Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Guo Ye sneered and said, "You really think so?"

"Yes... yes, brother, do you think there is something else to say?"

"No, Brother Wang, if I'm not mistaken, Wang Shipu gave you ten invitations to invite you to bring nine people with similar identities to the banquet. But Wang Shipu has a great reputation, who would dare to mess with this?" Unexpected disaster? So, you didn’t complete the task. But, you couldn’t find anyone, and you were afraid of offending Wang Shipu, so you temporarily called me to top the vat, Brother Wang, do you think I’m right?”

Wang Yucai's fat face twitched, full of shame, and said: "Brother is so young, his thinking is so meticulous, I really admire my old brother. If this is the case, please..."

"Please? Brother, are you letting me go?"

"That's natural. There is a way that a gentleman should not stand under a wall of prestige. Since you know that this banquet is a banquet without good wine, and a banquet without good banquet, are you still willing to stay in this place?"

Yang Fengyi said: "Come here, why did you leave? Others are afraid of Wang Shipu, but our husband is not. Listening to the meal at Hailou today, our husband and wife are still determined."

Meizi Shangchuan said: "This fat old man, don't underestimate our husband because of his poor health. He is now hard except for that place, isn't he?"

The words were so right that Guo Ye couldn't answer, so he could only say: "This is the Tang Dynasty, where there are kingly laws. I don't believe that Wang Shipu can do anything to me in broad daylight."

Wang Yucai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said: "Listen to my advice, brother, if you really can't...don't make so many beautiful wives and beautiful concubines. Especially these two..." He pointed to Yang Fengyi and Shangchuan Meizi , whispered in Guo Ye's ear: "You can't satisfy them, they are trying to force you to death... Don't listen to them, go! Go!"

Guo Ye burst into laughter, and said: "Just now you worked so hard to lure us in, why do you want to persuade us to leave now?"

"You may not believe me when I say this. I, Wang Yucai, am actually an honest person. I have never done anything wicked at all. After deceiving you in today, I have been disturbed by conscience and feel unspeakably uncomfortable. Later, you I made my words clear, and I felt extremely relaxed. Sigh, I figured it out, whether it's a blessing or a disaster, I can't avoid it. Today's incident is my Wang Yucai's doom, so why bother others?"

Guo Ye said: "If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There is nothing good about it. Brother Wang, you are right to think so."

"So...brother, are you ready to leave after listening to my advice?"

"Of course not!" Guo Ye smiled slightly and said, "I'm still not going to leave. Not only am I not going to go, Brother Wang, if you let us in today, it's considered that we two brothers are destined. Your business, brother and I I carried it for you!"

"You fight for me?"

"That's natural. No matter how difficult Wang Shipu is for you, you push it on my head. Whether it's money or life, it's all on my body, Guo Ye."

Wang Yucai reached out and touched Guo Ye's forehead, Guo Ye quickly turned his head away and said, "We have something to say, don't touch it carelessly."

"Brother, are you sick? Why are you talking nonsense? Do you know who I am, Wang Yucai? You help Wang Yucai fight things, can you resist?"

"I want to ask, what is your identity, Brother Wang?"

"Our family runs a silk and satin shop!" Wang Yucai said proudly: "In the entire Mizhou Prefecture, my Wang family has opened more than a dozen silk and satin shops, and the family wealth is more than ten thousand? The richest man in Mizhou dare not say it, but he can still be ranked in the top ten. You said that Wang Shipu invited me to dinner suddenly, can this matter be trivial? Don’t talk about fighting for me, even if you share a little for me, I’m afraid your family will be ruined!”

"So you are the shopkeeper of the Silk House..."

"How is it? Do you know that Wang Yucai is amazing?"

Yang Fengyi chuckled lightly and said, "What's so great about being the shopkeeper of a silk and satin shop?"

"It's not one silk and satin house...it's a dozen silk and satin houses..."

"No matter how many silk and satin houses there are, they are just the shopkeepers of the silk and satin houses. I said Wang Yucai, do you know what our husband does?"

"What?"

Just as Yang Fengyi was about to answer, she heard footsteps, and a group of people walked up to the third floor.The leader was tall, with a ferocious face, and his voice was like a bronze bell. He laughed loudly and said: "All the sages, I'm next Wang Shipu, I'm being polite here!"

Chapter 1659

Don't look at Wang Yucai who is afraid of Wang Shipu to death, but some people are not afraid.

Immediately, a young man in his twenties stood up, snorted coldly, and said, "I said, Wang Shipu, you made such a big battle today and invited all of us here. What is it for? You If you want to blackmail, I will not agree."

"It turned out to be Zhang Junke, the eldest son of the governor of Qingzhou. Mr. Zhang, are you sure you have received an invitation from Mr. Wang this time?"

