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"This is Qingzhou City, the courtyard wall is so high!" Wei Xiaozhuang stood in front of Qingzhou City, looking up at the towering city wall, and exclaimed in awe.

Li Ye smiled next to him: "This is called the city wall." ”

"The city wall, I know, I've heard the master say it. Wei Xiaozhuang looked like I was just a slip of the tongue, and said seriously: "But it's not as exaggerated as the master said, he said that there is a city wall, as high as a mountain, hum, bragging." ”

Li Ye smiled, as Pinglu Zhizhou, Qingzhou City is high and deep, but it can't be compared with Chang'an, so Li Ye has no other feelings.

When entering the city with the carriage, the sergeant guarding the city gate turned over the boxes and cabinets to strictly inspect the carriage, not that Qingzhou was under martial law, but that Li Ye and the three of them were on foot, but with an empty carriage, how to look unreasonable.

The sergeant didn't see anything, and glanced at Li Ye and the others strangely, his gaze stayed on Su Emei for a long time, and finally waved his hand and let them enter the city.

Through the city gate, the eyes suddenly opened up, looking at the bustling flow of people on the wide and long street, and the dense and tall houses on both sides of the street, Wei Xiaozhuang pretended not to enter the city for the first time, so he couldn't hold back anymore, and his eyes were straight.

"Don't be in a daze, let's go. Su Emei walked past him and reminded him in a low voice.

Wei Xiaozhuang hurriedly followed, and accidentally bumped into a big man in brocade, causing the other party to look at him angrily, he hurriedly nodded with a smile, and trotted to Su Emei's side, Wei Xiaozhuang looked around in awe, and said in a low voice: "Senior sister, there are so many people here, the houses are so big, and they all look similar, how can we go to the Cui family?"

Su E's eyebrows also beat a drum in her heart, glanced at Li Ye's back, and forced her calm: "What's the panic, isn't there still Li Gongzi? ”

"Makes sense. Wei Xiaozhuang nodded, with a happy face, "Fortunately, I met Brother Li, otherwise this errand would be really difficult." As he spoke, he hurriedly took two steps to follow Li Ye.

"Let's go and sell the carriage first. Li Ye said to Wei Xiaozhuang and Su Emei, "Go to the market to find a carriage and horse shop, and then let's go to Cui's house." ”

Wei Xiaozhuang was dazed, and he didn't know what the existence of the market and the carriage and horse shops was, so he had to nod his head in agreement: "It's all up to Brother Li." ”

Li Ye glanced back at Su Emei, the other party still looked as usual, not like Wei Xiaozhuang, the six gods and no owner, in the words of the life before the crossing, the goddess Fan is still the goddess Fan, but Li Ye is still keenly aware that Su Emei's fingers holding the sword are slightly tight.

After all, pedestrians on the street, regardless of men, women, and children, will turn their heads and look at Su Emei when they see them, and some little ladies will even get together and laugh together, not all because of Su Emei's stunning appearance, but also because she is wearing Li Ye's robe.

There is no woman wearing a robe, this is not a robe, although Su Emei has long legs and is tall, but it is still worse than Li Ye, this robe does not fit.

Accepting the attention of almost everyone on the street, Su Emei, who walked the rivers and lakes and entered the city for the first time, could not be nervous at all, Li Ye pondered, before going to Cui's house, she still had to change her clothes, such a nondescript, not to mention what the Cui family thinks, she is not at ease.

When selling carriages in the carriage and horse dealership, the other party gave Li Ye a big bag of copper coins, about ten catties. In this era, the buying and selling of goods is like this, and when large families buy valuables, they often let their servants carry several large bags of copper coins out of the house, which is full of momentum, of course, it is not convenient, otherwise they would not have invented such things as Jiaozi and silver tickets later.

"So much?" Su Emei couldn't help but be surprised, when she gave Li Ye the carriage money, she gave it a handful......

"Are these copper coins different from the copper coins we brought?" Wei Xiaozhuang leaned over, glanced at the money bag a few times, and then looked at Li Ye tangledly: "It's the same!"

"It's not the same, the copper coins you brought from the Taoist temple are relatively rare. Li Ye was afraid that Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang would be embarrassed, so he played haha with an open conscience.

Su E's eyebrows blushed suddenly, and she glared at Li Ye in shame: "Do you think I'm stupid?"

She can be considered to have reacted now, she owes Li Ye a lot of money. Looking at the merchant at that time, he ran away without a shadow with the gold, and estimated that the lump of gold was more valuable.

But Li Ye didn't mention this, which made Su Emei have a good impression of Li Ye's generosity, but she felt guilty.

