tiger wife

"That's your business." Axiu said cruelly, "But it's not too late for you to realize it now, so hurry up and go back to Luoyang, and continue to be your master."

"If you do this, you won't regret it in the future?"

Axiu felt a little sad in her heart, and said, "I don't regret it."

"I won't regret it..." He said silently, with a hint of doubt in his tone.Li Jinzhong looked at him, smiled wryly, and said: "People say that as long as you put your heart into it, a stone can be warmed up. I thought you had such a stone heart that didn't know much about the world. I didn't expect you to be like you once. As I said, there is no heart."

Li Jinzhong's expression was a bit sad, and there was a trace of self-deprecating desolation on his face covered with stubble: "That's all."

Axiu suddenly felt very uncomfortable in her heart, and said quietly: "But I still want to thank you, thank you for your affection for me, I will never forget it in my life."

"Forget about me." Li Jinzhong said: "No matter what, I still hope you can live a good life. Forget about me and find a girl you like."

After Li Jinzhong finished speaking, he left. Fatty walked over quietly and said, "Why are you so cruel?"

"What is cruelty? I have always had this attitude. It is he who insists on pestering me."

"My uncle is going to Luoyang this time. I heard that the government has surrounded the Li family for several days in order to trouble the Li family while my uncle is not at home. They insist on donating military salaries to the frontier."

Axiu was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Who wants the money, An Lushan?"

The fat man shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Anyway, I heard that he was a frontier official who said that food and grass in the frontier were in short supply. The wealthy businessmen in Luoyang City had to contribute, but they asked for too much. Luoyang City All the merchants were unwilling to give it, so Luo Chengyin arrested some representative merchants, including the second master. The uncle is not in Luoyang, and he is in charge of the mansion."

"Oh." Axiu was silent for a while after listening, and immediately ran outside, chasing Li Jinzhong to the place where Li Jinzhong lived, but the manager said that Li Si had left the mansion: "He said that there is something wrong with his family, so I will let you go." I'm gone, and I haven't even received this month's money yet."

Axiu then ran towards the door again, all the way to the gate, when Li Jinzhong was about to get on his horse, he hurriedly called out, Li Jinzhong turned around in surprise, and shouted, "Axiu!"

"You..." Axiu stammered, and shouted: "You remember to rescue the second master... Don't be too anxious, the problem that money can solve is not a problem."

"Are you going to come with me?"

Axiu immediately shook her head: "I just want to tell you these words, uncle, take care of yourself, goodbye!"

After he finished speaking, he ran back, ran into the yard, and then looked back again. Li Jinzhong had already mounted his horse and walked away.

Axiu suddenly ran back again by a strange coincidence, and stood at the gate, watching Li Jinzhong's horse disappear into the corner of the street.It's already early summer, the trees on both sides of the street are already verdant, and the sky is not yet completely dark. Axiu can't help but wonder if there will be any danger on the road for Li Jinzhong to drive at night, will he meet jackals? Tigers and leopards, will they encounter a difficult road?

The fat man also followed, looked into the distance together with him, and said, "Uncle really left this time, will he come back?"

"No way?"

Axiu was indifferent, her brows were slightly frowned, and then she smiled, her eye circles were a little red: "I don't know what will happen when he goes back this time, but come back? It would be nice to keep their home."

The fat man was a little sad, and said, "Uncle is actually quite good."

This time, Axiu didn't refute his words, nor did she teach him a lesson, but sighed, and said quietly: "Yes, he is actually very good."

"Then do you regret it?"

Axiu returned to her usual appearance, raised her eyebrows and glanced at him, a little arrogant and inviolable: "I don't regret it!"

The fat man pursed the corners of his mouth, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, as if he didn't believe what he said.

Ever since Li Jinzhong left, Axiu always felt a little uneasy in her heart.He thought it was because An Lushan was about to leave the capital for Fanyang.But after a few days, the order from above came down, because Concubine Yang Guifei's birthday is next month, Concubine Yang Guifei asked Tang Xuanzong, hoping to let An Lushan stay in the capital for one more month, because An Lushan is a Concubine Yang's "godson", the godmother's birthday, of course he has to be present.

On the surface, this matter was Yang Yuhuan's request, but in fact, Yang Guozhong was behind it.The disciples of An Lushan came to report that many people from the capital had come to Fanyang today, and they seemed to be secretly investigating them.An Lushan felt a little anxious, but he had no choice but to put down his posture and go to Yang Guozhong's mansion.But as the saying goes, when the house leaks, it rains all night. Fan Yang heard the news that the soldiers and horses assembled secretly in Anlu Mountain needed a large amount of money, and they were already in financial difficulties.An Lushan asked Qin Dongming about this matter. Axiu didn't understand such political matters at first, and he didn't like to know about them, but this time he became interested because he heard Li Jinzhong's words name.

