Northern Dynasties

Chapter 250
When Li Tai returned to Longshou Yuanzhuang from Weibei, it was already late at night.

He was also very tired after traveling for several days, and told Zhuangzhong Li Xiaoyong to prepare the chariots and horses, and to go to Xianyang tomorrow to bring all the personnel back, and then he fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Li Tai was awakened by a series of bells in a daze. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and went out in a cloak. He looked in the direction of the bell and asked with a frown, "What happened? Why are you so noisy?" ?”

Zhuang Ding was also very puzzled, and replied while listening to the bell: "This is the soul-crossing bell of Baohua Temple in the south of the city. It can soothe the soul and protect the dead from evil spirits. When the bell rings, there must be someone in the capital. The nobleman has passed away. One bell will cost tens of thousands of dollars, so how much protection should the deceased receive if there are so many bells tolled?"

Hearing the sighs of the people in the village, Li Tai didn't say anything more, just washed up to get rid of drowsiness, and practiced in the morning light. When he returned to the house for breakfast, Li Xiaoyong came in to report that the chariots and horses were ready. Feel free to go anytime.

Li Hu had already divided up the personnel of the workshop yesterday, and returned all the hundreds of craftsmen that Dugu Trust had entrusted to him, and said that if Li Tai was willing to continue to operate in Weibei, he would help choose a place for resettlement in Xianyang.

However, Li Tai has his own influence and sphere of influence, and he has no intention of further developing around Gyeonggi. He still tends to lure the craftsmen back to Baishuizhuang for resettlement.

Li Hu did not dissuade him from this either. Apart from returning all the artisans, other miscellaneous items were folded into weapons such as knives and arrows as compensation. Li Tai was provided with a thousand sets of light soldiers and equipment. Tai was very grateful.

They had made a plan, Li Tai didn't need to go to Weibei again today, but let Zhang Shinu and other followers who went with him yesterday go to lead people back today.

Li Xiaoyong did not go with him, but accompanied Li Tai to inspect the operation of the manor.

Because of the high terrain and inconvenient water conservancy, Longshou is not suitable for farming and production. Although the people in the village work hard, they can barely maintain a living.The most important use of this manor at the moment is to serve as a warehouse in the suburbs of Beijing to store various commodities brought from the Luoshui River in Huazhou.

"Recently, it's also strange that the number of visitors coming here from the middle of Beijing has suddenly increased several times, and they don't talk about anything when they come to ask questions. They only keep asking about a few private matters of Alang. There are also several farms in the left and right, all of which are also in the recent period They are being bought one after another. Longshouyuan, which is rarely visited by people in the past, is becoming more and more lively!"

When Li Xiaoyong talked about some strange phenomena in the recent period, his face was quite puzzled.

After Li Tai heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry. He was upset that some neighbors suddenly appeared in the vicinity, but from Li Xiaoyong's point of view, these people seemed to be attracted by him?

If this is the case, it can be seen that his virtues are outstanding and he is more and more appreciated by Shiliu.In ancient times, Shun lived in Juju in one year, in Yi in two years, and in Chengdu in three years.He doesn't live here often, and if he really wants to settle here for a few years, the popularity of Chang'an City will be attracted to him!

He was complacent about his charm here, but there was a loud noise outside the gate of the manor, as if someone wanted to break in.After the village people heard the sound, they all gathered at the door with their sticks in their hands.

Seeing this, Li Tai was unwilling to be left behind, surrounded by the villagers, he walked towards the door, and saw a group of strong and sturdy Samana monks outside the door from a distance, trying to rush past the villagers to prevent them from entering the village, he couldn't help being taken aback.

He has built a lot of temples by himself, but he didn't expect that the monks would come to his house today. Sure enough, he would always have to pay back when he came out to hang out.

Seeing those monks roaring and yelling anxiously, he took out his saber and held it in his hand, sneered and said to the villagers: "Don't bother with these monks and slaves, whoever dares to enter the door, just cut it off!"

After hearing this, the people in the village were confident, and they immediately showed their weapons. The attitude of the monks was quite arrogant, but after seeing this scene, they all showed awe-inspiring attitudes, and the situation suddenly changed. stalemate.

Li Tai was about to ask these monks why they knocked on the door and harassed them, but suddenly there was an exclamation from behind the crowd: "Bo Shan, when will you enter Beijing?"

Li Tai followed the prestige, and saw dozens of horses running towards this place in the distance, the first one was Nian Hua who hadn't seen him for a long time.At this time, Nianhua was dressed in plain clothes, Li Tai was taken aback when he saw this, and thought to himself, could this guy have died of his father again?

Nianhua quickly came to the gate of the manor, first repelled the monks, and then got off the horse and walked towards Li Tai. Seeing Li Tai's curious and confused eyes, he pointed to the plain robe on his body and sighed: "The prince of the mansion passed away this morning. ..."

After hearing this, Li Tai realized that the Nianhua of feelings is to wear filial piety for the boss.After Gao Zhongmi was dismissed from the post of Taiwei a few years ago, Nianhua, the head of the Taiwei's mansion, was transferred to the mansion of Taifu Wangmeng. Wangmeng was Yu Wentai's uncle. Ming.

Li Tai exchanged greetings with Nian Hua and sighed twice, and then asked curiously: "The mansion is suffering from the pain of bereavement, and it should be busy. Brother Nian, why are you..."

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Nianhua's face, he turned his head and pointed to the monks on the original, and said in a low voice: "It's not that the Master of Baohua Temple is causing trouble for nothing, saying that Wang Taifu has been lying in bed for many years and has suffered too much from evil diseases, so he needs to be recruited to save him. Capital..."

