Chapter 160 The dark clouds of the capital surge

Tonight, after dinner, in a small courtyard of Taishi's Mansion, Li Taishi, Li Ming and his wife, Li He and his two maids all sat around a stone table in the open air, eating snacks and chatting.

"Grandpa, didn't you say you were going to introduce someone to me tonight?" Li He asked.

"Well, she's almost time to be here." Master Li said a few words to a maid next to him, and the maid responded respectfully and walked out of the courtyard.

"Big brother, who the hell is this?" Li He saw that Li Ming did not show a look of doubt or surprise, thinking that he knew this person.

Li Ming smiled slightly and said two words: "Beauty." But as soon as he finished saying this, his expression immediately became painful, and Li He caught a glimpse from under the table that his sister-in-law's fingers were twisting the eldest brother's thigh meat in a rotating motion.

"However, the lady is more beautiful." Li Mingqiang swallowed the screams that ran to his mouth, turned his head and sneered at Liu, but Liu's hand remained on his thigh, with a casual smile on his face, and he was still introducing a few special snacks on the table to Mrs. Li that she brought from the house, looking like a standard good daughter-in-law.

Is it a beauty in the capital? Why would grandpa introduce the beauties of the capital to me? Does he still think that there are not enough granddaughters-in-law? Li He's heart couldn't help but be a little surprised.

However, when the "beauty" arrived, Li He couldn't help but admire, this is indeed a beautiful stunner, whether it is appearance, figure or temperament, it can be called excellent, although it is still not as beautiful as Xiangxiang and Qianqian's stunning appearance, but it is enough to deserve the title of "beauty".

I saw that the woman in a gorgeous costume walked into the courtyard surrounded by two maids who were also good-looking, and while Li He looked at her, her eyes were also paying attention to Li He.

"Linglong said hello to the Grand Master, I have seen Lord Li, presumably this is the General Li who made great contributions to my Great Xia to pacify the Hu clan in the grassland, right?" This woman is Chu Linglong, a famous trick in the capital, and after saluting with Li Taishi and Liming, she smiled and said to Li Hefu.

Li He didn't say anything, just nodded to her with a faint smile. secretly said in his heart, it turned out that she was the same name as Qingqing's "Qin Immortal" Chu Linglong, and now he had some understanding of what he said to Chao Mubai on Huafeng Tower that day, such a beautiful and talented beauty, men are indeed easily attracted to it.

"Exquisite eyesight, this is indeed the old man's grandson Li He. Tie Lang, this is the famous 'Qin Immortal' Chu Linglong Chu family in the capital, if your grandfather hadn't been able to hear her piano music all these years, I'm afraid he would have been at least ten years old. Master Li squinted his eyes and introduced the two of them with a smile.

When Li He heard this, he couldn't help but feel slightly surprised in his heart, hasn't grandpa always been obsessed with his deceased grandmother? How could you hook up with such a young beauty and a famous trick in Beijing? According to grandpa's identity, it's nothing to get such a beautiful woman or two to play, but the key is that it doesn't match grandpa's personality!

However, when he saw that his grandfather saw that there was no trace of lust in Chu Linglong's eyes, but the care of the elders, he felt that things were definitely not so direct as he thought. Then I thought about the "qin music" that my grandfather said, this Chu Linglong is known as the "qin fairy", and I think that she has made great achievements in the piano art, otherwise how could my grandfather, a Daxia genius who has been proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since he was a child, give such a high evaluation.

"I heard the name of General Huwei earlier, and it is really a little woman's luck to see it today." Chu Linglong said to Li He again. When she looked at the youngest and most promising descendant of the Li family again, she saw the stunning faces of the two women next to him, and couldn't help but whisper in admiration, there are so many women in this world who think they are beautiful, after seeing these two women, I am afraid that they will be so inferior that they dare not see people. And this made the second son of the Li family, who could be followed by two women who were as beautiful as fairies, which made her even more curious. She didn't forget Huazi's explanation to her - to have a good understanding of what kind of character this little Nizi's future husband is.

