Chapter 26: Repetition of Old Tricks (2)
"The little one has seen the Duke of Jin." Lai Xing'er followed the deacon of the Jin State Mansion into the luxuriously decorated main hall and bowed to Li Jinzhong, who was sitting in the center.
Li Jinzhong unprecedentedly got up to help Lai Xing'er up, and said with a smile in his mouth: "In the future, I will call Uncle Shi, and there is no need to be so polite between the boy and the old man." How's it going, have you recovered in the past two days? ”
Lai Xing'er lightly avoided Li Jinzhong's outstretched hands, stood up, and replied respectfully: "Thank you Uncle for your concern, my little body is good." It's just that without the permission of Lord Xie, the small one can't leave the palace without permission, and the uncle sent someone to summon the little one here, I don't know what the little one wants to do? ”
Li Jinzhong deliberately put on a straight face and reprimanded in the tone of an elder: "Is there nothing else that the old man called you except for the messenger?" Now that there is new news about your mother's whereabouts, do you want to hear it? ”
Lai Xing'er was most concerned about her mother's safety, and when she heard Li Jinzhong say this, her eyes immediately lit up, and she asked anxiously: "Where is her old man now?" ”
Li Jinzhong turned around and sat down unhurriedly, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and then said slowly: "The old man got the exact news a few days ago, saying that soon after your mother was exiled to Liaodong, she married a military academy named Wang Huan as a concubine, and she has been living with Wang Huan in the military camp on the border all these years.
More than a month ago, not long after the current saint ascended the throne, the old man sent someone to find Wang Huan in Liaodong and wanted to take your mother back to Beijing to meet you, but Wang Huan said that he had sold your mother. ”
Speaking of this, Li Jinzhong deliberately stopped. Peeked to observe Lai Xing'er's reaction.
As he expected, Lai Xing'er heard that her mother was sold as an object by her stephusband, and she was so anxious that tears burst out of her eyes. didn't care about respect and humility, ran forward and shook Li Jinzhong's arm, begging bitterly: "Who was my mother sold to by Wang Huan?" Where is she now? Uncle, say it quickly! ”
Li Jinzhong sighed softly and said to Lai Xing'er: "Child, your mother's life is thinner than paper." That Wang Huan was addicted to gambling, and he owed a Hu merchant a huge gambling debt and couldn't repay it, so he sold your mother to the Hu merchant to pay off the gambling debt.
That Hu Shang saw that your mother was quite attractive. She was not too old, so she sold her to others at a high price for profit. In just over a month, your mother has been poured three or four times like a commodity. The suffering she suffered during this period makes even the old man feel sad when he thinks about it. ”
Lai Xing'er listened to it, and her heart was as painful as a knife. He "plopped" and knelt down in front of Li Jinzhong, tugging on the sleeves of Li Jinzhong's robe and begging: "But I begged my uncle to send someone to try to rescue my mother, even if Lai Xing'er was making cattle and horses for my uncle, he was willing to do it." ”
Li Jinzhong saw that the fire was almost over. Then he leaned over and picked up Xing'er. smiled and persuaded: "You kid, don't take advantage of the great opportunities that are ready to be around you, but come to beg the old man, isn't it too much?" ”
Lai Xing'er heard that there were words hidden in his words, raised his hand to wipe a handful of tears, choked up and asked, "I don't know what Uncle Shi refers to when he talks about opportunities?" ”
Li Jinzhong picked up a bowl of tea, handed it to Lin Xing'er, and patted him on the shoulder. said, "Don't worry, boy. The old man's men have heard clearly. Your mother is now a slave in the Nasimo Mansion of the Great General of Luocheng and Tubo, and her life is worry-free for a while, but how to take her back to her homeland has to be figured out by yourself. The city is located 8,000 miles away, and it is the capital of the outer domain, even if the old man has the heart to help you, he is really beyond the reach of the whip and can do nothing. ”
Although Lai Xing'er had read some books since she was a child, she had never heard of the place of Luoqicheng, but now when she heard Li Jinzhong say that it was 8,000 miles away from Chang'an, she became more and more worried about her mother's safety.
Anxiously, he suddenly remembered that there had been discussions in the palace recently, and the imperial court was about to send an envoy headed by King Mu to Tubo and Qin, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, he bowed deeply to Li Jinzhong, turned around and ran out of the door, shouting: "The little one has thought of a way." Thank you Uncle for your advice, if you can bring back your mother from Luoqi City in the future, my mother and son will never forget your kindness. ”
Li Jinzhong twisted the Buddha beads in his hand, looked at the back of Lai Xing'er running out of the door, and couldn't help but put a smug smile on the corner of his mouth: Now, he only needs to instruct Xie Liangchen to blow the wind in the emperor's ear, and pour a basin of dirty water on Xing'er's body that seems to have something to do with the remnants of the Zhang family, I believe that the emperor will naturally not rest assured to stay by his side and wait. I saw Lai Xing'er for the first time in the idle yard more than two years ago, and I felt that this kid was a big ghost, and now he really knew it at one point, and he didn't need to bother to talk about it, so he took the initiative to pounce. Since he was convinced that his biological mother was trapped in Tibet, he would definitely try his best to join the mission, and then the nail would naturally move from the emperor's side to the side of the king of Mu, and as for how it would work in the future, it was all up to him to grasp.
Lai Xing'er came out of the Jin State Mansion located in the northeast corner of Chang'an City, and ran all the way back to Yanying Palace. He was now ******** anxious to meet the emperor, and begged him to allow him to go with the king to the city of Raksa to rescue his mother.
But as he ran, his burning mind was blown by the oncoming cool breeze, and he gradually calmed down: with his own personal feelings, Li Jinzhong is different from Wu Xiaozhong and Jing Xuan, why did he so kindly call himself to the mansion to inform his mother's whereabouts, doesn't he need to act as an eyeliner by the side of Emperor Yanyingdian?
Even if what Li Jinzhong said was true, what reason could he make the emperor agree to send him to join the mission?
Lai Xing'er couldn't figure out a clue after thinking about it again and again, he lowered his head and hurried forward with his footsteps, and someone in front of him shouted "stop" at him. Lai Xing'er was startled, and he wanted to stop his steps, but he was still able to collide with the person who was walking towards him.
"Grandpa Shang, why are you?" Although the person in front of him was black and thin, and he looked weak, not at all like the white and chubby prince Neifang eunuch before, Lai Xing'er still recognized him at a glance.
"Are you ......?" Shang Jing, who was nearly fifty years old, was hit head-on by Lai Xing'er, and was almost knocked to the ground, frightened, he rubbed his chest with one hand, panting heavily, looking up and down at the handsome and reckless little eunuch in front of him, trying to find his name in the depths of memory.
Lai Xing'er apologized, hurriedly stepped forward to help Shang Jing stand firm, and reminded him: "I'm Lai Xing'er, I used to serve Jing Niangniang in the East Palace, and then went to the stable to raise horses, don't you remember?" (To be continued.) )
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