The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Old Zhao was still thinking about following Li Fu to the study courtyard and waiting in the courtyard. If anything happened to the young master, he could take care of him at any time.

Then he saw the eldest nephew of the old man Li coming to him.

"Butler Zhao, can you please have a word with me?" Li Xiaogong asked.

Old Zhao nodded.

Although he didn't know what he wanted to do, he still had to listen to the guests who had something to ask him.

The two went to the side room and sat down on the armchair in the room.

"What does the guest want?" Old Zhao asked.

"It's like this." Li Xiaogong thought for a while, and then said: "Yesterday, my uncle saw your young master in the field, and thought your young master looked familiar, so I came to visit him again today."

"Familiar?" Old Zhao was puzzled.

"That's right, your little boy looks like my cousin's elder brother. When I saw him yesterday, I became suspicious because they looked too much alike, so I asked around the manor." Li Xiaogong said, "The little boy and his mother moved here in the fifth year of Daye, right?"

Old Zhao nodded.

That's the case.

"So, I want to ask you about your little boy's background. Maybe he is really a relative of my cousin." Li Xiaogong said, "Otherwise, how can there be such a similar face in the world except for father and son? And my cousin's elder brother died in Luoyang a few years ago and did not leave any blood."

"So that's the case." Old Zhao responded.

"Therefore, after meeting your young master, my uncle was very happy." Li Xiaogong said: "If it is found out that the young master is really my uncle's nephew, it would be a great thing. My uncle is an official in Chang'an and has some power. In the future, when he returns to his ancestral home, the young master's status and position will surely rise with the tide."

"Just now in the hall, the two discussed doing business together. You also know that in fact, my uncle agreed not for the sake of that one percent of profit."

"I can understand that." Lao Zhao responded.

"So, there are some things that others don't know. You have been with the young master for so many years. You have been the housekeeper in this family since the young master's mother passed away. You must know things that outsiders don't know. So, I want to verify the identity of the young master from you."

There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and having no descendants is the greatest. Lao Zhao knows very well that a deceased person without descendants suddenly finds out one day that his relatives seem to have blood in this world. What kind of feeling is this?

Especially the aristocratic families, they attach more importance to having descendants.

Even the common people want to have the incense to continue.

As for Li Fu's life experience, it is not shameful, nor is it a secret. People in the outside farm know some of it, but in the end, they don't know as much as he, the housekeeper, knows.

"When we settled here, the young master was not yet born." The housekeeper said, "At that time, the lady was pregnant and was escorted all the way from Jinyang to here. The guards and servants who escorted the lady helped to manage the house for a long time, bought land, built this house here, and hired servants to take care of it. I came here at that time.

Later, the lady passed away, the world was in chaos, the harvest was not good, and the house had no other income. Gradually, it fell into poverty and relied on the farmers to pay grain to maintain it, but the house could not support so many people.

The servants who were originally recruited were all dismissed, leaving me, Liu Niang in the kitchen, Liu Niang's son Tiezhu, and Xiao Tao, who the young master bought from a man two years ago."

"Did you come from Jinyang at the beginning?" Li Xiaogong confirmed with Lao Zhao.

"Yes, from what Madam said, he came from Jinyang. When the little boy was four years old, Madam invited a teacher to teach him." Old Zhao said, "Therefore, I think that the little boy's biological father is really a son of a certain family.

If he had no status, how could he send guards and servants to send Madam to Chang'an? If he had no family background, how could Madam invite a teacher to teach him when the little boy was four years old?"

Li Xiaogong nodded in agreement. That's the truth.

"When Madam was alive, she always hoped that the little boy's biological father would come to pick them up, at least, so that the little boy could recognize his ancestors, but so many years have passed, and I don't know if the little boy's biological father has forgotten that he has a son outside."

"So, no one knows who your little boy's biological father is, not even his name." Li Xiaogong looked at Old Zhao and asked.

Old Zhao shook his head and said, "I really don't know. Madam never mentioned it either. Maybe she wanted to wait until the young master grows up before telling him."But, I didn't wait until this day. "

"Then, did you leave any token?" Li Xiaogong asked.

Sending the mother and son here, there must be some token left for the subsequent recognition.

"As for the token, there is, but it is in the hands of the young master." Old Zhao said: "I remember that the lady was seriously ill and could not speak clearly, but she tremblingly stuffed a jade pendant into the hands of the young master and told him to keep it well.

The young master took it as a family heirloom. "

Li Xiaogong frowned. It would be great if he could see the jade pendant. It would be best if he could let His Majesty see it. Maybe, with the token, he could confirm whether the young master Li Fu was the descendant of the uncle of the Han King.

"It would be great if I could see this jade pendant. "Li Xiaogong said, "Well, I will tell my uncle what you told me first, and then find a way to confirm my background. Please ask the housekeeper Zhao to talk to the young master about this matter as appropriate."

Old Zhao nodded. This matter was of great importance, and he dared not make this decision alone.

In the study, Li Fu quickly wrote the document, and the two signed and sealed on two documents respectively.

Then, Li Yuan thought about it, took out his private seal and stamped it.

"In the future, if someone in Chang'an City troubles you, and that person has a backer behind him, you can ask him to call his master out and show this document to his master. "Li Yuan said, "After reading it, he will not embarrass you again."

"Is it so easy?" Li Fu asked.

"Of course it works. "Li Yuan said confidently: "I still have some face in Chang'an City. ”

The emperor’s private seal, anyone who works as an official in Chang’an City can recognize it.

Li Fu looked at the seal carefully.

What uncle, what virtue.

The seal is in seal script, and he can’t recognize all of them.

“It seems that I have found the right partner, old man, there is a destiny between us.” Li Fu’s eyes glowed as he looked at Li Yuan standing in front of him.