Chapter 12: Returning Home
"No thanks, come, keep drinking!" Li Feiyu was very satisfied with the expression on Wang Liu's face, and said with a smile.
"A glass to the little one!"
"Come, let's drink!"
After drinking wine with Wang Liu for half an hour, Li Feiyu looked outside, the moon had risen to the starry sky, the pavilions everywhere were brightly lit, and occasionally there were a few beautiful piano sounds.
"Do you know of a place to hide where you can throw a sack down without anyone noticing?" Li Feiyu tasted the wine, looked at Wang Liu, who was flushed, and asked.
Although Wang Liu drank some wine, his head was very sober, and when he heard this, he knew Li Feiyu's thoughts, and said in a low voice: "There is a small courtyard to the west of the house, and there is a dry well in it, which has been dry for many years, and is more than 20 meters deep. ”
"Who are the people living in that courtyard?"
"It is the concubine of a minister of the previous dynasty, and since the East Palace occupied this place, the courtyard has been uninhabited, overgrown with weeds, and the houses are covered with cobwebs."
Li Feiyu thought about it for a while, and felt that it was also a good choice to throw Chen Sheng's body in the dry well, so he and Wang Liu carried the sack and walked to the west of the house.
Although there were soldiers patrolling the backyard, there was no one in the room, so Li Feiyu and Wang Liu carried sacks weighing more than 100 catties, and it was easy to come to that courtyard.
The courtyard here was extremely quiet, and as soon as Li Feiyu entered, he felt cold all over his body, and his legs trembled uncontrollably.
Wang Liu walked in front with a sack, saying something heavenly and earthly spiritual, evil ghosts and fierce ghosts stopped aside, and adults came here for a visit.
After turning around, they came to the dry well, and together they threw the body in the sack.
"Boom!"
After about a few moments, the sack slammed into the bottom of the well!
Li Feiyu breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly took Wang Liu out of this swishing courtyard.
Back in the small courtyard, Li Feiyu solemnly promised Wang Liu that the position of the third chief manager must be his, and let him go back first to do the business of the house with peace of mind.
With a happy smile, Wang Liu left the small courtyard satisfied.
At this time, the gate of the East Palace had not yet been closed, Li Feiyu threw the bloodstained clothes into the bucket with an uneasy heart, put the token in his arms, and hurried out to the palace gate.
Among the errand servants in the East Palace, only the backyard manager and some of the master's old maids can go back to the house every day and then march into the palace in the early morning of the second day.
Li Feiyu is a side branch of the Li family in Longxi, and his family background is not bad, with three maids, three servants, a groom, and a cook, all of whom are the old men of his family.
Li Feiyu runs errands in the East Palace, gets up early and returns late, and sometimes doesn't go home at all, just living in a small courtyard.
The affairs of the house are all managed by the subordinates, and every month the old housekeeper will hand over the silver taels to Li Feiyu on time.
Li Feiyu, who has been dreaming for a thousand years, has lived in the Li Mansion for a few days and is very clear about the people and things in the mansion.
Out of the palace gate, a hundred meters forward, a carriage pulled over in the moonlight, and on the side of the carriage stood the young boy Xiao Wu during the day.
"Young Master, you're back!" Seeing Li Feiyu coming over, Xiao Wu hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile.
Li Feiyu nodded, did not speak, and went straight to the carriage.
Seeing that the young master looked tired, Xiao Wu hurriedly jumped on the side of the carriage, picked up the horsewhip and waved it, and ordered the horse to gallop away quickly.
Li Feiyu in the car closed his eyes, everything that happened today seemed ordinary, but it was actually quite dangerous!
Fortunately, he took the line of Zheng Guanyin, although he can't have any power for the time being, as long as there are hundreds of sergeants obeying him, with a thousand-year history, he will definitely be able to change the trend of history, and even more can change Li Jiancheng and his life.
The carriage galloped all the way, and after the middle of the night, it returned to an alley at the west gate.
Li Mansion is located here, three in and two out of the courtyard, from the outside looks very ordinary, and the same as the mansion of ordinary large families, there are two lanterns hanging in front of the door, the door plaque on the word Li Mansion bright.
Li Feiyu got out of the carriage, turned around and walked into the mansion, and when he was about to knock on the door, the door creaked open from the inside, an old man was over fifty years old, wearing coarse linen clothes, holding a lamp in one hand, and blocking in front of the faint fire with the other.
The old man's name is Chang San, and he is Li Feiyu's old housekeeper, and since the death of his parents, everything in the Li family has been taken care of by Chang San.
Li Feiyu's predecessor was good to the old housekeeper, not only taking care of life, but also pouring a few cups with the old housekeeper during the New Year's holidays.
"The young master is back!" Chang San held the lamp in his hand and stepped forward with a smile.
"Uncle Chang, you don't have to open the door for me in the future, just let Xiao Wu knock on the door." Li Feiyu said politely.
The old housekeeper smiled: "The old slave is old and can't sleep at night, so he waits to open the door for the young master." ”
Li Feiyu didn't say much, told the old housekeeper to rest early, and then walked to his room.
The old housekeeper saw that the young master was going back to the room to rest, and hurriedly said: "Young master, the old slave has found a few good families in the city, and after a while, the young master will choose a good girl and marry into the door to prolong the heirs." ”
Li Feiyu is twenty-two years old, according to the customs of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, people at this age have already married and had children, and some children can speak! And Li Feiyu due to the death of his parents, no one came to the door to propose marriage, and no one asked for a lifelong event, which has been delayed until this age.
