"Brother An Xuan, if you turn a bad thing into a good one this time, you will be blessed with good fortune in the future!"
"Thank you, thank you very much."
"Master Li,..."
At this time, at the Li family residence in Suzhou City, Li Taiyuan was standing in front of the gate with a cheerful face to greet the guests, accepting everyone's congratulations and thanking the guests.
Default chapter [Li Yonglin] At this time, the final verdict on the Li case has been made for more than a month, but because of the return of the Li family's property and the inventory of corruption of officials involved in the case, Li Taiyuan was only released five days ago. After he was released,
Everyone in the family felt that the Li family had survived such a great disaster and needed to celebrate, so today was designated as the day of celebration five days later.
Since they wanted to celebrate, the Li family spared no expense and bought all the fireworks and firecrackers in Suzhou City. They also used silk and satin to surround the curtains from the front door to the front hall, and from the back door of the front hall to the backyard;
A lantern is hung every three to five feet on the four walls, day and night; the house is decorated repeatedly... the expenses are staggering.
Li Taiyuan also ordered people to make invitations, and sent his nephews to send invitations to all the prominent people in the city, except officials, inviting them to come to his home for a banquet that day. Hundreds of tables of fine banquets were prepared at home, waiting for them.
Guests come.
Anyone with some knowledge in Suzhou can guess that what happened this time must be that the Li family sought help from a big shot in the court to survive this catastrophe. Everyone who received the invitations sighed in their hearts that the Li family was really deep.
Hidden or not, such a big and reliable backer didn't even show a single word, and accepted the invitation with a smile on his lips. Although the Li family seemed not to easily use this trump card that everyone didn't know about, it was best not to offend them.
Home, let alone the Hongmen Banquet, it was natural to go there. Everyone in the family thought so, so on that day all the prominent people in the city came to the Li family for the banquet.
Li Taiyuan had already expected this situation. He stood in front of the door early in the morning to greet the guests. He treated everyone warmly regardless of his financial status. He also attracted praise from everyone: "You are worthy of being the owner of the number one merchant in Suzhou. Looking at his magnanimity, even if
Even the family of officials for generations may not be able to match it."
Li Taiyuan greeted the guests like this from morning to noon, his voice was hoarse, but he still stood in front of the door to greet him. His eldest son Li Xiaoxing had arranged a group of guests, and when he came to the door and saw his father already like this, he hurriedly said: "Dad
, you should go down and have a rest first. Most of the guests have already arrived anyway, so you don’t need to continue to receive them. And you will have to talk at the banquet in a while. I’m afraid you won’t be able to support it if you keep doing this.”
"No one from the Shang family has come yet, how can we say that all the guests have arrived? What's more, the great hero of our family hasn't come back yet, and dad has already welcomed her! As for whether you can survive, don't worry, although your dad is already in his late years
I'm fifty, but I can still hold on, and I won't pass out at the banquet later."
"The Shang family hasn't come yet, which shows that they don't take our family seriously. As for her, wouldn't it be a shame for her to be welcomed by her father personally?"
"Don't talk nonsense! Brother Bofu and I have always been on good terms. Although the Shang family didn't help much this time, they tried their best to help our family. How can you say that to him! He must have been delayed by something, so he hasn't done anything yet.
When he arrives, I must welcome him. As for..."
"Yes, dad, dad was wrong." Hearing Li Taiyuan speak in a hoarse voice, Li Xiaoxing asked him to say less and said without waiting for the sentence to be finished.
Li Taiyuan was about to speak again when he suddenly heard a young boy not far away shouting: "Greetings, the head of the Shang family!" He stopped talking and trotted up to meet him. Li Xiaoxing also quickly followed.
He saw Shang Ming coming from a distance. He was about to speak, but Shang Ming beat him to it: "Brother An Xuan, why did you come out in person?"
"Brother Bofu comes, I will greet you personally." Li Taiyuan said with a smile.
But because his voice was so hoarse, Shang Ming didn't hear the smile at all. Instead, he was surprised because of his voice and said: "How many guests have you welcomed? You personally welcomed all the guests today? How can this make it so?"
! As a filial piety, why don't you help your father back to rest soon?"
"It's not the fault of the filial piety, it's me who wants to welcome you." Li Taiyuan said.
"Hey, how many days have you been out of the Yamen? You have been working so hard." Shang Ming sighed. Li Taiyuan smiled slightly but did not speak.
After sighing, Shang Ming added: "I'm late today. But I didn't delay it on purpose. I was just waiting for this gift." He then took a box from the servant behind him and opened it.
