Chapter 1382: Figure 687

Meng Yiliang had a righteous look and bowed to Xiao Yi with his hands clasped together.

Xiao Yi sat on the horse and looked down at him, and said with a smile, "Oh, what the general meant was..."

Meng Yiliang said busy again: "I will know that the eldest son is busy with official business, and there are still other things to take care of in the southern border, so I will not have time to pay attention to this small Nanliang country." Seeing that Xiao Yi was not unhappy, Meng Yiliang felt relieved and kept persuading Said, "From the point of view of the last general, Shizi can find a reliable and loyal person to help Shizi to take care of Nanliang. Shizi, there are many old people in my southern army who have been with the old prince since the old prince's time, loyal and loyal. Geng Geng, the sun is shining!"

Xiao Yiman brushed off his sleeves inadvertently, with a smile on his face, and asked, "General Meng, if this prince handed Nanliang over to the general, what would the general do?"

Hearing this, Meng Yiliang was refreshed and thought: It seems that the prince has listened to his words.

Meng Yiliang pretended to be calm and replied, "Master Shizi, at the end of the day, if you think that there are rioters rioting, kill them, and use violence to control violence. It's just like the so-called chaotic times use heavy code, nothing more than that!"

The more Meng Yiliang said, the more excited he became. He talked eloquently and talked about re-establishing household registration and re-checking the population in order to increase the poll tax to replenish military resources... Finally, he said righteously: "The people of Nanliang are just a group of barbarians, and there is no need to do so. What reason do you have with them? Anyone who refuses to obey and make trouble will be killed. In this way, the people's hearts will naturally be settled. Shizi, your foundation is in the southern border, and as for this southern Liang territory, you don't need to worry too much."

Xiao Yi chuckled softly, looked at him lightly, and said, "General Meng, you don't even know what this prince needs, so you want to take charge of Nanliang's political affairs in place of Marquis Anyi? Oh, you have a self-knowledge, General Meng. , you are old, and it is time to enjoy your old age."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yi ignored Meng Yiliang's reaction and left with Nangong Yue.

Meng Yiliang stood stiffly in place, watching the backs of Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue leaving, a thick haze rose in the turbid old eyes.

Three years ago, Shi Ziye was ordered to return to the southern border by the emperor. At that time, among the old people who had followed the old prince, Tian He was the first to surrender to Shizi, and most of them, including him, were holding a wait-and-see attitude. I want to see what Shizi is capable of first.

The result was a wrong step.

Just because he was so late, he never showed his face in front of Shi Ziye again, and nothing good happened to him, nor to their Meng family.

He originally thought that he was not as good as Tian He. After all, he looked down on Shizi at the beginning, so that he was inferior in chess.

But the situation may not have no chance of recovery. This time, he took the initiative to invite Ying to follow Tian He to Nanliang, just thinking that this is a good opportunity. As the eldest son, he definitely cannot stay in Nanliang for long, and Tian He will return to the southern border sooner or later. As long as he can be entrusted by the eldest son to manage Nanliang, then their Meng family will become the emperor of Nanliang in the future, and they can be cute. grandchildren...

I don't want to, it's not enough to have a Tian He under the Shizi's command, and unexpectedly a Marquis of Anyi appeared!

What kind of thing is this Marquis Anyi, but he is the emperor's lackey.

Why did Shizi trust that Marquis Anyi so much? Could it be that Lord Shizi was bewitched by that Marquis Anyi? !

Thinking about it, Meng Yiliang's eyes drooped slightly.

Shi Ziye is not a person who will take care of the old prince's affection. The only way to do this is to think of a way to let Shi Ziye know his ability.

Speaking of which, someone recently claimed to be the largest horse dealer in Nanliang and was willing to provide horses for the Southern Border Army. If he can get a lot of cheap horses, Shi Ziye will definitely be impressed.

Furthermore, Marquis Anyi's secluded riding camp seems to be even more short of horses, so maybe he can take advantage of this opportunity...

Meng Yiliang was immersed in his own thoughts, but did not notice that Nangong Yue, who was several dozen meters away in front of him, looked back at him, and then asked in a low voice, "Ayi, this person is..."

Xiao Yi didn't know much about those veterans who followed his grandfather, so he simply said a few words: "Meng Yiliang, he followed his grandfather's command after his grandfather came to southern Xinjiang, and he fought a few victories with his grandfather. Made some military exploits..."

