When Qin Mubai returned home, it was noon, and the family was about to have dinner. When I entered the door, the house was very lively, and there were many people.

Wu Meiniang and Princess Gao Yang both came, and they were gossiping with Mother Qin and Shuang'er in the house. Now, Wu Meiniang is often inseparable from Princess Gaoyang. In the words of Princess Gaoyang, "We are sisters who share the bed" - compared to the "sharing table" when men drink and feast, she came up with a new term for sharing the bed, and even Qin Mubai had to praise her for being really talented.

In addition to these two daughters-in-law of the Qin family, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, came, and there was also a guest who rarely came to the door, Su Dingfang.

The two men were stumbling on the backyard polo field, chatting about martial arts and military affairs, waiting for Qin Mubai to come home. It depends, it's all about something.

Qin Mubai took a photo with Princess Gao Yang and the others in the front hall, and then went to the backyard polo field. Li Daozong and Su Dingfang really chatted hotly, and when they saw Qin Mubai coming, they laughed from afar.

"Two, what's so much to laugh at?" Qin Mubai walked over and asked.

"Of course it's ridiculous, that's why I laughed like that." Li Daozong lightly picked the corners of his mouth, and said as if he was a little playful, "The daughter of the lower is going to be thrown to the frontier like bait." Whether the Tibetan people want it or not, they treat her as an additive. Isn't that funny? ”

Qin Mubai arched his hand and said, "Lord Wang doesn't have to think about it. Since Your Majesty has appointed you as a marriage envoy, he may have taken into account that you will be unhappy in your heart. ”

"What did you say?" Li Daozong was stunned and said, "Your Majesty appointed me to be the marriage envoy?" How did I not know? ”

"Oh?" Qin Mubai was stunned, "Could it be that no one has told you yet?" ”

Li Daozong shook his head, looked at Qin Mubai thoughtfully, and said, "You weren't at home last afternoon, did you go to see the driver?" ”

"Hmm." Qin Mubai nodded in acknowledgement.

Li Daozong twisted his brows lightly and said, "Then what else did Your Majesty say?" ”

"It's nothing, the rest just talked to me about some personal matters." Qin Mubai said, "He appointed you as an envoy, so he handed over the initiative of marriage to you." From this point of view, the emperor also took into account your face. In addition, more importantly, I feel that the emperor is not very enthusiastic about the marriage, otherwise, he can let the eldest grandson Wuji appoint an official from the Honglu Temple to go, but why should he go to the trouble and let Princess Wencheng's biological father be the marriage envoy? He knows that you are against marriage. ”

"Yes, there's an article here." Li Daozong wrinkled his eyebrows and pondered, and said, "It can be seen that His Majesty the Emperor was also forced by the pressure of public opinion above the court to adopt a compromise plan. At this time, he specially appointed me as a marriage envoy, which was intended to allow our main battle faction to have more initiative in dealing with Tibet. Okay! No matter how powerful the eldest grandson Wuji is in the court, he can't dominate our generals outside. The decision of whether to fight or not to make peace and to give marriage or not is more in our hands. Of course, as long as we don't go too far and embarrass the emperor. ”

"One more thing, it turns out that my father has already raised the army." Qin Mubai sighed and said, "Earlier, when the prince and Li Maogong were discussing with each other, they said that his old man's temperament was as fierce as fire, and if he resisted the order in a fit of anger and raised troops, it would be very disadvantageous to us. Unexpectedly, such a thing happened, and it seems that my letter was either late or not effective at all. ”

"Oh??" Li Daozong and Su Dingfang both looked at each other in surprise, and asked together, "What does His Majesty the Emperor say?" ”

"The emperor naturally knows that if such news is put in the court, especially when we are fighting and the two factions are at loggerheads, it will definitely cause a drastic change. So, he suppressed the news alive, and even the eldest grandson Wuji didn't know. Qin Mubai said, "Here, I have to mention the character of Chu Suiliang. On the surface, he and the eldest grandson Wuji are both the left and right assistants of the prince of the prison state, King Jin, but he and the eldest grandson Wuji are really not of the same heart. He was just the emperor's confidant, and other than that, he probably wouldn't be aspiring to anyone. The military report was quietly withheld and presented to the emperor. In the previous vote at Hongwenkan, he also resolutely adopted a neutral attitude. ”

"Well...... Li Daozong nodded and said, "Eldest Sun Wuji is too strong, and in his vision, anyone who stands on the same side as him must be subservient to him, and there is no such thing as equality." Look at his attitude towards Fang Xuanling, Chu Suiliang and others, as if he is their leader. People who are officials in the court, especially great Confucian sages such as Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, who are not a little arrogant? The eldest grandson Wuji often puts on such a high posture in front of them, and it is reasonable to faintly disgust them. This time, Fang Xuanling unexpectedly joined our main battle faction, and Wei Zheng changed his position for the first time in his life, and I have to say that it has a lot to do with the eldest grandson Wuji's personality. ”

