The carriage had disappeared in the hazy rain curtain before Zhong Ming slowly withdrew his gaze.

He opened the nameless envelope in his hand, and the rice paper in it was very thick, there were as many as seven or eight sheets, and Zhong Ming had to sit down and read it slowly.

The fly's head is small, and every page of rice paper is densely written, which is enough for Zhong Ming to see the time of a stick of incense.

After reading this letter, Zhong Ming's eyes were complicated, and he threw the letter paper into the stove, leaving no piece of burned paper.

The letter talked about a lot of things, and there were details about the battle between Liu Chengyin and Qin Xiong in the imperial city yesterday: Liu Chengyin was to avenge a Tang Yewan woman, and he accepted a poem from the woman as a reward to help her kill the negative Qin Xiong.

Tang Yewan's matter was not mentioned too much, only that she lived in Bianliang City and was the eldest lady of the famous Lu family in the city.

The Lu family is a famous family in Bianliang City, with hundreds of years of family tradition, more than ten generations of inheritance, and the Lu family is involved in a wide range of regions, and the disciples in the family are officials in the imperial capital, and there are also heroes in the rivers and lakes.

Lu Renjie, the contemporary hero of the Lu family, is a martial arts legend who became one of the Tiangang lists ten years ago, ranking thirty-three, and Tianhui Xing.

is the Mrs. Tang of this big family, and when she was young, she had an inseparable relationship with Qin Xiong, because of love and hate, Tang Yewan asked the hard-working mandarin duck savior Liu Chengyin to help him beg for his life at the cost of a poem.

However, Liu Chengyin's skills are not as good as others, on the outer wall of the imperial city, Qin Xiong fought back, and Liu Chengyin failed to defeat him.

Qin Invincible, who is the first in the world, thinks he is invincible in the world.

After the war, Qin Xiong resigned and went to Bianliang City, and it is estimated that he will be able to reach Bianliang City in a few days.

And Liu Chengyin's whereabouts have become a mystery, that day he drove out of the sea of corpses from the west gate of Luoyang, and before he left the city, he left with a man with a bronze mask, and his whereabouts were mysterious.

As I said in my heart, I probably went to the northwest border, where the New Tang Dynasty and Houchen meet.

It is rumored that at the junction of the New Tang Dynasty and Hou Chen, there was a bright light, and there should be a hidden immortal mansion there, guessing that Liu Chengyin probably went to that immortal palace.

Then the letter was full of joy, analyzing the current situation in the borderlands, Yang Yanlang was already on the way back, Gu Xin said that they had stopped near Qiyun Mountain, which was very close to Wangxian City, and had not moved for three days, speculating that the frequent turning of the earth dragon in recent days had something to do with Qiyun Mountain.

The letter even talked about the new Tang Dynasty Li Chu, Tang Zhen Emperor Li Yuan has the intention of retiring, as early as a year ago, Tai Ce Mountain outside Luoyang City began a new cultivation palace, Tang Zhen Emperor Li Yuan begged immortals to become obsessed, and had the willingness to retire and cultivate immortals to prolong his life.

According to etiquette, the eldest prince Li Jianye was the former prince three years ago, but more than a year ago, the prince Li Jianye suddenly became seriously ill and recuperated in the palace, and there was no news of him for a year.

Last night, the news of the death of the former crown prince Li Jianye came out, and Li Shicheng, the king of Qin, succeeded to the crown prince, which made the world eat a big melon.

Among them, there is its own greasy, it is just a family affair of the Li family in the New Tang Dynasty, no one dares to make irresponsible remarks, and the people who eat melons can only eat melons silently, and they dare not say a word.

At the end of the letter, there is a piece of advice: it is best to go north today, away from the border, and even more away from the family surnamed Li in the village.

After burning the letter, Zhong Ming stood up and looked at the rain curtain outside the door in a daze.

The meaning of the letter is nothing more than that the day of the border change is getting closer and closer, probably in these days.

This letter should have come from the hand of Meng Chong, and although the handwriting was small, Zhong Ming could still see it, and it was the same as the handwriting written when Meng Chong sat in the hall to open the prescription.

Sighing, Zhong Ming looked in the direction of Qiyun Mountain and muttered alone, "Can I go?"

Abandon everything he has worked hard for three years, let go of the villagers of the silt village, and go north alone, to the northwest?

Yang Yanlang has not returned, Fei Dacheng doesn't know how to live in Bai Yujing's mansion in the city, Liang Heizi is still fooling around all day long, and they are used to believing in themselves without teeth, and they don't even have a backbone.

Zhong Ming's departure, although the silt village will not collapse, it will definitely be chaotic for a while.

After thinking about it, Zhong Ming felt that he couldn't go, mainly because he had too many worries in his heart and couldn't let go.

