Chapter 8: Wei Gong Li Jing

  "Dad! You're back!" Li Yunfei was completely stunned, and it turned out that the four young versions of Cheng Yaojin had appeared in front of him. Li Yunfei touched his forehead, wondering if he was dreaming. However, when he heard these young versions of Cheng Yaojin calling him "Dad" and hugging him, Li Yunfei realized that Cheng Yaojin was their father. Alas! Why didn't they tell me earlier? Look at this cold sweat on my body! Li Yunfei thought with some resentment.

  "Good! Good! Kids, come and pay respects to the King of Qin, ha! Ha! Ha! ......". Cheng Yaojin looked at these young versions of himself, his mood suddenly improved, and said to his sons.

  "No! No need for that! You are all Master Cheng's sons, just like my elder brother. We're of the same generation, so just call me 'younger brother' and that's enough!" Li Yunfei didn't dare let these little Chengs pay their respects to him, so he hastily refused Cheng Yaojin's request. Otherwise, who knows what excuse Cheng would use to get him drunk!

  "Good! Good! My young nephew, I have high hopes for you, you're just like your old man! You're much better than that older brother of yours! Just because of this, I'll support you!" Cheng Yaojin gave Li Yan another heavy slap, causing Li Yunfei to grit his teeth. This Cheng Zhijie was really too reckless!

  "Children, hurry up and prepare the wine and food! I want to drink with my young nephew until we're drunk! Ah, right, I haven't introduced myself yet! Look at this brain of mine!" Cheng Yaojin patted his own head, stroked his whiskers, and said to Li Yunfei.

  "Hey! This is my eldest son, Cheng Jin! You can just call him Big Brother Cheng!" Cheng Yaojin pointed to a slightly older version of himself and said, "That Cheng Jin, this is your brother Yun Fei, the son of the current emperor. From now on, you two must get along well!"

  "Brother Cheng is great! Brother Cheng truly has the heroic spirit of Uncle Cheng! It's really admirable!" Li Yunfei bowed his hands and paid respects, saying.

  "Haha! Yunfei brother, you've benefited a lot. From now on, if there's anything, just tell your brother and I'll help you out! Haha! Haha! Haha!" As expected, dragons beget dragons and phoenixes beget phoenixes. A mouse's son knows how to dig holes. Li Yan's shoulder was heavily struck once again!

  "This is Cheng Yin, Second Brother Cheng!" "Hello, Second Brother Cheng!"

  "This is Cheng Tong, your third uncle!" "Oh my! Third Uncle is simply a replica of Uncle Cheng!"

  "This is Cheng Tie, and this is Fourth Brother Cheng!" "Fourth Brother Cheng is great!" Li Yunfei greeted each of them one by one, while inwardly complaining, what kind of names are these? Put together they're just Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron! If you didn't know better, you'd think they were running a blacksmith shop or something!

  Looking at Cheng Yaojin, who was still full of pride, Li Yunfei could only give a thumbs up. Under Cheng Yaojin's puzzled gaze, Li Yunfei had to explain that it was a gesture of praise, which made Cheng Yaojin laugh for half a day without closing his mouth. While patting Li Yunfei on the shoulder, he praised Li Yunfei for having vision and not being like those literary figures who always said they were rough around the edges. However, the more he looked at Li Yunfei, the more pleasing it was to him. Who says that this King of Qin is weak and incompetent? How can one look at the son of the current emperor and say that he has a promising future?

  Got it! This is how Cheng Yaojin evaluates people, it seems that whoever gets along with him has a good future. It looks like the other princes think Cheng Yaojin is just a roughneck and rarely interact with him. In fact, everyone was deceived by Cheng Yaojin's rough appearance, only those who are familiar with him know that he is actually refined inside, otherwise he wouldn't have become the number one general of the Tang Dynasty! Every time, Cheng Yaojin can turn danger into safety, and turn misfortune into good fortune, why? It's because Cheng Yaojin is actually very meticulous in his heart, and he can also see that this Qin Wang is sincere in befriending him, and he likes Li Yunfei's personality too!

  "Come! My dear nephew, the wine and dishes are already set! Let's take our seats!" Cheng Yaojin pulled Li Yunfei to sit down, watching as the servants brought out dish after dish of delicious food. Cheng Yaojin's appetite suddenly opened up, and he hadn't felt this happy in a long time. Today's meal was worth inviting him for!

  "Good you, old Cheng! Please go to the Qin Wang Temple, and don't even tell me a word. Today, you must punish yourself with three cups of wine!" Just as Li Yunfei was about to sit down with Cheng Yaojin, a loud voice came from outside, and Li Yunfei looked up to take a closer look.

  Cheers! This newcomer is much more impressive than Cheng Yaojin, with the air of a military man over 41 years old. His eyebrows are divided into eight colors, his eyes are like bright stars, high nose bridge, face as white as jade, lion-like mouth, and his right hand is lightly stroking his beautiful beard, looking like a celestial being, making people dare not underestimate him.

  "Ah! Who is it? I didn't expect it to be you, Li Jing, you little scamp! You've come to my old man's place again to drink for free, huh? Ha ha ha! Who would have thought that the great General Li Jing, who shakes the heavens, is actually afraid of his wife?! Ah, my virtuous nephew, let me tell you...". Old Man Cheng was delighted when he saw the visitor. This Li Jing is good in every way except for being afraid of his wife. That Red Whiskers woman really has him under her thumb! Hmm, it seems that women are all like this at a certain age!"

  "I say, Old Cheng, speaking ill of others in front of people is not a wise decision, let's talk about something else! Today, the King of Qin is present, you can't just keep talking about my embarrassing stories!" Li Jing looked at Cheng Yaojin wanting to expose his scars and immediately became displeased, hurriedly interrupting Cheng Yaojin's words.

  Li Yunfei was a bit stunned, this is the Wei Gong Li Jing who ranked eighth among the 24 meritorious officials in the Lingyan Pavilion of his father. What day is today that he has seen so many historical celebrities? This Wei Gong is indeed a typical example of "it's better to make mistakes than to make achievements". He once tried to expose Li Yuan's rebellion and was almost put to death by Li Yuan, but was saved by Li Shimin. Later, he made contributions to the empire, assisted Li Xiaogong in managing Bashu, eliminating Xiao Xian, and assisting Emperor Gaozu of Tang, and was praised by Li Yuan as "the vital part of Xiao and Fu". He did not participate in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. During the Zhenguan period, he was responsible for resisting the Turks and successfully eliminated the Turkic regime, with unparalleled military achievements. Later, he again took up his post and eliminated the Tuyuhun forces. Due to his great military achievements, he was repeatedly accused of rebellion, so he voluntarily retired and closed his door to avoid suspicion.

  "I don't know if it's the great General Li Jing, but Cloud Flying has paid his respects," Li Yunfei didn't dare offend this one. One of the Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust, the Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust are also known as Yu Zhenke, Li Jing, and Hong Fu Nü.

  The Old Book of Tang says that Li Jing was young and "had a majestic appearance", with great ambitions, deeply understanding military strategy; Hong Fu Nu was a peerless beauty who could topple cities and states, and "observing her skin and features, words and temperament, she was truly a heavenly being!". After meeting Li Jing at the residence of the powerful minister Yang Su, she admired him greatly, visited him secretly at night, and thus began their romance, roaming the land together.

  Two people met a bearded guest on their journey, and the beauty of Hong Fu Nü also deeply attracted the bearded guest. When Hong Fu Nü was combing her long hair at the inn, the bearded guest was enchanted, how clever Hong Fu Nü was! She saw that the bearded guest was not an ordinary person, so she took the initiative to greet him and became sworn siblings with him, introducing Li Jing to get to know the bearded guest. Then three horses galloped together, wandering at the ends of the earth. What a great figure Li Yun Fei is!