Chapter 29: Li Er Interrogates Two

  I heard that the transformer room in our community had a line fault yesterday, so it was like fireworks, and today's power outage lasted until 4 o'clock. I just uploaded one chapter now, and Dabai will try her best to rush out another one! As for the third update, it is Dabai's goal! If not, then it will be postponed until tomorrow.

  What is most worrisome is that people in high and powerful positions are most averse to being deceived by others. Even if it does not harm them, they do not like being kept in the dark. Under heaven all is the king's land; all kings with ambition have a strong desire for control. If they cannot control something, they will go to great lengths to destroy it and will not rest until they are at ease.

  Looking back, if Zhang Sun Chong told Li Er a part of the truth and threw the thorny problem to Li Er, Li Er's wisdom and generosity would not have temporarily resorted to killing the chicken to get the eggs.

  After weighing the pros and cons, Changsun Wu decided to continue using the old immortal's matter half-true and half-false to tell Li Er. He raised his head and said: "That rice seed was also given to me by the old immortal. He took all the treasures from the top of my house's Treasure Pavilion, asked me what I wanted? He had elixirs that could cure all diseases, glazes like rainbows, and methods for making various things I had never seen before. But at the time, I saw the common people suffering from locusts and having nothing to eat, so I asked him for seeds that could produce high yields, hoping that our Tang Dynasty's common people would be able to eat their fill and not go hungry."

  "Good!" Li Er was overjoyed, facing so many precious things, Zhangsun Chong chose to think of the people and asked for rice seeds. It can be seen that he has a heart full of compassion for the world. With great force, he patted Zhangsun Chong's shoulder, numbing half his body.

  Chang Sun Wuji didn't dare to believe it, and asked with his fingers entwined, "Son, didn't you say earlier that it was stolen by a thief? How did it become taken away by the old immortal now?"

  "Dad, I didn't intentionally deceive you! Our home is heavily guarded, which thief has such skills? But I really don't know how that old immortal appeared and swapped the things. When I was dreaming all night and woke up at dawn, the rice seeds were already in our room." Zhang Sun rushed to scratch his head innocently, pretending he had no idea what happened.

  "What about your head?"

  "It was also done by myself, I'm afraid you won't believe it if I say it out loud. However, after this period of verification, the old immortal in my dream seems to be telling the truth. The waterwheel at the edge of the field can draw water from the river to a high place with just a few light kicks; After practicing, the several brothers of the Cheng family have become much stronger and more agile, with quick reflexes; And those maps, Ye Xun said they were correct, because his grandfather would study the terrain of the Turkic region every day..."

  "Chang Sun Wu Ji was choked with anger. Such an important matter, not telling him first, but instead being asked by the Emperor, he raised his hand to hit Chang Sun Cong, but couldn't bear to do it, and could only hold it high up, hesitating to bring it down."

  "Hey, don't hit him!" Li Er intervened. In his eyes, Zhangsun Chong was no longer a half-grown kid, but a treasure! What if he got hurt? Even if it was his own father who hit him, that wouldn't be okay either. Nowadays, Zhangsun Chong wasn't just a member of the Zhangsun family, but also a part of their Li family. It seemed like they should hurry up and settle the marriage between Zhang Le and Zhangsun Chong when they got back home - after all, you shouldn't let good things flow into someone else's field!

  "I didn't hit him, remember that! A person's skin and hair are given by their parents, how can they be beaten casually? Don't you know how worried your mother is?" Chang Sun Wuji said excitedly, his fat body trembling along with it.

  "Dad, I don't dare to. At that time, I was afraid you would say I'm talking nonsense, so I convinced my mother to let me come to the Zhuangzi Temple to verify whether what the old immortal in my dream said is true or not." Chang Sun burst out laughing, after all, Old Man Chang Sun still cared about him and would need his protection in the future.

  Li Er didn't want to listen to their father-son reunion, and thought of Zhang Sun rushing to talk about high-yielding crops. Suddenly, he laughed like a sunflower in full bloom and asked: "Chong'er, you said that high-yielding rice, how high-yielding is it? Did the old immortal say?"

  "It's said that the yield is over 1,000 catties (16 taels in ancient times) per mu, which is almost 10 dan. If we can plant two months earlier, we can harvest twice a year, with a yield of over 2,000 catties per mu, reaching over 20 dan." Changsun Chong thought that according to the production he knew from the End Times space, it was at least this much.

  "I'm talking about one mu of land! Not ten mu!" Li's temples bulged with blue veins, a sign that he was about to lose his temper.

  "Uncle, I'm really talking about the yield of one mu of land. The old immortal told me. If you don't believe it, then wait two months and see the yield in the field to know if I'm telling lies or not." Zhangsun Chong made a helpless expression, to be honest, no one believed him, and he also had no way out, because he was also a bit skeptical.

