In the next few days, Li Xiu was worried about what Li Chengqian said that day. He would never marry Qi Niang to Li Chengqian no matter what, but he couldn't bear to refuse in person. He had to say that this was a very contradictory idea.

However, what surprised Li Xiu was that although Li Chengqian came to the financial management supervision every day in recent days, he never mentioned anything related to Qi Niang again. This made Li Xiu feel relieved and even comforted himself: Li Chengqian might have seen that he did not agree, so he gave up this idea.

However, Li Xiu was obviously too optimistic. On this day, Li Xiu didn't have to go to the financial management supervision office, so he took advantage of the day when he was planning to give lectures to the children. However, he didn't expect that Li Chengqian would come too, and he used the break to deliberately chat with Qi Niang. Qi Niang didn't think much about it. After all, she kept treating Li Chengqian as her younger brother, and she didn't expect that the "brother" in front of her would actually want to marry her.

In the next period of time, Li Chengqian would come to Li Xiu's house whenever he had time. It would not matter if Li Xiu was not there. Anyway, he mainly came to find Qi Niang. Gradually, Li Xiu understood it. It was probably because he said that he wanted Qi Niang to decide the candidate for his husband. Li Chengqian also wrote down this sentence, so he often came to Qi Niang to use it to enhance his relationship.

After seeing through Li Chengqian's thoughts, Li Xiu didn't know how to deal with this matter. After all, he couldn't let Li Chengqian come. Moreover, Qi Niang, the silly girl, seemed to have no idea, and Li Xiu couldn't remind him, which made him look at him and anxious.

That afternoon, Li Xiu finished handling the financial management affairs early and was about to go home early. Because he received a report from his servant today, Li Chengqian went to his house to find Qi Niang again. Speaking of which, Li Chengqian always went to his house during this period, and Li Xiu was also very worried, so he specifically ordered his servant to slap him.

However, just as Li Xiu was riding a carriage out of the financial management supervisor and was about to leave the gate of the imperial city, he was suddenly stopped by someone. Then a clear voice said loudly: "Should you stay!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Li Xiu was stunned. Then he opened the car door and looked at Changsun Wuji outside in surprise and said, "How come Brother Wuji is here?"

Standing in front of the car was Changsun Wuji. The other party smiled calmly and said, "I went to work outside the city today. I just came back, but I didn't expect that I happened to meet the prince's carriage here, so I rashly stopped the carriage and hoped that the prince's consort would not blame him!"

"Brother Wuji, are you going to see Your Majesty in the palace?" Li Xiu saw that there was indeed a carriage parked behind Changsun Wuji, and he was carrying a long wooden box in his hand, and he didn't know what it contained?

"I'm not in a hurry to see Your Majesty, but what I'm going to do today is also related to the prince-consort. Why don't we find a place to have a drink and then have a good chat?" Changsun Wuji suddenly smiled and said.

When Li Xiu heard Changsun Wuji's words, he felt a little curious, and the other party actually invited him to drink and chat. This was a bit unusual, so he immediately agreed and asked the other party to get on the carriage. The two of them came to Zhengnan Building in East City, which was the big restaurant opposite the auction house.

Since the first auction was successfully held, several auctions were held next. Although the momentum was not as great as the first one, it also attracted a lot of people to participate. Moreover, this new trading model is gradually gaining recognition from merchants. Some merchants have even begun to imitate the form of auctions to do business, which has completely opened up the reputation of the auction house. Many businessmen from other places have the greatest wish to participate in an auction in person to open their eyes.

With the prosperity of the auction house, Zhengnan Building's business is naturally becoming more and more prosperous. However, such a good business is naturally jealous, and its family alone cannot receive so many customers. So now someone has begun to build a restaurant next to Zhengnan Building with a scale of no less than Zhengnan Building. It is estimated that it will be opened next year.

The main body of Zhengnan Building is a large wooden restaurant, but there is an exquisite garden behind it, with some sporadic private rooms that allow guests to talk about intimate things. After all, the people who come here to eat are either merchants or officials. They don’t want others to hear many of the things they talk about, so there is such a private room.

After Li Xiu and the others arrived at Zhengnan Building, Changsun Wuji took the initiative to ask for a private room. Then they came to the garden behind and chose a private room on the small lake. It was actually a small pavilion. Because it was surrounded by water on all sides, there was only a long corridor connecting. As long as the guards were guarding the entrance of the corridor, they would not be afraid of being eavesdropped. Instead, it was a very safe place to talk.

"Brother Wuji, I wonder what you are going to say, but he actually chose such a place?" Li Xiu looked at the water surface around the pavilion, and then smiled.

