Under Lin Ze's special guidance, the toast lasted for nearly half an hour, until Li You was already too drunk and refused to drink any more.
Lin Ze then spoke: "My young master has always admired Brother Li very much. How about Brother Li join my young master?"
A look of surprise appeared on Li You's face, and he blurted out: "Didn't you come here to talk about resolving the grudges?"
Lin Ze smiled and said: "That's just one of them. The most important thing is to recruit Brother Li."
Li Youchen lowered his face: "That's not necessary. Brother Lin knew that I was a disciple of Mr. Fusu, and yet he recruited him so blatantly. It was a complete humiliation for me. Now if I ask you if you intend to join Mr. Fusu, you should
how?"
Lin Ze immediately smoothed things over and said, "Brother Li, don't be angry. My young master really thinks that Brother Li has outstanding talents, so he sincerely recruits him. Since Brother Li has no intention, we will not mention this matter again."
Li You's face softened slightly and he said, "Brother Lin, please stop joking and let's talk about how to solve the problem of Young Master Hu Hai's men killing my people for no reason."
Hu Hai couldn't help but said: "How do you think we should solve it?"
Li You said seriously: "The murderer will die. As long as the master hands over the murderer and let my Li family deal with it, the hatred will naturally be resolved."
Selling out his subordinates? Hu Hai's expression changed. How could he be the master of others in the future? So he flatly refused: "This is impossible. How about you make another request? How about I compensate you one hundred thousand gold?"
Li You's attitude was firm: "If you pay the money, you will be exempted. My Li family is not short of money. We just want justice for the deceased. The murderer must be handed over."
Lin Ze advised from the side: "The deceased is already dead, why should Brother Li insist on repaying his life? As the saying goes: when will retribution be repaid? Why don't we each take a step back, my young master will give the murderer some punishment, and then compensate the Li family for one hundred thousand gold, and the Li family
Don’t hold on to it either.”
Li You shook his head: "In this case, I can't explain to my brother Li Gang, nor can I explain to the rest of my Li family. If the murderer dies, my Li family will not be compensated even one gold or one copper."
Lin Ze said quietly: "So, Brother Li actually doesn't want to reconcile? I can't see a trace of sincerity."
Li You said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "It's not that I'm not sincere, but that you two are not sincere. I only have one request. If the young master agrees, everyone will be happy. If you don't agree, there's no need for me to stay any longer. Let's go ashore."
Lin Ze coughed and did not force it. He said with a smile: "Nothing is absolute. Brother Li might as well go back and think about it more. Someone will come, dock the boat and send Brother Li back home."
The boat was slowly rowed to the shore. During this period, Lin Ze spoke several times and wanted to use 100,000 gold to resolve the grudge, but Li You firmly disagreed.
When Li You got ashore, Lin Ze suddenly said loudly: "Brother Li, when you go back, you might as well consider the two points I mentioned today, especially the first one. I don't think Fusu is a wise master, so it's better to take refuge with my young master.
Come on."
Li You cupped his fists and saluted and said, "Don't mention this matter again, I won't consider it." After that, he led the people away.
Lin Ze looked at Li You's leaving figure, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and murmured to himself: "The human heart will always be changeable unless it stops beating."
After finishing speaking, Lin Ze said to Hu Hai: "Please arrange for someone to send one hundred thousand gold to the Li Mansion."
Hu Hai said in confusion: "Lin Ze, didn't Li You agree? Why should we send gold there?"
Lin Ze was happy and said: "Master, just send it over. If Li You says he doesn't agree, won't he agree? Do we agree?"
Hu Hai...
…
Before Li You arrived at Li Mansion, he was stopped by people from the Fusu faction, saying that Mr. Fusu had invited him to go to Ganquan Palace to discuss matters.
Li You didn't think much and led the people towards Qiyang Palace.
When Fusu saw Li You, he couldn't help but frowned: "Li You, have you been drinking?"
Li You bowed and said, "Master Qi, have a drink."
"Who did you drink with?"
Li You was stunned and said calmly: "Hu Hai asked me to meet, saying that he wanted to resolve the hatred between the two parties caused by the killing of my tribe. The two of them had a few drinks."