Since you can't leave, you have to think carefully about how to deal with the upcoming changes here.

The most important thing is Carpenter Li, and different people have mentioned to Zhong Ming several times that they should stay away from Carpenter Li's house, as if his home is the tiger's den in Longtan.

Carpenter Li is bold and good-hearted, except for living in a simple place and not liking to join in the fun, there is nothing particularly weird.

If he hadn't seen those things about the royal secrets, Zhong Ming wouldn't have thought much about it.

But seeing it today, Zhong Ming inevitably linked the two families together.

Zhong Ming began to think about it, he didn't know the name of Carpenter Li, but he knew that his eldest son was called Li Guangling, his son was called Li Wangye, and his younger son was called Li Muyun.

The names of these three children are very interesting, Li Guangling is nine years old, if Zhong Ming is not mistaken, when the Li family's army rebelled nine years ago, Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jianye was stationed in Guangling City for three years.

Li Wangye should be about five years old this year, five years ago, the Li family had already laid down half of the country, fought against the former Chen Division, and all the people returned to their hearts, and the people's hearts were wanted, even without Bai Yujing's help, victory was only a matter of time.

Wangye, Ye Wang, this is Carpenter Li's high morale at that time, and he wanted to lay down this country.

The third son, Li Muyun, was only born this year, and he was still in infancy, born in the place of Muyun Village.

The name is Guangling, the young man is looking at the wild country, and the middle-aged man has no ambition but has Muyun.

Isn't this exactly Carpenter Lee's life?

Although Carpenter Li never mentioned his name or where he came from, his identity was already revealed.

Such a guess, why the good-looking lady of the Li family, the master of the Tiangang list, Hu Su, is willing to worship under his door has also been reasonably explained.

The rain outside the door was pouring and getting heavier, and thunder exploded overhead.

Zhong Ming was full of emotion in his heart: "Li Jianye, you are hiding so deeply! This hiding, from Luoyang City to the border town of the New Tang Dynasty. ”

......

The rain fell all morning before stopping.

The dark clouds cleared, and the sky was as bright as a wash after the rain.

Zhong Ming stepped on the muddy road in the countryside, the muddy village after the rain lived up to its name, and began to waft the faint fishy smell again, Zhong Ming walked forward with one foot deeper, the place he was going to was Carpenter Li's house.

After the rainstorm, the villagers all came out of the courtyard to activities, and the neighbors pulled their parents around.

At Lu Dashu's house, Wen Qiaoqiao was strolling around the yard with her child in her arms, and when she saw Zhong Ming, she greeted with a smile: "Mr. Zhong, where are you going?"

Looking back and smiling, Zhong Ming didn't answer and continued to walk forward.

Looking at Zhong Ming's back, Wen Qiaoqiao frowned and muttered: "Mr. Today is so weird, his brows are wrinkled when he laughs." ”

Anyone can see that Zhong Ming has something on his mind, and Zhong Ming, who is not happy to walk on weekdays, is worried about it today.

Wen Qiaoqiao returned to the house and hurriedly beckoned: "Daddy, where are you going to get that pheasant?"

"Take the chicken jerky, didn't you just drink the chicken soup yesterday, and you want to drink it today?" Lu Dashu scratched his head and got up from the bed.

"If you tell you to take it, you can take it, so much nonsense!"

Kicking Lu Dashu, Wen Qiaoqiao took the pheasant from his hand, handed the child to Lu Dashu, and walked towards Zhong Ming's house with the chicken.

Mr. is in a bad mood, so he naturally wants to eat something good to make up for it, and if he is tired, won't the silt village collapse half of the sky?

Over there, Zhong Ming had already walked through the village and came to the east of the village, and it happened that Sun Luolian was sitting in a daze in the courtyard, and she saw Zhong Ming walking towards this side, first happy, and then frowned.

A few days ago, three guests came to the village, a man with a child, who played the pipa all day, disturbing everyone from sleeping.

Sun Luolian didn't care much about the person playing the tune, she often went outside the hospital to listen to it, she felt that the tune was very good, and it was more interesting than Mr. Guo's storytelling before.

There is also a woman, a very beautiful woman, at first she heard that the woman looked like a fairy, she didn't believe it, and then one morning Sun Luolian secretly ran to Zhong Ming's house to see it, and then she believed that the woman was beautiful.

It can't be described as beautiful, it's as seductive as a fox.

The sister-in-law of the Li family next door is not as beautiful as her, which makes Sun Luolian very disappointed and lost to the point of inferiority.

It turned out that in the border city, Sun Luolian was a recognized water spirit girl in ten miles and eight townships, how many families were worried about coming to Sun's house to propose marriage, Sun Luolian thought that her appearance was not bad, but in front of that woman, she was like the difference between a wild duck and a swan.

