The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 176 Preparations (Part )

Last time, we talked about how Li Yi successfully fooled Xiao Yongming into allowing him to hold a charity party. For Li Yi, this was a strategy that killed many birds with one stone. So, can he succeed? Let's read on.

Li Yi walked out of the gate of Tongde Temple. Xiao Zongqing was still there, but he was sitting aside reading a book. Li Yi stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Xiao Zongqing immediately put down the book and asked with concern: "Hey, Li Yuefu and the emperor have been chatting for so long, what did they talk about?"

Li Yi reached out and took out the magic card and said with a smile: "Your Highness, let's live!"

Xiao Zongqing was surprised and asked, "Father's magic tablet? Why would father give it to you?"

Li Yi smiled and told Xiao Zongqing about the charity party. Xiao Zongqing shook his head and said with a smile: "Li Yuefu, I don't mean to underestimate you. You are a Yuefu official in Wei State. You want to raise money in Liang State. Do you think anyone will buy your idea?"

Li Yi said seriously: "That's why we have to make a plan. Otherwise, why would Master Da Yi let me find you, Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

Xiao Zongqing frowned and said, "But I can't help you with this. If I ask them to pay, they will pay? Impossible! If I had that ability, I would have done it a long time ago! The last time my father became a monk, it was the court ministers who raised money to invite him back. I also asked this time, but no one was willing to pay!"

Li Yi smiled and said, "So, we have to plan carefully. I don't plan to draw blood from court officials anymore. This time the target is the clans and merchants. We have to find a way to make them donate money willingly!"

Xiao Zongqing asked doubtfully, "Can it be done?"

Li Yi said confidently: "Don't worry, the music and dance for the birthday banquet of Queen Mother Wei was prepared by me, so it will be fine! But we have to publicize it, this is the most important thing. My plan is this..." Li Yi expressed his thoughts.

After hearing this, Xiao Zongqing shook his head and said, "No, no, this is definitely not possible!"

Li Yi advised, "Why not!" He raised the magic card again, "Why don't you go in and ask Master Da Yi? See if he agrees?"

Xiao Zongqing frowned and said, "Well, let me ask for you first. I can't guarantee that it will be done!"

Li Yi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if we can't do it, even if we just borrow the name! It's just to create momentum, we don't have to actually attend!"

Xiao Zongqing sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go back and ask for you, you go back to the inn and wait for my news." Li Yi waved goodbye to Xiao Zongqing, then returned to the inn alone.

Fast forward to the part of rushing on the road, Li Yi returned to the inn, Tuoba Li and Lu Yu led the envoys to the Honglu Temple to attend the banquet. Only Cui Zhi, Jiang Hongyu and Yu Jiu were left. Cui Zhi didn't go because she was worried about Li Yi, and the other two didn't go because they were forging swords.

When Cui Zhi saw Li Yi coming back, she immediately stepped forward and said with concern: "Master, you are finally back. I was so worried. I was really afraid that Emperor Liang would detain you."

Li Yi waved his hand and smiled, "How can that be possible? He still expects me to help him make money! Oh, come to my room and do the business first."

Cui Zhi followed him into the house without knowing why. Li Yi condensed his Qi and transformed it into a zither and a guitar, prepared paper and pen, and then the two began to write the music score. After the delegation members attended the banquet, Tuoba Li and Lu Yu came back drunk, and saw that Li Yi and Cui Zhi were busy, so they did not disturb them.

The next day, Cui Zhi got up from the bed and smiled when she saw Li Yi sleeping beside her. She quietly got off the bed and began to sort out the music scores on the table. Thirteen songs, thirteen masterpieces written in one night, this is something no one dared to imagine. Cui Zhi was very fortunate that she not only witnessed it with her own eyes, but also participated in it in person.

After arranging the music scores, Cui Zhi quietly walked out of Li Yi's room and quietly closed the door. She just returned to her bed with an excited look on her face when she heard Jiang Hongyu's voice: "Did you feel comfortable last night?"

