It was a quarter to nine!
Duke Chen's Residence, the residence of the Third Rank Minister of War, Hou Junji!
In the dining room, Hou Bao and the other three had just finished washing up. They were eating fiercely as if they had never eaten in their eight lifetimes.
Hou Junji's eyes were filled with anger and disdain as he looked at these six good-for-nothings.
Especially Hou Bao, this nephew of his, who wanted to give him a slap.
This disappointing nephew had ruined his plans!
Hou Junji actually had a son, but he had not found a way to make his son the general of the Right Thousand Bull Guard.
The Twelve Guards were the soldiers with the highest pay in the Great Tang, and the general of the Twelve Guards was even better paid, a lucrative job.
He didn't let his son do it, but let his nephew do it?
Was he sick?
No, it was only because he had other arrangements for his own son!
Sitting next to him, leisurely sipping tea, the handsome Hou Xiang was Hou Junji's son and Hou Bao's cousin.
What he wanted was for his nephew to be the general in charge of the palace guards and responsible for protecting the emperor, empress, imperial concubines, and princesses. In the future, if he wanted to do something big, he could even get the upper hand. It could also be said that he was stealing from the inside.
His son was neither an official nor a soldier, just for one word: to make money!
To achieve great things, not only did one need people, one also needed money!
This was the arrangement for his son and nephew!
Moreover, in comparison, his nephew was the pawn and cannon fodder, while his son was the ultimate beneficiary!
This disappointing nephew usually used his power for personal gain, so he didn't care. Now, a life had actually been lost and evidence had been obtained.
Half of the years of business had been destroyed by him.
Annoying, it was quite infuriating!
"Comfortable!"
"I'm full. It's so comfortable!"
Hou Bao stretched his shoulders, which he had picked up for the whole day. He was finally alive.
"Big Uncle," he complained to Hou Junji,"you've got to stand up for me.”
"You are the Minister of War, the Minister of War who manages the armies of the world. How can you let a foreign bitch bully your nephew like this?”
As he spoke, Li Chong, Gawain, Wang Sheng, Lu Tao, and Zheng Jun also echoed.
Today, he came with Hou Bao to convince his uncle to deal with Su Yuruo and Cheng Chu Hao.
Crackling!
Hou Junji's eyes were red with rage as he smashed the teacup to the ground.
The six of them were baffled by Hou Junji's rage. They had been bullied, so why was Hou Junji still angry at them?
Hou Xiang looked at this scene and chose to remain silent. He seemed to be smarter than Hou Bao!
"Nonsense!"
"This is nonsense!"
The Minister of War was furious, and the six of them immediately lowered their heads.
Hou Junji paced back and forth, pointing at them as he bellowed,"You, you don't just want to anger me to death, you also want to anger your father or uncle to death.”
"I asked you to perform well and gain His Majesty's appreciation as much as possible, but you filled your own pockets.”
Then, he pointed at Hou Bao and Li Chong and said angrily,""Especially the two of you. You even caused a life.”
"You didn't clean your mouth after stealing it. Someone even found evidence.”
"Two hairpins with blood on them. Cheng Chuhao found two of them. The lady stabbed you, and the hairpins with your blood on them requested the court to verify it with a drop of blood!”
"If you really go and verify it, you will die!”
Hou Bao and Li Chong were stunned. What was going on?
"Uncle, I looked at it after I was done. There's no evidence. With my martial arts, could she have stabbed me?”Li Chong said in surprise.
"That's right!" Hou Bao nodded. Uncle, with our martial arts, how could a woman injure us?”
Thunderbolt!
Hou Junji's eyes went wide, and his mind went blank.
Creak!
He clenched his fists tightly and his face was red with anger.
So that was how it was. After playing with eagles all his life, he was actually pecked by a little sparrow like Cheng Chuhao.
Immediately after, he felt hatred.
"Your Majesty, oh Your Majesty, how smart are you? How could you not see it?”
