In a person's life, there must always be several reliable brothers, either who have been through the same window together, or who have carried guns together, or who have prostituted together. In fact, this sentence can be summed up as the role of brothers: live and die together, make progress together, and of course, do bad things together.

Li Chengqian and Li Tai's identities are special, and their special identities mean that no one wants to be friends with them. Except for Changsun Chong and Chai Zhewei, who can also bounce in front of them twice, the rest will not approach unless necessary.

The so-called stealing of the day is actually very simple, that is, let Li Tai disguise himself as a carpenter, follow the real carpenter who will be the prisoner, and follow Li Chengqian to Yan Bi's mansion.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, and the grass people are not welcome, and they hope to forgive their sins!"

Seeing Yan Bi, who had "lost his way to welcome" to Fangmen, Li Chengqian could only jump out of the carriage and salute in return, saying: "What did Mr. Yan say, Gu just came to send something today, not a formal visit, and the honor guard didn't take you to the Fangmen to greet you, but it was a roundabout." ”

Yan Bi and Yan Lide Yan Li were originally brothers, but they did not serve as a supervisor. Without any official position, he has no problem calling himself a "grass man".

Originally, with his status, he was not qualified to marry his daughter to the Wei Mansion as a concubine. The emperor and empress stubbornly left Princess Wei in the Yan family, which is a signal: the princess may definitely marry into a wealthy family, but the prince will not marry a wealthy family.

It can be inferred from this that the crown princess is estimated not to have been chosen by a prominent family.

The two of them entered the Yan Mansion together, and above the lobby, Li Chengqian shirked the main seat and sat on the guest seat. If it were the emperor, he would not shirk.

"Lone came over today, in fact, to send something to his future brother-in-law. It is inconvenient for King Wei to come over, and although it is easy to fall into the hands of people when he comes alone, it is not serious. ”

After receiving the gift list handed over by the prince, Yan Bi glanced at it and accepted it with a smile. Ever since it was determined that Princess Wei would be Yan Wan, his family had always received gifts. However, he was very self-aware and returned without exception.

The difference between the crown prince, since it is something for his younger brother and daughter-in-law, the Yan family can follow.

"You guys go to the back house, if you disturb the master's house, beware of breaking your legs! After the soft bed is built, let Princess Wei give it a try, remember to adjust it to the best. ”

Yan Bi also asked the housekeeper to bring the craftsman into the back house.

After sending off the craftsman, the two began to talk about some words that were not nutritious, although Yan Bi is not an official now, but the means are still there, Li Chengqian only felt that the topic involuntarily turned to the academy, and he knew that this guy wanted to go through the back door.

Sure enough, when the topic officially fell on the academy, Yan Bi was a little sad and envious: "Zhenguan Academy has not only received strong support from the royal family, but also so many great Confucians have joined, and the strength is enough to make the five wealthy families bow their heads." It's just a pity that the eldest son in the family didn't catch up with the enrollment for the first time, and he didn't get a place for the second time, which is a pity! ”

The so-called relatives are actually used to walk relationships, and the same is true in ancient and modern times.

Regarding Yan Bi's request, Li Chengqian naturally would not refuse. After all, the relatives have spoken, and a box of treasures has been put on the table, how can you refuse!

"Mr. Yan's heart of pity is solitary. He can't get into the civilian class, so he can only enter the honorable class, what do you think? ”

Yan Bi immediately became happy: "Let His Highness arrange it!" ”

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, and drank tea together.

The installation speed of the craftsmen was very fast, and as soon as Li Chengqian drank the second pot of tea with urine, they walked out of the back house.

Now that the matter was done, Li Chengqian got up and said goodbye. As soon as the team advanced to the second house adjacent to the Yan family, Li Tai, dressed as a craftsman, got into the carriage.

"How? Isn't it good-looking! ”

In fact, just looking at Li Tai's eyebrows' dancing expression, Li Chengqian knew the result.

"It's okay, the queen mother naturally won't treat me badly."

After his wish came true, Li Tai did not get carried away, but pulled Li Chengqian's sleeve and said, "Thank you Brother Huang this time!" In the future, you have a crown princess, hehe, my brother will also help you in this way! ”

It's okay, this kid won't cross the river and tear down the bridge.

