Chapter 200 Changes to Sapphire
"General, why are you here?" Li Jie was stunned when he saw Lan Yu coming in and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but he was also a little confused at this time. Why is this plot so familiar? Could it be like the slap in the face of the slap in the streets in later generations, he had just slap in the face, and then someone invited Lan Yu to slap in the face?
Thinking of this, Li Jie couldn't help but look at Li Cunren next to him. This old man shouldn't know Lan Yu, so he invited Lan Yu to support him, right? If this is the case, it would be troublesome.
"What, I'm just allowed you to go back to your hometown to visit your relatives, so I'm not allowed to go back to your hometown to visit your relatives?" Unexpectedly, Lan Yu smiled at Li Jie and said, without any malice in her expression.
Li Jie was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly remembered that although Dingyuan County was a small place, there were many amazing people in the early Ming Dynasty. In addition to Li Shanchang, Feng Guoyong and Feng Sheng brothers, Lan Yu was also from Dingyuan County. However, the Lan family had no foundation in Dingyuan County, unlike the Li family and the Feng family, both local families.
"So that's it. I forgot that the general and I are still fellow countrymen!" Li Jie slapped his head when he heard this, and then introduced his father to Lan Yu. Of course, Li Zhu knew the other party, and immediately bowed very respectfully, and Lan Yu returned the gift very politely.
"Which are you doing this?" Lan Yu then pointed to the Li clan members who were still kneeling on the ground and the messy ancestral temple behind Li Jie.
"Well, it's all small things. I wonder why the general came here?" Li Jie was embarrassed to tell others about the broken things in the family, so he had to ask the reason why Lan Yu appeared here in a vague way. Even if Lan Yu went back to his hometown to visit relatives, he shouldn't have appeared in Wufeng Village?
"What else can I do when I come here? Of course I am here to worship Mr. Li!" Lan Yu said and pointed behind him, and the servants behind him also brought a lot of sacrifices for worship.
Li Jie and Li Zhu were both stunned when they heard Lan Yu's words, and they even wondered if they had heard it wrong. You should know that Li Shanchang was a serious crime of treason chosen by Lao Zhu. Even though Li Shanchang is dead now, many people still avoid it. Even from Li Shanchang's death to the present, except for Li Jie and other family members, no one has ever blatantly come to worship Li Shanchang.
"General, aren't you kidding?" Li Jie also asked in a deep voice with a serious expression at this time.
"Do you think I'm joking?" Lan Yu asked again.
Li Jie was also a little confused at this time. Although Lan Yu's personality is very bad and can be said to be extremely arrogant and domineering, his current appearance does not seem to be a joke. On the contrary, when Lan Yu mentioned worship, he actually showed a bit of sad expression in his eyes, which was absolutely impossible to pretend.
"Let's go, take me to the Li Cemetery for worship!" Lan Yu ordered Li Jie again.
Seeing Lan Yu so persistent, Li Jie had to agree. Li Zhu was also a little worried. He wanted to go with him, but was persuaded by Li Jie, and then he took Lan Yu to the cemetery on the mountain again.
Lan Yu seemed very silent along the way. It was not until Li Jie took him to Li Shanchang's cemetery outside the cemetery that he understood the reason why Li Jie made a big fuss in the Li Clan Ancestral Hall just now. However, Lan Yu just smiled slightly. He was a general and did not value life and death. He didn't care even more about where he was buried. Of course, he could understand Li Jie's approach.
Lan Yu took out the sacrifice he brought and then personally worshiped Li Shanchang. He personally did the whole process, and did not let anyone intervene. Until the final worship was completed, he stood in front of Li Shanchang's tomb and remained silent for a long time.
"I think my grandfather would be very happy if an old friend came to visit me!" Li Jie walked to Lan Yu's side and whispered. From Lan Yu's actions just now, Li Jie had already confirmed that the other party was really just here to worship.
"Do you want to ask me why I took the risk to come to worship your grandfather?" Unexpectedly, Lan Yu suddenly asked, and this question was indeed what Li Jie wanted to ask very much.
"The General is willing to say it?" Li Jie turned his head and asked.
"Actually there is nothing to say!" Lan Yu sighed again, "I know many people say behind my back that I am arrogant and domineering, and I also admit that I am not easy to get along with, but I, Lan Yu, are a person who will repay kindness!"
Lan Yu paused and then said, "Twenty years ago, not long after my brother-in-law passed away, I made another big mistake in the army. At that time, many people took advantage of the situation and wanted His Majesty to execute me. Fortunately, Mr. Li said a few fair words for me at that time, which saved me from punishment. I have always remembered this kindness. Although I can't save Mr. Li's family's life, it's still worth it to come and worship!"
Li Jie felt sighing when he heard Lan Yu's words. Li Shanchang, as the number one hero around Lao Zhu, is known as his disciples and old friends all over the world, and has the grace of promoting and recreating many people. However, after his fall, everyone avoided it. Lan Yu was able to remember Li Shanchang's few fair words back then, which has made Li Jie improve his views.
