Seduction

In the Central Plains in March, there will be occasional light rains, and the willow leaves will all sprout. Since they were left in Gu's mansion, Gu Qing took the medicine for three meals a day. Turned into a hands-off shopkeeper, there is nothing else to do except eating, drinking and having fun. I occasionally reconcile the account books for the housekeeper, Uncle Wang, but in the past month, the Gu family has not had any big business, and they have exported a large amount of rice for military supplies.

Uncle Wang took the account book and went to look for him in Gu Qing's room.

"Look, this is ours this month. The farmers' harvest is not very good, and the rice is circulating a lot." Gu Qing nodded, and the housekeeper continued, "The salt field is the same as before, following the process, and everything is normal. Last time you said that you wanted to take over the export of tea, silk and porcelain, I paid attention to it for you."

Gu Qing nodded again and asked, "Is that suitable?"

"There are several, but now that there is a war, the price of porcelain is much more expensive than usual."

"Well, then wait." Gu Qing flipped through the account book and said to herself, "The recent expenses are a bit high. When the first rainy season comes, I will go to Dongying to have a look."

The old housekeeper asked again, "The tea and the Western Regions, should we stop first?"

Gu Qing thought for a while, then shook her head, "Don't stop, just tell them what I want, don't pay attention to the price they give, these tea merchants and porcelain merchants will come to me after a while."

Although the old butler remembered everything, he still didn't quite understand what Gu Qing meant.

The guard at the door ran in, "Report to the master!"

"What's the matter?" Gu Qing asked, in fact, she had already guessed it in her heart.

"King Lu sent someone to pick you up."

Gu Qing nodded, "Let them wait for a while, I'll be there right away." Gu Qing sighed lightly, and said to the housekeeper, "If you want them to come to me, you have to rely on this person." Gu Qing said while Organized the clothes.

"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Gu Qing said to the housekeeper.

"Where is the master?" The butler bowed his head and bowed before retreating.

This is the second time for Gu Qing to ride in Lu Xian's car, but the last time Lu Xian sat in the car and waited for him, but this time he was already waiting in the palace far away.

"Yo, I finally waited for you." Lu Xian warmed a pot of wine in the pavilion of the imperial garden.

"Where is King Lu?" After seeing Lu Xian, Gu Qing bowed slightly and sat down opposite Lu Xian.

"There's nothing to see in my garden right now, and it's not as big as Gu's." Lu Xian said with a smile.

Gu Qing shook her head, "Your Majesty's words are wrong, it is Gu's honor to visit the Royal Garden."

"Boss Gu, your relative wearing a ghost mask is really brave and good at fighting. I don't know what relative is Boss Gu?"

"It's my nephew." Gu Qing replied.

"Nephew Xian is really a malleable talent. I heard from the soldiers who came back that Nephew Xian was able to fight Chen Jiang of Yuezhu for hundreds of rounds without losing the slightest bit. He is powerful, powerful." Lu Xian said leisurely.

"Your Majesty, you've won the prize." Gu Qing's face remained the same without any ups and downs.

"It's really powerful, but my nephew really doesn't want to communicate with others."

"It's not that my nephew is unwilling, it's that he can't. It's really difficult for him to communicate with people. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Lu Xian smiled and looked at Gu Qing, "Forgive, of course I forgive, but I don't know, since my nephew is so brave, Boss Gu, why did you send a letter for my nephew to retreat? I am very puzzled, how did Boss Gu go so far?" Besides, those who foretell the battlefield."

Gu Qing smiled slightly, he guessed that Lu Xian would come to ask him to ask his teacher, fearing that the disappearance of the ghost face for no reason would arouse Lu Xian's suspicion, so he specially wrote a letter of withdrawal signed with his name before leaving, and handed it to Uncle Wang As soon as the fight started, he released a flying pigeon to Uncle Wang, and asked Uncle Wang to release the pigeon with the letter of retreat.

"Let the king down, Gu doesn't have that kind of ability, is the king willing to listen to Gu's details?"

Lu Xian frowned slightly and nodded.

"If you want to hear their voice, turn silent; if you want to open, turn your eyelids; if you want to be high, turn your eyes down, this is the technique of playing hard to get. Our goal is not to win a battle, but to annex them. No matter what the situation is at the time, as long as the consumption Go on, we can all win the first battle, Gu does not have the ability to predict the battlefield, but can see the overall situation." Gu Qing said, "If we attack blindly, the target will be too obvious, let Yuezhu see through Without our military strength, they can naturally take precautions, since ancient times, wars have paid attention to the art of detours, I think Your Majesty must understand."

"Continue." Lu Xian said.

Gu Qing nodded, "If we encounter them, we will fight back, and if we leave, we will lose momentum. If we chase Yuezhu too closely, be careful that they will counterattack with the power of the whole country. On the contrary, if we let them go repeatedly, their morale will be weakened. And Yuezhu is in a year of severe drought, the national treasury is empty, and the food and grass reserves are not enough to confront Tianguan for consumption." Gu Qing said, "So we have to attack Yuezhu in a leisurely manner, consume their rations, and destroy the strength of their army. Only when the fighting spirit is scattered and then captured can the soldiers be spared."

