Don't be a prince

Seeing his uncle's appearance, the eldest grandson wanted to remind Li Chengqian to turn on the water like last night several times, but before he could say anything, he met Gao Shilian's sharp eyes.

The more this time comes, the more a person's thinking ability will be tested.

While everyone was holding their breath, Gao Shilian smiled slightly, and threw all the chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard, losing the game.

Finally winning, Li Chengqian couldn't help panting violently.

In the game of Go, when you first play, every piece is played randomly.But the more proficient in this way, the harder it is to settle.

To be able to win in a dangerous situation, he has already done his best.

Although he lost, Gao Shilian didn't mind at all. He took the towel handed by Changsun Wuji, wiped his sweat and said with a laugh: "The old thief is right. Although the prince is young, he is really good at Go." There is nothing to teach. The old man lost, but he refused to accept it, haha, the shameless old thief actually sent his disciples to save face, and someday, the old man will definitely call the door to seek justice."

Li Chengqian was ashamed, the "shameless old thief" that his uncle called was probably Mr. Li.

Chapter 77 Kong Yiji's Realm

These old people laughed and scolded each other and dug holes for each other all day long.But hell, no one ever gets caught up in the jokes.The older you are, the more outstanding your self-cultivation is.

The eldest grandson tapped Li Chengqian's forehead vigorously, but didn't say much.She knew that Li Chengqian deliberately kept his hand last night just to make her smile. This is filial piety.

After getting up and wiping off his sweat, Li Chengqian bowed and said: "Uncle, uncle, mother, my son has an appointment with Master Li, so I can't sit for a long time, and the appointment is about to be held."

Gao Shilian waved his hand: "Go, go, and bring the gift that the old man prepared by the way. The old man has spent a lot of effort on this annual gift, so that he couldn't send it before the year."

Li Chengqian nodded, and then walked out of Gaofu with embarrassment on his face.

From his uncle's words, he heard one thing, it turned out that the New Year's gift was to be given before the New Year!Thinking about it this way, giving gifts after the year is not the same as giving red envelopes, which is extremely inappropriate!

Seeing the prince leaving, the commander of the forbidden army guarding the Gaofu sent out a large group of troops to follow the prince in his car.

Li Gang lived farther away, because his grandson had no official position, and his family only lived in Andefang, which was far away from the imperial city, and they all went to the edge of Chang'an City.

Seeing that all the guards were about to smash through the door of the house and search the inside and outside first, Li Chengqian quickly lifted the curtain of the car, and said to the commander beside the car: "All of you are not allowed to go in, you just need to surround the outside, and pick a few Personally, just go in alone."

The commander took the order, stepped forward and blasted back the few people who were about to break in.

After getting off the carriage, I saw Li Anren.

Li Anren obviously waited at the door the whole time. Seeing Li Chengqian coming out, he immediately stepped forward and said, "His Royal Highness has a happy New Year, you can come to the humble house, it really makes this place flourish!"

Unable to bear such nasty words, Li Chengqian cupped his hands without even bending his waist: "Mr. Anren has a happy New Year. The package in the carriage is a New Year's gift from Xu Guogong to Mr. Li. You should take it off quickly."

Li Anren nodded, and took his servants into the car to pick up the gift.

After taking the things, Li Anren led the way and led Li Chengqian into the mansion.

The old man was clean and honest all his life, and Li Anren didn't make much money in his work, so the decoration of Li's mansion was no different from that of ordinary common people's houses.In the courtyard, there is even a flock of chickens and ducks surrounded by fences.

Walking through the corridor, entering the middle hall, and in the cold room, Li Chengqian saw Li Gang.

At this time, Li Gang was sitting on a wooden chair, sipping steaming tea, and beside the wooden chair was a dark charcoal basin.

It's the only thing that keeps warm.

Seeing Li Chengqian, Li Gang laughed loudly: "Why, have you been to old thief Gao's house? Did you win?"

Li Chengqian didn't answer, but paid homage to the old gentleman first.With the old man's longevity of more than 80 years old, he has to give a big gift no matter what.

