By the pond in the back garden of the princess's mansion, Li Xiu sat there wearing a robe and holding a fishing rod, and there was a light rain like cow hair falling in the sky, which was blown to his face by the breeze from time to time, bringing a trace of coolness to people in this hot summer. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although Li Xiu is fishing, he is actually thinking about other things in his mind, the martial law in Chang'an City has been lifted, Princess Pingyang has proposed more than once that she wants to move back to another courtyard to live, and Yi Niang also wants to go back to take care of the tea workshop business as soon as possible, but Li Xiu did not agree, because he wants to move back to the new home that has been built directly, but the new home needs to be cleaned, and he has already sent someone to tell Yuechan outside the city to do it, and he doesn't know how the cleaning is?

In addition to the family affairs, Li Xiu also thought about the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks peace affair, this peace has been destroyed by Jieli, the Western Turkic mission heard that it is also going back, although Jieli blocked the road to the Western Regions, but mainly for the peace of Qin, and did not plan to start a war with the Western Turks, so as long as there is no Tang princess in this mission, Jieli will not be too embarrassed for them, and even Li Xiu is sure that as long as the Western Turkic mission leaves, Jieli will immediately withdraw the army.

However, just as Li Xiu was thinking about his thoughts, he was suddenly interrupted by a rush of footsteps, and then he saw a maid walking quickly to report: "Master Qiqi, let the king of the city visit!" ”

"King Rencheng? Li Daozong? How did he get here? Li Xiu couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the maid's report and said to himself, he and Li Daozong have nothing to do with each other, at most, they have met a few times before, and they haven't even said anything, the last time they heard his name, it was because Li Shimin mentioned it when he was close to him, and the woman who was close was Li Daozong's niece, was he here because of this incident?

Thinking of this, Li Xiu couldn't help but stand up, then changed his clothes and came to the front hall, only to see Li Daozong sitting there waiting at a glance. Li Daozong is Li Shimin's cousin, he is about 30 years old this year, with a medium build, a strong physique, a large face, good facial features, and a short beard under his chin, and he looks very shrewd and capable.

"Haha, this king came to visit rashly, and I hope that the horse will not be blamed!" When Li Daozong saw Li Xiu coming in, he immediately stood up very enthusiastically and laughed.

"King Ren Cheng is polite, please take a seat!" Li Xiu immediately returned the salute when he saw this, and then immediately ordered his subordinates to serve tea.

"I heard that King Rencheng, you have been guarding in Lingzhou, and I don't know when you will return to Chang'an?" Li Xiu took a sip of tea, and then asked curiously, Li Daozong worshiped the governor of Lingzhou, and was in charge of the military and political power of Lingzhou, mainly to defend against the Turks in the north, and rarely came back, so Li Xiu was also very surprised when he heard that he was coming.

"This king also just came back some time ago, because he wanted to make peace with the Western Turks before, and as a result, he chose my poor niece, His Majesty originally wanted me to escort her to the Western Turks, so he called me back to Beijing, fortunately, this peace was destroyed by Jieli, and my niece didn't have to go to that bitter cold place."

When he said this, he saw Li Daozong stand up again, solemnly hugged his fist to Li Xiuxing and said: "Don't say anything else, this time my poor niece was able to jump out of this sea of fire, all thanks to your help, please accept the next bow!" ”

Li Xiu persuaded Li Shimin, so as to prevent the matter of harmony, few people knew, but Li Daozong still inquired about it, so he personally came to the door today to thank him.

Li Daozong was about to salute as he spoke, which made Li Xiu also hurriedly stand up and support him and said: "King Ren Cheng is polite, I just did what I should do, not to mention that I was very opposed to peace and kinship, there are only interests between countries, where can I rely on a little woman to maintain?" ”

"That's right!" Li Daozong also slapped the table and agreed loudly when he heard Li Xiu's words, "Speaking of the matter of harmony, Lao Tzu is also angry, we are all royal families, but we can't even keep a little girl in the clan, but we have to take the initiative to send it to the wild place in the Western Regions to be ravaged by others, Lao Tzu was angry when he thought of it, but unfortunately there was no way, fortunately thanks to the words of the concubine, this matter was stopped!" ”

Li Daozong was still a little reserved just now, but when he heard Li Xiu's comments on Heqin, he immediately felt a sense of confidant, and his true nature was also exposed at the moment, after all, he was originally a military general, and he scolded his mother when he didn't say a word, so at this time, even foul language burst out, but this made Li Xiu feel a little kind, after all, he had a lot of dealings with generals like Ma Ye.

However, as soon as Li Daozong's words came out, he felt that he was a little speechless, after all, he was a little dissatisfied with Li Shimin in his words, and he couldn't help but look at Li Xiu with some embarrassment at the moment. In this regard, Li Xiu smiled indifferently and said: "What King Ren Cheng said is extremely true, if I Datang can't even protect the royal women, let alone protect the people in the territory!" ”

Hearing Li Xiu's words in agreement, Li Daozong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his good impression of Li Xiu rose to a higher level again, and then he spoke again: "Although the words just now are a bit extreme, and the imperial court does have some difficulties, but I strongly oppose the matter of harmony, the Han Dynasty and the relatives are forced to make peace, and my current strength of the Tang Dynasty is soaring, and it is no longer weaker than the Turks, not to mention anything else, when I was in Lingzhou, I fought with the Turks, and almost all of them won more and lost less, so in my opinion, the Turks have nothing to fear." ”

Lingzhou is on the border between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, it can be said that the Tang Dynasty resists the first line of the Turks, Li Daozong guards in Lingzhou, almost every year has to fight several battles with the Turks, and the small conflicts are countless, just the Turks who were slaughtered by his own hands do not know how many, so he knows the reality of the Turks best, and he has a better understanding of the weakness of the Turks.

"King Ren Cheng, I heard that Jieli is reforming the Turkic court now, I don't know what the situation is now?" Li Xiu also thought of Zhao Deyan's matter at this time, and asked Li Daozong with concern at the moment, hoping to find out some news through him.

"Haha~, I'm happy to talk about it, Jieli didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, he actually listened to the words of a Han thief, and began to take back the military power in the hands of the Turkic little khans, and also reused the Han people, the people of the Western Regions, etc. as officials, as a result, the Turkic tribes complained, there have been many small tribes rebelled, and took refuge in my Tang Dynasty, and there are also many Turkic nobles who have secretly contacted us, I dare to assert that if Jieli continues to mess around like this, the Turks will be chaotic!" Li Daozong heard Li Xiu ask about this matter, and he was also very excited at the moment.

Li Xiu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he asked a lot about the Turkic situation, and Li Daozong also answered them one by one, but when he said the end, he suddenly showed a hesitant expression, and only after a while did he speak: "Don Ma, I came today, in addition to thanking you, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you!" ”