Although he still blamed Li Guangjun in his heart for not knowing the general situation and running out on such a day; but after learning that he was sent back alone, he realized that his brother must have encountered something unusual this time when he went out.
He was about to be abducted by a philanderer, so he felt some concern for him in his heart. But he would not punish Li Guangjun in front of outsiders, all he showed was concern.
"What happened to you outside? Where are the boys who went out with you?" Li Guangrui asked.
Li Guangjun faced his question but still didn't speak. He just nestled tightly in his arms.
At this time, Zhang Wuji said: "This young master, we rescued him from the hands of two kidnappers... Those two kidnappers must have fed him some medicine, which made the young master of the Lingfu behave a little abnormally.
." Zhang Wuji, a probationer disguised as a left guard in Guangzhou, gave a rough explanation.
"Sure enough, he was abducted." Li Guangrui murmured softly, then raised his head and said to Zhang Wuji and others: "Thank you so much, Mr. Baihu, Mr. Baihu and several Ming Dynasty soldiers for rescuing my brother."
He thanked him a few more times, asked about the incident in detail, asked about the surnames of Baihu and 'Tian Baihu', and then said: "Tomorrow is the 70th birthday of my old man from the Li family, so I didn't entertain many people today."
Sir, please forgive me; because I have to hide the fact that my fifteenth brother was abducted from the old man, I won’t be able to entertain you tomorrow."
"However," he first turned around and gave some instructions to his servants, then turned back and said, "My Li family will never treat anyone who has helped the Li family badly."
At this time, his servant took out six envelope-like items and handed them to Li Guangrui. Li Guangrui took these items and said: "This is the name card of my Li family. My Li family still has some reputation in Guangzhou City, even though several of them are famous.
Even if he is an elite member of the Guard, he may not be able to use it."
"In addition, I give Master Kong Baihu and Master Zhang Shi Baihu two hundred taels of silver each, and each of my brothers one hundred taels of silver as a reward for their help in rescuing my brother."
Zhang Wuji reached out and took the name card and looked at it. The name written on it was Li Guangrui. He already knew that the person in front of him was called Li Guangrui. He was the eldest grandson of the Li family and the future patriarch. This name card alone was already a very heavy reward.
, not to mention hundreds of taels of silver.
The ancient business cards are different from the business cards distributed everywhere in later generations, but they truly represent the person written on the business card. Holding Li Guangrui's business card can visit almost everyone Li Guangrui can meet, and he can't offend Li Guangrui.
He will also consider the person who holds his name card.
Zhang Wuji was thinking that Kong Baihu had already said a few polite words, but he never accepted the reward. If Zhang Wuji wasn't around, he would have accepted it immediately. This is two hundred taels of silver and a name card of Li's parents and grandchildren.
!But Zhang Wuji was the bodyguard next to the emperor. It was obviously not in line with the rules to accept so many gifts from businessmen, so he did not dare to accept them. He just said polite words while secretly looking at Zhang Wuji.
Zhang Wuji reacted and said: "Master Li, you don't have to repay us like this. When we rescued the young master of your house, we were guarding the outside of the place where the emperor was traveling. It was the guards around the emperor who asked us to rescue the young master of your house."
Li Guangrui was stunned for a moment, and then said: "No matter what, it was a few people who saved my brother. I can't thank you enough. You all deserve these belongings. Please accept them."
Zhang Wuji wanted to continue to evade, but he remembered that Yun Xi once said that "those who act bravely for justice should be rewarded" and the allusion of "Zigong redeems people", so he changed his words and said: "Then we will be disrespectful." Then he accepted it.
Seeing him accept the name stickers and money, Kong Baihu and others also hurriedly accepted them.
Li Guangrui chatted with them for a while and sent them out of the mansion.
He immediately went to his father Li Jihu's yard to report the matter. Li Guangjun could hide things that he could not find from his father, but he could not hide them from his father.
After listening to Li Guangrui's report, Li Jihu did not care about what happened to his youngest son, but asked: "Do you think there is anything wrong?"
"It should be true that the fifteenth brother was rescued by them after being abducted, and he should indeed be rescued while guarding the emperor. But first of all, the so-called trial hundred households are not like a trial hundred households at all. Even if
It doesn't look like he was sent by a family of military generals in Guangzhou to accumulate experience. Not only does he not sound like a trial hundred households, but although he looks young, his aura cannot even be compared to that of the magistrate of Nanhai County."
"Secondly, it's incredible that they didn't immediately accept what their son was going to give them as a gift. People in these guards are not allowed to enter the city casually on weekdays, and their pay is not high. Their eyes should be dazzled when they see one or two hundred taels of cash and treasure notes.
Guang is right, but they have never dared to accept it. Only when the trial household accepted it did the others accept it."
"Thirdly, they actually took the initiative to say that it was the guards around the emperor who asked them to rescue the fifteenth brother and send him back. Although this does not sound fake, it is really incredible. There is no reason to take the initiative to extrapolate the credit.
Li Guangrui said. He said all three in one breath, which showed that he had been thinking about it for a long time.
"You are right." Li Jihu said: "There are indeed three wrong things. But these three wrong things can actually be regarded as one problem. That is the so-called identity of the person named Zhang.
What do you think he is?"
"If the son's prediction is correct, he should be one of the guards around the emperor, or a general who followed the emperor all the way from the capital." Li Guangrui said.
Li Jihu nodded, but said: "But even if it is true, since the guard or the general from the capital did not reveal his identity, then our family does not need to investigate in detail. The matter ends here. You go down and make arrangements for tomorrow's father.
Happy birthday."
"Yes, dad." Li Guangrui agreed and stepped back.
But after he retreated, Li Jihu walked out of the back door of the house and headed to another place. Not long after, he came to the entrance of a small courtyard. If Li Guangrui were here, he would be very surprised: This
The yard is the yard where his grandfather Li Xianming usually raises his family.
Li Jihu said a few words to the servant guarding the door, walked into the courtyard, and soon saw Li Xianming.
Li Xianming was sitting on the bed, eating fruit under the service of the maid. He heard the footsteps entering the room, raised his head and asked, "What happened?"
"Dad, it's like this." Li Jihu then said something about the suspected guard who sent his youngest son Li Guangjun back.
Li Xianming listened quietly, not surprised that his fifteenth grandson was almost lost. In fact, regardless of what happened outside the house, Li Xianming would know immediately what happened inside the house, no matter how big or small, as long as he wanted to
.
After Li Jihu finished talking about the matter, Li Xianming said: "You said this because you wanted to..."
"Dad, those Ya people who have lost their jobs due to His Majesty's decree have been restless recently. They seem to be engaging in... Guangjun's arrest may have something to do with them. Should we..." Li Jihu said.
"Just wait and see. Don't make decisions too early." Li Xianming said.