After paying New Year's greetings, Li Chengqian replied, "Of course I won."

He stood up and sat next to the old gentleman. Under Li Chengqian's signal, several guards who entered the mansion walked out and closed the door behind them.

After receiving the tea from the old man, Li Chengqian said with a wry smile: "Why is it so cold in your house? You are getting old, how warm can this charcoal basin be?"

It's winter now, and when we were in the East Palace, the Inner Palace sent a large amount of coal and firewood to the East Palace for the sake of the old man.As long as the fire is lit, the hot air will pass through those big pillars. Although it is not as good as heating, it is still like a charcoal stove or a coal stove.

But what about here?Just this one charcoal basin, what should I do if it freezes?

Li Gangman said indifferently: "What's the coldness? Ordinary people don't even have such a charcoal basin in their homes! Didn't they also survive the winter? Don't talk about this, tell me what the expression of that old thief Gao is? Desperate?"

Thinking about his uncle's reaction, and the old gentleman's cunning look now, Li Chengqian couldn't laugh or cry.

These are not two elderly people, they are simply two children.

"Uncle is not angry at all. He said that he will find a chance to call in a few days and come to you directly to save face."

Li Gang laughed out loud. Gao Shilian's reaction made him guess.

Lifting the burden and looking at it, Li Gang nodded in satisfaction.

The so-called New Year's ceremony is actually a few ancient books, which are the kind that are hard to find outside.

After flipping through it a few times, Li Gang handed the burden to his grandson to put it away.

Taking out Li Chengqian's New Year gift, Li Gang smiled and said: "I thought what kind of New Year gift you prepared for this old man, but it turned out to be this, good, good, this kind of New Year gift, the more the better! 》 Judging from the composition of the words and sentences, you also have a very deep cultivation in poetry. If I hadn't seen you revise it several times, the old man really doubted whether it was written by you."

After finishing speaking, Li Gang opened the paper, handed it to Li Anren and said, "Look at what the crown prince wrote, Anren, you have studied hard for half your life, how could you write such a sentence?"

Li Anren took the paper and read: "The red sun is just rising, and its way is bright; the river flows out and flows into the ocean; the dragon dives into the abyss, and its scales and claws fly; Suction Zhang; the first birth of a strange flower. The emperor is the emperor; the general and the woman are like the awn; the sky wears its blue, and the earth wears its yellow; even though there are thousands of years, there are eight wastes; the future is like the sea, and the future is long. Beautiful, my young Tang, I am not as old as the sky; I am a young boy from the Tang Dynasty, and I have no borders with the country!"

After reading, Li Anren didn't notice Li Chengqian's ashamed expression at all, and said in shock: "This, this, this..."

Li Gang took the paper, not surprised at Li Anren's shocked look.

Even he could not write such words.This has nothing to do with knowledge. At this time, he is already in his twilight years, and even if he feels it for a while, he will not be able to achieve such a grand ambition.The boy said that only a boy with the highest energy and energy can write it!

"What is this, An Ren, the old man has warned you more than once not to study hard, and don't study hard, take a look..."

Turning his head away, not looking at the way the old man was lecturing his grandson, Li Chengqian was extremely ashamed at this moment.

This is the result of plagiarism and thin skin.

Intercepting Liang Qichao's "Tales of Young China" and changing it into "Tales of Youth in the Tang Dynasty" was the only New Year gift he could think of for the old man.

For this reason, he began to make false revisions a month ago.

After all, it is impossible to reach the realm of Kong Yiji, and it is impossible to openly take other people's achievements as its own, and it is impossible to say seriously, can the affairs of scholars be called stealing? Can the affairs of scholars be called plagiarism?

Seeing Li Chengqian's blushing, Li Gang didn't think he was ashamed, but thought he was a little shy.

Pulling his hand, the old gentleman said: "Why are you so shy, I am very proud that you can write such a sentence. When the new year is over, the old man will find someone to frame it, and then ask someone to publish it everywhere. Such an article , it shouldn’t be confined within the Eastern Palace, it should be spread all over the world!”

