"Sister, what's wrong?" Li Zhen asked cautiously.

"Actually, it's nothing, he didn't write me a letter after he took office, but wrote three letters to his mother, just the day before I came back, my mother-in-law went to find her son, and like you, she didn't even leave a message, or Aunt Lin told me. ”

Speaking of this, Li Quan said angrily: "I don't know what I did wrong, it's just that I'm a businessman, and he feels embarrassed. ”

"Sister, it shouldn't have anything to do with the wine shop. ”

"It's the problem of the wine shop, Ah Zhen, I've already sold the wine shop. Li Quan said calmly.

Li Zhen stood up in shock, "Sister, how did you sell the liquor store, that's your hard work."

"There's no way, I want to keep my marriage, I think since the two can't coexist, then I can only give up the wine shop, okay, I have time to take care of Xiu'er, and I still have a manor, don't I?"

Li Zhen sat down slowly, he really felt sorry for his eldest sister, how much effort she had put into the wine shop, and finally sold the wine shop for the sake of that loveless man, Li Zhen didn't know what to say, and he whispered after a while: "Sister, there is something I have been hiding from you." ”

"It's your brother-in-law and your child."

Li Zhen was stunned, it turned out that the eldest sister knew, and he nodded lightly, "That's it, I caught them red-handed, so there is a gap between me and my brother-in-law." ”

Li Quan smiled bitterly, sighed and said: "Actually, I already knew, do you think I'm stupid? I actually pretend to be deaf and dumb, he always said that he doesn't have a concubine, I will let him marry Li'er as a concubine, if I guess correctly, Li'er is with him now, he wants to marry a concubine, he wants to drink flower wine with other officials, I put up with all this, I think I'm a businessman, then I will sell the shop, it won't affect his reputation, I have done everything I should do, if he is still not satisfied, then I can't help it." ”

"When did Sister find out?"

Li Zhen asked again, "I mean him and that maid." ”

Li Quan gently stroked Xiu'er who was already sleeping in her arms, her eyes were full of love, she raised her head and said to Li Zhen: "It was the last time he was pounced by a leopard and recuperated at home, I now he secretly took money to Li'er to buy a small house outside Luoyang City, Li'er's so-called going to a relative's house in Hanzhong is a lie, she is actually in Luoyang, I know all this, I will see when he will tell me clearly, but he has never told me about Li'er." ”

"Eldest sister, how is the manor now?" Li Zhen didn't want to talk about Cao Wen anymore, so he changed the topic.

"Very nice"

When it came to the manor, Li Quan's mood suddenly brightened, and she said with great interest: "The grapes are growing lushly, and the first season can be harvested today, this time I went to the manor with Whisper, mainly to build a wine cellar, the secret tips you brought from Gaochang are really good, and they have helped me a lot." ”

"Sister, are you still going with Miss Wang?" asked Li Zhen with a slight frown.

"Hey, I'm going to talk about you again, don't be with that Di girl all day long, although she is good, but compared to whispering, Ah Zhen, you are still young, whispering is really your good match, beautiful and beautiful, virtuous, gentle personality, I don't know how many times stronger than that fiery Di woman, you just listen to my sister."

"Sister, don't mention this. Li Zhen interrupted Li Quan's words impatiently.

Li Quan looked at him for a long time, shook his head helplessly, got up and said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about it today, I'll take you to see the yard where you live first, I'll arrange it for you, and I promise that this time it's not an attic." ”

"To be honest, I'm really not familiar with this house. Li Zhen smiled and followed Li Quan to the backyard.

"Sister, what are you going to do with the old house, do you want to keep it?"

Li Quan smiled and said, "I'm going to sell it, I like it here, I said...... You're not going to kick me out, are you?"

Li Zhen stopped, he suddenly remembered that Yao Xituo had bought a house by himself, so he said: "Sister, I just want to buy a house, let him come, if he likes it, it is better to sell it to him." ”

"Of course you can, if you want to buy it, I'll sell it to him at the original price, and I won't make a penny, Ah Zhen, now that the price of the house has risen, the house will be sold for at least 800 yuan now, and it is said that it will rise next year,"

"Sister, I want to buy a good house in Chang'an. ”

"Worthy of my brother. ”

Li Quan gave a thumbs up and praised: "Have a vision, I actually want to buy a shop in Chang'an, whisper to me to introduce a shop, the monthly rent alone is enough for me to raise Xiu'er, now the house price in Chang'an is only less than half of Luoyang, compared with ten years ago, it has fallen by sixty percent, it is a good opportunity to make a move, it is better to do this, anyway, I will go to Chang'an next month to buy a store, you give me the money, I will help you buy the house together, and promise to pick a beautiful house for you." ”

Li Zhen didn't speak, although the eldest sister didn't say it, he faintly felt that the eldest sister was already thinking about the worst.

At this moment, the housekeeper Uncle Lin hurriedly ran over, saluted Li Zhen, and handed an arrow to Li Zhen, "Someone came to find Gongzi just now and gave him this arrow." ”

Li Zhen took the arrow and looked at it, and hurriedly asked, "Where are the people?"

"The man is gone, and he says Childe knows what's going on. ”

Li Zhen immediately said to Li Quan: "Sister, I have something to go out and come back later." ”

Anye Fang is a famous square near Tianjie, the reason why it is famous is because it is a place where the royal family gathers, and there are more than a dozen royal mansions in the square, including the residence of Li Xian, the king of Luling, in the capital.

Like many shops in Luoyang, there is also a small liquor shop near the fangmen, the name of the liquor shop is the same as the name of the fang, called Anye liquor store, but the liquor shop is located in a small alley, only a lantern hangs at the mouth of the alley, if you are not very familiar with this liquor shop, it is likely to ignore the past.

