Li Xuanba's two letters can only be regarded as family letters, and it is impossible for the imperial court to use 800 li to expedite it, and Li Xuanba himself is not in a hurry. Therefore, on the evening of the third day after he finished writing the letter, Wei Zheng received Li Xuanba's letter in the Tang State Mansion.

One envelope said Wei Zheng personally opened it, and the other was for Li Gou to pass it on to the princess.

Wei Zheng and his family lived in the Tang Mansion for many days, and the subordinates in the mansion took good care of them. Li Xuanba is not there, and Wei Zheng is more like the master of the Tang State Mansion.

There was only one page in the envelope, and Li Gou glanced at it, but there were not many words written on it.

Wei Zheng looked very carefully, word by word, for fear of missing something, of course, Li Xuanba's handwriting is relatively unique, which also affects Wei Zheng's reading speed.

In just a dozen lines, Wei Zheng read it twice, and after reading it, he shook his head with a wry smile.

"Sir, what did Childe say in the letter?" Li Gou saw Wei Zheng put down the letter, and hurriedly asked, "Does he have anything to explain?" ”

"Childe asked me to help him check the two of them, but there is nothing else to explain." Wei Zheng replied, seeing Li Gou's disbelieving expression, Wei Zheng smiled and continued: "If you have to say that there is something else, the prince has also explained, so that you don't peek at the letter he wrote to the princess, otherwise the princess will be annoyed and ashamed, and maybe someone will send someone to cut off your head." ”

Li Xuanba and Li Gou have a good relationship, and the two often fight, it is not unusual for Li Xuanba to have such worries. The relationship between master and servant can be achieved to this extent, but it is extremely rare.

"Huh?" Li Gou was stunned and said angrily: "Childe actually doesn't believe me so much? ”

"Childe said this, just to let you know that although others are outside, they still care about the people in the house." Wei Zheng took the letter into his arms and reassured: "By the way, Gongzi has also explained, let's not forget his instructions before leaving." ”

"This Tang State Mansion is about to become a gathering place for disaster victims." Li Gou thought of this, had a headache, and said: "Although the Tang State Mansion is big, it can't accommodate more people!" ”

"In a few days, it's a month, and I'm afraid that even half of those children won't be left." Wei Zheng sighed and said helplessly.

When Li Xuanba left Luoyang, he asked Li Gou and Wei Zheng to help him do something.

Yang Guang gave a lot of slaves to the Tang State Mansion, including twelve or thirteen-year-old children, Li Xuanba asked Li Gou to find a few children with better physique and more intelligence from these people, and Li Gou was responsible for teaching martial arts, while Wei Zheng taught them to read and write.

Luoyang is rich, but for the sake of decency, it is naturally impossible for beggars to haunt the city, but there are many places to sell slaves.

For the dignitaries in Luoyang City, they have never lacked servants, so in the slave market, the price of beautiful girls is ridiculously high, but those boys are basically unpopular.

After Li Xuanba knew that there was such a place in Luoyang, he asked Li Gou to go shopping from time to time, and when he saw better qualifications, he bought them back. Li Xuanba didn't want to see the picture of the market, so he didn't want to go.

During the Chinese New Year, the Tang Mansion received a lot of gifts, and Li Xuanba did not spend money indiscriminately, coupled with the gold and silver given by the Wan family, Li Xuanba is now very rich, although he can't compete with other mansions in Luoyang, but it is not a problem to feed a few hundred people.

"After all, the Tang Guogong Mansion is not a good hall, and it is impossible to raise those idlers for no reason." Li Gou said: "If Gongzi wants to cultivate some talents for His Majesty, he will naturally eliminate others. ”

Wei Zheng didn't understand this truth, nodded, and said: "There are trade-offs and trade-offs, which can make those children work harder, and Childe's approach is indeed right." It's not early, you shouldn't be able to enter the palace today, but tomorrow morning, come to me to pick up this letter to the princess. ”

"Sir, even you think I'm going to peek?" Li Gou glared and said, "Could it be that this is also the son's explanation." ”

Wei Zheng just smiled and didn't answer Li Gou, Li Gou snorted, exited the room, and said in his heart: "Childe really understands me." ”

After Li Gou left, Wei Zheng took out the letter in his arms again, read it carefully, and then fixed his eyes on the two names.

"Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui." Wei Zheng muttered silently, and said to himself suspiciously: "What kind of ability do these two people have to make Gongzi write a letter back?" ”

In Li Xuanba's letter, he only mentioned the names of Fang Xuanling and the others casually, but Wei Zheng could see that this was the real purpose of Li Xuanba's letter back.

"Are you really thinking about Your Majesty?" Wei Zheng was silent for a long time, sighed, and burned the letter.

Seeing the letter burning to ashes, Wei Zheng walked out of the study and returned to his room with confidence.

"Master, you're back." Pei Shi was fiddling with embroidery, and when he saw Wei Zheng enter the room, he hurriedly put down the work in his hand and greeted him.

Wei Zheng smiled slightly and said, "I am no longer a court official, why do you call me master." Then, he sat down with Pei.

"According to the master's talent, in addition to martial arts, what kind of official can't be a master?" Pei Shi comforted, and said with some uneasiness: "The son of the Li family is deeply loved by the emperor, and he respects the master so much, sooner or later he will introduce the master to the emperor." ”

"You don't want me to be an official?" Wei Zheng looked at Pei's expression, knew it in his heart, and said, "I understand, you are worried that my temperament will cause a big disaster." ”

"If it was ten years ago, even if you became an official, what was there to worry about?" Pei said faintly. Pei is a young lady from a large family, and her knowledge is not comparable to that of ordinary women.

