Xie Ruqing and many well-known people attended this happy event in Chengxuanhou Mansion. Almost everyone was immersed in the joy of this happy event. There were many extremely chaotic and tragic events such as the Huaizhou Rebellion and the Wumeng Rebellion. For the time being, this matter has not been known to the people of Kyoto who are singing and dancing in peace, nor has it reached the ears of the officials above the country's court, causing them trouble...
Only a few days after the wedding, Dayong and Nanman, represented by Xie Ruqing and Chu Ci, also reached a tacit consensus, bringing a perfect end to this long-lasting negotiation...
With the formal signing of the contract, the whole country was immersed in the joy of finally completing the contract with the Nanman generals, and also in the joy of the impending war with the Nanman...
Xie Ruqing was also like this originally. He finally worked hard with everyone to find ways to promote this contract. Naturally, he was overjoyed. He was beaming with joy for several days...
However, accidents often happen when people least expect it. Xie Ruqing just got a piece of news from the intelligence sent by Butterfly Network. Before she even had time to react to the incident, she was also informed about it. Regarding this incident, Chu Ci asked people to come and invite him over again and again...
Xie Ruqing was also very able to understand Chu Ci's mood at this moment. Therefore, even though he was already gloomy in his heart, he no longer shied away. He found a time in the middle of the night when everyone was dead, and came quietly with a few dead soldiers. We met at the tavern we had agreed with Chu Ci...
There is a night market in Dayong at night. Therefore, the entertainment life of the people can be said to be rich and colorful. In order to do business, there are many shops open all night long. Therefore, a tavern in the busy city is open twelve hours a day. It's not something unusual...
Although the business and flow of people in this pub named "Kesiyunlai" are not as good as its name, it is still in a busy city with a lot of people and its own drinks. It tastes mellow and delicious, so the business is doing well and there are quite a few repeat customers...
There is a certain risk for Xie Ruqing and Chu Ci to meet here... However, neither of them can safely place the meeting place in their own territory at this moment...
First, because this matter is so serious that even if they are brothers, they cannot completely trust each other at this moment. Second, because they believe that they may be the first people to know the news, but they will definitely not be the first ones to know the news. The last group of people who know the news will definitely focus all their attention on them and their public and private properties as soon as they learn the news...
Therefore, just in case, Xie Ruqing and Chu Ci chose this tavern with a relatively innocent background and relationship as their meeting place, in order to make everyone feel at ease...
Of course, they all understand the principle that walls have ears. Although the boss is not a bad person and will not intentionally eavesdrop on their conversations, he is always afraid of something unexpected happening. Therefore, Xie Ruqing and Chu Ci both have a tacit understanding when they go to the appointment. Before, he asked his subordinates to pretend to be diners, enter the tavern and become guests of the tavern, so that he could control the tavern in his own hands without everyone noticing...
It's just that the boss is happy that his work is hard. The boss is happy that the daily turnover has doubled to twice the usual amount, but the waiter is happy because he only encounters customers who smile like a smiling tiger or look like a bandit...
Of course, this is no wonder Xie Ruqing and Chu Ci. They wanted to send some subordinates with temperament or appearance that were more in line with ordinary people. But in this way, real ordinary people might be mixed in. Therefore, after thinking again and again, they had no choice but to One team pretended to be bandits who had just finished killing people and looted goods, and the other team had to pretend to be smiling businessmen who came to Kyoto to discuss business...
Of course, the reaction of the boss and the clerk is only an afterthought to this matter. What is important right now is the matter between Xie Ruqing and Chu Ci...
"Senior Brother came so late, Junior Brother almost thought that Senior Brother felt shameless to face me and ran away with others..." Chu Ci came to this tavern early, sat in the private room and waited for a long time. Looking at Xie Ruqing, who had arrived late, he couldn't help but mocked.
"There were a few extra pairs of eyes on the road, it took some time to get rid of them..."
