Mr. Yangui

Chapter 24 Make Friends
The new year is approaching, and the Li residence is gradually getting busy.

Mrs. Zhang has an overview of the overall situation.

Order the servants to buy new year's goods, clean the yard, ask the housekeeper to give New Year's gifts to the good family, entertain the storekeepers of the Li family's shops, thank them for their hard work for a year, and win people's hearts. In short, they are too busy.

Even so, the soup for Li Wuchang was never left behind. Every time, Steward Qian delivered it himself, watching Li Wuchang drink it before leaving.

Sometimes Li Wuchang would see a few young men wandering around the promenade of the Caiyunju garden, he knew that they were the men of the steward Qian, and they came to stare at him, so he ignored them.

As for soup, Li Wuchang secretly vomited it every time, and it became a habit. He was thinking about how to quickly enter the fifth-level realm, and then it didn't matter.

Since entering the third rank, Li Wuchang's cultivation speed has not been so fast, and it really is getting more and more difficult.

This kind of thing can't be rushed, Li Wuchang can only figure it out slowly, and do what he should do every day.

In Caiyun Residence, the nanny took the Wangs and his wife to clean the courtyard, decorate the rooms, hang lanterns, and paste red papers. They were very busy. Li Wuchang couldn't help, so he volunteered to buy some New Year's goods. Of course, he brought Xiaoru and Xiao Xi these two big and small beauties.

Both Xiao Ru and Xiao Xi came from outside the city, and they hadn't seen much of the prosperity of Chang'an City. Li Wuchang took them around these days.

Snacks, lanterns, accessories, and all kinds of gadgets, as long as Li Wuchang saw them, he would buy them, which made the two beautiful girls happy and very happy.

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Li Wu often saw people coming and going in the street, chaotic, so he hugged Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi giggled, looked at the bustling street, and yelled.

The figure flashed by, and Li Wuchang quickly judged that someone was following him.

After shopping, the three returned to Chongyifang. Li Wuchang said that he still had some things to do, and asked Xiaoru to take Xiaoxi home first.

After watching the two of them enter the gate of Li Mansion, Li Wuchang turned his head and shouted: "My friend, please come and see me."

A young man about his age came out from the corner, looked at Li Wuchang, and said, "Young Master Li?"

"Who is your Excellency? Followed me a few streets." Li Wuchang asked lightly.

"I thought I was very careful, but you still found out. It seems that the rumors are wrong, and you have two tricks." The other party was slightly surprised, and looked Li Wuchang up and down.

Li Wuchang didn't speak, thinking about the other party's identity and purpose.

After a while, the other party coughed lightly: "My humble Zhao Xun is Wang Changde's distant nephew."

It turned out to be a distant relative of the Wang family. Li Wuchang remembered that Wang Changde said that he had a distant relative in Chang'an City that he hadn't seen for many years. He planned to join him, but the relatives had passed away, and the remaining son went to the rivers and lakes with his master.

"Zhao Xun? The journey is over, are you going back to Chang'an to participate in the Martial Arts Conference?" Li Wuchang glanced at the other party.

"Uncle Wang told you? It seems that Uncle Wang's family is really in your house. I thought those street patrol officers lied to me." Zhao Xun muttered softly.

With just this one sentence, Li Wuchang knew that Zhao Xun had visited Zhao Xun openly and secretly. Today he followed him and wanted to confirm whether the Wang family was in the Li residence.

"You feel very strange, how can a dude who only knows how to fool around show kindness to take in three civilians, right? So you followed me secretly to make sure?" Li Wuchang smiled faintly.

Zhao Xun was overwhelmed by people's speculation, and he said awkwardly: "It's because Xiongtai's reputation is too great. I just want to know whether the three relatives were forcibly sold to Li's house as slaves... Now it seems that I think too much."

Li Wuchang waved his hand, he didn't care, and invited: "Go to Li's mansion?"

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For Zhao Xun's arrival, the Wang family was in tears. Xiao Xi had never met Zhao Xun's brother, so she was not too excited. She stayed by her parents obediently and listened to their stories about her family.

After Zhao Xun heard that they were being bullied by hooligans, he clenched his fists and looked unfriendly. After hearing that Li Wuchang had saved their family, he got up and bowed to Li Wuchang, saying, "Thank you, Fourth Young Master."

