Tibet

Li Linfu saw Li Ye's worry and smiled slightly: "It is normal for people to grow old, get sick and die. I am already seventy years old. There are only a handful of people in the Tang Dynasty who can live to be seventy years old. I am thinking more about my descendants now. Can you Being granted the title of Duke is one of the two happiest things for me this year. The other thing is that I will retire safely. I want to celebrate with a drink. Ye'er, you have to have a good drink with your grandfather."

With that said, Li Linfu took out a pot of wine and two cups from the cabinet. Li Ye was ashamed. He thought his grandfather was going to have a big banquet for guests! Li Ye said happily: "My grandson has two drinks with his grandfather!"

Li Ye poured a full glass of wine for his grandfather and said: "My grandson's first glass of wine, I wish my grandfather good health and longevity, and that he may live to be a hundred years old!"

Li Linfu laughed and said, "As long as you have this intention."

Li Ye filled his grandfather's glass with wine again, and Li Linfu picked up the wine cup and sighed: "In the 100 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the clan has been spending money. The direct line has increased from the Eight Princes' House to the Baisun Courtyard, and the number of collateral lines has become even larger. You may not know it. There are a large number of Li family's collateral royal family living in Yongxingfang and Anxingfang. In fact, they are no different from ordinary people. They receive a little monthly allowance and live a tight life, just like ordinary people!"

Li Ye nodded. He understood this very well. Most of Li Linfu's descendants are no different from ordinary people! Isn’t Li Xun’s family the best example?

Li Linfu added: "So you must not think that you can be granted the title of county king because you are a member of the royal family. But similarly, you should not think that anyone can be granted the title of county king. In the past few decades, only Ge Shuhan and Wang Xingzhi have had different surnames. In Anlu Mountain, even Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli could only be granted the title of Duke, but you were granted the title of County Prince, because you are from the royal family."

When Li Linfu saw his grandson silent, he smiled and said, "Don't you feel a bit contradictory?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said, "Do outstanding royals have more opportunities than others?"

Li Linfu smiled and nodded, "Is this the truth? But you shouldn't be able to be promoted based on Yunyang County's merits alone. There must be other reasons. Are you hiding something from me?"

Li Ye secretly exclaimed, his grandfather actually saw that there was something else going on inside, and Jiang was indeed very old.

"Reporting to my grandfather, I have obtained the wealth of 150,000 yuan collected by Yuan Mile, and I dedicated it to the emperor."

Li Linfu smiled faintly and said: "That's right. No matter how grand and grand it is to make great contributions to protect the country, it's all false. The root is still money. You brought a lot of wealth from the river, and this time you gave him ten more For 50,000 yuan, he has to give you an explanation no matter what."

"Grandpa, there is one more important thing!"

"you say!"

Li Ye decided to tell his grandfather about Zhang Jun. If his grandfather was kept secret, his family might be completely involved in this matter.

Li Ye said slowly: "Today Li Lin told me that the people who were behind the scenes and ruining my reputation were the Zhang family. Moreover, Zhang Jun launched an attack on his father in the court today. Although he was unsuccessful, his intentions were extremely sinister."

Li Linfu was also surprised. He still held the handle of Zhang Jun's prophecy. How dare he fall out?

Li Linfu suddenly remembered something, could it be...

He immediately stood up and ordered the maid in the courtyard: "Go and find the eldest son immediately!"

Li Linfu looked solemnly and said to Li Ye, "I may have done another stupid thing!"

Li Ye understood instantly. The prophecy book was in Li Xiu's hand, and he said calmly: "It's not stupid, my grandson understands!"

"As long as you understand in your heart, just go ahead! I will face the stupid things I did myself."

There is no need for the grandfather and grandson to tell anything. They both know it well, but Li Ye shook his head, "Sometimes it happens sooner than later. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing."

"Stop comforting me. I'm really old and feeble!" Li Linfu sighed longly.

At this time, the eldest son Li Xiu said at the door: "Father, are you looking for a child?"

"You come in!"

Li Xiu walked into the room and saw that Li Ye was also there. He felt really uncomfortable, but since Li Ye was granted the title of king today, he had no choice but to hold back his jealousy.

"My child, please pay your respects to your father!"

Li Linfu said coldly: "Give me the book I asked you to keep last time!"

"What book does father want?"

"That prophecy book from Zhang Jun!"