"Oh" Fusu asked with a look of surprise on his face: "Did that resolve it?"
Li You shook his head: "No, I asked him to hand over the murderer, but he refused, and in the end the two parties broke up on bad terms."
Then he explained Hu Hai's proposal and his request in detail, showing that it was impossible for him to ignore the feelings of his people for the sake of one hundred thousand gold.
Fusu nodded thoughtfully.
At this time, a young eunuch came in from outside and whispered a few words in Fusu's ear. Fusu's face changed and he said coldly: "I'm afraid if I just mentioned this, then Hu Hai didn't recruit you?"
Li You was slightly dazed, and admitted frankly: "I was solicited, but I rejected it."
Fusu sneered: "Haha, is it really as you said?"
An angry look flashed across Li You's face, and he said patiently: "Why are you so suspicious, Master? I can tell you from the sun and the moon about my feelings towards you, please be careful."
Fusu asked incredulously: "According to what you said, whether Hu Hai recruited you or proposed a reconciliation plan, you were decisively rejected. Then why did you stay on the ship for so long?"
Li You argued: "Both parties had a meal and drank some wine together, and it took a long time. This doesn't prove anything."
Fusu remained silent, and the atmosphere was awkward for a while.
At this time, another young eunuch came in and handed a silk book to Fusu. Fusu opened it, looked at it, his face changed, and he threw the silk book to Li You.
Li Youyi couldn't help but lost his voice: "It's impossible, how could this happen?"
Fusu sneered: "Stop pretending, I was just about to ask you. Your Majesty has warned all those who impeached Hu Hai. What does this mean? Your Li family is so generous. Not only do you not care about Hu Hai allowing his men to kill you,
Clan members, do you want to defend Hu Hai from other people’s attacks?”
Li You was silent for a while and said decisively: "There must be some misunderstanding here. Maybe my father has something to hide? Why don't you, sir, investigate clearly before making a conclusion?"
Fusu thought about the possibility and ordered someone to investigate again.
Soon a guard came in and said to Fusu: "Master Qi, someone just came to report that Master Hu Hai sent someone to load a carriage with 100,000 gold and transported it to Prime Minister Li's house, saying he wanted to apologize."
After hearing this, Fusu became furious and shouted at Li You: "Li You, how dare you bully me like this? Do you really think that I am easy to bully?"
Li You hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I didn't deceive the young master at all. It's Hu Hai. This is definitely Hu Hai trying to alienate the relationship between the young master and me."
Fusu sneered and said: "Li You, up to now, you still dare to tell lies. You said that you refused compensation, but Hu Hai sent 100,000 gold to your house. Could it be that if you don't agree to reconciliation, he can still give you 100,000 gold?"
Ten thousand gold?”
"You said you didn't agree to reconciliation. Your father rejected all the memorials to impeach Hu Hai and even warned them. Doesn't this kind of behavior count as reconciliation?"
"You said you refused the solicitation, but not only did you drink with Hu Hai, the two of them also talked secretly in the middle of the lake for an hour. Is this considered a refusal?"
"Li You, Li You, do you really think that I am a fool and will you let me fool you?"
Li You felt that his mouth was filled with bitterness. He wanted to defend, but he didn't know how to speak. Looking at the ferocious-looking Fusu, he felt extremely strange.
Seeing that he was speechless, Fusu finally said coldly: "Go away. I'm really afraid that I will kill you. The next time we meet, there won't be such a good thing."
Li You hesitated to speak, and finally turned into a deep sigh, and returned to Li's house in despair.
He even turned a blind eye to a group of servants saluting.
Seeing this, Li Si couldn't help but frown and shouted: "You'er, why are you so lost?"
Only then did Li You wake up, bowed to Li Si, told the whole story of his experience in Qiyang Palace, and couldn't help but ask: "Why did father help Hu Hai?"
Li Si pointed to the sky: "This is your Majesty's intention."
Li You suddenly realized it and said immediately: "I will go and explain to Mr. Fusu right away."
"Stop," Li Si shouted: "It doesn't matter if it's over, it's a blessing in disguise. Hu Hai's methods are far superior to Fusu's. There's really no telling who will succeed him in the future. Our Li family just retreated.