Ten years ago, Yang Guang had great ambitions and wanted to stabilize the world and open up territory, which can be called a generation of Ming Jun. At that time, he was able to listen to advice, and his courtiers dared to give direct advice. But now, everything has changed.

"Childe once said that there is wine today and drunk tomorrow, so why should we bother with things in the future?" Wei Zheng's heart was very uncomfortable, and he said calmly: "It's not early, let's rest." ”

Pei Shi heard a trace of disheartenness from Wei Zheng's words, but she did not feel sad, but happy. She carefully took off Wei Zheng's coat, and asked someone to bring hot water to let Wei Zheng wash it.

Wei Zheng lay on the bed, his eyes closed, but he could not fall asleep. Pei Shi lay beside Wei Zheng, although Wei Zheng was motionless, she still knew that Wei Zheng had not fallen asleep.

"Master, it's good to have a clear conscience in everything." Pei Shi whispered.

Wei Zheng turned his head, glanced at Pei Shi, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "You're right. ”

The words "clear conscience" made Wei Zheng suddenly enlightened

On the second day, after Li Gou delivered the letter to the palace, he immediately returned to the Tang Guogong Mansion and continued to teach the dozens of children martial arts.

Since Li Xuanba left Luoyang, the Tang Mansion seems to have been forgotten, and now Li Gou suddenly entered the palace, which will inevitably make people guess the intentions of the Tang Mansion.

After many inquiries, they found that Li Gou had just sent a letter to the princess for Li Xuanba, and they were speechless and chose to forget the Tang Mansion again.

Yang Ling was naturally very happy when she received Li Xuanba's letter, she pulled Qiushuang and the others back, hid in the room and secretly opened the letter.

Li Xuanba's letter to the princess is nothing more than some love words, except for the princess, it is estimated that no one wants to read those lingering words.

The beautiful poems made Yang Ling's heart pound, but the last sentence brought Yang Ling back to reality.

"Try to persuade Your Majesty to stay in the Eastern Capital!"

This sentence appeared very abruptly, which caught Yang Ling a little off guard.

The previous poems are like beautiful notes, conveying Li Xuanba's thoughts and love.

But the last sentence is the point of the whole letter.

Yang Ling didn't understand why Li Xuanba asked her to do this.

More than a thousand ships have been delivered to Luoyang, and more than two thousand small boats are also being manufactured, presumably, and will be sent over soon.

Yang Guang takes the matter of touring Jiangdu very seriously, and it is not at all that a few words can make him give up, Li Xuanba should understand this truth.

"You know that my father has made up his mind, but you still let me persuade him, what are you worried about, so that I will not hesitate to offend my father and Emperor Longyan?" Yang Ling muttered to himself.

Although he was puzzled, Yang Ling still decided to listen to Li Xuanba's words.

After the end of the early dynasty, Yang Ling went to the Great Cause Hall to ask for peace.

"I heard that Xuanba sent someone to send a letter to you?" When Yang Guang saw Yang Ling, he smiled and said: "I am in the army, but I still remember to write to you, Xuanba is also a person with a heart." ”

"Why should my father make fun of his sons." Yang Lingjiao said angrily: "That guy wrote a few lines of poetry, and specially sent someone to the palace, and his father didn't scold him, so why did he praise him." ”

When Yang Guang heard this, he just wanted Yang Ling to present the letter, but he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and said helplessly: "You are a princess and my daughter, Xuanba cares about you in my heart, I am too late to be happy, why do you want to scold him?" ”

The two chatted for a while, and Yang Ling said casually: "Father, when do you plan to go to Jiangdu?" ”

"What, you can't wait to see the scenery of Jiangdu?" Yang Guang smiled: "When Jiangdu's ship comes over, I will take you there." ”

When Yang Guang visited Jiangdu several times before, he didn't bring Yang Ling over, so when Yang Ling asked, Yang Guang thought that she wanted to follow.

"Father, can you not go to Jiangdu?" Yang Ling said a little sadly: "The queen mother is unwell and should stay in the palace to recuperate, why let her travel for a long time?" ”

Yang Guang looked displeased and said, "If I take the queen out of the palace, will I still treat her badly?" I understand that you have filial piety, but I have made up my mind, so you don't need to say more. ”

Although Yang Ling was a princess, Yang Guang asked her not to say more, she still didn't dare to say anything, so she could only salute and withdraw from the Great Cause Palace.

"With Ling'er's temperament, she will never say these words, it must be Li Xuanba's idea." Yang Guang frowned and said, "Li Quanzhi, why do you think Xuanba asked Ling'er to do this?" ”

"Lord Zhongyongwei is thoughtful, and I want to come here in the hope that Your Majesty can sit in Luoyang." Li Quanzhi replied cautiously: "Perhaps, General Zhang has encountered some trouble on his side, and General Zhang doesn't want His Majesty to worry, so he didn't mention it in the memoranda." ”

Yang Guang thought about it, there was indeed such a possibility, and said: "The power of the Wagang thieves, after all, is only in Dongjun, and will not affect the overall situation, so I will send a decree to Zhang Xutuo, let him suppress the Wagang thieves, and when I come back from my tour of Jiangdu, I will send a large army to exterminate them in one fell swoop." ”

In the first battle between Zhang Xutuo and the Wagang army, he killed more than 2,000 enemies and captured nearly 1,000 prisoners, which made Yang Guang despise Wagang's combat power, thinking that the Wagang thieves only relied on the advantages of Wagang Village to make Zhang Xutuo unable to exterminate them.