Northern Dynasties

Chapter 78 The Golden Seal of Gifts
Outside He Basheng's official residence in Chang'an City, before Li Tai had time to go back and change into his court clothes, after leaving the imperial city, Hui and a few followers hurried over on horseback.

"A Pan, here!"

Before Li Tai had time to rein in his horse and stand still, he saw his cousins ​​Cui Qian and Cui Cong standing outside the mansion with their horses. Cui Cong was waving at him and shouting, so she quickly got off her horse and walked forward.

"Two cousins, are you visiting grand master?"

Li Tai still doesn't know if the news he learned from Yu Wentai has been spread, and he is inconvenient to talk too much.

Cui Xi pulled him to the corner, and whispered: "News from Dongzhou came the day before yesterday, and Daxingtai ordered the governor not to publicize it for now. The grand master... well, I want to visit the grand master after my brother-in-law meeting. , so the two gentlemen of the Grand Master's family have entered the mansion, and visitors are not allowed to disturb the Grand Master."

After hearing this, Li Tai said: "I was interviewed by Da Xing Tai in the Outer Court Hall just now, and I know little information, so I came to visit..."

"Hey, He Liuhun is really tyrannical this time, it's frightening!"

After Cui Qian heard the words, he couldn't help sighing, his expression was sad, but also a bit melancholy.

Hearing this, Li Tai felt quite uncomfortable.

From the perspective of future generations, He Basheng drove Gao Huan away like a dog on the Mangshan battlefield, and almost killed Gao Huan. It is only natural for Gao Huan to kill his son after returning.

But at present, Gao Huan's approach still breaks through the moral values ​​of the people of the time, especially the Beizhen warriors.Although the battles between the two Weis were fierce, their respective regimes were originally from the same origin, especially the generals who were born in Beizhen, and there were many people whose clans were separated and separated.

Prior to this, the two parties had a tacit understanding that their wives and children would be worse off than others, and they would not overly persecute the other party's relatives living here.As for the Southern Dynasties, Old Bodhisattva Xiao was even more benevolent and touching.

Now that Gao Huan has made such a move suddenly, can the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty whose families are scattered in Dongzhou not be alarmed?
Not to mention others, Li Tai himself is a little flustered now.

His father, Li Xiao, is still missing, and his mother, brothers and relatives are still living in Dongzhou.There may not be any deep feelings between them, but if they were killed in the Eastern Wei Dynasty because of their own reasons, they would always feel guilty.

Although in his opinion, Gao Huan's action should be mainly driven by anger, and he has never heard that Gao Huan continued to expand the killing after killing He Basheng's sons in history.But when it comes to the safety of blood relatives, it is always inevitable to be upset.

The Cui brothers also had relatives living in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, so they were also very worried when they knew this.

"Is there any other channel to inquire about the news in more detail?"

After pondering for a while, Li Tai asked again.

The two brothers of the Cui family shook their heads after hearing the words: "The communication between the two sides is not smooth. In the past, there were many people who fled across the border in Linzhanzhou County, but after the Mangshan War, there were fewer people heading west. , It is even more difficult to find out information.”

When Li Tai heard this, he didn't say any more. Seeing that these two people were not allowed to enter through the door, he felt that at such a special moment, He Basheng didn't need to be so strict. It doesn't help, at least it can be comforted emotionally.

So he raised his hand to signal Li Yantou to enter the mansion to hand over his name card, while he stood here and waited with his two cousins.

But soon, Li Yantou also came out, shook his head towards Li Tai and said: "The door servant only said that the grand master lost his temper in grief, and he doesn't want to see outsiders."

When Li Tai heard this, he felt a little helpless. Since that was the case, it would be useless to stay any longer, so he ordered Li Yantou to come in again and announce that he was living in Chang'an these days. That's it.

He Basheng couldn't see him here, and Li Tai was still a little worried about Gao Zhongmi, so he bid farewell to his two cousins ​​and hurried back to the Taiwei's mansion.

Gao Zhongmi also returned home early, and was sitting by the small stove drinking by himself, his eyes were a little red, and when he saw Li Taixing entering, he beckoned and said, "A Pan, come here! Have a few drinks with me. cup."

"Uncle, are you okay?"

Seeing that Gao Zhongmi was obviously in a bad mood, Li Tai sat down before entering and asked.

"What can happen? When my family was captured by Hou Jing, I prepared for the worst in my heart. Now it's just a family raid, which is considered a joy."

Gao Zhongmi picked up the wine glass and drank it down, then signaled Li Tai to pour the wine quickly: "Let's get drunk tonight, and I won't drink any more after tomorrow. I will stay at home and look forward to meeting my family sometime soon!"

Li Tai originally thought that Gao Zhongmi would be even more depressed after learning the exact news of his family, but he didn't expect him to become optimistic instead.

But this is normal. Whether a person's fate is miserable or not, after all, it has to be compared.Although Gao Zhongmi was also miserable, compared to He Basheng, he was considered lucky. At least there was still a little bit of hope, even if the hope was very slim.

Li Tai felt sorry for He Basheng at the moment, and was also worried about his relatives who stayed in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. In addition, when he met Yu Wentai today, the result was not good, and he was entangled with all kinds of troubles, so he stayed with him. Gao Zhongmi started to drink.

