Chapter 78 The Golden Seal of Gift

Chapter 78 The Golden Seal of Gift

Outside Heba Sheng's official residence in Chang'an City, Li Tai did not have time to go back to change his court clothes. After leaving the imperial city, he hurriedly rode with several followers.

"A Pan, here!"

Before Li Tai had time to rein in his horse, he saw his cousins ​​Cui Qian and Cui Qi standing outside the residence with their horses. Cui Qi was waving and calling to him, so he quickly turned over and dismounted and walked forward.

"Two cousins, are you here to visit the Grand Tutor?"

Li Tai did not know whether the news he learned from Yuwen Tai had spread, so he did not want to say anything more.

Cui Qian pulled him to the corner and whispered, "The news from Dongzhou came the day before yesterday. The Grand Secretariat told the governor not to spread it for the time being. The Grand Master... Alas, my brother and I wanted to visit the Grand Master after the court meeting, so the two young men of the Grand Master's family have already entered the residence, and visitors are not allowed to enter to disturb the Grand Master." Li Tai said after hearing this: "I was just received by the Grand Secretariat in the outer court, and I know the news, so I came to visit..." "Alas, He Liuhun is really tyrannical this time, which is terrifying!" After hearing this, Cui Qian couldn't help but sigh, and his expression was sad and a little worried. Li Tai was also in a bad mood when he heard this. From the perspective of people in later generations, Heba Sheng chased Gao Huan like a dog and almost killed Gao Huan on the battlefield of Mangshan. It was natural for Gao Huan to kill his son after returning. But at present, Gao Huan's approach still broke through the moral values ​​of people at that time, especially the warriors of Beizhen. Although the two Weis fought fiercely, their respective regimes were originally of the same origin, especially those generals who came from Beizhen, many of whom were separated from their families.

Before this, the two sides had a tacit understanding that the harm would not affect their wives and children, and would not overly persecute the relatives of the other side who were stranded here. As for the Southern Dynasty, the old Bodhisattva Xiao was even more kind and touching.

Now Gao Huan suddenly did this, how could the generals of the Western Wei who had many families scattered in Dongzhou not be frightened?

Let alone others, Li Tai himself is a little panicked now.

His father Li Xiao is still missing, and his mother and brothers and relatives are still living in Dongzhou. There may not be any deep feelings between them, but if they were killed in the Eastern Wei because of him, it is always inevitable to feel guilty.

Although in his opinion, Gao Huan's actions should be mainly due to anger, and he has not heard that Gao Huan continued to expand the killing after killing Heba Sheng's sons in history, which shows that he still has a broad mind and reason. But when it comes to the safety of blood relatives, it is always inevitable to be confused.

The Cui brothers also had relatives living in the Eastern Wei, and they were also worried when they first learned about this.

"Is there any other channel to get more detailed information?"

After a brief pause, Li Tai asked again.

After hearing this, the two Cui brothers shook their heads: "The communication between the two sides is not smooth. In previous years, there were many people fleeing across the border in the prefectures and counties near the war, but after the battle of Mangshan, few people went west. The gullies between the fortresses were guarded and the passage was difficult, so it was even more difficult to find out the news."

Li Tai didn't say anything more after hearing this. Seeing that the two people could not enter the door, he felt that at such a special moment, Heba Sheng didn't need to be so strict. Although meeting a few old friends would not help, at least he could be comforted emotionally.

So he raised his hand to signal Li Yantou to enter the mansion and hand over his name card, and he stood here and waited with his two cousins.

But soon, Li Yantou also came out, shook his head at Li Tai and said, "The servants thought that the Grand Tutor was in grief and didn't want to see outsiders."

Li Tai was a little helpless when he heard this. In this case, there was no point in staying, so he asked Li Yantou to go in again to inform that he had been living in Chang'an recently, and Heba Sheng could send someone to tell him when he wanted to see him.

Heba Sheng couldn't see him here, and Li Tai was still a little worried about Gao Zhongmi, so he said goodbye to his two cousins ​​and hurried back to the Grand Tutor's residence.

Gao Zhongmi also returned home early. At this time, he was sitting by the small stove and drinking by himself. His eyes were a little red. When he saw Li Tai coming in, he waved and said, "A Pan, come here! Drink a few cups with me."

"Is uncle okay?"

Li Tai saw that Gao Zhongmi was also obviously in a bad mood, so he sat down and asked.

"What could happen? When my family was captured by Hou Jing, I was prepared for the worst. Now they are just confiscated and exiled, which is a good thing." Gao Zhongmi picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and then signaled Li Tai to pour more wine: "Let's get drunk tonight. After tomorrow, I will stop drinking and live in the family. I hope to see my family again!" Li Tai thought that Gao Zhongmi would be more depressed after learning the exact news about his family, but he didn't expect that he would become optimistic instead. However, this is normal. Whether a person's fate is tragic or not, it still has to be compared. Although Gao Zhongmi is also miserable, compared with Heba Sheng, he is lucky. At least there is still a little hope, even if this hope is very slim. Li Tai felt sad for Heba Sheng and was worried about his relatives who stayed in the Eastern Wei. In addition, the result of meeting Yuwen Tai today was not good. With all kinds of mixed emotions, he also accompanied Gao Zhongmi to drink. In the early morning, Li Tai woke up as usual, shook his head, washed up, and practiced martial arts in the morning sun. He returned to his room with a hot flash and took a short rest. His mood was no longer as heavy as yesterday.

