Speaking of which, why did these people come to the door to harass Li Zhi on the day after his wedding, but he brought it up himself.

The guests are mainly his friends and allies, in Li Zhi's opinion, no matter how sincere the Ming Wangfu is, it is not his own home, after all, there are descendants and grandchildren of a large family, and no matter how strict the family education is, there will be a blood closer.

As a latecomer, he didn't want to cause any signs of disharmony in the Ming Wangfu because of himself, so it would be a little uninteresting to toss the Ming Wangfu again.

The people who came were all old acquaintances who came to Chang'an City and gave countless helps, big and small, and others didn't stay in the city often, so they would only leave more frequently in the future.

If you don't take this opportunity to wrap up your feelings, you can't get along with him psychologically.

In this way, inviting people to their own homes will be more relaxed and sincere, and this will be the reason why today's situation has happened.

Coupled with the guests from Tonglin County who have been living in the mansion next door, there are also hundreds of people at tonight's party.

Moreover, there are five gang leaders inside, these people will be the most important allies in the future to structure the business between Tonglin County and Chang'an City, and ask them to return a day later, the purpose is to connect the relationship between each other further.

However, Li Zhi obviously ignored the importance that others attached to him, and thought that people would come later, who would have thought that if it weren't for the consideration of the newlywed, they would have come earlier.

Among them, there are many people who have the mentality of taking advantage of each other, but Li Zhi does not think there is anything wrong at all, and it cannot be said that in the absence of any interests, friends who can sincerely communicate with each other will be real friends, and helping each other is the most solid foundation for interpersonal exchanges.

At this dinner, all the concerns of Afifa's side in Chang'an City came, including the thirty guardians who were to stay with him later, and for these people, the emperor's envoy Mahdi even bought a mansion not far away.

Originally, the area where Zhanyuan Pavilion was located was a royal area, and only the royal palace was granted the right to live in a few nearby streets.

However, with Princess Taiping coming forward, it is not a problem to buy the next one, apparently after learning that the marriage between Afifa and Li Zhi was about to be completed, the court was very satisfied, so Mahdi only proposed to buy it, and in less than half a day, it was already possible to officially move in.

The Tang envoy Nasir also came, but he kept muttering to Chang Yubo, and the one they always followed was the third-level hunter named Azamu.

At present, Azamu has entered the paper mill in Liujian Village to learn the papermaking process, and in a few days Nasir will return to the empire with Mahdi, and then return to Chang'an City, which is the beginning of the establishment of the paper mill there.

At that time, a large number of workers will follow, and after a few months of intensive training, it will be the time for Zhengqing Wenqitang Paper to officially expand to the outside world.

Therefore, the communication between them was very necessary, mainly in the details of cooperation, all of which Mahdi saw in his eyes, although he was very jealous, but there was nothing he could do, after all, he would eventually get the gunpowder formula, and he could not let one person get it.

This is also a dividing and dividing measure designed by Li Zhi, so as not to concentrate too much power, which will cause a great control on himself.

Not surprisingly, it was another whole night of cheerful drinking, and the next day, Li Zhi's gate was closed, and he didn't even go to the east and west cities, and stayed with the ladies for three days.

When he reappeared, Li Zhi had already quietly appeared outside the city alone, and that was the private meeting he had agreed with Shangguan Wan'er.

Another day, he had already embarked on the road to the south alone, and his original plan was to take him and Yang Gaotang with him, but he accidentally got the news that Sun Simiao had come secretly.

Now the old man is waiting outside the city, and now he has reached the realm of the grandmaster, and the two grandmasters are traveling, and they still need the people around him to protect them?

Although Li Zhi and Sun Simiao have been friends for a long time, in fact, they have only met twice, and he is full of respect for this old man in his heart, and this time he has no strangeness when he meets outside the city.

The first time I heard about it in the Xiuzhen world, it was the old man who told him that this time he decided to go out on a trip with Sun Simiao, which had been discussed a long time ago.

A few others who followed the old man to the area were excluded from the southbound journey, and all stayed in their secluded dwellings outside the city to wait for their return.