Cui Zhi was startled and patted her chest and said angrily: "Sister Hongyu, you scared me to death!"

Jiang Hongyu came forward and said excitedly: "Come on, tell me what tricks you two played!"

Cui Zhi rolled her eyes at her and said, "What are you thinking! We didn't do that last night!"

Jiang Hongyu said unhappily, "Tsk tsk tsk, who would believe you! Even if Li Yi can control himself, can you? Forget it! No, is there anything you can't tell me? You don't know how tight-lipped I am!"

Cui Zhi said seriously: "We really didn't do that! We just wrote the music score all night!"

Jiang Hongyu pouted and said, "Cui Zhi, you have changed! This is not right! Ever since you got together with this Li, you have hardly told your sister the truth!"

Cui Zhi swore, "Sister Hongyu, I swear to God, Master Li and I really didn't do that yesterday!"

Jiang Hongyu reached out and touched Cui Zhi's forehead and asked, "No, Miss, are you sick? Do you have a fever? This is not right. Didn't you always tell me that your favorite person is Li Yi? Didn't you also clamor to have a baby for him? How come you didn't seize the opportunity you were given?"

Cui Zhi said seriously, "Don't be so vulgar! I like Li Lefu and want to do that with him, but when I get around him, I don't dare. It's just that I feel...ah, I can't explain it!"

Jiang Hongyu said unhappily, "No way, Miss, you are really sick, and you are seriously ill! Who told me that there is no man you can't get? How come you can't get the man you like when you meet him? Where are your charming and charming manners? Your hesitation? Your throwing yourself into his arms? Where are your eighteen martial arts? Where are they all gone? Oh? I see, could it be that he, the Li guy, is not good enough?"

Cui Zhi quickly reached out to cover Jiang Hongyu's mouth and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Master Li is very capable. The tent was set up really high this morning!"

Jiang Hongyu asked back, "No, then can you still let him go? Are you still the Cui Zhi I know?"

Cui Zhi said shyly: "Oh, didn't I tell you! I won't dare to do that when I'm around him!"

Jiang Hongyu said unhappily, "No, why are you being so shy? Everyone knows that Li Yi is a lecher. Two of his three wives are from brothels, and the other one is a dancer taught by Fang Si. How can you not do this to a man like him? I tell you, if I were you, I would have sucked him dry long ago!"

Cui Zhi shook her head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I have been in contact with Master Li for such a long time, and I feel that the world in his eyes is completely different from the world in our eyes. Let's put it this way, he doesn't care about power and money, status and position, and he doesn't care about what the world thinks of him. He doesn't care about anything we care about!"

Jiang Hongyu asked in confusion: "Then what does he care about?"

Cui Zhi held her chin with one hand and said, "He cares about good and evil, right and wrong, and even more about love and hate, joy and sorrow. From his songs, I can tell that these are what he cares about."

Jiang Hongyu waved her hand in front of Cui Zhi's eyes and asked, "Cui Zhi, you are not really in love with him, are you? You are not in love with him for the sake of momentary pleasure? Are you really in love with him? If not, this could be fatal!"

Cui Zhi looked at Jiang Hongyu in confusion and asked, "Why would true love cost you your life?"

Jiang Hongyu said seriously: "I know you. If you really fall in love with someone, you will change! You will become the person you think he likes, and then you will not be yourself! Your soul will be lost, and your life will naturally be gone too!"

Cui Zhi held her chin with both hands and smiled: "According to what you said, it is true. Last night he told me how to sing three songs, what kind of feeling and artistic conception they were, and I instantly became the person he said. Sister Hongyu, do you think he used some magic?"

Jiang Hongyu rolled her eyes at Cui Zhi and said, "It's over, there's no hope for you! You'll die in his hands sooner or later! I'm telling you! If that day comes, don't blame me for not saving you! You asked for this!"

Cui Zhi said proudly: "Humph, even if I really die in his hands, I am willing! I will die the way he wants me to die!"

Jiang Hongyu shook her head and sighed, "Alas, you love him to death! Anyway, it's enough for me, sister, to know your and his nicknames!"

