The capital thousands of miles away.
The Li family is the same as before, nothing serious, the servants are doing work in the yard, and the two maids, Li Zhi and Li Chan, are embroidering clothes in the house.
It's just that two guests came to the house today.
Mrs. Sun sat and talked to people in the middle hall, and the guest in this hall was a distant relative of Mrs. Sun.
When Sun was a girl, she had a good relationship with others and played together, but later she grew up and got married separately. Sun and her husband settled down in the capital, and this cousin did marry out of town.
Her husband's family name is Luo, so people call her Mrs. Luo now.
Mrs. Luo came to the capital for her grandson.
Her grandson is Luo Shengli, who is a student. He was admitted as a scholar when he was seventeen, and he was admitted to Juren after the new year.
This time I came to the capital to study in Fengtai Academy, and to pay homage to a good gentleman, so that I can be more confident in participating in Chunwei later.
Of course, there are other reasons as well.
Mrs. Luo said with a sad face: "When Sheng Erniang gave birth to him, she had a dystocia, injured her body, and went away before confinement. When Sheng Er was fourteen years old, his father was seriously ill and could not be cured. I survived that winter and went too.
Gradually, some gossiping woman who deserved to be hacked to death said behind her back that Sheng'er's horoscope tortured her six relatives.
Poor Sheng'er, how many criticisms he has suffered in these years, the Luo family's heirs are weak, he doesn't even have a brother, he can only bear everything in his heart, I am useless as an old woman, and Sheng'er has suffered a lot suffering. "
Mrs. Sun is also an old person, and she can best understand the feelings of Mrs. Luo. The Li family has only Li Chengze, a single seedling. This is the disadvantage of weak heirs, and it is easy to be bullied. Too much, others just want to say that you have to weigh two gossips.
Mrs. Luo's life is not good. She lost her husband in middle age and lost her son in old age. Compared with the Sun family, it is much more miserable. Except for the fact that the males are not prosperous, the Li family has been going smoothly these years. After getting married, even the family status has been raised a lot.
It was only a moment to think about things in my mind, and when I turned around, Mrs. Sun took Mrs. Luo's hand and said comfortingly: "It's all over, now that I'm here, I will stay here. I think Sheng'er is very promising, and I will wait for the future." If you pass the exam and get into the soil, you can hire a daughter-in-law for Sheng Er and give birth to a few fat boys, and that will be consummation!"
After a few words, the old lady Luo also smiled, which was exactly what she was thinking, so she followed up and said: "There are no outsiders here, so I will have the cheek to accept your words. I hope Sheng'er will pass the exam smoothly." As a Jinshi, even if the old woman dies immediately, she will be worthy of Lao Luo's family."
Mrs. Sun spat at her with a smile, "Don't talk nonsense, your luck will come later!"
The old lady Luo sighed, "Our Luo family has no one to rely on for orphans and widows. I saw that Sheng'er was getting older, so I wanted to arrange a marriage for him. Even if he was studying at night, he would have someone to take care of him. I could persuade him, but I didn't expect that those people would speak harsh words one by one, picking on Sheng'er, saying that his life was hard to beat his father and mother. That's nothing but suffering and drinking the northwest wind. My Sheng'er is such a good child, but he has been dragged down for life. The matchmakers introduced women with bad temper and bad conduct.
Later, Sheng'er told me that he didn't finish his studies, why would he call himself home? He just wanted to get a good grade in the exam, and the matter of marrying a wife would be discussed in the future. I didn't know that he was reassuring me, afraid that I would feel bad. "
The two talked for a long time before Mrs. Luo asked about Li Chengze. Mrs. Sun told him that he had been away on errands for more than a month. Only returned in a month.
Then she mentioned that Li Chengze was also studying at Fengtai Academy, and that next year he might have to take the Juren examination, and if the two met in the future, they would have to ask Sheng'er to guide his grandson in his homework!
Mrs. Luo asked why your granddaughter-in-law is not here. She had already heard from Mrs. Sun that several families married a high-ranking daughter-in-law.
Sun said with a smile: "That's also an uneasy life, that is, Ze'er often makes troubles, and this time too, as soon as I heard that they were going to attend the birthday of the emperor of Linguo, I pestered them and insisted on going with them."
Sun's tone was full of helplessness, and she only said that when she was a girl, the grandson's wife was afraid of being spoiled by the house, and she was very willful.
What Mrs. Luo thinks is, how many people are not spoiled and willful when they are girls? However, once married, which one has to slowly restrain one's temper, one can only look at the mother-in-law's eyes and do things in the husband's house, and the one who is not favored by the husband, which one is not a petty lowdown.
Gu Qingci is now married and can still act coquettishly, pestering her husband to go out together, he even agreed, doesn't it just mean that Li Cheng is a good-natured person who loves his wife and loves others.
From this point of view, this child can’t be wrong, it must be a good one, Mrs. Luo nodded in her heart, thinking that her grandson is fine, but she is a bit withdrawn, and there are no close friends around her, this child from the Li family sounds good , and she knew everything about her, the Li family was well educated, not to mention her cousin, she was very enthusiastic, when she looked at Sheng'er, she only had a look of distress and joy, and she didn't listen to the rumors of forbearance.
