Chapter 97 King Qing Li Cong

This is a luxuriously decorated room with hand-embroidered Persian carpets on the ground, soft and heavy, and the walls are covered with beautiful textile Shu brocades. Among them are the original pictures of Yan Liben's palace ladies and the original calligraphy of Yu Shinan. On a Hu bed made of ivory, several beautiful maids are carefully serving an obese man in their forties.

He was the eldest son of King Qing Li Cong, Li Longji, and was appointed as Situ and Taiyuan Mu. At this moment, he was squinting his eyes and looking at a ruby ​​in his hand, a round and smooth gem as big as an egg. He looked at it for a long time, but he could not see anything special about this gem.

He couldn't help but frown and said, "Did they really give you two hundred taels of gold and let you steal this ruby?"

A man in black kneeling down said, "Report to your highness, my subordinates don't understand why this Hu Shang gave us two hundred taels of gold to steal this ruby. We couldn't see the secret at the moment, so we bought a similar ruby ​​and handed it to Hu Shang. We specially presented this gem to Your Highness."

When King Qing Li Cong heard what he said, he looked at him carefully curiously for a long time. He still couldn't see anything special, so he smiled and said, "It's rare that you have this filial piety, it's great! Go and find out the origin of this gem. You can reward you with twenty taels of gold, and you have to hand over the other gold to me."

The man in black was stunned for a moment and kowtowed quickly, saying, "Thank you for your reward, I will go and inquire now."

The man in black slowly retreated. At this time, a man in his fifties walked into the outside. He was tall and thin, with white hair and hair, and had a bit of a fairy-like demeanor. He entered the door and smiled and said, "Your Highness is looking for me?"

The man's surname is Yan and his name is Yan Kai. He was a Jinshi in the Kaiyuan period. Because his career was not going well, he committed himself as a powerful and powerful aide. He became Li Cong's aide since the previous year and gave advice on him. He was deeply trusted by Li Cong.

"Mr. Yan is here, please help me sit up."

The two maids quickly helped Li Cong, who was obese, sit up. Li Cong threw the gem into the golden plate on the table and smiled: "Today I got a strange gem, which is said to be very valuable, but I can't see anything special, it's just an ordinary gem."

"Oh? Let me see."

Yan Kai took the gem curiously, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, shook his head and said, "This is a very ordinary ruby, worth up to 200 guan."

"But a Hu Shang was willing to pay two hundred taels of gold to let my two men go and steal this gem. Don't Mr. Yan find it strange?"

Yan Kai was stunned for a moment, then looked carefully, and asked, "Where are they going to steal this gem?"

"I heard it was stolen from the residence of General Li Qing'an, Anxi."

"Li Qing'an?" Yan Kai smiled and said, "If it were him, then this gem would be fake. How could that shrewd guy steal his gem easily?"

When Li Cong heard that he highly praised Li Qing'an in his tone, he shook his head disdainfully and said, "Mr. Yan, you are too arrogant to look at this person! I can't see what he is smart about?"

"Your Highness, don't underestimate this person. As soon as you enter the capital, you will teach An Lushan a lesson, making him suffer. This is a skill, and the method of defeating Shi Siming at Yang Sanjie's mansion is amazing. Even the emperor praised this person. Last time he returned the letter to Your Highness, which shows that he is sleek. I heard that he offended Li Linfu. This is an opportunity. I advised Your Highness to take this person into account and it will definitely be of great use in the future."

"Let's talk about it later!"

Although Yan Kai looked down on Li Qing'an very high, Li Cong still didn't take Li Qing'an seriously. He snorted and took out a letter: "Mr. Yan, I'll come to you, but I still want to discuss the matter in Yangzhou with you. This is an urgent letter written by Liu Changyun, saying that the Yangzhou government sent a large number of capable people to investigate the salt case. I guess it was the East Palace that refused to give up easily and wanted to take away the position of Jianghuai Transportation. This matter is of great importance to me. I want to ask Mr. Yan to go to Yangzhou to help Liu Changyun stabilize the situation."

After reading the letter, Yan Kai agreed, "Your Highness has an order, and I will obey it. But please forgive me for a few days. When I settle down my family, I will go east immediately."

Li Cong nodded, and he took a jade token from his waist and handed it to Yan Kai and said, "I will give it to the sir in Yangzhou. This jade token can be transferred to someone or to my Yangzhou treasury. But you should save some money and don't waste too much, do you know?"

"I understand! That's where Li Qing'an"

"I'm only interested in his gems."

Seeing that King Qing looked down on Li Qing'an, Yan Kai had to sigh secretly, "I'm going to say goodbye."

"Go! Do the work in Yangzhou for me."

After hesitating, Li Cong said again: "There is also the one Du Bosheng who must be caught. I have 100,000 taels of gold hidden in his secret warehouse. This is the salt profit I have earned over the years. You have to find it back for me no matter what."

"I will do my best!"

Yan Kai left, Li Cong picked up the gem and looked at it for a moment, and said to himself: "Is this fake? What will it really look like?"

He pulled the rope on the wall, and a young man walked in outside, half-kneeled and bowed, "See Your Highness!"

Li Cong handed him the fake gem and said, "This gem is fake, but I want a real gem. I will leave this matter to you. You can go to the Wu brothers, they are more informed."

The young man took the gem and said in a deep voice: "I will definitely do it!"

Li Cong paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. After walking for a while, he suddenly said, "Go and call the little prince."

After a moment, Li Qiu hurried over and bowed and said, "Father, are you looking for me?"

