After Li Le learned about the situation of Taichang Temple's Taibu from Lord Zhao, only six points remained in his mind.
He really didn't expect that Kao Taibu would also have to find a Taoist temple to guarantee it, and it was not any other Taoist temple, but Xuanyang Palace.
The rumor that the Taoist priests in Xuanyang Palace were not even one-tenth as good as him was still lingering in his mind. It had not been long since the incident happened, and there was no guarantee that the Taoist priests in Xuanyang Palace did not know about it.
This put him in a difficult position. Who knew if he went to Xuanyang Palace now, the Taoists inside would think he was looking for trouble?
Li Le was still thinking about this matter after he got off duty. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the Ministry of Justice, he saw Gongsun Miaoran who was about to come in.
Li Le just slightly turned sideways to avoid it.
Gongsun Miaoran came to see Taoist Priest Li on purpose. When he saw Li Lezhi, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Taoist Priest, are you going to leave?"
Li Le just nodded.
When Gongsun Miaoran heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Master, would you be so kind as to go to the same place with me?"
"Huh?" Li Le was just confused.
Gongsun Miaoran then took two steps forward and said to Li Le very closely, "This time I want to ask Taoist Li to take a look at the matter that Tao Ran calculated last time. It just so happens that the other party is hosting a banquet today and invites us to have fun. Tao Ran is worried, so I want to ask Taoist Li to go over and take a look."
"..." Li Le only looked at the sky outside. It was still early and he couldn't figure out how to get the guarantee from Xuanyang Palace to enter Taibuli. He might as well go and see the excitement and relax.
After thinking about it, Li Le just nodded in agreement.
He and Gongsun Miaoran were also quite familiar with each other, so they rode in the same carriage to the Bamboo Garden.
The Bamboo Garden is a place where scholars and elegant people often meet and gather. The environment is quiet and elegant, the yard is quite large, and there is a small bridge and flowing water. The trickle of water can also make people relax and forget everything.
Li Lezhi liked this place very much. He looked at the red fish and black fish swimming under the bridge and followed Gongsun Miaoran into a small courtyard.
The courtyard was not small. There were already four to five people sitting around a table. They were holding brushes in their hands, writing and drawing, and talking in low voices. On the other side, Master Li Le saw a familiar person, who was the Prince of Pingyang, whom he had met once at the Qianqiu Banquet.
Prince Pingyang was sitting on a chair, playing the game of tossing pot intermittently, and Tao Ran, who wanted to invite him to judge the game, had a gentle and elegant man as white as jade standing next to him. It was unknown whether this man was Tao Ran's future brother-in-law.
Tao Ran looked up and saw Li Lezhi. He immediately abandoned the people around him and walked towards Li Lezhi with big strides, shouting, "Master Li, you are here."
As soon as the three words "Master Li" came out, everyone's eyes turned to Li Lezhi. In the past few days, the capital city was in turmoil and the person that everyone couldn't help but talk about was Master Li.
Seeing the real person, everyone couldn't help but stop what they were doing and looked over curiously, wanting to see what kind of person he was. After really seeing Li Lezhi, they were first shocked by his ethereal and immortal demeanor, and then they noticed his face, a face as gorgeous as peach blossoms in March. It was surprising that two different styles could be seen in one person.
If it weren't for the other party's extraordinary temperament, just looking at his appearance, which is rare in this world, who could not be attracted by him? But this man happened to be a Taoist priest, and everyone was shocked by his temperament at first sight. When they met his eyes, they felt ashamed and dared not get closer.
They looked at each other in silence for a moment.
Instead, Lu Yu asked, "Is this Taoist Priest Li?"
Tao Ran looked back at him, then whispered in front of Li Lezhi: "This is the one I was talking about."
Li Le suddenly understood that he was indeed Tao Ran's future brother-in-law. He nodded and calmly walked to the side and sat down. The seat he chose was right next to Prince Pingyang.
This caused Prince Pingyang to look at him repeatedly, and suddenly he smiled and said, "I haven't seen Taoist Li for a few days, and you are still as elegant as ever."
After the Qianqiu Banquet, who could have thought that this Taoist priest Li, whom Wang Ren cared about, actually had such great abilities and could get involved in the case Wang Ren was investigating. As for the rumor that Li Le's calculations were inaccurate, Prince Pingyang did not believe it at first, but after the official doctor was found out, he was even more convinced that it was indeed the case.
Although I don't know how capable this Taoist priest is, but judging from his arrogance and the fact that he doesn't take anyone seriously, I think he must have some skills.
Prince Pingyang asked, "How can Taoist Li have the leisure to come here and tell fortunes for others?"
Li Le just looked over. He thought that Prince Pingyang wanted to find fault with him, but he didn't expect him to say, "Why don't you calculate it for me, Taoist Li? Calculate my marriage fate."
Li Lezhi: “…” Has he been possessed by Yue Lao recently?
But it was not a difficult task to calculate for the other party. Li Le only glanced at the opposite side and saw that the group of people were still looking curiously in the direction of him and Prince Pingyang. This made him almost pause with his calculating hand, and then he naturally took out the tortoise shell from his sleeve.