The most important thing is temperament, the woman has a temperament that rejects people thousands of miles away, but makes men rise up to conquer the desire.

For such a woman to live in Brother Zhong's house, Sun Luolian inevitably thinks crankily, and the people in the village have recently begun to chew their tongues: The woman who lives in Mr. Zhong's house is really beautiful, and at first glance, she is a beautiful girl, and she is a good match for Mr. Zhong, she is really a golden boy and a jade girl.

Did Brother Zhong really find a daughter-in-law from outside?

Thinking of this, Sun Luolian's eyes were swirling with tears again, and she regretted it extremely that she hadn't made it clear before.

When Sun Luolian frowned and thought, Zhong Ming had already walked outside the small courtyard on the fence, and he didn't seem to notice Sun Luolian who was sitting in a daze in the courtyard.

Sun Luolian almost wanted to raise her hand, wanting to stop Zhong Ming, but the words came to her lips, but she couldn't speak.

Zhong Ming also stopped, and walked straight into Carpenter Li's courtyard.

Sun Luolian, who was in the courtyard next to her, was so sad that she began to secretly wipe her tears.

It is the age of infatuation, and she is an amorous woman, who has always been in love with Sun Luolian, when will she be able to raise her confidence and compete with the fairy woman of that day?

Here Zhong Ming had already knocked on the wooden door of the Li family, and it was Li Wangye who came to open the door, and he hugged Zhong Ming's thigh and began to shout: "Brother Zhong Ming." ”

Zhong Mingqiang pulled out a smile and asked, "Wangye, is your father at home?"

"Brother Zhong Ming, you wait, I'll go and call me Daddy. ”

Li Wangye ran to the inner room, and Li Guangling, who was in the outer room, was reading as always, but this time he changed to a rare book "Hundred Schools of Scholars", which told many legendary histories of the former Chen Shizi.

Li Guangling reads a lot, and he also reads a lot of variety, he is very studious, and he is a good material for reading.

bowed to Zhong Ming, and Li Guangling lowered his head to read again.

Zhong Ming, who was originally a little angry, saw these two sons, and most of the anger in his heart had gone, and now only deep helplessness remained.

Not long after, Carpenter Li came out of the inner room wearing a robe, and he said with a smile: "The wind after the rain is refreshing, and it can actually blow Mr. Zhong to my house as a guest." ”

Zhong Ming didn't smile, he arched his hand indifferently: "Li Jianye, I have something to inquire about today." ”

Carpenter Li's smile froze, and then returned to normal, he stretched out his hand and motioned for Zhong Ming to go out: "Boy Zhong, I see that this beautiful scenery after the rain is rare, why don't you talk while walking?"

"Good. ”

In line with Li Jianye's intentions, the two walked side by side and walked out of the Li family's courtyard.

As soon as he left the small courtyard, Hu Su walked out of his house, Hu Su held the star-striking black iron bow wrapped in white cloth in his hand, and looked at Zhong Ming with fierce eyes.

Zhong Ming didn't seem to see Hu Su, just walked forward, and Li Jianye waved his hand and said: "I will walk around with Zhong Xiaozi at will, don't look like you are a big enemy." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Hu Su turned around and went back to the house.

Just now, he felt the surging battle intent on Zhong Ming's body, which was not as strong as the killing intent, but it was also a-for-tat feeling towards the Li family.

If it weren't for Li Jianye's intentions, Hu Su would have drawn a bow and shot Zhong Ming on the spot.

The road after the rain is always difficult to walk, Li Jianye and Zhong Ming walked on the country road, heading north, where there is a small hillside where they can see the whole picture of the silt village.

Zhong Ming said quietly: "Li Jianye, I don't want to go around in circles with you, today I want to persuade you to move away from the mud village at home, our temple is too small to accommodate your big Buddha." ”

"It seems that you have inquired all clearly, it was Yang Yanlang who came back, and he told you?"

It seemed to be very cold, Li Jianye put on the robe he was used to wearing, there was a wry smile on his lips, and there was sadness between his eyebrows.

Zhong Ming shook his head: "You may not know that last night there was a notice in the palace of Luoyang City that the former prince Li Jianye had died of illness, and Li Shicheng, the king of Qin, succeeded him as the crown prince, and I think he will soon become the second emperor of the New Tang Dynasty." ”

The figure was slightly stunned, Li Jianye was stunned for a moment, and he sighed and said, "The second brother did it, he really did it......

It is also an inevitable result, it was originally the country he laid, and this New Tang Dynasty should be his. ”

"You are already a dead man, the dead are not welcome in the mud village, if you don't leave, sooner or later it will bring disaster to the village. ”

Zhong Ming said very strongly, this is the result that he is bound to get.

