Zhu Yunwen's reaction seemed to be within Li Benqian's expectations, but also seemed to be beyond his original expectations.
But at this time, everyone at the table had already dispersed.
Naturally, he was riding on that famous thin horse.
King Han Ming also left with the thin horse. Before leaving, he made a promise to Li Wenxiang to be crowned king and prime minister. In the end, Zhu Yunwen finally had a smile on his face when he saw him for the first time.
When only Liu Zongsheng and Li Wenxiang were still whispering to each other, Zhu Yunwen breathed a sigh of relief.
He stood up and stood in front of the two of them.
"Mr. Liu, the head of the Li family, I've been traveling a long distance recently, and I'm too drunk tonight, so I can't stay with you for a long time. I hope you'll forgive me."
Li Wenxiang glanced at Zhu Yunwen, then turned his attention to Li Benqian who was accompanying Zhu Yunwen. Seeing that the eldest son had no expression on his face, he turned to look at Liu Zongsheng.
Liu Zongsheng smiled heartily: "Master Zhu went to rest early. Today's banquet is just for Master Zhu to get to know the families in Taiyuan City. We will discuss the matter with No Man's Land in the future."
Seeing Liu Zongsheng speak, Li Wenxiang just echoed: "My lord, please help yourself. If necessary, the Li family will use all its resources to bring him."
Zhu Yunwen smiled and said nothing, and just breathed a few times in succession.
He bowed his hands and resigned, then turned around and looked for the direction to leave. When he left the banquet area, he saw a servant of the Li family coming out of the corner in the courtyard.
"This way, Your Majesty, the residence has been arranged for Your Majesty. The Princess is waiting for Your Majesty over there."
Zhu Yunwen had an unclear look on his face, but in his heart he was a little more wary of the Li family's top-to-bottom care.
He was already a useless member of the Ming Dynasty clan, but after the Li family learned of his identity, they respected him as the king everywhere, and even Qiuniang was given the title of princess which she had never had before.
Being so careful is very considerate.
After sighing in his heart, Zhu Yunwen nodded gently: "Please lead the way."
The servant of the Li Mansion bowed and walked in front to lead the way.
And in the courtyard banquet room that Zhu Yunwen had just left.
Li Benqian looked at Zhu Yunwen's leaving figure and waved his hand.
The thin horses and servants who were serving at the banquet immediately left one after another.
When only the Li father and son and Liu Zongsheng were left at the table, Li Benqian sneered twice.
He cupped his fists and looked at Liu Zongsheng: "The Taibao can feel at ease now. I have already tested this person before, and he has no objections. After hearing what I said, I was frightened on my face and uneasy in my heart."
Liu Zongsheng's eyes were dark, looking into the depths of the dark courtyard, and he whispered: "But he didn't intend to tell me."
Li Benqian was silent for a moment.
Li Wenxiang, who was beside Liu Zongsheng, smiled and said: "He is just a loser who was deposed by Zhu Ming's clan. He is naturally cautious in everything he does. He must have warned me, and if it happens again, I will tell him Yu Taibao.”
Li Benqian immediately said: "It is indeed as my father said. While being angry, the man did warn his son that if there is another incident with my Li family, he will inform the Taibao."
After finishing speaking, Li Benqian looked at Liu Zongsheng silently.
Li Wenxiang on the side also stared at him with a smile.
Liu Zongsheng's eyes turned and he suddenly smiled: "If we want to achieve great things, we should be careful in everything. Now we can assume that he has no different intentions. In the future, we can use his wisdom to defeat Na Ming as soon as possible. Ting."
Li Benqian got ahead of his father, bowed his hands and said, "Taibao is a man of great talent and great strategy. He will surely succeed immediately and achieve great things!"
Liu Zongsheng smiled, but said quietly: "It is the Holy Religion that achieves great things, not a certain family."
Li Benqian was stunned and looked at his father.
Li Wenxiang waved his hand and gave Li Benqian a look.
The father and son said in unison: "The great cause of the Holy Religion is the great cause of the Taibao. The Li family must follow the Taibao to achieve the great cause!"
The smile on Liu Zongsheng's face became even brighter, but there were a few rays of coldness hidden in his eyes that were not noticed by others.
He waved his hand and said, "Let's stop here today. I have been bothering the Li Mansion recently. I will wait until the great cause of the Holy Sect is successful and I can repay the Li Mansion for helping me now."
After saying that, he stood up.
The father and son of the Li family were busy seeing each other off.
After Liu Zongsheng also left the courtyard, it took a long time for the Li family and his son to look at each other and smile.
The two returned to the table.
Li Benqian poured another glass of wine for his father.
