Chapter 172: Destiny Returns
Tang Jian saw that Li Yuan wanted to hear about his adventures yesterday, so he told Li Yuan the story Li Shimin and the story he had made up.
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Yesterday, there was a Taoist priest to Tang Jianzhuang to turn into a fate, this Taoist priest has a white beard and white eyebrows, a group of fairy wind bones, he saw Tang Jian was very surprised, and said, "The donor's appearance is extraordinary, it is the appearance of great wealth and nobility."
Tang Jian disagreed, and said to the Taoist priest, "I was born in a rich family, and I have the appearance of great wealth and nobility, what's so strange?"
But the Taoist priest said, "The donor is now rich but not expensive, but your bones have a public destiny."
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Tang Jian thought that he had encountered a fake Taoist priest who was abducted and deceived, and he was saying that he was obedient and cheating money, so he said to the world, "I think I am wrong, I am now forty years old, and I am still a cloth cloth, how can I have a public appearance?"
The Taoist priest then asked, "How expensive is the donor this year?"
Tang Jian said, "Exactly forty, no more, no less."
The Taoist priest said, "It should be this year, and this year the donor will be able to pay homage to the general."
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Tang Jian didn't believe it, and blamed him for talking nonsense, "The real person is cheating money, right? You just want me to give up a few extra dollars, and there is no need to make up nonsense to lie to me."
The Taoist priest was very affirmative, "Even this year, you will be crowned a prince. When people reach the forty lines of eye luck, look at your eyes are crystal clear and contain purple energy, this year will definitely be the head of great luck, and there will be noble people to help."
Tang Jian thought about it carefully, the only noble person he knew was Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo.
Tang Jian asked the Taoist priest, "The noble person that the real person said, but Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang left in Taiyuan?"
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The Taoist priest did not answer Tang Jian directly, but said, "Have you ever heard of a nursery rhyme that has been circulating since the beginning of the Sui Dynasty?"
Tang Jian asked, "Which nursery rhyme?"
The Taoist priest said, "It's the song "Peach and Plum, Mo (Lang) Language".
Then he went on to chant:
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The law exists, the morality exists, and the white flag of heaven goes out of the East China Sea.
Peach and plum, Mo (wave) language. The yellow bird flies around the mountain, like in the garden.
Peach Garden, like a turn belongs to the flag.
Peach and plum, the bird and bird surround Yangshan, like turning into a flower forest. Mo (Lang) language, who promises.
Peach and plum, flood around Yangshan.
Jiangnan willow tree, Jiangbei plum flower rong. Where do the willows go,
Plum blossoms bear fruit naturally.
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After hearing this, Tang Jian said, "No one knows this nursery rhyme, and it was because of this nursery rhyme that Li Hun, the general of Zuo Wuwei, killed thirty-two members of his family."
The Taoist priest said to Tang Jian, "Tang Guocheng should be on this nursery rhyme, you can study it carefully and understand."
Tang Jian asked the Taoist priest to explain to him, but the Taoist priest refused to explain, and let Tang Jian think about it himself.
Tang Jian wanted to bring the Taoist priest to see Li Yuan, and the Taoist priest said, "I have leaked the heavenly opportunity today, and I am afraid that I will be killed."
After saying this, he said goodbye to Tang Jian and drifted away.
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Li Yuan listened to Tang Jian's adventure, although he also felt bizarre, but he hoped that what this Taoist priest said was true, so that he would be the true son of heaven in the future.
Li Yuan had memorized that nursery rhyme for a long time, and he had pondered it thousands of times, but he hadn't figured out which place would be on him.
Li Yuan really hoped that this nursery rhyme should be on him, but he said to Tang Jian, "This Taoist priest is just talking casually, don't take it seriously."
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Tang Jian leaned forward across the kang and said to Li Yuan, "After the Taoist priest left, I carefully studied the nursery rhyme, and finally made a new discovery, it should indeed be on Tang Gong."
When Li Yuan heard Tang Jian say that he had made a new discovery of nursery rhymes, he couldn't help but feel a tightening in his heart, and his body involuntarily leaned forward, and asked Tang Jian, "What did Mao Yue discover?"
