"Uncle Wine, it's been a long time, but I'm still so energetic"

Li Zhen heard the hearty laughter of Jiuzhi's father in the courtyard, which immediately reminded him of the life in Dunhuang, and felt more cordial in his heart.

"The stinky boy is an official, why doesn't he look like an official?"

Jiu Yuanzheng greeted him with a big laugh and patted Li Zhen on the shoulder, "I have to take care of your fat brother more in the future, if he annoys you, you can just beat it hard, just don't beat it to death."

"Uncle Wine, don't worry," Li Zhen smiled slightly.

"You've drunk too much again," Jiuzhi complained to his father unhappily, "If you can't speak, say less"

"Stinky boy, do you dare to say Lao Tzu?" The wine expedition became angry and stretched out his hand to fight, but Li Pan hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

At this time, Li Zhen saw Li Jin, the head of the family standing in the hall, he was basically the same as before, basically unchanged, still so gentle and elegant, with a thin appearance, in stark contrast to the bearded wine uncle.

Li Zhen stepped forward and bowed, "See the head of the family"

It stands to reason that Li Zhen is a junior in the family, and when he sees the head of the family, he should kneel and bow down, but Li Zhen doesn't want to kneel for him, and even bowing is a little reluctant.

Li Jin didn't care, and said with a smile: "Ah Zhen, I heard Xiaopan say that you have risen to general, congratulations." ”

"It's just hearsay, you can't take it seriously. ”

Li Zhen casually said a few words modestly, and then asked, "How many days is the head of the family going to stay in Luoyang?"

"Today is the day, I will leave early tomorrow morning. ”

"I'll leave tomorrow, why don't you stay for a few more days?" Li Zhen said with concern: "Stay a few more days, you can ⊥ the second brother of Pan and take the head of the family around." ”

"Next time, I have to go to Longxi to participate in the Zhongyuan Festival of the Li clan, and I don't have time. ”

Li Zhen felt a little strange in his heart, the head of the family came all the way to Luoyang just to see him, what was the important thing?

Li Jin seemed to understand Li Zhen's thoughts, so he smiled and said, "Why don't you go out for a walk with me, and we'll talk." ”

"Head of House, Please"

Li Zhen and Li Jin, the head of the family, walked out of the Jiuzhi Mansion, and there was a small wine shop not far away, Li Jin pointed to the wine and smiled: "Let's go sit down, I will eat there at noon today, it is very quiet, it feels good." ”

Li Zhen nodded silently, followed him to the wine shop, it was already past lunch time, there were no guests in the wine shop, it was very quiet, they found a seat in the corner and sat down, Li Zhen ordered a pot of wine, and asked for a few snacks to accompany the wine.

"How is your eldest sister? I heard that your brother-in-law is a high school jinshi, which is good."

"He's not my brother-in-law anymore. ”

Li Jin was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Li Zhen said lightly: "It's nothing, he is going to marry Wu Sansi's daughter, and it has nothing to do with my eldest sister." ”

Li Jin nodded slowly, "I see, hey, people are warm and cold, and creation makes people."

At this time, the bartender served them wine and food, Li Zhen took out a Sogdian gold coin and rewarded him, the bartender went with a thousand thanks, Li Jin picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Li Zhen, and smiled: "Two months ago, the king of Luling sent a henchman to Dunhuang to find me, do you know about this?"

Li Zhen was stunned, shook his head and said, "I don't know"

"The person who came is called Jiang Enxin, and he found me with the gold medal of King Luling, but he actually came for your business. ”

Of course, Li Zhen knew that this Jiang Enxin was originally a eunuch sent by Wu Sansi to spy on King Luling, but he was influenced by Li Xian and became Li Xian's confidant, and also joined the Xingtang Society, and was one of the contacts of the Xingtang Society.

Last time, Jiang Enxin deliberately escaped with the letter of King Luling, which distracted Lai Junchen's attention and allowed the Wei family warriors to escape smoothly, Li Zhen thought he was dead, but he didn't expect that he was still doing things for Li Xian.

However, Li Xian actually sent Jiang Enxin to Dunhuang to investigate himself, which really puzzled Li Zhen and what Li Xian's purpose was.

Li Jin took a drink, smiled again, and said, "Do you remember what happened to that stone wall? In order to take him away, Li Ze said that your grandfather was not the Li family of Dunhuang, and he lost the lawsuit very badly. ”

Li Zhen nodded, "It's because Mrs. Li helped me." ”

"Yes, if Li Taishou hadn't helped you at that time, maybe Li Zezhen would have won the lawsuit, because your grandfather is indeed not the Dunhuang Li family, and he should not have the ancestral property of the Dunhuang Li family. ”

Li Zhen didn't speak, he vaguely felt that Li Jin had something important to tell him.

At the beginning, he also suspected that his grandfather did not belong to the Dunhuang Li family, and specially asked the eldest sister, but found nothing, and he gradually forgot about this matter, he had no interest in the Dunhuang Li family, and naturally it did not matter the true identity of his grandfather, but Li Jin came all the way to tell himself about it, so that he had a trace of interest in his heart.

Li Jin sighed and said: "Your grandfather Li Danping came to Dunhuang forty years ago, when the head of the Li family was still my father, and I was only ten years old at that time, but I clearly remember that your grandfather said that he came from Broken Leaves. ”

"Broken Leaves?" Li Zhen was surprised for a while, his grandfather actually came from Broken Leaves.

