Yuan Ke took Gao Ying's hand and sat down, and asked with a smile: "I must have met the Li family, what's your impression?"
"He is indeed a dragon among men, and a brave and loyal man..."
Gao Ying told the story of how Li Chengzhi was covered in wounds and the shocked warriors did not dare to lift their sticks.
Finally, she frowned and said: "You are just a little too wild and wanton... Even though your serious injury has not healed, you would rather add injury to injury than bend down and take the stick..."
"A famous person is a man of madness, and a man of great talent is charming!"
However, Yuan Ke admired it very much, "If you don't have a heart as strong as iron and would rather die than surrender, how can you achieve the feat of taking the enemy general's head out of ten thousand troops?"
"Hey..." Gao Ying let out a long sigh, "I feel sorry for the third sister, I'm afraid she will burst into tears..."
Gao Wenjun?
Yuan Luo wants to laugh when he thinks of a person who used to be so aloof and cold, but now sheds tears all day long.
"Are you still laughing?" Gao Ying glared at him and said unbearably, "Why don't you... just give Third Sister a decree like before!"
Yuan Ke suddenly laughed: "Sanniang's surname is Gao, not Yuan, and my uncle won't speak, how can I give it to her?"
Gao Ying was immediately discouraged.
No matter how powerful the imperial power is, there is no way to exceed the etiquette unless, like the three previous times, my uncle takes the initiative to beg Your Majesty.
"But if you miss this time, I'm afraid Sanniang will be alone for the rest of her life?"
Gao Ying's face was full of sorrow, "It's not easy to meet someone like this, why don't you worry that she was ordered by 'Gu Luan'?"
"What is Guluan's order? You and your uncle only like these divine things. Who among the people with lofty ideals would believe this?"
Yuan Ke looked disdainful, "Cui Guang also calculated for me and said that I can live at least until the age of seventy. Do you believe it?"
Seeing Yuan Ke's expression, Gao Ying suddenly thought of an interesting thing Gao Wenjun said, and smiled and said: "Sanniang said, Li Chengzhi said to her: What fortunes and horoscopes are all used to cheat money and fool people?"
Tricks, whoever believes them is a fool..."
Yuan Ke laughed loudly: "Look, I said it... huh?"
He subconsciously said: "Niubi? He is scolding Master Kou Tianshi... Hahaha, he is really a bit crazy..."
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Exiting Luhemen (Wumen) is the Royal Road, also known as Tongtuo Street. On both sides of the street are various government offices. The closest to the Meridian Gate is the left and right Weifu across the street, and half a mile to the south is another
Opposite Situ Mansion and Taiwei Mansion.
Gao Zhao's residence is just behind the Taiwei Mansion. He only has to walk more than half a mile to go to court every day...
It's late at night, and the weather is still scorching hot, but Gao Zhao's study feels cool.
There is an ice mirror with a diameter of nearly ten feet standing inside the house, in which ice cubes about a foot square are arranged neatly, giving off the slightest bit of cool air.
There is a wine can in the middle of the ice mirror, the color of the wine inside is as bright as amber. Some fresh apricots and peaches are half buried around it. Drops of water and dew on the peel are like green frost and broken jade, crystal clear.
The father and son each held a glass of mulberry wine. Gao Zhao was sipping it, but Gao Zhan was just using it to cool his hands.
"The first question is about flicking a finger to light a lantern... Li Chengzhi said that the Taoist priest who flicked the lantern had saltpeter hidden in his fingernails. When the sparks were not extinguished, it would naturally burn when he flicked the lantern..."
"Powder of saltpeter?" Gao Zhao was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "That makes sense!"
"The second question is 'If you move it, it will come, if you wave it, it will go'... Li Chengzhi said that there are magnets hidden in the belly of the wooden dog and the sleeves of the Taoist priests. If the two poles are in line, naturally if they are moved, they will come. If the two poles are opposite, they will be waved.
Go now..."
Gao Zhaomeng paused: "Magnet?"
"It is indeed a magnet!" Gao Zhan nodded firmly, "My son even made a special trip to the eunuch for this purpose. He secretly ordered Geng Chang to find two magnets and try them. As Li Chengzhi said, there were pros and cons.
To divide the extremes, you only need to move your palms, and you can separate and combine by your heart..."
Gao Zhaoqi said: "Since this thing is so magical, how come no one has ever used it?"
"Although this thing is strange, it is of no great use, so most people in the world don't know about it... Oh, this is what Cui Guang and Cui Zhongshu said..." Gao Zhan added.
Then how did Li Chengzhi know?
Gao Zhao changed his mind and asked again: "What about the third question?"
"It's money hanging from ashes... But this time Li Chengzhi didn't explain too much, he just talked about the method of verification... His son has ordered Geng Chang to concoct the brine line according to law, and we will see the result in three days at most..." After a pause, Gao Zhan said doubtfully: "The elder brother said in the letter that Li Chengzhi is knowledgeable and an all-rounder, but I didn't expect that he also knows other skills? But it doesn't seem to be that difficult..."
The flesh at the corner of Gao Zhao's eyes twitched twice.
Isn’t it difficult to do other side techniques?
Today’s Buddhism and Celestial Masters’ Way don’t even have such side-sect techniques.
If it wasn't difficult, Yuan Yue wouldn't have jumped over the wall and challenged her in the street, and it would be even less likely that she would meet Li Chengzhi...
These three questions seem simple, but they only become simple after they are solved. Before they are solved, they are difficult and difficult, and they are already regarded as Taoist secrets.
Be it the Five Pecks of Rice Taoist or the Yellow Turban Taoist, they all rely on such secret techniques to attract followers and gather Taoist soldiers...
But the question is, how did Li Chengzhi learn it?
