Li Yuan drank tea and ate the snacks sent by the servants of the Gu family, thinking about the demeanor and words of this master Xing, feeling that this person surnamed Xing seemed to be testing his tone, as if he doubted his identity. Li Yuan didn't know where he had exposed his flaws, and he felt that something was wrong with this surnamed Xing.

Li Yuan naturally didn't plan to disclose his identity, this time he was single-handed, not to mention that since he heard what Ji Hong said in Wujin County, Li Yuan had a heartfelt heart. That incident was about Gu Minglijiang, the head of the Gu family, taking the position of Suzhou Assassin, which seemed to outsiders to be just a simple appointment, but in Li Yuan's opinion, this appointment was extremely unusual.

Since he had a few deep talks with Emperor Zhou E last year, Li Yuan has a clear understanding of the current situation of several wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, although the family has gradually declined in the five dynasties and ten countries, but after the transformation of these wealthy businessmen from the political circle to the business circle, they still have strong financial resources and connections, which cannot be ignored in any way.

And now the lord of Wu Yue has issued an edict to the Gu family, the most influential of the wealthy families in the country, to grant a state official position, which in Li Yuan's view, this Gu family is not just a completely pure businessman, has been involved in political competition, the businessmen who are driving and riding may not care about the country, but a businessman family with political tendencies, how can not be interested in an emperor of another country who is single-handedly sent to the door?

In view of this, Li Yuan decided that his identity must not be revealed, and he had to be more careful. And his identity may not be hidden for a long time, but when his personal guard battalion arrives in Suzhou, or when the Chu army advances eastward on a large scale, he will not be there at that time. But before that, Li Yuan decided to continue to be this ordinary lieutenant Li.

After a long time, Li Yuan had already refilled a few cups of tea and eaten up the exquisite pastries in the two plates in front of him, but no one came to the hall to meet him.

Gu Yingying was nowhere to be seen, Li Yuan waited patiently for a while, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, intending to end this long wait. So he stood up and was about to walk out, when he heard the hurried footsteps in the back hall, the curtain was lifted, and a middle-aged man in a black robe who looked like a butler appeared in the hall.

"Captain Li, just wait. In Xia Gu Jiu, he is the steward of this house." The man smiled and said.

Li Yuan also saluted: "Steward Gu is polite, I am indeed a little anxious to wait."

That Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, please come with me." The head of the house, please go to the study to talk, he has just gotten up, please come with me."

Li Yuan smiled: "I'm tired."

That Gu Jiu turned around with a smile, lifted the curtain and bowed, "Please."

Li Yuan nodded in greeting and walked out of the back door of the front hall. But after seeing the hall, it is a courtyard, but unlike the front yard, the courtyard behind this hall is refreshing and neat, and there are no complicated flowers and trees. A red cloister is directly connected to the door of the back hall, zigzag leads to the vertical door of the second entrance, and the cloister is hung with red, red, green and green palace lights, which looks very festive.

Li Yuan followed the housekeeper up the corridor all the way to the second, and after entering the second vertical door, he turned to the east, passed through a few vertical doors and flowers, and did not know how many courtyards with carved beams and paintings, and finally entered a simple and elegant courtyard.

There are only three houses in this small courtyard, and some bamboo holly is planted in the courtyard. On the side of the road leading to the corridor, several pear blossoms are blooming brightly, and the branches are full of blooming flowers, and the dark fragrance floating at the end of the nose is very comfortable.

The two of them came to the bottom of the porch, the door of the hall was tightly closed, and there was a bright light inside, and there seemed to be someone talking and saying something.

"Family Master, Captain Li has arrived." The housekeeper Gu Jiu spoke in a deep voice in front of the door.

With a bang, the door opened. The bright light shone out all of a sudden, Li Yuan squinted his eyes, he saw five or six people sitting or standing in the room, and before his eyes adjusted to the bright light, Li Yuan heard Gu Yingying's familiar voice.

"Captain Li, come in, grandfather wants to discuss with you about defending the city against the enemy."

Li Yuanju stepped into the room, and the door behind him was slammed shut. Li Yuan's eyes adjusted to the bright light in the room, and he squinted, but saw an old man with white hair sitting on the first mahogany chair.

The old man's face was thin, and the wrinkles on his face were like those carved by an axe and a chisel, and the years had left on his face

There are too many traces of wind and rain, which makes people shudder at first glance. However, what impressed Li Yuan was not the traces of these years on the old man's face, but the burning eyes like eagles and falcons, which were as sharp as sharp blades, as if they could see through people from the inside out.

Next to the old man's chair, Gu Yingying stood tall, she had changed into a woman's clothes, her hair was in a high bun, her emerald clothes were graceful, and she was wearing a goose yellow shawl, the whole person was extremely beautiful, and a pair of beautiful eyes were looking at her with a warm smile. After seeing the old man's sharp eagle eyes, seeing these pair of autumn water eyes made Li Yuan's heart feel a lot more comfortable.

There were several chairs beside the old man, and from top to bottom sat three middle-aged men with rich bodies and ruddy faces. They were of the same age, dressed in rich brocade robes, and looked somewhat similar, and they looked at them with a kind of contempt in their eyes.

Behind a middle-aged man stood a young man about the same age as Li Yuan. The young man had a long body and a dignified appearance, but his eyes seemed to be a little unkind when he looked at Li Yuan.

"Captain Li, let me introduce you to the introduction." A person beside him said in a deep voice.

Only then did Li Yuan notice that the black-robed man standing next to him was Master Xing, who was accompanying him in the front hall just now, and it seemed that after leaving the front hall, this surnamed Xing came directly to the back house.

"If I guessed correctly, this old man who is as radiant as an immortal is the old man who is the head of the first wealthy family in Jiangnan. Li Chu, the captain of the Great Chu Personal Guard Battalion, gave Gu Weng a salute." Li Yuan didn't wait for Master Xing to speak, then stepped forward with a smile and bowed to the eagle-eyed old man.

The old man was stunned for a moment, burst out laughing, stood up and arched his hand, "Don't dare to be, Captain Li, the old man is polite."

Gu Yingying pursed her lips and chuckled, she was very satisfied with Li Yuan's performance. In other words, who in this Wu Yue Kingdom saw that his grandfather was not bound and did not dare to make a slight move, in front of his grandfather, even the royal family did not dare to make a mistake. More people would even be so nervous that they couldn't even speak, but Li Yuan looked calm and did not see any timidity, which was really surprising.

And Captain Li didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and he said something that made his grandfather the happiest, that is, the title of honorific Gu family as the first wealthy family in Jiangnan.

It must be known that the Gu family is the head of the four surnames in Wuzhong, and the title of the first wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River has long been crowned for more than a hundred years, but due to the turmoil at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world has fallen apart, and the land south of the Yangtze River has been divided into several countries.

In the past, the first wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, the Gu family, has long been gone, even though the merchants have accumulated a lot of wealth and recovered a little vitality, but it is certainly not comparable with the situation of the political and business sides in the Tang Dynasty.

But to this day, Li Yuan's words can be regarded as speaking to his grandfather's heart, so his grandfather smiled so happily and got up to return the salute, which is really rare.

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