Originally, according to Qin Mubai's prior itinerary, he would stay in Xiangyang for six or seven days at most, and then go to Yangzhou to play. Unexpectedly, after all, their goal is still too big, and it is extremely difficult not to leak the news.

Xiangzhou was originally a base for Qin Mubai, and it was said that he was half a local emperor and did not serve the country. Now that the "old lord" has returned to his hometown, the officials and generals above and below and the rich gentry and businessmen, as long as they can have the slightest relationship, they all want to try their best to be sincere.

Today's assassin Shi came to the feast, tomorrow the captain will pay a visit, and then the heads of the three major chambers of commerce who have close business contacts with Wu Meiniang will be invited together, and even the local squires of the Shi clan have sharpened their heads to find a relationship to drill the camp, and want to invite Qin Mubai and Princess Gaoyang to come.

Stretching out your hand and not hitting a smiling person, you can't touch someone's kindness. For more than half a month, I visited an average of 1.5 households every day, and finally got rid of some entertainment.

Even the delicacies of the mountains and seas are disgusting to eat. Qin Mubai finally understood the truth of "people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong". Don't underestimate the people in Xiangyang, the emperor of the mountain, their noses are no slower than those from wealthy families in Chang'an. Qin Mubai's feat in Lanzhou has spread all over the world, and now he is about to marry Princess Gaoyang, it is difficult for such a young man to be underdeveloped. As the saying goes, there are people in the court who are good officials, Qin Mubai can be said to have originated in Xiangyang, and the people of Xiangyang naturally regard him as half of their fellow countrymen, this is "getting close to the family", and it is natural for them to stammer.

Since he entered the office, Qin Mubai, who is not bullied or humiliated, has never put on a big show, and he can talk with the princes and nobles very happily, and he can also get along with the Jiupin officials, so he is very popular. This revisit to Xiangyang's hometown, he really felt the taste of "returning to his hometown".

It's just that the trip was delayed. After such a calculation, it was about to be celebrated on the road, so after Qin Mubai discussed with his mother and others, he decided to simply celebrate the New Year in Xiangyang. Qin Mubai sent an urgent letter to Chang'an, sent it to the eldest brother Qin Tong and the second brother Qin Bin, and asked them if they would like to come to Xiangyang together during their annual leave to find a fresh way to spend the New Year. Within a few days, he received a reply from his eldest brother Qin Bin, which said that he and Qin Bin had just received an order, and the two brothers entered the Baiqi together and served as deputy envoy and chief historian. During the Chinese New Year, the two had to stay in the palace, so they could not come to Xiangyang, so they asked their mother, third brother and princess to forgive Yunyun.

Receiving this letter, Qin Mubai and the others were happy. I didn't expect this to be implemented so quickly. It seems that the emperor has indeed already had a score in his heart, and when he asked Qin Mubai before, there was a little bit of "asking the guest to kill the chicken", and he had to ask Qin Mubai to take the initiative to ask his old man for this favor.

This old man, monkey spirit! Even if you give benefits, you can't give them in vain! - Qin Mubai laughed.

In fact, Qin Mubai also knew in his heart that he had made great contributions in Lanzhou, and the imperial court rewarded him from top to bottom, but he didn't give Qin Mubai any substantive commendation. First, he is going to marry the princess, and this princess is the greatest reward; Second, Qin Mubai is too young, and now he is a fourth-grade official in the official residence, and if he is promoted again, he will be even older than his father's official, which is not good. So, Li Shimin changed his way and gave the reward to his two brothers-in-law.

In this way, the four men of the Qin family are all in high positions and prominent positions, and Xuan He has become a new force above the court!

Princess Gao Yang was naturally happy. Although she never cares about or cares about her family background, it is such a custom now, just like the 21st century, which girl is not willing to marry a husband with better conditions? In the past, although Qin Shubao was a second-grade Shangzhu country, the Qin family was indeed in decline. Gao Yang Gong is going to marry, and he really has a bit of a taste of condescension to marry.

