Chapter 202 Invite Zhumafu to debut
"That Lord Huang, I heard that you passed the Huiyuan exam during the imperial examination. During the palace examination, the articles and the top scholar were not the same. But you are young and good-looking, so Your Majesty ranked you third?"
Huang Zicheng was very embarrassed. He was good-looking and young, which was an advantage. He should be given the top scorer. Who made Lao Zhu a twisted person? He liked the old-fashioned and sturdy young-faced Huang Zicheng could only rank third in Tanhualang.
"Mr. Liu, why are you talking about these past events?" Huang Zicheng coughed.
Liu Chun smiled and said, "I just want to say that if you have the best talent for the top scorer, you must have good acting skills."
"Acting?" Huang Zicheng was stunned, "What's it?"
Liu Chun was also quite worried. How to explain it, "It's just pretending, it's just two faces, playing another person."
"What?"
Huang Zicheng was frightened and quickly defended himself: "Mr. Liu, what do you mean? These days, I have been following your arrangements. I will do whatever you ask me to do. I have no contact with Suzhou merchants. I am a innocent scholarly family. You, you can't frame me!"
Huang Zicheng's voice changed, and his face turned pale because of fear.
Liu Chun hurriedly said, "Don't get me wrong, that's not what I mean, Lord Huang, that's right. Prince Concubine Li Qi invites you to the banquet. I want to arrange someone to let him listen to the conversation between you two and be a witness!"
"oh!"
Huang Zicheng's eyes turned and he figured it out.
"Oh, Lord Liu, you're so good! I'm worried about whether to go? If you get fooled by Li Qi, it would be bad. If someone testifies to me, what else can I be afraid of? But this person needs to have a weight and cannot be an ordinary person."
Liu Chun suppressed his smile, "Don't worry, Lord Huang, he must be worth it. If this person doesn't work, there will be no more weight in the world. How can you get involved? Do you have any way?"
Huang Zicheng thought for a while, "This is not difficult. I heard that Li Qi is a good person. This time he asked me to go to Huilan Courtyard. It is the most famous brothel in Suzhou...
When Huang Zicheng mentioned brothels, he remembered what happened to Peking, and he felt so fucked. However, Suzhou is different from Peking. There are many literati here, the industry is huge, and the standardized ones, so there will definitely be no situation where a good woman pretends to be a prostitute.
"Mr. Liu, I don't know yet, what kind of person are the witnesses you mentioned?"
"Ah, it's an old man, over sixty."
"Oh, that's even better." Huang Zicheng smiled and said, "I just need to tell Li Qi that I don't like women to serve him, so I'll just ask him to find the most inconspicuous, stupidest, and stupidest old man to serve him and drink, wouldn't it be enough!"
That's really good!
Liu Chun was about to laugh. He looked behind the screen, as if he could see a murderous aura that rushed towards Huang Zicheng directly.
Liu Chun hurriedly said, "Mr. Huang's solution is really good, I'll arrange it now."
Huang Zicheng also instructed, "You have to find a way to say hello to Huilan Courtyard and put it in for a choreography. Just say that he is a horse feeder and a toilet brusher, and he can do anything!"
Liu Chun nodded repeatedly, and he quickly sent Huang Zicheng out. No, he couldn't help it!
When Huang Zicheng left, Liu Chun turned his head and returned to the study room. He found that Lao Zhu had walked out of the back of the screen, standing there, gritting his teeth!
"Huang Zicheng, I will give him the third place. I should let him go home to clean the toilet and feed the animals!" Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he trembled all over and pointed his hand at Liu Chun, "Little bastard, you are not a good thing either. Why are you laughing at? Do you want to see my joke? Believe it or not, I will let them cut you and send it to the palace to clean the toilet!"
Old Zhu was as violent as a dinosaur, with his teeth and claws open and his claws were furious! Liu Chun was trembling, afraid that Old Zhu would go crazy, but on the other hand, he really wanted to laugh, and finally saw Old Zhu being defeated, which was so good...
"Your Majesty, please listen to me for the end." Liu Chun said: "Li Qi must have been looking for Huang Zicheng to make peace. In his words, many secrets of the Li family father and son can be revealed, such as why they set up a Suzhou money house, and what are their plans... If Your Majesty is unwilling to go, then leave this matter to Zhang Dingbian. No one knows him anyway. But Zhang Dingbian seems to have a grudge against Li Shanchang, and I am afraid that what he said may not be the truth... In short, whether to go or not is in the mind of Your Majesty."
After Liu Chun finished speaking, he stood there obediently.
The study room fell into silence. How could Zhu Yuanzhang not want to know what Li Shanchang's idea was? The king and his subjects have been doing for decades. Zhu Yuanzhang asked himself, but he might not be able to see through Li Shanchang.
Now it has reached the last moment, so Lao Zhu can certainly depose the Li family and kill Li Shanchang. But as his first hero, killing him in vain will only make the emperor incompetent.
Moreover, Li Shanchang is dead, and the matter may not be over. He has accumulated so much money and has such a huge force. Will these remnants continue to make trouble...
The more Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, the more he felt that he should go and listen to it himself, but the problem was that it was too embarrassing to let him dress up as a servant!
"Liu Chun, Li Qi has never seen me when he was a child. No matter whether it is voice or appearance, I can't deceive me in front of him."
Lao Zhu still took the bait.
Liu Chun said: "Your Majesty, leave this matter to Zhang Dingbian, and he said it can be done."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed, and he thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth. He said viciously: "Liu Chun, I tell you, if I don't hear any useful news, I will twist your head off. If I disguise myself and make this happen, I will let you be a eunuch in the palace for the rest of your life! Aren't there three dukes and three beauties waiting for you? At that time, I will let you face the three thousand beauties and wipe your tears every day!"
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"Mr. Huang, I have long admired you!" Li Qi was wearing a dark green silk gown, holding a golden fan, and a Hetian jade hanging on his waist. It was obviously a cold day, but he pretended to be graceful.
Maybe Tanhualang likes the feeling of being a gentleman.
But he didn't expect that Huang Zicheng would wear a cotton robe that was half new and not old, and also a dog-skinned hat. He looked like a poor scholar. When they met, Li Qi was very embarrassed.
"Tanhualang is a great hero who can be the true nature. He is like me, but he is inferior. I am ashamed, ashamed!" He is worthy of being Li Shanchang's son, and he can really understand ridicule.
Huang Zicheng waved his hand loudly. Don’t look at him being cowardly in front of Liu Chun, it was because he had a handle and was caught by others. Huang Zicheng was quite good at facing other people.
"Mr. Li, I am busy with official duties. Today, I came here to speak for the sake of Ling Zun. I also asked Mr. Li to go straight to the point and not go around in circles."
Seeing Huang Zicheng's arrogant attitude, Li Qi felt unhappy. When my father was still in court, you guys didn't even deserve to carry my shoes to me. They dared to pretend to be big in front of me. It was simply disgusting!
However, the hero does not mention his courage back then. Now his father is in a downturn. The four marquises have been arrested, and his father is in danger.
"Mr. Huang, don't be busy now. I happened to invite the best piano player in Suzhou. The master is proficient in music and just give her some advice."
As he said that, Li Qi asked Huang Zicheng to sit down, and there was a light gauze curtain next to him. Someone gently twisted his fingers, and the sound of the piano was melodious, flowing out from his fingertips, which was the flowing water of the mountains!
"It's really good!" Huang Zicheng suddenly sank his face and shouted loudly: "Enough! Prince Li, we are not soulmates, you don't have to use beauty to shake Huang's mind! I've suffered a loss once, and I won't take it a second time. You're wasting your efforts!"
Huang Zicheng stood up and went straight to the front of the yarn curtain. He pulled it with his hand and threw it on the ground. Then he roared at the person inside, "Go out!"
The woman playing the piano was so scared that she lost her vigor. She even threw the piano away and ran out sobbed.
When Li Qi saw this scene, he was not angry, but laughed.
Huang Zicheng turned his head suddenly and stared at him fiercely.
"Mr. Huang, don't get me wrong. I believe that it's not just right. In Peking, I've suffered a lot!"
Huang Zicheng gasped like a cow, "Mr. Li, you are just trying to make Huang fool, right? Since that's the case, we don't have any speculation. In the afternoon, I will announce that in Suzhou, the banknotes of the money shop will be stopped and your money will be turned into waste paper!"
"Mr. Huang!"
Li Qi suddenly stood up, "Why do we have to die? I heard that someone from the capital came to Suzhou Prefecture, and Lord Huang was ordered to take action against my money house. If I guess correctly, the person from the East Palace, right?"
Huang Zicheng refused to comment, and Li Qi continued: "If you know the weakness of the money house, you must be Ru Taisu's subordinates. This old man had a good relationship with Liu Ji and Song Lian back then. Do they want to take revenge, right?"
Huang Zicheng still didn't say anything. Li Qi just thought it was right and continued: "Mr. Huang, it's true that you are the prince's disciple, but you are not the same as those in Zhejiang. Why do you have to do things for them? Mr. Huang, you have suffered from Liu Chun's losses. I think you should know that it would not work if you are an official and no one is in line. If you can give up your hands, we father and son, as well as the merchants and gentry in Suzhou, will stand behind the adults, waving flags and shouting for the adults, and helping the adults return to the prince's side!"
Huang Zicheng listened silently, calmly in his heart. Really, he still wanted to laugh... Li Qi's guess is actually very reasonable. It's just that it's far from the facts.
Perhaps Li Qi did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would attach so much importance to the bank issue. He did not send the Jinyiwei to dispatch it, but instead let Liu Chun, who was not in the officialdom, come.
This made many people confused. Huang Zicheng suddenly attacked, making Li Qi mistakenly think that it was the prince's side's troops. He did not want the Jinyiwei to make meritorious contributions and cooperated with Ru Taisu to create a run drama.
In Li Qi's opinion, it's a reasonable thing, but unfortunately, he is really in trouble.
Huang Zicheng suddenly smiled, "Mr. Li is indeed as insightful as he can see the fire. Even if you are right, what are your plans?"
Li Qi smiled slightly, "Mr. Huang, let's sit down and eat and talk."
"OK!"
Huang Zicheng returned to his seat. Li Qi wanted to call the maid to serve him. He reached halfway through his hand and put it down again embarrassedly. He could only say, "Mr. Huang doesn't like it, so let me serve the bar!"
Huang Zicheng waved his hand, "How dare I work for the prince consort? To be honest, I suffered a loss from a woman and was afraid! I don't want to be cheated anymore. This way, just call an honest servant. Don't look for smart people. It's better to be the kind of old and stupid who can't even speak clearly, and will not be revealed, right!"
Li Qi laughed, "Mr. Huang is really cautious. Then, let's call a groom to come!"
Chapter completed!