"Xianggong, you are too reckless!"

After listening to Li Xi's explanation, while frowning slightly, Wu Lan couldn't help but open her mouth to scold, and then remembered that this incident happened entirely because of herself, in other words, the reason why Li Xi risked offending the crown prince of the dynasty and dealt such a heavy hand to the two Chang'an visitors, so that one of them had to be charged with leaving Beijing without permission, it can be said that it was all for her Wu Lan alone, and then, she couldn't help but bow her head and said quietly: "Xianggong, slave...... Slave isn't worth it......"

"Nonsense, for your sake, what is it to offend those two birdmen, don't say that the prince wants you, that is, the emperor wants you, the same is to reach out and chop your hands, stretch out your feet and chop your feet! It's a big deal that Lao Tzu will take you to Lingnan Road, let's go to sea by boat from Lingnan, the world is so big, where to go, why should you suffer from their bird anger! ”

These words are the most sincere, but in fact, there is no purpose, that is, when the thing is done, it is purely to vent and have to be relieved, but listening to it in Wu Lan's ears, she couldn't help but hide her face with her hands and cry with a whimper.

Seeing her crying, Li Xi was startled.

In the afternoon, I went to the Assassin Shi Yamen to explain the matter clearly, and because Zhao Fengling confessed that he had left Beijing from Chang'an without permission, although he was entertained, it was also like house arrest, and then, Li Xi was worried that Wu Lan would not be able to figure out what she was listening to at home, and she was afraid that she would be anxious and worried, and she couldn't wait for the official letter sent by the Assassin Yamen to Chang'an, so she hurried home.

As a result, when she came back, she told her about it, thinking that Wu Lan didn't have to worry, but she didn't expect it to make her cry, but this was unexpected by Li Xi.

But after thinking about it, Li Xi suddenly understood something.

At that moment, he hurriedly sat down beside Wu Lan, stretched out his arm and hugged her in his arms, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, moved?" Then you don't have to cry your nose, your eyes will be red from crying later, how ugly! ”

Wu Lan was still crying when she heard this, but she couldn't help but laugh, and then she wiped her tears and raised her head, sobbing while reaching out to gently caress Li Xi's face, the movements were extremely gentle, and at the same time, the misty eyes were also staring at Li Xi's face, as if she wanted to imprint his appearance deeply in her mind.

Its affection made Li Xi feel a little sentimental.

But he soon smiled, hugged Wu Lan's body tighter, hugged her ear and sighed, "Lan'er, if you really feel moved, then give your body to Xianggong tonight, okay?" ”

What he said was a joke, in fact, since Li Xi made a vow that night that he had to marry Mingmei, Wu Lan had long regarded himself as the person in his room, if he really wanted it, Wu Lan would never have the slightest unwillingness, but Li Xi always remembered the oath in his heart, and would rather be depressed than break his promise.

But this time, to Li Xi's surprise, Wu Lan shook his head slightly after hearing this.

Just when Li Xi was stunned, she gently fell into Li Xi's arms, and after a long while, she said softly: "Xianggong, concubine...... Can't give it to you! ”

Li Xi was stunned when he heard this, "Why? Didn't you ...... before?"

"Yes! But that was before! Wu Lan sat up straight, reached out again and gently touched Li Xi's face, she didn't feel it just now, but Li Xi suddenly felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this atmosphere.

It's not like [the little woman has no way to repay her kindness, but she can only promise it with her body to fulfill the king's wish], but it's a bit like ......

Part never to meet again?

Li Xi suddenly sat up straight and put away the ease on his face.

Wu Lan gently wiped the tears from her face, although the tears were rolling down all the time, and she couldn't wipe them clean-

"Xianggong, you know, the slave was born in the Wu family, although he has been displaced since he was a child, and even needs to rely on going back and forth to many families to barely survive, but after all, the slave is from the Wu family, and many things, even if the slave has not gone through, he is born to understand and understand."

Wu Lan's opening remarks made Li Xi's heart flutter all of a sudden, and he seemed to feel that he had vaguely guessed something.

Sure enough, at this time, Wu Lan continued: "Xianggong made a good poem, that sentence is angry and angry, it is really well written, but it can be read from this poem, even if it is Xianggong yourself, although you have no regrets about this matter, you still understand, you know, you are angry, because you are angry, because you are angry, so you ...... Rash! ”

"Since it's reckless, then, no matter how much reason you feel you have, no matter how much you think you don't miscalculate, but...... The slave can tell you that there is no such thing as foolproof in officialdom. Even if he is as smart as the Emperor Zetian, he will be forced to the palace and even abdicate. ”

"Did Xianggong ever think that once Chang'an reacted, with the status of the crown prince, he didn't need to launch any stormy blows to you, he only needed a look...... Even the concubine felt that he didn't even need a look, and if he didn't do anything, there would be countless people trying to figure out his thoughts, so when the time comes, what you have to face is the attack from top to bottom. Even if you have elders like Lord Zhou and Lord Liu to protect you, but ......"