Li Wuchang smiled and said: "Since you are Xiaoxi's brother, you don't have to be so polite, just call me by my name."

Zhao Xun glanced at Li Wuchang strangely, and said: "It's better to meet you than to be famous. I didn't expect that you are not only warm-hearted, but also so free and easy. I'm curious, how did you win such a reputation?"

Li Wuchang laughed, and said: "It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, and I, Li Erfool, have a bad reputation. It's all a matter of course."

Then leaning closer to Zhao Xun's ear, he said in a faint voice, "I'm a bastard."

After speaking, he looked at Zhao Xun with a smile on his face.

Zhao Xun has been around the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has seen all kinds of things, and he understands that the dispute between the son and the concubine is a drama that will be staged in every major family.

Li Wuchang expressed his sadness and helplessness with a single sentence.

Zhao Xun already had a good impression of Li Wuchang, and when he said this, he admired him even more. He smiled and said, "Would you like to make friends, Young Master Leng?"

Zhao Xun has been traveling with his master for five or six years. His master often taught him that he must pay attention to making friends, not only look at the surface, but also look at the heart.

In his opinion, Li Wuchang is kind-hearted, free and easy, mature in mind, and a friend he can make.

As everyone knows, while Zhao Xun was observing Li Wuchang, Li Wuchang was also observing Zhao Xun.

Li Wuchang understands psychology, and can often roughly determine who the other party is through a few meetings and a few words.

According to Li Wuchang's judgment, Zhao Xun is a young man who is open-minded, just, and informal. This kind of person is certainly worth making friends with.Immediately stretched out his hand, held Zhao Xun's hand, and laughed loudly: "Except for my little Han Dazhi, you are the only one who calls me Leng Shao, which sounds very kind to me."

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After eating a sumptuous dinner, Li Wuchang took Zhao Xun to the study and chatted.

The Zhao family was originally a small merchant in Chang'an City, and Zhao Xun's parents have been living a peaceful life.

When Zhao Xun was born, a Taoist priest came to the door and said that the son was born with a vision from the sky, and that he would become a great weapon in the future, so he insisted on accepting Zhao Xun as his apprentice. Reasonable, I agreed.

Zhao Xun has been learning martial arts from his master since he was a child. Five years ago when his parents passed away, he sold his belongings and traveled with his master. He only came back a few days ago.

As for his master, he ordered Zhao Xun to wander around alone for a while, and then went back to his master.

For Li Wuchang, Zhao Xun was his first sincere friend.

Han Dazhi is a child, let alone, and the playboys from other families who usually hang out with him are at best friends, not worth mentioning.

Li Wuchang was very happy, and asked: "Brother Zhao returned to Chang'an this time, but for the Martial Arts Conference in a few months?"

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "Since we are friends, let's call them differently. Just call them Brother Zhao. We are all the same age anyway, and I am one month younger than you."

After a pause, he continued: "The younger brother is indeed for the Martial Dao Conference, and wants to gain fame, honor the ancestors or something, you won't laugh at the younger brother."

Li Wuchang said: "You have such ambition, how can I laugh at you."

Zhao Xun sighed, and said: "It is true to say that Guangzong Yaozu is true, and it is true to want to do something. I have seen many displaced people on the way back to Chang'an. They started to eat tree bark and grass roots. I can't help you, and I feel very uncomfortable."

"How can I blame you, this is what the court should do." Li Wuchang comforted.

Zhao Xun waved his hand and continued: "I have also encountered bandits, hehe, and they are also desperate people. His mother's eyes are green from hunger, and he can't stand still, but he is robbing everywhere with a fire stick. It's really... "

Sighing, as if very angry, he continued: "The most hateful thing is that the government doesn't distinguish between black and white, and kills them as soon as they are caught. After killing them, it is considered a great achievement. Tell me, what is this? The court just indulged them like this ?”

After Zhao Xun finished speaking, he looked righteously indignant.

"It's normal." Li Wuchang said lightly.

"Normal?" Zhao Xun asked back.

Li Wuchang glanced at him and said: "It's not that there is no food, but the price has increased several times. You can go to the food market to see that they are all food from rich families. This is called hoarding."

Zhao Xun's face was ugly.

