Zhu Yunwen's reaction seemed to be within Li Benqian's expectations, but also seemed to be beyond his original expectations.
But at this time, everyone at the table had already dispersed.
He is riding on that famous thin horse.
King Han Ming also left with his thin horse. Before leaving, he made a promise to Li Wenxiang to become king and prime minister. In the end, Zhu Yunwen finally had a smile on his face when he saw him for the first time.
When only Liu Zongsheng and Li Wenxiang were still whispering to each other, Zhu Yunwen breathed a sigh of relief.
He stood up and walked in front of the two of them.
"Mr. Liu, the head of the Li family, I have been traveling a long distance recently, and I was too drunk tonight, so I cannot stay with you for a long time. I hope you will forgive me."
Li Wenxiang glanced at Zhu Yunwen, then turned his attention to Li Benqian who was accompanying Zhu Yunwen. Seeing that the eldest son had no expression on his face, he turned to look at Liu Zongsheng.
Liu Zongsheng smiled heartily: "Master Zhu went to rest early. Today's banquet is just for Master Zhu to get to know the families in Taiyuan City. We will discuss the matters with No Man's Land in the future."
Seeing Liu Zongsheng speak, Li Wenxiang just echoed: "Your Majesty, please help yourself. If necessary, the Li family will use all its resources to help him."
Zhu Yunwen smiled and said nothing, but just breathed a few times in succession.
He bowed his hands and resigned, then turned around and looked for the direction to leave. When he left the banquet area, he saw a servant of the Li family coming out of a corner in the courtyard.
"Your Highness, come this way. The residence has been arranged for Your Majesty. The Princess is waiting for Your Majesty over there."
Zhu Yunwen had an unclear look on his face, but in his heart he was a little more wary of the Li family's carefulness from top to bottom.
He was already a useless member of the Ming Dynasty clan, but after the Li family learned of his identity, they respected him as king everywhere, and even Qiuniang was given the title of princess, which she had never had before.
It's so careful and thoughtful.
After sighing in his heart, Zhu Yunwen nodded gently: "Please lead the way."
The servant of the Li Mansion bowed and walked in front to lead the way.
And in the courtyard banquet room that Zhu Yunwen had just left.
Li Benqian looked at Zhu Yunwen's leaving figure and waved his hand.
The thin horses and servants who were waiting at the table immediately left.
When only the Li father and son and Liu Zongsheng were left at the table, Li Benqian sneered twice.
He clasped his fists and looked at Liu Zongsheng: "The Taibao can feel at ease now. I have already tested this person before, and he has no objection. After hearing what I said, I was frightened on my face and uneasy in my heart."
Liu Zongsheng's eyes were dark, looking into the depths of the dark courtyard, and he whispered: "But he didn't intend to tell me."
Li Benqian was silent for a moment.
Li Wenxiang, who was next to Liu Zongsheng, smiled and said: "He is just a useless person who was deposed by Zhu Ming's clan. He is naturally careful in everything he does. He must have warned him, and if it happens again, he will definitely let him know
Yu Taibao."
Li Benqian immediately said: "It is indeed as my father said. While the man was angry, he did warn his son that if there is another incident with my Li family, he will inform the Taibao."
After finishing speaking, Li Benqian looked at Liu Zongsheng silently.
Li Wenxiang, who was standing aside, was also staring at him with a smile on his face.
Liu Zongsheng turned his eyes and suddenly smiled: "If we want to achieve great things, we should be careful in everything. Even if he doesn't have any different intentions now, in the future, we can use his wisdom to defeat Na Ming as soon as possible.
Ting.”
Li Benqian got ahead of his father, bowed his hands and said: "Taibao has great talents and great strategies, and he will surely succeed immediately and achieve great things!"
Liu Zongsheng smiled, but said quietly: "It is the Holy Religion that achieves great things, not a certain family."
Li Benqian was stunned and looked at his father.
Li Wenxiang waved his hand and gave Li Benqian a look.
The father and son said in unison: "The great cause of the Holy Religion is the great cause of the Taibao. The Li family must follow the Taibao to achieve the great cause!"
The smile on Liu Zongsheng's face became even brighter, but there were a few rays of coldness hidden in his eyes that were not noticed by others.
He waved his hand: "Let's stop here today. I have been bothering Li Mansion recently. I will wait until the great cause of the Holy Sect is successful, and then I will repay Li Mansion for my help now."
After saying that, he got up.
The father and son of the Li family were busy seeing each other off.
After Liu Zongsheng also left the courtyard, it took a long time for the Li family and his son to look at each other and smile.
The two returned to the dining room again.
Li Benqian poured another glass of wine for his father.
