Along the canal all the way to Jiangdu, Yang Lian and his entourage did not stay in Guangling, directly entered the Yangtze River, and then the boat went west, against the river, by the wind, the speed of the boat was acceptable, and it took a day to arrive at Jinling.

Yang Lian did not send anyone to inform Li Jing, so until Yang Lian entered the city, Li Jing did not know the news. Yang Lian entered Jinling, couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, left Jinling for half a year, and now finally came back. Yang Lian went straight to the palace.

Li Jing is practicing calligraphy in the palace, as the emperor of poetry, although Li Jing's achievements are not as good as Li Yu, but the level is still not low. Next to Li Jing was Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, who was watching Li Jing practice calligraphy while the two were talking about things.

Li Jing has now handed over most of the government affairs to King Qi, and he has become a shopkeeper, but from time to time he will ask King Qi about some things.

"King Qi, there is news from Yang Lian's side." Li Jing's recent concern is this.

Li Jingsui nodded and said, "I got the news yesterday that he has arrived in Gaoyou, and he must stay in Guangling for one night today and set off tomorrow morning." ”

Li Jing said "um", put down the brush in his hand, pointed to the words on the rice paper, and read: "The blue brick flowers are splendid and beautiful, and Zhu Fei is the mayor of Changri Town." The aftermath of the cold is constantly difficult to dream, and the stove cigarettes are cold from the pavilion. Liaoyang month, Moling anvil, do not pass on news but pass on love. Under the golden window, he was suddenly shocked, and he recruited people to return to the sun. ”

Li Jingsui was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "This is the new work of the imperial brother?" ”

"Exactly, King Qi, what do you think?" Li Jing asked.

Li Jingsui smiled and said, "The imperial brother is a brilliant scholar in the world, which is naturally a good word." ”

Li Jing shook his head, only smiled at Li Jingsui's words of wearing a high hat, and suddenly remembered something again, so he asked: "King Qi, this time Yang Lian has made a contribution, according to your opinion, how should I reward him?" ”

"Forming an alliance with the Han State, the northern frontier is no longer worry-free, on the other hand, it is a great achievement to cut off the back road of the Wuyue people. However, Yang Lian is a martial artist, and now he is an official from the fifth grade, and his younger brother feels that he can be qualified as the envoy of the second grade. ”

"From the second grade of the knot?" Li Jing was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "Originally, according to Yang Lian's merits, it is not impossible to make a second-grade festival, but after all, he is younger, is it a little unreliable?" ”

"Brother Huang, the reward is to make Yang Lian feel that His Majesty is a holy grace, and this time Yang Lian was ambushed, it can be described as nine deaths, if it is not rewarded, I am afraid that there will be no one who will work for the court in the future. As for governing a place, at present, all the envoys of the festival are in office, and there is no shortage, so let him be in Beijing first, and then train for a few years, that is. Li Jingsui said.

"That's a good idea." Li Jing said.

At this time, a eunuch outside the door said: "Your Majesty, the inner servant came to report just now, saying that Commander Yang has arrived outside the palace and is waiting to be summoned." ”

"Commander Yang?" Li Jing didn't react for a while, and repeated it.

"Huh? Isn't Yang Lian back? Li Jingsui reacted very quickly and said.

"Ahh Command Yang quickly! Li Jing was happy and said immediately.

At this time, Yang Lian was waiting outside the palace gate, and beside him, Lin Renzhao, Chen Tie and others were also in good spirits, waiting for His Majesty's summons. After waiting for half a pillar of incense, a eunuch hurriedly came and shouted: "Your Majesty Xuan Yang Lian Yang commands the audience!" ”

Yang Lian tidied up his clothes and said, "Thank you, father-in-law!" As he spoke, he walked up quickly, quietly took out a piece of gold cake, handed it to the eunuch, and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, this is a little bit of the general's heart, and I hope that my father-in-law will accept it with a smile." ”

The eunuch stretched out his hand to take the golden cake, only to feel that it was heavy, at least ten taels, and couldn't help but smile and squint his eyes, and said, "Commander Yang, Your Majesty is very happy to learn that you are back." ”

"Thank you father-in-law for reminding me." Yang Lian smiled, pointed at Lin Renzhao, Chen Tie and a few others, and said, "Father-in-law, this time I will come back, and on the order of the queen, I brought some souvenirs, and I hope that Brother Gonggong Xing will be convenient and let my brothers send them to the queen." ”

How could the eunuch not understand what Yang Lian meant, and besides, he had just taken the benefit, how could it not be convenient? Immediately said: "This is natural, but the inner courtyard of the palace has always been a forbidden place, so let's let someone take them there." ”

"So, there is Father-in-law Lao." Yang Lian thanked again.

