In the fifth year of Zhenguan, on the second day of the twelfth lunar month, Youshi, Lantian County, Qin Mansion study room.
The You hour of every day is the busiest time in the study, and it is also the time of day that the women in the backyard look forward to most.
At this time, the coffee table in the study room was filled with various fruits and pastries grown in greenhouses.
Xiao Changxi, Xiao Qingwan, and Yang Zijun sat on the sofa, while Si She, Mou Tu, and several guards dressed as maids stood quietly aside.
They were all looking expectantly at the handsome young man sitting on the corner of the sofa with a folding fan in his hand.
The only people who participated in this event before were Xiao Changxi's three daughters and Si She, who recently became Qin Ming's maid. Mou Tu tortured Yang Zijun all afternoon today, and Yang Zijun had no choice but to take her and a few people from her team to participate. Therefore, Mou Tu and the girls were the most enthusiastic among everyone present, and looked at Qin Ming with the hottest eyes.
I saw Qin Ming slap it, open the folding fan, fan it in a serious way, then quickly close the fan and put it on the coffee table.
Seeing the eyes of all the girls in the room cast on his face, he smiled evilly and thought to himself, this is life, it feels so good to be surrounded by a group of beauties every day.
The life of the rich in the Tang Dynasty was so simple and unpretentious.
When the girls saw Qin Ming's eyes, they felt a little strange. Xiao Changxi involuntarily shrank on the sofa, as if she was afraid that Qin Ming would pounce on her. Because every time Qin Ming asked her to do bad things, she had the same expression.
At this time, Qingwan saw that they had been waiting for a long time, and Qin Ming was just laughing and not saying anything, so she went to Qin Ming's side and pulled his sleeves, and whispered:
"Sir, let's start quickly."
After hearing this, Qin Ming came back to his senses and smiled sheepishly at Qingwan. He had just seen so many beauties and his mind could not help but go elsewhere.
In fact, the reason why these people came to the study after dinner was not to compete for the "sleeping room" spot. They all came to listen to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". However, Qin Ming believed that one day, he would treat those who listened to the story They were all replaced by "sleeping attendants".
Qin Mingcai calmed down and said:
"Okay, since everyone is here, let me get started. Last time I talked about Guo Jing and Huang Rong worshiping Hong Qigong as their disciples, let's continue talking today."
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In the fifth year of Zhenguan, on the second day of the twelfth lunar month, at Youshi, Chang'an City, Da'an Palace.
Different from the current atmosphere of laughter and joy in Qin Mansion, the atmosphere in Da'an Palace is not that good.
There was only one retired veteran cadre in the front hall, and all the eunuchs in the hall were driven out by him.
At this time, Li Yuan was wearing a down jacket and holding a thin book in his hand. He was pacing back and forth in the front hall while flipping through the pages.
I don’t know how long it took, but Zong Wu’s voice finally sounded in the hall:
"The last general, Zong Wu, pays homage to His Majesty."
When Li Yuan heard Zong Wu's voice, he immediately became excited, and the book in his hand trembled. He quickly walked to Zong Wu, stretched out his hand and said:
"Why are you standing there? Why don't you bring today's manuscript?"
Zong Wu trembled when he heard this, knelt on the ground and said:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for making a secret report today. Qin Ming was busy in Chang'an and didn't go back until very late last night, so he didn't tell any stories yesterday."
Li Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and didn't even notice that the book in his hand fell to the ground.
The hall instantly fell into deathly silence. If Li Yuansheng read the online article in later generations, he would definitely curse him.
As for the hidden stake that Zong Wu mentioned, it was actually the secret guard that Li Yuan had buried in Qin Ming's mansion a few days ago. The reason why Li Yuan investigated Qin Ming at the beginning was mainly because the strange things Qin Ming did made him curious.
As for the reason why he later arranged for secret guards to enter the Qin Mansion, Li Yuan decided after learning that Qin Ming was secretly raising orphans.
Li Yuan believes that people like Qin Ming are talented and can make money, but they are also hidden dangers. After all, it can be seen from Qin Ming's previous arrangements that he is a very smart person.
Of course, if he was just smart and able to make money, Li Yuan wouldn't attach so much importance to Qin Ming. But if a person who is smart, can make money, win people's hearts and train his own team cannot be controlled by himself, he may one day threaten the court.
That's why he sent someone to watch Qin Ming's every move and report Qin Ming's movements in time every day.
But what Li Yuan never expected was that what he waited for first was not Qin Ming's talent and ambition, but a copy, not half a copy, of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" written by Qin Ming.
After reading a few pages, Li Yuan was attracted by the storyline in the book. It not only contained national events, martial arts, but also the love between children. This reminded him of his youth.
Li Yuan loved this book very much. Since he got this book, he has only played hide and seek with his concubines three times in the past six days.
The rest of the time, he spent reading books. You would think that this book could make a retired veteran cadre read books once every two days instead of twice a day. This shows Li Yuan's fascination with this book.
The only fly in the ointment was that Qin Ming did not finish the book. Instead, he talked about a short paragraph every night, and only after writing the secrets the next day could he secretly send it to the palace.
This made Comrade Li Yuan feel very uncomfortable. I believe everyone who follows the situation knows this feeling. Now he can't wait to run to the Qin Mansion and tell the boy the story in one breath.
There was silence in the hall for a long time before Li Yuan bent down to pick up the book, and then said to Zong Wu Dao calmly:
"Zong Wu, I'll give you ten days. You should immediately arrange for someone to check out Qin Ming's family members who have relatives who are out of town. The more detailed the better, and report back as soon as possible. Come on down."
Zong Wu was relieved when he heard this. He was so frightened just now that he didn't dare to breathe, for fear that His Majesty would blame him.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements immediately."
After saying that, Zong Wu dodged and disappeared into the hall.
If anyone could see Zong Wu's face at this time, they would find that his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
After Li Yuan abdicated, he still had two extremely powerful secret guards in his hands. These two secret guard teams were composed of Li Yuan's cronies, and both were very powerful.
Taking his branch as an example, their main responsibility is to protect Li Yuan's safety, and their number is also very large. It is not inferior to the Baiqisi currently in the hands of His Majesty, and is even stronger than Baiqisi in some aspects.
As for the leader of the other secret guard, he has only met him twice over the years. Moreover, both times the other party was also wearing a cloak and was veiled, making him very mysterious. He only judged that the other person was a woman by looking at her body shape, and that she had a lot of wealth in her hands. He didn't know any other information.
When Li Yuan saw Zong Wu leaving in the main hall, he gritted his teeth and whispered:
"Damn boy, just wait for me. I'll make you look good later."
After saying that, he laughed sadly, and the laughter echoed in the hall, which sounded very terrifying.
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