Li Shimin explained some more things, and this order was issued. The hundred cavalry is the emperor's personal honor, and the mobilization of this army does not have to be so complicated by the orders of the prime minister's cabinet and the military department in turn. Li Shimin said that Qin Mubai would stay in the palace in the afternoon, first, if he was free, he could accompany Li Zhi and Li Mingda again, and secondly, let Qin Mubai go to the Hundred Cavalry Barracks to recruit manpower to prepare for tomorrow's departure.

Qin Mubai secretly rejoiced in his heart, it just so happened that I still have something to do!

Although it is already autumn, the weather in the pass is still hot. Li Shimin took a nap in Penglai Palace, took a lunch break, and went to Wude Hall to take care of government affairs. The Tang Dynasty was eventful, there was a locust plague in the east of the river, and an earthquake broke out in Shannan Road, as if the situation in the northwest border was a little tense, not as peaceful as before, coupled with the flood in Jiangzhou, Li Shimin became busy for a while. If such a flood was enough to attract the attention of the Manchu Dynasty in normal times, the emperor personally interrogated. But now that there are many major events in the imperial court, Li Shimin took advantage of this excuse and sent two "idlers" to take care of the affairs of Jiangzhou.

First, it can allow Li Ke to bring his merits and crimes back to the stage and erect the grace of the royal family, and second, it can also keep Qin Mubai away from the palace and Princess Gaoyang, and calm the turmoil of this imperial wedding. Li Shimin's abacus cannot be said to be unresounding, and he can win many birds with one stone.

After the emperor left, Li Shimin played with Li Zhi and Li Mingda in the imperial garden for a while, taught them to play the pipa, and told stories for a while. After that, he handed them over to Yu Shinan to study, and he came to the Baiqi camp.

After more than half a year, the Baiqi camp has almost become Qin Mubai's second home, and the soldiers here are like siblings. But today, as soon as Qin Mubai Bu appeared in the camp, he actually caused all the soldiers to exclaim. Everyone was surprised and happy and gathered around and said, "General Qin, you can be regarded as back!" ”

"Ben was just taking a few days off, so why all the fuss?" Qin Mubai asked a little puzzled.

All the sergeants were usually very close to Qin Mubai, almost saying everything, and regarded him as the most trustworthy and trustworthy person. At this time, he told him that two days ago, the emperor ordered him to leave, and the eldest grandson left. It is said that he was transferred to the Nanya of the Beijing Division, and served as the title of the gate of the Nine Cities, although the title of the five products was mentioned, but the position was no better than the deputy envoy of the hundred horses, to put it bluntly, it was the promotion of the bright and the degraded secretly.

The Southern Ya is relative to the Northern Ya Forbidden Army, which is specially stationed in the imperial city. The Tang Dynasty implements the government military system, and local prefectures and counties all have government soldiers, and when they are busy, they prepare their own food, horses, ordnance and other materials for soldiers to serve in the army, and the state can requisition and use them at any time. These government soldiers were all under the command of the Twelve Guards, obeying the order, taking turns to go to the Beijing division to guard most of the military camps outside Chang'an City. A small part of the nine gates of Chang'an City were garrisoned, and this part of the government soldiers was temporarily incorporated into the forbidden army, and was raised by the imperial court at the expense of the mercenaries.

In other words, Changsun Jian was transferred to guard the gate of Chang'an, and under his command was a group of "semi-mercenaries" from all over the country. Although it is a little higher than the grade of the government soldiers, it is far lower than the forbidden army hired by the imperial court for life, and it is even worse than the hundred cavalry.

"The eldest grandson is gone, General Qin suddenly disappeared again, and we all thought that General Qin would be transferred away soon! Now only Wei Chi Baoyun and Cheng Huaibi, the two old deputy envoys, are left in charge of the army, and all of them are the former Changshi and the new deputy envoy Li Junxian. Is General Qin's hundred cavalry going to change heads? The sergeants asked worriedly.

"Don't guess. Ben will still be a hundred horsemen, and he will not leave you. Qin Mubai said to them firmly: "However, Ben will be ordered by the emperor to go out on an errand, and may have to leave the military camp for a while." You must settle down, obey the instructions of Deputy Envoy Li, do things well, and don't poke the basket! ”

"It's the general!"

Later, Qin Mubai returned to the Ya subordinate. His office is still empty, and Li Junxian can only do things in his own long history office. Hearing that Qin Mubai was coming, he hurriedly went out to greet him.

Now that Li Junxian has lost the ministry of the prison guard, he is completely a hundred horsemen, and he has also changed his attitude towards Qin Mubai, the direct commander, and he has more than three points of awe in his affection, and he smiled at Qin Mubai: "General Qin is back!" I just want to discuss something with you, and I'm going to visit you at home! ”

"Li Changshi doesn't have to be so polite if he has any advice." Qin Mubai said with a smile. Hearing him call himself a "lowly position", Qin Mubai is really a little unaccustomed. After all, Li Junxian is an elder, with higher rank and older qualifications.

Li Junxian said to Qin Mubai: This morning, Li Ke, the king of Wu, came to Baiqi on the order of the emperor, saying that he would recruit a team of men and horses to accompany him to Jiangzhou on an errand. Li Junxian didn't know who to send, so he specially came to ask Qin Mubai.

