As soon as he said this, someone suddenly giggled, and then said: "The monarch and the minister are right, the concubine has collided." ”

Looking up, it was a woman in her twenties, with an elegant posture and a noble temperament, which made people look forward to respect. Li Mao has participated in several palace banquets, and recognizes this person as the descendant of Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang, the imperial concubine Guo, but all the banquets are at night, and far away, I can't see the concubine's face clearly.

In addition to her good temperament, Guo Guifei also left a deep impression on Li Mao - white.

The foreign ministers saw that the harem concubines had their own etiquette, Li Mao followed the routine to pay homage, Guo Guifei also replied, Li Mao heard Tu Tu Chengguang say that Li Chun returned to the palace for Guo Guifei's birthday, this is the emperor's family banquet, the foreign ministers are inconvenient to participate, Li Mao resigned to Li Chun and Guo Guifei.

Li Chun responded, but told again: "Come to Yanying Hall tomorrow on the fifth watch, I have something to ask." ”

Li Mao responded, goodbye and left, he turned around, but he glanced at Guo Guifei with the corner of his eye - not at the concubine herself, but at a lady beside her, this young lady is as tall as Guo Guifei, but her skin is much darker, these are not the key, the key is that Li Mao feels that this person is a little familiar, but he can't remember who it is for a while.

After this glance, he was unconsciously surprised: when he peeked at the noble lady just now, he accidentally found that Guo Guifei's wonderful eyes were staring at him. Her gaze was elegant, eager, and generous, which made Li Mao, a voyeur, red-faced and ashamed.

Li Chun noticed Guo Guifei's strange gaze, but he didn't care, and asked the noblewoman beside Guo Guifei: "How are the preparations for the concubine's birthday?" The woman knelt down and replied, "Everything is in order, and there is only one person left." ”

Guo Guifei asked the woman to get up and said to Li Chun: "I often hear you talk about how Li Maohua is, but the concubine just looked at him more, and His Majesty was annoyed with the concubine and ignored the concubine. ”

Li Chun laughed and said: "The concubine stared at the minister, I annoyed you, but I didn't do it, you let me make sense." Guo Guifei said: "Your Majesty's mind should be bigger than the sky and deeper than the sea. Li Chun smiled: "That's it, it's my fault that the left and right are all my fault, I shouldn't be annoyed by Concubine Ai, it's just that I don't understand, then Li Mao doesn't have three heads and six arms, can you still see two more heads and six hands when you stare at him?" ”

The noble lady beside Guo Guifei interjected and shouted: "Mom, if you see more than two heads and six arms, then you will become a monster with three heads and eight arms." ”

Li Chun couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Tutu Chengguang accompanied the emperor and the concubine to the banquet, and sent Li Xiguang to lead Li Mao out, and when he arrived at the palace gate, Liu Xiguang suddenly crossed his hands and asked Li Mao: "I don't know what everyone just explained to Shaoqing?" ”

Li Mao said: "Do you want to know about this Liu Qishi?" ”

Liu Xiguang smiled and said: "Military affairs, how dare the ministers ask." ”

Li Mao didn't have the courage to ask what was discussed between the monarch and the minister, and it was Tu Tu Chengguang who made him open his mouth to ask.

He replied: "Everyone said that Liu Guangqi is old and wants to be released as the supervisor of the outer town, is this privy envoy in the position......

Liu Xi's eyes lit up, he was surprised and delighted, and asked urgently: "Who do you say you want to take over?" ”

Li Mao said: "I didn't say it, it's not me anyway." ”

After saying that, he arched his hand at Liu Xiguang and walked away.

Liu Xiguang rolled his eyes when he choked, and after a while, he took a breath, took a sip, and snorted: "Villain, I see how long you can be rampant." ”

Li Mao returned to the camp of the Left Army and dealt with several urgent tasks, when he heard a burst of shouts and killings from the school yard - the sergeants were practicing. It was almost dusk, and according to the urine nature of the Right Wei Yuanjun, there should not be such a sound at this moment.

Thinking that he had not inspected the sergeant for many days, Li Mao put down his Chinese sword, grabbed the iron knife and called Qin Mo, walked out of the public hall, and came to the school military field.

After the Youwei Yuan Army entered Beijing, some soldiers were replaced, and some fresh blood was added, and now the total strength is close to 4,000, and the old and weak account for more than half.

The low quality of soldiers is formed by the dual effects of historical reasons and practical needs, and there is no motivation for radical change for the time being.

However, the army's military training has been tightened more and more tightly since Liu Wu became the training envoy, and under the careful training of Liu Wu's father and son, the morale and appearance of the army have been greatly improved, and at first glance it looks quite like a powerful force in the world.

But Li Mao knew in his heart that it was okay for this strong force to bluff the enemy, and if it really wanted to be pulled to the battlefield, it would definitely be vulnerable.

The weakness of the Youwei Yuan Army was deliberately made by Li Mao, and the corresponding was the 800 Longxiang Army with the banner of the Left Wing Ranger Battalion of the Right Weiyuan Army.

