Li Lizhi was stunned and exclaimed: "My husband, do you mean that Hou Junji will rebel?"
"Why do you think so?" Lin Xuan asked a little strangely.
Although he meant this, he didn't say it directly.
His words can also be understood as Hou Junhui was liquidated by Li Shimin because of the bad things he did.
But Li Lizhi directly said that Hou Junji wanted to rebel, which made him strange.
"No matter what Hou Junji did, as long as he didn't rebel, my father would leave him alone and would not do anything to him. Back then, the Duke of E was arrogant because of his great achievements, so he attacked Uncle Wang Shu of Rencheng just because of his seat.
Even so, my father only scolded me. My father valued those founding heroes very much," Li Lizhi said.
He had also heard about Yu Chi Gong's beating of Li Daozong. He didn't know what Li Shimin and Yu Chi Gong said, but someone reminded him. Anyway, Yu Chi Gong became much more honest after that incident.
But in Lin Xuan's opinion, Li Shimin did not have that much tolerance, otherwise he would not have knocked down Wei Zheng's tombstone after Wei Zheng's death.
It is said that the dead are the most serious, and knocking down the tombstones seemed to be more serious than direct execution at the time.
The reason why Li Shimin didn't kill him was because he already had the bad reputation of killing his brother and imprisoning his father. If he killed another hero, his reputation would be so bad.
For a person who cares deeply about his reputation after his death, this is unacceptable.
Throughout Li Shimin's life, he worked conscientiously in the early days, but in his later years, he started to enjoy himself.
In Lin Xuan's view, that was Li Shimin's nature. Before, he just wanted to prove his ability to Li Yuan and was advised by Empress Changsun.
After Li Yuan and Empress Changsun died, the Tang Dynasty conquered most of the countries around the Tang Dynasty, and its true nature was naturally revealed.
He couldn't say these words to Li Lizhi, otherwise even the couple would probably get angry if they heard him arrange Li Shimin like this.
"I don't know if he will rebel. I just think he will not end well if he is so narrow-minded." Lin Xuan hesitated and said.
Now that Hou Junji has not rebelled, Li Shimin still trusts him. Now if Hou Junji rebels, Li Shimin will not do anything to Hou Junji.
On the contrary, if these words came out of his mouth, others would only think that he wanted to take revenge on Hou Junji.
Even if Hou Junji doesn't commit suicide, Lin Xuan will take revenge and go back.
Li Lizhi always felt that things were not that simple, but Lin Xuan didn't say anything, and she didn't continue to ask questions.
At this moment, Butler Lin led Sun Laixi in.
"I've met Lord Marquis, princess."
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "Uncle Lin, why are you here?"
He still respects this old man very much. He has followed his father for more than 20 years, working hard and being loyal.
"Master Marquis, I am the steward. Now that something like this happened, I cannot absolve myself of the blame. Please punish me, Master Marquis." Butler Lin knelt down after speaking.
"Uncle Lin, what are you doing?" Lin Xuan quickly stepped forward and helped Butler Lin up.
"Master Marquis, those people are under the management of the old slave, but the slave did not realize that they did so many dirty things. It is the slave's fault, please punish the master." Butler Lin said with a look of shame.
"What did Uncle Lin say? I gave you so many things and you are already busy enough. Plus they deliberately concealed it, so it's normal that you didn't notice." Lin Xuan said.
As a steward, Butler Lin has responsibilities whether he participates or not.
But Lin Xuan told him so many things that he didn't have much time to manage and supervise those people.
This also causes trouble when no one is available.
"Even so, the old slave's management is not good. If he is not punished, how can he convince the public?" Butler Lin insisted.
"Then the fine will be half a year's monthly fine." Lin Xuan said.
"Master Hou, is this too light?" Butler Lin said with some surprise.
Both Lin Dongyang and Lin Xuan treated him very favorably.
The rewards are usually very large, and half a year's monthly payment is nothing at all.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "That's it."
Seeing this, Butler Lin said gratefully: "Thank you, Lord Marquis."
Lin Xuan looked at Li Lizhi and motioned for her to handle Sun Laixi's matter.
Li Lizhi looked at Sun Laixi and said: "Manager Sun, you should have been sent to the official position for being greedy for money, but you suddenly woke up and exposed it. You have done a good job. I will be punished with a cane of forty. All the money that is greedy will be recovered. The shortfall will be made up with monthly money. What?
It's enough time, when will you receive your monthly salary and be transferred to the outside government? Are you convinced?"
Sun Laixi was originally prepared to die. When she heard Li Lizhi's words, she burst into tears with joy. She knelt down and said, "Thank you princess, I'm convinced."
"Okay, you go down first. When other people's stolen money is recovered, you can receive fifty coins and divide them evenly according to the number of people. Call it a reward from me." Li Lizhi ordered.
The rest of the stewards have been arrested, and the new steward has not yet been decided, so these matters can only be left to Sun Laixi.
She gave this reward not only to win people's hearts by being kind to her just now, but also to make the other servants feel at ease.
After arresting so many stewards, it goes without saying that the rest of the servants must be in panic now.
"Yes." Sun Laixi agreed, bowed and left.
Lin Xuan looked at Butler Lin and asked, "Uncle Lin, I asked you to find someone to smelt gold to make a golden pig. How did it go?"
Butler Lin said: "Back to Lord Marquis, this is what I'm here to talk about. The golden pig has been built. I don't know what to do next?"
"That's the homecoming gift I prepared. If you ask someone to pack it up, they must be able to see the golden pig inside." Lin Xuan said.
How can he show his generosity by giving away so much gold without showing off?
"Yes, I'll take care of it now." Butler Lin bowed and left.
Li Lizhi asked a little strangely: "Husband, I forgot to ask you before, why did you want someone to melt it into a golden pig?"
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Don't you think the golden pig looks cute and naive, and is very festive?"
"Are pigs happy? Why did I hear that pigs are dirty and ugly?" Li Lizhi asked doubtfully.
Although she has never seen pigs, she has heard others describe them as dirty and ugly.
Lin Xuan then remembered that in the Tang Dynasty, pigs were still regarded as dirty things, and no one had ever made anything specifically to look like pigs.
The golden pig symbolizes abundant wealth and good luck. Lin Xuan also thought of smelting gold and giving the golden pig because he saw people giving golden pigs in later generations, but he ignored this point.
"You'll know when you see it tomorrow." Lin Xuan said.
He had no intention of changing and decided to give the golden pig as a gift.
The shape doesn't matter at all, what matters is the material.
It's made of gold, no matter what it is, if Li Shimin sees it, he will probably like it.
Seeing Lin Xuan say this, Li Lizhi said nothing more.
During dinner in the evening, Lin Dongyang and the others also asked about the homecoming ceremony.
I felt relieved when I heard that Lin Xuan was ready.
"Brother, can you take me with you tomorrow?" Lin Wanxi looked at Lin Xuan longingly.
During this period of time, Lin Xuan was busy with the wedding, so he didn't play much with her, let alone take her out to play.
She didn't know what she meant by returning home, but she knew that Lin Xuan and the others were going out tomorrow.
"Duoduo, your brother has serious business, don't cause trouble." Zhang Qing scolded.
"Oh." Lin Wanxi responded aggrievedly.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "I can't take you with me tomorrow, but I can take you out to play the day after tomorrow."
Naturally, Lin Wanxi's little thoughts couldn't be hidden from him.