Meng Yiliang made military exploits back then, which is why he has been honored over the years. As for whether they can maintain it, it depends on the Meng family themselves. I heard Meng Yiliang make a big statement just now. It seems that this old general Meng It's true that people's brains are also confused.

Xiao Yiman said indifferently: "Meng Yiliang took the initiative to ask Tian He to ask Ying after Nanliang's defeat this time, and came to Nanliang together."

Recalling what Meng Yiliang said just now, Nangong Yue sighed thoughtfully: "Ayi, it seems that his plans are not small." As the saying goes, the human heart is not enough to swallow an elephant. It is a pity that the world often cannot see such a simple truth.

Xiao Yi winked at her and said with a smile, "Ayue, Xiaobai will handle this kind of trivial matter."

The corners of Nangong Yue's mouth twitched, and she pretended to sigh and said, "Young Master Guan is really pitiful..."

When I meet a guy like Xiao Yi who doesn't know if he is a good friend or a bad friend, is Guan Yubai lucky or Guan Yubai's bad luck?

"Can't we bring some delicious food for Xiaobai back?" Xiao Yi said without guilt.

During the conversation, the two rode their horses leisurely forward, and after a while, they left the Nanliang Palace far behind...

They were out to play today, so they deliberately slowed down the horse's speed. Nangong Yue looked around curiously while driving the horse.

When she first arrived yesterday, she was so tired that she didn't even bother to take a good look at the city of Wuli.

Compared with Grand Lake City where people come and go, Wuli City is not so lively and noisy, but at first glance, the streets are clean and tidy, and the people who come and go have a peaceful demeanor and peaceful eyes. The impetuousness revealed is quite different.

After the devastation of the war, the town has gradually begun to regain its vitality.

Nangong Yue and Xiao Yi stopped and walked, and it took more than half an hour before they left the city.

Xiao Yi only roughly knew that the jade market was in the western suburbs a few miles away from Wuli City, but he had never been there before, so he asked someone for directions while walking.

Gradually, I saw the flow of people pouring in the same direction.

When they got to a crowded place, the two dismounted their horses and led their horses along with the crowd leisurely.

In the so-called jade market, dozens of pergolas were built with bamboo, wood or oil cloth in a huge open space. Those jade merchants set up stalls in the pergola. Polished jade is a pile of weathered stones.

What is interesting is that most of the people walking in the jade market are not looking at jade ornaments, not jade, but ordinary stones, looking at them one by one, whispering, and knocking on the ground from time to time, their eyes and expressions revealing. Weird look.

Seeing the curious look on Nangong Yue's face, Xiao Yi explained, "That's the wool of jade..."

Xiao Yi briefly introduced gambling stones to Nangong Yue. Those wool materials are sold by weight. The bigger the size, the more expensive it will naturally be. The so-called gambling stone is to pick a stone and cut it open, and there is either a precious emerald gemstone or nothing in it.

The most lively place in the entire jade market is probably the market center, where there are several top-quality jade stones that have been released in the past few days, attracting a crowd of watchers to come and watch, all guessing that they don’t know. Which piece of jade will be the jade king of this competition.

All can only wait until after today's application, all the jade fairs that have been held in the past three days will be put together and the "Jade King" will be decided.

The surrounding Nanliang people babbled their mouths, but Nangong Yue couldn't understand it either, so she could only listen to Xiao Yi's retelling, and couldn't help but be full of interest.

The two chatted while strolling leisurely.

From time to time, someone has selected the wool material and asked the boss to open the stone. In just over half an hour, Nangong Yue saw several people who opened the jade stone. Although the quality was average, it was still very interesting to watch.

Nangong Yue couldn't help but feel eager to try.

Xiao Yi understood her mind the most, and said, "Let's pick a few pieces to play with."

Nangong Yue responded with a smile.

The two just came to play casually. They didn't intend to speculate or become famous. Zhennan Wangfu was not short of a few pieces of jade, so Nangongyue came to a booth in a fun mood and picked it at random. Five or six pieces of wool, let the stall owner help open the stone.

As soon as the boss saw Nangong Yue and Xiao Yi's appearance, he guessed that they were novices at gambling stones.

As soon as someone wanted to open the stone here, many good people gathered around and asked nonchalantly who was the owner of the wool.

When it was clear that the other party was a young woman, a middle-aged man said enviously in Nanliang language: "I heard that a woman just came and picked out several stones in a row, all-powerful to pick out jade, wouldn't it be this one?"

"Really? That eyesight and luck are not ordinary!" An old man next to him said in disbelief.