"You don't need to be arrogant when you speak... I can't help you with this matter, and I didn't expect that guy to come back... He attacked in the east and west, directly drawing away the defenders of Wumeng Mountain, and forced his way into the siege. Yong, someone else responded later..."
"However, don't worry, I have sent people to check the whereabouts of that person as soon as possible, and also gave the news to Yunxiaoguan as soon as possible..."
"Think about it, as long as we wait for that person to arrive in Kyoto... we will definitely know the news as soon as possible..."
Xie Ruqing knew that she was in the wrong, so in the face of Chu Ci's strange aura, she didn't say anything. She just tolerated it completely and looked at Chu Ci's face, which turned slightly worried, before she spoke.
"...Huh...that's all...the matter has come to this...I want to blame you, senior brother...it won't help..." Chu Ci was not an unreasonable person. He was just angry and angry at Xie Ruqing just now. He spoke angrily, but now, after listening to Xie Ruqing's explanation and arrangement, he is no longer angry...
"That man must have been in contact with one of your high-ranking officials in Dayong. Otherwise, even if his hands and eyes are astute, he is still from the Chu State. Forcibly crossing the border of Dayong is already his limit, let alone successfully entering the customs now. It can disappear without a trace... The people I sent there didn't even hear the slightest news..."
"I was originally going to leave Dayong in three days... but now... that person must have planned to... visit my little girl while I'm away... I'm afraid I can't just leave like this. …”
"The contract between Nanman and Dayong has been signed. In three days, the Nanman delegation will leave Beijing. This is a done deal and cannot be changed..." Xie Ruqing understood the meaning of Chu Ci's words, but still explained the facts ruthlessly. came out,
"So what! That person himself is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and now he has joined forces with you Dayong dignitaries! No matter how thoughtful you are, senior brother... But you are not facing a person. You are Dayong wants to protect more than one person..." Chu Ci said with intense emotion.
But perhaps because he realized his gaffe, after saying that sentence, Chu Ci calmed down and continued:
"You have to protect more than one person in Dayong... It is inevitable... that someone will take advantage of you... My daughter is my own... I cannot and cannot... take my daughter away at this time... Leave it all to you, senior brother..."
"Then what do you want... The Nanman mission must leave the capital..." Xie Ruqing looked at his junior brother who was a new father and wanted to protect his daughter. For a moment, he felt quite concerned about this junior brother. In order to express emotion, he couldn't help but soften his tone and asked...
When Chu Ci saw that his senior brother finally showed a sign of loosening his attitude, he knew that perhaps his inner plan had a chance, so he hurriedly approached Xie Ruqing and said:
"It is a certainty that the Nanman mission will leave the capital, but... I can break away from the Nanman mission... The Nanman mission will leave Kyoto as usual and will not cause trouble to the Nanman and Dayong countries... But I personally With his identity, he quietly stayed in Kyoto... Then there is nothing to criticize..."
"As long as you are willing to help me, senior brother... I believe that this matter can be done without anyone noticing... It only takes ten days at most, and I only need to stay for ten more days at most... I will definitely be able to drive that guy back to Chu State. ...As long as the safety of my daughter is guaranteed...Senior brother, don't worry, I will not stop in Dayong for a moment, and will return to my Nanman immediately..."
"I promise...I will not do anything to harm Dayong during this period of time when I stay secretly in Dayong. This time, I stay in Dayong for myself, for private matters...not for state affairs... …”
After Chu Ci finished speaking, he eagerly waited for Xie Ruqing's reaction. Chu Ci was very nervous at the moment, because he knew that without Xie Ruqing's help in this matter, he would definitely not be able to do it in public with his own strength. Hiding in Dayong for so long...
I don’t know how much time passed, but it wasn’t until the waiter opened the door, brought in the wine Chu Ci had ordered, and then left, that Xie Ruqing spoke:
"This matter is difficult..."
