This silhouette in the dim darkness impressed him, the silhouette of the other party was dimmed by the lights, and he could only see a pair of cunning eyes that seemed to have constricted their pupils, and a thick beard perpendicular to his chest, which was the image of a feudal bureaucrat.

"Li Zhongcheng, I've kept you waiting."

Li Siye walked two steps quickly, stopped and leaned over two feet away: "Humble Li Siye to meet the right minister." ”

Li Linfu walked down with a smile on his face, and hurriedly held his hands to help him up: "Li Zhongcheng, I'm really sorry, the sage ordered me to preside over the scientific expedition, so I can only do my best to live up to the emperor's grace, so I have been busy until the night, and I have neglected you, which makes me feel very guilty." ”

It is this kind of hypocritical politeness that makes him feel a chill in his heart, this kind of person does not say words that are in line with his identity, and he will not be able to understand the true intentions of the other party.

"This is really a killing business, you have a lot of opportunities, and you have to be busy until late at night to get out to meet me, a border general, and because of this, it delays your time and consumes your energy, so I should feel guilty."

Li Linfu smiled: "There are really few people as humble as General Li in the army of Longyou Dao, I am deeply grateful, please sit down." ”

"Thank you."

He knelt on the lace carpet in the lower right, his hands on his knees and his back straightened.

Li Linfu retreated to the front of the screen, sat cross-legged on his knees, raised his hand and said to him: "Although the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate has jurisdiction over the north of the Tianshan Mountains, the main area of activity is in the territory of Tingzhou, Yizhou and Xizhou, and there are three armies, Hanhai, Tianshan, and Yiwu. Compared with the scattered forces of the four towns of Anxi, the troops of Beiting are more concentrated. You'll need to guard against the emerging Uighurs and Qarluqs, so equipping and outnumbering your cavalry is your top priority. ”

Li Siye sincerely crossed his hands and thanked: "Thank you for your guidance, Li Siye has been taught." ”

Li Linfu squinted his eyes at him, thinking that this was also a kind word, he twisted his beard and muttered for a while, before he spoke again: "Beiting and Anxi should rely on each other, and you and Gao Xianzhi should also support each other, whether it is from the geographical position or the role between the armies, I hope you can identify with Gao Xianzhi more, and try to cooperate with him as much as possible. ”

These words seemed to be a guiding lesson, but the gentle tone that came out of Li Linfu's mouth sounded more like a discussion.

Li Linfu got up from the couch, walked down, and stood in front of the lush flower pot. The green branches of the night seemed to be able to breathe out mist, and the overlapping leaves blocked his body, making him turn back in the gloom, and said meaningfully, "I ask you to look at something." ”

Li Siye was stunned for a moment, then stood up suspiciously, and followed him as they walked through the thick branches and leaves of the narrow inner hall, ending in an upward staircase. Li Linfu glanced back at him, turned around and groped his way up.

The upstairs was also brightly lit, the windows and doors were open, and the cold wind was blowing from all directions, Li Linfu stood still and shivered, and continued to go up the stairs.

The third floor had shrunk to resemble an attic, and the surrounding verandah took up most of the space, and the two men stepped out of the room and leaned against the railing overlooking the night view of Ping Hong Fong.

Adjacent to the Xiangfu is the most high-end and luxurious Beiqu in Pingkangfang, where famous prostitutes are active, and at night the lights inside and outside the door room under the shade of trees are dim, and the sound of a woman's laughter can come from it. The restless people are like bustling ants, the drunken dignitaries and nobles have messy steps, waving their arms around the delicate woman in their arms, and the talented man stands on the porch and recites poetry.

In all the film and television dramas he remembers, the domineering president must have an office that looks down on the world, and this habit may have been there since the ancients. Standing on the commanding heights of space has the same illusion as the commanding heights of power, mistakenly believing that everywhere he looks, the people under his feet are inferior and incompetent to him, so he talks about these people with a sense of superiority in his comments.

"Do you see these people? Li Zhongcheng, they are the current officials and future officials of the Tang Dynasty, these literati who were born unruly, thought that they could point out the country after learning two sour poems. What do they know, these people don't understand anything, they just deduct words from the pile of old papers. They are full of desire, and the moral articles in their mouths are vented, but the ultimate goal is not to govern the country, but to think about the most charming women in the Qinglou, and untie their skirts to get their own satisfaction. ”

Li Linfu smiled proudly and stubbornly: "I live in this Pingkang Fang, and every day when I stand here, I can see these people who are full of desires, the obsession in their hearts, the filth in their hearts, and no face can deceive me." So I have the right to despise them, since they are all vulgar people, what kind of elegance do they pretend? Since all people are born vulgar and driven by desires, even those who claim to have no desires and no desires are all pretending, Li Zhongcheng, do you agree with my statement? ”

"That's right, everyone has desires." Li Siye echoed his words.

"So, what about your desires? Li Zhongcheng, I think I can see everyone's desires clearly, why can't I see yours? Could it be that you also pretend to have no desires and no desires, so hidden that even I can't find out? ”

Li Siye suddenly felt a chill in the back of his head, and he was unexpectedly unprepared, and fell into the pit dug by Li Linfu in advance, which turned out to be this kind of low-end pit similar to Truth or Dare.

He deliberately controlled the expression on his face, revealing a smile that pursed his lips: "Yes, in the end, my desires are also very simple, but they are the lust of those who like delicate and beautiful women, and the desire for fame and fortune to achieve fame, are these desires too straightforward, but you can't detect it." ”

"Beauty and fame, what kind of woman do you want, what kind of fame and fortune do you want."

"A woman as delicate as a flower, the fame and fortune of the marquis and the princess."

Li Siye replied quickly, thinking that in this way Li Linfu would believe his words.

Li Linfu turned his head to stare at him, and nodded after a while: "Maybe that's the case." ”

After saying that, the right minister stood in the cold wind and sneezed into the night sky three times, and the housekeeper hurriedly stepped on the stairs and ran up, with a large coat made of fox skin on his arm, and hurriedly draped it on Li Linfu's shoulders.

"Ah Lang, it's cold and dewy up here, let's go back."

Li Linfu nodded, and they walked down the stairs to the inner hall again, and the warm air flow came back to their faces. Under the dense lamps overhead, the branches and leaves of the shrub were growing, and the right phase subconsciously stopped, found one or two sick leaves, broke them off and buried them in the soil of the pot.

Li Siye suddenly discovered that none of the plants planted by the right phase were flowers, and even if there were flowers, flowers were not the main body to be appreciated. What he admires is the vigorous green leaves, which can grow infinitely, and never wither in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

He felt that it was time to say goodbye and leave, so he crossed his hand at Li Linfu and said: "I can't bear to bother the right minister for so long, so I will retire first, and the right minister should rest earlier." ”

Li Linfu nodded coldly: "I'll ask the steward to send you off." ”

This is Li Linfu's true attitude and emotions, the nice words he met at the beginning were not just polite, but another kind of indifferent rejection, which he could still distinguish.

Judging from this contact, Li Linfu should have accepted himself, and the gift also played a certain role, otherwise he would have used that hypocritical smile to cope until the end of the meeting.