He whispered: "Zhu Yunwen really didn't dare to agree, but my son thought that there was no one in the world who didn't covet the throne. It was just because they met for the first time today that he was wary. Otherwise, he would have fought with Liu Zongsheng on the spot. Explain what your son told him today."
Li Wenxiang's eyes were gleaming, and he didn't look like he was drunk at all. He was leaning on the sofa behind him: "You can guess this, Liu Zongsheng can guess it too. But you see, he just asked One sentence. So we should never do it again in the future to win over Zhu Yunwen."
Li Benqian's face showed eagerness: "Do our Li family really want to be a stepping stone for Liu Zongsheng? He can control King Han Ming, why can't my Li family control Zhu Yunzhen?"
With a hint of sternness on his face, Li Wenxiang glanced at Li Benqian: "Hu Tu! If we make another move at this time, won't Liu Zongsheng secretly investigate my Li family? If there is no rebellion at this time, he will seriously start one. Time There’s still time.”
"What's too late?"
Li Benqian couldn't understand.
The cooperation between Shanxi merchants and the White Lotus Sect was never sincere.
Shanxi merchants headed by the Li family want to obtain more benefits and benefits, but today's Da Ming obviously cannot provide them.
They have money and food but no place to spend it.
Comparing wealth is not the only pleasure and pursuit for the Li family and Shanxi merchants.
Therefore, the White Lotus Sect, which existed from before the founding of the Ming Dynasty to Shangshuo and the pre-Tang Dynasty, became the first choice of Shanxi merchants.
Use the hands of the White Lotus Sect to stir up chaos in the world. When the time comes, beacon fires will be ignited in various parts of the Central Plains, and the White Lotus Sect will provoke uprisings everywhere. When there are uprising armies all over the world, Shanxi merchants can choose the one with the most potential.
Or perhaps, the Shanxi merchants themselves recommended an army of rebels.
And all this will have to wait until Shanxi merchants control everything in the White Lotus Sect except people.
At that time, they can suppress people like Liu Zongsheng with their backhand.
It was now time for Shanxi merchants to make the final decision in the world.
relatively.
The Li family and his son also knew that Liu Zongsheng was wary of their Shanxi merchants through the White Lotus Sect under the control of King Han Ming.
Liu Zongsheng only wanted the money and food that the Li family and Shanxi merchants had accumulated over the years, and the people they had bought from the government and local guards over the years.
Liu Zongsheng was cruel and ruthless, and was by no means the peaceful person he usually showed.
He will never tolerate the day when he achieves great things, and a group of Shanxi businessmen tell everyone that the reason why he, Liu Zongsheng, can achieve great things is all because the Li family and Shanxi businessmen provide him with money, food, and smooth joints.
The two parties are purely using the relationship, and they know it very well, but they understand each other tacitly.
They came together because of short-term common interests.
Li Wenxiang had a smile in his eyes: "The day when Zhu Yunwen sees Liu Zongsheng clearly, or when he finds out that Liu Zongsheng will not keep him until the end. At that time, Zhu Yunwen will definitely think of the flowers you talked about with him today. When that time, That’s when we have complete control over him.”
Li Benqian shut up and meditated, thinking about what his father said.
Li Wenxiang looked at his eldest son, who had high hopes for him, and whispered: "Cao Cao coerced the emperor to order the princes, but he always called himself a Han minister and would not change it until his death. Now, as long as we have Zhu Yunwen in our hands, the hearts of the people in the world will also be with us, Li Wenxiang." In the hands of the family.
As long as Zhu Yunwen's banner is there, there will be great righteousness. The imperial court's implementation of the New Deal in the past two years has long aroused local public dissatisfaction. As long as Liu Zongsheng stirs up chaos in the world, we will be the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty!
Former Tang Dynasty...Later Tang Dynasty...
My Li family has been of royal blood since ancient times, so why can’t I take the throne of the Central Plains again? "
Li Benqian's eyes sparkled.
Hundreds of years ago, Li Tang's world also began in Taiyuan City.
Now, his Li family should be like this.
The bright moon shines high, shining through the shade of the trees in the courtyard.
The Li family father and son discussed for a while again, even late at night.
…
Taiyuan City was quiet for several days, and nothing major happened.
I just heard on the street that it is probably because the New Year is approaching and many people are always missing a few things when they go out.
Five whole days.
Zhu Yunwen stayed in the residence arranged by the Li family.
The residence is not in the courtyard of Li's Mansion, but in the courtyard of a private house between Li's Mansion and Prince Jin's Mansion.
Several surrounding courtyards are now arranged as residences for Liu Zongsheng and his party.
