After being choked to death by a copper coin, she became a demon Jin Ji in the other world

[Why not? My wish in recent years is to become Yishan’s child after my death, to write poems and have fun with him, wouldn’t that be a joy!]

Upon hearing this, Li Shangyin could only step back repeatedly, not daring to say yes. Seeing that the two were in a stalemate, Shen Yuelan could only take the initiative to participate in the conversation and bring the topic back.

[It turned out to be Mr. Li. I have heard of your great name for a long time. It is really a great honor for me to meet you today. ]

[Haha, Miss Shen, you are so kind. I am so ashamed to receive such praise from you two.]

In fact, if Shen Yuelan was asked to recite two lines of Li Shangyin's poems on the spot, she really couldn't name any. The reason was that most of Li Shangyin's famous poems were written after his middle age when he was frustrated in his official career.

Although Li Shangyin had suffered a great setback, he was not so pessimistic that he needed to express his emotions by writing poetry. Therefore, Shen Yuelan could only mutter a few words: "The phoenix hopes for one move, and the swallows and sparrows will not spare each other."

In fact, whether it is the line "When shall we cut the candle in the west window together, and talk about the night rain in Bashan" in "Night Rain Sent to the North" or the line "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it is near dusk" in "Climbing Leyouyuan", most of Li Shangyin's famous poems are tinged with a hint of sadness.

"Brocade Zither" and "Untitled" are the best among them. After reading them, people will feel heartbroken and unable to extricate themselves. Sometimes it is difficult for Shen Yuelan to imagine how desperate and helpless the life of a person who can write such poems is.

(The brocade zither has fifty strings, each string and each pillar reminds me of my youth. Zhuangzi dreamed of butterflies in the morning, and King Wang placed his spring love on the cuckoo. The moon shines on the sea, and the pearls shed tears. The sun shines on Lantian, and the jade smokes. Can this feeling be recalled? But it was already gone at that time.

It is hard to meet and hard to leave. The east wind is weak and the flowers are withered. The silkworm will not stop spinning until it dies, and the candle will not stop shedding tears until it turns into ashes. When I look in the mirror in the morning, I am worried about my hair turning gray. When I chant at night, I feel the moonlight is cold. There are not many roads to Pengshan, and the bluebird is eager to visit.

[Okay, okay, don't be so modest. Today is New Year's Eve. Fan Su has specially allowed me to have a few more drinks. No more after the deadline. Please don't delay my auspicious time, hahahaha]

[Haha, that's perfect. I brought some fruit wine with me. These fruit wines are mild in nature and can be drunk without harming the body. They are very suitable for Mr. Bai's current condition.]

[Hahaha, Miss Shen is so thoughtful. Come on, don't just stand there. Come in. The family banquet is ready. We just need you to take your seats.]

New Year's Eve was spent with everyone drinking and chatting. Even Shen Huanyan, who never drinks, had two more drinks today. It can be said that both the host and the guest felt at home.

However, I don’t know if it was because of the participation of the melancholy poet Li Shangyin, but this family dinner suddenly produced a different chemical reaction. By the end, it felt more like Bai Juyi’s farewell wine than a New Year’s Eve dinner.

【What is the purpose of Yishan's visit to Luoyang this time? 】

[Alas, I dare not hide the truth from you, Mr. Bai. My father-in-law, Wang Maoyuan, died of illness this year while representing the imperial court in suppressing Liu Zhen's rebellion. I am here to attend the funeral and am passing through Luoyang.]

[I had originally planned to buy some dry food and continue on my journey, but when I was shopping in Luoyang, I suddenly heard that you were living in seclusion in Luoyang and that you were in poor health, so I came all the way to meet you.]

[Alas, Yishan is thoughtful. Birth, aging, sickness and death are the normal course of human life. No one can avoid it, including me. I have no regrets if I can see the person I want to see at the end of my life.]

[Oh, by the way, Yishan, if possible, please leave a seat for me. ]

【Ah, what position. 】

【Take your son's place, hahahaha, please. 】

【Haha, you are here again, please. 】

Chapter 319: People's Words Are Fearful

It was the spring of the fourth year of Huichang, and the anti-Buddhist activities became more and more intense. Even the temple where Shen Yuelan and others lived was often visited by officials.