Qin Dongming said: "There are many wealthy businessmen in Luoyang City, with strong financial resources, far beyond what the outside world can imagine. I once invited the emperor and called on those businessmen to contribute to the country, but they were tight-lipped and refused to give money, especially in Luoyang. The family of the richest man, Li Jinzhong, refused to make a statement, and the other merchants followed suit. If you want to raise money, you might as well think about their ideas. It’s just that this bone is not easy to chew. If you want to succeed, you have to be ruthless. "

Axiu said on the side: "I think it's a bit inappropriate for the prince to do this. Merchants pay taxes according to the rules every year. This is the ancestral system of the imperial court. Even if taxes are to be raised, the imperial court must come forward, and they must be paid in advance. Good hello, it is reasonable for them to be unwilling to raise taxes rashly and ask them to pay for the support of the border. If the trouble is not good, they will be annoyed. The influence of merchants should not be underestimated. I heard that those merchants in Luoyang , controlling the private salt and grain business across the country, local governments dare not offend easily, especially that Li Jinzhong, I have seen their family's power when I was in Luoyang, even the governor of Luoyang treated their family with respect, Li Zhongzhong himself is also a hard-headed person, so if we want them to pay money rashly, we will not have the upper hand due to emotion and reason, otherwise it will cause a big mess."

"Don't worry about this. I have people under my command who specialize in this kind of work. As long as they have oil and water, they are not afraid that they will not be able to squeeze it out. Our emperor is stingy. If he can get money from local merchants, the emperor is unwilling to use the money in the treasury. , as long as the planning is proper, this is not a problem."

"My lord is in the capital now. It's an extraordinary period. It's better to be careful when doing things. If Yang Guozhong and the prince catch the handle, then..."

"Xiu Lang seems to be very interested in and concerned about things in Luoyang City."

Axiu raised her head and glanced at Qin Dongming, and she answered simply: "When I was poor in Luoyang City, I was favored by the Li family in Luoyang."

An Lushan frowned when he heard this: "I haven't heard you say this before. I remember that we mentioned Li Jinzhong before. You only said that you saved him. Why, now you are under their family's responsibility." grace."

"It's not Li Jinzhong, but their family. Once I was hungry and sick, and it happened that their family gave porridge on the street, which solved my urgent need. Later, I also met a servant in their house, I was given a tael of silver, so I managed to come to Chang'an and met my lord. Speaking of which, the Li family in Luoyang is also considered to be destined for me. I am a soft-hearted person, and I don’t want to kill. If my lord can solve the problem peacefully, Please don’t embarrass them. It’s not easy for businessmen to do business. Once the relationship is harmonious, it’s easy to get along with each other in the future. Why bother to tear ourselves apart just for a one-time benefit, we have to take a long-term view.”

Qin Dongming just stared at him and smiled, his eyes were dim and bright.

Ah Xin was kicking in his heart, and suddenly he didn't have a good impression of that Qin Dongming. He felt that Qin Dongming and Li Jinzhong must have a big quarrel that he didn't know about. Life is not once or twice.

After two days like this, news came from Luoyang City that Li Jinzhong was sent to prison because of the military pay, saying that he was instigating wealthy Luoyang businessmen to cause trouble, disrupting the country's stability, and would be executed.

Axiu was still eating when she heard the news, she frowned when she heard the news, looked at the fat man, and asked coldly: "Did Li Jinzhong do you any good this time? ah."

"I'm not lying, look, this is a letter written by Shi Shi!"

"Are you still in contact with Shishi?" As Xiu said, she stretched out her hand to take the letter from the fat man's hand, but when he took it in his hand, his expression changed, and he held the letter tightly. In the palm of the hand, the grip was wrinkled into a ball.

The fat man carefully looked at his face and asked, "How is it? I didn't lie, did I?"

"There is such a thing in the world?!"

"I heard that it's because the uncle refused to pay the money and gathered a crowd to make trouble. Originally, there were a few rich merchants in Luoyang who were planning to pay, but the uncle encouraged them not to do so. As a result, Luoyang Yin couldn't step down. That's why..."

"Li Jinzhong is a scheming man, how could he make such a mistake, someone must be trying to punish him." Axiu stood up and started pacing back and forth in the room.

"What are you going to do? You say you want to behead!"

"It's not enough to cut off my head, but he might be imprisoned." Axiu walked several times, then suddenly clenched her fists and said, "No, I have to go to Luoyang."