The golden sword was so eye-catching that Zhao Langjiang packed it in a knife box and handed it to Yang Xiaoxiao, asking her to find a way to bring it to the city lord's mansion. She has been in Yinyang City for many years and has many eyes and ears. It is not difficult to transport something.

Originally, Xu Yang also had this ability in the competition organization, but Zhao Langjiang always felt that they were Yuwen Tianlu's people, so he was wary of them.

When Zhao Langjiang and Li Qingcheng came to Chai Gongwang's house, Chai Gongwang was packing his things. When he saw the two of them uninvited, he covered the box with a piece of red silk.

Zhao Langjiang stepped forward to see, "What baby?"

Chai Gongwang reached out to cover his hand and said anxiously, "It's nothing, it's all some books."

Zhao Langjiang opened the box and it turned out to be a book. He wondered, "Aren't you not reading?"

When Li Qingcheng saw these books, his eyes lit up, "Mr. Chai is really good at savoring it. If you read this book "The Collection of Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books" correctly, it should be a rare book from the Song Dynasty, right?"

Chai Gong Wang said proudly, "This book was written by Zhu Xi. Only this lonely book remains in the world. I bought it from the market with 100,000 taels of silver. In the future, when I return to the capital, I will have to sell at least 200,000 taels."

Li Qingcheng stretched out his thumb and smiled, "Mr. Chai is a good method. He transported hundreds of thousands of taels of wealth out of Yinyang City without knowing it. Even Li Xiancheng couldn't see the trick, but... it seemed like a fake."

Mr. Chai was a little dissatisfied, "I've asked four people to identify them, but there is no problem. Why are you talking nonsense?"

Li Qingcheng smiled slightly and then said, "The paper skin eggs are like films and are as solid as jade. Although it is Chengxintang paper, during the Song Dynasty, books were mostly folded and butterfly. This book used a bag-back, which was a mounting method that was only available in the early days of the country, so it was mostly a fake work by later generations."

"Why should I believe you?"

Zhao Langjiang explained, "His name is Li Qingcheng, the third young master of the Li family in Jinling. He has 100,000 books in his family, and his words are still quite important."

When Mr. Chai heard this, he felt a pain.

Li Qingcheng comforted, "Don't be too sad. Although it was not written by Zhu Xi, it is also a rare treasure. It can cost 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver on the market."

Zhao Langjiang opened another box again, and dozens of small yellow croakers were neatly placed inside. He couldn't help but be amazed, "You are just the chief of staff, where do you get so much gold?"

Chai Gong looked at him, "Don't underestimate this chief of staff, who has no character or order, but this is Yinyang City. There are so many people who ask the city master to do business every day. If you want to see Li Xiancheng, you have to pass through my link. My favor is indispensable."

This is true. Yinyang City is the largest border trade city in the western frontier. The smuggling of salt, iron and tea silk in the Ming Dynasty is rampant. If you don’t have a good relationship, it may not be that easy to leave the city. If you are detained by the officers and soldiers, you will naturally find the city lord’s mansion to handle some relationship.

"The court has investigated so tightly, and it is natural to be easy to talk about if it is done. What if it cannot be done?"

Although Chai Gongwang knew nothing about studying, he was very familiar with this kind of way of pursuing. He said, "People who come to ask for a meeting will mostly do something shameful. If I don't accept anything, they will not be sure of it, right?"

"What's more, there are the three major bandits in Yinyang Business Road, who have an indescribable relationship with the City Lord's Mansion. Li Xiancheng has a special identity and is inconvenient to participate. I am mediating some things. When the City Lord's Mansion eats meat, I have to give us some soup, right?"

Zhao Langjiang said, "In my opinion, you are just sucking bones and marrow. Li Xiancheng eats leftovers."

Mr. Chai smiled and said proudly, "If I say that I rank second, no one in the world dares to rank first!"

Seeing his expression, Zhao Langjiang couldn't help but think of Fan Wuchang, Zhou Xiao and others, and smiled, "I know a few people. If you have the chance, you really should let me discuss and communicate."

He patted the box and said, "As the saying goes, when we meet, we will divide half of the gold and silver. We will have to make 30% of the gold and silver."