In order to avoid unnecessary arguments, Shen Yuelan had to destroy all Buddhist-related items in the temple and hang a plaque of the Shen Mansion outside the mountain gate. This calmed things down a lot.

Although destroying Buddhism is beneficial to the country and the people, since ancient times, executors at all levels have always liked to implement favorable policies from above, which has caused public resentment. Even Emperor Wuzong was not immune.

The cleansing campaign was originally aimed at specific religious sites such as temples and nunneries. However, in the fourth year of Huichang, it gradually expanded from objects to people. In addition to monks and nuns, lay disciples and ordinary pilgrims were also subject to interrogation.

Everything from Buddhist statues and scriptures to Buddhist beads and wooden fish were confiscated and burned, and people were also prohibited from discussing Buddhist matters.

Of course, the policies from above did not involve such a big move, but as long as one of the officials below did so, other officials would follow suit for the sake of performance, and the anti-Buddhist movement would gradually change its nature.

This is also the reason why Emperor Xuanzong immediately distanced himself from most of Emperor Wuzong's policies after he came to power. After all, the public resentment was too great, and if he didn't stop, he would probably follow in the footsteps of his eldest nephew, although he didn't escape it in the end.

【boom!boom!boom! 】

[Hey, Huanyan, go open the door. It must be those officials again. Do they have a crush on one of you? Why are they hanging around here? ]

[Okay, okay, stop complaining. I'll deal with them.]

[It's only because you have a good temper, Huanyan, that you're willing to argue with those guys. If it were me or Zhiwei, we would have sent those guys to see their ancestors.]

[Alas, Master, they were also sent here by their superiors to support their families and make a living. Why do you have to make things difficult for them? ]

[Yes, yes, my dear Mr. Shen, please go quickly. If you don’t open the door, those bastards will start to make things difficult for our family.]

After Shen Huanyan left, Shen Yuelan sighed helplessly. She had originally wanted to move to another place at the beginning of the year, but neither Shen Huanyan nor Xiao Yuhuan agreed with Shen Yuelan's proposal.

The reason for the opposition was very simple. Shen Yuelan and her friends had lived in Luoyang for quite some time and had accumulated some connections in Luoyang to a certain extent. A hasty move would cause unnecessary commotion.

Although it is not impossible to circumvent it through some unconventional means, there is really no need to do so.

Not long after, Shen Huanyan came in with a man. This man looked to be in his fifties, but he walked with a vigorous and confident look. It seemed that he had been living a good life recently.

In Shen Yuelan's impression, she had never had any intersection with this person, but she didn't know what the purpose of his visit today was?

[I don't know why you came to my humble home. I am sorry for not welcoming you. But I don't know why you came to my Shen Mansion. 】

[Hahaha, young lady, don't be nervous. I came here this time because I heard that Le Tian has been very close to a young lady recently, so I came to see what kind of exiled immortal could be so obsessed with that old man that he would not care about his dignity at all.]

[Haha, sir, your other skills are not that great, but your ability to be weird is superb. If you have something to say, just say it. If you have to fart, fart quickly. I don't have that much free time to listen to your nonsense! ]

Seeing that the other party had ill intentions, Shen Yuelan had no intention of accommodating him, so she spoke with a bit of intimidation on him, and the heavy pressure forced the old man out of the room.

A normal person would have been so scared that he would have knelt on the ground and begged for mercy after seeing such miraculous means, but the man in front of him was quite calm. He just broke out in a cold sweat. After Shen Yuelan finished his temper, he walked back to the room as if nothing had happened.

[Hahaha, young lady, you have such a bad temper. If you do that again, I'm afraid my muscles will fall apart. I was just testing you just now. My words may have offended you. Please forgive me. Please forgive me.]

[Humph, I have been hiding in this deep mountain forest, living in seclusion and not competing with the world, but suddenly one day an old Taoist priest with a white beard came and insisted that this is a fox den and a silk cave, and wanted to kill me. Do you think I should teach him a lesson? ]

[Uh, haha, you are right, you are right, it is me who has overstepped my authority, overstepped my authority.]

[Okay, let's get down to business. What's your name and what are you doing here? ]

[Yes, yes, my surname is Li, my courtesy name is Wenrao, my given name is Deyu, and I am currently the Minister of Civil Affairs.]

