Tibet

Suzaku hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look, but found nothing unusual. Auntie, is there anything wrong with this small warehouse?

Pei Sanniang stared at the ground and said, There are actually steps here!

Isn't it normal to have stairs?

It's normal for the main hall to have steps, but this is just a small warehouse. How can it have steps?

Suzaku quickly looked at the three rooms next to him and said in surprise: It's true, there are no steps here, but the small warehouse actually has steps. What's the reason?

It means it has two layers of foundations.

Pei Sanniang stepped forward and knelt down to examine it for a moment. She used a hammer to smash a green brick on top and cleared away the gravel bit by bit. A dark floor tile was exposed underneath. Pei Sanniang knocked on it with a hammer and made a sound of Dang ! when! when! 'sound.

Ah! It's metal.

It's not just ordinary metal, Suzaku, do you have a dagger?

Yes! Suzaku quickly took out the dagger and handed it to Pei Sanniang. Pei Sanniang gently chipped off a piece of it, and the bottom suddenly shone with silver.

Suzaku immediately covered his mouth, it turned out to be Bai Yin.

Suzaku, we found the treasure!

Pei Sanniang pointed to the ground proudly, There is a layer of silver bricks underneath, so it has steps.

Suzaku also said excitedly: Will it be available in other places too!

I don't know! Let's keep looking.

The two were very interested and continued to search for treasures, but they did not find a second treasure until noon. It seemed that there was only a small warehouse with a whole floor of silver bricks.

Zhuque accompanied Pei Sanniang to Xuanren Tea House for tea and lunch. The two chatted for more than an hour before saying goodbye and returning to Taiqing Palace.

In the afternoon, Li Ye returned to the mansion and was immediately pulled to Taipingfang by Pei Sanniang.

Pei Sanniang pointed to the steps and said proudly: Did you see it? I found Feilong's treasure, and it's right here!

Li Ye knocked loudly and made a circle around the small house. He was full of surprises. If the lower floor was full of silver bricks, it would be a lot!

Pei Sanniang frowned, shook her head and smiled: I think you should ask Suzaku first? Why don't you care about people, but care about treasures first?

Li Ye smiled and said, You old man can't hold his tongue. If you have any objections to her, you can tell me as soon as you see her.

Pei Sanniang nodded, Zhuque is a nice girl. She has an outgoing and lively personality. I like her very much. I don't like that kind of stuffy, scheming woman, but I'm a little worried.

What is mother worried about?

Pei Sanniang sighed and said: She is so beautiful, has a good figure, is very talented in literature and martial arts, and has a good family background. I guess there are many people pursuing her.

I know that there is a Wu Ying who is dead.

Pei Sanniang shook her head, How can there be only one silly child like you? That's just what you know. There must be many things you don't know. She just feels that she has no intention, so there is no need to tell you, but it does not mean that these people do not exist. .”

Li Ye suddenly remembered that when Mrs. Pei passed her birthday, An Qingxu was pursuing Zhuque, and many young men were casting fiery glances at Zhuque. Perhaps because An Qingxu was there, no one dared to talk to Zhuque.

Pei Sanniang observed her words and realized that her guess was not wrong, so she advised her son: You know now, right? My mother is just advising you to be more careful. You are not in Chang'an. After two or three years, Zhuque is getting older, and her family will not tolerate it. She has never married, so I think you should at least settle your relationship with her so that the parents can feel at ease.

Li Ye was silent for a moment. He had long discovered that Zhuque was very similar to his mother. His mother could not tolerate his father taking concubines. His father promised not to take concubines, and his mother finally agreed to marry him.

If Suzaku is not allowed to take concubines, what will Aling do? Li Ye has been worried about this matter.

Pei Sanniang was impatient. She hit her son on the head with a stick, and her teeth were itching with hatred. There are only a little over twenty days left. Why are you still worrying about whether it will work? I am so anxious!

Mom, I have a woman in Suiye.

Ah! Who is he?

She is the princess of the Geluolu tribe.

Pei Sanniang was almost knocked unconscious. What was she afraid of? She was most afraid of her son marrying a Hu princess from the Western Regions.

Li Ye quickly supported his mother and said, Mom, I haven't married her yet! At best, I'll take her as my concubine.

Pei Sanniang calmed down slightly and said decisively: Today I am going to propose to the Dugu family. You are not allowed to mess around outside, and you are not allowed to bring a foreigner's wife home for me.

Mom, what if Suzaku is like you and doesn't allow me to take concubines?

Pei Sanniang has always been a strict disciplinarian and lenient towards herself. She does not allow her husband to take concubines, but she only has one son. Of course, the son must take concubines, otherwise the descendants will not prosper.

Pei Sanniang rolled her eyes and said, Let's not mention this for now. I will slowly enlighten her after she comes through.

Mom, don't be anxious!