Chai Gongwang said loudly, "No! This money has been saved by me for more than ten years. If you want to get a share of the pie, it is better to kill me!"

Zhao Langjiang advised, "Old Chai, I advise you to be more open-minded. If you lose money, you can make another profit. If you lose your life, you will lose nothing!"

Mr. Chai pushed Zhao Langjiang away with a hand, locked the box with a lock, and lay on the box with his two lords, and refused to give in no matter what he said.

Zhao Langjiang smiled and said, "Okay, I'm joking with you. We'll come to you and ask you to find a way to send us two into the city lord's mansion."

When Chai Gongwang heard that the two of them did not talk about money, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There are two ways to go in. I will attend the night banquet tonight. I can bring two followers in, but this method cannot bring weapons."

"What about another way?"

Chai Gong said, "Isn't Li Xiancheng going to be ready to ascend the throne? Now the city is looking for eunuchs, and I ask me to find two fourth-rank eunuchs with swords for him. Do you want to consider it?"

Zhao Langjiang said, "It's better to do it first."

...

The Western Army was conquered by the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Western Chu was unable to move in the Hengduan Mountains, and was temporarily unable to attack Yinyang City, which gave Li Xiancheng time to become emperor.

There were more and more people in Yinyang City. As noon approached, the lords of the eighteen cities around entered the city, as well as the Western Chu and Northern Zhou envoys, also entered Yinyang.

For this reason, Li Xiancheng prepared to hold a banquet at the City Lord's Mansion, to fulfill his friendship with the host and to demonstrate his "national prestige".

The night banquet was very high in size, and the entire Yinyang City was decorated with lights. Before nightfall, lanterns were lit around the city lord's mansion, and bells and drums were ringing together.

Zhao Langjiang and Li Qingcheng dressed as an attendant, followed Chai Gongwang into the city lord's mansion, but there was no stop.

From the outside, the City Lord’s Mansion was built inside the wall, which looked like a city in the city. After entering, I felt that the City Lord’s Mansion was so large, covering an area of ​​about hundreds of acres, five steps per whistle, ten steps per post, and were heavily guarded. There were also several patrol dragon guards, and many experts from Li Xiancheng who were trapped in the martial arts world, hiding in secret. If Chai Gongwang said, the City Lord’s Mansion was creeping tigers and hidden dragons, and it was difficult to enter.

The banquet was set up in Tai Chi Tower, located in the artificial lake in the city lord's mansion. Now this building has been converted into Tai Chi Palace, where Li Xiancheng invites guests.

This building is extremely luxuriously built. It is located in the middle of the lake. From the shore to the center of the lake, there are eight courtyard corridors connecting it, which divides the entire lake into eight places, which implies the meaning of Tai Chi Bagua.

On the building are inlaid with hundreds of night pearls. In the pool outside the building, four huge candlesticks are carved with four divine beasts: the blue dragon, white tiger, vermilion bird, and black trunk. On the candlestick, tung oil burns and the fire is soaring into the sky. Under the reflection of the night pearl, the entire building does not burn a light, but it is as bright as daytime.

Even Li Qingcheng, who is used to seeing the world, couldn't help but praise this design and sighed that he was not as good as that.

It’s not that the Li family does not have the financial resources. The Li family in Jinling has hundreds of years of history, and the buildings are mostly simple, with interest and style, which is in sharp contrast with this Fengyue Tower.

Chai Gongwang introduced, "This building is called Tai Chi, which was built by the ancestors of the Li family back then."

Li Qingcheng asked, "But the Li family craftsman who participated in the construction of the eight-arm Nezha City?"

“That’s right.”

Li Qingcheng suddenly said, "No wonder this is the case!"

Unlike the Central Plains, the seats at the night banquet of the City Lord's Mansion are guests and one seat. In front of each seat, there are three-foot-square small tables. Looking around, there are about three hundred seats, which are laid loosely in the banquet hall, leaving a space of more than three feet in the middle. Zhao Langjiang and Li Qingcheng don't know what it is for.

The middle of the hall is hollowed out, and there are more than 100 seats on the second and third floors. If the entire Tai Chi Building is full at the same time, it can be almost for thousands of people to entertain.