The carriage left Chang'an and returned to the academy.

In the morning, because he was going to visit the Yan family, Li Chengqian temporarily put aside his training and mixed lunch with Li Tai before going back.

As long as you ride a horse, you will inevitably pass in front of the academy, and as long as you pass, you will inevitably see Ashina Xue.

After riding back and forth twice, Li Chengqian had to stop in front of the courtyard.

"You see that Gu has gone back and forth twice, what is there to see? Knowing that you Turks are very good at riding, if you want to be sarcastic, say it quickly, and go back when you are done. What are you doing at the door, and those who don't know think that Lone has abused you. ”

"Your personal eunuch Zhang Yun took me to see Jieli Khan, and also told me why you only started practicing horseback riding now. I mocked you before, it was me who was wrong. Although you look a little girly, you are still a man. ”

Mother?

Li Chengqian couldn't cry or laugh, although he was a little white, he wouldn't reach the level of a mother! If you want to talk about motherhood, Li Ke wants to be more mother! After all, in terms of simple appearance, Concubine Yang can still suppress the eldest grandson a lot. So Li Ke also inherited his mother's genes as a matter of course.

"Say, what do you want? Judging from your performance in the first two days, you are a hard-mouthed person, and now you are looking down, which is definitely demanding. Let's talk about it, as long as it's not too difficult, I'm in a good mood today, and I may be able to promise you. ”

Ashina Xue immediately said: "I want to ride a horse and shoot arrows, I want to go out and see, stay in this courtyard, let me be bored!" ”

Looking at the clothes she had changed, Li Chengqian knew that she was sure that she would agree.

However, it should also be agreed. Although I don't know how the Turkic princess spends her days on weekdays, she must not be locked up in the courtyard.

If you continue to close it, it will not be good to get sick.

"Yes, you can get out of the yard today."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was seen coming out with three servants.

The two eunuchs specially sent by the palace only released Ashina Xue, but stopped the three servants.

Ashina Xue immediately looked at Li Chengqian angrily.

Li Chengqian shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Don't look at me, I can't be the master, and letting you out is already the limit." You must know that these two men were sent by my father, and I have no way to command them. ”

Looking back at the two dead-faced eunuchs, and then at the three Turkic slaves, Ashina Xue sighed, and could only turn over and jump on the horse led by Zhang Yun, driving the war horse to start galloping.

Seeing that Zhang Yun was anxiously about to get on the horse to chase, Li Chengqian stopped him and said: "No need to chase, I guess she won't run, Lao Zhang, you go back and test the three slaves who want to come out with you, Mr. Gu feels that these three people are very suspicious." ”

There's no way not to suspect that this woman is too abnormal today. The most important thing is that she obviously wants to go out, why do you care so much about those three slaves?

Hearing this, Zhang Yun also discovered this, and got off the horse and went into the yard.

It didn't take long for him to come out with a gloomy face, step on the edge of the flower bed, and whisper something to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Don't take his life yet, keep it, I'll meet that woman." ”

After speaking, Li Chengqian knocked the horse's belly three times in a row, and the horse immediately galloped.

I didn't run far, and at the small shooting range where I practiced archery, I saw a war horse tied to the side of the road. Ashina Xue was sitting by the river, looking at the river and being distracted.

Picking off a green leaf on his head, even if his temper was good, Li Chengqian became angry.

Walking a few steps to the river, seeing the tears on Ashinaxue's face, Li Chengqian immediately didn't know whether to be angry or not.

Before he could speak, Ashina Xue said, "When I was very young, Atta told me what the Central Plains was like. However, no matter how rich you are in the Central Plains, I still think the grassland is better. Having lived these days, I have found that this is indeed the case.

Although your food is delicious, your clothes are beautiful, and your tea is better than that sent to the grassland, I still don't like it.

I don't like it, but I can't leave secretly. Before coming to Datang, I was forced by the protection of the wild leaves, and with my surname and bloodline, I made an oath to the wolf god. Our tribe was defeated, so I became the spoils of war. At this point, I am not in a position to refuse.

Prince Tang, I heard that you are the smartest person in the Tang Dynasty, guess what, what oath did I make? ”

Li Chengqian also picked a dry place to sit down, shook his head and said, "What I hate the most is guessing questions, especially those raised by women. If you can say it, you can say it, if you can't say it, shut your mouth, what are you doing with it! ”

"First, don't run away, don't commit suicide. Second, you must not hurt any Datang people, so as not to fall out of favor. Thirdly, Turkic affairs must not be exposed. Fourth, I did everything I could to gain the favor of the prince of the Tang Kingdom. Fifth, when the Turks needed information, I had to send it to the envoys. Sixth, if the fourth article is exposed, I must take the blame on myself and then commit suicide to apologize. ”

After listening to them one by one, Li Chengqian suddenly didn't know what to say. Good guy, the Ye Hu not only cheated and played tricks when he gave away the dowry, but also delusionally wanted to plant spies in Datang.

"I didn't come here to hear you say this, Ashina Xue, you come to tell Lonely, that guy who has not yet been purified, is it your little lover? Do you know how serious your actions are in Datang? ”

This is the reason why Li Chengqian couldn't help but get angry, obviously saying that those people were clean, but there was an extra one in a group of eunuchs who did not lack parts, which was suffocating.

The royal family pays the most attention to blood, which is why such a group of eunuchs was born. On weekdays, only the guards can enter the harem, and the ministers dare not look beyond the soles of their feet. Even the guards had to supervise each other, and they had to check after they went on errands. Don't say that concubines, having an affair with a palace maid is a big sin of losing your head.

Now, when the Turkic princess comes to the Tang Dynasty, she still brings her mistress? Tsk, is this bullying the Tang Dynasty and not being able to move a knife against the Western Turks? Is this to fief the people and feed a Turkic cub?

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Ashina Xue was startled and stood up directly: "You.... You killed him? ”

The corners of Li Chengqian's mouth rose, and he said happily: "What do you think? ”

The next moment, Ashina Xue pulled out the small scimitar in her arms and rushed up.

Obviously, he didn't have a weapon in his hand, but Li Chengqian was not afraid at all, waved his hand to stop the guards who wanted to activate the crossbow arrows, and entered the white blade empty-handed!

Lao Niu said that it exists and is feasible to enter the white blade empty-handed. As long as the speed and strength can crush the opponent, you can do it when necessary. However, if a fool is playing tricks on this job, and if he is a little wrong, then it is not a simple injury of losing his hand.

Just a stagger, Ashinaxue's scimitar fell into Li Chengqian's hand, and the person also fell on the sand.

Throwing the scimitar aside, Li Chengqian said disdainfully: "Do you want to die?" The knife stabbed without any strength, it was purely acting. ”

Ashina Xue got up, but did not get up, but sat on the sand.

At this point, her tears were even more open: "Why did you kill him!" He's not my mistress, he's my own brother! The men of our tribe have all been killed, and he is left with a single seedling, who can survive under the butcher's knife by virtue of his identity as an ordinary slave! I'm just thinking about bringing him to Datang and finding an opportunity to let him go, it won't affect your interests! But why did you kill him! ”

Her voice was hoarse, she couldn't break her oath, her only loved one was dead, she just wanted to die quickly.

The oath only stipulates that you cannot hurt anyone, but it does not stipulate that you cannot use your hands, and it stipulates that you cannot commit suicide, but it does not stipulate that you cannot seek death.

Brother~

Li Chengqian immediately felt that the grassland above his head had disappeared, and the marriage was a marriage, and if he was really green, Li Chengqian would not mind killing this woman and asking the Western Turks to exchange the goods.

However, just now she said what is her brother's name?

"Heru? Ashina Horu? ”

Ashina Xue can only care about crying now, how can she answer Li Chengqian's question.

Today, it was the Sky Monkey who led the team as a guard, and he walked up to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, she did say He Lu just now. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, although it was strange to meet Ashina Helu here, but this proved that he had begun to influence a wide range of history.

Li Chengqian has almost forgotten about this Ashina Helu, and he remembers that he seems to have mixed up with the position of the Khan, and he also betrayed the Tang Dynasty, which is despicable.

