Capital Datang

Seeing Wu Liang'an's reaction, Empress Xiao smiled slightly, and said softly: "Go and get it. Although it is a relic of the former emperor, it is useless for me to keep it. It is better to give it to Min'er and the younger generations." Wu Liang'an Seeing Empress Xiao's insistence, he didn't say anything, turned around and went to the inner house.

"Mother..." Yang Concubine heard that Empress Xiao wanted to give her father's relics to Li Ke and Li Min, and immediately wanted to stop her. After all, it must be very precious or of great significance for Empress Xiao to be with her for so many years. things.But as soon as he said two words, he was immediately interrupted by Empress Xiao.

"Jiu Niang, it's not something expensive, and you don't have to refuse it. It's just a few accessories that your father brought with you when your father passed away. I just keep them by my side to keep in mind. Now I'm not in good health. Say Chapter 81 [-] The jasper ring might be gone someday, so it's useless to keep these things, give it to Min'er and Ke'er as a souvenir!" Hearing what Queen Xiao said, Concubine Yang didn't refuse anymore.

Li Yin and Li Ke were looking forward to it, not because they were greedy for it, but because they were very curious about their grandfather who had received mixed reviews from the world, and they knew a lot about him from other people's oral accounts or history books. It is also very exciting to see his dying relics today.

After waiting for a while, Wu Liang'an ran in with a pillow-sized box, and respectfully handed it over to Empress Xiao. Empress Xiao took a delicate key from her neck, opened the box, and beckoned to Li Yin and Li Ke. He beckoned them to come to him, then pointed to the things in the box and said to them, "Come and pick out what you guys like, and see what you like?" Capital Datang 81

Li Yin stepped forward curiously, and found that there were not many things in the box. Among them were several jade pendants with different functions, a jade belt, a golden lion paperweight, a gold seal and a jade seal, and some other things in a mess. Things, such as sachets, hairpins, night pearls and the like.Although some things look ordinary, everything is in terms of material and workmanship.They are all top-notch Chapter 81 jasper rings. After all, what Yang Guang wears with him, how could it be so bad?Take it out and give it to someone casually, it is a very face-saving gift.

Li Ke and Li Yin looked at it, and since it was a gift from their elders, they didn't have to refuse.Li Ke looked at it and picked a round piece of pure white jade, engraved with a picture of a phoenix courting a phoenix. The workmanship was extremely exquisite, and he fell in love with it immediately.So he reached out and took it out.Thanking Empress Xiao: "Grandson likes beautiful jade, so choose this piece as a gift!"

"Okay, a gentleman is like jade, Ke'er, you have courage and insight, and you will definitely be the king of idleness praised by everyone in the future." Empress Xiao praised.Although she obviously prefers Li Yin, she is also good for the brave and decisive Li Ke. If Li Ke hadn't married a long time ago, she even wanted to personally choose a concubine for Li Ke, a woman from the Xiao family who has both ability and political integrity.

"Thank you grandma for the compliment!" Li Ke said with a smile.Seeing Li Ke's modest and courteous appearance, Empress Xiao was even more satisfied, but what she didn't know was that Li Ke was not a polite person, and he had always had a dishonest appearance for people who were acquainted with each other.Only when facing unfamiliar or new acquaintances will he put on a fake face of modesty and courtesy.

Li Ke has chosen it well, but Li Yin has been looking at it for a long time, but there has been no movement. He has looked at the things just now, but found that there is nothing he likes.It's not that he doesn't like the things inside, it's just that in his opinion, although these things are expensive, they are all too ordinary and cannot reflect the unique temperament of that cheap grandpa.

Just when Li Yin was disappointed and was about to take something casually as a souvenir, he suddenly found that there seemed to be something under the largest jade belt. Li Yin reached out and took the jade belt away, and found that it was a very ordinary small wooden box. It made him a little puzzled, the things inside were all Yang Guang's relics, how could there be such an ordinary small box?

In a moment of curiosity, Li Yin reached out and picked up the box.But he didn't notice that when Empress Xiao next to her saw the small wooden box in Li Yin's hand, she frowned and opened her mouth to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, but Wu Liang'an behind her saw the small wooden box At that time, his complexion changed drastically, and he glanced at Li Yin anxiously, but he didn't dare to speak out to stop him.

Li Yin opened the box and found a ring made of jasper inside. The shape of this ring is very strange. Although the whole body is emerald green, there is a section of natural blood red protruding from the middle. The skilled craftsman who made the ring used At this point, a protruding shield was carved on the blood red, and two extremely lifelike knives and swords were micro-carved on the shield, but the sword carved in red jade looked like it was covered with blood, which was extremely bloody and terrifying.

When Li Yin saw it, he fell in love with it immediately. Rings are not uncommon. It was very popular to give rings to men and women in the Tang Dynasty when they were in love. However, Li Yin was the first to carve shields and swords on the rings. See you once.So he took out the ring, tried it on his ring finger, and found that the size was just right.

