A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 254 Nine-Tailed Fox Sister-in-Law
"Go and sit in the rain tower."

The emperor's woman sent an invitation to Wu Huaiyu, and before he could refuse, she continued, "Huian is my sister, my own sister."

Huaiyu could only pretend to be surprised.

The veiled Gao Huitong laughed lightly, "Actually, you already knew that, right?"

Huaiyu was a little embarrassed.

"Let's go, let's talk about some private matters, and there are still some official matters to explain."

Tingyulou is located in the southern area of ​​Pingkangfang Sanqu. It is not the first time for Huaiyu to visit Tingyulou, but it is the first time to visit Tingyulou.Nanqu is a high-end entertainment area in Sanquli. The stalls here are spacious, flowers are widely planted, and bonsai with strange stones are decorated. The environment is very quiet and comfortable.

It is not inferior to many rich families of honored relatives and aristocrats. It is a proper high-end club, and no one else can enter it.

Ordinary people can only go to Beiqu, where low-level tricksters live, and the environment is not as good as here.

Gao Huitong is now the false mother of Tingyulou, that is, the actual manager.

All the prostitutes in the building were changed to Gao Huitong's surname Gao, ranked according to age, and they were called brothers and sisters. They were the so-called incense brothers.

They would go there when the government had missions. Of course, when there were no missions, they could also go out to participate in official banquets or receive guests in the building with the approval of the false mother and the managers of Jiaofang and Lifang.

These are all fee-based items, and they are also paid, and the fees are not low, and the remuneration is very high.

The girls in Tingyulou are well-known in Chang'an City. They are all young, beautiful, versatile, and some are even very knowledgeable. Not only are they elegant in conversation, they can also recite poems and compose fu.

Aristocratic officials in Chang'an, even scholars, who would not want to come to these buildings in Zhongqu Nanqu to find these girls' school scribes to recite poems and Fu, and have a good time with wine?
Generally, those who can come to listen to the consumption in Yulou are not the children of noble families, or those who come to Beijing to take the exam from a good family, or some officials who come to Beijing from other places.

In fact, according to the law, officials are not allowed to enter Sanqu to prostitute at will. Of course, at the beginning of the country, the law is not strict, as long as they don't openly wear official robes, it's fine.

As a rare place for communication, this place is naturally also a distribution center for news.

Gao Huitong brought back a young man in a white robe, and all the girls in the building came to watch.

"Aniang, which family is this gentleman?"

"So handsome."

The girls in the building are naturally very bold. Many nobles like to come to Pingkangfang just to find the feeling of falling in love. After all, in this era, whether it is a famous family or a small family, it is all well-behaved. Blind marriage, dumb marriage, even after marriage, it is rare to feel that way.

In fact, even in later generations, many people like to go to clubs to find true love. For a reason, girls can coax and chat.

Gao Huitong is actually only in his early thirties. Although he is the mother of several children, he just married early. This age is the most charming time.

In Pingkangfang Sanqu, Mrs. Gao's identity is very mysterious. It is said that she has a very good background backer, and someone once wanted to provoke her, but the scoundrel sent by that person the next day hangs directly on the opponent's head. At the door of the house, since then, no one dared to provoke her easily.

"Busy you guys." Gao Huitong scolded, and everyone laughed and dispersed.

Gao Huitong directly led Huaiyu upstairs.

"What kind of tea does Erlang drink?"

"Anything will do."

While roasting tea, grinding and boiling water, Gao Huitong was looking at Wu Huaiyu, and Wu Huaiyu was also looking at his sister-in-law.

"Is An Niang okay?"

"The reaction was a bit severe when I was pregnant, I couldn't smell greasy, I vomited badly, and I lost a lot of weight."

"It's quite a pain, but women always have to go through this. She is lucky to meet you."

Huaiyu asked her, "Why did you keep hiding from her before?"

"In order to keep it secret, in fact, I have already arranged for her to go out of the palace and find a suitable person to marry at that time, but Zhang Jian arranged her to be a concubine in your house, which is really wrong."

Huaiyu looked around, the environment here is really good.

"Don't you ever go back to the palace again, Madam?"

"The swordsman Gao Huitong died in the early summer of last year, and now I am Tingyulou's fake mother, Aunt Gao,"

Huaiyu was a little surprised that Li Shimin would let his woman stay outside the palace alone.

"Will you still see your daughter in the palace?"

"Occasionally, I can meet you in the palace."

The two chatted without saying a word, the water on the charcoal stove was bubbling, Gao Huitong poured tea down, his movements were gentle, she seemed to be enjoying the life in front of her.

"Where are your other children?"

"It is placed in the suburbs, there is a manor, and someone takes care of it. I will occasionally go to live with them for a few days."

She smiled lightly at Huaiyu, "You don't blame An Niang, do you?"

"Understandable, you are her own sister, and her own sister came to the door, and you still have the emperor's order, what can she do?"

After the tea was ready, Gao Huitong poured a cup for Wu Huaiyu, "Actually, none of us can't help ourselves."

She was a little dazed, as if recalling the past. When she was young, her father was a county magistrate. Although the official position was low, the family lived in peace and happiness. Later, chaos broke out, her father lost his position, and was forced to rebel. People can no longer be peaceful.

Later, she married a man she didn't know before, but fortunately, this man treated her very well. During the turbulent years, they had children, but this kind of life didn't last long.

After her father died, her husband also died, and a weak woman took her child as a captive, at the mercy of others, and finally entered the palace.

Step by step, she has now become the tall lady of Tingyulou's fake mother who lost her real name, and the member of the six doors, the nine-tailed fox.

