Gu Qing actually doesn't have much emotional ties to his own mansion. In his eyes, this mansion is just a place to stay.

It's a house, not a home.

There were butlers and servants in the house, but no relatives or lovers. He was the only master in the whole house. What he saw every day was the frightened faces of the servants and maids. In this mansion, no one dared to speak loudly to him. He frowned.

The frowning maids would be so frightened that they would kneel down to plead guilty.

Sometimes he even feels that the mansions of Li Twelve Niang and Zhang Jiuzhang are more like his home. In their mansions, Gu Qing can feel the warmth of family affection. Therefore, after returning to Chang'an, Gu Qing would rather go to Li Twelve Niang's mansion first.

The reason why he didn't want to go back to his mansion even though he was going to the banquet.

However, after seeing Butler Xu's ecstatic face, Gu Qing suddenly felt a brief moment of confusion as he stood in front of the door.

In a house that he didn't call home, there were still people who thought of him as family.

Following Butler Xu's angry shout, the door of the mansion opened, and a group of servants hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Some of them cleverly used dusters to sweep the dust off Gu Qing's body, while others grinned dully. The maids stood in the front yard.

, bowed timidly and hurried into the backyard to tidy up the bedroom.

The moment he stepped into the house, Gu Qing immediately adapted to his role as the head of the house.

Butler Xu bowed and followed him, chattering as he walked.

"It's been three years since I spoke. The Marquis has finally returned home. I won't dare to go that far in the future. I have a family and everything is in order. Only when I stay at home can I have peace of mind. Master Marquis, the ginkgo tree in the front yard has grown thicker.

You see, there are also peonies in the east courtyard. They bloom and fade. It has been several rounds but the owner has not come to enjoy the flowers. If the flowers are spiritual and the owner is back, they will bloom more beautifully next year than in previous years...

"

"The family has had several servants in the past few years. I kicked out a few who were lazy and hired a few who were diligent. Last year, there was a maid who had dirty hands and feet and stole a fine inkstone from the study in the backyard.

Selling money was exposed by other maids in the backyard. The old man was beaten up and kicked out of the house. The matter was not serious, so the old man did not report it to the official. He was afraid that if he told it, it would make people laugh and ruin the reputation of the Marquis...

"

Gu Qing walked slowly, with a smile on his face. Listening to the housekeeper talking about the trivial matters in his family, he felt happy unconsciously.

Away from the wind and sand outside the Great Wall, I returned to Chang'an and experienced the familiar smell of human fireworks. This mansion became more and more like home.

Butler Xu was chatting, when two figures suddenly emerged from the diagonal scene, one fat and one thin. Gu Qing was caught off guard and was grabbed by his sleeves.

Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing dragged him with snot and tears. Hao Donglai sobbed: "Master Hou, Master Hou, you are back. In the past few years when you have been away, I have not thought about food and drink, can't sleep at night, every day."

I am thinking of you all the time, thinking about how well you eat and how warmly you wear in Anxi, thousands of miles away..."

Shi Daxing wiped his tears and said, "Master Marquis, don't believe him. Fatty Hao has eaten more than anyone else since you left. Look at his figure, he's even fatter."

Hao Donglai's face stiffened, he glared at Shi Daxing with tears in his eyes, and said sharply: "You surnamed Shi, you have to fight against me, right?"

Shi Daxing said coldly: "I cannot bear to see a hypocritical villain deceiving the Marquis."

Gu Qing looked at Hao Donglai with a smile, touched his chin and said: "Shopkeeper Hao seems to be a bit rounder, and his face is bigger..."

Hao Donglai's fat face turned red, and he stammered: "Yes...it's puffiness, a health condition, and kidney yang deficiency, which causes puffiness and fatness. Mr. Hou, what's growing on this villain's body is not flesh. It's a disease caused by working hard to do business."

!”

Gu Qing suddenly realized: "Business manager Hao really worked hard to do business to the point where the kidney yang is deficient, which makes me deeply moved..."

Before Hao Donglai had time to be happy, Shi Daxing next to him calmly made a stab.

"There may be a 'Qing Jing', but there is no such thing as 'Exhaust Concern'... After Mr. Hou left, the fat man simply moved into a brothel. There are very few girls in the brothel in Pingkangfang, Chang'an who have not been raped by him..."

Hao Donglai was completely angry. He no longer cared about etiquette. He was like a stuffed toad with a bulging belly. Then he bumped into Shi Daxing and shouted: "Shi Daxing, I will fight with you!"

Gu Qing blinked and quickly turned around to take a look. Butler Xu was standing behind him, with a smile on his face and an unchanging expression. He was obviously used to the vicious fight between the two shopkeepers. Even the people around him had a calm expression, not panicking at all, and there was no sign of panic at all.

People came up to break up the fight.

Gu Qing smiled, the smoke of the human world became more intense, the smell of the earth.

Leaving the two of them fighting in the yard, Gu Qing walked into the backyard. As he walked, Gu Qing said: "Butler Xu, after those two guys were beaten, they were made to stand in the yard holding hands for an hour, and they were also asked to look at each other affectionately.

, I’ll catch up on some sleep first, and meet me in the backyard after they finish holding hands.”

Butler Xu responded with a smile on his face.

More than an hour later, Gu Qing yawned and walked out of the bedroom.

