The governor of Shazhou Li Wuqing was about fifty years old. He was in poor health and looked thin and weak. Because Shazhou was a border prefecture, he also served as the Doulu Army envoy, but the specific military affairs were fully responsible for Zhang Ting.

Although he is the highest executive in Shazhou, Li Wuqing has a very easy-going temper and does not have many official airs. He asked Li Zhen to sit down, poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Tell me, we still have some relatives, you don't know!"

"My younger generations know that the Li family in Dunhuang and the Li family in Longxi were originally from the same lineage."

“Not that.”

Li Wuqing smiled and waved his hand, "I only found out two days ago that you are the grandson of Dr. Li of the State Academy. Didn't your grandfather tell you? He is actually from the Li family in Longxi and his clan is in the Li family in Dunhuang."

Li Zhen had no relatives in his previous life and was very indifferent to this family concept. He was discriminated against in this life. He had long been no longer interested in these so-called family ties.

However, his grandfather was not the Li family in Dunhuang. He had no idea that he only heard that household registration can be affiliated with, and clan membership can also be affiliated with?

"I really don't know!"

Li Wuqing smiled. It is estimated that their blood relationship is very far apart, so he obviously doesn't want to talk about this.

As the topic changed, Li Wuqing said again: "I didn't expect General Wang to value you so much. He wrote you a letter of recommendation. Of course, you are the only one who is the one who is the one who is the military sect of the Ministry of War next spring. I hope you can get good grades and bring glory to the elders of Shazhou's hometown."

"My younger generation must work hard!"

Li Zhen asked curiously again: "Is General Wang's recommendation letter important?"

Li Wuqing stroked his beard and laughed, "It seems you really don't understand! The martial arts exam is actually the same as the imperial examination. Scholars go to Beijing to take the exam and are generally recommended by local governments.

But think about it, there are more than 300 states and more than 1,500 counties in the country. There are tens of thousands of scholars who go to Beijing to take the exam every year, but less than 100 people are admitted. With such a huge difference, it is not easy to get into the exam. But even if the Ministry of Rites is admitted, there is a more important face-to-face exam for the Ministry of Personnel, which is related to where you go to become an official. At this time, the role of the recommendation letter of high-ranking officials will come out."

"I understand, the recommendation letter from senior officials is actually to the Ministry of Personnel."

"That's right! After all, you have to be a name for the imperial examination. The examiner doesn't know who you are. The letter of recommendation is the key to the final interview with the Ministry of Personnel."

Li Wuqing smiled and said, "The same is true for the martial arts. If you have a letter of recommendation from General Wang, then you will be the disciple of General Wang. If you pass the martial arts exam and get the military department assigned an official position, you will naturally be assigned to General Wang."

Only then did Li Zhen understand the true meaning of Wang Xiaojie writing a letter of recommendation to him. It turned out that he had opened his pockets there and just waited for him to fall in, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

But then I thought about it again, maybe I am a talent! Who doesn’t want talent? Otherwise, what would Wang Xiaojie give BMW to him?

The two chatted for a while, and Li Wukui sighed again: "I didn't expect you to meet Tufan soldiers. Dunhuang hasn't appeared for many years."

Li Wuqing looked a little solemn and whispered to himself, "This is not a good sign."

"What did the envoy say"

"Haha! It's nothing, just a little bit."

Although Li Wuqing tried to underestimate it, Li Ying still felt a little bad from the unconcealed worries in his eyes. Li Ying thought to himself, 'Does the appearance of Tufan soldiers mean?

"We won't talk about this."

Li Wuqing waved his hand with a smile, interrupting Li Wang's association. He smiled faintly and said, "Gao Fujun has left Dunhuang, do you know?"

Li Zhen had already thought about it on the way that Li Wukui must have been looking for Gao Yanfu for the sake of Gao Yanfu, and Li Wukui could not have known it.

Li Zhen shook his head silently, Li Wuqing stared at him for a moment, and then said, "When the Gao Mansion left, he told me, hoping that I could take care of you as much as possible. Do you have any difficulties?"

"Thank you, I have no difficulties."

Li Wuqing laughed. In fact, Gao Yanfu did not ask him to take care of Li Zhen, and he did not mention him in danger at all, let alone Li Zhen.

But Li Zhen actually saved Gao Yanfu's life. Li Wuqing had been in the officialdom for a long time. He knew that Gao Yanfu would not say something, and he should have enough sensitivity and awareness.

Li Wuqing thought about it and asked again: "Have you told others about this?"

"No, Gao Fujun repeatedly told me not to let me say it out. We were all tight-lipped."

