Fu Tang

The visitor saw Li Congjia's surprised look, and smiled slightly: "Liu Lang, long time no see."

Li Congjia saw that he was scared out of his wits, and while taking Li Zhongyu behind him, he asked, "You, you, you... are you a human or a ghost?"

After he finished asking, he lowered his head and saw the shadow at the man's feet. He was slightly relieved, and then he heard the man laughing and said, "Why haven't you seen me for a while, have you lost your courage?"

The corner of Li Congjia's mouth twitched, and he said angrily, "In the middle of the night, the person who should have been lying in the imperial mausoleum suddenly appeared in front of you. Are you afraid? Li Hongji, what are you doing?"

Li Hongji said with a smile: "It's a long story."

Li Congjia picked up the fireworks and handed them to Zhou Ye, saying, "You take Dalang to set off the fireworks first."

Li Zhongyu was a little reluctant, but he was still carried by Zhou Ye to set off the fireworks.

Li Congjia let out a sigh of relief, and said to Li Hongji, "You...you come in with me first."

Li Congjia turned around and said something to Chunsheng, asking him to inform Zhou Zong and the others, and urged Chunsheng to make it clear to everyone, not to scare others by turning around.

Li Hongji followed Li Congjia all the way to the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord's Mansion was built according to a reduced version of the Daming Palace, and a plaque with Yuan Yuan was hung on the main hall.

After seeing the name of the main hall in the dim light of night, Li Hongji couldn't help sighing, his younger brother...has a lot of ambition.

After everyone was seated, Li Congjia realized that Li Hongji did not come by himself, and that he brought several young people with him.

Li Congjia sat there without saying a word for a long time, and Li Hongji was not in a hurry, he drank his tea slowly, looked around, and said after a while, "Your place... looks pretty good."

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows: "Otherwise?"

Li Hongji smiled and said, "Otherwise? I thought you really lived in a dilapidated village like a horse thief leader."

Li Congjiaxin said, didn't you just live in the stockade at the beginning?

"You...what's the matter with you?" Li Congjia still has a sense of unreality. He always feels that he is dreaming when he was young, but the dream should not be dreaming of Li Hongji!

Li Hongji frowned faintly: "What? Are you looking forward to my death so much?"

Li Congjia rolled his eyes: "After so many years, you still can't speak! What does your life have to do with me? I just want to ask what's going on! If you don't want to be a good prince, why are you cheating?"

Li Hongji's eyes were a little gloomy: "Fake death is naturally because someone wants me to die. I have to die, but I don't want to really die."

Li Congjia was a little dizzy from the one on the left and the other on the right, and couldn't help but said, "Let me think about it."

Li Hongji looked up at him, and after seeing Li Congjia's frown, he couldn't help smiling, he seemed very happy to see Li Congjia troubled.

But at this time Li Congjia was not at peace in his heart, the meaning of Li Hongji's words shocked him.

There must be many people who want Li Hongji to die. For example, Li Jingsui's party members must have hated him so much, but there are not many who can make him die, maybe it should be said that there is only one!

Li Congjia couldn't help asking in a low voice: "You...how did you offend Father? Why did Father..."

Li Hongji waved his hand and said, "Father can't be the master of this matter." He paused and said, "You also know that Father once submitted a letter of surrender to Zhou Guo before, wanting to surrender himself as the lord of the country. At the same time, it is said that the Crown Prince, Zhou Guo did not accept the letter of surrender before, but recently Zhao Kuangyin raised his troops to stand on his own, and Zhou Guo had no time to worry about it, so he simply accepted the letter of surrender, but he did not agree with Dad's abdication."

Li Congjia understood the reason why Li Hongji had to die almost instantly, because Zhou Guo would not be happy to see a Southern Tang ruler who knew how to fight and was tough.

He thought for a while and asked again: "Is your death... a condition for Zhou Guo to accept the letter?"

Li Hongji looked a little tired: "Who knows? Dad doesn't like me anyway."

"Then, does Father know about your fraudulent death?"

Li Hongji shook his head: "If it weren't for the help of noble people, I'm afraid I would really be lying in the imperial tomb at this time."

"Your Excellency?" Li Congjia was slightly surprised, who has the ability to save Li Hongji?

Li Hongji said with a smile: "Speaking of which, those noble people also came with me, but they said that they did something wrong at the beginning, and they were afraid that you would not want to see them, so they waited outside. If you want to see them, they will come." Come in, if you don't want to, they will leave now."

Li Congjia frowned: "Who is it?"

"Shi Qingsong."

Well, the group of monks who went round and round are still here!

Li Congjia sighed, and asked again: "Then... who are these?"

