The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 141: Angry from embarrassment

 “If a good man is left to die for the country, why should he be killed just because he is sitting on his back?” With a flying pen and dripping ink, these two lines of cursive writing on a long piece of white linen paper can almost tear the paper and fly away.

Liuli looked at Pei Xingjian, who was standing behind the case with a calm face, and turned his head to read these two sentences twice, somewhat surprised: Pei Xingjian's Jincao has the style of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which is quite elegant and quaint, but this The writing power of the two lines was unexpectedly bold and smooth, and I couldn't help but ask, "The writing is better than your usual, but what do these two lines of poetry mean?" - What's even weirder is that, in the middle of the night, I stayed in a guest house. , why did he suddenly think of running to the outhouse to write big characters?

Pei Xingjian took a step back, looked at the words, and smiled faintly, "These are Xue's last words before his execution. He resented that he was not given the chance to die on the battlefield, but he died because of Fang Yiai's incident."

Liuli became more and more puzzled, "Then why did you think of writing it?"

Pei Xingjian put down his pen, walked around the desk, stretched out his hand and held Liuli's hand in his palm, "Just now I was talking to my mentor about the past, and I was just feeling a little emotional. Xue Consort, a famous general of his generation, was extremely brave, but he died because he was involved in such a secret matter. I can't bear to die with my eyes closed, and the misfortune that happened to my family back then...Liu Li, these days I feel more and more that I really don't like these strife. Rather than being in such a dilemma in the court, it would be better to follow my mentor to the battlefields of Western Xinjiang with real swords and guns. …”

 He wants to go to the battlefield in the Western Regions? Liuli's fingers trembled, and Pei Xingjian immediately stopped talking, stared down at her face, sighed, and took her into his arms, "I'm just talking. My teacher is right. The Holy One will most likely not agree. Besides, I shouldn’t have left you alone in Chang’an…”

Liuli couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to hug him. Pei Xingjian gently stroked Liuli's long hair and whispered, "It's my fault. I said this so rashly, but I scared you. However, if I don't join the army, but become an official and leave Chang'an, you What do you think?"

Liuli laughed and said, "Of course it's the best! It's just...what did the adoptive father tell you today?" He looked a little different from usual.

Pei Xingjian shook his head, "It's not that my adoptive father said anything to me, but that my adoptive father made me think about something. It's my own fault. I always think about how to avoid taking a wrong step and how to avoid the future. But I don’t understand that things are impermanent. Instead of thinking about the future blessings and misfortunes, it’s better to just do what you should do and have a clear conscience. But now, I’m a little scared again, Liuli, no matter what happens to me. It doesn’t matter, but I’m afraid I’ll frighten you and make you suffer.”

Liuli couldn't help but glance at him, "How miserable can it be? Not having anything to eat or drink, or being imprisoned and exiled? Could it be that I can't stand the slightest bump in the road? Or do you think that I can only share wealth with you but not share hardships with you?" ?”

Pei Xingjian laughed dumbly and tightened his arms around Liuli, "I made a mistake."

Liuli made a serious face, "You just said something wrong and you want to get away with it?"

Pei Xingjian sighed, "What should I do?"

Liuli looked at him seriously, "You once said that you would not hide anything from me, but you have never told me about your troubles! If you can tell your adoptive father, why can't you just mention it to me? ?”

Pei Xingjian was silent for a moment, and looked a little sad, "Liu Li, I just don't want you to worry about my things. I once promised to let you live a carefree and free life. But these days, because of my things, , I’ve given you too much trouble, and I don’t want you to be troubled by it anymore.”

 Is his ideal to raise himself like a pig? Liuli wanted to sigh, but she just looked at his focused eyes and held it in anyway. She could only comfort herself secretly: If he doesn't want to say it, then he won't say it. Aren't she hiding a lot of things from him? In total, it's only a lot more than what he hid from him, so it can't be considered too much of a loss, right?

Pei Xingjian's brows immediately raised, "What are you thinking about? You look so weird?"

Liuli was startled and shook her head decisively, "I won't tell you either! I won't tell you anything in the future!"

Pei Xingjian laughed helplessly, "Are you really angry? I said the wrong thing, and I have already admitted my mistake. Can you please spare me this time?"

Looking at Pei Xingjian's somewhat depressed expression, Liuli smiled and winked at him, "It's good that you know! If he does it again next time..." He used his fingers to scratch Pei Xingjian's waist, which was usually ticklish.

Pei Xingjian was caught off guard and couldn't help laughing. He wanted to pull Liuli's hand away, but Liuli wouldn't let her go. In the middle of the laughter, Pei Xingjian suddenly bent down and picked her up, striding towards the inner room, "Little one, you're the one who recruited me this time!"

Liuli was startled, and stretched out her hand to push him hard, "Don't make trouble, this is the guest house of the stepmother's house! Let's be more careful!"

Pei Xingjian stopped and looked down at her, with surprise on his face, "Didn't you come out to invite me to sleep? I just saw that you had worked hard all day, and I wanted you to take less steps, but where did you think of going? "

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As soon as daylight broke the next day, Pei Xingjian stood up and put on his round collar robe as usual. As soon as he walked to the door, he hurriedly came back and picked up the bronze mirror in the room, took a look at it, touched his forehead and sighed.

Liuli had already opened her eyes, and couldn't help but hide in the thin cocoon and snickered and trembled - who asked him to tease her like that? When she became angry, her attack was a little heavy and the place was a little clever, but the effect was better. But that's it: the red spot left on the side of his neck was neither big nor small, and it really looked like...    Pei Xingjian had always had a good ear. He turned to look at Liuli, nodded and smiled, "Okay! Since you are so happy, I will be alone. It’s better for us to have fun together than to have fun alone.” He took two steps forward, pulled back the quilt, held Liuli down, and ignored her begging for mercy. He lowered his head and kissed her. After a while, he let go and looked up, looked at her carefully, turned around and left with a big smile. go.

