The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 261: Fishing for People (Part )

Last time, we talked about Shiyu's death on the Lantern Festival. With her departure, the Li family lost its backbone, the housekeeper. Although this family is not big, someone has to take the lead. Li Yi is obviously not good at taking care of the daily necessities, so let's see who can take over this job.

The next day, without Shiyu's command and instructions, the Li Mansion seemed particularly deserted and the atmosphere was not right. Li Yi slept until almost noon and did not go to the Yue Mansion to check in, but the old silver coin came.

"Where is that kid Li Yi? What should we do? Without Shiyu, Li Yi will not be able to survive, right?" Bailing and Han Feng didn't dare to stop him. He rushed into the inner courtyard cursing all the way and kicked open Li Yi's door.

Li Yi, who was washing up, rolled his eyes at Old Silver Coin and said, "I heard you yelling from a distance. Did someone die at home?"

"You little bastard, you're so arrogant that you dare to talk to me like that!"

Li Yi handed the handkerchief to Xing'er and asked Yue'er: "When Shiyu was around, was this old guy also so arrogant?" Yue'er didn't dare to respond and quickly shook her head to indicate that she didn't know.

Li Yi said: "Although they are all in the third-grade extraordinary realm, among the three religions, the extraordinary realm of Confucianism and Taoism is the weakest. I was watching the battle between Master Zhu and Luo Yan. Can you be as powerful as old Zhu?" Old Silver Coin was stunned when he heard this. He had no idea what Li Yi was trying to do.

Li Yi continued, "You don't have to be afraid of him anymore. If he dares to break into the door again, kick him out! Old Silver Coin, let me tell you, this is the Li Mansion, not your Gentlemen's Pavilion! The proper etiquette and rules cannot be abolished!

If you have anything to say, go find the concierge and let him know. You can enter the mansion only after the master's permission. Go out and start over!"

Li Yi waved his hand and actually used his words to teleport Tao Zhongwen to the outside of the gate. Bailing and others were amazed. After a while, the doorman came to report that Shuide Layman Tao Zhongwen was visiting.

Hearing this, Li Yi smiled knowingly and pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, Mr. Tao is here? Please come in!"

No one understood what Li Yi was up to, so they could only watch him perform. Soon, the doorman led Tao Zhongwen to the main hall.

Li Yi stood up to greet him and saluted, saying, "Hey, I wonder what kind of wind is blowing today that brings you here?"

Tao Zhongwen returned the greeting with concern and asked, "Hey, I heard that Shiyu passed away last night, and Xiuyuan didn't report to the Ministry of Rites today, so I came to see if there is anything I can do to help you!"

"I am ashamed to say that without Shiyu to wake me up, I overslept and made you worry. I am really guilty."

"I see. Xiuyuan must adjust his schedule so that this situation does not happen again. By the way, Minister Kong of the Ministry of Rites asked me to ask if Xiuyuan needs to take a leave. Some colleagues want to come to pay their respects. I wonder..."

"Condolences? My Shiyu is the reincarnation of Chang'e. She just went back to the Moon Palace for a short stay. I will take her back soon. Why are you acting like she's dead?"

Bailing seemed to understand Li Yi's intention and immediately said: "My husband is right, Sister Shiyu is not dead, she just went back to the Moon Palace and will be back soon!" Han Feng also reacted and stepped forward to help, and Yuehua, Xing'er, Yue'er, and Xing'er all said the same thing.

Tao Zhongwen glanced at everyone and nodded, "If that's the case, then I won't say much. Xiuyuan, let's talk alone?"

Li Yi and Tao Zhongwen came to the study. As soon as the door was closed, Tao Zhongwen cursed, "You are crazy! I can understand and believe what you said to me, but who among the people of Zhongdu and the civil and military officials in the court will believe it?"

"I don't care whether they believe it or not! This is the fact anyway!"

"Whether it is true or not, from the outside world's perspective, your wife of the Li family died early, but you did not announce the funeral or pay your respects. What will they say about you?