【ha? 】

Shen Yuelan was incredulous when she heard this. What the hell is going on? Isn't this the prime minister of Emperor Wuzong, Li Deyu? What is he doing here?

Although he was a little shocked, he had already shown his authority. If he continued to speak to Prime Minister Li in a friendly manner, it would be a bit embarrassing. He had no choice but to continue pretending.

[Haha, who did I think I was? It turns out that I am the prime minister of the dynasty. Why are you not making great speeches in your court, but running to this remote place like mine?]

[Hey, isn't this because of Master Bai? His cousin Bai Minzhong heard that his cousin, Bai Letian, had some bad rumors circulating recently, saying that he was already terminally ill, and instead of taking good care of himself, he actually went out to hook up with other girls.]

[Minzhong is a junior and cannot come forward to investigate, so he asked me to come and see what happened. I didn't expect to offend you. I am really sorry. I apologize to you here. ]

After listening to Li Deyu's explanation, Shen Yuelan's face was full of helplessness. Although Bai Juyi had reminded her long ago that since she was an unmarried girl, she had to pay attention to her reputation. Even though it was the Tang Dynasty now, there would still be gossip.

What's more, this involves a big man who is quite influential in the literary world, which attracts more people's attention. Therefore, although Shen Yuelan and others have been hiding in the temples in the mountains, the rumors in Luoyang City have never stopped.

Thinking of this, Shen Yuelan rubbed her acupoints helplessly. She had nothing to explain to Li Deyu about this matter. She just asked Shen Huanyan to send the man away and modify his memory to give him a logically reasonable explanation.

[Huanyan, what people say is really scary. Words can really kill a person.]

[If I were not a civil servant in the otherworld, but just an ordinary girl from the late Tang Dynasty, then even if this society was more tolerant of women, it would never allow a woman with a scandal all over the city to continue to live in the world, right?]

Chapter 320: Rumors Spread

[It is true that the shackles imposed on women by feudal society were much heavier than we imagined. Even in the open Tang Dynasty, there were inevitably some inappropriate aspects.]

[Yes, even the Tang Dynasty, which was known as the most open-minded, was like this, let alone the Ming and Qing dynasties that followed? ]

[Huanyan, if there are any missions for Mingqing in the future, remember to turn them down. If it doesn't work out, we can just stay as men. Otherwise, it will be too inconvenient.]

[It’s actually not very convenient for a man, after all, the ancients loved to play the game of sleeping with feet touching. If someone does that to you, would you sleep or not? ]

[Well, forget it. I still like this body very much. I don’t want her to be taken advantage of by a man for the time being.]

[Haha, then you should just stay here quietly. By the way, although Prime Minister Li's memory has been modified by us, the rumors in Luoyang City have not disappeared. Don't you plan to do something? ]

[Whatever, as the saying goes, rumors stop at the wise. The more you explain, the more rumors there will be. Time will dilute everything. What we have the most is time, isn't it?]

[By the way, how did you modify Prime Minister Li's memory? ]

[I didn't make any changes, except for deleting the part where you showed your supernatural powers. I basically followed his thoughts.]

[How did he come up with this? ]

[Uh, he imagined you to be Mr. Bai’s illegitimate daughter.]

[Ah! Bai Juyi's reputation has been damaged. Huanyan, why don't you help to correct it after seeing it? ]

[Humph, who told him not to help clarify the matter? He didn't even give a reminder. He deserves the damage to his reputation.]

[Alas, I just hope this doesn’t backfire. ]

[No way. Even if Mr. Bai really accepts you as his daughter, it won't matter. We originally planned to leave Luoyang after he passed away. Now it's just an additional identity.]

[That's true, let's just wait and see how it develops. ]

Shen Yuelan thought so, but rumors are the most unreliable things. After Li Deyu brought the wrong information back to Luoyang, the rumor, which was already ridiculously wrong, was processed by the general public and when it reached Shen Yuelan's ears again, it had become so unrecognizable that even its own mother could not recognize it.

[What the hell is this? How did I become his granddaughter again? Why is there a downgrade in generation? ]

[Hahaha, maybe it's because you look a little too old to be Mr. Bai. One is sixteen or seventeen, and the other is over seventy. According to the ancient people's marriage age, even if we calculate it as twenty years old, Mr. Bai is definitely old enough to be your great-grandfather.]

