Huaxia is an ancient civilization and a country of etiquette, with a heart of inclusiveness and tolerance, even if it is a heinous prisoner, before he dies, he will show him the tender side of human nature, and will send him a sumptuous dinner before he "goes on the road", also known as a severed head meal, because the Chinese people believe that if they are starving to death, it is a very tragic thing.

The people take food as the sky, and the word "food" is the best portrayal.

Li Erkong was so generous, unexpectedly, Liu Yuan's face turned pale when he thought of this origin.

"Uncle Pei, this, is this true?" Liu Yuan suddenly took Pei Jin's hand and said in fear.

The most painful thing in life is not that there is no money to spend, but that there is money, but people are gone, Liu Yuan is in this situation, and he was shocked when he heard this.

Pei Jing shook his head and said: "This matter is just your speculation, Pei Mou didn't say anything, but Pei Mou felt that although this matter was unlikely, it could not rule out this possibility. ”

Liu Yuan was dumbfounded.

In fact, Liu Yuan can understand Pei Jin's explanation, and he is also unpredictable and unpredictable, although he thinks that Li Er is unlikely to kill himself, as the old saying goes, killing is ominous, killing and surrendering is still ominous, let alone killing his own people, when the pursuit of life reaches a certain level, he will become fond of feathers, just like in some cities in Tuboluo, such as Hou Junji, Cheng Lao Demon King, these famous generals, that is not a murderous and ruthless person, a success will be ten thousand bones, and the road to the famous general is paved with the white bones of Sensen, in exchange for the past. Without blinking an eye, they gave the order to attack, but this time was different, and they could only choose to retreat temporarily.

Fame. It is the motivation of many people to move forward, but at some point, it becomes a burden to them.

However, Liu Yuan didn't dare to bet on Li Er, this guy was in a hurry, and he also raised a butcher's knife to his brother. Not to mention outsiders? Gambling with your life, let alone nine deaths, even nine lives and one death are also uneasy.

It is the rut of the road with the Xuanwu Gate. Pei Jin didn't dare to break, and Liu Yuan didn't dare to bet.

For a while, the feast was full of delicacies and became tasteless. It is the palace aged wine in the pot. I had to become bitter for a moment, and under the influence of this negative news, I had no appetite at all.

"Uncle Pei, what did the emperor say? Didn't you get any clues? Liu Yuan said with some surprise.

"No" Pei Jin shook his head and said: "The virtuous nephew is not an outsider, there is no need to conceal it, this is the emperor sent someone to order, Pei Mou did not see it with his own eyes, listened to it with his own ears, and did not receive half of the news beforehand." You also know what the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple is. On weekdays, all officials are respectful and stay away, but I heard a little. ”

Liu Yuan immediately asked, "What did you hear?" ”

"The emperor set up a banquet in the palace to invite hundreds of officials and meritorious soldiers of the Yangwei Army, Pei's needs to be on duty, I didn't go, I heard that during the banquet, the hundred officials said good things for you several times, and a group of Yangwei soldiers also pleaded with the emperor together, but the emperor has been biting the pass and refusing to let go, so"

Liu Yuan sat on the ground weakly, in fact, after the observation of the past few days, the people who guarded themselves, in addition to the people from Dali Temple, there were a few people who were obviously forbidden troops, needless to say, they must have been sent by Li Er to prevent someone from infiltrating in, with the ability of the Qinghe Cui clan, now it has not been realized even if he meets him, and Li Er's determination can be seen from here.

If foreign aid is not strong, then you can only save yourself.

"Uncle Pei, this outsider can't visit, and he can't exchange information, if the little nephew has some suggestions, can you send the music to the emperor for the little nephew?" It is better to ask for others than for yourself, Liu Yuan decided to launch a self-help operation, so that Li Er could see his role and ability.

Pei Jin hesitated, then quickly nodded and said: "This emperor didn't say that he couldn't play, you can write it, let it go, Pei will definitely be handed over to the emperor, your uncle, you can't let you scream in vain." ”

"Uncle Xie Pei" Liu Yuan was overjoyed and immediately thanked.

Soon, Liu Yuan wrote a letter to Li Er, saying that he suddenly had an inspiration, saying that there was a breakthrough idea in the manufacture of glass, and in addition, the fire gun also exposed a lot of problems on the battlefield of Tubo, and there were many things that needed to be improved.