Pei Sanniang smiled bitterly, Of course I can't rush it, I haven't discussed it with your father yet!

After dinner, Li Dai went to his study as usual, and Pei Sanniang came in with a cup of tea.

Li Dai knew his wife, so there must be something wrong with her coming in in such a hurry.

What's the matter, madam? Li Dai asked with a smile.

What's wrong with Yu Wenluo?

Pei Sanniang was originally going to talk about her son, but just now she heard Granny Wu, the housekeeper, talking about Yu Wenluo, which suddenly aroused her concerns.

Li Dai nodded, I also heard this afternoon that she got married!

Pei Sanniang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, Who is she married to?

Yang Kuan, a famous wine merchant in Chang'an.

Marry a businessman? Pei Sanniang was a little surprised.

The status is a bit low, but fortunately the family has a lot of money and she is very keen on money. Now I can satisfy her.

Pei Sanniang was a little speechless. Yu Wenluo had always been aloof and always used his status as a Northern Zhou royal family to oppress others. In the end, he married a low-status businessman, which made people lament the impermanence of the world.

But when it comes to being passionate about money, there seem to be few women in the world who don’t like it! Don’t you like it too?

Da Lang, there is one more thing you need to do today?

Pei Sanniang told her about finding the treasure. Li Dai was shocked. The floor of a room was covered with silver bricks. How much silver was there?

Have you and Ye'er estimated how much silver there is?

Ye'er estimated that the total is about 250 yuan. Each piece weighs 20 kilograms, which is about 5,000 kilograms, equivalent to 80,000 taels of silver.

What does he plan to do with the money?

He said to give it all to us as the wealth foundation of our family.

Li Dai nodded. Although he was the head of the clan, he could not use any of the family's money for personal use. Although his own salary was not bad, how could he afford to support so many maids, servants, wives and staff with his salary?

It seems that his son also knew this very well, and gave them 80,000 taels of silver and 2,000 acres of manor, so that his own family also had a wealth foundation.

Li Dai said happily: Madam, we have a sensible son, which is really good!

There's one more thing!

Pei Sanniang said: I told you last time that a girl named Zhuque came to see Ye'er.

I still remember, what happened to her?

What's wrong with her? Pei Sanniang said angrily: Why are you so slow to react? She is most likely our daughter-in-law!

Ah! Li Dai was startled, Is it this far?

Of course, there are two people, one man is in love and the other is a concubine. How can we parents just sit back and watch?

But Ye'er is only seventeen years old!

Pei Sanniang was so angry that she pinched her husband's arm, What a stupid person. If you don't settle the marriage for Ye'er, he will bring us a Hu princess daughter-in-law.

That's not okay!

Li Dai jumped up and said, He will never be allowed to marry Hu Nu!

The Han people attach great importance to blood. We always criticize the previous dynasties for sending princesses to get married but not marrying each other's princesses. It seems that we are humiliated, but this is not the case.

For example, if a prince of the Tang Dynasty were asked to marry a Uighur princess as his concubine, would the prince be willing? Of course I don't want to, no one wants it. The son my wife gave birth to is the eldest son. It turns out that the eldest son is a mixed-race son with Hu-Han blood. No other family can accept it.

Historically, Li Chengcai, the king of Dunhuang County in the Tang Dynasty, had to marry the Uighur Princess Piga as his wife in order to ask the Uighurs to send troops to quell the Anshi Rebellion. He felt deeply humiliated and died of illness the next year.

Although the Dugu family and other Guanlong nobles are not entirely Han Chinese, but are a mixture of Xianbei and Han people, they have actually experienced the Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties, and they have been completely Hanized, especially since they belong to the ruling class, and people in the Tang Dynasty regard them as As Han Chinese, no one regards them as aliens.

Pei Sanniang added: Miss Zhuque's father is Dugu Lie. As you know, I just found out today that her mother is also Wenxi Pei.

Li Dai nodded, When you said that, I remembered that Dugu married two wives. His first wife, Wei Shi, gave birth to three sons. Later, he died of illness, and he married his second wife, Pei Shi. , seems to have passed away less than two years ago, and gave birth to a daughter, probably Dugu Zhuque. Her maternal grandfather was Pei Qian, the governor of Fenzhou, and she had an uncle named Pei Shiyan, who is currently the visiting envoy to Hebei.

Then when are we going to find a matchmaker to propose marriage?

Li Dai was a little confused: I'll ask someone to check it out first. I'm worried that the Dugu family may not agree.

Why?

Dugu Lie wanted to protect Yu Wenjing, but he failed to do so. He was quite dissatisfied with his father. The last time he led his army to Yunyang County, I could already feel his indifference. He quite appreciated Ye'er, but he was very dissatisfied with his father. Our family is dissatisfied.”

Pei Sanniang's heart sank, now she was in trouble.