"Oh, this is the Qilang Han Chou from Han Xiang's family, this is Song Huaijie, the nephew of Song Qiqiu, and this is Xu Liang, the fourth son of Xu Xuan."

Li Congjia frowned when he heard that, all of these people are not young, but their arrival also means that many bigwigs in the court actually know about his situation. I don't know if it has something to do with Zhou Zong, and... ...Does Li Jing know?

Li Congjia asked with a little guilt: "Father...do you know I'm here?"

Li Hongji shook his head: "I don't know either, maybe I know or maybe I don't know, you don't have to worry, the people who know your whereabouts can be counted on one hand, but they are too busy to take care of themselves now, and they definitely won't have the energy to take care of you What's more... Zhou Guo probably doesn't want to see you as the crown prince."

After Li Hongji finished speaking, he changed the subject and said again: "However, I was surprised that the position of prince...you really don't want it if you say you don't want it."

Li Hongji knew in his heart that once he died, as long as Li Congjia was in Nanchang, the position of crown prince would definitely be his. First of all, Li Jing liked him, and secondly... not the second. The current candidate for crown prince, Li Congshan, is worse than Li Congjia. point.

Li Congjia raised his chin slightly and said, "Prince? Father is already the lord of the country. How can there be any prince? At best, he is a prince. But if you come here like this, what about sister-in-law and nephews?"

Li Hongji smiled wryly: "I can't even protect myself. It's good to escape with my life. How can I care about other things?"

You are cruel enough, just leave your wife and children there!

Li Congjia reached out and clasped the cases in front of him and said, "No matter what, we will bring them here, but this matter needs to be discussed in the long run."

After Li Congjia said this, he saw Chunsheng brought Zhou Zong and the others over. Chunsheng ran for such a trip in the middle of the night, his face was flushed from the cold, Li Congjia felt a little distressed, but he still said: "You run away again. Come on, go to the gate of the city and bring those masters in."

Li Congjia felt a sense of urgency in his heart - Shi Xueting's title must be confirmed, at least he can not be controlled by Shi Qingsong!

When Zhou Zong and others saw Li Hongji, they were already mentally prepared, so they couldn't help being surprised.

Li Congjia briefly explained the matter to Zhou Zong and others. After Zhou Zong heard that Li Jing had surrendered himself as the lord of the country, the expression on his face was very complicated. No matter what, that was his old lord, and now he has fallen to this point , how can you not sigh?

Li Congjia and Li Hongji may not know Li Jing well enough, but Zhou Zong knew that Li Jing's behavior towards Li Hongji and Li Congjia could almost be regarded as tacit approval.

How could Li Jing not know something that all the ministers in the court knew?His ability to control the court is not that bad. Back then, he could be regarded as the Lord of England. When Li Jing first came to the throne, the Southern Tang Dynasty had the largest land area, but it was a pity that later...

Zhou Zong sighed slightly in his heart, but said on his mouth: "It's getting late today, City Lord, let Madam send someone to tidy up a few houses."

Fortunately, when the city was first built, Zhou Zong was very clever and built a few more houses in the high-end residential area, otherwise it would be really hard to find for a while.

Li Congjia said: "It's too late today, even if we clean it up, it's tomorrow's business. Let brother be wronged by me for a night today."

Li Hongji smiled and said: "If it is considered a grievance in the City Lord's Mansion, where is it considered a grievance?"

Li Congjia shrugged: "My place is about the same size as the original palace, and the real design is not as good as it is. Naturally, there is no way to compare with the East Palace. It is naturally a grievance for you."

Li Hongji's face was calm: "It's more difficult to eat and sleep in the open on this journey, and now I can have a place to stay, I'm lucky."

Li Congjia said: "Don't talk about this, it's too late today, let's talk about something tomorrow, I'll let someone take you to rest."

After Li Congjia finished speaking, it happened that Zhou Ehuang got the news and sent his personal maid to lead the way, and Li Hongji naturally took those people along with him.

As soon as he left, Li Congjia looked at Zhou Zong, but Zhou Zong had a little joy on his face: "City Lord, the presence of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really a great help to us, and the people he brought are all elite children from various families. , it will come in handy after a while of training!"

Li Congjia smiled wryly: "But the problem is, what position should I give him? He is the prince."

Zhou Zong said with a straight face: "It used to be the prince, but the prince has passed away, so now he is just your elder brother and nothing else, but you can't treat him too harshly."

Li Congjia had a little headache: "It's impossible to become a king, and I'm still just a city lord, so tell me, what can I give him?"