Chapter 78 Rolling Lantern Festival

Seeing that the article he plagiarized was about to be released to the public, Li Chengqian hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, this is inappropriate. You are convinced that it was written by the disciple only after seeing the article revised by the disciple with your own eyes. But others don't know, once it is sent out , Scholars all over the world will think that this text was originally written by you, and this disciple is stealing your name."

Li Gang frowned, Li Chengqian was right, if it was really sent out now, it would most likely be like this.

Not appropriate!

Seeing that Li Gang was silent, Li Chengqian added another sentence: "So you should keep it for yourself first, and it won't be too late to spread it throughout the Tang Dynasty when the disciples are bigger."

"That's all it takes."

Sighing, Li Gang also thinks this is the best.

Patting Li Chengqian's head in satisfaction, Li Gang smiled and said: "Originally, I thought that this crippled body could teach you as much knowledge as possible, so it was already God's pity. Now it seems that God treats this old man It’s not bad, it’s only been half a year, and you’ve learned something.”

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Li Shimiao praised it, my disciple is still far behind."

As a time traveler, Li Chengqian knew how much he weighed.Relying on plagiarism, you can occasionally pretend to be coercive. If you really meet a traditional scholar, you won't be fooling around at all.

You know, these bastards just opened their mouths to say what was recorded in a certain book, don't you know?have not seen?Okay, then stop chattering, we are not on the same level.

There was still some time before lunch, and Li Chengqian told Li Yuan about asking for a palace maid.

After listening to the whole story, Li Gang agreed: "You are right to do this. It is not a gentleman's action to arrest people and wantonly threaten them. What's more, if you observe filial piety, it will be even more speechless. Chengqian , all good filial piety comes first, no matter what you do, as long as you start from filial piety, it must be right."

Li Chengqian immediately retorted: "Master Li, I don't think so. Nothing is absolute. It is indeed a good thing to put filial piety first, but if someone uses filial piety to do something wrong, can't you blame him?"

...

Seeing the master and apprentice discussing the issues in full swing, Li Anren showed envy.Obviously he is the real grandson of the old man, but he has never been like this.He knew that the crown prince was not so much a disciple of his grandfather, but more like an old friend.

The Li family didn't have much wealth. Although the old man had received many rewards in his life, every time the rewards came home, he distributed them to the poor neighbors.Although Ande Square is in Chang'an City, the city has not yet reached its most glorious moment, so that the corner areas are no different from slums.

Lunch is very simple, just small rice and stewed chicken with dried vegetables.Judging by the freshness of the chicken, maybe because the crown prince arrived, Li Anren broke the precept of not killing during the New Year, so he killed it now.

Although the dishes are simple, dining at the old man's house is still more enjoyable than at Gao's.

Although he had never experienced it, Li Chengqian knew that dining in the Gao Mansion might be extremely depressing, and those ordinary clansmen didn't even dare to breathe.

After lunch, he played chess with the old man for a while before Li Chengqian took his leave and left.

Li Gang insisted on staying at home until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before returning to the East Palace. Knowing that the old man was afraid that he would end his life in the East Palace one day and wanted to spend more time with his family, Li Chengqian didn't say much, but ordered the accompanying eunuchs to give to Li's mansion. Buy more charcoal and meat.

The East Palace without the old gentleman seemed extraordinarily deserted.

After the New Year's greetings, Li Tai spent the winter in Miyagi as a cat, while Li Ke got up early every day to exercise with Li Chengqian.

Li Jing still appeared in the East Palace every morning. Although he was surprised why Li Ke followed Li Chengqian, he would give some advice when Li Ke made a mistake.

In this way, the ordinary days continued until the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

Like the Six Ministries of the Three Provinces, which gradually became more active, Yu Tai and Changsun Baoqing also returned to the East Palace. After the fifteenth Lantern Festival, the New Year's activities will be over.

