Shanxi, Taiyuan City. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If you say which place in the entire Taiyuan City is the most well-known, just like the people of Jiangling must know the Zhang Mansion, this place is naturally the most famous.

As a huge family with thousands of years of origin and deep roots in Taiyuan, the Li family has almost become the first family known and recognized by people in the northwest region. In all walks of life, the Li family has extremely outstanding children, especially in business, they control a lot of money-making livelihoods, so that many people in Shanxi have to rely on their noses to survive.

However, if you are an out-of-town tourist and want to come here to see what this old and wealthy family's mansion is really like, then you are likely to be disappointed when you see the Li Mansion.

It is completely different from the ordinary big families with carved beams and paintings, and the grand mansion manor, the Li Mansion looks no different from an ordinary village from the outside, with white walls and black tiles, and the house is not very tall.

However, the Li family also has the same style as other families, and ordinary family members will gather together, so even if the houses here don't look too magnificent, there are hundreds of courtyard houses in a row, which makes people feel a little touched to look at. Moreover, unlike ordinary villages, where the buildings are chaotic, the layout of the Li Mansion is very exquisite, giving people a sense of order.

Many people will be a little puzzled after seeing the layout of the Li Mansion, why would this huge family be content to live in such a simple house? In this regard, the answer given by the Li family is that this is a rule set by the ancestors, and it is better to behave unassumingly or unassumingly.

And this idea is also embodied in those children of the Li family who have embarked on official careers. In the minds of many people, with the reputation and power of the Li family, once a child embarks on an official career, it must be a smooth career, even if he can't enter the cabinet, he will definitely be able to find a few important positions in the six departments. But the fact is just the opposite, the Li family in Taiyuan has indeed produced many officials who have passed the Jinshi examination, but none of them can do it above the political envoy, which is almost unimaginable for a family that cultivates and reads heirlooms.

But the Li family has maintained this, and it seems that it will continue to do so. It is only because the Li family has always pursued the family motto of prudence and independence, and they only keep to the officialdom and do not forge ahead, and they rarely participate in some sensitive political disputes.

If you want to dig deeper into the reason, you have to start with their ancestors. The ancestors of the Li family opened the Li family of the Tang Dynasty, and it can even be said that Li Yuan and Li Shimin are just one of the Li family's lineages.

Although the Li family opened the Tang Dynasty and brought endless glory to the Li family, it also brought them profound disasters. Especially when the Wu clan was in power, the Li family suffered a great calamity and almost wiped out the entire clan. It was precisely after receiving this lesson that the Li family, who knew that inheritance was the most important, became conservative, and in the end they did not even fight for high-ranking officials in the imperial court, but only worked hard to manage their own one-third of an acre of land, and only claimed the king in Shanxi.

But it's a smart move in this day and age. Since the Jiajing Dynasty, there have been endless battles in the court, and how many high-ranking officials and clans have fallen and died because of the struggle between the cabinet and the Son of Heaven...... The end of every powerful minister is accompanied by the disappearance of his entire family. And the Li family, because they have never been involved in these disputes, live freely.

Therefore, the Li family regards prudence as the most important family motto of their family, which has been passed down from generation to generation, and the children also deeply think of it, and engrave it as a wall and plaque, hang it in the middle hall, and stand in the first courtyard of the Li house, so that every child of the Li family can see it every day and remember it deeply.

When the sun rose and shone on the glittering "Shen Du" plaque, the sound of reading aloud was already ringing in the family school on the left hand side of the Li house, which was the youngest generation of the Li family who were enlightened and entering school. Many of them will become pillars of the Li family in the future.

Generally speaking, at this time, the Li Mansion will seem to be very quiet, even those who work under the people, and they are often light-handed, and no one will run and scream.

But today's situation is a little different, a dignified, well-dressed middle-aged man completely disregarded the usual rules, strode towards the inside, his standard Chinese face, with a hint of eagerness and uneasiness.

The people who were sweeping the courtyard around saw that this always steady lord was like this today, and they immediately became curious, but no matter how they asked each other, they couldn't know what was going on.

The middle-aged man slowed down slightly after passing through the courtyard and reaching the penultimate courtyard, but it was very different from the rules when he came here before.