  Anyway, he wants to get the treasured antique as soon as possible and see his parents from his past life. If it were up to him alone, he wouldn't know when that would be, so after much deliberation, he decided to confess to Zhangsun Wuji and Li Er. Good things are what everyone wants, and Zhangsun Wuji and Li Er are no exception. So, Zhangsun Wuji also wants the antique, each taking what they need.

  It's better to believe it exists than not, Li Er shouted loudly: "Zhou He, take my token, and assemble 1,600 imperial guards here!"

  "Actually, brother-in-law, I know you want to protect those rice paddies, but the more you do so, the more attention you'll attract. If it were our Tang people who knew about this, it wouldn't matter, as these would just be used as seeds and distributed to the common folk of Tang. But if the envoys from Chang'an City find out too early, our twenty mu of land will be in danger - who knows whether someone might risk their life to seize them? Why not pretend to hold military exercises nearby and incidentally keep watch over these rice paddies? By the time those foreign envoys learn about this news, we'll have already harvested this season's rice."

  Li Er listened and thought it was very reasonable, nodded and said: "Good, let's use the name of training soldiers to secretly protect these grains."

  Gulu gulu, Zhang Sun's stomach growled with hunger. He looked at the hourglass and said: "Brother-in-law, let's hurry up and have lunch first. Whatever it is, we can talk about it properly after eating."

  Li Er saw that Zhangsun Chong was pleasing to the eye, but earlier Li Er had a smile on his face, and there was an idea of wanting to lock up Zhangsun Chong for himself. Although they were close relatives, nothing else mattered compared to the state and society.

  But then I thought of the story of killing the chicken to get the eggs, offending Longsun Chong is not a big deal, can use Longsun Wuji, Empress Longsun to mediate and give favor, can make up as before; but what if offend the old god in Longsun Chong's dream, then he won't come again, that Longsun Chong will become the same spoiled brat as before, not worth it, can't do.

  He is the Emperor of the Great Tang, if he can control him, he will keep Zhangsun Chong; if not, then destroy him. He can subdue so many surrendered generals, can't he also subdue a half-grown kid?

  "Alright, today we'll have a good taste of Chong Er's craftsmanship." Li Er laughed loudly and led the way out.

  Chang Sun Wu Jin has been following Li Er for so many years, it can be said that he understands Li Er better than anyone else. Just now, he did see a flash of murderous intent in Li Er's eyes, but he knew that Li Er would absolutely not harm his own son, and would even care more about him than he himself does as a father.

  "Son, you can do whatever you want, as long as you don't stir up trouble in heaven, nothing will happen to you." Zhangsun Wuji patted Zhangsun Chong's shoulder and said softly.

  Changsun Wugong smiled bitterly, of course he knew this principle. His existence was both beneficial and harmful to the Li Tang dynasty, the key was whether he could control it or not. Changsun Wugong did not think about rebelling, to be honest, even if he had the support of the apocalyptic space behind him, he would not have thought about rebelling either.

  The Tang Dynasty in the history of China was a brilliant era. The chaos before Sui created heroes, and the Tang Dynasty brought forth countless famous generals who pacified the Turks, conquered Goguryeo, and spread the majesty of the Great Tang far and wide, both domestically and internationally, creating an era where all nations came to pay homage; the people lived in peace and prosperity, population increased, life became increasingly rich, and created the renowned "Reign of Zhenguan".

  For the Tang Dynasty, he is revered with heartfelt respect; for Li Er, he is admired, regardless of how talented and intelligent he was, just because he is the only emperor in Chinese history who did not kill his meritorious officials after a successful rebellion. For his former beloved general Hou Junji, even though he had committed treason, he still remembered Hou's past merits.

  In the history of Huaxia, was there ever such a glorious era, and rarely had there been an emperor as wise as him. Changsun Can did not wish to disappear because of his appearance. The throne really didn't mean anything to him; people will eventually die, and when they do, everything is gone - those rights and privileges are all just fleeting clouds.

  Changsun Chong was a hot-blooded young man. If he could make the prosperous Tang Dynasty even more prosperous, Changsun Chong would work hard to let the simple and honest people of the Great Tang eat their fill and wear warm clothes; Let the soldiers who went to war for the Great Tang receive better medical care; Make the territory of the Tang Dynasty even broader, and make the four seas surrender.

  Arriving in the Tang Dynasty, Zhangsun Chong's heart was still thinking about his past life, but he unknowingly became attracted to the people and things here. The common people were simple and lovely, his brothers were rascals without shame or integrity, his parents were kind and loving...