Li Wuchang continued: "This summer, there was a severe drought, the people's harvests were low, and they barely survived. In winter, snowstorms broke out. It can be said that misfortunes never come singly. Food is too expensive. It is inevitable that people who cannot afford food will be displaced or even become bandits. Selling their children and selling their daughters It's also commonplace."

Zhao Xun frowned and continued to listen.

Li Wuchang sighed, and continued: "If it's just that, it's okay, who knows that Khitan and Goryeo took the opportunity to make trouble, and the imperial court needs a lot of food to be sent to Jizhou to maintain the front line. There is not enough food in the first place, do you think you can still take care of the common people? Occasionally setting up a porridge stall at this time is an act of benevolence and righteousness, and ordinary people dare to rob money, in the eyes of the court, this is making trouble and disregarding the overall situation, so killing this kind of person is of course a great achievement."

Listening to Li Wuchang's analysis, Zhao Xun clenched his fists and said ruthlessly: "So that's it. From this point of view, these big families who refuse to give out grain at a low price are the culprits. Your Li family..."

Li Wuchang smiled helplessly, and said: "The Li family is also a big family, of course they have done such things, because everyone sells grain at a high price, if the Li family sells grain at a low price, it will only arouse the hostility of other big families. The most terrible thing is that you will be charged with buying people's hearts, and I don't need to say what the consequences will be."

Then lowered his voice and said, "Also, do you know... the biggest family is the royal family."

Zhao Xun's face turned pale, he hammered the table, and murmured: "No wonder my master always sighs when he talks about serving the court, it doesn't matter if he doesn't mention it."

Seeing Zhao Xun's collapsed faith, Li Wuchang comforted him, "You and I are both small people, and we can't change the overall situation, but we can do our best to help some people."

Zhao Xun's complexion improved a bit, and he said, "That's why you saved Uncle Wang's family?"

"It's fate." Li Wuchang replied.

"Hey, listening to your analysis made me a little disheartened, and I didn't even have the mood to participate in the Martial Arts Conference." Zhao Xun was depressed.

"It's a pity not to participate. Your martial arts are so high, and if you have the opportunity to enter the Martial Arts Pavilion to improve your strength, wouldn't it be easier for you to act chivalrously, robbing the rich and helping the poor?" Li Wuchang said.

Zhao Xun has practiced martial arts with his master for more than ten years, and now he has the strength of the sixth-rank elementary level. If he participates in the martial arts conference, he has a chance to enter the martial arts pavilion.

"Stealing from the rich and helping the poor? That's a good idea." Zhao Xun finally regained his interest, laughed, looked at Li Wuchang, and asked, "What about you, your kung fu is also good, do you want to participate? ... Oh, you They are noble children and must participate."

Li Wuchang smiled wryly, and sighed: "My eldest lady, she doesn't really want me to practice martial arts. In her eyes, I'm just a bastard who hasn't started yet, and she also likes this kind of situation. This...you understand?"

"Is it so serious?" Zhao Xun imagined the complicated situation Li Wuchang was facing, and it was not easy to practice martial arts secretly.

At the same time, Zhao Xun was quite touched by Li Wuchang's ability to confide in him.

Zhao Xun has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, he has seen a lot, met many people, but it is difficult to have close friends, it is strange to say, this time when he saw Li Wuchang, in just a few hours, he seemed to regard Li Wuchang as a A bosom friend.

It can only be said to be fate.

"I bought a house in Xuanpingfang. You go there often, and you can practice there. As long as you want, I guarantee that there will be no one else, including me." Zhao Xun patted his chest.

Li Wuchang was overjoyed, the problem stuck in his heart was finally solved.

Zhao Xun sold all his properties in Chang'an City, and Xuan Pingfan, who came back this time, bought a new house. He came here this time to take over the three Wang family members.

Li Wuchang naturally had no objection, and of course the Wang family had no objection, because no matter how good the Li family was, it was not my own home.

On the other hand, Xiao Xi, who has lived in these days, is a little reluctant to leave. In her opinion, Zhao Xun is just a distant cousin who has never met, far less close than Li Wuchang.

As soon as she heard that she was going to leave Li's house, she pouted her mouth with displeasure, until Li Wuchang promised to visit her.

The next day, the three members of the Wang family moved in, and there were only three people left in Caiyunju, so it suddenly became quite deserted.

(End of this chapter)