Li Qiao, Du Xianyan and Cui Rong were able to meet Xue Shao, and they couldn't wait to do their best in an instant to win Xue Shao's favor.

The three of them obviously made an appointment, and not long after they entered Wang Yu's house, they clamored for Wang Yu to arrange a game - Qu Shui Liuzhen.

It is an ancient and elegant game that is usually played in March. Three or five literati sat by the canal, let the wine with the cup flow downstream, and whoever the cup fell in front of him could take the wine to drink, and write a poem.

Li Qiao and the other three proposed to play this game, which was understandable because they were all literati and great talents. But making such a request in front of Xue Shao is obviously suspected of being deliberately showy.

The guest made a request Wang Yu had to be satisfied, and when he was about to leave for Zhang Luo, Xue Shao got up, "Wang Yu, the hour is not early." I went home with the princess. ”

Everyone was shocked, Wang Yu naturally didn't dare to stay, so he had to send him all the way out of the house.

Li Qiao and the others were extremely disappointed and were stunned.

After Wang Yu sent the guest back, Li Qiao hurriedly asked Wang Yu, "Yaoqing (Wang Yu's expression), Xue Yuma just left?" ”

"The nobles have a lot of important things, how dare they force them to stay?" Wang Yu said regretfully.

He ...... It seems that the three of us are deliberately snubbed? Li Qiao voiced the worries of the three of them.

"I don't know about this, probably not......" Wang Yu didn't dare to say it all.

Li Qiao blinked his eyes a few times and whispered: "Sister Ling and Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping are good, can you please ask Sister Ling to help us inquire?" ”

"This ......" Wang Yu looked to the side with an embarrassed face, Shangguan Wan'er was sitting there talking to Wang Yu's parents.

"If it's really difficult, that's it." Li Qiao sighed, "It's a pity that I am so blessed that I have no chance to get acquainted with nobles." ”

"Okay, I'll go talk to my sister." Wang Yu reluctantly agreed, although he was not very happy, but he was a guest at the door, and Wang Yu didn't want to embarrass them by refusing people thousands of miles away.

"Thank you, Brother Yaoqing!" Li Qiao bowed his hand.

Wang Yu came to Shangguan Wan'er's side and briefly told her Li Qiao's request. Seeing Wang Yu and Shangguan Wan'er talking about business, Wang Yu's parents found an excuse to quit first.

Shangguan Wan'er smiled after hearing this, "You call the three of them!" ”

"Yes!"

Li Qiao and the other three went to Shangguan Wan'er together, bowed, respectfully and respectfully, and did not dare to move their eyes. Although talented people have always loved beautiful women, Shangguan Wan'er's current identity is too special, if they show the slightest rudeness, it is purely the rhythm of death.

"Do the three of you think that Xue Yuma deliberately snubbed you?" Shangguan Wan'er got straight to the point.

Li Qiao hurriedly replied, "Please also ask Shangguan to give advice." ”

"Don't dare to advise." Shangguan Wan'er said lightly, "You don't know Xue Yuma. ”

"What's the explanation?" Li Qiao hurriedly asked.

Shangguan Wan'er said: "Xue Juma is certainly an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and his poetry and literary talent is not inferior to the three of you. But Xue was a diligent and pragmatic man, and he didn't like to spend his good time playing with the wind and the moon and having fun—at least for now. ”

This sentence woke up Li Qiao and the others. Because in their impressions, Xue Shao used to be a big gentleman who loved the wind and snow, or where did he get the elegant name of the son of Lantian? But time has passed, and people are now "Zhenguo" Xue Zi, where do they have the leisure time to accompany a few idle prose people to play here?

"Thank you Shangguan for your advice, Li Qiao thank you!"

"No need to be polite." Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said, "Xue Juma has always loved talents, and in recent years, he has recommended and promoted Wenchen military generals who are unknown. The text includes Yao Yuanchong, the official servant of Xia, Song Jing, the servant of the imperial history, Wei Yuanzhong of Luoyang, and Liu Youqiu and Su Wei of the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion. Not to mention the generals, the fierce generals of the Shuofang army are like clouds and heroes, and Xue Ne of Hebei has become a famous marshal and a feudal official. In the Imperial Forest Army, there are more of Xue Horse's former subordinates. ”

"Yes, Xue Ju Ma Wen has become a martial artist, a masterpiece of a generation!" Li Qiao and the others were itching in their hearts when they heard this, so many people have developed with Xue Shao, when will it be our turn?