Speaking of this, Wu Lan shook his head, and the tears fell faster and faster, and Li Xi heard that now, he was just frowning and thinking hard, all because what Wu Lan said, it was not unreasonable, on the contrary, including Zhou Qiong, Liu Bo and Li Yifeng, everyone thought so, even Li Xi himself knew that although this move would definitely win, the consequences would ...... It's serious.

Although with his surname, even if he knew that the consequences were serious, he would definitely go back and do it, but that didn't mean that he wasn't afraid or worried about the violent blow that would follow!

At this time, Wu Lan sobbed, but said with a resolute face: "Xianggong, the slave knows that you love the slave and love the slave, but the slave can't let you destroy yourself for me!" Since the prince can sacrifice everything for the sake of the concubine, what is there not to be a concubine! ”

Hearing this, Li Xi raised his hand with a serious face, "Stop, don't say it, absolutely not!" ”

Wu Lan shook her head, took his hand, and said: "Xianggong, you just listen to the slave, let the slave go, let the slave go to Chang'an with them, the big deal is to let them reveal the identity of the slave, although it is the daughter of the sin, but firstly, it has been so many years, and secondly, the slave's aunt is now a concubine in public, and she is very favored, they may not be able to do anything about the concubine!" ”

Hearing this, Li Xi broke away from her hand and got up, and said categorically: "There is no need to mention this matter again, there is no need to discuss!" ”

Wu Lan also stood up when he heard this, still holding his arm, and said: "Xianggong, don't be rash at this time, you leave the concubine by your side, the concubine is willing, and you are happy, but in this way, once something happens in the future, Xianggong, you will be in a situation where you are bored and beaten, let the concubine go to Chang'an, even if the situation is bad, it will be nothing more than that, and if the sky has eyes, maybe there will be a turnaround in this matter......"

Li Xi took a deep breath when he heard this, looked at her, and said solemnly: "Lan'er, this is a man's business. ”

Wu Lan was stunned when she heard this.

Li Xi let go of her, went back to the table and sat down, picked up a bowl of herbal tea and took a sip, and said, "Those worries of yours are all reasonable, I am not a fool, I understand everything." Your worries are my worries. ”

"But, even if others don't understand, you should know that I've never been an impulsive person, and I think carefully about everything. Therefore, this matter may seem a little reckless to you and to others, but I know in my own heart that I have thought about this matter before I did it, and it is not reckless at all! ”

Wu Lan walked in front of him, squatted down on his knees, still took his hand, turned his face up, looked at him silently for a moment, and asked, "Is it really worth it for me?" ”

Li Xi smiled and asked her, "Do you think that you are a person who treats crimes, and you are almost useless except for being pretty?" You see, you can't cook...... Oh, it's so much better now, I've learned to cook a few dishes, although it doesn't taste very good, and, as the mistress of a big mansion, you can't manage people, you can't convince them, and ......"

Li Xi smiled and said: "You are tall and tall, about the same as a flower slave, this ...... of dressing and eating Fermi."

Hearing this, Rao is Wulan was full of sorrow at this time, and he couldn't help but make him laugh, and couldn't help but raise his hand and gently slap him on the leg.

But at this time, Li Xi suddenly put away his smiling face and said: "But, I just like you, I just like the dishes you make, I just like you to be tall, I just like you to be beautiful, I just like to smell you!" ”

"Just because I like you, I am willing to take all risks for you, this, not reckless, this is called willing!"

Li Xi's affectionate monologue immediately moved Wu Lan again, and her unstoppable tears suddenly became more and more sparse, and even in the end, she simply lay on Li Xi's lap and whimpered and cried.

Li Xi smiled and reached out to hold her on her lap, she fell into Li Xi's arms and cried, and in the end, Li Xi simply held her face, and wiped her tears with that sleeve, "Okay, okay, don't cry, how about outside, that's your father-in-law's business, you don't need to worry about anything, you just need to be a good little woman!" ”

Wu Lan nodded, crying profusely, and choked up: "Slaves are all little women in this life!" ”

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Before dinner, Pei Yang's Mansion had already sent someone over.

What happened to Li Xi's house this afternoon, it is not known outside for the time being, but the fact that there were six men at the gate of the Li Mansion who openly confronted the officials with knives spread throughout the entire Jin Yuan in just one afternoon, how could Yang Huahua not know? Now that she knew, she was naturally very worried, so she quickly sent someone to ask if something was going on here.

