Chapter 649: Fueling the Flames

"Cui Li thank you for saving your life!" When he came to the Taiping Pavilion, Li Yuntian was just about to enter the door of the pavilion, when a figure suddenly flashed out on the side and blocked his way, bowing down and bowing.

Seeing this, the guards who followed Li Yuntian rushed over at once, pulled out their waist knives and aimed them at the people who were blocking the way.

"I hope you are good at yourself, and don't let down your two classes." Li Yuntian looked at the young man dressed in scholar's clothes, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile, waved his hand and waved off the tense guard, and said to the young man quietly.

This young man was the guy who was eating and drinking in the brothel in Incheon Port a few days ago, when Li Yuntian paid him the bill he owed to the brothel, and then saved him, otherwise he would have suffered.

"My lord, I also want to do something in the future, but it's a pity that I just have a background, which makes my lord laugh." Cui Li's face showed a look of helplessness, and he replied rather gloomily.

"The road is under your feet, how to walk depends on yourself, and complaining will only stand still, which is harmful and useless." Li Yuntian saw Cui Li's appearance of not meeting talents, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and then said with a stern expression.

"What the adults say must be taken to heart." When Cui Li heard this, he immediately bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and saluted solemnly.

"You're a guest, let's go in and have a cup of tea." Li Yuntian was very satisfied with Cui Li's reaction, smiled slightly, and walked into the hall.

Cui Li's face was suddenly happy, and he hurriedly bowed down and followed behind, since Li Yuntian was willing to invite him into the hall to drink tea, then he would have the opportunity to make friends with Li Yuntian, which was good news for him.

The architectural style of the Taiping Pavilion adopts the Ming system, so Li Yuntian entertained Cui Li in the reception hall in the front yard, and the maids in the hall quickly made tea.

"Good tea, there are only a handful of people in Seoul who can drink this kind of tea, and this time I will have a good time." Cui took a sip of tea and said to Li Yuntian with a smile.

"Cui Gongzi, since you are a two-team disciple, why did you fall to this point." Li Yuntian put down the teacup in his hand and asked seemingly casually, although he also pretended to be tea just now, he drank hot water.

"Alas, my lord doesn't know, in the lower ancestor was originally the prefect of the previous dynasty, and later after the Taizu established the dynasty, the family collapsed, and he was not good at the imperial examination, so he fell into such a field today, which is really worthy of the ancestors." Cui Li sighed when he heard this, and said helplessly after putting the teacup on the table.

It stands to reason that two groups of disciples like Cui Li can go to the shadow of their ancestors to seek an official and a half position, but the people are warm and cold, the world is cold, and there are also many brothers of the two teams who are gradually declining and unable to obtain official positions, in addition to their status, their living conditions are no doubt among the commoners, and Cui Li is one of them.

In fact, the living conditions of the declining two groups of brothers are even worse than those of the common people, because they think very highly of themselves by virtue of their status, and do not think about work and business, so it is rare to have any funds.

Although Cui Li's family has declined, he is an out-and-out two-team disciple, since he can't be an official, then he can't do business and farming, and he will inevitably be abducted and deceived in order to live.

"What are your plans for the future?" Li Yuntian had already guessed that Cui Li already had no foundation among the nobles of the two classes, otherwise he would not have gotten mixed to such a point, and at the same time, this also meant that he had no grievances with the officials of the two classes, so he asked quietly.

"I don't have anything to do except read books for a few years, and if I stay here, I'll be messing around."

Cui Li's spirit was immediately shocked when he heard this, Li Yuntian's words just now could be said to be full of kindness, which was good news for him, so he smiled bitterly, and then got up and bowed to Li Yuntian, and bowed solemnly, "If Lord Meng does not give up, I am willing to go to Daming to serve my lord!" ”

"Cui Gongzi, what can you do if you leave your family? Are they willing to leave their homeland? Li Yuntian saw that Cui Li wanted to take refuge in himself, and immediately laughed when he heard this, and asked quietly.