He whispered: "Zhu Yunwen really didn't dare to agree, but his son thought that there was no one in the world who didn't covet the throne. It was just because they met for the first time today that he was wary. Otherwise, he would have fought with Liu Zongsheng on the spot.
Explain what your son told him today."
Li Wenxiang's eyes were gleaming, and he didn't look like he was drunk at all. He was leaning on the sofa behind him: "You can guess this, Liu Zongsheng can guess it too. But you see, he just asked
One sentence. So we should never do it again in the future to win over Zhu Yunwen."
Li Benqian's face showed urgency: "Do our Li family really want to be a stepping stone for Liu Zongsheng? He can control King Han Ming, why can't my Li family control Zhu Yunzhen?"
With a trace of severity on his face, Li Wenxiang glanced at Li Benqian: "Confused! If we make another move at this time, won't Liu Zongsheng secretly investigate my Li family? If there is no uprising at this time, he will seriously start uprising, and there will be no time.
It’s too late.”
"What's too late?"
Li Benqian couldn't understand something.
The cooperation between Shanxi merchants and the White Lotus Sect was actually never sincere.
The Shanxi merchants headed by the Li family want to obtain more benefits and benefits, but today's Da Ming obviously cannot provide them.
They have money and food but no place to spend it.
Comparing wealth is not the only pleasure and pursuit for the Li family and Shanxi merchants.
Therefore, the White Lotus Sect, which existed before the founding of the Ming Dynasty and dates back to the pre-Tang Dynasty, became the first choice of Shanxi merchants.
Use the hands of the White Lotus Sect to stir up chaos in the world. When the time comes, beacon fires will be ignited in various places in the Central Plains, and the White Lotus Sect will provoke uprisings everywhere. When there are uprising armies all over the world, Shanxi merchants can choose the most promising ones.
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And all this will have to wait until Shanxi merchants control everything in the White Lotus Sect except people.
At that time, we can backhand people like Liu Zongsheng and suppress them.
It was now time for Shanxi merchants to make the final decision in the world.
relatively.
The Li family and his son also knew that Liu Zongsheng was wary of their Shanxi merchants through the White Lotus Sect under the control of King Han Ming.
Liu Zongsheng only wanted the money and food that the Li family and Shanxi merchants had accumulated over the years, and the people they had bribed from the government and local guards over the years.
Liu Zongsheng was cruel and ruthless, and was by no means the peaceful person he usually showed.
He will never tolerate the day when he achieves great things, and a group of Shanxi businessmen tell everyone that the reason why Liu Zongsheng can achieve great things is all because the Li family and Shanxi businessmen provide him with money, food, and smooth joints.
The two parties are purely using the relationship, and they understand it very well, but they understand each other tacitly.
They came together because of short-term common interests.
Li Wenxiang had a smile in his eyes: "The day when Zhu Yunwen sees Liu Zongsheng clearly, or when he finds out that Liu Zongsheng will not keep him until the end. At that time, Zhu Yunwen will definitely think of the flowers you talked about with him today. When that time,
That’s when we have complete control over him.”
Li Benqian shut up and pondered, thinking about what his father said.
Li Wenxiang looked at his eldest son, who had high hopes for him, and whispered: "Cao Cao used the emperor to command the princes, but he always claimed to be a Han minister and would not change it until his death. Now, as long as we have Zhu Yunwen in our hands, the people of the world will also be in our hands Li Wenxiang
In the hands of the family.
As long as Zhu Yunwen's banner is there, there will be great righteousness. The imperial court's implementation of the New Deal in the past two years has long caused resentment among the local people. As long as Liu Zongsheng provokes chaos in the world, we will be the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty!
Former Tang Dynasty...Later Tang Dynasty...
Our Li family has been of royal blood since ancient times, so why can’t we take the throne of the Central Plains again!”
Li Benqian's eyes sparkled.
Hundreds of years ago, the Li and Tang Dynasty also began in Taiyuan City.
Now, his Li family should be like this.
The bright moon shines high, shining through the shade of the trees in the courtyard.
The Li family's father and son discussed for a while again, even late at night.
…
Taiyuan City was quiet for several days, and nothing major happened.
I just heard on the street that it is probably because the New Year is approaching and many people are always missing a few things when they go out.
Five whole days.
Zhu Yunwen stayed in the residence arranged by the Li family.
The residence is not in the courtyard of Li's Mansion, but in the courtyard of a private house between Li's Mansion and Prince Jin's Mansion.
Several surrounding courtyards are now arranged as residences for Liu Zongsheng and his party.
