"Big brother, is this person from the uncle's side?" While getting on the boat, Qi Niang quietly pulled Li Xiu's clothes and asked in a low voice, probably because it was too dark and there was no one on the dock, so it made her instinctively feel a little uneasy.

"There are too many people around the uncle, and I can't see everyone, but since the uncle wrote to me personally, there shouldn't be anything wrong!" Li Xiu replied with a smile at this time, he had hesitated for a moment when he saw a stranger greet him just now, but he thought that he also had a lot of guards around him, and the bearded guest had always acted in an eclectic manner, so he didn't doubt it much.

At that moment, Li Xiu followed the greeting person to the bow of the ship, this is a typical cargo ship, the hull is wide, the deck is also very wide, and even the cargo is piled up on it, leaving only a narrow passage, and when Li Xiu and they boarded the ship, they immediately saw an old man with white hair standing in the bow of the ship.

Because the light was very dim, Li Xiu thought at first that the person standing on the deck was a bearded guest, and he was just about to step forward to salute, but suddenly he felt that something was wrong, because even if the bearded guest was getting old, he was also a burly old man, but the old man in front of him was of medium stature, and he was a little thin, so it was impossible for him to be a bearded guest at all.

The above discovery also surprised Li Xiu, and then raised his head to look carefully, but when he saw the other party's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Pei Gong! You...... Why are you here? ”

The old man standing on the deck was none other than Pei Lian, who returned to his hometown in Hedong to retire after Li Yuan's death, but it was obviously a bearded guest who wrote a letter asking him to come here, how could Pei Lin be here, the two of them shouldn't know each other, right?

"Haha, I haven't seen you for more than a year, but you still have the same style!" Pei Lin saw Li Xiu but laughed, and then strode forward to greet him, I haven't seen him for a year, he seems to be a little older, but his spirit is very strong, which makes Li Xiu even more puzzled, because some time ago he also communicated with Pei Lin through a letter, at that time Pei Lin said that he was sick, so Li Xiu was still very worried, but it was only a few months, and he ran to Yangzhou alive?

"Pei Gong, why are you here?" At this moment, Qi Niang next to Li Xiu also shouted loudly, she and Pei Lin are also no strangers, and even Pei Lian's granddaughters are little sisters who have a good relationship with her, and she used to often go to Pei Lian's courtyard in Nanshan to play.

"It's a long story, let's go in and talk about it, but I know the reason why you are here, and if there is someone in it who sees you, he will definitely be very happy!" Pei Lin also smiled and said hello to Qi Niang at this time, and then personally led Li Xiu's brothers and sisters into the cabin, listening to the meaning of his words, there seemed to be other people in the cabin.

Li Xiu was also full of questions at this time, but the deck was indeed not the place to speak, so he followed Pei Lin to the cabin, and after entering it, he was greeted by a tall screen, and don't look at this cargo ship It doesn't look good on the outside, but this cabin is very delicately decorated.

At that moment, Li Xiu and Qi Niang followed Pei Lin to spare the screen, but at a glance, they saw the bearded guest sitting behind a table, and when they saw him, they immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, I haven't seen you for a few years, but you still know the old man?" ”

"Haha~, Uncle laughed, but if you were standing on the deck just now, I'm afraid I would really dare not get on the ship, for fear that you would pull me to the Americas!" Li Xiu saw that the bearded guest also laughed and stepped forward to salute, and made a little joke in the words, the bearded guest valued him very much, but he tricked him into getting on the boat and wanted to forcibly take him away, but fortunately he changed his mind later, which allowed Li Xiu to escape back to Chang'an.

I haven't seen him for a few years, Li Xiu also found that the bearded guest is indeed old, although the figure is still very strong, but the hair and beard are all white, there are a lot of deep wrinkles on the face, and even the back is slightly hunched, but although the bearded guest is old, but the spirit is excellent, the two tiger eyes are even brighter, and when he saw Li Xiu, the smile on his face has never been broken.

"You kid is really stingy, you still remember what happened more than ten years ago!" When the bearded guest heard Li Xiu mention the original incident, he couldn't help but be angry at the moment, but this also shortened the distance between them all of a sudden, making the strangeness that he hadn't seen for many years disappear at once.

"I've seen Uncle!" At this moment, I saw that Qi Niang also took the initiative to step forward and salute the bearded guest.

"Qi Niang! The last time I saw you, you were still a little girl who would only follow your eldest brother, but I didn't expect that when I saw you again, I was already a big girl! The bearded guest looked Qi Niang up and down a few times at this time, and said with a relieved expression at the moment, although Qi Niang has changed a lot, but if you look closely, you can still see a little bit of what she looked like when she was a child.