After writing the recital, Liu Yuan was in a good mood, and felt that Li Er would definitely let himself go, improve the process, and maybe come to pick him up from prison in person, Li Er was born in the army, and he also understood the importance of weapons to the army, for the sake of the Tang Empire, he would definitely be extrajudicial and spare himself.

In fact, Li Er's reaction was also very fast, that night, Liu Yuan received Li Er's handwritten reply, when Liu Yuan was full of joy to open a look, like a plate of cold water, Li Er said in the letter, the glass technology has recently made a breakthrough, has made a sample, is now in large-scale production, as for the fire, the army craftsmen also went out with the army, collected a lot of valuable opinions and information, the firearm has been transformed, there is no need for Liu Yuan to bother, and then in the letter let Liu Yuan have a good rest, what to eat, what to drink, Despite the orders of the subordinates.

Nima, Liu Yuan's face turned green on the spot, and finally understood what it means to call the apprentice of the church to starve to death The allusion to the master, he is powerful, but there are many skilled craftsmen in Datang, when it comes to practical operation ability, it is a few streets away from himself, Liu Yuan was so angry that he punched the case on the spot.

This is the prelude to the end of the birds, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking.

The meal that day was even more sumptuous, but Liu Yuan couldn't eat half of it.

The next day, that is, the fifth day of Liu Yuan's imprisonment, Liu Yuan, who had not slept all night and had red eyes, once again handed over the letter written to the jailer Xiao Fang with red eyes, and asked him to hand it over to Pei Jin and hand it over to Li Er on his behalf.

As soon as he handed over the letter, Liu Yuan's face grew, because in the letter, Liu Yuan frankly said that he donated all his property, land, residence, shops, including Changluo Expressway to the national treasury, saying that it was to increase the treasury, do his best to give up the title, etc., in fact, it was Mingzhe to protect his life, and the ancient minister told the old man to return to the field, it was called a beggar bones, Liu Yuan was really ready to exchange his family wealth for a life this time.

No amount of money is of any use. You can only do it if you have a life flower, but Liu Yuan is not afraid, as long as you have hands and feet. With your own efforts, everything can come back.

When Li Er received this recital in the Lizheng Palace, before he had time to open it, Cui Jing came to ask for a meeting, and Li Er decided to entertain this important minister first.

"See the emperor."

Li Er smiled and said, "Cui Aiqing is flat." ”

"Your Majesty."

"Cui Aiqing is so anxious to see me, I don't know what's going on?" Li Er said lightly: "If it is to intercede for your son-in-law who does not know the height of the sky." I thought, Aiqing still doesn't have to open his mouth. ”

Before he could speak, he had already refused.

Cui Jing was a little depressed. To be honest, he really came for Liu Yuan's business, his daughter and grandson quarreled in front of him every day, and Liu Yuan was pillow on the big bed in Dali Temple. But Cui Jing can't sleep well. It's not delicious to eat, and there is really no way to spoil my daughter who has been spoiled since she was a child.

With a long sigh, Cui Jing said helplessly: "Don't hide it from the emperor, Weichen is for the sake of his inferior son-in-law, not for his business." ”

"Oh. What is the solution? ”

"Parents are all for the good of their children. The minister is no exception, and this trip is for the poor daughter of my family to ask the emperor. ”

Li Er's eyes showed a trace of imperceptible essence, and there was a hint of a winless smile on his lips, at this moment, he finally waited.

"Oh, Cui Aiqing, please speak up."

Cui Jing looked left and right, looking a little hesitant, Li Er immediately understood his intentions, waved his hand, and soon, the guards and palace maids all retreated, and at this time, the eldest grandson queen was not there, and there were only two monarchs and ministers in the huge palace.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Cui Jing said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a non-share invitation. ”

Finally came, Li Er raised his eyebrows, but he still pretended to be curious and said, "Cui Aiqing, you might as well speak up if you have something." ”

"Please ask the emperor to marry Princess Changle to Liu Yuan." Cui Jing hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke.

This is for the sake of his daughter and grandson, in addition, Liu Yuan said that building a highway from Luozhou to Qinghe is also very attractive, and Liu Yuan can't help it, after getting Liu Yuan's assurance and concessions, after weighing it again and again, Cui Jing still walked into the palace hard.

