Chapter 4: Chang'an, the imperial capital

The first colt?

Xue Shao smiled but said nothing. Li Xianyuan said this, he has long been familiar with it. Not only that, but he also knew that Xue Shao and Princess Taiping in the history of Lu Dao lived together for seven years and had two sons and two daughters.

Those seven years were also the only time when Princess Taiping, a historical socialite, was at ease after she became an adult. Later, Xue Shao was unjustly killed in prison because he was involved in a major rebellion case. Princess Taiping can only take his grief and pain and the children surnamed Xue to remarry someone else. Since then, Princess Taiping's temperament has changed greatly, and she has only fought for power and profit all her life, and finally went crazy and perished, which is a later story.

"Why didn't Brother Xue have the slightest joy?" Li Xianyuan said curiously, "Xiaosheng is vain, and let's put aside the glory and wealth of the royal family, Princess Taiping is really a rare beauty in the world!" …… Xiaosheng is shallow in learning, and she can't use words to describe her beauty for a while. I just dare to assert that of all the women you and I have ever met, there is no one who can compare to half as stunning as her. ”

As soon as these words came out, Shui Ling'er, who was standing on the side, pouted. Yue Nu's expression was still indifferent and cold that did not match his age and identity, and he glanced at Li Xianyuan with disdain, and then looked at his nose and nose.

"How do I feel that Brother Li is not here to deliver news today, but to be a matchmaker?" Xue Shao said with a smile.

"Okay, Xiao Sheng's trick can't be hidden from Brother Xue. Xiaosheng didn't plan to hide it. Li Xianyuan smiled and said truthfully, "The truth is that the second saint was quite moved after hearing about this, and first ordered the Taishi Bureau to arrange the eight characters for the princess and Brother Xue, and then ordered to select an auspicious day and arrange for Brother Xue to go to Chang'an to meet the princess." This row of eight characters and the selection of dates, Xiaosheng is fortunate to have participated. Moreover, Shangfeng Taishi Ling knew that Xiaosheng had a good relationship with Brother Xue, so he sent Xiaosheng to Brother Xue's mansion in Lantian County, first, to inform Brother Xue of this matter, and secondly, to make a discussion. ”

"Since it's a matter decided by the imperial court, do you still need to discuss it with me?" Xue Shao was very calm, "You just tell me the date of meeting." ”

"That's not the point. The key point is that the place and method of this meeting are quite particular. Li Xianyuan said, "After discussing with the close ministers, the second saint felt that it was not appropriate to arrange a meeting between the princess and the prospective concubine in a big way as before. Princess Taiping has long been tired of such a situation, and maybe she has already messed things up before she sees Brother Xue. Therefore, this time Brother Xue went to Chang'an and would have a private meeting with Princess Taiping - well, it was like a casual encounter! ”

Xue Shao couldn't help laughing. He remembered that it was indeed recorded in the history books that the first meeting between Princess Taiping and Xue Shao was indeed like a vulgar and deliberately arranged "beautiful encounter" written in a romance novel.

"I got it. Brother Li might as well tell me the time and place directly. ”

Li Xianyuan's straight eyes: Why is he not excited at all, not nervous at all?

"Brother Li?"

"Alright! …… Ten days later, there is a good day on the auspicious day of the zodiac, the east inner garden of the imperial city Daming Palace, and the dragon's head pool. ”

Xue Shao stood up and smiled hospitablely, "Moon slave, prepare a banquet and entertain." ”

"Yes, Childe."

Originally, Li Xianyuan wanted to come to the Xue Mansion to enjoy and have fun for a few days, but now there is no Meiji Sizhu in the Xue Mansion, Xue Shao even gave up drinking. In addition, Xue Shaotui said that he was not well, so Li Xianyuan didn't want to stay here anymore to beg for some boring, so he left after the meal.

In the next few days, Xue Shao stayed at home and closed his door, and slowly began to adjust his wine-colored body. In addition to the use of mild drugs for dietary adjustment, the main thing is physical training. Baduanjing must be practiced sooner or later, and then run and run in the backyard to lift a stone roll, if you have leisure to practice bows and arrows with the moon slave, ride a horse, start with a simple low amount of exercise, and give the body an adaptation to the buffer process.

