Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 725 Food and sex (please subscribe!)
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After listening to the information reported by Chai Jin and Shi Xiu, Li Yan listened to Zhu Gui's summary of the world's intelligence.

It can be said that with these three intelligence systems, although Li Yan is in the palace, he also knows the affairs of the world.

For this reason, Li Yan has to pay more than 1000 million yuan for the maintenance and development of the intelligence network every year.

You know, Dazhong's current annual financial revenue will be [-] million (not counting foreign money from looting other countries), and intelligence expenses alone use up one-twentieth of Dazhong's fiscal revenue. Therefore, Li Yan's investment in intelligence is not insignificant.

But Li Yan felt that it was totally worthwhile to do so, and he didn't want to become blind, deaf, or even a fool.

After listening to the latest information, Li Yan asked Chai Jin: "Is Yan Qing back?"

Chai Jin replied, "I should be able to come back today."

Hearing that Chai Jin said that Yan Qing would only come back today, Li Yan hesitated a little.

Seeing this, Chai Jin said: "The officials probably want Yan Qing to recruit Li Gang?"

Li Yan didn't hide anything, and said: "Although Li Gang's character has some flaws, his ability is unquestionable. If he is so big, he can't be used by me. It is not only a loss for me, but also a loss for the world. So I still want to fight for Li Gang again, and the only one who has a chance to do this is probably Yan Qing... But these years, Yan Qing has been running all over the world, never resting..."

Chai Jindao: "The words of the officials are different. If we, the officials, have the opportunity to serve the officials and Dazhong, it is already a gift from the officials. How can we feel hard work? Besides, it is me who During the critical period of the rise of Dazhong, enter, the official family will become an emperor through the ages, and we can also leave the history with the official family name. If we retire, our efforts of more than ten years may be in vain. This is exactly what I am When it's time to do my best, how dare I not bow down and die?"

Hearing the words, Li Yan said with emotion: "Without the help of you brothers, I would not be able to get to where I am today no matter what!"

Zhu Gui heard the words and said: "The officials must not be called brothers anymore. If the censors hear about this, they must impeach me and wait for Chaoyue."

Shi Xiu took the conversation and said: "We are not afraid of Yushi's impeachment, but we just don't want the officials to be disturbed by Yushi."

Chai Jin then said: "Father and son have relatives, monarchs and ministers have righteousness, husband and wife have differences, elders and children have narration, friends have trust, officials are now emperors, don't take the lead in vainly ignoring etiquette."

Li Yan sighed secretly when he heard the words, and said in his heart: "It seems that I am really lonely!"

but--

Li Yan quickly put away this unnecessary sentimentality.

Yes.

No need.

Because this path was chosen by Li Yan himself.

Moreover, Li Yan has already enjoyed the glory, wealth, and beauties. Isn't he even willing to pay this price?

That's too bad a choice.

Li Yanchong passed on the decree to the servant and said: "I have ordered you to reward five Yanqing pearls, five pieces of beautiful jade, half a catty of coral, one catty of agate, five catties of colored glaze, five catties of crystal, ten catties of rhinoceros, one piece of ivory, and a pair of gold zi , a pair of flower rhinoceros belts, five catties of gold, fifty catties of silver, fifty bolts of colorful silk, five beauties... Let Yanqing rest for three days, and then go south to recruit Li Gang."

Zhu Gui, Chai Jin, and Shi Xiuqi said: "The officials are sages!"

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After Zhu Gui and Chai went in, Shi Xiucai reported again: "Official family, the relative of the Li family is the abolished Song Yushi Zhongcheng Qin Hui, that is, the official family, the day you entered Bianliang City to persuade the official family to return to power, the Zhao family was arrested by the official family. The person you scolded in public."

Li Yan asked differently: "Are Li Qingzhao and Qin Hui relatives?"

