Chang'an, Li clan, August 15th.

"Book of Rites": The emperor comes to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was an ugly girl named Wuyan in the Qi State. She often worshiped the moon devoutly when she was a child. When she grew up, she was selected by the ministers for her good moral character and entered the palace. However, due to her ugly appearance, she was not favored by the emperor for a long time.

When admiring the moon on August 15th of a certain year, the king saw her in the moonlight and felt that she was different, so he made her his queen. This is how the custom of worshiping the moon came about.

The girl worshiped the moon and wished that she would look like Chang'e and have a face like the bright moon.

A few years ago, the Tang army rebelled against the Sui Dynasty. On August 15th, General Pei Ji, the contemporary leader of the Pei family, and the eldest nephew of Pei Ju, successfully invented mooncakes based on the idea of ​​the full moon, solving the food problem.

Afterwards, Song received the news and after verification, bought the formula at a high price and began to vigorously promote it around the world.

Appreciating the moon and eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is a popular story. The Song family will also take a three-day holiday during this festival and distribute moon cakes for free to reunite families.

Of course, if you have to work that day, your salary will be tripled.

When people from other families heard the news, they went to the market to buy moon cakes and shed tears while admiring the moon.

I cried with envy!

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"Dang~"

The auspicious time has arrived.

In the evening, guests began to enter the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden. Under the city wall, golden-armored warriors guarded these gentry and representatives of everyone. Girls wearing Hanfu and holding lanterns could be seen everywhere, as well as some attendants carrying fine wine and food.

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Amidst the dots of lights, the flickering light and shadow, everyone could feel that Ms. Li had paid careful attention to every aspect of this wedding.

As the gong sounded on the hour of Xu, clusters of fireworks rose from the water of Furong Lake and bloomed brilliantly in the night sky.

"Prince Tang, congratulations."

"Mr. Chai, I wish you a happy marriage and a happy marriage for a hundred years!"

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Amidst the sincere New Year blessings and the Mid-Autumn Festival, various performances in the garden with lights are slowly beginning. Scholars in white clothes and scarves slowly sailed towards the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in a small boat, and met a little girl across the boat.

Hope, dialogue between past and present;

The undulating fireworks intertwined with the lanterns on Furong Lake, and the ladies holding lanterns danced gracefully; the traditional Qin opera sang boldly, and various acrobatics were exciting;

Against the background of fireworks, time reflects the most beautiful light and shadow of thousands of lights...

All the guests coming and going enjoyed it.

Although a lot of gifts were given to this wedding, it was really a worthwhile trip. Just the decorations, performances, and various delicacies would probably make Ms. Li bleed.

Inner hall.

Li Yuan was sitting in the first place, but his expression was not very good.

The wedding is about to officially begin, but who are the people who have come so far? Except for some gentry from Chang'an and the generals and guards under the Li family, almost no other major families, top nobles, and martial arts sects have come.

Even if they come, they are all minor characters, some whose names I have never heard of.

After inquiring about the news, he found out that all of them had rushed to Luoyang to participate in Song's auction.

It is said that in addition to rare treasures such as the Heshi Bi and the Evil Emperor's relics, the Song family is even willing to share some domestic and overseas trading routes so that everyone can make money together.

The Song family's business philosophy has always been: competition. Only competition can make a family or a force more active and prevent it from being complacent and falling into internal strife.

"Butler, the supervisor of the Song Family's residence in Chang'an today: Song Jie didn't come to the wedding either? Didn't you go and notify me?" Li Yuan asked in a deep voice.

"Sir, I have informed you, but Song Jie said that although he is on holiday today, he cannot leave the station because of his responsibilities, so he sent a servant over casually and gave him a gift of ten taels of silver in his own name."

Twelve? Or in personal name? Li Yuan was instantly disgusted.

"There was no other expression from the Song family? Then did Song Yuzhi confirm the receipt?

Got the invitation, have you received any reply, are the gifts still on the way?"

"We can't contact the great master at all, sir." The housekeeper was a little frightened.

"Okay, let's go down." Li Yuan waved his hand helplessly.

No one came, no one came!

He suddenly felt that Li's wedding was a lively event, but it seemed to be of no use. Even several of his important allies didn't come.

For example: Holy Sect Holy King, Shi Zhixuan.

Grandmaster, Grandmaster, how great it would be if the Li family also had a Grandmaster!

Only at this moment did he understand a sentence: everyone below the Grand Master is an ant.

