Chapter 64 The Change of Lifu

But Empress Dowager Li turned around and said, "But it's really something. If he doesn't come to the family to discuss it, who can he discuss it with?"

"Maybe, maybe it's Li Hou's family?" Jiaolan found that after several days of recuperation, the puffiness of the Empress Dowager Li's feet had not been reduced.

"Silly girl, there is no family matter in the prime minister's mansion. Family affairs will affect state affairs, and state affairs will also affect family affairs. How can the ancients cultivate themselves and govern the country?" Empress Dowager Li paused and said, "Well, you send some more reliable people to dress up and sneak out of the palace to find out what happened to the Li Hou family. If he doesn't tell the Ai family, there must be his secret. The Ai family's question is also in vain. It's better to inquire in private and find another opportunity to beat around."

"The Empress Dowager is wise!" Jiao Lan wiped her feet for the Empress Dowager Li, "There is one more thing. The emperor moved back to the Yaohua Hall today, but the maidservant always feels a little strange."

"Isn't it Zhen Mei's hope for the emperor to move back to Yaohua Hall, not to mention..." The Empress Dowager Li glanced at Jiaolan, "Don't you also want the emperor to leave Shuang'er and let her stay in the Lanzhi Palace alone? Why did she change her mind again?"

"No, the maidservant is not the emperor but Shuang'er. According to Shuang'er's nature, how can she take the initiative to let the emperor leave the palace? She is not a compassionate person in the first place!"

"You mean that the emperor went back to Yaohua Hall, and Shuang'er persuaded him to go back?" Empress Dowager Li's face darkened.

"Well, some of the people in charge of serving the Anzhi Palace are familiar with the maidservant. We also know that Shuang'er and the emperor used to quarrel with each other. However, this time, the maidservant asked them in private. It was indeed that Shuang'er took the initiative to help the emperor pack up and persuade the emperor to return to the Yaohua Hall. Otherwise, the emperor would not accept it."

"Huh, what?" Empress Dowager Li sneered and said, "Is it popular recently? Jiaolan, since you have someone, ask them to keep a close eye on the Ai family. If you find anything, come and report it quickly, and the family will be rewarded!"

A few days later, Li Jin looked very calm in Li Hou Li's house. He ate a lot of food in the morning and drank a large pot of hot tea. Li's house, which used to be noisy and lively, is now deserted. In addition to his hair wife, even Ji's concubine and dancers, etc., Li Jin distributed a sum of silver one by one to let them leave Li's house to make their own lives. Lu, and the remaining two servants, one is the lady's personal maid, and the other is the servant who has been following him. In the whole Li family, only these two people refuse to leave. Fortunately, there are still two people left. Li Jin and his husband are not hungry.

Just as Li Jin felt that the tea was weak and was about to ask the little boy to change a new pot, the little boy came to tell that a guest came to visit.

The person who came is a tall man of twenty-eight or nine years old, with a white face and thin eyes, and a short beard on his lips added a little elegance to him. He wears a beaded purple crown, and his body is also a purple robe and jade belt. Even his boots are embedded with huge pearls. It is said that he must be rich or noble to dress up as such a person, but somehow, his eyebrows are angry. The quality always makes people feel a trace of yin and fierceness.

Li Jin sat motionless in the hall. He looked coldly at the person who came through the courtyard and came to the door. He squeezed out a flattering smile and arched his hand, "Li Hou, how are you thinking? Lou came as agreed!"

Li Jin looked away, crossed the shoulder of the man, and looked at an old tung tree in the courtyard. He did not answer the words of the person directly, but said, "How do you think of Li's house layout?"

Lou Xun smiled and said, "Is there any difference in Li Hou's house? I'm afraid the whole capital is the most luxurious decoration in Lifu! If Lou can have such a house, I'm afraid he will wake up with a smile in his dreams at night.

Li Jin sneered contemptuously, "Don't be modest. Although your house is not as big as my lord, you secretly put more houses than me, and the dead guests you raised have penetrated into every corner of the capital?"

"Haha!" Lou Xun laughed and couldn't help but be a little proud. "Li Hou, you are a sensible person who understands and doesn't lie in front of people. If I'm not sure, I won't look for you Li Hou. In fact, whether there is this tiger charm or not has little impact on me Lou Xun. Chinese martial arts ministers, they just have the intention to be loyal to the court. Oh, no, it's loyalty. Your sister, Empress Dowager Li, can't ignore their own family, can they? Of course, the role of the tiger charm is not only to mobilize the soldiers and horses in the capital, but also includes the local area. However, Li Hou knows better than Lou that the local barracks may change at any time. If it really falls to the king of Wu, how can the tiger talisman restrict it? In addition, if the capital is lost and the dragons have no head, how many people are willing to bury your Li family?

Li Jin said contemptuously, "Even if what you say makes sense, my Li family has reached a time when it is difficult to protect themselves, but the King of Wu is still a royal blood relative. What about you? Do you think that if you take the capital and threaten other people's family members, the Chinese Minister of War will be willing to support you?

"Well, there is no need to worry about Li Hou. Although Lou holds people's lives in the palm of his hand, he is not a righteous person. How many benefits they get from Lou? They themselves know in their hearts that people die for money and birds die for food. Since ancient times, it has been a word of profit to drive people all over the world, as long as Lou let them get more benefits than Your Empress Dowager Li got a lot. Today, they can respectfully call you Marquis Li, but tomorrow everyone can't wait to step on you!"