"That's right! Only Zhang Junzhi and I know about this, even Jiang Changshi and Su Sima, remember, this matter is of great importance, you must not go out and publicize."

"My younger brother understand!"

"Of course, if you make contributions, you will naturally receive rewards. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me. Only I can do it. I will do my best!"

Li Zhen thanked repeatedly and said goodbye. Li Wuqing looked at his back with his hands behind his back and showed a knowing smile on his face. He would not take this young man too seriously because of Wang Xiaojie's reputation. After all, military and political affairs are different, but now it is Gao Yanfu, which is another matter.

.........

Li Zhen was not very interested in Gao Yanfu's affairs. After all, Gao Yanfu has left. Although Li Wukui expressed his willingness to help him, it was just a statement. He might have another attitude when he really encountered something.

However, his grandfather was not the Li family of Dunhuang, which surprised him. Since his grandfather was the Li family of Longxi, why was he entitled to the Li family of Dunhuang? Also, why didn’t his grandfather tell him before his death? Did the sister know?

Although Li Zhen was very indifferent to the family, he felt that there seemed to be something hidden here. Li Zhen urged his horse to rush to the house and wanted to ask his sister about this.

There were more than a hundred steps away from Sanxian Lane, but when Jiu Zhixiang ran towards him, he seemed anxious, Li Zhen stopped the war horse and asked loudly: "Old Fat, what happened?"

Jiu Zhi ran over and panted and said, "Old Li, something happened, Sisi... Sisi is going to Chang'an."

Li Zhen was startled, "What's going on?"

"I heard Cui'er say that Sisi signed a contract with the Dunhuang Tavern in Chang'an, went to the Tavern in Chang'an to dance Hu Xuanwu, and will leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Li Zhen only felt a headache. That dead girl just didn't listen to advice and wanted to go to Chang'an. She was less than fourteen years old. How could she go to Chang'an alone?

"Does Uncle Kang know?"

"Uncle Kang just learned that I told him that he was furious and ran to find the Suo family."

"Wait..." Li Zhen suddenly felt something was wrong, "What does this matter have to do with the Suo family?"

"Don't you know? The Dunhuang wine shop in Chang'an is the Suo family's property. This time, twenty kids were recruited, all of whom were about fifteen years old, and Sisi was one of them."

Jiuzhi asked nervously: "Do we want to go to Suo's house?"

Li Zhen thought about it and shook his head and said, "It's enough for Uncle Kang to go. The Suo family won't do anything randomly. We'll wait for news. If it really doesn't work, we'll find a way."

Li Zhen had already reacted that Sisi must have signed the contract without telling it.

But she was less than fourteen years old, and this kind of contract was meaningless. As long as Uncle Kang did not agree, the Suo family would not dare to force her away, otherwise it would become a trafficking person. The Suo family is a shameless family and dare not do such things in Dunhuang.

Li Zhen was a little regretful. Sisi had already said that day on the Wuju National Examination. She was thinking about telling Uncle Kang to take care of her. Unexpectedly, a series of things happened and she forgot about it, but something happened.

Alas! It would be great if I hadn't forgotten at that time, I hope it would be too late.

"Go to my house first! Wait for the result of Uncle Kang's negotiations with the Suo family." Li Zhen turned over and dismounted and led the horse and Jiuzhi to his house.

.........

In the guest room of Sou Mansion, Sou Mao and another man politely received the aggressive Conmaiden.

Kang Maid was so angry that his face turned red. Jiuzhi just told him that his daughter had signed a contract without authorization and wanted to dance at the Chang'an restaurant and set off the day after tomorrow.

He tortured his daughter, but it turned out to be like this. The daughter actually wanted to sneak away without him, which was simply outrageous!

Conmad slapped the table in anger and shouted: "I tell you, don't think about this, I will not let my daughter go to Chang'an to dance!"

After all, the Suo family is a noble family, and the family has been going on for hundreds of years. This century-old history is not maintained by powerful power. The Suo family attaches great importance to reputation in Dunhuang City, and Suo Mao does not want to cause trouble to the family and bring unnecessary reputation losses.

This incident was caused by the opening of a new restaurant in Dunhuang Tavern in Chang'an. There are hundreds of restaurants of all sizes in Chang'an, among which Hu Ji's restaurants are the most popular. Generally, famous restaurants recruit Hu Ji to sell wine in the store, and Dunhuang Tavern is no exception.

However, it is difficult to recruit Hu Ji in Chang'an, and the price is very high, so the So family decided to recruit a group of Hu Ji in Dunhuang to Chang'an. This time, 20 Hu Ji were recruited, Kang Sisi was one of them.