Xingyi Quan has "ten exercises", "head, body, hands, steps, essence and qigong", Xue Shao cooperated with the eight scenes of health preservation, with a step-by-step, inside-out approach, first practice "essence and spirit". As for the actual combat routines of Xingyi Fist, Xue Shao had perfectly integrated them with the military and police fighting techniques he learned in the army in his previous life. The move can be easily learned without forgetting at all, and it is far easier to learn and master than inner cultivation.

Cultivating both inside and outside, emphasizing health preservation without losing actual combat, this is the best kung fu.

The moon slave bought a lot of swords and bows. These relatively rare things in the 21st century made Xue Shao extremely interested.

The area around Lantian is close to the Wei River, where water is abundant, and Xue Shao has hired someone to dig a swimming pool on the spacious polo field. The Xue Mansion, which used to be used to indulge in sensuality, has become Xue Shao's lonely fitness club.

After a few days of tempering, Xue Shao finally let his wine-colored body improve. The original Xue Shao was a typical feminine style of "beautiful men", from his appearance to his speech and demeanor, he had a girly fat powder taste. Now that he has fused with Chengyu's soul, the whole person's temperament has added a bit of Kongwu's masculinity, both rigid and soft.

Even the moon slave who he gets along with day and night vaguely feels that Childe is becoming more and more charming, and he doesn't dare to look at him easily. An eighteen-year-old woman, her love has been opened. Xue Shao's occasional inadvertent smile can make the heart of the moon slave who is like an iceberg beauty pound, and she is confused as if she is enchanted.

After nightfall, Xue Shao carved An Xiaorou's statue with a knife in the room. This craft of carving and painting, he did not know how many times he practiced the Tao over the years before he could learn it by himself. After a few nights, a mobile phone-sized statue of An Xiaorou has come to life. Xue Shao's fingers also had a few blood marks left by the carving knife.

In the early morning of the ninth day, the moon slave reminded: "Childe, tomorrow is the deadline given by the imperial court, and Childe should prepare early." Previously, Li Xianyuan also made an appointment with Gongzi to meet today. ”

"There's nothing to prepare." Xue Shao said lightly, "Later, you pack up your clothes and go to Chang'an with me, and you will be back in a short time." ”

"Yes, Childe!" The moon slave couldn't help but be secretly happy, after so many years, it was the first time that Childe took me out!

In Xue Shao's heart, he didn't take Princess Taiping seriously, and he was not interested in what "the first concubine of the Tang Dynasty" was. In his opinion, that is at most the ultimate ideal of a vase soft rice man. And he knew that in the next few years, Wu Zetian would change the world and ascend the throne as the emperor, and Princess Taiping's side would inevitably be turbulent. He didn't want to be like Xue Shao in history, marry a pink skeleton and live happily for a few years and then die, and then his wife was slept on, money was spent, and the baby was beaten, and he also wore countless green hats when he saw the king of Hades.

History has long proven that the princess of the Tang Dynasty is not easy to marry. Datang's colt is a profession with a very high yield and a very high risk factor.

Xue Shao had already thought about it in his heart, but he had to bow his head under the eaves. Since the second saint made such a will, he couldn't resist the decree and seek death. It is very difficult to please a woman; It couldn't have been easier for her to hate herself.

Therefore, tomorrow's trip to the Imperial City Daming Palace, in Xue Shao's opinion, is just a formality.

On the same day, Xue Shao took a carriage to look at Chang'an. The moon slave wore a black gauze palace hat that reached his chest, and rode a horse and a sword.

Hats have become popular in recent years, at first as a dress code for palace wives and envoys when they go out. It is a tung oil hat that shelters from the wind and rain, and a very long curtain hangs down from the brim of the hat to cover the woman's face and body, and it is not allowed to be seen at will on the road. During the Wude period at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, this kind of hat was called "冪旂", and the brim was as long as the waist and even hung down to the foot. The brim of the hat after Yonghui has only reached the neck, and the law is no longer imposed, which shows that the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty are gradually opening up. This kind of beautiful hat has gradually spread from the palace to the people, so it is also called "palace hat". A woman like Yuenu wears a sword and rides on a horse, which really has a bit of the heroine style in a martial arts movie.

