When Luo Chengyu came to Tan's Tavern again, the dragon and lion dance team was bustling at the entrance of the tavern, the sound of firecrackers was constantly whispering, and people's voices were buzzing.

Su Yao asked Luo Chengyu to uncover the red cloth on the new signboard together.

Today is the opening day of Huangliang Tavern.

Since Mrs. Tan surrendered and pleaded guilty, Mr. Zhao of Shuntian Mansion spared him the death penalty.And the Guanglai restaurant that caused the disaster compensated the family of the deceased with money.

After the verdict came down, Su Yao visited Mrs. Tan in prison.

Mrs. Tan gave him the tavern.Su Yao only agreed to take care of it for the time being, and return it when Mrs. Tan is released from prison.Even about changing the name of the hotel, Su Yao discussed with Mrs. Tan in advance.

Luo Chengyu sat down on the seat in front of the window on the second floor, Su Yao went upstairs to Luo Chengyu, and said with a beaming face, "Princess, try our tavern's signature Huangliang wine later."

Seeing that there were many customers in his store, Luo Chengyu said in a warm voice, "Go and do your own work, and you don't need to greet me specially."

"It's okay, I have a buddy, I'm going to hire another shopkeeper." Su Yao sat down with him, and the heat on his face gradually dissipated.

Luo Chengyu asked: "Huangliang Tavern, the name is probably taken from Huangliang Yimeng. Lu Sheng failed in the exam, and was enlightened by Lu Weng, so he hastily slept in Huangliangmeng. But I don't know what your intention of naming it is?"

"The honor and disgrace of a lifetime are all in wine. Wealth and honor in the world is nothing more than that."

At this time, the waiter brought over wine, and Su Yao filled a glass for Luo Chengyu, "This is Huangliang wine."

Luo Chengyu smelled the aroma of the wine, pursed his lips and smiled, "I'll drink it later when Cheng Yun comes over. I promised him that when he's not around, I won't drink a drop."

Su Yao was speechless, and said jokingly: "The prince and concubine are so loving, it makes me want to get married soon."

Luo Chengyu chuckled and said, "No one is stopping you."

Su Yao pouted, and talked about another matter with him, mysteriously said: "Princess, do you know whose shop is that Guanglai Restaurant on this street?"

"Huh? Whose?"

"Mrs. Chang Ninghou's."

Luo Chengyu was surprised for a moment, and then said: "You are the owner of Huangliang Tavern now, and Guanglai Restaurant dare not mess around again."

Su Yao smiled meaningfully and said, "I am very happy that the princess can stand by my side."

Luo Chengyu squinted at him, "Auntie is not unreasonable, maybe the people in the restaurant did it without telling her."

Su Yao nodded, "I have already met Mrs. Chang Ninghou about the tavern. Mrs. Hou really didn't know about it. She changed the shopkeeper of the restaurant, gave the family of the dead guy a pension, and also gave Mrs. Tan compensation. But After all, this incident made her lose face, and it can be seen that she is angry with me."

"I got angry for a while, and it will be fine in a few days."

"You don't know, the two families are already discussing marriage, these days Mrs. Chang Ninghou never mentions marriage again." Su Yao lowered his head, "For this reason, my aunt and Su Yue have opinions on our second wife. "

Luo Chengyu pondered for a moment, and then said: "It may not be because of this alone. On the day when the Hou Mansion held a lotus reward banquet, Third Miss Su took the opportunity to bring Miss Qi into the wing where the prince was. Uncle and uncle may not have known it at first. But after careful inspection, it should be able to find out.”

Now it was Su Yao's turn to be shocked again, "That girl Su Yue can do such a thing!" He thought for a while, "Could it be that Qi Xue is related to her falling into the water."

Luo Chengyu nodded slightly.

Su Yao was speechless, and after a while he said: "Forget it, now that Qi Xue is unlucky with the abolished prince, it can be regarded as retribution. Su Yue's marriage with that girl was shelved, and she deserves it. I agree to go back for revenge after being bullied, but ruining people's reputation." Festival, this thing has gone too far.”

Luo Chengyu smiled lightly, admiring Su Yao, who is also his elder brother, more and more.