When the sky was slightly bright in the morning, Li Tai woke up as usual, shook his hangover and drowsy head, washed up a little, and practiced martial arts in the morning light. It was so heavy yesterday.

The fact was already the case with He Basheng, and Li Tai planned to visit him later to comfort him.For the relatives in Dongzhou, there is no point in worrying now. It is best not to be implicated. Even if you are persecuted, you should work hard and strive to avenge them.

The real imminent problem facing Li Tai right now is the change of Yu Wentai's attitude towards him.

The words of Mangshan who lost and Boshan who gained are spoken out, it can be seen that Yu Wentai did appreciate and show favor to him at the beginning.But then his attitude turned calm, obviously Li Tai had violated some of his taboos.

Thinking about it now, Li Tai suspected that it might be because he didn't express that eager attachment and allegiance to Daxingtai, which made Yu Wentai feel bad.

Yu Wentai was able to gain a foothold in Kansai and fight against Gao Huan, so he was naturally not a narrow-minded person.

But Li Tai's identity is not just a handsome young man with outstanding talents, he is a direct member of the Li family in Longxi.As far as he knew, there didn't seem to be a single member of the Li family in Longxi involved in the Yuwentai Bafu.

It would be fine if Li Tai was just an aristocratic aristocrat with mediocre talents, but his ability has surpassed his age. In Yu Wentai's view, it should be worthy of attention and use. Li Tai's attitude is not sincere and eager. problem.

Li Tai speculates that in Yu Wentai's eyes, he may already be an annoying person who is proud of himself and admires his family status.

Of course he felt a little wronged, but there was nothing he could do about it.Although Yu Wentai is the hegemony of the Western Wei Dynasty, it is impossible for Li Tai to give up his planning plan and cater to Yu Wentai without a bottom line.

It is true that Yu Wentai crushing him to death now is similar to crushing an ant, but even if he unreservedly loyal to Yu Wentai, in another ten or twenty years, he will only be an ant a few years older, even if he gets lucky During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there was only a rush to deliver the imperial edict to Yang Jian.

Right now, we can only let this misunderstanding continue to exist, and seize the time to build and accumulate our own strength. If Yu Wentai has deeper suspicions about him and is serious about him, it is a big deal to change the bottom line.

While eating breakfast, he thought about it in his mind, and asked the cook to prepare some deep-fried pastries mixed with honey, which he planned to take to He Basheng's mansion later.

As soon as the chopsticks were put down here, a door servant came to tell an envoy from the prime minister's mansion to come and see him.

Li Tai panicked at first when he heard the words, could it be possible that he has already seen that my thief Lu wants to kill me with poison?
He returned to the room first, grabbed a sketch of the return cannon and put it in his sleeve, and then started to lead the messenger in.Unless it is absolutely necessary, he will not give away the sketches, and he has to keep them to bomb Tongzhou Palace and Changchun Palace!
The envoy came into the hall with a smile on his face, and Li Tai was relieved after seeing this, and got up to greet the envoy to take his seat.

The envoy first read out Li Taixin's edict for ennobling him, and then took out a gift, which was a small and exquisite golden seal.

"Yesterday, the prime minister gave the golden bottle, and Li Sanqi respectfully accepted it. The prime minister ordered the forbidden craftsmen to melt the bottle and cast the seal. The depth of kindness is enviable!"

Hearing what the messenger said, Li Tai quickly thanked him with a moved expression.

After sending the envoy's gift to the door, Li Tai went back to the hall to play with the small gold seal. The engraved inscription was not his official rank, but the eight ancient small characters of "Follow goodness like a stream, rich and noble without arrogance".

Li Tai was a little dazed looking at these words, is this pointing at me?
It happened that Gao Zhongmi also got up to eat, and looked at Li Tai holding the golden seal in a daze, and after asking the reason, he burst out laughing: "Ah Pan said you were not academically good, and I only said you were modest, so it turned out to be true." Yes. These eight characters, aren’t they taken from the book of commandments of your ancestors?”

Li Tai was sweating profusely after hearing the words, and asked a few more cheeky questions before he found out that these eight characters were quoted from his family's ancestor and the founding emperor of Xiliang Li Hao's "Commanding Commandments to All Sons": follow the good like going with the flow, and avoid the evil Such as exploring the soup, it is extremely difficult for those who are rich but not arrogant.

Yu Wentai engraved his family motto into a seal and gave it to him, which is considered intentional. Obviously, he thinks that Li Tai still has value in attracting him. If he doesn't express his loyalty to Daxingtai, it will be a bit shameless.

From this, Li Tai also found out another layer of taste. There are many Li clans in Longxi, and Li Tai's origin is only one of them.Yu Wentai bestowed this golden seal on him, does it mean that as long as he works hard with Daxingtai, he will support him to be the head of the whole family?
If this is the case, that's good, even if he can't become bigger and stronger in the future, whether Li Hu and his family can be Longxi Li is up to him to decide!
This one, I really have to say that I love Daxingtai!With this golden seal alone, Li Tai can't let Yu Wentai die, at least he has to keep the second queen.

Li Taixi diligently put away the gold seal, making up his mind that at a certain point in the future, he would have to match up with Yu Wenhu. Just in time, the servants had also prepared the crispy fruit snacks, so they put them in the food box and went out to He Basheng's mansion.

(End of this chapter)