Looking at Li Chen, Cheng Ruobing raised his eyebrows.
He had no impression of the person in front of him at all, but Xidu Li Mansion had heard his father mention it.
"Your Majesty, can you lend me a moment to speak?"
When asked, Li Chen looked at the martial artists on the martial arts field and hesitated.
"But it doesn't matter, these are all my people!"
Cheng Ruobing glanced at Li Chen, turned around, and casually sat on the chair that had been prepared by the servants next to the martial arts arena. He wanted to see why Li Chen came all the way to Guangping to find him.
Li Chen saw this and hurriedly came over and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I wonder if Your Majesty knows about Yibo Tower?"
"Yi Bo Building? Is that the Yi Bo Building that has recently become famous in the world?"
Cheng Ruobing's expression changed.
It is said that as the prince of Guangping County, he has frequent contacts with the court on weekdays. He is not too concerned about the affairs of the world, but he still hears about the name of Yibo Tower.
"Exactly so!"
"Is your coming to see me related to Yibo Tower?"
After a pause, Cheng Ruobing picked up the tea cup and took a sip, frowning in confusion.
Guangping County is far away from Dongdu, and the two are not involved. What does Li Chen want to do with him?
"Prince Qi, do you know the name of the owner of Yi Bo Tower?"
Li Chen whispered again.
"Do you know... do you know... you... mother-in-law, please tell me what you have to say! If nothing goes wrong, I will continue to practice martial arts."
It's a pity that Li Chen didn't know that Cheng Ruobing's temper was almost exactly the same as that of his great-grandfather Cheng Yaojin. The most unsightly thing was this kind of rhetorical question.
You come to me to talk about something and you keep me guessing. Does that make sense?
"This... Your Majesty, please forgive me... The name of the owner of Yibo Tower is Xue Song. He is the grandson of Xue Rengui, the famous commander of the Tang Dynasty. He..."
In this way, Li Chen was so frightened that he dared to neglect and hurriedly went straight to the topic.
"What? Xue Song? Brother Xue! He is actually the master of Yibo Tower?"
However, it was a good thing that Li Chen didn't say anything. Only halfway through his words, Cheng Ruobing suddenly stood up in confusion.
Before, I only knew that Yibo Tower was a newly rising force in the world, but I never expected that the leader of Yibo Tower was actually Xue Song.
The Xue family and the Cheng family were family friends. In the early years, the Cheng family also helped when the Xue family was convicted. Unfortunately, the two families were too far apart. In recent years, they only exchanged letters, but the relationship still existed.
By the way, the last time I received a letter from Xue Song was half a year ago.
He said that he was going to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to make a living with Qin Fang. He also thought that he would go to the eastern capital to meet the two of them when he had time. Unexpectedly, Xue Song suddenly became the master of Yibo Tower!
"Your Majesty, the Li family of Xidu is well aware that the prince and Building Master Xue have a irreconcilable relationship, so I would like to ask if the prince can help make an introduction out of friendship with the older generation, so that the Li family of Xidu can talk to Mr. Xue."
With the experience he had last time, Li Chen would never dare to show off again.
"Interesting! It's really interesting. Brother Xue is really unkind. He didn't even call me for such a fun thing."
Looking again, Cheng Ruobing had already started rubbing his hands excitedly, as if he hadn't heard Li Chen's words at all.
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty?"
"I know, please tell me a good story about this Yibo Tower. Come and show me your seat!"
After coming back to his senses, Cheng Ruobing grinned and his attitude towards Li Chen was much better than before.
"Yes! Your Majesty..."
Li Chen couldn't help but feel happy.
It seemed that there was hope for his own affairs, so he immediately told the story about Yibolou in detail. Of course, the grievances between the Li family, Li Mo and Yibolou were not mentioned.
"So that's it! I've been a little bored in this palace recently. Brother Xue has recruited many top masters in the world, so he can go there and have a competition."
When Li Chen finished speaking, Cheng Ruobing's eyes became brighter and brighter.
"Then what the prince means is..."
"Let's set off tomorrow!"
Cheng Ruobing didn't hesitate at all and said firmly.
.........
The moon sets, the sun rises,
In the blink of an eye, another day comes,
In Ruyang County, Zhao Hai walked out of the yamen again and looked at the empty yamen entrance, full of doubts.
By the way, yesterday there were so many people complaining about their grievances and wanting to file a complaint. Why didn't I see even one of them today? It's really a bit abnormal.
"Hu County Cheng, do you know what's going on?"
Turning his head, Zhao Hai looked at the county magistrate Hu Luo.
"Your Majesty, this is how it is... I know that your Majesty is busy with official duties and cannot delay it again, so I went to persuade the people. Those people also understood your difficulties, and they will wait for the County Magistrate to arrive.
Let’s complain about our grievances later.”
Hearing this, Hu Luo remained calm and replied calmly.
In fact, he knew best what was going on.
"Waiting for the county magistrate to take office?"
Zhao Hai thought briefly and said nothing more.
Just last night, he received a flying pigeon message from the governor's office, telling him to rush back to Dongdu in the next couple of days to wait for the new governor to take office.
In this case, Ruyang cannot stay for long.
Anyway, my lord should be setting off in the near future, and he can reach Ruyang in three to five days. It won't be a big problem to make the people wait for three to five days.
Arrangements have been made for the thousand men and horses who have quietly entered the county. As soon as their lord arrives, someone will secretly respond to them.
"Forget it! Captain Zhang!"
After thinking about it, Zhao Hai turned around and said.
"grown ups!"
"Notify all ministries to set off at noon and return to the Eastern Capital!"
"yes!"
On the side, hearing Zhao Hai pass such an order, the county magistrate Hu Luo couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
This plague god is finally leaving.
As for the new county magistrate? He and Ke Yi from Tubo have plenty of ways to deal with it.
So what if Yi Bo Lou is strong?
As long as the main road into Ruyang County and the three waterways are guarded, let alone a mere Yibo building, it will take a lot of effort even for the imperial army to attack Ruyang.
not to mention,
The new county magistrate was previously just a book writer in Yibo Tower, not even at the core level.
In addition, Ke Yi has secretly sent a message to Tubo. The top experts from Tubo will come to Ruyang soon. By then, there is no need to be afraid of Yibo Tower.
That Li Mo, just kill him!
"Hu County Cheng, Ruyang will be left to you for the time being."
Turning around, Zhao Hai said again.
"Don't worry, sir!"
Hu Luo bowed and said loudly.
.........
At the same time, outside Dongdu City,
Li Mo and Zhou Yurou had already boarded the carriage heading to Ruyang.
The group going forward was quite large. In addition to Master Zeng and Dan Qiusheng riding in a carriage, there were also ten men with swords accompanying them.
"Ms. sir, how many days will it take to get to Ruyang?"
In the car, Zhou Yurou opened the curtains and looked at the fewer and fewer pedestrians on both sides of the official road. She couldn't help but ask worriedly.
Recently, she has been helping Li Mo make wine every day.
Seeing that the wine was not really finished yet, and the newly written manuscript Water Margin was not finished, my husband rushed to Ruyang in a hurry, and he didn't know if the owner of Yibo Tower would blame him.
"If it's fast, it takes three days, if it's slow, it takes five days!"
Li Mo nodded.
Ruyang County has a strange terrain, and the official road needs to go around the mountain pass.
If we take the water route, we will have to go further, at least half a month.