After Li Chen finished speaking, a faint voice sounded in the room a moment later.
"Sir, I have a gracious favor..."
Hearing the response, Li Chen was overjoyed and said hurriedly.
"I know you very well? Since it's an unkind invitation, please don't be polite. I'm here just to be a nurse for one day on my birthday, that's all."
However, the response at the next moment made Li Chen and the housekeeper stunned.
what's the situation?
His words were so blunt, and he seemed to be completely repelling people thousands of miles away.
Can you say that you don't give any face at all?
It shouldn’t be!
Shi Mo was very polite to them when he first arrived at the house, but his attitude suddenly changed drastically.
"gentlemen...."
When Li Chen came to his senses, he was frightened out of his drunken state.
During the day, he had already boasted to the five kings of the Li family. If it failed, what would the five kings of the Li family think of him?
"Sir, it's actually a trivial matter. If sir agrees, our Li family is willing to provide another thousand taels."
"You two, please come back! If I hadn't been entrusted by the noble man, I would never have come to your Li Mansion!"
inside the house,
Wang Changling sat cross-legged and meditated while breathing with her eyes closed.
Every move of the entire Li Mansion cannot be hidden from his ears.
This Li Chen has a slightly better attitude towards his lord, and will help solve some things even if he doesn't need to tell him. However, this Li Chen actually kicked his lord out of the house.
If it hadn't been for Yibolou's cashier first, he would have probably returned to Dongdu by now. How could he still stay in Li Mansion?
"This this...."
Li Chen and the housekeeper looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
The other party's attitude is so resolute that even if they say anything, it will be useless.
"gentlemen....."
"Give me three breaths to leave the backyard, otherwise... don't blame me for being rude."
"Okay! Okay! Sir, calm down, let's go... let's go now..."
Feeling the momentum gradually building up in the private room, Li Chen and the housekeeper were so frightened that they even left the room, not daring to say any more unnecessary words.
After leaving the backyard, Li Chen looked at the housekeeper in panic.
"What should we do? Why did Mr. Shi Mo's attitude toward you and me suddenly change?"
His intuition told him that he had really caused a big trouble this time, and apart from other things, the Five Kings would not be able to explain.
"Sir, I don't even know if I'm a kid, maybe it's because the temperament of the masters is weird."
Li Guan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.
At today's banquet, when he saw his master bragging to the Five Kings for the sake of face, saying that he was very familiar with Shi Mo, he felt that it was not appropriate. Now something is indeed wrong.
"Weird temper? This Shimo doesn't usually look like this. There must be something wrong with him."
Li Chen was pacing back and forth anxiously.
How can I explain to the Five Kings tomorrow?
"Wait a minute, sir, please don't be impatient. I do have a trick to deal with the Five Kings."
After pondering for a moment, Li Guan's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Tell me quickly!"
"Master, tomorrow you can send a message to the Five Kings, saying that Senior Shi Mo has gone out to do some business and has not returned... It may have to wait until his birthday. Shi Mo also said just now that he will abide by the agreement on his birthday. By then, Shi Mo will
When the devil meets the five kings, he will definitely give him face, so won’t everything be solved?"
"Yes, that's a good move! Why didn't I think of that?"
After hearing Li Guan's idea, Li Chen patted his forehead and praised him repeatedly.
In this way, he still had the dignity to keep silent and avoid breaking trust with the Five Kings.
"Let's go, think about it again when we go back, and try to explain this matter perfectly. We must not let the five kings see any flaws."
"Um!"
.........
"Dad...Dad..."
Just when Li Chen and Li Guan turned around to head to the side courtyard, several calls suddenly came from the distance.
"Why are they back?"
He knew his son better than his father, and Li Chen knew they were his three sons as soon as he heard the voice.
"father!"
Sure enough, after a moment, the three sons came to Li Chen.
"What's the matter? What's the etiquette of yelling?"
Li Chen had just been rejected by Wang Changling, so he would not give them a good look.
"Dad, big news, Li Mo was taken to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and locked up!"
The boss Li Yuan said hurriedly.
Judging from their expressions, the three of them were not worried at all but were filled with joy at their misfortune.
It is said that before Li Mo came to Chang'an, in order not to look so shabby on his birthday, the three brothers unanimously decided to push Li Mo out first. But later, Li Mo was the ninth rank official and the third son-in-law of the minister, so they almost didn't.
They are jealous to death.
I thought Li Mo would become a prosperous person from now on, but unexpectedly he became a prisoner again.
How could they not be excited?
"Oh? Why is this?"
Li Chen and the housekeeper couldn't help but look at each other.
"It is rumored that the Journey to the West Shie Chronicle was not written by Li Mo, but by Zhao Hai, Li Mo's former scribe. A book club owner in Dongdu knew the inside story and was dissatisfied. He stopped the emperor on his way back."
The boss, Li Yuan, told exactly what he heard.
"Huh! Why did Li Mo's talent suddenly become so high? It turned out that he relied on a copy clerk! Fortunately, the master kicked Li Mo out of the house in advance, otherwise he might have been implicated this time. The crime of deceiving the emperor
This is no joke."
After coming back to his senses, the housekeeper breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Dad, this is why we came to you. On the way back, we heard that the Zhou Mansion had expelled Zhou Yurou, the third daughter of the Zhou family, from the house. Did we also..."
The fourth child, Li Chang, whispered tentatively.
"Did the Zhou family also expel their three daughters from the house?"
Li Chen raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, Dad!"
"Okay, you should quickly spread the news and say that Li Mo had nothing to do with our Li Mansion a long time ago, even earlier than the Zhou Mansion. Do you understand?"
"yes!"
.........
The bright moon hangs high,
The news that Zhou Yurou and Li Mo were expelled from their homes at the same time by the Zhou Mansion and the Li Mansion spread widely due to the deliberate spread of the two families. However, the initiators of the matter, Jiang Yunyi and Li Chaowei, had no intention at all.
They were lying in the prison of the civil servants, grinning, eating their prison food in great pain.
According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, no matter whether the complaint against the emperor is justified or not, the first step is to fight fifty times.
Jiang Yunyi and Li Chaowei are not immune.
"Uncle, why don't we see Li Mo and the Minister of Rites in this prison?"
After swallowing a mouthful of rice ball painfully, Li Chaowei looked at the cold and damp cells around him and whispered.
"These two people are officials. They don't need to be punished or go to jail. They only need to wait for the official meeting. I just heard what the prison chief said. His Majesty may interrogate them tomorrow."
Jiang Yunyi gritted his teeth.
The difference between officials and people was immediately apparent, but he had no regrets at all.
I can't let my fault go in vain, I will definitely drag Li Mo into the water this time.
"So that's it, uncle... Do you think Zhao Hai will testify at the Jinluan Palace?"