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Someone from behind kicked him with a flying kick, and the speed was very fast. The effect of Li Ye's hard training under the water was now clearly reflected. He was not in a hurry, turned his body slightly to one side, raised his foot and kicked back, at least three times faster than the opponent. times.

"Ah!" The other party cried out in pain and was kicked a foot away.

Fortunately, he was careful and didn't apply any more force, otherwise the opponent's bones would have been broken by his kick.

Only then did Li Ye see the other person clearly. He was a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was tall and strong, but he was wearing a brocade robe, a leather belt around his waist, a black scarf, and a crescent moon in the middle of his forehead. The scar is very distinctive.

Li Ye's kick was very measured. The young man was not injured, but he was very embarrassed. He was kicked back a few steps and sat on the ground.

The young man became angry and stood up, roared, drew his sword and was about to charge forward.

At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of the house and shouted, "Stop!"

The young man put away his sword angrily, glared at Li Ye again, and said to the middle-aged man: "Uncle, I found the thief who stole the ancestral hall!"

Li Ye angrily said: "Are there still little thieves in this world who come to return stolen goods?"

The middle-aged man also saw the three items on the steps. He exclaimed and quickly stepped forward to take a closer look. Sure enough, they were the items missing from the ancestral hall.

He quickly clasped his fists and said, "Is this from Young Master?"

"Of course, I spent a lot of money to buy this. I found out that it belongs to your family, so I came here to return it. I didn't expect that the owner didn't see it, but I learned the family tradition of your family first!"

The middle-aged man apologized, and then angrily scolded the young man: "You are already a dignified palace guard, how long can you continue to be reckless? Why don't you come over and apologize!"

The young man also realized that he was too reckless. When he saw the iron spine of his ancestor, his blood surged and he thought that the other party was a thief and that someone else was here to return the Cheng family's lost property.

His face turned red, he stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "I was reckless just now. I apologize to you, Master!"

Li Ye saw that although he was reckless, he was not overbearing, and the anger in his heart disappeared, so he asked with concern: "Didn't that kick just now hurt my brother?"

The young man blushed even more, but he could still hold it up and put it down. He gave a thumbs up and praised: "What a handsome kung fu!"

The middle-aged man then smiled and said: "Cheng Ruobing, this is my nephew Cheng Changyin. Sir, please sit down in the house!"

"It turns out to be the head of the Cheng family, Li Ye, sorry to bother you!"

Li Ye picked up a pair of incense burners, and the young man Cheng Changyin quickly stepped forward to pick up the iron spines and entered the house together.

Cheng Ruobing invited Li Ye to sit down in the living room. During this period, Li Ye also sat on his knees in King Si Ning, and he gradually got used to it. Of course, sitting for a long time was still not enough.

Cheng Ruobing asked the maid to serve tea. He pointed to the three items on the table and asked, "Master, where did you find them?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "Can you tell me first how they were lost?"

Cheng Ruobing sighed and said: "These three items are belonging to the ancestors and have been kept in the Cheng's ancestral hall. Three years ago, the ancestral hall was destroyed by fire. Later, when the items were counted, it was found that these three items were missing. It is estimated that someone took advantage of the chaos. We asked around but couldn’t find its whereabouts.”

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "I bought this with ten guan of money in a blacksmith shop, and it almost melted."

"Only ten dollars!"

Next to him, Cheng Changyin couldn't help but said: "Don't Mr. Li know..."

He suddenly noticed that his uncle was glaring at him and quickly shut up.

Li Ye said calmly: "Of course I know that they are made of silver, weighing more than twenty kilograms in total, but the blacksmith mistakenly thought they were copperware. I guess the thieves at the time also thought they were copperware, and I finally got a big advantage. "

Cheng Ruobing said quickly: "I will compensate the young master according to the value of silver!"

Li Ye shook his head, "No, just give me ten guan of money."

Cheng Ruobing was stunned, "This...how is this so embarrassing!"

Li Ye picked up the iron spine and smiled: "This must be Lingzu's founding weapon! Although it is an iron weapon, without it, there would be no trace of Lingzu in Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty. Is it only worth a lot of money? Why not?" There is an incense burner, this is an imperial gift! Can the imperial gift be calculated based on its weight?"

Cheng Ruobing was really ashamed. The other party was so righteous, but he thought that the other party wanted to take advantage.

He stood up and bowed again, "The Cheng family owes the young master a huge favor. Whenever the young master is in trouble, the Cheng family will do their best. As the head of the family, I take this promise!"

That's pretty much it. Li Ye cupped his fists and smiled and said: "The green mountains will not change, and the green water will always flow. We will meet again later. Li Ye bids farewell!"

Li Ye said goodbye and left. Cheng Ruobing's uncle and nephew kept sending him out of the house, watching Li Ye ride away on his donkey.

Cheng Ruobing sighed softly, "This young man is not an ordinary person!"

"Uncle, is he still a teenager?"

Cheng Ruobing glared at him, "You are seventeen years old, and he calls you Xiongtai. Are you still a teenager? I guess you are fourteen or fifteen years old at most."