Cui Zhi asked, "What's the nickname?"

Jiang Hongyu smiled and said, "Small tent!"

Cui Zhi said shyly: "Hey, Sister Hongyu, what are you talking about! Don't call me like that in front of me!"

Jiang Hongyu said proudly: "How can that be possible? I have to tease him about this! It's fun just thinking about it!" "Sister Hongyu!" The two girlfriends chatted and started to play around...

It was almost lunchtime. Cui Zhi, who had just finished her beauty routine and dressed up, was about to go find Li Yi when she saw Princess Ping'an coming to see Li Yi again. Her intuition told her that there was something wrong with this woman! Who would have nothing better to do than to come and meet a man privately?

Seeing Li Yi yawning and walking out of the backyard, Cui Zhi hurriedly smiled before Xiao Ruoping and said, "Master, wake up! You must have worked so hard last night."

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you've worked hard too."

Cui Zhi put on a shy smile and said, "Young Master, what are you talking about? The princess is still here!" After saying that, she looked at Xiao Ruoping with a proud look on her face.

Li Yi bowed to Xiao Ruoping and said, "Greetings, Princess. Please come this way."

Xiao Ruoping looked at Cui Zhi with a hint of contempt in her eyes. She followed Li Yi into the inner hall and asked after taking a seat, "Did Li Yuefu see Xiao Yongming?"

Li Yi yawned, pinched his brows and said, "I saw him, and I told him about your matter."

Xiao Ruoping asked nervously, "What did he say? Did he agree?"

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "It's not that easy. He asked me to raise enough money first."

Xiao Ruoping asked: "Raise money? How much money do we need to raise?"

Li Yi stretched out his palm and said, "Fifty thousand taels!"

Xiao Ruoping was surprised and asked, "Fifty thousand taels? Then what are you going to do?"

Li Yi pointed at Cui Zhi who had been massaging his shoulders and said, "Depend on her!"

Xiao Ruoping asked doubtfully, "Depend on her? What can we do with her?"

Li Yi replied: "I plan to hold a charity party to raise money, but I am from Wei. How can Liang people spend money to see me? So I have to rely on her. She was originally a secret agent of my Wei who was lurking in Liang. She is the number one singer in Qiantang River. I want to use this identity to create momentum.

Li Yi, the most talented scholar in the Northern Wei Dynasty, fell in love with the most beautiful singer in the Southern Liang Dynasty. Then the two of them started a passionate love farce. In order to win the love of Miss Su, I sang loudly by the Qinhuai River. Do you think anyone would come to see this gimmick? "

Cui Zhi was so excited when she heard this that she imagined the story that Li Yi had told her. A talented man from another country was not afraid of difficulties and obstacles, and tried every means to pursue his lover, even if that person was just a lowly singing girl! To be honest, it was only because Xiao Ruoping was here at the moment, otherwise Cui Zhi would have given birth to a baby boy for Li Yi on the spot!

However, Xiao Ruoping shook her head and said, "Li Yuefu has already used this kind of story about a talented and romantic man once. Will anyone still be interested in talking about it if he uses it a second time?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "Yes, I also guessed that this would not work, so I used another plan!"

Hearing this, all the fantasy bubbles in Cui Zhi's mind were shattered, and she could hear the sound of porcelain shattering in her heart.

Li Yi continued, "I asked Xiao Zongqing to find Xiao Qizhen. I plan to use her as the most beautiful woman in Liang State to build momentum."

Xiao Ruoping shook her head and said, "How could Xiao Qizhen let you use her name? Besides, Xiao Yongming would not agree to it."

Li Yi said, "She doesn't really have to do anything. I won't take the money I raised, I'll give it all to Xiao Yongming. Why would he disagree? What's more, Xiao Qizhen only needs to show up. It won't take even an incense stick of time! What's more, I gave her a reason she couldn't refuse!"

Xiao Ruoping asked: "What's the reason?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "I promised to help her meet with Chen Xin alone!"