Tibet

Li Tengkong is also Li Linfu's legitimate daughter and was born to Li Linfu's second wife Yang. She and Li Dai are brothers and sisters from the same father and mother.

Before, she was unhappy that Li Ye was leaving the Jinding. She urgently needed a large sum of money to help hundreds of thousands of victims in Huaibei who were devastated by drought and locust plagues. She finally got a valuable Jinding, but out of moral reasons, she had no choice but to Not returning the golden tripod also caused her disaster relief plan to fail. Of course, she was very dissatisfied with Li Ye.

But she really didn't expect that Li Ye actually sent five thousand taels of gold today, which solved her urgent need and made her look at Li Ye with admiration again.

In the room, Li Ye said to Li Tengkong: "My grandfather has attacked many people over the past ten years and caused many innocent people to lose their lives. However, official struggles have always been so cruel, and no eggs will be intact after the nest is overthrown.

Being in an official's family, although you have rich clothes and fine food, you will also suffer the unreasonable disaster of being implicated by your father and ancestors who were officials. As a commoner, although your life is hard, you will not be affected by the officialdom struggle. This means that if there are gains, there will be losses. There is gain.

Now that my grandfather has retired from official service and becomes a civilian, depending on his physical condition, he will only be alive for two or three years at most. Auntie, let’s go and see him! He is your father after all, don't let your anger lead to regrets for the rest of your life. "

Li Tengkong said calmly: "He has too many children, and they don't lack me. But when will your father come back, I want to meet him."

Li Ye saw that Li Tengkong had always had a prejudice against her father, Li Linfu, and he was too lazy to care about it, so he said: "Father will be back soon. I heard that he has been appointed as the Shaoyin of Jingzhao."

Li Tengkong frowned, "Okay, what are you going to do as Jingzhao Shaoyin? He will run into a lot of trouble and be easily removed by others!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "If you look at it in two, there is an opportunity when there is danger. It is very difficult for ordinary governors to take a step forward. Although Jingzhao Shaoyin is risky, it is a great exercise for people's abilities, and it is also Easiest to get promoted."

Li Tengkong nodded, "No matter what, I still want to thank you for the gold, and I will pray for you!"

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Ye stood up and said, "I won't disturb you anymore. I'll take my leave first!"

Zhuque said at the side: "I'll give it to you!"

Suzaku followed Li Ye towards the mountain gate. After walking a while, she whispered: "My senior sister is a Taoist, don't worry about it!"

"what do you mean?"

"I mean five thousand taels of gold!"

Zhuque knew very well that five thousand taels of gold was not a small amount. Most of the officials in the capital could not afford it. Even if it was Feilong's relic, Li Ye was willing to give it. This is already a huge favor, Senior Sister. But she downplayed it, she didn't understand what five thousand taels of gold meant?

Li Ye smiled and said, "If I asked for something in return, I wouldn't take it out. She did it for disaster relief, and so do I."

Li Ye's frank answer made Suzaku feel really happy. She suddenly remembered something and whispered: "My grandmother's seventieth birthday will be in three days. Our entire family will organize a grand birthday banquet for her. You can also come and participate!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Of course, but I don't have an invitation, I'm afraid."

"You wait!"

Suzaku ran back and ran back after a while, holding a light blue invitation in his hand, and handed it to Li Ye with a smile, "This is an invitation for my master. You are my junior, so go for her!"

"So what does your grandmother like? Does Gem like it?"

Suzaku waved his hand quickly, "Don't give me such expensive things, just come."

Li Ye shook his head, "If I'm empty-handed, I'd rather not go."

Zhuque had no choice but to think about it and said: "My grandmother is a Buddhist. If you go to the temple and ask her to string rosary beads, she will be the happiest."

Speaking of rosary beads, Li Ye's heart moved. He really had something to give to Suzaku's grandmother. He smiled and said: "I know, I have a Buddhist instrument to give her. It has no worldly value, but it is rare in the world!"

After returning from Qujiang, Li Ye came to Dongshi Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall and found Zhang Ping.

"Brother, I came just in time. Let me tell you, I just received the pigeon letter and Black Spear's daughter has arrived in Lanzhou."

"So fast?" This efficiency was beyond Li Ye's expectation.

