Chapter 234: Spend money like water and be ignorant and fearless

Chapter 234: Spend money like water and be ignorant and fearless

Chapter 234 Spending money like water, being ignorant and fearless

Su Haizheng? Liuli was startled for a moment before asking, "How could it be him?" After the city massacre in the first year of Xianqing, this man had been serving as his governor of Yizhou. He had never heard of any news. How come he was suddenly promoted to the position of governor? .

In the third year of Xianqing's reign, ten Turkic surnames returned to the Tang Dynasty. The Anxi Protector's Office in Xizhou was moved back to Qiuci and upgraded to the Anxi Protectorate's Office. The Xizhou side was changed to the Xizhou Governor's Office. Pei Xingjian was still the governor. The long history of the government. The Great Protector of Anxi was Yang Zhou, the general who led the troops to put down the rebellion of the Kucha Kingdom. Two months ago, Yang Zhou died of illness. There are many speculations about who will be the next Great Protector of Anxi, but there is no one. I thought it would be the governor of Illinois.

Pei Xingjian looked calm, "Now the Holy Emperor's thoughts are probably on Baekje and Goguryeo. We can't send anyone here in Western Xinjiang. Now the only people who can be the protectors of the capital are the governors of Yi, Ting and Xi, and the governor of Qu." He is not from the Tang Dynasty, and his temperament is a bit calmer. Tubo is getting bigger and bigger, and Qudu is just guarding Cheng. How can he still send troops to fight against Tubo? The situation today is not what it was three years ago. Therefore, Su Dudu can? It’s not surprising that he takes this position. Don’t worry, even though he is the Great Protector, he can’t be involved in the daily affairs of Xizhou. He only visits Kucha every year. I am a long-time historian. , but I can avoid it.”

Liuli breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but ask again, "Isn't there another Tingzhou?"

Pei Xingjian laughed and said, "The current governor of Tingzhou is Lai Ji."

Liuli was suddenly embarrassed. During these years in Xizhou, he did not know that the governor of Tingzhou, which was closest to Xizhou, was the prime minister Laiji who firmly opposed the emperor's appointment of Wu Zetian as his queen! I remember that the residence copy a few days ago also recorded that Empress Wu gave birth to another prince in June this year, and she also granted a general amnesty to the whole world. The favor seems to be increasing unabated. As Pei Xingjian said, the imperial court had completely liquidated the situation three years ago. Now there is no need to be overly wary of people who have an old relationship with Changsun Wuji, but it is not likely to promote Lai Ji to be the Protector of Anxi.

Pei Xingjian smiled and pinched her red cheeks gently, "You don't need to know this." He didn't know what he thought of, but his smile slowly faded.

Liuli looked at him with something wrong on his face and asked quickly, "What's wrong?"

Pei Xingjian was silent for a moment and shook his head, "It just suddenly occurred to me that the only one left now seems to be the governor..."

Liuli understood immediately - among those who opposed Wu Zetian back then, the highest-ranking Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Liu Xi, and Han Yuan had all died. Except for Chu Suiliang, who died slightly earlier, the other three were all killed three years ago. He died during the liquidation, and his home was immediately ransacked. All his relatives were exiled to Lingnan, and many officials in the court named Liu and Changsun were also demoted in large numbers. Fortunately, Xizhou was far away from the storm. Most officials in Xizhou didn't even understand the relationship between the news copied in the mansion and Pei Xingjian. Only Pei Xingjian himself felt a little depressed. Qu Chongyu took him out to drink for two days. Yunyi probably got some advice from Qu Chongyu, so he also excused Liuli incoherently. Liuli couldn't help but laugh or cry. Of course she wasn't worried at all, and Pei Xingjian was definitely not worried about his own future.

Seeing Pei Xingjian frowning slightly, Liuli was about to speak, but Pei Xingjian had already picked up the energy and changed the topic, "I brought back fresh venison and deer blood this time and gave it to the cook. You should eat more at night."

