When the two of them walked out of the yard, Zeng Zuimo looked around the small yard again and asked the old man: "Uncle Hou, the garden in the backyard..."
The old man nodded repeatedly and said: "It's there too, it's there too, exactly the same as before!"
She held Li Yi's hand, with a look of reminiscence on her face, "That garden was a place where I played hide and seek when I was a child. I know there is a place that no one else can find after hiding it..."
As she walked toward the garden, she said with some regret: "It's a pity that it's winter now. If we wait until summer, when the branches and leaves are thickest, it's the best time to play hide and seek."
Li Yi shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, then we can wait until summer to play. Besides, it's our own home. You can choose when to play. You can play whenever you want..."
She shook her head and said, "That was before..."
Li Yi turned around and looked around, murmuring in a low voice: "It will be the same in the future..."
…
"Congratulations to Zijian. Mr. Zeng has been promoted to Jingzhaoyin and served as Minister of Household Affairs. This is extremely rare even for two dynasties..."
"It's my father who got promoted, it has nothing to do with me."
"Zijian just likes to be self-effacing..."
"That's wrong. Mr. Zeng's official career is going smoothly, and the Zeng family's status in Kyoto will naturally increase. Zijian's matter may be able to be relaxed..."
In the stone pavilion in the center of the garden, screens were erected on all sides to block the coldness. A large stove was lit in the center of the stone pavilion. There was a copper pot on the stove. The hot boiling water in the pot was rolling gurglingly. People gathered in front of the stove.
A few young people cooked meat and vegetables in a copper pot and chatted while eating.
The screen resists the cold air outside and traps the heat inside, so that there is no chill inside the screen.
Zeng Zijian picked up the wine that was warming in the small stove next to him, took a sip, shook his head and said: "It is not easy to overturn the decree given by His Majesty himself. I don't want to become an official anymore and just be a dandy waiting to die. In fact,
There’s nothing bad about it either…”
The young man on his left took a mouthful of mutton and comforted him: "Zijian, don't be discouraged. It can take as little as one year, as long as two or three years. This decree will be invalidated. It's not like you don't know about His Majesty's body.
How long can I last? Mr. Zeng is now on a high official career, and he will be highly regarded by His Highness the King of Shu in the future. When the time comes, what will happen to you, Zijian, will be nothing more than a word from His Highness..."
Zeng Zijian glanced at him and said, "Brother Han, be careful what you say..."
The young man looked disapproving, "This is the Zeng family, this is your territory. Zijian, you are too timid. Is it possible that anyone can hear us?"
He shook his head, took another mouthful of mutton, smacked his lips, and said: "It is said that this thing called "hot pot" was invented by Li Yi. You said he was a powerful county prince and a doctor Jin Ziguanglu."
, If you don’t do the right thing, why do you like these crooked ways?”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone opened a passage at the corner of the screen. Li Yi leaned half in and said with a frown: "Just now you said that His Majesty won't have a good two years to live. I can pretend that I didn't hear it, but I won't forget it."
Well digger, don’t you think it’s a bit excessive to say this while eating hot pot?”
Li Yi looked at Zeng Zijian and asked, "Master Zeng, what do you think?"
Snapped!
"You, why are you here!"
Zeng Zijian dropped the wine bottle in his hand and his face changed wildly.
Mr. Han, whose face just turned from white to green and then to white, only had the words "Just now you said that His Majesty will not have a good life for two years" echoing in his mind, and he suddenly stood up from his seat.
If this sentence reaches His Majesty's ears, no matter what position the Han family holds in the court, it would not be an exaggeration to confiscate the family and exterminate the entire clan!
Bang!
Because he stood up too violently, his thigh hit the stove. The copper pot on the stove shook violently and fell directly. The hot soup splashed everywhere, followed by several frightened and ear-piercing screams.
The screens on all sides were hit by several people, and they all fell to the ground.
When the copper pot rolled down, Li Yi turned around quickly, hugged Miss Zeng behind him, and jumped to the foot of the pavilion with a slight jump.
With Nephrite in his arms, Li Yi looked at the few people running out of the pavilion with ferocious faces, taking off their shoes, and jumping around in place. Li Yi sighed and said, "Although the hot pot is delicious, the boiling water is so hot that it is difficult to eat."
You have to be careful when..."
This burst of screams quickly attracted the guards of the Zeng Mansion. A middle-aged woman hurried from behind. After seeing the painful Zeng Zijian, her face changed and she hurriedly said:
"Zijian, what's wrong? What happened?"
"No, it's okay. I just accidentally knocked over the soup pot. Mother, mother, don't worry." Zeng Zijian gritted his teeth, looked at Li Yi with horrified eyes, shook his head and said.
"Don't move here..." the woman said to him, then turned around and sternly said to the guards: "Why are you still standing here? Come on, call the doctor!"
In addition to Zeng Zijian, three other people were hit by the boiling water, but they were only slightly burned and suffered some pain in their skin and flesh. Apart from being temporarily unable to move, they were not seriously injured.
Seeing that Zeng Zijian was fine, the middle-aged woman stood up, glanced in a certain direction, strode over, looked at Zeng Zuimo, frowned and said, "What are you still doing here?"
Zeng Zuimo shook Li Yi's hand, walked out, looked at the middle-aged woman, and said calmly: "I'm here to get back my parents' spiritual tablets."
"Spirit tablets?" The middle-aged woman curled her lips, "Your parents are the sinners of the Zeng family. They have brought shame to the ancestors of the Zeng family. Their soul tablets have a corner in the ancestral temple. What else do you not want?
satisfied?"
Li Yi felt that she was holding his hand a little harder and patted the back of her hand gently.
"My father was framed." Zeng Zuimo looked at her and said word by word: "You already expelled him from the Zeng family. He is no longer a member of your Zeng family. Now, I want to take them out
Get the spiritual tablet back."
The middle-aged woman sneered, "I wonder if your dead parents knew about it, would they want their spiritual tablets to be placed in the Zeng family's ancestral hall, or in the hands of a dirty prostitute?"
Li Yi suddenly felt a sting on the back of his hand. It was because her nails dug into the flesh of the back of his hand.
"It's okay, I'll take care of it."
He took a step forward, blocked her behind him, and turned around and whispered.
The middle-aged woman was stunned, frowned and said, "Who are you?"
"Zeng Shichun is quite smart, why did he marry such a thing like you..." Li Yi looked at the middle-aged woman and shook his head.
"you……"
Snapped!
As soon as the middle-aged woman opened her mouth, there was a loud voice, followed by a burning pain on one side of her face.
"This slap is for what you just said."
Snapped!
When the middle-aged woman froze on the spot with disbelief on her face, Li Yi made another backhand.
"This slap is because you just scolded me..., please correct me, Li Yi, it's not..."
Li Yi stopped in time, thought about it, and then looked at her dissatisfied, "Are you still playing tricks with me?"
Snapped!
Another crisp slap in the face.
"This slap is a routine."
[ps: Salted Fish will stand up again and don’t ask for votes, I know all your votes will be torn up.]
