Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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Guo Ye asked cooperatively: "What's the matter?"

Fatty Zhu replied immediately: "It's closed!"

Regardless of Guo Ye's surprised expression, he continued: "At that time, Lao Zhu wondered, this is one of the best restaurants in Longxi County, why did it close down? So, I asked Xu Chongnian, the old owner I want to see the mansion, but once I go to the Xu Mansion, guess what?"

Guo Ye was pretentious, and when he saw Fatty Zhu pretending to be a fool, he immediately scolded: "Don't be silly, hurry up and have fun, what's the matter with Xu Chongnian's food for the sky?"

Fatty Zhu knew that his old habit of grumbling had happened again, so he pretended to slap his mouth lightly, and continued, "Look at Lao Zhu's stinky trouble, brother, don't blame me! When I arrived at Xu's house, I was already gone. The house is empty, leaving a few servants with old arms and legs watching the yard."

wipe!

Xu Chongnian's family, who depended on food, disappeared?

Guo Ye's head suddenly became as big as a dustpan, what the hell is going on?Why so suddenly?

He has a lot of things to ask Xu Chongnian.

He wanted to ask Xu Chongnian, why did he give him a golden spear with a tiger head and a bright armor to help him defend the city?

He wanted to ask Xu Chongnian why his Xu family had a Fuyuan crossbow that was so strictly controlled that only elite cavalry in the army could equip it.

He wanted to ask Xu Chongnian, why he bought so many servants for Guo Fu for no reason, and why he chose his own preferences, bought Zhenniang at a high price, and gave it to himself.

These are all obviously wanting to make friends with him, and he must ask for something when he is polite to others, but he has never seen Xu Chongnian come to ask him for anything?

There is another thing that makes him worry about whether Qingxin Xiaozhu, which captured Gu Dezhao that day, was opened by the Xu family.

Because since he took over Longxi County, he sent Fatty Zhu to investigate the background of Qingxin Xiaozhu. It's so weird why there is a Jiangnan garden-style brothel in a small county.

Unexpectedly, after repeated investigations, there were no clues.

The only clue is that there are occasional guests in Qingxin Xiaozhu who order food and drinks, and they are all delivered from Food for Heaven.

Coincidentally, two days before the New Year's Eve, Qingxin Xiaozhu suddenly and silently closed down. The singers and geisha inside disappeared like the world evaporated, leaving only a deserted and empty building like ruins. Jiangnan garden house.

Now that the food is the sky is closed and the people from the Xu family go to Zhaizikong to connect with Qingxin Xiaozhu, it seems that it is also from the hands of Xu Chongnian, a honest and mysterious old man.

Grass his grandma, it seems that it has become a headless case again.

What the hell is Xu Chongnian up to?

Guo Ye's heart was beating wildly for no reason, and thinking about it was a little weird and frightening.

In desperation, Guo Ye grabbed Fatty Zhu's arm and asked, "Didn't you ask those old servants of the Xu family, where did their master go?"

"Ask, ask!"

Fatty Zhu was grabbed by Guo Ye's right hand, and it hurt like iron tongs. He shouted again and again: "The servant said that their proprietor not only abandoned the property in Longxi County, but also the several houses in Yizhou Prefecture. The restaurants were all sold at a low price, and they all went to Chang'an with their families, saying that they went to do big business, and they will decide in a while whether they will come back."

Abandoned family and business, sold restaurants cheaply, and all went to Chang'an?

Guo Ye was startled by the answer again.

Chang'an,

The imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty!

Could it be that Xu Chongnian did something shameful in Longxi or Yizhou Prefecture?

Then he was afraid that something would happen to the east window, so he dragged his family away in advance?

This seems a bit unreliable!

Seeing that Xu Chongnian has done these things, he is definitely not an ordinary person.

The big hermit hides in the city, and the small hermit hides in the court.

If Xu Chongnian is such a great person, why does he live in the small county town of Longxi?

For a time,

Guo Ye was full of doubts and shock, and suddenly lost his mind.

"Oh, yes, an old servant heard that we belong to you, little brother, and gave me a letter, saying that his master Xu Chongnian left it to you, little brother."

As he spoke, Fatty Zhu took out a crumpled letter from his sleeve. The envelope was covered with wax paint, and it was obvious that no one had opened it privately.

I'm sorry, Guo Ye was even more astonished, Xu Chongnian didn't have a deep friendship with him, why did he leave a letter for him, as if he guessed that he would come to see him.

Guo Ye couldn't wait to know what Xu Chongnian wanted to say, so he immediately snatched the letter from Fatty Zhu, picked off the crimson paint, and took out the letter to read it carefully.

Guo Ye spread out the letter and read it carefully with Fatty Zhu on his back...

Fatty Zhu at the side was dull, he couldn't see the expression on Guo Ye's face, nor could he see what was written in the letter.

However, Brother Guo quickly read the letter, then carefully folded the letter, put it in his arms, then turned to Fatty Zhu, and said, "Just this letter?"

what?

Fatty Zhu asked in surprise, "Is there anything else?"

As he said that, he picked and searched on himself again, shook his head helplessly at Guo Ye, and said, "Brother, you have to trust Lao Zhu, it's useless for me to hide this thing."

Guo Ye nodded. Of course he could trust Fatty Zhu. The key point was that the letter was written in such a way that he didn't know how to understand it.

Then he smiled and comforted Fatty Zhu and said, "Don't worry too much, I just didn't understand what Xu Chongnian wanted to say to me."

Fatty Zhu asked, "Then what did old man Xu say in the letter? Brother."

Guo Ye frowned, and thought about the content of the letter again, but he still couldn't understand it, and then sighed: "I don't understand it for the time being, Xu Chongnian only wrote a poem in the letter."

poetry?

Fatty Zhu also had doubts on his face, and he smiled wryly in his heart and said, I'm so stupid, old Zhu doesn't understand such elegant things as poetry.Even a person who can compose poetry like my brother didn't understand, so let's not get involved.

Immediately smirked, saying that this matter is not something he can participate in.

Guo Ye thought over and over again about the poem left by Xu Chongnian in the letter, and he could move the meaning of this poem, but he didn't know what Xu Chongnian wanted to express.

Forget it, since you can't figure it out, let's wait for a chance in the future, go to Chang'an, and then question Xu Chongnian, a mysterious old man face to face.

At this time, there were bursts of cheerful footsteps outside, which seemed to be bouncing around, and it was a joy.

Immediately afterwards, the door creaked and was pushed open, and a small head with braids came in.

It turned out to be my baby sister—Guo Xiaoman.

The appearance of Guo Xiaoman immediately drew Guo Ye's attention, and immediately reminded him of Cheng Erniu's puppy love with this stinky girl.