Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 316 Chapter 326: Boling Cui Family
When Li Hao left Shibao Village, it was in the afternoon, Anping County was in the north, and Cui's family was in the suburbs ten miles west of the county, very close to the county.

Li Hao walked northward for more than 40 minutes, and finally saw two large buildings from a distance. The most conspicuous one was Anping City, where a city was located. On the west side of the city, there is a group of buildings, a very large group of buildings that can be seen even if they are seven or eight miles away. Although they are not as high as Anping City, these buildings are too many and conspicuous. That is Boling Cui's house .

"What a distinguished family." Li Hao lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at the Cui family in the distance, and snorted coldly, "Even Anping City is not as good as it is. For more than 600 years, this big How many people's blood did the leeches suck to achieve such a prominent family status."

Chen Song's voice suddenly came from outside the car: "Master Hou, the official road ahead is forked. One leads to Anping City, and the other leads to Cui's house. Which one do you take?"

"Go to Cui's house." Li Hao replied without hesitation.

Choose the road on the left, and you will soon arrive at Cui's house. Strictly speaking, this is not Cui's house, but Cui's town, even bigger than a town, and all the buildings here are very particular. Brick and black tile houses are not something ordinary people can afford to live in, but Li Hao knows that these houses are only the residences of members of the Cui family's side branches, and the real dragon is the super big house in the middle, with two large characters on the lintel of the tall gate - "Cui Fu".

When Li Hao and the others were several miles away, Cui found them. At this moment, hundreds of guards gathered at the gate, all of them armed with sticks, ready to fight, as if they were facing an enemy.

After Li Hao got off his horse, he made a look at Chen Song. Chen Song took out the greeting card he had prepared from his bosom, jumped off the carriage, ran forward and said loudly: "Lantian County Marquis, Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang will Li Hao Hand over the greeting card and pay a visit to Cui Chongzhi, the old man of the Cui family in Boling."

Before Li Hao came to Hebei, he had a detailed understanding of the important personnel of the Cui family in Boling, and the information was given to him by Li Shimin. The information of important personnel is kept on file with Li Shimin.

At present, the highest seniority among the direct lineage of the Boling Cui family is the grandpa and patriarch Cui Chongzhi, who is 73 years old this year, followed by the second grandpa Cui Chongliang, who is 70 years old, followed by the current patriarch Cui Wentai, who is 50 years old, and the second grandpa. Master Cui Wensong, 48 years old, third master Cui Wenhao, 43 years old, fourth master Cui Wenjing, 40 years old.

As soon as Li Hao came, he threatened to meet the old man Cui Chongzhi, which made the nurses feel that this person was too arrogant. Can the old man Cui be seen by anyone, Marquis of Lantian County?Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang general?It sounds very bluffing, hehe, Cui Shi really didn't pay attention to it, if Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji came here in person, the old lady would probably be able to enjoy the honor and see him.

In fact, Li Hao also knew that he would never see Cui Chongzhi. He did this to deliberately make himself look young and frivolous, to show the enemy his weakness and attack him with strength. Youth is his best disguise.

After a long time, a person came out from the courtyard. This person was wearing a round-neck silk shirt and a black gauze wingless cap. He had a thin face and a three-inch black beard. After comparing the information, it is estimated that the person who came should be Cui Wenjing.

The middle-aged man in silk shirt stopped after going out, took Chen Song's invitation card, unfolded it, looked at it, then turned his head to look at Li Hao, cupped his hands and said, "This must be the famous Marquis of Lantian County."

Li Hao said indifferently: "It's the Marquis."

"Cui Wenjing, the Marquis of County Li is very polite." Cui Wenjing bowed his hands to Li Hao, and said in a very gracious manner, "Marquis Li, I may disappoint you. The old lady caught wind and cold a few days ago, and her health is not good. , I can’t see guests, please come back, Li County Marquis.”

"Oh?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows, and said, "That's really a coincidence, since the old man is ill, then this Marquis should meet Cui Wentai."

Cui Wentai is the head of the Cui family, with a very high status. As long as the two Chongzi generations pass away, Cui Wentai will be the next patriarch. At that time, he will be like a god in the Cui family, but Li Hao calls him by his name directly, which makes Cui Wenjing Annoyed.

These noble clans run their families very strictly. Everyone has been instilled with the concept of superiority and inferiority since childhood. Everything is centered on the interests of the family to prevent intrigue in the family. Moreover, the family rules of these noble clans are much stricter than the laws of the country. In this regard, they have done a hundred times better than the royal family, which is why the gentry have been able to stand for hundreds of years, because their hearts are very united and there is no internal friction.

Although Cui Wenjing was annoyed by Li Hao's rudeness, he could not decide on such a big matter privately, so he replied: "I will send your invitation to the Patriarch. As for the Patriarch's availability, it depends on the luck of Li County Marquis." .” After speaking, he turned around and entered the door with a greeting card in his hand.

Looking at the heavily guarded gate of the Cui family, Li Hao suddenly felt very emotional. When he was in Chang'an, he had visited many princes and sent many invitations, but this time, he definitely had the worst attitude. There was no way. What a shame, to be honest, without Li Shimin's support, Li Hao would really be nothing to a behemoth like the Cui family.

There is a saying in the feudal era that goes well: the whole world is not the land of the emperor, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers. As long as the Cui family is still on the land of the Tang Dynasty, everything has to be decided by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Although they are powerful, Making Li Shimin jealous does not mean that Li Shimin really can't deal with them. With Li Shimin's support, Li Hao is not afraid of these powerful families.