There has been nothing going on in Xizhou in the past few years. Going hunting at least twice a year has become a routine for officials in Xizhou. Pei Xingjian also likes it very much. Every time he comes back, he will bring a lot of deer blood and venison. Liuli has already been interested in it. Queque, but still nodded with a smile and said, "Okay!" He then asked, "Did you hunt anything good this time?"

Pei Xingjian raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Do you think I've ever failed?" He didn't seem to want to stay in the house any longer, so he took her hand and walked out, "Follow me!"

In the warehouse next to the sewing room in the front yard, the floor was filled with furs that were initially dried. The housekeeper Lao He was rummaging through them. When he saw Liuli, he smiled and said, "Madam, come and see. This time Alang hunted several red furs." The fur color of the fox is excellent.”

Liuli took a closer look and saw that there were indeed six or seven brown and red fox skins, as well as two wolf skins, some otter skins, rabbit skins, etc. She looked at them again and nodded, "Sure enough, it's enough to make a fox fur vest." He turned back and asked Pei Xingjian, "Didn't you hunt any big wild animals this time?"

Pei Xingjian smiled and said, "Yulang and I both hunted a leopard. We already have two leopard furs at home, so we simply gave them to him. What else do you want to do?"

Liuli smiled and remained silent. In the past few years, she had discovered that Pei Xingjian was extremely undisciplined. The furs in the warehouse were probably at most half of his prey. Even so, if he receives it without thinking of a use within a few days, he will give it away in the blink of an eye. Therefore, officials of all sizes in Xizhou like to be with him when hunting. Although the warehouse at home receives hundreds of skins every year, if he wants to make some fur items temporarily, he has to go to the market to buy them...

It’s just that in the past few years, he has been giving away not only furs, fine wine, gold and silver vessels, but also dancing girls and maidservants sent by the grateful Turkic governors and Ye Hus. Liuli was calm about this and pointed a few fingers. Zhang Otter Skin said, "These are not bad in color. Let's keep them to make some muffs and knee pads."

 Lao Hu responded with a smile, and ordered the people to come in and take out all the furs picked by Liuli and soak them in clean water for further cleaning and tanning tomorrow. Liuli couldn't stand the smell in the warehouse, so she turned around and went outside. Before she could stand still, she saw Yun Yi entering the courtyard with a spring breeze on her face. When she saw Liuli, she smiled and said, "Sister, come and take a look. I hunted with my own hands a few days ago." A black fox!"

Liuli quickly showed a somewhat surprised expression, "Black fox?"

Yunyi's eyes became brighter and brighter, and she pulled the maid behind her like a treasure, "That's it!" The maid held a complete fox fur in her hand. Except for a little white at the tip of the tail, the rest was black and shiny. Liuli glanced at it twice and sighed sincerely, "It's really rare!"

Yun Yi smiled so hard that her eyes were bent, "I have hunted a lot, and this is the first time I have hunted a black fox. In Xizhou, only my sister is worthy of wearing it. I can't shirk it!"

Liuli suddenly wanted to look at the sky - if Yunyi's words were to be heard by those noble female officials and family members of Xizhou, she didn't know how much trouble she would cause. However, Yunyi herself was a person who had no sense of trouble. Thinking of the post in the room, She couldn't help but shook her head, "I dare to accept ten if you give them, but I'd better say less about whether they are worthy or not."

Yunyi only listened to the first half of the sentence and then happily ordered the maid, "Go and give this leather to Lao He." He turned around and asked, "Sister, what did you say?"

Pei Xingjian had been standing at the door of the warehouse, and then he said calmly, "Ms. Yun, did I tell you that there will be a small banquet at the Duhu Mansion tomorrow?"

When Yunyi heard his voice, her expression immediately calmed down a lot. She called out "brother-in-law" and then said blankly, "I just went back and changed some clothes and then came over. No one said anything to me. Anyway, what kind of banquet is this?" I don’t like to go there. It’s better to sit indoors and wait for the rain next year than to eat, drink and talk like that!”

Pei Xingjian lowered his head and coughed, then paused for a moment and said, "You'd better go with your sister tomorrow. This matter may have something to do with you."

