Under the persuasion of Yi Xiaodao and Li Dingxing, it took a long time for Xianglian'er to calm down. It's no wonder that Rong Lan is subordinate to Si Tianjian and is dedicated to observing the stars and divining fortune for the royal family, and his words will always make people inevitably think about it. In addition, since Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er got married, the two have worked hard, but Xiang Lian'er's belly just hasn't moved...

"Yi Xiaodao, why did you promise him just now! I should have torn his mouth just now and let him talk nonsense! Xiang Lian'er still said angrily.

Li Dingxing considered that Yi Xiaodao's current identity was a courtier after all, and said: "That's it, didn't we seize a lot of silver money from the Dongwei people?" There are about four or five million taels, and some of them will be handed over to the imperial court, anyway, Yi Xiaodao didn't say how much he raised just now. ”

"How much is it appropriate for the imperial court? A million taels? Xianglian'er interjected: "Yi Xiaodao, why don't you speak?" ”

"Four or five million taels... I'm afraid it's not enough. Yi Xiaodao said with a calculation in his heart.

As soon as these words came out, not only Li Dingxing was surprised, but even Xianglian'er was startled: "Five million taels is not enough? Are you still the Yi Xiaodao I know? I remember you were a man of life! ”

Of course, this was deliberately teasing Yi Xiaodao, when he left Anhui City, Xiang Lian'er's ancestral house should have been sold for five hundred taels to a local Wang Yuanwai, Yi Xiaodao saw that Xiang Lian'er was reluctant, but instead asked Wang Yuanwai to help take care of the ancestral house, which Xiang Lian'er always remembered. Of course, Yi Xiaodao is still quite stingy most of the time.

Yi Xiaodao rubbed his chin, frowned and said: "The imperial court has done its best for this battle of Chu Xiang, among the eight major vassal kings, only Chu Xiang has not obeyed the king's orders for a long time, and now His Majesty has sent people to collect grain, just to fight to the death with Chu Xiang." If Chu Xiang wins, his lips will be cold and his teeth will be cold... Nanhuai will indeed not have a good life. ”

Li Dingxing was silent, his father and eldest brother were both killed at the hands of Chu Xiang, how could he forget this monstrous hatred. It's just that I don't know if this court is really at the end of its rope when it comes to asking for money and food, or if it wants to use the name of conquest of Chu Xiang to hollow out Nanhuai and suppress Nanhuai by the way...

"I want to... If the old prince and the eldest prince are here, they will also support us in doing so. Yi Xiaodao said and looked at Li Dingxing, waiting for his response.

Xiang Lian'er looked at Yi Xiaodao, took Li Dingxing's hand, and said softly, "Let's go see my father and eldest brother, shall we?" ”

Li Dingxing nodded and asked Xiang Yi Xiaodao: "Xiaodao, let's go together?" ”

"I won't go, your family is reunited, it's not suitable for me to be an outsider." Yi Xiaodao chuckled and left the room.

On Dayang Mountain.

"Dad, mother, eldest brother, I brought my daughter-in-law to see you." Li Dingxing stood behind the bamboo forest holding Xiang Lian'er's hand, there were three large tombs in front of him, and a group of guards bent down to cut the weeds around the tombs.

"Father, mother, eldest brother, Xianglian'er kowtowed to you." The husband and wife knelt down with each other's arms and respectfully kowtowed three times.

"Xianglian'er, you've seen it, when Yi Xiaodao found the house and said to give me a marriage. At that time, we all knew that his proposal was fake, and urging the New Year's tribute was true, but the funny thing is that the three of us were still deceived by him. Li Dingxing talked about the past that Xiang Lian'er didn't know.

Xianglian'er looked at Li Dingxing in surprise: "You know it's fake... Also..."

"At that time, the eldest brother was very ambitious, and I also thought that Yi Xiaodao was a talent, so I wanted to introduce it to my father and eldest brother. Forget it, it's all in the past, now that I think about it, it's good that I was introduced at the beginning, otherwise, where would I find such a good daughter-in-law as you? Li Dingxing winked at Xiang Lian'er and said.