On the morning of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, after exercising as usual, Li Chengqian patted Li Ke on the shoulder: "After you return to the palace, call Qing Que over and tell him that if you come over tonight, there will be delicious food for you to eat."

Li Ke, who was wiping his sweat, said with a smile: "If you call him in other words, he will definitely not even come out of the house, but if you ask him to come over to eat, he will definitely drag me over."

Looking at Li Ke who was smiling brightly, Li Chengqian also smiled.That's great, even though they are not siblings of the same mother, they can't change their status as brothers, so why are they timid when they get along with each other?

After sending Li Ke away, Li Chengqian called Fang Sheng over.

"Jiangmi noodles, red kidney beans, sugar...forget it, let's get some maltose back, by the way, and sesame seeds, buy more, we have a lot of people in the East Palace, and we can't eat enough if we don't get enough."

Fang Sheng never asked why, he just kept in mind all the things the prince wanted to buy, and went out to buy them.

Why do you buy these things?Naturally, they make glutinous rice balls and Yuanxiao.

The Shangyuan Festival is the Lantern Festival, and Li Chengqian always feels weird if there are no glutinous rice balls and Lantern Festival to eat.

Making glutinous rice balls is actually not complicated. When he ran the list of glutinous rice balls, he saw how to make Yuanxiao in the workshop. In fact, it is not that complicated. Ordinary people can do it, because the process is cumbersome, and people are more inclined to buy finished products. .

Call all the maids to the kitchen and wait for Fang Sheng to buy things back.

After Fang Sheng brought the things, Li Chengqian pulled the cook and said, "It's still the old rule. Gu will explain it to you, and you have to do the rest yourself."

The cook naturally nodded quickly.

After explaining to the cook how to make stuffing, how to wrap glutinous rice balls, and how to roll Lantern Festival, Li Chengqian clapped his hands and left.

Although I really want to try it, if the dignified prince does these things himself, not only will he be criticized, but the cook's look of dying of shame and indignation will also be ugly.

The cook of the East Palace will naturally not disappoint the prince.Before noon, a box of rolled glutinous rice balls was delivered to the study and presented to Li Chengqian for viewing.

After cutting one open with a knife, Li Chengqian was very satisfied with the result.Not bad, much better than the scum glutinous rice balls made by the black heart workshop of later generations.The skin is thin and the stuffing is big, but the dough is very tough and won't boil as soon as it is cooked.

"Not bad, just follow this method. Before tomorrow night, I will order a large batch and send it out tomorrow. The rest will be eaten by our own people in the East Palace."

With the hard work of all the court ladies, a large batch of glutinous rice balls were quickly made.

Knowing that the crown prince was going to take this as a gift, Fang Sheng wisely bought a batch of wooden boxes and packed the glutinous rice balls.Don't look at the glutinous rice balls inside, just look at this box and you will know that it is worth a lot.He is obviously an ancient person, but Fang Sheng just learned the knowledge of "commodity packaging" without a teacher.

Chapter 79 How did he know?

It's just that his morality is obviously not enough.If you want to achieve the ultimate, you should wrap every Lantern Festival in the box.

For dinner, we eat glutinous rice balls.

Although the fillings were not very delicious, Li Tai still ate a large bowl of boiled glutinous rice balls and half a plate of fried Yuanxiao.Before leaving, he even took a dozen boxes with him. It seemed that he was going to eat this stuff in the past few days.

On the morning of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, as usual, after watching Li Chengqian sweat all over his body from exercising, Li Jing turned around and was about to leave.

"Wei Gong, wait."

Asking Fang Sheng to take out three boxes of glutinous rice balls, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Wei Gong, this is a food I figured out by myself, you might as well take some away."

"Oh?"

Li Jing picked up a box of glutinous rice balls, opened it and looked at it.

The white spherical things look pleasing to the eye.

"I call this kind of thing Tangyuan, and the other box looks much bigger, called Yuanxiao. Tangyuan is more suitable for cooking, and Yuanxiao is more suitable for frying."