Qin Mubai smiled: "No need to ask." I'll do it myself. ”

"What? Do you want to personally go to Jiangzhou with King Wu? Li Junxian was obviously a little surprised that he was not an insider.

"Not bad."

"What about the hundred horses?" Li Junxian asked.

Qin Mubai smiled meaningfully: "When I am away, you will be in charge of the hundred horses." You are not only a veteran of the Hundred Cavalry Commanders, but also a new deputy envoy, and a veteran general. No one is better suited to take over the Hundred Riders than you. ”

"Take over?" Li Junxian seemed to hear the overtone in Qin Mu's vernacular, and said in confusion: "Why did the general say this." ”

"Nothing. Anyway, when I'm not there, you can take charge of the hundred horses for me. Qin Mubai didn't want to say too much to him, "I have already explained to my brothers that I am leaving temporarily, and they will all listen to you." In addition, I will now send a hundred people to take with King Wu to Jiangzhou. ”

Li Junxian's mind didn't turn for a while, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he had to respond: "Yes." The lowly horse sent an order to recruit all the soldiers. ”

"No need. I can check the roster with a pen. ”

After a while, Qin Mubai ticked off a list of a hundred people, Li Junxian picked it up and took a look, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, and said secretly: Why didn't he even bring Pang Fei? and those closest to him, he didn't take any of them. It seems that this kid is a little worried that I will take advantage of the opportunity to seize power after he is gone, right?

In fact, Qin Mubai's thoughts, where can Li Junxian guess thoroughly. Leaving his henchmen in Baiqi certainly has the intention of paving a way back for himself, but more importantly, because of Princess Gaoyang's affairs. It's easier to get things done with the help of Pang Fei and these henchmen. And these people will soon be transferred to the Immortal Palace together, and they will not leave Princess Gaoyang an inch. There was a villain who liked to make small reports before, and the eldest grandson always felt a little constrained in Qin Mubai. Now that the hundred horsemen are more pure, although Qin Mubai has left Chang'an, he is not worried that his people will leave.

A hundred soldiers were quickly assembled, and Qin Mubai asked one of the brigade commanders to lead the team to report to King Wu's mansion first. Wait until you finish taking care of the affairs in the army, and then go to meet Li Ke together.

Just when the subordinates were sorting out some military copywriting and preparing to hand over to Li Junxian, Pang Fei slipped in. As soon as he closed the door, he walked in front of Qin Mubai and said, "The master and apprentice heard from the brothers of the changing guard in the Immortal Residence Hall that you were back, and hurriedly found an excuse to come to see you. What does the teacher have to say? ”

"How is Princess Gaoyang?" Qin Mubai asked.

"It's quiet, there's not much movement." Pang Fei said: "The emperor went to see her in person every once in a while, and sometimes took her to the Imperial City Forbidden Garden to ride horses and play ball. Princess Gaoyang was not as excited and angry as before, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with her. ”

"Well......" Qin Mubai nodded and said in his heart, it seems that the emperor has indeed adopted a "delaying strategy", and he is not in a hurry to force Princess Gaoyang to marry immediately. The conflict between their father and daughter has been temporarily alleviated, which is a good thing. However, the emperor's intention is to calm down this turmoil that damages the prestige of the royal family, which does not mean that he has dispelled the idea of marrying a daughter and entering the house.

In fact, the more he deliberately coaxed Princess Gaoyang to be happy and stabilized her, the more it meant that his belief in marrying a daughter became firmer. Otherwise, why would he bother to put so much effort into it? It was too easy for Li Shimin to make Princess Gaoyang happy, and as soon as Chrysostom opened it, he could do it by revoking the marriage contract.

In other words, although the matter is now calm on the surface, it is still turbulent and is getting closer and closer to the brink of explosion.

The calmer the more dangerous!

It seems that it is time for the tailor-made strategy for Princess Gaoyang to appear. Otherwise, when the wedding date arrives, there will still be no turnaround, and Princess Gaoyang will not see Qin Mubai come to support, and she will definitely be angry and bite back. Then I'll be dead!

For this brown plan, Qin Mubai had already made a plan in his chest, so he whispered to Pang Fei: "I want to leave Chang'an for a long time. If there is a special movement on Princess Gaoyang's side, for example, the emperor arranges for Fang Yiai to meet with Princess Gaoyang, or openly announces the marriage of Princess Gaoyang's next marriage, you will go to Qujiangfang to find the demon girl. I've got a secret plan with her. You and she also know each other, just say that I asked you to get it, and she will give it to you. After reading it, you have to burn it and then come back and tell Princess Gaoyang to listen to it alone. Remember that you can't make a mistake and don't let any third party know. Otherwise, I'll die. There are bound to be a lot of people involved. ”

Pang Fei hugged his fist solemnly: "Don't worry, the teacher will do it in vain." If not, I will cut this head to compensate my teacher! ”

"Since you know it's important, I won't say more. In short, I can trust you, and you must be careful in everything. Remember. ”

"Don't worry. From now on, he will not even drink alcohol, so as not to make a mistake. ”

"Very good. I don't have to worry about you. If there is an emergency, you can come to Jiangzhou to find me as a last resort. ”

"Yes!"

After taking care of these things, Qin Mubai breathed a sigh of relief. After returning to Penglai Hall and saying goodbye to Li Zhi and Li Mingda, he rode on his horse and left the palace to leave the earthly residence.