"What credentials do you have?"

"There is a family tree in the villain's house, in order to facilitate future identification, the pattern of the jade pendant was specially printed on the family tree, if the Hou Ye does not believe it, please let the villain call his son over, he brought it with him."

Li Mu immediately ordered: "Call this old man's son, today's matter must be clear and clear!" ”

After a while, Li Siwen brought a middle-aged man, he was carrying a burden, the burden was opened, and there was indeed a family tree that had been rolled up and yellowed, and the last page of the family tree was opened, and a jade pendant pattern was printed, and the jade pendant on Zhang Xun's body was unraveled, and compared it, it was really exactly the same!

"There are such coincidences in the world!" Li Mu was shocked: "Old man, how did you find out?" ”

The old man smiled honestly and said: "The little old man is not talented, Meng Zushang has accumulated some money, relying on these as capital, going back and forth between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions, and making a lot of profits." Zhangjiaji is a mutual market designated by Datang, and it is naturally indispensable when dealing with each other. The little old man doesn't move around often, and once he saw the king, he recognized it at a glance. It's just that he didn't dare to recognize each other at the time, knowing that Hou Ye killed the unpopular Ju family, the little old man thought that the time had come, so he risked his life to tell the truth. ”

The old man said again: "Master Hou doesn't know, in fact, the Ju family has always been unpopular, but they have been in business for many years, and the people have no choice. Nowadays, most of the territory of Gaochang was beaten down by the Zhang family back then, and many people's genealogies are grateful for the good of the Zhang family, plus the king runs Zhangjiaji, and has dealings with the merchants of the 22 cities of Gaochang, and the king acts fairly and wins the hearts of the people, so the little old man can be so smooth when lobbying——" The old man pulled his son to kneel down and shouted: "Ask the Hou Ye to plan for the people of Gaochang and allow us to welcome the new king." The people of Gaochang are grateful to Dade, and they dare not forget it! ”

Many people in the audience chanted together, and the situation was moving. Ni Yu took the opportunity to say: "Master Hou, there is a way that the people's will cannot be violated, the Tang Dynasty has always been to convince people with virtue, and it is not to attack the land of Gaochang, the people of Gaochang have this wish, or should be satisfied." As for your worries, Ben Khan and the envoys of the Western Regions will naturally testify for you. ”

Li Mu hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded, and said: "The will of heaven is like this, and I can't disobey it, then ask the Khan to write down the grievances, and the envoys of various countries will be named, together with the Wanmin umbrella and the petition, and send it to Chang'an by eight hundred miles of fast horses, I hope that after Your Majesty sees it, he will not be angry with me." ”

At that moment, the envoys of the 32 countries and the 22 city lords of Gaochang all named and painted their fingerprints. Li Mu called a messenger and asked him to send him to Chang'an in the starry night, and then said, "Please talk about it after Your Majesty has made a decision." ”

The twenty-two city lords of Gaochang could not kneel, so they all asked to set up a new king on the same day. Li Mu did not allow it, and the scene was deadlocked for a while. Until the sun was getting west, and everyone was hungry for a day, Li Mu really had no choice, so he said, 'That's it, I don't care', and got off the high platform. The twenty-two city lords of Gaochang rushed up, and they found the clothes of the king of Gaochang from nowhere, and took Zhang Xun's clothes with all their hands and feet, and put them on his body.

The yellow robe is added, and the mountain calls a thousand years old. Zhang Xun became the king of Gaochang in a daze, and the city lords happily surrounded Zhang Xun out of Dingxiang City, and rushed to Gaochang with stars and moons, the palace has been burned down, and I don't know how to place it, Li Mu didn't ask, and he beckoned the mud and the envoys to feast and drink. The lights inside and outside Dingxiang City were bright, as if returning to the scene of the Shangyuan Festival, the haze of war dissipated, and everyone's faces showed a heartfelt smile.

"Everyone eat and drink well, Ben Hou is drunk, go first-" Li Mu said vaguely, carrying a wine jug in one hand and dried meat in the other, he walked out of the yamen in a daze, looked up, the city gate was very high, he walked over, sat at the pass, leaned against the city wall, looked at the outside of the city, took a mouthful of dried meat, a sip of wine, and exhaled a long breath.

Zhang Xun 'inexplicably' became the king of Gaochang, and Zhang Tianai naturally became a princess and followed Zhang Xun to Gaochang to prepare for the ceremony. Li Mu just had to wait for her for a few more days, and it just so happened that in these few days, he could arrange some things.

It's early spring now, and the grassland is already green, and it's alive to look at. Li Mu remembered the potatoes he brought, before he crossed, he had heard that the potatoes grown in the sandy land were large, and there were many sandy lands near Dingxiang, and he didn't know if he could succeed.

