Helping a friend cook a meal to entertain guests, Li Xiao didn't think there was anything.

With Xue Chuyu's words, the fat cook and the others didn't dare to be disrespectful anymore, and honestly cut vegetables and shabu-shabu to burn the fire.

Li Xiao held the peeled cucumber in his hand and gnawed it happily.

In this season, he Li Xiao still has fresh cucumbers to eat with space. The weather is cool, and the cucumber tastes more crispy and refreshing.

"Brother Chu Yu, are we brothers?"

Xue Chuyu, who had eaten half of Li Xiao's cucumber, nodded happily, "Of course." ”

"Well, since it's a brother, then you tell my brother that what is the origin of the king."

"Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Labor." Xue Chuyu pretended to be stupid, although he wanted to tell Li Xiao in his heart, buddy, this is the man who is sitting on the dragon chair today. But the emperor had already confessed that he was not allowed to reveal his identity, whether he voluntarily revealed it or accidentally revealed it.

His Xue family is the emperor's confidant, and he Xue Chuyu is the emperor's personal guard, so he naturally has to obey the emperor's orders.

"Impossible."

Li Xiao shook his head.

He can be regarded as having figured out something wrong, this king has met him several times, and each time it is not ordinary. The first time they met, they came with Princess Yuse, and later they came with Cheng Boxian, and I really thought that this old king was only in good family conditions, and then he was familiar with these young magnates such as Yuse and Cheng Boxian.

But today, Xue Rengui invited guests, but they were all military bigwigs like Li Ji, Cheng Yanjin, and Su Dingfang, and even his favorite son Xue Chuyu was not qualified to accompany him at the table, and he was sent over to stare at the kitchen to help.

What does this mean, it fully shows that this king is not only a member of the Ministry of Works.

Except for the members of the Ministry of Labor, can you go to the same table with a military bigwig, or such a private banquet today.

"You're not telling me the truth."

"He is really a member of the Ministry of Labor, and he came to my brother today to talk about something, and he happened to meet my father for a treat, so he stayed with him."

"No way, you can't fool me."

Xue Chuyu didn't know how to explain it.

"I guessed, I'm afraid that this king is a descendant of the Taiyuan Wang family, right? I don't know if I have a relationship with your family or the British public in-laws. I heard that the British Duke had been in Hedong for more than ten years, and had a good relationship with the Wang family, and there were children in the family who married the daughter of the Wang family. Li Xiao thought about it and felt that this possibility was relatively large.

After all, today's guests are obviously dominated by the British Duke Li Ji, who is not only a military tycoon, but also the central prime minister today.

Except for a king, no matter the official position or title, it is impossible to be on an equal footing with those few. The only possibility is that he is the sister-in-law of the Taiyuan Wang family, and he may also happen to be related to Li Ji.

In this case, it can be explained that he also sat on the seat.

"Yes, yes, Saburo, you're so smart. In fact, Wang Jiulang is not only related to the British family, but also to the Lu Guogong family, as well as to General Su's family, and to my family. ”

Xue Chuyu said hurriedly.

What he said is right, Li Zhi is the Son of Heaven, and Li Jicheng Bites Jin, including his Xue family, is actually related to the Son of Heaven.

Naturally, everyone is a relative.

"I see, no wonder this old king is so dragged, it turns out that he is relying on relatives and bigwigs in the court. Dog's day, the fox is fake and the tiger is mighty, I thought it was a big deal, but it was just the son of the Taiyuan Wang. ”

"San Lang, the Taiyuan Wang clan is also quite strong, okay."

"That's just the old yellow calendar from the past, although the five surnames and seven sects sound very good, but in fact, they are no longer as strong as they were back then, but they are just in the name of a thousand-year-old gate valve, I heard that there have been many marriages over the years. You said that your family is related to their Wang family, did your family also spend money to buy a daughter-in-law from their Wang family? Li Xiao said with a smile.

The Kwantung clan, headed by five surnames and seven sects, was indeed strong in the past, and has flourished for hundreds of years since the Eastern Han Dynasty. But since the Sui and Tang dynasties, it has actually been hit, although it has started to rise a little bit over the years, but it is still not the same as it was at the beginning.

It's just a good name, while relying on his reputation to die high, but on the other hand, he relies on marrying and selling relatives with powerful people to make profits, both as a bitch and a typical example of setting up an archway, Li Xiao looks down on these people very much.

There is a kind of old style of declining aristocracy, the poor live by selling their property, and they always have to pretend to be a deputy nobleman.

It's just that the five surnames and seven sects are not selling ordinary family property, but selling the marriages of their children to maintain their declining status.

"Wulang, brother, I advise you, Bo Xian has a few more friends like him, but a guy like Wang Jiu has less contact. The kind of friends you get along with will slowly become what kind of person you will become. You have to remember that the successful always make friends with the successful, and the loser always surrounds the loser. You follow the poor, what you learn is always calculating, you follow the robbers, what you learn is to get something for nothing, as the so-called black is black near ink, and Zhu is close to red. ”

Xue Wu's face was flushed by Li Xiao's words.

"Actually, Wang Jiulang is a good person, really, if you have more contact with him, you will find that others are very good." Xue Wu couldn't help but defend Li Zhi. What he said was also from his heart, he had been the emperor's guard for several years, and he really liked this young son of heaven.

There are many excellent things about him.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it, anyway, I will never be friends with someone like Wang Jiu. We are not born to be all the way, and we can't get used to each other. Li Xiao took a bite of the cucumber and said lightly.

Xue's living room.

Xue Rengui explained to the emperor with some concern, "Li Sanlang has a relationship with the dog, the relationship is good, and the stir-fry is very unique. So today he was specially invited to help make a few stir-fried dishes, the minister did not expect that this kid had eyes and did not know Mount Tai, and he was so arrogant that he offended the Son of Heaven, which was really the sinful of the minister, and asked His Majesty to surrender. ”

Li Zhi laughed a few words.

"Xue Qing don't blame himself, it's not the first day I've met this Li Sanlang. This kid's dish is indeed very level, but he can't spit out ivory in his mouth, and his mouth is very smelly. But those who don't know are not guilty, I have never identified myself, and he doesn't know that I am the Son of Heaven, so it is nothing to say a few bad words. ”

Cheng Yanjin helped, "Li Xiao, this kid does have a bad mouth, but he is not a bad person, he is quite kind-hearted, and he is still very famous in the township." Before that, he raised money to build a Lanxi Academy, and recruited many children from his hometown to study for free, and educated the township, which was very good. ”

"Recently, he has been buying cattle again, and he has bought thousands of cattle for a huge amount of money, but he has to distribute them to the people for free adoption, as long as he helps to take care of the cattle, then he can use the cattle to plough the land for free, which is a very good deed."

Li Zhi sighed.

"And that's a good thing. But he can buy thousands of cows at a time, and this kid can't hide his wealth! ”

Cheng Yanjin was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the emperor meant by this.