Not anymore. The Qin family is really prosperous! Not to mention that Qin Shubao sits in Lanzhou to block half of the Tang Dynasty's western line, and its importance is no less than that of Li Tao, let's just say that which of the three sons of the Qin family is also a leading star in the military world. Especially Qin Mubai, one of his credits made his two elder brothers leap into the dragon gate overnight, and became a senior officer of the hundred horsemen, the emperor's henchman, and the future big celebrity in front of the emperor!

The perfect marriage that Princess Gaoyang longs for is nothing more than this. This is probably what Li Shimin thinks - it should belong to Princess Gaoyang's perfect marriage. Now it seems that Princess Gaoyang's marriage to Qin Mubai is many times stronger than when she married Fang Yiai.

Now, Qin Shubao's weight is not necessarily much lower than Fang Xuanling; But Qin Mubai is stronger than the love of a thousand houses, which is the biggest difference between the two. From this, it can also be directly seen that the emperor's hard work, he is regaining face for himself, the Qin family is developed, and Princess Gaoyang's remarriage is not so eye-catching.

The only one who will feel very cold should be Fang Xuanling. Princess Gaoyang cried, made trouble and hanged herself to ruin this brown royal marriage, if Princess Gaoyang married in the future, Fang Xuanling felt a little better; But so...... It seems that Princess Gaoyang really wants to climb the high branches to "jump ship"! Now, Fang Xuanling may be even more painful and depressed than being slapped in the face directly.

I don't know what method the emperor will use in the end to comfort Fang Xuanling, a meritorious veteran who has followed him for many years. Qin Mubai also thought a lot about him. After all, Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji are now the emperor's most powerful and confidants. But now, these two court bigwigs have a big or small feud with Qin Mubai. As his marriage to Princess Gaoyang approached, this feud and contradiction became more and more prominent. Now that the competition for the heir is becoming more and more intense, Fang Xuanling is actually a kind and loyal person, who is entrusted by the eldest grandson and the queen to be orphaned, and has been trying his best to assist the prince to inherit the Qian.

An important reason why Li Shimin has not abolished Li Chengqian for a long time is that a group of court ministers headed by Fang Xuanling are adhering to the traditional ideology of the concubine and opposing the abolition. Therefore, Fang Xuanling is a staunch princeling. Behind the King of Wei was a considerable group of young scholars, as well as the subjective favor of the emperor; And the eldest grandson Wuji, because of the dying sentence of the eldest grandson empress, "relatives cannot be weighed", and in recent years, he has been relatively low-key, and in the years when the eldest grandson emperor died, he even closed his door to study the code. It's just that he has recently returned to the imperial court and held a substantive position.

But all along, no one dared to ignore the influence and strength of him, the emperor's brother-in-law. He is like a real hungry wolf, he does not show his strength, he never expresses his stance on the abolition of the establishment, he is not close to the prince or the king of Wei, but he is secretly moving closer to the young prince Li Zhi.

Just like in history, when the crown prince and the king of Wei were both defeated, the eldest grandson Wuji supported Li Zhi, thus the historical Tang Gaozong.

Qin Mubai is far away in Xiangyang, but his heart is still in Chang'an. is far away from the rivers and lakes, but there is a feeling of being a bystander. For more than ten days, he has been thinking about this question every day when he is drinking and feasting: If it is really like in history now, and in the end, Li Zhi won the throne with the help of the eldest grandson Wuji, a strange soldier, what kind of fate will he Qin Mubai have?

The eldest grandson is unscrupulous and greedy for power, which is recognized by history and is also the consensus of the court today. The reason why he gave up Li Chengqian and Li Tai, the two nephews who were the same as him, had one of the biggest things in common was that these two boys were too difficult for his eldest grandson Wuji to control.

Yes, for the ministers, a king who is not easy to control is obviously fatal.