There happened to be a tea table between him and Prince Pingyang, so he did not move and continued to count for Prince Pingyang while shaking the tortoise shell.
After six times, he put away the tortoise shell, counted with his hands in his sleeves, and said, "In less than two months, the prince will have good news."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Prince Pingyang sneered, glanced at Li Le with contempt and said, "The Taoist priest's calculations are not accurate."
Two months. If he didn't like it, good things would not happen within two months.
Li Le didn't say much. He did calculate that Prince Pingyang would get married within two months...
As for the person to marry... Li Le just gave up on it. After thinking about it, he felt confused and confused.
The relationship between these people is enough to give him a big piece of the pie.
Li Lezhi did not forget the purpose of his coming here. He calculated again. This time he did not use the tortoise shell, but directly calculated Lu Yu with his bare hands to figure out his situation.
After the result came out, he was shocked, like a huge melon hit him on the head. After being stunned for a while, Li Le was just angry and frowned. How could there be such a person in the world who actually cheated in marriage?
What Li Lezhi didn't expect was that the other party actually liked men!
I originally thought that there was something wrong with the other party. He was just committing a common problem among men in ancient times, keeping a mistress. The other girl already had a child before she got married, or there was a cousin in the mansion who was in love with him.
But I never expected that the other party actually likes men.
This brought a huge enough shock to Li Lezhi, who had never been exposed to these things, and it was overwhelming.
I couldn't help but ask Prince Pingyang, "What is Lu Yu's reputation like?"
Speaking of Lu Yu, Prince Pingyang's face was not good, but he still approached Li Le and lowered his voice and said, "She is as beautiful as jade, the only heir in the family, has not yet taken a concubine, and has a reputation. She is indeed a good match."
After saying these words, Prince Pingyang's expression became unsightly, with even more gnashing of teeth in his expression.
Li Le just nodded without saying anything more, nor did he know what to say.
When he was calculating for the Prince of Pingyang just now, he had already figured out that his marriage was related to the Tao family. In other words, the perfect match for Tao Ran that he calculated last time was not Lu Yu, but the Prince of Pingyang.
Li Le didn't know about the relationship between the three families, but as far as this matter was concerned, it would ultimately be up to the Tao family to make the decision. As for whether the relationship between Prince Pingyang and the Tao family would be successful, it had nothing to do with him.
But what Li Le didn't expect was...
He didn't want to care about the relationship between the two families, but Prince Pingyang had his eyes on him and wanted to use his ability to "calculate" to get things done for him.
I only heard Prince Pingyang say: "Master Li is famous, I think he can tell fortunes."
Li Le just said slowly: "Your Highness just said that my calculations were inaccurate."
Prince Pingyang did not expect that this Taoist priest was such a vengeful and petty person, but it was also because he was powerless at first. Once he asked the other party for help, the other party would not take his identity into consideration.
This was the first time that Prince Pingyang was frustrated. He touched his nose and said, "I spoke inappropriately just now and wronged the Taoist priest. If the Taoist priest can help me this time, you can always look for me if you need anything next time."
The implication is that you owe someone a favor.
People like them will not easily owe favors to others. After all, it is easy to owe favors, but it is not easy to repay them.
This was also a decision made by Prince Pingyang after careful consideration. He just owed a favor to a Taoist priest, and a "capable" Taoist priest at that. He might not be needed in the future. Secondly, if he really encountered difficulties, he would not be involved in the rights and disputes of the fight for the throne.
This also meant that Prince Pingyang really had nothing to worry about.
As for Li Lezhi, when he heard the other party say that he owed him a favor, he was shamelessly moved. He wanted to enter Taibu just to avoid some troubles, and now the favor of Prince Pingyang was in front of him, which was like a trump card.
Unless he comes into conflict with the princes, there should be nothing that Prince Pingyang cannot solve.
Li Lezhi immediately said, "I wonder what the prince wants me to help you with?"
Prince Pingyang waved his hand, noting where Tao Ran and Lu Yu were, and whispered, "I've read the fortune for the Tao family. Lu Yu is not a good match. You can handle the rest."
Li Le just understood and nodded to show that he knew.
Seeing his look, Prince Pingyang felt uneasy, thinking back to what he had just said, wondering whether the other party really understood or was just pretending to understand. But when he really said that, Prince Pingyang turned his face away, feeling a little embarrassed.
Prince Pingyang frowned and thought hard.
Li Le only took a look at the situation on Tao Ran's side. Seeing that he kept looking in his direction, he knew that he was anxious and wanted to know the result.
Li Le just stood up and walked around the yard for a while. When he saw a water pavilion, he walked towards it.
After a while, Tao Ran followed closely. Tao Ran entered the Shuixiehou and asked directly, "How is it?"
Faced with the inquiry, Li Le was still hesitant. He was not hesitant about telling Tao Ran about the other party, but hesitant about how to start.
After all, the fact that his future brother-in-law liked men was jaw-dropping enough, and he didn't know the customs of this place.
After all, he realized that the fact that a man liked another man had too much of a shock to him, and Li Le began to doubt whether he had made a mistake.
