It was getting late, Li Jie returned home, and after having dinner with her family, Aunt Zhao cleaned up the table and went to the kitchen, but Mrs. Li did not go to help, but looked at Li Zhu next to her, and the husband and wife seemed to have something to say to Li Jie.

"Ahem~, Jie'er, tomorrow is the tenth day, you shouldn't have to go to the palace, right?" In the end, Li Zhu coughed dryly and said.

"No, what's the matter, father?" Li Jie had already seen that his parents had something on his mind, so he didn't leave in a hurry after eating.

I saw Li Zhu look at Mrs. Li again at this time, and it seemed that after obtaining the consent of the other party, he spoke again: "That's the case, Xin Guogong was sick a few days ago, I want you to visit, after all, Xin Guogong also helped us before!" ”

At the original birthday banquet, Li Zhu and Li Jie were dragged out and beaten, but fortunately Zhu Biao and Tang He spoke for them, which saved them from the pain of flesh and skin.

"Father, ......" Li Jiegang wanted to ask Li Zhu why he didn't go, but suddenly thought of the matter between his father and Tang and his daughter, and then secretly looked at his mother's face, and sure enough, Mrs. Li also had a slightly sour look on her face, but she didn't say anything to stop it, which made Li Jie guess the real thoughts of his parents at once.

"I understand, I'll go to visit the Duke of Xinguo tomorrow!" Li Jie immediately agreed with a smile.

Originally, such a thing as visiting the elders should be Li Zhu, the head of the family, to go, at most with Li Jie, but now he didn't go himself, but let Li Jie go, first, because it was inconvenient for him to go to the Tang family, so as not to make Mrs. Li jealous, and secondly, I was afraid that it was for the sake of Li Jie's future.

Now Li Jie is already the prince's companion, and he is also a member of the Ministry of Industry, and his official position is higher than Li Zhu, it can be said that Li Zhu can't help Li Jie in his career at all, but Li Jie and Li Shanchang have a bad relationship, so Li Zhu wants Li Jie to visit Tang He and get closer to the relationship between the two sides.

Seeing that his son agreed, Li Zhu and Mrs. Li glanced at each other, and each other breathed a sigh of relief, as a father, Li Zhu can be described as well-intentioned, although Mrs. Li, as a mother, has some rejection of the Tang family, but for the sake of her son's future, of course she will not object.

However, Li Zhu and his wife didn't know that the reason why Li Jie agreed to see Tang He was not to have a relationship with the other party, but after learning about the Japanese Kou today, he also began to pay attention to this aspect.

Even Tang He once went to the sea by boat, pursued Fang Guozhen who fled to the sea, and also fought with the coastal pirates, in the original history, the old Tang He was also sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and built 59 cities along the coast, mainly to prevent the Japanese invaders.

It is precisely because he knows the above that Li Jie decided to visit Tang He, and by the way, inquire about the Japanese Kou, after all, there is no harm in collecting more information now, maybe you can use it in the future.

"By the way, when did Xin Guogong get sick, why haven't I heard of it before?" Li Jie was about to stand up and go back to the room, but suddenly thought of this question again and asked.

"He fell ill the day after your grandfather borrowed troops from him, and it was not serious, but it has suddenly worsened recently, and even His Majesty has sent a royal doctor, I don't know what is happening now?" Li Zhu also showed a worried look in the end.

Li Jie heard his father's words but showed a somewhat playful expression, Li Shanchang just borrowed troops from Tang He, but he fell ill the next day, which was too coincidental, and as far as he knew, Tang He turned around and told Zhu Yuanzhang about Li Shanchang's borrowing of troops, speaking from his heart, Tang He did this very correctly, so that Li Shanchang would be unlucky in the future, and he would not be involved, and if he was any person, I am afraid he would do this.

As for the recent aggravation of Tang He's condition, it is even more suspicious, because recently because of the case of Yu Xian's father and son, there has been a lot of noise in the court, and as a result, Tang He's illness has worsened, which is too timely, if this is true, Li Jie suspects that God is helping Tang He, of course, there may be another more reasonable explanation.

Early the next morning, Li Jie took the gifts prepared by his parents for him, hired a carriage and rushed to the Xinguo Mansion, when he came to the front of the mansion, he found that compared to Li Shanchang's Korean Mansion, the Xinguo Mansion in front of him was much shabby, and even many places looked a little dilapidated, as if they were usually lacking in care.

