"You are also a member of the Du family, why are you so timid?" Qian Junnan looked at the shopkeeper and said with a chuckle.
"Yes, the little old man is indeed a member of the Du family, but it depends on the occasion! On today's occasion, let alone the little old man, even shopkeeper Qian may have lingering fears, right?" The shopkeeper glanced at Qian Jun. Nan's lower body, although Qian Junnan seemed very indifferent on the surface, the slightly trembling legs still betrayed his emotions at this time.
"Don't worry! Nothing will happen!" Qian Junnan pretended to be calm and patted the shopkeeper on the shoulder. This was the first time he had seen such a big scene. If he said he wasn't nervous, he would be lying. Qian Junnan's back was now numb. Soaked in cold sweat, if something really went wrong, how could he explain it to Lu Chen.
At this moment, I heard a burst of noise at the door of Changyuan Tower, and then I heard the greetings one after another: "I have met His Highness the Crown Prince! I have met His Highness King Qi!"
Qian Junnan and the shopkeeper looked downstairs and saw two brothers, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, coming hand in hand. At this time, the people below were giving gifts to these two people!
Qian Junnan hurriedly ran downstairs and saluted Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji: "Qian Junnan, a common man, pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince, and pays homage to His Highness the King of Qi!"
"Are you Qian Junnan? You've been quite popular recently!" Li Jiancheng looked Qian Junnan up and down, then smiled and teased the fat man in front of him.
"The villain doesn't want this limelight! But, doesn't everyone want this Liuli! The ordinary people are also bold enough to do such a thing, and now they are still a little worried! They are afraid that something will go wrong this time!" Qian Junnan saluted Li Jiancheng and said with an apologetic smile.
"The prince and I are here, what are you afraid of!" Li Yuanji, who was following Li Jiancheng, glared at Qian Junnan, "Is there any young person in this house?" Li Yuanji's momentum suddenly changed. Pulling up, a burst of pride arose spontaneously, and he glanced at the upstairs and downstairs of Changyuan Building with great disdain. Anyone who caught Li Yuanji's eyes would greet him with a smile.
"Yes! Yes! With two His Highnesses sitting in charge, I naturally feel a lot more at ease!" Qian Junnan hurriedly saluted.
Li Jiancheng nodded and took Li Yuanji directly up the stairs and into the box. These boxes were reserved by Lu Chen in advance and were specially prepared for Li Jiancheng and others. Because of this kind of thing, Li Yuan basically He wouldn't come, but people like Li Jiancheng were definitely coming, so he asked Qian Junnan to reserve a few private rooms with better viewing angles in advance.
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji came to the door of the box. They did not enter the box arranged by Qian Junnan. Instead, they pushed open the box next to them. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Lu Chen sitting on a chair, enjoying the meal leisurely. Drinking tea and eating snacks, there is a small copper kettle boiling water on the small red clay stove nearby.
As soon as he saw Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji arriving, Lu Chen quickly stood up to greet them. Li Jiancheng waved his hand directly to Lu Chen, indicating that he was exempt from the ceremony.
"Mr. Lu, you know how to hide yourself!" After Li Jiancheng entered the door, he sat directly opposite Lu Chen, poured himself a cup of tea automatically and looked at Lu Chen and joked.
"There's no way! If I show up, won't it be easy for my secret to be exposed? Those people are all old foxes! Your Highness, don't you think so?" Lu Chen said to Li Jiancheng with a smile.
"Fourth brother, what are you standing there for? You haven't sat down yet!" Li Jiancheng saw Li Yuanji still standing there and pointed directly at the chair next to him.
After Li Yuanji glanced at Lu Chen again, he slowly sat on the chair, but his eyes never left Lu Chen's body.
"Your Highness King Qi, it's a bit rude of you to stare at me like this! If you have anything to ask, just ask!" Lu Chen looked at Li Yuanji with a smile and said.
"Did you do all this?" Li Yuanji looked at Lu Chen and asked directly.
"Yes!" Lu Chen nodded directly and admitted it simply.
"Why?" Li Yuanji continued to ask.
"Money!" Lu Chen poured a cup of tea and pushed it directly in front of Li Yuanji. His answer was still simple.
"Are you short of money?" Li Yuanji looked at Lu Chen with some confusion and asked. In Li Yuanji's impression, Lu Chen owns Lujiazhuang and there are so many bankers, so he shouldn't be short of money.
"We are in need! Not only are we in need! The Tang Dynasty is in need as well! The people in this world are in need too!" Lu Chen said with a faint smile, "And those people's money has grown rusty at home. I just help them take out the money." Just let it dry!"
"Of course, I don't have that big of an appetite, but His Royal Highness also has a share of this!" Lu Chen continued before Li Yuanji could speak.
Li Yuanji looked directly at Li Jiancheng with strange eyes, his meaning was obvious, "You are His Highness the Crown Prince, how can you do such a thing?"