Li He's all his movements were done gently, with a smile on his face, and he said politely: "Don't dare, it's an honor to be praised by the Linglong girl." ”

Master Li smiled: "You two, you don't have to be so polite to each other. Linglong, in the future, this Taishifu will be your home, and Ming'er and Tielang and I will be your relatives. ”

The sister-in-law also said: "Sister Linglong, Li Ming and I have always treated you as a sister, if there is anything, just come to us." However, she added a dot on the word "sister", and glanced at her brother Li Ming, intentionally or unintentionally, who could only smile dryly and nod yes.

Chu Linglong hurriedly thanked Mrs. Li and Mr. and Mrs. Li Ming, her eyes were full of emotion, over the years, she had indeed been taken care of too much by the Li family, if it weren't for Mrs. Li's maintenance, she would have become an ordinary woman, played by men, or taken captive to a powerful person's house as a concubine, and was dragged into the palace by the emperor as a confinement.

After saying a few more words, Chu Linglong was about to start the song. Li Ming and Liu both knew that they must still be playing the song "Yan Nanfei", they and their grandfather had heard Chu Linglong's piano music for so many years, and they had not seen him change the repertoire.

Looking at Chu Linglong, who was sitting in front of the guqin, with his eyebrows lowered and his delicate lips lightly, Li He couldn't help but sigh lightly in his heart, what a Chu Linglong, really Chu Chu is pitiful, small and exquisite, known as "Qin Immortal", thinking that this piano art is absolutely not bad.

However, after the sound of piano music sounded, it made Li He's hair stand on end - wow! It's actually a classical Nanqu ......!?

This classical southern song is the most popular characteristic song in ancient times in the two provinces of Qing Dynasty, and it is characterized by gentleness. Li He had listened to it a few times before when he was in Huyang, and every time he heard it creepy, he thought that this song was very suitable for mourning. The stronger the player's skill, the more the music makes his heart furious.

Li He glanced slightly to the side, and saw that his grandfather's eyes seemed to be shining with something, as if he was missing, as if he was reminiscing, and as if he was sad. His eyes looked at Chu Linglong, but his gaze seemed to have crossed time and space, traveled through decades and returned to the autumn wind in Huyang City, and returned to the magpie bridge where the magpie flew.

Li He understands that this song "Yan Nanfei" must have something to do with the deceased grandmother, and the grandfather is borrowing Qu Siren. From the degree of slowness of this piece, he could judge that Chu Linglong must have reached the level of perfection when playing this piece.

However, the more superb Chu Linglong's piano skills were, the more bored Li He became, and he looked left and right, but saw that his brother Li Ming was also fascinated, and even his sister-in-law no longer snorted vinegar, and was intoxicated with the music of "Yan Nanfei". The maids and servants next to them also forgot about the delicate and moving Chu Linglong one by one, and listened attentively, and no one even noticed that the wine glass in front of her brother was empty.

However, what made Li He slightly relieved was that Xiangxiang and Qianqian still only had him as the master in their eyes, one poured wine for him, and the other served him vegetables, and their attention was on him. Thinking about following him for so many years, their aesthetics have also been assimilated by him a lot.

After listening for a while, Li He couldn't help but feel that this time was really slow, so he had to stare at Chu Linglong's pretty face, study the combination of her eyes, eyebrows, mouth, ears and nose, and his ears automatically ignored the music that made him tremble and hairy.

Chu Linglong has been deliberately paying attention to Li He when playing, and at first saw that his eyes were erratic, looking east for a while, looking west for a while, and he didn't listen to her music seriously at all, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart. But after a while, he suddenly became focused again, his eyes staring at him without blinking, and his heart was a little proud, she had always been confident in her piano skills.

However, it didn't take long for this self-confidence to be broken by Li He. - This guy actually leaned into his maid's arms and fell asleep!?

After paying attention to it again, when it was confirmed that Li He was really asleep, Chu Linglong couldn't help but become angry in her heart. Since she began to perform in Chu Yuelou, no matter whether she is a man or a woman who listens to the music, which one is not intoxicated by the artistic conception of the music and cannot extricate herself, she has also won the title of "Qin Fairy", who has ever seen someone who will fall asleep listening to it? Even if you don't know the rhythm, you will listen to the music intently because of her beauty, and how can anyone sleep openly in front of her?

