After being silent for a long time, the emperor let out a long sigh of relief, looked at the proprietress and asked, "Are you trying to provoke me on purpose? What good will this do for you? Don't you think I really dare not touch you?"
When he said this, the eunuch Su Buwei, who had been standing bowed behind the emperor, took a small step forward. Although she was still standing behind the emperor, the proprietress narrowed her eyes slightly. The eunuch was easily overlooked standing in the room, but when he took a step forward, no one could pretend that he didn't exist.
Neither can the proprietress.
"Your Majesty will soon point his troops at Ximan, so why wouldn't he dare to kill a village woman like me?"
The proprietress's answer was neither humble nor overbearing, and she really couldn't hear any respect for the emperor. What she said before was direct and cold, like new wine like a knife. She was right, when the loyal prince Yang Qi went west, it was him, the fourth brother, in the final analysis. And those quacks traveling westward, in the final analysis, are still Yang Qi. The proprietress said that the emperor owed Prince Zhong, and Prince Zhong owed them.
Although the proprietress knew in her heart that the purpose of Prince Zhong's trip to the west was not pure, her respect for him remained unchanged. When the word "Sir" was mentioned, the respect in his tone was much stronger than when the word "Your Majesty" was mentioned.
"I remember what you said today."
The emperor slowly walked back to the kang and sat down, looked down at the name that had not been erased from the record of Chucai, pondered for a while and said: "I will not kill him casually... but I will not kill him casually either." Then let him go. I am the Supreme Being in the world, who controls the life and death of thousands of people, and is responsible for the peace of thousands of miles of territory. You can feel that I am greedy for life and afraid of death, and think that I am afraid that one day Fang Jie is really a Buddhist. I imprisoned him. But my life is connected with hundreds of millions of living beings, even if I want to, I don’t care.”
When hearing this sentence, the proprietress couldn't help but think of Fang Jie. The young man in her memory is also a scum who can be called fear of death.
"The daughter of the people will leave."
She had nothing to say, so she left.
The emperor thought for a while and said: "Don't stay in the inn. Lao Qi still has his house in Chang'an City. You are his man, so you can live in Prince Zhong's mansion. Those servants are still old people, you may not know them. , but as long as you mention that you were the one who traveled west with Lao Qi, they will respect you as they respect Lao Qi."
"As for you talking about going back to Fan Gu to set up three earthen graves... Forget it, Lao Qi is not such a person who dies easily. When he took his slaves to guard the city gate, many people thought he would die, but he didn't." Death. When he traveled thousands of miles west and entered the prairie with a sword, many people thought he was dead, but he still didn't die. This time... I firmly believe that he still can't die, because he is my seventh brother. The loyal prince of the Sui Dynasty."
"In addition... if Lao Qi really leaves, it's not your turn to set up some earthen grave in Fan Gu. Lao Qi will enter the imperial tomb! It's on the side of my mausoleum!"
This time it was the proprietress's turn to be startled, she couldn't help but look at the emperor more, but didn't speak again, but turned around and walked out of the vault after giving a slight salute.
It wasn't a good conversation, not even a good one.
The Emperor's ability to tolerate the proprietress' presumptuousness has already made the proprietress herself somewhat unexpected. She thought that the emperor would be furious if she said such outrageous words. But the emperor didn't, although he was really angry. What impresses the proprietress the most is not the emperor's size, but the eunuch who looks humble and submissive without any threat. She is sure that this person is difficult to deal with.
Li Nan is a rank nine powerhouse, but he was not eleven years ago. That day when he fought the old monk Zhizhi outside the city of Chang'an, the proprietress witnessed Li Nan's sword that was like a flying star from the sky. That sword intent is sad and unwilling, perhaps it is the true portrayal of his state of mind in the past eleven years. Because of what happened eleven years ago, he also had this meaning in his sword intent after he entered the ninth rank realm.
But after all, it was too late for him to advance to the ninth rank, not to mention that he was far behind the old monk. Even compared to Taoist Heju, he was still inferior to Zhuo Buyi. If not, the old cripple would not have easily rescued Shen Qingfan that night, and let Li Nan not track him down.
The proprietress couldn't see Su Buwei's realm, but she felt that it should be stronger than Li Nan.
When walking out of the dome, the proprietress looked up at the sky. I don't know when the originally sunny sky turned gray, and a thick layer of dark clouds weighed on Chang'an City. Maybe it won't be long before there will be a downpour of rain. Heavy rain can dispel the heat, but it will always make people feel depressed.
The little eunuch Mu San has been waiting outside, seeing the proprietress coming out, she went up respectfully, leaned over and smiled and said: "The carriage is waiting outside Changchun Garden, Your Majesty told you in advance to take you directly to Prince Zhong's Mansion. "
The proprietress nodded and followed Mu San out. When she was about to leave Changchun Garden, she looked at Mu San's back and said something.
"Fang Jie will be very happy to have a friend like you."
Mu San was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said in a very low voice: "You should forget about the talkativeness of this servant, at least...you should forget it before Master Xiaofang comes out of prison."
The proprietress nodded and said, "I know, no one wants to die."
"Yeah."
Mu San smiled obsequiously and said: "That's right, especially a lowly person like me, on the contrary, he feels that life is better, but he dare not die easily, otherwise it would be thanks to him?"
"But don't worry, just because Fang Jie likes a friend like you, then he definitely doesn't want to be alone when he dies, and I don't want him to be alone, do you understand?"
said the proprietress as she got into the carriage.
Mu San's body stiffened suddenly, and a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead in an instant: "Today...why is it so hot?"
He murmured, but his heart trembled with coldness.
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Sanjinhou's mansion looks the same as before, because Sanjinhou is not at home, and Miss Wu Yinyu went to Qingleshan Yiqi Temple for meditation, so the gate of the Hou's mansion is closed and no visitors are seen. Even the side door was ajar, and there were no servants welcoming guests at the door.
