After a few days, Xiao Huang's father-in-law came to the door, and His Majesty Li Er asked him to inform Wei Yan to see someone, saying that he wanted to honor the conditions he promised Wei Yan. Wei Yan followed Xiao Huang Gonggong into the palace, His Majesty Li Er and Empress Changsun were already waiting for him, and there was a neat team, which was a well-trained team at a glance, five hundred people, all of them were the best soldiers, the best horses, the best armor and weapons, and it could be said that it was one of the most elite troops in the Tang Dynasty.

His Majesty Li Er said with a smile: "These five hundred people are all good at actual combat, skilled in archery and horse riding, and they are the victorious division of my Tang Dynasty. Ye Yecheng, come here. ”

One was dressed as an officer, about twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a very ordinary appearance, a pair of eyes, like an eagle, sharp and calm, his face was tanned like black charcoal, and his waist was straight, and he saluted.

His Majesty Li Er said: "Ye Yecheng, is the commander of these five hundred people, has been in the army for seven years, and has rich experience in commanding troops. ”

Wei Yan looked at Ding Jianyang, although Ye Yecheng was still standing upright, but the corner of his eye also swept Wei Yan several times. Wei Yan looked at it for a long time and said, "General Ye, right?" ”

Ye Yecheng said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Lord Huiwei, the title of the last general is captain, and I dare not call him a general." ”

Wei Yan waved his hand indifferently and said, "Okay, Ye Duwei, do you already know the purpose of this trip to Yongzhou?" ”

Ye Yecheng glanced at His Majesty Li Er out of the corner of his eyes and said, "I know a little bit about it." ”

Wei Yan said: "I heard Your Majesty say that Ye Duwei is a person who has participated in actual combat. I'm just an ordinary person who is powerless. Archery and horse archery cannot be compared with any of you in the Middle Earth, so to speak. After leaving Beijing, my life will be in your hands. In order to save my life, I had to ask a few questions, hoping that Ye Duwei would answer me honestly. ”

Ye Yecheng looked at His Majesty Li Er again, and His Majesty Li Er said, "Ye Yecheng." Honestly answer Wei Ziyue's words. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Lord Wei, excuse me! ”

Wei Yan asked, "No matter who I ask you to fight in Yongzhou, do you dare to do it?" ”

Ye Yecheng was stunned by the question, hesitated slightly, and said, "Does it include His Royal Highness King Wei?" ”

Wei Yan's face did not change, and he nodded calmly: "Including!" ”

Ye Yecheng hesitated, glanced at His Majesty Li Er again, and was speechless. Wei Yan shook his head secretly. Said: "Your Majesty, the minister asks for a replacement!" Ye Duwei is brave, but it is not suitable to follow the minister to Yongzhou. ”

His Majesty Li Er glanced at Ye Yecheng. Nodding with a slightly disappointed expression, Ye Yecheng was anxious. Hurriedly asked Wei Yan: "Lord Wei, what's wrong with the last general?" His Royal Highness the King of Wei is a sky-high nobleman, and if he commits the following crimes, he will lose his head! Lord Wei asked the last general to go to such a rebellious thing, isn't this deliberately embarrassing people? ”

Wei Yan said lazily: "Captain Ye, this is not to embarrass you, but to simulate the orders that may be there after arriving in Yongzhou." In front of His Majesty and Niangniang, I will tell you directly. Go to Yongzhou, you can only listen to me, I let you go east, you can't go west, let you climb, you can't roll! Everything must be obeyed by my commands, yours, understand? ”

His Majesty Li Er said: "Ziyue is right, after arriving in Yongzhou, all the accompanying personnel must obey Ziyue's orders, which is related to your life." ”

His Majesty Li Er's expression was unfathomable. Ye Yecheng is not a stupid person, thinking of the things he knows, coupled with the fame he sees now, Ye Yecheng has a trace of understanding in his heart, and said resolutely: "Your Majesty's will is the decision of the last general, Your Majesty will listen to whoever the land is, and the last general will listen to whomever he wants, and it will not be discounted!" Please let Lord Wei give orders to the last general. However, Your Majesty, is it true that you won't lose your head after beating the prince? ”

