Chapter 40: Reasoning
What Liu Qingxin wanted was the handle of Depingbo's Mansion, not Li Su's life.
At this time, his wish was fulfilled, and he naturally didn't bother to toss with him anymore.
The lips pursed lightly, and he looked at Ling Jun with some "grievances", like a cat who had been wronged and wanted to be affirmed by the owner.
"Look, I'll just say, this Li family is not a good person!"
"I have a good heart, I hope that your father will live a long life, he is a courtier, he is not grateful to Dade, but he thinks I am troublesome!"
"Let them go!"
"Gifts, gifts for them to take away too!"
"I'm not rare!"
Speaking of gifts, Liu Qingxin paused slightly, revealing a look of reluctance, but had to part with love.
She pretended to be crazy and stupid, and bluntly said that she drove Li Su and others away.
The implication is to remind Ling Jun that it is time to end this meeting.
Everything should be done in moderation, don't be proud and give the handle to the Li family.
"Look at your temper!"
"I can't listen to a word that doesn't go my way!"
"Three thousand floating worlds, one hundred thousand words."
"Who is there anyone who, because of a word, treats others as wicked people and beats them to death with a stick!"
Lingjun understood, smiled and took Liu Qingxin into his arms, lowered his head, and pecked her forehead.
"General Su was born in the army, and he doesn't know how to be false and wrong."
"This is his preciousness, how can it sound to you become unthankful?"
After saying that, Ling Jun raised his head and looked at Li Su, who was standing not far away, waiting for him to reply.
"General Su is not strange."
"The princess has studied pharmacology with the immortal master since she was a child, and she rarely spends time with us and other laypeople."
"I know less about the world."
"In the future, when she marries into the royal palace, I will teach her slowly, and with her wisdom, she will soon be able to understand reason."
Ling Jun's words cannot be described as tactful.
The maintenance of Liu Qingxin is also concise and to the point.
He didn't say it explicitly, Li Su's words were a felony of disobedience, and he didn't promise that Liu Qingxin would not tell him about it.
He just said that he would teach Liu Qingxin a lesson and make her reasonable.
As for this reason, the concept is broad.
Three from the four virtues is reasonable, and self-cultivation is also reasonable.
The monarch is the minister, and Liu Qingxin is the people, and it is reasonable to report the rebellion of the Li family.
The husband is the wife, and Liu Qingxin is the wife, and it is also reasonable to defend the husband.
In other words, Ling Jun threw a "burden" to Li Su, so that he could inform the Deping Bo Mansion and let Li Ming make a choice between the Zhujiu clan and the dependence on him.
"The main thing is to be punished, there are many miscellaneous things in the army, so I need to go back as soon as possible to deal with it, so I won't bother His Highness here."
In the face of Ling Jun's "eviction order", Li Su chose to leave.
Before leaving, he carefully took the other two brocade boxes from Li Qi and the white-haired old man, and held them in front of Liu Qingxin with a respectful attitude.
"Princess Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, and she has a blue heart, and it will be easy to study the rules of etiquette."
"If you are talented and shallow, and if you don't know what you want to displease the princess, you deserve death."
"The princess is magnanimous and doesn't care about Su, how can Su be the ungrateful petty man!"
"The emperor and the queen of the earth, Su cut off the hair as an oath, from today on, Su's cheap life is the princess's bag, just the princess commanded, the blue yellow spring, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, if you frown, you will have the thunder of the nine heavens, and you will never be born!"
The hand rose, the knife fell, and a wisp of ink hair slowly fell to the ground.
Li Su's words were impassioned.
He didn't say a word and showed his attitude to Ling Jun.
He is willing to be a good dog who is dutiful to his duties, as long as Ling Jun gives him enough meat to eat, he will willingly aim his fangs and sharp teeth at all the enemies of his master, even if that enemy is his closest relatives and former robes.
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After leaving the Good Doctor's Workshop, Li Su and the others went straight back to the camp in Jiangnan.
Nothing to say all the way.
But Li Su could clearly feel that the white-haired old man seemed to be a little more attentive to him than before.
In the grass hut outside the camp in Jiangnan, the fragrance of cabbage-stuffed dumplings came out.
This reminded Li Su of his biological mother, Aunt Xue.
She is the daughter of a cook, she looks quite good, and she makes good pasta.
The steamed dumplings with river shrimp stuffing she cooked are Li Ming's favorite, while he prefers the dumplings she wraps.
In Depingbo's Mansion, there are dozens of lowly concubines like him.