Facing Tao Ran's eyes, Li Lezhi didn't dare to speak directly. He didn't dare to look Tao Ran in the eye. He looked at the water beside him and said, "I figured out that she likes men."
"What!" Tao Ran was shocked and couldn't believe it.
He must have heard it right just now, Taoist Li said that Lu Yu likes men!
This news made Tao Ran stunned. He usually disliked Lu Yu, and he didn't like her because he didn't want his sister to marry into another family. But he didn't expect that when he asked Taoist Li to come and take a look, he would actually see this...
Tao Ran was in a state of confusion and confusion. He wanted to rush over and punch Lu Yu in the face twice.
Tao Ran held onto the pillar, exerting force with his knuckles. He had not yet recovered from the shock. Who would have known that when he first learned that his sister would marry well and live a happy life, he was still happy in his heart and was quite satisfied with Lu Yu.
Because he agreed, the family has been preparing recently, just waiting for the good day to come. When Tao Ran thought of this, his heart ached and he couldn't help but feel angry.
Bitch!
Son of a bitch!
How dare they commit marriage fraud against the Tao family!
Tao Ran suppressed his anger, like a dormant volcano, and did not rush out to argue with Lu Yu, as that would have been too embarrassing.
He took a deep breath and said to Li Le: "Thank you for telling me, Taoist priest. I'm sorry I can't accompany you this time. I'll invite you to a gathering next time."
After Tao Ran finished speaking, he left angrily without stopping for a moment.
Li Le saw this and left the pavilion. As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he was stopped by Prince Pingyang, who asked, "Master, is it done?"
Prince Pingyang also saw Tao Ran leave angrily and felt uneasy. He suspected that the other party was dissatisfied with him, so he came to ask Li Lezhi.
Li Lezhi had not yet considered the matter of Prince Pingyang, so he said to Prince Pingyang, "There is only one step left."
"Okay," Prince Pingyang's tense expression eased, and he added, "As long as the Taoist priest gets things done, as long as it's not difficult, you can come to me."
"Um."
Li Le just responded indifferently and walked past Prince Pingyang.
When Prince Pingyang saw his attitude, he felt as if he was scratched by a cat. He was curious about Li Lezhi and how he managed to accomplish this matter.
With the Taoist's current reputation, the Tao family should believe what he says.
Not long after, Prince Pingyang secretly inquired and heard the news that the Tao and Lu families had broken off their engagement. He also learned that Lu Yu actually liked men. However, this news was kept secret, and only those of them who were in high positions knew a little bit of it.
Everyone knew the truth, but no one made it public. Some speculated that Lu Yu had offended someone and was wrongly accused, while others said that the story was true and that the Tao family knew about it.
But in the end, Lu Yu was not caught fooling around in bed with a man, so others just regarded this as hearsay and should not be taken seriously.
However, some aristocratic families and dukes and marquises all had a tacit understanding to kick Lu Yu out of the list of candidates for future son-in-law.
Even though rumors were spread before the marriage, they didn't have to marry into the Lu family. There was no need to push their daughter into the fire pit for that one in ten chance.
When Prince Pingyang learned about this, he was shocked but secretly delighted, and was filled with admiration in his heart.
Others don’t know, and he doesn’t know either. This matter may not be true, otherwise, it would have been exposed earlier or later. But after he talked with Taoist Li, some rumors began to spread that Lu Yu liked men.
With such a perfect timing, how could Prince Pingyang not think of Li Lezhi? He sighed in his heart, he was worthy of being a Taoist priest who could stir up the turmoil in the capital, and he could actually think of this method.
Just because the other party is efficient and good at doing things, he should make friends with such people.
It’s just that Prince Pingyang has been busy with the betrothal arrangements recently and has had no time to look for Li Lezhi. He only had time to look for Li Lezhi after the marriage between the two families was settled.
When he went to find Li Lezhi, he couldn't help but think of the fortune telling Li Lezhi had done for him before. Good things would happen within two months, and it was really right. Could it be that this Taoist really had some skills and didn't just rely on deception to get by?
He originally thought that Li Lezhi was the only one who could do something for him. Li Lezhi had previously worked for the Ministry of Justice, so the Ministry of Justice must have already found the clues but it was difficult to arrest him.
He had previously speculated that Li Lezhi was someone specially brought in by the Ministry of Justice, and even his identity as a Taoist priest might be fake. It was a chess game between the Ministry of Justice and the Chongxuan Office. Even His Majesty was behind it, which allowed Li Lezhi to remain safe and sound.
But judging from the fortune he told him last time, Taoist Li does have some skills and is not just a name.
This time, the Prince of Pingyang invited guests to the famous teahouse Fengliuke. Li Lezhi originally didn't want to come, but since the other party was the prince, he had no choice but to come to the teahouse to be influenced by the tea culture.
It was still a private room. When Li Lezhi arrived, Prince Pingyang had already arrived. When he went in, Prince Pingyang stood up to greet him and said with a smile: "This time, it is all thanks to Taoist Li. If it weren't for Taoist Li, I wouldn't be able to achieve my wish."