Li Chengqian is absurd and uninhibited, now that Li Shimin is alive, he still has some scruples, once Li Shimin returns to heaven, whose account will he buy? The eldest grandson Wuji? No kidding! Except for giving his uncle a week during the New Year, he usually didn't know him.

Not to mention Li Tai. Everyone in Chang'an knows that Li Tai only loves young talents, and likes those "vulnerable groups" who obediently hide under his wing to survive and please, which proves that he Li Tai is very strong. He never flattered his uncle, and the two of them were always very unpleasant. If he finally ascends the throne, where can the eldest grandson Wuji be placed?

This is a comparison, and the eldest grandson Wuji can only choose Li Zhi, who is young, weak and a little weak in character. The icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, and now Li Zhi is just a little prince raised in the deep palace, without any power and prestige. If his eldest grandson Wuji supported his ascension to the throne alone, then he would be the only powerful minister! Say the same thing!

The eldest grandson Wuji's abacus is not unsound. Once he succeeds, it will definitely be under one person and above ten thousand. is more moisturizing than following Li Shimin now!

Qin Mubai, of course, didn't want his wishful thinking to be completed. Wouldn't it be said that the contradiction between him Qin and the son of the eldest grandson Wuji before, this is secondary. The most important thing is that the eldest grandson Wuji chose Li Zhi, making it clear that he wanted to choose a "king of success", who could continue and maintain the prestige of the prosperous era of Zhenguan, and his eldest grandson Wuji would be enough to go down in history.

But what Qin Mubai wants is to be a "pioneer king"!

Coming from the 21st century, he is not satisfied with the status quo of Datang at all!

Datang can be better, why does it take Zhenguan Shengshi as the end? As a credit book that can lie down and sleep?

This is the biggest difference between the two! It can also be said that there is a complete divergence of political opinions, and it can even be said that they are opposites!

If Li Zhi succeeds in ascending to the throne with the assistance of the eldest grandson Wuji, what is the use of Qin Mubai? Since there is no need to expand the territory, any general can defend the territory.

There is no need to guess, after the incident in Lanzhou, now in the mind of the eldest grandson Wuji, Qin Mubai is also regarded as the biggest potential enemy. At that time, the emperor stood up for this weak-crowned boy to do so many things...... Finally, Li Jing, who has made great achievements in the world, is old, and now there is a young Li Jing, which is enough to make his eldest grandson Wuji uneasy.

In terms of seniority and merit, only Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji are now left in the court; But the eldest grandson Wuji still has an extra layer of national relative, so the eldest grandson Wuji is really not afraid of Fang Xuanling at all. As for Wei Zheng? He is old, and his eyes are almost blind when he is old, and he has not been taken seriously by the eldest grandson Wuji. This has to go on forever, and Fang Xuanling, who has not been in good health and is older, may not be able to survive his eldest grandson Wuji.

Now there is a Qin Mubai who is only in his twenties, and the mood of the eldest grandson Wuji can be imagined.

Far away in Xiangyang, Qin Mubai seemed to have smelled the beacon smoke lit by the eldest grandson Wuji. Although the two of them rarely even talked to each other, the fight between them had quietly begun.

There is also a big or small figure, Qin Mubai wants to settle it before he officially confronts the eldest grandson Wuji. That is - Li Yuanchang, King of Han.

In the middle of the night that day, Qin Mubai quietly came to a hidden courtyard outside Xiangyang City according to the prior agreement, and met Su Lianqing and the Lantai sisters.

Seeing these three women again after half a month, Qin Mubai couldn't help but feel that his eyes lit up. Su Lianqing really has a hand. In just half a month, she trained these two murderous and cold-faced twin beauties to be generous and generous, sometimes a small jasper, sometimes a talented woman, who can not only reject people thousands of miles away, but also charm people.