"Maybe!" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "In terms of talent and virtue, the eldest grandson Wuji is not superior to Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, but in terms of seniority and background, this is the biggest advantage of the eldest grandson Wuji." Of course, what he relied on most was the emperor's trust in him. Human desires are always expanding. In the year or two after the death of the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson Wuji said that his relatives were not allowed to interfere in politics, otherwise the family would not be far away, so he closed the door for a long time and concentrated on repairing the code. In the past two years, the emperor and the eldest grandson Wuji seem to have forgotten the last words of the eldest grandson empress, so the eldest grandson Wuji finally made a comeback and was reused, and gradually became the master of the pavilion to lead the hundred officials. Hey, we've seen it this time! The eldest grandson Wuji waved his arms, and more than eighty percent of the court officials above the third grade were silent, and even King Wei did not dare to make a mistake. If we stay in Chang'an and fight him, we will be dead. As soon as possible, they all obediently rolled to the frontier to find the bad luck of the Tubo people! In that place, life and death are still up to you, even if you die in battle, you have to be vigorous, far better than the cold guns and arrows of your own people who die in the court. ”

"Well said." Li Daozong nodded with a smile, raised his hand at Su Dingfang and said, "Then you should know, what is your senior brother here for?" ”

Qin Mubai looked at Su Dingfang, smiled and said, "Could it be that Senior Brother also wants to go to Lanzhou?" ”

"You guessed it." Su Dingfang smiled and said, "Su has been in the prison guard for a few years, and sooner or later he will be a doorman with no interest." This time, Mu Bai will return to Lanzhou to raise the military, just at the time of employing people. Su is not talented, and he is willing to work for Mu Bai's dogs and horses! ”

"Senior brother is serious!" Qin Mubai hurriedly said in surprise, "If you talk about the use of soldiers, I will definitely be far inferior to you." With the help of senior brothers, Lanzhou is really a tiger with wings! - I just don't know if the teacher agrees or not? ”

"I didn't ask." Su Dingfang smiled and said, "The teacher doesn't care about the affairs of the court now, and I want to go to Lanzhou, and he is even more reluctant to interfere." Rather than this, it is better not to embarrass his old man. When it's settled, I'll talk to him again. ”

Li Daozong smiled: "This is interesting. One of Wei Guogong's three students is nested in Lanzhou. Hou Junji, Su Dingfang, Qin Mubai, what kind of situation will the three of you go into battle together? This king is really curious, haha! ”

Qin Mubai also smiled: "Although Hou Junji is the senior brother of the two of us, he rarely has any contact. This time, he suffered an unwarranted disaster and was relegated to Liangzhou, and he must have been angry. I went back to Lanzhou this time, and I had to persuade him to let him help him. In addition, if the party wants to go to Lanzhou, of course I, Qin Mubai, raise my hands in favor, but whether it can be done or not depends on the Ministry of War! ”

"Just kidding, the secretary of the military department is Li Tao, he dares to disagree with this king and demolish his dilapidated house! The person in charge of this Lanzhou transfer is Fang Xuanling, who is much better than the eldest grandson Wuji. As long as it doesn't violate the rules of the court, it's basically fine. Li Daozong laughed and said, "Su Dingfang must go to Lanzhou." In this way, Lanzhou has your Qin family father and son, this king, Hou Junji, Su Dingfang, Xue Wanche brothers and Qibi He Li, plus the tiger division generals Xue Rengui and Yuwen Hongtai under your command, that place is an important stronghold of our military. Mu Bai, these numbers come and go, everyone still takes you as the core! You have to fight for it, and you have to lead our group of people to do a great job! ”

The three of them laughed, so happy!

Qin Mubai said: "The eldest grandson Wuji is unwilling to start a war with Tubo, and he is also unwilling to let us lead the troops outside. Those of us who lead the troops, if we have the military power in our hands, we will have the confidence, who is afraid of his eldest grandson Wuji? Besides, if he gains military merits, he will also gain a foothold in the court, and it will also pose a great threat to his status. It is conceivable that now the eldest grandson Wuji is like a puddle of bitter water in his heart, but he has nowhere to tell, so he can only watch us swagger to Lanzhou. ”