"Just like Dayong, there are already many eyes staring at you and me... Even if you and I avoid these eyes, do you have any way to avoid the eyes within the Nanman mission... This time you Killed more than 70% of the officials... Do you think... if you leave the Nanman Mission... they will help you..."
When Chu Ci heard this, he immediately frowned and said:
"I don't need their help in this matter. When I dared to kill those people, I expected that I would definitely break up with them..."
"Just relying on them... I will naturally have a way to take care of them all..."
Seeing his junior brother's resolute and confident look, Xie Ruqing couldn't help but ask:
"You are not in a panic... prepare to deal with all those people for me... this is a very stupid thing..."
When Chu Ci heard his senior brother's worries, he couldn't help laughing and said:
"Senior brother, don't worry. Although I really want to get rid of all these useless counterfeit currencies...but I'm not so stupid. Let's get rid of them this time..."
"In my opinion, those people are just a group of jackals who are waiting for the opportunity to take advantage of the smell of profit... Now that the treaty between Nanman and Dayong has been signed, they have nothing to do, so they only focus on me. They tried to use me as a stepping stone for them to gain glory and wealth..."
"If there are more interests that can make them excited... then they will naturally not focus all their attention on me... Like you, senior brother, I have always had several substitutes that I have used for a long time... …It is no exaggeration to say that those stand-ins looked exactly like me when they played me…”
"What do you want to do..."
"I didn't want to do anything... I just fermented the things I had prepared before... The foolproof things I had prepared a long time ago were just advanced..."
"I heard that some time ago, Nanman's mines made a big deal on the black market. I asked people to check the buyer. The buyer was an unpopular clan member of the Nanman royal family, named Nangong Wen...
He was the child of incest between the former Nanman ruler and his sister... After the death of the former Nanman ruler, he lived a life like a pig in the palace... There was no money to buy these mines... It must have been There is someone standing behind him... that person is you..." Xie Ruqing opened the wine bottle and said while smelling the aroma of the wine.
"Transactions on the black market are all affairs of the world... I didn't expect that senior brother would be so aware of the affairs of the world... He could also find out about the buyer... He is indeed a senior brother... But... now that senior brother knows, then I will There is nothing to hide...Yes, the person behind him is me...and what I prepared this time has something to do with him..."
"I have no interest in participating in your Nanman's internal affairs, but... if you want to ferment this matter in advance, you must ask me to help you in Dayong. Although we are brothers, I originally only agreed to help. The matter of taking care of your daughter is another matter. After all, I have to charge some interest, so you should have no objection."
Chu Ci looked at his senior brother who had started to drink the wine, and couldn't help but clicked his tongue a few times, and then said: "Senior brother, why are you so tacky... You like these yellow and white things... Besides... Senior brother, my sister-in-law's house is so tacky. Wealthy...you still lack a little bit of what you, my junior brother, have from me..."
Xie Ruqing looked at Chu Ci who deliberately understood but pretended not to understand, and then said directly:
"Your sister-in-law's family does a lot of business, but your sister-in-law's family does not have a tomb robbing business..."
"I know that you have organized several gangs that specialize in fighting, specifically asking them to search for the treasures left by the previous dynasty. They have discovered countless treasures from the previous dynasty over the years..."
"Your money for raising private soldiers should come from here..."
"I have a lot of money on the surface, but I have a lot of money. I can't just use it to do something..."
"I want you to share 30% of my profits..."
Chu Ci looked at Xie Ruqing and raised the matter directly. He simply stopped being secretive and said directly:
"Senior brother, you never touch these things...for fear of retribution...Why, you are not afraid now..."
"I have no intention of letting people go treasure hunting. The 30% profit I said means..."
Xie Ruqing very carefully whispered into Chu Ci's ear. After Chu Ci heard this, he patted the table with his fan for a long time with a solemn expression. Finally, he said with a smile:
"Okay, okay~ How can a person not bow his head under the eaves~ As long as senior brother is willing to help me~ I am willing to do anything~"
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(End of chapter)