Li Le just nodded. He sat opposite Prince Pingyang. When he was about to pour tea, Prince Pingyang had already poured a cup and handed it to him.
Li Le just calmly picked up the tea, took a sip and said, "The success is not up to me."
He just said that Lu Yu liked men. As for the fact that Prince Pingyang could marry into the Tao family, it was because Prince Pingyang seized the opportunity and the Tao family was willing. He did not interfere with the thoughts of the two families.
The fact that they can be together does not necessarily mean they are destined to be together. Perhaps without his previous prediction, the two of them would have been able to be together after all the twists and turns in their lives.
However, this may not be perfect in the eyes of others.
After Prince Pingyang smiled, he realized that Taoist Li was not a talkative person, so he picked out some interesting things that happened in the capital and told Taoist Li, and also told Taoist Li some news appropriately.
Just in case it comes in handy someday.
But Prince Pingyang did not expect that Lu Yu would dare to come to him.
"Bang," the door of the private room was opened. Prince Pingyang looked outside and saw that the shopkeeper and the waiter were unable to stop Lu Yu standing in front of them. His face instantly turned cold.
"Get out," Prince Pingyang said coldly.
The shopkeeper and the waiter both shrank their necks, looking as if they were implicated. They secretly glanced at Prince Pingyang, and then at Lu Yu who they could not stop. They felt so sad that they had no tears. It was not easy for the prince to come to their store, but such a thing happened in their store. They didn't know if they could continue to keep their business in the future.
He looked at the figure blocking the door with a resentful look.
Lu Yu did not leave. His face was as cold as snow and he looked at Prince Pingyang and Li Lezhi with cold eyes, clenching his hands in his sleeves.
Ever since the news of his liking for men spread, although no one took it seriously, Lu Yu was still worried. The secret hidden in the deepest part of his heart was dug out. These days, everyone's eyes looked at him, making him feel that they were mocking him.
Especially after the Tao and Lu families broke off their engagement, Prince Pingyang immediately got engaged to the Tao family, which was more like a slap in the face to him.
This made everyone once again believe that the root cause of the two families' broken engagement was him, because he liked men.
This incident had a great impact and had already affected his official career. He had no way of just standing by and watching as if it didn't exist. This was why he had to come and argue with Prince Pingyang this time.
Lu Yu said coldly: "The prince is very calculating."
He turned around and looked at the people following him. "How did this prince plot against you? It would be better to explain it clearly in front of everyone."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yu turned back angrily. If eyes could kill people, he would have wanted to cut the other person into pieces.
However, this matter could not be brought to the surface after all. Others were just making groundless accusations. If he told this matter in front of everyone, the Lu family might not tolerate him.
"Why do you have to force me so hard, Prince?" Lu Yu's eyes were red, and she looked like she was being bullied.
However, apart from the prince and Li Lezhi, the only people present were the shopkeeper and the waiter standing at the door. The two of them stood behind Lu Yu and could not see Lu Yu's expression. Even if they saw it, they would rather not have heard it. Now that they heard the other party's voice, their hearts trembled a little. They were purely afraid.
I wish Lu Yu would leave immediately.
The shopkeeper and the waiter looked at each other, with deep helplessness and a bit of despair in their eyes.
As for Prince Pingyang, he had no reason to force the other party to speak, and he opened his mouth to say something but couldn't utter a word. Thinking back carefully, he didn't force the other party in any way, and he hadn't even made a move yet.
Prince Pingyang sneered and said, "You think too highly of yourself. I forced you. Why should I force you? It was your bad behavior that caused the Tao family to cancel the engagement."
"If it weren't for the prince's trick, how could others misunderstand me?" Lu Yu said in a deep and cold voice.
"..." Prince Pingyang had no way to refute this. He did ask Li Le to take action, but he did not expect that Taoist Li would say that the other party liked men. This made him seem like he was unscrupulous.
However, with Master Li's "ability", this matter should not be a misunderstanding, right? Prince Pingyang was very unsure and asked tentatively: "Do you really want me to say this here?"
"You!" These words seemed to have grasped Lu Yu's weak spot, leaving him speechless. If he said this, he might not be able to get away with it unscathed. Not only the aristocratic families knew that he liked men.
"Since you don't want this matter to get out of hand, why don't you step down?" Prince Pingyang said coldly. His good mood today was completely ruined by the other party, which made Prince Pingyang very depressed. The look in his eyes when he looked at Lu Yu was even more cold.
Lu Yu said: "Walk upright and sit upright."
After Lu Yu said this, just as he was about to leave, Li Le just said: "This sentence is not suitable for you."
Seeing the whole farce, Li Lezhi understood why the other party came to find Prince Pingyang. They wanted to disguise his broken engagement as two men fighting for one woman, in order to disguise his matter which was regarded as a figment of the imagination.
If the other party was well behaved, Li Le would not want to jump out and slap him in the face, but the other party was not well behaved.
Looking at his expression, he also wants to wash away the stain on himself. If he had known this would happen, why would he have gone for fraudulent marriage in the first place?
Now that the girl's family knows about it, he has called off the engagement, but he is still unwilling to accept it. How can there be such a shameless person in this world?
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After Li Le learned about the situation of Taichang Temple's Taibu from Lord Zhao, only six points remained in his mind.
He really didn't expect that Kao Taibu would also have to find a Taoist temple to guarantee it, and it was not any other Taoist temple, but Xuanyang Palace.
The rumor that the Taoist priests in Xuanyang Palace were not even one-tenth as good as him was still lingering in his mind. It had not been long since the incident happened, and there was no guarantee that the Taoist priests in Xuanyang Palace did not know about it.
This put him in a difficult position. Who knew if he went to Xuanyang Palace now, the Taoists inside would think he was looking for trouble?
Li Le was still thinking about this matter after he got off duty. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the Ministry of Justice, he saw Gongsun Miaoran who was about to come in.
Li Le just slightly turned sideways to avoid it.
Gongsun Miaoran came to see Taoist Priest Li on purpose. When he saw Li Lezhi, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Taoist Priest, are you going to leave?"
Li Le just nodded.
When Gongsun Miaoran heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Master, would you be so kind as to go to the same place with me?"
"Huh?" Li Le was just confused.
Gongsun Miaoran then took two steps forward and said to Li Le very closely, "This time I want to ask Taoist Li to take a look at the matter that Tao Ran calculated last time. It just so happens that the other party is hosting a banquet today and invites us to have fun. Tao Ran is worried, so I want to ask Taoist Li to go over and take a look."
"..." Li Le only looked at the sky outside. It was still early and he couldn't figure out how to get the guarantee from Xuanyang Palace to enter Taibuli. He might as well go and see the excitement and relax.
After thinking about it, Li Le just nodded in agreement.
He and Gongsun Miaoran were also quite familiar with each other, so they rode in the same carriage to the Bamboo Garden.
The Bamboo Garden is a place where scholars and elegant people often meet and gather. The environment is quiet and elegant, the yard is quite large, and there is a small bridge and flowing water. The trickle of water can also make people relax and forget everything.
Li Lezhi liked this place very much. He looked at the red fish and black fish swimming under the bridge and followed Gongsun Miaoran into a small courtyard.
The courtyard was not small. There were already four to five people sitting around a table. They were holding brushes in their hands, writing and drawing, and talking in low voices. On the other side, Master Li Le saw a familiar person, who was the Prince of Pingyang, whom he had met once at the Qianqiu Banquet.
Prince Pingyang was sitting on a chair, playing the game of tossing pot intermittently, and Tao Ran, who wanted to invite him to judge the game, had a gentle and elegant man as white as jade standing next to him. It was unknown whether this man was Tao Ran's future brother-in-law.
Tao Ran looked up and saw Li Lezhi. He immediately abandoned the people around him and walked towards Li Lezhi with big strides, shouting, "Master Li, you are here."
As soon as the three words "Master Li" came out, everyone's eyes turned to Li Lezhi. In the past few days, the capital city was in turmoil and the person that everyone couldn't help but talk about was Master Li.
Seeing the real person, everyone couldn't help but stop what they were doing and looked over curiously, wanting to see what kind of person he was. After really seeing Li Lezhi, they were first shocked by his ethereal and immortal demeanor, and then they noticed his face, a face as gorgeous as peach blossoms in March. It was surprising that two different styles could be seen in one person.
If it weren't for the other party's extraordinary temperament, just looking at his appearance, which is rare in this world, who could not be attracted by him? But this man happened to be a Taoist priest, and everyone was shocked by his temperament at first sight. When they met his eyes, they felt ashamed and dared not get closer.
They looked at each other in silence for a moment.
Instead, Lu Yu asked, "Is this Taoist Priest Li?"
Tao Ran looked back at him, then whispered in front of Li Lezhi: "This is the one I was talking about."
Li Le suddenly understood that he was indeed Tao Ran's future brother-in-law. He nodded and calmly walked to the side and sat down. The seat he chose was right next to Prince Pingyang.
This caused Prince Pingyang to look at him repeatedly, and suddenly he smiled and said, "I haven't seen Taoist Li for a few days, and you are still as elegant as ever."
After the Qianqiu Banquet, who could have thought that this Taoist priest Li, whom Wang Ren cared about, actually had such great abilities and could get involved in the case Wang Ren was investigating. As for the rumor that Li Le's calculations were inaccurate, Prince Pingyang did not believe it at first, but after the official doctor was found out, he was even more convinced that it was indeed the case.
Although I don't know how capable this Taoist priest is, but judging from his arrogance and the fact that he doesn't take anyone seriously, I think he must have some skills.
Prince Pingyang asked, "How can Taoist Li have the leisure to come here and tell fortunes for others?"
Li Le just looked over. He thought that Prince Pingyang wanted to find fault with him, but he didn't expect him to say, "Why don't you calculate it for me, Taoist Li? Calculate my marriage fate."
Li Lezhi: “…” Has he been possessed by Yue Lao recently?
But it was not a difficult task to calculate for the other party. Li Le only glanced at the opposite side and saw that the group of people were still looking curiously in the direction of him and Prince Pingyang. This made him almost pause with his calculating hand, and then he naturally took out the tortoise shell from his sleeve.