As soon as Mr. Chai entered the banquet hall, many people immediately surrounded him, asking about his well-being and greeting him. It is conceivable that the chief of staff of the city lord's mansion is very likely to become the first prime minister of the Yinyang Dynasty.

Chai Gongwang was chatting and laughing, calm and composed, without the humility he had in front of Zhao and Li before. At this time, a fat middle-aged man walked towards Chai Gongwang, shouted "Mr. Chai", and went forward to be hugged.

Unfortunately, the two fat men had too big belly and too short arms, and only touched each other's shoulders. The middle-aged man said, "Mr. Chai hasn't been to our Kangju City for a long time. Recently, I got two Persian beauties from Persia, with blonde hair and blue eyes. I had the opportunity to come to my place to sit."

Mr. Chai was smiling but not smiling, "The Lord of Kangju City is really willing to give up?"

The middle-aged fat man said, "Of course I'm willing to give up!"

"If I were really willing to give up, I would have been sent to Yinyang City long ago."

The middle-aged fat man smiled awkwardly, "I also got two Persian cats, and they are also blonde and blue-eyed. I'll send them to you another day!"

While speaking, another man wearing Hu's clothes and braided with money came over and said in a gull voice: "Mr. Chai, is there any news about the confiscation of our Longquan City?"

Among the nineteen cities, Yin Yang is the first. Although the other cities are also cities, they are generally restrained by Yin Yang City. When Li Xiancheng instigated the rebellion, he promised the other eighteen city lords to confer the eighteen kings the title of king.

However, not long ago, news came out that Li Xiancheng was preparing to be appointed as the Nine Kings and Nine Dukes according to the different strengths of each city. Therefore, the two city lords, Kangju and Longquan, came to inquire about the news from Chai Gongwang in advance.

Mr. Chai coughed twice, "This is not convenient to disclose, why don't you ask Emperor Longyang directly?"

The Lord of Longquan City said unhappily, "You guy like your mother-in-law and mother when doing things, and you are just mysterious. I will ask Li Xiancheng by myself!" After that, he left angrily.

The lord of Kangju came over and reached out to hand over a silver note, "It's convenient." Chai Gongwang whispered a few times in his ear. The man looked overjoyed, hugged him and returned to the table.

Taking advantage of the incoming sky, Zhao Langjiang pointed to the empty space in the venue and asked Chai Gongwang, "Why is there an empty place here? Is there any singing and dancing?"

Chai Gong Wang said, "Singing and dancing are the second best. There is a tradition in the 19 cities. Tonight, Li Xiancheng will be the emperor and needs to accept the challenges of the lords of other 18 cities on the court. If there are dissatisfied people in the 18 cities, they can compete here to determine the outcome. Only when the 18 people agree or win the challenge can they officially become emperor. Although it is only a formality, the formalities that should be gone must be gone."

"What if Li Xian succeeds or fails?"

"Li Xian has been planning this matter for twenty years and cannot lose."

Someone sang at the door, "The Northern Zhou Dynasty Guanquer Quarter has arrived!"

As soon as he finished speaking, six people walked in. Zhao Langjiang looked at him and found that he was also familiar with him.

Feng Qiansui, Lang Dazui, Chunyu Ying, and three other people in military uniforms under the seat of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Not long ago, Tuoba Niu Ren sent Feng Qiansui to fight Zhao Langjiang, but he waited on Shuangfeng Mountain for a night but didn't see anyone. He was also infected with Fenghan and was holding his anger.

When Tuoba Niu Ren saw him coming back alive, he looked disgusted. Li Xiancheng was in independence, and Tuoba Niu Ren attended the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but Tuoba Niu Ren was born to dislike such occasions. On the grounds of busy military affairs, he sent Feng Qiansui and his group over.

The young city lord Li Renjie, dressed in red robe, led the group to the top.

Another shouted, "The envoys of Western Chu arrived!"

Zhao Langjiang suddenly heard someone pushing behind him, "Give it aside."

Looking back, it turned out that the Western Chu envoys came from the corridor they had just now. Zhao Langjiang was not in a position to cause trouble, so he leaned to the side, looked closely and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

There are acquaintances every year, and there are a lot this year.
Chapter completed!