This was quite unexpected by Ye Hu. He originally thought that the servant was a villain who was greedy for profit, but he didn't expect that he actually handed the jade ring to Li Yong. Jiang Shuo carefully recalled the reaction of the servant. Although he seemed extremely excited when he turned back and entered the house, now that he thought about it, it was a bit deliberate. When he led them into the house, his steps were even more steady. He was obviously a practicing master.
The bone-strength Pei Luo didn't change his face like Ye Hu. He laughed and jumped out. The entrance of the courtyard was facing the waterside pavilion, but there was a pond in the middle. A large tank was buried in the pond to plant lotus. At this moment In early spring, the water was shallow and the lotus leaves had not yet sprouted. Guli Peiluo walked straight across the pond on the edge of the tank. His posture was light and unrestrained. After a few ups and downs, he entered the waterside pavilion. He landed on his feet and saluted Li Yong and said: "Huihe Merchant Sa Heman, I have long admired the name Li Shijun, and now that I have seen him, he indeed has the appearance of an ancient sage."
Ye Hu and Yiji Jian didn't have the skills like grandpa, so they could only quickly walk around the pond. Although Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang were able to cross the pond, they didn't dare to show off their skills. Together with Jing Zhencheng, they followed the two of them honestly. Prince Huihe took a detour and entered the waterside pavilion.
Li Yong glanced sideways at Jiang Shuo and the other three, and said with a smile, "In addition to the Beihai jade, did the old man also bring some cloth for me?"
Jiang Shuo and Jing Zhencheng's weapons were too dazzling, so they could only use the two cloth rolls as cover. Jing Zhencheng dressed up as a Huihe man and could no longer hold the cloth roll, so he took the cloth roll wrapped with his long sword. He handed it over to Dugu Xiang, but he didn't attract much attention when he entered the restaurant with the cloth roll in his arms. It was a bit strange to come to see Li Yong.
Gu Li Pei Luo Zigu sat down at the guest table and said with a smile: "The quality of this cloth is not very good. I bought it for the boys at home to use randomly. How dare you show your humility in front of Li Shijun." He turned to Shuoxiang. The two of them said, "You two, please stand down. You don't want to be laughed at."
Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang followed the instructions and exited the waterside pavilion. Fortunately, the waterside pavilion had no doors or windows. The two of them stood on the porch, and the situation inside could still be seen clearly. Because Jing Zhencheng was disguised as a Uighur, he was able to stay in the waterside pavilion and sit in the last seat after Ye Hu and Yi Di worked out.
Dugu Xiang pouted and said softly: "If I had known, I would have dressed up as a Uighur, so I wouldn't have had to stand outside to catch the wind... Hey, Brother Shuo, do you think Brother Jing won't make a sudden move?"
Jiang Shuo laughed softly and said, "Don't be afraid, his long sword is still in your hand."
Lonely Xiang then remembered, hugged Bujuan tighter, and said with a smile: "It seems that Jinglang finally miscalculated. Let's see what they said."
There was only one master in the waterside pavilion, Li Yong, and there was not even a servant to serve tea or water. It is not the way to treat guests without serving tea. Jiang Shuo felt strange in his heart and said softly: "Why is there no one there?" This is not like the style of a generous family."
But Pei Luo, who was strong enough over there, didn't seem to care and said with a smile, "How did Li Shijun know that this jade of mine is North Sea jade? I think this jade is as smooth and white as the beautiful jade from Khotan."
Li Yong said: "This jade is indeed white and flawless. In terms of whiteness, it is even better than Khotan. However, this jade is white on the outside but dark brown on the inside. You can tell at a glance that it is not the real jade from Khotan."
After hearing this, Pei Luo, a man of bone strength, stood up and walked to Li Yong's case. He reached out and picked up the white jade ring. He looked through it in his palm but couldn't find the key. Li Yong said, "Please look at it."
Bone Strength Pei Luo walked to the waterside pavilion, raised the jade ring and looked at the sun. Sure enough, the sun penetrated the white jade, revealing a faint black mist inside. "
Ye Hu and Yi Dijian also came up. Gu Li Pei Luo handed the jade ring to the two of them. They looked at Yang Yang as they did, and both saw the flaws in the jade. Ye Hu handed the jade back to Gu Li Pei Luo, and Gu Li Pei Luo Luo casually threw the jade ring into the pool.
Li Yong sighed and said, "Old man, why do you need this? Although this jade is not as good as the real jade from Khotan, it is still worth hundreds of coins in the market of the two capitals."
Dugu Xiang interrupted outside and said, "Yes, if you don't like it, you can reward it to our servants. What a pity it would be to throw it away?"
Li Yong raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and Pei Luo smiled and said: "You are so shapeless that I made Li Shijun laugh. My original Taoist Uighur jade can be compared to Khotan. Only after Li Shijun mentioned it did I realize that my knowledge is shallow."
Jiang Shuo said softly to Dugu Xiang, "Xiang'er, please stop fooling around, or you'll expose your secrets."
Dugu Xiang then stuck out his tongue and stopped talking.
Li Yong said: "The old man has come all the way, not just to invite Yong to taste the white jade.
Good quality, right? "
The bone-strength Pei Luo returned to his seat and said, "That's natural. I live in Shuobei, but there is something I don't understand, so I came here to ask Li Shijun for advice."
Li Yong said coldly: "This old man is too modest. If you have anything to say, it doesn't matter."