Li Jin meditated for a long time and sighed, "So Li has no choice?"

Lou Xun laughed more proudly, "It may be a difficult choice whether his sister is important or his son is important. But instead of guarding a court that is about to collapse, it is better to retreat whole body and help his wife and children to raise the countryside. This is not difficult to choose. Li Hou Tongda is wise, and his heart must be more than Lou. There is a number."

"But how do I know if you are trustworthy? I have not seen Ren'er now, and I haven't received any sincere guarantee from you. I want to give you the tiger charm in this way. How is it different from the whole family's introduction to be cut?"

"Ha ha!" Lou Xun sneered and said, "Does Li Hou think he still has the capital to talk to Lou now? Lou knows that in the past few days, you have dismissed all your subordinates. In fact, you have been prepared just in case. The reason why Lou did not urge Li Hou is to respect Li Hou. Even at the most critical time, he still has a heart of benevolence and righteousness. He does not want to be involved in the innocence. For the benevolence and righteousness of Li Hou, Lou is also willing to be a gentleman with Li Hou. As long as Li Hou handed over the tiger charm, Lou immediately sent someone to send your son back. Not only that, Lou will also arrange dead men to escort Li Hou's family to leave Beijing. What Li Hou needs to do is to choose a beautiful place to settle down again. This shows Lou's sincerity, right?

Li Jin shook his head, "No, have you ever heard of the word trapped beasts? As long as the tiger talisman is in Li's hand one day, no matter how terrible your dead men are, the generals of the major battalions in the capital and the civil and military ministers in the court, even if they obey you because of fear, you are not right after all. Imagine a national thief, even with gold and silver mountains, can get some loyalty and submission? Li guessed that the staff of Zhongxin Hou must have also told the marquis that a tiger charm and a national seal want to seize the world, the two are indispensable. Therefore, of course, Li has the capital to talk about conditions, and Li's conditions are also very simple. The marquis must bring Ren'er intact and release him in front of Li. Otherwise, Li would rather be willing. If the jade is broken, don't ask for the tile!"

Lou Xun's white skin twitched a few times and said with a dry smile, "It's good to say, Marquis Li is used to being majestic, but it's not completely bluffing. Lou admires it! Well, Lou is going to pick up Ling Lang, but it may take some time. To be on the safest, please don't go out today. How about waiting for Lou's news at home?

"Don't worry!" Li Jin said coldly, "If I don't see Ren'er, I won't go anywhere!"

Lou Xun turned around and brushed his sleeves and walked away. Li Jin sat for a long time in a daze. He reached out and touched the teapot. When he wanted to pour another cup for himself, he found that the tea had been cold for a long time, so he remembered to call the servant to change another pot of new hot tea. From beginning to end, he deliberately neither called Lou Xun to enter the seat nor served tea for Lou Xun. In his treatment for many years. This is the first time. There is nothing more hateful than threatening the lives of other people's relatives. Lou Xun is the most abominable.

Soon, when the young man brought hot tea, his face was full of sadness, "Marquis, just now my wife wanted to go out to buy some food, but she was stopped by several loyal marquis's minions outside the door and blocked back. We, do we no longer have the freedom to move?"

Li Jin's heart is sad. Over the years, he has made a lot of money. He has raised countless concubines and dancers, and has entertained countless court officials and merchants. But now, he is so lonely and lonely. He blames himself for looking away and not guarding Lou Xun, a villain. He has a poor wife. I don't know how many years he has not enjoyed it. He was a little concerned and gentle, and didn't even seem to say a few words. However, when he asked her to take the silver ticket back to his mother's house quickly, she calmly refused, "The place where the marquis and Ren'er are is the home of my concubine. Now that Ren'er hasn't returned to the marquis, the concubine won't go anywhere!" Li Hou's wife said so.

Half of her life is full of glory, wealth, glory and disgrace. In fact, it should be enough to be gratifying to leave the person who was originally together to accompany him to the end, but Li Jin regretted that he gave her too little, while she gave too much. Perhaps she could only look forward to the afterlife. God gave him another chance to let him pay off her debts slowly.

"Tell your wife that I have no appetite and don't want to eat it. Let her cook and eat whatever is left at home!" Li Hou said lightly, "Isn't there a lot of gifts from others in the treasury? See what you can eat, just cook it."

"Oh, my lord!" The dwarf's face was even more ugly. "The marquis didn't know that when the servants in the house left, they took everything they could take, and those who could move were also moved. For this, the villain told the marquis, but the marquis said, let them go. As a result, there are only some things left in the treasury, and there are still some things that can't be moved. The broken copper and iron.

"Oh?" Li Jin sighed deeply, "So powerful? How can you empty the treasury? It seems that I underestimated people's greed!"

"Why don't you take out some dried meat pickles stored in his room? Fortunately, the rice noodles in the kitchen are all available. Just make a few, and the marquis will also eat some?"

"No, by the way, madam has always been in poor health. Don't make her tired!" Li Jin is rare, and there is a trace of warmth to his wife in his tone.

After a long time, Mrs. Li came over and personally added hot water for Li Jin. As usual, Mrs. Li didn't say much. After adding water, she was ready to retreat silently. Li Jin looked at her back and suddenly stopped her, "Ren'er, Ren'er may come back today. Maybe this will be the last thing I can do for you. . "