Better to live forever [Rebirth]

The Confucian Li family is different from the Zhu family generals.

As long as there is a battle to fight, the Zhu family will have a foothold.

But once the Li family fell from the altar, there are so many talents in the imperial examinations who can fill the vacancy. It is not so easy to regain the original glory.

It can be said that the Li family's abandonment of literature and military affairs is an excellent strategy to slow down the army.

Thousands of thoughts flashed through Zhu Dingbei's mind. Seeing the puzzled expression on the old Hou Ye's face, he didn't intend to answer his doubts. He just asked, "Grandpa, are you sure that no one from the Li family has served as a civil servant?"

"Impossible." Lao Hou waved his hand, "The first requirement for candidates in the imperial examination is to be innocent. Emperor Wenzong issued a decree that the Li family in Luojing will never be an official in the court. If so Getting involved with the Li family is tantamount to digging one's own grave."

"In addition to the old ghost Li from the household department, I remember that there are also many civil servants surnamed Li in the court."

Zhu Dingbei tapped his fingers on the desk, thoughtfully.

"Silly boy, there are more than tens of thousands of people with the surname Li. Old man Li Tao was born in Yangzhou Prefecture, and the rebellious minister Li was originally from the Sizhou family. The two have not been connected for eighteen generations."

Zhu Dingbei analyzed, "It doesn't matter if my surname is Li...Grandpa, I think Li Jie must have been behind the poisoning of me."

After hearing so much, Old Hou Ye still didn't understand what his grandson wanted to express.He stared at Zhu Dingbei helplessly, and simply said: "Let's put these aside first, the most important thing right now is how to deal with the rebellion in the family."

Hearing this, Zhu Dingbei put aside the turbulent thoughts in his heart for a while, and asked him, "Grandfather, how did Aunt Wang change the medicine bag? Have you ever found out?"

"Let's wait for him for two days. Since they have already got a new medicine pack and are ready to do it again, it's time to catch her!"

What the old master didn't say is that Zhu San has been investigating for a long time, and locked many people to observe secretly, but so far there is no definite news, so he can only passively wait for the other party's next opportunity to attack.

Seeing his grandson looking at him dissatisfied with his mouth puffed up, the old Hou Ye also felt that his face was dull, and he turned away from the conversation and said, "I have set up a net, and I will never let him escape from my palm. But what, If you caught someone, how can you deal with it?"

Do you want to keep it for a long time to catch big fish, or wipe out the treacherous people in the mansion in one go?

Zhu Dingbei didn't hesitate: "You can't catch a big fish based on this incident alone. Keep Li Jie as a clue, and as for the matter of my poisoning, let's deal with it as a disaster in the backyard. Aunt Wang...it's my brother's after all. Birth mother, leave her a face."

Old Hou Ye said happily: "Good boy."

When he is old, he doesn't have to distinguish between right and wrong like when he was young. If he doesn't take a step back, he will always hurt the people you didn't intend to hurt.

If the truth of Changsheng's poisoning is publicized, the eldest grandson and granddaughter will be affected by the reputation of their biological mother, and the relationship with Changsheng will also be cracked.Therefore, in this matter, Yao grandson can only be wronged and swallow his pains in his stomach.

The grandfather and grandson explained the matter clearly, and then called Zhu San to bring in the food.

Zhu San pushed the door open and entered, saying: "Master Hou and Young Master please wait a moment, the food is hot on the stove, bring it right away."

"It's such a hot day, why do you pay attention to these things? I think we used to eat snow and mud when we were in the frontier."

Old Hou Ye didn't think so.

Zhu San said dryly: "The old lady specially explained: Don't worry about old things eating bran, and Changsheng's small intestines and stomachs are weak, so take care of them."

Old Hou Ye was annoyed: "Well, you third son, you dare to make fun of me!"

Zhu San smirked.

When the food was served, the grandfather and grandson opened their stomachs to eat, and finally, the old Hou Ye took Zhu Dingbei to the yard to digest food.

All the way was quiet, and the old Hou Ye suddenly said: "Chang Sheng, don't bother Chang Xin Hou Ye with these things in the future."

"Ok?"

Zhu Dingbei's mind had already drifted to Mrs. Li, and he didn't hear what he said for a while.

The old Hou Ye thought he didn't understand the truth, and said patiently: "Although Ning Heng is a child as old as you, every Changxin Hou Ye is the most special existence of my Dajing. Don't look at the current Changxin Hou Mansion that only Ning Heng is alone, but there are many Ning family members behind them."

Originally, Old Hou Ye didn't want to talk to Zhu Dingbei about this, but when he saw Zhu Dingbei crossing the border, he had to remind him.

"Why did Grandpa say that?"

Zhu Dingbei withdrew his mind.

The old Hou Ye sighed: "Ning Heng is a good boy, you can feel at ease when you associate with him, Grandpa. But the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, so you shouldn't use the eyes and ears of the Changxin Hou Mansion to inquire about some reasons. "

"I didn't hold onto that idea."

Zhu Dingbei frowned. Although he was not honest enough with Ning Heng, he never took advantage of the other party's ideas.

"It's not because you thought or didn't want to, but because you did." The old Hou said earnestly: "Ning Heng is young, so he may not understand the seriousness of many things, and he has no elders in his family to guide him. I will tell you this today. , it's not forbidding you to communicate, but you can only be friends, friends like you and the children of the Qin family, and you can't deviate from your relationship anymore."

"What do you mean by that?"

Zhu Dingbei felt uncomfortable when he heard it, and seeing that the old master was not leaving, he must let him speak clearly.