"He is indeed very good at martial arts, but I..." Cheng Changyin blushed and couldn't continue.

"I say he is not an ordinary person, not in terms of his martial arts skills, but in terms of his knowledge, his mind, and his wisdom. He knows very well that it is not an exaggeration to say that those three items are worth a million dollars to our Cheng family, but he only needs ten Money, this is not something ordinary people can do!"

"But we didn't give him the ten dollars he wanted."

"Idiot! I gave him a promise in the name of the head of the family, what else does he need ten dollars for?"

Cheng Ruobing knew very well that when the other party mentioned the imperial objects twice, he was hinting to himself that the Cheng family had actually lost the imperial objects, which was a serious crime for seizing the title.

This favor is not so easy to repay. Cheng Ruobing is really worried. He doesn't know the origin of the other party, and he doesn't know what kind of request the other party will make.

Cheng Ruobing sighed secretly in his heart and had to put this matter aside for the time being.

He said to Cheng Changyin: "Take your things and follow me to the ancestral hall. Quickly change your things!"

The Cheng family lost the imperial treasure and were afraid of being traced by the palace, so they made a pair of counterfeit incense burners. Now that the real thing came back, they had to quickly replace the fake incense burners and destroy them. If the emperor knew about this, the Cheng family would not be able to bear the consequences. Walk.

The reason why Cheng Ruobing made a big promise to Li Ye was because both parties knew the importance of the pair of incense burners, and the other party relieved a major hidden danger for the Cheng family.

The uncle and nephew took the incense burner and iron spine and hurried to the ancestral hall.

……….

When Li Ye returned to Changlefang, he unexpectedly saw Qiao Bin standing at the door of his mother's hospital.

Li Ye asked in surprise: "Abin, why are you here?"

"Brother Li, you are finally back!" Qiao Bin greeted him happily.

"How did you find this place?"

Qiao Bin scratched his head and said: "I went to Yonghefang to look for you and found that you had moved. I found Zhang Xiaopang again. He said that you had moved to Changlefang. He didn't know where exactly, so I came to Changlefang to look for you. , I wanted to try my luck, and happened to see Aunt Pei’s medical clinic.”

Li Ye nodded and smiled: "Are you in a hurry to find me?"

"My father asked me to come to you. He asked you to go to the palace tomorrow morning. The prince has something to do with you!"

"I know, let's go get something to eat and have a drink!"

Li Ye hasn't had lunch yet and is really hungry.

Although there are no shops on the main street in Chang'an and there are square walls on both sides, the inside of the square is completely different.

There are various shops on both sides of the main street. Although the shops are small, they are very down-to-earth. They cover basic necessities of life such as food, clothing, housing, and medicine. Therefore, even if the gate is closed at night, ordinary people will not lack anything.

From morning to night, the shops on both sides of the street are bustling and extremely lively.

Li Ye took Qiao Bin to a small restaurant named Ayang, where the family of three had dinner last night.

The tavern was very small, with only four tables. The two of them sat down at a small table near the inside. Li Ye ordered a bottle of wine and three dishes, a plate of roasted venison, a braised crucian carp, and a plate of braised crucian carp. Three fresh dishes and two bowls of rice.

This meal only costs 300 cents. It is not enough for a single dish in a big tavern, but it can be eaten in a small tavern. This is because the tavern is down-to-earth and has high quality and low price.

Li Ye poured a glass of wine for Qiao Bin and asked with a smile: "Still studying?"

Qiao Bin nodded, "It takes three years to study in Chang'an County, and this is the first year."

"What about finishing county school?"

"After finishing the county school, I went to the government school for two years. Then my father wanted to find connections and let me go to the Imperial College. After graduating from the Imperial College, it would be easy to join the county government and become the seventh official."

"Don't want to take the imperial examination?"

Qiao Bin smiled bitterly, "I don't have the ability, so I will definitely not pass the exam, so my dad is not going to waste time and let me go directly to Taixue to study."

Li Ye picked up the glass and drank it down in one gulp, and asked with a smile: "Is this the life your father planned for you?"

Qiao Bin nodded, "My dad always said, plan early while you're young."

Qiao Bin filled Li Ye's glass of wine and asked, "Brother Li, are you ready to play polo all the time?"

Li Ye shook his head, "It's only for a year or two at most. I just want to make some quick money by playing polo, but it's meaningless to make a career out of it."

"That's right. You can play polo as an official, but you can't play polo as an official. So does Brother Li have a plan?"

In fact, Li Ye really didn't have any ideas. Aunt Mu said that if he became Li Linfu's grandson, he could become an official. But Li Linfu had sixty or seventy grandsons, and he was the forty-eighth son, and he was not his legitimate son. How could it be his turn to become an official?

"I'm still thinking about it, but the top priority right now is to make some quick money playing polo!"

The ancients attached great importance to promises, especially scholars, who paid great attention to a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Since Cheng Ruobing promised Li Ye, he would not break his promise because of Li Ye's humble background.

This is actually a kind of self-cultivation of scholars, and they keep their word.

To this day, the promises made by our country will definitely be realized. This is a humanistic historical inheritance.

Rather than being dishonest like Westerners.