Li Jue was happily making sarcastic remarks when he heard Old Li's threat and immediately shut his mouth in fright.
There are huge puddles around here, it wouldn't be easier to drown yourself!
"Old Li, look at you, so stingy!"
"I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about someone else, why are you getting so worked up!"
Li Shimin snorted coldly upon hearing this.
"You can't say who it is!"
"Get out of here right now! I never want to see you again!"
"Oh, you're really angry? Didn't we just say we were going to have lunch together?"
"I'm not eating anymore!"
"I'm already so angry with you, what's the point of eating!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jue turned his back to Old Li and gave him a loud fart. Li Shimin was so angry that he kicked him in the backside.
"Get out!"
After saying this, Li Shimin got up and left, but he was stopped by Li Jue after only a few steps.
"Uncle Li, aren't you going to see me out?"
"Hmph!"
"I'll take you out right now!"
Qinglongfang.
Li Jue's small courtyard had long been converted into a central kitchen, specializing in kneading dough, making dumplings and wontons, which were then used for stalls by the Sanglin Manor and later by the Changsha Princess's estate, which was bestowed by the imperial court.
Therefore, Xue Shisan and Shan Daozhen, seeing so much delicious food here, were truly like mice falling into a rice jar, eating with great gusto.
Upon learning that the property belonged to the captain, the two invited all the soldiers who had been escorting the uniforms to come in, letting them eat to their hearts' content, adhering to the principle of "why not eat if it's free."
However, during the meal, the group couldn't help but talk about their own captain.
"Old Dan, who is that old Li who came out of the palace?"
"have no idea……"
"It's said to be the grandfather of our captain!"
"Grandpa?"
Upon hearing this, Xue Shisan felt a pounding in his heart, but he was unsure whether the old man was His Majesty the Emperor.
After all, back then he was simply tied up and brought before Li Shimin, and he only glanced at the other party before being forcibly pushed down by the enforcement team.
Moreover, more than ten years had passed, and Li Shimin's physique had changed, making it even more difficult for him to determine the other party's identity.
"What's wrong? Do you know that old man?"
"No, no, I don't know him, I just thought the old man looked like someone..."
Upon hearing this, Shan Daozhen burst into laughter.
"He's a human being, so how can you say he's like a human being? Hahaha!"
"No, no, no, I mean he looks like someone, a very powerful person!"
"If our captain is that person's grandson, then everything unreasonable in our military command makes sense!"
"Uh..."
While the other soldiers were still completely bewildered, Shan Daozhen suddenly realized what Xue Shisan meant.
Because among the four or five hundred military commands in the entire Guanzhong region, only the Sanglin Military Command is the most unique.
It's one thing that the Commandant of the Vanguard is only ten years old, and it's another that the military camp is built to an extremely high standard. But it's quite strange that no one dares to cause trouble despite the excellent benefits and treatment.
Thinking of this, and recalling what Uncle Cheng had told him—that he must never contradict the Commandant of the Vanguard—Dan Daozhen gained another layer of understanding.
Could it be that our captain is a member of the royal family?
Xue Shisan was also going through a brainstorming session. Although Yuchi Jingde hadn't said anything to him, he had already begun to have doubts based on Yuchi Jingde's attitude towards his own captain.
It can be said that even if his own captain was General Yuchi's grandson, General Yuchi would not treat him so well, much less come over to personally supervise the army for him, or even accompany him to train the troops!
Based on all of the above, he could basically conclude that his own captain was at least a member of the imperial clan, which was why he had such privileges!
"Old Xue, about this matter..."
Shan Daozhen gave Xue Shisan a meaningful look, and Xue Shisan shook his head upon hearing this.
"Keep it to yourself!"
"There are some things even the captain doesn't know, so there's even less reason for us to know!"
Shan Daozhen nodded heavily upon hearing this.
"Brother Xue sees things very clearly!"
The two stopped talking after that and focused on eating.
"Aunt Wu, give us another three hundred dumplings!"
"Okay!"
Aunt Wu had barely agreed when she heard her young master's furious voice.
"You guys came here to eat our enemies, didn't you!"
"Three hundred dumplings, aren't you afraid of stuffing yourselves to death?!"
When everyone saw Li Jue walk in, they quickly stood up to greet him.
When Aunt Wu saw her young master, she was overjoyed and went up to him, touching him left and right, praising him incessantly.
"Young Master has grown quite a bit taller; at first glance, he looks like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy!"
"Aunt Wu, you've gotten so much fairer and heavier, hahaha!"
Instead of being angry, Aunt Wu asked with great joy.
"Yeah?"
Am I really fat?
"If I've really gotten fat, it's all thanks to the young master. He's allowed me to eat peaceful meals for a year, which is why I've become so plump and healthy!"
Although the Tang Dynasty had not yet developed a tradition of valuing plumpness as beauty, it was an open secret that plump women were more popular and considered beautiful.
Therefore, Aunt Wu was so happy when Li Jue said that she had gained weight.
"Aunt Wu, haven't you thought about finding another companion?"
Aunt Wu was originally from Qinglongfang, where she raised her two sons alone until she met Li Jue and, by a twist of fate, became his servant, finally enjoying a few days of peace.
When Aunt Wu heard Li Jue say this, she immediately shook her head without hesitation.
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