When Li Qi sent Fu Pingwen outside the restaurant, he waved goodbye to him with a reluctant look. Watching him stumble and disappear into the crowd, Li Qi returned to the restaurant and asked Zhang Chuang and Xiao Man to leave.
After crossing the street and entering a small alley, Fu Pingwen, who had been stumbling, immediately returned to normal.
He took out the banknote in his arms and looked at it carefully, and thought to himself: "This Li Dongjia is really generous. If I had known he was such a person, I would not have agreed to Luo Zhiyuan to frame him...
…But fortunately, Dong Li’s family doesn’t hold grudges, so this friend can deal with it.”
He couldn't help but think about Li Qi asking him about the prefect's daily preferences just now, and another thought came to his mind: "It seems that the Li Dong family is most likely to go to the prefect for work, otherwise they wouldn't have inquired in such detail..."
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After Li Qi came to a jade shop, he asked the shopkeeper to take out his treasure, a jade horse, and bought it directly for five thousand taels.
During this period, Li Qi also made a lot of money. In addition to the money from Cuihonglou, Cai Lu Jinshuang also made a lot of money.
Now we are not as poor as before.
As the saying goes, if you are reluctant to let go of your children, you will never catch the wolf.
When I am in Jincheng, I will have to deal with the prefect sooner or later. Now I take this opportunity to show off and build some friendship.
Although Li Qi was just a food deliveryman in his time, he managed his interpersonal relationships very well.
From the CEO of a certain company to the owner of a food stall, he can get along well with almost everyone.
I originally planned to integrate these interpersonal relationships in the future and start a business.
As a result, before I could use these resources, I traveled through time without using those resources at all.
In this case, we can only start from scratch.
In the evening, after changing his clothes, Li Qi took Lu Jinshuang to the prefect's mansion.
After handing the invitation to the concierge and looking at it, he and Lu Jinshuang walked in without any hindrance.
The Prefect's Mansion is very large and is divided into three areas: the front yard, the middle yard, and the back yard.
According to Lu Jinshuang, the uncle of the state lives in the backyard now, and the prefect's family lives in the middle courtyard.
The front yard is used to receive guests and conduct official business.
The prefect Wang Zixi hosted a banquet for Li Qi, ostensibly to reward him for killing the imperial prisoner, but in fact he was just reciprocating the favor.
Tu Boshu had greeted him before and sent him some gifts, just to ask him to take more care of Li Qi.
As the saying goes, you have short hands when you take someone else, and you have a short mouth when you eat someone.
I originally wanted to find a chance to meet Li Qi, but who knew that Uncle Guo was here.
It just so happened that Li Qi could meet this man as an excuse to kill the imperial criminals.
At the banquet, Wang Zixi and Li Qi drank and chatted very harmoniously.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Qi smiled and said: "I have always heard that Mr. Wang is proficient in jade and can tell the quality of a piece of jade at a glance. By chance, I won a jade horse in a bet with someone, so I took this opportunity
I would like to trouble Mr. Wang to help me identify it, is it possible?"
"Oh? I didn't expect that the Li Dong family is also interested in jade?"
"I'm just a vulgar person, I don't have much interest."
Li Qi said and waved to Lu Jinshuang who was standing aside.
Lu Jinshuang pretended to be Li Qi's maid, so she dressed very simply, and she could disguise herself, so she didn't attract anyone's attention at all.
After placing the brocade box on the table, Li Qi stood up and gently opened the box and took out the jade horse from inside.
When he saw this jade horse, Wang Zixi's eyes flashed with surprise.
"Master Wang, please give me a hand." Li Qi handed it over with a smile.
Wang Zixi took the jade horse over, touched it with her hand, and then looked at it over and over again for a moment: "What a jade! The workmanship is very exquisite, I think it must have been made by a master."
Seeing what he said, Li Qi couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Damn it, of course five thousand taels of stuff won't be bad!
He gave away five thousand taels before he even asked him to do anything. This was really inhumane.
But fortunately, I have plenty of money now, so it would not be a loss to use five thousand taels to build a dock.
"Master Wang is really an expert, I admire you." Li Qi cupped his hands and said, "When I made a bet with someone before, I thought he was fooling me with a worthless thing. Now with Master Wang's words,
I feel relieved."
Wang Zixi was a little confused: "I wonder who the Li Dong family bet with? What is the bet about?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "I'm not afraid of adults' jokes when I say it. I heard that the imperial court was arresting prisoners, and I drank too much. I told others that this prisoner would definitely die in my hands in the future. Some people didn't believe it at the time, so they told me
Make a bet that if I really kill the imperial prisoner, you will give me this jade horse."
As he spoke, he paused and said with some embarrassment: "I'm ashamed to say that, who knew that the prophecy came true, and I unexpectedly won the bet... After that, I thought, there is a very good chance that I can kill the imperial prisoner this time."
Eighty-nine thanks to Mr. Wang."
Wang Zixi asked in confusion: "Thanks to me?"
"That's right. I was wrongfully imprisoned. If Mr. Wang hadn't cleared my wrongdoing for me, let alone killing the imperial criminals, I might have gone to Fengdu City to report." Li Qi said with a smile.
"Hahaha..." Wang Zixi laughed loudly, which seemed to be very helpful, "What did Li Dongjia say? I hope Li Dongjia doesn't arrest the wrong person."
"How could it be possible? Mr. Wang enforces the law impartially and is upright. The arrests below are all very capable, but they were deceived by villains at the beginning." Li Qi said with a look of shame, "It's my fault for this, Mr. Wang.
It’s causing trouble.”
After saying that, Li Qi put the jade horse on the table into the brocade box and gently pushed it in front of Wang Zixi: "This jade horse can be regarded as my apology to Mr. Wang. I hope Mr. Wang will not dislike it."
"What's wrong with this? This is a jade horse carved from fine jade. It's priceless. How can I accept it?"
"No, no. I won this jade horse in a bet, so it's not priceless." Li Qi said with a smile, "Since ancient times, swords have been given to heroes, and pink powder has been given to beauties... Naturally, this good jade must be given to those who understand its value.
Man. I am a rough man and know nothing about jade. Wouldn't it be a waste of natural resources if you put it in my hands?"
After saying these words, Wang Zixi felt refreshed and happy, both physically and mentally.
He didn't expect that Li Qi was so sensible, and he couldn't help but feel a little better for him.
And Lu Jinshuang, who was standing aside and watching all this with cold eyes, had already despised Li Qi from beginning to end.
I didn't realize that this man was so eloquent.
What Master said is indeed true, there is no businessman without treachery, and there is no corruption among officials.