When the stars and moon were in the sky, Xue Shao, Yue Nu and Guo Yuanzhen returned to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion together.

Along the way, Xue Shao was relatively silent, thinking about some things on his mind.

Since Guo Yuanzhen is about to be the son-in-law of the Liu family, he is naturally more concerned about how his "sister-in-law" gets along with Xue Shao, so he asked cautiously: "Childe, could it be that the fairy is not in the form, and he collided with the son and made the son unhappy?" ”

"Nope." Xue Shao said, "She is very good, Bing Qingyu is gentle and virtuous, and she can sing and dance quite stylishly." ”

Guo Yuanzhen's heart was slightly relieved, and then he said: "Then why is the son silent and a little sullen?" ”

"Nope." Xue Shao smiled reluctantly and said, "I just feel that I have just had a good feeling with Xian'er and am about to be hastily separated, and I don't know when we will get together again, so I am inevitably a little melancholy." ”

"Uh......" Guo Yuanzhen was speechless for a while. I thought, with my understanding of Xue Shao, he would never have such a "nostalgia" for any woman, even if it is a heavenly fragrance and a proud daughter like Princess Taiping, Xue Shao wants to join the army, and he will leave, without the slightest ambiguity and reluctance. Moreover, there is a fairy-like Xuanyunzi who is closer, and since we met on that day, when have we seen Xue Shao to see her again?

Don't say it's a meeting, Xue Shaoti never mentioned it again!

So Guo Yuanzhen has always been very clear in his heart, it is true that Xue Shao is very romantic. But he was more concerned about politics and military affairs. Unless he is particularly relaxed and has leisure time, his romantic heart will be slightly lively. In front of me, I was about to go to Shuozhou to meet the enemy, and Xue Shao would definitely not be nostalgic and reluctant because of Xian'er - that is to say, Xue Shao was just a kind word, teaching me how to reply to Liu Sima!

Yuenu has been following Xue Shao for so long, of course she understands Xue Shao. She also knew what Xue Shao said, so she was just silent.

Guo Yuanzhen saw that Xue Shao had used "excuses", so it was difficult to ask any further, so he only said, "It is indeed her blessing that Xian'er has to serve her son." ”

From then on, there was no more to say all the way, and the three of them returned to the Governor's Mansion and went back to their residences to rest.

When it was about to fall asleep, the moon slave washed Xue Shao's feet, and he couldn't help but ask, "Childe, you seem to have something on your mind today?" ”

Xue Shaozheng was holding a book of war, which was Pei Xingjian's biography and his "Forty-six Tips on the Art of War". Hearing the moon slave ask, Xue Shao patted the top of the moon slave's head with a book that was not light or heavy, "Wash your feet well!" ”

The moon slave hurriedly responded, "The moon slave is talkative", and he didn't dare to say anything more, so he just lowered his head and washed his feet.

Xue Shao glanced at the moon slave, and saw that she looked scared and ashamed, and sighed secretly in his heart: Yue slave, it's not that I deliberately want to hide it from you, and Guo Yuanzhen, I also treat him as a brother - but there are some things that I really can't say to you, to anyone!

Do you want me to tell you that I am from the twenty-first century, and that I am a little preoccupied because of the huge gap between the two eras, which has affected my heart?

At this moment, Xue Shao was thinking in his heart, although I have been in Datang for so long, I feel that I have fully adapted to all the survival rules and lifestyles of this era. But there are some things that will still have an impact on my thinking as a 21st century person.

After seeing Chen Xian'er with his own eyes today, Xue Shao realized that he seemed to have "underestimated" her too much before.

Therefore, at first, Xue Shao thought that Liu Sheng wanted to stammer himself for the sake of his political future. He also happened to have a place for Liu Sheng, so he did not refuse him to offer his adopted niece. To put it bluntly, this matter is like a "political deal". And Chen Xian'er was just a bargaining chip in Xue Shao's eyes, and he didn't take it to heart.

After personally contacting Chen Xian'er today, Xue Shao found that whether it is according to the aesthetic standards of the current Tang Dynasty or the aesthetic standards of modern people, she is a beauty who does not deduct or compromise. And she can sing and dance well and be proficient in music, and having such a woman by her side will definitely make life full of fun. Coupled with her docile and gentle classical character, such a woman is liked by men.

With Chen Xian'er's conditions, it is not difficult to marry a good family. Even if she is elected to the palace, with her beauty and gentleness and ability to sing and dance, it is not difficult to win the favor of the king.

But Chen Xian'er took marrying a noble man who knew elegance as the luck of her life, even if she was a concubine - which woman in the 21st century would be willing to be a junior for a lifetime and share a husband with another "some" woman?

The difference in the details of life is not important, what impressed Xue Shao the most was the gap between people's consciousness, concepts and ideals in different eras.

Moreover, Xue Shao has encountered this kind of thing more than once.

It is the accumulation of this bit by bit that makes Xue Shao's "three views" seem to have a change from quantitative change to qualitative change. He felt that the survival rules of Datang, the "male-dominated world", seemed to be inadmissible to him.

The aristocratic men of the Tang Dynasty do enjoy a lot of privileges and are very lucky and happy.

But Xue Shao also knew that he was about to become the "concubine" of the Tang Dynasty, and the concubine he had brought back was going to grab the pillow with Princess Taiping - how would this proud daughter of heaven who favored the world react?