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Tang Jian asked Li Yuan, "Tang Gong, do you say that children are literate?"
Li Yuan said, "Except for the wealthy families of the world, there are not many children among the people who are literate."
Tang Jian agreed, "Yes, this nursery rhyme is a children's rhyme that circulates among the people in the market. When they sing, where does it matter which word it is, and how it is written?"
"The words of those nursery rhymes are just sorted out by people with intentions, but they are just the same or similar pronunciation to the nursery rhymes that circulate."
Li Yuan nodded, "There is such a possibility."
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Tang Jian got off the kang, walked to the bookcase, took a pen and paper, wrote a few words on the paper, and handed it to Li Yuan, "Tang Gong, you see 'peach and plum, Mo (wave) language", can you write like this?"
Li Yuan took the paper handed over by Tang Jian, and saw that it was written "Tao Plum, Yan Langyuan".
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Li Yuan saw it and was pleasantly surprised.
"Peach" and "Tao" have the same sound, his ancestral home is Longxi County, isn't that the birthplace of Taoshui?
"Mo" and "冇" are basically the same pronunciation.
The pronunciation of "yu" and "yuan" is also very similar.
If a child of a few ages is asked to sing "Tao Plum, Mo (Lang) Language" and "Tao Plum, Yan Lang Yuan", who can tell the difference?
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Tang Jian saw that Li Yuan was in a trance, and said, "Tang Gong, is the pronunciation of 'peach and plum, Mo (lang) language" and "Tao plum, Yan Langyuan" the same?"
"Can it be interpreted as "The descendants of the surname Li by the Taoshui have no waves"? Together, isn't it "Li Yuan"?"
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Li Yuan came back to his senses and said to Tang Jian with a serious expression, "This matter must not be mentioned to outsiders, otherwise my Li family will be destroyed."
Tang Jian smiled and said to Li Yuan, "Tang Gong is too worried, you are destined by heaven, and you can't die."
Li Yuan was still a little unsure in his heart, "What if you misunderstand? Or if it refers to someone else, the court wants to punish me, shouldn't my Li family die unjustly?"
Tang Jian persuaded, "Duke Tang now has a heavy army in his hands and holds the military and political power of the five counties of Shanxi, who can easily take Duke Tang's life?"
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Li Yuan thought in his heart, as Tang Jian said, even if Yang Guang issued an edict to seize his military power, if he didn't follow the edict, Yang Guang would have nothing to do with him.
Tang Jian offered advice to Li Yuan, "If the Duke of Tang recruits heroes widely, makes friends with the Turks in the north, collects the land of Yan and Zhao in the east, crosses the river to the south, knocks on the pass and advances westward, and occupies the land of Qin and Yong, he can achieve the same great cause as Shang Tang and Zhou Wu."
After some persuasion by Tang Jian, Li Yuan basically believed that he was the person who was destined to return to him in the nursery rhyme.
He said to Tang Jian, "How dare I compare with Shang Tang and King Wu of Zhou? If there is chaos today, I should try to protect myself out of selfishness, and I should save the people of the world out of public intentions.
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Two days later, Wu Shi Tong went to see Li Yuan.
He was also a frequent visitor to Li Yuan's other courtyard, and five out of ten days had to go to Li Yuan's place. Although Li Yuan was still wary of Wu Shi Tong, it did not affect him as Li Yuan's partner for eating, drinking, and having fun.
Wu Shi Tong was the person sent by Wang Wei to spy on Li Yuan, and it was an open secret here, and Li Yuan often joked about this with Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong.
Wu Shi Tong and Liu Shilong had confessed to Li Yuan many times that they were only loyal to Li Yuan, but Li Yuan did not fully believe the words of the two of them.
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The warrior Tong arrived at Li Yuan very casually, and when he saw Li Yuan, he didn't give a salute, so Li Yuan beckoned him to sit on the kang.
After the warrior Tong sat down, Li Yuan jokingly asked him, "Did you just go to General Wang Wei and sue me for a confession?"