The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, the more I thought about it, the more uneven my heart became, and the slowness of the music was also affected. Taishi Li felt it first, frowned slightly, followed Chu Linglong's gaze, and saw his little grandson closing his eyes lightly, opening his mouth slightly, and sleeping on Xiangxiang's chest, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, his grandson is really unusual, he can even fall asleep when the "Qin Immortal" is playing.

"Ahem, ahem." Li Ming also found that his younger brother was sleeping, and he coughed a few times, trying to wake up Li He.

When my sister-in-law saw Li He sleeping in front of the No. 1 piano artist in the capital, she also felt funny in her heart, and gave Qianqian a look and asked her to wake Li He up.

This song "Flying Wild Goose" has a perfect beginning, but the middle is only unsatisfactory, and at the end, there is no artistic conception, as if he is in a hurry to finish playing, and there is no slowness that music should have.

However, at this time, Li He, who had just been woken up by Qianqian's low voice, happened to hear the end of this paragraph, but his eyes lit up, and he bowed his head slightly, there is still a little sense of rhythm in this paragraph, the front one is suitable for mourning, and the middle one is good as a lullaby, only this last one sounds a little comfortable.

If Chu Linglong knew what Li He was thinking, I am afraid that he could only cry and laugh.

After the song was played, Taishi Li still praised Chu Linglong, he knew that the abnormal performance of the "Qin Immortal" was inseparable from the performance of his precious grandson. However, he didn't mention the embarrassing matter of Li He sleeping while Chu Linglong was playing.

Chu Linglong's face was slightly red, and she didn't know whether she was angry or ashamed, she kept her head down, asking and answering, but she didn't say a word. But Li He felt that she always looked at herself inadvertently, as if she was resentful, which made him even more creepy than when he first listened to the music.

After talking a few more words, Taishi Li asked his sister-in-law to send Chu Linglong to the guest room of Taishi's Mansion to rest.

Chu Linglong knew that there must be something wrong with the Taishi not letting her live in this small garden today, while the Liu family knew that the Taishi must have something to discuss, and these things were not something that their women could know.

When the two of them walked out of the small garden, Chu Linglong still hung her head slightly, moved her lotus steps lightly, and walked silently. Liu Shi was behind her, but he was secretly chuckling, this qin fairy in the capital, I am afraid he would not have thought that someone would be able to fall asleep while she was playing. For the first time, I felt that Li He, this kid, was so cute.

"Mrs. Lee." Chu Linglong, who was in front, suddenly slowed down and raised her head and asked.

Liu Shi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Sister Linglong, what's wrong?" ”

Chu Linglong hesitated for a moment and said, "General Li, he ...... Isn't it, don't you like to listen to music? ”

Liu smiled secretly in his heart, but he said: "No, he likes music and rhythm, and there are still many songs he composed in Huyang Mansion and Yandong Mansion." Sister Linglong shouldn't have heard of "Laughing Red Dust", right? ”

Chu Linglong was stunned, yes, how could he be a person who didn't like music? That...... Then why did he fall asleep listening to my music? Am I really that bad at playing? No, Master Li's attainments in piano skills are rarely matched in Daxia, and he thinks I play well, so how can I be bad?

Chu Linglong was puzzled, and in the end, it could only be attributed to Li He being too tired today.

When Liu saw her like this, he was really happy in his heart. In the past, Taishi Li wanted to match him with Li Ming and join the Li family as a concubine. However, she always grasped Li Ming's heart firmly, so he politely rejected his grandfather. But since then, the Liu family has been faintly hostile to Chu Linglong, although on the surface, the two of them are both ladies and sisters, and they are very affectionate, and the etiquette is also very thoughtful. Liu always felt that under Chu Linglong's seemingly gentle expression, she was actually a high-minded and arrogant face.

In the small garden, except for the old housekeeper of the Taishi Mansion, the other subordinates have been retired, and Xiangxiang and Qianqian also obediently went back to the room to prepare bath water for Li He. Obviously, the three men of the Li family were discussing something important.

