Chapter 252: Believe It or Not
"Knock knock~" Although he ate the closed door, Pei Lin was not so easy to give up, and knocked on the door again, but this time it took a while to see the maid open the door just now, and the other party was obviously a little impatient when he saw him, "Didn't I say it just now, my lord and wife are not at home, so you better please go back!" ”
"You misunderstood, your wife's father is called Pei Ju, and my name is Pei Lian, although there are some similarities, but they are definitely not the same person!" Pei Lin explained with a smile at this time, thinking that he Pei Lin was almost unknown to everyone in Chang'an City, but he didn't expect to be so difficult by a little maid, but it was not surprising that the other party's age was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and it was a little far from Chang'an City, and it was normal that he had never heard of his name. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Pei Lian? Pei Ju? Really not alone? The maid tilted her head and repeated, then confirmed with some suspicion.
"Of course it's not a person, and Pei Ju is much older than me, if the next time you see an old man with a white beard and white hair claiming to be surnamed Pei, then he must be Pei Ju." Pei Lin smiled patiently, the prime minister can support the boat in his belly, at least in his capacity, he will no longer be angry because of some trivial things, but will be more tolerant than ordinary people.
"I see!" I saw that the maid finally nodded thoughtfully, and her face showed a little embarrassed.
"Can I go in now?" Pei Lin straightened his clothes at this time, the name was given by his parents, and he, the prime minister, couldn't change it, so he could only consider himself unlucky, who let him stand up to Pei Ju such a fellow sect?
I saw the maid on the other side smile sweetly, but then she said with a straight face again: "It's still not good, my master said that the surname Pei is not a good person, so no matter Pei Lin or Pei Ju, it is forbidden to step into the door of my house!" ”
After the maid finished speaking, she was about to close the door again, and then Pei Lin finally couldn't hold her breath, and immediately stretched out her hand to block the door and said: "I came to find your master with important things to do, if I delay you, this little girl, I can't afford to be guilty!" ”
"Haha~, why should Pei Xiang bother with a little girl, are you here to deliver the decree today?" But at this moment, I suddenly heard a long laugh from behind the door, and then I saw Li Xiu coming over with a smile on his face, it was a coincidence, just now he was about to go out, but he saw Pei Lin from a distance, so he made a little joke with him, the maid just now was called Xiao Xia, and she was the most sharp-toothed, but Li Xiu deliberately taught her to say that.
"You ......" Pei Lin was stunned for a moment when he saw Li Xiu, and then he understood that he was being tricked by Li Xiu, and snorted coldly angrily at the moment, and then said with some annoyance, "Was the old farmer just now also arranged by you?" ”
"Huh? What old peasants? Li Xiu heard Pei Lian's words, but he was a little confused, he really didn't know what happened to Pei Lin before.
"Forget it, the old man came here this time to talk to Li Xianjiu, didn't he invite me in?" Pei Lin saw that Li Xiu didn't look like he was lying, so he shook his head helplessly and said, he didn't want to stand outside the door and talk to Li Xiu.
"Hehe, it's a coincidence, I was planning to go out fishing just now, I wonder if Pei Xiang is interested in spending some time with me, an idler?" Li Xiu smiled at this time.
Today, Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian did not come, Qi Niang and Xiaoya followed Yi Niang to learn embroidery, which is a course that Yi Niang and Princess Pingyang strongly asked to join, because in their opinion, embroidery is a skill that women have to master since childhood, Li Xiu reacted several times to no avail, so he had to reluctantly agree, but think about it, in this era of extremely underdeveloped textiles, embroidery and other needlework do need women to complete, after all, most men can not be as brave as the East is undefeated.
"Fishing!" Pei Lin couldn't help but show a nostalgic look when he heard Li Xiu's suggestion, and said with some emotion after a long time, "In the past, when I was in Taiyuan with Your Majesty, I would occasionally go out fishing, put a table of wine, and talk about the general trend of the world, but unfortunately since Your Majesty started the army, Your Majesty and I have been busy every day, and I haven't taken a fishing rod for many years. ”
Seeing that Pei Lin agreed, Li Xiu immediately asked people to bring two fishing rods, and another food box was sent over, he was originally going to fish, so the things had already been prepared.
In order to come to see Li Xiu, Pei Lin pushed away today's things, so he had enough time, and the two of them came to the river to sit down, hung the bait on the hook and put it down, Li Xiu knew that Pei Lin must have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, so he was not in a hurry to speak, but waited for the fish to take the bait very leisurely.
"Li Xiu, I didn't tell Your Majesty about the last time you visited the church with Princess Pingyang!" I saw Pei Lin be silent for a moment, and suddenly said such an irrelevant sentence.
Li Xiu couldn't help but look at Pei Yuan in surprise when he heard this, in fact, he also had some guesses about this matter, after getting married that day, Li Yuan's side did not react, so he suspected that Pei Lin did not tell Li Yuan about it, and now he finally confirmed this matter from his mouth.