In order to live better, most of them will choose to "offer" the meager monthly silver to their dependent children or the housewife, Li Su, of course, is no exception.
In a "cannibalistic" place like Depingbo Mansion, a concubine without silver will not live much better than his subordinates.
Like most children from civilian families, dumplings are a delicacy that Li Su can only eat during the Chinese New Year.
Goo.
Li Su has not eaten dumplings for many years.
This kind of taste mixed with longing made his tongue instinctively relish.
Since his biological mother was bullied and died by his subordinates, he killed that subordinate in anger, and was sent to the Northeast camp to "hone his heart", and he has not eaten dumplings again.
This will remind him of Aunt Xue, and remember the bowl of dumplings stained with red blood that she still holds tightly in her arms when she is dying.
It was Chinese New Year's Eve.
He was full of joy because he was praised by Li Ming.
When he went to Aunt Xue's place, he carried a peach wood hairpin in his arms.
It was a "masterpiece" that he carved hundreds of peach branches and tossed for a whole year, and he planned to give the hairpin to Aunt Xue, so that she could pull up her long hair like other aunts and look like a mother.
But what he never dreamed of was that his first and last gift, to his biological mother, was not inserted into Aunt Xue's bun, but used to "serve", a maid who had served in Li Mingping's wife's Wang family for many years.
Aunt Xue died.
He was severely beaten to death.
The reason is that she just wants to steal a dumpling worth three coppers for her son.
He swung his knife and slashed at the girl's neck, killing her with one blow, and still felt unrelieved of hatred, so he gouged out her eyes with his own hands, strung them together with peach wood hairpins, and inserted them into the soil in front of Aunt Xue.
"Auntie, Su'er will definitely get ahead."
"The day Su'er gets ahead is the time to avenge your hatred."
Li Su never mentioned this oath to anyone.
Even Li Qi, his most trusted confidant, had never heard of it.
"It's past noon, and there should be no more food available in the camp, young master."
Li Qi is a careful person.
He has been by Li Su's side all the year round, and he has long been accustomed to it, and he has insight into all the expressions and behaviors of his young master.
Cabbage-stuffed dumplings.
Li Su's former favorite.
Since Aunt Xue's death, Li Su has never eaten one again.
Although he never mentioned the woman who was humble to the dust, Li Qi knew that in his heart, she still occupied a place.
Otherwise, with his forbearance, how could he not hesitate to offend Li Mingping's wife, Wang, and kill the murderer?
Over the years, although Li Su can't say that he has been thriving in the barracks, the spare money in his hands has become richer and richer year by year.
Li Qi guessed that he didn't eat dumplings just because he couldn't get past Aunt Xue's hurdle.
In this life, there are always many hurdles that I think I can't overcome.
Some obstacles will make you happen, while others will destroy you.
What will make you what you will do is what you can to break through the shackles and step through.
What will ruin you are the ones who are cowardly, reluctant to give up, and dare not overstep.
This lesson was taught to him by Li Qi's father, the current housekeeper of the Deping Bo Mansion, when he was still a child, and he has always taken it as the most reasoned thing.
Therefore, he wants to help Li Su through everything, which will delay his future.
He is a close confidant of Li Su.
They are prosperous and prosperous, and they are both lost.
"Let's eat something here."
Looking up, he glanced at the sun that had passed the sky.
Li Su took a deep breath, turned his head, and looked at the white-haired old man who was following him.
"This grass hut was set up by the princess, and all soldiers are treated equally."
"Although I have never eaten here, I often hear the praise of the soldiers in the battalion."
"Speaking of which, it can be regarded as quite a reputation."
Today, Li Su suddenly wanted to eat dumplings.
The kind stuffed with cabbage.
Xu felt that he would get his long-cherished wish and avenge Aunt Xue, and Xu Yes was full of anxiety about his future.
When he was young, Aunt Xue would always sing a song to him when he was bullied and cried, which roughly meant that he seemed to be a boy of wealth who would give shelter to obedient and sensible children, and the way to make a wish to the boy was to eat a bowl of dumplings stuffed with cabbage during the New Year.
The lyrics have been silent in the years because of the age.
But the meaning expressed in that song is like a maggot on the tarsal bone, buried deep in Li Su's sea of knowledge.
He is no longer the child, who simply holds a dumpling bowl and makes a wish to Baicai Boy, but the dumplings stuffed with cabbage seem to have become some kind of sustenance and even faith for him.
