Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 148

Chapter 148 Yishang of the Great Tang Dynasty
Dao Sect Li put away his treasured saber and gave it to his servant to take away. He purposely walked to Chen Yan’s side and said to her, “Yan’er, I’m not giving you the ‘Love Severing Sword’ to make you heartless and heartless.” Actually, emotions were like this sword. One sword and two blades could kill enemies and injure oneself. At the same time, emotion is also a great power in this world, but it is impossible to overwhelm mountains and overwhelm seas. How to grasp it, he had to weigh it carefully. I only hope that you will not live forever in the memories of the past. Facing today, the most important thing is to live calmly, courageously, and optimistically. ”

“Thank you for your guidance, Your Highness. Chen Yan will always remember it.” Chen Yan replied softly and inadvertently glanced at Qin Mubai. Her heart couldn’t help but feel conflicted.

Actually, Chen Yan could hear the meaning behind Li Daoist Sect’s words. It was undoubtedly to make her forget Zhu Chengwen, who had already died, start a new life, and try to contact other men. The implication was that Chen Yan had to think about this man, “Qin Mubai”, and she was just about to cut through his words.

Qin Mubai couldn’t help but understand why the Li Dao Sect had said this in front of him. It was obvious that he was trying to set up a good relationship between himself and Chen Yan, which could be easily seen from his gift of swords and swords. In Da Chengxin’s eyes, Qin Mubai really liked a mature, intelligent, and rational woman like Chen Yan who valued emotion and righteousness. However, at this moment, Zhu Chengwen was probably the only one in her heart who occupied all of it, so where did she find her foothold?

Qin Mubai had always believed that it was easy to steal women from other men. However, it was much harder to drive another man out of one woman’s heart and replace him. Especially a woman like Chen Yan who valued love and righteousness. This kind of woman, first of all, had to be used to respect. It was not the kind of woman who could easily enter the tent.

At this moment, although Qin Mubai had a good impression of Chen Yan, he only respected her.

…

The three of them walked and chatted before heading towards the backyard. At this moment, Chu Suiliang greeted Li Daozong and said to Qin Mubai, “General Qin, I wonder when you are going to bid farewell to your highness.”

“Sir, are you in a hurry to leave?” Qin Mubai asked. He thought to himself, it was clearly you who wanted to say goodbye to His Highness, but you insisted on asking me to say it out loud. How interesting. I’m not in a hurry. There’s no harm in staying in this palace for two more days.

Chu Suiliang could only say, “I just received a letter from the Jiangzhou Prefecture saying that I have some urgent matters to attend to.”

“Since that’s the case, I won’t be able to force you to stay.” Li Daozong said straightforwardly, “Chu Suiliang and Qin Mubai, both of you have been entrusted by the Emperor with the task of putting national affairs first. I am very happy that you can come. I will keep you here for a few more days, but I do not dare to interfere with your business.”

Qin Mubai cupped his hands and said, “In that case, we have no choice but to bid farewell!”

“Wait until this king sends someone to prepare the carriages and horses for you!”

After a while, Qin Mubai and Chu Suiliang boarded the carriage and left the Li Dao Sect, returning to Jiangzhou. Dao Sect Li and Chen Yan personally sent them off until they left the palace.

“Yan’er, don’t you want to go back with Qin Mubai?” Dao Sect Li asked.

Chen Yan smiled and said, “He has Chu Suiliang with him. Where did he put me?”

“You’d better not be too withdrawn.” Li Daozong smiled and said earnestly, “I know you have a pill heart full of hatred for evil, but there is no perfect person in the world. Everyone has their own shortcomings.” To be tolerant and tolerant of others is to be kind to oneself. Especially when dealing with officials, I found that you were especially prejudiced against them, even including me in the beginning. You should change that. In fact, there are still many good officials in the Great Tang Empire. Otherwise, where would the Great Heavenly Dynasty come from? ”

“Your Highness has taught me a lesson. After experiencing Jiangzhou, my ideas have changed a lot.” Chen Yan frowned and looked into the distance. She said leisurely, “Perhaps there are no absolute good or bad people in this world. Good people can make mistakes, and bad people sometimes have their own conscience. In Jianghu, they can’t help but feel helpless. In officialdom, they can’t help but feel helpless.”

“It was Qin Mubai who changed you,” Li Daozong smiled.

Chen Yan was slightly stunned, and her face inadvertently flushed red. She chuckled to conceal her embarrassment and said, “He is a very strange person. He is different from what I have encountered in the past. So far, I don’t know whether he is a good person or a bad person more often.”

“There are no absolute good or bad people in this world, haha!” Dao Sect Li laughed loudly and left. “How nice of you to say that!-Remember it, Yan’er!”

Chen Yan looked at the back of the Li Dao Sect and revealed a grateful smile. “I know, foster father … Why can I call you this only if I have my back to you?” She whispered.

The carriage was winding southward. When it reached Zhou City in the evening, Chu Suiliang invited Qin Mubai to stay in the city for a night. He would hurry tomorrow so that he could do his best to be a landlord. Qin Mubai thought to himself that military strength wasn’t a problem anyway, so it was a good thing to give him a face, so he readily agreed.