There is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old maid in the house, named Caixia, who is very smart, and has been fortunate to be by his predecessor several times, and has never had a name, in name, she is just Li Feiyu's personal maid.
The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was open, the family of gate valves still existed, and the big families did not marry poor women, and only after marrying the right girl as a wife, they could take concubines.
A family like Li Feiyu cannot be called a family, but it can be called a big family, because Li Feiyu's father used to be a businessman and had a lot of land in Longxi.
After coming to Chang'an, Li Feiyu had a relatively high vision, thinking that with his status as a relative of Li Tang, even if he couldn't marry a young lady from a family, he would have to marry a beautiful girl from a large family.
It's a pity that there are too many famous families in Chang'an City, most of them are dignitaries left over from the previous dynasty, the new emperor Li Yuan ascended the throne as the emperor, after the change of the Yuan dynasty, these people immediately gave their young ladies to the Li family's dignitaries of the dynasty, such as the crown prince Li Jiancheng, the king of Qin Li Shimin, and some of Li Yuan's direct bloodline.
Some of the young ladies of these families were favored by the Li family and became concubines, and if they were not photographed, they stayed in the house to be a maid.
The family has always paid attention to the interests of the family, no matter who is the emperor, they will always change the way to send women and money to win the favor of those in power.
In the eyes of the family, even if their own girl goes to the palace to be a maid, it is much better than marrying an ordinary person.
And Li Feiyu's family background is called an ordinary family by the family, and it is impossible to send his own young lady into the fire pit.
The girl from a big family is either unsatisfactory in appearance, or she doesn't look down on his status as a subordinate!
In this way, the twenty-two-year-old Li Feiyu has been working for several years, and he has never married the lady of the family with a prominent family background and beautiful beauty in his mind.
The old housekeeper watched his young master grow up day by day, and he was really anxious, so he made his own opinion, walked the streets and alleys, and asked which young lady from a big family was still waiting to be written.
Li Feiyu thought about it for a while, his age is indeed a bit old in this era, if he delays it any longer, I am afraid that he will really become an old man, and whose daughter will be willing to marry him at that time?
"Uncle Chang, you look at the choice, I have to be on an errand in the East Palace during this time, so I don't often go back to the house, you are in charge of the things in the house, after the selection, send Xiao Wu to the East Palace to spread a word, I will come back." Li Feiyu replied, turned around and left.
When the old housekeeper heard the young master's words, he immediately smiled, when he mentioned marrying in the past, the young master always said that he was not in a hurry, but it turned out that he had waited for so many years, it was rare that the young master figured it out today, if it was delayed, under Jiuquan, what face would he have to go down to see the old lady.
Li Feiyu returned to the room and lay on the bed, a woman with a delicate appearance, a slender figure, and a light green dress carried a basin of water, pushed open the door and walked in, and said with a smile: "Young master, it's time to wash your feet!" ”
Li Feiyu glanced up and saw that it was Caixia, the maid on the bed in front of him, and couldn't help but be embarrassed, although he had several girlfriends in his previous life, he still maintained a normal relationship between men and women, at most, he pulled his fingers and stroked each other.
Caixia is the woman of the predecessor, and he is inseparable, he took over the family wealth and identity of the predecessor, does he even have to take the predecessor woman together?
Li Feiyu really wanted to shout: "The benefits of crossing are so good, women, houses, and jobs are all there." ”
"I'm tired today, I won't wash my feet, you can go back and rest first." Li Feiyu pretended to be indifferent and replied unhappily.
Caixia with the hot water basin was stunned for a while, every time the young master came back from the East Palace, he would always sleep with her, but since the young master got sick, he didn't care about her as much as before, and he didn't treat her as well as before, let alone serve her!
Could it be that the young master has a woman outside?
Caixia's eyebrows were bent, tears flowed out of her eyes, and she sobbed slightly!
Li Feiyu listened to Caixia's crying, his heart softened for a while, and said, "Bring the water, I'll wash it myself!" ”
The peak turned around, Caixia thought that the young master really didn't care about her anymore, but she didn't expect the young master to still care about her, so she hurriedly walked to the bed with hot water, and made a gesture to take off her boots and wash her feet for Li Feiyu.
"I'll do it myself!" Li Feiyu got up and sat down, pulled down his boots and socks in three or two clicks, revealing his big feet.
Feet into the basin, wrapped in hot water, the whole body is indescribably comfortable.
Li Feiyu washed his feet by himself, and Caixia stood aside and watched quietly.
Half an hour later, the hot water had already cooled, Li Feiyu took out his feet, took the rag from Caixia's hand, wiped the water stains on his feet, and said with a smile: "You go back to sleep first, after a tired day, I should also rest." ”
After Li Feiyu finished speaking, he lay down directly on the bed, covered his body with the quilt, pretended to be sleepy, and dozed off in his mouth.
Caixia saw that the young master was really tired, so she didn't bother, and walked out slowly with the footwater.
Hearing the sound of the door closing, Li Feiyu looked relieved!
On the bed, Li Feiyu whispered to himself: "I can't save my life, how can I still think about the love of my children!" ”
Li Feiyu, who was tired for a day, fell asleep.