Finally, Cui Wenjing came out, cupped his hands towards Li Hao, and said coldly: "Li County Marquis, the Patriarch has an invitation."

"Thank you." Li Hao didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly led Chen Song forward.

Cui Wenjing stretched out his hand to stop Li Hao, and said with a light smile, "Lord Li County, I'm sorry, the Patriarch said that you are the only one I see, so don't bring anyone in."

"It doesn't matter." Li Hao raised his eyebrows, and answered with a relaxed face, then strode towards the gate, stopped after two steps, and turned around, "I bet you that even though I am the first Once you come to your house, you can easily find out where your Patriarch is, believe it or not?"

Cui Wenjing shook his head when he heard the words: "I don't believe it."

"If you don't believe me, why don't you lead the way?" Li Hao frowned and raised his voice.

In fact, Li Hao is very afraid in his heart. The Cui family is very powerful, and black and white are both. If it is said that the Cui family does not have swordsmen, Li Hao will not believe it. Let him go in alone. Of course he is afraid. It's not too much to have a strong voice. Besides, since you want to be young and frivolous, then let's play it to the end. As for the knife and axe, he believes that he can last for a while with his own skills. If Cui really wants to be against him, I can only rely on myself to support myself, and then look for an opportunity to blow the whistle and ask for help from Chen Song and the five hundred Zuo Xiaowei outside the door. There should be no problem. Taking ten thousand steps back, I am an official of the court, and the Cui family should not be that old. The courage to kill yourself, after all, everyone has no grudges in the past and no grudges in the present, right?

After Li Hao entered Cui's mansion, Cui Wenjing took him through the courtyard for a long time, and Li Hao became more and more frightened as he walked. Nima, this Cui's house is really big, it's so far away?If knives and axes surrounded me, I would drop a bomb so that no one outside would be able to hear it. What should I do? What should I do...

Finally, Cui Wenjing stopped in front of a courtyard, turned to look at Li Hao, and found that Li Hao's forehead was covered with sweat, and asked suspiciously, "Li County Marquis, are you hot?"

"Not hot." Li Hao shook his head in embarrassment, knowing what he meant.

Cui Wenjing asked again: "Since it's not hot, why is Lord Hou sweating all over his head?"

Li Hao wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead, and said with a dry smile, "I...have a weak kidney...a man...you understand."

Cui Wenjing raised his eyebrows and smiled meaningfully. After a while, he withdrew his smile, pointed to the yard, and said, "The owner of the family is playing chess in the garden. Li County Marquis, please come in."

Li Hao didn't say much, and went in directly. Cui's garden is really big. When he entered, he saw a big rockery blocking the front, and then the road was divided into left and right. He first walked along the left road, walked After a long time, it finally came to an end, and there was not a single person in sight. Li Hao is so angry that Cui Shi intends to show him off, it's okay, let's endure it first, turn around, and go another way.

Walking along another road for a while, a large artificial lake appeared. Yes, there is an artificial lake in the garden.

There is a water pavilion promenade across the artificial lake. In the middle of the water pavilion, that is, in the center of the lake, there is a small pavilion, and a person is sitting in the pavilion, playing chess there.

Li Hao walked over quickly when he saw this, and when he got a closer look, he was a half-century-old man with gray hair, about 50 years old, dressed in simple but elegant clothes, with a long beard, and looked gentle and elegant, rather Have the demeanor of a tall man.

The old man was fiddling with the chessboard. On the chessboard, the black and white pieces faced each other, but the strange thing was that the old man was the only one playing chess.

Li Hao stood there and waited for a while, but the old man didn't seem to notice him, and he still dropped a black stone and a white stone in a comfortable manner.

Li Hao cupped his hands and said, "Lantian County Marquis Li Hao has met Master Cui." That's right, the person in front of him is Cui Wentai, the current head of the Cui family.

Cui Wentai still stared at the chessboard without raising his head, and said slowly, "I only have guests here, not Lord Hou." He continued to make moves.

Well, it's another blow to the throne.

Li Hao understood what he meant, cupped his hands again and said, "Li Hao, junior, I have met Master Cui."

Cui Wentai finally stopped, turned to look at Li Hao, then pointed to the seat opposite, and said, "Sit down."

"Thank you." Li Hao sat down carelessly. He is young and frivolous, so he has to be ignorant. Don't you like to show off your power? Go ahead, it's okay, I just came to show weakness.

The Cui family has strict rules and respects etiquette. Li Hao's behavior caught Cui Wentai's eyes and made him frown.

But Cui Wentai didn't delve into it, and said coldly: "It's boring for me to play chess alone, why don't you play chess with me?"

Li Hao waved his hands with a smile and said: "This junior's chess skill is worse than dog shit, so don't use it to tarnish the senior's respect."

Li Hao's rude words made Cui Wentai frown again, Cui Wentai said coldly: "It seems that you are here for something."

Li Hao nodded: "I have something important to discuss with Master Cui."

"Sigh." Cui Wentai threw the chess pieces back into the jade bowl, and said displeasedly, "Your good taste will be ruined by these mortal worlds again."

Li Hao sneered in his heart when he heard the words: "Oh, it sounds like you don't eat fireworks in the world. You are elegant. You are so elegant and invade the land of the common people? Cutting flesh and blood from the common people? It's like wanting to be a watch and want to set up an archway at the same time, bah ! Pretentious!"

(End of this chapter)