"The old mother in the next family has her own brother to take care of, and she will definitely live a good life after she has a successful career." Cui Li's expression couldn't help but become a little gloomy, he was so mixed up that he was speechless to face his mother who wanted his son Jackie Chan.

Li Yuntian saw the change in Cui Li's expression in his eyes, and nodded secretly in his heart, although this person is free and easy by nature, he is a filial son, otherwise he would not have revealed such an emotional side.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the courtyard outside the door, and I saw a group of people coming over, led by a middle-aged man wearing the clothes of a eunuch in the inner court of the Ming Dynasty, surrounded by everyone, looking high-spirited.

Li Yuntian sat facing the outside of the courtyard, he had already seen the middle-aged man, and his brows suddenly frowned slightly, if he didn't guess wrong, this person was Wei Yi, the imperial eunuch of the inner court, and no one in Seoul except him was wearing the clothes of the eunuch of the inner court.

In addition to Wei Yi, the people gathered around him were also wearing official uniforms, but they were the official uniforms of the military attachés of the Korean state, and if Li Yuntian did not admit his mistake, they were all middle and low-level military attaches below the sixth rank.

Seeing this, Cui Li hurriedly got up and bowed to greet him, he knew that Wei Yi was in Seoul, and he also recognized Wei Yi's official robe, so how dare he slack off.

Li Yuntian picked up the teacup on the table next to him, and quietly tasted the hot water in the teacup there, but it was just a small young eunuch Zuo, and he really didn't take Wei Yi in his eyes.

What's more, he is now a thousand households in the former military capital governor's mansion, and the Ming Dynasty officials and nobles look down on the eunuchs of the inner court, so it is impossible to get up to greet him, otherwise he will lose the face of the Ming military attaché.

Besides, Li Yuntian is also the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, although he is a deputy envoy, he is not subordinate to Wei Yi, so naturally he does not have to welcome Wei Yi.

"Who are you, and you don't greet the young eunuch when you see it?" After Wei Yi and his party entered the hall, they saw Li Yuntian sitting steadily on the main seat of the hall and leisurely drinking tea, so a thin and tall middle-aged man who was talking and laughing with Wei Yi stretched out his hand and pointed at him and reprimanded him loudly in Korean.

"This lord, Lord Liu is the deputy envoy of the Ming Mission." Hearing this, Cui Li hurriedly bowed down and explained to the tall and thin middle-aged man that the tall and thin middle-aged man was wearing the military attache robe of the sixth grade of the Korean state.

"Deputy?" The thin and tall middle-aged man was stunned when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that the young Li Yuntian was so promising, and he couldn't help but look at Wei Yi and wanted Wei Yi to take the idea.

Wei Yiben stared at Li Yuntian coldly, very dissatisfied with Li Yuntian's move, but then his face showed a look of shock, and he looked at Li Yuntian with a stunned expression, looking a little hard to believe.

"Dare to ask if you are Liu Qianhu?" However, Wei Yi soon came back to his senses and tentatively asked Li Yuntian, who was in the mission under the pseudonym Liu Fang.

Li Yuntian felt very strange about Wei Yi's reaction, but then he realized one thing, that is, Wei Yi was likely to have seen him in the palace, after all, when he was in the capital, he was not only often summoned by Emperor Xuande, but also served as a concubine in Wenyuan Pavilion for three years, but he didn't notice Wei Yi.

"It's this official, Young Eunuch Wei, this official didn't know that Young Eunuch Wei was coming, and he was disappointed." Therefore, Li Yuntian put down the teacup, got up and arched his hand to Wei Yi and said.

"Liu Qianhu is serious, Deputy Envoy Liu has the emperor's order, which is related to the safety of the war situation in Liaodong, how dare this young eunuch have Liu Qianhu." Hearing this, Wei Yi was slightly stunned for a moment, then smiled and bowed back, and his body bowed involuntarily.

Seeing this situation, Li Yuntian knew that Wei Yi recognized him, and he couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart, he didn't expect Wei Yi to see himself before.