Shi Xiudao: "The relationship between the two of them starts with Zhezong Prime Minister Wang Gui. Wang Gui's fourth son is named Wang Zhongao, and his daughter married Qin Hui, so Qin Hui's wife, Wang, should take care of it." Wang Gui is called Grandpa. And Wang Gui's eldest daughter married Li Gefei, a member of the Yuanyou Party, and Master Li is Li Gefei's daughter, so Master Li should call Wang Gui Grandpa. In other words, Master Li and Qin Hui's wife The Wangs are cousins, and Qin Hui became Li's cousin-in-law... When Qin Hui was a professor in Mizhou, Li and his wife lived in seclusion in Qingzhou. At that time, the two families walked around very frequently, so the two Good personal relationship."

After hearing this, Li Yan understood, and said, "I really didn't expect that there is such a relationship between them."

After hesitating for a while, Shi Xiu said again: "Officials, there is something I want to tell you, so as not to affect your decision."

Li Yan asked: "What's the matter?"

Shi Xiudao: "After Qin Hui's house was ransacked that day, the minister saw that Qin Hui's wife, who is also the younger sister of Master Li, was quite attractive, so he recommended her to the Ministry of Rites, and then hinted that Mr. Wang would send her to the Ministry of Rites through the selection channel. The palace... rest assured that the officials have already filed a record with the Ministry of Rites and instructed the Ministry of Rites to file with the palace, so the palace knows Wang's identity."

"The Wang family is in my palace?" Li Yan was very different!
Shi Xiu said truthfully: "That day when the officials talked about Wang's family, they hesitated to speak, so I decided to send her into the palace on my own initiative. I thought, if the officials like her, it's best if they don't like her. Not bad for her."

Hearing the words, Li Yan immediately remembered the situation of that day, and said to himself: "I was thinking about whether to deal with this poisonous woman, not because I fell in love with this poisonous woman."

But Li Yan couldn't say that.

Furthermore, Li Yan also understood that Shi Xiu did this to please herself.

More importantly, there were so many women in the harem, so many that Li Yan felt that he had never seen Mrs. Wang before, so this matter should have no effect.

Therefore, Li Yan chose to play down the matter, saying: "If you do such a thing again next time, you must tell me in time."

Shi Xiu said: "No!"

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, then said, "What are you guys doing?"

Shi Xiudao: "After getting up early, she has been inquiring about Qin Hui's family."

Li Yandao: "She cares about Qin Hui's family very much, I don't know if she will ask for it on my head."

How could Shi Xiu dare to answer such words?

Therefore, Shi Xiu looked at the nose with eyes, mouth with nose, heart with mouth, and dantian with heart, as if in meditation.

After a while, Li Yan asked again: "What is Zhao Mingcheng's situation now?"

Shi Xiudao: "Then Zhao Mingcheng went south to Jinling because of his mother's funeral. Not long ago, he served as the magistrate of Jiangning in the false Song Dynasty."

Li Yan asked again: "How is this person?"

Shi Xiudao: "It's nothing more than a decent person. Not long ago, he took in two concubines. The euphemistic name is that he was ordered by his mother to leave a descendant for the Zhao family."

Li Yandao: "Food and sex, you can't judge a person's character because of it."

Li Yan is not happy, men are not attractive, it is purely false, how can this be the standard for evaluating a man's character?

It was only then that Shi Xiu remembered that his official family was the most lustful, and what he said just now was a bit suspicious, and he quickly remedied: "It's not because of this that I said that Zhao Mingcheng is a dignified villain. The official king also rebelled. This was noticed by Zhao Mingcheng's subordinates and reported it, but Zhao Mingcheng didn't seem to take this matter to heart, and did not instruct countermeasures, so Zhao Mingcheng's subordinates set up their own formations to prevent accidents. It was night , Wang Yi really rebelled, and was successfully defeated by Zhao Mingcheng's subordinates who were prepared. At dawn, Zhao Mingcheng's subordinates went to find Zhao Mingcheng and report, but found that Zhao Mingcheng had already escaped from the city wall with a rope."

Li Yan said differently: "There is such a thing?"

Shi Xiudao: "That's why I said that Zhao Mingcheng is a villain, not worthy of Master Li."

Li Yan sighed a little tiredly: "It's a pity that the most talented woman in the ages has lived with such a man for twenty years!"

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(End of this chapter)