Lu Xian couldn't help laughing, "Just take care of the boss."

Gu Qing responded with a smile, stood up and bowed to Lu Xian again.

"When all the flowers in my royal garden are in bloom, I will invite Boss Gu to be a guest. I would like to trouble Boss Gu for a visit today, and please forgive me." Lu Xian said with a smile.

"Where are you talking?"

"I've already prepared carriages and horses for Boss Gu." Lu Xian said.

If Wu Zheng and Zhan Xing did not do one thing, they would not get any military power from the old emperor anyway. They could do nothing but try to win over Chen Jiang, so they simply came to Tianguan together, entered the capital of Tianguan, and had no choice but to win over Chen Jiang. Zheng couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"The capital of Tianguan is indeed more prosperous." Wu Zheng sighed.

"Where is this? The Jiangnan in Tianguan is open at night, and the lights are brightly lit all night." Zhan Xingruo said.

Wuzheng nodded, "It's really a rich place. I hope I can take a look at it when I get the chance."

He smiled slightly, "When did Ah Li go?"

"Me?" Zhan Xingruo thought for a while, "It's been a long time ago, I forgot what I was dealing with."

"Following me really made you suffer." Wu Zheng thought for a while.

Zhan Xingruo smiled slightly, "How can there be a theory of suffering? I have learned a lot by going to Jiangnan once."

"By the way," Wu Zheng suddenly remembered something, rummaged through the package he brought with him for a long time, and finally took out a box of rouge.

"For you." He handed it to Zhan Xingruo.

Zhan Xingruo has received all kinds of gifts, but he has never seen one who gave him rouge.

"This is it?" Zhan Xingruo was at a loss by Wu Zheng, "Send me this...for what?" Zhan Xingruo asked.

"I bought this when I went to investigate the situation of the people. The girl said that it was the government that allocated food, so that I had the strength to make and sell things. This is all thanks to you, so I bought one and wanted to give it to you. Make a memorial." Wu Zheng said.

Zhan Xingruo couldn't help laughing at being teased by Wu Zheng, and reached out to take Rouge.

"Then I'll accept it." Zhan Xingruo said with a smile.

It has been a long time since Wu Zheng saw Zhan Xingruo smile. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he still smiled.

The mother-in-law selling hairpins saw the two of them, so she reached out her hand and said, "Young master, take a look here?"

Wu Zheng turned his head, the mother-in-law took out some hairpins.

"This hairpin is made by my granddaughter herself, but it is strong. If there is a girl you like, buy one for her."

Zhan Xingruo looked down at the hairpins and smiled, "I'll buy one." He picked out a wooden hairpin with simple patterns engraved on it, and there was basically no decoration.

Wuzheng looked sideways at Zhan Xingruo, and Zhan Xingruo shook his head, "I don't have a girl I like, and I'll give it to her someday when I have one."

The old lady took a look at Zhan Xingruo and grinned. At this moment, a sedan chair came from a distance, followed by a dozen people.

The old woman put away her smiling face, stood out from behind the shed, stretched out her neck and looked, "Yo, that lord is here."

"Which adult?" Wu Zheng asked without knowing why.

"Bosses, don't you hear your accent from a local?" the old woman asked.

Wuzheng nodded, "We pass by here on business."

"Yo, then you must know this lord."

As soon as I spoke, the sedan chair had already passed by. Looking at the patterns on it, I knew it was a royal sedan chair. The tassels flickered, leaving a large shadow on the street. Vendors and pedestrians stood on both sides of the sedan chair. With his head down, no one spoke.

Wuzheng and Zhan Xingruo were grabbed by the old woman, and they also stood in the crowd.

When the sedan chair was far away, Wu Zheng asked again, "Who is that lord?"

"Look at the two of you, you don't even know him when you come to Tianguan to do business," said the old woman.

Wu Zheng tilted his head slightly, "He is?"

"Gu Chengyuan Gu Boss." The old woman said.

Zhan Xingruo on the side raised his head slightly when he heard Gu Qing's name.

"Then why is he sitting in the royal sedan chair?"

"Oh, you don't know this. We are fighting recently. A general with a ghost face came out. I heard from the men who came back that he is quite powerful, and he doesn't talk." The old woman said and gestured, "My lord It's very important, I heard that the ghost-faced general doesn't even listen to the king, he just listens to Gu Chengyuan himself."

"Listen to him?" Zhan Xingruo frowned and asked.

"Yes, I only listen to him, and the king will ask him to send him back." The old woman said.

Wu Zheng and Zhan Xingruo looked at each other and nodded.

When Gu Qing returned to Gu Mansion, the winter solstice had already made tea, Gu Qing coughed a few times, and just sat down for a while, when the guards outside the door came running, "Master!"

"What's the matter?" Gu Qing asked.

"Master, a man named Wu Zheng asked to see him. He said he was the prince of Yuezhu."

Gu Qing put down the teacup, "Prince?"

The guard then said, "There is also the military division Zhan who came last time, who came with him, let, let them in?"

"The military division is here?" Gu Qing suddenly felt cold from head to toe, stood up, and said, "Please come in!"