"Grandmother, my grandson chose this ring. Look, does it look like it was custom-made for my grandson?" Li Min stretched out his hand and showed it to everyone. On his fair fingers, he wore an emerald green ring with blood red on it. , looks really good.

"Liulang, this ring looks weird and makes people feel uncomfortable. Why do you like this thing?" Concubine Yang frowned and said, she just felt that the engravings on the ring were knives and swords, and the color was so bloody , it seemed a little unlucky, but she seemed to like Li Yin very much, and as a mother who doted on her son, she couldn't bear to let him change it.

Empress Xiao saw how liking Li Min liked, she sighed and said, "Min'er, you and your grandfather not only look alike, but also have similar preferences. This ring was his favorite thing back then, even I can't touch it, you If you like it, take it!"

When Yang Guang died, Empress Xiao buried him with a few bed boards. Because it was too simple, she was afraid that others would destroy the body, so she took off some valuable things on Yang Guang's body, and this ring was one of them, but she Like Concubine Yang, she thinks the ring looks weird and even a bit evil, so she doesn't want Li Yin to choose this as a gift, but if Li Yin likes it, of course she won't stop her.

"Thank you grandma for the gift!" Hearing that the ring was actually Yang Guang's favorite, Li Yin liked it very much, and thanked him excitedly. He didn't think there was anything wrong with the ring. There are all kinds of things, all kinds of skeletons and ghosts dare to be carved on it. Compared with those, the carvings of swords on this jasper ring are nothing at all.

Seeing that Li Yin still chose the ring in the end, Wu Liang'an behind Empress Xiao turned pale, his lips trembling slightly wanted to stop him, but in the end he still didn't say it.

After sending off Concubine Yang, Li Ke, and Li Min, Empress Xiao returned to her bedroom. She was in a very good mood today and ordered Wu Liang'an to let the kitchen cook more dishes.The old eunuch agreed, and then slowly backed out, but when he walked to the door, he raised his head and glanced at Empress Xiao, and then muttered to himself with a very complicated expression: "Your Majesty, you gave the gift to Liang." I really don’t know if the ring of His Royal Highness hurt him or helped him?”

At the same time, a quarrel was taking place in the main hall of Li Yin's Prince Liang's Mansion, and both sides of the quarrel were Li Yin's subordinates, one of whom was his right-hand man Wang Zihao, and the other was Yang Jiu, the steward of the winery. .

"Your Highness, what our winery sells is a reputation. How can we use that kind of rotten food to make wine? Isn't that just smashing your own brand?" The young Yang Jiu said with a flushed face.

"Yang Jiu, why don't you understand, those people only like spirits, as long as the taste of the wine is strong enough, nothing else matters, they can make wine anyway, and the price they give is the same, why can't we choose a better wine? How about using cheap raw materials to make wine?" Wang Zihao replied not to be outdone.Capital Datang 81

"Nonsense, we winemakers all have our own ethics, how can we make wine for people to drink from what is fed to pigs?" Yang Jiu was furious. If it wasn't for the current occasion, he really wanted to beat this man all over his body. The copper-smelling businessman gave a meal.

Li Yin looked at the two quarreling below, and felt a little helpless in his heart. As soon as he came back today, the two of them came to see him arguing, and they hadn't stopped arguing from the beginning.

In fact, the reason for the quarrel between the two is very simple, because Wang Zihao's wine merchant association found that the barbarians on the grassland like Wu Wangzui very much, and the reason they like it is because the wine is strong enough and very enjoyable to drink. care.And it just so happens that the big granaries near Chang’an are about to replace the old grain. Due to storage problems, there will always be some grains in the lower part of the granary that will inevitably go moldy and deteriorate. Commonly known as rotten grains, they are not edible at all. In the past, they were half sold and half given away. The surrounding farmers use it as feed for livestock.

After Wang Zihao saw this situation, he found a good way to reduce costs, that is to buy those rotten grains for wine making, and then distill them and sell them to those barbarians. Anyway, they only like spirits, and The winery can also reduce costs, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone, but as a winemaker, Yang Jiu thinks that this is detrimental to their professional ethics, so he disagrees at all. Li Yin came to judge.

Now Li Yin has figured out the reason of the matter. It’s not about who is right and who is wrong. It’s just a conflict of ideas. It’s really difficult for him to mediate. As a brewer, it is understandable to maintain one's own integrity, so he was also very embarrassed. In the end, in desperation, Li Yin simply pretended to be deaf and dumb, and let no one help, let them quarrel. Listen to whoever wins.

But listening to their quarrel, Li Yin gradually felt a little bored. Finally, he simply took off the ring on his hand and put it on his hand to observe carefully, because he found that in the four small areas divided by the crossed swords on the shield, There still seems to be something engraved on it, but the magnification is not wrong, and the candle is not strong enough, so I can't see it clearly for a while.

But when Li Yin was engrossed, he didn't notice that Wang Zihao and Yang Jiu, who were still arguing just now, stopped and stared at the jasper ring in Li Yin's hand strangely. ! ! !