On the surface, he is respectful, but he is indignant in his heart: he is a lustful person, but now he is paving the way for others, if he is asking for the most beautiful and temperamental princess in the Tang Dynasty for himself, he is cheeky and will be ridiculed a few times and admit it, the problem is that he is Liu Yuan's father-in-law, and now he is still begging for a beautiful woman for him, it feels like pimping, not to mention holding his breath in his heart, he is merry and happy, and he has to clean up the mess for him, Cui Xiaoshangshu felt a serious imbalance for a while.

I wanted to ask my eldest brother Cui Shang to deal with this matter, but I didn't expect Cui Shang to refuse categorically, in his words, he is the patriarch of the Cui clan in Qinghe, representing the face of the Qinghe clan, and he will never be criticized for these, and he wants to send someone else, first, others don't have that weight, and secondly, he can't show his sincerity, the most important thing is that the less people know about it, the better, and the woman is in a hurry, so she has no choice but to go into battle in person.

Cui Jing was secretly ruthless in his heart: After fishing Liu Yuan out, he must teach him a good lesson before he can solve today's anger.

Li Er said with a "surprised" face: "Cui Aiqing, why do you say this?" Then Liu Yuan is still your son-in-law, one is a married man, and the other is a princess who has not left the cabinet, how can the two be suitable? This matter is not allowed, no, Cui Aiqing, that is, if you say these things to me, if someone else says them, I will have to punish him, don't say these jokes. ”

Pretend, continue to pretend, Cui Jing has a fire in his heart, this Li Er, obviously hinting at it is very obvious, forcing himself to give in, he gritted his teeth and endured it, and now he is pretending to be like a saint, he is really angry in his heart, but he still has to cater to him.

Cui Jing was angry in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, he was scolded by Li Er, and he still said seriously: "Your Majesty, the minister is sincere." ”

"No, this matter is too ridiculous" Li Er shook his head and said: "Liu Yuan not only has a wife and concubine, but the main room is also Cui Aiqing's beloved daughter, if the magpie's nest dove is occupied, Changle has a notorious and dignified princess, or the eldest princess born by the queen, marrying someone else as a concubine, wouldn't it be a royal loss?" No, no. ”

Well, finally to the point.

Cui Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, General Changsun sacrificed his life to serve the country and wrote his last words before he died. No longer use the marriage contract to bind the person you love, please ask the emperor to let Princess Changle pursue her happiness, this matter is a beautiful talk in the Tang Dynasty. The unswerving love is the best talking point, General Changsun's high patriotism, unswerving love and the emperor's tolerance have long been talked about by the subjects of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yuan and General Changsun are friends of life and death on the battlefield, and it is reasonable to take care of the surviving for their comrades. As for the two of them falling in love with each other for a long time, it can be said that fate is destined, although it is inappropriate. But there is no blame, the gentleman is a promise, and the emperor is even more golden, and there is no change. How can you promise before men? Broken in trust? Besides, God has the beauty of adults, Rao is Cui, and he was also moved by their true feelings, breaking the rules and matching this man and woman. ”

said a lot of words against his will, Cui Jing felt that he was about to vomit.

"But" Li Er seemed to be touched, but he was still hesitating.

"Your Majesty" Cui Jing immediately said the words that he was ready to take over: "The magpie's nest and doves occupy and abandon their wives and children are not good reputations. In order to save the face of several parties, especially the face of the royal family. The minister has a fairly appropriate way, that is, to emulate the moth queen and the daughter, regardless of size, but the princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, her status is noble, and she should be on the left, and the little girl is on the right. ”

In ancient times, the left was respected, and the right was secondary, and Cui Mengyao was allowed to be a concubine, and Cui Jing would not obey it, but he was quick-witted, and soon came up with the story of Empress E's daughter, and took the initiative to give the "left" to Li Li, which can be said to have made great concessions.

If it doesn't work, you don't care.

Li Er looked at Cui Jing, his heart was like a battle between heaven and man, he pondered for a while, and quickly nodded: "Since Cui Aiqing has said so, if I have nothing to say, but Cui Aiqing also said that I promised not to interfere in Changle's marriage and let her pursue her happiness by herself, I still have to ask her own opinion on this matter, if she also agrees, then this matter will be done according to what Aiqing said." ”

They are all smart people, they have to do the work on the surface, and the bottom line in everyone's heart can't be lost, Li Er can see that this is already the biggest concession that Cui Jing can do, if he still doesn't agree, it will be a shot and two scattered, and then the imperial power clan will enter a new round of cold war, if he is too stubborn, he is afraid of losing his promise, and there is a notoriety that can't tolerate heroes, hiding a bow and cooking dogs, which is not acceptable to Li Er.

