Tian Shaokun's eyes flashed fiercely and he said, "I'm afraid that when you come tomorrow, the general of the Duke's Mansion will greet you!"
Liu Haojia laughed and said: "If the general of the Duke's mansion dares to come tomorrow, I admire Duke Liang as a good man who dares to take action! Let me tell you, send the money to the small school in the west of the city before tomorrow evening, otherwise I will Come again!"
After speaking, Liu Haojia waved his hand and led the Jin Yiwei away in a swagger. The gamblers were afraid of being stopped by the thugs to vent their anger, so they followed the Jin Yiwei and dispersed! Although there is a curfew outside, there are many ways for these gamblers to avoid it.
Seeing that the Jinyi guards were gone, the thugs breathed a sigh of relief and helped Tian Shaokun up with all their hands. Some were arranging to help him bind his wounds, and some were shouting to find the doctor, which showed that they were working very hard!
Tian Shaokun was naturally furious when he saw their looks. After kicking several people down one after another, he said: "Hurry up and clean up the place. I'll go find the doctor myself! I'll go to the Duke's Mansion to find the butler at dawn! This time If these Jin Yiwei can’t eat enough, they’ll have to walk around!”
After hearing this, everyone started to act according to his words and began to clean up the messy gambling house. It's just that the hands and feet of these thugs were not clean, and they took the opportunity to hide a lot of silver and copper coins scattered on the ground! When Tian Shaokun saw this, he could only sigh helplessly, but in his heart, he had already placed all the blame on Liu Haojia!
Early the next morning, as soon as Liang Guogong got up, he was told by the housekeeper that the gambling house had been robbed. He jumped and then became furious!
When Tian Shaokun reported it to the housekeeper, he naturally blamed everything on Liu Haojia. He only said that he served the strong and bullied the weak and wanted to forcibly collect monthly money from the Duke's government! As for the rest of the things, he didn't think they were important, so he didn't report them!
After receiving the information from the butler, Liang Guogong directly asked someone to set up his car and drove his servants directly to the town. In his opinion, all this was Liu Shouyou's fault! Otherwise, who would dare to attack the property of the Duke of Guo? Three hundred taels of silver per month, which is 3,600 taels in a year! How could such a large sum of money be given to Jin Yiwei for nothing!
As a result, when he angrily got out of the car in front of Fusi Gate in Beizhen, he found that Bao Guogong's frame had also arrived! Since the two are both Dukes, they are naturally familiar with each other, so Duke Liang first raised his hands and said, "Brother, why are you here today?"
Seeing Duke Bao's equally angry expression, Duke Liang had already made a guess in his mind, and it was probably caused by the matter of collecting money from them. After all, we are all nobles and know each other well. Naturally, we know that the most profitable place for the Baoguo Public Company is Chunfeng Tower!
Sure enough, I heard Bao Guogong say: "What else could be the reason? These brats from Jinyiwei actually came to disturb the family's business and were extorted of four hundred taels of silver! And they will have to pay four hundred taels for three consecutive months in the future. The silver can be turned back into two hundred taels of silver later! I must have a good talk with Liu Shouyou today!"
Liang Guogong also said indignantly: "It's so outrageous! To tell you the truth, the family's gambling house was also messed up by Jin Yiwei's people, and two people were injured! That's why I thought of coming to Liu Shouyou to talk about it. this matter!"
While the two were talking, the guard in Jinyi who was guarding the door came over and said, "I have seen the two princes. I wonder what important matters the two princes have here?"
Duke Liang waved his sleeves and said, "Go and inform your commander that Duke Bao and my Duke have arrived, and ask him to come out to greet them!"
The Jin Yiwei smiled again, cupped his hands and said, "Two princes, what a coincidence. My master did come here in the morning, but he only stayed for a moment and then left!"
Duke Liang asked casually: "Where has he gone?"
Originally, he didn't expect the Jin Yiwei to answer, but he didn't expect him to actually answer and said: "My lord told me before he left that he went to the palace! Maybe he will stay in the palace today. !”
Duke Liang and Liang Guogong looked at each other and felt that Liu Shouyou seemed to be avoiding them. So Baoguo Gong said directly: "Then let's go to the palace and ask to see the Queen Mother! I think the Queen Mother cannot let her nobles be bullied by others!"
Duke Liang also said: "Go together, go together!"
When the two came to the palace gate to ask for an audience, they were still worried, because according to the rules, if you want to ask to see the Queen Mother, you must submit the memorial a few days in advance, and then the palace will make appropriate arrangements. It is rare to see the Queen Mother who suddenly asks for a meeting like this.
However, not long after the message was sent in, news came out that the Queen Mother had time now and was willing to meet the two princes. This made the two of them more confident, and they felt that the Queen Mother was still close to Xungui!
The two of them walked to the door of the Queen Mother's Palace. Zi Luo, the most favored girl around the Queen Mother, was waiting in front of the door. The two of them didn't dare to neglect, so they naturally wanted to say hello first. But Zi Luo is a delicate and clear person, how dare she let the Duke of Guo open his mouth first! So before they could open their mouths, they knelt down to salute and said, "I have seen the two princes, and the Queen Mother is already waiting for you!"
Duke Liang touched his body, took off a piece of jade pendant, took Ziluo's hand and gave it to her, and then said: "Thank you, Miss Ziluo! What are you doing at the moment, are you not delaying your business?" "
Zi Luo naturally knew what they were thinking, and quietly put the jade pendant into her sleeves, and then said: "The empress has just finished pruning the flowers and plants and is resting. And she is in a good mood! You know, the empress likes it best It’s time to play with the flowers and plants when you have nothing to do!”
The two of them felt much more at ease after hearing this, chatting with Zi Luo, and walked into the Queen Mother's palace at the same time. When the two saw Queen Mother Li, they immediately came forward to pay homage. Empress Dowager Li said: "Everyone, please get up. Don't go here and there all day long! We only see each other a few times a year, so how can we talk about so many etiquette!"
The two princes were even more moved when they heard Queen Mother Li's words! In fact, things are exactly as Queen Mother Li said, they rarely see each other several times a year! On the one hand, there are differences between men and women. Most of the people who can often see Queen Mother Li are the wives of the Dukes of the country, and they have to squeeze in the time to enter the palace. Moreover, with a large group of ladies and ladies, it is impossible to talk privately, let alone establish friendship!
Another point is that in recent years, the nephews and nephews of their two families, including themselves, have been softened by wealth and wealth, and have no longer been as brave as their ancestors, so their power in the army has been greatly reduced. For the royal family, such honors were of no use, and they naturally gradually became alienated.
After the two of them chatted with the Queen Mother, Queen Mother Li said: "You two always go to the Three Treasures Hall for no reason. What is the reason for coming to the Ai family today?"
