Chapter 70: Entering the Palace
It's a quiet street corner, and the hustle and bustle of Chang'an doesn't disturb the tranquility of the place, with tall brown cornices and intricately carved mocking beasts all showing the extraordinary owner of this house. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info and the closed vermilion lacquer copper nail door silently shows the dignity of the owner.
When standing at the door of this long-lost mansion on horseback, Li Mo suddenly felt as if he had been separated by a lifetime.
As soon as he entered the city, he parted ways with the merchants, he took everything with him, and the merchants only needed to go back to the kitchen, and he would take care of the rest.
Looking at Li Da who was following behind him, Li Mo smiled at him, turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward and knocked on the knocker.
Soon, a small corner door opened next to the door, and a middle-aged man wearing a square hat stretched out his head to take a look, and when he saw Li Mo with a deep scar on his face, he was stunned at first, and then showed a big smile.
"Childe is back? Why don't you let people know in advance, and the villain can tell Escort Li to pick you up at the city gate! ”
The middle-aged man opened the small door and ran out in a hurry, hurriedly taking the reins while greeting to the door, but after a while, a few small people ran out of the door, helped Li Da, and drove the cart into the corner door.
Li Mo smiled and followed the middle-aged man into the corner gate, and after a while, the door returned to calm.
This villa was originally mostly lived by Li Mo, but now everything in the door is still exactly the same as before, and it seems that the owner of this place has never left for so long.
Li Da, who had sent him off the way back, walked into the inner courtyard along the hanging flower gate of the outer courtyard, and the middle-aged man who took the lead on the path talked to Li Mo about the trivial matters of the past three years all the way, and Li Mo also listened with a smile all the time, without the slightest impatience.
Spring is getting deeper, all the flowers in the yard are blooming, the fragrance in the air is rich and beautiful, and the flowers seem to know his return, and they are blooming particularly enchanting and gorgeous.
The door of the study in the inner courtyard was hidden, and it seemed that someone was doing something in the study, Li Mo followed behind the middle-aged housekeeper and stepped into the corridor in front of the study door.
"Who?" A soft shout came from inside the room.
"It's me!" Li Mo laughed when he heard this, and said lightly.
"Childe?" There were a few brisk footsteps from inside the door, and as the study door opened with a "brush", Li Yan's well-defined face suddenly appeared in Li Mo's sight.
"What? Unhappy to see me? Li Mo looked at Li Yan's face in disbelief with a feigned disgust.
"How so?" Li Yan quickly recovered from the surprise, knelt down on one knee at Li Mo, and said loudly: "Subordinate Li Yan, I've seen Gongzi!" ”
"That's it!" Li Mo stretched out his hand to pull Li Yan up from the ground, slapped him on the shoulder, and scolded with a smile: "You still come to this with me?" ”
"Why don't you tell your subordinates in advance, and your subordinates can pick you up!" Li Yan stood up along Li Mo's hand, but said the same thing as the steward.
Li Mo shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm not a three-year-old child, who do I need to pick me up?" After speaking, he ignored Li Yan's objections, went straight to the door, and threw himself into the high-backed rosewood circle chair in front of the bookcase.
"Childe must be extremely tired after such a long journey, so the villain will arrange for someone to prepare bath water for Childe, and Childe will take a bath to relieve his fatigue."
Lao Li, who was in charge, was very eye-catching, and just looking at Li Mo's appearance, he knew that he must be a little tired, and after driving for so long, people would be tired.
"Hmm!" Li Mo waved his hand, sent the steward away, turned his head and said to Li Yan: "Li Yan will deliver a message to the palace for me, and I will go to see the emperor after I take a bath." ”
"Yes! Subordinates will do it! Li Yan also retreated after agreeing, leaving Li Mo alone to sit quietly in front of the bookcase in the study, quietly staring at the scroll on the desk.
If he remembers correctly, when he left, there was such a volume of "Commentary on the Art of War" here, and now three years later, this volume is still here.
Three years ago, this study was where he often met with Li Zhi, and even the queen could not enter at will, and three years later, this place still faithfully records everything from three years ago, without the slightest change.
A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and Li Mo's mood suddenly relaxed. Maybe...... This is the only place where he can let his guard down except for the merchant, right?!
Outside the door, a little girl's voice sounded: "Childe! The hot water in the clean room has been prepared, and the son is invited to take a bath and change clothes. ”
Rubbing the smooth armrests of the rosewood circle chair, Li Mo's thoughts were interrupted by the sound outside the door, although he was a little surprised that the steward called a little girl to come in and wait, but the dust along the way really needed to be cleaned up, and Li Mo didn't say anything.
After the little girl with a double bun, she turned around a corridor, and turned into a bedroom not far away, the clean room in the suite had already been cleaned up, and the half-person-high wooden barrel was full of hot water, steaming so that the whole clean room was white vapor, and there was almost no one on the opposite side.