He came and handed the things inside to Li Taiyuan, and said: "I couldn't help you a few days ago. I feel guilty, so I can only give this thing as a gift."
""Quick Snow and Sunny Post"!" Li Xiaoxing immediately shouted in surprise.
"It's the "Quick Snow and Clear Tie"!" Shang Ming said: "To congratulate Brother An Xuan, I searched everywhere for precious things. When I finally saw this thing, I wanted to buy it and give it to Brother An Xuan. But I can hide this post.
But the person refused to sell it, so I tried my best to get this scroll this morning and rushed here in a hurry. This post is a copy by Huang Luzhi (Huang Tingjian) in the Song Dynasty, not the original, let alone a copy in the Tang Dynasty. I originally wanted to collect it
I have tried to find copies from the Tang Dynasty, but I have never been able to find them, so I have to leave it at that."
'Even Huang Luzhi's copy is very precious. The original copy of "Kuaixueshiqingtie" has long been lost. It is said that it was placed in the tomb of an emperor in the Tang Dynasty. It is not known whether it is true or not. It is the oldest existing copy.
The copy is a copy from the Tang Dynasty. Although Huang Luzhi's copy is not a copy from the Tang Dynasty, he himself was a great calligrapher of the generation, and the value of the scroll he copied is not far different from the Tang Dynasty copy, so it can be regarded as a very cherished thing.'
'What's more, the text of "Kuai Xue Shi Qing Tie" is: "Xizhi paused. Kuai Xue Shi Qing. Good wishes for peace and kindness. No results are achieved. Strength is not enough. Wang Xizhi paused. Shanyin Zhanghou", and also vaguely expressed guilt.
, and it is a very appropriate gift.' Li Xiaoxing thought.
What Li Xiaoxing could think of, and Li Taiyuan could naturally think of, he was about to say something to Shang Ming; but Shang Ming immediately stopped him: "You don't have to say anything, our friendship should be like this. If it weren't for me, I would also have clan members to ask for."
Take care of me, I will definitely do it then, hey."
Li Taiyuan didn't speak anymore, he just rerolled the scroll and put it in the box and handed it to his son. He patted Shang Ming on the shoulder and asked his eldest son to accompany him into the house.
"What? Are there other distinguished guests coming?" Shang Ming said in surprise: "Could they be court officials?"
"How dare a court official accept an invitation from a businessman? At most, he would send a servant to deliver a gift. I am here to welcome the great hero of our Li family this time." Li Taiyuan said.
"Who?" Shang Ming became curious. Li Taiyuan said this, so he is naturally a member of the Li family. Since he is a hero, the Li family's backer in the court should also be contacted by this person. This person is very important, and he wants to take a look.
Who was it? So Shang Ming did not follow Li Xiaoxing into the house, but accompanied Li Taiyuan and waited at the door. Li Taiyuan persuaded him a few times, but he didn't listen, so he had no choice but to let him go.
After a while, I heard the sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground from afar. It seemed that several people were driving horses at a very fast speed. The sound got closer and closer, and a figure appeared at the other end of the long street.
Obviously the destination is the front door of Li's house.
"Here we come!" Li Taiyuan's face lit up when he saw the figure, and he ran out to greet him, followed closely by Li Xiaoxing. Shang Ming was even more curious, thinking: 'Who in the Li family can afford to be greeted like this by Li Taiyuan?'
Follow along on one side.
The horses ran very fast and soon arrived in front of the Li family compound. The leader stopped the horses and jumped off the horse. Then he looked forward and saw Li Taiyuan.
He and Li Xiaoxing came up to meet him, knelt down and said, "Dad, how can my son be welcomed by his father?"
"You deserve it, you deserve it! This time our family's crisis was all resolved by you, how could you not deserve it!" Li Taiyuan said hoarsely.
"I definitely don't deserve it!" the man said again.
The two of them pushed back and forth like this for a while, before Li Xiaoxing tried to persuade him. He knelt down and then stood up. The family turned around and started walking towards the mansion.
But just when Li Taiyuan turned his head, he saw Shang Ming's dull eyes and said with a smile: "Brother Bofu, why don't you even recognize my daughter?"
"Brother An Xuan, the hero you are talking about is your eldest daughter?" After hearing Li Taiyuan's words, Shang Ming came back to his senses and spoke.
"Exactly!" Li Taiyuan smiled.
"This, this, this!" Shang Ming didn't know what to say. He never expected that the great contributor mentioned by his old friend was his eldest daughter Li Yonglin.
This person was none other than Li Yonglin. After the Li case was over, Li Yonglin still stayed in the capital and wanted to contact Yunzhi. It was not until she received a letter from Li Taiyuan that he had returned home and wanted to celebrate grandly that she reported the matter in the capital as quickly as possible.
After finishing the explanation, I rushed back to Suzhou and arrived at the door of my house at this time.
Li Taiyuan glanced at Shang Ming, who had come to his senses but still had a confused expression on his face, smiled slightly, and asked his eldest son Li Xiaoxing to help him in. He was supported by his daughter and walked into the house.
"Lin'er, you've worked hard these days." Li Taiyuan also said while walking.
"It's not hard, it's not as hard as dad." Looking at her father who had a lot more white hair on his head, Li Yonglin said with a sore nose.
"Dad, what is this hard work? Our family's ability to survive this crisis is all due to your actions in the capital. Without you, our family will definitely fail this time! What's more, the identity of the person you want to contact must be treated with great care and respect.
It’s the best. You’re the one who worked hard.”
"No, dad, my daughter is not working hard. Although that person has a noble status, he is very approachable, and he still remembers the past with his daughter, and his attitude towards her is extremely kind..." Li Yonglin said.
'I have a high status and have had a past with her. Could it be that a high-ranking minister in the court was in Suzhou and fell in love with her, but he was already married at home and could not marry her, but he still missed his old relationship, so
Help? This can also explain why the Li family was forced into a desperate situation before asking this person for help.' Shang Ming heard their conversation and thought in his heart, and his thinking was distorted.
But it’s no wonder that he was the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was not the Tang Dynasty where princesses were extremely flamboyant. Li Yonglin was young and beautiful. If you pick a hundred people, no one would think that her backer is a princess. They must all think the same as Shang Ming.
'In this case, I cannot let my nephew marry her. I originally thought that she was very capable and very lovable, and it was not my own fault that she was divorced. It happened that my nephew was widowed and had only one wife.
The daughter has no son yet, and she plans to have another marriage between the two families. It seems that this is no longer possible. She cannot let her nephew become a cuckold.' He thought again.
Li Yonglin didn't care what Shang Ming was thinking. She had been thinking about her father and brother in the past two months in the capital. At this time, she felt very happy when she returned home and held her father's arm, and didn't care about the things around her at all.
But immediately, something that she couldn't ignore no matter what, and someone she couldn't ignore no matter what, appeared in front of her, which affected her good mood.
"I've met Brother An Xuan. Congratulations to Brother An Xuan. This time you turn a bad thing into a good one, and you will be blessed! Qingsheng, why don't you come over to pay homage to your father-in-law!" A rather rich-looking man in his forties smiled at Li Taiyuan.
He spoke and gave instructions to a young man beside him.
The young man listened to his father's order and took a step forward to salute. Before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Li Taiyuan: "Dan Qingsheng, I am not your father-in-law. Don't call me that; Dan Mo, you are here today."
What are you doing!" His tone was extremely unpleasant.
"Brother An Xuan, I am here today to congratulate Brother An Xuan."
"You still have the nerve to come!" Li Xiaoxing angrily scolded. Li Taiyuan did not stop him.
"What is your attitude towards your elders?" Dan Mo said this, and then said to Li Taiyuan: "Our two families are in-laws, and the Li family is celebrating today, how can I not come!"
"No need!" Li Taiyuan said: "Mr. Li can't afford an in-law like you. Besides, the marriage certificate has been returned, and the divorce letter written by your son is still intact in my family. We are not in-laws."
"That's just a child's temporary confusion..."
"Haha, I was confused for a moment, and you thought Mr. Li was a three-year-old child!"
Dan Mo was messing around for a while, and Li Taiyuan said impatiently: "What are you doing here today! If you want my daughter, Li Taiyuan, to remarry your son, you can't do it! Just give up on this idea.
! In this case, you don’t have to say it anymore. If you say one more thing, I will have someone beat you away with a stick!"
"Today I came to congratulate you. I thought that our two families have an extraordinary relationship, so even though I didn't receive the invitation, I still came to congratulate you," Dan Mo said.
"How shameless!" Li Xiaoxing said again.
Li Xiaoxing hated the Dan family very much, and when they saw that his family had survived the crisis, they even came forward with licking their faces, which made him even more contemptuous.
But when he wanted to continue scolding the Dan family, he was stopped by Li Taiyuan. "Today is a happy day for my Li family. Since it is here, my Li family will not turn away the door. Come in!" Li Taiyuan said.
After saying these words, she walked into the house with the support of her daughter. From beginning to end, Li Yonglin never spoke or looked at the painting. (To be continued)
