Chapter 373 Fragile friendship
Such a ruthless threat did not have the expected effect. The children of the Tang Dynasty were still a little purer than the children in Li Mu's previous life. Li Mu asked the children to disperse and introduced the staff of the Sales Department to Zheng Guanyin.
Two chefs are responsible for cooking, and their wives are also helping with their help. There is also a doctor with an apprentice and four old ladies living nearby, who are temporary workers. They come to help with sewing and repairing. At present, there are only ones in the Sales Department.
Li Mu originally planned to find two more maids to serve Zheng Guanyin, but she refused. In the palace over the years, she had become accustomed to taking care of children alone. Moreover, Li Yuan had to send two people to her. The waiters in the heavens and earth were all the palace maids of the Tai Chi Palace. The service providers were professional, and they were definitely much better than the maids he could find.
When Li Mu heard about this, he stopped insisting. He asked the chef to post the account book, check it correctly, and handed it over to Zheng Guanyin. Now there is more than 400 guan in the account of the Sales Bureau, so there is no need to worry about not having money to use it in a short period of time.
As for what happened next, he will find another way when he takes action.
Zheng Guanyin took out the dishes in the food box for the children to eat, but Li Mu did not stay behind to join in the fun. There were hundreds of people, and there were so many dishes that could be eaten by a few. If he joined in the fun, the children would not be able to eat at all, and it would not be so embarrassing.
Zheng Guanyin sent Li Mu to the door. Li Mu repeatedly instructed him that if there was anything, he would send someone to Jingdong Restaurant to notify him. He would arrive as soon as possible. Zheng Guanyin responded and watched Li Mu's carriage leave and returned to the yard to have dinner with the children. She liked this job very much and wrote down the names of each child one by one. Some children had no names, only a nickname, and she also kept them in her heart. She planned to give these children a name after counting them.
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When Li Mu returned to Jingdongji, it was already dark. He first quietly went to the back door of Wang Ou's shop and returned the carriage. He kept warm with Wang Ou for a while before he returned home staggeringly.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Zhien standing at the door. Seeing Li Mu come in, the little girl rushed over without saying a word and sniffed Li Mu.
"What are you doing?" Li Mu felt guilty and hurriedly hid. But it was too late. Li Zhien's nose was very sensitive and had already smelled it.
"Just know!"
Li Mu grabbed her into his arms and threatened: "If I talk to my wife again, I will let Tianai go to the line next year."
Lee Ji-eun said anxiously: "No!"
"Then be obedient."
Li Zhien's eyes rolled and said, "I can't betray my wife."
"Please use your wife as an excuse. You won't say you didn't see it?" As he was speaking, Bai Qiaoqiao came from the front yard and saw Li Mu, and asked, "Where did you go today? You didn't even bring Jiuer with you."
"I went to the Sales Bureau. Of course I should hurry up the errands that Your Majesty ordered." Li Mu secretly slapped Li Zhien's butt, met Bai Qiaoqiao, and hugged her slender waist: "I went to Tianshen and Yuanren first, and then went to the Sales Bureau. I ate a cake casually at noon, and now I'm so hungry. Is there anything delicious?"
"I'll tell you to make it...I'll bring you some pastries first."
Lee Ji-en looked around and rolled his eyes wide. My stupid lady, don’t you doubt it at all?
At this time, Xiaomei ran over from the front yard and called her wife. When she saw Li Mu, she hurried to him and said, "Marty, go and have a look. We are all closed. Someone kept knocking, and she didn't listen when she stopped. She kept shouting to find you."
"Bold madman!" Li Mu said coldly, "Some people dare to make trouble in my business, so they asked Xiaojiu to come over, arrest the person and chop it up and feed it to the dog!"
"You can't kill you, you can't kill!" Xiaomei said anxiously: "The Prince of Zhao will be next to you."
"Changsun Chong?" Li Mu suddenly realized that he knew who it was, and it must be the Gaochang Crown Prince Ju Zhisheng.
Li Mu kissed Bai Qiaoqiao on the face and said, "Madam prepares something for me. I will handle it later. Let's eat together... I want to eat wontons wrapped by my wife." Li Mu acted greasy and coquettishly. Xiaomei frowned when she saw it. Bai Qiaoqiao was very keen on this set and agreed repeatedly.
Li Mu laughed loudly and followed Xiaomei to the front yard shop. Dugu Jiu was already there. Li Mu signaled him to open the door. Ju Zhisheng rushed in in response. Seeing Li Mu, he rolled and crawled to his feet, tears flowing.
Seeing that he had snot all his nose on his trouser legs, Li Mu felt disgusted and raised his foot to kick him. After thinking about it, he endured it and said, "What's wrong with the prince? Why are you so sad?" He looked at Changsun who came in and said, "But my disciple is not with you? You really can't teach me. You can't even eat, drink and have fun. You can't share the worries for me, my mentor. Having such a disciple will have been in trouble for eight lifetimes."