Cui Jing finally followed his script, and Li Er didn't want to really tear his face, so he would accept it as soon as he saw it.

"The emperor is broad-minded and tolerant, and Cui admires it." Cui Jing lost no time in sending a sycophant.

Li Er snorted, the monarchs and ministers helped each other, and Cui Jing retired.

After Cui Jing left, Li Er opened the fold handed by Liu Yuanxin, glanced at it, and was suddenly happy, holding the fold in one hand, patting the desk with the other, Ha Luha smiled and said: "Ha Luha, I didn't expect that your kid is also afraid, not bad."

Seeing that Liu Yuan was willing to donate all his net worth to the treasury, Li Er's eyes lit up suddenly, and he couldn't help but take a few pictures of the case.

Liu Yuan, this guy, usually doesn't know how much benefit he has, for Liu Yuan's behavior of only making money and often leaving business aside, Li Er has long been unaccustomed to it, and now he sees Liu Yuan so many industries, and now he is willing to give it, for Liu Yuan, who loves money like his life, I don't know how sad it is.

"Your Majesty, why are you so happy, can you make the concubines happy?" Empress Changsun came in from outside just now, but she didn't expect to hear Li Er shooting a few times again, and talking to herself again, so she couldn't help but ask with a smile.

Li Er smiled and said, "Guanyin, you came just in time, I am looking for you, the matter of Changle has been resolved." ”

"So fast?" Empress Eldest Sun's face turned happy, and she hurriedly asked, "Then the people of the Cui clan are willing to bow their heads so quickly?" ”

"Well, Cui Jing entered the palace just now, that is, this matter, the quality is also the main room, on the left, it is not disgraceful to my royal face" Li Er shook his head and said: "If it weren't for Liu Cui's giving birth to a son, then she could be pushed down, it's really an evil family, several women either didn't conceive or gave birth to daughters, and she gave birth to a son one by one." ”

Empress Eldest Sun didn't mind, and said lightly: "This is already the best result, can you really let him divorce his wife?" Qinghe Cui's energy is very large, so the emperor should not touch it for the time being. ”

The last time the scholars collectively exerted their strength, no one was available in the court, and the Tang Dynasty was in a semi-paralyzed state, the eldest grandson queen was a little afraid when she thought about it, at that time, her husband and brother were so busy that they couldn't stop every day, and they appeared wherever they needed to, almost exhausting both of them.

"Guanyin, look, what is this?" Li Er happily handed the fold in his hand to Empress Changsun.

After reading it, Empress Eldest Sun. After hesitating for a moment, he still frowned and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to confiscate all Liu Yuan's property?" And so it goes. Isn't our daughter going to suffer? Besides, if you do such a thing, I'm afraid that Changle will not be treated well when he arrives at Liu's Mansion. ”

Liu Yuan's list is very long, even if it doesn't need to be counted, it is a huge wealth, and the eldest grandson queen is worried that Liu Yuan will hand over all the family wealth, and the daughter is in the Liu family. must be hated by the enemy, and when Liu Yuan holds a grudge, how will he live that day? ”

Li Er shook his head and said, "That's not going to happen." If I accept his wealth, release him from the army, and marry Changle to him, then I will not be suspected of blackmail. Mistaken for selling women? It's not appropriate. I won't want his wealth. ”

"What then? Will it be returned to him? ”

"That's not good, this kid is too bad, I have to teach him a lesson."

Empress Changsun said worriedly: "Your Majesty, he is now a hero, and he is about to be a colt, don't attract criticism." ”

"Guanyin, you can rest assured. I have measure. ”

Not long after, Liu Yuan in Dali Temple. received Li Er's reply that the silver was Liu Yuan's legal business income, although his heart was commendable, but the imperial court could not accept this silver, especially at this special moment.

It didn't take long for Li Er to receive a special recital from Liu Yuan, first talking about the importance of Tubo to the Tang Dynasty, and then pointing out that from Chang'an to Tubo, the road is far away, the mountain roads are rugged, and the transportation is inconvenient, so it is necessary to build a good reason to strengthen the control of Tubo.