"Grandpa, do you mean that there may be a powerful force infiltrating the capital?" Li Ming asked with a frown.

Taishi Li nodded slowly, and said lightly: "It is not necessarily that there is only one force, or there are many forces. The martial arts of these people are so high that they are rare in the Central Plains. What's even more strange is that, according to our intelligence, none of them are famous in the rivers and lakes, so it can be seen that they have always been in a state of seclusion. This time, they entered Beijing in secret, and I am afraid that the plan is not small. ”

As soon as Li He heard the secret master, he immediately thought of the "Netherworld", but after putting forward this conjecture, Taishi Li shook his head and said: "The Netherworld has always been on an overseas island, and the imperial court has always monitored it. It would not be difficult for them to send one or two people to the Central Plains. But it is almost impossible to send so many people at once without being detected by us. Moreover, we are eighty percent sure that these people, who are from the eighteen states in the southwest, are likely to be from the Meteor Clan. ”

"Grandpa, how many of these people are there? Do you know where they are? If we just arrest them and interrogate them, won't we be able to prevent the danger from happening? Li He asked.

Li Ming also looked at Taishi Li, obviously this was also the key to his concern.

Taishi Li said: "There are eleven people we have targeted. But the people who have already entered Beijing are definitely not the only ones who have entered these eleven people. These people are extremely skilled in martial arts, if they act now, although they are sure to take them all down, they will inevitably startle the snakes, so that more people will hide deeper, and then it will not be easy to find them out again. ”

Li He couldn't help but wonder, although he didn't care much about the government and politics, but during this period of time, he still had a little understanding of how powerful the Li family was in the capital. There are many things that the Yulin Army doesn't know in the capital, but the Li family can know that the Li family can do what the Yulin Army can't do. In this matter, grandfather Li Taishi can not only mobilize the Li family's people, but also completely use the power of the imperial court, and there is no way to control these outsiders, which shows how strong these people are.

Li He also said: "This group of people came to the capital, it should be to trouble the emperor, let's just ignore it, just sit and reap the benefits of the fishermen." ”

"It's better to leave this matter to Xiaowei, we don't need to take care of this kind of trouble." Li Ming frowned and nodded slowly, "Meteorite people...... Send another message to Nanming Mansion and ask them to help investigate? ”

Taishi Li shook his head: "No, the situation in the capital is quite delicate now, and the various forces are in a state of balance of constraints, once this state is broken, God knows what kind of variables there will be." We cannot allow the situation to be out of our control. After pondering for a while, he said: "A few days later, the emperor will hold a ceremony to celebrate the merits, and the distribution of power in the Great Xia Kingdom will be more beneficial to us." At this time, it is necessary to seek stability. Moreover, the origin and movements of this group of people are unknown, so I wonder if there will be any unfavorable actions for us. Ming'er, Tielang, you have to be careful when you go in and out these days, and bring more manpower to prevent accidents. ”

Li Ming nodded yes.

Li He said with a smile: "If they don't come, if they dare to provoke me, I will let them taste what life is better than death." ”

Taishi Li looked at him and said: "Tielang, remember, it's good to have self-confidence, but don't overdo it, you need to know that there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky." You have a body of copper skin and iron bones, but you should also consider the safety of the people around you. Now that you are an adult, you should understand your responsibilities and burdens."

When Li He heard this, he couldn't help but think of Qianqian who didn't know martial arts and several daughters in the family, even if it was Xiangxiang, although he was a thousand-year-old fox demon, he was not fearless. Grandpa's words were indeed polite, be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, if something happened to Qianqian and them because of him, they would regret it at that time.

Outside the gate of the Taishi Mansion, the entire Suzaku Street looked lonely and deserted in the blue moonlight. The soldiers of the Night Feather Forest Army who patrolled from time to time did not bring a trace of popularity to the streets at all, but added a bit of slaughter.

The night always seems to hide endless killing opportunities.

On Tianxuan Street, which is three streets away from Suzaku Street, there is an old inn with a small façade and simple decoration, called Qingyue Inn.

At this time, in the basement of this seemingly peaceful and ordinary inn, there is a group of people brewing a shocking conspiracy.