"You're following him!”
At this thought, Hou Junji smiled coldly, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepening.
It was also at this moment that he became even more determined to complete his 'great matter' as soon as possible!
"From now on, pour the night incense properly. Don't let Su Yuruo catch any more evidence.”
"Don't think that I can stand up for you. I can control all the soldiers in the world, but I can't control the Twelve Guards and the border guards.”
"The Twelve Guards are directly responsible to His Majesty.”
"If she, Su Yu, is a third grade official, she has the authority of a second grade official.”
"And all the border guards are under Li Jing's command. I can't control them!”
"Remember, a little forbearance will spoil the plan!”
Humph!
With a cold snort, Hou Junji flicked his sleeve and left the hall.
In the deserted backyard, Hou Junji's eyes shone with a vicious light as he thought back to the events of seven years ago.
Seven years ago, Li Shimin ascended the throne and was conferred with the title of meritorious minister!
However, his reward was not as good as Su Lie's!
Li Shimin wasn't the only one who was biased, Li Jing was also biased. Both of them were his disciples, and he, Hou Junji, was Eldest Senior Brother, but he had only taught half of them.
However, when Su Lie came, not only did he teach Su Lie everything, but he also personally guided his son and daughter.
He was so biased that he, Hou Junji, was filled with envy and jealousy!
The Emperor was biased, and his teacher was biased. This was why Hou Junji had the determination to accomplish 'great events'!
In truth, it wasn't Li Shimin and Li Jing's fault for being biased. It was all Hou Junji's fault.
For example, Hou Junji was proud of his achievements and never considered his own problems. Everything was someone else's fault.
Li Jing later found out about his character flaw and stopped teaching, wanting him to understand it himself.
In the end, not only did he not understand it, he even went to Li Shimin and falsely accused him, saying,'Li Jing is going to rebel because Li Jing doesn't teach the subtle things.'
Li Shiming was a smart person. Not only did he not believe it, but he also placed the plan of nurturing the future leader of the generals on Su Lie.
This was why Su Lie became the Governor of Youzhou, who was the best at training soldiers and training his combat skills!
Hou Junji knew what was going on when he heard that Su Lie was going to be the Governor of Youzhou.
The more Hou Junji thought about these things, the more he couldn't get out of it!
He gritted his teeth and muttered to himself, You guys forced me to do this!”
"It's all your fault! You forced me to do this!"
......
In the dining room, the six generals of the first six guards, who had been tasked with picking out feces for three years, realized that they couldn't fool Hou Junji and turned to Hou Junji's son, Hou Xiang!
Hou Bao looked at Hou Xiang and said with an evil smile,"Big brother, I heard that your Changxing blockades made a lot of money and then opened a winery.”
" But the business is too bad. Everyone knows that the best winery in Chang 'an is Bright Winery, which accounts for almost 50% of the business in Chang' an.”
"Do you know who the owner of this Bright Winery is?”
Hou Xiang's eyes lit up, and he gritted his teeth in hatred.
He did not consider why his business was not good. He only considered that other people's business was better than his. Then, other people were guilty!
"How could I not know?" he said through gritted teeth.”
"Cheng Chu Hao and Su Yuruo are too much!”
"You bullied my younger brother in court, and you dare to compete with me in business!”
"He just brewed a transparent and colorless wine!”
"All he did was create a partnership with the big restaurants to distribute goods at low prices!”
"I've already set a trap for those restaurants that are working with him. I want no restaurant in the city to dare to sell his goods.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the six dung picking generals immediately laughed and praised Hou Xiang to the heavens.
A few days later, it was almost noon!
People came and went on the streets, and the business in the eastern and western cities was booming!
Cheng Chuhao, Zhangsun Chong, Wei Shuyu, and Fang Yiai, the four dandy talents of Chang 'an, were on their way to Old Zhou's seafood restaurant by the Wei River in Xi City.
