The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 184 Provoking Emperor Wu of Han?
Chang'an, Li Guangfu.

Li Guang's mansion occupies a huge area, with criss-crossing courtyards and is very extravagant.

As they entered the hospital, a man with crooked fingers found Li Guang's second son, Li Jiao, with an angry expression.

"waste!"

"How can a ten-year-old kid intimidate you people? You come back without even daring to fart?"

Li Jiao looked furious, pointed at the man in front of her and shouted.

He served as Emperor Wu's Langguan not long after he ascended the throne. Later, he was demoted to Dai County as the prefect for having an affair with a maid in the palace.

While in Daijun, he was deposed from the post of governor for embezzling military expenses. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fined him a huge sum of money to compensate for the embezzlement, and he returned to Chang'an to settle down.

During these years, Li Jiao was not qualified to serve as an official in the court, but he started doing business secretly.

The business he does is not very visible, it is a private bank.

To put it bluntly, it’s loan sharking, as the ancients said.

For example, if you borrow ten dollars from a bank, the bank can only give you nine dollars, but you have to return thirteen dollars, and a high interest rate will be agreed upon.

With this kind of business, Li Jiao prospered in Chang'an and made a lot of money.

If there was anyone who could not pay back the money, his daughter would be sold into a brothel and his son would be sold in the slave market.

It is worth mentioning that although the Han Dynasty has entered feudal society, the slave market is still prevalent.

The man said in horror: "Second, second young master..."

"The other party is too powerful, and I don't dare to..."

"Trash!" Li Jiao held a clay pot and slapped the man on the head.

"What do I expect you to do? Huh?"

The man's head was bruised and bleeding, but he didn't dare to move.

Li Jiao has a very hot temper and explodes at the drop of a hat, and because his father is Li Guang, he is unscrupulous in Chang'an.

Now I have restrained myself a lot, but a person's personality cannot be changed at will.

The man hurriedly said: "I told the other party that I will go over and kidnap that woman tomorrow."

"I think the other party will come again tomorrow."

After a pause, the man said: "I see that the other party is wearing gorgeous silk. He must be rich or noble. Should we restrain ourselves?"

Li Jiao was a vengeful person who acted recklessly and shouted angrily: "Go to hell!"

"Control your mother! Let your mother restrain you!"

"It's either rich or noble. Richer than me? Richer than our Li family?"

"This business is going to be ruined. How can I still do business in Chang'an in the future? Do I want to give up all the people in Chang'an who owe me money?"

The reason why the Li family is rich is not because of how much property Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty bestowed upon Li Guang. This huge family property and money are all the result of Li Jiao's hard work.

Li Guang also reminded him not to overdo anything, as things will rise and fall at the same time. Li Jiao always agreed, but never took Li Guang's words seriously.

In this world, apart from the emperor, who is he afraid of?He didn't even take Wei Qing seriously.

Just a despicable riding slave!

But at any rate, he should restrain himself when he is in Chang'an. He rarely shows up in public, and most things are handled by the group of villains below him.

This group of people can always make things happen.

Only this time he failed, and Li Jiao was furious.

Although the other party does not owe me much money, the compound interest adds up to a lot.

In addition, he also dealt with the Wannian County Magistrate, who turned a blind eye to many such matters.

"I'll go there in person tomorrow!"

"Bring more people and beat them to death. If you beat them to death, throw them into mass graves and feed them to the dogs!"

This matter is going to pass easily. What dignity can he have to say in the future?
How to do business?
……

On Chang'an Avenue.

Dongfang Shuo watched Emperor Wu of Han and Wei Ning leave with strange eyes.Sang Hongyang smiled lightly and said, "To be honest, I have seen many such scenes."

"Master Dongfang, do you know that the Emperor has left the palace before?"

Dongfang Shuo said: "Natural."

Sang Hongyang asked again: "Why do you leave the palace frequently?"

Dongfang Shuo looked at Sang Hongyang blankly and said, "What do you want to say?"

Sang Hongyang looked around, lowered his voice, and whispered: "I suspect that Weining may be His Majesty's illegitimate son!"

"Ah! Ooooh!"

Just as Dongfang Shuo was about to scream, Sang Hongyang blocked his mouth.

"Old Dongfang, don't mess around. If word of this gets out, we will both be dead."

"Don't hurt me."

Dongfang Shuo's eyes widened: "Then you still tell me?"

Sang Hongyang said: "Don't I trust you? But I'm not sure now."

"Analyze it for me. With your Majesty's temperament, what kind of woman would he not have? Why would he have an illegitimate child?"

Dongfang Shuo fell into deep thought. What Sang Hongyang said was reasonable, but he still shook his head and said, "That means that Lord Wei is not your Majesty's child. You are overthinking it!"

Sang Hongyang shook his head and said, "You might as well think about it carefully. Is His Majesty treating the Marquis of Zhenbei better than his own son?"

Dongfang Shuo said: "That's because Zhenbei Hou has made great contributions."

Sang Hongyang asked back: "Military merits? Big or not? Big! Are there many political merits? Paper, plows, horseshoes, wine, and inns, which one is not beneficial to the country and the people?"

Dongfang Shuo fell into deep thought.

Sang Hongyang was silent for a long time and said, "Don't you know how to tell fortunes? Tell me your fortune."

Are you coming again?
Dongfang Shuo's eyes widened, last time you asked me if I could tell fortunes, I told you, no!Won't!Why are you so disgusting that you insist on asking me to tell your fortune?

I'm counting on you, you bighead!

Sang Hongyang said awkwardly: "If you don't know, forget it."

"I was also wondering if you could help me figure out the origin of Wei Ning's mother. How did she end up with His Majesty? I haven't heard of any strange past events."

"Fourteen years ago..." Dongfang Shuo thought for a while, his eyes widened suddenly, and said, "Isn't that the time when Mrs. Wei entered the palace?"

Sang Hongyang: "Ah! Mrs. Wei's child."

Madd, mentally retarded!
Dongfang Shuo was speechless. If it were Wei Zifu's child, would it really be necessary to raise it outside?It makes no sense!

Too lazy to talk nonsense with Sang Hongyang, maybe he was just making random guesses.

Dongfang Shuo shook his head and left.

……

Wei Ning escorted Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to Weiyang Palace and waved his hand: "Your Majesty, I won't go in."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hummed, not wanting to invite Wei Ning into the harem. After thinking about it, he said to Wei Ning: "I will go find you tomorrow."

"what?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had not forgotten what happened today in the suburbs of Wannian, and said: "I am going to see who can enslave my people like pigs and dogs!"

"Didn't he say that I couldn't protect that girl?"

"I also want to know whether I have the ability to keep him."

Wei Ning: "..."

He was also speechless. You are the emperor. If you have anything to do, just tell the imperial guards to go over. It is of no use. Do you have to teach the other party personally?

But I think Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was really angry.

Wei Ning smiled and said, "Okay, I understand."

(End of this chapter)