Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 128 Why doesn’t this person play by the rules?

When Zhao Guanxiang was about to arrive at Gao's mansion, he stopped.

He calmed down for a long time, then put the official sword back into the scabbard, turned around and turned into another alley.

And the direction that alley leads to... is the Jiaofangsi!
……

As the night grew darker, the lobby of Gao's mansion was brightly lit.

Gao Qilin sat in the hall, with a table full of delicacies from land and sea in front of him.

He had ordered the family to prepare this banquet long ago, waiting for Zhao Guanxiang to visit.

At the beginning, he was still thinking about Zhao Guanxiang begging for mercy in a while, so that he could say all the sarcastic words he had thought of in the past few days.

Just thinking about how Zhao Guanxiang was humiliated but dared not speak out, he felt refreshed all over, and all the depression in his heart for the past few days was gone.

But this wait lasted from the afternoon to the evening, and from the evening to now.

It was now dark outside and the delicacies on the table had been reheated over and over again, but he still hadn't waited for Zhao Guanxiang to come to his house.

Gao Linxiang's face turned black, and he felt furious. He slammed his fist on the table and said, "What's going on?! Sixi, Sixi!"

The man called "Si Xi" was none other than the middle-aged man who had accompanied him to the Observatory a few days ago, and who was also the steward of the Gao Mansion, Gao Sixi.

Gao Sixi was standing behind him. When he heard him getting angry, he quickly came forward and said, "Second Master..."

"What's going on? Didn't I ask you to send the invitation to the Observatory? Didn't you send it?"

"This...I really gave it to you as a gift."

Gao Linxiang asked angrily, "Then why didn't anyone come?"

Gao Sixi looked unhappy, and after a long while he whispered, "Could it be...could it be that the young tiger captain didn't recognize the hair scarf?"

"what?"

"Second Master, think about it, if someone sent you a hair ornament that your wife had worn, would you be able to recognize it?"

This reminder instantly awakens the dreamer.

Gao Linxiang opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Can he say that he is not close to his eldest brother?

I'm afraid there will be no closer brothers in this world.

But he had no idea what kind of jewelry his sister-in-law had worn. He would never see his sister-in-law unless it was a festival, right?
Not to mention his sister-in-law, even if it was his concubine who slept in the same bed with him every day, he would not be able to recognize something she had used.

He is not born in the year of the dog, how can he smell it?
At this time, Gao Sixi muttered softly: "And I don't necessarily think that the young tiger captain would care about the life or death of that woman. She is not his wife..."

Although he spoke in a low voice, Gao Linxiang heard it clearly.

Gao Linxiang glared at him. Didn’t he want to kidnap Zhao Guanxiang’s wife?
But the prerequisite for kidnapping someone’s wife is... that the person has a wife.

Zhao Guanxiang was a lonely man. Not only did he have a wife, he didn't even have a dog at home.

What? Introduce one to him now?
Am I a cheap person?
The only thing he could find out was that Zhao Guanxiang had a close relationship with two of his servants, and that the wife of the brigade commander Zhang Juzheng, Jiang Liuer, went home to visit her parents and happened to take the official road outside the east of the city, which happened to be the area where his power operated...

With the right time, place and people, Gao Linxiang sent people to kidnap Jiang Liuer. However, he did not expect that Jiang Liuer was also an expert in martial arts, and many people were killed. In the end, it was Ah Ping who was finally able to capture Jiang Liuer.

He thought he had a good hand in his hand and was qualified to sit down and have a good "talk" with the young tiger captain.

But now the problem is... What if the other party doesn’t recognize the "token" he sent?
Gao Sixi asked cautiously, "How about... releasing the person?"

Gao Linxiang almost kicked the idiot to death.

Released?

In order to capture Jiang Liu'er, four or five of his best fighters died at the hands of that woman. How could he let her go so easily?

Wouldn't he be made a fool then?

"Stupid!" Gao Linxiang cursed, "Send the invitation to Zhang Juzheng tomorrow. Can't he recognize his wife's things? If Zhao Guanxiang can't come, can't we invite him?"

Just then, the doorman rushed into the hall. "Second Master, there's a drunk knocking on the door outside, and he's very aggressive!"

Gao Sixi opened his mouth and cursed: "How dare you come to our Gao family and knock on the door? You drank too much horse urine and don't know how much you weigh. Do you want to trouble the second master with such a small matter? Go and chase him away!"

The concierge was about to respond honestly, but Gao Linxiang suddenly thought of something and reached out to stop him: "Wait."

He asked the doorman, "Who is that drunkard?"

"I don't know. He didn't say..."

"Drive them away."

"But he was wearing an official robe and looked like someone from the Astronomical Observatory."

"..."

Gao Linxiang stood up and kicked the doorman, knocking him to the ground. He pointed at his nose and cursed: "You idiot, next time you speak more clearly! Go and invite the person in!"

……

When Zhao Guanxiang was invited into the Gao Mansion.

As soon as I entered the hall, a smell of alcohol mixed with cosmetics hit me in the face.

Zhao Guanxiang had a beaming face and his clothes were in tatters. When he entered the room and saw Gao Linxiang, he chuckled without even greeting and sat down nonchalantly.

He sat opposite Gao Linxiang, picked up the wine pot on the table, opened the lid and smelled it, frowned and said: "I have drunk enough wine today, give me a pot of tea."

Gao Linxiang looked at him blankly. He had rehearsed in his mind countless times what he would say when he saw Zhao Guanxiang today, but now he had forgotten the words.

This... is different from what he expected!

Seeing that everyone in the hall was stunned and had no reaction, Zhao Guanxiang slammed the table hard and said unhappily, "Didn't you ask me to come? Is this how Mr. Gao treats guests?"

Gao Linxiang finally came to his senses and waved to the housekeeper: "Go make a pot of hot tea."

While waiting for the hot tea to be served, Zhao Guanxiang poured the tea by himself.

Gao Linxiang sorted out his thoughts and asked, "Master Chuhu, where did this come from?"

Zhao Guanxiang took a sip of hot tea, slammed the cup on the table, and said impatiently: "Why are you asking so many questions? Do you want to find someone to impeach me? Just tell me, what do you want from me?"

Seeing his vigilant look, Gao Linxiang began to have doubts in his heart.

It's very likely that he just came here after drinking some wine.

Gao Linxiang stopped pretending and got straight to the point: "I invited Master Cub Tiger here today for only one thing..."

"explain."

"In the case of the imperial field, I beg Master Chuhu to show mercy."

Zhao Guanxiang laughed, as if he had just heard a joke, and replied with only three words:

"Why?"

Gao Linxiang's face was solemn and he waved to the butler behind him.

Gao Sixi immediately understood, stepped forward quickly, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Guanxiang.

Zhao Guanxiang took the letter, unfolded it, and casually glanced at the contents.

Gao Linxiang said, "How much is Lord Chuhu's annual salary? Although the salary of the Xuntianjian is much more generous than that of other ministries and government offices, as far as I know, the annual salary of a lieutenant of the sixth rank is no more than three hundred taels of silver, not to mention that Lord Chuhu has been demoted and can only receive a seventh rank salary."

"Of course, this salary on the surface is naturally not counted, but Master Chuhu is incorruptible, so he should not have any shady revenue, right?"

He held up two fingers and said, "If you agree to what I say, I can make the decision and pay you 20,000 taels of silver in one lump sum, which is enough for you to earn for 70 or 80 years!"

"Master Cub Tiger, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)