Fu Tang

Li Congjia was shocked when he heard that, he didn't come back alone, did he bring someone else?Or did Li Jing find out that they went to the Western Regions to fight for their own territory?

Li Congjia said solemnly, "Let the messenger bring the person in."

Yang Xin nodded, turned around and ran out again, Li Congjia turned to look at Shi Xueting and asked, "If Father knows..."

Shi Xueting said decisively: "It doesn't matter even if you know."

Li Congjia frowned, and said softly: "That's right, it doesn't matter even if you know."

Because even if Li Jing knew, at most he would write a letter to scold Li Congjia, and at most he would be reduced to a commoner. Of course, this is the worst case, and it can only be done when there is definite evidence to prove that he has treason or rebellion. .

But if it is really treason, who would go to a place like the Western Regions where chickens don't lay eggs and birds don't shit?

The messenger was quickly brought up. Of course, he is not the protagonist, but the person he brings is the protagonist.

After Li Congjia saw the two people who came in, he couldn't help being dumbfounded: "Zhou...Zhou Situ?"

Yes, the person who came was Zhou Zong!

Zhou Zong, who is over half a century old, still looks elegant and young. He smiled and bowed his hands in salute: "Zhou Zong sees the king."

Li Congjia stood up and said, "Zhou Situ, please sit down quickly, Liu Changshi... Liu Changshi, why are you crying?"

Li Congjia looked helplessly at Liu Yi who was silently wiping away tears. He was so surprised to see Zhou Zong just now that he didn't pay attention to Liu Yi immediately.

Originally, Liu Yi did not dare to talk about the old days before Zhou Zong. After all, Zhou Zong had a higher official position than him and was the father-in-law of his family's king, so how dare he speak first?

Now that Li Congjia asked him about it, Liu Yi finally couldn't help it, and rushed over and grabbed Li Congjia's trouser legs and cried, "I thought I would never see the king again in this life, I miss him so much."

Li Congjia twitched the corner of his mouth, coughed lightly and said, "Get up, wipe away your tears, how old is he, and what does he look like? You'll see me now?"

Fortunately, Liu Yi had vented his anger. Although he was still wiping away tears, he was not so excited anymore. Li Congjia took the opportunity to ask, and found that Zhou Zong and Liu Yi had brought their whole family over here!

Li Congjia was very surprised by this kind of family relocation, and hurriedly sent someone to notify Zhou Ehuang.

Zhou Ehuang came over as soon as he got the news, together with Zhou Jiamin and Zhou Wulang, the three of them shed tears when they saw their father and mother, and finally Zhou Ehuang took his mother Feng and Liu Yi's wife Wang to settle down, leaving Zhou Zonghe Liuyi reminisces with Li Congjia.

After they left, Li Congjia said: "We'll talk about other things later, but you two want to stay here this time?"

Liu Yi immediately said: "Of course I will stay to serve the King."

Li Congjia smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Zhou Zong, Zhou Zong nodded slightly and said: "My aunt, Erniang and Wulang are here, it doesn't make much sense for me and my wife to stay in the south, this time I come here and I don't intend to leave."

Li Congjia said with a smile: "Well, there are two people who have worked with me here, I'll ask someone to call them here, so we can catch up on the old days."

Reminiscing about the past is best at the wine table. While Li Congjia took Zhou Zong and the others to the side hall, he was thinking about what happened to the south, otherwise why would Zhou Zong come here.

But it was only Zhou Zong's family who ran over, not Zhou's family. This is worth thinking about. Does Zhou's family know about his situation here?

When Li Congjia walked out, he happened to see the courier kneeling outside dejectedly, so he couldn't help asking, "Why are you kneeling here?"

The messenger kowtowed and said, "The young one is not cautious enough, leaked the news, please punish me."

Li Congjia laughed: "Okay, okay, you brought me Zhou Situ and Liu Changshi, I'm too happy, what is the punishment? Go back and have a good rest, don't kneel here."

