"On the mission of the high envoy, I went to the countryside to reorganize the garden. Before I even left the ground, the villagers had already gathered to attack us! We have never met each other, so why did the villagers blame me? There are still wounded villagers lying in the garden, even me.
I will take care of myself if I am injured. All of them can testify that the people in my hometown hate me only because of Shi’s deception!”
Li Tai sat down in the hall and made accusations: "The Shi brothers have made things difficult for me, and they have done evil to me on more than one occasion. There is no shortage of people from nearby townsfolk who have given evidence. Everyone's mouth is worth money. How can I allow the evildoers to slander me! I don't know Shi Lang in the hall."
What's the relationship with his brothers, but we have a deep hatred for each other. If you don't come with my cousin, I will never allow you to enter this hall!"
Seeing Li Tai being so energetic, Shi Jing felt a little uneasy for a moment, but she just said bravely: "But, I forced you to buy flax before. Is it true, Mr. Lang? Although my family and the rural common people live in two places, but
Our ancestors have taught us how to run a family and never allow their descendants to abandon farming. If it were not forced by external forces, they would never do it, they would never..."
"Shilang, there is no need to boast about the simplicity of my family. I also come from an innocent family! I had no work to do, so I went to the countryside to purchase materials to start weaving. I did visit the historian. The historian used old hemp as a supplement, and it is still kept in the village to this day!"
Li Tai clapped his hands and ordered his subordinates to fetch the old hemp bags bought from Shijia and throw them in the hall. As for Shijia, who had already returned the hemp money when he wanted to buy ointment, that is another topic.
Damn, the evidence is conclusive.
Shi Jing's eyes fell on those Chenma sacks and he hurriedly took them away, as if he was afraid of being stung in the eyes.
"I bought flax in advance, but the Shi brothers deceived me because I didn't know about farming and bought the flax after autumn at the current price. Although I got advice afterwards, I had already made a contract and never wanted to go back. We talked happily at that time,
If I am forced in the slightest, no one will criticize me, but heaven will condemn me!"
The more Li Tai spoke, the angrier he became, as if he had really become a kind and innocent person who was being bullied in every possible way: "Shi Gong was rewarded for losing the official position and gained power, so he sent his younger brother to visit and break the contract. I have a great garden with blue bricks and colorful tiles.
He ordered his slaves to wreak havoc, the door was broken, and everyone was living on the grass eaves. Shilang looked so good, and his eyesight was so clear. How could he not see anything when he entered the house? I am now detained in the garden, and I only ask for justice and good luck. If the law cannot do it,
If you control it, I will kill it!"
"That's it, that's it!"
After Lu Rou listened to Li Tai's accusation, she stood up angrily from the table, pointed at Shi Jing and said angrily: "Since Wang Ye has been hunting in the west, I know that the righteousness in the world is declining, and confusion between right and wrong is inevitable. But since we gather together to follow this legal system, people's hearts will
There should be justice and balance! My cousin left home and fled to the west. He is lonely and unable to stand up. He is already pitiful.
Shi Lang, you went to his family's home without interrogating the matter and slandered the famous tutor for being immoral. Not only did you undermine the reputation of the Li family, but you also made fun of your relatives and friends for being ignorant! If I hadn't come to hear about it today, I wouldn't have known that you would have deceived me.
When did you miss my friendship?"
"I'm not! I really don't know..."
Shi Jing saw that Lu Rou not only changed sides, but also scolded him for confusing right and wrong. For a moment, Shi Jing became even more speechless and full of regret.
Although the historians of Shang Yuan originated from Jingzhao, they had been living separately since the previous generation. Previously, Shi Gong went to Jingzhao to appeal, but he only said that he was bullied by a new guest from Dongzhou.
The Jingzhao family didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but Shi Gong's miserable request also made the Jingzhao family feel that Li Tai, a new visitor from Dongzhou, was too arrogant and did not take the Shi family seriously, so they sent Shi Jing, a young man, to come forward to calm things down.
