Looking at the thin young man in front of him, Li Kuo felt sad in his heart.
His situation was so similar to his own that Li Kuo seemed to see his own shadow a few years ago when looking at him.
"Little brother, I think your tea is good. Let's do this. I'll make all your tea. But you are too young. It's better to wait until you grow up before joining the army. I will serve in Shule. You can come anytime
You can come to me."
After saying this, Li Kuo nodded to Dou Qing. Dou Qing took out a bag from the wooden table with understanding, took out two strings of copper coins and handed them to the young man.
"General, we can't use this much, we can't use this much." Erwa hurriedly pushed back a bunch of copper coins, exclaiming repeatedly.
"Take it, go back and see your grandpa for medical treatment. The remaining money will eat some good food and keep you strong before you can join the army!" Li Kuo smiled and found the steps for the second baby. For such a young child, there are so many things at home.
How could he bear to let his grandpa sell himself to join the army when he had a grandpa to take care of?
"Oh." Erwa was stunned by Li Kuo's words and responded lightly.
"Why don't you thank the military master for your kindness!" Erzhuzi kicked Erwa's butt and scolded him with a smile.
"Thank you, General, for your kindness. Thank you, General, for your kindness!" Erwa knelt on the ground and bowed. The young man had done him a great favor. These thirty pieces of meat were life-saving money.
"Please get up quickly!" Li Kuo didn't like this way of thanking him, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.
"Don't always think about selling yourself in the future. There is no obstacle in this world that you can't overcome!" Li Kuo encouraged him harmoniously, patting the other party's lean shoulder.
"Yes." Erwa nodded and asked, "I wonder what the general's name is?" Although he has to rush home to serve his grandfather who is ill in bed, every drop of kindness will be repaid by a spring.
When his condition improves, he will join the general's army to serve as a dog and horse!
"My surname is Li, each word is bracketed." The young man responded unabashedly, looking at the second baby as if he were his own brother.
"General Li, during my lifetime, my second son must repay your great kindness!" The second son hugged Li Kuo with determination on his face.
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Chen Xilie was sitting on a wicker chair, while Zhengan was enjoying his after-dinner tea.
In the past few days, he had been suffering from headaches. Li Linfu suddenly fell ill, and the emperor chose him to act as the right minister of the Tang Dynasty. But this did not make him happy at all.
On the contrary, he felt strong hostility from Yang Zhao. This guy couldn't wait any longer!
If it was just Yang Zhao's hostility, Chen Xilie wouldn't care. The problem was that he could feel that His Majesty the Emperor was faintly supporting Yang Zhao, hoping that he could take Li Linfu's place.
Just him? With a slight sneer, Chen Xilie shook his head helplessly.
Mingzhe protects himself, Mingzhe protects himself. He has been doing nothing under Li Linfu for more than ten years. Is he going to pretend to be a good guy under Yang Zhao for another ten years?
"Father, the child is back."
While he was deep in thought, the voice of his eldest son Chen Rui came from outside the house.
"Rui'er, come, come to your father's side."
Chen Ruixing came to Chen Xilie's side, stood with his hands tied, and said respectfully: "Father, just now, my son went to Qiyue Tower to look for Zi Lin. Unexpectedly, the guy was really there. Unexpectedly, Zi Lin made a trip to the city and actually made friends with two people.
Handsome young master. I took it upon myself to bring him back, maybe he can be used by us."
The Zilin he was talking about was Luo Zilin, the only son of Marquis Luo Fangqiong of Yanshan County. Because his ancestor helped Taizu raise an army to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, his ancestors granted the title of Duke of the founding state. According to the principle of decreasing title, by his father's generation he was already a county prince. If
If he doesn't serve as an official, the only title he can get is a county magistrate with a settlement of 700 households. (Note 1)
However, Mr. Luo didn't seem to have any intention of becoming an official, so he went to Chen Xilie's house to become a guest. Mr. Chen and Mr. Luo were old friends, so they naturally took more care of this junior, and thus developed Luo.
The eldest son has the habit of making many friends.
A few days ago, Luo Zilin accidentally learned that Mr. Chen was looking for a bodyguard, so he paid some attention while wandering around Huayue Place and taverns. Unexpectedly, he met two old friends while drinking and listening to music.
.After some conversation, both of them were willing to come to the Prime Minister’s Mansion to give it a try.
Chen Xilie's hand holding up the teacup stopped in mid-air, and he asked doubtfully: "A handsome man? Rui'er, the situation is very unfavorable to our Chen family now. We have to be cautious in everything. How can you still bring your identity to the mansion?"
What about those who don’t know? If it’s a trick sent by someone with intentions, wouldn’t our Chen family want to...hey, you kid?”
Chen Rui didn't expect that his good intentions would almost bring disaster to the family. He blamed himself and knelt on the ground, crying: "My child is stupid and almost ruined my father's important event. Please punish me."
Chen Xilie let out a long sigh, stood up and helped his eldest son up, saying: "If a tree is as beautiful as the forest, the wind will destroy it. Now that our Chen family is jealous of the Holy One, we should keep a low profile. You must know that this world is like a chess game."
