Chapter 0064 First Meeting Di Xiang
"You see it! What's our relationship?"
Di Yan sneered, "Today is quite gentle. Two months ago, the fierce fight between us also caused an innocent junior sister to die."
"How could it be so bad?" Li Zhen asked in confusion.
"It turns out that my father was stabbed. The palace guard failed to assassinate my father and committed suicide immediately. The only clue left was the word "Flora" engraved on his arm. Later we found out that he was this woman's...love husband."
Speaking of the last two words, Di Yan's face was filled with anger and disgusting expression, and she really didn't want to mention this word.
Li Zhen nodded, "So do you think your father's stabbing is related to this Wu Furong?"
"You don't know that Wu Furong is ambitious. Wu Chengsi took the official documents home and gave them to her for review.
Her greatest wish is to hope that Wu Chengsi can be made the crown prince, and she will eventually inherit Wu Chengsi's throne. As a result, my father stopped him. She even hated my father even more than Wu Chengsi. This is how the dead hatred between us came from it."
"I see!"
Li Zhen nodded. He now knew about an ambitious woman. It seemed that Wu Zetian's era was indeed unique.
The three of them cleaned up the mess, comforted the bartender, and had a simple meal. Then they got up and set off, entering Luoyang City from Dingding Gate.
Dingding Gate, also known as Tianmen, is the main city gate of Luoyang. From Tianque outside the south city to Tianjie entering the city, to Tianjin Bridge, Tianshu, Yingtianmen, and Heaven, seven magnificent buildings are distributed on a central axis in sequence, forming the most gorgeous central axis of the capital in history.
As soon as we entered Luoyang City, a graceful and prosperous atmosphere rushed towards us, and there were bustling crowds everywhere. Most men wore brocade robes and black hats, while women wore long skirts and short jackets, with bright colors and a variety of demeanor.
There are high arch walls on both sides of the street, and tall and magnificent buildings can be seen everywhere within the arch walls, with exquisite eaves. The majestic momentum of the Tang Dynasty capital is fully demonstrated in front of a city gate.
"Brother Li, Jiufa, why don't you go home with me first! I'll take you to meet my father." Di Yan smiled and invited them.
"I don't care, Lao Li and I!"
At this time, Jiuzhi suddenly felt that he had a lot of money, so why not study medicine with Xiaoxi?
Or another beauty can be taken away. Of course, the beauty you saw at noon will be spared. He is in his prime and wants to live a few more years.
Li Zhen also thought about this issue for a long time. He needed someone to give him some advice to understand his current situation. If he rushed to find Gao Yanfu now, he might backfire. After all, Gao Yanfu is Wu Chengsi's person.
Moreover, seeing Di Renjie in history is something he has been looking forward to for a long time.
"Okay! Let's go see your father first."
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In addition to the imperial palace and the garden, the magnificent capital of Luoyang City, there are a total of 109 fangs and three large markets in the area where civilians live, divided into two by Luoshui, including twenty-eight fangs and one city in the north and eighty-one fangs and two cities in the south.
The dignitaries and nobles in Luoyang basically live on both sides of Tianjie, while ordinary civilians live in the south of the Luoshui River. Most of the craftsmen and poor families live on the north bank of the Luoshui River. It is said that the north is cheap and the south is noble.
Di Renjie's mansion is located in Anyefang next to Tianjie. It is a mansion covering an area of about 30 acres. It turned out to be the house of Yang Shangxi, the Minister of War of the Sui Dynasty.
Compared with the giant houses of princes and nobles that often cover hundreds of acres, this house is not big, but Di Renjie likes the quietness here.
The house has a history of hundreds of years. Although it has been repaired several times, the trees have been preserved. The mansion is full of towering trees, with green trees, and various buildings are elegant but exquisite, which is of a unique interest.
Di Renjie has three sons and two daughters. His eldest son Di Guangsi was appointed as the Minister of Revenue. He has established his own family. His second son Di Guangyuan and his third son Di Jinghui are both studying in the Imperial Academy.
The eldest daughter Di Yu is married, but the younger daughter Di Yan is lively and beautiful. She learns martial arts with Gongsun Auntie. She likes to go out for travel and is favored by her grandmother. Di Renjie can't control her.
Di Yan temporarily arranged Li Zhen and Jiu Zhi to rest in the guest room in the mansion. She came to see her father first. Today is Xunxu, and it is rare that her father is at home during the day.
At this time, Di Renjie was sitting in the study reading, which was also his biggest hobby. He was over 60 years old, his hair and beard were all white, but he was in good spirits.
Today he was wearing a white fine linen wide-body Zen dress and a flat scarf on his head. He looked peaceful and calm. He was reading the book and couldn't help but chuckling his beard.
Suddenly, Di Renjie felt his eyes turn black and his smooth hands cover his eyes. He smiled helplessly and said, "Is Yan'er back?"
