[Comprehensive martial arts] Hundreds of no taboos

Li Shen lay on the bed for three days, his injuries were almost healed, and Lao Li Tanhua was about to leave.

Lao Li Tanhua was also a Beijing official at the beginning, but he offended someone and was relegated back to his hometown to be a magistrate. He has been a local official for more than ten years. Because of his rich family business, he didn't feel sad.

I originally wanted to meet Lao Li Tanhua and explain it to him, but he obviously felt ashamed and didn't let anyone greet Lin Fu, so he just left.

To be honest, at his age he can still be so self-willed, it's really very comfortable.

When Li Shen's knife practice was beginning to be effective, the summer was almost over. Although there was still some residual heat, there were gradually more people on the street.

These days I have developed the habit of going around the courtyard where the brothers of the Li family live every night.

The house was bought by Li Tian's family after he became an official in the capital. The surrounding area is full of official residences, and he spent a lot of money on the purchase. The two-entry house is not considered a good house in this capital city, but it is already used by many poor officials. You can only buy it with half your life's salary.

A few days ago, Lao Li Tanhua wrote in a letter saying that his family had sold several farms and shops, and planned to buy Li Shen a house in the capital.

The houses in the capital are not cheap, so Li Shen hurriedly wrote back and said no, after all he made up his mind to let them out by accident, but this time old Li Tanhua not only replied to the letter, but also attached an old housekeeper with the letter. It looks like a beggar in tatters, looks like a poor old farmer, and an old butler with money bills in his arms.

The old housekeeper is very proud of this, the money to buy a house in the capital is not a small sum, and it is better to pretend to be a disciple of the beggar gang with a broken bowl than to go to the capital with a big fanfare and a group of guards No matter whether it is a bandit or a local bandit, no one will rob him.

Li Shen really didn't think it was necessary to buy a house in the capital, but the old housekeeper shook his head and said with a smile: "The eldest young master is not married yet, and the second young master is also single. It is common for two brothers to live together, but in the future two The two young masters have already married, so how can there be any reason to live together? What's more, this house can't be opened."

The old housekeeper who was accustomed to living in Li Yuan looked at the two houses with some distaste, and said: "The capital is small, and good houses are priced but not sold by others. If you go further away, they are the places where ordinary people live. , it’s not like an official residence, so we can only wrong our young master, alas, as the master said, how can there be a home in the world.”

I have a little doubt that Lao Li Tanhua was demoted back to his hometown because he secretly operated it himself.

Li Shen said: "That's not the case. When I send officials next year, I plan to release them to serve as officials. It would be a waste to have an empty house in the capital. What's more, as a son, I can't be filial to my parents, and I have to be so tired that my family will sell their ancestral property for me. ..."

Before he finished speaking, the old butler asked suspiciously: "Ancestral property? What ancestral property?"

Li Shen said: "Last time I wrote, Dad said that the family sold several farms and shops..."

The old housekeeper thought for a while, and then said: "Those two silk and satin shops belong to Handan. The master thinks it is far away, and they can't make much money all year round. It happened that there was a merchant over there who wanted to sell it, so they sold it. As for the farm, our family has the most money." It is a farm, and it is very difficult to take care of. Every year, someone buys and sells a few, and the master may not know where he learned it from."

Li Shen didn't speak for a moment.

I asked the old housekeeper, "Do you want to buy a house near here?"

The old housekeeper also knew me, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, before the old slave came, the madam ordered the second young master to take the cousin to see, and the cousin bought it after seeing it. The old slave actually brought the There is a lot of money, Madam said, you can buy as much as you want. At the beginning, the young master was in a hurry to buy, and if he didn't buy a good one, he would have to change it in the future."

I suddenly suspected that the Li family might not be a scholarly family, but a powerful family in Hebei.

Li Shen couldn't beat the old housekeeper, so he had no choice but to agree.

The old butler, who had been in charge of the Li family's property for half his life, resolutely found the list of properties in the "official residence area" to be sold the next day, and screened out those that were too small, those with poor lighting, those with bad tempers from nearby neighbors, and those on the seller's body. Those who are in trouble, there are finally three left.

Li Shen is not really interested in this. I took the list and looked at it. The first thing I saw was the largest one, with three entrances and a back garden. The younger brother of the Duke’s wife has been in the capital for a few years and can’t go on. He is going to return home with his wife, concubine and children. He wants to sell the house, but the price is low. The other two houses are two-entry houses, both of which are officials Private property sold after retirement.

