"Is this Qingzhou City? The courtyard wall is so high!" Wei Xiaozhuang stood in front of Qingzhou City, looked up at the towering city wall, and exclaimed in awe.

Li Ye smiled beside him and said, "This is called the city wall."

"As the city wall, I know, I heard from my master." Wei Xiaozhuang said seriously, "But it is not as exaggerated as the master said. He said there is a city wall, which is as high as the mountain. Humph, brag."

Li Ye smiled. As Pinglu Zhi Prefecture, Qingzhou City has high grooves and deep, but it is incomparable to Chang'an, so Li Ye has no other feelings.

When they brought the carriage into the city, the soldiers guarding the city gate rummaged through the boxes and checked the carriage strictly. It was not that Qingzhou was under martial law, but Li Ye and the other two walked, but were carrying an empty carriage. It was unreasonable.

The sergeant didn't see anything, and looked at Li Ye and others strangely. His eyes were especially on Su Emei for a long time, and finally waved his hand and let them enter the city.

Through the city gate corridor, my eyes suddenly became clear. Looking at the bustling crowds of people on the wide and long streets and the dense and tall houses on both sides of the street, Wei Xiaozhuang pretended that it was not the first time he entered the city, so he could no longer hold back and his eyes were straightened.

"Stop being idle, go quickly." Su Emei walked past him and whispered a reminder.

Wei Xiaozhuang quickly followed and accidentally bumped into a man in brocade clothes, which made the other party glaring. He quickly laughed and nodded, and ran to Su Emei. Wei Xiaozhuang looked around in awe and lowered his voice: "Senior Sister, there are so many people here, the houses are so big, and they all look similar. How can we find the Cui family?"

Su E's eyebrows were also pounding in her heart. She glanced at Li Ye's back and tried to calm down: "What a panic? Isn't there still Mr. Li? I saw that he often goes to the city, so he must know the way."

"It makes sense." Wei Xiaozhuang nodded with a look of gratitude, "Fortunately I met Brother Li, otherwise this time's errand would be really difficult." As he said that, he hurriedly followed Li Ye in two steps.

"Go and sell the carriage first." Li Ye said to Wei Xiaozhuang and Su E, "Go to the market to find a carriage shop, and then we will go to the Cui family."

Wei Xiaozhuang was dizzy and didn't know what the market and carriages were, so he had to nod his head and agree: "Everyone listened to Brother Li."

Li Ye looked back at Su Emei. The other party still looked as usual, not as silly as Wei Xiaozhuang. In the words of the previous life, the goddess style was still a goddess style, but Li Ye was still keenly discovering that Su Emei's fingers holding the sword were slightly tight.

After all, pedestrians on the street, regardless of gender, age or age, would turn their heads and look at Su Emei, and some young ladies would come together to laugh together. This was not entirely because Su Emei's stunning appearance, but because she was wearing Li Ye's robe.

There was no woman wearing a long robe, and this was not a Taoist robe. Although Su Emei had long legs, she was still a little worse than Li Ye. The robe did not fit.

Accepting the attention of almost everyone on the street, Su Emei, who was walking in the world for the first time and entering the city, could not be nervous at all. Li Ye thought that before going to the Cui family, she had to change her clothes. This was inappropriate. Not to mention what the Cui family thought, she was not at ease.

When the carriage was sold in a carriage, the other party gave Li Ye a large bag of copper coins, which was about ten kilograms. In this era, buying and selling goods was like this. When wealthy families buy valuables, they often ask their servants to carry several large bags of copper coins out, which is full of momentum. Of course, it is not convenient, otherwise they would not invent things like Jiaozi and silver bills.

"So much?" Su Emei couldn't help but be surprised. When she paid Li Ye for the carriage money, she gave her a handful...

"Are these copper coins different from the copper coins we brought?" Wei Xiaozhuang came over, looked at the wallet a few times, and then looked at Li Ye in a tangled manner: "It's the same!"

"It's different. The copper coins brought by your Taoist temple are relatively rare." Li Ye was afraid that Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang would be embarrassed, so he opened his conscience and whispered.

Su Emei blushed suddenly, and she glared at Li Ye in shame and annoyance: "Do you think I'm stupid?"

She realized now that she owed Li Ye a lot of money. Looking at the merchant at that time, he ran away with gold without a shadow, and guessed that the ball of gold was even more valuable.

But Li Ye did not mention these, which made Su Emei feel deeply in love with Li Ye's generosity, but also felt guilty.