The messenger was moved to tears. Li Congjia felt a little pity for him when he saw him like this. The messenger was young and looked similar to him. If the news leaked or something, the messenger must have been shot. It should be what Zhou Ehuang said in the letter.

The people who were working were inexplicably called to the side hall, and then they saw Li Congjia walking in with two people.

Li Ping and Zhu Yuan were quite familiar with Zhou Zong. The moment they saw Zhou Zong, both of them were very surprised. As for Tian Wen, Tian Wen was not familiar with anyone, so he could only stay on the sidelines obediently.

Li Ping stood up and said to Zhou Zong, "Is Zhou Shizhong here too?"

Zhou Zong also has an official position as servant, and Li Ping is still used to calling him that.

Zhou Zong said with a smile: "My daughter and son are here, so naturally I'm here too."

His reason... To be honest, no one would believe it. If something hadn't happened, let alone only Zhou Ehuang, Zhou Jiamin and Wu Wulang were here, even if all his children were here, Zhou Zong might not come over!

But now it's not easy to ask too many questions, so it's just for everyone to greet each other, and Li Congjia also let Zhou Zong and Tian Wen get to know each other.

Zhou Zong was polite to Tian Wen, and the most attractive thing was a monk, a young lady and a young gentleman in the room.

The monk is naturally Shi Xueting, Shi Xueting's origin is too complicated, Li Congjia couldn't explain clearly for a while, so he simply said: "This is the descendant of the Li family of the Tang Dynasty, and I have a relationship with me. Before that, he was a Shaolin monk. The name is Xueting."

Shi Xueting bowed to Zhou Zong, and everyone present was very surprised: "Li Tang's descendants?"

Only Li Congjia knows about Shi Xueting's identity now, and Li Congjia didn't have time to tell others before, so let's take advantage of this time to inform together.

Zhou Zong couldn't help but asked: "Your Majesty, the matter is of great importance. Don't play tricks. Is there any evidence for his identity?"

Li Congjia smiled and said, "Of course there are, and Situ will find out after a while."

Although Zhou Zong still had doubts in his heart, seeing Li Congjia's determined appearance, he didn't say anything more, but he was more concerned about it.

Then there is Tian Wuniang. Li Congjia was afraid that Zhou Zong would not get used to Tian Wuniang, so he emphasized emphatically: "Situ Mo sees that Wuniang is young. When it comes to leading troops to fight, there is no one in this room except General Zhu Yuan. opponent."

Zhou Zong was a little surprised when he looked at Tian Wuniang with a shy face, but if he only looked at Tian Wuniang's appearance, this sentence was more convincing.

After all the people in the circle greeted each other, the banquet that Zhou Ehuang ordered was ready. The banquet cannot be said to be bad, but the meat is full, the vegetables are pitiful, and the wine is very little, because Li Congjia used them to make distilled wine up.

Li Congjia was a little embarrassed: "The conditions are not good, please take care of Situ and Chang Shi."

Zhou Zong glanced at the food on the table and said with a smile: "Your Highness can enjoy it, so why can't we adapt?"

During the banquet, there were a lot of wine and wine, and after drinking for three rounds, Li Congjia finally asked the question that had been pent up in his heart for a long time: "Dare to ask Situ, is Datang now... okay?"

After Zhou Zong heard this, a haze flashed across his originally bright eyes, he put down his wine glass and sighed, "I'm afraid it's not very good."

Li Congjia couldn't help but straightened his body and asked, "What happened?"

Zhou Zong said expressionlessly: "Actually, I haven't had time to tell everyone just now that I am no longer Situ or a servant. The sage changed me to Zhennan Jiedushi."

Demoted?Li Congjia's first reaction was because of himself, but he quickly realized that his affairs had nothing to do with Zhou Zong. Although Zhou Ehuang married him, Zhou Zong had never been very close to him. People who follow in Li Jing's footsteps.

Li Congjia didn't want to ask too many questions, but fortunately there was Zhu Yuan, a straightforward guy, who asked directly: "Why did the saint want to dismiss you from office?"