In the afternoon, people had already come once, but at that time Li Xi was still assassinating Shi Yamen, so he just got a not very accurate news over there, like Wu Lan, listening to a sentence in the east and listening to a sentence in the west, so it is inevitable that some novelists will say that there are some suspense ups and downs, then Yang Huahua suddenly became even more worried when she heard it, no, seeing that dinner was almost here, she stepped on Li Xi and might go home, so she sent someone over.

This time, it's Ah Jin.

After Li Xi pacified Wu Lan, he came to the small living room outside to see her.

After sitting down, he simply told him what happened this afternoon, and told Ah Jin to take care of their young lady and not to worry about himself, and then he couldn't think of anything to say, so he just said: "Originally, I should have gone over and talked to her in person, but now I still have a lot of things to deal with in a hurry, so I won't go." You just tell her that for her at the moment, recuperation is the first priority, and other things, don't worry about it, don't care. ”

Ah Jin nodded, knowing that Li Xi's words were almost over, so he stood up.

was about to leave, but she couldn't help but glance at Li Xi, hesitated, and suddenly asked coldly: "Sir, do you regret it now?" ”

Li Xi was stunned when he heard this, "Regret? What do you regret? ”

Ah Jin looked at him, his eyes blazing, "I mean, when I robbed a woman with His Royal Highness the Prince, when I did it at that time, Mr. must have felt very enjoyable, and now that smugness has passed, do you regret it?" ”

Li Xi laughed when he heard this, and wanted to wave his hand to send her away, so he wanted to explain his thoughts, and he also went to tell Yang Huahua another day, and he couldn't say anything to Ah Jin, but after thinking about it, he still couldn't help but say to her: "Ah Jin girl, not everything in this world can be included in the scope of business!" ”

He smiled, and when he saw that Ah Jin was puzzled, he said again: "There are some things, there is no so-called loss and gain, even if there are, some things can also make people ignore the question of whether to lose or earn, or to say, some things will make people rather lose their money, but also to do it, and do it without hesitation, for me, protect my beloved woman, it is in this list!" ”

Ah Jin frowned at first, then seemed thoughtful, and after a while, she nodded solemnly, "Ah Jin understands!" ”

Then he gave a salute and turned and swayed away.

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After dinner, Wu Lan asked people to take the cold watermelon that was placed at the bottom of the well to cut it, and there were several other seasonal fruits, and he wanted to take Li Xi to the back garden to enjoy the coolness.

Li Xi had something in his heart at this time, but he didn't have this thought, but since Wu Lan was in this mood, he didn't want to disturb her interest, so he nodded and agreed.

It's just that when it was in the cold, Wu Lan was only lying in his arms without saying a word, Li Xi also frowned and thought hard, and the two of them sat silently in the back garden for half an hour.

Wu Lan saw that Li Xi was not interested, so he called someone to clean up all the things, and the watermelon was cut and could not be put away, so he ordered them to eat it themselves, and then accompanied Li Xi to the backyard.

"Take a shower, shall you? The slave felt sticky and uncomfortable. She asked.

Li Xi nodded, "It's good to take a bath, it's good to take a bath, then you can wash it!" ”

Wu Lan nodded when she heard this, and then sighed softly in her heart.

If it was left in normal times, when Wu Lan said this, Li Xi would definitely smile, just rubbing the bath is absolutely not enough, it must be "mandarin duck bath". But today, his mind is clearly not on this at all.

At that moment, Wu Lan didn't ask him what he was planning in his heart, how he was going to deal with the huge crisis that was likely to come in a month, but he just arranged for someone to boil water and set up a bath. It's just that when everything was arranged, she found that Li Xi was gone, and asked someone, and a little maid said that she saw Gongzi in a trance and seemed to be moving forward.

Wu Lan wondered in her heart, anyway, it was night, and there was no one moving around in the mansion, so she simply asked someone to pick up the lantern and come to the front together, and sure enough, she saw the light in the study from a distance!

The weather is too hot, and the windows in the study are open on all sides, so if you get a little closer, you can see Li Xizheng walking back and forth in the study shirtless, and when you get closer, you can even hear him muttering words in his mouth.

Wu Lan waved her hand and motioned for the little maid to retreat far away and wait, and stepped over by herself.