This was the truth about Heba Sheng. Li Tai planned to visit and comfort him later. My relatives in Dongzhou, there is no point in worrying now. It is best not to be implicated. Even if they are affected and persecuted, they should work hard to avenge them.

The really urgent problem before Li Tai now is Yu Wentai's change in attitude towards him.

He said the words about losing Mangshan and gaining Boshan, which shows that Yuwentai did appreciate and show kindness to him at the beginning. But his attitude turned cold later, and it was obvious that Li Tai had violated some of his taboos.

Thinking about it now, Li Tai suspected that Yu Wentai had a grudge against him because he did not express his eager attachment and loyalty to Daxingtai.

Yu Wentai is able to gain a foothold in Guanxi and fight against Gao Huan, so he is naturally not a narrow-minded person.

But Li Tai's identity is not just a handsome young man with outstanding talents. He is a direct member of the Li family in Longxi. As far as he knew, there seemed to be no direct member of the Li family in Longxi in Yuwentai Ba Mansion.

It would be fine if Li Tai was just a member of the family with mediocre talents, but the abilities he showed were beyond his age, and in Yuwentai's opinion, he should be worthy of serious consideration and use. Li Tai's attitude was not sincere and eager enough, this is a Problem.

Li Tai guessed that in Yu Wentai's eyes, he might already be a disgusting person who is arrogant and self-appreciative of his family status.

Of course he felt a little wronged, but there was nothing he could do about it. Although Yuwentai was the hegemonic official of the Western Wei Dynasty, it was impossible for Li Tai to give up his own plans and cater to Yuwentai without any bottom line.

It is true that the current Yuwentai crushing him to death is about the same as crushing an ant to death, but even if he is completely loyal to Yuwentai without reservation, in ten or twenty years, he will only be an ant a few sizes older. Even if he is lucky enough to survive, By the time of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they could only rush to send edicts to Yang Jian.

For now, we can only let this misunderstanding continue to exist and seize the time to build up our strength. If Yuwentai becomes more suspicious of him and becomes serious about it, he will have to change the bottom line.

While he was eating breakfast, he was thinking in his mind and asked the kitchen to prepare some deep-fried fruit snacks mixed with honey to take to Heba Sheng's residence later.

As soon as I put down my chopsticks, a servant came to tell me that an envoy from the Prime Minister's Office was here.

When Li Tai heard this, he panicked at first. Could it be that he had seen my traitorous intention and wanted to kill me?

He returned to the room first, grabbed a sketch of the return cannon and put it in his sleeve, and then he introduced the envoy. Unless absolutely necessary, he would not give away the sketch, but he would keep it to blast Tongzhou Palace and Changchun Palace!

The envoy came to the hall with a smile on his face. Li Tai felt relieved after seeing this and stood up to greet the envoy to his seat.

The envoy first read out Li Taixin's edict of knighthood, and then took out a gift, which turned out to be a small and exquisite gold seal.

"Yesterday, the Prime Minister gave him a golden bottle. Li Sanqi refused to accept it, so the Prime Minister asked the craftsmen in the ban to melt the bottle and cast the seal. The depth of kindness is so enviable!"

Hearing what the messenger said, Li Tai quickly thanked him with a moved expression.

After sending the messenger's gift out the door, Li Taicai returned to the hall and played with the small gold seal. The inscription on the seal was not his official title, but eight small ancient seal characters: "Be kind and be kind, and be rich but not arrogant."

Li Tai was a little confused looking at these words. Is this a nod to me?

It happened that Gao Zhongmi also got up to have a meal. He looked at Li Tai holding the golden seal and was in a daze. After asking why, he burst into laughter: "Apanqian said that you were poor in academics, but I only said that you were humble. It turned out to be true." Yes. Aren’t these eight words taken from the book of commandments of your ancestors?”

Li Tai sweated profusely after hearing this, and after asking a few more questions shamelessly, he found out that these eight words were quoted from the "Ling to Warn the Disciples" written by his ancestor Li Hao, the founding emperor of Xiliang: Follow the good as you go with the flow, and get rid of the evil. Just like exploring the soup, it is extremely difficult to be rich but not arrogant.

Yu Wentai carved his family motto into a seal and gave it to him, which was considered thoughtful. He obviously felt that Li Tai still had value in winning over him. It would be a bit shameless if he didn't express his loyalty to Daxingtai.

Li Tai also found out another layer of flavor from this. There were many Li ethnic groups in Longxi, and Li Tai was only from one of them. When Yu Wentai gave him this golden seal, did he mean that as long as he worked hard with Daxingtai, he would be supported to become the head of the entire family?

If that's the case, that's good. Even if he can't become bigger and stronger in the future, he still has the final say on whether Li Hu and his family can become Longxi Li!

This one, I really have to say I love Daxantai! With just this golden seal, Li Tai couldn't let Yu Wentai become the queen. At least he had to keep a second queen.

Li Taixi diligently put away the golden seal, making up his mind that he would confront Yuwen Hu at some point in the future. Just as the servant had prepared the fruit snacks, he put them in the food box and went out to Heba Sheng's residence.