Li Congjia coughed lightly, unable to say anything.

Zhou Zong sighed and said, "Because of the prince."

Li Congjia frowned when he heard these two words: "Brother Prince? What happened to him?"

Zhou Zong looked up at Li Congjia and said, "His Royal Highness Prince Jin is dead, on the Prince's polo field."

After Li Congjia heard this, he was shocked at first, but after thinking about it, it should be the same, except that the time was wrong, Li Jingsui did die at the hands of Li Hongji in history.

When Zhou Zong said these words, he carefully observed Li Congjia's expression, and found that he just raised his eyebrows, which seemed a little surprised but not so surprised. He suddenly knew it, and said, "Your Majesty has already guessed it?"

Li Congjia found that he seemed to be acting too calmly, so he had to add: "Almost, my elder brother has been staring at that seat. Before that, he and King Jin were almost at odds. As long as he finds an opportunity, he will definitely not let King Jin go." .”

Zhou Zong sighed: "His Highness's disappearance is the crown prince's opportunity."

Li Congjia thought about Li Jingsui's performance at that time. After he was taken away by Shi Xueting, almost no one caught up with him. He knew that Li Jingsui must have done something, which caused the delay in tracking.

Zhou Zong continued: "The crown prince can't tolerate people, and the ministers of the court...I'm afraid they will be disappointed."

Li Congjia said comfortingly: "Brother knows people well, it won't be like this."

Zhou Zong asked back: "If this is the case, why did Your Highness leave Datang?"

Li Congjia didn't know what to say right away, but he couldn't help but say, whether he can talk to Zhou Zong depends on today, at this moment.

Li Congjia took a piece of roasted mutton with chopsticks, chewed it slowly, and said after swallowing it: "If I am not the prince, my brother will naturally tolerate me, or I will be like before, not caring about world affairs, just reciting Buddha and writing poems. Can live in peace."

Zhou Zong nodded and said, "The King must be unwilling."

But Li Congjia said: "Brother is one of the reasons why I left Datang, but not the main reason."

"Oh?" Zhou Zong took a sip of his wine and said, "I'm all ears."

"Today's Tang Dynasty... let me down too much." Li Congjia's face was disheartened: "My son never complained about his father's faults, but... daddy let me down too much, Chen feels that this person is useless, But he used him again and again, causing Datang to lose its advantage in the battle against Zhou Guo. General Zhu Yuan was born and died for Datang, but he was almost deprived of military power because of Chen Jue's attack. Could this be the work of the Ming Lord? ?"

Zhou Zong was silent for a while and said: "The sage has already punished Chen Jue, and even Feng Yanlu and the others have not escaped this calamity. Why should your majesty be so discouraged?"

Li Congjia shook his head: "If there is no Chen Jue, there will be Wang Jue and Zhao Jue. Father is more than knowledgeable... Hey, anyway, I would rather find a place in the Western Regions to be at ease, and I don't want to see the Tang Dynasty now in decline. The appearance makes Jun feel that it is good for me to escape from reality or to have no ambitions, anyway, that’s what I think.”

Zhou Zongxin said, I believe you are a ghost!

If Li Congjia really wanted to find a place to live in peace, why did he take the soldiers away?There are not only soldiers but also generals. Although there are few people, all of them can be regarded as elites. After Zhou Zong entered the stockade, he observed carefully and found that although the layout of the stockade was chaotic, the defenders were very orderly and their ranks were obvious. I even saw some wounded Uyghur slaves. If you want to stay honest, why beat them?Not afraid of making trouble?

But it was impossible for Zhou Zong to say these words, and he could see that Li Congjia had confessed to him, so he might as well have confessed to Li Congjia.

"Even though the courtiers were disappointed with the prince before, they still wanted to comfort the prince and broaden their horizons. However..." Zhou Zong shook his head and said: "Anyone who has offended the prince before will not end well now. The old minister must be under the care of a sage, otherwise ……Why."

