zhu Bai, saying: "The shopkeeper said that the last time he saw someone gorge themselves like this was ten years ago when a relative came to the house to escape famine. He was afraid that he would be punished if he broke Li Jinglong and the others. , and told people not to serve Li Jinglong and the others any more food. If Li Jinglong asked, he would tell them that they were sold out. He also took Li Jinglong’s clothes outside the city and burned them. They were so dirty that they couldn’t be washed."
Zhou Bin and Pu Ying were old friends with Li Wenzhong, so they took turns visiting Li Jinglong and inviting him to his house.
Li Jinglong immediately became energetic again, and asked someone to bring a message back to Li Wenzhong, reporting to his family that he had completed the tea-horse transaction entrusted by the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince, and had arrived in Xi'an.
Fugui rolled his eyes after hearing this: It's so shameless that his mother opened the door for Wu Shai. It's so shameless.
Does the successful completion of the first gold medal letter talisman tea horse transaction have anything to do with Li Jinglong?
Zhu Fang invited Li Jinglong to the palace as a guest.
Li Jinglong hurriedly bought many valuable gifts and went there.
Zhu Feng was the first vassal king, and he had the final say in the northwest.
He must have a good relationship with Zhu Xi.
This time, Zhu Xi did not come out to greet him in person. After all, Li Jinglong was a minister and he was the prince. Besides, Li Jinglong was a generation younger than him.
When Li Jinglong entered, he bowed to Zhu Ping in a polite manner: "Second uncle."
Zhu Fang smiled: "Jiujiang has really grown up now. He can even host the tea-horse trade."
Li Jinglong: "Thanks to my second uncle for taking care of me and teaching me."
Zhu Fang said: "Looking at my elder brother's intention, I am sure that the tea horse business will be handed over to you in the future. Otherwise, I won't send you here this time. You have to work hard."
Li Jinglong hurriedly stood up and handed over his hands: "Jiujiang can only repay His Highness the Crown Prince with all his heart and soul. However, I am still young and I am afraid that I will not be able to convince everyone. I need the support of my second uncle to do it well."
Zhu Ming nodded slightly: "It's easy to talk, easy to talk. Jiujiang is still very smart and good at being a good person. But my twelfth brother is not that easy to fool. Even if my eldest brother gives you this business, you may not be able to do it smoothly. He took it in his hand.”
His own uncle had suffered enough from Zhu Bai.
Li Jinglong frowned and sighed: "Isn't it? This time it was said that Wei Chen was co-hosting it with him, but in fact, in the end, it was all him who was in charge, and Wei Chen had no involvement at all."
Zhu Chen stared at him: "If I let him disappear for a period of time, are you sure you can control the Guanya Bureau and the tea-horse trade?"
Li Jinglong was surprised and happy, but did not dare to agree.
As the saying goes, if there is no benefit, don't start early. He didn't see the benefit of doing this to Zhu Xi. Moreover, Zhu Xi and Zhu Bai were brothers. Maybe he was trying to trick him by saying this.
Zhu Xi lowered his eyes and touched the ring on his hand: "You just need to give my uncle's family a few first-level official teeth."