"Good! That's the best! Qin Mubai smiled happily, "If you want to refuse and welcome, you can best make that guy take the bait!" ”

Su Lianqing, who pretended to be whom, was pretending to be the mother of the two of them, a little old-fashioned, but she was also a, she smiled: "General Qin, it's rare to see you use a crooked way like us with your sword." Tell me, what is that kid in his hand that makes you so painstakingly deal with him? As far as I know, even if he is the prince, he is really not your opponent in terms of strength. ”

"You don't have to ask so much." Qin Mubai said, "Actually, I don't know what he has in his hands. In short, it's a top-secret, important thing. As long as you two sisters can successfully sneak up on him, I will bring it to me, regardless of what means you use. Even if you can't take it, you will destroy it. If you succeed, I will ensure that the three of you will be prosperous and prosperous for the rest of your lives, and that you will be able to reach your children and grandchildren. ”

"Good!" The three girls replied simply, "Such a gift, let alone picking up something, even if we are asked to kill him, there is no other word!" ”

"No, don't kill him." The corners of Qin Mubai's mouth hooked slightly, and he smiled coldly, "You killed him, what else am I playing?" ”

The three girls were stunned at the same time, wanting to laugh, but couldn't. They rarely saw Qin Mubai show such an "evil" expression, so it seemed that that guy really offended Qin Mubai a lot. Because they have all learned Qin Mubai's power, but they have never heard of him really hating or calculating anyone. But with his ability and scheming, if he really wants to make a bad thing, that person must be extremely miserable.

"Now that you are ready, you will leave Xiangyang for Chang'an. I have a handwritten letter from Wu Meiniang here, take it, you can directly find Wu Yuanqing or Wu Yuanshuang and enter the Qin Immortal Pavilion to make a living. Qin Mubai said, "With a letter of recommendation from Wu Meiniang, the big proprietor, Qin Xiange will definitely support you're a mother and daughter." It won't be long before you can become popular all over Chang'an. When the time comes, the guy will come and make a nuisance. Next, you don't need me to teach you anything. ”

"Tricks, General Qin." Su Lianqing said with a smile, "I thought you were going to let us take the initiative to approach that guy, but I never thought it would be such a roundabout way." Wonderful, really wonderful. This is really seamless, if that guy is worthy of the damn, he will take the initiative to come up to the old lady. ”

"Yes, definitely." Qin Mubai smiled slightly, "If he doesn't come up, he won't be the biggest wine-colored person in Chang'an." ”

"Alright, we'll leave tomorrow."

"I'll leave tonight. Waterway, I've arranged a big boat in Hagugudu, go ahead, right now! ”

“…… You've arranged it so well, okay, I'll take my leave! ”

After a stick of incense, Qin Mubai walked out of this small courtyard, lit a small lantern, and hung it on the wood door. After a few hours, an inconspicuous carriage slowly drove by.

A blurry smile appeared on Qin Mubai's face. stepped forward and personally opened the curtain of the car, and a jade-like pink hand stretched out from inside, and he led the dismount.

"Mu Bai, you're really getting worse and worse." Wu Meiniang had a pink face and peach cheeks, and smiled charmingly, "Even brought me bad." ”

"How?" Qin Mubai pretended to smile stupidly and gently took her into his arms. The driver of the car drove the car into the courtyard and settled down.

Wu Meiniang put her hands on her chest and took a sip of hot steam on her palms: "Come into the house, it's so cold!" ”

"Why, are you in such a hurry to enter the cave room?" Qin Mubai smiled evilly.

"Shut up, you disciple, who wants to go into the cave with you?" Wu Meiniang's face turned red in an instant, her hands pushed in front of Qin Mubai's chest, and she skillfully broke free and trotted towards the candlelight room.

"Or not?" Qin Mubai grinned, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva obscenely, "It's been more than half a month, and I finally took advantage of Gao Yang's unpreparedness to get her drunk, and I also put aside those few palace maids who looked like pumps, and I sneaked you out of the city." If I don't have a raw rice cooked rice tonight, I will be sorry for the ancestors of the Qin family! …… No wonder men are greedy, this feeling of cheating is exciting! ”