Xiang Lian'er's face was slightly red, and she urged: "Let's talk to my father about business." ”

Li Dingxing said with a straight face: "Dad, the imperial court has sent people again, and now Chu Xiang has raised 200,000 troops, and the imperial court has raised 300,000 troops, and they are fighting a diplomatic war in Anhui City." The imperial court is short of money and food, and I want to come to Nanhuai to collect grain, but I'm worried... The imperial court is still coveting Nanhuai..."

"After you leave, I don't even have a person to discuss everything, I can only discuss with Xianglian'er, but Xianglian'er listens to me in everything, and now I have no idea, so I have come to tell my father and eldest brother."

Li Dingxing paused, beckoned, and a few guards not far away, carrying a few bundles of paper money, trotted over, spread out in front of the grave, and started a fire.

"I haven't come to see you for a long time, if you are short of money, tell me in a dream, don't look for Xianglian'er, she is timid." Li Dingxing said, stepped forward to grab the paper money and put it into the lit fire and burned it, and Xianglian'er also stepped forward to help. Although there are guards to do it on their behalf, they should respect their ancestors and younger generations to do it themselves.

"If you agree, you can take the money with confidence, if you don't agree, there will be a whirlwind to extinguish the fire, I will listen to you." Li Dingxing muttered in his mouth, but unconsciously accelerated the speed of delivering paper money in his hand.

Suddenly, the bamboo forest rustled, and a whirlwind passed through the forest and swirled to the grave, and countless paper money was swept into it and floated in the air. The fire lit by the guards flickered and dimmed, and it looked like it was going to be extinguished at any moment.

"Dad..."Li Dingxing pulled Xiang Lian'er and took a few steps back, protecting Xiang Lian'er in front of him: "If you don't agree, I'll send someone to refuse the court, just don't scare Xiang Lian'er!" ”

All the paper money was wrapped in the whirlwind, and there was no one left on the ground, and the paper money in the sky not only shocked Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er, but also the surrounding guards were taken aback, and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

The paper money in the sky was wrapped in a whirlwind, slowly gathered in one place, and the whole thing was pressed down, and it was really pressed on the fire. The flames that were still flickering just now were so pressed by the paper money that they couldn't see at all, and only a little green smoke was left, which made Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er cough.

"They don't agree..."Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er stood in front of the grave, looking at the pile of paper money, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's go, they must still be angry now, let's come to see them another day?" Xiang Lian'er looked up at Li Dingxing and asked.

Li Dingxing was about to nod, when suddenly the green smoke slowly became larger, and a flame slowly poked its head out of the paper money, and soon wrapped the entire pile of paper money. The small flame grew larger, crackling the entire pile of paper money.

"Dad, mother, big brother, you agreed!" Li Dingxing's eyes lit up: "Big brother, you must have made it bad, right!" ”

The flames could not answer, but burned more and more.

"Nanhuai has been handed back to the imperial court, I originally just wanted to live a peaceful life with Xianglian'er in Ansu City. But after the court envoys came today, speaking of you, I realized that I wanted to avenge you even more... Dad, mother, big brother... I miss you so much..."Li Dingxing said, two lines of tears unconsciously flowing from his eyes.

Xiang Lian'er also looked at the fire and was surprised by this strange scene, but quickly noticed Li Dingxing's emotions, and took out a handkerchief to wipe away Li Dingxing's tears: "Such a big person, still crying, let my father and mother and big brother see the jokes!" ”

Li Dingxing pulled Xianglian'er to kneel down in front of the grave, kowtowed three more times in a dignified manner, stood up and said: "The military situation is urgent, I will go down the mountain to raise food, and I will not accompany you." I'll see you next time. As soon as Li Dingxing's words fell, the fire began to slowly become smaller, and all the paper money had been burned out, leaving only sporadic fires flickering in the soot.

Li Dingxing instructed the guards to pack up their things and lead Xianglian'er away, leaving behind the pile of soot. Although the soot still has heat, the surrounding weeds have been removed, and there is no fear that it will ignite the grass and trees and cause a wildfire.