"Let's go, I believe Mr. Li's grievances will be revealed one day!" Lan Yu suddenly spoke again, and after that, he turned around and left here.
Li Jie did not show any unexpected expression when he heard this. In fact, everyone in the court knew that Li Shanchang was wronged, and even Lao Zhu himself knew that although Li Shanchang was greedy for power and Hu Weiyong was promoted by him, it was simply nonsense to say that Li Shanchang intends to rebel.
In addition, Li Jie also knew that just a few months later, Wang Guoyong, the doctor of the Ministry of Works, wrote a letter to criticize Li Shanchang for his death. He even said that Li Shanchang "deaths of thousands of deaths to win the world, with the best ministers, and the best ministers, and the title of Duke and the King of the Death. The male princess, and relatives and officials were appointed as officials. There was a very different difference between ministers. As a minister, he had no reason to rebel.
Wang Guoyong had received the kindness of Li Shanchang. When he wrote the letter, he was determined to die. It is even said that when he sent this memorial, he even prepared the coffin, and even if he died, he would repay Li Shanchang's kindness for his kindness. However, he did not expect that after reading this "big rebellious" memorial, he did not express any expression, nor did he blame Wang Guoyong for this, and he completely agreed to his statement.
Thinking of this, Li Jie looked at the tombstone of Li Shanchang in front of him again, and finally sighed, then turned around and followed Lan Yu's footsteps. Li Shanchang was gone, but Lan Yu was still there, and he was likely to follow Li Shanchang's old path.
Li Jie doesn't like Lan Yu very much. He has always deliberately kept a distance from the other party, just because he is afraid that the other party will be unlucky in the future. However, Li Jie is a little hesitant today. He doesn't know whether he should persuade Lan Yu to restrain his personality, so as not to end up dying in the future?
"Do you have something to worry about?" However, before Li Jie could speak, Lan Yu took the lead in seeing Li Jie's thoughts.
"There is a little bit!" Li Jie thought about it and said again, "I was thinking that my grandfather was known as the number one hero of the Ming Dynasty, but in the end he ended up like this. It seems that I will restrain myself in the future so as not to follow the old path of my grandfather!"
Li Jie didn't say it clearly, but when he spoke, he looked at Lan Yu. With Lan Yu's intelligence, of course, he immediately understood what he meant, but he waved his hand indifferently: "You people like to talk around the bush. I know what you mean, but I don't care. If you can't be careless and arouse your grudges in your life, what's the point of living?"
Li Jie smiled helplessly when he heard this. What he was most worried about was that this situation was happening. Li Shanchang was like this and Lan Yu was like this.
But if you think about it carefully, Lan Yu is still different from Li Shanchang. Li Shanchang is stubborn and unwilling to listen to Li Jie's persuasion, while Lan Yu is just willful and reckless. Maybe he knows that there will be no good ending if this continues, but he is unwilling to change himself because of this. In the eyes of others, Lan Yu's approach is very unwise, but he himself does not think so.
Thinking of this, Li Jie could only sigh in secret. He could not say that Lan Yu's attitude towards life was wrong. Moreover, he had already said that the other party was unwilling to listen to him and there was nothing he could do. What's more, he and Lan Yu had no deep friendship, and sometimes it might not be a good thing to have a simple and deep conversation.
After seeing Lan Yu off, Li Jie took Li Zhu home again. Two days later, he came to Wufeng Village again. The tombs of Li Shanchang and others had been enclosed into the cemetery, and tablets of Li Shanchang and others were also added to the ancestral hall.
Compared to the last time, Li Cunren and others tried their best to curry favor with Li Jie, for fear that he would mention taking back the land. In fact, Li Jie also knew that after he made a big fuss in the ancestral hall that day, Li Cunren and others asked Huang County Magistrate for complaints, but the other people not only ignored them, but also quietly told Li Jie.
If Li Jie hadn't had time, he would have done Li Cunren and others well, but Zhu Biao was about to set off. Lan Yu went back yesterday to prepare, so he would also go back to Fengyang this afternoon. He really didn't have time to bother with Li Cunren and others. In addition, Li Zhu didn't want to really have a quarrel with his tribe members, so Li Jie could only let them go temporarily.
In the afternoon, Li Jie left with the luggage prepared by Mrs. Li himself. Li Zhu and his wife also sent Li Jie outside the city gate. Di'er hugged Li Jie and cried, but she refused to let go no matter how she said that, but in the end she was forcibly taken away by Aunt Zhao.
Li Jie also waved goodbye to his family reluctantly. Finally, when he rode a horse and walked out far away, he could still see his parents and family standing by the road when he turned around. This made Li Jie feel his nose sore and tears almost fell out.
When Li Jie rode back to Fengyang, it was getting late. He went to the city to pay homage to Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao also asked about his visits to relatives. Li Jie also answered one by one. It was estimated that Zhu Biao also saw that Li Jie was in a bad mood, so he quickly let him go back to rest.
Chapter completed!