Great Tang Southern Emperor

Concubine Yan asked: "Your Majesty, you said before that the attitude of the Yan family is neither against nor support?"

"That's right." Obviously, Li Shimin is still very satisfied with the attitude of the Yan family: "Although the Yan family is neutral, I can see that they want to support "Please move to the clan", but they may I have any concerns, but I didn't express my position publicly."

"That's it." Concubine Yan became more and more sure of her guess: "If the concubine's guess is not wrong, the Yan family is not trying to make a statement, but it is such a big matter. They themselves can't make up their minds and want to go back and ask someone for advice some people."

"Some people?" Li Shimin was stunned, and then he was shocked: "You mean... the old man is still alive? Didn't you mean that he has already traveled to the west of Hexi? If he is still alive-he may be more than 100 years old Right? If I want to live, then it is the ancestor of Datang, but how is this possible?"

"I didn't believe this concubine at first, but this is what my brother said." Concubine Yan smiled lightly: "Just a few days ago, my brother came to the palace to see my concubine, saying that he and Yan Jing, a grandson of the Yan family, (word Qin Li) , Yan Zhitui’s grandson, Yan Shigu’s direct younger brother), Yan Jing told him some time ago that an elder in the family celebrated his birthday, and he wanted some special gifts to celebrate his birthday. He knew that his elder brother was Zhen’er’s uncle , so I want to ask my brother to be a middleman, and I want to buy some Nanyang rare treasures from Zhen'er."

"That's interesting." Li Shimin also understood what Concubine Yan meant, and said with a smile: "Among the heads of the Yan family, the birthdays of Yan Silu, Yan Minchu and Yan Youqin don't fall during this time All three are the sons of Yan Zhitui), and the rest of the side branches are not qualified to make Yan Jing expend so much energy, so the ones who celebrate their birthdays are either Yan Jing’s uncle’s family, but Yan Jing’s uncle’s family is far away in Yangzhou. After the birthday, they had already set off, and even if they were members of his uncle's family, they might not be qualified to let Yan Jing buy such expensive things, so after much deliberation, there is only one explanation..."

"I think so too."

"It does make sense." Li Shimin nodded first, but then shook his head and said, "However, deduction from such a few clues alone is not enough to prove anything. I need more conclusive evidence."

"It's easy to handle, I just ask my brother to inquire more about it." Concubine Yan said.

"Then it's hard work, my concubine."

"What are you talking about, Your Majesty, it is my honor to share your worries for His Majesty."

Now all Chang'an, or Datang people know that there is a good place outside Chang'an city, almost every day is full of guests, the house is full of guests, making money every day, and business is booming - this good place is the Royal Arena.

This is one of the places that all warriors in the entire Tang Dynasty want to go to most. As long as you become famous here, you will be famous all over the world immediately, and no matter what you do, you will go smoothly.

This is also the place that all poor warriors yearn for the most, because this is the fastest way for all commoner warriors to enter. As long as you are famous here, you will be easily recruited by those nobles, and you can even be one at worst! Ace Bodyguard.If you are lucky, if you are spotted by the military, you might get a school lieutenant—it is said that many warriors from ten years ago have been mixed up now, and the best one has become the sixteenth guard The general has reached the pinnacle of his life properly.Even if you don't want to be an official or a bodyguard for others, if you go back and open a martial arts or bodyguard agency, the business will definitely be very prosperous.

But here is not without disadvantages, the Royal Arena is certainly a shortcut to enter, but at the same time it is also a place of life and death, the success here is obtained by stepping on other people's corpses.Every inch of the land here is full of bloody smell, at least five corpses are carried out of the arena every day, and even thirty corpses are carried out in one day at most, which shocked the whole Chang'an city, even Li Shimin They all heard about it and had to order Yan Jingsi to revise the competition rules, which reduced the number of deaths per day, but there were still more than three deaths per day on average, but it was much better than before.

Chapter 710 Yan Jing and Yan Jingsi

Chapter 73 Yan Jing and Yan Jingsi

Despite the cruelty here, countless warriors still enter the Royal Arena every year—not only because nobles or the military often come here to select talents, but more importantly, it is fair enough.

That's right, this is the reason why all the warriors choose this place - in these years, it is not that there are no other forces who are jealous of the income of the arena and want to follow suit, but in the end they can't drive it, even if they can drive it, they can't drive it. It is hard to support.

The reason is simple, they cannot be absolutely fair.