Liuli’s face suddenly fell. When A Ni and Xiao Tan came in to help her comb her hair, there were subtle expressions on their faces, and they immediately looked away as if nothing had happened. Liuli looked at the two **** kisses on her neck in the bronze mirror and couldn't even sigh. She lifted up her tooth-colored cross-collar silk shirt with apricot checkered brocade piping again and again, and finally had to He gave up his efforts and went to the upper room of the Su Mansion. He forced himself to have breakfast calmly and ran away under the smiling eyes of Mrs. Yu and Luo Shi.

When Liuli finally returned to her house and went to bed, before Liuli could breathe a sigh of relief, Ayan handed over a post, "It was delivered before closing yesterday. I didn't have time to report to you."

Liuli took it and glanced at it, her brows furrowed tightly. The Zheng family that favored Pei? And you are coming here today? That day when she saw the eldest princess giving away her shopkeeper, didn't she hide far away? Now that you are here in such a hurry, could it be that you have heard about the sale of property? It’s a good time!

Just thinking of Pei Xingjian's words last night, she couldn't help but sigh. She lowered her head and thought for a moment, then called Xiao Tan to her side and whispered a few instructions. A surprised expression suddenly appeared on Xiaotan's face.

Liuli could only explain, "I originally promised to go to Uncle Pu to provide for him in his old age. Now that the place has stopped, I can change him over before my stepmother comes in. These patterns were originally painted for Jia Val. It’s useless if I keep it, why don’t I give it to my uncle and aunt, maybe it can be put to some use.”

Xiaotan suddenly understood, nodded with a smile, and turned around briskly into the study. Aqin looked at Liuli with some doubts, and was hesitant to speak. Liuli had already ordered, "Go and find me something with a higher collar." Come on!"

 After Liuli put on a straight-collared light crimson robe, the maid outside reported back that Zheng had arrived.

Standing at the entrance of the courtyard, watching Ms. Zheng walking quickly from a distance with only a personal maid, Liuli showed an impeccable smile. When she came up to her, she bowed unhurriedly. Mrs. Zheng paused in her steps and smiled quickly, "Mom, you don't have to be polite."

The two of them sat down in the upper room, and Liuli ordered someone to bring the newly made lotus seed syrup. She smiled and rambled a few words. Zheng finally couldn't hold it back anymore and frowned, "Auntie, I'm here today because I have something to do." I want to ask you."

Liuli raised her head in slight surprise, "If anything happens, just ask Auntie."

Zheng said seriously, "I accidentally heard yesterday that the eldest princess was preparing money and silk. She said that you wanted to transfer all the properties in Luoyang to her. Is this relevant?"

Liuli nodded calmly, "Auntie also knows that the eldest princess gave me all the shopkeepers and village heads. They came from Luoyang a few days ago and said that although the harvest of those industries was good in the first half of this year, not only did they have no profit in the second half of the year, they only Afraid of losing money, I told me a lot about how their business was difficult. In this case, why not resell it instead of paying for it every year? Those who were separated from each other naturally had no choice but to ask if Hedong Duke would be willing to take over. Unexpectedly, the eldest princess agreed immediately. "

Zheng hurriedly asked, "How much price did you say?"

Liuli laughed and said, "How do I know this? I just asked these shopkeepers to report their numbers. There are still shopkeepers on the way. It will take a few days to get the number. The eldest princess said she is willing to pay 200,000 yuan..."

Zheng couldn't help but lost her voice and said, "Two hundred thousand guan!"

Liuli glanced at her in surprise before continuing, "That's right. I didn't expect there to be so many. I thought they were all relatives. It doesn't matter if there are more or less. After the shopkeepers have reported their numbers, what if? I don’t think the eldest princess will suffer too much, so I’ll settle it in one lump sum at this price.”

Zheng hurriedly said, "How do you know this! She said two hundred thousand guan, do you think that is a lot? But I have heard people say that there are thousands of hectares of fertile land in those ten villages. The shop is also excellent, not just 200,000 guan, but even 100 guan!"

Liuli's eyes widened in surprise, and then she shook her head with a smile, "Auntie, I'm afraid it's just hearsay, where can there be so many? What kind of status is the eldest princess? Although she is a little unhappy with me, she has always taken good care of her promise. Yes, how can the price be lowered like this? Besides, my aunt also knows that the profit in the first half of this year is very large, but in fact it only adds up to 10,000 yuan. In this way, 200,000 yuan is naturally about the same. What's more, I ask. I’ve talked to shopkeepers and dealers, and they all said it’s roughly the same price.”

Mrs. Zheng sneered, "Do you believe what they say? Those people are all the eldest princess's slaves. Although they are deeded to you, their family members are still in the Hedong Palace. How can I tell you the truth? This year? The income handed over is naturally discounted. Our family, who have lived in Luoyang for generations, naturally know the situation there better than you. These properties cost at least 800,000 to 900,000 yuan, and now they can easily Even if you spend this money to buy it, you won’t be able to buy it again.”

She looked at Liuli and her face became stern, "Auntie, as a clan wife, you must set an example for the clan in every move you make. These properties were obtained by the clan with their blood and lives. It's unacceptable for you to sell them easily." That’s right, not to mention selling it so cheaply!”

I responded to everyone’s call and wrote a bed scene, with a bed, quilt, and kissing...what? No meat, hey, vegetarian food is healthier! Ah Lan shamelessly asked for Pink... Yeah, if so.

 (End of this chapter)