Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Fuck off, look at your behavior, it really disgraces your father Fang Xuanling! A man needs to be domineering and majestic, you know? You have to lift your waist when you walk, don't always look like a slut What about you, bastard, hold your head up, chest out..."

Chapter 519

Hearing that the visitor was rewarded, Liang Shuyu rushed back to the Hu Ji Restaurant in time to meet Guo Ye, arranged to have a drink or two in the private room on the second floor, and Fang Yiai was the last seat to accompany him.

After drinking for three rounds, Liang Shuyu took out a brocade handkerchief from his sleeve and pinched it in his hand, gently wiped the corners of his mouth, and joked with Guo Ye: "I heard about it as soon as I entered the wine shop. I asked a few city tyrants for a while. I was very angry, what? Did you encounter something unpleasant in the Ministry of War?"

Guo Ye held his cup and took a few sips, shook his head and said with a smile: "What's wrong? The road is uneven, someone stepped on it! Besides, it's my brother Guo who is being bullied. I can't just stand by and turn a blind eye to it. ?”

Saying that, he put down the cup in his hand, pointed to Fang Yiai who was sitting beside him, and said, "This is the second young master of Mr. Fang's family. He is now working in the East City Inspector's Yamen. The second young master should have seen my brother. Bar?"

Liang Shuyu nodded reservedly, then slightly nodded at Fang Yiai, expressing that he had seen it.

Guo Ye continued: "I know that [-]% of the storefronts in Dongshi belong to your Liang family. From now on, the legacy will be in Dongshi, and I will still rely on your Liang family a lot."

Liang Shuyu originally inherited Guo Ye's favor from the Xichuan two big markets before, and now both of them are shareholders of Changlefang Big Bank. In addition, Liang Shuyu has a good sense of Guo Ye, and they are quite friends.

Therefore, he generously agreed: "I don't dare to rely on it. If Mr. Fang needs our help in Dongshi, just talk about it, everything is easy to talk about."

When Fang Yiai heard the news, he immediately nodded with joy. Although he only stayed in Dongshi Yamen for one day, he heard that the Dongshi inspector's Yamen received money from the Liang family every year.

Even Gao Xian, his immediate boss, Dongshi Inspector, was respectful and responsive to the Liang family.

Unexpectedly, Second Brother Guo found Liang's backer in Dongshi for him with a few words and a few words. Don't look at his old lady, Fang Xuanling, who lives in the temple, but he doesn't like forming cliques and recruiting people, so his father Fang Xuanling really didn't speak as well as the Liang family about things in the street market in Dongshi.

After Fang Yiai thanked Liang Shuyu for a while, she noticed that Guo Ye and Liang Shuyu seemed to have something to talk about, so she got up and left in a hurry, taking advantage of the fact that the Dongshi Yamen still had something urgent to do.

Seeing that Fang Yiai left at the right time, Liang Shuyu couldn't help but praised: "Your brother is very alert and winky!"

Guo Ye said with a smile: "That's right, you can also see whose brother he is, besides, his father Fang Xuanling's ups and downs in officialdom, he has been fascinated by it since he was a child, where else can he go?"

"Come on." Liang Shuyu didn't seem to want to continue on the topic of Fang Yi'ai, poured himself a glass of wine, and asked, "You must have something else to do when you came to see me today, right?"

Guo Ye asked quite unexpectedly, "How do you know?"

Liang Shuyu took two sips of the fine wine, and said with a smile: "Hehe, who are you, Guo Ye? You always go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. They say that dung beetles don't bite seamless eggs, and you, Guo Ye, don't give in too much!"

There is a sense of ridicule in these words.

How could Guo Ye let others take advantage so easily?He immediately caught Liang Shuyu's words, and counterattacked: "Hey, according to what you said, I am a dung beetle, so you are a seamless egg? Oh boy, the second son of Liang who always loves cleanliness still likes this tune!"

"puff!"

Liang Shuyu blurted out the water and wine that was in his mouth, sprayed it on the ground, and spat in disgust, with a disgusted look on his face.After wiping the corners of his mouth with a brocade handkerchief, he snorted disgustingly: "Don't be disgusting, hurry up and get down to business. I have to go back to Changlefang in a while. That bastard Chai Lingwen stays by Nuan Nuan's side all day long. Unreliable!"

Chai Lingwen?

Guo Ye shook his head secretly for a while, his titular brother-in-law and Liang Shuyu were jealous for the sake of Yu Nuannuan, but it was a bit tight.

But how lucky is it to be favored by a beauty?For a woman like Yu Nuannuan who puts equal emphasis on beauty and career, not to mention Liang and Chai, even she is tempted.

But for the time being, he doesn't have the idea of ​​getting involved, otherwise, the jealousy ring battle will turn into a three-country kill.

When the time comes, it's really not messy, and it's messy when you cut it!

Seeing Guo Ye in a daze, Liang Shuyu urged him twice.

