"Xuanzang, why are you standing outside the door and not going in?" When Li Xiu saw Xuanzang standing outside the gate, he couldn't help but smile lightly and stepped forward, since he got acquainted with Xuanzang, although there were not many contacts between the two, but they were in a heart-to-heart relationship, and even for Xuanzang, Li Xiu was the person who knew his ambitions best. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"You don't have to be polite, the poor monk came today, in fact, he said goodbye to the horse!" Xuanzang folded his hands and said to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard Xuanzang's words, and then he couldn't help but pale and said, "Are you ready?" ”

"There's nothing to prepare, one person and one bowl are enough!" Xuanzang spoke again.

"Okay, since you've made up your mind, I won't say anything more, when to leave, I'll send you!" Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, although he had long known that Xuanzang was going west to learn scriptures, but suddenly hearing the news still surprised him.

"Tomorrow, Daochang Sun also said that he would see me off, and the horse can come with him!" Xuanzang's expression was also a little gloomy at this time, although he was a monk, he was also a mortal, and he had not really reached the point where the four were empty, so sometimes he would unconsciously reveal the feelings in his heart.

"Okay, then I'll see you off tomorrow with Daoist Sun!" Li Xiu nodded when he heard this, although Xuanzang's westward journey may bring some trouble to the rule of the Tang Dynasty, but Li Xiu has already had a countermeasure, but now is not the time to tell Li Shimin.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Xuanzang nodded immediately, then bowed again and turned to leave, and looking at his departing back, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh again, Xuanzang left, he had one less friend, which also made him feel quite disappointed in his heart.

waited until Xuanzang's back disappeared on the road, Li Xiu turned around and returned home, but as soon as he entered the door, Yuechan stepped forward to report: "Master, Master Ma is back!" ”

Hearing the good news of Ma Ye's return, he immediately washed away the loss in Li Xiu's heart, and at that moment he was also an uncle came to the front hall, only to see Princess Pingyang chatting with Ma Ye while drinking tea, Jin'er was also held in Ma Ye's arms, although the little guy hadn't seen Ma Ye for a long time, he didn't recognize his life at all, but stretched out two little fat hands and kept pulling his beard.

"Uncle Ma, when did you come back?" Li Xiu saw Ma Ye and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, when smallpox broke out before, Ma Ye couldn't come back from the coal mine in the north of the city, and later he saw that Chang'an City was under martial law, so he simply followed Xiang Shanzhi's caravan to Suzhou, and as a result, he went for a few months, Li Xiu has been a little worried, and now he is finally back.

"I just came back, take your son away, or he will have my beard ripped off!" Ma Ye saw Li Xiu and immediately showed a bright smile, and then stuffed Li Jin into Li Xiu's hands with some disgust, this kid's hands are too dark, he will not be soft at all when he pulls up his beard, if he doesn't let go, his beard will not be saved.

Li Xiu took his son with a smile, but he didn't wait for Li Xiu to hug him for too long, Princess Pingyang stood up and took his son, and then said goodbye to Ma Ye and left, because she knew that Ma Ye must have a lot to say to Li Xiu, speaking of which, although Ma Ye watched her grow up, the two are also like father and daughter, but Ma Ye's patriarchal thinking is too serious, so some things are more willing to discuss with Li Xiu than to tell Princess Pingyang.

After watching Princess Pingyang leave, Li Xiu immediately asked impatiently: "Uncle Ma, why did you go to Suzhou for so long this time, and did the road go smoothly?" ”

I saw Ma Ye straighten his beard at this time, and then replied with a smile: "This road is quite smooth, at most I encountered a few small thieves who are not long-eyed, and sent their lives to us in vain, but some time ago the Turks suddenly sent troops outside the Yumen Pass, cutting off the trade route, I heard that it was to prevent us from making peace with the Western Turks, and as a result, the goods we sent to Suzhou encountered some problems in the handover, and although it was successfully solved, it also took some time, so I came back late." ”

"I see, Uncle Ma, you have worked hard all the way, I will let people prepare wine and food for you!" Li Xiu also nodded when he heard this, and immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare wine and food, after all, like Ma Ye, when they were in layman's business, I am afraid that even eating a hot meal was a bit luxurious.

Ma Ye had just returned home for less than half an hour, and he only said a few words to Princess Pingyang just now, but he didn't have time to eat at all, and he didn't eat well on the road, which made him miss the food at home very much, so when the wine and food came up, he immediately ate a lot, after all, it was not too late to fill his stomach first and then chat.