"However, the roots of the army and generals are still above the court after all. As a last resort, it's better not to clash with the eldest grandson Wuji. Li Daozong said, "Insulting him in public like Wei Chi Jingde has no good results except for trying to be happy." I heard that after the meeting yesterday, the emperor called Wei Chi Jingde and scolded him severely. Then late last night, Wei Chi Jingde called open the gate of Chang'an and ran back to his station. Wei Chi Jing's virtue is like fire and he has always been at odds with the eldest grandson Wuji, and this time the feud between the two can be regarded as big. If he doesn't restrain himself in the future, sooner or later he will fall into the path of the eldest grandson Wuji. Wei Chi Jingde is a reckless man, and he wants to play the trick of power, where is the opponent of the eldest grandson Wuji? ”

"Yes! Let's all learn from it! It's okay not to provoke the eldest grandson Wuji. Qin Mubai said, "Not to mention anything else, if he makes a fuss for us in terms of food and military expenses, and wears small shoes, it will be enough for us." Having said that, this time I returned to Lanzhou, and the court didn't know how much money and food would be allocated to me? Or let me go back to Lanzhou alone, and rely on Lanzhou's inherent soldiers and horses to be self-reliant? ”

"I don't know." Li Daozong shook his head and said, "This account is in the mind of Fang Xuanling, who is in charge of the military affairs and is responsible for transferring troops to Lanzhou. To ask, you go and ask him. ”

Qin Mubai was stunned for a moment, smiled bitterly twice, and said, "It seems that I have to visit this Fang Xuanling for both public and private reasons...... I just don't know, if I enter his house, will I be torn apart by the two paws of the famous tigress in his house? ”

Li Daozong smiled happily: "No one knows this, you ask for more blessings!" Fang Xuanling is a reasonable and open-minded person, as everyone knows in this world; But he has a jealous and vicious wife, who is also world-famous! Fang Xuanling, a dignified prime minister, is actually afraid of guilt, hehe...... Qin Mubai, you smashed Fang Yiai into pieces with three or two punches, if you still dare to enter the door of Fang's house, I Li Daozong will be the first to admire you! ”

Su Dingfang smiled and said: "Mu Bai, the man's husband dares to act boldly, he will kill and kill if he beats him, if Mrs. Fang wants to stop you how to Fang Xuanling but does not stop it, then he will admit it." However, according to my estimate, although Fang Xuanling is afraid of guilt, he will not allow his wife to mess around in the face of major rights and wrongs. Go in peace, you'll be fine. ”

"Okay, then I'll take a hard trip!" Qin Mubai gritted his teeth and said, "Besides, whether the senior brother can go to Lanzhou with a certain one, then Fang Xuanling has to nod!" ”

At noon, Qin Mubai left Li Daozong and Su Dingfang at home for lunch. After the meal, Qin Mubai inadvertently said that he was going to Fang Xuanling's house, and the family was stunned, and hurriedly said that Fang Qin's two families had a murderous vengeance, how could they interact with each other? Qin Mubai insisted on going, and his mother and sister-in-law couldn't persuade him.

In the end, Princess Gaoyang made a tragic decision, saying that she must accompany Qin Mubai to Fang's house together!

Those present were even more frightened! Who doesn't know that Princess Gaoyang had a marriage contract with Fang Yiai before, which is also the initial poisonous trigger for the two families to kill each other, and Princess Gaoyang will follow, isn't it adding to the chaos?

Wu Meiniang smiled and persuaded Qin's mother and Shuang'er to say, "You still need to tie the bell to solve the bell." Mu Bai is an official in the court, and Fang Xuanling is the central zaifu, how can they not get along? If this feud is allowed to sit there and brew all the time, the enmity will become even more resentment in the long run. It's better to take a little heart to take the initiative to resolve this grudge. If it can be solved, of course it is the best; Even if it can't be solved, the situation will not be much worse than it is now. After all, the Fang family did not dare to tamper with Mu Bai and the princess. ”

Listening to Wu Meiniang's reasonableness, Qin Mu and Shuang'er and others were reluctant to stop it.

Princess Gaoyang's eyes flickered, and she grabbed Wu Meiniang with a smile and said, "Meiniang, you are so resourceful and talkative, come with us!" ”

"What am I going to do?" Wu Meiniang was stunned.

Qin Mubai said with a smile: "The Fang family has an extremely famous jealous woman, who is Fang Xuanling's wife and Fang's beloved mother. If it weren't for a character like you, she wouldn't be able to suppress her, and sooner or later it would be a big deal for me. Mei Niang, let's go together and help me! ”

"Okay, the three of you go together, I'm relieved!" Qin's mother hurriedly matched.

Wu Meiniang shook her head helplessly and smiled, and said, "Since my aunt has an order, Meiniang should obey her fate." ”

Li Daozong and Su Dingfang stood aside to watch the excitement, and said with a smile: "Look at this family, even the female dependents are all heroes among the wise, intelligent, brave and resourceful people. Tsk, Qinmen is not prosperous, and heaven does not tolerate it! ”

"The prince rarely makes a lot of sycophants, Qin has to laugh a few times, haha!" Qin Mubai laughed very villainously, and said in his heart: It is said that behind a successful man, there must be a good woman to support him-I have a group behind me, can I not succeed?

