In the living room, Xue Rengui looked at the letter in his hand with a tangled expression, although he had already made some psychological preparations in advance, after all, he had not been in contact with the Liu family for so many years, and the Liu family did not know whether he was alive or dead, so it was impossible to keep the little lady of the Liu family waiting, and it was reasonable to get engaged, not to mention that people had waited for him for one more year, which could be regarded as benevolent and righteous. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Xue Jiaotou, although the Liu family has been engaged to someone else, but after all, they are not married, and you have a marriage contract with the Liu family first, so there is still room for redemption, if you don't want to give up this family business, I can send someone to send you to the south." Li Xiu also spoke again at this time.

"Thank you Guogong, after all, this family affair was decided by my deceased father early, so I want to work harder, but no matter what Uncle Liu chooses, I can accept it!" Xue Rengui finally made a decision at this time, after all, marriage in this era is mainly the order of his parents, not to mention that Xue Rengui's parents are no longer there, so he doesn't want to give up this marriage easily, so as not to disappoint his parents under Jiuquan.

"Okay, then I'll let someone prepare a horse for you, and you will set off to Yuezhou early tomorrow morning, and I also have a letter, you can directly hand over the letter to Zhao Deyan when you get there, and then he will arrange for you to see Liu Shilin's family!" Li Xiu immediately spoke, and he knew that Xue Rengui would not give up easily.

Of course, Li Xiu was also relieved about Xue Rengui's choice, because if it weren't for him, Liu Shilin's family would still be in Taiyuan, so Xue Rengui might have met the Liu family a long time ago, and then married the Liu family as in history, but now history has been disrupted by Li Xiu, and maybe even the marriage between Xue Rengui and the Liu family may have to change because of this.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Xue Rengui also expressed his gratitude again, but at this time, Ma Ye interjected very excitedly: "Xue Jiaotou, I heard Li Xiu say that you are excellent in martial arts and archery, and you just happen to be fine now, why don't you try it with the old man?" ”

"This ......" Xue Rengui smiled bitterly when he heard this, he was now full of the Liu family's affairs, how could he be in the mood to compete with this General Ma?

"Why does a husband have no wife? If the Liu family is unwilling, I will help you find a better one when you come back! Ma Ye naturally saw what Xue Rengui was thinking, but he said very domineeringly at the moment, and then stood up and pulled Xue Rengui to the martial arts arena in Li Xiu's house.

Hearing Ma Ye's words, Xue Rengui had no choice but to follow him out of the living room, but Li Xiu smiled indifferently, Ma Ye wanted to compete with Xue Rengui in martial arts and archery, it was simply looking for abuse, martial arts not to mention first, just archery Ma Ye would lose, not to say that Ma Ye's archery was not good, in fact, Ma Ye practiced riding and archery since he was a child, and he has been honing on the battlefield for many years, and his archery skills are also very exquisite, but the general is old, and now Ma Ye's age is not young, and even when he deals with the official affairs of the Fei Nu Division, he has to use reading glasses like Li Yuan, Just imagine how could an archer who didn't have very good eyes win a magic shot like Xue Rengui?

The facts did not surprise Li Xiu, the competition between Ma Ye and Xue Rengui quickly divided the winner and loser, Ma Ye was almost crushed by Xue Rengui all the way, and finally the angry Ma Ye dropped the bow, but when it was night, he sent someone to give Xue Rengui the hardest bow in his collection, because Xue Rengui's strength was too great, even Li Xiu couldn't find a suitable bow for him for a while, and even the bow sent by Ma Ye, Xue Rengui still felt a little soft, It seems that in the future, we will have to find a master craftsman to create a super hard bow for him.

Early the next morning, Xue Rengui rode on his horse and galloped to the south, for which Jin'er was still a little unhappy, but Xue Rengui went this time for his life's event, although Li Jin was young, he was also sensible, so he didn't make too much trouble.

Li Xiu is not too busy during this time, Queen Dou's coffin has been transported back, although he is responsible for the construction of the imperial mausoleum, but there is also Pei Lin as his helper, and the construction of the imperial mausoleum does not need them to stare at the imperial mausoleum every day, after all, those who work hard govern people, they only need to order things down, and naturally there are people below to complete it, at most, it is to occasionally go to the imperial mausoleum to see the progress of the project.

With the passage of time, the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, and Li Xiu also began to consider the suspension of the imperial mausoleum during the Spring Festival, after all, the people and officials also have a holiday during the Spring Festival, but because the construction period is relatively relaxed, they don't care about these few days of holidays, but after the beginning of spring, it will be the busy spring season, and the project will definitely be affected.

"Sir, there are guests coming to visit outside!" But at this moment, I suddenly saw a subordinate rushing to report.

"Who is it?" Li Xiu couldn't help but raise his head in surprise when he heard the report of his subordinates, every time the Chinese New Year came, there were a lot of people who came to visit his mansion, but he generally didn't need to come forward, just invite them to have a cup of tea in the front hall, unless there were some particularly important guests, the subordinates would report to him.

