Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 158
Being pissed off by Li Qinzai, he suddenly felt warm and sweet in his heart miraculously.

Cui Jie found that she seemed to be poisoned by his Gu poison. Since she was hijacked last time, the poisoning has become more and more serious, and there is no cure.

"He's going back to Chang'an, and he still cares about my food and clothing before he leaves. He...shouldn't hate me, right?" Cui Jie thought happily in her heart.

His arm was pushed by Li Qinzai: "Did you eat magpie shit? What's the fun in being alone?"

Cui Jie became angry, and the sweet tenderness just now disappeared in an instant.

"You...can't you be softer?" Cui Jie sighed quietly: "At the beginning your grandfather asked Chen Song, the Minister of the Ministry of War, to come to the door to promote the matchmaker. Chen Song said that you are 'modest and respectful, and have a gentleman's bearing', why am I on you? Can't see it at all?"

Li Qinzai was stunned: "That Chen Shilang...isn't he afraid of being beaten afterwards?"

Cui Jie chuckled: "Maybe he will be beaten, I want to beat him too."

Li Qinzai sighed: "I'm obviously a jerk, but he said I'm a gentleman. I always feel that he's scolding people..."

Cui Jie also said sternly: "That's right, he must be scolding you, how can you have anything to do with a gentleman?"

"False advertisements, don't believe them." Li Qinzai persuaded earnestly: "Why don't you report to the authorities, this Chen Shilang is a liar, he has deceived many innocent families, and pushed many lovely and kind girls into the pit of fire."

Cui Jie's almond eyes gradually turned into crescent moons, then she covered her mouth and laughed silently, her shoulders shrugged, and finally she laughed loudly regardless of her appearance.

Li Qinzai looked at her with a smile, and his heart was also full of joy.

The cold wind is blowing, her smile is like sunshine breaking through the winter snow.

That's great, it's a blessing that life stops here.

Cui Jie laughed for a long time before she felt that her manner was inappropriate. She hurriedly stopped laughing, trimmed her hair on the sideburns as a cover, and gave him a reproachful look: "It's all your fault."

"What am I to blame?"

"I don't know, it's all your fault anyway."

She lowered her head and wondered what she was thinking. After a long time, Cui Jie suddenly looked up at him: "My brother came here just now."

"Have you left any money?" Li Qinzai asked with concern.

"You want to steal my money again?" Cui Jie looked at him warily.

"I have a very good investment project. Give me ten taels of silver cake this month, and return you 20 taels next month. However, the risk is [-] to [-], and you may lose all your money. Are you interested in participating?" Li Qinzai said seriously.

"Not interested." Cui Jie flatly refused.

Then she glared at him fiercely, Cui Jie said: "You are also a liar, you should be thrown into prison together with Chen Shilang."

Li Qinzai sighed sadly, and mentioned that the girl Qian had an above-average IQ.

Fools are getting more and more savvy, and liars are no longer easy to deal with.

"I heard from my elder brother that he came to proclaim the decree. You have been conferred a title by the emperor, so you are already a son of Weinan County?"

Li Qinzai nodded: "That's right, I'm pretty good."

Cui Jie didn't answer his words, and asked again: "Did you make another contribution to the Tang Dynasty? This time the contribution must be great, the emperor is not hesitant to confer the title?"

"It should be very big. In fact, the title doesn't matter. I don't care if I give it or not. I still live my life. With the title, it's just a matter of raising a few more flags when I go out. Maybe the imperial court will give me more than 100 stone salary every year? Other than that, it's about the same."

Cui Jie laughed and said, "I don't see that you are an indifferent person."

Li Qinzai stared into her eyes, and suddenly said, "I'm so powerful, do you worship me?"

Cui Jie blushed, turned her face away, this time she didn't hate him, but hummed lightly.

"You... are indeed very powerful. You should be a person with great talent, otherwise the emperor would not easily confer a title. It seems that you have made a lot of contributions this time..."

Cui Jie paused, and then said: "A few days ago, the sound of thunder and thunder was heard from time to time in the Zhuangzi, and many village households spread the word that the fifth young man of the Li family was the God of Thunder who came down to earth. Where are the gods?"

"I guess, the thing that makes a loud noise should not be thunder, but a novel thing, just like the magic arm bow you made before, right?"

Li Qinzai said with a smile: "You are getting smarter and smarter, this sentence is the truth."

Cui Jie was thoughtful: "The title of the emperor must have something to do with the thing you created?"

"That's right, that thing is called gunpowder, and it has the power to open mountains and crack rocks."

Cui Jie smiled contentedly: "You are indeed not a mortal, you can always create weird things, but those things are of great use to Datang, that's great."

Li Qinzai blinked: "Do you regret running away from marriage now? How nice it would be to marry me honestly, maybe you can get a wife or something now, but in the end you run away from marriage and you lose everything. Is it a loss?"