There happened to be a tea table between him and Prince Pingyang, so he did not move and continued to count for Prince Pingyang while shaking the tortoise shell.
After six times, he put away the tortoise shell, counted with his hands in his sleeves, and said, "In less than two months, the prince will have good news."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Prince Pingyang sneered, glanced at Li Le with contempt and said, "The Taoist priest's calculations are not accurate."
Two months. If he didn't like it, good things would not happen within two months.
Li Le didn't say much. He did calculate that Prince Pingyang would get married within two months...
As for the person to marry... Li Le just gave up on it. After thinking about it, he felt confused and confused.
The relationship between these people is enough to give him a big piece of the pie.
Li Lezhi did not forget the purpose of his coming here. He calculated again. This time he did not use the tortoise shell, but directly calculated Lu Yu with his bare hands to figure out his situation.
After the result came out, he was shocked, like a huge melon hit him on the head. After being stunned for a while, Li Le was just angry and frowned. How could there be such a person in the world who actually cheated in marriage?
What Li Lezhi didn't expect was that the other party actually liked men!
I originally thought that there was something wrong with the other party. He was just committing a common problem among men in ancient times, keeping a mistress. The other girl already had a child before she got married, or there was a cousin in the mansion who was in love with him.
But I never expected that the other party actually likes men.
This brought a huge enough shock to Li Lezhi, who had never been exposed to these things, and it was overwhelming.
I couldn't help but ask Prince Pingyang, "What is Lu Yu's reputation like?"
Speaking of Lu Yu, Prince Pingyang's face was not good, but he still approached Li Le and lowered his voice and said, "She is as beautiful as jade, the only heir in the family, has not yet taken a concubine, and has a reputation. She is indeed a good match."
After saying these words, Prince Pingyang's expression became unsightly, with even more gnashing of teeth in his expression.
Li Le just nodded without saying anything more, nor did he know what to say.
When he was calculating for the Prince of Pingyang just now, he had already figured out that his marriage was related to the Tao family. In other words, the perfect match for Tao Ran that he calculated last time was not Lu Yu, but the Prince of Pingyang.
Li Le didn't know about the relationship between the three families, but as far as this matter was concerned, it would ultimately be up to the Tao family to make the decision. As for whether the relationship between Prince Pingyang and the Tao family would be successful, it had nothing to do with him.
But what Li Le didn't expect was...
He didn't want to care about the relationship between the two families, but Prince Pingyang had his eyes on him and wanted to use his ability to "calculate" to get things done for him.
I only heard Prince Pingyang say: "Master Li is famous, I think he can tell fortunes."
Li Le just said slowly: "Your Highness just said that my calculations were inaccurate."
Prince Pingyang did not expect that this Taoist priest was such a vengeful and petty person, but it was also because he was powerless at first. Once he asked the other party for help, the other party would not take his identity into consideration.
This was the first time that Prince Pingyang was frustrated. He touched his nose and said, "I spoke inappropriately just now and wronged the Taoist priest. If the Taoist priest can help me this time, you can always look for me if you need anything next time."
The implication is that you owe someone a favor.
People like them will not easily owe favors to others. After all, it is easy to owe favors, but it is not easy to repay them.
This was also a decision made by Prince Pingyang after careful consideration. He just owed a favor to a Taoist priest, and a "capable" Taoist priest at that. He might not be needed in the future. Secondly, if he really encountered difficulties, he would not be involved in the rights and disputes of the fight for the throne.
This also meant that Prince Pingyang really had nothing to worry about.
As for Li Lezhi, when he heard the other party say that he owed him a favor, he was shamelessly moved. He wanted to enter Taibu just to avoid some troubles, and now the favor of Prince Pingyang was in front of him, which was like a trump card.
Unless he comes into conflict with the princes, there should be nothing that Prince Pingyang cannot solve.
Li Lezhi immediately said, "I wonder what the prince wants me to help you with?"
Prince Pingyang waved his hand, noting where Tao Ran and Lu Yu were, and whispered, "I've read the fortune for the Tao family. Lu Yu is not a good match. You can handle the rest."
Li Le just understood and nodded to show that he knew.
Seeing his look, Prince Pingyang felt uneasy, thinking back to what he had just said, wondering whether the other party really understood or was just pretending to understand. But when he really said that, Prince Pingyang turned his face away, feeling a little embarrassed.
Prince Pingyang frowned and thought hard.
Li Le only took a look at the situation on Tao Ran's side. Seeing that he kept looking in his direction, he knew that he was anxious and wanted to know the result.
Li Le just stood up and walked around the yard for a while. When he saw a water pavilion, he walked towards it.
After a while, Tao Ran followed closely. Tao Ran entered the Shuixiehou and asked directly, "How is it?"
Faced with the inquiry, Li Le was still hesitant. He was not hesitant about telling Tao Ran about the other party, but hesitant about how to start.
After all, the fact that his future brother-in-law liked men was jaw-dropping enough, and he didn't know the customs of this place.
After all, he realized that the fact that a man liked another man had too much of a shock to him, and Li Le began to doubt whether he had made a mistake.