No matter how nice you usually say it, at the critical moment, those top experts will not give you any face at all if they see that you are not a grand master.

Even Kou Zhong, who had just conquered Liangdu and had become famous, and his good brother Xu Ziling didn't come today. Could it be that he didn't miss the friendship he had with Li Xiuning at all?

What worries Li Yuan even more is that if he did not come to Chang'an, he would go to Luoyang to participate in the auction. If Koo Zhong auctions the Heshi Bi again, will it be possible to directly become a great master?

Although this chance is very small, very small, but what if it happens?

Now it can be said that the Li family has completely offended Kou Zhong. Originally, the guy was offended. After all, the martial arts experts of the Song family have analyzed that it would be basically impossible for the two Kou Zhong brothers to break through to the Grand Master without some adventure.

thing.

In this way, of course Mr. Li chose money.

After all, although there are not many top masters, the Li family, there are still a few, so there is no need for an outsider to come in and take control of the military.

Now here comes the problem. It was the Song family who said they couldn't break through, and then it was also the Song family who boasted about He's Bi in the bulletin. Didn't this completely deceive him?

Sure enough, what Shimin said is right. The words of those experts may not be credible, and they are very harmful!

What gave him some comfort was that most of the people participating in the auction were wealthy families who had been rooted in the Central Plains for thousands of years, as well as those wealthy Buddhists. To be honest, he didn't think Kou Zhong could compare with those monks when it came to money.

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What he was afraid of was that Kou Zhong would mortgage the beams he had just knocked down in his anger.

The reason why young people are frivolous is because they are very energetic and can do anything in anger.

It is said that the Heshi Bi and the Evil Emperor's relics can help break through to the Grand Master, but how many people have broken through to the Grand Master with the help of these two rare treasures throughout the ages? So far, he seems to have heard of only Shi Zhixuan.

In this way, those rational wealthy families will definitely not pay a high price for He's Bi, exhaust their wealth, or at least break their bones. The key point is that Kou Zhong actually doesn't want He's Bi. He only needs to use He's Bi.

Just use the baptism of Shibi's special power.

If he is smarter, he can even cooperate with Buddhism. If you calculate it this way, then Kou Zhong's chance of being baptized by He Shibi is not small.

So sloppy!

"Dad, the wedding is about to start, why are you still here?" Li Xiuning, dressed in a bright red wedding dress and elegant, came in and asked respectfully.

Although there is a folk saying that a bride should not wander around, Chai Shao obeyed her and she was too lazy to stay in the room and simply came out to deal with some important matters.

A wedding is only once in a lifetime, so there must be no mistakes.

Li Yuan looked at this girl. She was so beautiful and beautiful that she was indeed his daughter, but she seemed to have been sold at a loss.

"Xiu Ning, I have to tell you something, so you have to be mentally prepared..."

After listening to his father's analysis, Li Xiuning fell silent.

for a long time.

The bride raised her head and looked at each other with her biological father, both of whom looked incomprehensible.

Why was it such a coincidence that He Shibi was born? Why didn't the Song family resolutely continue to invest in Kou Zhong?

Why did Kou Zhong capture Liangdu with only 10,000 troops? You must know that Li Shi informed Yuwen Chengdu in advance. Is his so-called Tianbao General a waste?

Why didn't Kou Zhong stick to his choice and dedicate Liangdu to the Li family in order to win the favor of his beloved sister Xiuning?

Do you hope she can change her mind?

Their families had already discussed it and announced that they would not accept Liangdu and let the people of Liangdu govern the city themselves.

How to govern ourselves? Of course, it must be governed by the gentry who have secretly submitted to the Li family.

Love? Li Xiuning, who grew up in a family, knows deeply that without power, no matter how much love you have, it will be gradually worn away by the troubles in life.

So she agreed with her father's choice and once again abandoned Kou Zhong and chose Chai Shao.

But why didn't Kou Zhong forgive her this time? Why didn't he continue to fight for it? Could it be that his love couldn't stand the test?

"Hey, now that things have come to this, let's take it one step at a time." Li Yuan sighed.

Money is worthless in front of the extremely powerful.

"Dad, it all depends on manpower! Chai Shao isn't bad either." Li Xiuning said firmly.

The girl's face is delicate and her eyes are dark and bright, emitting a different light under the light.

The path you have chosen, even if you are kneeling and crying, you have to go on it.

Moreover, there is only one great master out there, so why is Kou Zhong so lucky that he was able to break through just now?
To be continued...