"Uncle hasn't changed much, but the eldest brother is old, you see that his beard has grown!" Qi Niang not only complimented the bearded guest at this time, but also joked with Li Xiu that since he had a son, Li Xiu began to grow a beard, after all, a beard is the standard for men in the times, and there is only one situation for a man who does not have a beard, that is, he can't grow a beard naturally, and this kind of man is generally a eunuch and is very discriminated against.

"Haha~, the little girl has not only grown up, but also become more able to speak!" The bearded guest couldn't help laughing when he heard Qi Niang's words, and after speaking, he took out a crystal clear jade pendant from his body and gave it to Qi Niang, "Here, Uncle didn't know you were coming in advance, and he didn't prepare any gifts, this jade pendant should be regarded as a meeting gift!" ”

"Thank you, uncle!" Qi Niang also smiled and took Yu Peidao, with the relationship between the bearded guest and Li Xiu, if she politely refused, it would seem a little angry.

"Uncle, why is Gong Pei here with you?" Finally, after Qi Niang and the bearded guest finished talking, Li Xiu finally found an opportunity to interject, and asked the doubts in his heart at the moment.

"Haha, don't be surprised, don't be surprised, I'm here because of ......"

Pei Lin just wanted to explain the reason why he was here, but he saw the bearded guest suddenly interrupt him and said: "Brother Pei, don't say it first, this kid has always been extremely arrogant and boasts of being talented, so let's take this opportunity to test him well and let him guess why you are here?" ”

Hearing the words of the bearded guest, Li Xiu also had a feeling of crying and laughing, when had he ever been arrogant?

As soon as the bearded guest's words came out, Pei Lin really closed his mouth, and then looked at Li Xiu with a smile, it seemed that he really wanted Li Xiu to guess, which made Li Xiu even more helpless, but after the initial shock and incomprehension, he has calmed down now, and he has vaguely grasped a trace of inspiration.

The bearded man didn't know Pei Lin before, which Li Xiu was sure of, but now that the two of them appeared in the same boat, the only explanation was that there was a reason for them to come together because they were both connected, and this "reason" could be a person or a thing, and Li Xiu immediately thought of a person.

"Uncle, is it ...... Could it be that his old man is here too? Thinking of the above, Li Xiu's face was about to become a bitter melon, because he had worked so hard to send the other party out, and what he was most afraid of was that he would come back, and now this incident has finally happened.

"Haha~, the virtuous nephew really guessed it, now I really want to tie you up again and bring you directly to the Americas!" The bearded guest also laughed when he heard Li Xiu's words, and it seemed that he was very happy to see Li Xiu eating deflated.

"That's not good, you took my virtuous son-in-law away, what can I do with my daughter?" As soon as the bearded guest finished speaking, he heard a neutral voice from the next room, and then the door opened, and an old man with a white beard walked out.

"Ghost~" As soon as the old man behind the door appeared, Qi Niang screamed in fright, and immediately hid behind Li Xiu, because she recognized this old man at a glance as Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but Li Yuan had passed away last year, and she even attended the funeral, but the other party is now here, isn't it a ghost?

"Haha~, it seems that the old man scared his granddaughter-in-law, what a sin!" For Qi Niang's reaction, Li Yuan not only did not blame, but also looked at Qi Niang with interest, and even called out the title of granddaughter-in-law, which also made Qi Niang very shy, and even forgot to be afraid, and the whole person hid behind Li Xiu and refused to come out again.

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh, although the reason why he brought Qi Niang here was only known to the people in his own family, and even Zhang Shiyi didn't know it in advance, but with Li Yuan's wisdom, he saw through his purpose at once, but this is okay, but it is a lot of tongue-free.

"Your Majesty, why are you back, and you are still in Yangzhou, aren't you afraid of being discovered by Your Majesty?" Li Xiu sighed at this time, and then asked with some worry, Li Yuan's return from the Americas was too unexpected for him, after all, when Li Yuan left, it seemed that he was determined not to come back, but he didn't expect that it was only a year, and he broke his promise and ran back.

"Hehe, this is the country I have laid down, I naturally come back when I want!" Mentioning this matter, Li Yuan seemed to sneer a little angrily, it seems that even if he went to the Americas, his temper has not changed in the slightest, and he still has an incomparable obsession with the Tang Dynasty.

"Big brother, what the hell is going on, Emperor Taishang...... Isn't the Emperor already ...... It's already ......" At this moment, Qi Niang, who was hiding behind Li Xiu, finally reacted again, and asked Li Xiu in a low voice at the moment, but when it came to the end, she was embarrassed to continue, after all, Li Yuan was her elder after all, and she was likely to call the other party her grandfather in the future, so she also had some scruples when she spoke.