Every time, they refused to come to the Kite Canyon on the grounds that it was off the main road and had difficulty moving.

If you want to find such a reason, you can always find it, and if you don't want to come to this place, there is always a reason why you can't come.

Prime Minister Yu Si was a little unimpressed by Li Mao's behavior of coming here to worship the undead, the prestige of the Tang Dynasty on the grassland has been declining day by day over the years, and he hopes that he can redeem it by making a show? This is definitely a fool's dream.

Qin Mo and the others who accompanied Li Mao were also very puzzled by Li Mao's sudden move, and asked Li Mao if he had a deep meaning, but Li Mao always smiled and didn't answer, just the helplessness of being pestered by Xiaoru at night, Fang Luo explained: "The country doesn't know that there are people, and the people don't know that there is a country." In the final analysis, the strength of the country is the strength of cohesion, and a court that only has high-ranking officials and nobles in its heart will not be able to win the hearts of the people, and a court that cannot win the hearts of the people is destined to be weak. ”

"The court is weak, the country is weak, and the weak country is bullied, and in the end, no one will benefit." Li Mao paused for a moment, and then said: "The domestic magnates are messing around, the people are dissatisfied, some people say that this country is the country of the magnates, and it has nothing to do with themselves, if it wants to die, let him die, anyway, Lao Tzu has nothing, and if the country dies, maybe Lao Tzu will have a chance to turn over." This is not bad, this country is dead, there must be a large number of people who turn over and become masters, but who can guarantee that you are the ones who turn over and become masters? ”

"Who can guarantee that it is not me who turns over and becomes the master?" Xiao Ru turned over and pressed on Li Mao.

Li Mao said: "This is the problem, there are always some careerists who want the world to be in chaos, so that they can have a bright future." But after the chaos in the world, those who have no ambition and keep to themselves, they are the ones who suffer the most. ”

"I'd rather be a peace dog than a troubled man."

Li Mao said this, but Xiaoru remembered it very clearly.

"Now many people are dissatisfied with the world, this can't be blamed, this world is really fucked, if the rulers do not repent, insist on going their own way, in the future when the world is in turmoil, everyone will be finished together. The grass people are cheap, they are nobles, and if they are finished together, they will still suffer a loss. ”

"Anyone can settle the account, but if you really want to let them cut the meat, who is willing, always lucky, always procrastinating, regardless of other people's feelings, they will always have a day when they can't drag it out."

Li Mao said: "There is no need to be so pessimistic, the new emperor has the meaning of innovation, and there is still hope for Datang Zhongxing." ”

Suspicious of Xiao Ru's inaction, Li Mao turned over and pressed her down, Xiao Ru pecked Li Mao, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are very confident in the new emperor, where does your confidence come from?" ”

Li Mao said with a smile: "The world belongs to theirs, as long as it is not incurable, who will sit and watch their own house rot." ”

Xiaoru said: "You are determined to help him, but how can you help?" ”

Li Mao said: "If the country wants to rejuvenate, the first thing is to clean up the people's hearts and gather morale. They say that I go to the Kite Canyon to worship the souls of the dead to make a show, and I am indeed making a show, but many times being a show is also an attitude, which is better than not being good. I want to let my compatriots scattered in the realm of Huawai know that the Tang Dynasty has changed its new emperor and has a new atmosphere, and there is hope for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Xiaoru asked, "The Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs are allies, will there be wars between allies?" ”

Li Mao said: "Many years ago, we were not allies, and many years later, who knows if we will still be allies, how can there be eternal allies in this world." ”

Xiaoru said: "So, I really want to stay in the grassland?" ”

Li Mao smiled: "Don't be stupid, what can you do if you stay?" ”

Xiaoru said seriously: "I want to stay and help you do something." ”

Li Mao smiled: "I thank you for your kindness, but this matter is still over." ”

Xiaoru said: "I'm serious. ”

Li Mao turned over, and after the two of them were in different positions, Li Mao restrained his smile and asked in a harmonious voice, "Why?" ”

Xiao Ru's face suddenly had a trace of sadness: "My father was originally a veteran of Fengxiang and fought with the Tubo people for half his life. When I was one year old, he fought against the Tibetans, and the battle was unfavorable, and the leader of the team led them to retreat into the forest, and the rain was in a hurry, and they accidentally lost their way, missed the return date, and when they came out to return to the camp, they found that the army had withdrawn.

They wandered the forests and steppes for ten days and ten nights, and then they were attacked by a group of party bandits, taken prisoner, and sold to the Uighurs as horse slaves. My mother cried night after night because she missed him. One morning she happily said to me, 'Your father has come back, right at the entrance of the village, I'll pick him up,' and she went out without shoes, and never came back—crying and crying every night broke her eyes, and she accidentally fell into the lotus pond at the entrance of the village and drowned. ”

Xiaoru never took the initiative to talk to outsiders about her life experience, and only briefly mentioned it to Li Mao. Li Mao only knew that her father was a veteran of Fengxiang, who was injured on the battlefield, and returned to his hometown and couldn't live, so he defected to Su Qing's grandfather, and became a night watchman in the business inn run by the Su family.