"Boy, I heard that you actually cured smallpox, and you were named the Duke of Yan Guo by Your Majesty, this is a great joy, why don't you let people celebrate?" Ma Ye wolfed down his stomach and almost filled it, then put down his chopsticks and took a sip of tea and asked, now he can slowly adapt to the taste of tea, one of the reasons why this tea is becoming more and more popular, after all, as long as you get used to the taste of tea, you will soon like tea.

"I don't have the ability to cure smallpox, it's just to prevent it in advance, so that people don't get smallpox anymore, as for the knighthood, Uncle Ma should know that I don't have much interest in this kind of thing, let alone take it to heart." Li Xiu explained with a smile.

"Yes, this is the Li Xiu I know, I hope you can always maintain this original intention, don't be blinded by power!" Ma Ye couldn't help but nod approvingly when he heard Li Xiu's answer, this is also what he values Li Xiu the most, as if any fame and fortune are not worth mentioning to him.

"Uncle Ma, you went on a trip with General Xiang and them this time, how do you feel, is there any problem on the caravan's side that needs to be solved?" Li Xiu smiled a little embarrassedly when he heard Uncle Ma's praise, and then asked, Ma Ye and Xiang Shanzhi have always been in charge of the caravan's affairs, and he rarely asks, so he doesn't know much about the situation on the caravan's side.

"The situation of the caravan is okay, Lao Xiang is a rough man, he doesn't know how to deal with people, but there are a lot of talents in our women's army, I picked a few to assist Lao Xiang, who is responsible for negotiating business with others, and our caravan is strong and has a hard background, so many merchants want to hand over the goods to us, and the caravan also transports some of our tea, canned food and other goods, and the profits are also quite rich, even Lao Xiang said that he knew that the caravan made so much money, and he should have quit the army early!"

When Ma Ye said in the end, he couldn't help laughing happily, the caravan is all old brothers who have retired from the women's army, the business of the caravan is good, and the income of these old brothers will naturally go up, not to mention anything else, every household in Wuzhizhuang is now building new houses, which has caused the prices of the craftsmen who built houses nearby.

Hearing Ma Ye's words, Li Xiu also showed a pleased smile, the original intention of the caravan was not to make money, but to solve the livelihood problem of those old brothers of the Women's Army, and now it has finally achieved its original purpose.

Li Xiu and Ma Ye chatted while eating, and finally until Ma Ye was drunk and fell to the ground, Li Xiu asked people to help him to the front yard to rest. Wait until the next morning, Li Xiu was supposed to go to chat with Ma Ye again, but thinking that Xuanzang was going to start his westward journey today, he could only say goodbye to Ma Ye, but he didn't expect that Ma Ye was not in the room.

Ma Ye was not there, Li Xiu also happened to have time to see off Xuanzang, at the moment he went to find Sun Simiao first, originally Sun Simiao had been treating smallpox patients in Qingtian County before, but later after smallpox was controlled, he could finally take a rest, usually either live in Li Xiu's house, or live in Xuanzang's place, yesterday he also just came back from Xuanzang, I wanted to discuss with Li Xiu about seeing him off, but he didn't expect Ma Ye to come back, so he didn't bother.

"Sun Daochang, Xuanzang left this time, I'm afraid he won't come back for more than ten years!" On the carriage, Li Xiu also suddenly sighed and said, in the original history, Xuanzang spent seventeen years traveling west to learn the scriptures, and when he came back, I am afraid that Li Xiu had already entered middle age, and his two sons were already adults.

"Yes, but when he comes back, I'm afraid our Daomen will have a hard time!" Sun Simiao said with a wry smile at this time, he also admired Xuanzang's determination to go west to learn from the scriptures, but standing in each other's positions, he hoped that Xuanzang would never come back, which also made him full of contradictions about Xuanzang's westward journey.

"Daochang Sun, you are too worried, the main purpose of Xuanzang's scriptures is actually a kind of practice for himself, and the integration of Buddhism is only a incidental purpose, but in more than ten years, my Tang Dynasty will definitely undergo countless changes, even if Xuanzang retrieves the scriptures, I am afraid it may not play a big role!" Li Xiu said with a smile.

"I hope so!" Sun Simiao was still a little weak, but when he said this, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and immediately raised his head and smiled at Li Xiu, "Don't you know why Xuanzang is in such a hurry to start his westward journey?" ”

"This ...... Isn't Xuanzang ready to set off at any time, is there anything hidden in this? Li Xiu couldn't help but ask in surprise when he saw Sun Simiao's expression.

"Haha~, there is indeed some hidden meaning in this, because if Xuanzang doesn't leave, I'm worried that he won't be able to leave again!" Sun Simiao suddenly laughed at this time and said, just now he was a little depressed because of Xuanzang's westward journey, but he didn't expect to become a little radiant in a blink of an eye, Li Xiu even saw a little smug in his expression, it was really a little puzzling?