The old Hou Ye sighed, led him to the stone table in the courtyard and sat down, straightened the conversation, and said: "When talking about Changxinhou's Mansion, we have to mention the founding queen of Dajing, Empress Dowager Zhao. "

"Empress Zhao?"

This Empress Dowager Zhao Dajing is known to everyone, even though she has passed away for so many years, her contribution to the founding of Dajing has been recorded in the history books through the ages.Zhu Dingbei grew up in northern Xinjiang, but he is familiar with the deeds of the Queen Mother Zhao.

Old Hou Ye nodded: "What I want to talk about today is not the meritorious service of the Empress Dowager Zhao, but her identity."

Identity?

Zhu Dingbei intuitively felt that what he was about to hear was a secret that had never been recorded in history books, so he couldn't help but concentrate.

"The Empress Dowager Zhao is not only the founding empress of Dajing, but she is also the first Marquis of Changxin and the first Patriarch of the Ning family."

"what??"

Zhu Dingbei was surprised.

"People in the world only know that when the country was founded, there were two kings with different surnames, Zhu Wang's Mansion and Li Wang's Mansion, but they didn't know that there was an uncrowned king behind it, and that was the Changxinhou Mansion." The old Hou Ye talked about the secret history of the Zhu family's generations of patriarchs. , my heart is full of emotion.

"The Marquis of Changxin's mansion has a superlative status in the Luojing clan. Others only think that it is because the Sima royal family married the daughter of the Ning family as the queen in order to continue the legacy of the Empress Dowager Zhao. In fact, the position of queen is just a matter between the Ning family and the royal family. In fact, the queen of the Ning family is just the Ning family's hostage in the royal family. The royal family promised the Ning family's queen position, and the Ning family managed the treasury for the royal family."

"Treasury?"

"It's not the one in charge of the household department, but the real family property of the imperial court."

Zhu Dingbei swallowed and said: "...I heard from Ning Heng that [-] of the Baihu merchants in Dajing belong to the Ning family. In fact, this is run by the Ning family for the royal family?"

Old Hou Ye shook his head.

"The property of the Ning family was left by the Empress Dowager Zhao to the descendants of the Ning family. Back then, the Empress Dowager Zhao did intend to bring the property in her hand into the palace as a dowry, but the Emperor Taizu did not agree. I don't know why Taizu Huang made such a decision, leaving the Ning family with such a big hidden danger, but after so many years, two kings with different surnames have come to this point, but Changxinhou's mansion still has his extraordinary status."

"Didn't the emperors of all dynasties think of taking the Ning family property into their pockets?"

Zhu Dingbei felt strange.

"I don't know, but at least no one has succeeded." Old Hou Ye sighed.

"My lord, what you mean is that there is some agreement or tacit understanding between the Changxinhou Mansion and the royal family, and what Ning Heng has done for me has touched the safety line drawn by the royal family for the Ning family?"

Zhu Dingbei is a man of wisdom, and the old Hou Ye said this level, of course he understands the old Hou Ye's intentions.

The old Hou Ye nodded with satisfaction, and he simply said it through: "The two largest clans in Dajing, one is the Sima royal family, and the other is the Ning family. When my old man Zhu Jiajun handed it over to me, he told me that in Luo In the capital, we can use each other with anyone, but only the Marquis of Changxin can't touch it. No matter how powerful the Ning family is, only the royal family can use this sword. If others want to use it, it will only become a threat symbol."

After a pause, he continued: "Ning Heng, you can treat him like a friend, but for more, don't ask, don't touch. Changsheng, do you understand?"

Zhu Dingbei was silent for a long while before nodding his heavy head.

That night, Zhu Dingbei tossed and turned sleeplessly.

Lee.

Ning's.

These two groups of people kept appearing in his mind.

The matter of Ning Heng is easy to say, he vowed revenge and vowed to protect the Zhu family, but he never thought of using Ning Heng's power.

Well, he may have some small calculations in mind, wanting to take advantage of Ning Heng's convenience to prepare some things or broaden his channels for exploring Luo Jing's situation, but that's all.

Take revenge by Ning Heng's hand?

He is not so naive yet, let alone trap his friends in unrighteousness.

But with old master Hou's instruction today, he must act with restraint in the future and must not overstep.

This is not difficult to do, but he doesn't know why, thinking of alienating Ning Heng makes him feel uncomfortable.

In two lifetimes, Ning Heng was the first person who allowed him to reveal his true nature, and was very comfortable in front of him.To be cared for, tolerated, cared for.

In the past, how could the young commander of the Zhu family have such a willful friend?

More, he was thinking about Li Jie and the Li family.

He insisted on his own idea that the Li family must have someone among civil servants, and they must be people with high official positions.

Replacing Zhu's family as the number one military marquis, then they will be able to operate in the court with confidence.

Zhu Dingbei has never doubted the ambitions of the Li family. The ancestors wanted to rebel against the throne, so why couldn't the younger generations?

In this way, the tragic death of the Zhu family's soldiers in the previous life was just a stepping stone for the restoration of the Li family... Zhu Dingbei gritted his teeth, the hatred for the Li family made it difficult for him to sleep.

He, the Zhu family army, was loyal and courageous, and died for his family and country, but because of the selfishness of these people, he died innocently and tragically. How could he accept this?

This made him more uncomfortable than Emperor Zhenyuan directly manipulating his subjects to kill the Zhu family.

The Zhu family died on the battlefield, and they deserved it.

The Zhu family was killed by the emperor's tolerance, and they retired after success.

But if you are victimized by a villain's conspiracy, that is humiliation!

Zhu Dingbei swore that he would never repeat the same mistakes and let the Li family's plot succeed.

The author has something to say: friendly reminder: Mrs. Li is just a small boss~