At this time, the gate of the fang was not closed, and a carriage stopped at the gate of Anye Fang, Li Zhen got out of the carriage and handed a handful of money to the coachman, "Thank you."

"Childe, do you need to wait for you?"

"No need. ”

The carriage then left, and Li Zhen walked into the door, looked to both sides, found the orange lantern, and walked quickly into the alley.

Walking into the wine shop, I saw that the wine shop was deserted, there were few customers, and the bartender greeted me warmly, "Is Childe alone?"

"I made an appointment with a friend at the Akiju House"

"Childe, please come with me. ”

Li Zhen followed the bartender to the second floor, there were only four private rooms on the second floor, called Chunlan, Qiu Ju, Dongmei, and Xia He, Qiu Ju House was located in the innermost, Li Zhen took out a Sogdian gold coin and gave it to the bartender, and then pushed the door into the room.

The light in the room was very dim, and a person sat vaguely behind a large table, and then a deep voice came, "Is it Commander Li?"

"Exactly"

Li Zhen stepped forward and saw a wide face appear in the light, it was Li Xian's eldest son Li Chongrun, this was the way they agreed to meet, Li Zhen didn't want Li Chongrun's carriage to always stop at the door of his house, which would cause unnecessary trouble.

They chose the place to meet in the Qiu Ju House of this wine shop, this elegant room has been rented by Li Chongrun for many years, and when Li Chongrun sent someone to send an arrow to Li Zhen's mansion, Li Zhen knew that Li Chongrun had something to find him.

In fact, he knew that Li Xian must be in a hurry to find him, but he didn't expect to be so anxious, as soon as he returned home, his people arrived.

"Commander Lee, please be seated"

Li Zhen was not polite, and sat down opposite Li Chongrun, Li Chongrun got up and poured him a glass of wine, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, my father has been waiting for news from Commander Li, so after the internal guard returned to the official office, we knew about it and disturbed Commander Li to rest." ”

Li Zhen knew very well what Li Xian was waiting for, he took out the Xingtang League oath and a few letters written by Li Xian to Li Yuanjia from his arms, and handed them to Li Chongrun together, "Everything Ling Zun wants is here." ”

Li Chongrun hurriedly took the scroll and the letter, he didn't have time to read the letter, slowly opened the scroll, and saw his father's signature and handprint, which was exactly the same as what his father said, Li Chongrun's heart was extremely excited, if it and the letter were retrieved, his father would not be involved in Li Yuanjia's rebellion.

"Thank you. Commander Lee"

Li Chongrun's voice was a little choked, and he respectfully bowed to Li Zhen, "Commander Li's great grace again, we will remember it in our hearts, and ask Commander Li to accept my worship."

Li Zhen hurriedly helped him up, "I can't afford the gift of the eldest son, this is a little bit of Li Zhen's meager contribution to the Li family." ”

At this time, Li Chongrun remembered something, he took out a box from his arms, put it on the table and pushed it to Li Zhen, "This is what my father gave you, please accept it"

Li Zhen opened the box, and there was a gold medal inside, and the three words "Xingtang Hui" on the gold medal were particularly dazzling in the light, which was exactly the same as the bronze medal he got in Fangzhou, Li Zhen picked up the gold medal, turned it over and looked closely, his name was engraved in the lower left corner of the back of the gold medal, but his name was not engraved on the bronze medal.

He suddenly felt a little strange in his heart, why didn't he find Li Yuanjia's Xingtang Club gold medal in the secret room, and when he buried Li Yuanjia afterwards, he didn't have Li Yuanjia with him the gold medal, Li Zhen suddenly remembered Jiuzhi's golden armor, and secretly wondered in his heart, "Did Li Yuanjia's Xingtang Club gold medal be won by Jiuzhi?,

Li Zhen temporarily pressed this thought in his heart, he looked at this gold medal again and again, of course he knew the meaning of this gold medal, which proved that he was already a member of the Xingtang Society, Li Zhen couldn't help but smile curiously and asked, "Isn't there a need to hold any more ceremonies?"

Li Chongrun shook his head, "When the Xingtang Association was first established, it was necessary to sign the affidavit and press the handprint, but this was too risky, and later the members of the Xingtang Association only needed two gold medal members to guarantee the recommendation and obtain the gold or silver medal of the Xingtang Society, even if you joined the Xingtang Society, this time you joined the Xingtang Association because my father and Xiangwang guaranteed it, and made an exception to give you a gold medal." ”

"Why is it an exception to give me a gold medal?"

Li Chongrun said with a smile: "Because only the royal family has gold medals, like many ministers and Guanlong nobles who joined the Xingtang Society are silver medals, such as Su, who was executed not long ago, he is indeed a member of the Xingtang Society, he is guaranteed by Li Chong, the king of Langya, and Li Yuanjia, the king of Guangling, and he only has a silver medal." ”

Li Zhen hesitated, "But although my surname is Li, I am not a royal family, will this break the rules?"

"I don't know why, but my father is a very cautious man, and since he thinks you can win a gold medal, there is always a reason for him. ”

Li Zhen nodded silently, he had proposed that he wanted to join the Xingtang Society, but he didn't expect to get a joint recommendation from Li Xian and Li Dan, let alone that they would give him a royal gold medal, Li Xian and Li Dan are both cautious people, and they will never do impulsive things, which makes him puzzled.

However, Li Zhen did not continue to ask, but carefully put away the gold medal, and Li Chongrun said solemnly: "Commander Li, I must remind you that joining the Xingtang Society is very important, you must carefully put away this gold medal, and you must keep it a secret, even if it is your own loved one, you can't say it." ”

Li Zhen arched his hand slightly and said, "Eldest son, please rest assured, I understand it very well in my heart."