However, if this guy is really capable and sent back to the Western Turks, it is probably not bad.

There are many Western Turkic nobles, and the more ambitious one has, the more wars there will be. In this way, even if he will be hostile to Datang in the future, it will be better than chopping now.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian helplessly glanced at the soulless Ashina Xue and said, "Don't cry, your brother is not dead, I won't be able to figure out the truth and do it casually!" However, you deceived Ye Hu and Gu, but this matter can't be like this. I'll clean you up later, now hurry up and go back with Lonely. Lest your brother really be hacked to death, you must know that Lone really can't order those two eunuchs! ”

Hearing that her brother was not dead, Ashina Xue returned to her soul, and when she saw Li Chengqian getting on the horse by herself, she didn't care about her escaping at all, so she could only snort.

galloped all the way back to the courtyard, at this time Ashina Helu had been tied up, and the two eunuchs from the palace stood opposite with leather whips, it seemed that if Li Chengqian hadn't given an order, these two would have beaten Ashina Helu to death.

Ashina Helu, who is only ten years old now, has no courage in the future, and in the face of the whip of Piapia, his body sweats like rain.

"Alright, let's untie him, just find a room and be grounded."

After listening to Li Chengqian's instructions, the two eunuchs arched their hands and said, "Your Highness, if this person is not killed, how can you convince the public?" Even the two of us will be condemned by His Majesty. ”

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "You don't need to ask the specific reason, I will explain it to my father." ”

instructed the two of them to untie Ashina Helu, and glanced at Ashina Xue who had just entered the courtyard, as well as an old farmer standing in front of the academy selling fruits, Li Chengqian didn't bother to continue to dwell on this bit of, and went back to Li Gang's courtyard.

There was a guard who wrapped all the fruits of the old farmer, so the old farmer took the money with a smile and gave it to the guard.

After handing out all the fruits to the guards, Li Chengqian took the thick bamboo pole and went into the study.

Poke open the seal, and pull out a thick stack of information inside.

These are not only the intelligence of the secret guard, but also the report of the Xiazhou coalfield.

A middle-aged eunuch, after learning the plan, went to Xiazhou. Li Dahai was only responsible for sending money and materials, but he didn't know much about the coalfield.

The coal fields of Xiazhou have already begun to be mined, and the reserves are staggering, and now the first batch of coal has been shipped to the imperial court's warehouse where grain was stored before the locust plague.

At the same time, the Taiyuan royal family also began to transport coal to Chang'an. The largest coal consumer is still Chang'an. With the recovery of Datang's economy, domestic and foreign countries tend to stabilize, and more and more businessmen begin to gather in Chang'an.

The growth of the population will inevitably lead to the prosperity of various economies. Many ordinary people in Chang'an City have already moved out, and the price of land in the Fang Market, which is close to the palace, changes three times a day. Wealthy businessmen are the ones who can burn coal for heating endlessly, and civilians burn the most wood.

The Wang family also saw this, so they took the opportunity to raise the price of coal. It is estimated that in winter, it will have to rise again.

But~

Looking at Xiazhou's output statistics, Li Chengqian's heart was determined, and small profits and quick sales were enough.

After burning the secret letter, Li Chengqian opened up the information about the dispatch of the Tang envoy. These guys got what they wanted in the Pei family, although it was primitive, but for the Wa Kingdom, it was a treasure. After all, their samurai, let alone leather armor, bamboo armor can't cover the whole body.

However, they also took away the academy's classics about the Zhou Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, and it seems that their big brother Su I will like it.

Throwing aside the information sent to Tang and opening the third piece of information, Li Chengqian couldn't help but gasp.

The inner government is actually hoarding loess? Loess cushion road, this is the posture of the emperor to travel, but now Li Shimin can't travel at all. Autumn hunting also uses deterrence barbarians as an excuse, not to mention that the cost of labor and money is just to go out to ventilate.

I am afraid there is another reason for the inner government to do this-Feng An.

This guy must be about to arrive in Chang'an, and he is qualified to receive the monarch's courtesy, I'm afraid this guy is the only one!