Because Zhu Yunwen was appreciated by Liu Zongsheng, he and Qiuniang had a separate courtyard just now. The yard is not big, but Qiu Niang has cleaned it up in just a few days.
She felt from the bottom of her heart that they would live in Taiyuan City for the rest of their lives.
Although, in women's hearts, they are still full of worries about the future.
at dusk.
Zhu Yunwen was stacking bricks and stones under the courtyard wall, preparing to fill the last gap in the courtyard wall.
In the courtyard, Qiuniang leaned out of the kitchen and looked outside the courtyard wall.
"Erlang, I have fried the beans and stewed the mutton that Mr. Liu sent me today. Do you want to have a few drinks?"
Zhu Yunwen stood up from under the courtyard wall, stretched his head over the courtyard wall, and looked into the courtyard: "It will be a while, I will go in to eat after finishing my work."
Qiuniang wiped the sweat from her face with her apron and looked at the man busy in the small yard with a happy smile on her face.
She turned around and returned to the kitchen, preparing to fry two more vegetables that Liu Zongsheng had sent to her at this time, so that her husband could have a few more sips of wine and have a good rest after doing heavy work.
Zhu Yunwen outside the courtyard wall was really working on repairing the courtyard wall, but while he was busy, there were already a few more small stones arranged in a pattern at the base of the wall under his feet.
It was the signal agreed between him and Zhang Hui.
After filling up the last broken section of the courtyard wall, Zhu Yunwen wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeves. After glancing at both ends of the alley, he let out a long breath, opened the courtyard door and walked towards the kitchen. .
late at night.
The bright moon is still shining brightly.
But under this bright moon, I don't know how many unseen things are going to happen.
When a dark cloud was blown by the wind from a distance and blocked the bright moon, the night became the best cover.
Several black shadows flashed between the courtyard walls, moving silently against the shadows under the courtyard walls.
Zhang Hui was wrapped in black clothes, only his eyes hidden under the black gauze were exposed, showing a bright luster.
Behind him, there were only two subordinates.
The rest of the people were waiting for the signal in a vacant courtyard on the next street, ready to respond at any time.
Zhang Hui arrived outside Zhu Yunwen's courtyard, looked at the stones on the ground, and jumped into the courtyard without thinking.
After landing, there was no movement from under my feet.
The two subordinates behind him also turned over and fell to the ground silently, with two more daggers quietly coming out of their hands.
The three of them slowly approached the main room.
The sound of a burrowing mouse came under the window.
After a while, the sound of snoring came from the room.
But soon, the snoring stopped.
The door of the house, which had been greased with enough oil, was slowly opened.
Zhu Yunwen bowed his body and walked out of the house, looked at the three people under the window, did not say anything, and just walked to a haystack next to the kitchen.
When he got under the haystack, he groped around on the ground again and finally found the cellar.
wooden lid.
Opening the wooden board, Zhu Yunwen jumped in first.
Zhang Hui turned around and gestured to the two of them, and they immediately hid on both sides of the haystack while he followed Zhu Yunwen into the cellar.
The wooden planks at the entrance of the cellar were covered, making the cellar tightly sealed.
At this time, Zhu Yunwen was already squatting in the cellar, lighting up an incense candle.
The incense candle had been treated by him, and after it was lit, the light it emitted was only enough to illuminate the space between the two people, and the outside was still pitch black.
Zhang Hui walked closer and looked at Zhu Yunwen with a frown: "What happened? I saw you playing with rocks outside the alley today. Are you not afraid of being discovered?"
Zhu Yunwen hummed and said, "Liu Zongsheng is busy planning how to get more money and food from Shanxi merchants, and King Han Ming is busy waiting for an opportunity to kill Liu Zongsheng. They don't have time to stare at me now."
Zhang Hui looked at Zhu Yunwen, nodded and said, "You still have to be careful. Your Highness's order to us is to protect you and your wife's safety first."
Zhu Yunwen hummed: "You should buy a yard not far away and dig a tunnel to this cellar. If something happens, I can take Qiuniang and run away."
Zhang Hui took the incense candle from Zhu Yunwen's hand and looked around, then said, "We really need to make such preparations. Don't worry, we will buy a yard and dig a tunnel in the next two days."
Seeing that Zhang Hui was persuaded.
Zhu Yunwen added: "You have to prepare a way out of Taiyuan City in advance. It is best to dig a tunnel out of the city!"
Zhang Hui was speechless this time.
He stared at Zhu Yunwen seriously, wanting to see if the other person was joking with him.
Zhu Yunwen nodded heavily and said: "We really should dig a tunnel out of the city! Even if we don't have to run away, we can still let people sneak into the city!"
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