Shangguan Wan'er has been with Wu Zetian for so long, and she has long practiced a pair of eyes that can see through other people's hearts, livers, spleens, lungs and kidneys. What the three little literati in front of her were thinking, she really knew very well.

So she said: "Xue Juma loves talents, but he prefers talents who have skills and can do some practical things." ”

These words stimulated Li Qiao and the others on the spot, and the three of them looked at each other as if to say, we can only chant poems, what should we do?

"It's better than Gefu, it should be regarded as a skill!" Shangguan Wan'er said, "If you can make good use of these poems and songs." ”

Shangguan Wan'er's sentence completely woke up Li Qiao and the others - it's not bad to be able to recite poems, but it's not that you can make a few poems for Xue Shao to enjoy if you have nothing to do, or be frivolous in front of him. You can use your poems and songs to serve Xue Shao, this is also a skill!

- Got it!

These two big characters were imprinted in the minds of Li Qiao and the other three at the same time, and the three of them bowed to Shangguan Wan'er again and again, and Shangguan Wan'er shook her head and laughed.

"The three of you are all officials of the imperial court, so you don't have to bow to me again and again." Shangguan Wan'er said, "There is one thing I have to remind you, Xue Yuma, like you, is also an official of the imperial court. ”

With that, Shangguan Wan'er turned around and walked to the back room.

Li Qiao and the others were stunned, how did she explain this?

The three of them spent a long time together, and they generally understood Shangguan Wan'er's extraneous voice - you want to touch the light of Xue Yuma, it's not impossible. But don't do anything too outrageous and frivolous, especially don't go around claiming that Xue Shao is your master, because the most taboo thing for officials in the court is to join gangs. There is another meaning, Xue Shao is an official of the imperial court and a close confidant of the Queen Mother. This "general direction" must not be mistaken!

"Although this Shangguan talent is not very old, his heart is like a mirror and a pearl of wisdom in his hand, and every word between his words is beady but not leaking - it's really not simple!" Li Qiao and the others were amazed.

On the way home, Princess Taiping and Xue Shao took a car together.

There are some things that Princess Taiping pondered alone for a long time, and couldn't help but say: "Xue Lang, today Li Qiao and the other three are clearly running for you, why do you refuse people thousands of miles away?" Anyway, they are also famous talents in Beijing, even if you don't want to be close to them, you don't have to lose their face in public, right? ”

"I don't want to turn people away, I just don't have time to drink and write poems with them." Xue Shao said indifferently, "In the past, when I led the troops, I had hundreds of generals and tens of millions of warriors, this fun-loving bird and that loving fighting dog, is it possible that I will play with them, even if it is close?" ”

Princess Taiping was slightly stunned, "It's the same...... Qu Shui Liuzhen, who has that idle kung fu. ”

"If they want to get closer to me, they have to show something I can do to my advantage." Xue Shao said with a smile, "Although Xue Fuma is very rich, he never raises useless people. ”

"You stinky beauty!" Princess Taiping was immediately amused, "You are a big loser, where is the money?" ”

The couple laughed all the way and arrived home before they knew it. Just as he was about to get out of the car, he heard someone arguing at the door of Princess Taiping's mansion.

"Let me in, I want to see Xue Concubine!" The voice of a rough man, with a loud voice.

"Is Xue the horse something you can see if you want to?" The guards guarding the gate of Princess Taiping's mansion were the guards of the Imperial Forest Army sent by Wu Zetian, who had always been majestic, and reprimanded angrily: "Hurry up, otherwise you will be caught and thrown into the official mansion, and you will be sentenced to a big crime of rushing into the royal mansion!" ”

"I'm an old acquaintance of Xue Yuma, I have something important to do with him!" The man refused to leave, and he was quite stubborn.