"I asked Yan Kai to go to Yangzhou, but I was still a little worried about him. You can also go there, on the one hand, watch him, and after the matter is over, all the money I have in the treasury is transported back to Chang'an."

"The child obeys the order, but Mr. Yan has always been cautious in doing things, and his father has always trusted him very much."

"It's not that he doesn't believe in doing things."

Li Cong raised his voice and said, "And I am afraid that he will call my money in Yangzhou."

On the first day of the first lunar month, Li Qing'an encountered a thief in his residence. Although there was no loss, he knew in his heart that the other party would not give up after stealing fake gems and would definitely come again. A gem is easy to hide, but he was worried about the personal safety of the three little ladies, so he decided to send them away immediately.

As soon as night fell, Li Qingan rented a carriage, packed up his belongings and set off with his three little ladies. The carriage drove into Yishanfang and stopped in front of Gao Lishi's mansion.

"Brother, where is this?" The three little ladies asked in surprise when they looked at the magnificent mansion.

"This is the mansion of an important minister of the court. He has a good relationship with me. You can stay here for a few days. After I buy a house in the past two days, you can move to your own house."

At this time, Gao Lishi's housekeeper came out and bowed and smiled, "General Li, why did you come here today?"

Li Qingan pointed to the three little ladies and smiled: "These are my three sisters. There is no place to live for the time being. I want them to stay in Gao Weng's mansion for a few days. I wonder if it is convenient?"

The housekeeper thought for a while and said, "This is a trivial matter, let's do it! I'll make arrangements for you first. General Li would better go and say it to my master."

"Is Mr. Gao in his house?"

"Here, the master just came back from the palace and was reading in the study!"

Li Qing'an had a separate yard in Gao Lishi's mansion for him to rest while practicing football. The housekeeper quickly found some servants to help move things, and took them to Li Qing'an's residence.

Li Qing'an came to Gao Lishi's study, and a guard reported to him, and in a moment, Li Qing'an entered the study.

Li Qing'an quickly walked into the study, bowed to Gao Lishi and said, "Qing'an wishes Gao Gong a New Year!"

Gao Lishi put down the book and laughed: "Qilang, you are the first guest to come to my house this year!"

"Mr. Gao, I'm in some trouble and want to ask Mr. Gao for help."

"Is it the case that your patrol envoy was removed?"

Li Qingan shook his head, "The inspector is just a temporary position, it's just fine. I don't care about it. I have another private matter to ask Gao Gong for help."

"Private affairs? Tell me."

"That's right, I have a very rare gem that I got when I was in Anxi Fort."

Li Qing'an told Gao Lishi all the stories of the Eye of Light and the things that people are constantly looking for. Gao Lishi was very surprised to hear it.

"Qilang, is it that what you are talking about is the treasure that governs the country in Shiguo?"

"I don't know either. I heard that this gem is the incarnation of their Lord God, maybe it's it!"

Li Qing'an took out the Eye of Light and placed it in front of Gao Lishi. Gao Lishi was curious. He picked up the gem and squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while. Sure enough, he saw a ball of flame rising under the lamp, burning more and more vigorously. It was indeed the first time he saw this gem with flames.

However, he had seen many treasures, and although he was curious, he was not rare. After looking at it for a while, he returned the gem to Li Qing'an and smiled: "This is their divine sacred object. It may be very precious to them, but to us, it is just a rare gem."

Li Qingan put away the gem and said, "I'm not afraid of anything, but I'm worried that they will hurt my family. They are three little ladies. I want to temporarily place them in Gao Weng's mansion. Will it be convenient for Gao Weng to see?"

Gao Lishi smiled slightly and said, "Qilang, are they your sisters?"

"One is my adopted sister, the other two"

"Needless to say, I get it!"

Gao Lishi laughed and waved his hand, shouted at the door, walked into an old family member from outside, bowed and said, "Master, please give me instructions!"

"Go and tell the butler that General Li's family is my family. Let them live in Furong Pavilion and arrange someone to serve them well."

The servant went to report, and Li Qing'an hurriedly thanked: "Mr. Gao, thank you so much. When I buy a house, I can place them."

"Does Qilang want to buy a house?" Gao Lishi asked with a smile.

"I heard that the housing prices in Chang'an are in line with the rice prices, and it is said that the rice prices will rise again, so I thought that I would go to see the house these days, and I would always have to start a family and start a business."

"I have at least seven houses in Chang'an."

Gao Lishi smiled and took the Chang'an map from the table and spread it out. He pointed to Guangfufang next to Zhuque Street and said, "There is a Zhongshang house in Guangfufang, covering an area of ​​eight acres, with green trees and a small river passing by the mansion. The scenery is very good. If Qilang is interested, I will sell it to you cheaply."

Li Qingan was overjoyed and quickly stood up to thank him, "Then I'm more respectful than obedient."

He asked with a smile again, "I wonder how much can Gao Weng be cheap?"

Gao Lisbee smiled with a finger and said, "I will sell you all the money I have to do with you."

Money is just a symbol, but in fact, Gao Lishi gave him the house. If it were Li Linfu, Li Qing'an would not want this house. But Gao Lishi gave it to him, so he could accept it. If he refused in one go, it would be not good.

Li Qing'an repeatedly claimed thanks, Gao Lishi waved his hand, smiled and asked him to sit down, picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea himself.

"Qilang, the last time you told me about Cui Ping, I happened to approve the appointment of the Ministry of Personnel for His Majesty the day before yesterday. He was originally the Sima of Shenzhou, so I transferred him to serve as the magistrate of Xuyi County, Sizhou. This is the county, and it should be what he wished."

"Thank you, Mr. Gao!"
Chapter completed!