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Chapter 167 Fish and Bear's Paw?

After arriving outside Jinyang City, Li Chongjiu ordered a hundred cavalry to station secretly outside the city, and he entered the city with only two entourages.The officers and soldiers guarding the North City Gate looked at the paperwork in Li Chongjiu's hand and asked, "You are from Shanggu Feihu County, what are you doing here in Taiyuan County?"

Li Chongjiu was dressed as a businessman, and said calmly: "The king of rogues, Xuba, is in trouble, and Shanggu County is not peaceful, so I go to my uncle here to do a little business."

"Where does your uncle live?" the officers and soldiers asked casually.Li Chongjiu had already filed a record about where he lived, and the officer and soldier waved his hand indifferently, signaling Li Chongjiu to enter the city.After interrogating Li Chongjiu, he led his horse into the city directly. In order to pretend to be a businessman, he didn't even bring a weapon.

After entering the North City Gate, there is the Jinyang Palace newly built by Li Yuan on the side.Li Chongjiu knew that this was built by the abbot after Li Yuan stayed in Taiyuan. This Jinyang Palace was built by Yang Guang when he was King Jin.Now that there is a severe drought in Shanxi, Li Yuan is constructing large-scale construction projects and building Jinyang Palace without hesitation. His intention is to please Yang Guangzhi.

After passing through Jinyang Palace, Li Chongjiu came to an alley near the Li Family Escort Bureau, knocked on the door, and immediately someone he knew came to answer and open the door.After Li Chongjiu settled his luggage, he heard a knock on the door shortly after.After Li Chongjiu opened the door vigilantly, seeing that it was Su Su and Erniang Sun, he immediately opened the door to let them in.

Su Su and Sun Erniang were shocked when they saw Li Chongjiu here.Su Suyan said: "If I hadn't seen someone living in the old house, I still wouldn't believe that it was you, Xiao Jiu, who came to Jinyang."

Sun Erniang also said with a concerned face: "Xiao Jiu, you are now a frontier general. You have not been ordered to come here secretly. This is a felony."

Li Chongjiu nodded, and said: "So my travel and storage must be kept secret, and I must not reveal anything to outsiders."

Su Su and Sun Erniang nodded emphatically.Sun Erniang said with sad eyes: "Xiao Jiu, is it worth you to come back all the way for the sake of that little girl of the Li family?"
Li Chongjiu was silent for a while, nodded slowly, and said: "Fifth Aunt, I don't ask whether it's worth it or not, I just ask if I want to do it."

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, Erniang Sun nodded heavily, and said with a thumbs up: "It's true that the son of my Li family is the son of the son, hmph, after Li Yuan owns some kind of aristocratic family, I am! He wants to use any daughter to fool us. No, Erniang will break the gate of the Li family for you later, if the little girl is naughty, I will tie you here directly."

"I don't believe it. If I could tie her once, I couldn't tie her a second time."

Hearing what Sun Erniang said, Su Su quickly persuaded: "Erniang, it's not necessary at this time, we are no longer bandits, we can no longer fight and kill people all day long, kidnap people and kidnap people, everything needs to be considered in the long term."

"A long-term plan." Right now, Erniang Sun raised her eyebrows, raised her arms, and raised her fist the size of a sandbag. At that moment, Su Su directly admitted her cowardice, and shrank her neck to the side.

Seeing the two quarreling, Li Chongjiu felt the kindness of his youth welling up in his heart.Li Chongjiu said: "Fourth Uncle, Fifth Aunt, this matter is my responsibility, I will solve it myself, if there is a need at that time, I will definitely ask you to help me."

Su Su and Sun Erniang both nodded at the moment.Su Su also advised Li Chongjiu, saying that in Jinyang, she also knew a few classmates who were under the Hefen family back then. , See if you can be Baoshan, and ask the Li family for a matchmaker.Li Chongjiu shook his head, thinking that the status of these few people was similar to that of Liu Zhenghui, if they came forward, it would not have much effect, and what happened would only cause controversy in vain.But Li Chongjiu has his own concerns, and has no objection. As for letting people talk about it, let others talk about it.

At that moment, Li Chongjiu asked, "Is Dad okay?"

Su Su said: "Xiao Jiu, go and see your father. Since he came back from Li Yuan that day, he seems to have been worried, and he seems to be blaming himself. But you need to be cautious when going to the escort agency. These days around the escort agency, often There are strangers following and haunting, I think it should be the people staying behind in the mansion, watching secretly here."

Li Yuan!Li Chongjiu was furious immediately, he dared to send someone to monitor the actions of his escort agency.
At that moment, Li Chongjiu changed his clothes and asked Su Su to cover him. When it was getting dark, he sneaked into the escort agency from the back door of the escort agency over the wall.Under Su Su's guidance, Li Chongjiu went straight to where Li Hu was.

At this time, Li Hu was leaning on a bearded stool under an oil lamp in the room, with his arms around him.Li Chongjiu looked carefully and saw that Li Hu had grown several white hairs between his temples, and he seemed to be contemplating something right now, even though he heard footsteps, he didn't turn his head to look at the door.

"Father!" Li Chongjiu saluted outside the door respectfully.

After hearing Li Chongjiu's voice, Li Hu shook his body, turned his head and came from the stool, and asked tremblingly, "Xiao Jiu, why are you here?"

Li Chongjiu nodded, and said: "After receiving your letter, I came here non-stop, which made my father tired. If it wasn't for the trouble in Yuyi Town, my child should come to Jinyang as soon as possible and deal with it personally. That's good."

Li Hu stepped forward to help Li Chongjiu, looked him over, and said with slightly trembling lips: "It's fine if you come, it's fine if you come, let's think about it together, father and son, alas, your marriage is my father's." No, it’s screwed up.”

Li Chongjiu heard what Li Hu said, and the already suppressed emotions in his heart fluctuated again.Li Chongjiu took a deep breath, calmed down, and said, "Father, it's just Li Yuan's refusal to marry. Why did you take the matter on yourself? As a father and son family, can't we still talk about the two sides?"
Li Hu nodded after listening.Now that the father and son were seated again, Li Hu said with concern: "Xiao Jiu, this is the end of the matter, what are you going to do with the matter of the Li family?"

Looking at Li Hu's eyes, Li Chongjiu was silent for a moment.Li Hu hurriedly said: "Xiao Jiu, I know your temperament, but right now Mr. Tang is staying behind in Taiyuan, and the four border counties are under his control. It is not worth the loss for us to turn against the Li family now."

Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes and said: "Father, how could I not know this, but if I just watch Sanniang marry the Chai family, I will never agree."

Hearing Li Chongjiu's resolute tone, Li Hu knew that the opponent was unable to pull back even a few cows.Li Hu said silently: "Since you want to marry Sanniang to pass through the family, but you can't turn against the Li family for the time being, how should you deal with this?"

Li Chongjiu stood up and said: "Father, don't worry, a man of course needs to focus on merit, but this beautiful woman, I want both." After finishing speaking, Li Chongjiu strode out of the gate of the escort agency.

(End of this chapter)