Li Xiu's face suddenly became unnatural, and he said after a while: "Haier and Zhang Xiangguo have had a very good relationship in the past few months. He has taken me as his confidant and promised more than once to reinstate me as an official. Moreover, he also wants to marry Haier and bring him back to power. His youngest daughter is betrothed to Yu'er as his wife, we have already exchanged marriage certificates, and Yu'er feels that marrying into the Zhang family will be of great benefit to our family."

"So you just returned the prophecy book to Zhang Jun?" Li Linfu clenched his fists loudly, suppressing his anger.

"Haier felt that a person must be sincere and not use such despicable methods to deal with allies, so Boyer took the initiative to return the book to Zhang Xiangguo!"

"Kill you idiot!"

Li Linfu suddenly roared wildly, stood up and punched Li Xiu hard in the face. Suddenly his vision went dark and he fainted on the ground.

Li Ye was shocked and helped Li Linfu, "Grandpa! Grandpa!"

Li Xiu also panicked and shouted: "Father, please wake up. The child realizes his mistake."

In the evening, Li Linfu was finally rescued, but unfortunately he also suffered a stroke and was completely paralyzed.

It's the end of November again, it's getting colder day by day, the cold wind is howling, and a moderate snowstorm has swept across the land of Guanzhong.

Hancheng County, Tongzhou, is an important transportation artery between Guanzhong and Hedong. The famous Longmen Ferry is more than 20 miles away to the north.

Because Hancheng is located on a major transportation road, commerce has always been relatively developed. Various commercial service facilities are complete in the city, especially there are many inns and many foreign businessmen.

That morning, a man was walking slowly on the street. He was very tall, with a beard and a long sword on his waist. This man was Wu Ying, who had been missing for more than a month.

He fled to Taiyuan, Hedong, where there was also a branch of the Wu family. He had a distant uncle there, so he hid there for more than twenty days. For more than twenty days, he had to eat and drink, and his distant relatives couldn't bear it and kicked him out.

Wu Ying had no choice but to return to Guanzhong to try his luck again. He had one last glimmer of hope, which was to get a sum of money from selling the Tiande Manor in Fuping County.

All their family's farm properties were confiscated, and only Tiande Manor was relatively secluded and survived.

He originally wanted to sell it to his distant uncle in Taiyuan, but his uncle's family background was average and he could only offer 300 guan at most, which was far from his lowest selling price of 5,000 guan.

There were many rich people in Taiyuan, but they wanted the land deed, and the land deed was in the hands of his mother in Chang'an. Wu Ying knew that someone was watching there, and he did not dare to return to Chang'an.

After much deliberation, there is only one way, and that is to find the original seller. The original seller is familiar with the situation and knows himself. Maybe he will agree to go to Chang'an to ask for the land deed, and then deliver the money to him here. In this way, Wu Ying does not have to take risks in Chang'an. .

The original seller lived in Hancheng County and was a famous big businessman. Wu Ying came with high hopes. Unexpectedly, to his disappointment, the original seller went to Chang'an for a wedding banquet and would not be back for a few days. Wu Ying could only Wait patiently for a few days in Hancheng County.

But the problem is that he only has less than ten taels of silver left on him. He has almost spent it all while eating, drinking and gambling in Taiyuan. Now he only has eight taels of silver in total. How many days can he last?

After much deliberation, there was only one way to do it, pretend to be Fuping County Chief Secretary Mao Ping, eat and drink for a few days.

Generally speaking, officials stayed at the inn when they were on business trips, but Wu Ying did not dare to go to the inn because he was afraid that the government would already know that his pseudonym was Mao Ping.

Wu Ying came to Gaosheng Inn. Even if he was an official, he had to pay to stay at Gaosheng Inn. But the advantage was that Gaosheng Inn was a big inn, and since he was an official, he didn't have to pay first. He could take it with him when he left. After paying the bill, he took advantage of the night and left. Who could he ask for money from at Gaosheng Inn?

Wu Ying walked into the inn and said in a rough voice: "Stay in the hotel!"

The shopkeeper stood up quickly and said with a smile: "Welcome, guest. Which room do you want to stay in?"

"Of course it's an upper room. I want an upper room at the end. I'm here on business in Hancheng and I don't know how many days I'm going to stay. How about this? I'll leave the fish tag here for you and return it to me when you check out."

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "The fish license can be mortgaged!"

Wu Ying handed the fish tag to the shopkeeper and said in a rough voice: "This is an official tag. Keep it. You can't afford to lose it."

"Don't worry, sir, it's very safe if you leave it here. It will never be lost!"

The shopkeeper quickly asked the waiter to take the guest upstairs. He picked up the bronze fish plate and registered the accommodation list. Fuping County Chief Registrar Mao Ping.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment.