Two days later, Lu Qi set out and left Chang'an City, but his cargo transport team drove east one day earlier. Twelve subordinates left behind in Chang'an City's shops to supervise.

Going eastward, Lu Qi did not carry out scout exploration, mainly because almost all his subordinates walked first, and they were not too good to be a entourage to the guards. Moreover, after passing Jingzhao Prefecture, the journey eastward belonged to the hinterland of the Zhou Kingdom, so it was difficult for a large army to ambush unless the local Jiedu army ambushed.

Lu Qi thought that on the way east, King Cao would settle down in Luoyang, but he didn't expect that King Cao would not enter Luoyang City at all, but walked directly outside the city. He only found a place to rest after passing Luoyang City.

Lu Qi was naturally surprised. He knew that Zhao Kuangmei was the one who stayed in Luoyang. Since King Cao was close to Zhao, why didn’t he enter Luoyang City to meet Zhao Kuangmei? He looked for an opportunity to ask King Ji. King Ji’s answer was that he didn’t know. He rarely talked to King Cao all the way, but along the way, he followed King Cao’s horse.

However, King Ji's guard commander quietly told Lu Qi that King Cao had passed by Luoyang City but failed to enter, and perhaps he did not want to stay in Luoyang City for a long time, that is, he did not want to socialize with Zhao Kuangmei. King Cao should have wanted to go back to Kaifeng Prefecture soon. In fact, His Highness Cao was only close to Lord Zhao Kuangyin, and had no closeness to Lord Zhao Kuangyin's younger brothers.

After hearing this, Lu Qi suddenly realized that he was thinking complicated. With his current understanding of King Cao, King Cao was a person who only cares about immediate interests and is useful, so he was willing to pay attention to it. For example, the old minister Shen Yilun had no support for King Cao, so he was very arrogant and impolite.

After passing Luoyang, it was not far from Kaifeng Prefecture. Three days later, Lu Qi and his party caught up with the cargo transport team, but also arrived at the territory of Kaifeng Prefecture. In other words, Cao's car was not much faster than Lu Qi's truck, but when he arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture, he naturally had to let Cao go first.

When entering Kaifeng Prefecture, Lu Qi returned to his team, and Shi Zhongfei also took the initiative to follow Lu Qi. The cargo transport team entered Kaifeng Prefecture at Xinzheng Gate. Shi Zhongfei, as the pioneer of the way, negotiated with the imperial guards guarding the gate. However, the imperial guards guarding the gate did not give Shi Zhongfei face and only allowed trucks to enter the city gate. The military force outside the country was not allowed by the court, so they would never enter the city.

Lu Qi knew not. If there were two hundred military forces, he could enter Kaifeng Prefecture as a guard. If there were two thousand military forces, the generals guarding the city would not be willing to be punished. Finally, Lu Qi asked the coachman to drive the truck, plus two hundred soldiers to enter Kaifeng Prefecture, and the other soldiers were scattered into four parts and went to the county town around Kaifeng Prefecture to rest.

The trucks entered Kaifeng Prefecture, which did not cause any sensation. The main reason was that Kaifeng Prefecture was the commercial center of Zhou State, and the logistics of goods entering and leaving were very common. Lu Qi's convoy did not have any Hexi flags. Passersby saw that the appearance of driving the car was a bit different from that of the people in the Central Plains, but it was not very strange.

In Kaifeng Prefecture, Lu Qi had already sent someone to inform Yang Hong of the Pegasus, and asked Yang Hong to buy a restaurant and a place not far from the Xijin Hou Mansion. The soldiers who sent the message turned around and told Lu Qi that the Xijin Hou Mansion was located outside the old Cao Gate, south of Niuxing Street. Yang Hong said that he could not be anxious about buying a restaurant.

Lu Qi walked at the front of the convoy, with Shi Zhongfei leading the way beside him. Shi Zhongfei grew up in Kaifeng Prefecture since he was a child. When he was a ranger, he ran all over the streets of Kaifeng Prefecture. It can be said that he was familiar with Kaifeng Prefecture and introduced Kaifeng Prefecture to Lu Qi along the way.

When he heard that Lu Qi wanted to buy a restaurant, he said that there was a large restaurant along the Bian River in Lijingmen (old Songmen). I remember that it was going to sell it, but the price would definitely not be less than 50,000 yuan. Although the terrain on the Bian River is an inner city, its value is not as good as the Maxing Street and Panlou.

Lu Qi was also moved when he heard this. His Western Jin Hou Mansion was located outside Lijing Gate in the outer city, north of Bianhe Street, but it was not far from the restaurant that Shi Zhongfei said. When asked why the restaurant was sold, Shi Zhongfei didn't know. It was just that someone asked him to ask if the Duke's Mansion could be bought, but he had never asked his family at all. Shi Zhongfei had never cared about the Duke's Mansion before.

It was not until dusk that Lu Qi arrived at the Western Jin Dynasty Marquis' Mansion and sent it to the ground. Shi Zhongfei said goodbye and left. He would ask someone to ask about the restaurant.

Seeing Shi Zhongfei and his ten subordinates leave, Lu Qi turned around and looked at his marquis' mansion. The scale of the mansion was very large, located at the beginning of Fang Street, with red doors and stone steps, high walls and tiles, and plaques hanging on the flying eaves and gate tower. It was the "Western Jin Marquis' Mansion", but it should have to be replaced by the "Western Jin County Duke Mansion".

Yang Hong came over and greeted him respectfully, "I'll pay homage to you, sir."

Lu Qi smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."

Yang Hong hesitated for a moment, and the gods stopped again. Lu Qi looked at it and smiled and said, "You haven't seen each other for many days, you have lost weight."

Yang Hong smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, the young man can't stand it anymore and think about it and resign."

After hearing this, Lu Qi calmed down and said, "Your and I have agreed not yet expired."

"It's not expired, but I really can't bear it anymore." Yang Hong said with a wry smile.

"It has not expired, so keep holding on. I can't find someone who can be trusted now." Lu Qi said without any reservation.

Yang Hong nodded helplessly, Lu Qi looked at him and said, "If you keep going, you may get a lot. Being my housekeeper is lucky and unfortunate."

Yang Hongqili said: "The young one doesn't want to ask for anything, but since the boss wants to keep him, the young one will stick to the agreed period."

Lu Qi nodded and said, "You have put the goods in place and come to see me later. You can take me to the study first."

"Yes, the boss asked." Yang Hong said respectfully.

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At the second day of the night, Yang Hong came to see Lu Qi tiredly. Lu Qi asked him to sit down. "Lin Feng" brought Yang Hong a cup of tea. Yang Hong took it with him thanked him and took it in his hand and took a big sip.

Lu Qi looked at Yang Hong with a smile, and Yang Hong said respectfully: "Do you have any instructions for the boss?"

"It's so late, you're tired again. You should have let you go to rest, but I need to know some things about Kaifeng Prefecture, so I can only make you suffer." Lu Qi said gently.

"What do the boss want to ask?" Yang Hong said.

"Before asking, I will discuss our relationship with you first. I know you are from the Duke Dingguo Mansion, so in your heart, you may be resistant to doing things for me because you are afraid that the Duke Dingguo Mansion will cause trouble." Lu Qi said gently.

Yang Hong was stunned and nodded, "Yes, I'm afraid that it will cause trouble for the Duke's Mansion."

"Since you are afraid of this, I will say that first, I have kindness to the Yang family in Linzhou. The Xia Kingdom once dispatched a hundred thousand troops to besiege Linzhou City. It was me who sent troops to seize Yinzhou at the request of Zhe Weizhong. Then I informed the Xia army besieging Linzhou in time, forcing the Xia army to retreat from Linzhou. Do you know this?" Lu Qi said.

Yang Hong was stunned and said, "My lord is to advance to Yinzhou to save Linzhou's difficulties."

"Of course yes. If it weren't for the Yang family and the Zhe family to rescue Zhao, why would I take the risk of using the strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao? Moreover, after the war, I deliberately sent tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers from the Yang family and the Zhe family, and the Zhe family also had a marriage alliance with me. It can be said that my relationship with the Yang family in Linzhou and the Zhe family in Fuzhou was a relationship of alliance. If the Duke of Ding did not recognize his origin in the Yang family in Linzhou, it would have nothing to do with me." Lu Qi said.

Yang Hong's face changed and he hurriedly said, "Sir, the Duke Dingguo Mansion is definitely from the Yang family in Linzhou, and he is also married to the Zhe family in the Prefecture."

Lu Qi smiled and said, "I sent ten thousand war horses to Kaifeng Prefecture, and half of my intention was to support Duke Ding. If it weren't for Duke Ding, I wouldn't have sent ten thousand war horses."

Yang Hong suddenly felt a sudden expression and politely said, "The little Duke of Dai Ding, Lord Xie Gao Yi."

"You don't have to thank me. I send the war horses. The original intention is to promote merit, and the second is to worry that Duke Ding cannot defend the northern defense line. If Duke Ding is defeated, it will cause a major blow to the Zhe family in the Prefecture and the Yang family in Linzhou, but I need the support of the Zhe family and the Yang family." Lu Qi said gently.

Yang Hong nodded and Lu Qi said again: "You may not understand what I said. The support I want is a moral echo, that is, a life-saving support. I have troops to govern Hexi and Beiting, which is like the Zhe family in the Prefecture and the Yang family in Linzhou. Now that I come to Kaifeng Prefecture, I may be killed, but if the court wants to kill me, it will inevitably worry about the reactions of Yang and Zhe family."
Chapter completed!