Pretend, just pretend!

The flesh on my cheeks was almost shaking into sieve crumbs, and I was so happy that I was crazy.

What's the point of being virtuous? It's really interesting!

Xue Rengui couldn't stand it anymore, so he turned his head aside and tried hard to control his emotions so that he would not behave too abnormally.

Liu Feng naturally saw that Li Hao was pretending, but his previous statement was not pretending, so he didn't feel much disgusted. He sighed and said, "My father's past lesson is right in front of him. Even if Xiaoke really doesn't hold past grudges, he will never work for the court again. Master Hou, if you really refuse to take Xiaoke in, then please let Xiaoke live and let Xiaoke die for himself."

"Uh..., how bad this is. If you really let Brother Liu leave, my father will not scold me to death when he returns to Chang'an in the future." Li Hao enthusiastically hooked Liu Feng's shoulder, looking like two brothers: "Or, do you think you can do it? Stay there, let's stay, brothers, you will be my brother in the future, and I will be your younger brother, how about it?"

Liu Feng must have not had such close contact with people for many years. His expression was a little unnatural. He resisted the urge to push Li Hao away and nodded stiffly: "As long as you order me."

"That's great!" Li Hao snapped his fingers and waved his hand: "Let's go back, let's go back, wait for the meal, wake up Yinyin and move. From now on, Brother Liu is my eldest brother, his family is my family, and brothers will share the blessings together."

Liu Feng: "..."

Why do I always feel that I am at a disadvantage?

What does my house mean? What about the next sentence? Is his house or his house?

A group of people returned to the inn and after dinner, because someone suddenly got sleepy, they adjusted their plan to have a nap and then asked Cheng Yinyin to move.

As a result, someone slept all day long. When he woke up, it was dark outside again.

Li Hao scratched the back of his head awkwardly. It was obviously unrealistic to move around in the middle of the night. What he knew was that Li Hao had overslept, and those who didn't know thought it was a haunted.

"What, where is Rengui?" Li Hao looked at the iron pillar standing beside him and was puzzled: "I remember it should be his class today."

Tie Zhu said silly: "Young Master, Rengui took people to clean up the house with Prince Liu, and the young lady also went there. Calculate the time, and we should almost go back now."

Li Hao blinked his eyes and said, "Old Liu's son is pretty good, he has the ability to be priced."

Otherwise, it would be hard to become an adult without storms and without any attacks. If Lao Liu was alive, Liu Feng would be a second-generation official. Even if you beat him to death, he would not have the scruples.

"Brother Dejian, you are awake." Cheng Yinyin's voice interrupted Li Hao's random thoughts.

The little girl jumped to him, trying to pretend to be very angry with her hands behind her back: "Brother Dejian, how can you do this? You are lazy at home and hurt others to do the work for a whole day."

"Work...what are you doing?" He looked at Cheng Yinyin from head to toe, and was as clean as a little fairy girl, with no dust on her body. Li Hao didn't believe she would go to work.

"I, I..." Cheng Yinyin stopped and wrinkled her nose: "Is it okay for me to go to treasure hunt? And, look at what I found."

What? Could it be a broken brick, right?

Li Hao really couldn't think of anything valuable in Liu Wenjing's house that was scattered to the sky.

He raised his head indifferently and looked at Cheng Yinyin's two little hands that he took out from behind.

The next moment, Li Hao's eyes almost popped out: "Where did you get this?"

"How is it, I'm so awesome!" Cheng Yinyin raised her hands with her flauntically, with two gold nuggets in her hands.

Yes, it's gold nuggets.

It was about the size of a baby's fist, and there was a seductive light shining under the setting sun.

Li Hao doesn't remember seeing a sentence from a book that said: Human beings' love for gold has been engraved into the depths of their souls.

When he read this sentence, he expressed serious disdain for it.

It’s just gold, nothing is it. I have seen it many times in the gold shop, and I have not had any idea of ​​taking it for myself.

But now, he has to say that what is written in the book is right. Looking at the two large pieces of gold in Cheng Yinyin's hand, no matter how Li Hao argues, he must admit that he likes this thing.