"Money and wealth are things outside the body, walking the rivers and lakes, righteous words are the head, saying that these vulgar are not vulgar?" Li Ye immediately straightened his face, used the tone of the predecessors in the rivers and lakes, and taught a serious lesson, and handed the money bag to Wei Xiaozhuang, "Come, your money, take it!"

Su E was stunned, looked at Li Ye, and blinked her big eyes full of suspicion.

Wei Xiaozhuang was holding a big bag of money, at a loss.

"Let's go, let's go change your clothes. Li Ye waved his hand, "If you don't want to be stared at all the time." ”

Su E's eyebrows were slightly embarrassed, it was really uncomfortable to be stared at, but it cost money to change clothes, and her delicate brows frowned together, looking very entangled.

Li Ye played machismo at the right time, and without saying a word, he took the two of them to find a magnificent silk and satin village, and chose ready-made clothes for Su Emei.

When choosing clothes, Su Emei was stumped, all kinds of light shirts and skirts, she couldn't wear them at all, because the colors were too bright and the decorations were too gorgeous, which didn't meet her aesthetics at all, and in her opinion, these clothes couldn't be worn.

The more clothes she looked through, the more precious the shopkeeper introduced, the lower her head became, the more cramped she became, the roots of her ears became redder and redder, and she turned red when she saw it, and finally Li Ye couldn't stand it anymore, so she had to get her a robe.

After working for a long time, Li Ye finally took two Taoists to the Cui family's mansion.

"Cui Keli?" Li Ye heard Su Emei report this name, and an image of a white-bearded old man with majestic eyebrows appeared in his mind.

When the concierge of the Cui family heard that everyone wanted to see Cui Keli, his eyes were a little weird, as if he was looking at a fool, looking at his appearance, if it weren't for Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang, for the sake of the Taoist, he would not have gone in to report.

"Have you seen this Cui Keli?" Li Ye asked Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang.

The two shook their heads, and Su Emei explained: "Although Master said that the Taoist temple is often received by the other party, he has never been to the Taoist temple. ”

Li Ye didn't ask any more, he had heard of Cui Keli, and the memory of this life told him that when Cui Shi had not died, he often pronounced this name, as if it was her brother or something.

Everyone waited in the gatehouse for a long time, and when Wei Xiaozhuang was about to get impatient, a middle-aged servant finally came out from behind the shadow wall, wearing a linen green shirt, the corners of his clothes had been washed white, and he was also stepping on cloth shoes, and saluted Li Ye and others: "You have come from afar, you have worked hard all the way, please come with me." ”

Li Ye saw the dress of this servant, and thought for a while, since he was the person sent by Cui Keli to greet him, he should be a cronie, but looking at the other party's dress, it was inevitably too shabby, as a servant in the inner courtyard, the treatment should be good, but the disciples of the Cui family are all dressed brighter than him, and it seems that Cui Keli's situation in the Cui family is not good.

Several people followed this middle-aged servant, turning around in the Cui family's mansion, passing through countless pavilions and pavilions, and the more they walked, the more remote they became, and the people they met on the road did not take the initiative to greet the middle-aged servant, which confirmed Li Ye's judgment more and more.

After walking for a full two moments, there were no buildings around, everyone passed through a small dirt mountain, passed a bamboo forest, saw a small stream, there were one or two acres of farmland on the other side of the stream, planted with seasonal crops, there was a vegetable field next to it, the crops and vegetables grew quite well, and the farmland was combed very decently, and the stream water was led to irrigate, and it could be seen that the people who planted the fields were very attentive.

There were two houses in front of the farmland, with a total of five or six houses, and a grass hut with a litter of chickens and ducks, and in addition, a big yellow dog. It was lying lazily in the yard basking in the sun, but when it saw Li Ye and others, it stood up and barked, then whimpered, and then lay still on its stomach, squinting and continuing to bask in the sun, comfortable like an old woman.

"The little man is lazy, but he is very human, the few voices just now are to greet me, you are here with me, it will not embarrass you. The middle-aged servant said softly.

"Xiaoman?" Wei Xiaozhuang pointed to the big yellow dog and looked at the middle-aged servant, feeling very incredible, "You said the name of this yellow dog is Xiaoman?"

The middle-aged servant nodded: "Xiaoman is female." ”

Wei Xiaozhuang disturbed his head, but in the end he didn't say the words that came to his mouth. He didn't ask the gender of the yellow dog, he thought that Xiaoman was clearly a personal name.

The middle-aged servant took Li Ye and others into the door, and invited everyone to sit down, there was no one else in the room, "The cold house is simple, there are many slackness, and I hope you Haihan." Sit down while I'll prepare tea. ”

With that, he went out again.

Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang sat down in a proper manner, looking left and right a few times.

