Li Anmu did not squint and rode the horse, but out of the corner of his eye, he could still see the appreciative gaze cast by Zhao Yufu in the carriage, which made him quite proud in his heart.

On this trip to the East Woman Country, Xi Yu is the top leader of the Tang Dynasty, however, this weak old man is just a decoration, and it is still possible to make a show and appease the people of the East Woman Country, as for how to solve the sinister situation faced by the East Woman Country and maintain the safety of King Guichang, it can only rely on Li An, so Li An is the real leader of the Tang Dynasty and shoulders the great responsibility of safeguarding the interests of the Tang Empire.

Li Longji entrusted such an important task to Ang Lee, which is a great trust in Ang Lee, and Ang Lee himself is full of confidence, he believes that he will be able to complete this tricky task.

On the Vermilion Bird Street in Chang'an City, a width of one hundred and fifty paces, Li An escorted King Guichang slowly, looking at the neatly arranged Yulin army on both sides of the road, Li An had a sense of pride in reviewing the troops, and this feeling inspired him even more to complete the task well.

Outside the Mingde Gate, the five hundred soldiers of the Longwu Army, most of the men and horses of the Dongnu Kingdom, the logistics baggage personnel, and the brothers brought by Li An from Ulzhou were all assembled and ready to march to the Dongnu Kingdom at any time.

Seeing off the Tang officials, stopped outside the Mingde Gate, and after a farewell greeting, Li An officially led 600 soldiers under his command to escort King Guichang and his entourage, and marched in the direction of Dongnuguo.

This huge team, with 1,500 people, is mighty, with flags covering the sun, and it looks like a king from a distance.

In order to protect the thoughtfulness of Zhao Yufu, the king of Guichang, Li An arranged the 500 men and horses of the Dongnu Kingdom in the middle of the team, with the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty on both sides of the front and rear, and in addition, the 400 Tang baggage convoy walked at the end of the team.

Of course, Xi Yu and several Tang officials were all important figures, and the carriage they rode in followed behind the carriage of King Guichang to ensure safety.

"Kunxiong, Feiyu, you lead thirty people, walk at the front of the team, if you encounter an abnormal situation, report it immediately."

"Yes, big brother."

"Erniu, Guangsheng, you lead twenty people to secretly monitor the men and horses under the command of King Guichang, if there is any abnormal situation, you must not act rashly, and report to me immediately."

"Obey."

After arranging these, Li An looked at Li Fei Shouyu beside him, and said softly: "Guarding King Guichang this time is a task personally assigned by His Majesty, Your Majesty trusts him so much, I must not let King Guichang be hurt in the slightest, you and I should closely guard King Guichang." ”

Lifei Shouyu nodded lightly: "It's okay, it's not a matter of worrying about the Tibetan assassins, it's just that there must be spies around King Guichang, and we don't know who the spies are, this is the most tricky." ”

"I know this, so I let Erniu and Guangsheng be responsible for finding out the spies, and if the spies are not eliminated for a day, there will be more danger to King Guichang."

The hidden spy around Zhao Yufu, the king of Guichang, is a time bomb that may explode at any time, and all Li An can do is to find out this spy as soon as possible, so as to eliminate this hidden danger.

The procession marched slowly and unhurriedly, and arrived at Shili Pavilion on the outskirts of Jincheng in the evening.

"The army camped on the spot."

Ang Lee carefully observed the surrounding situation and gave the order.

"Captain Li, there is Jincheng ahead, why do you want to camp in this wilderness?"

As soon as he heard that he was going to camp in the suburbs, Xi Yu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly found Li An and asked loudly.

Li An hurriedly saluted and said respectfully: "Xi Shilang, the terrain here is open, and it can accommodate all the people and horses to camp here, if you choose to enter the city, most of the people and horses must stay outside the city, so that once there are Tubo spies in the city, I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect the safety of King Guichang and Shilang." ”

"Yes! Xi Shilang, there are many people in the city, the situation is complicated, and it is far from being safe here, besides, when King Guichang enters the city and leaves the city, the officials will inevitably see him off, which will also delay time and affect the progress of the trip. ”

Li Fei Shouyu followed suit.

Xi Yu frowned, shook his head and said: "Captain Li thinks about safety, there is nothing wrong with it, however, King Guichang is the king of a country in the Dongnu Kingdom, Jincheng is in front of him, if he is allowed to sleep in the suburbs, it will inevitably damage the prestige of my Tang Dynasty, Captain Li only needs to consider the safety of King Guichang, but this official has to consider the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, in short, I can't let the world see that my Tang Dynasty has lost its courtesy, as for the security issue, Captain Li should bring more elite people and horses to closely guard the King of Guichang." ”

The so-called official level crushes people to death, Xi Yu's official position is one level greater than Li An, he moved out of the Tang Dynasty etiquette, Li An is really not easy to refute, besides, Jincheng is close to Chang'an, even if there are Tibetan assassins hidden in the city, the number will definitely not be large, for such a threat to let the king of Guichang sleep in the suburbs, it is indeed a bit rude.

"In this case, Li An personally led two hundred soldiers to escort King Guichang and Xi Shilang into Jincheng, and the brigade was stationed outside the city."

Xi Yu nodded with satisfaction, turned around and walked to the carriage.

"It's okay, Xi Shilang cares about etiquette and doesn't put the safety of King Guichang first, I'm afraid that this road will bring us a lot of fetters."

