Chapter 55: Request (I)

In December, heavy snow fell.

Once the temperature drops to extremely low, you can still feel this bone-thrusting cold even at home.

After the news of Wang Zunzhi's death came out, the entire Wenyang Prefecture City fell into silence and was no longer as lively as before.

No one dared to show a hint of joy in the streets and alleys.

Whether sincere or false, the people in the city were silent because of Wang Zunzhi's death.

Echoing this snow, it is the thought of heating up quickly in some people's hearts.

Taisu County, Li’s House.

Half a day ago, Li Chengye, the young master of the Li family, went to the temple outside the city to burn incense and returned in the afternoon.

A carriage stopped in front of the gate. As the snowflakes fell, Li Chengye first leaned out of the carriage and got off the carriage after the driven out servants served.

He was not wearing official uniforms, and was dressed in blue clothes, and his tailor was more and more handsome and elegant.

As soon as the thick boots fell to the ground, he turned around and reached out to the carriage with a hand.

One person walked down from the carriage and was his wife Wang Jieting. A white cloak that stretched to the head to the toe covered her whole body, which still showed a faint feminine charm and a high-end demeanor.

With the help of Li Chengye, she slowly got off the carriage. As soon as her feet fell to the ground, she smiled slightly. Looking at the heavy snow like goose feathers in the sky, she sighed slightly, "Husband, this snow seems to be getting heavier than when I went there."

"It's heavy to fall, and there will be a good year next year. It's a blessing to have a tea and watch the snow at home." Li Chengye smiled, and at the same time, he held his wife's hand: "It's cold outside, ma'am, let's go in first!"

"Yeah!" His wife nodded and responded with a smile. However, there was a faint sadness in her eyes, which was just deliberately covered up and was not known to outsiders.

When the couple walked into Li's house, Li Cunyi, who was resting in the house, knew it. He immediately ordered: "Go and call Chengye here."

The attendant left with a sound, and a moment later, a person's footsteps came. After he responded, he pushed the door open with a faint cold air.

"Father!" After bowing to Li Cunyi, Li Chengye lowered his head and said.

"Well, sit down first and talk slowly." Li Cunyi called his son to sit aside.

After Li Chengye settled down, Li Cunyi asked lightly: "By the way, Chengye, your wife, how are you reacting now?"

Although his father spoke very lightly, Li Chengye couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, and said with respect on his face: "Back to my father, she was very sad a few days ago, but now she's better."

"Well, as a husband, it's not a bad idea to take her out to relax, but you have to remember one thing." Li Cunyi suddenly narrowed his eyes and kept his broad face, a hint of coldness flashed: "Don't be a woman, but put the family business behind his head."

"Please rest assured, my son is responsible." Li Chengye said hurriedly.

"That's good. Don't forget that she is the adopted daughter of the man. This kind of grace of raising her cannot be faked. How credible is it or how untrustworthy is it, you can consider it yourself. If it is really a hidden danger..." Li Cunyi did not say the following words, but the murderous intent flashed in his eyes had already shown his attitude.

Li Chengye hurriedly lowered his head and responded: "My son understands."

Afterwards, the two stopped discussing the matter.

Li Chengye's trip was about burning incense, but in fact he sent a secret spies from various places to collect information. At this time, there were also many secret spies in the General's Mansion in Taisu County, so in the mansion, the Li family and his son never contacted their spies.

After hearing the news from his son, Li Cunyi couldn't help laughing.

"My son, Wang Zunzhi died, my Li family should also move." After enduring for many years, he didn't expect that he really waited for this good opportunity.

Li Chengye narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Father is saying..." He pointed at the sky.

"Haha, my son guessed it well, and this is what my father meant. This day, it will change soon. Only when the wind and clouds surging will the fish be able to go to the dragon gate."

Li Cunyi was very happy to show his overlord's glory.

"What is my father going to do?" Li Chengye already understood his father's meaning, but he was afraid that this would be done from above.

Li Cunyi sneered: "I think that man was so arrogant before his life. He would dare to change his name openly by relying on the power of the two mansions. When he was alive, no one would dare to object to this, but now he is dead, so the account should be counted on his son. There is a saying that it is good that the father will repay the debts and sons, which is the truth. Even if the adopted son inherits the large business of Wenyang Mansion, he should pay something."

Qunting his index finger with his right hand and gently buckled the table. Li Cunyi thought for a moment and looked at Li Chengye on the side: "Chengye, how many soldiers can I fight in my Li family now?"

"When I go back to my father, there are five hundred people in the organization, and there are still one hundred people outside the organization, three of which are elite dead soldiers." Li Chengye said in a deep voice.

"Although this force is not weak, it is not easy to drive the man off the stage if he wants to attack Huanglong and drive that person off." Li Cunyi said carefully: "This matter cannot be done by my Li family. If everyone gets up and coaxes him, even if he has elite soldiers, it will be difficult to resist."

"My father means to unite other forces? But firstly, they may not be willing to cooperate with my Li family. Secondly, it is easy to attract wolves, but difficult to send them away. How can they drive them away in the future?" Li Chengye said hesitantly.

"What I said is right, but now there are two counties. As long as we can occupy one county, this situation will be in your and my hands... Send people to the court, and at all costs, make friends with eunuchs, ask them to persuade the emperor, and issue a secret order to attack Wang Hongyi. As long as we have this secret order, we can gain an advantage. Not only can we recruit soldiers and horses in the future, but we can also contact other forces to cooperate with our Li family. It can also embarrass Wang Hongyi's situation and separate and disintegrate his group. This matter will be left to you."

