They all say I'm a tyrant

Chapter 23

In You Yan's heart, You Li has always been just a child, so even though he knows that his nephew is getting bigger and bigger, this is the first time that the two of them have a drink together.In order to comfort his nephew, You Yan specially asked Ruiyun to bring out the good wine he had treasured for a long time, and asked the kitchen to deliver some small dishes. The two uncles and nephews guarded the emerald green sycamore tree in front of You Yan's window, without saying a word Chatting with each other, from the high afternoon sun to the sunset and dusk.

After all, You Li was young and was too strong to drink, so he gradually became drunk after not drinking much.But fortunately, although he can't drink enough, the wine taste is not bad. At the end of the drink, he lost consciousness and simply fell asleep on the soft bed. It's a pitiful look of being wronged.

You Yan is still quite sober, because in the early years of fighting in the northwest, he mingled with generals like Tao Jiang all day long, eating meat and drinking in large bowls. The little amount of alcohol was simply not enough to drink with him.

You Yan raised his hand and drank the last bit of wine in the jug, turned his head and saw Zheng Xiang sleeping on the bed and even snoring Youli, showing a helpless smile, he threw the jug aside, Before he collapsed, he took the wine cup out of You Li's hand, and covered him with a thin blanket, and You Li slept very sweetly the whole time, as if he would not feel the slightest bit of pain if he carried him up now. perception.

You Yan looked at him for a while, then shook his head lightly. As an elder, this is probably the only thing he can do with You Li. After this drunkenness, no matter whether You Li can digest these losses, he will never let him go again. put one's oar in.There may be many things in this world that are very easy to get, but they definitely don't include people's hearts. Even if you are good in every way, but the other party doesn't like you, there is nothing left to do.

You Yan suddenly remembered that day when Lin Ce asked him why he was Lin Ce in the end when he had countless choices that day.

This question is not only shared by Lin Ce, but also by Lin Ce's brothers who are at a disadvantage in the battle for the heir apparent, as well as family and friends around You Yan, whether they ask or not, most of them have this question.You Yan himself never thought about this question.Because to him, the reason is never important, the important thing is the result.

From the moment he took a single glance at the imperial garden that day, he remembered that young man in his heart, everything was already doomed.

Thinking of this, You Yan suddenly laughed, maybe it was true as he joked that day, the young King Han was so charming that he fell in love with him at first sight.

You Yan shook his head, reached out to touch the jug, and realized that the jug was empty. He was about to tell Ruiyun to bring in the altar wine again, when he heard the rustling sound from the roof, and You Yan walked to the window , pushed the window open, and said slowly: "Come in."

The next moment, a black figure entered the room through the open window, and cupped its hands towards You Yan: "General."

You Yan closed the window with his hand back, and nodded: "Have you found everything I want?"

The man responded, took out an envelope from his arms, and was about to hand it to You Yan, when he suddenly found You Li who was sleeping soundly on the soft bed next to him: "This man..."

"It's okay, that's my nephew, besides, he's fast asleep." You Yan pulled the envelope out of his hand and took out the paper inside, "How many houses in total?"

"Including the Lin family you mentioned, a total of fifteen families have asked for calligraphy from Li Bu, and the retouching fee ranges from a hundred taels to a thousand taels." The man said, "But these are just the lists of the past two months, the previous list It will take some time for the subordinates to slowly track down."

You Yan nodded, looked down at the list in front of him, and let out a chuckle from his throat: "It's almost as I expected, especially the names above, I just saw them this morning."

"The general sent someone else to investigate this matter?" The man asked puzzled.

"I just met by chance." You Yan laughed, and slid his fingers over the list, "The sum of the fifteen words added together cost nearly ten thousand taels of embellishment. No wonder some people say that Mr. Li is an upright person and never accepts bribes from others. Because Mr. Li can support most of the imperial city by selling calligraphy."

You Yan read the names on the list and the corresponding time bank one by one, then raised his head and said: "Thank you."

"The general is polite, working hard for the general is what the subordinates should do," the man said, "The subordinates will continue to thoroughly investigate the previous matter when they go back. Be sure to thoroughly investigate this matter before submitting it to the general."

"Excuse me." You Yan put the list in his arms, "Go back and tell General Tao that your salary will be doubled this month, and it will come from his salary."

The man was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "Thank you, General, for your pity. If General Tao knew about it, he might run to your residence and hang on."

You Yan raised his eyebrows: "Tao Jiang wouldn't dare to borrow his courage." He walked to the window and opened it, "It's getting late, let's go back."

The man cupped his hands: "This subordinate will leave." Said, he jumped out of the window and quickly disappeared into the night, You Yan closed the window again, as if no one had ever appeared.He walked to the desk, picked up a pen and dipped in the ink, wrote a few words casually, glanced at it, and suddenly laughed.

Throughout the ages, the trend of embellishing pens has never been broken, and the form of collecting embellishments, the value is also very different because of the preferences of these literati, and celebrities such as Han Changli have even been evaluated as "the price of one word is as golden as a mountain". But with Li Bu's few words, isn't it a little far behind?

What's even more coincidental is that the paintings of the daughters of those who paid a high amount of retouching appeared in Changle Palace this morning. If Lin Ce does not refuse anyone who comes, maybe these people really entered the harem and brought the whole family with them If chickens and dogs rise to heaven, then the retouching fee given to Li Bu is nothing.

You Yan put down the pen, casually lit the few words he had just written next to the candle, staring at the dancing flames, he curled his lips.Looking at it this way, it becomes understandable why Li Bu was so concerned about Lin Ce's marriage that day, and why he had to make repeated admonitions despite Lin Ce's dislike.

This Mr. Li is both intelligent and loyal.

The candle flame slowly devoured the ink-stained paper, emitting thin smoke, spreading in the room, You Li, who was still in his sleep, finally sensed it, coughed violently a few times, slowly opened his eyes, and sat up straight The body looked at You Yan in a daze: "Uncle, what are you doing?"

"I just wrote a few words and thought it was very ugly, so I burned it to destroy the remains." You Yan extinguished it and watched the paper slowly turn into ashes on the candlestick, then turned his head to look at You Li, "Sober up? "

You Li shook his head, his gaze was still a little divergent: "I'm dizzy, I can't lift my strength." He turned his eyes and looked around, "It's getting dark? What time is it?"

"Just arrived at Xushi," You Yan replied, "Are you staying with me tonight, or are you asking Ruiyun to take you back?"

"Huh?" You Li slowly came back to his senses, couldn't help but yawned again, lifted his collar and smelled it, "The smell of alcohol is too strong, I'm going back to my room to take a shower."

You Yan understood, and greeted outside the door: "Ruiyun, send Shuwen back to his room."

Ruiyun's response came from outside the door: "Yes, young master."

You Li got up from the slump, straightened his clothes and walked out, You Yan stood in front of the desk, and called him dumbfounded: "Shuwen, where are your shoes?"

You Li turned his head in a daze, followed You Yan's line of sight and then lowered his head to look at his feet, only to realize that he was barefoot, and staggered back to the soft edge, picked up his shoes and put them on, and walked towards You Yan said: "Uncle, then I will take my leave."

You Yan waved his hand: "Let's go!"

You Li opened the door, and the person had already walked outside, then suddenly turned around: "Where is the tea my uncle gave me, did Rui Yun take it?"

You Yan: "...you forgot to put on your shoes and still remember your tea, Ruiyun, come in and bring him the tea cakes, and after sending them back, let people watch him rest immediately, and don't run around anymore."

There was an undisguised smile in You Li's voice: "Thank you uncle."