A large bathrobe hangs from the camphor wood stand next to the barrel, and a white bath towel rests on the side of the barrel.
The little girl with her double bun approached Li Mo considerately, wanting to loosen her clothes for him, but her face was less than sixteen with an unfading childishness and a flush that didn't know whether it was shyness or steaming.
Li Mo was taken aback by the little girl's behavior, hurriedly retreated, drank the little girl with a calm face, and bolted the door of the clean room, so that he could soak in the hot water with confidence.
Sitting comfortably in the hot water, thinking of the little girl who was looking forward to it, Li Mo couldn't help but cry and laugh.
Did Lao Li think of him as an ascetic monk who had been abstinent for three years? As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't wait to arrange a warm bed for him? If the merchant knows, then he really has a mouth and can't tell!
After making up his mind to go out, he would have a good talk to Lao Li, so Li Mo calmed down and washed the dust and sand on his body.
When he changed into a clean and comfortable new robe, Li Yan, who entered the palace to report the news, was already waiting in the study, and when he saw Li Mo come in with a new change of clothes, he was about to salute Li Mo, but he waved his hand to stop him.
"Is it convenient for the emperor at this time?"
returned to Chang'an, and could no longer be as wanton as in Jiuzhi Mountain, and Li Mo also resumed his title of Li Zhi.
"The emperor went down to the early court, and he was resting in the Ganlu Hall at this time, and the prince entered the palace at this time." Li Yan replied with a smile, reached into his arms, took out a purple and gold waist card, and continued: "With this waist card, the prince can enter the palace as much as he wants, and no one will stop him." ”
Li Mo took the purple gold waist card, took a look, and saw that the waist card was simply engraved with a Yangwen word "Yu", and there were no other special marks.
Li Yan saw that he was suspicious, so he explained: "Childe! There is only one piece of this brand, except for Childe, there will be no second person in this world who has this token, Childe can rest assured. ”
Li Mo smiled: "I'm not for this, I'm just worried that this brand is so simple and needs to be imitated." ”
Li Yan was slightly stunned when he heard this: he had never thought of this.
"Forget it! I also said it casually, you don't have to care, I will mention it with the emperor. After speaking, Li Mo casually put the purple gold waist card into his arms.
Went out and got on the horse, Li Mo galloped all the way to the palace gate, the effect of the purple and gold waist card was really extraordinary, and it was really unimpeded along the way, and when he stopped the horse outside the Manna Palace, Li Zhi in the palace had already retired from the palace people, leaving only Xiao Chengzi to wait by his side.
Galloping all the way, when he could get off the horse, Li Mo felt a little respite, looked at the palace room close at hand, calmed down a little, and then walked towards the palace.
In the silent hall, there was no one except Li Zhi, who was sitting behind the screen, and Xiao Chengzi, who was standing behind him.
Seeing Li Zhi, who was sitting behind the Panlong table, and seized the time to read the folds, Li Mo's eyes were a little unconsciously red. Xiao Chengzi saw Li Mo walking out of the screen, and hurriedly coughed softly, reminding Li Zhi, who was almost faint.
As soon as he looked up and saw Li Mo standing in front of him, Li Zhi seemed to be stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and jumped up from behind the table at once.
"Good boy! You're finally back! ”
Li Zhi jumped out from behind the table, shouting, while tightly clamping Li Mo's body, and slammed his back several times, before letting go of his hand with satisfaction.
Even if Li Zhi's few punches in his back made him grin, Li Mo also smiled and suffered Li Zhi's fist, such a warm pain would not hurt him, but made his heart more peaceful.
"I'm finally willing to come back!" Li Zhi looked at Li Mo carefully from head to toe for a long time, and nodded with satisfaction: "It's not thin!" ”
"How can you be thin? Didn't I really go where to suffer? What's more, there are businessmen with you! Li Mo replied with a smile.
"You still dare to say that if it weren't for her, I'm afraid that you might not come back to Chang'an City, right?" Li Zhi glanced at Li Mo, pulled him to sit down next to the bookcase, and waved his hand to let Xiao Chengzi bring some snacks up.
Although Li Zhi saw through his thoughts, Li Mo didn't care, just smiled and sat next to the bookcase with Li Zhi.
It is true that if you can travel with businessmen, it will naturally be a good thing, but the sophistication of people in this world cannot be ignored, at least, you can't let businessmen be poked in the backbone, right? Besides, even if she doesn't care, she still has family!
Glancing at the twists and turns on the case, it seemed to be about the process of selection, Li Mo raised his eyebrows slightly, remembering Li Ke's question when he was on the mausoleum road, but wisely did not speak.
Before everything is decided, he doesn't want to make extraneous branches at this time, so let's wait for Wu Meiniang to enter the palace! That Yuwen didn't seem to be following Li Ke, and it was not easy for him to inquire about Wu Meiniang's whereabouts for a while. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )