Chapter 26 First cut and then play
Li Mu looked for Li Siwen everywhere, but couldn't find him anywhere. Finally, he received a craftsman's reminder and found Li Siwen who was climbing up and looking far away from the city wall. Li Mu called out twice without any response, so he had to climb up the ladder. Seeing Li Siwen in a daze, he also imitated Li Siwen and squatted in the wall loophole as a contemplator, waiting for him to come back to his senses.
"Li Mu," Li Siwen raised his hand and pointed to the east, saying, "Did you see that road? Follow this road and go east to Chang'an." He looked at Li Mu and asked, "Do you want to go to Chang'an?"
"Think!" Li Mu said without hesitation.
"I don't want to!" Li Siwen's tone was even more decisive than Li Mu. He patted the battlements of the city wall and said, "Although the city wall of Chang'an City is five times higher than here, I am not envious at all when I stand here. Do you know why?"
Li Mu shook his head.
Li Siwen smiled and said, "The reason is very simple. No matter how majestic Chang'an City is, it has nothing to do with me. There are countless famous ministers and generals there, and His Majesty is wise and powerful. Everything there is not something I can participate in. And here, look at the following people, they are the ones who are building the city wall because of my order. The county magistrate here guards here and guard the border of the Tang Dynasty. In Chang'an City, I am just a playboy. I don't need anything, and I can't do anything. Even if I fight, I can't beat others!"
Li Siwen gritted his teeth and said, "It's meaningless to live there. But here, I'm doing useful things every day. I can feel that someone needs me, and that's the meaning of my life!" He stared at Li Mu with a bright look and said, "Brother, can you understand my intention?"
Li Mu nodded. Seeing Li Siwen so excited, he was about to comfort him, but Li Siwen suddenly grabbed his shoulder and shouted excitedly: "Do you really understand me?!"
"Ah?" Li Mu was stunned and murmured: "It should... understand!"
"That's great!" Li Siwen laughed, patted Li Mu on the shoulder, and said, "Since you understand my feelings, you must be willing to help me?"
"Uh..." Li Mu realized something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong.
"I knew you were my good brother!" Li Siwen hugged Li Mu and said, "Actually, there are two official documents that I came here today. The first one you just saw, and the other one was His Majesty's will to call you to Chang'an after hearing Lord Tang Jian talk about your deeds. I guessed that you would stay and help me, so I didn't show it to you. I just wrote a memorial for you and sent someone to 800 miles to send it back to Chang'an, begging Your Majesty to stay and keep you in Dingxiang. Good brother, you won't blame me!"
"Ah?!" Li Mu said with a silence, staring at Li Siwen blankly, and said, "Have you been safe and you are still here?"
"Um!"
"His he told His Majesty about my deeds?"
"Um!"
"Your Majesty wants to call me to Chang'an?"
"Yes!"
"You refused for me?"
Li Siwen laughed guiltily: "Rejection is politely rejection! Good brother, isn't this what you want?"
"Who is your good brother! I will strangle you to death!" The 'reason' thread in Li Mu's head broke! No matter whose son Li Siwen is, he rushed forward and pressed him to the ground, and he would not let go! Li Siwen struggled hard and shouted, "Good brother, don't be so excited! You want to go to Chang'an, and when I go back to report my work, can you take you there?!"
"You lied to me again! You are the county magistrate, I am the county magistrate. If you go back to report your job, I want to take your class. How can I go!"
"Then you report your work for me! Stop pinching! I'm going to be breathless!"
The two wrestled for a long time, and it was not until Li Mu was exhausted that they let Li Siwen go. Li Siwen immediately hid far away and looked at Li Mu embarrassedly, feeling embarrassed to speak out.
Li Mu stared at Li Siwen and said, "Why did you do this? I asked myself that I hadn't harmed you, why did you harm me?"
Li Siwen grinned and rubbed his hands and said, "Isn't that impossible? What can I do without you? I can't do anything, nor can I! If you go to Chang'an, I can't be the county magistrate!"
"You can find your father and ask him to help you find a few people. I don't believe that the General's Mansion doesn't even have a counselor who can be a county magistrate!"
"Isn't that relying on my father again? I don't want to rely on my father! I want to rely on myself!"
"You!" Li Mu wanted to say that he didn't rely on his father, you rely on me, I'm not your father! But when he said that, he didn't say it. No matter what, Li Siwen helped him a lot, and he couldn't say such heartbreaking words. After holding it in for a long time, Li Mu slapped the wall stack heavily and sighed.
Li Siwen came over and said, "Brother, don't be angry with me. Otherwise, you can stay and teach me for a while. When I get it right, I will write a letter to my father, asking you to go to the General's Mansion to listen to it. If you don't want to join the army, I will ask my father to help you clear your relationship and find a way. If you want to do business in Chang'an, I will give you all my land. If you sell those land, you can definitely buy a good shop. Do you think it's okay?"
"I'm saying no, can you ask someone to get the memorandum back?"
Li Siwen shook his head like a rattle and said, "Then he will definitely not be able to catch up. Eight hundred miles in a hurry. It has been a long time since he left. Even if he sent another Eight hundred miles in a hurry, he will definitely not be able to catch up. We don't have a horse of one thousand six hundred miles."
"Then you're talking nonsense!" Li Mu roared, trembling Li Siwen's ears buzzing. Li Mu ignored him and came down from the city wall and moved the ladder away. Li Siwen shouted on it, and Li Mu turned a deaf ear, without riding a horse, carrying the ladder home without looking back.
When he got home, Li Mu lay on the kang and was still angry. It was not that he could not understand Li Siwen's thoughts. If he had made it easy to discuss, Li Mu would not agree. Li Mu took action first and then reported to Li Siwen, and then he was unwilling to see a chance to go to Chang'an.
However, he is a person who can accept reality. After calming down, Li Mu found that the loss was not too great. At this time, the time was not yet ripe to go to Chang'an. First of all, his skill level was not high enough. The things he could make now were all primary items. Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty. All the exquisite utensils of this era were gathered there. If he could not take out some slight things, he would not be able to make a business in Chang'an. Even if Li Shimin summoned him, the merit of reporting the news would probably not reach the level of having a wife and a child. At most, it would be to reward a small official and not worry about food and clothing. Li Mu went to Chang'an not to worry about food and clothing!
"Oh! There is really no shortcut to go! You have to take it step by step!" Li Mu sighed, and suddenly heard someone open the door. He looked over and found that it was Bai Qiaoqiao. Bai Qiaoqiao came over and said, "Mr. Langjun, I see you carrying the ladder head and don't go home. I'm worried that something will happen, so I come back to see what's wrong?"
Li Mu reached out to hug Bai Qiaoqiao's waist, buried his head in her arms and arched it, sighing, "Your husband, I have been hit hard, don't say anything, hug me quickly, I need comfort."
Bai Qiaoqiao's face turned red, and she bit her lip and whispered: "It's broad daylight..."
Chapter completed!