Chapter 167 Kneeling and begging Shi Yi to make friends
"Master Shi, I'm a minister of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Si, and my uncle Liu Gui. Could you please invite Master Shi to pay homage to me and come to my humble residence for a little chat?"
Shi Yi looked at Liu Si in front of him and was about to leave, but heard him mention Liu Gui.
This should be Liu Gui, the old man from the Liu family who was formerly a neutral faction, and he also has a nephew who works in the Ministry of Etiquette.
Thinking that it had been a while since he had been in contact with these people, Shi Yi prepared to go and have a look.
So, I agreed.
Liu Si was overjoyed and quickly stepped forward to lead the way.
After arriving at the destination, Shi Yi got out of the carriage. This was a relatively prosperous area of the imperial city.
The location is quite good.
He looked up at the door. There were two gilded characters written on it: Liu Mansion.
Even the two big stone lions at the door are gold-plated.
There is also the door, which is made of fine wood, all showing the luxury and extravagance of Liu's house.
Perhaps because they were prepared, a group of maids stood on both sides.
These maids are all well-dressed and coolly dressed. They are all young and beautiful women.
I don’t know if they were snatched away by Liu Si? Or what, but some of them seemed to be unwilling.
After seeing Shi Yi and Liu Si, they shouted in unison:
"Welcome to Mr. Shi."
Shi Yi realized in his heart that the Liu family was really rich.
I really don’t know how much money they have plundered. They are really scum.
However, he didn't know yet that this Liu Mansion was only Liu Si's mansion.
The mansion where Liu Gui is located is much more solemn and grand in appearance.
When Liu Si saw Shi Yi looking at the maids in cool clothes, he suddenly felt happy, smiled, and made a gesture of invitation.
He didn't seem to notice anything strange about Shi Yi.
Shi Yi also wanted to go in and see if it was more luxurious inside. If he found enough evidence, he would have the Liu Mansion confiscated.
Wouldn't it be nice to exchange gold and silver to subsidize the people?
Liu's mansion is very large. Under the leadership of Liu Si, he came to a hall.
During the banquet, a large table was filled with all kinds of delicacies.
There were several very beautiful women surrounding Shi Yi.
"Master Shi, try these foods, are they still palatable?"
Liu Si said with a smile, and at the same time, he motioned to the two beautiful women standing next to Shi Yi to persuade them to drink.
Shi Yipi looked at the delicacies in front of him with a smile, then glanced at the two women, and finally his eyes fell on Liu Si.
He said calmly:
"Master Liu, you are both a delicacy and a beauty. I don't know what is going on? Why don't you open the skylight and speak frankly?"
In fact, Shi Yi knew in his heart that there must be something wrong with Liu Si, so he came to curry favor with him like this.
He had never dealt with these people before.
If he hadn't heard that Liu Si was a member of the Liu family, Shi Yi would have come.
Before leaving, he wanted to help Xiahou Siyu stabilize everything and get all the departments running so that she would no longer have to worry so much.
It makes me feel distressed to see it. I wake up so early every day and go to bed so late every day without getting a good rest.
Shi Yi had already said that, so Liu Si couldn't continue to hide it.
He didn't say it right away, but clapped his hands.
After a while, a servant came out carrying two large boxes of things and placed them aside.
At Liu Si's signal, the servant opened it.
Suddenly, one of the boxes was filled with pearlescent colors, and the other box emitted a dazzling golden light.
That's right, a box of jewelry and a box of gold.
Liu Si was really generous. He kept looking at Shi Yi with a smile.
"Master Shi, I don't have any other intention in lowering my rank. I just want to make friends with Master Shi. I don't know if Master Shi is willing to do so."
That's what he said, but there was another meaning behind his words.
This means that Shi Yi is short-handed. As long as Shi Yi accepts it, he will definitely put forward conditions later.
How could Shi Yi not know about this little scheme?
However, Shi Yi had his own ideas. Since there was something hidden in Liu Si's words, he might as well pretend not to know what they meant.
He didn't speak or express his position, wanting to see what Liu Si would do next.
There is indeed a lot of jewelry and gold. Even if it serves as the national treasury or buys materials and gives them to the people for free, you can get more or less.
Liu Si saw that Shi Yi was unmoved and showed no sign at all. The smile on his face was slightly stiff and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Fortunately, it didn't take long to recover a little.
As if he had made up his mind, he continued to clap his hands, and four more servants brought out two boxes of gold.
"Master Shi, I am sincerely making friends with you."
Shi Yi picked up the cup on the table and played with it.
Then he looked at Liu Si, his tone was still very calm.
"Master Liu, if I remember correctly, your Liu family has a history of thousands of years in Qingfeng Country, and it is a super big family. How come you only have such a little background?"
How could Liu Si not hear what Shi Yi said?
That means he dislikes Liu Si for getting less, which is not enough.
Although Liu Si is a member of the Liu family, he is not a direct descendant. He comes from a common lineage.
Therefore, their accumulation is not as rich as that of their direct descendants.
However, they have been working very hard to show that their lineage is not inferior to their direct lineage.
And as long as he is rich and powerful, he will show off, otherwise, his mansion would not be equipped with gold-plated stone lions, high-quality wood, and the decoration would not be so luxurious.
Liu Si's face became a little unsightly, but things had developed to this point and he had to make a choice.
Either give up on Shi Yi's line that seems to have a chance of being achieved.
Either take it down ruthlessly, it just requires a lot of blood.
However, if you really hook up, the benefits in the future will definitely be more, not less.
After all, Shi Yi's position is there now, and he has won the Queen's trust.
Finally, Liu Siyi was cruel and ordered to go down again and brought three more boxes of gold and jade.
Even when he saw so many things, he couldn't help but feel sad.
His face was so full of flesh that he couldn't help but beat a few times.
"Master Shi, this is Xiaguan's family background. Our ability is really limited and we can only give so much. I wonder if Master Shi is willing to make Xiaguan a friend?"
Obviously it hurts and I am very dissatisfied with the other person, but I have to put a smile on my face and beg the other person to make friends.
That feeling is really fucked up and very unpleasant.
Shi Yi poured a glass of wine on the table into his mouth and then said calmly:
"Okay! Seeing that Mr. Liu is so willing to give it, I will reluctantly accept it on your behalf."
As soon as Liu Si heard Shi Yi accept it, his fat and greasy face finally showed a smile.
He picked up the wine glass on the table and said to Shi Yi:
"Thank you, Mr. Shi, for not disapproving of me. I would like to show my respect to you by serving first."
After he finished drinking, he said:
"Since we are friends, I have a request. I wonder if Master Shi is willing to help my friend?"
Shi Yi sneered in his heart, thinking that he could not bear the fox tail so quickly?
He also wanted to know what it was about Liu Si that made him willing to pay such a high price.
It's definitely not a trivial matter. Maybe the Supervisory Yuan he promoted played a role, or maybe it was found that Liu Si was guilty of something.
Then he became extremely anxious and asked Shi Yi.
Shi Yi is the promoter of the Supervisory Yuan and the most mysterious top official, but he has not been exposed.