"Sort of, when I was a child living in the village, there was a wandering Taoist priest, he saw me and said that he wanted to accept me as an apprentice, I was an orphan at the time, and I didn't think much about learning art with him, talking about my own ability, and when I beg for a living in the future, I won't be starved to death. I watched him just pause, and then quickly told him all the experiences I had been making up for a long time.

After listening carefully, he smiled kindly and asked me, "Then can I ask which faction your master is?"

After hearing him ask, I pretended to think about it deliberately, touched my head with some worry and said, "I don't seem to have heard this mentioned by the master, he said that the portal is just a shame for those Taoist priests who have no real skills, and you don't need to take it to heart." ”

After I finished speaking, I smiled and asked, "Grandpa Li, is there anything wrong with this?"

Li Guozhang shook his head, and said a little casually No problem, no problem.

"Now let's talk about Li Ying!" he said to me, coughing. Seeing that he couldn't ask anything from me, he stopped testing me and turned his attention to Li Ying.

I sat up straight, then straightened my clothes and motioned for him to speak.

"Mr. Wang, please tell me honestly, what is the relationship between you and my granddaughter?" After speaking, his sharp eyes stared at me directly, wanting to see if I was lying.

I replied calmly, "As you can see, it's a relationship. ”

He said again: "You also saw it just now, why is Li Ying's father excited? She has a marriage contract on her body, she shouldn't find a boyfriend again, I don't know if you can understand what I mean?"

Of course, I know what he meant, doesn't he just want me not to be a toad and want to eat swan meat and swan meat, and let me leave Li Ying with difficulty.

"I don't understand, I don't understand that the Li family is also one of the four major families, why do they want to curry favor with the Zhang family?

Hearing my question, Li Guozhang was not angry, but sighed and said helplessly: "Mr. Wang, you are right, why is it also known as the four major families, why did my Li family form an alliance with the Zhang family to gain living space?"

He slowly stood up and patted his body self-deprecatingly, "There is no other reason, I am old, I am already a person with half a foot in the coffin, I have no ambition, if I have a choice, I would rather die now!"

I immediately frowned when I heard this, what I said was a bit too exaggerated and serious!

"Grandpa Li, it's not so exaggerated, are you? Didn't you let Li Ying's father take care of the Li family now! The Li family is also famous in Kyoto under his management!"

I asked a little puzzled, he said so bleak, but the actual situation is different from what he said!

He shook his head dissatisfied, "This is just the appearance, Jianjun is very good at doing business, but he lacks courage in the management and development of the family power, and he is easy to be impatient when encountering problems, now I can still help guide him, but once I go west, his decision-making will be biased, and gradually this family will be brought to extinction." ”

I have to say that the old man's gaze is very far, and I think his analysis is very reasonable, in the short contact in the hall, Li Ying's father looks very majestic and upright, but he lacks a leader's temperament, which cannot be convinced and followed freely.

But I felt that something was wrong, and it stands to reason that these words should not be told to outsiders whom I met for the first time, and it seemed very strange.

"Well, Grandpa Li forgive me for offending, it's useless for you to say these words to me, I can at most understand your difficulties, and I can't help you solve practical problems!" was forced to be a little unbearable by this atmosphere, so he smiled apologetically, and then said to him.

He smiled meaningfully at me when I said that, for some reason, it creeped me a little.

"Speaking of this, I won't beat around the bush, old man, we have formed an alliance with the Zhang family, nothing more than to want to be wronged and ask for a life, not to be drowned in the torrent of the times, let the Zhang family take care of the identity of the in-laws, don't deal with us, so we have to sacrifice Li Ying, the child. But if someone can lead the Li family on the road to prosperity and strength, how can they need such a cowardly way as forming an alliance?" After speaking, he looked at me deliberately.

"No!" I exclaimed in surprise when I understood what he meant, this joke is a bit too big!

"Grandpa Li, I'm very happy about your appreciation, but this is too crazy, you better dispel this idea quickly!" After saying that, I didn't care much and planned to leave the study, it was really crazy!

But before he could take a few steps on his legs, he heard Li Guozhang's cold words behind him, "You have to think about it, if you walk out of this room, you will undoubtedly give up this best opportunity, and the matter between you and Li Ying will be yellow, I dare to guarantee that the whole Li family will hinder you from being together!"

"Is it necessary for you to do such a desperate thing?" I reluctantly turned back and complained when I heard his words.

"It's not necessary, it's necessary, I'm talking to you now about the rise and fall of a family, not with you, if you agree, I will treat you as the head of the Li family from now on! If you don't agree, don't pester Li Ying, our well water will not interfere with the river water, just like we have never met." ”

He indifferently told me my two choices, one was to become a master and the leader of the family from now on, and the other was to completely kick me out of Li Ying's life.

It's not that I'm reluctant to Li Ying, it's just that I'm afraid that my random choice will ruin a girl's life.

"Grandpa Li, this is too sudden, can you give me a little time to think about it, just one day, and I will give you an answer at this time tomorrow!" This time is too short, I was afraid that I would regret my decision in a hurry, so I thought about it and said to him.

"Yes, at this time tomorrow, you promise to come here to find me, if you don't agree, you won't use it!" Li Guozhang didn't have any difficulties, so he nodded and agreed to my request, got up and planned to leave, and said to me after walking a few steps: "Mr. Wang, I don't know if it's my delusion, I feel that you and a friend I know are very similar in all aspects!"

Then he left the study with heavy steps, leaving me alone.

I was in a daze, savoring what he had just said......