Li Chengzhe came over with a flower basket, "Mr. Su, I wish you a happy business."

Su Yao took the flower basket in a daze, and looked at Li Chengzhe in disbelief. This man was too sincere, so he just sent a flower basket.This is the cheapest gift he has received today.

Li Chengzhe said with a naive smile: "My cousin said that it is most appropriate to send a flower basket for the opening."

"Oh, by the way, sister-in-law, my cousin was summoned into the palace by the emperor, and he asked me to come over and tell you first."

Luo Chengyu nodded, beckoning him to sit down, "Try the signature Huangliang wine in the shop."

"Okay." Li Chengzhe grinned, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it down.

Su Yao gave him a sideways glance, "Wine also needs to be savored carefully."

"Oh." Li Chengzhe poured himself another glass, this time drinking slowly.

Su Yao pursed his lips and cursed secretly: "Fool."

About an hour later, Li Chengyun hurried over to pick Luo Chengyu back to the mansion.

After Li Chengzhe returned to the mansion, his aunt called him to the front, "The imperial army works in three shifts, and they should rest more after the shift."

"Yes, please rest assured, mother."

"I heard that the Fourth Young Master Su of Yongping Hou's Mansion opened a tavern. You went to congratulate him today."

"Going back to mother, the prince was supposed to go to accompany the princess today, but he was temporarily called into the palace by the emperor, so let me go there first and tell the princess."

Just send a boy to run errands and spread the word, so where does he need a school captain to go in person?

Mrs. Chang Ninghou stared at him intently, with scrutiny and examination in her eyes.

She didn't point him out, but said earnestly: "Then Su Yao is a brother after all, and he is also the son of Second Master Su, so don't get too close to him."

"Yes." Li Chengzhe replied without thinking, he had no intersection with Su Yao, so he didn't think much about it.

Today is Li Dongyi's death day.

Li Chengyun and Luo Chengyu got up before dawn, and Li Fu directed the servants to carefully load all the things needed for the sacrificial sweep into the carriage.

At the gate of the city, they joined the people from Changninghou's Mansion and went to the Li family's ancestral grave together.

After Li Chengyun and Luo Chengyu burned incense to worship Li Dongyi, they took him to worship in front of the tombs of their ancestors.

After the sweeping ceremony, Li Chengyun said to the elders of the Changning Hou Mansion: "Uncle, I want to stay here to accompany my father for a while, you go back first."

Chang Ninghou nodded, told him not to stay too late, and then went back with the people in the mansion.

Then, Li Chengyun ordered: "Uncle Fu, take everyone to Zhuangzi to take care of it first. Cheng Yu and I will stay here alone for a while, and then we will go to Zhuangzi to stay overnight."

Li Fu hesitated worriedly, then said yes, and left with the other servants.

Luo Chengyu snuggled up beside Li Chengyun, quietly accompanying him.

Li Chengyun whispered, "Someone is here."

Not long after, the person hiding in the dark may have seen that everyone else had left, so he came out.

"My lord and concubine, let's pay homage to the general."

Li Chengyun nodded and made room for them.

After Gu Nan and Lu Qiqi finished worshiping, their eyes were moist.

Lu Qiqi sniffed and said to Li Chengyun: "I hope the prince will fulfill the promise he made with his subordinates as soon as possible."

This time, the depressed Gu Nan didn't complain about Lu Qiqi's disrespect to Li Chengyun.

Li Chengyun said: "What the king said will be fulfilled."

Lu Qiqi stiffened his neck and said, "Please swear an oath before the general's tomb."

Li Chengyun doesn't mind swearing, but he minds Lu Qiqi's attitude, "For father's sake, I don't argue with you, but it doesn't mean you can challenge this king's tolerance again and again." He has always been good-tempered, but No matter how good-tempered a person is, there is a limit.

Luo Chengyu stood beside Li Chengyun, looking sharply at Lu Qiqi and Gu Nan.

After a while, Gu Nan reconciled, "Qiqi, apologize to the prince."