If you are not careful, you will lose everything. As the eldest son of the Chen family, you have to think more about everything. Sooner or later, I will pass on this family business to you after a hundred years, so how can I feel relieved when you look like this?"
Chen Ruiwei said yes and did not dare to disobey him in the slightest.
Chen Xilie patted the eldest son's arm, and said sincerely: "Since the matter has come to this, you don't need to blame yourself too much. I will meet them. What about them? It's just that as the eldest son, you have to obey everything.
Consider the issue from a family perspective.”
Seeing Chen Rui's respectful attitude, Chen Xilie nodded with satisfaction. He was still very satisfied with his eldest son. He had good demeanor and good demeanor, although he lacked some courage that a young man should have.
Being a family successor shouldn't be a bad idea.
"Rui'er, go and call them in. I want to see how outstanding the friends Zi Lin can make."
Outside the front hall, everyone was wondering why Chen Rui had not come out for a long time. At that moment, they heard him laughing and saying: "You two, come in with me. My father really wants to get to know underachievers like you. Zi Lin, you come in too,
Father, I have something to ask you."
As Chen Rui walked into the front hall, he saw Chen Xilie sitting upright on the front seat. Ying Wuhui and Ying Wuqiu followed the courtesy of juniors and bowed to Chen Xilie.
The master put away his solemn expression and said in a harmonious voice: "He is really handsome and elegant. Zilin's vision is indeed good. I will send a letter from home to the Marquis of Yanshan someday to tell the marriage date of Zilin and Rong'er as soon as possible.
It’s finalized to prevent such a good son-in-law from running away.”
This joke relieved the overly serious atmosphere in the hall, but Luo Zilin's face turned red and he whispered: "Uncle! What are you talking about?"
Chen Xilie smiled heartily and said: "Why, you still call me uncle? It's time to change your words." At this moment, the head of the Chen family seemed to have returned to the era of high-spirited and high-spirited people twenty years ago.
After calming down a little, Chen Xilie said in a deep voice: "Since you two are friends of Zilin, you are also guests of my Chen Mansion. Why don't you stay here first? If you want to serve in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I can also be a guest."
Just go with the flow."
Ying Wuhui heard this and replied: "Thanks to the Prime Minister's great love, how dare my two brothers disobey orders? It's just that people from the countryside are inevitably vulgar, and they are afraid of leading the Prime Minister's young men."
Chen Xilie waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I'm worried about their mischief all day long. Maybe with your company, I can make them change their gender."
Ying Wuqiu was about to refute, but Yan Chengxu grabbed him and had to give up.
Just when he was calm and indifferent, he saw a young man stumbled into the hall, knelt down beside the eldest son Chen Rui, and cried to Chen Xilie: "It's not good, master. The second young master injured the guard who was looking after him, and took him with him
Miss Wanrong rushed out of the house."
When Chen Xilie heard this, his eyes darkened and he said angrily: "Does this evil obstacle really want to piss me off to death?"
Chen Rui quickly stepped forward to support Chen Xilie, who was about to fall, and advised: "Father, don't be angry. Brother Ke is also a young man who can't stand loneliness. He will be fine after a few more years of hard work."
Chen Xilie let out a long sigh: "Sooner or later, my Chen family will be ruined by this evil obstacle. It's because your mother has pampered him too much since he was a child, and she has nurtured his willful nature."
Seeing Chen Xilie talking about family affairs, Ying Wuhui felt that he could not intervene more, so he handed over his hands and said: "Prime Minister, my two brothers are a little tired and want to go to the wing to rest first. I hope that the Prime Minister's country will be fulfilled."
Chen Xilie waved his hand lightly and said: "That's all, I'll make you two laugh. Zi Lin, please take the two young masters to the wing to rest."
Luo Zilin responded softly and led the way forward. The two Ying brothers followed without stopping.
Seeing the three people walking away, Chen Xilie put away his sad face and said in a deep voice: "Ruier, follow me to the Buddhist hall in the backyard."
After walking slowly for more than fifty steps, the father and son arrived at a Buddhist hall. They gently turned the Kirin mechanism and saw a stone door slowly opening, and Chen Xilie and his son walked straight into it.
"Rui'er, the situation is not good. The spies just came to report that the man has moved. Fortunately, the secret message they sent to the palace was intercepted by my informant." At this point, Chen Xilie handed over the hand.
A piece of letter paper was given to Chen Rui. After Chen Rui read the letter for a moment, his face turned pale and he said in a trembling voice: "Father, they are going to put us to death."
Note 1: Regarding the issue of hereditary titles, basically in the Tang Dynasty, the title was reduced. Usually, the hereditary title is reduced by one level for each generation, and it is no longer hereditary after three generations. However, there are exceptions. If the emperor specifically issued a decree stating that the title is hereditary, the title will be hereditary.
Then the descendants will always enjoy the title. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, more than a dozen founding fathers were rated as first-class meritorious officials by Li Shimin and Li Zhi, and the title was hereditary and could not be replaced.
ps: Chen Xilie, an old man, can maneuver between Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, so he certainly has his abilities, but what does he want to do?
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