Northern Dynasties

Chapter 39
"I was entrusted by the high envoy to go to the countryside to rectify the garden industry. Before the luggage landed, the villagers had gathered to attack! We have never met each other. Why do the villagers blame me? There are still wounded villagers lying in the garden. I hurt it, and I will take care of it myself. They can all prove that the villagers hate me only because Shi Shi bewitched me!"

When Li Tai sat down in the hall, he made a complaint against the case: "The Shi brothers made things difficult for me and did more than one thing to me. There are many people from the surrounding villages who testify, and their mouths are worth a lot of money. How can you allow Diao Xie to slander me! I don't know what happened to Shi Lang I have nothing to do with my brother, but the hatred between them is as deep as an abyss, if you don't come with my cousin, I will never allow you to enter this hall!"

Seeing Li Tai's arrogance, Shi Jing felt a little uneasy for a while, but she just bit the bullet and said, "But, but the forced purchase of flax in the past, may I ask if it is true, sir? The ancestors ruled the family and taught them that they never allowed their children and grandchildren to abandon their farms. If they were not forced by external forces, they would definitely not, absolutely would not..."

"Shi Lang doesn't need to boast that his family is honest, I also come from a clean family! There is no work to do in the trilogy, so I went to the hometown to buy materials and start weaving. I did visit the historian. The historian used Chen hemp as a count, and it is still kept in the village!"

Li Tai clapped his hands and ordered Buqu to fetch the Chen Ma bags bought from the historian and throw them in the hall. As for the historian who had returned the money when he wanted to buy ointment, that is another topic. Ma, the evidence is conclusive.

Shi Jing's gaze landed on those old sacks and she hastily retracted them, as if she was afraid of being stung in the eyes.

"Before I bought flax in advance, the Shijia brothers deceived me that I didn't know how to farm, and bought flax after autumn at the current season's price. Although I got advice afterwards, I made a promise and never wanted to return. At that time, we talked and talked happily. If I force it in the slightest, people will not criticize it, but the heavens will condemn it!"

The more Li Tai spoke, the more angry he became, as if he had really become a kind and innocent person who was oppressed in every possible way: "Shi Gong lost his official position and was rewarded, so he sent his younger brother to break the contract. He instigated slaves to wreak havoc, the door was broken, and the house was sloppy. Shi Lang looks great, his eyes are clear, and he has seen it so far. I am now detained in the garden, just asking for justice and auspiciousness. I will kill him!"

"So that's how it is, that's how it is!"

After listening to Li Tai's accusation, Lu Rou got up angrily from the table, pointed at Shi Jing and said angrily: "Since Wang Ye went hunting, I know that righteousness in the world is declining and confusion between right and wrong is inevitable. There should be a fair balance! My cousin left home and left, lonely and hard to stand, already pitiful.

Shi Lang, if you didn't judge Qu Yin, you went to the court of his parents and slandered the famous family's moral education. Not only did you frame Li's family reputation, but you also ridiculed your relatives and friends for being incomprehensible!If I hadn't come to the door today to hear about it, I don't know how long I would have been deceived by you and misunderstood my friendship! "

"I'm not! I don't know..."

Seeing that Lu Rou not only turned against him, but also scolded him for turning black and white, Shi Jing became even more speechless for a while, and at the same time was full of remorse.

Although Shang Yuan historians originated from their own families, they had already lived in their own families several generations ago.Before Shi Gong went to Jingzhao to ask for advice, he only said that he was bullied by a newcomer from Dongzhou.

Jingzhao's family didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but Shi Gong's miserable request made them feel that Li Tai, a newcomer from Dongzhou, was too arrogant and didn't take Shijia seriously, so they sent Shi Jing, a young man, to come forward to settle the case .

Historians knew that Li Tai's backer was He Basheng, the grand master, so he asked to go to the home of Jing Zhaoyin Cui Cong.Because Cui Cong used to be He Basheng's old subordinate, and in the early years, he followed He Basheng to Nanliang and returned to Guanzhong together. He only felt that such a friendship should be able to persuade He Basheng.

But Shi Jing did not expect that the Cui Lu family in Chang'an City, apart from being He Basheng's old family, had a close relationship with the Li family in Longxi, especially Li Tai's family, and their friendship was even stronger than that of He Basheng. Even more solid!
He invited Lu Rou over with the intention of being a lobbyist, but now Lu Rou's eyes are wide open, looking like he is going to tear him apart, but instead he is giving away his teammate.

"I, I came to the door this time under the order of my parents. I hope that this matter can be resolved in a good way, but, but I don't want to be so deep-rooted. I listened to evil words before, misunderstood Li Lang, and misled Lu Gong. , even if I have thousands of regrets in my heart, I am ashamed and dare not defend myself. I beg Lu Gong to forgive me, I implore Li Lang to forgive me!"

Shi Jing got up from the table, bowed to the two people, and wiped off the sweat on her forehead, and said in a harsh voice: "This time I am asking for a meeting, and I am offended. Please forgive me, a shallow and dull young man, and let me take care of you." Go home and tell the whole story in detail, and then ask the elders of the clan to come to the village to plead guilty!"

"Hurry up, hurry up! Although my blind date family has no power to support, they are upright, able to write and speak! I didn't know that my orphan came here when he was a child, and he was besieged and bullied by local thieves, but now Now that you know it, you will never allow the monster to regenerate!"

Lu Rou flicked her sleeves and said with disgust.

Li Tai was also very happy to see that his cheap cousin could cover him so well, and when Shi Jing left in embarrassment, he quickly ordered his family to prepare a family banquet to entertain this relative who had met unexpectedly.