When Changsun Chong saw that he was involved, he was immediately angry: "Li Mu" suddenly thought that he was someone else's apprentice, so he quickly put his anger back, and he filled his smile and said, "...Master, what does it have to do with me? I have been ordered by my master to entertain the prince these days, and I am not at all inconsiderate. Who knows what happened just now, but the prince suddenly found me and insisted on seeing my mentor. No matter how I persuaded him, I couldn't help him, so I had to bring him over. I didn't even know what happened, and I really couldn't rely on me."
Ju Zhisheng also said, "You can't blame the prince, it's Xiao Wang's home..." Before he finished speaking, Ju Zhisheng choked up again and cried, "What happened to Xiao Wang's family, Xiao Wang's brothers are all...all."
When Li Mu heard this, he understood that the news of Usman's murder had come. However, when Li Mu saw Ju Zhisheng's appearance, although he was crying, he was full of smiles on his face, which was the so-called "chills of joy". It can be seen that this grandson did not seem to be much sad.
Li Mu winked at Changsun, bent down and helped Ju Zhisheng up, sighed, and said, "How could such a thing happen? Who did it?"
Ju Zhisheng gritted his teeth and said, "The news I received now is said to be Usman's brother, who quickly passed the news back. Usman's old subordinates suddenly attacked while they were not prepared. Poor my brothers all died tragically under the swords of these evil men."
"Hiss..." Li Mu gasped and said, "These thieves are really hateful. What's the situation now? Have the thieves been killed?"
Ju Zhisheng shook his head and sighed, "Gaochang's small country has few people and weak force. Moreover, my father and I are not in the country, and my brothers have all died tragically. The ministers have lost their backbone. How can they be the opponent of the evil bandits? They robbed the treasury, burned the food and grass, left without a trace."
"Hateful!" Li Mu was so angry that he stamped his feet and was angry: "It's annoying! These damn horse bandits are not worth mercy. Don't worry, you are my friend, I can't sit idly by. Tomorrow, I will go to court in person and tell my emperor that my Tang Dynasty sent 50,000 troops to wipe out all these damn horse bandits! Let Gaochang have no more trouble and avenge your brothers!"
"No, no, no, the marquis misunderstood. I didn't mean that!" Ju Zhisheng said repeatedly, but he was frightened. If the Tang Dynasty really sent troops, would it be great? Usman's old subordinates were just bandits after all. Although the hidden dangers were not small, they were not enough to shake the foundation of Gaochang. But if the Tang Dynasty sent troops, could Gaochang still be preserved? Although Ju Zhisheng was a little ignorant, he still understood this truth.
Li Mu looked puzzled and said, "The prince came to me, not to send troops, but what is it for? Doesn't the prince want to take revenge?"
Ju Zhisheng put away Qi Rong and said seriously: "Xiao Wang accepts the Marquis's intentions. But a man should do his own things to take revenge. This time I came to find the Marquis, one to say goodbye. The father knew about this and had made a decision to return to Gaochang immediately and preside over the matter. He would also handle diplomatic relations as soon as possible. The family was unfortunate and suffered this misfortune and would be rude. I hope that the country would be forgiven. Secondly... Xiao Wang has a reluctant request."
Li Mu said readily: "It is necessary to be so polite between you and me. If you have any needs, it doesn't matter."
Ju Zhisheng's eyes flashed and said, "I heard that the Marquis restored the Zhuge Crossbow. Gaochang has a small country with few people. He is missing such artifacts. I hope the Marquis can show great mercy and give this thing to help me avenge my great revenge!"
"That's it..." Li Mu showed hesitation and cursed in his heart. Do you really think I'm your brother and think I'm a fool?
Ju Zhisheng knelt down and said, "Please help me!"
"Oh... I'm not sure about it, this is unlikely."
Ju Zhisheng hurriedly grabbed Li Mu's sleeve and begged: "The Marquis just said it, but it's okay to say it, this..."
Li Mu looked at him like a fool and said, "I said this, but it's okay to say it. Didn't you just say it? I didn't stop you, right? But I have said it, will I agree if you say it?"
Li Mu's tone became cold and said, "Criminal, to be honest, when you said this just now, I thought there was something wrong with my ears. Are you stupid or do you think I'm stupid? How can the country's important weapon be delivered to others? Friendship between you and me is due to friendship, but after all, you are from Gaochang and I am from the Tang Dynasty. If Gaochang joins my Tang Dynasty, it is natural to say, but it seems that your father has no such plan. In this case, why do you have the nerve to ask me for Zhuge Crossbow? Should you give the things to you so that one day you can use them on my Tang soldiers?"
Ju Zhisheng's face looked like earth and hurriedly defended: "I have no intention of this, why is Xiao Wang so brave!"
Li Mu smiled, looked down at Ju Zhisheng, and said, "Since you don't have such courage, don't talk nonsense, otherwise our friendship will become very fragile."
Chapter completed!