"Young Eunuch Wei, you came just in time, this official happens to have some affairs to discuss, I wonder if it is convenient for Young Eunuch Wei?" Then, Li Yuntian said to Wei Yi with a smile.

"It's convenient, this young eunuch happens to be free now." Wei Yi didn't hesitate at all, he agreed, and his body couldn't help but bow down again.

"Cui Gongzi, tomorrow night this official is going to the right politician's house for a banquet, you get up with this official and act as an interpreter for this official." Li Yuntian then turned around and ordered Cui Li, who was standing aside, got up and walked to the backyard, ready to deal with this emergency.

"Don't worry, I'll arrive on time." Cui Li was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed to Li Yuntian, and then stared at the back of Li Yuntian and Wei Yi, who was bowing and following behind, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

The change in Wei Yi's face after seeing Li Yuntian just now was seen by Cui Li, which made him feel very surprised, and when Wei Yi bowed down and followed Li Yuntian, he couldn't help but feel extremely surprised in his heart, feeling that Wei Yi seemed to be very jealous of Li Yuntian, which made him a little puzzled.

Obviously, Li Yuntian has been in Seoul for so many days, Wei Yi must know his identity, and there is only one explanation for why there is such a strange reaction, that is, Li Yuntian has a deep background, which makes those who are flying in Seoul also have to be respectful.

"Do you know who this official is?" After leading Wei Yi into a side room, and waiting for Lei Ting to close the door, Li Yuntian turned around and looked at Wei Yi who looked a little nervous.

"Master Hou, the little one has seen Master Hou in the palace before." Hearing this, Wei Yi hurriedly bowed down and replied, his face was full of flattering smiles, don't talk about him, even the eunuch Jin Ying, the master of ceremonies, and the eunuch Jin Ying should also be in awe of Li Yuntian.

"Ben Hou has important things to do in Seoul this time, and he can't tell others about Ben Hou's identity." Li Yuntian pondered for a moment, and instructed Wei Yi with a stern expression, "Also, you should not know that Ben Hou is here, you can act how you should act here, and Ben Hou will definitely not intervene." ”

"Please show it to Master Hou!" Wei Yi felt that Li Yuntian seemed to have something to say, so he couldn't help but bow down and ask.

"Ben Hou heard that the king of Joseon has sealed many of your relatives, which is a good thing, but when Ben Hou sees it today, why does he think that these officials are some small officials with sesame mung beans?" Li Yuntian's eyes showed an approving look when he heard this, it seemed that Wei Yi's brain was quite flexible, and then he asked seemingly casually.

"Let Master Hou smile, the little ones used to be taken care of by the clansmen at home, so this time they had selfish intentions to pull them along."

Wei Yi's face suddenly showed an embarrassed look, but he felt that Li Yuntian didn't seem to want to accuse him of this matter, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the official position obtained by his relatives, so he explained a sentence and asked, "If Master Hou has any orders, the little one will do his best to serve." ”

"It's nothing to be a small official, but you must have military power in your hands, so that others can look up to you, otherwise it will undoubtedly be a charity from the king of Joseon, isn't it a joke?"

Li Yuntian frowned slightly, and said to Wei Yi in a deep voice, "You represent the great tomorrow, even if you don't think about your reputation, you have to think about the emperor's heavenly prestige, are the dignified Ming envoys so easy to fool?" ”

"What Master Hou said was enlightened, and the little mouth suddenly opened." Wei Yi finally reacted, it turned out that Li Yuntian wanted him to ask the king of Korea for military power from his relatives, so he hurriedly bowed his hand to Li Yuntian, bowed down and said, "Don't worry, Master Hou, the small one will not embarrass Daming!" ”

"Remember, if you want to be an official of Seoul Prefecture!" A smile appeared at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, and he said in a deep voice, in this way, Daming is equivalent to indirectly controlling part of the military power of Hancheng Mansion, and it is obvious that Wei Yi's relatives will definitely be close to Daming, which can be regarded as a stumbling block for him to secretly put a stumbling block on the king of Joseon, so that the king of Joseon can worry about this matter.