After Li Xia left, Fang Yankai murmured and repeated it in a low voice. Looking back on the entire conversation, this was the sentence that impressed him the most.
I thought that Li Xia would put on airs in front of him when he became a young man and became the county magistrate, but the expected embarrassment did not happen. Li Xia had a matter-of-fact attitude from beginning to end.
Fang Yankai then felt that he was a little bit arrogant.
In the evening, he once again took time to have dinner at Li Xiling's house on the other side of the Fujiang River.
He has never brought his children to Qingfu, and has been eating alone for two years. Now Li Xiling is his only friend.
He could be friends with Li Xiling, but it was impossible for him to be friends with people like the Han family and his sons who had returned from the north. This was exactly what the saying goes: "Birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together."
After pushing the door open and entering the hall, Li Xiling was sipping tea. He turned around and said with a smile: "You have a good nose. Today, Taoist Master Hao caught a big snake on the mountain, and Zhao Cheng is making snake soup."
Fang Yankai smiled and said, "Could it be that the snake that Master Hao caught was a snake demon?"
He always had a prim look on his face in the county government office, but he had spent his time doing poetry and drinking before becoming a Jinshi, and he also had a funny side in front of his friends.
"Of course it's a snake demon. If you and I eat it, we may become feathers and ascend."
"You are not making any nonsense. Magistrate Li came back today and didn't he call you over?"
"He has gone to the military camp." Li Xiling said, "I have done my job well and there is nothing much to say."
Fang Yankai had already sat down at the table, holding chopsticks and waiting, looking quite at ease.
After a while, Li Zhaocheng served snake soup and several dishes, Hao Xiuyang also sat down, and the four of them drank wine and drank soup.
The food tasted quite delicious. Fang Yankai wanted to praise it a few times, but he took it back.
Because he became good friends with Li Xiling, he knew the most about the Li family and his son... Li Zhaocheng liked cooking, but did not like studying for imperial examinations. Li Xiling believed that cooking occasionally was okay, but it was not the right way for a man.
Then, if you continue to praise Li Zhaocheng's cooking skills, you will cause chaos in your friend's family.
After eating and drinking a few glasses of wine, Fang Yankai sighed and said, "Today, I really serve under the rule of a little child."
"Zhengshu just deceived him about his youth." Li Xiling held the wine glass and said: "Age aside, are you convinced of Li Zhixian's character and talent?"
Fang Yankai smiled bitterly.
Li Xiling said: "And the reason why I came to serve under Li Zhi County is precisely because he is young. He has achieved such achievements at such a young age. What will happen in the future?"
"I understand all the truth." Fang Yankai said, "However, since I became an official, I have been working hard, but I have always been stuck in this first-level and half-job position. Even the young people who have just entered the official position have climbed above it..."
"When I return to my hometown, how can I hold my head high among relatives, old friends, teachers and students?" Li Xiling suddenly interrupted Fang Yankai and asked with a smile.
Fang Yankai was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Li Xiling's words touched the depths of his heart.
"They will say, 'I heard that when Brother Zhengshu was appointed as the magistrate of that county, Li Feiyu was only seventeen years old'? What kind of dignity can there be in being an official?" Li Xiling added.
"I also know that these are all in vain..."
"The world is like this." Li Xiling said: "Therefore, there are many mediocre people in the world who can't let go of their pitiful self-righteousness. But there are very few people who have a discerning eye."
He came closer to Fang Yankai and said: "Brother Fang, do you want to associate with mediocre people, or do you really want to use your talents for the people under your rule?"
Fang Yankai understood the truth. He might be too lonely and needed someone to talk to. After talking, he suddenly felt a lot more relieved...
"The landlord is gone?"
Liu Susu entered the hall and asked, while cleaning up the leftovers on the table.
"Well, he has been wasting too much time and has narrowed his horizons." Li Yong said casually and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
"I ate it in the back. I have never seen such a big snake in Lin'an. It was so scary that I lost my appetite.":.
Li Yong looked at the concubine's room and sighed.
"It is said that when Su Dongpo was demoted to Huizhou, he sent veterans to the market to buy snake soup. His concubine Chaoyun did not eat snakes, so Dongpo said it was seafood. Later Chaoyun learned that what she ate was snake meat, and she became sick with vomiting and lingering illness.
After a few months, the fragrance disappeared and the jade fell. There was a saying, 'The high sentiments have chased the dawn clouds'. It's a pity."
Liu Susu turned around and said angrily: "Alang is talking nonsense again. When Dongpo lured Chaoyun's soul, he clearly wrote 'suffered from the epidemic of the times and died of illness'. Could it be that he accidentally ate snake soup?"
Li Yong just smiled.