Lantian County is dozens of miles away from Chang'an City, and along the way, Xue Shao held a statue of Xiang'an Xiaorou in the car, as in previous years, with memories and thoughts to pass the lonely and difficult time.

Up to now, Xue Shao didn't know what his future and way out would be after he came to Datang. He had asked himself this question countless times, and if he didn't think about it, the most direct answer in his mind was - to join the army.

Years of military career have left an inseparable military complex in his heart. At the beginning, if it weren't for wanting to give Xiaorou a stable life, he would never have thought of retiring from the army and changing jobs. Now that he has arrived in the Tang Dynasty, he has such an aura of nobility, and it is impossible to go to the army again. And there is a difference between ancient and modern, and the army of the Tang Dynasty is definitely not the same as the modern army. Can we find the same sense of belonging and presence there?

Therefore, Xue Shao was very confused.

Under this confused mentality, he categorically had no intention of going on a blind date and starting a family. No matter who the other person is.

In the evening, Chang'an arrived. A little away from this historic city, Xue Shao asked the coachman to park the car on a high slope to take a look at this heavenly city that once haunted An Xiaorou's dreams.

Looking down from a distance, the ancient imperial capital of Chang'an City, like a sacred stone left over from the ancient flood, is surrounded by eight rivers under the South Mountain, and the tiger is majestic according to the dragon pan. The thick city walls enclose the largest city in the present day with a household registration of one million. The Vermilion Bird Avenue with a width of more than 100 meters runs through it, the left and right squares are like a chessboard pattern, in which the cars and horses are like dragons, the crowd is like ants, and the Imperial City Forbidden Palace sits in the north and faces the south majestically. The entire imperial capital is like a majestic and desolate huge ink-splashed landscape painting, but it reveals a natural flamboyant and domineering spirit, dominating the world and looking at the four seas!

"Nine days open the palace, all the nations are dressed and crowned......" Xue Shao took a deep breath, leisurely chanted two sentences of poetry that An Xiaorou often hung on his lips, and said secretly in his heart, "Xiaorou, the prosperous imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty in your dream Chang'an City is really as amazing and shocking as you said." ”

Later, according to the agreement, Xue Shao's carriage arrived at the Chunming Gate of Chang'an City, and Li Xianyuan had been waiting here for a long time. In the past, whenever Xue Shao came to Chang'an, there must have been many officials and nobles who were invited to the mansion to be entertained, or groups of people who swaggered through the city came to the wine shop Yingyuan to find flowers and have fun. There are several places with outstanding wine and meat on Xishi Street, and they all welcome Xue Shao, a noble son with a very celebrity effect, to come to the party. Not only don't spend it, just ask Xue Shao to leave three or five poems there or play the qin and kite to show off, and there will be a large amount of Lisee to offer, just like asking celebrities to endorse and advertise now.

This is the life of Xue Shao, the son of Lantian in the past, who went out without money and returned home with tens of millions. The bloodline and this good skin are the natural capital for him to make a fortune. In addition, Xue Shao has a large amount of land granted by the imperial court in Lantian County, which has become a strong capital for him to spend all day and night singing.

It's just that this time Xue Shao came on a royal mission, and Li Xianyuan didn't dare to swagger with him all over the city. Xue Shao also just wanted to be clean, so the group quietly entered Chang'an City and went directly to Li Xianyuan's house to settle down.

Li Xianyuan is alone in Chang'an to make a living, living a life where one person eats enough for the whole family and is not hungry, his so-called home is just a set of rented small courtyards, which is much tighter and shabby compared to Xue Mansion. It's just that his inconspicuous small courtyard is in Chang'an City, where every inch of land is expensive, but its value may not be much lost to the luxurious Xue Mansion.

It was rare for distinguished guests to come to the door, and Li Xianyuan prepared good wine and food and excellent kabuki singers to entertain Xue Shao early. Xue Shaotui said that he was tired of traveling and refused his flesh and skin hospitality, and after eating, he entered the room early to rest, and only waited for tomorrow to enter the palace and finish the scene.

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