Just as Li Xi turned around, he saw her at a glance, and immediately waved his hand, "Lan'er, come, you come to write!" ”

Wu Lan was puzzled when she heard this, so she went into the study, Li Xi pulled her over and pressed her on the chair where he often sat and practiced calligraphy, picked up the pen to absorb the ink and handed it to her, and took a pile of paper to put it away, and then said: "My handwriting is not good, I can't see anyone, you come to write, I say, you write." ”

Wu Lan wondered in her heart, "Xianggong, what do you want to write?" ”

Li Xi thought for a while, held his chin, and said something in his mouth again, "Yes, what's it called?" "My Book of Ten Thousand Words", no, no, it's too white, shame, shame! Then ...... "On the Table"? No, no, it seems that people who don't have a bit of identity don't dare to use this word at all! ”

He was chattering here, but Wu Lan's brows wrinkled unconsciously, and he couldn't help asking, "Xianggong, do you want to give the Holy Lord?" ”

"Twists? Ah, yes, it's a twist! Li Xi came back to his senses and replied, but suddenly "ah", pointed at Wu Lan, and said: "Lan'er, I thought of it, just be straightforward in the name, you write, write quickly, the name is "On the Harm of Land Annexation and the Weight of Feudal Towns", write, write down!" ”

Wu Lan was dumbfounded when she heard this.

Land annexation? The weight of the feudal town?

This one......

Wu Lan couldn't help but think, how could Xiang Gong think of such a topic?

When she heard Li Xi ask her to come over to help with the writing, in fact, Wu Lan had already vaguely guessed some of Li Xi's meaning, and when he said what kind of messy names such as "On the Table of Things" and "My Book of Ten Thousand Words", she knew more clearly in her heart that her father-in-law had already thought of the idea of listening to words and actions.

If he can impress the current saint with a piece of music and attract his attention, it is naturally a good thing that he can't ask for, with the attention of the saint, even if he just asks "who is this Li Xi" after seeing the chapter, it can also make the officials below dare not act rashly, because no one knows whether His Majesty the Emperor has a good impression of this Li Xi, and whether he will suddenly think of him, because after all, His Majesty the Emperor already knows that there is a little official named Li Xi in this world.

It can be said that once the music can reach the heavens, then, before those people can't find Li Xi's obvious loopholes and flaws, they really don't dare to risk the emperor's wrath to deal with Li Xi.

But what about land annexation? On the weight of feudal towns?

But where does this begin?

If you want to talk about land annexation, this Tang Dynasty has been established for a hundred years, when the country was founded, it was granted land according to Ding, but now a hundred years have passed, some people have worked hard to accumulate, and some people have some craftsmanship and can do some work that others can't do, and some people have flexible brains and can do some small businesses, etc., etc., these people gradually become rich, and with money, they naturally have to buy land!

And it just so happens that some people can't live because of natural disasters [***], or because they are too lazy, or because they eat, drink, gamble, and don't do their jobs, etc., so they have to sell their land!

Everyone is willing to buy and sell, each with their own ability, the ancestors have been working hard for generations, and gradually developed to own hundreds of acres or even thousands of acres of land, and naturally become the master of wealth, and those who do not do business, after losing the land, the younger generations will gradually become tenant farmers, which has been there since ancient times.

It can even be said that this land annexation is the way of natural circulation. Who would have thought, if there was no merger, who would still be willing to work hard to operate? Who wants to put that much effort into making money? When the time comes, it is only necessary for everyone to guard their own land, and the whole country will not even have the slightest upward spirit.

Therefore, over the years, Wu Lan has never heard of anyone discussing this, and even giving a recital to His Majesty the Emperor, this ...... Is there anything worth discussing?

Let's talk about the weight of the feudal town......

Even if Wu Lan has only been fostered in various families as a singer for so many years, she has read a lot of books, and often deals with other singers in the mansions of those high-ranking officials and eunuchs, and she is not unaware of outside things, so she knows about the origin of this feudal town.

In the early days of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the government military system was implemented, and it was by virtue of the government military system that His Majesty Emperor Taizong was able to dominate the world. But later, with the passage of time, the military system gradually collapsed, and the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, Yanjing, were very yearning for Emperor Taizong's martial arts, and they were also very conquest-spirited, and those states did not know some etiquette like the people of the Central Plains, so in the past hundred years, the two sides have been fighting from time to time.

When the government military system gradually collapsed and the soldiers were unusable, the conscription system naturally came into being.

Moreover, as the so-called generals are not subject to the orders of the monarch outside, and the generals are in charge of the army, it is natural that they must be given considerable autonomy, and over time, they will be stationed in the border areas, and naturally, there will be feudal towns.

It is precisely because of the existence of these feudal towns that the Tang Dynasty can be powerful in all directions, so that the barbarians and others dare not commit lightly, and it is precisely because of the existence of these feudal towns that the Tang Dynasty can repeatedly fight some great victories that will boost the hearts of the people, so that the entire Tang Dynasty has maintained a steaming situation for so many years, the country is called mighty, and the people are called rich.

It can be said that the annexation of the land to the power of the feudal town, the former is a natural thing, the latter is an inevitable thing, and the former is what even the adults in the court are doing, and the latter is the good government that is applauded by all the people.

These two ...... Could there be anything wrong with that?

(To be continued)