Facing Tao Ran's eyes, Li Lezhi didn't dare to speak directly. He didn't dare to look Tao Ran in the eye. He looked at the water beside him and said, "I figured out that she likes men."
"What!" Tao Ran was shocked and couldn't believe it.
He must have heard it right just now, Taoist Li said that Lu Yu likes men!
This news made Tao Ran stunned. He usually disliked Lu Yu, and he didn't like her because he didn't want his sister to marry into another family. But he didn't expect that when he asked Taoist Li to come and take a look, he would actually see this...
Tao Ran was in a state of confusion and confusion. He wanted to rush over and punch Lu Yu in the face twice.
Tao Ran held onto the pillar, exerting force with his knuckles. He had not yet recovered from the shock. Who would have known that when he first learned that his sister would marry well and live a happy life, he was still happy in his heart and was quite satisfied with Lu Yu.
Because he agreed, the family has been preparing recently, just waiting for the good day to come. When Tao Ran thought of this, his heart ached and he couldn't help but feel angry.
Bitch!
Son of a bitch!
How dare they commit marriage fraud against the Tao family!
Tao Ran suppressed his anger, like a dormant volcano, and did not rush out to argue with Lu Yu, as that would have been too embarrassing.
He took a deep breath and said to Li Le: "Thank you for telling me, Taoist priest. I'm sorry I can't accompany you this time. I'll invite you to a gathering next time."
After Tao Ran finished speaking, he left angrily without stopping for a moment.
Li Le saw this and left the pavilion. As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he was stopped by Prince Pingyang, who asked, "Master, is it done?"
Prince Pingyang also saw Tao Ran leave angrily and felt uneasy. He suspected that the other party was dissatisfied with him, so he came to ask Li Lezhi.
Li Lezhi had not yet considered the matter of Prince Pingyang, so he said to Prince Pingyang, "There is only one step left."
"Okay," Prince Pingyang's tense expression eased, and he added, "As long as the Taoist priest gets things done, as long as it's not difficult, you can come to me."
"Um."
Li Le just responded indifferently and walked past Prince Pingyang.
When Prince Pingyang saw his attitude, he felt as if he was scratched by a cat. He was curious about Li Lezhi and how he managed to accomplish this matter.
With the Taoist's current reputation, the Tao family should believe what he says.
Not long after, Prince Pingyang secretly inquired and heard the news that the Tao and Lu families had broken off their engagement. He also learned that Lu Yu actually liked men. However, this news was kept secret, and only those of them who were in high positions knew a little bit of it.
Everyone knew the truth, but no one made it public. Some speculated that Lu Yu had offended someone and was wrongly accused, while others said that the story was true and that the Tao family knew about it.
But in the end, Lu Yu was not caught fooling around in bed with a man, so others just regarded this as hearsay and should not be taken seriously.
However, some aristocratic families and dukes and marquises all had a tacit understanding to kick Lu Yu out of the list of candidates for future son-in-law.
Even though rumors were spread before the marriage, they didn't have to marry into the Lu family. There was no need to push their daughter into the fire pit for that one in ten chance.
When Prince Pingyang learned about this, he was shocked but secretly delighted, and was filled with admiration in his heart.
Others don’t know, and he doesn’t know either. This matter may not be true, otherwise, it would have been exposed earlier or later. But after he talked with Taoist Li, some rumors began to spread that Lu Yu liked men.
With such a perfect timing, how could Prince Pingyang not think of Li Lezhi? He sighed in his heart, he was worthy of being a Taoist priest who could stir up the turmoil in the capital, and he could actually think of this method.
Just because the other party is efficient and good at doing things, he should make friends with such people.
It’s just that Prince Pingyang has been busy with the betrothal arrangements recently and has had no time to look for Li Lezhi. He only had time to look for Li Lezhi after the marriage between the two families was settled.
When he went to find Li Lezhi, he couldn't help but think of the fortune telling Li Lezhi had done for him before. Good things would happen within two months, and it was really right. Could it be that this Taoist really had some skills and didn't just rely on deception to get by?
He originally thought that Li Lezhi was the only one who could do something for him. Li Lezhi had previously worked for the Ministry of Justice, so the Ministry of Justice must have already found the clues but it was difficult to arrest him.
He had previously speculated that Li Lezhi was someone specially brought in by the Ministry of Justice, and even his identity as a Taoist priest might be fake. It was a chess game between the Ministry of Justice and the Chongxuan Office. Even His Majesty was behind it, which allowed Li Lezhi to remain safe and sound.
But judging from the fortune he told him last time, Taoist Li does have some skills and is not just a name.
This time, the Prince of Pingyang invited guests to the famous teahouse Fengliuke. Li Lezhi originally didn't want to come, but since the other party was the prince, he had no choice but to come to the teahouse to be influenced by the tea culture.
It was still a private room. When Li Lezhi arrived, Prince Pingyang had already arrived. When he went in, Prince Pingyang stood up to greet him and said with a smile: "This time, it is all thanks to Taoist Li. If it weren't for Taoist Li, I wouldn't be able to achieve my wish."
