In the ancient city of Ji County, a team of horse gangs came to the ancient city swaying. Li Chongjiu rode a horse and looked at the word Jixian on the top of the city in a leather robe, and couldn't help but smile. He could not see the tall buildings and bustling traffic a thousand three hundred years later. According to today's view, this imperial capital of the Celestial Empire with a population of more than 20 million in the later generations was just a small county town with more than tens of thousands of people.

Jicheng, known as Yandu or Yanjing in ancient times, was the ancient capital of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period. Later, the Murong Xianbei established the capital here briefly and later moved to Longcheng. Jicheng had two capitals.

Tens of thousands of people are nothing now. At that time, it was already an important town. Ji County was the largest city in ancient Youzhou, the most important city in the north. People in the north were more accustomed to calling this place Youzhou City, but not Jicheng. The vast building in the north was Linshuo Palace, which was the location of the base camp when Yang Guang conquered Liao. The waterway in the south of the city was the end of the Tongji Canal of the Grand Canal.

This trip was full of dust, and he set out from Huaihuang Town, passed through the Jundu Xing among the eight passes of Taihang, and bypassed the Great Wall border, and came to Ji County. Of course, Li Chongjiu was not here to miss the past. His trip to Ji County was planned to be polite and then the army. If he could win over the Lu family in Fanyang, Li Chongjiu could use it in the future. If the negotiations with the Lu family in Fanyang failed, Li Chongjiu would have to be cruel and erase it.

Anyway, no matter what kind of poor family you are, the one who can stand with me is the comrades-in-arms, and the one who can't be with me is the enemy.

It was just dawn and the crescent moon was still hanging in the sky. Countless people who were about to enter the city were lined up, lined up in a long queue, waiting patiently outside the city. Ji County is a border town, with the most vendors, and many vendors can enter the city directly without having to obtain a certificate.

The soldiers at the city gate were very relaxed in inspection, and they took a look and then put them in. Li Chongjiu glanced at the long row behind him. If he checked them one by one, he really didn't know how long the city gate would be blocked. But the more this happened, the more the prosperity of Jixian could be seen.

When Li Chongjiu was about to come, the soldiers of the city gate looked at Li Chongjiu and Wen Yanbo, who looked like a tent housekeeper, seemed to be suspicious. At this time, Lin Dangfeng stepped forward and said a few words. When the soldiers of the city gate saw Lin Dangfeng, they immediately smiled happily and nodded to signal their caravan to enter.

Entering the city, the prosperity of Ji County is already visible. When you walk along the streets, you can see white rice, butcher, oil, five ripe, fruit, charcoal, pig iron, grinding, and silk. Pedestrians are all surrounded by one after another on the road, without being affected by the war at all.

After being besieged by Wang Xuba not long ago, Jicheng never encountered any war. Although there were rebels everywhere, Xue Shixiong and the Lu family in Fanyang were still in the north, giving the people a place to settle down.

Li Chongjiu walked in the city with his hat lowered his brim and watched the prosperity of Jixian. He nodded secretly, and suddenly there was a noise around him. Li Chongjiu saw the people on both sides avoiding the road. Li Chongjiu was secretly surprised and saw the Sui army wearing a yellow war robe holding a spear and wearing a yellow war robe walking in, lined the road on both sides, separated the pedestrians and drove out a way.

After that, more than a dozen servants each took a basin of water and paved the way in front. Later, servants pulled up a long yellow curtain on both sides of the road to isolate their sight.

Li Chongjiu smiled at Wen Yanbo and asked Wen knowingly, "Which lady from a family can have such a situation when traveling?"

The person who looked like a butcher said, "This guy, it's the first time I'm here in Youzhou City. Where is the second one besides the Lu family in Fanyang?"

Wen Yanbo bowed his hand and said, "I heard that the Lu family has four daughters, and the various countries are beautiful. I wonder which one is traveling?"

The butcher smiled and said, "You have asked the right person. My mistress is a job in the Lu Mansion. Yesterday, we were told that we were the eldest lady and went to the Yaoshi Temple in the east of the city to enjoy incense."

After the butcher said, a long carriage ran over the loess road. Li Chongjiu looked at him and saw that although there was a layer of yellow curtain, he could still see the maids next to the carriage, all of whom were dressed in beautiful clothes and followed the carriage. As for the maids, servants, and grooms, there were more curtains on the carriage, and the curtains on the carriage were all opened. You could see a few pretty figures, but you could not see the other person's appearance.

Unable to see his appearance, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but say a pity. When he turned around and looked at Maudhawk's salivating look, he couldn't help but shake his head.

The butcher saw Li Chongjiu's expression in a blink of an eye and said with a smile: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, alas, there is a saying in our Ji County that the one who regrets in this life is that he has not been able to marry the daughter of the Lu family."

Li Chongjiu laughed and said, "Daughter of the Lu family, can you have this kind of heart?"

The butcher smiled and said, "Of course this sentence was not what I said, but what a prime minister said back then, but after being spread for a long time, everyone said that."

Wen Yanbo nodded with a stern and said with a smile: "I have heard this. It was indeed what a prime minister of the Wei Dynasty said that he had not married the daughter of the Lu family, which was a pity in his life."

The butcher nodded and said, "I'm right."