"Thank you Pei Xiang for your kindness!" I saw that Li Xiu was silent for a moment at this time, and then he spoke, although he was not afraid that Li Yuan would know about it, and Pei Lin might have other purposes for helping them conceal it, but at least they helped him reduce a lot of trouble, so he should still be thanked.
"You don't have to thank me, I was also in a dilemma at that time, on the one hand, I didn't dare to deceive Your Majesty, on the other hand, I was worried about offending Princess Pingyang, and finally I decided to maintain a good relationship with the princess, so as not to end well in the future!" Pei Lin said with a wry smile at this time, what he said was the truth and what he said in his heart, but for people like him, the truth and falsehood were only in his thoughts, everything was to achieve his own goals, Li Xiu had already seen too many such people, such as Li Shimin, such as the bearded guest.
"No matter what, Pei Xiang, you finally helped me and the princess, I will definitely repay this kindness in the future!" Li Xiu said with a firm expression at this time, the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by a spring, which is also the life principle he believes in.
"You're so polite!" Pei Lin smiled when he heard this, in fact, to be honest, he even disagreed with Li Xiu's words, with his current status, he didn't need anyone's help at all, and he chose to support Li Jiancheng now, as long as Li Jiancheng successfully ascended the throne, then he would have the merit of supporting him, not to mention anything else, there is no problem in maintaining his current status, where do he still need the help of others, not to mention that although Li Xiu is talented, he doesn't like to be an official, and I am afraid that he will not enter the court in the future.
"By the way, the old man came this time, in fact, because the King of Anlu County mentioned something to His Majesty yesterday." At this time, Pei Lin finally mentioned the main purpose of coming today, and continued at the moment, "According to the King of Anlu County, you have a crop called sweet potato here, which can yield thousands of catties per mu, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”
Hearing that Pei Lin actually came because of the sweet potato, Li Xiu was also stunned, and at the same time, he regretted that he should have told Li Chengdao to keep it secret yesterday, but unfortunately it was too late, but this was not a big problem, after all, this matter would have to be known to Li Yuan sooner or later.
Thinking of this, I saw Li Xiu ponder for a moment and replied: "Yes, there are indeed sweet potatoes with a yield of 1,000 catties per mu, and even I can tell you frankly that the yield of 1,000 catties per mu is actually very conservative, in fact, it may be higher, in addition, the biggest advantage of sweet potatoes is not its yield, but its adaptability, whether it is saline-alkali land or barren mountainous land, sweet potatoes can grow on it, and it hardly requires too much manual care, of course, the yield will be affected somewhat, so if sweet potatoes are popularized, Then my Datang will no longer have to worry about food shortage! ”
Li Xiu's words were like a heavy blow, each hit Pei Lian's heart hard, because Li Xiu's description of sweet potatoes shocked him too much, this kind of crop that does not pick the ground, does not need to be taken care of, and has a high yield has only appeared in his dreams before, but if what Li Xiu said is true, then his dream has come true.
"You...... You're not kidding, are you? After Pei Xiao was shocked, he suddenly stared at Li Xiu with a suspicious gaze, he was played by Li Xiu once just now, although it was harmless, but it made him have to be a little suspicious of Li Xiu's words, after all, how could this kind of dream crop appear in reality so easily?
"You can also think I'm joking, anyway, I don't have a way to prove what I just said for the time being." Li Xiu shrugged his shoulders at this time and said indifferently, anyway, he had already told the truth, and whether he believed it or not was a matter for Pei Lin and Li Yuan.
"And is it real?" Pei Lin was a little confused at this time, and at the same time a little annoyed, this kind of major event related to the rise and fall of the world, Li Xiu actually used such an indifferent attitude, which really made him unacceptable.
"You see, you'll be suspicious of the truth I'm telling you, and it's too embarrassing for you to judge for yourself!" Li Xiu spread his hands again, he didn't bother to explain so much, anyway, believe it or not! However, it is estimated that Li Yuan must not believe it very much, otherwise he would not have only sent Pei Lin to come, instead of running away in person.
"You...... I ......" Pei Lin was also annoyed by Li Xiu's indifferent attitude, but he didn't have anything to do with Li Xiu, so he shook his head helplessly and said, "Forget it, I will report to Your Majesty truthfully, and then see how Your Majesty decides, but I think this is an opportunity for Your Majesty to reuse you, do you still plan to give up?" ”
"Pei Xiang, everyone has their own ambitions, don't be embarrassed for me!" Li Xiu didn't bother to explain that he didn't want to enter the court, and as soon as he finished speaking, the fishing rod in his hand suddenly sank, which made him suddenly mention that a live black fish had already been hooked, which also made Li Xiu laugh excitedly, and took it off and put it in the fish basket.
Seeing Li Xiu, who was excited because he caught a fish, and hearing his answer just now, Pei Lin couldn't help but hesitate, not knowing whether to tell the real purpose of coming today? (To be continued.) )