"The old man is here!"

When the carriage stopped, and the coachman stepped forward to negotiate, the porter suddenly shouted excitedly.

Then the palace was lively, and the housekeepers, maids, and housekeepers all poured out.

It's a pity that Luo Li's uncle Wang Yuanzhi and cousin Wang Chongyang are not on duty at this time, and there is no hostess at home, so except for the subordinates, there is no master who can greet them.

Regarding the fact that his uncle Wang Yuanzhi had no wife and concubine, Wang Chenen also explained to Luo Li.

It turned out that my uncle's wife had a difficult birth on the day she gave birth to her cousin, but in the end, my cousin was saved, but my aunt did not survive.

After experiencing the pain of losing his wife, his uncle washed his face with tears all day long, and he was heartbroken, and he made a vow that year that he would never marry a wife or concubine again for life!

On the other hand, cousin Wang Chongyang is only a few months older than Luo Li, and he has not yet married a wife and had children, so the two of them have no hostess in a house.

After entering, Wang Chenen greeted his subordinates to prepare a banquet, and then took Luo Li to wander around the house, waiting for his uncle and uncle to return to the house.

"Li'er, look at this...... Li'er, look at that ......" Wang Chenen looked quite excited today, pointing at the flowers and plants with a cane for a while, and then pointing at the rosewood furniture, he thought that Luo Li's life was difficult, and he had never looked at these things.

It's a pity that Wang Chenen didn't know that Prince Luoli's mansion was much more luxurious than this, so Luo Li's expression was extremely strange at the moment, and he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, for fear that his grandfather would know the truth.

It's not that Wang Chenen has any intention of looking down on Luo Li, the most important thing is to show off and use this to hit Luo Tianlei.

Just kidding, Luo Tianlei has abducted Wang Chenen's daughter for nearly 20 years, and he has no contact at all, and he still doesn't allow Old Man Wang to vent his dissatisfaction?

At the same time, a dignified-looking middle-aged man and a tall young man entered the gate of the palace with their legs crossed.

"The old man and the young master are back!" The porter raised his voice to greet him, and then greeted him.

"Master, young master, there is a happy event in the house today!" Jia Ding said with a smile.

"Ho Xi?" The middle-aged man was Luo Li's uncle Wang Yuanzhi, and he asked with a serious face.

Since the loss of his wife, Wang Yuanzhi's originally cheerful personality has become silent, and he always frowns deeply at any time, as if there is a trace of sorrow in the center of his eyebrows.

"The old man is coming to Beijing!" Jia Ding replied.

"Oh? Father is here! There is indeed a happy event! Wang Yuanzhi nodded, and took his son Wang Chongyang behind him to find the past.

At this time, the family Ding bowed slightly and stopped the two and said: "Master, there is something small that I think is very strange, the old man brought a young man into the house, and the eyebrows are somewhat similar to the old man, but I don't know who it is!" ”

With a light sigh, Wang Yuanzhi stopped, and thought quickly in his heart.

After a few breaths, as if he thought of something, his eyes burst out, and he muttered in a low voice: "Could it be ......"

Then, he ignored the doubts of the family and took Wang Chongyang through the front yard to the back garden.

Wang Yuanzhi's father and son, who were far away, saw the young man in the mouth of Wang Chenen and Jiading, and casually raised their voices to say hello: "Father (grandfather)!" ”

At this time, Wang Chenen was concentrating on hitting Luo Tianlei in front of Luo Li, and suddenly heard a voice in his ears, he turned his head and said with a smiling face: "Yuanzhi, Chongyang, you are back!" Come here! Introducing you to a loved one! ”

As soon as the words of laughter came out, Wang Yuan's thoughts were even more firm, and then he turned his eyebrows into excitement and trotted all the way over.

Suddenly seeing such an attitude of his uncle, who had never met, Luo Li said that it was fake not to be moved.

Immediately, he showed a sincere smile, and was about to make a fist, but his uncle grabbed his hands, and a shocking voice came from his ears!

"Brother! You're finally home! After finishing speaking, Wang Yuanzhi hugged Luo Li in his arms and patted Luo Li's back again and again.

Junior...... Brother? What's going on?

Everyone present was stunned! You can put a watermelon in your mouth!

Especially Wang Chenen, the crutch in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.

On the other side, Wang Chongyang was also stunned, he was not good at words, he looked at the young man in front of him who was almost the same age, and then looked at his grandfather Wang Chenen, thinking that grandpa is so powerful?

Later, he held back for a long time before he spit out two words: "Uncle! ”

Confused! The family was stunned! The most sober person at the moment is Wang Yuanzhi!

He remembered that more than ten years ago, his father Wang Chenen had an awkward quarrel with his mother, because his mother suspected that his father was raising a child outside the home.

Later, my mother didn't find any evidence, so it was gone!

Today, Wang Yuanzhi heard Jia Ding say this, and then took a closer look, it was true that Luo Li and his father were a little similar, and their age was just right.

That's why he made such a misunderstanding!

After a long time, Luo Li finally broke free from his sullen embrace, and opened his mouth with an embarrassed expression: "Uncle! You've mistaken someone! ”

Well? Uncle...... Uncle? Now it's Wang Yuanzhi's turn to be stunned! His son Wang Chongyang was even more confused!