Li Le just nodded. He sat opposite Prince Pingyang. When he was about to pour tea, Prince Pingyang had already poured a cup and handed it to him.
Li Le just calmly picked up the tea, took a sip and said, "The success is not up to me."
He just said that Lu Yu liked men. As for the fact that Prince Pingyang could marry into the Tao family, it was because Prince Pingyang seized the opportunity and the Tao family was willing. He did not interfere with the thoughts of the two families.
The fact that they can be together does not necessarily mean they are destined to be together. Perhaps without his previous prediction, the two of them would have been able to be together after all the twists and turns in their lives.
However, this may not be perfect in the eyes of others.
After Prince Pingyang smiled, he realized that Taoist Li was not a talkative person, so he picked out some interesting things that happened in the capital and told Taoist Li, and also told Taoist Li some news appropriately.
Just in case it comes in handy someday.
But Prince Pingyang did not expect that Lu Yu would dare to come to him.
"Bang," the door of the private room was opened. Prince Pingyang looked outside and saw that the shopkeeper and the waiter were unable to stop Lu Yu standing in front of them. His face instantly turned cold.
"Get out," Prince Pingyang said coldly.
The shopkeeper and the waiter both shrank their necks, looking as if they were implicated. They secretly glanced at Prince Pingyang, and then at Lu Yu who they could not stop. They felt so sad that they had no tears. It was not easy for the prince to come to their store, but such a thing happened in their store. They didn't know if they could continue to keep their business in the future.
He looked at the figure blocking the door with a resentful look.
Lu Yu did not leave. His face was as cold as snow and he looked at Prince Pingyang and Li Lezhi with cold eyes, clenching his hands in his sleeves.
Ever since the news of his liking for men spread, although no one took it seriously, Lu Yu was still worried. The secret hidden in the deepest part of his heart was dug out. These days, everyone's eyes looked at him, making him feel that they were mocking him.
Especially after the Tao and Lu families broke off their engagement, Prince Pingyang immediately got engaged to the Tao family, which was more like a slap in the face to him.
This made everyone once again believe that the root cause of the two families' broken engagement was him, because he liked men.
This incident had a great impact and had already affected his official career. He had no way of just standing by and watching as if it didn't exist. This was why he had to come and argue with Prince Pingyang this time.
Lu Yu said coldly: "The prince is very calculating."
He turned around and looked at the people following him. "How did this prince plot against you? It would be better to explain it clearly in front of everyone."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yu turned back angrily. If eyes could kill people, he would have wanted to cut the other person into pieces.
However, this matter could not be brought to the surface after all. Others were just making groundless accusations. If he told this matter in front of everyone, the Lu family might not tolerate him.
"Why do you have to force me so hard, Prince?" Lu Yu's eyes were red, and she looked like she was being bullied.
However, apart from the prince and Li Lezhi, the only people present were the shopkeeper and the waiter standing at the door. The two of them stood behind Lu Yu and could not see Lu Yu's expression. Even if they saw it, they would rather not have heard it. Now that they heard the other party's voice, their hearts trembled a little. They were purely afraid.
I wish Lu Yu would leave immediately.
The shopkeeper and the waiter looked at each other, with deep helplessness and a bit of despair in their eyes.
As for Prince Pingyang, he had no reason to force the other party to speak, and he opened his mouth to say something but couldn't utter a word. Thinking back carefully, he didn't force the other party in any way, and he hadn't even made a move yet.
Prince Pingyang sneered and said, "You think too highly of yourself. I forced you. Why should I force you? It was your bad behavior that caused the Tao family to cancel the engagement."
"If it weren't for the prince's trick, how could others misunderstand me?" Lu Yu said in a deep and cold voice.
"..." Prince Pingyang had no way to refute this. He did ask Li Le to take action, but he did not expect that Taoist Li would say that the other party liked men. This made him seem like he was unscrupulous.
However, with Master Li's "ability", this matter should not be a misunderstanding, right? Prince Pingyang was very unsure and asked tentatively: "Do you really want me to say this here?"
"You!" These words seemed to have grasped Lu Yu's weak spot, leaving him speechless. If he said this, he might not be able to get away with it unscathed. Not only the aristocratic families knew that he liked men.
"Since you don't want this matter to get out of hand, why don't you step down?" Prince Pingyang said coldly. His good mood today was completely ruined by the other party, which made Prince Pingyang very depressed. The look in his eyes when he looked at Lu Yu was even more cold.
Lu Yu said: "Walk upright and sit upright."
After Lu Yu said this, just as he was about to leave, Li Le just said: "This sentence is not suitable for you."
Seeing the whole farce, Li Lezhi understood why the other party came to find Prince Pingyang. They wanted to disguise his broken engagement as two men fighting for one woman, in order to disguise his matter which was regarded as a figment of the imagination.
If the other party was well behaved, Li Le would not want to jump out and slap him in the face, but the other party was not well behaved.
Looking at his expression, he also wants to wash away the stain on himself. If he had known this would happen, why would he have gone for fraudulent marriage in the first place?
Now that the girl's family knows about it, he has called off the engagement, but he is still unwilling to accept it. How can there be such a shameless person in this world?
"What do you mean?"
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