Since the founding of the Qingcang Dynasty by the Taizu Emperor Zhou Xian, it has gone through six emperors and has been handed down for more than 120 years. It has occupied the land of Kyushu, and even included the Western Regions. Pass, plundered Jinyang City, and Cangzhou in the northwest was almost occupied. Li Zongye, a capable minister of a generation, went to Lingxi, a town in the southeast of Jinyang City, to supervise the battle.
When the two sides were confronting each other, a strange soldier who came from nowhere finally broke the deadlock and defeated the coalition forces of the grassland tribes in one fell swoop. The war in the northwest was pacified. Suspicion, those ministers who did not deal with Li Zongye kept submitting papers to refer to him, and finally planted an unwarranted crime and was exiled. The place of exile was Lingxi Town, where he made his fame back then, which can be regarded as the court's sympathy for him .
It was the end of spring at this time, in Lingxi Town of Cangzhou in the northwest, a young man was standing at the door of his house looking forward to someone, as if he was waiting for someone. Curfew, every night, the streets must be cleaned up, and there are night guards patrolling constantly.
"Tang Er, what are you doing standing on the street, it's getting late, come back quickly."
The figure of an old man in the door gradually appeared. He was leaning on a dragon-headed crutch bestowed by the royal family. The indigo cloth he was wearing was already washed a little white. It was none other than the exiled Duke Li Zongye. That crutch was the only evidence he could prove that he had done something in the court. He softly called his son to go home, but the young man continued to stand at the door and wait as if he didn't hear it.
"Tang Er, who are you waiting for?" Li Zongye stepped forward and patted the young man named Li Tang on the shoulder, and continued to shout.
"Oh, father, sister Sheng'er should have a letter today, and I'm waiting for the messenger to deliver it."
Li Tang looked at Li Zongye expectantly, and saw that he was born with a dignified appearance, his face was like a crown of jade, and his pair of phoenix eyes were especially touching. This day of every month was his happiest day, because it was the day he was far away from. On the day when Han Shenger, the fianc¨¦e Han Shenger in the capital city, sent the letter, since their father and son were exiled, Han Shenger would write to him every month, and even every summer the two would meet secretly in Lingxi Town. The guards will stand aside and monitor the surroundings, but this is also the moment he has been looking forward to the most since he was exiled.
"Is the messenger here?"
"not yet."
"It's really embarrassing for Han Changshou. Since I was exiled, none of the friends I met in the court before dared to meet and chat with me. When you were born, you made a marriage contract with Han Shenger, and it was him. You have always insisted on this." Because of the marriage, Sheng'er and you met and exchanged letters, poor father and an official were careless, unfortunately, they were exiled here, regretted so much, and made you unable to leave Lingxi Town, I am sorry for your father."
Li Zongye covered his face with tears, and the hand holding the leading crutch couldn't help shaking. Li Tang quickly stepped forward to support his father and wiped his tears.
"Father, you don't need to worry too much about this. Although my son has said clearly that he cannot leave Lingxi Town all these years because of his guilt, but thanks to the help of his classmate and friend Chu Tianwen, his son has also been able to leave the town several times. Sister Sheng'er secretly met a few times, but recently I found that the guards seem to be a lot more relaxed about us, I don't know why."
"Then you have to be careful, and you must be prepared where you need to be on guard. Don't think it's easy for you to get out of town at the moment. With the help of the little girl from the Chu family, if you are caught, it will be difficult in the future. .¡±
Dusk was sinking, and the people on the street had almost left. Li Tang waited for a day but did not wait for the messenger who delivered the letter to arrive. A fast horse came galloping, and immediately there was a chicken feather arrow stuck in the man's head, and the messenger finally arrived.
"Li Tang, get the letter quickly!"
The messenger looked at the father and son who were about to go back to the house, sitting on the horse and yelling. Li Tang immediately turned around and saw that it was the messenger who had arrived. Checking the message inside the letter, when Li Zongye was about to open it, he walked up to Li Tang on crutches.
"Tang'er, go back and watch again. The sunset is sunset. Don't let the guards watching the night see it. It will be troublesome if you see it."
Li Tang had no choice but to obey his father's arrangement, holding back his curiosity for the time being, and led Li Zongye back to the room first.
"The letter said everything."
An oil lamp was erratic, Li Tang read the letter by the dim light, and Li Zongye asked after he finished reading the letter.
"Oh, nothing." Li Tang smiled, trying his best to conceal the joy in his heart.
"It's not like you don't know about keeping secrets from my father.Dao, I was the first founder of the imperial court's secret service agency, Xiuyi Yushi, and you still want to hide it from me with your little thought, is it because Sheng'er is coming, otherwise you wouldn't be so happy. "
Li Zongye saw through his son's mind, and he came to a conclusion based on Li Tang's expression feedback in the previous letter, and immediately said it out, without giving Li Tang any privacy.
