Yutai Bi

Chapter 77 Confrontation 1
"I've seen Second Uncle." Cen Sanniang blessed softly.

Li Shangzhi was shocked by this delicate voice, and he helped himself up: "Excuse me. How can I live in this dilapidated courtyard?" He didn't think the courtyard was dilapidated, but felt that Cen Sanniang's outfit really matched the courtyard. uncoordinated.

Cen Sanniang lowered her eyes and did not answer.

In Li Shangzhi's eyes, it looked like a grievance.He coughed twice and told the women and girls who came over: "Help Miss Sun get into the car."

Everyone rushed forward, put a veiled hat on Cen Sanniang, and helped her go outside.He ignored the package held by Mrs. Xu and Baicao, ordered two domestic servants to take it, looked at the dense crowd outside, and didn't want to stay any longer: "Go home!"

When people came out, they were wearing veiled hats, and everyone was inevitably disappointed again.But some people looked at her walking and figure, talking and guessing that she must be a beauty or something.

Still a step late.Kong Qing was dressed in short brown cloth and a bamboo hat, silently watching Cen Sanniang being ushered into the car.

Hei Qi stood beside him and looked at him worriedly from time to time.

The crowd gradually dispersed, Kong Qing sighed softly: "Let's go."

Hei Qi followed him for a while, and asked him cautiously: "Master, Li's family is very powerful. Seeing that Second Master Li came to pick him up in person today, the Li family will definitely treat Miss Cen well..."

Kong Qing asked lightly: "Are you trying to say that since she will be able to live a rich and comfortable life when she returns to her grandfather's house, I don't need to stay by her side to protect her anymore?"

Hei Qi endured and endured, but still couldn't hold back: "Master, she obviously doesn't need your protection now!"

Kong Qing didn't answer, until he got on the boat on Yong'an Canal, he said in a low voice: "I promised Master, I will find the person holding the hairpin for him, and take her to see him. I also promised her that I will Stay by her side to protect her. Even if she goes to the Li Mansion and is out of danger, I can't just leave her there. "

Hei Qi paddled the scull vigorously, feeling depressed: "It's not easy for you to escape from King Teng's side. Young master, after serving as a bodyguard for King Teng for nine years, is it possible that you are going to be a bodyguard for the Li family now?"

"It's not impossible." Kong Qing felt that this method was also good.

Hei Qi got angry, threw the scull, turned around and knelt in front of him like a stone: "The Li family will let a man stay in the backyard? Young master, wake up! Will she get married in the future? Is it possible that you still have to be a guard and follow him?" She went to her husband's house?"

He kowtowed heavily: "Master, don't you be so stupid?"

After kowtowing, he stood up and grabbed the oar and rowed vigorously, as if to vent his dissatisfaction.

Kong Qing looked at him silently.What Hei Qi said is right, the Li family is not that easy to get in, how many chances will he get into the backyard after he goes there?What if Cen Sanniang is taken away?Chang'an is no better than Longzhou. The two sons of the Li family are both martial arts practitioners, and the guards in the family are much more skilled.Cen Sanniang still has Mrs. Xu and Baicao by her side. Would she be willing to let her leave them behind?After robbing someone from the Li family, Cen Sanniang will never show her face in Chang'an again.He thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an idea, so he said helplessly, "Let's go see the master first."

Li's mansion is located in Shengyefang.Shengyefang is close to the bustling Dongshi City and not far from the Imperial City, where princes and nobles live together.On the lintel is simply a plaque of Lianju Pond.The same color of black tiles and white walls makes the interior even spacious.The eaves of the main courtyard are upturned, dignified and atmospheric.There are corridors connecting all around, and there are two-story pavilions at the connection.Looking around, the buildings emerge in endlessly and are well arranged.Just from the large courtyard in Shengyefang, it can be judged that the Li family is a wealthy family.

After entering the mansion, Li Shangzhi ordered Mrs. Xu and Baicao to clean up at Cen Sanniang's residence.He took her to the outer study in person.

"Father is waiting for you in the study." After Li Shangzhi finished speaking, he hesitated and said, "You look a lot like Eldest Sister, so Father must like it."

It means to tell her not to be afraid.

Cen Sanniang had a good impression of this cheap uncle, and she blessed and thanked her: "Thank you, Second Uncle, for your suggestion."

I went back to my home with great fanfare, and my grandfather didn't even bother to do the formalities as soon as he entered the door.I thought there would be a scene of confessing relatives and crying bitterly, but I prepared for nothing.Cen Sanniang thought mockingly to herself, he really doesn't just hate Cen.

She took a deep breath and walked in ladylikely.The door closed softly behind her.

Hearing the sound, Mrs. Li turned around from the bookshelf.

Mrs. Li is in his early fifties, with gray hair and red face.Wearing a blue Taoist robe, her hair was casually tied on top of her head, and a white jade hairpin was inserted.His eyes were sharp.

Looking at each other, Cen Sanniang blinked and saluted: "Sanniang has seen my grandfather."

She didn't hear getting up, so she knelt down and saw a pair of blue silk cloth shoes embroidered with round blessings stopped in front of her, and a very cold voice sounded above her head: "Since you shouted on the street that it belonged to my Li family Girl, I won't let you in if I don't take you into the mansion. Get up."