There were only two people traveling, and Sun Simiao didn't reveal anything to Li Zhi in advance, but the latter had already vaguely guessed that maybe this time it would have something to do with the cultivation realm he had been yearning for.

The two of them and two horses set off quietly in the afternoon.

On the way, Sun Simiao mentioned the route of this trip, "Due to the limited time, the search for ancient tea trees can only try luck along the way, and the original ancient recipe of pen, ink, paper and inkstone is the goal." Promised Gaozong, he will do his best, the situation in the Tang Dynasty will only be a mess in the future, he put forward such a request to you, it seems to help him complete his unfulfilled wishes, but it is actually another way for him to investigate, so we first went to Tianmu Mountain in Wuyuan, Anhui Province, and solved the matter of the ancient inkstone. ”

"Isn't it simply the fulfillment of a last wish?" Li Zhi was very surprised, he really didn't think about it further.

"It's a personal guess, but from what I know about this man, he's always been used to thinking far-reaching. Think about it, with his dignified ninety-five dignity, what do you want for a long time? Do you want to run around and don't know how much time you need to take? If you are around, isn't it more helpful for his condition? Therefore, I speculate that I can ignore my own illness and order you to go to the provinces to find things, which is nothing more than an investigation of your ability and heart. ”

"Ability and Character?"

"That's right! Ability refers to whether your ability to do things is reliable, and your heart is focused on testing your loyalty to the royal family surnamed Li of the Tang Dynasty! At first glance, it may sound far-fetched to this assertion, but in combination with the open and secret struggle on the side of the Empress Wu in the next ten years or even longer, he can explain the future of the royal family to you, is this exactly what is needed? ”

"Through your old explanation, it seems to be somewhat connected."

"What do you mean? Of course, your suspicions are understandable, but they are only from your own point of view. Turn around and stand on Gojong's side again, thinking about the future situation? ”

"Forget it, don't think about it, no matter what his deep intentions are, my starting point is only to be driven by an old man who is on the verge of death with great wisdom and a big belly, and who has full respect for me. My wish is also simple, I just want to see this old man leave this world with fewer regrets! ”

In fact, Li Zhi agrees with Sun Simiao's analysis, but he doesn't want to do too much analysis on such issues, because he is a two-life man and has a deep understanding of the historical process.

No matter what deep intentions Gao Zong had for him, it didn't matter to him, because he didn't need anyone's guidance or paving the way for every step of his future development.

If you have an in-depth discussion with Sun Simiao, it will inevitably be more or less exposed that your specific analysis of the future situation and process, once the two disagree, they cannot refute it with the facts that will happen.

His real age is here, and instead of trying to convince him, it is better to avoid talking about it, and the more thoughts that are beyond experience are leaked out, the more suspicions will be aroused after being verified one by one in the future.

Sun Simiao didn't think much about it, the meaning of Li Zhi's words contained a little bit of affection for Gaozong, in his opinion, this was also Li Zhi's act of gratitude, after all, Gaozong gave him a lot of power and trust.

"Let's go to Tianmu Mountain to find my old friend first, the purpose of a trip with you is this, I want to see my old friend for decades again, otherwise it will be difficult to meet again in the future, after all, I am more than one hundred and fifty years old, and the outside world has killed me!"

"How did this old friend of yours know? A previous agreement with him? ”

"I met him on my 100th birthday, when he was only an old man in his thirties, but in the next twenty or thirty years, he accompanied me to the deep mountains and forests to look for rare herbs no less than 20 times. He is also a cultivator, but his cultivation is not as advanced as yours. The idea that I couldn't escape from the world was the first to be mentioned by him, because of the persecution of me by the imperial court, and this person had seen it with his own eyes. ”

"That's your old friend, twenty times into the barren mountains and mountains, it's a friend of life and death!"

"That's right, although I was already a third-level hunter at that time, he was a first-level master, and he helped him in many times in distress in the mountains."

Li Zhi's mouth was amazed, "In this way, it took the old man less than fifty years to cultivate to the current Grandmaster realm, and it is a half-way cultivation, your old cultivation qualification is very amazing!" ”