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Historians knew that Li Tai's backer was Taishi He Basheng, so they appealed to Cui Quan's home in Jingzhao. Because Cui Quan was an old kinsman of He Basheng, he followed He Basheng to Nanliang in his early years and returned to Guanzhong together.
Such a friendship should be able to impress He Basheng.
But Shi Jing did not expect that the Cui Lu family in Chang'an City, in addition to being He Basheng's former relatives, also had a close relationship with the Li family in Longxi, especially the Li Tai family, and their friendship was even greater than with He Basheng.
Even more porcelain!
He invited Lu Rou over, his original intention was to be a lobbyist, but now Lu Rou's eyes were widened and she looked like she was going to tear him alive, and instead she became a teammate for the other party.
"I, I came here under the orders of my elders. I hope that this matter can be solved in a good way, but I didn't expect that the common people in the countryside would have such deep filth. I had listened to evil words before, misunderstood Li Lang, and misled Mr. Lu.
, even though I have tens of millions of regrets, I am too ashamed to defend myself. I beg Lu Gong to forgive me, and I beg Li Lang to forgive me!"
Shi Jing stood up from the table, bowed to the ground in front of the two of them, and wiped the sweat from his forehead without bothering to wipe it, and said in a harsh voice: "I am offending you by asking for an audience. Please forgive me, a shallow and stupid young man like me, and tolerate me."
Go home and tell the whole story in detail, and then invite the elders of the clan to go to your hometown to apologize!"
"Go quickly, go quickly! Although my relatives are not powerful enough to support me, they are upright, have a pen and can write, and can speak well! I didn't know before that my orphaned young boy came here, and he was besieged and bullied by local thieves, but now
Now that I know it, I will never allow the evil spirit to reappear!"
Lu Rou waved her sleeves and said with a look of disgust.
Li Tai was very happy to see that his cheap cousin could protect him so well. When Shi Jing left in embarrassment, he quickly ordered his family to prepare a family banquet to entertain this unexpected relative.
"Apan, thank you so much for your hard work! In previous years, when I entered the customs, even though I was in a state of loss and embarrassment, we always had companions to look after each other. Now that you have entered the customs, you lack the care of your close disciples..."
Lu Rou looks fine, but she stutters a little. After drinking a few glasses of wine, her stuttering became more serious when she was excited. Although he is nearly forty years old, he is full of emotions. Waiting to hear Li Tai and Li Zhusheng talk about entering the customs
The experience along the way made him patted the back of Li Tai's hand with red eyes and sighed repeatedly.
Li Tai didn't feel that he was pitiful. He had received some favors, protection from He Basheng, and Gao Zhongmi's family fortune. He was much happier than most people in this world.
"Although I am separated from Aye, I am cared for by all the elders. I am not alone in Kansai. When I saw my cousin today, I realized that there are many elders who are here. I was trapped in my livelihood before and did not know how to visit diligently.
Please cousin, don’t blame me for being so young!”
Li Tai filled the village's brewing water for Lu Rou, and asked tentatively: "We still have a cousin in Chang'an?"
Hearing Lu Rou talk about Cui Shijun and his cousin before, Li Tai became curious. It seemed that his cousin was quite powerful in Chang'an, and rich historians would come to ask for help.
"That's my cousin, but not yours..."
Lu Rou stutters, and she cannot help but gasp when speaking.
When Li Tai heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. Your cousin is quite stingy. Your cousin is my cousin. He's three thousand miles away. I'm six thousand miles away at most. Why aren't you allowed to climb?
relative?
Li Zhusheng saw that Lu Rou had difficulty speaking, so he pulled Li Tai beside him and whispered: "If Lu Da is talking about Cui Liulang, Alang really shouldn't call him cousin, he is also a cousin!"
Lu Rou, who was stuttering, patted the table, nodded to Li Zhusheng to show that he was right, and then said: "Dang, back then, I was the same cousin as them..."
It was difficult for him to speak, and it was also difficult for Li Tai to listen, but he finally figured it out.
In addition to Lu Rou, the in-laws of the Li family in Chang'an also include Cui Qian of the Cui clan of Boling, and Cui Fan brothers. These people were all in Jingzhou with He Basheng, and later fled to Nanliang and returned to Guanzhong together.
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The Cui brothers are Lu Rou's cousins, but their mother is the daughter of Li Tai's great-grandfather Li Shao, who is also Li Tai's cousin. In other words, the Cui brothers are also Li Tai's cousins and have a close relationship with Li Tai.
Tai is the same as Lu Rou.
In addition, the wives of the Cui brothers were also from the Li family in Longxi. In addition to their cousins, Li Tai also wanted to be called his cousin-in-law.
After finally sorting out this complicated family relationship in his mind, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh that the aristocratic family was really messed up. No wonder the aristocratic family wanted to build a family tree. Once the genealogy was messed up, the relationship between each other would also be messed up.
The reason why Emperor Gaozong of the later Tang Dynasty issued an edict prohibiting marriages against these families was because they had no choice but to marry each other from generation to generation.
After Lu Rou and the others returned to Guanzhong with He Basheng in the early years, they were arranged by Yu Wentai to serve as officials in the Chang'an court. On the one hand, the Western Wei Dynasty was really short of talents, and on the other hand, it was probably because they were competing with He Basheng's power.
The best among them is Cui Quan. He is only in his early thirties and has already served as Jing Zhaoyin. He was recently promoted to Commander-in-Chief and Commander-in-Chief. He can also be regarded as a military and political officer in Chang'an.
Because of her outstanding literary skills, Lu Rou served as the official in charge of writing imperial edicts, issuing condolences, etc. However, in the hegemonic government of the Western Wei Dynasty, the emperor could not issue many edicts a year, so he was very busy with his duties and had time to go to business.
It turned out that I met Li Tai.
"After entering the customs, the Grand Master took strict precautions and did not allow me and other old relatives to visit at will. I may not see him for a long time. It is rare that he still remembers the old friendship between uncle and uncle and is willing to take care of you, Ah Pan. How are you doing recently, Grand Master?"
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Lu Rou asked intermittently, and she also missed He Basheng quite a lot. After all, they traveled all over the country and followed him for many years, so they must have feelings for each other.
After hearing this, Li Tai sighed again. It was originally a very happy thing to meet relatives in a foreign land, but when he thought about the complicated personnel undercurrents in the Western Wei Dynasty, he couldn't be happy anymore.
Lu Rou and others were already a bit embarrassed as He Basheng's former relatives, and now that they were all serving in Chang'an, there was a real possibility that they would get involved in political disputes at any minute.
Yuwen Taike has never been a kind and kind person. On the one hand, he was merciful to the generals of the township party, but he would kill the Emperor Yuanshi at any time. Later, his own son died so miserably, and it has to be said that it was Yuwen Hu who
Under the guidance of his nephew's words and deeds, he has learned the truth.
Li Tai saw that Lu Rou's clothes were a little old, so he said: "It was my fault that I neglected to visit before. Cousin, when you are in the capital in the future, you must never accept clothes from strangers, especially those from forbidden areas.
Ci is Ci. My brother lives in the countryside and his family is good at weaving. I will definitely have enough material for spring and autumn clothing!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who would give it to me... At the beginning of the year, Daxingtai took off his clothes and gave it to me, but he doesn't wear it often."
Lu Rou was already a little drunk and couldn't understand what Li Tai said. After hearing the words, she said with a smile.
Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. He was afraid of evil things like the dress code, so he didn't dare to go to Chang'an, so he didn't want to turn around and be implicated by these relatives.
But when he heard that Yu Wentai actually gave clothes to Lu Rou, he couldn't help but have some gossip in his heart: "Daxingtai gave me clothes, have the robes and belt been washed carefully?"