He grinned and said: "It's because their young couple have a good relationship, and it's not bad for the girl to follow, and Ze'er will have someone to take care of her on the way."
"That's true." Mrs. Sun also nodded, thinking that this granddaughter-in-law will be willful, but she gets along very well with her grandson and is obedient in front of him.
Mrs. Sun arranged for Mrs. Luo to live in the east wing, and Luo Shengli lived in the outer courtyard.
When Mrs. Luo first went to Beijing, she had the idea of never going back, so she sold all her family property and exchanged it for money on her body. Even if she didn't sell it, she was afraid that she would be taken over by those clansmen with ulterior motives.
Mrs. Luo thought that she had to buy a small yard in the capital, not to pick the location, after all, the capital is no more expensive than other places, everything is more expensive, and the house is even more expensive.
After staying in Li's house for two days, Mrs. Luo told Mrs. Sun about this matter. She is not familiar with the place here, and she doesn't know anything about the market. She was afraid that people would take advantage of her, so she wanted to help Li Baode. help.
"What happened to me at the time, it's easy to handle, I'll tell Baode later, he also runs outside every day, it's not a big deal, just ask him to keep an eye on it for you."
Mrs. Sun had a smile on her face. She didn't say anything about the nonsense that people can live in their own house without buying a yard. After moving out and planning to settle in the capital in the future, it is natural to buy a yard.
If you don't have a house, is it still called An's house? Luo Shengli still wants to marry a wife.
Therefore, during this period of time, the old lady is not short of people to talk to, but it is no longer the same as in the previous days. From time to time, she has to say a few words about Li Chengze, asking where he has gone, is there no one there
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Li Chengze, who had been remembered for more than a month, was entering Yulian Mountain with the third prince and his party.
After the strong man led them into the mountain, Li Cheng took out the small sheepskin scroll and looked at it. Not only him, but a team of accompanying guards, everyone held the map in their hands.
but…
"This, it's not like it. I can't see any similarities. Is it the wrong way?" After stopping to rest, a person finally spoke his mind.
The big man leading the way had a bitter face, and said: "My lords, if you are not from the Kun Mansion, you may not know the situation of Yu'er Mountain. It can only enter from the top of the mountain, and it cannot go anywhere else. Let alone go into the mountains."
Li Chengze also frowned. Indeed, the road they were taking was not on the map at all, which seemed wrong.
The fifth prince was more impulsive, and his voice was a little anxious, and said: "Could it be that I made a mistake at the beginning, this terrain is not Yu Lianshan?"
Li Cheng said calmly: "No, the shape of the entire map on the parchment scroll is almost the same as that of Lianshan."
Although everything was fixed, the fifth prince was relieved.
It's good that he didn't make a mistake, but if you really tell him that the treasure is not in this place, he might really lose his temper.
Li Cheng stared at the map for a while, and suddenly something flashed through his mind.
So he raised his head, looked at Prince Qing at the side, and suddenly asked, "I wonder if the prince has that dragon-phoenix dagger with him?"
Prince Qing was taken aback for a moment, then narrowed his eyes, and said with a smile, "Young Master Li discovered something."
Li Chengze didn't say anything, it was just a guess at most.
And after Lord Qing took a few glances at him, he slipped out the dragon and phoenix dagger hidden inside his cuff.
Because it was a unique sharp weapon, Lord Qing naturally carried it on him for self-defense.
Li Cheng took the dagger and looked at it carefully, looking at the scabbard for a while, and looking at the map for a while.
The third prince, fifth prince and several other people all surrounded him.
After watching for a while, Li Cheng pulled out the dragon and phoenix dagger and continued to watch.
Everyone was puzzled, what's so good about a knife.
The third prince asked: "How?"
The fifth prince looked slack: "You can still tell that a flower will fail."
It's obviously just some dragon patterns, just now when I thought about it, I heard Li Cheng say slowly: "It's really weird."
"Where's the weirdness?" Hearing this, everyone raised their spirits.
So Li Cheng expressed his conjecture. He first pointed to a place on the map and said, "When you look at this place, do you find it particularly unpleasant?"
Everyone looked at the place he pointed, and there was a piece of light color in the upper right corner of the map.
The entire map is a deep dark yellow, and the road map is drawn with black lines, except for this fast place, which is light white in color, as if it has faded.
To be honest, the rest of the people have never paid attention to the issue of color depth.
Not to mention it looks uncomfortable, where is it uncomfortable
So, several people looked at Li Chengze silently, speechless.
Li Chengze was also a little helpless, and after a while, he said, "Third Prince, can you lend me that real map?"
The third prince silently handed over the map.
Li Cheng recruited a guard, asked him to bow his back slightly, said "trouble", then spread the map on the person's back, held the dragon and phoenix dagger in his right hand, and fixed the handle of the dagger on the light-colored The place.
"Look, does this light-colored area resemble the shape of the handle, and the dark and shallow dots on it also resemble the lines on the handle of a dagger."
"This, what is the reason for this?" Several people were shocked.
Li Cheng was still relatively calm, "Didn't you say that the dragon and phoenix dagger was taken out of another lion-like beast?"
The third prince showed some joy on his face, "Are they related?"
Li Cheng didn't answer in a hurry, but picked up the map, and said to the guard, "Can you separate this parchment into two halves? You can't destroy the two sides."
Everyone was shocked again.