If it's just an official position, there must be some, but the title... how to do this?In fact, in Li Congjia's vision, there was no question of titles at the beginning, because no one else deserved titles except Li Congjia. In the future, their territory will grow, and Li Congjia will have more things in his hands, so he can become king To be called the emperor will naturally be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

He was worried here, but Zhou Zong looked strange: "What else should I give him? You don't even have a title. You are just a city lord, so just use it first. However, the Jinghuai Army is now under the leadership of Li Ping and Zhu Yuan. Leader, the Tiance Army is the city lord's own army, so you really need to think twice about this."

Li Congjia yawned and said, "Forget it, anyway, he must take a rest for a while after he has driven so long, let's discuss it slowly."

Zhou Zong also felt a little headache, cupped his hands and said: "So, the old minister will leave first."

As soon as he left, Li Ping, Zhu Yuan and Tian Wen, who had been acting for half a day, naturally followed him.

After they left, Li Congjia sat in the Hanyuan Hall and waited for a while before Shi Xueting came.

After Shi Xueting came in, he said: "I already know about the prince, why did your lord call me here in such a hurry?"

Li Congjia said: "Your master and the others have already come. I asked Chunsheng to arrange them to live temporarily in the city, but there are also temples in the city. It is not good for them not to go in. You have to be mentally prepared. Your gold will be paid in two days." I'll fix the books and the like for you, and the ceremony... Keep it simple, you know that the only presider in the temple is?"

The expression on Shi Xueting's face was very indifferent, and he just said: "It's not impossible for them to enter the temple, but they have to repent for what they did. Back then, the city lord was almost killed by them."

Li Congjia was also very unhappy at first, he didn't want to accept Shi Qingsong and the others at all, but it was true that Shi Qingsong and the others saved Li Hongji.

Seeing Shi Xueting fighting for him now, the resentment in Li Congjia's heart almost dissipated, and he just said: "Forget it, anyway, they can't do anything here anyway, they saved my brother anyway, and I will do it later." It’s fine when they don’t exist, but Shi Qingsong is your master after all, if you are rude to them, it will definitely affect your reputation, well, bear with it, I will build you a better temple in the future.”

Shi Xueting didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but said: "Master...except for coveting the treasure on my body, he was kind to me before, as long as you don't get angry."

At this time, Li Congjia let out a long breath: "Oh, this night is really... so exciting, you don't know, when I first met Li Hongji, I was so scared that my legs were so weak, Chunsheng that dead child I didn’t even remind you in advance, it’s really a mess.”

It was only in front of Shi Xueting that Li Congjia readily admitted the fact that he was frightened. Just now, no matter whether it was in front of Li Hongji or Zhou Zong, he was initially surprised, and then he acted very calm. In fact... After talking to Li Hongji, his legs stopped shaking.

Shi Xueting pointed to Li Congjia's wrist and said, "This string of rosary has been with me for more than ten years. If the city lord carries it, it will definitely be immune to evil."

Li Congjia was relieved now, patted his chest and said, "Hey, I just said that I would go to set off fireworks with Zhou Ye and the others, but Li Hongji was to blame for not setting off fireworks for the New Year's Eve."

Shi Xueting glanced at him and asked, "How about I accompany you to set off fireworks?"

Only then did Li Congjia rejoice: "Okay, okay."

In fact, there are only a few kinds of fireworks in this era. In terms of good looks, they are definitely not as good as those of later generations. However, Li Congjia didn’t mean to drink, and said that he was setting off fireworks. In fact, his gaze stayed on Shi Xueting’s face most of the time from the beginning to the end. For a moment, Li Congjia even hoped that time could stop at this moment.

Domination of the world, dominance of the Central Plains, all go away, in his eyes, those are not even comparable to Shi Xueting's smile.

It's also thanks to Shi Xueting's lack of potential to be a "demon concubine", otherwise Li Congjia might become a foolish king in a matter of minutes.

However, when the fireworks are always finished, Shi Xueting will continue to go back to his temple. When Li Congjia thinks that he will go back to that lonely and cold place and spend the New Year's Eve alone with the ancient Buddha with blue lanterns, he can't help but feel very nervous. Distressed.

"Stay here." Li Congjia looked at Shi Xueting and issued an invitation: "How about watching the New Year with me?"

He originally wanted to say that he slept with me, but after thinking about it, this sentence is too ambiguous, and Shi Xueting might not be willing, so he simply changed it to two people watching the new year together, which sounds much more innocent .

Shi Xueting hesitated for a moment, having a reunion banquet with Li Congjia and the others before was really wrong, and it would be a bit out of bounds to watch the New Year together at this time, but he still nodded his head in a strange way.

Li Congjia said with a smile: "Come on, let's talk about a few rounds first."

