Tibet

Chapter 307 The Birthday Banquet Invitation

Li Tengkong is also Li Linfu's legitimate daughter, born of Li Linfu's second wife, Yang Shi. She and Li Dai are brothers and sisters of the same father and mother.

Before, Li Ye was going to leave Jinding, which made her feel unhappy. She urgently needed a large sum of money to help the hundreds of thousands of victims in Huaibei who were devastated by drought and locust plagues. It was hard to get a valuable Jinding, but out of morality, she had to Not returning the golden tripod also led to the failure of her disaster relief plan. Of course, she was very dissatisfied with Li Ye.

But she really didn't expect that Li Ye would send 5000 taels of gold today, which solved her urgent need and made her look at Li Ye with admiration again.

In the room, Li Ye said to Li Tengkong: "Grandfather has hit many people and killed many innocent people over the past ten years, but the struggle in the officialdom has always been so cruel, and there will be no eggs in the nest.

Being in a family of officials and officials, even though they have fine clothes and fine food, they will also suffer from unwarranted disasters caused by their fathers and grandparents who are officials. Got it.

Now that my grandfather has retired as a civilian, depending on his physical condition, it will only take two or three years at most. Auntie should go and see him!After all, he is your father, don't regret it for the rest of your life in the end. "

Li Tengkong said lightly: "He has too many children, and he doesn't lack me. But when your father comes back, I want to see him."

Li Ye saw that Li Tengkong had always held prejudices against her father Li Linfu, and he was too lazy to take care of it, so he said, "Father will be back soon. I heard that he has been appointed as Jingzhao Shaoyin."

Li Tengkong frowned, "Okay, what to do as Jingzhao Shaoyin, he will encounter a lot of trouble, and he will be dismissed easily!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "If you divide it into two, if there is danger, there is opportunity. It is even more difficult for ordinary governors to take a step forward. Easiest to get promoted."

Li Tengkong nodded, "No matter what, I still want to thank you for the gold, and I will pray for you!"

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Ye got up and said, "I won't bother you, let's take my leave first!"

Suzaku beside him said, "I'll see you off!"

Suzaku followed Li Ye to the mountain gate, and after a while, she whispered, "My senior sister is a cultivator, don't worry about it!"

"what do you mean?"

"I mean 5000 taels of gold!"

Suzaku knew well that 5000 taels of gold was not a small sum, most of the officials in the capital couldn't get it out, even if it was a relic of Feilong, but Li Ye was willing to take it out, it was already a great favor, but the senior sister To put it lightly, she didn't understand what 5000 taels of gold meant?
Li Ye smiled and said: "If I ask for something in return, I won't give it out. She is doing it for disaster relief, and so am I."

Li Ye's frank answer made Suzaku really happy. She suddenly remembered something, and said in a low voice, "My grandmother's [-]th birthday will be in three days. Our whole family will organize a grand birthday banquet for her. Come and join me!"

Li Ye smiled and said, "Of course, but I don't have an invitation card, I'm afraid."

"You wait!"

Suzaku flew back, and came back after a while, holding a light blue invitation card in his hand, and handing it to Li Ye with a smile, "This is an invitation card for my master. You are a junior of master, so go for her!"

"And what did your grandmother like? Did Gem like it?"

Suzaku quickly waved his hand, "You don't want to send such an expensive thing, just someone comes."

Li Ye shook his head, "If I'm empty-handed, I'd rather not go."

Suzaku had no choice but to think about it: "My grandmother believes in Buddhism, you go to the temple and ask her to string beads, she will be the happiest."

Speaking of the rosary, Li Ye's heart was moved. He really had something to give to Suzaku's grandmother, so he smiled and said, "I see, I have a Buddhist instrument for her. It has no worldly value, but it is rare in the world!"

After returning from Qujiang, Li Ye came to Dongshi Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall again and found Zhang Ping.

"Brother came just in time. Let me tell you that Hei Mao's daughter has arrived in Lanzhou just after receiving the pigeon letter."

"So fast?" This efficiency really exceeded Li Ye's expectations.

"The caravan is also in a hurry. They have to get to Anxi before the heavy snow comes, so they travel day and night. The little guy is fine, so don't worry."