"Master Qiyu, the other party is an envoy from Tubo, originally the steward didn't want to alarm the master, but this Tubo envoy said that he was your old friend, so the steward didn't dare to slack off, so he sent a villain to report!" The servant spoke again.

"When did I have an old friend from Tibet?" Li Xiu couldn't help but muttered to himself strangely when he heard the words of his subordinates, and then he was also a little curious, so he opened his mouth and ordered, "Go and invite people to the inner hall to see you!" ”

The subordinate agreed, and immediately turned to the front yard, and Li Xiu also came to wait in another small hall in the front yard, this is the inner hall, and usually only particularly important guests will be invited here by him.

After a while, he saw a Tubo man enter the inner hall with his subordinates, but when he saw this Tubo man, Li Xiu was stunned, because he didn't know each other at all, let alone any old friends.

"Who are you?" Li Xiu couldn't help but say with a sinking face at this time, because he felt that he seemed to be fooled, I am afraid that everything is just a small trick played by this Tibetan envoy, but he didn't see through it, how could he not be angry?

"Yan Guogong is angry, in the next time, in fact, there is something important to ask Guogong, but as an envoy of a small country, he is humble, and he really can't see Guogong, so he has to make this decision, and I also ask Guogong to have a large number of people to forgive the crime of deception below!" What Li Xiu didn't expect was that he saw that this Tibetan envoy was very frank, although his words were full of pleading, but he was neither humble nor arrogant, and his bearing was very extraordinary.

Li Xiu was also quite surprised to see the performance of this Tibetan envoy, so he looked at the other party seriously, only to see that the age of this Tibetan envoy was not very large, it was estimated that he was about the same as Li Xiu, with a round face and slender eyes, and a very obvious plateau red on his cheeks, which made him look maybe older than his actual age.

However, although this Tibetan envoy is young, his eyes are bright, he has a graceful bearing, and an extraordinary calmness, which makes Li Xiu a little surprised, he didn't expect that Tubo also has such a talent.

"I don't know what you call it?" Li Xiu finally put away the contempt in his heart at this time, and looked at the other party at the moment, Tubo is not a small country after all, and the weakness of the Tang Dynasty in the future is also inseparable from Tubo, so he has never despised Tubo, even if the other party calls himself an envoy of a small country as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Qi Yu Guogong, the name under it is very long, if it is said in Chinese, it should be called Gar Dongzan, or it can be called Lu Dongzan, and Guogong can be called selfishly." I saw that the young Tubo replied with a smile again.

"Lu Dongzan!" Li Xiu was shocked when he heard this name, if there is anyone in Tibet in history who is worthy of his memory, the first one is naturally Songtsan Gampo, and the second is this Lu Dongzan, according to the records of the historical books, Lu Dongzan is good at internal affairs and diplomacy, and it is with his help that Songtsan Gampo can marry Princess Fang Cheng, and at the same time, with the help of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo is gradually separated from the form of primitive tribes, forming a real country, thus laying a solid foundation for the rise of Tubo in the future.

"Lu Dongzan, it's a good name, but why did you come to me today?" Although Li Xiu was shocked in his heart, he asked again quietly on the surface.

"Qiyu Guogong, on behalf of His Royal Highness Tubo Zanpu this time, I actually want to ask Datang for marriage, because we have long heard that Datang is at its peak, and we also admire the culture of Datang very much, so we want to marry Datang, so that the two countries can marry Qin and Jin!" Lu Dongzan not only speaks Chinese very well, but also obviously has a deep understanding of the Central Plains culture, and even knows the good allusions of Qin and Jin.

"Marriage?" Li Xiu chuckled when he heard this, when he just came back from Taiyuan, he heard that the envoys of Tubo came to ask for peace, but he didn't pay too much attention to this matter, and now it seems that this marriage is not very smooth, otherwise this Lu Dongzan would not have asked for his mansion.

"Everything about marriage is subject to Your Majesty's ruling, and you have come to me now to find the wrong person." Li Xiu shook his head at this time and said again, and at the same time he was smiling secretly in his heart, although this Lu Dongzan was smart, he found the wrong person, he was the most opposed person in Datang.

"The Duke of the Kingdom doesn't know, the last time I saw His Majesty ask for marriage, although His Majesty was very moved, but he did not make a decision immediately, and the envoy also stayed in Chang'an for a while, and he never got a reply, so I want to ask the Duke of the Kingdom to help us persuade Your Majesty, with the influence of the Duke of the Kingdom, Your Majesty will definitely consider your opinion carefully!" Lu Dongzan asked again at this time.

However, what Lu Dongzan never expected was that Li Xiu's face changed at this time, and then he slapped the table angrily and said, "Bold, are you really a bully to my Tang Dynasty?" ”