The Marquis of Sanjin's Mansion is not very conspicuous in Chang'an City, this mansion really looks a bit shabby. Compared with Wu Yidao's house before he was knighted, it is pitifully small.
The shop that Fang Jie rented on Dongerershisantiao Street was not close to the Sanjinhou Mansion, and if he was not in a hurry, it would take at least an hour to walk. Because Chang'an City is too big, there are carriages carrying passengers back and forth in the city. And the fee charged is not high, only five copper coins from the east city to the west city.
When Qilin returned to Sanjinhou Mansion, Big Dog and Shen Qingfan were a little surprised, and asked Qilin why he came back. Qilin explained that Dean Zhou had personally looked for him and told him that Fang Jie was going to retreat in the back mountain to practice for a period of time. No one can disturb him during the day, he can go back to the Marquis Mansion of Sanjin and wait, and naturally someone will be sent to inform him when Fang is released from customs.
If someone else said this, Qilin would definitely be suspicious, but this was what Dean Zhou told him personally, so Qilin has no reason to doubt anything.
After returning to Sanjinhou Mansion for two days, there was nothing to do. Thinking of Fang Jie's confession, Big Dog asked Qi Lin to go out together, planning to go to Fang Jie's shop to see how the tailors were progressing. Big Dog knows how talented Fang Jie is in doing business, and he never doubts whether Fang Jie can make money in business. He only thinks about how much money he will make in this business. Compared with those three buildings in Fan Gu, how much more can you earn
Having said that, logically, this small tailor shop would not make more money than Jinyuanfang, but Big Dog firmly believed that Fang Jie would make a lot of money by relying on this small shop.
The two of them went out, and Qilin wanted to walk, but Dagou, who had no idea about silver, was too lazy to leave. Instead, he waited for the passing horse-drawn carriage to arrive and then took the carriage. Speaking of which, Big Dog is really a very strange person. He is obviously a down-and-out beggar-like character, but he insists on some inexplicable habits. He doesn't do laundry, he doesn't go to the kitchen, and he never skimps on spending money.
This wretched and dirty-looking guy always regards himself as a nobleman and is not allowed to question him. Even in summer, he doesn't change his leather robes. He just said that he can wear the taste of a son-in-law. But Qilin smelled it, and there was really no other smell besides the rotten smell.
It took the two of them less than half an hour to get on the carriage through the city to arrive at Dongershisantiao Street. The door of the shop was still closed, and the couple selling hot noodle soup and steamed buns at the door might have closed down the stall because the weather suddenly turned cloudy. Really hungry panic. However, there are a few more businesses doing other businesses on the street, which seems unfamiliar.
Pushing open the door of the shop, the big dog swaggered in and yelled: "I said why didn't I hear anything? The boss hired you and trusted you. You get the highest wages and the best food. , live in the most comfortable place, and no one even supervises and restrains you when you do your work, can you feel sorry for him for being so lazy?"
But no one paid him any attention.
Big Dog was startled, and then winked at Qilin.
The burly Qilin nodded, and picked up the wooden stick blocking the door from behind the door, and walked slowly upstairs. The big dog climbed up the pillar from the other side, and the two of them walked slowly towards the room where the tailors lived on the second floor. When he got close, the door suddenly creaked and opened by itself, startling the big dog and Qilin, they looked at each other and rushed in.
As soon as they entered the door, the two of them were stunned by coincidence.
In the room, a fat man in a black Taoist robe was squatting on the ground gasping for breath, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve from time to time, and still glaring at them resentfully.
"Fang Jie is really blind to find people like you to watch the shop."
The young fat Taoist said while wiping his sweat: "I have been waiting for you here for a long time, if you don't come again, I will go to Sanjinhou Mansion at night to pick up your quilts!"
Big Dog looked at the man, couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Xiang Daoye, what are you... doing?"
He pointed to the four or five tailors behind who were tied up like rice dumplings and asked. Those tailors were gagged, made whining noises, and looked at the big dog with pleas for help.
"These guys are so fucking good at tossing around. I was so tired that I tied them all up in sweat. I said I was a friend of their boss. These guys didn't believe me. They insisted that I was a thief or a fortune-telling scam Human. I’m dressed in a Daoist gown, does it look like a fortune-teller cheating money? In order to prevent them from making a fuss, I had to tie them up."
"Huh… "
After saying these words, the fat Taoist Xiang Qingniu asked: "Why is there one missing, where is Fang Jie's beautiful girl?"
Before the big dog could react, he asked subconsciously, "What's the matter?"
Xiang Qingniu looked outside, saw that the door was closed, and then took Dagou and Qilin to another room and said in a very low voice: "The outside is all spies from the guards of the Ouchi, so I won't talk about the others. Tonight the three of you sneaked out of Sanjinhou Mansion and went straight to the Taoist temple, I will arrange for you to hide, and I will find a way to send you out of Chang'an in the morning."
He took out a strip of cloth soaked in sweat from his pocket and handed it to the big dog, "Fang Jie has an accident."
"ah?"
Qilin was taken aback, and couldn't help asking: "What happened to him?"
Xiang Qingniu got Qiu Yu's confession and dared not tell Da Quan the truth, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of a good reason. He was stunned for a moment, looked into Qilin's eyes and said seriously: "Fang Xie committed a crime of entering the palace and peeking at the maid's bath. The emperor was very angry and the consequences would be serious. He asked me to send you out first and come back later." !"
Big Dog was silent for a while, looked into Xiang Qingniu's eyes and asked, "Do you think I believe it?"
Xiang Qingniu wiped his sweat, sighed and said, "Damn it, I don't believe it myself!"