"Money is something outside of your body. When you walk in the world, you have the word "righteousness" to say that these are vulgar?" Li Ye immediately raised his face, taught his lesson seriously in the tone of a senior in the world, and handed the money bag to Wei Xiaozhuang, "Come on, get your money!"

Su Emei was stunned, looked at Li Ye, and blinked her big eyes full of suspicion.

Wei Xiaozhuang was at a loss with a big bag of money in his arms.

"Let's go and change your clothes." Li Ye waved his hand, "If you don't want to be stared at all times."

Su E's eyebrows were slightly embarrassed. She was really uncomfortable being stared at by others, but changing clothes had to cost money. Her delicate eyebrows frowned together, and she seemed very entangled.

Li Ye was playing machismo at the right time. Without saying a word, he took the two of them to find a grand silk satin shop to choose ready-made clothes for Su Emei. The small silk satin shop in the store was afraid that it would only sell cloth but not ready-made clothes.

When choosing clothes, Su E's eyebrows were stumped. She couldn't wear all kinds of light shirts and silk skirts because the colors were too bright and the patterns were too gorgeous, which was completely inconsistent with her aesthetics. In her opinion, these clothes were impossible to wear.

The more clothes she looked through, the more precious the shopkeeper introduced, the lower her head became, and the more cramped her ears became, and the redder her eyes became, and she looked red. In the end, Li Ye couldn't stand it and had to get her a Taoist robe.

After working hard for a long time, Li Ye finally brought two Taoists to the Cui family mansion.

"Tueli?" When Li Ye heard Su Emei's name bearded, an image of a white-bearded old man with majestic eyebrows appeared in his mind.

The concierge of the Cui family heard that everyone was going to see Cui Keli, and his eyes looked a little weird, as if he were looking at a fool. If it weren't for Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang, who were Taoists, they wouldn't have gone in to report it.

"Have you seen this Cui Keli?" Li Ye asked Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang.

The two shook their heads and Su Emei explained: "Although the master said that the Taoist temple is often helped by the other party, he has never been to the Taoist temple."

Li Ye didn't ask any more questions. He had heard of Cui Keli. The memory of this life told him that before Cui passed away, he often said this name, as if it was her younger brother or something.

Everyone was waiting in the gatehouse for a long time, and Wei Xiaozhuang was almost impatient. A middle-aged servant finally walked out from behind the screen wall, wearing a linen blue shirt, the corners of his clothes were washed white, and he was wearing cloth shoes under his feet, saluting Li Ye and others: "Everyone is here from afar, working hard all the way, please follow me."

Li Ye thought to himself when he saw the servant's outfit. Since it was the one sent by Cui Keli to greet him, he should be a confidant, but looking at the other party's clothes, it was a bit shabby. As a servant in the inner courtyard, the treatment should be good, but the Cui family's family dressed more beautifully than him. It seems that Cui Keli's situation in the Cui family is not good.

Several people followed the middle-aged servant and walked through countless pavilions and lofts in the Cui family mansion. The more they walked, they became more and more remote. The people they met on the road did not take the initiative to say hello to the middle-aged servant, which made Li Ye's judgment more and more confirmed.

After walking for two minutes, there was no building around. Everyone walked through a small earth mountain and passed a bamboo forest. They saw a stream. There were one or two acres of farmland on the other side, full of seasonal crops, and there was a vegetable field next to it. The crops and vegetables grew well, and the farmland was sorted out very well, which attracted the stream to irrigate. It could be seen that the farmer was very attentive.

There are two houses in front of the farmland, a total of five or six houses, and another thatched cottage. There is a nest of chickens and ducks inside. In addition, it is a big yellow dog. It was originally lying in the yard, basking in the sun lazily, but when he saw Li Ye and others, he stood up and barked, then sobbed, and then lay down and stopped moving, squinted his eyes to continue basking in the sun, feeling comfortable like an old woman.

"Xiaoman is lazy, but he is very human. The few words just now were greeting me. You came with me, and it will not make things difficult for you." The middle-aged servant said in a gentle voice.

"Xiaoman?" Wei Xiaozhuang pointed at the big yellow dog and looked at the middle-aged servant, feeling incredible, "You said the name of this yellow dog is Xiaoman?"

The middle-aged servant nodded: "Xiaoman is a female."

Wei Xiaozhuang was disturbed, but in the end he didn't say what he said. He didn't ask about the gender of the yellow dog, he thought that Xiaoman was clearly a personal name.

The middle-aged servant brought Li Ye and others into the door and asked everyone to sit down. There was no one else in the house. "The humble house is simple and there are many negligences. I hope you can forgive me. You sit down for a while, I will prepare tea."

As he said that, he went out again.

Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang sat down properly and looked around for a few times.

There is no furnishing in the room, and there are only four sets of high-legged tables and chairs. It looks like it is newly moved, with fresh scratches on the dry mud floor. The bookshelf has several rows, filled with various classics, and there are many manuscript papers piled on the desks, full of words. The sun shines in from the windows, and the breeze blows the manuscript papers, rustling and rustling, and the room is filled with the fragrance of ink.

Li Ye walked over to the desk and took a few glances. He was immediately attracted by the vigorous font on the manuscript paper. He couldn't help but pick it up and read it, but the manuscript paper was average in its material, the most ordinary one.

After reading a page of the manuscript, Li Ye frowned slightly. The content on the manuscript was obviously written by everyone in academic research. He had unique insights and profound understanding, so he should have been written by Cui Keli. However, the material of the paper was too poor. Scholars and scholars liked the romantic style and style, and had particularly high requirements for the four treasures of the study. If there were any conditions, they would try their best to improve their quality. It seemed that these things were not good and would not be enough to carry their literary style.

The middle-aged servant came in with a tray and served tea to Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang. When he saw Li Ye standing in front of the desk, he looked slightly surprised: "The Taoist priest also reads Confucian words?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "I am not a Taoist, but a friend of these two Taoist priests. I have read some of the Confucian words and are quite interested. When I see Mr. Cui's manuscripts, I admire them very much."

A brilliant flashed in the middle-aged servant's eyes, and the brilliant glory that was so happy that friends came from afar.

Wei Xiaozhuang coughed twice, looked at the middle-aged servant and said seriously: "This, we are here to find Mr. Cui. I wonder if Mr. Cui is here?"

The middle-aged servant was stunned: "I am."

Li Ye was stunned, Su Emei felt incredible, and Wei Xiaozhuang was even more surprised and said, "I'm talking about Mr. Cui Keli!"

"Lower Trickley." said the middle-aged servant seriously, "There is only the next person here."

The three of them looked at each other, and they all felt incredible. Isn’t this guy a servant?

Cui Keli is a famous figure, and he is even a direct descendant of the Cui family. He is so shabby in his clothes? Moreover, he looks too ordinary, and he can't recognize him if he is thrown into the crowd. Don't they say that he is a poetic and self-cultivated person, and he has never seen how unusual this guy has.

Now everyone finally realized why the doormen had the same expression when they heard them looking for Trickley.

Li Ye caught the next sentence of Cui Keli, and he asked, "Are all the farmlands and crops outside the yard grown by the teacher?"

Cui Keli nodded and saw that Li Ye was quite surprised, and explained: "Scholars need to practice everything by farming, reading and passing on their families. Confucian scholars even think that it is their responsibility to seek blessings for the people, and they seek to cultivate themselves, manage their families, govern the country and pacify the world. If they are not diligent in their own limbs and cannot even experience the sufferings of the people, how can they seek welfare for the people?"

This is the first time Li Ye has heard of such remarks.

In Chang'an, he had seen many scholars. Who did not regard the sermons of Qushui, the sing of poems, the romanticism of brothels as elegant things, and the peddlers as humble careers? Isn't Wei Baoheng's younger brother Wei Jiangnan like this?

Those who entered the officialdom of high school Jinshi will never be able to distinguish between leeks and garlic seedlings in their entire lives. Isn’t it that many people are there? Learning civil and military skills and making money from the imperial family is the pursuit of scholars? Isn’t it these people who are in power and governing the country and giving orders, and deciding the good and bad fortune of the people in the world?

Li Ye had to admire this scholar who dressed simply and farmed ducks by himself, and said sincerely: "Mr.'s words are deafening, and what Mr. Husband does is a role model for scholars."

Cui Keli shook his head seriously, sighed, and replied ashamedly: "Young Master, don't do this, you'll ruin Cui. Cui has been studying for decades, but he has only guarded a few houses and two acres of thin fields. He has never traveled all over the world, went to the mountains and fields of prefectures and counties, and has seen the hardships of the people with his own eyes; he has been writing some words to comfort himself, and has never done anything useful to the people. Cui, due to the teachings of his ancestors, dare not call himself a scholar."

I dare not call myself a scholar!

Hearing this, Li Ye couldn't speak.

Some memories suddenly emerged in his mind.

Li Xian also mentioned before that there are not many serious scholars in the world. When they come to the officialdom, they forget their original aspirations and think that they are superior to others when they have cultivation. In their eyes, the people are just the objects that need to be governed.

But Cui Keli of Qingzhou can be called a serious Confucian scholar.
Chapter completed!