Chu Suiliang, the imperial envoy, temporarily took the position of the governor of Jiangzhou. His office and residence were both in the governor’s mansion. After the two of them got off the carriage, Chu Suiliang hurriedly went to deal with some urgent business, leaving Qin Mubai to rest in the guest room for a while and then to have dinner together later.

Qin Mubai was indeed a little tired after running all the way. She took a shower and prepared to take a nap. Before he could fall asleep completely, someone called out from outside the door.

“I’m sorry to disturb you. May I ask if General Qin has fallen asleep?”

“Who?”

“I am a manor official under Lord Chu. I have been ordered by Lord Chu to send a message to the general.”

Qin Mubai could only get up and open the door. He saw a green-robed official in his forties standing at the door, cupping his hands and bowing.

“Tell me, what is it?”

“The Manor Lord specially invited the General to come forward. He said that there is an important business that has something to do with the General. We need to listen to the General’s opinion before making a decision.” The manor official said.

“Jiangzhou’s official business is related to me?” Qin Mubai was puzzled for a while and said, “I’ll be right back.”

After packing his clothes, Qin Mubai and the officials came to the secretariat office, and Chu Suiliang waited in the study room.

“General Qin is here. It’s wrong to disturb the general’s rest. But I have a dilemma right now. I don’t know what to do. Please cut it off for me, general.” With that, Chu Suiliang smiled meaningfully and handed Qin Mubai a folding book.

Qin Mubai curiously opened the fold and couldn’t help but laugh.

A big businessman, after hearing about the flood disaster in Jiangzhou, specially came to donate to the government to help relieve the disaster and appease the people. The donations were quite large. There were ten thousand copper coins, fifty carts of chestnut rice, thirty thousand pieces of cold clothes, more than seven thousand sets of bedding, and three hundred sacrificial sheep for the military.

These items were worth at least twenty to thirty thousand yuan, but the imperial court had only allocated fifty thousand yuan to build the Jishan Flood Control Dam. It was rare for someone to make such a generous move, and it was astonishing!

However, Qin Mubai didn’t know whether to laugh or cry because of the person who made the move-Chang’an Martial Arts Zhao!

“General, do you see it?” Chu Suiliang laughed.

Qin Mubai shook her head and smiled bitterly. “What is she trying to do?” She tossed the folds onto the table.

“It’s a great thing to contribute to the country and share the worries for you!” Chu Suiliang smiled and said, “Perhaps, it’s for you!”

Qin Mubai shook her head and smiled. “She is deliberately trying to create an impression for herself. She is afraid that others will not know that she is a big businessman. Mr. Chu, thank you for telling me this news. May I know how you plan to make your decision?”

“I also want to ask the general what he means.” Chu Suiliang said, “At present, you and I are under the orders of the Emperor. If we accept this batch of money, then we will go to the Emperor’s place. If we do not accept it, Wu Zhao will definitely be unhappy and may have misunderstandings about you. Therefore, I would like to ask the General to make a decision first and then do as he pleases.”

“Where is she? Have you seen her before?” Qin Mubai asked.

“He lives in a small building in Pingyao, south of Jiangzhou City.” Chu Suiliang said, “I haven’t received her yet. I just accepted the folders first.”

“Alright, I’ll go see her first, and then I’ll be in the district.” Just as Qin Mubai was about to leave, she thought for a moment and asked, “Chu Suiliang, what if we accept this batch of money?”

“For such a good deed, the Imperial Court will definitely reward it.” Chu Suiliang said, “Generally speaking, we should at least give the title of ‘Great Tang Righteous Merchant’. In the future, it will be more convenient for us to do business. Then, our status and status will be different from that of ordinary merchants.”

“Thank you, I see. I’ll go see her now. Please send a local to show me the way.”

“Alright.”

Later, Chu Suiliang sent a small official to prepare a carriage and horse to send Qin Mubai to Pingyao Little Building in the south of the city to look for Wu Meiniang. Along the way, Qin Mubai was thinking, why did Wu Meiniang suddenly come to Jiangzhou? More than two months ago, she left Chang’an for Bingzhou Wenshui’s hometown … Right! Bing Zhou was not very far from Jiang Zhou, could it be that she had rushed here directly from Bing Zhou?

She purposely came to relieve the disaster. It seemed that she was also trying to earn her reputation and shake off the status of an ordinary businessman who was discriminated against by others … Wu Meiniang, after all, she was someone with a lofty heart. At such a young age, she knew how to run a family courtyard. This move of spending money to relieve the people was indeed quite useful. Winning her reputation as a Martial Artist will also help me gain a good impression from the Emperor.

“I haven’t seen her for a long time. How is she?” As he thought about it, Qin Mubai smiled and said, “Will this fellow just carry on with me like before? The matter between me and Princess Gaoyang has spread like wildfire throughout the city. I wonder how she will feel about it.”

Not long after, the carriage arrived at the south of the city. The official pointed to a unique and elegant terrace and said to Qin Mubai, “General, that is the Pingyao Little Building. It is a place where wealthy people and merchants like to stay. The music inside is beautiful and dancing. It is a good place to enjoy your leisure.”