Whether it is a stone gambler or a novice, they all know that the wool will not be cut, and no one can guarantee what is in the stone, and whether it can be used for jade, 60% depends on knowledge and experience, and the remaining 40% depends on luck. Even a decades-old connoisseur may not be able to guarantee that the selected stone must contain jade.

The onlookers were very excited, and Xiao Yi also relayed them to Nangong Yue one by one.

During the conversation, the first stone was cut by the old master who opened the stone, and there were boos all around, it was just a waste stone. But most people still continued to look down patiently. Who knows that the next three or four pieces are also waste stones. Only the last piece has a jade that is not much bigger than a finger, and the appearance is average.

They spent dozens of taels of silver on wool, but only got such a small jade that was not even worth two taels of silver.

When those onlookers saw that they didn't offer good jade materials, they immediately dispersed and walked away in twos and threes, with no interest.

Who would have thought that Nangong Yue would still laugh, grabbed the jade in her hand and played with it a few times, then pointed to the wavy pattern on it and said, "Ayi, look, the pattern on this jade is quite interesting, if it goes well Polished into a pen holder with this texture, it should be very beautiful."

Xiao Yi took the opportunity to hold Nangong Yue's wrist, and looked at the jade stone with her hand, against the background of the jade-like skin, he suddenly felt that the jade looked a lot more pleasing to the eye, smiled and nodded: " When you go back, I'll polish it for you."

Nangong Yue squinted at the Deng disciple who took advantage of every opportunity, and shoved the jade stone directly to him.

Although only a small jade stone was obtained, Nangong Yue became more interested and threw a sentence: "Let's pick another stone."

"Yes, ma'am." Xiao Yi hurriedly followed like a servant.

There were people coming and going in the jade market, and many booths were crowded with people, so the two randomly picked a booth with fewer people.

Nangong Yue first glanced at the table where the jade was placed. Seeing that there was no good jade, he turned his eyes to the stone pile on the side, picked a maroon stone at random, and then learned Xiao Yi to instruct the old stall owner in Nanliang language. open stone.

Just as she finished speaking, she heard a clear and lively female voice from the right saying, "Hold on, this lady."

Is it Taiyuhua? !

Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows in surprise, followed the sound, and saw a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old Nanliang girl standing a zhang away, looking at her. She was wearing a green half-sleeve dress and had black hair that was just a He simply combed a black and oily twist braid, and wore a few emerald flowers on his temples, which looked as fresh and pleasant as the first blooming flowers.

Behind the girl were dozens of Nanliang people watching the fun, men and women, young and old, of three religions and nine styles, all of which were lively and noisy.

The girl glanced at Xiao Yi in amazement, then immediately withdrew her gaze and continued to say to Nangong Yue: "This lady, why don't I choose a better stone for the lady? I promise that it will be a good one. Jade comes."

The girl spoke in Taiyu dialect, and the common people in Nanliang who followed her could not understand it, but the jade merchants in this jade market were traveling from south to north, not to mention that most of their jade in Nanliang was actually It is sold to Dayu through various channels, and many people know some superficial Dayu dialect, so they translate the conversation between the two to the surrounding people.

When the onlookers heard it, they all exploded the pot, and said with a lot of tongues:

"Blessed is this lady!"

"Yeah, the way this Lisara girl picks stones is a good one."

"The pieces of jade with the best water color and texture in today's jade market were picked out by Miss Lishaluo, maybe today's Jade King will choose from them."

"..."

Everyone was so excited, even more excited than the Lisara girl herself.

Nangong Yue smiled indifferently and directly refused: "This girl, there is no need." Following that, she again instructed the old stall owner to find someone to open the stone in a blunt Nan Liang language.

Li Shaluo was stunned, a little surprised, but immediately regained his strength and said, "This lady, listen to me. To be honest, the stone that the lady chose is indeed jade, but the quality is not good. Jia." Fearing that Nangong Yue and Xiao Yi would not believe it, she explained, "Madam, this piece of wool is made of red skin. Although it looks delicate and round on the outside and very beautiful, it is only flashy. Jadeite is usually of average quality."

While she was talking, many people in the back who knew what to do were nodding frequently, and some people even praised that this girl was young, but she was a connoisseur of stone and jade.

Li Shaluo straightened her chest, her eyes showed confidence, and she persuaded with a smile: "Ma'am, I only thought because I saw the shape of your stone is interesting, like a red fruit, and I wanted to buy it back to please my sister, so I thought about it. Exchange a stone with Madam."