"Seeing that you have a fierce face and a fierce face, there is no worship or recommendation, how can I let you in?" The guard shouted, "Hurry up, or I'll really catch someone!" ”

Xue Shao walked a few steps quickly, got out of the car, and looked at the door, the man Niu was tall and unusually burly, almost a head taller than all the guards of the Royal Forest Army in front of him. To say that these guards of the Royal Forest Army usually act as honor guards, and their height and body shape are superior to ordinary people, but compared to that reckless man, they are like children.

However, this man looked a little blind, and Xue Shao didn't know him.

"What's the noise?" Xue Shao let out a low snort.

The guards of the Imperial Forest Army hurriedly bowed, "Xue Yuma, this person has to break into the mansion, and I will not retreat if I try to stop him." ”

When the man heard this, he turned to look at Xue Shao, his face showing ecstasy, "Xue Yuma, let me find you!" ”

Xue Shao looked at it carefully, but he was a little familiar, but he really couldn't remember where he had seen him. Judging by his appearance, he should have just experienced a long journey, covered in smoke and dust, and his face was unkempt, and it was not easy to recognize his face.

"In the lower section!" The man looked at Xue Shao with longing and excitement, and clasped his fists and bowed, "Anxi Tiger Division, Duan Feng - the one who was captured by General Xue Chuyu in Suizhou?" Xue Luma, do you remember? ”

"Duan Feng? Known as the Anxi Tiger, the first fierce general under General Wang? Xue Shao's eyes lit up, and now he got up, and laughed on the spot, "If you make a fool of yourself in front of everyone, aren't you afraid of other people's jokes?" ”

"What's the matter?" Duan Feng grinned, "If you don't have the same skills as others, you will lose, and you will lose, and you will be convinced." Besides, how embarrassing it is to lose to General Yuguan! ”

Xue Shao smiled, "Why did you come to Luoyang?" ”

"On the next road from Anxi Gongyue City, six horses were ridden, and they were looking for Xue Yuma." Duan Feng hugged his fists.

Xue Shao was slightly curious, and was about to ask, when Princess Taiping stepped forward and said, "Xue Lang, why are you standing at the door talking to the guest?" ”

"Yes, please come into the house."

Duan Feng saw Princess Taiping, and hurriedly took two steps back and bowed down, "Duan Feng, meet Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping!" ”

Princess Taiping smiled and said, "Do you know this palace?" ”

"Back to the princess, I don't know the minister." Duan Feng hugged his fists and lowered his head and replied, "Danchen guesses that the person who can accompany Xue Yuma, and is so glorious and noble, should be Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

"Interesting." Princess Taiping suddenly smiled, "Xue Lang, this Duan Feng is good, you have to entertain others, don't lose the friendship of the landlord!" ”

Xue Shao also smiled, "I know, I know." ”

After that, Princess Taiping entered the mansion first.

Duan Feng hurriedly said: "Xue Luma, there is another person who met me halfway and said that he was also coming to Luoyang to find Xue Fuma, so we walked together all the way." But just now, he hid again. ”

"Hide?" Xue Shao was curious, "Why is he hiding?" ”

"I don't know." Duan Feng hurriedly said, "By the way, he should be under the command of Xue Yuma's old subordinates, and he has the same big size and big food as Zaixia, and even his fist and foot kung fu are on par - his name is Li Tieshi!" ”

"Li Tieshi? Bull Run? - How did you tiger and lion get together? Xue Shao was surprised, "Strange also, didn't I leave him to be a general in Shuofang, why did he come to Luoyang?" ”

Duan Feng looked a little suddenly realized, "I think that this may be the reason why he is hiding." ”

Xue Shao took two deep breaths, probably knowing how Niu Ben would come to Luoyang, and snorted, "Guo An!" ”

"In!"

"Search all over Luoyang, find me that big stupid cow - no, it's a bundle!"

"Yes!"

"Don't, don't look for it, don't tie it up!" Niu Ben flashed out of the alley on the side, cowardly like a little daughter-in-law caught and raped in bed, "Aren't I here?" ”

Xue Shao was angry and funny, "Tie it up first!" - Go into the house and talk again! ”