When he saw the snake soup on the table, he thought of Su Shi and his concubine Chaoyun, and then thought of more.
Su Dongpo mourned the death of his wife and wrote "Ten years of life and death". After that, his concubine Chaoyun accompanied him for twenty-three years. She worked hard throughout her life and followed her thousands of miles away. Su Dongpo also wrote "The beautiful woman met for a thousand years".
Li Yong has also experienced these things.
But recently, what he thought about was Su Dongpo's grief for losing his son.
Li Yong thought about this and murmured: "Everyone raises his son to be smart, but I have been deceived in my life by being smart. I only hope that my child will be stupid and reckless, and he will be able to reach the throne without any disaster."
Liu Susu understood Li Yong's thoughts best, and couldn't help but stop and comfort him: "Alang, don't be too sad. If I look at it personally, what Taoist Hao said is true, I must have suffered from apathy, so I feel like a different person."
generally."
"It's not that I'm sad, it's just that... I don't know what to do."
"It's an illness, and it will get better one day."
Over there, Li Zhaocheng carried a food box and entered Qingfu Military Camp.
"Is Li Zhixian here?"
"In the lobby, the villain will lead Mr. Li over."
Li Zhaocheng entered the military council hall and saw Li Xia looking through the roster by candlelight.
The two looked at each other, and Li Zhaocheng lifted the food box in his hand and said, "I made some snake soup, do you want to eat it?"
"I'm sorry if I don't eat snake meat," Li Xia said.
"You weren't so picky before, giving you whatever you wanted to eat."
Li Xia said: "It's not the same person anymore."
Li Zhaocheng sat down opposite him, opened the food box, took out a box of pastries and placed it on the table. He also saw the empty plate on the table.
"It seems that you have eaten it before, but try this. The candy cake I made was your favorite before."
Li Xia shook his head again and said, "I don't eat sweets."
He looked into the food box and saw two plates of seasonal vegetables, and said, "Those two dishes look good."
Li Zhaocheng smiled bitterly, brought out the dishes, looked around and saw no one else was there, and said, "Second brother, don't you recognize me?"
"I don't recognize it."
"Okay, my real name is 'Li Wan'. I am your clan brother and your elder brother. I am my father's cousin and his adopted son..."
Li Zhaocheng explained with some difficulty that these family relationships were somewhat complicated, but Li Xia still understood.
To put it simply, Li Zhaocheng is the direct grandson of Li Renben, and his aunt was once Princess Rong. Later, the Li family was persecuted by Prince Rong, and he was adopted by Li Yong and changed his current name.
Speaking of which, Li Yong also lost his father when he was young and was adopted by his uncle Li Renben, which was like a reincarnation.
"Oh, no wonder others say that our family used to live in seclusion. This is the reason." Li Xia said.
When the words "our family" came out, he was stunned for a moment, put down the roster in his hand, and looked at Li Zhaocheng.
Li Zhaocheng looks both male and female. Although he is tall, he is quite beautiful. He blinked and said, "Yes. Our family lives in isolation."
"I plan to talk to...Mr. Li about the honorable king and the loyal king, but I'll wait until I've been busy for a while."
"After you were imprisoned, we have been asking for news about you, but before we could try to rescue you, you have already gone north..."
"I know."
Li Zhaocheng asked: "You don't blame your father, do you?"
Li Xia said: "I'm really a new person, I don't feel guilty."
"Have you never thought that you are suffering from amnesia?" Li Zhaocheng asked.
Li Xia said: "I know my situation best."
"If you were a different person, would you have a past life? Who would you be?"
Li Xia ate the food on the table and casually said: "I was... a swordsman, the best in the world. After death, my soul took over this body."
"What have you done?"
"It's nothing more than practicing swordsmanship every day."
"Why?"
"A life of struggle is meaningful only in order to win."
Li Zhaocheng was silent for a moment, not agreeing with Li Xia's words at all.
"Perhaps you just imagined it. Over the years, the Li family has not been able to live in peace, and has suffered many disasters. My father had no choice but to participate in the overthrow of King Zhong. When you saw him like this, you imagined a person to replace you and guard the remote place.
A place to train private soldiers. Is this possible?"
"This is your imagination."
"This is the most reasonable conjecture, and it is consistent with the symptoms of aphantasia." Li Zhaocheng said, "You are a person who has been too easily distracted when doing things since you were a child."
Li Xia was silent for a moment and understood that the "aphania" he mentioned probably meant "split personality."
He suddenly also thought, was his previous life really just a figment of his imagination?
It was only for a moment that Li Xia shook his head.
With his firm will, he would not be aroused into self-doubt by just a few words... We will provide you with the fastest update of the Final Song Dynasty, Chapter 355 Apathy Syndrome for free reading.:.