Gu Li Pei Luo said: "I heard that Li Shijun was born in the Li family of Jiangxia. He became famous at a young age and was known for his talents. Then he was the imperial censor in the palace during the Tiannu Emperor's reign. Why is he still a small prefect of Beihai after 40 or 50 years of ups and downs in the officialdom? "
Everyone present did not expect Pei Luo to speak so directly, and they could not help but be stunned. However, Li Yong smiled softly and said: "It is not easy for a woman to be a sycophant in the court, and to be the governor of a county." He picked up a volume of documents and put it in his hand. As soon as it was raised in the air, Jiang Shuo knew that it was a newspaper conveying official business, but he heard Li Yong say: "I just got the news. Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming know that one is a wise minister in the court and the other is a high official in the border area. Just because on the tenth day of the first lunar month, When the five of them were traveling together, they happened to meet Prince Li Heng and were framed by Li Linfu. They were both imprisoned."
Regarding Huangfu Weiming, Jiang Shuo only knew that he had just lost the battle in Shibao City, and did not feel any pity. However, he was too familiar with Wei Jian, and he couldn't help but think of Wei Jian when he saw him dredging the Bian River last year. Wearing a bamboo hat, sandals, and a raincoat, I couldn't help but say "Ah" when I heard that he was falsely accused and imprisoned.
Li Yong turned to look at him and said, "Do the little brothers in the corridor also recognize these two ministers?"
Jiang Shuo could only bow and said, "I used to be a boatman on the canal. I have met Mr. Wei a few times, but we have no friendship with him."
Li Yong nodded slightly and said, "It's a shame you left the Caobang, otherwise you would be in jail now based on your words..."
Jiang Shuo was shocked and angry, and said, "Is it a crime to recognize Mr. Wei? Even if Mr. Wei is really guilty, on what charge would he put me in jail?"
Li Yong scoffed and said, "Do you mean that Li Linfu just put the two of them in jail and it was settled? If Prime Minister Lin wants to harm people, he must not stop until death. Although the two of them were imprisoned, their crimes will not lead to death. One day the saint will remember their talents and say Maybe it will be reactivated again. Huangfu Weiming will just give it up, but Wei Jian is often praised as a prime minister. If he really makes a comeback one day, it is not impossible to compete with Prime Minister Lin. With Li Linfu's style, how can he not kill them all? "
Jiang Shuo had realized something in his heart, but still couldn't believe it. He said in a trembling voice, "Then...then why did he arrest the boatman?"
Li Yong said: "Li Linfu sent Ji Wen to torture the two of them, and at the same time sent Luo Xishi to mobilize the transshipment envoys in Jianghuai and Tokyo Yuanhe to seek Wei Jian's crime. However, there were many river boatmen involved with Wei Jian. There is a prison crisis, and the prisons in the counties along the canal are overcrowded, and I heard that many people have died unjustly in the government.”
Jiang Shuo thought to himself: Aren't most of these river workers and boatmen my brothers from the Cao Gang? He knew that several of the leaders had a good relationship with Wei Jian, but he didn't know how they were doing now... Thinking of this, his pupils were filled with blood, and his eyes were so red that he wished he could go to the land of Hebian immediately to see what was going on.
Li Yong saw that the young man in the corridor was very ugly. His skin was sallow and lacked the luster of a young man. His eyes were shining brightly. However, at this moment, he did not look like he was happy to survive the disaster, but he was clenching his teeth. , his eyes were red as if he were about to spit out fire. Li Yong was very surprised and said: "Little brother, why are you angry?"
Dugu Xiang said: "I don't know, sir, but my brother has been a boatman for many years and has many old friends on the canal. He was a little worried when he heard that the government was arresting boatmen."
Li Yong thought to himself: This young man seems to be less than twenty years old. He said that he has been a boatman for many years. He is just talking nonsense. But why does this short young man's voice sound familiar? But he couldn't remember it for a moment. He and Jiang Shuo had only met once, exchanged a few words, and had no deep impression. However, he had frequent contacts with Xixi Villa and was very familiar with Dugu Xiang. However, in the past three years, Dugu Xiang's The figure and appearance had changed so much that even without makeup, Li Yong might not have recognized them. Therefore, he just felt familiar, but he never imagined that the pair of young men in the corridor were Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang.
But at this moment, Li Yong had no time to think about this. He turned to Pei Luo and said, "What else can I say, old man?"
The bone-strength Pei Luo laughed and said, "Then what official position did An Lushan promise you?"
Li Yong smiled and said, "Why should I ask this question when I know it?"
Guli Peiluo rolled his eyes and said curiously: "I really don't know. How can Li Shijun say that I knew the truth?"
ask? "
Li Yong said: "The house has been surrounded by layers of your people. The old man won't tell Yong that you happened to be passing by here, right?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. No wonder they didn't see a single servant all the way into the house. It turned out that someone had already come to occupy the house! I'm afraid that Li Yong's conversation with them was under the surveillance of others, but the internal strength of Pei Luo and Jiang Shuo was so high that they didn't even notice that there was an ambush nearby? What kind of master is that? Everyone felt a chill down their spines when they thought of this.
At this moment, I suddenly heard someone laughing loudly: "Shijun Li, I originally wanted you to talk to King Khan alone, but why did you involve me so quickly?"
I saw the door of the study behind the waterside pavilion opened. The two people who walked out first were Gao Buwei and Li Guiren. The ones walking out of the doors on their left and right were Luohu Jidu on one side, Taiyin Yang on the other, and Xiang Runke on the other side. , all the tools are here.
Li Yong said coldly: "First it was Cheng Lang, and now it's these Uighur businessmen. What tricks does Mr. Gao still have that he hasn't come up with?"
Gao Buwei laughed and waved his hands: "Li Shijun misunderstood, this is not Gao's method. Li Shijun still doesn't recognize this old man, right? Let me introduce him, this is the famous Shuo Mo Peluo, King of Huihe Khan!"