The most important point, Liu Yuan proposed, that the highway is free of charge, and no toll fees are charged to the Datang military and civilians.

Li Er was extremely satisfied, and with a stroke of his pen, he not only found a reason to release Liu Yuan, but also agreed to the marriage of Liu Yuan and Li Liqing, of course, Liu Yuan came forward to prepare for the free highway from Chang'an to Songzhou, and it was also made public to the world in the form of an imperial list.

Absolutely, it is equivalent to cutting off Liu Yuan's retreat, and when he wants to regret it, he can't regret it, as soon as this emperor list came out, many people were in an uproar, some people applauded, because this road was convenient for them, others sighed, and regretted that they didn't build a free highway for their convenience, some people were surprised, this was a big deal, some people disdained, thinking that this was Liu Yuan's deliberate grandstanding, showing off, and some people were very angry.

Cui Jing is one of them.

Liu Yuan returned from Dali Temple, and before he returned to Liu's mansion, Cui Jing and Cui Shang hurriedly came to the door, and put the subordinates and idle people back, Cui Jing immediately said angrily: "Liu Yuan, you said, did you volunteer to build the road, or did the surnamed Li force you?" ”

As soon as Cui Jingyi saw the imperial list, especially the construction of a free highway, he shouted in his heart that it was not good, Datang's finances were stretched, and the treasury would definitely not be able to allocate money, Liu Yuan was doing this now, wasn't it out of his own pocket? Cui Jing, who was protecting the calf, immediately felt that Liu Yuan was forced, and without saying a word, he came up to ask what was going on.

The son-in-law is also half a son.

"Yes, Xiaoyuan, if you are wronged, Qinghe Cui's will support you." Cui Shang also said on the side.

Liu Yuan smiled indifferently and said casually: "No, this is the son-in-law's willingness." ”

"Voluntary?" Cui Jing suddenly screamed loudly: "From Chang'an to Songzhou, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, do you know how much money you need to spend and how many projects you need to do. ”

"Yes," Cui Shang also persuaded on the side: "Is this impulsive?" Or is it drunk? ”

Liu Yuan shook his head and said with a wise face: "Actually, the emperor has indeed done a lot of work, but when he made this decision, his son-in-law was very sober, and this was after some consideration. ”

Li Er's trick, Liu Yuan was really frightened at first, but then he figured it out, and he was relieved, and then he cooperated with him to act in a play.

"What do you mean by that?" Cui Shang stared at Liu Yuan and said.

"Woe and blessing lean, blessing and misfortune, blessing and misfortune, sometimes only in one step, wood show in the forest, the wind will destroy it, the son-in-law has recently been smooth sailing, the gold and jade family, now more than 300 branches, Changluo Expressway, Chang'an Daily, Moyun Study, all are cornucopias, daily gold, now nothing, and in fact, I don't know how many people are staring, so much wealth brings not blessings, but disasters, one by one, staring like wolves, restless, and so much money and silver, we can't spend it, It's better to plan early. ”

Liu Yuan said with a straight face: "Now the prince and the king of Wei, in order to continue the unification, the struggle is becoming increasingly fierce, Liu has also become the object they want to compete for the most, it is clear that my ability, connections and financial resources are very important to them, this point, when I was in Tibet, I knew that there were few suspicious people outside the mansion on weekdays, I didn't want to get involved in their struggle, and I couldn't avoid it, it was better to find something to do for the benefit of the country and the people, two elders, you can see clearly, the son-in-law is just preparing, not out of his own pocket, of course, There is no need to donate a considerable amount of money here, and there is no set deadline for this project. ”

"In this way, not only can you consolidate your reputation, but you will not be afraid of others for a large amount of property, and most importantly, you can avoid competition and stay out of the matter, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone."

As soon as the words fell, Cui Shang and Cui Jing looked at each other and didn't say anything for a long time.

After half a sound, Cui Shang said with some emotion: "I didn't expect you to think so far-reaching, not bad, your father-in-law and I still want to tell you not to be too publicistic recently, after all, you are an upstart, and your foundation is too shallow." ”

Cui Jing nodded and said, "I have long felt that your family wealth is too conspicuous, and it is not bad for you to do this, and my father-in-law supports you." ”

Liu Yuan smiled and said a little self-deprecatingly: "It's a blessing to suffer a loss." (To be continued......)

PS: The big chapter is evenly ordered