In fact, Tang He resigned and returned to his hometown a few years ago, it is said that at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, many fierce generals like Tang He held military power, which made Zhu Yuanzhang a little uneasy, so Tang He was the first to stand up and hand over the military power, so that other generals had to pay if they didn't pay it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very happy about Tang He's actions, and personally built a mansion for Tang He in Fengyang's hometown, Tang He also moved back to his hometown with his family, and the mansion in the capital was uninhabited, of course, it seemed a little dilapidated, but last year Zhu Yuanzhang missed Tang He and called him into Beijing, and he didn't let Tang He leave until now.

Li Jie came to the door to send a post, and soon a young man about the same age as Li Jie went out to greet him, and after exchanging names, Li Jie learned that the young man in front of him turned out to be Tang He's eldest son, Tang Sheng.

"Brother Tang Shi, I don't know how Grandpa Tang's condition is?" Li Jie followed Tang Sheng into the mansion and asked as he walked.

Tang He lust is well known in the capital, there are hundreds of concubines alone, and there are a lot of children, but Tang He's sons are only five, the eldest son Tang Ding is Tang Sheng's father, but unfortunately he died in battle with the army in Yunnan a few years ago, leaving only Tang Sheng such a son, if nothing else, Tang Sheng will also inherit Tang He's title of Duke of Xinguo.

"Grandfather's condition ......" I saw that Tang Sheng's face turned red at this time, and his expression became a little embarrassed, as if there was something inconvenient to say, and finally he had to cough dryly, "Brother Li, you go in with me, and you will understand when you see your grandfather!" ”

Seeing Tang Sheng's appearance, Li Jie also smiled secretly, it seems that his guess should be correct, but what he didn't expect was that Tang He, such an old slippery head, would teach Tang Sheng such an honest child that he would feel embarrassed to even lie.

The Xinguo Mansion occupies a large area, Li Jie and Tang Sheng chatted while walking, Tang Sheng has long been famous for Li Jie's deeds, especially interested in hot air balloons, and seized this opportunity to ask Li Jie many questions, and Li Jie also answered them one by one.

Soon the two came to the inner house, and when they came to the courtyard where Tang He lived, before Li Jie entered the courtyard, he smelled a tempting aroma of meat, and when Li Jie stepped into the courtyard, he saw Tang He standing in the courtyard shirtless, in front of him was a burning fire, and an iron pot was hanging on it, and the broth in the pot was steaming white, and the meat pieces inside were also tumbling, exuding an attractive fragrance.

Seeing his grandfather who was not sick at all in the yard, Tang Sheng was even more embarrassed, after all, the outside world was rumoring that his grandfather was seriously ill, but in fact, he knew that his grandfather was not sick at all, but ate meat and drank wine every day, and his body was stronger than that of a young man like him.

However, to Tang Sheng's surprise, Li Jie next to him saw Tang He's appearance without the slightest surprise, which made him can't help but murmur in his heart, could it be that this Li Shi brother already knew that his grandfather was not sick?

"You kid is a rare guest, why do you have time to come to me?" Tang He didn't have the slightest awareness of pretending to be sick, and when he saw Li Jie, he immediately laughed and said, his voice full of anger.

"My father heard that Grandpa Tang was sick, so he asked the kid to come to visit!" Li Jie stepped forward with a smile and said with a smile, and at the same time he sighed secretly in his heart, if Li Shanchang had Tang and this enlightenment, he wouldn't have to work so hard, and he would desperately want to marry the princess.

"Haha, that kind of nonsense will deceive an honest person like your father, you kid will definitely not believe it!" Tang He also laughed again when he heard the words, from Li Jie's performance just now, he knew that this kid must have guessed that he was pretending to be sick, but his illness doesn't matter whether it is true or not, as long as Zhu Yuanzhang says that he is sick, then he is sick.

"But you're just in time!" Tang He said this, stretched out his hand and pointed to the iron pot on the fire and said, "Today I slaughtered an old dog, you accompany me to eat meat and drink wine!" ”

"Dog meat?" Li Jie was also stunned when he heard this, he didn't reject dog meat, but as the old saying goes, dog meat can't be on the table, and few people will use dog meat to entertain guests.

"What? Look down on this dog meat? I saw Tang He squinting at Li Jie, the expression on his face seemed to be sad and happy, "This old dog is a good dog, when I hunt, it is always the first person to rush forward, even if it encounters tigers and wild boars, it never flinchs, but now that it is old, its teeth are lost and its eyes are dazzled, and it can't even run, and it is useless to keep it, so it can be solved by simply killing it!" ”

Li Jie was shocked when he heard Tang He's words, this old man really dared to say anything, but when these words came out of his mouth, there was an indescribable sadness.