Because Zhu Yunwen had gained Liu Zongsheng's appreciation, he and Qiuniang had a separate courtyard just now. The yard was not big, but Qiuniang had it cleaned up in just a few days.
She felt from the bottom of her heart that they would spend their whole lives in Taiyuan City.
Although, in women's hearts, they are still full of worries about the future.
at dusk.
Zhu Yunwen was stacking bricks and stones under the courtyard wall, preparing to fill the last gap in the courtyard wall.
In the courtyard, Qiuniang leaned out of the kitchen and looked outside the courtyard wall.
"Erlang, I have fried the beans and stewed the mutton that Mr. Liu sent me today. Do you want to have a few drinks?"
Zhu Yunwen stood up from under the courtyard wall, stretched his head over the courtyard wall, and looked into the courtyard: "It's going to be a while, I'll go inside to eat after I finish my work."
Qiuniang wiped the sweat from her face with her apron and looked at the man busy in the small yard with a happy smile on her face.
She turned around and went back to the kitchen, preparing to fry two more vegetables that Liu Zongsheng had sent to her at this time, so that her husband could have a few more sips of wine and have a good rest after doing heavy work.
Zhu Yunwen outside the courtyard wall was really working on repairing the courtyard wall, but while he was busy, there were already a few more small stones arranged in patterns at the base of the wall under his feet.
It was the signal agreed between him and Zhang Hui.
After filling up the last broken section of the courtyard wall, Zhu Yunwen wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeves. After glancing at both ends of the alley, he let out a long breath, pushed open the courtyard door and walked towards the kitchen.
.
late at night.
The bright moon is still shining brightly.
It's just that under this bright moon, I don't know how many unseen things are about to happen.
When a dark cloud is blown by the wind from a distance and blocks the bright moon, the night becomes the best cover.
Several black shadows flashed between the courtyard walls, moving silently against the shadows under the courtyard walls.
Zhang Hui was wrapped in black clothes, only his eyes hidden under the black gauze were exposed, showing a bright luster.
Behind him, there were only two subordinates.
The rest of the people were waiting for the signal in a vacant courtyard on the next street, ready to respond at any time.
Zhang Hui arrived outside Zhu Yunwen's courtyard, looked at the stones on the ground, and jumped into the courtyard without thinking too much.
After landing, there was no movement from under my feet.
The two subordinates behind him also turned over and entered the hospital. They landed silently, and two more daggers appeared silently in their hands.
The three of them slowly approached the main room.
The sound of a mouse burrowing was heard under the window.
After a while, the sound of snoring came from the room.
But soon, the snoring stopped.
The door, which had been oiled enough, was slowly opened.
Zhu Yunwen bowed his body and walked out of the house, looked at the three people under the window, did not say anything, and just walked to a haystack next to the kitchen.
When he got under the haystack, he groped on the ground again and finally found the wooden cover of the cellar.
Opening the wooden board, Zhu Yunwen took the lead and jumped in.
Zhang Hui turned around and gestured to the two of them, and they immediately hid on both sides of the haystack while he followed Zhu Yunwen into the cellar.
The wooden planks at the entrance of the cellar were covered to make the cellar tightly sealed.
At this time, Zhu Yunwen was already squatting in the cellar, lighting up an incense candle.
The incense candle had been treated by him, and after it was lit, the light it emitted was only enough to illuminate the space between the two people, and the outside was still pitch black.
Zhang Hui walked closer and looked at Zhu Yunwen with a frown: "What happened? I saw you playing with rocks outside the alley today. Are you not afraid of being discovered?"
Zhu Yunwen hummed and said: "Liu Zongsheng is busy planning how to get more money and food from Shanxi merchants, and King Han Ming is busy waiting for an opportunity to kill Liu Zongsheng. They don't have time to stare at me now."
Zhang Hui looked at Zhu Yunwen, nodded and said, "You still have to be more careful. Your Highness's order for me is to first protect the safety of you and your wife."
Zhu Yun hummed: "You should buy a yard not far away and dig a tunnel to this cellar. If something happens, I can take Qiuniang and run away."
Zhang Hui took the incense candle from Zhu Yunwen's hand, looked around, and then said: "We really need to make such preparations. Don't worry, we will buy a yard and dig a tunnel in the next two days."
Seeing that Zhang Hui was persuaded.
Zhu Yunwen added: "You have to prepare a way out of Taiyuan City in advance. It is best to dig a tunnel out of the city!"
Zhang Hui was speechless at this time.
He stared at Zhu Yunwen seriously, trying to see if the other person was joking with him.
Zhu Yunwen nodded heavily and said: "We really should dig a tunnel out of the city! Even if we don't have to run away, we can still let people sneak into the city!"