Great Song Pirate

Chapter 232 Mengxi Written Talk
After Zhao Xu let Xu Yi into the room, he asked him to sit down, and then ordered Zhang Hu to serve tea. Zhang Hu turned around and went out. Immediately, two beautiful maidservants served the tea, and the whole room was filled with a faint tea fragrance.

"Caomin dare not lie to the lord. This time I am going to Xingzhou to do goods. I passed through the capital. I remembered the waist card that the lord gave Caomin. I didn't know that you were the lord. After I got here, I took it. It took a long time to inquire about the waist card, and finally found an officer, and finally found out, and immediately frightened the grassroots enough that they almost dare not come to see the prince! Hehe!" Xu Yi made up the story as if it were true.

"Yes, my lord, we came here in a hurry this time, so we couldn't prepare a small gift for him. Please forgive me a lot, and Li will definitely make it up in the future!" Li Mutian also hurriedly said, never forgetting the gift. things.

"Don't mention any gifts. I take Mr. Xu as a bosom friend. How can I care about gifts? If you come here with generous gifts, I really underestimate you, thinking that you know my identity After that, you have to deliberately cling to me! I have a sincere relationship with Mr. Xu, how can I value those things outside of me? This is the best, this is the best, and this is the best way to treat me as a friend! Anyway, I can be regarded as a little king, not short of money Expensive! Don't mention this matter again!" Zhao Xu said carelessly shaking his head.

Li Mutian admires this!Xu Yi can predict everything, how does this guy's brain grow?Fortunately, he didn't come here with a cart full of gifts, or if the King Ji really underestimated himself, that's just right!

Xu Yi also had a deep impression on Zhao Xu's words, and as Yiqing said, her seventh elder brother was really an outlier, so he smiled and said: "Actually, I have long regarded the prince as a bosom friend, so the prince gave me this I have always worn the badge by my side, and I hope that one day I can come to pay a visit to Mr. Zhao, but I have been involved in various mundane affairs, so I have never had the chance to make the trip, I hope the prince will forgive me!"

"It's okay, Mr. Xu thinks so much about me, Zhao Xu, I'm already very happy. After I came back, I always regretted not being able to spend more time with Mr. Xu. I have been worried about it for more than a year, and I will go again if I want to." A trip to the south, I didn't expect... Alas! Don't say anything, it's fine if you come today, this time you have to stay in Bianliang for a few more days, if you can't just say a few words and leave, then I won't agree ! Later, I will prepare the people to prepare the banquet, and I will personally cleanse Mr. Xu and Mr. Li!" Zhao Xu said with a smile on his face.

"Thanks to the high regard of the grassroots, the grassroots are more respectful than obedient!" Xu Yi got up and thanked.

"I don't know what Mr. Xu is going to do in Xingzhou this time? Is it urgent? If not, you might as well stay a few more days. I have many things to ask you for advice!" Zhao Xu asked with concern.

"I don't dare to be. I'm just a grassroots with no fame. How dare the prince ask for advice? This really kills the grassroots! This time I went to Xingzhou to buy some steel. I have several ships under my name." There are also some workshops that use a lot of iron, in order to save a little money, so I want to go there to buy more, the matter is not urgent, and it will be no problem to stay for a few days!" Xu Yi hurriedly said politely , Said the purpose of this trip.

"What's the matter if you don't have fame? I think even if Mr. Xu has no fame, his knowledge is hundreds of times better than those scholars who can only talk about it. I don't pay much attention to those who can only play tricks and praise the peace of the world when they have nothing to do. Otherwise, I I don’t expect Mr. Xu to come to Bianliang to visit me so much! Xingzhou is indeed a land of iron production, and there is also Cizhou on Hexi Road, but during this period of time, steel will be more tense. I will write a post later, and you can take it with you , the officials of Tiezuojian over there will still sell me a little face after seeing it, this matter is not urgent, we can talk about it after a few days!" Zhao Xu said.

"Since the prince came back last time, has he gone out for a walk again?" Xu Yi said without words.

"Hey!...Don't mention it. The reason why I have been looking forward to your coming to Bianliang is because of this matter. It seems that Mr. Xu's prediction was really good, and everything was right by you!" Zhao Xu heard. Sighed, this was the second time Xu Yi heard him sigh.

"What's bothering you, my lord? Why don't you tell the grassroots to listen, maybe you can give me some advice!" Xu Yi then asked Zhao Xu with concern.

"The thing is like this, I regard Mr. Xu as a confidant, and I am not afraid of you knowing. After I met you in Hangzhou last time, after talking with you, I felt that what Mr. Xu said made sense, so I hurried back here quickly. , wrote a memorial, stating various benefits and disadvantages of using troops to the Liao Kingdom, and hoped that the father would cancel the plan to use troops to the Liao Dynasty, but who knew that after submitting it to the father, not only did he not pay attention to it, but was rejected by the father. He reprimanded me, said that I was alarmist, and grounded me, and I was not allowed to leave the capital, if not, I am afraid I would have gone to Hangzhou to find you a long time ago!" When Zhao Xu spoke, his mood was obviously depressed down.