Cheng Chuhao thought that he would be able to go home in seven days.
These seven days, the brothers were still very helpful. As the saying goes, it's impolite not to reciprocate. Treat them to a meal and drink.
Originally, he wanted to hire those part-time popinjays, but since they had a new general, they were busy trying to perform and did not have that much free time.
"Old Zhou, the best!"
As soon as they entered, Cheng Chuhao was stunned, and so were the other three.
It was a mess, a complete mess.
Looking at the wine cabinet, there were so many jars of wine with the red label of 'Bright Winery' on them, but they were all smashed!
In the hall, the fragrance of wine spread everywhere. What a pity, what a pity.
Wuuuu!
"Lord Marquis, you must uphold justice for me!”
"Lord Marquis, please uphold justice for me!”
Cheng Chuhao looked at the family kneeling in front of him and was so angry that he couldn't say anything.
Who would kneel so easily?
"I'm not the magistrate of Chang 'an," Cheng Chu Hao said seriously.”
"If you're a man, stand up and talk!”
Wuuuu!
Old Zhou, who was wearing a coarse cotton coat, cried,"Last month, I was short of cash, so I borrowed 500 strings from Boss Lu from Changxing.”
"The IOU said that it would be 3% interest per month (3%), but when I came to ask for repayment today, the IOU became 3% interest per day.”
"How can I afford it? He said that if I use his wine in the future, I'll write it off.”
"I didn't want to do it, so he brought people to close the door and smash it!”
When Zhangsun Chong heard that, he was so angry that he jumped up and down.
"Oh my god, 30% a day. Is this a robbery?”
"I, no, Blooming Flowering Brothel only gets two and a half cents a month when I borrow money.”
Wei Shu Yu and Fang Yi 'ai's eyes turned and they immediately understood.
"They did it on purpose," Wei Shuyu said with certainty."They used the black medicine to write the first two strokes of the moon character.”
Fang Yiai frowned." But the nominal big boss, Lu Zhongtian, is from the Lu family of Fanyang. It's not worth it to make things difficult for a commoner like you!"”
Cheng Chu Hao's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, his eyes bright and murderous.
He immediately understood. Hou Xiang, that bastard, was here for him!
Old Zhou had a good relationship with Cheng Chuhao, and under his recommendation, Old Zhou was the first to use all the wine from his Bright Winery.
Of course, Old Zhou didn't know that Bright Winery was Cheng Chuhao's, and the winery also had a nominal big boss.
This was Hou Xiang, trying to steal his business!
Cheng Chuhao looked at Old Zhou and scolded,"If you want to borrow money, don't you know how to go to Flowering Brothel? They were also in this line of work, and they never cheated people. They would take as many as they could.”
"Alright, make me the best seafood and bring me the best wine from Bright Winery. I want to treat my brother to a meal.”
"Prepare the food and wine and wait for us!"
Cheng Chuhao turned around and left the restaurant.
"Brothers, let's go to Changxing Town and meet that Lu Zhongtian!”
"If I don't let him eat it, he'll have to bear the consequences!”
Shua!
The four scholars of Chang 'an opened their folding fans and headed to the largest barricade in Chang' an in high spirits.
He felt that something was wrong. He even hired four palanquins along the way!
At the same time, the soldiers on the watchtower quickly sent the news of Cheng Chu Hao going to block the square to the watchtower closest to the Wei Marshal's Mansion.
A moment later, the Golden Guards entered the Wei Marshal's residence and interrupted their meeting.
"Report!"
"General, Lord Marquis went to Chang Xing to block the market!”
Cheng Chubi knew who this workshop belonged to, so he immediately went up and whispered a few words.
Su Yuruo raised her eyebrows and stood up.
She said in a serious tone,"Wenxin, Wenyi, where are the generals of the Twelve Guards?”
Pa!
All fourteen of them cupped their fists and said,"I'm here!"”
"Let's go, follow this marshal to patrol the streets!"
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