Li Ye was a little ashamed, he had forgotten about it, but Zhang Ping still took it to heart.

"Little Fatty, there is something else I might want to ask you to help with."

"Brother, you are welcome, just say it!"

"Does Youzhou Dachang Cabinet Shop know?"

Zhang Ping nodded, "Of course I know, it's actually Baoji Cabinet Factory, it just changed its name."

"That's easy, I have an item stored in Dachang Cabinet, help me get it back."

Li Ye took out the envelope from his pocket and put it on the table, "This is a counter ticket and half a jade pendant!"

Zhang Ping said with a smile: "It's easy to have these two things. Dachang Cabinetry and Baoji Cabinetry have close contacts. I'll tell the proprietor and let the cabinetry arrange the delivery. It doesn't matter if the things are big, as there are boats to transport them. "

"Chang'an and Youzhou are still navigable?"

Zhang Ping nodded, "Dachang Cabinet Factory is located in Jixian County, Youzhou. Get on a boat and go south to Guangji Canal. After entering the Yellow River, go westward, pass through Sanmenxia, ​​then enter Tianbao Canal, and finally reach Guangyuntan in the east of Chang'an. Food is transported to Chang'an in this way, and the shipping is very convenient."

"Then please!"

In fact, Li Ye didn't know what it was, but Quan Furong put the deposit slip in the small suitcase, which is enough to show its importance. It should not be money. If it is money, she will exchange it into gold and silver and carry it with her.

Li Ye had an intuition that this thing was most likely related to Goguryeo, so she didn't dare to keep it by her side.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were many invisible dignitaries and rich families. Although the Yang family looked very popular and flamboyant, in front of the real nobles, they were just upstarts, not worth mentioning.

The Dugu family is undoubtedly the most dazzling pearl among the dignitaries of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Starting from Dugu Xin, the most powerful old man in the world, the Dugu family has been passed down from generation to generation for more than 100 years. A group of Guanlong families headed by the Waiting family have always been staunch supporters of the Li royal family, forming the most solid foundation of the Tang Empire.

The wealth and land owned by these Guanlong nobles are also incomparable to the court and royal family.

Of course, the Dugu family does not only live in Chang'an. After hundreds of years of development, the Dugu family has thirteen houses scattered all over the world, and even Runzhou in the south of the Yangtze River has one house.

But the main house of the Dugu family is in Chang'an, and the five brothers headed by Dugu Lie are also the concubine of the main house in Chang'an. Today is the 70th birthday of Dugu Lie's mother Yuanshi. As early as more than a month ago, the Dugu family began to be busy preparing To celebrate the birthday ceremony, members of the Dugu clan from all over the world began to come one after another, there were as many as several hundred people.

The main venue for birthday celebrations is located in the garden house by the Qujiang Pool. The Dugu family’s garden covers an area of ​​about [-] mu. It is the second largest garden house after the Royal Furong Garden. This time, the Dugu family sent hundreds of invitations. Almost all the prestigious families in Chang'an City received invitations.

Li Ye did not receive the invitation, not entirely because he was not qualified, but because he returned to Chang'an too late, the invitation had already been arranged, and he was a local official who came to Chang'an on a temporary business trip. Generally, local officials came to Chang'an on business unless It was high-level officials like Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli who would send additional invitations. Li Ye's foundation was still a little shallow, and he couldn't get into the sight of the Dugu family.

But Dugu Suzaku invited Li Ye to the birthday banquet, of course Li Ye wanted to save face, and he also came to celebrate Lie Feng's birthday on behalf of Lie Feng.

Li Ye prepared a string of Buddha beads. This was the string of Buddha beads given to him by Padhana the first time he saw Padmasambhava. It was made of the rarest three-eyed lapis lazuli in the Jumi Kingdom. One of Master Lianhuasheng's portable instruments, Master Xuanzang also has a string of such beads, which are exactly the same, and are enshrined in the Daci'en Temple.

At noon, Li Ye came to the garden house by the Qujiang Pool in a bullock cart. At this time, the open space in front of the garden house was already full of horse-drawn carts.

(End of this chapter)