In the whole mansion, except for his most precious little daughter, no one dared to be so naughty, even his two grandsons were in good manner in front of him.
Di Renjie only got this precious daughter when he was fifty. He has been extremely pampered since he was a child. His tutoring was extremely strict, but his daughter did not have any trouble with his tutoring.
However, although his daughter likes to run around, she has a kind character and is as jealous as he is, which comforts Di Renjie.
Di Renjie's eyes lit up again, and he heard his daughter's laughter, "It's rare to rest, don't my dad go out for a walk?"
Di Renjie hadn't seen his daughter for almost a month. He was very happy and put down the book and smiled: "Come on! Come on! Let Dad see you, is there another scar on his face?"
Di Yan pulled his father's arm and pouted, "How could Dad want his daughter to have scars on his face? Do you want your daughter to get married?"
"Haha! Did my Yan'er want to get married? Did you find your husband and bring it to your father for yourselves?" Di Renjie continued to joke with his daughter.
Di Yan blushed and stomped her feet and said, "Dad is not allowed to say anything else, otherwise, I won't give it to my father."
Di Renjie was delighted and laughed in a low voice: "You got it for your father?"
Di Yan proudly placed a package on his father's desk, "This was found only after my daughter ran away from her legs, but it didn't cost much money. The other party seemed to not know it. I was worried if it was the authentic one?"
"Let me take a look!"
Di Renjie opened the package impatiently. Inside the package was a slightly yellow white silk scroll. He spread it carefully. It turned out to be a calligraphy, but the content was Diamond Sutra. The handwriting was very small, but the strokes were round and powerful, making the turn like a ring, unrestrained and smooth.
Di Renjie looked carefully for a moment and nodded in excitement, "Yes! It's the original work of Ouyang Gong, yes, it's the Diamond Sutra he wrote."
Ouyang Xun died fifty years ago. The calligraphy he left behind became a treasure of the Tang Dynasty and was hidden in the palaces of major powers and nobles, but a small number of them were also found among the people.
Di Yan went to Anping Temple in Liangzhou where Ouyang Xun once lived a month ago and bought this Diamond Sutra with a hundred guan of incense and oil.
This is also a news that Di Renjie heard more than a month ago. Ouyang Xun copied a volume of Buddhist scriptures in Anping Temple in Liangzhou during the Zhenguan period. Someone had seen it piled up with other Buddhist scriptures at will, so he was moved and asked his daughter to inquire.
Unexpectedly, my daughter not only found out about this Buddhist scripture, but also bought it back. More importantly, it was not a fake, but an authentic one. How could Di Renjie not be very happy?
Di Yan saw that her father was excited and smiled and said, "How should I reward me if my daughter helps her father achieve her wish?"
Di Renjie gently knocked on his daughter's head and smiled: "Dad will not pursue the naughty things you used to be. This is the reward!"
"What is this reward!" Di Yan covered her head and shouted.
She actually wanted to take this opportunity to let her father help Li Zhen, but she knew her father's temper and could not raise it so hastily.
She smiled and asked, "Dad is going to treasure this calligraphy?"
"If you are stupid kid, what if your father wants it, why are you doing so anxiously? This is the birthday gift that Dad is going to offer to the emperor. She has told me several times."
"Dad's handwriting is very well written, even the female emperor likes it. Why don't you write a piece of hand for her by yourself?"
"How can Daddy compare with Ouyang Gong? This calligraphy is worth at least a thousand gold coins, but you only spent a hundred jin of coins. Alas! Daddy also wrote a few words to compensate Anping Temple."
Although it is difficult to speak, Di Yan couldn't stop talking. She bit her lips gently and said, "Dad, daughter, please let me know something!"
"Oh! My Yan'er actually begged my father to do things, it's rare! Tell me, what's the matter?"
Di Yan hesitated and said roughly what happened in Chang'an, but she hid the details of her participation in the capture of relics, and just said that she passed by Chang'an and saw someone killing people on the official road, so she couldn't help but take action.
Finally, Di Yan said: "They obviously did not kill Wu Shun. Wu Shun was killed by others, but now they have put the charge on him. My daughter is so angry that she wants to help him."
How shrewd and experienced Di Renjie was. He immediately heard that the fierce struggle hidden in this matter involved the King of Wei and other forces that were unknown.
Needless to say, fighting for relics is also to offer birthday gifts to the emperor, but if you intervene in this matter, you will be extremely unwise.
He pondered for a long time and said, "Did you bring this young man?"
"My daughter brought it and was waiting in the room."
Di Renjie was a little unhappy. Why did his daughter bring everyone home? Li Zhen was involved in the secret struggle between the powerful and powerful in the court and brought him to his mansion. Doesn’t it make people suspect that he was also involved in this matter?
Chapter completed!