"Ahem! I do have a share in this, of course, the second child also has a share, and Aye and the third sister also have a share!" Li Jiancheng simply sold Li Yuan, Li Shimin and Li Xiuning.
"No! How could you do this!" Li Yuanji looked at Li Jiancheng and then at Lu Chen in surprise, but the next words directly caught Li Jiancheng and Lu Chen off guard, "Why are they both Yes or no?" Li Yuanji looked directly at Lu Chen and asked.
"Cough! Cough!" Li Yuanji's words immediately made Li Jiancheng and Lu Chen cough.
"Well..." Lu Chen took out the brocade handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped his mouth, and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile, "I'm going to tell you that I've forgotten you. Do you believe it?"
"Trust!" Li Yuanji said directly, "But you have forgotten me. I feel very shameless. Even if you are my brother-in-law, I am still very angry!" Li Yuanji felt a little unhappy. He looked at Lu Chen happily and said.
"Well, His Highness will definitely be unable to catch up this time, but I will make up for it in the future, okay?" Lu Chen said with a smile at Li Yuanji.
"This is what you said, and I have written it down! Brother will have to testify for us then!" Li Yuanji looked at Li Jiancheng and said seriously.
"It's natural. I can also testify to this!" At this moment, a voice came from the door of the box. The three of them looked around and saw Li Shimin standing at the door looking at him with a smile. three people.
"Second brother, you shouldn't be here!" Li Jiancheng said with a frown when he saw Li Shimin.
"Well, my future brother-in-law is here, why can't he come over to meet him?" Li Shimin said as he walked up to the three of them.
Lu Chen quickly stood up to greet Li Shimin. Li Shimin, like Li Jiancheng, waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to be polite and sat down on his own chair.
"It's not like you don't know the current situation. You and I are in the same room, and it's been reported out. How inconvenient it is!" Li Jiancheng looked at Li Shimin who was drinking tea with some worry and said.
"Don't worry! I checked it when I came in. I entered the house because there was no one around!" Li Shimin said without caring. Moreover, regarding this confidentiality measure, Li Shimin believed that Lu Chen would do a good job with his mind.
"To be honest, when I first entered Changyuan Building, I didn't expect the scene to be so big! All the old immortals from those aristocratic families came out!" Li Shimin looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile, but his eyes were shining, Obviously there is some other intention in it.
"Your Highness, please don't attack them!" Lu Chen warned with a smile after pouring more than half a cup of tea into the tea cup in front of Li Shimin again.
Obviously, Li Shimin was a little moved by the fact that so many people from the aristocratic families who had been staying at home came to Chang'an this time. If a few of these helmsmen died, would those aristocratic families be in chaos? Li Shimin's eyes clearly revealed this information to Lu Chen, but Lu Chen would not let Li Shimin do this, and if he really wanted to do this, Lu Chen would definitely do it cleaner than anyone else.
"Don't call me Your Highness, you will be my brother-in-law soon, just call me Second Brother!" Li Shimin looked at Lu Chen and smiled. Li Shimin didn't take it to heart at all that Lu Chen saw what he was thinking. If Lu Chen couldn't even see this If he comes out, then Lu Chen will no longer be Lu Chen.
"Then I have the guts to call you Second Brother. Second Brother, you can't do this! It's not the time for chaos yet!" Lu Chen looked at Li Shimin and warned and dissuaded him.
"Brother Yu, how could he not know this? It's just that these aristocratic families are powerful and have many constraints in the court. Brother Yu feels unhappy just looking at the people from those aristocratic families!" Li Shimin said bitterly.
"It's inevitable!" Lu Chen picked up the teacup and took a sip, then smiled, "To be disrespectful, those aristocratic families played an indispensable role in the success of our Li family and the demise of the former Sui Dynasty!" Lu Chen The words 'indispensable' were quite harsh, and the three brothers of the Li family naturally heard the implication of Lu Chen's words.
"Without these aristocratic families, Emperor Sui Yang would not be defeated so easily! As far as I know, we are still eating the food left over from the previous Sui Dynasty!" Lu Chen said with a smile, "It's just that Emperor Sui Yang moved. The interests of those aristocratic families have become what they are today. In fact, to put it bluntly, our Li family can be regarded as the beneficiary!"
After Lu Chen said this, the three brothers who were surprised did not refute Lu Chen, but nodded. After all, Lu Chen was indeed telling the truth. He said that Emperor Sui Yang was cruel and unscrupulous. It was arranged by the family, mainly the three conquests of Emperor Sui Yang. Goguryeo indeed emptied the country, injuring one thousand enemies and eight hundred self-inflicted wars, which directly made the noble family unhappy.
The aristocratic families did not benefit, but suffered a lot of losses due to Emperor Sui Yang's three expeditions to Goguryeo. How could these aristocratic families agree and immediately start to rebel?
The three brothers of the Li family were naturally witnesses to the entire incident, so they did not have different opinions on Lu Chen's statement, but rather agreed with it.