"Could it be that the lord is used to living a good life, forgetting how unjust the general's death was?" Lu Qiqi narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"Qiqi!" Gu Nan sternly reprimanded, and then said to Li Chengyun: "Qiqi has always been brooding over the general's death, and it coincides with the general's death day, so she is even more anxious, please forgive me."

"I can swear, but this is the last time I will tolerate you. If you dare to be disrespectful to me again, don't blame me for ignoring that you are the old friends of my late father." Li Chengyun especially emphasized the word "you" at the end of his speech, no matter who it is , he will no longer tolerate them using Li Dongyi to oppress him.

After all, Li Chengyun knelt in front of Li Dongyi's grave and swore: "The son swears to his father that he will do his best to find out the truth about his father's murder and avenge his father."

After saying the oath, he said: "Father has many old friends, but good and bad are mixed. If someone challenges the son's bottom line in the future, please don't blame the son for not caring about his father's old love."

Hearing this, Lu Qiqi's aura subsided, and Gu Nan sighed softly.

After a while, someone came to worship again.

The emperor came here from his private server, and he only brought Zhao Moen and four guards with him.He glanced around, and then went straight to worship Li Dongxu.

It wasn't until the worship was over that he said, "Gu Nan, it's been two years since we had a hasty farewell last time, and I miss you very much."

Gu Nan said indifferently: "Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and he manages a lot of things every day. Gu Nan is just a grassroots person, so it's not worth your concern."

The emperor seemed to be used to his sarcastic remarks, and said, "I shouldn't be out of the palace for too long, I'll go back to the palace first. I still say the same thing, the gate of the palace is open to you at any time."

After the emperor left, Gu Nan and Lu Qiqi also left without saying a word.

Luo Chengyu asked softly, "Are there any outsiders around?"

"Only the dark guards."

"The emperor didn't seem surprised to see Lu Qiqi at all, he recognized Lu Qiqi."

"Lu Qiqi and Uncle Gu Nan are blood brothers. When they came to Beijing, they lived with Uncle Gu Nan. It's not surprising that the emperor recognizes him." Having said that, Li Chengyun frowned.

Luo Chengyu also frowned, "The emperor said that the last time he and Uncle Gu Nan met was two years ago. Where did they meet? Was it also in front of father's grave?"

Li Chengyun gestured for the hidden guard to investigate, then hugged Luo Chengyu silently, and buried his head in his neck.

Luo Chengyu patted him on the back lightly, "I trust Uncle Gu Nan."

He didn't believe in Lu Qiqi or the emperor, but he believed in Gu Nan.

Every time, when Gu Nan mentioned Li Dongyi, the look in his eyes was exactly the same as when he mentioned Li Chengyun.Such a person who has loved Li Dongyi for more than ten years will not hurt his only son.

On Zhuangzi, Li Fu took people to clean up and tidy up.

When Li Chengyun and Luo Chengyu came over, the hot water had already been boiled and the food was almost ready.They changed their clothes and ate with their hands clean.

Li Fu stood beside Hou Li quietly, with a slightly uneasy expression on his face.

It wasn't until Li Chengyun and Luo Chengyu finished their meal that he reported: "My lord and concubine, our tenants of this village have said something strange."

"Ok?"

"The cemetery is haunted at night."

Li Chengyun was slightly taken aback, and asked, "Did you see a will-o'-the-wisp?" In dry summer days, phosphorus fires are prone to occur, that is, phosphine spontaneously ignites.

Li Fu said nervously: "It's not just the will-o'-the-wisp, but also saw that. Old Liu was so frightened that he fell ill in bed for three days."

Li Chengyun was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, maybe he was delusional.

Luo Chengyu leaned against Li Chengyun with a pale face, tightly grasping his wrist, and said softly, "Chengyun, let's go home."

"Let's go hunting ghosts at night." Li Chengyun deliberately teased him.

Immediately, Luo Chengyu pursed his lips and said anxiously, "What are you messing around with!"

Li Chengyun smiled lightly, pinched his pouty mouth, "You can hang an oil pot."

"Begging for a beating." Luo Chengyu grinned and rushed to beat him, and the two of them got into a mess in an instant.

Li Fu turned his head away, not looking at them.