After being stunned for about a dozen breaths, reason finally defeated desire. When his thighs were almost pinched by him, Li Hao calmed down and asked lightly: "Where did it come from?"

"I found it in the Liu family mansion, Brother Dejian, you don't know, the rockery in the back house of the Liu family? In fact, it was empty. Liu Feng took us to open the rockery in the afternoon. There were only two boxes of this size, and it was filled with this kind of gold."

Cheng Yinyin was excited and said and gestured, which made Li Hao know the origin of the gold, and his heart was filled with helplessness.

There is a master when I have something together. No wonder Xue Rengui has no movement at all, just like this silly girl Cheng Yinyin can be happy.

"I'll pay it back, you don't lack this little gold."

"I don't, this is what I found."

Cheng Yinyin seemed to be a frightened little rabbit, hid Jin behind him quickly and stared at Li Hao vigilantly.

Li Hao smiled bitterly: "Yinyin, that's the one who has the right to do it. If you are short of money, don't be greedy for small gains."

"I..." Cheng Yinyin wanted to say something, and a sound of footsteps came from outside the yard to interrupt her.

Immediately, Liu Feng and Xue Rengui walked in from outside. The two probably heard the argument between Li Hao and Cheng Yinyin. Liu Feng took the initiative to help the two and said, "Mr. Hou, Jinzi was indeed found by Miss Yinyin..."

Li Hao waved his hand impatiently: "Don't do this, Liu Feng, if you want to say this, I'm sorry, from now on, you walk on your Yangguan Road and I walk on my single-plank bridge, let's pretend we have never seen it before."

"Mr. Hou..." Liu Feng was planning to say something else, but Xue Rengui pulled him from the side.

Shaking his head, Xue Rengui whispered: "Brother Liu, stop talking, the general never likes to take advantage of others."

Never take advantage of others?

Liu Feng thought about it carefully and it seemed that this was the case.

From the moment he was recognized by beating, Li Hao seemed to have not put forward more harsh conditions except to ask for a stay at his house for a period of time.

Even if you want to stay, Liu Feng will take advantage of it.

After all, the Liu family's mansion has been abandoned for more than ten years, and if you want to relocate, you have to renovate it. These are all done by Li Hao's people, and even the rebuilt furniture is paid by Li Hao's people.

These things will never be taken away when Li Hao leaves Taiyuan in the future, and they will be left for Liu Feng. Think about it from another perspective. Although Li Hao has lived in the Liu family for a while, he also paid for Liu Feng to renovate the Liu family mansion, which is not for nothing to eat and live.

After thinking about it, Liu Feng suddenly realized that the thought of living under someone else's house seemed to be his own wishful thinking. Li Hao had no idea at all from beginning to end.

Not only that, Li Hao has even been talking to him as an equal person. However, he has been used to hiding over the years and always feels inferior, so he seems very passive.

As he thought about it, Liu Feng's eyes turned red slightly, and he said thank you stuck in his throat and could not spit it out.

Li Hao had already persuaded Cheng Yinyin to take the gold from her hand and stood in front of Liu Feng: "Brother Liu, if you still recognize me as a brother, you can take the gold back."

True love is revealed in times of adversity, and people's hearts are revealed in times of adversity.

Liu Feng was really moved this time, and the grievances of years instantly turned into tears.

"Okay, I, I will take it." Liu Feng stretched out his trembling hands and took the two pieces of gold over, and for the first time he said in the tone of the Liu family's heir: "Dejian, I, Liu Feng, here I swear that if my father's affairs could really be overturned, the Liu family will always stand behind you, and anyone who is an enemy of my Liu family is the enemy."

"Brother Liu is so serious. You and my family are originally a match for each other. How can I watch you fall into trouble and ignore it? So, there is no need to swear or something. When Lingzun's affairs come to an end in the future, you can just treat me to a drink."

"A word is determined." Liu Feng raised his right palm.

One word was determined, and I don’t know if it was for the previous vow or replying to Li Hao for drinking and celebrating.

Behind Li Hao, Cheng Yinyin's little face, which was originally filled with indignation, showed a joyful smile, and her fists unconsciously clenched.

