Xue Wei put on a great battle, not only did he personally welcome him out of the city, but also the real power figures such as the assassins of several states under his command were also present one by one, and the civil and military generals were looking forward to Li Ze's arrival outside the city gate, but this kind of treatment made Li Ze a little surprised and flattered.

In terms of status, he is now just a Henghai Jiedu envoy and a general of Qianniuwei, and Xue Wei on the opposite side is also a town Jiedu, and the place he guards is much more important than Henghai, the territory is larger, there are more people, and he is richer.

Although Xue Wei is enjoying the shadow brought to him by his brother more, if you really want to talk about it, Li Ze is indeed a junior in front of him.

In the officialdom, seniority is still very important, and your strength is far higher than that of the other party, so that others have to look up to you and stammer with you.

Li Ze felt that he did not have the qualifications to let a figure like Xue Wei put on such a big battle to welcome him.

At a distance, Li Ze had already turned over and dismounted, striding forward, and from a distance, he clasped his fists with both hands and bowed to Xue Wei.

"Li Ze, the offspring boy, has seen Xue Shuai!"

Li Ze put his posture very low, firstly, because he didn't want to give people the impression that he was young and arrogant, and in addition, he really had some good feelings for Xue Wei. Because when he was in the most difficult time, Xue Wei's Zhaoyi Festival Town really helped him a lot. At least, he bought a large amount of grain from Zhaoyi Festival Town, and this grain also played a great role in stabilizing his basic market.

And at the beginning, Wei Dejie Town, but there was no hair, let alone food, when Li Ze was most critical, he didn't even want to get a little bit of needles and threads from Wei Bo.

It is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, and it is easy to add icing on the cake, even if it is for this incense, Li Ze is also very grateful to Xue Wei, which is also the reason why he set his first stop in Zhaoyi.

Because Xue Wei has the possibility of becoming his ally.

"Li Shuai, please get up!" Xue Wei laughed and walked up to Li Ze, holding Li Ze's hand with both hands, "You and I are both guarding one side, where can Xue be worthy of your gift." ”

Li Ze straightened up with a smile.

Xue Wei in front of him is tall, much taller than ordinary people, and it can be seen that he was also a powerful battlefield warrior before, but now, his face is a little puffy, which is an external manifestation of excessive indulgence, and his small belly is also a little prominent, and he walks up, fluttering, unlike ordinary generals who have solid roots.

Apparently he has gradually indulged himself over the years.

"Young and in his prime, seeing Li Shuai, Xue had to sigh that he was really old!" Xue Wei took Li Ze's hand, stared at his face, and sighed.

"Li Ze is young and vigorous, and he can't do anything more, where can he be compared with a national shareholder like Xue Shuai?" Li Ze was held by Xue Wei's somewhat greasy hands, and couldn't help but feel a little creepy, and pulled it out quietly, saying: "This time Li conquered the traitors of the horizontal system, fortunately Xue Shuai's strong support, so that Li had no worries, Li came this time to thank Xue Shuai." ”

"Where, where!" Xue Wei waved his hand haughtily, "It's just that I sold you something, you didn't give less money, you even gave more, I made a money-making deal." ”

"Sometimes, money is really worthless, the grain, herbs, salt, and iron sold to us have Xue Shuai's love for Li, and this affection is remembered by Li in his heart, and he will be repaid in the future." Li Ze said seriously.

Xue Wei laughed so hard that his mouth was almost grinning to the root of his ears. Don't look at Li Ze's youth, but he is really an open person, how could he have no intention when he made such a decision?

"You and I are two families, each other is neighbors, we should help each other, in the future, Li Shuai will need me Xue someone, even if you greet me, Xue will definitely do his best." Xue Wei laughed loudly.

"Each other, each other!" Li Ze smiled and thanked him. "Xue Shuai, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Gongsun."

"Mr. Gongsun's name, I have admired it for a long time." Xue Wei put away his smile this time, and solemnly bowed to Gongsun Changming: "When my brother was alive, he often mentioned Mr. Gongsun to me, saying that if Lu Long hadn't had Mr. Gongsun in that day, and there were many clever tricks, how could there be a day when the Khitan was leaking thousands of miles today, and it would never be a disaster for my Tang Dynasty again." ”

Gongsun Changming shook his head and said: "It's a shame to say that the Khitans were beaten down, but they also raised an evil dragon in Lulong. ”

"Mr. Gongsun, this is wrong." Xue Wei said: "Zhang Zhongwu was originally a hero, crisscrossing the north, if he didn't do anything rebellious, he would be a good minister, but when his strength is strong, his ambition will come out, this is his character is destined, what does it have to do with Mr. Gongsun?" Mr. Gongsun did not want to go with it, so it was equivalent to going to this person's arm, when I heard that Mr. Gongsun left Lu Long to Chengde, but I was greatly relieved! ”

"Xue Shuai praised it falsely, and Gongsun Changming was ashamed." Gongsun Changming sighed and said: "Brother Ling and I also had a few faces, and I also had a long talk about wine, but unfortunately Brother Ling, such a cadre of the country, is a day and a year, when I went to Lulong, I had discussed the situation in Lulong with him in detail, but I never thought that after that side, it would be a farewell." Now that my brother has returned to the countryside for burial, I have connected a pillar of incense to mourn my friend, but I have no chance. ”

The two were relatively embarrassed.