After Aunt Xue's death, he didn't keep filial piety for her, first, as an inferior person, she was not allowed to have such a "blessing", second, the Wang family, who was slaughtered as a maid in the room, felt that he had been insulted, and had been nitpicking on him, stumbling on him everywhere, looking for trouble, and third, he needed to please Li Ming's wife, so that she could believe that he had no feelings for Aunt Xue, and only regarded her as a relative.
Perhaps, not eating dumplings is Li Su's way to pay tribute to Aunt Xue.
Perhaps, not eating dumplings is Li Su, who uses it to punish himself and can't get justice for his biological mother.
No one knows what Li Su thinks.
Or, even Li Su himself may not know what he thinks.
"Speaking of dumplings, Aunt Xue's craftsmanship is good."
The white-haired old man seemed to have inadvertently mentioned such a sentence.
His slightly scorched eyes are like an ancient well without waves, and the dead silence is intimidating.
"A few years ago, the old man killed a cook."
"Yes, the cook's skills are too poor, and the steamed dumplings are not even as good as Aunt Xue's."
With that, the white-haired old man sighed softly, took a few steps forward, looked up, and looked at the grass hut that was close at hand.
Suddenly, stagnate in place.
It was as if the busy crowd in front of him reminded him of the past.
Li Su suddenly felt that this back was a little familiar.
Many years ago, it seems that there was a person with a similar posture to the white-haired old man, who tried to get a coffin for Aunt Xue against public opinion, so that she would not be swept away by the grass and thrown into a mass grave to feed the wolves.
At that time, Li Ming asked him what he thought about this matter.
He said that he would listen to his father's arrangement.
So, Li Ming personally took him to the mass grave and witnessed with his own eyes how Aunt Xue became the ration of the wild wolf.
He didn't shed tears.
Not a single drop.
In this regard, Li Ming was extremely satisfied, and punished the Wang family for half a year's grounding, which can be regarded as helping Aunt Xue and seeking justice.
And he, after the New Year's Festival, was sent to the Northeast Camp to "sharpen his heart" and stay away from the backyard.
"In life, you must have some skills to live a long life."
Li Su did not directly echo the white-haired old man's sigh.
He is a cautious person, even if he is sure that the other party is friend or foe, he must be wary of him, not to mention, this person who can't see his position at all?
Can Li Ming's cronies, none of them be simple characters.
He doesn't like to gamble, not because he doesn't want to win, but because he can't afford to lose.
"Ability, of course, matters."
The white-haired old man suddenly turned around, and in his dead eyes, it seemed that a flame had suddenly ignited.
"Human life is precious and cheap."
"I know that my fate is cheap, and I have to ask for something that does not match my identity, how can it be good!"
"If she is willing to listen to my advice, don't be confident of her appearance, and get close to people who shouldn't be climbed by her, how can there be disasters in the future!"
After a while, the white-haired old man sighed, shook his head gently, turned around, and walked towards the grass shed.
He seemed to regret his previous words and deeds.
But this regret is like a white horse passing through a gap, and before Li Su can distinguish it, it has disappeared into invisibility.
This person should have some entanglements with Aunt Xue.
Can this entanglement be of use to us?
Li Su frowned slightly, looked at Li Qi who was standing next to him, his lips twitched, and asked him silently.
Now, we're on the verge of victory.
Don't consider what is risky.
Li Qi shook his head, and resolutely denied Li Su's idea of tricks.
This is not necessarily a new test.
There is no need for them to cause unnecessary trouble to themselves.
Li Ming, how thoughtful is he?
How could he leave someone who had an old relationship with Aunt Xue and be his cronies?
Even if that person is capable and has the value of being left behind, he can be sent to do other things, and it makes no sense to take the junior examination, and it is difficult to use a fair person!
If, this is a game.
Li Su jumped to death.
If, this is not a game.
Li Su jumped, and he may not be able to reap the benefits.
Since it is not a bureau, it is not beneficial to Li Su's future, so why do you still jump it?
"This smells good!"
Li Qi knows his identity, and he also knows the value and significance of his existence.
He knew that at this time, it was most appropriate for him to break the deadlock in which both of them remained silent.
"It's so cold this day!"
"Let's bring us three bowls of dumpling soup first, and we'll drink it while waiting for the dumplings to come out of the pot!"
trotted forward and found a table with a place, Li Qi pretended that nothing had happened, moved the stool, and begged for three empty bowls with the mother-in-law in charge.
When he turned around, he saw that Li Su didn't keep up with him, so he hurriedly wiped the face of the bench with his sleeve, and then greeted him.
"Here, young master!"
"The dumplings stuffed with cabbage are very fragrant!"