Yun Yi said "Huh" and scratched his head, "I haven't been in Xizhou for half a month, and I haven't spoken to them for half a year. What does it have to do with me?

Liuli couldn't help laughing. He took her hand and walked to the inner courtyard, "I'll tell you slowly." Yun Yi sat down in the room before saying, "It's nothing. The Mrs. Zhang you also recognize arrived a few days ago." I made some insinuations here, meaning that Chang Shi should marry a common wife or take a noble concubine now, but I refused, and I probably wanted to settle the matter before you come back."

Yunyi laughed heartily, "This Mrs. Zhang is really too idle, why did she find her sister again? Could she have fallen in love with her brother-in-law again?"

 What is this word? Liuli suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness in her heart. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "The prince never told you later, why did she find you?"

Yunyi shook his head, "He just laughed and said I answered well, and didn't say anything else."

Liuli rubbed her forehead, Yunyi answered well indeed! Half a year ago, Mrs. Zhang came to Yunyi and talked in a roundabout way with explicit hints. She didn’t understand a word she said. When Mrs. Zhang finally got anxious, she told her that women should be virtuous and generous and considerate of their husbands. , the prince's status is noble, and he must have a high-ranking woman who matches his status to help him take care of his affairs. Yun Yicai finally understood, but replied, "Do you want to marry Yulang?" Mrs. Zhang suddenly started to tremble with anger, and finally scolded her. "What nonsense are you talking about?" Yun Yi followed up, "Since you don't want to marry him, why do you want to meddle in his affairs? Are you too busy?" Mrs. Zhang, who was famous for her ability to talk, fell on her back on the spot and was beaten by the maid. They helped out of the Prince's Mansion, and from then on, no noble lady in Manxi Province dared to say anything to Yun Yi.

Looking at the happy smiling face in front of her, Liuli was almost doubtful about life for a moment: maybe she should be more direct? There is no need to consider that the Zhang family and the Zhi family are both the top sects in Xizhou, that the Zhi family is the wife of Qu Duhu after all, and that there are rumors about reputation...

Yun Yi smiled triumphantly and said, "Yulang also said that if there are still people who are ignorant next time, even the elders, I don't have to save face for them!"

Liuli could only sigh deeply. It was enough to have Yunyi who was not afraid of heaven and earth, but how could there be Qu Chongyu who was only afraid of chaos in the world! Is there such a thing as teaching people to get into trouble? What does Qu Chongyu think of Yun Yi?

 She has never been very optimistic about Yun Yi and Qu Chongyu's affairs. When Yunyi found out that her father had passed away and that her elder brother was now in charge of the tribe, she said that she did not want to go back and wanted to be with Crown Prince Ko. Liuli was very surprised, and tried to persuade her for a long time: Qu Chongyu had a wife and children in Chang'an, and she could only be a concubine if she married him, and the high-ranking officials in Xizhou would not take a Turkic noble girl seriously. ...But Yunyi looked at Liuli in surprise for a long time before replying, "What does this have to do with me?" Liuli was speechless and could only watch her rushing towards the fire pit called Qu Chongyu - but, In addition to suffering some hardships at the beginning, Qu Chongyu had treated her very pampering in the past few years. Even if he didn't take his family to hunt, she would go as soon as she said she wanted to go. Everyone felt that Yun Yi had taken advantage of her. Cheap, it seems that Liuli alone is worrying in vain...

Yun Yi saw Liu Li's frowning expression and smiled even more happily, "Sister, are you worried that you will meet that inexplicable Mrs. Zhang when you go to the Protector's Mansion tomorrow? Don't worry, Yun Yi will go with you!"

Well, Pei Xingjian was indeed a spendthrift. After winning a battle in the historical records, he scattered all the mountains of gold and silver utensils he had seized within a few days, and he didn't take any of them. Fortunately, Liuli's classmates made money. ah! Thank you everyone for the pink tickets, it seems I will have to add a few more...

　　

　　

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