"That's right, you didn't invite me, but you invited someone named Zhang Liuquan. It's no different from inviting me."

"Zhang Liuquan?" Wang Shipu frowned, and said, "This Zhang Liuquan runs a lacquerware shop. I haven't heard that this lacquerware shop is owned by Zhang Shi's family?"

"Originally, this lacquerware shop has nothing to do with our Zhang family, but... since I accepted your invitation, Zhang Liuquan gave me [-]% of the dry stock, and betrothed his sister to me as a concubine. This lacquerware shop, no Has it become our family's property?"

Wang Shipu laughed loudly, and said: "So, you are able to accept a beautiful concubine and get a stake, all thanks to my invitation card. Mr. Zhang, do you have to thank me?"

"Thank you? You deserve it too! Wang Shipu, you just married your daughter to the governor of Mizhou as a concubine. Relying on this relationship, you are domineering in Mizhou and doing all kinds of evil. I just want to tell you that this Zhang Liuquan I'm covered, you don't want to think about him in the future. That's all for now, goodbye!"

"Slow down!" Wang Shipu stopped Zhang Junke with his big hands all over his body, and said, "I said Mr. Zhang, since you are here, don't rush away. Let me tell you, I am here today not to blackmail you, but It's a good thing, a very good thing! Since Zhang Liuquan doesn't know how to flatter you, you can't say that this good thing has to fall on your head."

"A good thing? No one in the entire Mizhou government knows. You, Wang Shipu, do everything, but not good things. What kind of moth are you trying to get rid of? Let me tell you. I, Zhang Juke, you can't afford to mess with me!"

"Sit down for a moment, and I'll explain it to you."

"Hmph, I want to see what kind of medicine you sell in your gourd."

Wang Shipu glanced around, cleared his throat, and said, "Everyone is a distinguished person in Mizhou. Today, I, Wang Shipu, brought you here to give you a great fortune."

"Extreme wealth? You, Wang Shipu, can't get on the stage, and you still want to give everyone a great wealth. Isn't this a joke?" Zhang Junke sneered.

"Mr. Zhang, please be calm and don't be impatient. Listen to me. I, Wang Shipu, can't be successful if I don't have a good literary background. I don't have a good background. It's all thanks to everyone's help that I can get into this small situation today. Of course I can't give you anything. Great wealth. But...I can't, there are people."

"Oh? Who is that person? Even if it's the governor of Mizhou, your cheap brother-in-law Liang Sanyi is not in my eyes."

"It's not Governor Liang either. This person's identity is much higher than Governor Liang!"

"Who is that?"

Wang Shipu smiled slightly, and said: "Speaking of this person, in our Tang Dynasty, he can be regarded as under one person and above ten thousand! You may wish to guess who this person is."

Those present were actually wealthy landowners from the Mizhou Prefecture, and they didn't know much about the affairs of the court, so they immediately quarreled in a mess.Some guessed Empress Changsun, some guessed Wei Zheng, some guessed Fang Xuanling...the list goes on and on, and some even guessed that it was Guo Ye Guo Ziyi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty.

After letting people discuss for a long time, Wang Shipu lowered his hands and said: "I'm sorry, everyone guessed wrong, let me tell you, this is Yan Wang Li You. Everyone knows that because of the demon monk Tianfu, our grand master Tang pained to lose three princes, and now among His Majesty's princes, King Yan is the oldest, isn't that one person under one person and above ten thousand people?"

Everyone else is easy to be fooled, but Zhang Junke is the son of an official after all, he sneered and said: "Wang Shipu, what you said is wrong, it is true that King Yan is the oldest among His Majesty's princes, but he is a shady person. A concubine born to a noble concubine, according to folk sayings, is a concubine. Don't forget, Empress Changsun also had a son who was named King of Jin. His name was Li Zhi, and he was His Majesty's son. Wang Liyou, even if he flatters a horse, he can’t match Jin Wang Lizhi, so what is his status?”

"Oh? Really?" A man appeared behind Wang Shipu. This man was of medium build and handsome. He was probably in his thirties or less than forty. .

Zhang Junke frowned and said, "Who are you?"

"I'm Xiayin Hongzhi."

"Yin Hongzhi? Little known, never heard of it."

"It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of me, but I have two relatively famous relatives, you must have heard of me."

"What relative?"

"My elder sister is married to the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and has been conferred the title of Concubine Yin. My nephew is the king of Yan, Li You, whom you say is not even as good as the king of Jin, Li Zhi. Do you understand now?"

Wang Shipu proudly said: "In other words, this is the uncle of King Li You of Yan, the younger brother of Concubine Yin, our uncle of the Tang Dynasty! Ladies and gentlemen, hurry up and salute!"

"Why, I'll just salute! You say he is the uncle of the country, what proof do you have?"