The eunuch said to the little eunuch behind him: "Li Qing, you take them to the queen's bedroom, remember to tell them first, they are not allowed to trespass without the queen's order." ”

"Yes!" Li Qing replied, walked a few steps, waved at Lin Renzhao and the others, and said, "Let's go!" ”

Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie followed Li Qing. Yang Lian then followed the eunuch towards Li Jing's imperial study.

"Dare to ask my father-in-law's surname?" Yang Lian felt that this eunuch was quite acquainted, and besides, Li Jing asked him to pass on the news, he must be one of the confidant eunuchs, and he had the intention of wooing at the moment.

"Our family is free of your surname Gao, Gao Ze, and Commander Yang is just called our father-in-law Gao." The eunuch replied.

Yang Lian wrote down that this eunuch was called Gao Ze. While the two were talking, they walked outside the imperial study, and Gao Ze said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, Commander Yang has arrived." ”

"Come in!" Li Jing replied.

Yang Lian arched his hand at Gao Ze and said, "Thank you Gonggong Gao, if you are free another day, Yang Lian will invite Gonggong Gao to drink tea." ”

"This is naturally good!" Gao Ze narrowed his eyes, Yang Lian was generous, he liked to deal with people who were generous.

Yang Lian nodded, pushed the door in, and after entering, he saw that Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, was also there, bowed slightly, stepped forward to salute, and said, "Weichen Yang Lian has seen Your Majesty and King Qi." ”

"Yang Aiqing is exempt." Li Jing said, looked Yang Lian up and down, and said: "Yang Aiqing, you have been for half a year, but it really worries me!" ”

Yang Lian made a panicked look and said, "It is the fault of Weichen to make Your Majesty worried. ”

"Haha!" Li Jing laughed and said, "Yang Aiqing doesn't need to be like this, you were ambushed in Xuzhou, have you ever been better?" ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, now Weichen is in good health." Yang Lian replied.

"King Qi, I have the best Changbai Mountain ginseng, and I will take two of them to Yang Aiqing later." Li Jing said.

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, smiled slightly and said, "Commander Yang, don't thank you Your Majesty?" ”

Yang Lian was about to give a salute, but Li Jing hurriedly said: "Yang Aiqing doesn't have to be polite, this time you almost gave your life, and I have to say no." After a pause, he said: "This time you have peace talks with the Han Kingdom, what you said is very good. I have seen the peace agreement between the two sides, and I am very satisfied. ”

Yang Lian smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, although what is said in the excerpt is true, there are more important conditions in this peace agreement. ”

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, with an inquiring gaze, and said, "King Qi, do you know?" ”

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, shook his head and said, "Brother Qiqi, the younger brother doesn't know. ”

Li Jing was a little itchy, and hurriedly said: "Yang Aiqing, don't sell Guanzi, what is the matter?" ”

Yang Lian took out a peace agreement from his arms and offered it with both hands. Gao Ze took the peace treaty and handed it over to Li Jing.

Li Jing shook his head and said, "This peace agreement is several pages long, Yang Aiqing, you still say it directly!" ”

"Your Majesty, most of the contents of the peace treaty have been copied by the ministers, and the only point is that it has been concealed for the time being, taking into account the circumstances of all aspects. This time with the Han state, Weichen won a favorable situation for His Majesty. Speaking of this, Yang Lian took a deep breath, his eyes were bright, and said: "That is, the future emperor of the Han Dynasty, the current crown prince Liu Chengyou, recognizes His Majesty as his father-in-law and serves His Majesty with his father's orders!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Jing was dizzy for a while, and the future emperor of the Han Dynasty recognized him as his father? Just like Shi Jingjiao of the previous dynasty recognized the Khitan Yelu Deguang as his father.

Li Jingsui's face changed, and he said, "This, can it be done?" "He thought it was incredible. If Liu Chengyou really recognizes Li Jing as his father-in-law, then his Han Kingdom will undoubtedly be one level lower than the Tang Dynasty in terms of status.

"This is Your Majesty's blessing to the world, so that today's situation is possible." Yang Lian naturally gave this credit to Li Jing.

When Li Jing heard this, he was startled at first, then laughed and said, "Good, good, good!" Li Jing was quite happy after saying three good things in a row, and he paced quickly in the room, his excitement indescribable.

Even if Li Jing is not familiar with military affairs, he also knows that this matter is of great significance, and in the future, if the Tang Dynasty recovers the Central Plains, there will be a reason.

"I will reward you well." Li Jing came back to his senses and said.

Yang Lian hurriedly gave a salute and said, "This is Your Majesty's benevolence, which has moved the monarchs and ministers of the Han Kingdom. If His Majesty has to reward him, Wechen has only one request. This time in Xuzhou ambush, more than 30 people were killed in battle, they all sacrificed their lives for the country, and asked His Majesty to bury them and give their families generous pensions. ”

Li Jing stopped, squinted his eyes at Yang Lian, and said, "This is your request?" ”

"Exactly, Weichen only has this request." Yang Lian said loudly.