She glanced at the pile of stones in the booth, made another gesture, and immediately a servant offered a white stone the size of a fist, "Ma'am, I just picked this piece from a booth in front of me. Even if the stone can't produce a dragon stone seed, it should be able to produce an ice seed. As compensation for letting my wife cut her love, I will give that stone to my wife."

Li Shaluo speaks well and has good words, and most of the people around are also vying to persuade Nangong Yue and Xiao Yilai with Nan slang or Taiyu words. After all, this is a good thing to lose money in the sky!

Listening to those irrelevant people chatting there, Xiao Yi was upset and his tone was slightly cold: "Don't give me a stone!"

His eyebrows are picturesque, and when he laughs, he is like a son of a wealthy family. When he frowns and speaks coldly, his temperament suddenly changes, and he is so energetic that people dare not look down on him. Chatty.

The old stall owner gave Li Shaluo a quick glance, and immediately ordered Master Kai Shi to open the stone.

The people around were sighing and felt that the young master and young lady from Taiyulai really didn't know how to praise them. Some people even stepped forward to ask the girl Lisara if she could give them the stone in her hand...

The stone master took three or two knives to open the stone, and sure enough, only a small broken jade the size of a longan was opened.

There was boos all around.

However, to the surprise of these spectators, Nangongyue's face did not show the slightest disappointment and regret, but instead played with the little jade with great interest, and said to Xiao Yi: "Ayi, you said to use it as a hanging object. Is it better to drop it, or to make a pair of earrings?"

Xiao Yi responded unprincipally: "Take your time and think about it. When you're ready, draw a picture and I'll do it for you."

Nangong Yue replied with a smile, and gave Xiao Yi the jade.

Li Shaluo stared at the two of them for a moment, her eyes flashed, and she sighed casually: "My wife doesn't want to give up my love, but I still gave this stone to my wife, so I think it's fate and a souvenir!"

She said in a sassy manner that her attitude was quite "benevolent and righteous", and attracted many admiring eyes from all around.

After she finished speaking, she left the piece of white wool and was about to leave, but was stopped by Nangong Yue: "Young lady, please stop."

Li Shaluo's eyes lit up slightly and looked at Nangong Yue.

The corner of Nangong Yue's mouth twitched, and she looked at Li Shaluo with a smile, but there was a hint of sharpness in her tone: "If the girl has any intentions, I hope to speak bluntly."

Li Shaluo's pupils shrank, although she tried to calm down, her face could not hide the slight surprise.

Nangong Yue continued: "As soon as the girl came, she knew we were from Dayu, and she deliberately used Dayu words. If it was a chance encounter, I'm afraid it would be too coincidental."

Although the appearance of Dayu people is slightly different from that of Nanliang people, there are many people from small countries and small clans in Dayu Quartet who look the same as Dayu people, and this girl just decided that they are Dayu people!

Risara's face changed again, her thoughts flew, and she made a decisive decision.

She respectfully blessed her body with Taiyu's etiquette, and readily admitted: "The daughter of Nanlianggu's family, Lishaluo, has seen the son and madam."

Guna's? !

Nangong Yue knew almost nothing about the matter with Nan Liang, and of course he didn't know the origin of this ancient family, but the people around him knew.

The ancient family was the largest royal merchant in Nanliang. Before the fall of Nanliang, except for the royal family of Nanliang, the most prosperous family in the whole Nanliang was the ancient family.

The children of the ancient family, both men and women, have the opportunity to inherit the family business. Lisara was smart since she was a child, and her father planned to recruit a son-in-law for her to stay at home.

But no one ever thought that Nanliang would be subjugated.

Although their ancient family was not implicated because of the fall of Nanliang, it has lost its former glory. If this continues, I am afraid that it will gradually decline within ten years.

How can Li Shalu be reconciled, she is now one of the three candidates for the head of the family. If she wants to stand out from the two brothers, she must make a difference at this time.

Not long ago, when Xiao Yi was on the road to inquire about the location of the Jade City, Li Shaluo got the news and hurried over. First, he created momentum for himself, and then specially arranged this chance encounter. The purpose was to show his face in front of the prince. .

For example, just now, if Concubine Shizi was willing to accept her kindness and accept the piece of wool, and when the jadeite treasures were unearthed from the stone, Shizi Ye and Concubine Shizi would naturally leave a deep impression on them.

Once she can catch up with Shi Ziye, she will have the opportunity to regain the glory of the ancient family.

Then the identity of the next generation head of the ancient family must be hers.

But I didn't expect that Concubine Shi would react like this, making her original plan of this week's secret hero useless!

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