The old housekeeper said: "I have already visited the old slave. The Cheng family's house is the best, and the Feng Shui was also seen by others. Although Xu's house is also a two-entry house, it is too crowded inside, and you have to clean it out." After a lot of work, the Yang family's house is similar to the young master's house, a little bigger, so you can't go wrong."

I asked Li Shen, "Which one do you think is better?"

Li Shen shook his head and said, "I only live in one room, and I only sleep in one bed. It doesn't matter what house you live in."

The old housekeeper quickly said: "Second young master can't think like this, even if you don't think about yourself, don't you think about it for your future wife and young master Sun? People like us live in style and face. Leaving Beijing in anger, even though he didn't talk about it all these years, he was still angry in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen ill because of his fame. Now that the two young masters are both officials in the capital, of course they want to live in a good manner on."

Li Shen didn't speak for a moment.

I said: "Three-year-old houses in the capital are hard to find. If you buy them this time, even if you can't live in them in the future, you won't lose money if you sell them again. Let's decide on the Cheng family's house."

The old butler immediately ignored Li Shen, quickly nodded and bowed, then changed his clothes and went out to do some errands.

I hooked Li Shen's finger and said, "Don't think too much, he just wants you to live better."

Li Shen said softly: "But what they think is not what I want."

I said, "Even if you are a Jianghu person, you have to have a home to live in. Even beggars on the street have bridge holes to sleep in. Why don't you want anything?"

Li Shen lowered his eyes halfway, and said, "You know exactly what I'm talking about."

I pulled his hand in front of me, looked up at him, and said, "I know that Beijing officials are beautiful and have a bright future. Whether it's your father or your mother, or the old housekeeper who watched you grow up, I hope You stay in the capital, like a big cousin."

Li Shen said, "I'm different from big brother."

I nodded and said, "If you are like big cousin, I should choose the dowry with Shiyin now."

Li Shen smiled lightly, and said, "Are you like them? Think I shouldn't be capricious, and should stay in the capital and be a decent official?"

I vaguely feel that this is a proposition.

I shook my head quickly, looked at him with sincere eyes, and said: "I like you not because you are on the gold list and have a good official career, but because you are a person. If you are nothing and have no family business, I will still like you."

Li Shen didn't seem to expect that I would say that, he said in a daze: "But these and I are one."

I was a little surprised, "Fame and wealth are dead things, how can they be one with people? Just like me, after leaving the Lin family, I will still be me, and I will never become another person."

Li Shen paused and didn't speak again.

I put his hand on my cheek, felt the warm touch on the back of his hand, and whispered: "If you can live for a long time, and meet many people on the way, everyone will leave you early Go, once, twice, three times... Will you still treat the next person with your heart and seriously manage this relationship?"

Li Shen frowned slightly, and said, "What scripts have you read recently?"

I almost didn't come up in one breath.

I let go of his hand, stared at him, and asked, "Don't worry about what I saw, I just ask you, if it was you, would you?"

Li Shen frowned, thought for a while, and said, "I will."

I looked at him for a long time before slowly saying, "Me too."

Li Shen probably didn't understand what I said, but he didn't hold on to it either. After being relieved by me, his mood eased a lot. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he got up and sent me back to Lin Mansion.

Knowing that my kung fu is like flying, but every day they send me to the door of the house.

Stepping on the moonlight, I turned my head to look at Li Shen, and suddenly asked him, "If you stop being an official and want to wander around the world, can you take me with you?"

Li Shen looked at me quietly, my face reflected in her beautiful eyes.

I pretended that the ugly girl wasn't me, and continued: "I'm also curious about what the world looks like, you've seen it all, I have the ability to protect myself, I won't hold you back, and walking alone in the world will be very lonely."

Li Shen said softly: "You are still young..."

I stare, not knowing why his brain circuit has shifted here.

Li Shen's eyes lit up with a smile, and he still said in that soft tone: "You are still young, you don't know what kind of stupid things I say, and you said to follow me, it is only because you are still young." don't know."

I shook my head and said, "I'm not young, I just look young. The age of many people has nothing to do with their brains. I don't think what you said is stupid. It's a thing to trap a person in one place for a lifetime." It's abnormal, something that shouldn't be done, and you want to resist, it's just normal."

I raised my head and looked at Li Shen, and said: "I said before, fame and wealth are dead things, they can't bind a person, you will feel that what you say is stupid, you will feel that you are self-willed, just because most people are In this way, it’s like the capital city, which is obviously a small and dilapidated place, but there are still countless people trying to squeeze themselves in, working hard all their lives for the illusory scenery.”

I said: "People should do what they want to do, and what they get, should be borne by themselves, and it has nothing to do with others."

Li Shen let out a long breath, and his eyes were full of splendor when he looked at me.