Recalling this trip to 'return home', Li Mu was also confused, when he came, he thought that everything was planned, but in fact, nothing was done according to his plan. This made him very uncomfortable, as a game planner, he is used to and likes to design everything so that the rest of the story happens according to his own design. If there is an accident, it is a bug, and it is an intolerable thing.

But now he also gradually understands that life is not a game, it is destined to accumulate bugs. You can only passively accept it, and there is no way. When he returned to Chang'an this time, he didn't know what he would face, the reason why he was able to be unscrupulous and not have to worry about anything before, in the final analysis, was not relying on Li Shimin's protection, if Li Shimin was determined to kill him, and the others would fall into the well again, how could he have his life?

Although he now has advanced martial arts and can escape by himself, he may be able to do it, but Bai Qiaoqiao, Li Zhien, and the old lady at home, what should they do? If Li Shimin detains them, even if Li Mu can escape? Don't you have to come back obediently in the end? How could he give up his wife and concubine, and leave his unborn child?

The more I think about it, the more depressed I become, and this feeling of fate being completely tied to others is really uncomfortable. The wine was even more sorrowful, Li Muben had already drunk a lot, drank this pot again, and gradually got drunk.

After Li Chongyi started the banquet, he occupied a table in the corner alone, and all the people who wanted to sit next to him were persuaded by him to retreat with his eyes, and all the wine and food on a table entered his stomach, and after many days, he finally ate a full meal. After eating, burping and patting his stomach, Li Chongyi subconsciously went to look for Li Mu's traces, looked up, and didn't see Li Mu, only Li Siwen, who was talking happily with the envoys of various countries. Li Chongyi didn't like Li Siwen's appearance, snorted, and walked out of the mansion, and the soldiers standing guard at the gate told him that Li Mu had gone to the city wall, and he strode over.

As soon as he arrived at the root of the city wall, Li Chongyi was just about to step up the steps, when he suddenly saw a woman coming down the steps, he stood tall and could see clearly, this woman he recognized was Li Mu's third wife, Wang Ou.

Li Chongyi returned to the Tang Dynasty from Zhenla, and came to the Western Regions without stopping, after seeing Li Mu, he was busy with these things with the Turks, all kinds of things between Li Mu and Wang Ou, he didn't know at all, seeing Wang Ou, Li Chongyi was stunned for a moment, and said loudly: "Sister-in-law." ”

Wang Ou lowered his head, heard this sister-in-law, and looked up to see Li Chongyi, she was standing on the fifth floor of the steps, and she was at eye level with Li Chongyi. Wang Ou was a little flustered, but seeing that Li Chongyi's eyes were clear, he guessed that he might not know the details, so he also froze, squeezed out a smile, and said, "You are here, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"When did my sister-in-law come, have you seen my eldest brother? The soldiers at the gate said that the eldest brother was on the city wall. ”

"I ...... It's been a few days since I came, and your eldest brother is busy with business, so I can't bother. Wang Ou's smile became even more reluctant, and said, "I just met, he ...... Say you want to be quiet for a while, you stay down there, don't go up yet. ”

"Oh." Li Chongyi didn't doubt him, he stood sideways, Wang Ou came down the steps, Li Chongyi looked down at her, saw that there seemed to be tears in the corners of her eyes, and asked, "Why is my sister-in-law crying?" ”

"No," Wang Ou raised his hand and wiped it, hurriedly covered it up, and said, "Don't you know that your eldest brother will say those touching words and make people ugly—alas, I will go back to my residence first, you can wait for him here." Don't go up yet, he said to be quiet. ”

"Oh."

Li Chongyi replied with a sneer, standing straight. Wang Ou glanced up at the city wall, then turned and left, tears falling uncontrollably.

Li Chongyi watched Wang Ou walk away, his brows suddenly furrowed, he just reacted a little slowly, his brain was not stupid, Wang Ou's behavior was a little abnormal, he could still detect it. Li Chongyi pondered for a while, and felt that he couldn't wait stupidly here, what was going on, he had to see for himself to find out.

Li Chongyi went up to the city wall, raised his eyes and looked over, only to see that more than 20 meters away, Li Mu was leaning against the city wall, and he seemed to be drunk. This is nothing, the strange thing is that in addition to Li Mu, there was actually a person next to Li Mu, as if stealing something, seeing Li Chongyi coming, he hurriedly got up and staggered down the city wall from the other end.