Chen Xian'er has entrusted her life to herself, how will she repay her?

Therefore, Xue Shao felt that Chen Xian'er's initiative was actually a "happy trouble".

shirk it, then he is simply hypocritical and unworthy of being a man anymore; If you accept it, you will face the jealousy of Princess Taiping - Zhang Miao's lesson from the past, you can't be negligent and hurt Chen Xian'er again!

Therefore, Xue Shao had to think of a foolproof plan to ensure that Chen Xian'er was not burned by Princess Taiping's jealousy, and successfully accepted her home as a concubine.

Moreover, this matter must be successful!

In the patriarchal society of the Tang Dynasty, it is uncommon and even illegal for a man who is a nobleman and official not to take a concubine. If you are a concubine, then in the eyes of others, you are just a vassal and plaything of the imperial power, and a vase man who eats soft rice - then how can you talk about self-improvement and self-reliance and change your fate?

Therefore, the matter of taking a concubine is not just a little lustful pleasure for Xue Shao's sake of the "lower body", but also a landmark event that changes the fate and life positioning of the "second half of his life".

The appearance of Chen Xian'er has made a "struggle of horses" war have invisibly kicked off. At worst, it was a "war" between the princess and the pony, and a war between the pillows; At best, the "concubine" can even be regarded as a challenge to the imperial power.

Xue Shao will never ignore Princess Taiping's "royal nature" again-self-respecting, majesty and no desecration. The laws and morals of the world will not have too much binding force on her.

Coax well, Princess Taiping may be better than any woman in the world; If it really angers her, as soon as her royal nature bursts out, it will definitely be extremely ruthless, and the six relatives will not recognize it!

Women, after all, are naturally jealous.

In case Princess Taiping knew that Guo Yuanzhen, Liu Sheng and others were the "accomplices" who instigated Xue Shao's concubine, even if Princess Taiping didn't know what to do to Xue Shao, it would be very easy to secretly kill Chen Xian'er and Guo Yuanzhen to vent her anger. Just like when Princess Taiping sent Linlang to kill Zhang Miao, it was not much more difficult than pinching an ant to death.

So, how could Xue Shao tell Guo Yuanzhen and Yuenu about these things?

In this war about concubines, there is no gunpowder, Xue Shao is destined to fight alone, and there will be no helpers. The "enemy" of the war is his future wife, the most noble princess of the Tang Dynasty.

The subtleties and stakes of this are not understood by outsiders as the "happy troubles" of the colt.

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In the early morning of the next day, Xue Shao, Guo Yuanzhen and others arranged a team of dozens of people from the Three Knife Brigade who stayed in Bingzhou, and prepared to leave the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and go to the front line in Shuozhou.

The new governor Li Xiaoyi led all the officials and generals up and down the state, as well as the gentry and people of the state, all the way to the north of the city.

Xue Shao's trip to the south and annexing the state this time was originally just to "take a vacation", but he unexpectedly solved a coup d'état by mistake. In addition, when he had fallen in Shuodai Erzhou, he helped the needy and brought back the soldiers and civilians who could not escape, which made him win great praise and a lot of support in Bingzhou.

Xue Shao stopped his horse and returned to the horse to say goodbye to these people, "Li Changshi, all the officials, colleagues, robes and fellow villagers, please stay and don't send each other off." If you send it again, you have to go to Shuozhou! ”

Li Xiaoyi and these people stopped and said goodbye together.

Some of the people who had received Xue Shao's favor knelt on the ground on the spot, and were willing to beg Xue Shao to return to the state after the triumph of the army, so that they could have the opportunity to "repay the favor".

Along the way, the black pressed knelt down, and even cried endlessly. The people were very reluctant to let Xue Shao leave here.

At this moment, Xue Shao felt that the people of Datang were really very "simple".

As a nobleman and official, in fact, the food and clothing are all from the people, when did you swing a hoe and weave half a silk cloth? But the common people, who are the parents of food and clothing, as soon as they receive a little kindness from officials and nobles, will die and be grateful.

At this moment, the simplest and most direct thought rose in Xue Shao's heart - fight a good war, and never let the evil Hu in the north hurt the people of my Tang Dynasty!

All the way to the smoke and dust, wearing the stars and the moon.

Xue Shao and his entourage soon arrived in Shuozhou, and at the same time rushed to Shuozhou, there was also a regular soldier from the Tang Dynasty from the northeast, thousands of cavalry led by Zhou Daowu, the governor of Yingzhou.

The two met in the wilderness outside Shuozhou City, and as soon as they informed each other, Zhou Daowu, a feudal official and a military marshal, actually took the initiative to come forward to talk to Xue Shao in person.

When Xue Shao first heard Zhou Daowu's name, he felt very familiar. Think about it carefully - by the way, this Yingzhou Governor Zhou Daowu is still my "uncle". His wife was Li Mengjiang, the princess of Linchuan, the daughter of Emperor Taizong and Concubine Wei, and my mother's half-sister. Of course, more importantly, Zhou Daowu is Zhou Jitong's father. I once secretly helped Zhou Jitong defeat Li Xiantong in Chang'an and won the position of General Zuo Fengchenwei. No wonder he came up to see me in person.

Xue Shao muttered a little embarrassed in his heart, should I ask this uncle, who has been a Tang Dynasty horse for decades, for life experience?