Datang Longya

Chapter 39 Phonograph!
Pei Ji woke up at the sound of his old wife's calling. He drank too much wine last night, and he only remembered the last scene of toasting and drinking. Damn, fortunately, he won a lot of money yesterday!Otherwise, the wine in Tianxialou can be drunk like this?
After Mrs. Pei waited on Pei Ji sober, she handed him a bright yellow invitation card.

It was an invitation card for Li Yuan's birthday, signed by the Supreme Emperor, Li Yuan himself.Pei Ji tossed and turned to realize that she was right.

Strange!Ever since Li Shimin ascended the throne, he has been kicked out of the political arena completely, and the title of Wei Guogong has been left empty, and he no longer has his share in many large-scale occasions. Why did the Supreme Emperor invite him for his birthday!
But the signature is the Supreme Emperor... It seems that Li Yuan is even more boring in the palace, he wants me to enter the palace and gamble with him on his birthday!snort!I am the "King of Gambling" now, even if you are the Supreme Emperor, you are not my opponent!

Thinking of this, Pei Ji became worried again... Every year on Li Yuan's birthday, he would make preparations early and give him a great gift, and every time he was able to beat the crowd.I got the news in a hurry this year, and I haven't had time to prepare.

Roughly counted his money. Although he won a lot in the gambling house recently, he won a lot and spent a lot. In the early years, he was used to extravagance, used to Jiangnan silk clothes, used to Tianxialou's food, Good wine, I am used to the number one girl in the Spring Breeze Pavilion.Which one of these is not a big price?

So he didn't have much money in his hand. After thinking hard, he decided to go to the gambling house to gamble for another day, trying to win more money.

As soon as he went out, Pei Ji met Monk Fa Ya.

Monk Fa Ya, like him, was once deeply appreciated by Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, and he could even enter and leave the court at will.But after Li Shimin ascended the throne, Fa Ya, like Pei Ji, was beaten to the end, and even food and clothing became problems.Pei Ji is better, he can often go to Li Yuan's place to play the autumn wind, but Fa Ya is different. In the early years, he clings to the powerful, and he is in the limelight. Now that Li Shimin is in power, no one dares to talk to him.Even the temple was ashamed of him and refused to take him in.

"Why is Wei Guogong in such a hurry?" Fa Ya asked, stopping in front of the car.

"Master Fa Ya, if you don't eat fast and chant Buddha's name, what are you doing here!"

Fa Ya said solemnly: "The emperor is not in the right position, and you, Wei Guogong, have been persecuted a lot. Why don't you rise up and resist, expel this tyrant, and restore the power of the overlord!"

Pei Ji was shocked when he heard this!It's too presumptuous!Even if Li Shimin is out of position, can you handle it!Not to mention anything else, only the matter of Anmin County, the entire Tang Dynasty praised the emperor and crown prince endlessly.An emperor who won the hearts of the people, even if he was unarmed, his country would be built with iron!Not to mention that the military is full of diehard loyalists of the emperor!The five surnames and Qiwang had a superb status in the Tang Dynasty, so they were also slapped with blood by the emperor!
Pei Ji said expressionlessly: "Master Fa Ya, you and I are old acquaintances, I will pretend that I have never heard of this, don't come to incite me in the future, I can safely bear the name of Wei Guogong until I die Very good!"

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"After speaking, Pei Ji patted the carriage and drove away from the mansion."

Li Shimin closed Baiqisi's secret report, and threw the secret report beside Wei Zheng and others' request to punish Faya, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Fa Ya, Fa Ya, do you think that I don't know that you are deceiving people in Chang'an and plotting rebellion?I keep your life to see if there are still those ministers who are unhappy!

Pei Ji, Pei Ji, you are just an opportunistic villain after all, you don't know how to be a minister, look at Wei Zheng and the others!Falla went to lobby them against me, and they not only kicked Falla out, but also expressed their opinions immediately.What's this?This is taking a stand!No emperor will tolerate a fool like you!

Before he knew it, Li Shimin yelled out what he was thinking.

The queen gently put her arms around his neck: "Do you want to get rid of Pei Ji?"

Li Shimin sighed and said: "This man is an old man from Jinyang. Without his persuasion, the emperor would not have been able to raise troops. He should have had a bowl of rich and noble food, but during the reign of Wu De, he committed misdeeds and even framed Liu Wenjing for rebellion! At that time, I was in the palace. I hugged my father's leg to intercede for Liu Wenjing, but my father kicked me away just because of his few words, Guanyin maidservant, can I tolerate such a person?"

The queen handed over a note: "Shuwen said that Mr. Leng promised her to deal with Pei Ji and asked me to invite Pei Ji to participate in the birthday of the father, so I sent out the invitation again. Erlang, Mr. Leng He also said that pigeon meat tastes good..."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "You asked Shuwen to tell you Chengqian and their academic progress every day. How could such a thing be hidden from Mr. Leng. Since Mr. Leng is planning to deal with Pei Ji, then I don't care. The relationship is good, and I don't want to cause any further estrangement because of Pei Ji's matter."

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The gambling hall was as lively as ever, Pei Ji was unlucky today, not only didn't win any money, but lost a lot.Winning or losing is an ordinary matter, Pei Ji can only feel that his luck is not good today, not only went out to meet that crazy monk, but also lost money.

When he was about to go downstairs to go home, Lao Yuan came up to greet him: "It seems that shopkeeper Liu is not very lucky today!"

Pei Ji sighed and said: "Recite a little bit today, and you will be fired for all the cards you can play in mahjong. Alas! I lost all the money I brought today, so I won't invite you to drink, old man."

Lao Yuan laughed and said: "In the past, shopkeeper Liu invited me, but today I will invite shopkeeper Liu, just as I, Lao Yuan, have something to ask for."

"Oh? What else can you ask of me, old man? It seems that I have to give you a good meal today!" Pei Ji laughed and went to the first floor with Lao Yuan.

After drinking for three rounds, Lao Yuan rolled out a box of gold bars: "To be honest, I want to ask shopkeeper Liu for something."

Pei Ji was shocked and asked, "What is it that is worth so much gold!"

Lao Yuan lowered his voice and said: "To be honest, I want to buy a piece of wood that is half a foot long in the middle of the shaft of shopkeeper Liu's carriage!"

Take a box of gold for a piece of wood?If the old man wasn't crazy, then the wood was worth the price!

Pei Ji thought for a long time before saying: "Old Yuan, you are a rare smart person in Chang'an. You wouldn't buy a piece of useless wood. Tell me, why is that wood worth the price?"

Old Yuan blushed, and then sighed: "Shopkeeper Liu, I won't lie to you anymore, your piece of wood is a rare treasure called 'phonograph wood'! Good stuff to see!"

"The gramophone? What is that?" Pei Ji heard of such a thing for the first time.

"That's a legend handed down from my ancestors. The phonograph wood is a treasure of heaven and earth. Before encountering the phonograph wood, it is no different from ordinary trees. But it will record the sound within three days. If it is played with the phonograph wood , it will set the voice of the past three days, and make the voice of the three days."

Pei Ji understood, and asked again: "Since this is the case, if there is no phonograph, then the phonograph is useless! What's the use of it, old man?"

The old man smiled and said, "Of course I don't want a waste, but my ancestors left the phonograph wood and made it into a box. As long as I can find the phonograph wood, miracles can be reproduced!"

Pei Ji was very curious about such anecdotes, so he took Lao Yuan's hand and said, "Old Yuan, let's try it! Try it!"

(End of this chapter)