"If you are really a dragon and a phoenix among men, why should you borrow the world's winds and clouds to create your own, so that you can be called a true husband." Li Ju'an really deserves to be a rich man. His expression was only flustered for a moment, then he regained his composure and took off the folding fan from his waist. , fanned the breeze on his cheeks, and smiled calmly.
The Taoist remained silent, but Liu Qing took a step behind him and bowed calmly, "Young Master's words are true, but since he is a descendant of a noble family who can enter the Shede Tower, he will definitely know the position of the head of the family, and it is more than important. Over the mountains, whether you are a dragon or a phoenix among people, or not as good as others, if you don't have a chair that is enough to overwhelm a whole clan, can you really establish a family with one person's means? You don't need me to say it bluntly, the young master can also figure it out."
It is always difficult to hold on to a branch overgrown with thorns and hold on to a short stick that has already had its thorns cut off. It is better to take advantage of the shade accumulated by the family for a long time, and it will always be easier than walking alone without the shade when the sun is rolling outside. More long-term.
Li Ju'an naturally knew this simple truth, not to mention that he didn't have that kind of ability now. Even if he did, if he didn't accept the blessings of the Li family and established another family, the difficulty of this matter would be greater than ascending to the sky, and he couldn't help but look slightly gloomy.
As the second son of Li Yu, a high official in Xijun and now the head of the Li family, Li Ju'an and Guanqian had never appeared in Xijun and had always studied outside Yizhang. Even his own son's biological mother had to be in his senior year before he could meet him. Duan's reputation is not obvious, but his eldest brother Li Huaian has always lived in Xijun. He has seen several changes of officials with Li Yu. Although his methods and intentions are worse, his knowledge is no less than that of Li Ju'an who is studying abroad. He was also a man of great literary talent and of high moral character, which made Li Ju'an feel increasingly gloomy.
First, as the current head of the Li family, his father has kept himself hidden for more than ten years, so that he can learn some skills while he is still young, and also not to make others suspicious, so he has not shown his face until he is in his old age. Taking the opportunity to pass down the position of the head of the family, no matter whether it is Li Ju'an's method or the title of the head of the family, it is difficult for others to covet him; for both of them, leaving him out of Yi Zhang is just for their own sake. The half-brother gave way, so that he could take advantage of these more than ten years to make the latter have a clear understanding of the situation in the entire Li family and even the West County, so that he could secure his position as the head of the family in the future.
To this day, Li Ju'an has not figured out who his fat-bellied but thoughtful father wants to appoint as his successor.
The Taoist and the scholar, however, omitted all the boring words used in fortune-telling and hit the nail on the head, causing Li Juan's brows to tighten.
"Then I would like to ask my brother for any advice." Li Ju'an, who was extremely thin and frail, stood on the steps and could only look at the tall scholar at eye level. He asked lightly, "Since you want to enter the building, do you still need to I would like to sincerely convince you. I wonder if you can give me some advice on the art of transforming into a dragon. I might as well say a few nice words to the noble man upstairs."
"It's easy to say." The scholar smiled gently, "I am the eldest brother of the young master. His talent, learning and virtue are both a little higher than the young master. However, leading a family requires more than just knowledge and reputation, methods, temperament, and city government. Both of them are important. All of them are indispensable. How is the young master's city now? From just a few words, it is not difficult to see that it is quite substantial. Why not show more virtue to outsiders."
"Whether or not you are worthy of being the head of the family does not depend on your strengths, but on your weaknesses. Use your strengths to make up for your weaknesses, and then you can do something better."
When listening to these words, Li Ju'an kept his head down silently and shook his folding fan gently. Only when he heard the last sentence of using his strengths to make up for his weaknesses, he slowly raised his head, with a confused look on his face, and whispered, "Brother, you shouldn't learn hexagrams." .”
"Master, you shouldn't look too far ahead."
The scholar was still kind, but he took a few steps forward and passed by Li Ju'an. Then he turned aside and raised his hand, "Master, please go forward."
After leaving the building alone for a long time, for the first time, apart from the building owner and the maid serving tea and the gatekeeper, an outsider who was not a descendant of aristocratic families entered the building. Only the Taoist priest and the young man were left outside, and he was stunned for a moment.
"I don't know anything about this. I would like to ask my little master to clarify my doubts." The Taoist wiped the cold sweat from his neck and pointed at his nose. "Originally, I said that I was the one who told fortunes and read fortunes. Why is it that this time it is the one who is alone?" building?"
The young man's face twitched slightly, and he didn't know how to answer for a long time. He looked at Sheshe Lou who had already closed the door, and sighed, "Originally, senior brother wanted to use the Taoist priest as a cover, but after just saying these words to the young master, it seems that he has already There is no need to use Taoist priest as a cover, Taoist priest can just do what he wants."
The sky is getting brighter and brighter. At three o'clock in the morning, there is almost no shade in the streets and alleys. There are many shirtless horsemen and passers-by in short brown clothes. Sweat is rolling down their foreheads, and big beads of sweat are falling on them. On the street, it dried up almost instantly; the handymen who poured water from ladles on the street also took the wooden buckets and shouted that the ladle would clean the street to cool down. Pedestrians often looked at the soles of their feet, regardless of whether their clothes were wet. , ladle after ladle, pouring water on the street.
Although Yun Zhong had already entered the second realm, it was difficult to resist the heat under such a scorching sun. It was convenient to find a nearby wine shop to find a cool place covered by black gauze to dissipate the heat all over his body.
"Do you want the Taoist Master to take a rest here?" The young man could not help but raise his eyebrows when he saw the Taoist sitting down at the opposite table with a sarcastic smile and placing the hexagram flag across the table.
"It's difficult to walk with such a sky view. I guess few ordinary people will go out to seek fortune-telling while taking advantage of this sky view. Even if I rest here for half a day, I probably won't miss a lot of money. It's better to just rest for a while and chat with my little master." For a while." The Taoist was so thick-skinned that he didn't notice the strange look in the young man's eyes. He tapped the table with two fingers and called the waiter to come over and serve him two jugs of wine to relieve the heat.
Among the wines in the capital of West County, Tueyue is the most famous. Rumor has it that some literary and artistic masters were demoted and came here. Although they were depressed, they had no choice but to settle down here and enjoy wine-making and poetry all day long. During the wine-making season, inadvertently I got a vat of good wine. It was extremely strong when I first drank it, but after it entered my throat, it tasted very gentle. After everyone got drunk after drinking this wine, they looked at the moon at night and mistakenly thought that the new moon was a beautiful lady taking off her clothes. It was as warm and moist as jade, so it was named the moon.
The Taoist was going to drink two jugs of Tueyue. He first poured a bowl of wine for the young man, and then he picked up the jug. He didn't care much about it, and poured it into his mouth. He squinted his eyes with satisfaction and said, "This Tueyue is really good. It's great to drink." It's like charcoal fire scalding your throat, but the aftertaste is really like a beautiful woman taking off her clothes, very fresh."
Yun Zhong took a sip, and it was indeed as the Taoist said. With such a hot sky, after taking a sip, although the mouth felt like a tiger crossing a stream, the aftertaste was cool and soft.
"Taoists can also drink alcohol?" the young man said with a smile.
"Of course it's not possible, otherwise why would the poor Taoist be born and reborn in the world?" The Taoist's drinking capacity was not as good as that of Yun Zhong. After taking two sips of wine, he became a little drifting, shaking his head leisurely.
"Only when you go far away from Taoist temples do you realize that the universe is great in wine and that the sun and moon in the world are long."
