Datang: Destroy Tang Taizong Li Xiao at the beginning

But what he values ​​most is the more than 100 acres of farmland attached to the villa.

At this moment, a young man in white came out from the gate.

The young man wears a purple gold crown with hair inlaid on his head, his temples are cut like knives, his eyebrows are like ink paintings, he wears a jade belt around his waist, holds a folding fan, and has a spring-like smile on his face, giving people a sense of elegance.

But Li Xiao didn't know why, and felt a little disgusted.

The smile on the other party's face gave him the feeling that he was smiling on the surface, as if hiding a blade.

"Meet Your Royal Highness the King of Yue!"

"The humble Li Chongyi sees His Royal Highness the King of Yue!"

All the servants knelt down in unison, but the young man in white just bent down with fists folded.

"You are Li Chongyi?" Li Xiao asked thoughtfully.

He had heard from Li Junxian before that this Lantian Villa was rewarded by Li Yuan to Li An, King of Pingxi County.

After Li An died, he handed it over to his son Li Xiaogong, but for some reason, Li Yuan ordered him to take it back to the court.

From then on, Li Xiaogong only had the right to take care of it on his behalf, and this Li Chongyi was Li Xiaogong's eldest son.

If he guessed correctly, this villa is under the management of Li Chongyi, and now he is here to hand it over.

Li Chongyi smiled slightly at Li Xiao, and then said: "Your Highness, please hurry up, I have already arranged a banquet, and I will welcome you."

"Ah."

Li Xiao nodded slightly, walked inside, and at the same time asked thoughtfully: "What is your position in the court?"

"The lowly position is the Chancellor of Honglu Temple, just a petty official, not worth mentioning, haha." Li Chongyi followed behind Li Xiao, and said respectfully.

"Honglu Temple?"

Li Xiao turned around, looked at Li Chongyi, and said casually: "Isn't that the place to preside over the affairs of foreign guests and ceremonies? You are busy with work, so you can't just hand over the handover to the servants. Why do you personally?" come?"

"Hehe." Li Chongyi kept smiling, and said neither humble nor overbearing, "To tell the truth, I have admired His Highness for a long time, and I hope to see His Highness in my heart, otherwise it is difficult to sleep."

"Oh?" Li Xiao looked at Li Chongyi suspiciously, "What do you admire me for? How much do you admire?"

"what?"

Li Chongyi was stunned when he heard this.

How much do you admire?

What kind of fairy question is this?

He thought and thought, but still didn't know how to answer.

"Okay, let's take me to the banquet!"

Li Xiao walked forward with a blank expression on his face.

At the same time, Zhao Yuntian also began to lead people to thoroughly investigate the entire villa and arrange defenses.

After entering the gate, Li Xiao passed a group of buildings, all of which were small palaces and courtyards. This is the palace area.

Then came to a lake.

In the middle of the lake, there is a large piece of land. If there is not a road leading there, I am afraid it will be called an island in the lake.

This is the center of the whole villa, where the core building is located.

In the center of this island in the middle of the lake, there is a towering tower named Yanyu Building, surrounded by four large palaces.

The banquet was held in one of the palaces.

Li Chongyi followed Li Xiao with the butler, and introduced him one by one the situation of the villa.

……

At the same time, a few miles to the east of Chang'an City, there is a dense jungle.

Cheng Chumo was lying face up on the ground in a "big" shape, sweating profusely and short of breath.

"Damn Li Xiao! You stole my money and made me homeless!"

He scolded Li Xiao a thousand times in his heart, but he still couldn't dispel his resentment.

After resting for a while, Cheng Chu sat up silently, looking at the unfamiliar environment around him, he suddenly became a little confused.

"How far is this Lantian Villa..."

"Grandpa is almost exhausted!"

He only knows the general direction and road, but not the exact distance.

At this time, there was a sound of carriages and horses in the distance.

Cheng Chumo cheered up all of a sudden, and rushed over.

Immediately afterwards, at a turning point in the distance, a carriage drove slowly over, accompanied by a dozen guards.

"stop!"

Cheng Chumo was extremely tired at the moment, so he stopped in the middle of the road and shouted loudly.

The group stopped immediately.

"Presumptuous! Get back quickly, or you will not be spared!"

A guard rode his horse to the front and shouted with a serious face.

"You're presumptuous!" Cheng Chumo sneered and roared, "Do you know who I am?"

"Do you know who is sitting in this carriage? They are talking nonsense here!"

The guard's face was frosty, and he was about to drive him away.

"I don't care who you are, my father's name is Cheng Yaojin, have you heard that?" Cheng Chumo said with a sneer.

"Humph!"

The guard snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "Duke Lu would have such an ugly son as you, I think you are a bully!"

"Come on, get it for me!"

"and many more!"