It took a long time for Wang Yuanzhi to react, remembering his abducted sister, and turned his eyes to look at his father.

Seeing Wang Chenen nodding with a shy face, Wang Yuanzhi affirmed his thoughts.

"Nephew, let's go, uncle will take you around the garden!" The shrewd Wang Yuanzhi pulled Luo Li and ran away, directly abandoning his son.

Sure enough, after a few breaths, the sound of crutches beating people came: "That's your brother, not your father's brother, will your cousin know in the future?" You are still called uncle, your father is confused, and you are also confused! I'm mad too! I'm mad too! ”

From this point of view, Wang Yuanzhi is worthy of being a smart person, and he knows that he will leave the danger to his son and the way to live for himself.

After Wang Chen's anger subsided, the whole family sat together and had dinner, which can be regarded as a formal acquaintance!

After Wang Chenen's introduction, Luo Li realized that his uncle had achieved the official position of the Shangshu of the Second Grade Criminal Department, and was in charge of the world's criminal name, which can be described as a first-class powerful person.

And his cousin Wang Chongyang is much inferior, he has only entered the officialdom not long ago, and he is only a seven-rank supervising imperial history, which belongs to the category of speech officials.

Everyone who ate the meal was very happy, and even Wang Yuanzhi, who was frowning, rarely showed a slight smile, which made Wang Chongyang extremely surprised.

After the meal, Luo Li refused Wang Yuanzhi's repeated retention, and still returned to the fat man's prince's mansion to live.

When Luo Li went away, Wang Chenen greeted the two of them and told the letter of recommendation thoroughly, all in all, Luo Li claimed to be a distant relative, and he couldn't say anything.

The father and son nodded one after another, and then turned around and closed the gate of the palace.

……

Three days later, Luo Li was pulled up by the fat man early in the morning, because the reward for the battle of Qingnan County would come down today.

This time, as Luo Li expected, there will be no reward in front of the emperor, just a holy decree.

The reason is actually very simple, Anguo had a traitor and almost lost Qingnan County, although Luo Li finally turned the tide, but it was also a scandal, how could the Emperor Anguo do the matter of rewarding the emperor?

Near noon, the eunuch was late, and after a lengthy reading, Luo Li took the decree and quietly gave the eunuch a silver ticket that was not too big or small, so that the other party was extremely satisfied with Luo Li.

After everything was finished, the fat man posted it over, and said with deep doubts on his face: "Lao Luo, how could my father reward you to the civil official sequence?" Why is that? ”

According to common sense, what Luo Li has established is the merit of a military general, and he is quite quick and wise in terms of strategy, so how can he reward the official position of a military general!

What's more, as soon as Luo Li arrived in Beijing, he was labeled with the prince's family, and the prince's family was full of generals, so the fat man who was the prince was so confused.

Luo Li smiled and didn't answer immediately, but hid in the room by himself and thought about it!

After a while, Luo Li figured out the reason, but this answer made him a little bored!

The reason is very simple, Emperor Anguo wants to use Luo Li as cannon fodder!

To put it bluntly, the fat man is surrounded by military generals who support him, and there are no civil officials, either neutral or supporting the rest of the princes.

But when the emperor can't only have martial arts and no civil rule, it just so happens that the fat man's personality is not very popular with civil officials, so Emperor Anguo took this opportunity to insert Luo Li into the civil official sequence, and wanted the fat man to cultivate and support his civil officials.

This move is probably because the fat man was ambushed and stimulated Emperor Anguo, otherwise he would not have made such a bold decision.

After all, what the emperor wants is balance, and there are not a few sons who rebel, if the fat man really has both civil and military affairs in his hands, can the Emperor of Anguo not panic?

However, the official position given by Emperor Anguo is very small, and it is from the Wupin Ministry of Labor.

The Ministry of Industry is one of the least powerful departments among the six ministries, and is in charge of repairs, tuntian, and tools!

It can be said that these positions are not in the Ministry of Industry or in the civil service sequence, and they can't afford to make big waves!

It is estimated that Emperor Anguo did this in order to relieve the pressure, and it was impossible for him to directly insert Luo Li into the important ministries and household departments, so that most of the civil and official groups would strongly oppose it.

Even if Luo Li was forcibly inserted, he couldn't withstand the surging pressure from all sides at once.

An inconspicuous location like the Ministry of Industry is much better!

Such a reward, in Luo Li's opinion, made him extremely uncomfortable in two points.

First, Emperor Anguo wanted to drag the neutral Wang Chenen into the water, and use the relationship between the other party to make Luo Li stand firm in the civil official sequence and take the lead in cultivating civil officials for the fat man.

Second, if Luo Li is not angry and his feet are unsteady, then he can also attract many eyes in a short period of time, and temporarily move the target of the attack from the fat man to Luo Li, so as to temporarily relieve the pressure on the fat man.

You think, the fat man is a behemoth, although many civil officials of the prince's department are constantly criticizing the fat man, but everyone knows that he is unshakable in a short time.

At this time, a fat man suddenly appeared and inserted into the civil official group, and continued to criticize the fat man for being useless for a short time, and letting Luo Li go would make him grow, and they would definitely take the lead in concentrating on the first to destroy Luo Li.

This is the reason why Luo Li said that he became cannon fodder!