Naturally, Shi Xueting would not refuse, and then... Li Congjia lost three games in a row. Fortunately, he played chess fakely and took the opportunity to get close to the beauty. He was not angry when he lost, but continued with a smile.

Shi Xueting also said that Li Congjia has a big heart, but he couldn't bear to see Li Congjia lose so badly, so he let Li Congjia look better after two small rounds.

Although it was said to be keeping the year old, Li Congjia later fell asleep with one hand on his chin and the other holding the chess pieces. Shi Xueting was still thinking about how to release the water, but he didn't see the opponent's chess for a long time. Seeing Li Congjia who had fallen asleep and breathed evenly, he suddenly laughed.

"Lang Jun, wake up, I want to sleep on the bed." Shi Xueting was very helpless, what about keeping the old age?

Li Congjia was in a daze, nodded with his eyes half-closed, and then... Then he dragged Shi Xueting and insisted on letting people go to sleep with him.

Shi Xueting had no choice but to sleep with Li Congjia.

So the next morning, when Li Congjia opened his eyes, he saw Shi Xueting's pleasing sleeping face.

Li Congjia sat up and rubbed his eyes in a daze. He has no memory of how he took off his clothes last night and how he slept on the bed. However, looking at Shi Xueting beside him, he couldn't help feeling sorry for him. He knew he should do it again. It's also good to order wine, and then play hooligans with Jiu Jin.

Not long after Li Congjia woke up, Shi Xueting also opened his eyes. Facing the dazed Li Congjia, Shi Xueting said without any embarrassment on his face: "It's still early, the city lord can sleep for a while."

"What about you?" Li Congjia couldn't help but slap himself in the heart after asking, which was too obvious.

Fortunately, Shi Xueting didn't seem to know anything, he just said: "I'm going back."

Li Congjia couldn't keep him anymore, so he just said: "In a couple of days, let's go to Jiuquan for a stroll. It should be lively over there for the New Year's Eve."

Naturally, Shi Xueting didn't say anything wrong, and Li Congjia began to think about the world between the two happily, but... in the end, he directly brought a series of light bulbs.

Light bulb No. [-] is Li Hongji, and the remaining No. [-], [-], [-], and [-] are naturally the people brought by Li Hongji, Zhou Ye, and even Li Zhongyu. That's why there is no more small light bulb.

Unlike his younger brother's disappointment, Li Hongji seemed to be in a good mood, which made Li Congjia feel...a little confused about him.

It is impossible to say that Li Hongji didn't value the position of prince. At the beginning, Li Hongji pinched Li Jingsui for the crown prince. After he took the position, he was worried that others would snatch him away, and he almost pinched Li Congjia. How could he not value it?

But now... not only has he lost his crown prince position, he has even been found out in Southern Tang. Why doesn't he look disappointed at all?

In fact, what he didn't know was that the distance from the Southern Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions was enough for Li Hongji to feel lost, resented and sad, but no matter what he thought, there was no room for change in this matter. Thought I was going to die here.

Until he met Anning City and Li Congjia.

Sometimes it takes a moment to be enlightened. At that moment, Li Hongji was very clear about one thing: he is indeed not as good as his younger brother.

A crown prince exhausted all his energy, but his younger brother went far away to create his own foundation. Yes, this foundation seems too thin now, and it can't be compared with Nantang, but a capable person , no matter where you can break out.

Li Hongji thought over and over again, and couldn't help but asked Li Congjia: "You can build such a big city here, why can't you stay in Datang? If you stay..."

Li Congjia interrupted him: "Even if I stay, it's useless, Datang... There are too many evils, what can I do alone? What's more, brother, have you forgotten the restraints of those old officials?" ? Although this place is crude, it is still under my control."

Li Hongji looked at him for a while, then finally sighed and asked, "Then when will you attack Suzhou?"

After hearing this, Li Congjia broke out in a cold sweat, turned his head and covered Li Hongji's mouth, looked around and found no one noticed, and then said viciously: "Please talk and see the occasion, please? On his territory Do you think that you have lived too long when you say this?"

Li Hongji's nose and mouth were blocked by him, and he was almost suffocated. He hurriedly pushed him aside and said, "Speak as you speak, what do you do with your hands and feet? I think you have been in the Western Region for a long time, and you have no rules at all." .”

Li Congjia... Li Congjia was rolling up his sleeves. He wanted to beat Li Hongji a long time ago. Since Li Hongji became the crown prince, this idea became more and more intense. Although he would definitely not be able to beat Li Hongji, he could close the door and let the monk go!

But he still couldn't beat Li Hongji, because Li Congjia and the others were surrounded by a group of people dressed as soldiers from the Long family!