Li Jianye smiled bitterly, walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Zhong Ming and said, "I'll tell you a story first, and then you will make a decision?"

Before making a gesture to turn around, Zhong Ming wanted to go back: "I'm not interested in listening." ”

Li Jianye hurriedly grabbed Zhong Ming, bowed to Zhong Ming, and said in a low voice: "Please listen to Mr. Zhong, I should leave the mud village after I finish speaking, and I will not bring any disaster to the mud village." ”

The former quasi-emperor of the New Tang Dynasty bent down in front of him, and the next step was to kneel on the ground.

Zhong Ming sighed with emotion, his heart softened a little, Li Jianye is a person from the mud village after all, even if he wants to drive him away now, he can't erase the fact that he has made beams and low stools for the mud village.

Turning around, Zhong Ming continued to walk forward: "You are the prince of the Li family, I can't afford your worship." ”

"The former prince, the dead hidden prince. ”

Li Jianye's smile became more and more bitter, and he slowly opened his mouth to tell an unknown secret of the Li family in the New Tang Dynasty.

Long before the founding of the New Tang Dynasty, Li Jianye was the crown prince, since ancient times, whether it is the imperial royal family or the commoner's family, the eldest son is the greatest, and it is the right of the eldest son to inherit the family business, and it is also the responsibility of the eldest son.

The same is true for the Li family of the New Tang Dynasty.

It's just that the Li family's business is too big, so big that most of the rivers and mountains in Xuanbei Prefecture are the foundation of his family.

At that time, Li Jianye was stationed in the rear as the crown prince, and his second son Li Shicheng followed Li Yuan to fight in the south and the north.

The little King of Qin went out with his father at the age of thirteen, and when the New Tang Dynasty was founded, he was already twenty-five years old, and he had experienced thousands of battles large and small, and he had made great achievements in laying hundreds of cities for the New Tang Dynasty.

Even in the later stage of the war, the three gods of the New Tang Dynasty had to listen to Li Shicheng's dispatch and fight with Emperor Chen Wu Ji Yan, and it was this Qin king Li Shicheng who led the troops to fight.

After fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years, in the end, it was only the throne of King Qin, and Li Shicheng was very unconvinced.

Li Shicheng met with Li Yuan several times and bluntly said that the new Tang Dynasty is a new world, and it should break the rules and ignore the virtuous.

Lichang or Lixian has become an issue that has been debated for a long time by the Li family of the New Tang Dynasty.

Until that day, when the East Palace changed the guard, the Tiance Army under Li Yuan was replaced, and the Tiger Ben Army under Li Shicheng, the King of Qin, took over.

A mutiny in the East Palace began, taking advantage of the night, Li Shicheng concealed Li Yuan, who was arguing with Fairy Echan, and had a fight with his own brother Li Jianye where either you die or I die.

On that day, the night was dark, the fog was thick, and the Tiger Ben army surrounded the East Palace silently.

If it weren't for Hu Su and Li Jianye having a long talk, I'm afraid Li Jianye would not have a chance to escape.

Taking advantage of the night, Li Jianye's family took out Luoyang City under the cover of Hu Su, traveled all the way to the north, and turned south at Duanbei Mountain to get rid of the pursuit.

Originally, Li Jianye wanted to go south into the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty, but considering that the identity of the Southern Han Dynasty would be more dangerous, he could only stop in the border city.

After hearing this story, Zhong Ming asked very puzzledly: "You were the crown prince of the dynasty, but you are not as powerful as the king of Qin? Even if you leave the East Palace, hide in Luoyang City, and stay until dawn, can Emperor Tang Zhen still ignore you?"

"It's useless, General Qin broke the gate of the East Palace that night. ”

Saying this, Zhong Ming suddenly realized that Qin Wu, who is invincible in the world, is rumored to be able to withstand thousands of soldiers and horses by one person, and he is also a Tiance general who is in power in the court, if he says that he wants to help Li Shicheng, Li Yuan will not be able to return to the sky.

In this world, the surname is Li, but the Li family relies on Bai Yujing and the three generals of the New Tang Dynasty.

With the submission of the three gods and the support of Bai Yujing, he will be the next king, whether he is the eldest son Li Jianye or the second son Li Shicheng.

This country has long been not based on the pen and ink of the literati and the majesty of the royal family.

After sighing, Zhong Ming frowned and said, "The story you said has nothing to do with me, let alone the silt village. ”

"Yes, you are Xu Qiandao's son, Qin Xiong is your uncle, Yang Yanlang is your uncle, the three gods of the New Tang Dynasty will have something to do with you, and my Li family has a lot to do with you!"

staring at Zhong Ming, Li Jianye looked at him like a drowning man grasping the last straw.