I haven't been home for a few years, and the bedroom surprisingly doesn't have a musty smell. It's obviously cleaned by the maid every day, and several hollow aromatherapy copper balls are hung in it. It smells very comfortable. Gu Qing hasn't slept in such a comfortable place for a long time.

Sleeping.

Stretching out of the bedroom, Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing stood side by side with expressions of despair. The two looked at each other inadvertently, and then both showed disgusting expressions. The holding of hands and affectionate look at each other just now hurt the two of them.

Extremely powerful.

Gu Qing called the two of them into the room. After the two sat down, Hao Donglai was about to say something, but Gu Qing waved his hand to stop him.

"How has our business been in the past few years? Has it expanded?"

Hao Donglai showed a proud look and said with a smile: "There are our shops all over the city in Guanzhong. Shuzhou celadon is now sought after by many powerful officials. They want one but cannot get it. After all, it is tribute porcelain and it comes from the imperial concubine.

My hometown is loved by Your Majesty and Your Majesty, so naturally the powerful officials below followed my example and purchased it."

Gu Qing said oh, and then asked: "How much profit do you get every year?"

Shi Daxing thought for a while and said: "Excluding the expenses of shops and hiring people, etc., the net profit is about forty thousand yuan every year. With so many shops opened, various expenses are inevitably heavy, mainly because the porcelain produced by the porcelain kilns in Shiqiao Village is too high."

Less, otherwise the profit should be far more than this amount..."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "In a few years, you have expanded your store to the entire Guanzhong. You have become very powerful. I have not been disappointed..."

The two shopkeepers just showed happy expressions, but Gu Qing's smile suddenly faded, and he said seriously: "What I want to say next, you should do it immediately. If you don't manage it or understand it, you have to do it immediately."

The two shopkeepers were stunned for a moment and responded hurriedly.

Gu Qing said slowly: "Next, all our shops will be closed, and all the store clerks will be dismissed. Even the shops in Chang'an will be closed down. No one will be left alive. Collect the money from selling the shops and give them to me as soon as possible."

The two shopkeepers stared wide-eyed and were stunned for a long time. Hao Donglai trembled with fat all over his body and said angrily: "Master Hou, why is this? Why should we stop a good business?"

Gu Qing sighed: "Because the world is about to be in chaos. If our shop continues to open, it will not be long before it is burned down and smashed, and we will lose all our money. We must stop quickly before the situation becomes chaotic. We can salvage something."

loss……"

The two shopkeepers were stunned: "The world is in chaos? Why did the Marquis say this?"

Gu Qing said coldly: "There is a top-secret matter. No one is allowed to tell it outside this room, otherwise they will die... Fan Yang's An Lushan is about to raise an army to rebel. He has 200,000 elite soldiers in his hands. Once he raises his army, he will

With this trend sweeping the world, do you think I should sell the shop?"

The two shopkeepers were shocked: "An Lushan rebelled?"

Gu Qing sighed: "You know that An Lushan and I have a sworn hatred. If he rebels, no matter which city he invades, if he knows that there is a shop under my name in the city, do you think the shopkeepers and clerks of the shop will be

What will be the outcome? Close the shop quickly and dismiss the shopkeeper and assistants to save their lives, do you understand?"

Hao Donglai said nonchalantly: "Including... also Chang'an? Will An Lushan invade Chang'an City?"

Gu Qing was silent for a long time, then slowly said: "Yes."

The three of them were silent for a long time. Shi Daxing looked sad and said: "Will the glorious and prosperous age collapse in one day? Where can the world be safe?"

Gu Qing said softly: "Go to Shuzhong and return to Qingcheng County. According to my guess, the rebels will not be able to enter Shuzhong, and it will be safe there for the time being."

"Don't tell them the reasons when you dismiss the shopkeepers and clerks. Some of them are more capable and loyal to us. You can take a few of them away and return to Shu with their families. Don't take any chances. The rebels are powerful and they will all come together.

There will never be a complete egg laid.”

Hao Donglai gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to handle the matter of selling the shop."

Shi Daxing also said: "I'm going to dismiss the guys."

The two shopkeepers looked dejected, as if they had aged dozens of years in an instant. They stood up and were about to leave, when Shi Daxing suddenly stopped and asked: "Master Hou, why is there no news about such a big event in the Chang'an court? Could it be that we

Don’t the emperor and courtiers of the Tang Dynasty know this?”

Gu Qing said in a deep voice: "The emperor may have suspicions, but he probably still can't believe that An Lushan really dared to rebel against the Tang Dynasty with open swords and guns. The courtiers may have some knowledge. Like the emperor, they can't believe that he can break into the Tang Dynasty."

Chang'an, and I knew as early as Anxi that Anlushan was about to rebel, but I didn't dare to tell the emperor this news, for fear that he would punish me for alienating the emperor and his ministers..."

Gu Qing smiled as if he was self-deprecating, and said: "Isn't it interesting? The emperor and his ministers are all suspicious and testing, and the rebellion is about to break out. But I, the person who really knows the truth, conceals it and dares not retaliate, because the person who pulled off the last fig leaf not only has no merit,

On the contrary, he is guilty."

The two shopkeepers were silent.

Yes, the last fig leaf of the so-called prosperous age, before the knife is put to the neck, everyone is whitewashing the peace, knowing clearly that the minister is no longer loyal, but still naively thinking that he dare not fight, thinking that he still has loyalty, filial piety, good and evil in his heart.
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