The letter was sent by Li Ji, and the letter said that Princess Yicheng, who had been looking for more than a month, had found her traces. That day, the Turkic camp broke, she gathered hundreds of Turkic remnants and hibernated in the desert, and then bypassed the blockade of the army and headed south, Li Ji guessed that her final destination was Tuyuhun. If this is really the case, it is very likely that she will take advantage of the emptiness of Dingxiang City and loot before leaving, so that Li Siwen will be more careful.

Li Siwen is not a fool, if he hadn't seen Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao, he might not have taken this letter too seriously. But since Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao are here, then the chance of Princess Yicheng coming to Dingxiang is one hundred percent, she is not for robbery, she is for Yang Zhengdao, the only male in the former Sui royal family.

Almost the moment he read the letter, Li Siwen made a decision. The play he played with Wang Hu was so that Li Mu could leave with peace of mind. Although the letter said that Princess Yicheng had only encircled hundreds of Turkic remnants, the defense force of Dingxiangcheng did not even have 200 people, and if the Turks came to attack, they would definitely not be able to defend it. As a county magistrate, Li Siwen has the responsibility of defending the land, and he is the son of Li Ji, and the glory of the family will never allow him to escape from the battle. Li Mu is different, he should have gone to Chang'an to receive a reward, but he stayed in Dingxiang City as a county official under Li Siwen's obstruction, Li Siwen did not allow himself to miss Li Mu's future and his life.

Li Mu returned home, it happened that the Sun family had not gone out yet, and Qiaoqiao was also at home, and when he told the story, both of them felt very sudden. But the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, the holy decree has been issued, and if you don't want to go, you have to go, so the mother hurriedly packed up. Li Mu came to the shop at the head of the street, and he had to tell Bai Hao'er. Not long after Bai Hao'er got up, the family was eating porridge in the yard. Seeing Li Mu coming, Bai Hao'er still thought that he was for yesterday's matter, and hurriedly made a smile, and his wife Wang also greeted him very warmly, for fear that if something was wrong, Li Mu would look for her bad luck.

Li Mu was too lazy to talk about it, and said directly: "Zhangren, I came to you this time because I have something to tell you." Your Majesty has a will, summoning me to Chang'an, and I will leave on the same day. My mother and I, as well as Qiaoqiao, are about to leave. He took out two house deeds from his arms and handed them to Bai Hao'er, saying, "These are the title deeds of the two shops, both of which will be given to you." You can keep some of the money you get from the sale, and you can keep it for yourself, which is regarded as a filial piety given to you by Qiaoqiao. In the future, when I settle down in Chang'an, there will be a letter back, you just wait. You don't have to worry about Gensheng, I've already explained to the county magistrate, and he will take care of it. I have to take the brewing guy in the workshop, and I'll call someone to tear it down! ”

"In such a hurry?" Bai Nao'er listened to Li Mu say a long list of words, and he couldn't interject at all, he couldn't figure it out, why did he suddenly come to the will, why did he call Li Mu to Chang'an? Is this a good thing or a bad thing, is it possible to become a big official? Full of doubts, and didn't have time to ask him, Bai Hao'er saw that Li Mu was leaving, and hurriedly said what he wanted to say most in his head: "Virtuous son-in-law, don't take this set of wine-making guys, go to Chang'an for thousands of miles, it's hard to make a set when you get to Chang'an, I'll pay for you, and this set will stay." ”

Li Mu had already walked to the door, and when he heard this, he glanced back at him, did not speak, turned around and walked out. Seeing this, Wang sneered: "Don't play your little cleverness, everyone is going to enter Chang'an, can you be fooled?" ”

"How can this be fooled? Can you speak, I'm his father-in-law, do I have a closer relationship than this? You can't believe me, how can there be such a son-in-law! ”

Wang lowered his head to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and didn't raise his head: "You dare to say a few words at this time, and you don't even dare to fart in front of others!" ”

"I don't need you to say it!" Bai Hao'er roared angrily and went out to chase Li Mu. But Li Mu was riding a horse, how could he catch up, so he had to go to Li Mu's house and talk to Bai Qiaoqiao.

Li Mu came out of the street, turned a corner, came to the construction site, and called a few people to help him move things. This time I went to Chang'an, just like the last time I moved from Mayi, I couldn't take the large pieces, but I had to take the small pieces that could be moved. He didn't know the price of goods in Chang'an, although he now had more than a hundred taels of silver on his body, it was better to save a little.

The distillation equipment was dismantled here, the other end was packed up, seven or eight people helped, and it took a morning to get everything in order, and a total of three ox carts were loaded. Li Mu took out the usual money and rewarded it to the people who helped with the work, and the group came to the yamen, and Queen Xiao was ready. Li Siwen found a carriage out of nowhere, let their ancestors and grandchildren sit on it, and prepared an ox cart for food, and the five carriages were mixed into a convoy, sandwiching the carriage in the middle, and Wang Hu's people were guarding the front and rear. All of them were draped all over their bodies, and several bags of arrows were prepared. Li Mu looked at it and felt that it was a bit exaggerated, but when he thought about it, it was not strange that such preparations might be to protect Empress Xiao. Bidding farewell to Li Siwen, the two had a glass of wine. Li Siwen suddenly burst into tears, crying so much that Li Mu was inexplicable, and hurriedly got on the horse, and when it was more than half of noon, the group left Dingxiang City.

More than two miles away from the city wall, Li Mu looked back and saw that Li Siwen was still on the city wall, the distance was too far, and people could no longer see their faces clearly, leaving only a vague shadow. Li Mu shook his head speechlessly, and said to Wang Hu beside him: "The county magistrate is really sentimental, he has walked so far, and he is still in the city." ”

"Hmm......" Wang Hu replied vaguely, without taking a stubble, and said: "Hurry up, you have to rush to Mayi before dark, otherwise you will sleep on the road." ”

Li Mu glanced at Wang Hu and felt that his expression was a little strange, and frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything. At this time, the word came from the front to say that Empress Xiao had summoned, Li Mu drove his horse to the carriage, and the group was headed by him, and Empress Xiao was naturally looking for him.

"What does Niangniang command, but it doesn't hurt to say it, the lower officials will do their best."

Empress Xiao lifted the curtain and said, "This lord, I don't know what to call it." ”

"I don't dare to call myself an adult in front of my mother, and my official surname is Li Mingmu."

"Li Mu." Empress Xiao read Li Mu's name and said, "This palace has written it down, and it is very good to be young and promising." ”

"The mother praised it falsely." Li Muxin said, is this old lady bored on the journey or what, it's okay to talk about homely things, and said: "If the mother is fine, take a good rest, there is still a way to Mayi." After saying that, Li Mu was about to leave, and Queen Xiao hurriedly said, "Li Mu, you wait a minute." ”

"Is there anything else to do?"

Empress Xiao beckoned and said, "You come closer, I have something important to tell you." ”

Li Mu glanced at Empress Xiao vigilantly, but seeing that she had no sharp weapons in her hands, and at such an age, she didn't seem to have anything to worry about, so she came closer as she said.

Empress Xiao lowered her voice and said, "Li Mu, I want to ask you for something, if you agree, I will give you a great credit." ”

Li Mu said: "Niangniang, your affairs are not up to me. ”

Seeing that Li Mu was not in trouble, Empress Xiao was anxious and blurted out: "I know where the jade seal of the country is!" ”