Wu Shi Tong did not shy away from it, and replied, "I really just went to General Wang Wei's place, and told him that Tang Gong was addicted to wine all day long, and he was lustful in the other courtyard, and he didn't even see his son."
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Li Yuan wanted to leave an image of being addicted to alcohol to outsiders, and when he heard Samurai Tong say this, Li Yuan smiled and said, "Ashinya, who knows me."
Generally, people from wealthy families have "names" and "characters".
The "character" of the samurai is different from others, and the "character" of others is mostly two characters, and his "character" is only one character, which is called "letter". Because he was familiar with Li Yuan, Li Yuan always jokingly called him "Ashin".
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Wu Shi Tong and Li Yuan laughed for a while, took out a delicate brocade box from his sleeve, put it on the kang table, and slowly pushed it in front of Li Yuan.
"Tang Gong, look at what this is?"
Li Yuan picked it up, opened the brocade box, and saw a jade cicada inside, this jade cicada was dark green all over, but the two wings were white and transparent, the carving was meticulous, lifelike, like a real cicada with wings ready to fly.
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Li Yuan took the jade cicada in his hand and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the maker.
Wu Shi Tong smiled and said, "If Tang Gong likes it, you can wear it on your waist."
Li Yuan knew that the warrior Tong was specially given to him, but he politely excused himself, "How can I win people's love?"
Wu Shi Tong said, "Tang Gong and Shi Tong still have anything to do with each other, what is mine is yours, as long as Tang Gong no longer treats Shi Tong as an outsider, don't forget Shi Tong at a critical time."
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Li Yuan raised his eyes to look at the warrior Tong and asked, "Am I not trusting you enough?" I don't have to worry about you watching my every move, and you can go in and out of the courtyard where I live."
Wu Shi Tong said solemnly, "Tang Gong, don't blame Shi Tong for telling the truth, you just regard Shi Tong as a friend of wine and meat, and you don't regard me as a confidant."
Li Yuan looked at Wu Shi Tong and smiled silently.
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Samurai Tong said in his heart, "We businessmen are the best at weighing the pros and cons, saying bad things, and being the most calculating, can I not see the current situation clearly?"
"Now that the Great Sui is exhausted, will I follow Wang Wei and his ilk and watch myself and my clansmen be martyred for the Great Sui? Good birds choose trees to perch, virtuous ministers choose the master and do things, and those who know the times are handsome. He also wants to have a good future for future generations."
"Shi Tong is thinking, don't leave me alone when Duke Tang has a major decision."
Li Yuan remained silent, and he smiled, "What major decisions can I make? It's just trying to protect itself."
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Wu Shi Tong said sincerely, "In this troubled era, it is difficult to protect oneself, if Tang Gong wants to gain a foothold, he must recruit troops and horses, and it costs money to recruit troops and horses. If Tang Gong can trust Shi Tong, when he needs money, just ask me for it."
"Tang Gong tied this jade cicada around his waist and regarded it as a shitong, you think that you are a thousand yuan in your waist, and when you need money, you will think of shitong."
Li Yuan said, "It's not easy for you to save this family business, and you were almost killed by Yang Su, how can I use your money casually?"
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The samurai Tong expressed his heart directly, "What is the use of the Shitong making money? It's not for the sake of oneself and the glory of future generations. In troubled times, if your life is not guaranteed, what is the use of money?"
"Now I take out the money and fund Tang Gong to do great things, after the matter is completed, why worry that my descendants will not be rich?"
Li Yuan listened to the sincerity of Wu Shitong's words, and was moved by his sincerity, and couldn't help but bow his head slightly.
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Speaking of this, the samurai Tong changed his solemn and serious expression just now, he leaned forward, approached Li Yuan, and said with a smile, "I had a dream yesterday, and I think it was a good omen."
Li Yuan asked strangely, "What is so special about Ashin's dream?"
The warrior said mysteriously, "I dreamed that Tang Gong was riding a white horse and wanted to fly into the air, so I wanted to go with Tang Gong, but my body was trapped by something, and I couldn't move."
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