But Yan Jingsi's arena is different. He is a nobleman of the Tang Dynasty, and he has the emperor as his backer (Li Shimin also has a stake in the arena). The prince of the throne... All kinds of backgrounds allow Yan Jingsi to withstand the pressure from all directions. At the same time, as the largest arena in the Tang Dynasty, Yan Jingsi's annual income is definitely the top in the Tang Dynasty, even some big businessmen. Can't compare.This also caused Yan Jingsi to look down on such a little profit from behind-the-scenes operations at all, so naturally he would not engage in any behind-the-scenes operations.

Therefore, this place has become a recognized fair place in all arenas in the world, and it is precisely because of this good reputation that more warriors come here to fight.

And today, a battle between the warriors of the Tang Dynasty and the warriors of the Western Turks just took place in the arena—since the Tang Dynasty swept the world and prepared to hold a prisoner offering ceremony, all countries in the world have sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, and none of them Instead of a small team of one and two people, they sent a huge team of envoys with more than a thousand people. The purpose is very simple. How powerful it is.

So recently, in the royal arena, there are often challenges by foreign warriors (in fact, even if there is no such thing as a mission, there are often foreign warriors, but not as concentrated as recently), today there is a western Turkic warrior who challenges this year's competition. Keeper.But it is a pity that every defender who has won more than ten games in a row is not a simple character, and the one who is currently provoking the Western Turks has won 35 games in a row, so the Western Turkic warrior lost miserably. Two arms were broken, probably useless.

This one was not the most exciting, but because of the presence of foreigners, this one won the most applause, especially Yan Jing, who almost broke his throat.

After watching this scene, Yan Jing felt thoroughly enjoyed, and was about to go back. As soon as he left the gate of the ring, he was stopped by the staff and invited to a restaurant.

The current arena is no longer what it was ten years ago. The area of ​​the arena alone has reached nearly [-] mu. It is divided into several districts, and each district has different functions.

Thanks to the efforts of Li Zhen and Yan Jingsi, the Royal Arena is no longer just a place for fighting. Of course, fighting is still the most popular event here, but besides fighting in the ring, there are also casinos, brothels, taverns, The hotel... Various entertainment methods - it is not so much an arena as it is an entertainment city with the theme of competition.

"Oh, I kept Brother Yan waiting for a long time. It's my brother's fault. Please forgive me." When Yan Jing saw Yan Jingsi, he immediately went up to apologize enthusiastically: "This time, my brother was late. Self-punishment three cups."

"No rush, no rush." ​​Because the income from the arena has increased, Yan Jingsi has been proud of his success in the past few years, and he has even brought his whole body to a lot of chubby.

Seeing Yan Jing, Yan Jingsi smiled and said: "Brother Wei is here today, because the matter that Brother Yan asked for Brother Wei a few days ago has been settled."

"Oh?" Yan Jing's eyes lit up: "Could it be that His Royal Highness the King of Yue is willing to sell to my younger brother Nanyang Qizhen?"

"It's natural. Is there anything that can't be done for my brother?" Yan Jingsi proudly took out a box: "Brother Yan, please take a look, what is this?"

"This is..." Yan Jing opened the box, and there were ten fist-sized black pearls in front of his eyes.

These ten pearls are very round and bright, what's more rare is that the size is the same, the error will not exceed two centimeters, Yan Jing looked at it, and immediately shouted: "What a treasure, what a treasure, it is such a treasure in His Majesty's treasury Not much, right?"

Yan Jingsi was very proud: "It's natural, this is what Zhen'er searched from the treasury of Linyi in Nanyang, there are only eleven pieces in total, and it's priceless. I can't see it."

"It's priceless..." Yan Jing seemed to have been poured cold water, covered the box with a wry smile, and handed it back to Yan Jingsi: "Brother Yan, my little brother naturally remembers your hard work, and I owe you a favor." , but you should take this treasure back.”

"Why is this?" Yan Jingsi asked curiously: "Could it be that this treasure cannot enter Brother Yan's eyes?"

"No, no, these pearls are definitely rare treasures, not to mention as a birthday gift, even as a tribute to His Majesty, it is enough, but..." Yan Jing looked at the pearls reluctantly, shook his head and said: "But it is too precious Now, even if my younger brother goes bankrupt, he can't buy even a single hair of this pearl."