Just as the guards were about to make a move, a surprised voice came from inside the carriage.

Immediately afterwards, the carriage curtain was lifted, and a boy's face appeared.

It was Li Tai.

With doubts on his face, he looked at Cheng Chumo for a while, and asked thoughtfully, "What's your name?"

"Hehe." Seeing this, Cheng Chumo raised the corners of his mouth, and said proudly, "My master does not change his name and surname when he walks, so does Cheng Chumo!"

"Hahaha!" Li Tai suddenly laughed when he heard the words, "Your face is like charcoal, you are bloated, and you are the only one in the whole capital. Brother Cheng, come in and tell me!"

Hearing this, Cheng Chumo's face turned darker, but was immediately replaced by excitement.

Involuntarily, Cheng Chumo rushed into the carriage.

"You're very nice, what's your name?"

Cheng Chumo patted Li Tai's shoulder, and said with satisfaction: "Look at you, you are also an official at home, right? I'll ask my father to promote your father later!"

Chapter 55: The fish dies and the net breaks?You deserve it too?

"Promote my father?"

Li Tai was speechless for a moment.

His father Li Er is the current emperor, who promoted whom?

"Calm down!"

When Cheng Chumo saw Li Tai's surprised appearance, he was suddenly relieved.

"For my father, this is a trivial matter, so don't get too excited."

After a pause, Cheng Chumo continued, "By the way, you haven't said your name yet!"

"My name is Li..."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter what your name is." Cheng Chumo interrupted Li Tai impatiently, "Just tell me who your father is."

"My father..."

The corners of Li Tai's mouth twitched, his face speechless.

"Of course, there will be no pie in the world, you have to do me a favor." Cheng Chumo said again.

"What are you busy with?"

"As long as you send me to Lantian Villa now, everything will be fine."

"Are you going to Lantian Villa?" Li Tai looked surprised, "What are you going there for?"

Hearing this, Li Xiao's figure involuntarily appeared in Cheng Chumo's mind, and immediately became angry, and said through gritted teeth: "I want to take revenge! That fellow Li Xiao will take revenge for his kindness, he is too deceitful!"

"Li Xiao? Isn't that the King of Yue? Are you going to seek revenge on him alone?" Li Tai asked curiously.

"Hehe, are you afraid?"

Cheng Chumo gave Li Tai a disdainful look, and said, "Don't worry, he owes me a favor, and dare not disrespect me!"

The implication is that even the prince is nothing in his eyes.

"The king of Yue owes you favors? Why do I not believe it... What happened between you?" Li Tai said suspiciously.

"Grandma, just mention this and get angry, the younger generation of his Li family doesn't have a good thing!" Cheng Chumo said bitterly.

Li Tai: "..."

"By the way, what's your name? I recognize you as a brother!" Cheng Chumo said immediately afterward.

"Let's not talk about it, you will know when you arrive at Lantian Villa." Li Tai said speechlessly.

……

Lantian Villa.

After eating and drinking, and even with Li Chongyi's spare no effort in introducing him, Li Xiao almost understood the situation of the whole villa.

"Your Highness, the situation is probably like this. If there is nothing important to do, the humble official will resign first."

After the banquet, Li Chongyi said some polite words, and then he was about to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Li Xiao called out to Li Chongyi.

"You described the situation in the villa in detail, but why didn't you mention the hundred acres of fertile land?"

Li Xiao looked at Li Chongyi expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Li Chongyi's smile froze for a moment, but he recovered instantly, and said with a smile: "This is the negligence of a humble job."

"It's like this. There are tenant farmers on the farmland, and the income is generally used for the expenses of the villa. However, the harvest has not been satisfactory recently, so there is not a few taels of silver left."

"I want to see the ledger." Li Xiao said lightly.

"Housekeeper, go and call the accountant." Li Chongyi immediately ordered the housekeeper next to him.

Not long after, the ledger arrived.

Li Xiao flipped through it briefly, his brows gradually furrowed into a pimple.

It is clearly recorded in the account book. It is only a hundred acres of land. After deducting the wages of the tenant farmers and the cost of equipment, it is impossible to have such a small amount of money, right?

Obviously, the extra money went into Li Chongyi's pocket.

But Li Chongyi only has the right to take care of it on his behalf, and the profit of this villa is not his at all.

Only then did Li Xiao suddenly realize.

This Li Chongyi has been very well-behaved since he entered the door, so he is here waiting for him!

But after thinking about it, he didn't plan to pursue anything, and just regarded the previous money as Li Chongyi's management expenses.

"Your Highness, farming is extremely cumbersome and difficult to take care of in all aspects. It is already very good if the balance of income and expenditure can be maintained." Li Chongyi said slowly.

"Okay, I don't want to delve too deeply into this account book."