There was no furnishings in the room, no more than four sets of high tables and chairs, which looked freshly moved, and the dry mud floor had fresh scratches. There were several rows of bookshelves, filled with all kinds of classics, and there were many manuscript papers piled up on the bookcase, full of words. Sunlight poured in through the windows, the breeze blew the manuscript paper, rustling softly, and the room was filled with the fragrance of books and ink.

Li Ye walked over to the bookcase and took a few looks, and was immediately attracted by the strong font on the manuscript paper, and couldn't help but pick it up and read it, but the manuscript paper was made of average material, which was the most ordinary kind.

After reading a page of the manuscript, Li Ye frowned slightly. Looking at the content of the manuscript, it is obvious that it is written by scholars, and the insights are unique and profound, so it should be from the hand of Cui Keli. But the material of the paper is too poor. Scholars and scholars, what they like is romance and style, the requirements for the four treasures of the study are particularly high, and they will try their best to improve the quality if they have the slightest conditions, as if these things are not good, it is not enough to carry their literary atmosphere.

The middle-aged servant entered the door with a tray, served tea to Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang, and saw Li Ye standing in front of the bookcase, his expression was slightly surprised: "The Taoist also reads Confucian sayings?"

Li Ye smiled: "I'm not a Taoist, just a friend of these two Taoists." I have also read some of the Confucian sayings, and I am quite interested, and I am very admirable when I see these manuscripts of Mr. Cui. ”

The middle-aged servant's eyes flashed with a strange color, the kind of strange color that friends came from afar.

Wei Xiaozhuang coughed twice, looked at the middle-aged servant, and said, "This, we are here to find Mr. Cui, I don't know if Mr. Cui is here?"

The middle-aged servant was stunned: "I am." ”

Li Ye was stunned, Su Emei also felt incredible, and Wei Xiaozhuang was even more directly surprised: "I'm talking about Mr. Cui Keli!"

"Under Trekley. The middle-aged servant said seriously, "Only the next person lives here." ”

The three of them looked at each other, and they all felt incredible, isn't this guy a servant?

Cui Keli is a well-known figure, and he is a descendant of the Cui family, so he is dressed so shabby? And looking at his face, it is too ordinary, and he can't recognize it if he is thrown in the sea of people.

Now everyone finally reacted, why Menzi had that look when he heard that they were looking for Cui Keli.

Li Ye caught Cui Keli's later sentence, and he asked, "The crops in the farmland outside the yard are all planted by Mr.?"

Cui Keli nodded, and seeing that Li Ye was quite surprised, he explained: "Scholars cultivate and read heirlooms, and everything needs to be practiced. Confucian scholars even think that it is their responsibility to seek the well-being of the common people, and what they seek is self-cultivation and the rule of the family to level the world.

This is the first time Li Ye has heard of this kind of remarks.

In Chang'an, he had seen a lot of scholars, but who didn't regard the flow of songs, the singing of poems, and the romance of the Qinglou as elegant things, and the peddlers and pawns as despicable business? Wei Baoheng's younger brother, Wei Jiangnan, was not like this?

Aren't there many scholars who have entered the officialdom in high school and have been unable to distinguish between leeks and garlic sprouts all their lives? Aren't there many people who have learned literary and martial arts and sold them to the emperor's family? Aren't these people the ones who are in charge of governing the country and giving orders to decide the blessings and misfortunes of the people in the world?

Li Ye had to admire this scholar who was dressed simply and farmed and raised ducks by himself, and said sincerely: "Mr.'s remarks are deafening, and what Mr. has done can be an example for readers." ”

Cui Keli shook his head, sighed, and returned the salute ashamedly: "Son, don't be like this, torture Cui." Cui has been studying for decades, but he is just guarding a few houses and two acres of thin fields; he has never traveled all over the world, gone to the mountains and wilderness of prefectures and counties, and seen the hardships and hardships of the people with his own eyes; he is full of ink, but he only writes some words to talk about self-comfort, and he has never really done anything beneficial for the people. Cui, thanks to the teachings of the sages, did not dare to call himself a scholar. ”

Don't dare to call yourself a reader!

Hearing this, Li Ye was speechless.

Memories popped up in his mind.

Li Xian also mentioned before that there were few serious scholars in the world, and when they arrived in the officialdom, they forgot their original intentions, and when they had cultivation, they thought they were superior, and Li Min Cangsheng was in their eyes, but he was just the object that needed to be governed.

But Qingzhou Cui Keli can be called a serious Confucian scholar.

When Li Xian said this, his eyebrows were full of admiration, and in Li Ye's memory, in the whole world, the people who can make Li Xian show such a look can be counted on one hand.

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