Now that His Majesty is going to take action against the founding nobles, do you know how many people are watching you? Your reputation is already bad, and now you have caused such a scene! Isn't this giving people an excuse to accuse you? "

Li Yi smiled and said, "I just want to hand my braid to them, so that His Majesty can dismiss me from my post and let me go to the Western Regions."

Tao Zhongwen pondered for a moment, then asked, "Have you and His Majesty made a plan?"

"That's right. I just happened to be sending Yuehua back to the grassland, and I also have an errand for Princess Longyun. What's more, I have to go to Mount Buzhou. If I have an official position, it will be inconvenient for me to do these things."

"Buzhou Mountain? Why are you going to Buzhou Mountain?"

"Then you don't have to worry about it. If you want to help me, stop my colleagues from the Ministry of Rites from coming to pay their respects and causing me more trouble."

"I understand. Since you are going to the Western Regions to capture Dunhuang..."

"Dunhuang will be governed by your agreement with His Majesty. However, I will take Erzhu Hui's 5,000 Qiang cavalry with me. When the war situation stabilizes and the imperial guards withdraw, they will be stationed in Dunhuang."

Tao Zhongwen frowned and said, "Handing Dunhuang over to them? Isn't that like letting a tiger go back to the mountains?"

"Erzhu Hui may not have any other abilities, but he is definitely good at commanding the army. As long as he can gain the approval of these 5,000 Qiang cavalry, they will naturally guard the border for Wei."

"Dunhuang is so close to their hometown, it may not be easy to win their hearts."

"Will you leave easy tasks to me? You have always let the horse run without giving it any grass to eat!"

"What are you talking about! When has His Majesty ever treated you unfairly? The courtyard you live in and the expenses of your Li Mansion are all the favors His Majesty has given you!"

"Ah, so, if you take someone's money, you should be grateful for what you have done. Otherwise, why would I help him? By the way, I think the Queen Mother is not in good health recently. If something happens and I go to the Western Regions, you have to prepare for the four major families as soon as possible."

"I have also noticed this, so the matter of Nangong Xue entering the palace should be put on the agenda. Do you have any thoughts on this matter?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "I have talked to Yuan Jun, and my fate with Nangong Xue is over. But if you plan to take action against the Nangong family in the future, don't ask me for help. I can't have anything to do with her."

"Since you are so determined, then let's do as you wish. By the way, you and I have different policies for the Western Regions. This time you go..."

"Don't worry, you do what you want, and I'll do what I want. I will prove the strategy of ethnic autonomy and integration, as well as the idea of ​​the Anxi Protectorate, and I won't disrupt your plan."

"That's not what I meant, but my layout requires you to place two chess pieces, so..."

"We have different political views, but you still want me to help you plan. You are so shameless, Old Silver Coin!"

Tao Zhongwen smiled and brushed his beard, "Just let everything take its course. My chess piece is exactly the pearl conch that Yuehua asked you to help her save, and his son."

"Fuck! You also arranged Yuehua to be by my side? Old Silver Coin, are you really that mean?"

"No, no, many people in Younvyuan are on good terms with Baozhu Faluo, and that's why I chose her. Sending her and her son to Dunhuang will keep Dunhuang safe for ten years."

Li Yi was surprised and said, "A woman can protect Dunhuang for ten years? Is it really so weird? I want to see what this Baozhu Falu is capable of. So are we just going through the motions or putting on a show?"

"You don't have to worry about these. I will send the person to you. Since this is my plan, you just need to send the person to Dunhuang and let her son become the lord of Dunhuang."

"Hey, that's not right! It's not enough for me to just deliver it, I also have to help her son become the Lord of Dunhuang. This is not just a matter of running errands!"

Tao Zhongwen smiled and said, "Your strategy for the Western Regions is also to capture Dunhuang City. We agree on this point, so it's not too much to ask you to contribute a little!"

"Hey, Old Silver Coin, you are plotting against me again! No, you have to give me some benefits to make me feel better!"

Old Silver Coin thought for a moment and said, "If we take Princess Longyun..."

"Stop! Yuan Ziyi and I are not what you think! She likes me for another reason! When her business is done, she might not like me anymore! Don't match us up randomly!"

"Actually, this is also what your majesty meant. Shiyu is not here, so how can you not have someone in charge of the Li Mansion?"