After Xu Yi listened to Zhao Xu's words, he was also a little silent. He used his drunkenness to make up some analysis of some historians that later generations read. King Ji really took it seriously, and ran back to read such a book. With Zhao Ji's current state of mind, how could he listen to it?Not only did my own words not have any effect, but it actually hurt the King Ji, so I said apologetically: "The grass people just used their drunkenness to talk nonsense, but I didn't expect that the prince who was harmed could not go out to travel in Beijing. It's a crime that deserves death!"

Zhao Xu frowned and said in displeasure: "Mr. Xu, what are you talking about? What did you do to me? If the scholars and ministers of the court had your knowledge, I'm afraid things wouldn't have come to this point. Oh, Tong Guan is wronging the country! Scholars are wronging the country! I didn’t expect Mr. Xu to have such insight when he was among the people. Sure enough, as you expected, Tong Guan commanded 20 troops, and they were actually defeated by the precarious Liao soldiers. Not to mention the loss of troops, they lost the supplies that the prime minister had stored for nothing. Father didn't know about these things, but he didn't It means that I don’t know, he can hide his father, but he can’t hide it from the eyes of the world! He’s really damned! Damn it!” As he spoke, he slapped heavily on the coffee table beside him. With one palm, the teacup on the table jumped.

Xu Yi and Li Mutian are sweating!This King Ji really regards them as friends, and he dares to say such words in front of them. If it is not for this Zhao Xu's heartlessness, then he really regards himself as a friend. Both of them are quite moved .

At this time, Li Mutian said cautiously: "My lord! I don't know if I should say something or not!"

"Mr. Li, you can say something. This is my mansion. The people around me are all my confidantes. There is nothing I can't say. I trust them. If you have something to say, just say it!" Zhao Xu nodded.

"It's like this. When I first met Mr. Xu, because Caomin's family had some business in the north, I was very concerned about the situation in the north. From time to time, I chatted with Mr. Xu about the situation in the north. Mr. Xu had predicted this many times. It can be said that everything is right, his vision is so clear that we are greatly surprised, now I dare not say anything else, but our Li family will absolutely believe in everything Mr. Xu predicts, and now even I I think Jin people can't be trusted!" Li Mutian boasted in front of Xu Yi.

"Mutian! Don't talk nonsense, I'm not as good as you say! It's just that I have nothing to do and make some comments. I can't take it seriously! Some things are just misfortune. It’s just a mistake, I just guessed it, the prince doesn’t have to take it seriously!”

"Oh? With such a thing, it seems that I have underestimated Mr. Xu! This time we might as well talk more! Zhang Hu, order people to set up wine in the back hall. I want to have a good drink with Mr. Xu and Mr. Li A cup!" Zhao Xu was really interested when he heard this, and ordered Zhang Hu to come.

"I obey!" After Zhang Hu received the order, he turned and left to make arrangements.

Just when Zhao Xu was about to continue chatting with Xu Yi and the others, a guard ran outside and reported, "My lord, Li Jun has returned from the north and is waiting for you in the front yard!"

"Oh? Li Jun is back? Well, I'll come right away!" Zhao Xu stood up immediately after hearing this.

Xu Yi and Li Mutian saw that Zhao Xu had something to do, so they also got up and wanted to leave, but they were immediately stopped by Zhao Xu: "You have finally come here, how can I let you go? You wait again casually, I will come when I go , whatever you say today, you have to get drunk, you can't go now!"

The two of them saw Zhao Xu's firm attitude, so it was inconvenient to refuse, so they had to stay. Zhao Xu left the study and followed the guard who came to report.

"I really didn't expect it! His Royal Highness Prince Ji is so unassuming, it's beyond my expectation, it's rare, it's really rare!" Li Mutian sighed.

"That's right! I didn't expect that the person I met in Hangzhou that day would be the current King Ji!" Xu Yi then replied, looking around.

Don't look at this Zhao Xuxiwu, but there are still a lot of books in this study room. The bookshelves are full of all kinds of books. Anyway, there is no one in the room. Xu Yi got up and went to the bookshelves to browse.

The bookshelf was neatly organized, and all kinds of books were neatly sorted. Xu Yi casually flipped through a few books, but they were all classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics. He was not interested in them at all. Just as he was about to give up, suddenly When he got a book, his eyes lit up immediately. Several ancient seal characters on the cover of this book aroused his interest. "Mengxi Bi Tan" was signed by Shen Kuo.

(End of this chapter)