On the bank of the yellow canal, Li Xiu sat upright under the willow tree, holding a fishing rod in his hand, fishing fish leisurely. Today he had good luck. He caught a foot-long black fish. This fish was fierce in nature and had a lot of strength in the water. Li Xiu spent a while with it before pulling it ashore.

Just as Li Xiu threw the black fish into the bamboo basket and replaced it with new bait to continue fishing, a Confucian scholar in a blue robe walked straight towards him along the river bank. When he came about five steps away from Li Xiu, he stopped and bowed: "I pay homage to Li Jijiu in Xia Cen Wenben!"

Only then did Li Xiu finally turn his head and look at Cen Wenben. He saw that the other party was about thirty years old, with a straight facial features and a righteous face. He had three long whiskers under his jaw, and looked like a standard Confucian scholar. If he wanted to find a template for scholars all over the world, Cen Wenben in front of him would definitely be the best choice.

"Doctor Cen doesn't have to be too polite. I've been enjoying my family these days?" Li Xiu said with a smile, with a little ridicule in his words. It was Cen Wenben's appearance that made him distressed for a long time, especially in the past few days, he didn't do anything and was all used to pay attention to him.

When Cen Wenben heard what Li Xiu said, his face turned red. Just now, when he was standing in the distance and peeking at Li Xiu's house, he was suddenly discovered by a woman. Then he said that his master asked him to meet him next to Huangqu, but he didn't expect that the other party was Li Xiu.

"Don't blame Li Jijiu. The reason why I peeked outside your mansion is actually because of the reason!" Cen Wenben had a good temper. He was not angry at all when he heard Li Xiu's ridicule. Instead, he bowed solemnly to apologize.

"Oh, then I want to hear it. What is the reason? Doctor Cen came to see my house for more than ten days in a row?" Li Xiu said, and suddenly lifted the fishing rod. This time he caught a carp. The carp was very flexible in the water, especially the turns were rapid, so it was difficult for ordinary people to catch it, so it was also called a carp kidnapper. Some people called it a thief, but it actually said it was as difficult as a thief.

When he saw Li Xiu catching a fish, if he put it in normal times, Cen Wenben would definitely praise the other party's luck, but today he didn't feel like this. He sighed and said, "Since Li Jijiu wants to hear it, I won't hide it anymore. In fact, I have been coming for a maid from Li Jijiu's house during this period!"

"Oh?" Li Xiu also looked at Cen Wenben in surprise when he heard this. He thought the other party would come up with some excuses to make excuses, but he didn't expect that he would admit it so happily.

Cen Wenben bowed to Li Xiushen again and said, "It's not to be hiding that the maid Yuechan next to Li Jijiu is actually the daughter of an old friend. At that time, her father and Jai Qii were both in Nanliang and had a deep friendship. She was sent to the palace because of her beautiful appearance, but she didn't expect that the Tang Dynasty came to attack and Nanliang was destroyed, and her father died tragically in the army. She thought she would never see this old friend's daughter again in this life, but she didn't expect that she happened to meet her and Li Jijiu in the West City a few days ago."

If Li Xiu hadn't guessed Yue Chan's identity in advance, he would have been fooled by Cen Wenben's words. He smiled slightly and said, "I didn't expect Yue Chan to have such a relationship with Doctor Cen. I just don't know what the old friend that Doctor Cen mentioned is, where is his family living, and what kind of official position he held in Nanliang before?"

"The old friend who is here is Xie Minghong, a Jiangling person, was previously the chief clerk of the Secretariat in Nanliang. If Li Jijiu doesn't believe it, he can send someone to investigate!" Cen Wenben replied without hesitation.

Li Xiu looked at Cen Wenben even more surprised when he heard this. Although he knew that the other party was telling lies, being able to tell lies like the truth was a rare skill. Especially for what he said about Xie Hong, Li Xiu had never heard of him, but he believed that there must be this person, and his hometown and official position would not be wrong. This is probably what Cen Wenben had prepared long ago.

"Haha, that's wrong. If Yuechan is the daughter of Xie Hong, why did she tell me that her surname is Xiao, and she has grown up in the palace since she was a child?" Li Xiu suddenly looked at Cen Wenben with a smile on his face and said, in fact, Yuechan never said that she had a surname, nor did she say that she had grown up in the palace since she was a child. These two things were guessed by Li Xiu, but he was absolutely sure.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Xiu said, Cen Wenben's face changed immediately, but this man was very cunning, and his face quickly returned to normal smile and said, "It's not surprising. Yuechan has always been timid. After the Nanliang was destroyed, she must have been escorted to the Tang Dynasty. She must have been frightened along the way. It is normal to tell some lies to hide her identity."

"That's even more wrong. Yuechan is not the princess of Nanliang, why bother telling so many lies to hide her identity?" Li Xiu asked back casually at this time. He wanted to see how long Cen Wen could last?

Hearing the word "Princess", Cen Wenben's face suddenly became very ugly, and his eyes were full of complex expressions. After a while, he only stared at Li Xiu and said slowly: "Li Jijiu already knows it?"

"What do you know? Why can't I understand what Doctor Cen said?" Li Xiu deliberately pretended to be confused, his face full of innocent expressions.

"I don't understand you!" Cen Wenben was so angry that he cursed in his heart. If he didn't know that Li Xiu was acting at this time, then he would be too stupid. What he just couldn't understand was that Yuechan should have tried his best to hide his identity, but why did Li Xiu see through it? And after Li Xiu's words, it seemed that Yuechan had told him on his own initiative?

"Why should Li Jijiu pretend to be confused anymore? Since Princess Yuechan..."

"Doctor Cen is careful, there are no princesses here!" Cen Wenben's words were interrupted by Li Xiu before he finished speaking. However, Cen Wenben's words also confirmed Li Xiu's guess. Yuechan was indeed the princess of Nanliang. But for some reason, she took advantage of the loopholes and hid her identity and became an ordinary Nanliang palace maid and sent to the palace. Finally, she was rewarded here?

"What does Li Jijiu mean?" Cen Wenben saw that Li Xiu knew Yue Chan's identity, but he was unwilling to let him explain it clearly, which made him ask in confusion.

"Dr. Cen, Nanliang has been destroyed. Yuechan is just an ordinary woman now. I don't want her to be troubled by her previous identity. None of us can choose our own background, but we can decide our future life. Now Yuechan is very happy under my protection. This is also what she told me in person, so I don't want you to disturb him again!!" Li Xiu said lightly.

"Why does Li Jijiu really think so?" Cen Wenben looked at Li Xiu in surprise when he heard this.

"Of course!" Li Xiu nodded and said, saying that he had already opened his words at this time, so there was no need to hide it anymore.

Hearing Li Xiu's affirmative answer, Cen Wenben shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If I had known this, I wouldn't have had to spend so much effort. I can see my husband... Cough~, Yuechan is living such a good life now, so I feel relieved!"

"Oh? Doctor Cen just wants to see how Yuechan lives?" Li Xiu looked at him in surprise when he heard this. He thought Cen Wenben had any other thoughts when he saw Yuechan?

"I'm not hiding Li Jijiu, in the eyes of Xiao Xian, the former leader of the Southern Liang Dynasty, Xiameng, he once served as the Minister of the Secretariat of the Southern Liang Dynasty. At the time, the Tang army besieged the city, and there were still hundreds of thousands of reinforcements in Nanliang that had not arrived. However, when I saw that the unification of the Tang Dynasty was irresistible, I urged Xiao Xian to surrender. Moreover, in my opinion, the Tang Dynasty would definitely not make it too difficult for Xiao Xian to stabilize the situation in the south."

When he said this, Cen Wenben sighed and shook his head, and then spoke again: "Xiao Xian is a benevolent lord and has no ambition to fight for the Central Plains, so he proposed to the Tang army that he would not harm the people of Jiangnan, and then surrender. When the reinforcements arrived, he persuaded the reinforcements to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. However, no one expected that the current Majesty would ignore the stability of the south and not listen to the advice of the ministers and ordered Xiao Xian to be killed in the execution ground. Whenever he thought of this, he could not sleep at night!"

When Cen Wenben talked about Xiao Xian's death, he also showed a look of sadness and anger on his face, and his words showed dissatisfaction with Li Yuan. Li Xiu also felt sorry for Xiao Xian's death when he heard this. Speaking of which, this was also a major mistake during Li Yuan's rule. Originally, Xiao Xian surrendered, and the land of Lingnan was within reach. However, due to Xiao Xian's death, the south was in full swing. For this reason, the Tang army had to invest a large amount of manpower and material resources, and it took more than a year to pacify Lingnan. It was because of this that Li Jing stayed in the south for an additional year.

"I understand. Doctor Cen has been feeling guilty about Xiao Xian's death, so when he saw that Yue Chan was still alive, he wanted to rescue her to make up for his mistakes!" Li Xiu said after a while.

"The big mistake has been made, and it is impossible to save it. However, when I saw Yue Chan a few days ago, I was also excited, so I found out about Li Jijiu's situation. Moreover, I couldn't tell anyone about this, so I could only come to observe Yue Chan's situation in person and find a way to get Yue Chan out of slavery. However, based on my observations these days, Yue Chan seems to be living a good life, so I have to thank Li Jijiu for taking care of her!" Cen Wenben said at the end, and suddenly bowed to Li Xiu solemnly.

"Yuechan is my maid, so I will not let her suffer any grievances, so you don't have to thank me!" Li Xiu waved his hand and said, "He never regarded Yuechan as a princess. In fact, if possible, he didn't even want to know Yuechan's original identity, otherwise he would always feel a little weird."

Li Xiu didn't want Cen Wenben to disturb Yuechan's life too much, so the two of them politely followed. Then Li Xiu took the initiative to send the other party away. Cen Wenben was also very tactful and stood up to say goodbye. However, just after he turned around and walked out a few steps, he suddenly stopped. Then he turned to Li Xiu again and said, "Li Jijiu, thank you for warning the King of Qin in advance about Tuyuhun. News came just yesterday, Tuyuhun really launched a large number of troops to invade my Tang Dynasty!" (To be continued.)
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