[Hey, four generations living under one roof, right? They didn't call me a great-grandson, should I thank them for that? ]

[Normally it is like this, haha. ]

[Ah, so annoying, why is there no news from the Bai Mansion? Doesn't Bai Juyi intend to clarify it? ]

[Hehe, Master, the two of them will not take the initiative to clarify this matter. In fact, Huanyan is sure that the fact that this matter has spread so quickly must have been caused by Mr. Bai.]

[Ah, I understand what you mean. It's all for Fan Su. As long as the outside world forms a superficial understanding that I am his granddaughter, then Fan Su can stay with me openly after his death.]

【Mr. Bai really has good intentions towards Fan Su.】

[Huh, how do you know that this is the work of Mr. Bai? ]

[Ah? Besides Mr. Bai, who else would do such a thing? ]

[Why can't it be Fan Su herself? It's true that she and Mr. Bai have a strong bond, but she's not a fool. She doesn't leave herself any way out.]

[That's true... Mr. Bai probably agrees with this, right? ]

[That should be the case. Anyway, the matter is done. Even if he comes out to clarify now, it will be useless. ]

[Huanyan doesn't understand. The old master has clearly come forward to facilitate this matter, so why does she still have to do this? This kind of thing that ruins the reputation of the master family is already considered repaying kindness with enmity, right? ]

[It can't be said that she didn't spread the rumor after all, but was the work of Li Deyu and that Bai Minzhong. The flood has come, and she is just going with the flow when she is powerless to change the situation.]

[Well, anyway, I don't like this kind of behavior. It always feels like everyone is pushing down the wall when it falls. ]

[That's true. How about this, when Fan Su comes, I'll let her stay with you for a while, and you can observe her. If you say you want to keep her, then we'll keep her.]

[You said no, then let's give her enough money and food, find her a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and let her spend the rest of her life in peace, okay? ]

[Well, that's fine. I need to examine her character carefully.]

[Yes, well, go get ready, we will have distinguished guests coming to visit us soon.]

[Distinguished guest? Could it be Mr. Bai? ]

[Who else could it be other than him? I guess he wants to make the best of a bad situation and make the matter a reality.]

【Then will you agree to his request? 】

[No, I don't plan to stay here for long, what's the point of having an additional feudal noble identity? And once I agree to this, with Bai Juyi's powerful political influence, the door of our house will be trampled by people proposing marriage the next day. ]

[Hahaha, can the master also have such a popular day? ]

[Go, go, go. Anyway, I definitely cannot agree to this, even if he is Bai Juyi.]

Soon, Shen Yuelan's distinguished guest arrived as promised. Bai Juyi dragged his heavy sick body and walked with difficulty on the rugged mountain road. Shen Yuelan couldn't bear to see it, so she asked someone to bring him up. Of course, the whole process used a little sleight of hand.

[Alas, in the past, climbing this mountain road was no big deal for me. I could go back and forth four or five times without even taking a breath. But now I can’t do that anymore. I have to admit that I’m old. Thank you, young lady.]

【You're welcome.】

Xiao Yuhuan, who helped bring Bai Juyi and Fan Su up, did not intend to have much communication with the two. In fact, her external identity was Shen Yuelan's cold bodyguard. Huanyan played the role of a maid, while Zhiwei took a shortcut and continued to be her jewelry.

[You are in this state, why are you still coming up here? If there is anything, please ask Fan Su to come and tell her, and I will go to your house and obey your orders.]

[Hahaha, you can't go, you can't go. The whole city is full of rumors about you and me, the grandfather and grandson. If you enter the city now, it would be like throwing a meat bun at a dog. You will never come back. Let me come over.]

[Originally, I wanted to make the best of a bad situation with you and establish this grandfather-grandson relationship, but on the way here, I thought about it for a long time and decided to forget it.]

Chapter 321 Rescue Commission

[If I were still young and strong, I could have let you enjoy the legacy of my ancestors for a few years, but now I am terminally ill, and the affairs after my death are complicated and confusing, which will only delay you, so I will not mention it today.]

[Just tell me another reason why I came here today. I want you to help me save someone.]