Chapter 531: The Right Chancellor Climbs the Building to Discern Desires
This silhouette in the dim light impressed him deeply. The other person's silhouette was dimmed by the lights. All he could see was a pair of cunning eyes that seemed to have shrunk pupils, and a thick beard that ran straight to his chest. This was the image of a feudal bureaucrat.
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"Li Zhongcheng, I've kept you waiting for a long time."
Li Siye took two quick steps and stopped two feet away, leaning forward and crossing his hands: "Li Siye, who is of humble rank, pays homage to the right prime minister."
Li Linfu walked down with a smile on his face, and quickly held his hands to help him up: "Li Zhongcheng, I am really sorry. The saint ordered me to preside over the scientific examination. I can only work hard to live up to the emperor's favor, so I have been busy until night, and I have been neglectful.
I feel very guilty for killing you."
It was this kind of hypocritical politeness that made him feel cold in his heart. If such a person does not say words that suit his status, he will not be able to understand the other person's true feelings.
"This is really ruining your career. Right Chancellor, you have so many things to do, and you have to be busy late at night to see me, a border general. This has wasted your time and consumed your energy. I should feel guilty.
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Li Linfu laughed and said: "It is rare to see someone as humble as General Li among the armies of Longyou Road. I am deeply gratified. Please take a seat quickly."
"Thank you, Prime Minister."
He knelt down on the lace carpet on the lower right side, holding his knees with his hands and straightening his back.
Li Linfu retreated to the screen and sat cross-legged. He raised his hand and said to him: "Although the Beiting Protectorate has jurisdiction over the north of Tianshan Mountain, its main activity areas are in Tingzhou, Yizhou and Xizhou. There are Hanhai, Tianshan, Yizhou and
Our three armies. Compared with the scattered forces in the four towns of Anxi, the forces in Beiting are relatively concentrated. What you need to guard against are the emerging Uighurs and Geluolu, so strengthening the equipment and quantity of cavalry is your top priority."
Li Siye crossed his hands and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you, Prime Minister, for your guidance. Li Siye has learned a lesson."
Li Linfu narrowed his eyes and looked at him, thinking that this was also a polite word. He twirled his beard and pondered for a while before speaking again: "Beiting and Anxi must rely on each other, and you and Gao Xianzhi must also support each other."
, No matter in terms of geographical location or the role between the armies, I hope you can identify more with Gao Xianzhi and cooperate with him as much as possible. Only by integrating Anbeiting into one can we be able to establish an invincible position."
These words seemed to be instructions, but the gentle tone coming from Li Linfu's mouth sounded more like a discussion.
Li Linfu stood up from the couch, walked down, and stood in front of the lush flower pots. The tender green branches seemed to be able to spit out mist at night, and the overlapping leaves blocked his body, making him look back in the darkness.
, said meaningfully: "I invite you to see something."
Li Siye was stunned for a moment, stood up doubtfully, and followed him. They passed through the thick branches and leaves of the long and narrow inner hall, and at the end was the upward staircase. Li Linfu looked back at him, turned around and groped up.
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The lights upstairs were also bright, the windows and doors were open, and cold wind was blowing from all directions. Li Linfu stood still and shivered, and continued to go up the stairs.
The third floor had shrunk to the size of an attic, with the surrounding corridors taking up most of the space. The two walked out of the room and leaned against the railings, overlooking the night view of Pingkangfang.
Adjacent to the Prime Minister's Mansion is Beiqu, the most high-end and luxurious building in Pingkangfang. The famous prostitutes in the square are active in this area. At night, the lights inside and outside the partition room shaded by trees are dim, and the sound of a woman's charming smile can be heard from it.
. The anxious people are like bustling ants, the drunken dignitaries are messy in their steps, waving their arms around the delicate women in their arms, and the talented people are standing in the porch reciting poems and composing poems. Although they are talking about beauty, there is no beauty in their eyes at all, only the words are pressed.
They were so overwhelmed with surprise and desire that the taste of what they chanted changed as soon as they came out of their mouths.
In all the movies and TV dramas he remembered, the overbearing CEO must have an office that looks down on the world. Maybe this habit has come from the ancients. Standing on the commanding heights of space and the commanding heights of power have the same illusion, mistakenly thinking that what is within sight is
Everywhere, the people under his feet are inferior and incompetent than him, so when he talks about these people, he also has a sense of superiority in criticizing trash.
"Have you seen these people? Li Zhongcheng, they are the current officials and future officials of the Tang Dynasty. These literati who are born unruly think that they can guide the country by learning a few sour poems. What do they know? These people know everything.
If they don’t understand, they can only extract words from the pile of old papers. Each of them is full of desires and vents their moral articles. The ultimate goal is not to govern the country, but to miss the most charming women in the brothel and take off their skirts to obtain
My own satisfaction.”
Li Linfu smiled proudly and stubbornly and said: "I live in Pingkangfang. Every day when I stand here, I can see these people with rich desires. There is no obsession in their hearts and no qualms in their hearts.
Faces can deceive me. So I have the right to despise them. Since they are all vulgar people, how can they pretend to be elegant? Since all people are born vulgar and driven by desire, even those who claim to have no desires and desires.
It's just an act, Li Zhongcheng, do you agree with my statement?"
"Yes, everyone has desires." Li Siye echoed what he said.
"So, what about your desires? Li Zhongcheng, I think I can see everyone's desires clearly, so why can't I see yours? Could it be that you also pretend to have no desires and desires, hiding it so that even I can't detect it?"
Li Siye suddenly felt a chill on the back of his head. He was unprepared and fell into the pit Li Linfu had dug in advance. It was such a low-end pit that was similar to truth or dare.
He deliberately controlled the expression on his face and showed a tight-lipped smile: "Really? In the final analysis, my desires are very simple. They are just the lust for charming beauties and the desire for fame and wealth. Don't these desires appear to be...
If it’s too straightforward, you won’t notice it.”
"Beauty and fame and fortune, what kind of woman do you want, what kind of fame and fortune do you want."
"A woman as beautiful as a flower, with the fame and fortune of being a prince or a duke."
Li Siye answered quickly, thinking that Li Linfu would believe what he said.
Li Linfu turned his head and stared into his eyes. After a while, he nodded: "That may be the case."
After saying that, the right minister stood in the cold wind and sneezed three times into the night sky. The steward at home quickly ran up the stairs with a big cloak made of fox fur on his arm, and he quickly put it on Li Linfu.
On the shoulders.
"Alang, it's cold and dewy up here, so we'd better go back."
Li Linfu nodded, and they walked along the stairs to the inner hall again, and the warm air blew in their faces again. Under the dense lamps above their heads, the branches and leaves of the shrubs were growing. The right minister stopped subconsciously and found one or two sick leaves.
Break it off and bury it in the soil of the flower pot.
Li Siye suddenly discovered that none of the plants planted by the Prime Minister were flowers. Even if there were flowers, they were not the main objects to appreciate. Instead, what he admired were the vigorous green leaves that could grow indefinitely in spring and summer.
The four seasons of autumn and winter will never wither.
He felt that it was time to say goodbye and leave, so he crossed his arms and said to Li Linfu: "I can't bear to bother the right minister for so long, so I will resign from my humble position. The right minister should rest early."
Li Linfu nodded coldly: "I'll ask the steward to see you off."
This was Li Linfu's true attitude and emotion. Those nice words when they first met were not just polite, but another kind of indifferent rejection. He could still distinguish this.
Judging from this contact, Li Linfu should have accepted him, and the gift also played a certain role, otherwise he would have used that hypocritical smile to deal with it until the end of the meeting.