"Get ready, let's go to Fang's house!"

"Wait! Send a servant to the door of Fang's house to keep an eye on it first, and we can't go until Fang Xuanling returns home. Wu Meiniang said, "Otherwise, if only his wife is at home, aren't we moths to the fire?" ”

"It's still Mei Niang who is careful! Well, it's up to you! ”

Fang Xuanling, who had been sick for a while in the emperor's bedroom, moved out of the palace and lived in his own house after he appeared in Hongwen Hall that day. Although he was still ill, the emperor still urged him to stay in the palace to be treated by the imperial doctor, but he also insisted on refusing.

At this time, the main hall of the Fang family still has the spirit case of the Fang family's widow, and the spirit case of the head of the family has not been demolished. The mother-in-law, Lu, cried in front of the hall every day, staging the tragedy of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man. After Fang Xuanling returned home, she asked her to dismantle the spirit case, but she refused, Fang Xuanling was helpless, and she also had some unspeakable anger and sadness, so she could not help her.

Qin Mubai, Princess Gaoyang, and Wu Meiniang came by car, and the carriage of the horse and the princess was placed, which looked very formal and grand. The door of the Fang family was closed, and the sound of mourning and crying came from inside, and Qin Mubai's heart trembled when he heard it.

"Why don't we come back another day?" Princess Gaoyang said with some apprehension, "They are doing a funeral, and it is estimated that Fang Yiai has not been buried yet...... My God, I really don't know how they collected the corpse of Fang Yiai, his head has been beaten into ...... by Mu Bai"

"Okay, don't say it." Qin Mubai waved his hand and said, "Fang Yiai has been dead for many days and has already been buried, I know this." It is estimated that the spiritual seat of the offering has not been dismantled, and the water and land dojo has never stopped at home. I don't have much time to wait. Stretching your neck and shrinking your neck is also a knife, it's all here, and there's no reason to turn back - I'm going to call the door! ”

Princess Gaoyang and Wu Meiniang got out of the car together and followed behind Qin Mubai, and when the three of them arrived at the door, Qin Mubai slapped the beast head ring on the door.

After a long time, someone came to open the door, and a middle-aged manservant opened the door and looked at the three men and women in front of him who were dressed in luxurious and extraordinary manners, and asked in surprise: "Where did the three of you come from, what is the matter with finding my master?" ”

Qin Mubai politely bowed his hand to this servant, making him a little flattered, and said to him: "Your Excellency Lao told the Minister of the Chamber, and said that Qin Mubai, the commander of the horses, Her Royal Highness Princess Gaoyang and his wife-in-law, made a special trip to visit. ”

"Ah!!h The servant was suddenly dumbfounded and couldn't help but scream, forgetting to respect and respectfully and pointing at Qin Mubai and said in a trembling voice, "You say...... Are you Qin Mubai, and Princess Gaoyang? ”

"Exactly." Qin Mubai said calmly, "Please let me know." ”

"Wait!"

With a bang, the servant slammed the door shut as hard as a ghost, and ran quickly towards the back room. Standing outside the door, I could hear him screaming all the way - "Xiangye, madam, big thing, big thing!" Qin Mubai and Princess Gaoyang are here! ”

Qin Mubai and Wu Meiniang shook their heads with tears and laughter, and Princess Gaoyang stomped her feet angrily: "How can this be true!" Treating us like beasts of the flood, this servant is so damned, so rude! ”

"Forget it. When people hear our name, they forget everything, after all, he is a subordinate, don't pick his nose and eye at him. Qin Mubai said, "But this also shows a problem, right now, the Fang family may be very angry with us." Talking about the tiger's color change, nothing more than that. ”

"It doesn't matter." Wu Meiniang smiled calmly, "Killing people is not too much, since we took the initiative to settle the grudge in front of the door, and did not reach out to hit the smiling person, if there is a reasonable person in the Fang family, it will not embarrass us much, at least not today." What's more, Fang Xuanling is a humble gentleman and magnanimous, he is the head of the family, and he will be fine. ”

After hearing his words, Qin Mubai couldn't help but smile and said, "Mei Niang, you are not in the court, but you know more about the characters in the court than I do. It's a pity that you don't become an official. ”

Wu Meiniang smiled and said with a little pride: "You are right. I remember my mother once told me that when I was young, a famous physiognomy master Yuan Tiangang showed me a photo, saying that if I was born as a man, it would be the emperor's destiny. If I were an official, I would have lost all of you men! Indefinite...... I can still be an empress! ”