In the checkpoints on all sides of the capital of Chang'an, there is a post road for Shangguan, and the Longshan Pass in the west is Shangguan, from the Western Regions into Chang'an, this is the only way to pass, and it has always been heavily guarded. Because there is a post road here, there are many post horses coming and going, but most of them are officials who enter and leave Chang'an.

Officials who went to Xizhou from the Central Plains often got the tears of many relatives and friends, and passed through here in a miserable and miserable way to experience the unknowable life in the Western Regions, and the generals who were fortunate enough to return from the Western Regions would also have to pass through this Longshan Pass, so the soldiers guarding the pass were often fortunate to see this side happy and that sad.

As the heavy duty of guarding the west gate of Chang'an, it is naturally not good to take a nap when guarding the pass, so when he saw the smoke and dust in the distance and seemed to be a large number of people rushing on horseback, a sergeant who had just been transferred here shouted coldly about the enemy attack, which attracted a roll of the eyes of his colleagues.

"I don't know, this military general who came back from the west, what's so strange about bringing thirty or fifty people!"

A team was scolding the sergeant, squinting his eyes and looking at it, and suddenly his face changed. This is to bring relatives and soldiers, there must be a limit, how can it look like there are more than 100 people? He wasn't worried about any enemy attacks - there were still several checkpoints in the west, and if there was no news from any enemy here, then Datang would not be called Datang.

Finally, more than 100 people stopped at a gallop, and the leader dismounted. He hurriedly stepped forward to ask, and after hearing two sentences, his face stood up in shock, his face was full of smiles, and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, it is His Royal Highness King Yong who has returned to Beijing from the west, and he cheered me up!" ”

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has only been one person known as the state pastor, that is, the Yongzhou pastor who served as the local governor of Yongzhou. Although the prince has always been the prince and has no real power, the person who serves as the Yongzhou pastor is generally the son or relative trusted by the Son of Heaven. Li Xian originally had a Yongzhou pastor before, that is, the former Yongwang Sujie, but not many people will mention this disgraced prince now.

This Yongzhou Mu was sealed after he arrived in Liangzhou, thinking that he returned to Chang'an with this name this time, plus he was the first time to go back for more than half a year, Li Xian actually gave birth to a little hometown timidity, and stood under Longshan Pass for a long time.

When Li Xian entered the customs, he deliberately glanced at the faces of the sergeants, and saw that although there were many people hanging their heads, many people still secretly looked at him, and couldn't help but smile slightly. However, the team was afraid that Li Xian's subordinates would lose their manners, so they immediately shouted a few words, but he waved his hand to stop them.

"What's so tight about looking at this? I don't have three heads and six arms, can I still have a piece of meat? He smiled and pointed at the soldiers with his horsewhip, and suddenly added, "You are all good men, and you don't need to envy the triumphant return of this king." This king hopes that you can earn a family business for your wives and children in the future, and you will be able to glorify your ancestors! ”

Don't say loyalty to the country, only glorify the ancestors?

Looking at the hundreds of people who were far away, the team couldn't help but mutter. The sergeants looked at each other for a while, and there was an uproar. Just now, a few soldiers in charge of the inspection even said conclusively that Li Xian brought a lot of things home for the generals in the northwest, and most of the seemingly mighty convoy was carried for others. And one sergeant even said mysteriously that those pro-soldiers were all bulging in their blankets, and it was obvious that they had gained a lot of benefits from the Western Expedition.

As for a certain unlucky guy who was escorted back to Beijing, few people paid attention.

Is there really so much money in the west? For a while, countless people began to yearn for the unknown Western Regions.

As Li Xian got closer and closer to the capital, this problem has also become a topic of conversation for many small people, and even high-ranking officials and dignitaries after tea and dinner, and even Li Zhiwu, who lives in Penglai Palace, also learned about the dozens of cars that Li Xian accompanied him. Of course, before this person arrived, Li Xian's letter arrived first, and the above earnestly explained the kindness of bringing things back to his hometown for the border soldiers, and for this kindness, Li Zhi only burst out of the word nonsense.

Li Zhi, who became the shopkeeper, can be said to be messing around, and the Empress Wu has a headache. As soon as he heard that King Yong's western expedition actually came back with dozens of carts of things, he immediately began to write a book of impeachment, put the facts and reason, and took out the military order of Emperor Taizong to talk about things, and even brought the old things about Li Jingxi's expedition to the Turks and was punished for seizing his post by arson.

The implication is nothing more than that Emperor Taizong does not tolerate so much credit for Li Jing, so how can this son apply for his son.

"This virtuous man, so knick-eyed, doesn't even know how to restrain a little!"

The Empress Wu, who left the book, complained to Ah Qian, but it only stopped at anger. As far as she knew, Li Xian had gained a lot of loot, but the problem was that all of them were contributed to the imperial court as a reward to the labor army, and the extra was distributed to the ministers during the Lantern Festival, and there was not much in his pocket.

