This made Li Shimin anxious, and he wanted to trade one for one with me.

Cheng Yaojin sized up the other man and immediately recognized him. Wasn't this Li Jing's youngest son? He was a little puzzled as to why the boy addressed him like that. Thinking he had misheard, he asked again:

What did you just call me?

Li Dejiang said, "Father."

"..."

Cheng Yaojin, certain he hadn't misheard, looked surprised and glared sharply at Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang, demanding:

Did you hit him?

Cheng Chumo asked in confusion, "How did you figure that out?"

Cheng Yaojin pointed at Li Dejiang and said, "You two didn't hit him, so why is he calling me 'old man' like that?"

Cheng Chumo explained, "That's because he's a chivalrous knight-errant."

Cheng Yaojin paused for a moment, then strode over, wrapped one arm around Cheng Chumo's neck, pulled at his eyes, and stared into his pupils, saying:

"Let me see if your brain is broken too."

Seeing Cheng Chumo struggling futilely in Cheng Yaojin's arms, Cheng Chuliang quickly stepped in to explain:

"Father, my elder brother is alright, it's like this..."

He explained the whole story in detail.

After listening to his explanation, Cheng Yaojin released Cheng Chumo and breathed a sigh of relief, saying:

"So that's how it is. You scared me half to death."

After saying that, he waved his hand at Li Dejiang and said, "Don't call me 'old man' anymore. If your father finds out, he'll probably fight with me. Just call me 'uncle'."

Li Dejiang breathed a sigh of relief and was about to agree when he heard Cheng Chumo's rebuttal from the side: "No, we must see this through to the end!"

"My third brother is at the Li family now, and he will definitely call Minister Li that too."

"If you get Dejiang to change the way he addresses you back, our Cheng family will be at a disadvantage!"

Cheng Chuliang chimed in, "Brother is right!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yaojin reprimanded the two men, but before he could speak, he heard Li Dejiang's voice from the side:

"My eldest and second brothers are right. What my brother Chuxia can do, I can do too! I think that's great."

Cheng Chumo had no choice but to swallow his words, and looking at the very serious Li Dejiang, he said:

“Alright... Nephew Dejiang, my son wants you to be him so that you can experience what he will experience.”

"It just so happens that I have a banquet at noon. How about I take you there?"

Li Dejiang clasped his hands in thanks and said, "Thank you, Father."

"..."

Cheng Yaojin's lips twitched a few times.

Suddenly, Cheng Chumo complained from the side, "Father, we've already agreed to take him to Leyunlou at noon. He'll go to the banquet with you. What about us?"

Cheng Yaojin glared at him and said, "Is this family ruled by me, or by the two of you?"

Cheng Chumo was somewhat unconvinced, so he turned to Li Dejiang and said, "Third brother, you speak!"

Li Dejiang thought for a moment and then said, "I think it's best to listen to our father."

"..."

Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang immediately opened their eyes wide and stared at him.

Cheng Yaojin, however, revealed a satisfied smile and said:

"Let's go then."

At this moment, the servants of the mansion also brought out the horses. Li Dejiang clasped his hands in greeting to the Cheng brothers, then mounted his horse and followed behind Cheng Yaojin, heading out of the neighborhood.

Watching them leave, Cheng Chuliang turned to Cheng Chumo and said:

"Brother, a chivalrous person wouldn't do such a thing."

Cheng Chumo nodded in deep agreement, then sighed:

"Our third brother really knows how to care for people."

Soon, Cheng Yaojin led Li Dejiang towards a restaurant in Pingkangfang.

Li Dejiang looked at the familiar outline of the restaurant and asked in surprise, "Are we going to Qingfenlou?"

Cheng Yaojin, seeing that they hadn't arrived at the destination, asked after the other person gave him their name, "Have you been here before?"

Li Dejiang nodded and said, "I've been here a few times."

Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "It's enough that I've been here."

As he spoke, he tugged on the reins to prevent the horse from veering off course, and said, "Today I'm going to meet up with two old friends, but I can't come alone. They insist that my son, Chuxia, come along too."

“I can’t bring Chuxia with me, and it would be difficult to explain if I came alone. Since you and my son Chuxia have switched identities, I thought bringing you along would give them an explanation.”

"If you think you'll be given a hard time later, you can still go back now."

Li Dejiang said earnestly, "I think I can do it!"

Cheng Yaojin smiled and said, "That's fine then."

Without saying anything more, he led Li Dejiang to the main entrance of the restaurant.

Before they even reached the door, two voices called out from the entrance of Qingfenlou.

"Brother Zhijie!"

Hearing the sound, Li Dejiang looked over and saw two middle-aged men dressed in purple robes walking towards him.

Upon seeing the other person's appearance clearly, Li Dejiang was taken aback. The two people who walked over were actually Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

He quickly followed Cheng Yaojin and dismounted. After Cheng Yaojin finished greeting the other party, he stepped forward and bowed to them, saying, "Lord Fang, Lord Du."

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at him, their expressions showing surprise.

Isn't this Li Jing's youngest son...?

"I didn't expect my nephew Dejiang to come too."

Fang Xuanling smiled, glanced at Cheng Yaojin, and without saying much, addressed the two of them:

"Let's go inside and talk."

Cheng Yaojin grinned and said, "It's been a while since I've eaten at Qingfenlou. Today, Brother Xuanling is treating, so I'll eat and take as much as I want."

Du Ruhui said with a smile, "What a coincidence, I had the same idea."

Fang Xuanling laughed and scolded, "Just because you two talk like that, you'll have to punish yourselves with a cup of wine later."

Cheng Yaojin grinned and said, "Don't just say one cup, I'll take a whole jar!"

As they spoke, they were led by the waiter of Qingfenlou to a quiet little house.

After the three sat down, Li Dejiang picked up the wine jar and poured wine for them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fang Xuanling leaned close to Cheng Yaojin and whispered:

"Brother Zhijie, what's going on? I told you to bring your youngest son, why did you bring Li Jing's youngest son?"

Cheng Yaojin whispered, "It's a long story..."

Just then, Li Dejiang handed over a wine glass, saying, "Please, Master Fang."

Fang Xuanling smiled at him and took the wine cup in his hand.

Li Dejiang then handed the full glass of wine to Du Ruhui, saying, "Please, Master Du."

Du Ruhui nodded with a smile, picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and the next second he saw Li Dejiang hand another wine glass filled with wine to Cheng Yaojin.

"Father, please."

Upon hearing this, Du Ruhui couldn't hold back and spat out a mouthful of wine.

"puff!!"

Fang Xuanling was holding a wine cup, pondering Cheng Yaojin's answer, when he heard this, his hand holding the wine cup trembled violently, and half of the wine spilled out.

The two looked at Li Dejiang at the same time, and then their gazes were fixed on Cheng Yaojin's face, their eyes filled with astonishment.