The 800 dragon army was formed on the basis of Qiu Kangzong's horse bandit army, and their blood flowed with the fierceness and bandit spirit of the horse bandits from the beginning, but as an army, their sense of responsibility and discipline were by no means comparable to ordinary horse bandits, they were a combination of horse bandits and the army, taking the strengths of the two families and avoiding the shortcomings of the two.

All the soldiers of this army are veterans of one in a hundred, and they are veterans of the rest of a hundred battles before joining the army, and all the generals of this army can be described by the word "fierce generals", who are not only good at small-scale operations, but also have the potential to command large corps operations.

This army was born out of thin air, and quickly made a name for itself in the western part of Beijing, whether it was the Uighurs who had no face or the Tibetan who had no face, they all became faceless when they met them.

Li Mao was not in a hurry to use such a strange army, the Jingxi counter-espionage intelligence network was still in the process of being organized, and without eyes, no matter how strong his body was, it would be difficult to achieve the results he hoped for, and it was undoubtedly a big mistake to expose his strength to the enemy too early.

Li Mao stood on the side of the school field and watched for a while, he was not from a military background, and his feelings for the school field were always average.

Liu Wu's father and son and a few instructors walked over quickly, and Liu Wu asked when they met: "Recently, it has been rumored in Beijing that the imperial court is going to use troops against Xichuan, will it use our right army?" The envoy must give the brethren a thorough explanation. ”

Li Mao said: "This matter is not groundless, but there has not been a decision yet, and it is difficult to say at the moment." ”

A person behind Liu Wu said with a hippie smile: "Military envoy, you can't hide this matter, this is related to the lives of thousands of brothers." ”

It was Liu Congzhi who spoke, and Liu Wu shouted: "Do you have the right to interject when talking here?" Go down and get twenty sticks. ”

Li Mao pleaded for Liu Congzhi and said forget it, but Liu Congjian stripped off his clothes and armor, beckoned to Yu Hou and said: "Come on, come on, beat me hard, a reckless man who can't speak, no one should hide it, and beat it with enough strength." ”

Yu Hou moved a bench for execution, and the guards helped Liu Cong to lie down, and the red lacquer stick crackled and beat down.

Li Mao said to Liu Wu: "If the child has no intention, why bother." ”

Liu Wudao: "Hugh has to take care of him, let him have a long memory." ”

Liu Congzhi was beaten because of his words, and all the generals on the side walked away.

Only then did Li Mao say to Liu Wu: "It is already a sure thing that the imperial court will send troops to attack Xichuan, and it is difficult to say whether to call the right army." Do you think our army can be pulled out to fight? ”

Liu Wudao: "Pulling it out will definitely make a fool of you, and it will inevitably be laughed at, but if the army doesn't fight, it won't be an army, according to the foolish brother's opinion, it's better to pull it out and fight a dozen." ”

Just as he was saying this, Marquis Yu came over to report that the twenty military sticks had been beaten, and Liu Wu asked, "Have you ever tested your injuries?" ”

Yu Hou replied: "I have tested it, and I have not shown favoritism." ”

Liu Wu didn't believe it, walked to the execution place with a cold face, carefully examined the wound on Liu Congji's buttocks, and then snorted and walked away.

This little episode, Li Mao forgot about it soon after, but Qin Mo chattered endlessly, Li Mao said: "How does Deputy Envoy Liu teach his son, do you need to comment?" Talkative. ”

Qin Mo said: "Sure enough, he is teaching his son at home, how to teach it is his business, but this is in the army, military law is like a mountain, how can he alone have the final say?" And if you look at the virtue of his father and son, they regard the Youwei Yuan Army as their family, how can they ever take you as a military envoy? If you say you don't fight, people will call you. Is this a spanking of Liu Congji's ass, this is a spanking ......"

Zhang Qi asked narrowly: "It's not a spanking, what is that?" ”

Qin Mo said: "Go, go, what do you have to do?" ”

Zhang Qi laughed again, and said: "Beat it, beat it, beat your ass, fight for face, I don't think it's cheap." ”

Qin Mo was not convinced, and the two quarreled endlessly from Liu Congzhi's ass to Liu Wu's face.

Li Mao coughed and said, "Weizhou Tian Ji'an gave me a big gift, and sent Lan'er to bring the Yao family sisters from Weizhou, and they will arrive in a few days, which of you will go out of the city to pick them up?" ”

The two ended their quarrel and both fought to go.

Li Mao pointed at Zhang Qi and said, "You go, I remember that little sisters Yao Cuihua and Yao Jinghua like to be with you the most." Zhang Qi smiled: "That is, I have always had a woman's relationship." Qin Mo sneered: "That's right, it's a pity that people are a little smaller." ”

Li Mao asked Qin Mo again: "How is Xibao lately, I haven't seen her for a long time." ”

Qin Mo said: "Chang'an is too big, there are too many strange things, people only hate to have wings now, and they can see Chang'an flowers all in one day." Good girl Xibao is playing wild now, brother, I don't think you should worry about her. This time, people are eye-opening and look down on you. Li Mao said: "Did you send someone to follow her?" Zhang Qi said: "It's sent, it's foolproof, don't worry." Li Mao then ordered: "I may have to go on a long trip in the near future, you guys are ready, and you all come with me." ”