And Li Hong, who was in the East Palace, once again learned that the rumors were terrifying, and some people he could avoid, but he couldn't avoid the subordinate officials of the East Palace no matter what, besides, the Tang Dynasty did not have the habit of forbidding people's speech. After arriving, he simply found the Yongwang Mansion, directly drove Gao Zheng out of Chang'an in a hurry, and ordered him to remind Li Xian.

"These things aren't mine? Those soldiers worked hard in the bitter cold land of the northwest, and there was no merit and hard work, and this time it was easy to get rewarded by the imperial court, so what was so strange about bringing things back? If those imperial histories want to talk about this, it is better to wait for me to return to Chang'an and show everyone the account books and family letters! ”

Facing Li Xian, who was full of innocence, Gao Zheng was immediately angry. A trivial matter like piggybacking on something can make Li Xian make such a big fuss, what is this person's mind thinking? In these years, it is an indisputable fact that military generals are fighting wars and civil officials are stabbing people, and the court is still worried because the emperor is sick, this master still thinks that there are not enough things?

"Xiao Gao, you don't have to worry about that idleness. Since I'm back, how can I do if Chang'an isn't lively? ”

Gao Zheng couldn't help but sigh when he saw Li Xian's ill-intentioned smile. Sure enough, this master didn't want to extinguish the fire, but simply fanned the flames and added fuel to the fire!

Chang'an is the capital, and no matter how swaggering Li Xian is, he will not do such a thing as pulling five hundred heavily armed soldiers into Chang'an, so more than half of the people and more than a dozen cars of heavy things will naturally be directly pulled to Helan Bezhuang outside Chang'an City to unload, and then the light car will enter Beijing from the Mingde Gate.

In order to show respect for him, the triumphant prince, the welcome ceremony of the imperial court naturally had to express a little. As a result, Shangguan Yi appeared at the gate of the city as the representative of the prime minister.

"I haven't seen you for half a year, Shangguan Xianggong is getting more and more energetic!"

"His Royal Highness King Yongwang is becoming more and more refreshed, and those young girls in Chang'an City are about to move again!"

The two of them joked with each other as soon as they looked at each other, and immediately smiled tacitly, and then rode along Suzaku Street in unison. The Shangguan on the left is old and the demeanor is undiminished, the Li Xian on the right is less and dignified, and the officials on the back are envious and envious, and the discussions are discussed, although the pedestrians on the road are forced to walk on the side by the centaur in the middle, but there are still a lot of onlookers.

And Li Xian passed by Anrenfang and sighed when he saw the palace from afar: "At first, I stayed in Luoyang, and then I went to the west, but I haven't returned to Chang'an for more than three years." I walked to the wide place in the northwest, and now I set foot in this place again, and I feel that this place is a little narrow! ”

As soon as Shangguan Yi heard this, he immediately turned his head keenly to look at Li Xian, and immediately nodded and reminded: "His Royal Highness King Yong, this Chang'an is the imperial capital, if you hear this to some people, it will be terrible!" ”

"Jokes, it's good for Shangguan Xianggong to hear it, but I won't say it in front of others!"

Li Xian knew it, and hurriedly made a haha. When he crossed the gate of the palace city on Chunming Street, he immediately caught a glimpse of the group of people standing there waiting, and immediately flew off the horse, walked forward quickly, and bowed with a smile: "Fifth brother is well!" ”

Good for you! Although I really wanted to smash it in the past, the etiquette model that was trained to the bones saved Li Hong at a critical moment. So, I saw the prince greet dryly, and then he didn't care about anyone else, and pulled Li Xian up and walked inside.

"Sixth brother, can't you make less trouble?"

Seeing that Li Hong's face was extremely unkind for a moment, Li Xian temporarily swallowed back the teasing that came to his mouth, and glared at him with a warning glance behind him, until everyone knew that he was more than a dozen steps behind, and then he turned his head.

"Fifth brother, I was born with such a crazy temperament, if I hide and honestly enter Beijing, people still have to pick thorns, why don't I expose the thorns for others to pick! If people have the ability, they may be able to pull out two of them, but if they can't, they will probably have to be pricked! It's not illegal to carry things for meritorious soldiers, right? ”

It's not a question of breaking the law or not, it's a question of trouble or not!

Although he had a headache, Li Hong understood that he was talking to his sixth brother, but he was afraid that he would ignore it first, and he dispelled this idea. The brothers walked all the way to say goodbye, and gradually, he actually felt that people were gradually becoming more and more relaxed, and there was no longer the depression that he had nowhere to remove.

"Ah, by the way, I heard that the fifth brother is about to add children to you, and I don't have anything to give, but this time there is a guy from the extreme west, who is extremely good at bragging, and claims to be able to build Western-style gardens, come back with me, and let him build a garden for my future nephew or niece another day!"

“……”

At this moment, Li Hong finally determined that even if he ran around the dangerous battlefield, his younger brother would not change at all.