After the two of them led the guards away for a long time, the bamboo forest suddenly rustled, and one of them walked out of the courtyard leisurely, it was Yi Xiaodao!

Yi Xiaodao came to the three graves and bowed deeply: "The old prince, the princess, the eldest prince, the knife is really a last resort." Chu Xiang is immortal, and the great enlightenment is restless. ”

The flames were extinguished and revived, but it was Yi Xiaodao's doing: the fire was full, and the paper pile was secretly thrown, and the paper money was burned!

"Nanhuai is rich, the world knows, if Nanhuai does not give the court money and grain, no matter which side wins, it will inevitably find Nanhuai to liquidate, and the Li family is difficult to protect. At this time, giving the court money and food, helping the court with all its might, and exterminating Chu Xiang is the stability of the world. Not only for the Li family, but also for the Li family's six hundred Nanhuai, the people of Nanhuai..."

A little spark, rekindled, only a moment, extinguished, this time it was completely extinguished, and it was not Yi Xiaodao's doing.

Yi Xiaodao bowed deeply again, turned around and was about to leave.

Before the person had gone far, he heard the crackling sound of the bamboo beside the grave, and when he looked back, there was no movement.

In the fire, because the sparks were extinguished, a little green smoke floated up, the smoke was hazy, and in a trance, Yi Xiaodao seemed to see the figures of King Nanhuai, the princess and Li Yaoyang looming again.

Yi Xiaodao rubbed his eyes, only a green smoke, and nothing else: "What's wrong with me..."Suddenly, a thought appeared in Yi Xiaodao's mind: "Protect Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er." ”

Yi Xiaodao was horrified, and Yi Xiaodao had not been to the graveyard, and when he was a beggar, he even slept in Yizhuang and mass graves, and his courage was very comparable, but he was also shocked at this time.

"Don't worry, the knife will do its best!" Yi Xiaodao held down his heart and was shocked, knelt down in front of the three graves from a distance, and kowtowed three times. After kowtowing, the surprise and horror in my heart were silently suppressed.

Yi Xiaodao didn't dare to look back, turned around and left, leaving only a wisp of green smoke in place, drifting straight towards the sky...

It was getting late, and by the time Yi Xiaodao returned to the Li Mansion, Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er had already come back for a long time.

"Knife, where have you been?" Xiang Lian'er came up and asked.

"Huh? Oh, I'm fine, go around. Yi Xiaodao said vaguely.

Li Dingxing walked over and said with a smile: "Xiaodao, I have decided to pay another three million taels for the imperial court, plus five million taels of captured Dongwei people, for a total of eight million taels." This is a year's annual tribute from Nanhuai. Give it all to the court! ”

Yi Xiaodao shook his head silently.

"Not enough?" Li Dingxing raised his eyebrows, eight million taels is not a small amount. The amount spent by the imperial court in the first half of the year is only like this, and this is all used as military expenses for soldiers and horses, which is more than enough to last for a year.

"It's not that it's not enough, it's that you can't use the money and food of the Li Mansion. No matter how big the Li Mansion is, it can't always spend money from the Li Mansion. I think this money should be filled by the people! Yi Xiaodao said.

"Filled by the people? What is the reason why the imperial court attacks the war, but the people bear it? "Li Dingxing is not a son-in-law who does not eat fireworks in the world, even if Su Cheng is the richest in the world, Li Dingxing also knows that it is not easy for the people.

"We need to let the people know that the court is not fighting for personal gain, but for the public! The people of the world need to have respect and trust for the imperial court, so that the world can be stable for a long time. Otherwise, if the court fights, the people will only feel that it is none of their business, and it will be difficult for the court and the Li Mansion to support it after all. Yi Xiaodao said lightly.

Xiang Lian'er glared at Yi Xiaodao, complaining in her heart that he had too many things, and then turned her head to look at Li Dingxing.

Li Dingxing smiled bitterly: "This is not false... Then listen to the eldest brother and try it! ”