"The caravan is also in a hurry. They have to get to Anxi before the heavy snow comes, so they travel day and night. The little guy is fine, so don't worry."

Li Ye was a little ashamed. He had forgotten about it, but Zhang Ping still took it to heart.

"Little Fatty, there's something else I might want you to help me with."

"Brother, you're welcome, just say it!"

"Does Youzhou Dachang Cabinetry know about it?"

Zhang Ping nodded, "Of course I know, it's actually Baoji Cabinet Shop, just changed its name."

"That's easy. I have an item stored in Dachang Cabinet. Please help me get it back."

Li Ye took out the envelope from his arms and put it on the table, "Here are the counter tickets and half a piece of jade!"

Zhang Ping said with a smile: "It will be easy if we have these two things. Dachang Cabinet Shop and Baoji Cabinet Shop have close contacts. I will tell the owner and let the cabinet shop arrange to send it over. It doesn't matter if the things are big, there are ships to transport them." "

"Can Chang'an and Youzhou still be navigable?"

Zhang Ping nodded, "Dachang Cabinet is in Jixian County, Youzhou. Get on the boat and go south along the Guangji Canal. After entering the Yellow River, go straight west, pass through Sanmenxia, ​​then enter Tianbao Canal, and finally reach Guangyuntan, east of Chang'an, Hebei's Food is transported to Chang'an in this way, and shipping is very convenient."

"Then please!"

In fact, Li Ye didn't know what it would be, but Quan Furong put the deposit slip in her small suitcase, which was enough to show its importance. It shouldn't be money. If it was money, she would exchange it for gold and silver and carry it with her.

Li Ye had an intuition that this thing was probably related to Goguryeo, so she didn't dare to keep it around her.

There were many invisible dignitaries and wealthy families in the Tang Dynasty. Although the Yang family seemed very popular and flamboyant, in front of the real powerful families, they were just upstarts and not worth mentioning.

The Dugu family is undoubtedly the most dazzling pearl among the powerful people of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Starting from the most powerful father-in-law in the world, Dugu Xin, the Dugu family has been passed down from generation to generation for more than a hundred years. The Dugu family, the Yuan family, the Changsun family, A group of Guanlong families, led by the Dou family and others, have always been staunch supporters of the Li family and formed the most solid foundation of the Tang Empire.

The wealth and land owned by these Guanlong nobles were also unmatched by the imperial court and the royal family.

Of course, the Dugu family does not only live in Chang'an. After hundreds of years of development, the Dugu family has thirteen houses spread all over the world, and even one house in Runzhou, Jiangnan.

But the main house of the Dugu family is in Chang'an, and the five brothers headed by Dugu Lie are the direct relatives of the main house in Chang'an. Today is the 70th birthday of Dugu Lie's mother, Yuanshi. As early as more than a month ago, the Dugu family started to be busy. In preparation for the birthday ceremony, members of the Dugu clan from all over the country began to arrive from all over the world, hundreds of them.

The main birthday celebration venue is located in the garden house by Qujiang Pool. The Dugu family's garden house covers an area of ​​about fifty acres and is the second largest garden house after the Royal Furong Garden. This time the Dugu family sent hundreds of invitations. Almost all the prominent families in Chang'an City received the invitations.

Li Ye did not receive the invitation, not entirely because he was not qualified, but because he returned to Chang'an too late. The invitation had been arranged long ago, and he was a local official who came to Chang'an for a business trip. Generally, local officials came to Chang'an for a business trip unless they came to Chang'an for a business trip. Only high-ranking officials like Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli would send invitations. Li Ye's foundation was still a little shallow and he couldn't get into the sight of the Dugu family.

But Dugu Zhuque invited Li Ye to attend the birthday banquet. Of course, Li Ye wanted to give him face. He also came to celebrate the birthday on behalf of Lie Feng.

Li Ye prepared a string of Buddhist beads. This was the string of Buddhist beads that Master Padmasambhava gave him when he first saw Padmasambhava in Bhanna. It was made of the rarest three-eyed lapis lazuli in Kumi. One of Master Padmasambhava's personal magical instruments, Master Xuanzang also has a string of beads like this, which are exactly the same and are enshrined in Daci'en Temple.

At noon, Li Ye rode an ox cart to the garden house by the Qujiang Pool. At this time, the open space in front of the garden house was already full of carriages.