Li Fei Shouyu frowned slightly, very worried.

Li An smiled lightly: "Xi Shilang has been staying in the capital all the year round, how can he understand the danger of assassins, but as long as we are vigilant, we can ensure that King Chang is safe." ”

Li Fei Shouyu nodded lightly, went to select elite soldiers and horses, and prepared to escort King Guichang into Jincheng.

The scale of Jincheng was limited, and in order not to cause too much disturbance to the life in the city, there were only two hundred people entering the city, including one hundred Longwu troops and fifty Dongnu people, and the remaining fifty people were Li An's henchmen.

"Guangsheng, the fifty brothers outside the city will be handed over to you, let them take turns to monitor the people of the Dongnu Kingdom, and report to me if they behave abnormally."

"Don't worry! I know what to do. ”

Li An looked at Zhang Erniu again: "Erniu, you lead the brothers to monitor the people of the Dongnu Kingdom in the city, especially the people around King Guichang, the closer the person, the more dangerous it is once it is a spy." ”

"Don't worry! Leave it to me. ”

"Kunxiong, Feiyu, you and a hundred soldiers of the Dragon Martial Army are guarding the surroundings of King Guichang's residence to prevent the assassins from sneaking up in the middle of the night."

"Yes, big brother."

Li An finally looked at Li Fei Shouyu and said softly: "Shouyu, do you guess there will be Tibetan assassins in the city?" ”

"I don't know, but even if there is, I don't think I'll take action tonight."

Li An was slightly surprised: "Oh, why? ”

"Because we have just set off and are relatively well guarded, the success rate of their assassination is not very high, and only after a few days, our men and horses have slackened, is the best time for them to assassinate."

Li Fei Shouyu replied seriously.

Li An grinned and said appreciatively: "Shouyu, what you said is very right, the Tibetan assassins will definitely choose when we are the most lax, but I really don't know how many people there are in Tubo at the moment?" ”

"In the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, the number of Tibetan assassins will definitely not be large, and they have no other way than sneak attack and assassination."

Ang Lee nodded approvingly, frowning and thinking about what to do.

"Captain Li, King Guichang asked you to go over."

Li An was slightly stunned, glanced at Li Fei Shouyu, and strode towards the place where King Guichang was staying.

"Li An, see King Guichang."

Zhao Yufu smiled and waved his hand: "You all go down!" I'm going to talk to Captain Li alone. ”

The maid of the East Lady in the room slowly withdrew, and gently closed the door by the way.

Li An's head tightened, and he clenched his fists and said, "King Guichang came to me, what do you have to order?" ”

"It's okay, there's no one here, come and sit!"

"King Xie Guichang."

Li An was not polite, walked to Zhao Yufu's side in a few steps, and sat down.

Zhao Yufu smiled and looked at Li An with affection: "Okay, who is the handsome little lady standing next to you at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival last night?" ”

"It's my uncle's niece, named Yan Ruyu."

"Yan Ruyu? It's a good name when you hear it, she must be very handsome! ”

"Ruyu is indeed outstanding, but King Guichang is more noble and elegant, and his appearance is even better."

Li An coaxed Zhao Yufu against his will.

Zhao Yufu was very happy to be coaxed, smiled, and asked, "Okay, is Ruyu Xiaoniang your sweetheart?" I could tell from upstairs that you were very close. ”

"This?" Li An hesitated for a moment and said: "I have only known Ruyu for half a month, but in recent days, Ruyu has been patiently teaching me Tubo Chinese, so naturally I am a little close, what, King Guichang is not happy." ”

When Zhao Yufu heard this, he smiled, the women of the East Women's Country will not be jealous, their customs are more enlightened, they can also be said to be more primitive, and they are still in the stage of matriarchal society, and they can't form the idea of jealousy.

"It's okay, you want to learn Tubo language, why don't you come to the Honglu Hall to find me, my Tubo language will definitely not lose to Yan Ruyu."

Zhao Yufu said with a little pride.

When Li An heard this, he was overjoyed, he actually forgot about this stubble, and Zhao Yufu would also Tubo Chinese, so that along the way, he could ask for advice from time to time, without worrying that the Tang Fan translation given to him by Yan Ruyu was incomplete.

"King Guichang is the king of a country, how dare Li An bother for such a trivial matter."

Zhao Yufu was a little dissatisfied, and looked at Li An: "It's okay, our Dongnu country doesn't have so many etiquette in the Tang Dynasty, we Dongnu people only care about their own feelings, in fact, as long as you come to me, I will definitely be willing to teach you Tubo Chinese, there is no one else here, don't call me King Guichang again." ”

Li An was overjoyed and said softly: "Husband, Ruyu Xiaoniang taught me Tubo language, only half a month, and there are many Tubo characters, I haven't learned it, if Fufu is willing to teach me, Li An is willing to come to learn every day." ”

Learning Tubo from Zhao Yufu has too many benefits for Li An, first, he can protect Zhao Yufu at close range. Second, you can better observe the behavior of Zhao Yufu's entourage and find out possible spies, and third, you can better learn Tubo Chinese, which is at least much more efficient than reading the Tang Fan translation prepared by Yan Ruyu. Fourth, being with a handsome southern Xinjiang girl is bound to be in a very good mood, so as to relieve the pressure on your shoulders.