That’s great, I finally helped Brother Dejian, Yinyin, come on.

It turned out that this little girl was acting in the past, such as treasure hunting and greed for money, were all for the preparation of Li Hao's touching approach.

Just imagine, Liu Feng, who is now a common saying, is actually a bankrupt house, and this bankrupt house also holds nearly 10,000 taels of gold in his hand.

Under such circumstances, Li Hao could have taken the money for himself, and seriously, he killed Liu Feng directly and even asked for credit from the court. After all, the Liu family is still under the hat of rebellion.

But Li Hao did not do this. He did not tell the Liu family that one or two gold coins were not mentioned, but also returned them all to him. This would make the favor a great deal. If the Liu family could be rehabilitated in the future, the Li family would immediately have a firm ally in the court.

Of course, Li Hao can also choose to kill Liu Feng. Under the temptation of ten thousand taels of gold, it is understandable that people do anything.

Although Cheng Yinyin would be a little disappointed, she would not object.

Fortunately, Li Hao did not disappoint her, but chose to return the gold to Liu Feng.

After seeing off Liu Feng who was so moved that he could not help himself, Li Hao returned to the house and sat down listlessly. The sky outside was completely dark. Under the candlelight in the house, he could see that his face was filled with the words "What a pity".

"Why, Brother Dejian regrets it?" Cheng Yinyin did not leave. When she returned to the house, she saw Li Hao looking desperate and asked with a smile.

"Hmph, I'm not big, I'm not a little bit too much. I was almost deceived by you before." Li Hao glanced at Cheng Yinyin, then sighed and said, "I'm definitely regretting it. Two boxes of gold, together, it's almost more than 10,000 taels, right?"

Cheng Yinyin laughed even happier, and she persuaded him to sprinkle salt on Li Hao's wound: "Then there must be, the boss's box."

"Okay!" Li Hao made a stop gesture: "Don't mention this matter in the future. No matter how good the gold is, it's someone else's, and it has nothing to do with us. And I know your thoughts, and I want to help me subdue Liu Feng. I would like to thank you for this matter first, but... that's all. You can go around and don't get involved in it in the future."

"Why? The Liu family's power is quite large in the court. Although Liu Wenjing is gone, some of his relatives and friends are still there. If you can subdue Liu Feng, wouldn't it mean that you have gained a large force for nothing, and you will not be afraid that the gentry will constrain you again in the future."

Cheng Yinyin's serious attitude moved Li Hao a little. He smiled and pinched her nose, then said in a coquettish voice: "I really don't know what you think of conquering a Duke."

"What do you think? You are helping him like this now. When his father's affairs are really overturned in the future, will he still turn against him?"

"You just think too simple." Li Hao sighed and said, "You know, this world is actually not as simple as you think. Driven by interests, many people can even betray their own fathers, let alone the grace of being aware of their pride."

Cheng Yinyin's face changed: "Brother Dejian, what you mean is that Liu Feng will betray you in the future! Then... Then why don't we raise tigers for trouble?"

Li Hao shook his head: "It's not that serious. I'm just giving an example. You don't have to take it seriously. Besides, I'm a little too sharp now. It's already a thorn in the eyes of many people. If you include the power of the Liu family under your command, what do you want His Majesty to think?"

Li Er is not an indecisive emperor. If he really finds that someone threatens his status, even no matter how close he is, he will raise the butcher knife in his hand without hesitation.

Li Hao was mentally prepared when he had just traveled to the Tang Dynasty.

That's why he kept causing trouble while doing things, and he kept making big mistakes without making small mistakes. He offended this today and that tomorrow, which made people angry and resentful, leaving Li Er a feeling of being stupid and without political talent.

But he did not intend to tell anyone about these things, even the closest people.

When she woke up Cheng Yinyin, she just gently raised the tip of the iceberg, so that she would not be too naive.

Cheng Yinyin said she was smart, but she was just that in politics. She was nervous for a while at the reminder of Li Hao, and soon attracted attention from other things, and pulled Li Hao to discuss how to decorate the Wang family mansion.
Chapter completed!