I have to say that Lao Li is indeed old, and the way he thinks about problems is not as positive as he was at the beginning.

In Li Chengqian's view, the old man now cares more about enjoyment, as well as the pleasure of life and death.

Although the old man also liked money, there was no money in Datang at that time, and although he couldn't run horses in the treasury, he could still run away with a few wild dogs.

But now it is different, not to mention that the treasury is full of annual taxes, and the tax revenue is still rising year after year, it is no exaggeration to say that the Turkic war was such a large-scale war, and now it is fought all year round, and the treasury can support it.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, but he heard the old man say: "You have to pay close attention to the matter of the ironclad ship, and in addition, you must grasp the situation of the Japanese country well, and don't go wrong." ”

"Yes, Erchen understands!" Li Chengqian nodded.

From the old man's tone, Li Chengqian felt that the old man should have known that he had a special way to connect with the Japanese state, but for some reason he didn't make it clear.

This made him feel inexplicably nervous, Cui Yu is a person who knows his details completely, if Lao Cui is found out, it is likely to make him very passive, and it is even possible that his head will fall to the ground.

At this time, he couldn't care about the old man's personality anymore, and after coming out of Lao Li's study, he immediately arranged for Su Meng to leave the palace.

……

The carriage walked on the streets of Chang'an City, inexplicably, Li Chengqian felt that something was wrong, the old man just said something, and he hurried to find Cui Yu, which seemed to be quite a bit of a place without three hundred taels of silver.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian knocked on the carriage of the carriage.

"Your Highness!" Su Meng's voice came in from outside.

"Let's get out of the city, we won't go to Cui Yu's place."

"Yes!" Su Meng didn't know why he suddenly changed his route, but he still did what Li Chengqian said.

The carriage drove slowly down the street, and the rubber wheels crushed on the stone road without a sound, and in this way, Li Chengqian's carriage drove past the county government of Chang'an County, went out of the city along the main road, and then went around the moat outside, and finally stopped at an unknown place.

Li Chengqian didn't know if the old man would send someone to follow him, but he was a little nervous now, and he always had a feeling that his biggest secret was about to be discovered.

Su Meng, Xiaobai and the others didn't know what Li Chengqian wanted to do, but seeing that his face was cloudy, several people didn't speak, so they just stood from a distance and watched him in a daze.

Do you want to kill Cui Yu? Li Chengqian squatted on a roadside stone, thinking tangledly.

But he soon learned that this was an irrational idea.

What is Cui Yu doing, he knows very well, whether to kill him or not does not affect his ability to tell the truth, even if he dies as his judge, he can give his dream to the old man at any time, so killing Lao Cui can only make things worse and worse.

But if you don't kill him, if the old man asks, what if this thing gives himself an account?

Tangled, entangled, and in a dilemma, Li Chengqian's mood was very bad.

And at this time, I saw a figure walking from a path not far away, and the person came before the voice came: "Immeasurable Tianzun, Poor Dao felt something in my heart this morning, knowing that there would be a noble person who would pass by, and I didn't want it to be His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Who is it? So awesome, forced? Still feeling something? Why don't you talk about stargazing at night!

Li Chengqian, who was in a bad mood, secretly complained in his heart, and looked up in the direction where the voice came from.

I saw that the person who came out of the path was a very old Taoist priest, who looked a little familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

The old Taoist priest obviously saw that Li Chengqian didn't remember who he was, so he smiled faintly, not embarrassed, and said loudly with a wave of dust in his hand: "His Royal Highness the Prince, do you still remember the name Yuan Shoucheng?" ”

Yuan Shoucheng? I'll go, how could it be this old lamp! After suddenly hearing Yuan Shoucheng's name, Li Chengqian reflexively said: "Aren't you a fortune teller in the city?" What are you doing here? ”

"Hehe......" Yuan Shoucheng smiled after listening to Li Chengqian's words, and slowly walked to him and said: "That's all ridiculous things that Poor Dao did when he was young, I can't mention it, I can't mention it." On the contrary, His Royal Highness said in the book that the poor Tao was like a god descending to earth, which made the old Tao embarrassed. ”

Shame? Li Chengqian was a little speechless, looking at Yuan Shoucheng's old face smiling like a flower, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a shame, but a little complacent.

But thinking about it, the etiquette that should be there can't be lost, and the current Li Chengqian is no longer the child of the past.

Thinking that he was young at the beginning, he didn't care much about Yuan Shoucheng and Yuan Tiangang, a pair of uncles and nephews, and he was willing to be lazy, but now he is in his twenties, and he is the father of two babies, and if he is rude again, he is afraid that it will make people laugh for a lifetime.

So, he jumped down from the stone, patted his forehead, and said with a smile: "Oh, Daoist Yuan, just now Li was a little distracted by things, and the rudeness is not strange!" ”

"Your Royal Highness has every opportunity to seek the well-being of the people of my Tang Dynasty, and it is the Buddha of all families in the eyes of the people, how dare you be poor and strange." Yuan Shoucheng said a few words with a haha, and finally said: "The poor road snail residence is here, I don't know if His Highness is willing to enjoy his face and sit inside?" ”

Speaking of which, what could Li Chengqian say, looking at Su Meng, Xiaobai and the others with expressions of looking at immortals, he had no choice but to nod: "So much to disturb." ”

"Your Highness, please! Please! Seeing that Li Chengqian agreed, Yuan Shoucheng restrained his hands and made a gesture of hospitality, leading everyone to the depths of the path.

After a short time, the path came to an end, and a small hut could already be seen over some low branches.

Li Chengqian was quite curious about this, in his opinion, this Yuan Shoucheng was also a character no matter how he said it, how could he live in such a place, and his nephew Yuan Tiangang was not short of money to build a Taoist temple, right?

And Yuan Shoucheng seemed to see Li Chengqian's doubts, stepped forward to open the door of the thatched hut, led everyone into the house, and said at the same time: "Poor Dao has been practicing wholeheartedly in recent years, and he has long ignored mundane things, and his residence has become a little simpler, which makes His Highness smile." ”

"The Taoist is dedicated to the Tao, and there is no distraction, and my generation is not as good as it!" Li Chengqian waved his hand and pulled the calf with Yuan Shoucheng.

As the saying goes, everyone in the world has seven emotions and six desires, even if this Yuan Lao Dao is really dedicated to the Tao, the heart of the Tao is not a kind of desire, so everything that is not up to it is, in order to just make an introduction to the next words.

And it turns out that Li Chengqian's guess was not wrong, I saw that Yuan Laodao was busy for a while, boiled hot water, soaked fragrant tea and put it in front of him, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, Poor Dao watched the stars ...... last night."

Hearing the stargazing at night again, Li Chengqian had a headache for no reason, waved his hand and said: "Stop, if you have something to say, don't sell this kind of pass, otherwise the palace will have to leave!" ”

(End of chapter)