After the Lu family's car drove away, Huangman was removed, and everyone on the street resumed walking. Li Chongjiu continued on the road, and Wen Yanbo said, "The people's marriage was cultivated, regardless of official rank, and the Lu family in Fanyang relied on their clan's expectations and was ashamed to marry the surnames. The people of the gentry are well known."

Lin Dangfeng said on the side, "Not only marriage, but also treating people very well. When my father was there, my Lin family was also a big business in Youzhou, but when he arrived at the Lu family, he didn't even have the qualifications to enter the main hall. Even the servants said bluntly that the ordinary people should not let the mats be defiled by the mats of my family."

Li Chongjiu was surprised when he heard this. Although the identity of a businessman was lowly, it would be too much for the Lu family to treat the Lin family like this.

Lin Dangfeng and Li Chongjiu were jokingly saying, "The four young ladies of the Lu family are all waiting to be in the boudoir. If the envoy wants to subdue the Lu family in Fanyang, it is better to choose one for marriage. Well, he will also be a concubine. Then he will be angry to death by such a gentry who has self-controlled family background."

Li Chongjiu smiled after hearing this, but Wen Yanbo said seriously: "The Lu family only intermarries within the four major clans. Even if they have suppressed the imperial court in recent years, their momentum is not as good as before. They have chosen the Li family in Longxi as their in-laws."

"Longxi Li family?" Li Chongjiu couldn't help asking.

Wen Yanbo nodded and said, "That was the case, when the head of the Lu family, Lu Yuanming, had a good relationship with Li Ping in Longxi, and the relationship between the two families had always been good. Later, the Li family in Longxi was in power, and the Lu family was mostly married. But a few years ago, the emperor killed Li Hun and Li Min's clan. The Li family in Longxi was hit, and several women in the Lu family were exiled and implicated. Therefore, the Lu family has changed to Li Yuan very close to Li Yuan, even though they knew that Li Yuan was not the orthodox Li family in Longxi."

Li Chongjiu suddenly realized that this was another struggle between the internal departments of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, it was said that the Li family would win the world. At that time, the Li family in Longxi was the number one wealthy family in Guanlong, so Yang Guang had the intention to kill and eliminate this big problem. However, when Li Hun and Li Min died, the Guanlong gentry not only hated Emperor Yang of Sui even more, but also allowed Li Yuan to take advantage of the opportunity of Li death to win over the power of the Li family in Longxi as his family.

Lin Dangfeng was a businessman who didn't know much about the internal struggle of the court. He said immediately: "With the same surname is Li, why can the Li family in Longxi be able to be, but the prefect cannot be. I think to govern the Lu family, we must first strip away the arrogance from them so that we can conquer them."

Everyone was speechless at the moment. They went to Lin Dangfeng's business shop, and Li Chongjiu and Wen Yanbo went to the Lu family's mansion in person. Lu's mansion was located on the northwest side of Ji County. According to the layout of the city during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this was a rank of honor.

Li Chongjiu left the gate, turned right along the street, and walked for half an hour before he arrived. He heard that the Lu family mansion was originally a lake, and then heard that Lu Mingyuan mentioned above expanded the courtyard because he liked the scenery of Jiangnan and built a mansion here. After bypassing a few big trees that were thick, he saw a high-rise courtyard, and Lu's mansion occupied a whole two yards in Ji County.

The aconitum door where the Valve Yue is located is not something that can be left. Wen Yanbo took Li Chongjiu and walked through the side door from the side. Before a black painted gray tiled hanging door, several servants were guarding the door.

Wen Yanbo immediately asked the servant to come forward and handed over Mingtao. After the other party looked at Mingtao, his face immediately changed to a little respect. He turned around and handed it to a person who looked like a manager sitting behind the door. After the manager looked at Mingtao, he immediately stood up and bowed to Wen Yanbo, saying, "It turns out to be Wen Neishi from Taiyuan."

Wen Yanbo waved his hand and said, "I've been no longer in his position. Do you dare to ask if you are the eldest son?"

The manager asked, "Who dares ask which man is the best man?"

Wen Yanbo said, "Of course it's Brother Ziyu."

After hearing this, the butler suddenly said, "Wait for me to come in and report."

Afterwards, Li Chongjiu and Wen Yanbo were waiting in the ear room. After a cup of tea, the manager reported respectfully: "Mr. Dalang is attending a few guests and said that he has no time to spend a while today. He said that there will be a banquet in Mingyue Tower the next day. Please invite Brother Wen to join us at that time, which can be regarded as a welcome to you."

Wen Yanbo nodded after hearing this and said, "Okay, please report back to the Lord and say that I will definitely attend the banquet in the future."

After saying that, Li Chongjiu, Wen Yanbo was about to leave, and the manager immediately ordered someone to send a carriage to take the two back to their residence. Wen Yanbo refused.

Li Chongjiu and Wen Yanbo returned to their residence together. Wen Yanbo looked unhappy, and obviously he was still angry before the other party was very arrogant.

The next day, Li Chongjiu, Wen Yanbo, and a group of seven or eight followers went to Mingyue Tower to have a banquet.

This Mingyue Tower is the most prosperous city in the city. Li Chongjiu came to the Mingyue Tower and tied the horses and stones were full of horses. All the carriages and horses with various hoods were parked downstairs. Many of the Jiannu and grooms were away from their masters, and they were all outside the carriage, chatting loudly with their sleeves, laughing and joking.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "What place is this Mingyue Tower? There are so many people coming."
Chapter completed!