"Haha, it's nothing, I just want to ask the prince-consort to look at this painting!" Changsun Wuji smiled calmly at this time, and then placed the long wooden box that he had been holding in his hand in front of Li Xiu.

"Drawing?" Li Xiu couldn't help but feel even more strange when he heard this. He reached out and opened the box. Sure enough, he saw a scroll of paintings placed inside. He reached out and took it out and opened it slowly. As a result, when he saw the content on the drawing, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

I saw a very familiar scene on the painting. Under the tall and majestic Mingde gate, a group of monks with shackles slowly moved forward under the guards of the soldiers, and around them were groups of believers who worshipped the monks. It was what Li Xiu saw with his own eyes that the monks of Mingjia were escorted out of Chang'an and sent to the grassland.

Of course, this painting is not completely realistic. Some parts of the painting have been changed. For example, the monks in the painting are all walking on foot, but the real situation is that they are sitting in a carriage. Although the carriage is very simple, it is also considered the court's care for them. Of course, the reason for doing this is mainly because they are worried that the elderly monks cannot hold on to the grassland. After all, the Tang Dynasty still expects them to harm the Hu people on the grassland, so naturally they cannot easily let them die on the road.

However, the biggest change in the painting is not that there are no carriages, but that there are more conspicuous figures at a glance. These figures are very tall, several times higher than ordinary people. This is also a prominent feature of paintings in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, that is, the higher the status, the taller the characters will be in the paintings. For example, in some later Tang Dynasty murals, the nobles will paint very tall, while servants and maids may be less than half the size of the nobles.

The tall figures in the painting can tell that they are nobles at first glance. These nobles are also divided into two parts. Some of them stand on the city wall. The leader is thin and stares at the monks coming out of the city gate with cold eyes. His expression and appearance are like Wei Zheng, who is in charge of monks and Taoist Records. Next to Wei Zheng, there is an old man with a sneer and cruel look. Needless to ask, he must be Fu Yi, who hates Buddhism the most.

There were also a group of people standing behind Wei Zheng and Fu Yi, with their own figures and appearances. A few of them looked familiar to Li Xiu, probably also officials in the Monk and Taoist Records Department.

Another part of the nobles was located under the city wall. It was not accurate to say that they were partly. In fact, there was only one. This man was sitting in a luxurious carriage. The door opened and only showed his upper body. He also looked at the monks who left the city with a sneer on his face. It turned out to be Li Xiu himself. In fact, this part was very realistic. Li Xiu was indeed sitting in the carriage and watching the monks leave.

"Who did he know that I was outside the city gate that day?" When Li Xiu saw himself on the painting, he couldn't help but ask. Wei Zheng and others on the city gate must have been fictional, but the painting has its own true situation, which means that the person who painted must have seen him that day, which made him feel alert, and even doubted whether someone was deliberately following him?

"Don't worry about the prince-consort. This painting was painted by Xiao Xiang himself. When these monks left the city, they went to see him outside the city. They met the prince-consort by chance, but the prince-consort did not see him!" Changsun Wuji smiled at this time.

"Drawn by Xiao Yu?" Li Xiu couldn't help but say in surprise when he heard Changsun Wuji's words. First, he didn't expect Xiao Yu to have such superb painting skills, and second, he didn't expect that Xiao Yu would actually see him that day, no wonder he drew himself in.

"Haha, although Xiao Yu's paintings are not as famous as Yan Liben, they are quite good. He is especially good at painting characters, but his paintings rarely spread, so they are not famous. However, the most important thing about this painting is not how it is painted, but the name of the painting!" Changsun Wuji introduced with a smile again. At the end, he also clicked directly above the painting.

With Changsun Wuji's guidance, Li Xiu saw that there were four big characters written on the painting. Just now, his attention was attracted by the content on the painting, especially the painting, and he did not notice the big characters on it at all. However, when he saw the characters on the painting, he couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"The Zhenguan Dharma Difficulty! Xiao Yu is really brave!" Li Xiu carefully savored the name of the painting, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

Dharma Difficulty is a Buddhist saying, which mainly refers to the fact that Buddhism was hit by the court, which caused a artificial decline in Buddhism. For example, the Three Martial Arts and One Sect in history destroyed Buddhism. Of course, two Martial Arts and Destroy Buddhism have only occurred now, but the word Dharma Difficulty has appeared.

Xiao Yu directly called the attack on Buddhism this time a Dharma-Dao Difficulty, which was obviously from the standpoint of Buddhism. However, as an important official of the court, he openly expressed sympathy for the Buddhism that the court attacked. This was simply a direct provocation of Li Shimin!

"This is nothing. Do you know why this painting is in my hands?" Changsun Wuji smiled calmly again at this time, and then asked.
Chapter completed!