She didn't count every step, and it wasn't what she wanted to choose to take, but in the end she walked over step by step.

"The tea is very good." Huaiyu called her back.

Gao Huitong smiled.

"My mind is distracted. It can be seen that Erlang has known about the existence of the six doors, and he is not willing to join."

"It's troublesome."

"Do you think we are not glorious enough walking in the dark?"

"Indeed." Huaiyu didn't hide anything.

"It's still the same sentence. If there is a choice, who would like to walk in the dark, but the world is not black or white, and there are grays. Someone must walk in the dark."

"Why me?" Huaiyu asked.

"Because you are young and capable, the most important thing is that His Majesty appreciates you," Gao Huitong said with a light smile, "Don't despise this job, this job is well done, but Jane is in the heart of the emperor, His Majesty will not treat you badly, you see Zhang Liang, isn't he one of the 48 heroes?

In the future, maybe he will be able to become a public servant and pay homage to the prime minister. "

"To be honest, I'm not interested."

Gao Huitong walked to the makeup table on the side and began to remove makeup. She didn't treat Huaiyu as an outsider at all, she took off her veil, removed the outer cloak, and changed her hairstyle.

"It's hot in the room, Erlang should take off his fur coat."

"Should I change my shoes?"

"No need." Huaiyu hurriedly waved his hand, no messing around in the aunt's room, especially since the aunt is still the emperor's woman.

"Many things in this world are so strange. Money always flows to those who do not lack money, and the land is also in the hands of those big landlords who do not lack land.

Those who are busy struggling for food and clothing every day, earn every penny extremely hard. They work hard to make money, but they don't have enough food and clothing. They work hard to cultivate land, but all the land ends up in the hands of landlords.

For example, the 32 mu of vegetable land in Qinglongfang was originally owned by many ordinary people, but in the end, the left and right pieces were all gathered in the hands of Hongnong Yang's Guanwangfang. This land worth hundreds of thousands of dollars changed hands. It's in your Wu Erlang's hands again, and you haven't spent a penny yet. "

Gao Huitong looked in the mirror and felt dissatisfied with the new hairstyle, so he simply dismissed her, letting her black hair hang down like a waterfall.

"Wuwei Bo'an Yuanshou's family background is much stronger than yours. Everyone is two years younger than you. His father is the Duke of the Kingdom and his uncle is the Duke of the Kingdom. But they did not reject the emperor's arrangement, he had already joined before June,

What do you say you are tweaking. "

Huaiyu sighed, he really didn't want to do this job.

This made him always feel that the six gates were Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the factory guards in the Ming Dynasty were nothing good.

"Erlang is going to Shuofang. If there is anything you need, just ask."

Wu Huaiyu thought for a while, "Do you have any spies over there? If so, it's best for me."

"It's okay if it's inconvenient, I'll do it myself then."

Gao Huitong just smiled and didn't answer, Huaiyu understood that this sister-in-law is also unreliable.

"Okay, I'll do it myself."

He got up, "It's getting late, I'll go back first."

"and many more."

Gao Huitong stopped him, "Sit down later."

"Isn't it suitable?" The aunt's charm is still there, like a peach when it is ripe, but after all, the emperor's woman, even if this is the Tingyu Tower suitable for romance, it is not suitable.

Seeing his expression, the aunt gave him a blank look.

"There is still business."

"Li Yi is going to rebel. His plan is to rebel around March and lure the Turks to the south. He raised troops in Jingzhou, then plundered Binzhou, Qingzhou, Yuanzhou, Huizhou and other places, and even negotiated with the Turks to get the Turks People support him to seize Lingzhou, proclaim himself emperor and build a country."

Huaiyu asked indifferently, "And then?"

"Your Majesty will naturally not let him succeed. You are about to go north to Yanzhou, and you will pass through Jingzhou at that time. Your Majesty intends to borrow your hand and use your soldiers to capture and destroy Li Yi unexpectedly."

Huaiyu was surprised.

"You don't need to wait for us. If you really want to destroy Li Yi, I think even if you don't send troops, with the layout of the court in Li Yi's place, you can take him down right away?"

"It must be safe and secure," Gao Huitong said bluntly, "and, it is best to let Li Yi openly raise his troops to rebel, but not to let him start a rebellion. He just raised his troops to rebel, and then you happen to pass by, and you can make peace in one fell swoop." off."

Huaiyu thought, what is the purpose of this?

"You can't make people suspect that the court is cutting off differences, let alone murdering Li Yi unjustly. You have to know that after Wu Wang Du Fuwei entered Beijing, he bestowed the surname Li on Wu Wang, and added the crown prince Taibao. The official rank is only between Qin Wang and Qi Wang However, he died suddenly in Chang'an, and the whole world said that he was secretly executed by the imperial court."

Huaiyu said: "Du Fuwei didn't really die suddenly, did he?"

"Erlang is saying that now, and if Li Yi doesn't turn against him, he will be taken down. At that time, people in the world will probably be the same as Erlang is talking about Du Fuwei now."

"Shouldn't it be just because of this?" Huaiyu asked.

"Li Yi must die, but how he dies is very important. He must be wiped out after raising troops to rebel,"

"After Li Yi is killed in the rebellion, the imperial court will find many evidences of rebels who conspired in the rebellion, and they will be punished together!" Gao Huitong said calmly while holding a teacup.

Huaiyu nodded, "I'm guessing that Li Yi secretly conspired to rebel, whether there are Changle King Li Youliang, Yi'an King Li Xiaochang, and Pei Ji?"

Gao Huitong chuckled, this brother-in-law really deserves to be a young man who can be appreciated by a sage.

(End of this chapter)