Cen Sanniang suddenly felt ashamed of being humiliated.She thanked her and stood up quietly.

Mrs. Li has already sat on the main seat: "Sit down."

She sat down silently.

"Did Moth bring that branch of gold and silver cluster flower?"

Cen Sanniang was taken aback, and went straight to the point?She took out the hairpin wrapped in cloth from her sleeve, and handed it over with both hands: "Is this the hairpin my grandfather was talking about?"

Mrs. Li glanced at her, a look of astonishment flashed in her eyes, a little surprised that Cen Sanniang carried it with her.He took it and opened it to have a look: "This is the hairpin."

Cen Sanniang always thought that it would take a lot of work to find out the secrets of the year.I didn't expect Mrs. Li to be so bachelor.He took the hairpin, and broke and pulled it vigorously in his hand.In a blink of an eye, the hairpin was divided into several parts.

"It's strange, isn't it? If you want to get your mother's relics, you wouldn't go through such troubles, and naturally you wouldn't be able to discover its secrets." Old Mrs. Li sighed.

He picked up a separated honeysuckle and showed her: "This honeysuckle is different. It looks like a flower bud that is about to burst, and because of its shape, it will not be like other honeysuckle flowers." Thin."

He stood up and took a box of cinnabar and a piece of paper, and printed it with the silver flower bud dipped in cinnabar.A clear flower-shaped imprint appeared on the paper: "This is a token. With this imprint, an astonishing amount of gold and silver can be withdrawn from the Four Seas Bank. Do you know the Four Seas Bank? Semicolons are all over the Tang Dynasty, and deposits and withdrawals are universal. Bank notes Merchants from all over the world recognize it."

Cen Sanniang's heart skipped a beat, she said such a secret thing when they met, what did he want to do?
Mrs. Li stood up, cleaned the silver flower bud in a pen wash after rain, and wiped it clean with a soft cloth.

When he was doing this, Cen Sanniang looked at him and thought about it.

If Kong Qing is telling the truth.Then this hairpin is the symbol of Donggong Order 27 Yinwei.Kong Qing doesn't know the secret in the hairpin, that is to say, Li Jiancheng has other arrangements besides the former Donggong Yinwei.

As we all know, the change of Xuanwu Gate happened suddenly.Li Jiancheng died on the spot, and it was impossible for him to have time to be alone before his death.If the gold and silver that this hairpin can extract were stored in Sihai Yinzhuang before Li Jiancheng, then it must have been entrusted to Mrs. Li for safekeeping before the Xuanwumen Incident.

Mrs. Li obviously didn't know the secret in the hairpin.Mrs. Li didn't make any last words, and she didn't know it herself.Mrs. Li also clarified this point, so it is said that it is a relic of the mother, and he would not destroy it at will, so naturally he would not be able to discover its secret.

Cen Sanniang clearly remembered that both Xu and Baicao had mentioned it.Mrs. Li loves this branch of gold and silver flowers most, and she often puts it on and wears it.She can understand.Mrs. Li eloped first, although she finally got the consent of Mrs. Li, she was still full of guilt towards her father.After receiving the exquisite gold hairpin from Mrs. Li, Mrs. Li would think that she had been forgiven by her father, so she often wore this hairpin.

Then, the hairpin can extract a large amount of gold and silver, and it can also make Li Jiancheng's hidden guard recognize the hairpin holder as the main one.Why did Mrs. Li suddenly give her such an important thing a few years after Li's marriage?And does not reveal its secrets.

Isn't he afraid that Li Jiancheng's hidden guard will accidentally see Li Shi when she wears this hairpin and recognize her identity?Frequent use also means the possibility of loss. Isn't he afraid that Mrs. Li will lose this hairpin?
Now that she returned to Li's mansion for the first time, it was the first time she met Mrs. Li.He exposed Chai's secret.Why?
Doubts came to Cen Sanniang's mind.

She suddenly thought of another possibility.What Kong Qing said was false.Then there is no loyal hidden guard of Li Jiancheng.She and Li are not Li Jiancheng's orphans either.

Will Kongqing lie to her?

If it wasn't for holding the golden hairpin to make him think that he is Li Jiancheng's blood, would Kong Qing still fight to the death to protect him?
Mrs. Li came over, and slowly put together the scattered parts of the gold hairpin, and only pulled out the silver flower bud: "See clearly?"

Cen Sanniang nodded and looked at him suspiciously.

Old Master Li still wrapped the hairpin with cloth, and handed the silver flower bud to her: "Your mother has gone, and this hairpin is yours."

Cen Sanniang got up and knelt down and declined: "Grandfather said earlier that with this imprint, he could extract an astonishing amount of gold and silver from the bank... Sanniang couldn't stand it."

"It's only 10 taels of silver. I gave your mother money. She is stubborn. At first I didn't agree with her marrying far away, but later I saw that she had a deep relationship with my uncle and I had to agree with her. The Cen family has a lot of money, and she couldn't do it." When the money was used. So she never told you, but just gave you this hairpin as a thought." Old Master Li said sadly.

Mrs. Li is lying.

Cen Sanniang is sure that Mrs. Li absolutely does not know the secret of this hairpin.

(End of this chapter)