The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, and Li Mao now had no money or grain in his hands, and everything depended on Weibo Town. Therefore, before the army was mobilized, it had to go to Weizhou for help.

Tian Ji'an invited him to go hunting in the suburbs, stayed and ate together for three days and three nights, and finally promised to pay Li Mao a starting fee according to the quota of 5,000 military horses.

At the time of parting, Tian Ji'an asked Li Mao: "Do you know why I want to help you?" ”

Li Mao said: "The festival commander is deep in his strategy, and Mao can't see through it. ”

Tian Ji'an laughed and said: "I'm not for anything else, just to teach the rebels and thieves a lesson." ”

Tian Ji'an said that the rebel and thief naturally refers to Li Shidao, time has passed, and he has jumped out of the small circle of Ziqing, and many things can be seen clearly now. It was not Li Mao and Liu Wu who plotted to kill Li Shigu and seize the military and political power of Ziqing, but Li Shidao after the self-proclaimed stay!

Tian Ji'an hates Li Shidao so much, not because of a whim, nor because he has an extraordinary sense of justice, he is inspired by it, which means something, Ziqing's rebel ministers and thieves kill their masters and stand on their own, what about Wei Bo's rebel ministers and thieves?

From the perspective of self-interest, if this behavior cannot be severely punished, it is tantamount to encouraging those subordinates with bad intentions to rebel and commit crimes, then the mountains and rivers will never be peaceful.

Who is the backup candidate for Wei Bo's "rebel minister and thief", Li Mao knows very well, and in the face of Tian Ji'an's beating, Li Mao can only say: "Everyone who is a rebel and a thief will be punished, and I will return to Caozhou this time to seek justice for the first marshal." ”

Tian Ji'an laughed and praised Li Mao's loyalty.

After Tian Ji'an returned to Weizhou, he immediately convened a secret meeting of his confidants, senior generals of various armies, and local officials in Weizhou, and decided to send troops to help Li Mao return to Caozhou, establish a firm foothold, and take revenge on Li Shidao, so as to kill this unhealthy trend of rebellion.

The resolution has been decided, Tian Ji'an on the grounds that the western border is empty and vulnerable to the attack of Zhaoyi Lu Congshi, and the soldiers and horses in the Yanai make Tian Xingxiangzhou unified, go out of Xiangzhou, command the armies in the west, and plan the defense of the northwest.

After the first batch of ordnance, grain and grass were transported to Shuilongzhai, Tian Ji'an sent someone to send Zhu Wan'er to the villages near Shuilongzhai to settle down, so that he could serve Li Mao nearby.

Tian Qian persuaded Tian Ji'an to temporarily detain Zhu Wan'er as a hostage in Weizhou in order to contain Li Mao.

Tian Ji'an said with a smile: "The manly husband acts above board, since I have an alliance with Li Mao, how can I detain his concubine in my hands?" Besides, he is really a hero, how can he be embarrassed because of a little woman, your so-called containment plan is actually self-deception. ”

He said: "I think you are jealous that he is with other women, haha, I said sister, people are justifiable, what kind of vinegar do you eat." Tian Xuan's face was red and his ears were red.

Tian Qian asked to go to Shuilongzhai and lend Zhu Wan'er's name to spy on Li Mao's reality. Tian Ji'an said: "There has been news from Chang'an, Wang Shuwen will soon send an envoy to Weizhou, I don't think you should go out, lest you give birth to the melon field and Li Xia, teach your tongue, and affect the relationship between your husband and wife in the future." ”

Out of the Jiedu Embassy, Qingmo saw that Tian Meng was depressed, so he persuaded: "Chang'an will come to Weizhou in a few days, and the prince is in the west, what should you do, is it true that you want to marry that guy?" ”

Tian Qian said: "Let's go, let's go to Shuilong Village." ”

Qingmo hurriedly stopped: "Go now, in case you ......"

Tian Qihan lowered his face and snorted: "Are you persuading me to go, or are you persuading me not to go?" ”

Qingmo said: "In case the old lady knows, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to escape the family law." ”

Tian Qian sneered: "If I'm afraid of any family law, I won't go to this bureau, seeing that something big is about to happen, do you want me to give up halfway?" Qingmo didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Wan'er's backing village is only three miles away from Shuilong Village, and it takes a while to ride a horse, Li Mao comes once every three days, and only stays for one night before leaving.

In the afternoon of this day, Li Mao settled down in the village and rode to the mountain village, Zhu Wan'er calculated that he was coming this day, and had already prepared wine and food. She had good cooking skills, and under the guidance of Li Mao, she learned a few home-cooked dishes from later generations, which was very good at binding Li Mao's appetite.

Not long after the banquet began, it was interrupted by a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and the army in charge of the lookout at the entrance of the village rushed to report, Li Mao was shocked, and pulled Zhu Wan'er to the back mountain. Seeing that she was reluctant to give up, Li Mao smiled and said: "Life is at stake, I will double the compensation for what you lost." ”

The mountain village is leaning on the mountain, the mountain is densely wooded, hide inside, let you have thousands of troops and horses are difficult to find, go to the halfway up the mountain to know that it is a false alarm, the person who came is a team of soldiers, from the direction of Weizhou, headed by Tian Qi.

Tian Qian saw Li Mao and Zhu Wan'er standing side by side on the mid-mountain road to watch the scenery, so she was angry, and said coldly: "The envoy is treating me as a thief, how can I go to such a habitat?" ”

Li Mao smiled: "Recently, there are often some people of unknown origin crossing the river to peep, so I have to be careful." ”

Zhu Wan'er saw that Tian Qian was speaking aggressively, and she was angry, thinking that Li Mao could say two hard words to her, but she didn't expect her man to be so careful, and she softened with one mouth. She snorted, wanting to shake off Li Mao's hand and put pressure on him, but suddenly became alert again.

Zhu Wan'er was neither deaf nor blind, she had already seen that Li Mao had some inexplicable ambiguous relationship with the seventh lady of the Tian family, she raised her head with her chest, stared at Tian Qian proudly, smiling, but her eyes were full of provocation.

Zhu Wan'er is young and beautiful, exuding a proud youthful charm, and anyone who sees it will retreat. She openly made trouble, which made Li Mao embarrassed.

Tian Qian didn't have the same knowledge as her, so she bowed to Li Mao generously, with one hand behind her back, her waist straight, and asked Li Mao to go to Linqing Town to attend her father Tian Xing's forty-third birthday.

Tian Wan didn't accept the offer, Zhu Wan'er was a little disappointed, but Tian Wan'er was able to know the difficulties and retreat, Zhu Wan'er's jealousy was greatly reduced, and when she saw that they wanted to talk about serious things, she avoided it with interest.

Li Mao was taken aback, Tian Xing had been sent to Xiangzhou by Tian Ji'an, which was a method of rising and descending secretly. After Tian Xing left office, the future was uncertain, and Wei Bo was avoiding it at the moment, and at this time he openly went to Xiangzhou to celebrate Tian Xing's birthday, but he didn't want to roast himself on a nameless fire? This is obviously very unfavorable for him to send troops back to Caozhou.

But just a little hesitation, Li Mao agreed, Tian Xing was kind to himself, at this time, it was the time for him to repay his kindness, Tian Qian personally came to invite, if he didn't agree, it would be a fall.

Seeing Li Mao's readily agreed, Tian Ming's eyes lit up, and he chuckled: "I'm just joking with you, my father was slandered by the villain, and I can't avoid suspicion now, if you go over, hum, we can't wash it even if we jump into the Yellow River." ”

Li Mao secretly breathed a sigh of relief: This chick is really testing me. (Dissertation College)