"Please rest assured, my son will do this as soon as possible." Knowing the importance of this matter, Li Chengye hurriedly stood up and responded.

"By the way, your second brother is more reckless and will not be able to do anything without martial arts. If you are the eldest brother, if you have time, teach them. Brothers must not be alienated." Li Cunyi suddenly said again.

Li Chengye stood up with his head down, unable to help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and said respectfully: "Father, my son has neglected this matter, so he will naturally pay attention to it in the future."

"Yeah, since that's the case, let's go down. You can do that as soon as possible and report it to me when there is news." Li Cunyi suddenly felt a little more excited and waved his hand to let him go.

Li Chengye responded respectfully and left the house.

When his son went out, Li Cunyi sighed softly.

Thinking of the fact that his wife sighed in his ear a few days ago, he thought about it now, but he was upset.

If it weren't for the reminder of his beloved wife, he wouldn't have noticed the subtle relationship between the eldest son and the other sons. Now the two youngest sons are sent to Jiangnan, and another second son is left. If he does not intervene in this matter, I'm afraid that the brothers will turn against each other in the future.

He didn't think that this was a provocation of his beloved wife. He married into the Li family for many years. In addition to having three sons, he was also diligent in the family, gentle and virtuous, and was no different from Li Chengye and his own son. He saw all these and was very grateful for this.

"Since your career, don't let your father down." Looking at the door, Li Cunyi sighed softly.

"What does Father mean?" After stepping out of his father's room, Li Chengye also locked his eyebrows. Thinking of his sudden invisible eyes when his father was speaking just now, Li Chengye felt very uncomfortable.

He walked quickly towards the corner gate, but someone came towards him. When he saw him, he smiled slightly: "Chengye."

"I've seen my mother." Seeing the visitor, Li Chengye hurriedly bowed his head respectfully.

A gentle voice came from the opposite side: "It's cold outside, don't be too polite, get up quickly."

"Yes, mother!" Li Chengye stood up straight and looked at the opposite side.

A gentle woman was looking at him with a smile, but she was her father's wife.

"I just saw you coming over, looking thoughtful. Could it be that something difficult?" the woman looked at him and asked softly.

"I just thought about business and was a little confused." Li Chengye said perfunctorily with a stern look.

When the woman heard it was business, she was inconvenient to ask more questions and said, "I just came back from your wife. She has lost a lot in the past few days, and she is afraid that it will be difficult for her to recover. If there is nothing wrong, you can go and accompany her as soon as possible."

"Yes." Li Chengye responded respectfully without looking at the woman's gentle smile.

The woman then walked forward first.

Standing there, watching the woman gradually walk away, Li Chengye tightly pursed his thin lips and his eyes sank.

Turning around, Li Chengye walked quickly towards his courtyard. Snowflakes flew on the road, and his heart was also a little chilling.

The courtyard where you live is not big, but it is the most elegant place in the Li’s house. A few plum trees bloom in the courtyard, red and white, and are extremely beautiful.

He entered the courtyard and several maids and servants who were collecting snow water were saluting him.

With a slight nod, he went straight into the main house. The heating came to his face, but it was not hot and the temperature was just right.

A faint fragrance of plum blossoms lingered in the tip of his nose. Li Chengye slowly walked into the inner room and saw his wife lying on a table.

As if he was in his sleep, he saw this and had to shake his head, take a piece of clothing from the side, and put it on her.

Unexpectedly, she woke up and raised her head.

"Husband, you are back."

"kindness."

"Husband, I ordered someone to warm up some porridge, you can eat some."

"Yeah." After Li Chengye responded again, he saw his wife sighing and lowering her head.

"Are you... okay?" He walked over, held his wife's shoulders, and asked softly.

But I saw my beloved wife whispering: "Husband, I just want to say... Now, I am a member of the Li family and will never do anything to harm the Li family."

She actually noticed it?

Yes, how could a woman as smart as her not notice the change in her attitude... Li Chengye sighed lightly and surrounded his beloved wife from behind. At this time, silence is better than sound.

Almost at the same time, a Taoist temple filled the sound of horse hooves.

The leader was Han Yang. The man suddenly stopped his horse and asked, "Is it this Taoist temple?"

"Yes!" one person responded.

"Kill, kill all the people inside, and leave no one behind!"

"As for order!" The door was kicked open as the horse neighed, and a Taoist priest and the Taoist boy came out in a hurry. There was only a constant sound of "puff puff". Both of them were shot into the snow with a confused expression.

Armored soldiers rushed in, swept with swords, and killed them when they saw them. However, there were not many people in the Taoist temple, only five or six. After a moment, there were sounds of soldiers fighting again.

After a while, a man suddenly jumped out, like a raccoon, but he jumped out of the wall. The cavalry that had already prepared had already charged forward and bent his bow halfway, and the arrows were like rain.

"Dangdang", this man was very amazing. He actually shot several arrows in the air, but one arrow still penetrated through the gap and stabbed his shoulder.

The man was swaying on the ground and was still going to continue running.

The sound of "puff" was endless. The second round of arrows shot out, turning him into a hedgehog. After being caught in the arrow, the man was immortal for a while. He roared and struggled to run two steps forward before falling to the ground with a "boom".
Chapter completed!