Li Chongyi will not work lightly, and if he is so far away, he naturally can't catch up. He was worried about Li Mu's safety, and he couldn't take care of this thief, so he ran to Li Mu to check his situation in three steps and two steps, only to see that Li Mu was full of alcohol, sleeping soundly, and there seemed to be no external injuries. When I looked down again, I was shocked that he was untidy! Li Chongyi glanced in the direction where the thief had fled, and his teeth itched with hatred, the damn thief dared to take advantage of the danger of others, seeing that my eldest brother was drunk and wanted to steal his clothes! Don't let Lao Tzu catch you, if you catch it, you have to tear you up!

Li Chongyi hurriedly took off the big hat, wrapped Li Mu up, carried it on his shoulders and moved back to the back house of the Yamen. asked people to bring the brazier to warm Li Mu, he was worried that the thief would go and return, so he personally stayed by Li Mu's side and didn't close his eyes all night.

……

Li Mu had a strange dream, he dreamed that he was drunk and fell asleep on the ground. The cold wind was blowing, and he was so cold that he had nowhere to hide, so he had to curl up. Suddenly a woman appeared in front of him, she said a lot of words, but he didn't hear what it was, there seemed to be a woman in the distance, crying, and then he couldn't remember a little -

Suddenly, the woman turned into a big man with a beard, Li Mu was startled and sat up suddenly.

"Oops!"

Li Mu got up too violently, and just hit Li Chongyi's head, Li Chongyi didn't care, but he knocked Li Mu enough, he covered his head, glared at Li Chongyi, and scolded: "Big man, you have a problem, what are you doing in my room early in the morning?" ”

"Big brother, I'll protect you!"

"I need you to protect you-" Li Mu suddenly felt that something was wrong, looked down, and saw that he was disheveled, and then looked at Li Chongyi, and then looked at Li Chongyi, he was shocked, covered his chest with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "You, what did you do to me?" ”

Li Chongyi said blankly: "The eldest brother fell drunk on the city wall yesterday, and I brought the eldest brother back." ”

"Ah," Li Mu was stunned, as if he remembered something, but quickly said: "That's not right, what are you doing when you bring me back and take off my clothes?" ”

"I didn't take off my eldest brother's clothes, but a thief wanted to steal your clothes, and I scared him away. It's a pity that it's far away, and I don't have an axe with me, otherwise I would have been able to cut off the thief's head! Li Chongyi was indignant, his eyes were about to turn red again, Li Mu hurriedly appeased, and said: "Forget it, didn't you steal it......" He looked outside, the sun was shining, and he asked while sorting out his clothes: "What time is this?" ”

"It's almost noon."

"Oh......" Li Mu was about to speak, suddenly felt a little pain in his left shoulder, raised his hand and touched it, touched a trace of blood, turned his shoulder and looked, there was a tooth mark, Li Mu was suddenly a little inexplicable, and looked at Li Chongyi again, and said: "Big man, why is there a tooth mark on my shoulder?" ”

"I don't know." Li Chongyi shook his head blankly, and suddenly became angry again: "It must have been bitten by that thief, big brother, I'll take someone to arrest him!" ”

"That's it!" Li Mu grabbed Li Chongyi and said, "The thief's brain is in the water, it's just a matter of stealing clothes, can you bite me?" I ask you, who else did you see when you looked for me yesterday? ”

"Ahh I remember!" Li Chongyi looked stunned and said, "I saw my sister-in-law!" ”

"You fart!" Li Mu said angrily: "Your sister-in-law is pregnant and raising a baby in the valley - oh, forget, you don't know about this." No, even if you don't know, your sister-in-law can't come. Li Muxin said, if Bai Qiaoqiao really came, Lao Tzu would immediately run away with his wife and concubine, and Chang'an would not return, wouldn't it be wonderful!

"It's not the eldest sister-in-law, it's the third sister-in-law." After Li Chongyi finished speaking, he was stunned for a moment, felt that something was wrong, and said hurriedly: "That's it, it's the sister-in-law who sells cloth!" ”

"Gull?" Li Mu furrowed his brows and asked, "Wang Ou?" Did you see her yesterday? ”

Li Chongyi nodded violently and said, "I saw it at the root of the city wall, and she also told me that you have to be quiet by yourself and not let me disturb you." I waited for a while and felt that it was not right, so I went up to look for you. Ah, by the way, I saw my sister-in-law crying! ”

"Crying?"

Li Mu touched the tooth marks on his shoulders, and then thought that he was disheveled, and suddenly thought that this tooth marks might have been given by Wang Ou. But Li Chongyi said that he waited for a while and went up to the city wall and found that there was a thief, which was wrong again. If it is Wang Ou's tooth marks, how can there be others?

Thinking back, Wang Ou said that he asked Li Chongyi to wait for him not to go up the city wall, and he cried...... In this case, there is only one possibility. There must have been another woman there at that time, and the tooth marks were bitten by her, and Wang Ou happened to go to find herself and let her see it!