After hearing this, Li Tai realized that even if it was Yi Le, these monks were also bold. They were blackmailed by Yu Wentai last year. They thought life was very difficult, but this year they dared to take advantage of Yu Wentai's uncle. Funerals are used to make money, and they really need money rather than life!
Although Li Tai didn't believe these nonsense, seeing Nian Hua and other government officials following these monks to raise funds, the family members who wanted to come to Wang Meng also asked for peace of mind.He didn't want to add trouble to the family when they were sad, so he asked the villager to bring out ten pieces of plain silk to express his heart, and asked Nianhua and Wang's family when they would accept guests to express their condolences.

He did not have much friendship with Wangmeng's family, but today he just happened to encounter this incident in Chang'an, so it is a courtesy to go to express his condolences.

The next morning, Li Tai went into the city with his entourage, intending to go to his cousin Lu Rou's house to express condolences with him. After all, he was not very familiar with Jingzhong Shiliu, so it would not be so embarrassing to have someone to accompany him.

But after he entered the city, he didn't go very far when he encountered a large-scale guard of honor, and all his entourage immediately left the road to avoid it.

But when the team was passing by, a slave came out from the team, trotted to Li Taima and cupped his hands: "May I ask if Li Dadu is Li Boshan? My lord, King Feng Yi, wants to invite Li Dadu to accompany and narrate."

The city of Chang'an is not big, but there are many dignitaries, and you can bump into a Zongwang casually on the street.Li Tai didn't want to have any contact with the Yuan family's clan, but this Feng Yi Wang Yuan Jihai is different from others, so it's not easy to refuse to see him directly.

Li Tai dismounted and walked towards the middle of the team. Yuan Jihai did not ride a horse, but rode in a carriage. When Li Tai came to greet him, Yuan Jihai poked his head out, showing a slightly haggard face, pointing at him and smiling. He said: "Just now I glanced briefly, and I already feel that the eyes are familiar. Such a handsome appearance is really not a common habit. Thinking about it carefully, it really is a young and handsome man from my family."

Although Li Tai didn't care much about Yuan Jihai's status, but his wife, Li Zhihua, wanted to call her aunt, so he didn't dare to be negligent. Hearing what Yuan Jihai said, he hurriedly bowed to him.

"Boshan, you don't work in the capital. Although you have heard about your reputation for a long time, you rarely see each other. Unexpectedly, we met by chance today. If you have nothing important to do, can you come back with me to the residence and introduce some relatives for you? ?”

Yuan Jihai had a good attitude towards Li Tai, and said with a smile.

"It should have been a long time ago to visit my parents in person, and I was often urged to do so, so I couldn't be free. Today is a coincidence, and I intended to go to Wang Taifu's residence to express my condolences..."

After Li Tai heard the words, he said with a dry smile.

After Yuan Jihai heard this, he laughed again: "What's the coincidence? It's a coincidence that I'm going to Wang Taifu's residence, and I'm going with Boshan!"

Having said all that, Li Tai couldn't afford to lose face, so he could only go with Yuan Jihai.Yuan Jihai was quite interested in him, so he directly invited him to ride with him in the car, and kept asking him questions along the way, which had nothing to do with current affairs, but just some family affairs, but it also made Li Tai a little nervous.

At this time, there was already a lot of traffic in front of Wang Meng's house, and the guests and horses who came to express their condolences blocked the streets in the city, which were not very wide, which showed that his family was famous.

Wang Meng is not only Yu Wentai's uncle, he is the high-ranking Duke himself, he is also He Bayue's in-laws, and his grandson is married to the princess of the current dynasty. Very much.

Most of the guests lined up on the street to enter, but the Wang family also specially prepared a special passage to guide the dignitaries into the house to express their condolences.

If Li Tai came by himself, he might have to queue up on the street, but because he was traveling with Yuan Jihai, the car drove into the house without hindrance.

At this time, the mourning hall had already been set up in Wang's house, and the guests lined up to express their condolences.

When Yuan Jihai walked in, there were other relatives of the Yuan family and other fashionable guests who came up to greet him, and Li Tai took advantage of the opportunity to leave Yuan Jihai's side.After looking around in the crowd, I saw that my cousin Lu Rou had come over ahead of time.

"A Pan, when did you come to Chang'an?"

When Lu Rou saw Li Tai, she couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Since I have come, if there is no urgent matter, I have to stay for a few days. This morning, the court discussed Wang Taifu's funeral, His Royal Highness suggested Anyone who is above the fifth grade in the capital must set up a tent road sacrifice..."

Li Tai cursed secretly after hearing the words, this prince is too idle, and it's not your father who died, why bother everyone so much?Look at the battle of the Wang family's funeral, if he really had to wait until the funeral ceremony, it might take a few days, how could he have the time!

He was still slandering himself here, but Yuan Jihai, who took the opportunity to get away before, shouted his name loudly in the crowd, beckoning him to go over again and again.Li Tai looked at the several Yuan family clan kings beside him, he didn't want to deal with any of them, he didn't expect to make a big gift package.

He bit the bullet and walked over here, but Yuan Jihai's words scared him so much that he almost ran away: "His Royal Highness will be here soon, and knowing you are here, he specially sent someone to tell me to let you meet."

　Today is still a chapter, I am really not lazy, this withdrawal reaction is really tormenting, and I also advise everyone not to indulge bad living habits too much, health first. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)