His eager footsteps disturbed an old gray-haired man who was sitting in the courtyard, spitting. This old man looks like he is in his sixties, and there are many wrinkles on his face, but his face is full of red light, and he does not look old. Seeing the middle-aged man's appearance, the old man's brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "Li Cong, why are you so panicked?" How old are they, and they are still so unstable? ”

As soon as the middle-aged Li Cong was told by the old man, his face turned red, and he quickly lowered his head and said, "What my uncle said is that my nephew is too Meng Lang." However, the stakes are high, and I am nervous that this is what ......"

"Oh? What the hell is going on? The old man had finished his work at this time, stood up from the futon, looked at Li Cong Zhengse and asked. In fact, he also had some uneasiness in his heart, Li Cong was old and stable, and he was recognized in the family, maybe he would be the one who succeeded him as the patriarch after a hundred years, and this matter could make him lose his proportions, which was obviously very serious.

Li Cong swallowed slightly, and then said: "This is an urgent letter sent by Li Chang from Datong overnight, uncle, take a look first." As he spoke, he handed over a letter.

The old man took the letter, squinted his eyes, and read it. At this glance, his old face was quickly clouded with a layer of haze: "There is such a thing? Is this serious? ”

In fact, he didn't ask Li Cong what he said, but just talking to himself. But Li Cong, as a junior, since his uncle asked so, he had to continue: "Li Chang is in such a hurry to send the letter, which means that the matter can't be faked." Uncle, the stakes are high, and we have to deal with them. ”

"Well, it's a big deal, so you have to be careful." After stabilizing his mind, the old man finally made a decision.

A moment later, Li Cong walked out of the courtyard again. Soon after, several servants also hurried to several courtyards of the Li Mansion and called out all the talented children of the Li family who were among them.

About half an hour later, there were more than a dozen people sitting in the Li ancestral hall, they were all the right-hand men of the Li family at home now, and Li Jue and Li Cong were naturally among them.

After everyone circulated the letter that was sent urgently, the head of the Li family, the old lady Li Mucai, spoke: "What do you think about this? ”

As he asked, most people's eyes fell on Li Jue, and they saw that he was a little restless. Of course, he knew why everyone looked at him, because the matter of Datong was handled by him, and he thought that everything was under control, but he didn't expect such a change, and it can be said that his responsibility is very heavy.

Since everyone was looking at him, Li Jue had to be the first to speak: "This matter is indeed quite serious, but I always feel that Yang Zhen is bluffing, he may not really have the ability to hold his brains, let alone hold our other handles." ”

"I don't see it that way." Li Cong said with a solemn face: "Since this Yang Zhen can get out of the hands of the Tartars, he must have his superiority." Moreover, as an official of the imperial court, how could he not know how serious it was to pass off others as the chief of the Tartars? And whether the brain hair is still in the grassland or was really caught by him, it's not too difficult for us to investigate, why did he use a fake to deceive us? ”

"This ......" Li Jue's face turned red when he heard this, he was ashamed and annoyed, which was obviously losing his face. But the fact is that he didn't do things well, so that people can hold the sore feet, and it is irrefutable.

Li Cong and Li Jue are both very good and have the possibility of taking over the position of the next head of the family, so they have been fighting openly and secretly. Everyone present also knew this, so it was not surprising that they had such a statement.

But at this time, the two are still arguing there, which is not what Li Mu wants to see. So he no longer asked these two people, but fell on the other nephew: "Li Heng, what do you think about this?" ”

Li Heng is about the same age as them, but he looks much more honest than those two. was named by the head of the family, and then slowly spoke: "We would rather believe in this matter, otherwise it will be very tricky." So I thought we should send someone to talk to him first and see what he wanted from us. But we can't just listen to Yang Zhen's words, so it is urgent to send people to the grassland to find out the truth. ”

"That's the right idea." Li Mu nodded happily: "That's it, let Li Heng go to Datong." ”

"Yes, I will certainly live up to your expectations." Li Heng hurriedly got up and hugged his fists.

"But there's one more thing I'm worried about." Li Mu said that there was a little more worry between his eyebrows: "Then Yang Zhen said that he still has more deadly evidence, thinking about it, only Jiang Hao may fall into his hands." If he can really capture the big brain hair, Jiang Hao will probably be in his hands. Therefore, it is imperative that we first find out these two points, and you should do it as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!" Several other people were even more shocked when they heard this, this Jiang Hao knew too many things about his family, if he was held by Yang Zhen, it would be too dangerous, I hope this is just a false alarm......