After hearing Liu Bang's words, Li Dun returned to reality. He looked at Li Jing, who was lamenting himself, and said with a solemn expression,
"Now that the treasury of our Great Tang is almost completely depleted, Li Weigong owes the treasury seventeen thousand strings.”
Li Jing helplessly opened his palm and said,"I don't have the money to pay you back."”
Li Dun couldn't be bothered to continue arguing with him. He directly said his purpose,
"You still want Duke Li to know that as long as the national treasury doesn't collect the money owed, I will have to visit Duke Li's mansion every day. If I suffer, you will suffer as well. How about this? I will take back your mansion for the Imperial Court and return it to you in its original state in half a day!”
"Take back my mansion?"
"Where do I live?" Li Jing narrowed his eyes. How are we going to work?"
Li Dun smiled and said,
"Duke Li is still the same as he was in the past. It's only taken back in name. In reality, this is still Duke Li's manor.”
Li Jing was silent for a long time, unsure what Li Dun was going to do.
What kind of game was this?
Especially when he said " take back the mansion in name ", Li Jing was a little confused. Was this kid thinking of a way to sell his place? If that was the case, he was not playing dirty. He was so bad that smoke was coming out of his ancestral grave.
"Your Highness, let's be clear.”
"What exactly do you want?" Li Jing asked.”
"Li Weigong is just afraid that I will sell your place?”
Li Dun chuckled and shook his head.
"If I sell it, won't the world laugh at the reckless actions of the princes of the Great Tang? Won't the meritorious officials of the Great Tang be left with no place to rest?”
"Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person.”
"I'm also afraid that someone will backstab me," Li Dun said unhurriedly.”
Li Jing thought for a long time, but he still couldn't find anything special about it. Other than the "nominally", he hesitated and said,"
"Since that's the case, why don't the Ninth Prince sign it?”
This guy was too cautious. Li Dun said angrily,"Deal."
"This old master has no paper or ink. Why don't you send someone to the Imperial Palace to get some for me to use?”
Li Jing was not the kind of person who would give up halfway. He said with a sad expression,
"This old master's family is really poor, only that broken pen is left.”
"That's enough." Li Dun said meaningfully.”
"It's better to take some."
Li Jing's tone was unquestionable, afraid that the Ninth Prince would trick him on this matter. He looked at Manager Liu with a serious expression and said in a deep voice,"
"Go to the palace and bring back some ink washi in the name of His Highness the Ninth Prince. If anyone asks, ask him to come over personally!”
"Yes!"
Steward Liu hurriedly responded and immediately ran out in large strides.
Li Jing tilted his head and looked at Li Dun. He pointed at the teacup on the table and asked curiously,
"Your Highness, drink some tea. If you don't drink, others will think that this old master is not treating you well.”
"..."
Is this tea drinkable? Li Dun felt a little depressed.
He finally understood why Cheng Yaojin said that he couldn't beat Li Jing. This guy was so weak that ordinary people really weren't his match.
Li Jing's underhanded methods were not only bad. The most important thing was that when he did bad things, you could not say that he was wrong. If you blamed him, it would become your own fault!
"Why are you doing this?" Li Dun sighed.”
Seeing that he wasn't fooled, Li Jing sighed." Why did you do this?”
The meaning of their conversation was obvious.
What Li Dun meant was, why did he have to do such a dirty thing for some debts?
Li Jing seemed to be asking a question, but in reality, he was responding to Li Dun. You knew that I wouldn't return it, but you still came here? If I could return the money, would I show you my dirty face?
Very soon, the manager of the mansion ran back with a sullen expression, holding four items in his arms.
He felt really embarrassed today, especially after he said what he wanted. The eunuchs in the palace looked at him strangely as if they had seen a ghost, and he felt uncomfortable all over.
Steward Liu's face turned red as he looked at Li Jing and said,"
"State Duke, the palace said that since our mansion is so poor that we don't even have paper, ink, and inkstone, they gave us a whole set. They also said that if there isn't enough, we can get it at any time.”
Li Jing waved his hand and dismissed him as if nothing had happened.
Steward Liu wanted to say something but stopped. He really wanted to shout at his Duke,[We can't play like this. This is too cruel to our own people. Isn't it just paying back the money? At most, I'll go to the brothel and sell my body to pay back the debt!]
"Your Highness, let's do it!"
Li Jing looked at Li Dun with a deep gaze and spread out the paper. As he took the ink stick and ground it on the inkstone, he slowly said,
" Your Highness, tell me what to do. If there are any problems, we can discuss it. After all, taking back my mansion is a big matter. No matter what, I'm a person who cares about my reputation…"
You better stop f * cking talking!
Li Dun looked at him and suddenly realized that although Li Er's words were a little hurtful, he was at least speaking openly. This person in front of him always played dirty.
Shameless?
Why would he change the gate into a pair of fences? Why would Shaman put the urinal in the hall and say something about being afraid of being seen in the courtyard?!
Li Dun said with a headache,
"Write this: Nominally, the Imperial Court is represented by the Ninth Prince, Li Dun. Today is the 27th day of the sixth month of the first year of Zhenguan.”
Li Jing wrote two copies in a flamboyant manner and wrote his name at the end of each. After taking a closer look, his heart instantly relaxed. He raised his head and handed the pen to Li Dun. He said with a serious expression,
"Your Highness, please sign here."
Without any hesitation, Li Dun wrote down his name.
"Good handwriting!"
Li Jing's eyes suddenly lit up. Although the Ninth Prince had only written two simple words, the strength of the Qi force that penetrated the paper had spared no effort to pass it out. It was obvious that the Ninth Prince had put a lot of effort into learning.
However, how could he know that Li Dun, who had the ability to paint with a wonderful brush, had only revealed a little bit of his talent?
"The calligraphy is good. The brush, ink, paper, and inkstone are all good."
Li Jing sighed with emotion. His fingers gently stroked the new brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. He asked reluctantly,"Your Highness, should we bring this back?”
"..."
Li Dun really did not want to stay with him for another second. He stood up and cupped his hands."See you later."
Li Jing watched as Li Dun strode away without looking back. After he completely disappeared from his sight, Li Jing retracted his gaze. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he muttered to himself,
"A brat wants to learn from others and ask for debts? I've already said why bother. You came to this old man's place to find trouble. Now that you haven't asked for the money back, you've even made a set of brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. Sigh, young men nowadays just can't keep their cool.”
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