The rain pitter-pattered against the roof of the shed, and the whole sky looked gray.
Occasionally, a small wind blew, making people feel the coldness for a moment.
This kind of coldness seemed to penetrate the bones. It was not hot, but they were sweating. The sweat was sticky in their clothes. When the wind blew, it stayed on them, and their hair stood on end.
Fortunately, there was a court meeting today, so there were not many things to do in the afternoon. Everything that could be arranged had been settled in advance.
Drinking the warm yellow wine, some of the coldness quickly dissipated.
Princess True Jade in the room also drank. She was indeed happy, as she did not know.
The man she liked was still capable. Look, he repaired the bridge, the pond, the lotus, and the fish.
She ordered people to prepare wine and meat for Ron to bring back when she returned.
Ron could not participate in the court meeting, and there were many places in Zhuangzi that he could not go.
Princess Yongmu was puzzled. The credit for repairing the bridge was given to Ron? Didn't Li Lang suspect that it was not written by Ron?
Thinking about it, she thought that since the victim did not come to her door, giving Ron face was giving her aunt face.
If someone really said that it was written by him, they would reward him more and give him more benefits.
Thus, she happily drank two mouthfuls of wine. Xiaolan occasionally ate a mouthful of meat, but she did not touch wine. She only dared to drink when she went back, for fear of causing trouble.
The officials were in a good mood. In the Li Family Zhuangzi, there was no shortage of meat to eat. It was not like before, when eating meat at home was considered to improve their lives.
Their mood was because of the things given after the court meeting. Chili oil, soap, perfume, women's products …
They could not afford to buy these things with their own money.
If others bribed them to give them, they would lose their lives.
They could only rely on His Majesty and the Li Family Zhuangzi to give them. Every month, there was still a little surplus that could not be used up.
Then, when he applied for leave and his wife went back to her parents' home, he would give them to her and show his face in front of his mother-in-law and father-in-law.
In fact, being able to participate in the court meeting and being a fifth-rank Chang 'an official was already enough for him to show his face, right?
But why did he feel that he would be more confident if he gave them the Li Family Zhuangzi's things?
"Why don't we give more things to the officials today? It's almost the New Year, they have wives … they all have wives, right?"
Li Yi suddenly realized that a fifth-grade official of Chang 'an couldn't be single at that age.
Those who were ugly were not qualified to be Chang 'an officials. It was uncomfortable to look at them.
In terms of appearance, the officials were passable, but in terms of wealth, no matter how poor they were, they were still better off than farmers and laborers.
Needless to say, if you don't have the ability, why would you be an official like this?
He had the looks, wealth, and talent. If he couldn't find a wife, there would be problems.
After thinking about it, Li Yi smiled. "There's still a month before the New Year. If you can't go back to your parents' home with your wife, you can at least ask the relay station to send you there.
He was an official in Chang 'an, his home was somewhere else. He had elders in his family, so he ought to show his sincerity.
It's not appropriate for His Majesty to be involved in this matter. Reward those who deserve it. "
Li Yi gave a reason. He believed that he could seize the opportunity to find the person behind this. Perhaps he was in the same group as the one who instigated Buddhism to stir up trouble.
"How much?" Li Longji was indifferent. After all, he didn't need to spend money.
The officials were grateful to him for the things he gave. Who would object to Li Yi calling them brothers?
"It's enough silk to make eight to ten sets of clothes. It's enough for eight to ten people to use soap for a year. It's enough for them to eat chili oil once every eight to ten days. It's enough for them to apply mosquito repellent toilet water eight to ten times a day in hot areas even in winter."
Li Yi gave a number. That was all. It was not easy to give other things. Giving kerosene lamps was easy to be stolen.
Li Longji was speechless.
You'll give eighteen to eighty-eight? Can't you give three to five?
"Brother Yi, please spend more." Li Longji agreed. There were many officials in the imperial court.
"It's okay. It saves money if there's no war." Li Yi shook his head. He wanted to keep all the officials, especially those in Henan.
If they really found the person, how many families would the other party be? Their influence would be huge.
It was impossible for the officials to not have any contact with them. Even some of their family members were officials in the imperial court.
If it was another emperor, would they give you these things?
What? If it was another emperor who came to rob the Li Family Zhuangzi, they would have as many as they wanted.
That's right, they would have as many mats as they wanted. They would wrap all of you up and bury you. They wouldn't even give you coffins.
"Hehehe!" Li Yi could not help but laugh when he thought of burying people.
"Hehehe!" Li Longji looked at Li Yi and laughed.
Song Jing and the others, who were not far away, saw Li Longji's state. They looked at each other, shook their heads, and continued to eat meat.
…
After the banquet ended, Princess True Jade brought her people back to the courtyard. Her people carried food boxes one after another for them to eat when they returned.
They were not like Xiaolan, who could attend the banquet. Xi 'er, who served the empress, was also not qualified to sit at the table.
Li Yi carried the food to Guo Ziyi. Guo Ziyi was standing a dozen steps away.
He had a throwing knife at his waist, an assault rifle around his neck, and a heavy machine gun at his feet.
"Let's go and eat. I'll eat six slices of meat, three taels of yellow wine, and drink another three taels." Li Yi invited.
"Okay." Guo Ziyi agreed. He bent down to pick up the ammunition box for the crane gun and looked at Li Yi.
Li Yi handed the food box to Guo Ziyi's other hand. He carried the heavy machine gun with both hands. Let's go!
"Next time when I'm here, don't take so many bullets. That way, you can take the heavy machine gun yourself."
Li Yi went to his courtyard. He had something to give Guo Ziyi.
"Then I don't have to bring the heavy machine gun." Guo Ziyi did not care. If he was willing to exchange, he could even exchange the heavy machine gun.
"Save as much as you can." Li Yi estimated the price. The heavy machine gun was expensive.
The two returned to the courtyard and put down the things. Li Yi went to another room and pushed out a wheeled box.
He opened the box and took out a 'cannon'. He said to Guo Ziyi, "With a long focal length lens and a camera, you can shoot things from very far away. It's better than binoculars."
"Oh?" Guo Ziyi stood up and carefully touched the large lens.
"Take the binoculars and follow me to the roof." Li Yi led Guo Ziyi up the stairs in the house.
When the two of them reached the top, Li Yi looked around and pointed to the east. "Look over there."
Guo Ziyi raised the binoculars and looked. Li Yi said, "Find someone who doesn't move. It's best if you can't see his face through the binoculars."
Guo Ziyi nodded. He looked for the distance first and then looked for the person. There was one who was holding something in his hand and standing under a tree.
"I found it," he told Li Yi.
"Okay, remember his position. Then we'll use this to look. Oh! It's quite heavy. "
Li Yi passed the camera over. Sure enough, the cannon felt good in his hands.
Guo Ziyi took it and Li Yi began to adjust it. "Be careful. Don't let go. This thing is not cheap."
"Don't worry. Just like how people tremble when holding binoculars for the first time, I won't. I can adapt to anything," Guo Ziyi promised.
"Okay, let's adjust it. See?" Li Yi helped.
"F * ck! He took a book of Tao Te Ching. "Guo Ziyi's hand trembled as he shouted.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