"Hehe, nothing can be hidden from my father's eyes. Yes, Sister Sheng'er said in a letter that she was coming, and now she has arrived in Yongping City, but she didn't make it clear who she met on the way, she just said that the person was with him. I wandered around the city by myself, as if I was looking for something, and I might be delayed on the way."
"It's still a little girl with a heart. She knows that you are wearing a sinful body, and she still visits you from time to time. If you get out of trouble in the future, don't forget about her. If your father is still alive and sees you for sex, forget about her. Son, see why my father won't break your leg."
Just as he was talking, Li Zongye raised the dragon-headed crutch to measure Li Tang's leg a few times, then put it down with a smile, and fell asleep leaning against the bedding.
Li Tang suddenly remembered that he forgot to plug in the door when he entered the door just now, and immediately went to the yard to close the door. The door of the door was inserted with a "click", and suddenly he heard a "whoosh" coming, as if someone was flying. In the past, he hurriedly checked along the crack of the door, only to find a man in black running towards the north. He remembered that his father used to be the governor of embroidered clothes in the embroidered censor. He learned many of his methods, one of which was reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance. He immediately lay on the crack of the door and looked out, not daring to breathe.
Sure enough, after a while, another person flew out of the corner, but this time he went south. Not long after, a third person flew out of the corner, this time he went west.
Three men in black walked away from his house in a row, which made Li Tang suspicious. His father had not cared about politics for fifteen years. Before he was five years old, Li Zongye was the Duke of the state, and after five years old, Li Zongye was an exiled man. Commoner, according to common sense, after so many years, no one should be watching him anymore, why did someone suddenly appear again?
He hurried back to the room and asked Li Zongye. Li Zongye was sleeping soundly on the quilt, and the faint sound of snoring came out through his nose. Li Tang stepped forward to wake Li Zongye gently, and explained to him that three men in black had left Li Zongye sat up from the kang all of a sudden.
"Is this true?" Li Zongye's eyes widened with disbelief on his face, obviously he hadn't expected this.
"Really, father, one of these three people went north, one went south, and the other went west. It's okay if it's my friends, but what should I do if it's really someone from the court, especially The person who went to the north, the young master of the Zheng family of the big family in the north is a second-generation patriarch, and he has always been at odds with me, so what should we do?"
Although Li Tang's voice was hurried, his expression was calm and composed. When Li Zongye was thinking about who these people were, he suddenly saw his son's calm expression, and couldn't help smiling.
"Tang'er, you're cheating on being your father again, don't you already know what to do?"
Li Zongye leaned down and looked at Li Tang with a smile. Looking at his father, Li Tang knew that he had seen through his "trick". It can be solved, but the three men in black mentioned just now are true."
"Haha, you little rascal, you have learned all the skills of this old man, and you like to tease me when you have nothing to do, whether it is good or bad, it can test how well you have learned, and it can also make you practice perfect , if you can fool me anytime, it proves that few people in this world can count you in."
"That's right, thanks to my father's good teaching, I can handle these things with my hands. If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely use the skills my father taught me to compare with those old guys in the temple. , Let's see who is the best."
"Hey, you boy, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Those people in the temple are old foxes. Have you ever fought? Not to mention you, how brave you were as a father, and they were taken down by others."
"Hehe, there is no chance. I still don't let your son brag about it. It's a pity that the emperor deprived me of the opportunity to become an official. I may never have the opportunity to compare with those old foxes in my life, alas."
Li Zongye's expression was complicated, his hands were hanging in mid-air and he didn't know what to do next, so he finally had to sigh helplessly, and said slowly: "It's not like there is no chance, if we have great achievements in the future, we can still be released from the imperial court's imprisonment." , people have to have hope in life, and my son is so good, he will definitely escape from it, don't you think so, Tanger."
"Oh, my son was just joking, but why did my father take it seriously? It's hard to say whether he will have the opportunity to make achievements in the future. Anyway, I will work hard in the future. As long as I live up to the true feelings of my sister Sheng'er for me, the rest is a different matter." .¡±
"Okay, it depends on your performance in the future."
After Li Zongye finished his last sentence, the lamp oil in the lamp burned cleanly, the candle flame suddenly jumped, and the room fell into darkness. With the sound of the watchman's second watch drum outside the house, Li Tang and his son were lying on the bed at the same time. On the kang, Li Zongye fell asleep directly, and Li Tang thought about what happened today in his heart, and then fell asleep.The son just joked about it, but why did the father take it seriously? It's hard to say whether he will have the opportunity to make contributions in the future. Anyway, he will work hard in the future. As long as he lives up to the true love that Sheng'er sister has for him, the rest is another matter. "
"Okay, it depends on your performance in the future."
After Li Zongye finished his last sentence, the lamp oil in the lamp was burnt out, the candle flame suddenly jumped, and the room fell into darkness. With the sound of the second watch drum outside the house, Li Tang and his son were lying on the bed at the same time. On the kang, Li Zongye fell asleep directly, and Li Tang thought about what happened today in his heart, and then fell asleep.