"This secret was changed in the genealogy, and it was changed to that your grandfather came from Longxi and belonged to the Li clan in Longxi. ”

"But Broken Leaf also has a branch of the Li clan in Longxi, after Li Liang, the king of Liangwu Zhao, isn't it?"

Li Jin didn't speak for a long time, his eyes looked worried, Li Zhen also felt a little wrong, obviously the matter was not as simple as he thought, and he thought of Luling sending someone to investigate, he hesitated and asked: "Could it be that the king of Luling sent someone to Dunhuang to investigate my grandfather?"

Li Jin nodded slowly, "King Luling is very interested in your grandfather's life, and someone came to ask some questions, but it was actually a secret that my father had hidden for many years. ”

Speaking of this, Li Jin took out a brocade bag from his arms, put it on the table and pushed it to Li Zhen, "This should be something that your grandfather left to your sister and brother, but he gave it to me on his deathbed, so that I can continue to keep this secret for him." ”

Li Zhen took the brocade bag and slowly opened it, and inside it turned out to be a pair of jade pendants engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns, the jade quality was delicate and warm, without a trace of flaws, and the quality was even higher than the pair of jade pendants that Shangguan Wan'er gave him.

"What does this mean to the jade pendant?" asked Li Zhen in confusion.

Li Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I swore to both my father and your grandfather that I would never reveal a word to anyone, so I couldn't say anything, and I couldn't give you this jade pendant originally, but since King Luling also knew about this pair of jade pendants, I could only return it to you." ”

Li Zhen suddenly said urgently: "But...... What did you say to Gan En-sin, can you tell me what you told him again?"

"I'm telling you now, he asked me for this pair of jade pendants, I didn't say anything, I showed him this pair of jade pendants, and then he left, and left Dunhuang immediately. ”

"He didn't take the pair of jade pendants away?"

"No, but I understand what he means, King Luling wants me to return this pair of jade pendants to you. ”

Li Zhen was really confused, not to mention what special meaning this jade pendant represented, the key was how did Li Xian, the king of Luling, know that his grandfather would have this pair of jade pendants?

"Head of the house, can you reveal the truth a little bit. Li Zhen said to Li Jin pleadingly.

Li Jin shook his head without hesitation, "I have already revealed a huge secret by giving you the jade pendant, I can't say it anymore, otherwise I won't be able to see my father in the future, and I won't have the shame to see your grandfather, take care of yourself."

Li Jin sighed, got up and left the small wine shop, Li Zhen's heart moved, and suddenly asked loudly, "Does my master know this secret?"

"I think he should know," Li Jin's voice came from the gate, and he quickened his pace and quickly walked away.

Li Zhen waited in front of the Taichu Palace for a while, and a eunuch came out and smiled at Li Zhen: "General Li is lucky, the Holy Lord will announce you to enter." ”

"Thank you, father-in-law"

Li Zhen stepped forward, quietly stuffed him with a heavy small bag containing twenty Sogdian gold coins, and said with a smile: "Give my father-in-law tea"

The eunuch was full of smiles, wrapped the bag into his sleeve, he took Li Zhen and walked quickly towards the imperial study, and when he was about to reach the door, he said in a low voice: "The saint is in a good mood, he just praised King Liang, don't say that King Liang is not." ”

"I see, thank you, father-in-law. ”

After a while, a eunuch came out of the imperial study and said to Li Zhen: "The Holy Lord announced that you go in"

Li Zhen tidied up her clothes and walked into the imperial study quickly, in the room, Wu Zetian's face was full of spring breeze, she was in a good mood, Xinmingtang will be completed next month, the original plan was to take nine months, but I didn't expect that it only took half a year in the end, three months ahead of schedule, which really made her heart flutter, and she praised Wu Sansi greatly.

Mingtang is a symbol of Emperor Wu Zetian, it was burned down by the frenzied Xue Huaiyi, Wu Zetian has been depressed about this matter, seeing that the new Mingtang will be completed, the depression that has been suppressed in his heart for several months has also been swept away.

Li Zhen walked in quickly, bowed and saluted: "Weichen see Your Majesty"

Wu Zetian put down the pen and said to him with a smile: "Should I call you General Li or Commander Li?"

"Thank you Your Majesty for your love to Wechen"

Wu Zetian nodded, "Why did General Li come to see me?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is here for the Yangzhou Governor Zhuang Wenzhong. ”

Although Lai Junchen was ambushed, Zhuang Wenzhong was not pardoned, he was still in a state of suspension, and there was no clear text from the military department, and he did not dare to leave Luoyang, so he had been waiting for the final conclusion.

Wu Zetian took out Li Zhen's Yangzhou battle report and looked at it, and asked Li Zhen again: "Although General Li praised him in the battle report and expressed his merits, did he collude with Li Yuanjia, Li Yuanjia recruited troops in Yangzhou, why didn't he report to the top?

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen personally went to investigate Li Yuanjia's military training, Li Yuanjia's training place is on Yangtze Island in the Yangtze River, and Yangtze Island belongs to Runzhou, not under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, although Zhuang Wenzhong has heard of it, but there is no evidence, so there is no way to report.

Moreover, in the rebellion to exterminate Li Yuanjia, thanks to Zhuang Wenzhong's 1,000 state soldiers, and more importantly, if he and Li Yuanjia colluded, he could have sent someone to report the news, and we would not be able to completely annihilate Li Yuanjia's army, not to mention that Li Yuanjia's eldest son was killed by Zhuang Wenzhong, how could they collude?"

"Are you protecting him?" Wu Zetian asked, looking at Li Zhen.