"The families of soldiers killed in war will inevitably be treated preferentially." Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, interjected at this time and said.

Li Jing nodded and said, "Yes, King Qi, this matter will be handed over to you." ”

"Yes." Li Jingsui said.

Li Jing coughed and said: "But Yang Aiqing, I know that if you didn't do things well, there would be no today's results, and I will reward you, and it is a big reward!" Just now, the king of Qi said that he would promote you to be the envoy of the festival, and I have this intention, so I will appoint you as the envoy of the Shuntian festival. There's only a place, and I'll think about it again. ”

"In addition, I will reward you with thousands of hectares of fertile land, five hundred taels of gold, and one hundred horses of Shu brocade." Li Jing said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Lian naturally would not be ambiguous, and immediately stepped forward to thank him.

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, smiled at this time: "Brother Huang, Commander Yang is running all the way, and besides, he is injured, it is better to let him go back to the house to rest first, and other things will be talked about tomorrow." ”

Li Jing thought for a while and said, "It's okay." Yang Aiqing, if you enter the palace again tomorrow, I want to know what happened in Kaifeng? ”

"Wechen obeys." Yang Lian bowed and bowed.

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, laughed and said, "Brother Huang, Yang Lian did not disappoint His Majesty. ”

Li Jing shook his head and said, "Although things have been done well, but I have recently exhausted the treasury and cannot reward him more, I hope he doesn't mind." "After all, for such a great achievement, he only rewarded five hundred taels of gold, which is really shabby.

King Qi smiled: "Brother Huang, Yang Lian is a loyal and patriotic person, how can he be too little." ”

Li Jing suddenly looked at King Qi carefully, looked him up and down a few times, and saw that Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, was inexplicable, and couldn't help touching his chin, and said, "Brother Huang, who are you?" ”

"I suddenly remembered that Yang Lian is still not married, and it seems that I have not heard of any in-laws, but I want to be a matchmaker for him." Li Jing said.

"Your Majesty has given you a marriage, what an honor. The younger brother is here to help Yang Lian, thank you to the royal brother. Li Jingsui bowed slightly.

Li Jing narrowed his eyes, smiled, and said, "King Qi, don't thank you too early. I know that Yang Lian once saved the county lord of Huairou, and I have heard the queen say that Huairou seems to be a little unusual to that Yang Lian, so I asked you, if you marry the county lord of Huairou to Yang Lian, are you allowed or not? ”

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, didn't expect Li Jing to say this, so he immediately opened his mouth wide and looked at him dumbfounded, and then came back to his senses and said, "Brother Huang, to be honest, my brother also had this kind of thought, but Yang Lian is much older than Huairou.

"What's that? If you're older, you'll feel sorry for people, and besides, although Huairou is cute, people are naughty and tight, and I don't know which man can lower her? I think this Yang Lian is good! If you agree, I will decree the marriage. Li Jing said.

"This ......," Li Jingsui hesitated.

"In this way, you don't have to be embarrassed, the county lord of Huairou is where the queen is, just go and ask directly." Li Jing laughed, immediately took Li Jingsui's hand, and the two walked out of the imperial study side by side, running towards the queen's bedroom.

"Auntie, look, this hairpin is so beautiful!" In the queen's bedroom, the eyes of the county lord of Huairou were shining, and he felt beautiful when he saw anything. At this time, he was holding a hairpin in his hand. This is a hairpin made of ivory, the whole body is white, and it is inlaid with agate, and the gems dotted with tassels are flashing and rushing, which makes people like it at first sight.

Empress Zhong looked at Huairou with a doting face, and said with a smile: "If you like it, take it." ”

The county lord of Huairou happily put the hairpin on his head, walked to the edge of the bronze mirror, looked at the shadow in the bronze mirror, and asked with a smile: "Auntie, is it good-looking?" Is it good-looking? ”

"Good-looking, Huairou is smart and cute, and with this hairpin, I don't know how many men will be fascinated." Empress Zhong said with a smile.

The county lord of Huairou pursed his lips, pulled out the hairpin a little angrily, and said: "Aunt is lying, if this is the case, why has he been away for so long, why has there been no news at all?" Now that I'm back, all the good things are given to my aunt, and I definitely don't have my share! ”

Empress Zhong was slightly stunned, thought clearly about the words of the county lord of Huairou, and couldn't help laughing: "Ouch, our family's little Nizi Sichun is gone." ”

The county lord of Huairou reacted, his face turned red, and said, "Auntie, you are making fun of people again." ”

"Where, fair lady, gentleman, it is natural. Huairou, listening to your tone, you seem to have a love for him between men and women, but you have a huge disparity in status, have you ever thought about this? Empress Zhong asked.

The county lord of Huairou shook his head and said, "What about the disparity in status? In this Tang Dynasty, how many positions can compare to their fathers? ”

"That's right." Empress Zhong smiled and said, "If you really mean it, will your aunt tell you?" (To be continued.) )