Cui Jie was so ashamed that she threw him out of the courtyard in anger: "Go quickly, go back to Chang'an, I... I have no regrets! I don't want to see you!"

Pushed by her, Li Qinzai staggered back, so he had to exit the courtyard. Before leaving, he said loudly, "Remember to eat, remember to miss me! I will count the sneezes in Chang'an. There are less than ten sneezes every day. You must have missed me. Come back." I will settle accounts with you!"

Cui Jie was extremely ashamed and said angrily, "Go away! I won't miss you!"

Seeing Li Qinzai's figure disappearing on the country road, Cui Jie turned and entered the house, leaning her back against the door, her joyful and sweet expression gradually became gloomy.

Ecstasy is only parting, no matter how loud the laughter is, it is just to cover up the sadness of parting.

"If we go, can we come back in the first month?" Cui Jie began to count with her fingers: "It's a whole month, just one month, if you don't come back for a month, then ignore him."

Immediately, Cui Jie was startled, pinched her arm severely, and spat inwardly: "What are you thinking? Shameless!"

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The luggage was packed, and the tribal members lined up in armor and waited beside the carriage.

Li Qinzai led Qiao'er, first went to the backyard to say goodbye to his grandmother, then boarded the carriage and set foot on the road back to Chang'an.

In the swaying carriage, Qiao'er opened the curtain and watched curiously the Ququs riding horses outside the carriage, then lowered the curtain and asked, "Father, why are Uncle Buqu different from before?"

"What's the difference?"

Qiao'er pointed to the outside of the car, and said, "They raised the flag, with words written on it, and a few wooden signs..."

Li Qinzai rubbed his dog's head with a smile: "That's father's ceremonial guard. Father was knighted by the emperor. Those who have a title must have a ceremonial guard. Whether it's a flag or a wooden plaque, it's all father's guard of honor."

"Is it so beautiful to be a knight?" Qiao'er excitedly said: "Father, Qiao'er also wants to be a knight!"

"Then you have to make some great contributions to the Great Tang, and only those who have made great contributions will be conferred titles, such as your great-grandfather, such as your father and me..."

Qiao'er was puzzled and said: "Why do you want to make contributions to the Tang Dynasty?"

"Because Datang is a country, and we are all citizens of this country. The people of course hope that their country will become stronger and stronger, so that our people's life will be better and better. For the country to be strong, we need our ordinary children. The people have contributed to it."

Qiao'er said in a daze: "After making meritorious service to the country, can I be conferred a knighthood?"

Li Qinzai said solemnly: "Serving the country is not for the purpose of conferring titles, but to hope that the country will get better and better, the people will enjoy peace, the government will be clear and the officials will be clean, and the subjects of neighboring countries will not dare to spy on them."

"Qiao'er, father and you both live in the peaceful world of the Tang Dynasty. In order to maintain this peaceful world, we should do our best. When you grow up, if you are an ordinary person, you might as well be a rich man in peace. , if you don’t do things that oppress the people, you will be worthy of your life.”

"If you have some outstanding talents, you might as well do something for Datang. Dad has no demands on you, just try your best. As for the title, it's optional. Don't worry about it. I don't care about Dad's title either. Well, that's what I did, and I hope you will do the same."

Qiao'er seemed to understand, but still nodded vigorously: "I will do it like my father."

Li Qinzai gently stroked his head.

The conversation has already begun, and Li Qinzai doesn't mind instilling some family and country principles in him.

It's not hypocritical, living in a peaceful world is benefiting from the country, and since it is a benefit, one should do something for this peaceful world with conscience.

Li Qinzai didn't intend to hide from anyone when he created the magic arm bow, horseshoe, and later gunpowder. In fact, he really wanted to repay the peace of the world, that's all.

It was evening when we returned to Chang'an, and the carriage stopped in front of the British government.

Li Qinzai got out of the carriage with Qiao'er in his arms, and found that there was a cloud of retinues in front of the Duke's mansion, almost all the servants of the mansion came out to welcome him, and his grandfather Li Ji was also there.

Li Qinzai hastily stepped forward to salute: "How dare grandson greet you personally as a grandfather, it's a disgrace to grandson."

Qiao'er also bowed respectfully: "Qiao'er pays homage to great-grandfather."

Li Ji first picked Qiao'er up, and gave him a hard slap on his pink cheeks, then squinted at Li Qinzai, and hummed softly: "I welcome you today, just this once, no exception, let's go in."

The housekeeper Wu Tong came up to welcome him, dusted Li Qinzai attentively, and said with a happy smile, "Welcome the magistrate back to the mansion, oh, it's amazing, our Li family has one family and two lords, and Chang'an city has spread the word, what is this?" glory."

(End of this chapter)