"Apan, it's really hard work for you! In the past, when I entered the customs, although I was in a state of distress, there were always companions who took care of each other. Now you enter the customs, but you lack the care of your elders..."

Lu Rou looked okay, but she stuttered a little. After drinking a few glasses of wine and getting excited, her stuttering got worse.Although he was nearly forty years old, he was full of emotions. When Li Tai and Li Zhusheng talked about their journey through customs, he even patted the back of Li Tai's hand with red eyes and sighed repeatedly.

Li Tai didn't think he was pitiful, he was appreciated by some benefits first, then protected by He Basheng, and supported by Gao Zhongmi's family business, he was much happier than most people in this world.

"Although I was separated from Aye, I was taken care of by my elders. I am not alone in Kansai. I saw my cousin today, and I realized that there are still many elders who are here. I was struggling to make ends meet before, and I didn't know how to pay attention. Cousin, please don't blame me for being too young!"

Li Tai filled up the village brewing water for Lu Rou again, and asked tentatively, "We still have a cousin in Chang'an?"

Hearing Lu Rou say something about Cui Shijun and his uncle, Li Tai was curious. It seems that this uncle has a lot of power in Chang'an, and the local rich historians would come to ask for help.

"That's my cousin, but not yours..."

Lu Rou had a stutter, and it was inevitable that she would pant when she spoke.

Li Tai couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this. You're a big cousin, isn't your cousin my cousin, with a watch of three thousand miles, at most I'm six thousand miles, why don't you let him climb? relative?

Li Zhusheng saw that Lu Rou had trouble speaking, so he pulled Li Tai beside him, and whispered, "If Lu Da is talking about Cui Liulang, Alang really shouldn't be calling him cousin, he is also cousin!"

Lu Rou, who stuttered, patted the table, nodded to Li Zhusheng to show that he was right, and then said: "Dang, back then, I was with my cousin..."

It was difficult for him to speak, and it was also difficult for Li Tai to listen, but he finally figured it out.

The in-laws of the Li family in Chang'an, besides Lu Rou, also have Cui Qian and Cui Cong brothers from the Cui clan of Boling. .

The Cui brothers are Lu Rou's cousins, but their mother is the daughter of Li Tai's great-grandfather Li Shao, who is also Li Tai's cousin. The Cui brothers are also Li Tai's cousins, and they are related to Li Tai. Ty is the same as Lu Rou.

In addition, the wife of the Cui brothers also came from the Li family in Longxi. Besides his cousin, Li Tai also called his cousin brother-in-law.

After finally sorting out this complicated relationship in his mind, Li Tai couldn't help feeling that the noble circle was really messed up.It's no wonder that aristocratic families want to build a family tree. Once the relationship between the genealogy is messed up, the relationship between relatives will also be messed up.

The reason why Emperor Gaozong of the later Tang Dynasty promulgated marriage bans against these families was indeed not to be promulgated. The marriages between generations are really tightly bound.

After Lu Rou and the others returned to Guanzhong with He Basheng in the early years, they were arranged by Yuwentai to take up official positions in the Chang'an court. One reason was that the Western Wei Dynasty lacked talents, and the other reason was probably because of the fact that they had taken over He Basheng's power.

Among them, Cui Xi was the best. He was only in his early thirties, and he had already served as Jing Zhaoyin.

Because of her excellent diction, Lu Rou served as a member of Zhongshu Schee, and was the chief author of imperial edicts and proclamations of condolences.But in the hegemonic government of the Western Wei Dynasty, the emperor could not issue a few edicts a year, so his duties were very leisurely, so he had time to go to Shangyuan to meet Li Tai.

"After entering the customs, the grand master took strict precautions. I was not allowed to wait for my old subordinates to come and visit me at will. I may not see you for a long time. It is rare that he still remembers the old friendship of my uncle and is willing to take good care of you, Ah Pan. How is the grand master recently? "

Lu Rou asked intermittently, and also missed He Basheng a lot. After all, they have traveled all over the world and followed them for many years, so they must have feelings for each other.

After Li Tai heard the words, he sighed again. It was a happy thing to meet relatives in a foreign land, but when he thought of the complicated personnel affairs in the Western Wei court, he couldn't be happy again.

As He Basheng's old subordinates, Lu Rou and the others were a little embarrassed, and now they are all working in Chang'an, so they may be involved in political disputes every minute.

Yuwen Taike has never been a good-natured and kind-hearted person. On the one hand, he is merciful to the general of the township party, but to the Emperor Yuanshi, he will kill him if he says he will die.Later, my son died so badly, and it has to be said that Yu Wenhu, the nephew, taught by example and learned the truth.

Li Tai saw that Lu Rou's robe looked old, so he said: "It was my fault for not visiting before. Cousin, when you are in the capital in the future, don't accept clothes from strangers, especially forbidden items. Resignation is resignation. My brother lives in the village, and his family is good at weaving, so there must be enough material for Spring and Autumn!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who would give it to me... At the beginning of the year, the Daxingtai was undressed and given, but I don't wear it often."

Lu Rou was already a little bit drunk, and couldn't understand what Li Tai was saying, so she laughed and said after hearing the words.

Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, he didn't dare to go to Chang'an because he was afraid of evil things like clothes and belts, so don't turn around and be implicated by these relatives.

But when he heard that Yu Wentai actually sent clothes to Lu Rou, he couldn't help gossiping: "Da Xing Tai gave you clothes, have you washed the clothes carefully?"

(End of this chapter)