The person who delivered the order came and went quickly. He rode out on horseback and quickly left the front door of Li Mansion.
Qingyangzi looked at Li Jingren, stepped forward and made a Taoist ceremony, and said with a smile: "The Li family is really busy, and there is an endless stream of people who need to receive it. The Longxi Li family is indeed the Longxi Li family."
The old Zen Master Huiren smiled and said: "Amitabha, the Li family is busy with everything. It seems that Lao Na and others came at the wrong time!"
Li Jingren sighed in his heart, and quickly raised his hands and said: "I have neglected you all, I apologize to you."
Yuyangzi said directly: "Master Li, there is no need to be polite. Today we are visiting together for one thing."
Old Zen Master Huiren also smiled and said: "Exactly!"
Li Jingren smiled and said: "No matter what happens, as a host, you should invite your guests to sit down and talk at your house."
"He who comes is a guest!"
Pingyangzi laughed loudly, cupped his hands and said, "We also want to sit down and talk in Li's house, but we are afraid that the head of the Li family will kick us out later, and we may become unwelcome guests!"
Li Jingren's face was extremely ugly and disgusting. He didn't expect that Taoists and Buddhists would not give him face like this and called them evil guests in front of him.
This has made it clear that they are here to cause trouble today.
Li Jingren took a deep breath and said in a polite manner as before: "I, the Li family of Longxi, belong to a wealthy family in the world, so I am naturally big-hearted. Even if you are a bad visitor, you will not be kicked out. Don't worry, everyone." !"BIquGe.biz
"Do you think this is true? Hahaha..."
"Hahaha, the head of the Li family is also a humorous person."
"Everyone, please..."
Li Jingren shouted: "Open the front door and invite the Buddhist and Taoist masters to come in."
The servants immediately opened the main door, which had not been opened for a long time. Qingyangzi, Yuyangzi, old Zen Master Huiren and others climbed up the steps and entered the door.
"Cui Ming, the head of the Cui family, came to visit the Li family in Longxi."
At this moment, a middle-aged man riding a horse quickly came to the door of the Li family in Longxi, jumped off the horse and clasped his fists in front of him.
Then, a very ordinary carriage appeared in everyone's sight in the distance.
Li Jingren frowned, lines forming on his face. Chief Cui, why did he come all the way to Longxi?
Could it be said that the Cui family really took refuge in the King of Shu?
Last time Cui made a big bet on King Shu's wedding, he thought it was because Cui didn't want to offend King Shu and give him face. Cui had always been very low-key.
But at this moment, he was sure that Cui Ming, the leader of the Cui clan, came to Longxi in person and really took refuge with the King of Shu.
Damn it, Cui's group of people are really weak-minded and weak-minded. They will fall down at the first sign.
This little beast, King Shu, is really generous!
The carriage arrived in front of the gate and stopped slowly. Cui Ming opened the curtain, exposed his head, looked around, slowly got out of the car, and said with a smile: "They say Longxi is barren. I have been walking all the way, and it is true."
Li Jingren's forehead veins are exposed, looking like a horse made of grass and mud!
He had no choice when the King of Shu played tricks on him, and the Buddhist and Taoist families refused to give him face, so he endured it.
But you, Cui Ming, a prodigal son, what reason do you have to mock him, the Li family of Longxi?
"My Excellency Cui Ming, the leader of the Cui clan, has met Brother Li."
Li Jingren came down from the steps, cupped his hands casually, and asked with a smile: "Brother Cui has traveled thousands of miles, why do you want to come to my barren Longxi?"
"Brother Li, you are a guest. I must be a guest."
"Don't the Li family in Longxi welcome guests who come from thousands of miles away?"
"Friends are welcome!"
"please……"
Cui Ming didn't care. He came this time not at the invitation of the King of Shu, but because he was forced by his brother. His brother said that if he didn't go to Longxi to help the King of Shu this time, he would take back his position as the head of the family and send Cui Ming to the throne. Expelled the Cui family.
Cui Ming also had a headache when facing his brother who was sometimes good and sometimes bad.
What's more, his brother is a Taoist, and his status in the Taoist school is not low. He has three purple-robed masters as his disciples.
His position as head of the family was given to him by his brother. Now that his brother wants to take it away, he has nothing to say.
He could only bite the bullet and come to Longxi to help the King of Shu. He also understood that if he went against the King of Shu, the Cui family might go the way of the Zheng family in Xingyang.
According to his brother, this guy has great power behind him, and it is not impossible to become emperor in the future.
Everyone came to the living room, and Li Jingren asked people to serve tea and snacks.
After lighting a stick of incense, Pingyangzi said directly: "Master Li, let me tell you the truth, my Taoist family has been ordered by the King of Shu to persuade you to hand over control of Longxi as soon as possible to benefit the people."
Buddhist Zen Master Huiren said: "As a Buddhist, I think about all the people in the world, which means the same thing."
Li Jingren's face was ashen and he said nothing, looking at Cui Ming, the head of the Cui family.
"And you?"
Cui Ming stood up, cupped his hands and said: "Longxi is the frontier of the Tang Dynasty's westward expansion. You, the Li family, have it in your hands. It hinders the country's westward expansion and hinders everyone's interests."
"Whether it is the nobles of Guanzhong, the wealthy nobles of Shandong, or the nobles of Jiangnan, they are all very supportive of the imperial court's westward expansion. On this point, everyone has the same opinion."
"After all, opening up the Silk Road will benefit people all over the world."
"So, I am here to advise you today to give up your rights in Longxi and hand them over to the imperial court. The Li family in Longxi will withdraw from politics."
Li Jingren instantly became extremely ferocious, as if these people were trying to cut his flesh, and said angrily: "Impossible, you are shameless..."
"I, the Li family of Longxi, have been operating on this land for hundreds of years. Why do you hand over your rights when you say you should hand over your rights?"
"When the imperial court goes west, it will be you who will benefit. What can I, the Li family of Longxi, gain?"
Cui Ming smiled awkwardly. It was quite inhumane for him to say this. Joining forces his Cui family to give up the rights of his ancestral land, and his Cui family will definitely refuse to die.
"Brother Li, the situation needs to be big. Everyone in the world is named Li. What other benefits do you need?"
Li Jingren really wanted to curse. The world's surname is Li. That's Li Shimin's Li. Does he have anything to do with the Li family in Longxi?
"Everyone, I'm offended if you say too many words without thinking!"
"see a visitor out!"
Li Jingren would never hand over power just like this. It took many generations of ancestors to accumulate power in Longxi. How could he just hand it over?
He handed over his authority, which was the lamb to be slaughtered, and the Longxi Li family disappeared in the long river of history.
He, Li Jingren, is the biggest unfilial son. How can he meet his ancestors who are under the Nine Springs?
Cui Ming sighed and said solemnly: "Brother Li, you should think about it again..."
Then he approached Li Jingren and whispered: "The reputation of the Living King of Hell is not for nothing. Think about the Zheng family in Xingyang. Taking refuge may allow the family to continue, but not taking refuge may completely disappear..."
"Your Majesty will calmly reason with you, but the living King of Hell will not."
"If you reason with him, he will talk to you about fists. If you talk to him about fists, he will talk to you about both reasoning and fists... The reputation of the Living King of Hell is not in vain..."
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