"My father raised horses for the Uighurs on the grassland for three years, and then the Uighurs fought a war with the Tibetans, suffered a defeat, the master of the family was killed, and several sons used knives to fight for the family property, and my father united several people to launch a rebellion, and fled back to the Tang Dynasty after success. However, the border troops of the Tang Dynasty said that they were Uighur spies and refused to accept them, so my father and them crossed the Yellow River at night, and later when they crossed the Gobi Desert, they were attacked by a group of party members, broke an arm, and since then they have been disabled.

When he returned to the old camp, the old commander had been transferred out because of the defeat, and the new commander had already reported them dead in battle and received a pension, but now when he saw them return, he refused to admit them, and not only did he refuse to admit them, but he also falsely accused them of being Uighur spies. Father they had to run away overnight, since then he wandered incognito, that year he was exiled to Caozhou, cold and hungry on a snowy night fainted at the door of the rice shop of Su's father's house, was rescued by Mao Taigong, they are all from the Fengxiang border army, can say it, so persuade his father to stay. ”

Li Mao said: "Father Su is a kind person, how can he bear to let your father be his part?" ”

Xiaoru said: "It's not to blame Daddy Su, my father is a fugitive, has no household registration, and his hand is disabled, and he is grateful for Daddy Su's life-saving grace, so he made a trilogy of the Su family." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Ru smiled maliciously and said, "My father and Mrs. Su are brothers, and in terms of seniority, I am still a generation higher than the third lady." ”

Li Mao smiled: "Why are you an elder so afraid of her. ”

Xiaoru said: "She is two years older than me, she has been taller and stronger than me since she was a child, I lose to her every time I wrestle, I am not her opponent in fights, and I can't study, I can only be her follower." She is a bad person on her face, but her heart is not bad, and she has always regarded me as a sister for more than ten years. ”

Li Mao hugged Xiaoru into his arms: "These...... You never told me. ”

"I don't dare to say it, every time I say it, my heart hurts for a long time."

Li Mao didn't say anything, his thick palm walked around Xiao Ruguang's greasy back, and said leisurely: "Staying in the grassland, there are many dangers, I really can't bear it, but Datang really needs to have eyes and ears in the heart of the Uighurs......

Li Mao choked up and couldn't speak. Longshou Mountain urgently needs to make a difference in the heart of the Uighurs, but there are not many avenues to exploit it, and if the line of Princess Xian'an can be opened, the situation will change dramatically.

Doing this kind of thing undoubtedly requires taking a great risk, this kind of risk Xiaoru may not fully understand, but Li Mao sees it clearly, more thoroughly than anyone else, how can he bear to let the weak Xiaoru bear all this.

And Li Mao couldn't think of a better and more secure way to give up this way, he was entangled, hesitant, helpless, and struggling in his heart between the realm of reason and emotion, but when everything was unsolved, Li Mao couldn't help but cry like rain.

Xiaoru understands the difficulty of these tears, Li Maoken cried for her in front of her, this is not sinister hypocrisy, but unconditional trust in her, his and her hearts are connected, and there is no barrier in between.

Xiao Ru held Li Mao's face, smiled, wiped the tears from his face with her hand, and said, "I didn't do this for you, I was selfish." My father was in very poor health in his old age, and he was sick and sick, and he had no peace day and night. He drank a lot of alcohol every day, and before he got drunk, he said to me, 'It's all my fault for being cowardly, but if I had been bolder and had escaped a day earlier, your mother might not have been gone so early', and every time he got drunk, he cried and laughed and complained. ”

When Xiao Ru said this, there were tears in her eyes.

Li Mao said: "If you have a heart of revenge, I can't keep you." It's going to hurt you. ”

Xiaoru sniffed and said: "I don't have hatred in my heart, my father took my hand before he died and said don't hate others, he said that when he went out with the army, he also burned and looted, he killed unarmed women and children, he deserved it, but this crime should be borne by him alone, God should not entrust others and harm my mother." ”

Xiao Ru wiped away her tears, raised her head, looked at Li Mao with burning eyes, and said solemnly: "If Chang'an can see the movement of the grassland clearly, there will be fewer wars, no wars, and how many fewer people will die on the border." I know you desperately want to open your eyes on the grassland, but you can't do anything, Brother Mao, let me help you fulfill my stupid girl's nonsense. ”

Li Mao hugged Xiaoru tightly, his eyes flashed with tears, and he was speechless. (Dissertation College)