Li Chengyun imprisoned Luo Chengyu's hands and legs, and smacked his face, "Okay, let's stop making trouble."

Luo Chengyu moaned and lay in his arms, "Let's go home."

"There should be no ghosts. I'll go and see tonight."

"But what if?"

"That's the Li family's tomb, where the ancestral grave is located. Even if there are ghosts, they won't do anything to me. Besides, the ancestral grave is haunted, so I have to check it out."

Luo Chengyu pouted, feeling scared, but worried about Li Chengyun, "I'll go with you."

"Aren't you afraid?"

"afraid."

A warm current surged through Li Chengyun's heart suddenly, he hugged him tightly, and whispered softly in his ear: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

"En." Luo Chengyu replied lightly, as if she was not so scared anymore.

Li Fu estimated the time and coughed lightly, and said, "My lord, what do you need to prepare in advance?"

"Just ask a few guards to go with us." Although he himself traveled through time, this world is not a supernatural world. How could there really be ghosts?It's not a natural phenomenon, it's man-made.

After nightfall, Li Chengyun and others went up the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, the two pedestrians met head-on.

"My lord, it's Princess Shuhua."

Xiao Shuhua's slightly pale face was full of fear and anger. When she saw Li Chengyun and Luo Chengyu, most of that fear dissipated, and she scolded: "Why are you here to sacrifice your father now?"

In fact, she and the people around her had forgotten the date of Li Dongyi's death. She didn't remember it until the afternoon when a young servant heard that the people from the Changning Hou Mansion had returned from the sacrifice and hurriedly reported it to her.

So many people in the capital were waiting to see her laugh, so she hesitated and decided to come to sacrifice.If she knew that there was a ghost here, if she was laughed at by others, she would laugh at it, if her mother scolded her, she would scold her, then she would not come here.

Luo Chengyu replied first: "The princess doesn't know something, we came here early in the morning to pay respects to father. The reason for going up the mountain at this time is because I heard that it is haunted."

Speaking of this, Luo Chengyu suddenly pointed behind Xiao Shuhua and exclaimed: "There is a ghost!"

All of a sudden, Xiao Shuhua screamed in fright, and hurried to them, hiding behind her unwanted son and daughter-in-law.

Li Chengyun caught a glimpse of the faint smile in his daughter-in-law's eyes, twitched the corner of his mouth almost imperceptibly, and said in cooperation with his daughter-in-law: "Everyone, raise the torches and be careful."

Xiao Shuhua said anxiously: "There are ghosts running up the mountain, are you crazy?"

"Father was buried on the mountain. With my father, there is no need to be afraid of any monsters." Li Chengyun replied to her, and walked straight forward holding Luo Chengyu's hand.

The accompanying maid asked Xiao Shuhua for instructions: "Princess, shall we go back to the city now?"

Xiao Shuhua hesitated for a while, stomped her feet, gritted her teeth and said, "At this hour, the city gates have already been closed!"

The maid was stunned. As a princess, she could call the city gate open. She asked tentatively, "Then let's catch up with the prince and concubine?"

"Go to Zhuangzi!"

Xiao Shuhua and others went to Zhuangzi, and Li Chengyun and others went up the mountain.

Bunches of bluish-white phosphorous fires, looking at the tomb at night is very frightening.

Not to mention Luo Chengyu who was so frightened that he got into Li Chengyun's arms, even the hands of the guards holding the torches trembled.

Li Chengyun pushed Luo Chengyu in front of a small group of will-o'-the-wisps half-pushing and half-persuading, "Chengyu, turn your head around and have a look, this will-o'-the-wisp is actually a phosphorus fire, a spontaneous combustion phenomenon."

Luo Chengyu reluctantly turned his head and opened his eyes for a look, then quickly closed and opened them, and finally calmed down, "Is this the will-o'-the-wisp?"

"Yes."

"So there are no ghosts?"

"No ghosts."

At this moment, Li Rong exclaimed: "Over there, there are ghosts."

Li Chengyun and others looked in the direction of Li Rong's finger, and they saw a group of people bouncing like ghosts going deeper into the mountain.

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