"Who said there's no one in charge? Even though my other two wives aren't ladies from wealthy families, they're not pretty girls either! Without Shiyu, my family will fall apart!"

So, Bailing and Hanfeng took over the responsibility of Shiyu, but if you don't run a household, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, and if you don't raise children, you don't know how tired your parents are. After Bailing and Hanfeng took over the heavy responsibility, they realized that even managing the Li Mansion, a household with not many people, is such a hard job.

It is said that children from poor families grow up early, but it actually means taking care of themselves, not taking care of others! But the Li family has more than 30 people, and it is already a headache for them to feed them. And it happened during the New Year. Li Yi is now the founder of a sect. They really don't understand things like disciples giving gifts and sect exchanges.

Fortunately, Xing'er and Yue'er are still there. After all, they have been with Shiyu for so long and can help a lot. However, giving gifts between literati is not just about money. The key is to be elegant. This stumps Bailing and Hanfeng.

The two of them went to Lin Fan for help, but Lin Fan was already overwhelmed, and Li Yi could still push the work to them. But Lin Fan was alone, so how could he take care of them?

In desperation, the two could only go to Li Yi, but it was useless for Li Yi to be a hands-off shopkeeper! Just write a few words and poems and ask them to return the gift. Although your calligraphy is a little famous, some gifts can be fooled, but some cannot be fooled.

What's more, Li Yi basically doesn't go out for social activities except eating and drinking at home and broadcasting live. The maintenance of interpersonal relationships is not just about saying hello when you meet! Although Li Yi doesn't care, he can see that Bailing and Hanfeng are not worthy of this family.

When the Li Mansion was in chaos, Lao Yinbi devised a plan to send the precious conch to the Li Mansion. In order to allow her and her son to catch Li Yi's direct train to the Western Regions, Lao Yinbi put a lot of thought into it!

When she was still in Younvyuan, Baozhu Faluo had the opportunity to meet her son every year. Her son was called Wei Lue. Doesn't this name sound ironic? Tao Zhongwen gave it to her, and the meaning is very straightforward.

Tao Zhongwen has always used Wei's strategy to educate the child, telling him that he is a Di tribe member and his father was killed by the Zhenbei Army, but the one who really killed his father was not the Wei people, but his own brother, who is now the patriarch of the Di tribe's Tianhuo department.

It was this uncle of his who framed his father in order to become the clan leader, and induced his father to become an enemy of the Wei Dynasty. He burned, killed and looted on the border of the Wei Dynasty, and plotted against his father to migrate south with his clan members, and then lured the Zhenbei Army to encircle his father.

The child could not accept this fact at first, until Tao Zhongwen arranged for him to meet with his mother Baozhu Faluo, and he learned from his mother that what Tao Zhongwen said was true. Tao Zhongwen had been instilling the idea of ​​revenge in him and teaching him how to become a Wei person.

In fact, Wei Lue knew about this before his mother did. After arranging a meeting between mother and son, Wei Lue was convinced that his father's death was caused by his uncle, and then he had a desire for revenge. So it was not an exaggeration for Tao Zhongwen to be called an old silver coin by Li Yi. He was best at this kind of treacherous means. Just imagine how a slave trapped in the Younvyuan would know what was happening outside.

All of this was planned by Tao Zhongwen. When he learned that the younger brother of the chief of the Guli tribe had taken over as the chief, he changed the name of the Guli tribe to the Tianhuo tribe and immediately saw the trick. He sent people to investigate and verify, and slowly told Baozhu Faluo the evidence he got through the slave girls who were sent to the Younuyuan, letting her know how her husband was killed by her younger brother.

First, Baozhu Faluo was arranged to hear the eunuch's words when he was teaching the slaves in the Younuyuan: "You lazy thing, hurry up and work for me. If you don't want to work, it's okay. You are not bad looking, you can learn from that Yuehua girl.

She is now very powerful. Not only has she escaped from slavery, she has also become the sister of Li Yuefu, the most talented scholar in Wei. If you have the ability, you can also sing and dance, and let Master Yuefu take you out too!"