After a long time, Xue Wei seemed to withdraw from the memory of the past, turned his head to Li Ze and said: "Li Shuai is not strange, although I have never met Mr. Gongsun back then, but from my brother, I know a lot of Mr. Gongsun's past, and now when I see Mr. Gongsun, I can't help but think of my brother's Chunchun teachings in the past, and sigh sadly for a while." ”

"Xue Shuai has a temperament, how can Li blame him!" Li Ze said with a smile.

"I heard that the old lady is also here, can you allow Xue to visit?" Xue Wei looked at Li Ze tentatively.

Li Ze shook his head: "My mother has always been used to living alone, she likes to be quiet and doesn't like to make trouble, and she is not used to seeing outsiders, so please forgive Xue Shuai." ”

Xue Wei nodded in understanding. Mrs. Wang's identity is embarrassing, he is actually very conflicted in his heart, Li Ze refused, but he was relieved.

took Li Ze's hand and walked to a group of people in Zhaoyi Festival Town, Xue Wei smiled and said, "Li Shuai, let me introduce you to my heroes and heroes of Zhaoyi." ”

"I was trying to see it." Li Ze said with a smile: "Li is lonely and unheard, and this time I came out, I also want to have a good look at the heroes from all over the world, and I also asked Xue Shuai to introduce me." ”

"Weizhou Thorn Shi Xue Xiong."

"Pei Zhiqing, the assassin of Beizhou."

"Xingzhou Thorn Shi Yang Zhihe."

"Xue Jian, the assassin of Zhaozhou."

Xue Wei introduced the real power figures in Zhaoyi Festival Town to Li Ze one by one, except for Pei Zhiqing and Yang Zhihe, Xue Xiong, and Xue Jian are all members of the Xue clan, but Li Ze always has a strange feeling, that is, although Xue Xiong, Xue Jian and Xue Wei are members of the same clan, they don't seem to respect Xue Wei very much. And Pei Zhiqing was even more uncertain, it seemed that he came to greet Li Ze, but it seemed that he was forced to come.

Zhaoyi Festival Town, there is really a problem inside.

After some greetings, Xue Wei welcomed Li Ze and his party into Anyang City, the Xiangzhou Governance Office, the post house had been prepared a long time ago, and Mrs. Wang, Liu Ruyan and others all stayed in the post house. After more than ten days of turbulence, Mrs. Wang, who barely left the house, was really tired, and under the service of Xia Zhu, Liu Ruyan and others, she washed hastily and rested, but Li Ze took Gongsun Changming, Chen Changping, Li Han and Ye Luqi to Xue Wei's Jieshuai Mansion to participate in the welcome banquet specially prepared by Xue Wei.

Lang is affectionate, the concubine is intentional, after a banquet, what is the mood of the other assassins of Zhaoyi Li Ze didn't know, but he and Xue Wei had a good conversation, and on the banquet, it was decided that the two towns would always be friends of brothers, and they would help each other.

By the time the banquet was over, it was already the third watch, Chen Changping and Li Han guarded their duties, almost without drinking, but Yeluqi was a little drunk, and it was pitiful, although he was the head of the family, where had he seen such a luxurious life of the Tang Dynasty Shuai, and he had never even heard of the dishes during the banquet, let alone eating, he had never even heard of it.

On the way back, Li Han almost carried him all the way back.

Li Ze, who returned to the post house, was not sleepy, sitting opposite Gongsun Changming, but the joy on his face could no longer be seen.

"Mr. Gongsun, what can you see?" Li Ze asked.

"Zhaoyi is unstable." Gongsun Changming sighed: "That's why Xue Wei can put down the shelf, and it is almost a cheeky remark to a young boy like you, it is nothing more than trying to pull a strong reinforcement to stabilize his rule." ”

Li Ze sighed: "What can I do to help him? In the five states of Zhaoyi, the Xue clan monopolizes the third, and Xue Wei can't even handle his own clansmen, so people really have nothing to say. ”

"Gongzi entered Beijing this time, if nothing else, the matter of Hezhen will inevitably come to fruition, and when the time comes, Gongzi has a total of ten states in Chengde, Henghai, and Zhenwu, plus Yingzhou, the strength is second to none in the north. If Xue Wei can get the strong support of Gongzi, then those people below him will always think more about it no matter what they do. Over the years, Xue Wei's control over the following has become weaker and weaker, so he has to get closer to the imperial court to obtain the support of the imperial court, but the infiltration of the imperial court forces has made the thorns below dissatisfied, which is a vicious circle. ”

"Exactly!" Li Ze sighed: "But if you can, you still have to help, because the existence of such a Zhaoyi Town is still very beneficial to us." ”

"I hope so!" Gongsun Changming said.