Li Congjia said with a smile: "The envoy has come here now, even if I want to go back, I won't allow it, and let it go, here is a wide world, there is always room for us!"

Zhou Zong also felt that the communication was almost done, and the group ate and drank next.

Everyone at the banquet was very happy, except for Liu Yi, who thought he could continue to be the king of his family after he came here, but he found out that the king of his family didn't even want the throne at all. In a mess, some waiters were left behind, which is not a good phenomenon.

After the partnership broke up, Liu Yi secretly went to Zhou Zong and asked, "Master, look at this place...is it too ugly?"

Zhou Zong patted Liu Yi on the shoulder and said: "Your Majesty is doing everything in a rough way, so don't be in a hurry."

Of course Zhou Zong is not in a hurry, he has been in the imperial court for so many years, he is capable, and he is Li Congjia's father-in-law, if Li Congjia treats anyone badly, it is impossible for anyone to treat him badly, but can Liu Yi not be in a hurry?Apart from reading more books, he has nothing to sell, and his own poetry... is not as good as his king!

This night, Liu Yi was destined to suffer from insomnia.

Li Congjia and Shi Xueting also slept late. After the banquet was over, Li Congjia and Shi Xueting got together again, but there was another Yang Xin.

Yang Xin asked strangely: "Since Zhennan Jiedushi is here, why didn't his family come here? It's useless for him to come here alone, right?"

Li Congjia smiled and said, "This is normal. Have you read the history of the Three Kingdoms?"

Yang Xin's face was a little unnatural, he took a peek at Shi Xueting, and found that his master was busy making tea for Li Congjia, so he whispered: "I have read it."

Li Congjia half-opened and half-closed his eyes, and said lazily: "The current world is very similar to the Three Kingdoms period. It is impossible for aristocratic families in troubled times to put all their eggs in one basket."

Yang Xin seems to understand: "Does it mean that they will not only be loyal to one person?"

Li Congjia couldn't help but reached out and patted Yang Xin on the head, then turned to Shi Xueting and said, "How do you teach your apprentice, I don't understand."

Shi Xueting glanced at Yang Xin, and Yang Xin wanted to cry immediately, wishing to slap his own mouth: I want you to talk too much, and you have to copy books again!

Fortunately, this time before Shi Xueting had time to punish him, he heard his family's gentleman continue to say: "The family has always been very flexible. The most obvious example is Zhuge Kongming. He has dedicated his life to the Shu Han and died. , but his elder brother Zhuge Ziyu is an important minister of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. This is a selective investment made by the family to keep the family alive, so learn more in the future."

Yang Xin muttered, "These people keep talking about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, but they're actually not doing much."

Shi Xueting finally opened his mouth and said: "You are wrong, people have always been loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous. Is it not enough to choose a lord and assist him until death?"

Just as Yang Xin wanted to say something, he saw his master raised his hand in a silent gesture. He looked down and found that Li Congjia was lying on the couch and fell asleep.

Shi Xueting said softly: "Go back and rest, don't think so much, listen more and read more, you will understand later."

Yang Xin nodded vigorously, got up and was about to leave. When he walked to the moon gate in the courtyard, he subconsciously looked back, only to find that his master was trying to wake up Li Congjia with a very gentle voice.

Yang Xin was very depressed, his master had never been so gentle to him!

But there is more to come!After his master found out that he couldn't wake up the gentleman, he directly picked up Li Congjia and walked into the house.

Yang Xin felt that his dog eyes were about to be blinded, so he turned and ran away in embarrassment, although he didn't know why he ran away.

After a night's rest, Zhou Zong began to participate in daily affairs the next day. The first thing to do was probably to understand the specific situation here.

With this understanding, Zhou Zong, who said yesterday that he was not worried, almost died of anger.

"This... this... what's the matter with this name?" Zhou Zong said tremblingly: "Xi Tang? My Tang Dynasty is Zhengshuo of the previous dynasty. How can I add the word Xi before the country name?"