The man sitting next to Suo Mao was named Lan Zhenning. He was Suo Qing's son-in-law, from Jingzhao. He was also the owner of the Dunhuang Tavern.

Lan Zhenning hurriedly said, "Please don't be angry, Mr. Kang, there may be some misunderstandings here. If their parents do not agree, I will not take them away. Please wait!"

Lan Zhenning stood up and walked away quickly. After a moment, he took out a wooden box and took out a roll of contract from the wooden box, which was about twenty. These were all contracts signed by the twenty Hu Ji.

Lan Zhenning found the contract signed by Kang Sisi and handed it to Kang Maid, "Sir, please see, there is a handprint you agree to on it."

Conmad was stunned. When did he agree? Could it be that Sisi secretly pressed it while she was asleep?

He took the contract and looked carefully, then he snorted at his fingerprints, "This is fake, not my fingerprints, I don't know about this at all."

Lan Zhenning and Suo Mao looked at each other and said that the problem was a bit serious. If they took the girl away and her father ran to the county government to complain, saying that the Suo family abducted his daughter, it would cause a sensation in the city.

Suo Mao said: "If you don't agree, we will never force it. This contract can be cancelled, just don't go."

Lan Zhenning coughed gently, Kang Sisi and Hu Xuanwu danced very well, spoke fluent Chinese, and looked good.

Such a wine-husband can bring wealth to the wine shop. It is very valuable in Changan, at least fifty cents a month, and may not be able to recruit other wines. You can not give up on this, but Kang Sisi cannot give up.

Lan Zhenning smiled again and said, "Since it is not a contract signed by Mr. Kang, you have never seen this contract!

To be honest, other fathers have signed a contract besides you. This is not a contract to sell their bodies. They just go to Chang'an to do things and usually come back in three years. If she doesn't want to do it halfway through, she can come back at any time, but she can't go to other restaurants, it's that simple."

Suo Mao added next to him: "Our Suo family is the guarantor in the contract. We do not sell ourselves, but only sell wine to ensure her personal safety. She will come back in three years."

Conmad still trusts the So family more. When he saw that the So family was the guarantor in the contract, he was not a liar, his anger faded a little.

In fact, he also knew that his daughter yearned for Chang'an and Luoyang. As she grew up day by day, she could no longer control her. Maybe one night she would pack up and run away.

Instead of sneaking away by herself, it would be better to let her go to Chang'an openly. Her brother Wood was also in Chang'an, so she wrote a letter to her brother, asking him to look at Sisi. If it is wrong, she should answer it immediately. It should be no big problem.

He looked at the contract carefully again. He was a businessman and felt that the contract was OK. His daughter was basically very free. Except for not being allowed to sell wine in other restaurants within three years, there were no restrictions on the price, but the price...

Conmad frowned. He only cost five cents a month, which was too low. He stayed in Chang'an and knew that Hu Ji, a Chang'an diner, did not sell her body but only sold alcohol, but it was very hard to sell alcohol. When he was busy, he couldn't sleep all night.

The daughter she raised with great effort cost her. She only needs eight guan a month to dance, and in the end she can earn five guan a month to earn five guan a month. This is simply unacceptable.

He looked at other contracts and found that other contracts were selling wine, while his daughter was dancing. It was obviously more difficult to dance, but the price was five jin of money. Isn’t this bullying his daughter?

"It's okay, but I can't accept the price!"

Lan Zhenning was relieved and the price was easy to talk about. He immediately said: "Then it's ten-cent coins a month, how about it?"

"No! I want twenty stags of money per month."

"No problem!" Lan Zhenning agreed immediately."

Conmad suddenly regretted it. The other party agreed too readily, indicating that the price could be increased. He immediately changed his words: "The twenty-ton of the money I mentioned is paid to me by the Suo family every month. In addition, the tavern also has to give my daughter ten-ton of pocket money every month, and then take care of her food and accommodation."

Lan Zhenning smiled, "It is a customary policy to include food and accommodation. This uncle doesn't have to worry about it, but the uncle can't raise the price like this. If I promise thirty stakes, you say 40 stakes again, and there is no bottom line."

Conmad shook his head, "I will not ask for more than thirty trump cards per month. As long as I can ensure her safety and her innocence, I will sign a contract."

Lan Zhenning thought about it and found that thirty guan was a bit high, but Kang Sisi's dance was indeed good and could be cultivated into a signboard for a wine shop. Thirty guan was worth it.

"Okay! With this price, we absolutely guarantee her innocence and safety."

Conmad smiled proudly, it seemed that he had not run away in vain this trip.
Chapter completed!