Guo Ye quickly returned to his senses, and talked about the business: "That's right, didn't you just come back from Xichuan a while ago? I wanted to ask you, how is Xichuan doing recently?"

Liang Shuyu asked puzzledly: "What is the recent situation? Which aspect are you referring to? It refers to your people, or..."

Guo Ye said decisively: "All point out that there has been no letter to me recently, and I always feel a little flustered in my heart, as if I always have a premonition that something is going to happen."

Liang Shuyu held the cup in his hand and couldn't help putting it down on the table. He frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "During the time I was in Xichuan, your capable subordinates were very enthusiastic about me. I am busy with official duties, so I was accompanied by the fat man surnamed Zhu throughout the whole process. It should be normal, right? However, there is something strange."

When Guo Ye heard that Kang Bao and the others hadn't changed, he was relieved a lot, and then asked, "What's strange?"

Liang Shuyu said: "During those days when I was in the two countries' big bazaars, I noticed a phenomenon. The number of Tubo merchants who came to sell goods in the bazaar was increasing day by day, and they were selling their goods wantonly. It felt like a clearance sale."

Guo Ye said: "There is nothing strange about this? In business, the competition is high, so there is naturally a suspicion of selling by bidding."

"No!"

Liang Shuyu shook his head resolutely, and said: "The problem is that after selling the products of Tubo, they didn't return to Tubo with silver, but bought grain and ironware in the market. And I wanted to buy some horses to go back to Chang'an Come on, but there are no Tibetans selling horses in the big market in Ali Tucheng. Do you think it is strange?"

"Buying food in a big way? Could it be... hoarding food and grass?"

"Purchasing ironware in a big way? Could it be... melting iron to cast soldiers?"

"Can't you see the Tibetans selling horses???"

Rub~~

Guo Ye suddenly seemed to have figured something out, stood up and exclaimed in surprise: "Could it be that the Tubo people are preparing to mobilize their troops and invade our Tang border?"

"how is this possible?"

Liang Shuyu immediately vetoed Guo Ye's guess, and his expression was so relaxed: "If the Tubo people intend to fight with us, how could they have sent a mission to Chang'an to submit their credentials? And don't forget, in the dog fighting competition they They also lost [-] miles of land to Datang."

Guo Ye was still skeptical, and asked, "How do you explain the hoarding of grain, the casting of soldiers, and the prohibition of war horses leaving Tubo?"

Liang Shuyu looked at the startled Guo Ye, and said with relief: "You think too much. Although my Tang Dynasty is not as good as Tubo on horseback, and may be slightly inferior to the Tubo people on cavalry, but my country is strong in Tang Dynasty. How dare people find their own way to provoke? I think it should be a coincidence. I heard that Songtsan Gampo, the king of Tubo, is a promising king. He should know the truth about the disparity in power between countries, so how can they go to war easily."

Listening to Liang Shuyu's explanation, Guo Ye thought, according to the historical process, the Tubo people should have declared war on the Tang Dynasty in the ninth year of Zhenguan, and the place of invasion was also Songzhou.

At this time, the goal of Tubo Kingdom should be to invade Tuyuhun, a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. Could it be that they are preparing for the invasion of Tuyuhun?

But such important information, why didn't Anye send someone from Dongchang to bring it to him?Didn't he notice this too?impossible!With An Ye's cautious personality, it is impossible for him not to notice this strange thing.Had he been delayed by something else?

For a moment, Guo Ye was dreaming, and his thoughts seemed to drift to Xichuan, which was thousands of miles away.

The more he thought about it, the more puzzled he became. Guo Ye couldn't figure it out. What happened to Anye?Why didn't Kang Bao and Pang Feihu, even Fatty Zhu, even send someone to deliver a letter?

Guo Ye felt a little anxious, and thought, it seems that the matter in Chang'an must be dealt with early, and then he will go to Xichuan himself to find out what happened under the pretext that His Majesty sent him to Xichuan to appease and comfort him.

After about half a cup of tea, Guo Ye woke up again from his contemplation, but Liang Shuyu who was sitting opposite him had long since disappeared, including his two living sign maids who were holding a piano and a sword. .

A clerk at the restaurant stood at the door, saw Guo Ye looking around, and hurriedly reported: "Master Guo, my second young master just saw him meditating, so he left without waking him up."

Guo Ye asked, "Go to Changlefang again?"

The guy nodded, and then went about his business.

Guo Ye spat in his heart, "Your sister, I asked you to do something, but I didn't see you being so active and jealous. You are not willing to be left behind."

Immediately, he also got up and left the private room, went down the stairs and exited the Orchid Restaurant, and got into the carriage parked by the roadside.

The carriage was driving in the direction of Taipingfang, and he habitually leaned against the wall of the carriage, secretly reminding himself that all the things to be done here in Chang'an must be put on the agenda, first get the grandson of Gong Ji for Gu Weiyong and Mu Shiye. .