Li Congjia looked at Zhou Zong's excited appearance, and thought belatedly, oh, in these years, the orthodox position cannot be shaken. host.

And Li Congjia still has the utilitarian thinking of modern people, the name is not important, as long as he can win.

When Zhou Zong got angry, everyone present shrank their necks. After all, in terms of age and official position, no one could compare with Zhou Zong.

Li Congjia coughed lightly and said, "I just mentioned it casually..."

"It's not okay to mention it casually!" Zhou Zong was very excited: "How can the king grow others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige? After being the royal family of the Li family, how can...how can..."

Zhou Zong didn't know what to scold anymore. Li Congjia saw that the old man was going to turn over if he didn't want to comfort him any more, so he hurriedly said: "We just...we had a casual discussion before, and we haven't settled down yet. You can do whatever you think suits you." .”

Zhou Zong said angrily: "There is no one more suitable than Tang!"

Li Congjia said in a low voice: "But... what about Dad?"

It is still early for the Southern Tang Dynasty to perish, and Li Congjia will definitely expand out sooner or later, and the sooner the better, it is hard to guarantee that Li Jing will get all kinds of news later.

Zhou Zong was silent, this is really not easy to deal with, if Li Jing has passed away and now Li Hongji is on stage, he can still fight for orthodoxy, but how can a son compete with his father for orthodoxy?

Zhou Zong also felt very headache, this kind of thing seems to have never happened in the Central Plains.

After being silent for a while, Zhou Zong said in a calm tone: "Didn't you say that you want to build a city? Have you decided on the name of the city?"

Li Congjia shook his head: "No."

Zhou Zong had no choice but to say: "Let's think of one, and use the name of the city for the time being."

Li Congjia scratched his head and said, "Let's discuss this slowly, let's figure out a framework first."

Zhou Zong said angrily: "It's been a long time, and you haven't even done this, you... hey."

Li Congjia felt that Zhou Zong probably had a special urge to get off the boat now, but he didn't blame them, they were inexperienced from top to bottom, so of course they had to take their time.

As the leader, Li Congjia could only bite the bullet and say, "I think the existing system is too chaotic. It's better to simply inherit the Tang system. If there is any inconvenience in the future, I will change it slowly."

Zhou Zong thought for a while and said, "That's fine." Anyway, there are few people now, so it can be changed in any way when there are more people.

Zhou Zong wrote down the official titles from top to bottom on the paper while Zhou Zong was talking, Li Congjia looked at it for a while before saying: "That...there are too few people, they said before, let's arrange according to the official positions in the East Palace. "

Li Congjia was a little embarrassed when he said that, he was not thick-skinned enough to set himself up as a prince or something, the most important thing was that the real prince was still in Nanchang.

Zhou Zong sighed: "There are still few people." At this moment, even Zhou Zong wanted to go back and poach the wall, but after thinking about it, if Song Qiqiu and Han Xizai were pulled over, what would happen to him?

Now here, although the territory is not big enough, Zhou Zong can be regarded as the prime minister, and he is the only prime minister, but if Han Xizai and Song Qiqiu come, it will be hard to say.

For his own status, for the sake of his daughter and grandson, Zhou Zong felt... Grit your teeth and hold on!

In the Eastern Palace Organization of the Tang Dynasty, the highest official positions were probably the three divisions and the three young masters, and these six official positions, Li Congjia decided to be vacant!

After hearing this, Zhou Zong felt a little regretful, but after thinking about it, the status of these six official positions is too high, and it is normal that they are not easily tolerated.

Next is Zhan Shifu, Zhou Zong said: "Although it is set up after the East Palace, it is better to change the name."

Who does not call himself king or emperor when he stands on his own, but calls himself a prince?

Just as Li Congjia was about to say something, he saw Tian Wuniang walking into the courtyard quickly, standing at the door and saluting bluntly, "Your Majesty, the scouts we sent this morning have lost contact with us!"