"Oh, look at me, I forgot about this matter." Yan Jingsi deliberately pretended to pat his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Yan misunderstood, this is not a birthday gift for Brother Yan, your birthday gift is here. "

Then he took out a jadeite pendant from his bosom: "This is the top-quality glass-type imperial green jadeite pendant, it is from the same rough stone as the dragon and phoenix ornaments worn by His Majesty and the Empress. I finally got it from Zhen'er, it should be enough as a congratulatory gift, right?"

"Enough is enough." Yan Jing was overjoyed: "To be honest, I... the elder in my family is very fond of jadeite. Those of us who are juniors have scoured the jadeite pavilion all over the place yesterday. There are water ones, but the only thing is that there is no glass emperor green, and now there is this glass emperor green as a birthday gift, it is definitely enough - thank you brother Yan, thank you brother Yan."

"They're all my brothers, you're welcome." Yan Jingsi said with a smile: "If you really want to thank Brother Wei, then drink two more glasses with Brother Brother today."

"Hahaha...it's natural, we won't get drunk today."

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, both Yan Jingsi and Yan Jing were drunk, Yan Jing looked at the pearl beside Yan Jingsi, and asked curiously: "Brother Yan, since you and I have prepared these The glass kind of imperial green emerald, why did you take these ten pearls?"

"Hehe, this..." Yan Jingsi opened the box, glanced at it, and said with a smile, "Because this is..."

Chapter 711

Chapter 74 Renrui

Yan Jingsi played with the pearl box in his hand, and looked at Yan Jing leisurely: "These pearls are naturally also gifts, but they are not gifts from Brother Yan, but as gifts from Zhen'er, for the birthday star of Brother Yan's family."

"Ah? You can't do it." Yan Jing waved his hands quickly when he heard the words: "This thing is too precious, His Royal Highness Yue's kindness is appreciated, but this pearl is too precious, my parents and seniors really don't have the good fortune to accept it."

"Hehe, that's not necessarily the case." Yan Jingsi smiled and said, "It's true that ordinary people can't afford these pearls, but as a centenarian, he can afford to wear even dragon robes."

"What?" Yan Jing's complexion changed, and then he pretended to ask: "Brother Yan, what is the meaning of this? Where in the world can there be a centenarian? This is Ren Rui, and it may not be possible to see one in decades, where is it?" Is it so easy to see?"

"Really?" Yan Jingsi smiled mysteriously: "Brother Yan, we have been brothers for such a long time, so don't hide it. Although the old man has never appeared in front of others, it seems that he has never seen you have a funeral— —Master Yan is actually still alive, right?"

"Extremely extreme." Yan Jing laughed and said: "This is natural, my father is nearly eighty this year, although he is old and frail, but he still has a bucket of wine and three catties of rice every day, and he is in great health. "

"Brother Yan, you know, Brother Wei is not talking about this, and the old man that Brother Wei is talking about is not referring to your father. Your father's birthday this year has already passed, right?" Seeing that Yan Jing still refused to admit it, Yan Jingsi said with a smile : "It's true that what you did was a secret, but how can you hide it from someone with a heart? Brother Yan is talking about Mr. Yan Zhitui. He should still be alive, right?"

"..." Yan Jing was silent for a moment, then sighed violently: "Brother Yan, this is not the question you want to ask, is it?"

Yan Jingsi didn't hide anything, and said frankly: "Yes, this is the emperor's intention. Of course, Zhen'er is also very curious-after all, an old man who has not been seen for nearly ten years is still alive and well. It's really incredible. These ten pearls are the meaning of Zhen'er. In fact, there are eleven pearls, which is exactly equivalent to the 110th birthday of Mr. Yan. However, Zhen'er thinks that the number of ten is already the number of the United States, and one more is added. It would be superfluous, so I decided to withhold one (Yan Jingsi didn't know, Li Zhen didn't want to give away eleven, the main reason is that being single is too unlucky...)"

"That's no wonder." Yan Jing sighed: "Actually, this is the meaning of the ancestors. He likes to be quiet and doesn't want to be disturbed by others, so we juniors followed his wishes and gradually downplayed his existence. All these years, everyone thought that his old man had passed away. In fact, his family ancestor is not only alive, but also in very good health. Apart from some senile diseases, he can still write a thousand words every day.

It's just that I never thought that my little brother asked you to buy a rare treasure from the South Seas, which attracted your attention. I don't know what punishment I will suffer when I go back today. "

"Punishment should not be enough." Seeing this, Yan Jingsi said with relief, "Actually, even if it wasn't you, Mr. Yan would not be able to hide someone who has a heart."