Divine wisdom?
When he thought of this, Gao Zhao's heart couldn't stop trembling.
After waiting for a while, he said: "You really don't know the heights of the world. If you take action, you will cut off people's wealth, but you are not afraid of getting involved. Looking at it, Yuan Yong probably wants to find Li Chengzhi's fault?"
"Ah?" Gao Zhan looked puzzled.
Why are you related to King Yingchuan again?
Gao Zhao sneered and said: "Just by relying on the simple tricks you said, Yuan Yong has won nearly three million yuan from Yuan Yue...
Now I see that I am about to get a house in Yijing, but I am disturbed by Li Chengzhi, and I have to pay for the house. If I were Yuan Yong, could I bear this tone?"
Gao Zhao paused and then said: "Well, it's the third question, money hanging on the silk gray..."
A house in a well?
Gao Zhan was half stunned, as if he couldn't even breathe.
The so-called Yijingli refers to the area just east of Luhemen and behind Zuowei Mansion. It is closer to the palace than here...
Yuan Yue really dares to bet... No, Li Chengzhi really dares to gamble?
Isn’t Yuan Yong afraid that he will have to fight for his life?
"What...what do you think?" Gao Zhan said anxiously, "Why don't father inform King Yingchuan privately?"
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"Do you think I'm showing you Yuan Yong? I'm showing you Li Chengzhi..."
Gao Zhao suddenly sneered, "Haven't you seen that he is an evildoer who is so audacious that he dares to poke a hole in the sky... Believe it or not, if he is really pushed into a corner, even King Yingchuan will do it."
Is it correct?"
Gao Zhan was about to say how could it be possible, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly thought of Yuan Yue's two teeth.
I really can’t say for sure...
Gao Zhan couldn't help but gasp, admiring how brave Li Chengzhi was, and said obediently: "My son, remember it!"
"Well, although that guy is reckless, his talents are also first-class. As expected, he will come to your door tomorrow to thank you. You two are about the same age, so we can make friends...but don't be too deliberate.
Remember: the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water..."
Gao Zhan's heart moved: his father was clearly reminding him not to go to Canada!
It seems that his father and eldest brother do not attach great importance to Li Chengzhi.
It’s also strange. I have never heard of Li Chengzhi’s name before. It’s like it came from the sky and caught people off guard...
Thinking in his heart, Gao Zhan lowered his head and responded: "My son knows!"
The father and son talked for another time before Gao Zhan said goodbye and left. After leaving the study, he was still thinking: No one mentioned anything to him, so could Li Chengzhi think that I helped him a lot today?
……
It is indeed possible that Li Chengzhi could not think of it, but could someone help him think about it?
When Li Shiliang received the news, he was in Lingyinli (Junei City, where the Luojing cold storage is located) watching officials from the Qingzhang Department (Zhang Shui, Bing Zhu Shi, belonging to Guanglu Temple) cutting ice for distribution early the next morning.
To all the officials.
When Xiao Huangmen found him and asked him to go to the palace to receive people, Li Shiliang couldn't think straight.
Li Chengzhi had just entered the capital, and he didn't even see his uncle, but instead he beat the teeth of his current imperial brother, King Ruyang?
What's strange is that he was only given fifty strokes and fined eleven hundred gold?
What is the difference between this and no penalty?
Li Shiliang was surprised, happy and suspicious. He called a car and ran to the palace.
When I arrived, I saw that although Li Chengzhi was shirtless, there were at most a few red marks on his back, and not even half of his oily skin had been rubbed off.
When he saw the arrow wounds all over his body again, Li Shiliang choked violently, as if there was a piece of cloth stuffed in his throat, and he couldn't even speak...
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Living in the capital is not easy, especially in the capital of the Yuan and Wei dynasties.
Yongkangli, where Gaozhao's mansion is located, faces about three miles east, that is, not far from the east inner city wall, and is Yannianli. Linheng Street is also the government office, and from east to west is Taipu Temple, Chenghuang Office,
Arsenal Department.
The former site of the Arsenal is the residence of Sima Yi, the prime minister of Cao Wei, and Li Shiliang's residence is right behind it.
It's not big. The small courtyard with two entrances is less than two acres, and the total number of large and small houses is less than twenty.
Li Shiliang had a wife, two concubines, three sons, one concubine, two concubines, and two unmarried daughters at home. Adding the living room, hall, guest room, kitchen, study, etc., the total would be fourteen or five. Not to mention raising horses.
, the house didn’t even dare to invite more servants.
But in Li Chengzhi's opinion, it was such a spacious house that could not accommodate the servants of the Jingzhou family. It cost a total of 150,000 gold (copper), more than 300,000 stone, and nearly 40 million kilograms of grain.<
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All the ancestral property that uncle Li Shiliang received when he came to Beijing ten years ago was spent on this house.
And this is already quite good. It is all due to the long inheritance of the ancestral home of the Li family, the rich family wealth, and the early arrival in Beijing. Li Shiliang, a sixth-rank official, can afford a two-bedroom house in the inner city. I don’t know how enviable it is.
How many people.
I don’t know how many fifth-grade, or even third- and fourth-grade officials are still renting temple houses, or even renting directly in temple dormitories.
Logically speaking, it is not that expensive. House prices in the capital during the Sui and mid-Tang Dynasties were also very high, but they were roughly one-sixth or seventh of the value during the Northern Wei Dynasty. For example, Bai Juyi, who lived in the mid-Tang Dynasty, bought a house in the center of Chang'an when he was in his fifties.
A house cost about five million yuan. The price of rice at that time was one hundred yuan per stone.
The reason why the Northern Wei Dynasty was so expensive was because there were too many temples in Luoyang...