Wei Yan grimaced, rarely serious, looked at Ye Yecheng a few more times, and said faintly: "Don't bother Your Majesty with this question, I can answer you now." If you do, you may lose your head, but that is after returning to Beijing, if you don't fight, you will have to lose your head on the spot, and then, I will wait with you for my family to collect the bones and return to Beijing. ”

Ye Yecheng was stunned for a moment, a wry smile crossed his eyes, and said, "Lord Wei, the last general understands what to do." ”

"Got it?"

"Of course!"

"Okay, do you see that building over there? In the past, jump down from the second floor and prove it to me, Ye Duwei, this is my first order to you. ”

Ye Yecheng glanced at Wei Yan silently, answered yes, and without hesitation, he walked towards the small building that Wei Yan said, climbed to the second floor, walked to the side, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and was about to jump down, and Wei Yan did not make a sound, and looked calm, as if he had really made up his mind to force Ye Yecheng to die.

Just as Ye Yecheng was about to jump off, the guards next to him hurriedly grabbed him. Wei Yan smiled and said: "That's right, you have to have this kind of spirit, otherwise, the lives of more than 500 of us will be really ruined!" ”

Ye Yecheng looked at Wei Yan's smile and knew that this time it was passed, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "After arriving in Yongzhou, as long as it is Lord Wei's orders, the last general will definitely obey it!" ”

Wei Yan was satisfied, and His Majesty Li Er and Empress Eldest Sun also had satisfied smiles on their lips. His Majesty Li Er said: "Ziyue has a lot of strange ideas, Ye Ye Chengnai is my personal guard, except for the order authorized by me, no one can command them." ”

Wei Yan said: "Thank you for your kindness." ”

His Majesty Li Er shook his head with a smile, meaning nothing. Empress Eldest Sun said: "Everything is for Tai'er, Ziyue, please just let it go." ”

"The minister understands, please rest assured."

Once you've chosen your guards, the next step is your entourage. The doctor that His Majesty Li Er transferred to Wei Yan is an apprentice of an old lady doctor, still very young, twenty-one or twelve years old, called Jin Ming, in appearance, older than Wei Yan, it is said that his foundation is very solid, and he is particularly good at acupuncture and diagnosis, as an assistant to assist Wei Yan, it is very suitable.

The conversation between Wei Yan and Ye Yecheng just now, he was on the side, and he had already seen it. Wei Yan asked him with a smile: "Doctor Jin, did you see my request just now?" What do you think? ”

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Laughing. Said politely: "Please rest assured, Lord Wei." Xiaguan has to act according to the will of adults, and Xiaguan is just an assistant to assist Lord Wei. ”

Wei Yan smiled slyly. glanced at him meaningfully, saluted His Majesty Li Er, and said, "Doctor Jin, Your Majesty can testify to the minister!" ”

When this sentence came out, everyone present was stunned, and Jin Ming secretly smiled bitterly. His Majesty Li Er glanced at Wei Yan and said to Jin Ming: "Jin Ming, if Wei Ziyue asks me to testify, you must listen to it and keep it in mind, if you have any doubts, I will punish you severely." ”

Jin Ming said: "Yes, Your Majesty." The minister remembered. ”

Choose the team candidates, let everyone go back to pack up and prepare, and start on the road the next day. Wei Yan also had to go back and prepare, but he was about to leave the palace. was stopped by His Majesty Li Er, and His Majesty Li Er gave Xiao Huang a look. Xiao Huang's father-in-law immediately went down, and after a while, he came up with a tray, but the things on the tray made Wei Yan drool secretly.

There are three knives on the tray, one large and two small, the earth is the Damascus knife that Wei Yan has coveted for a long time, but has not been able to get it, the small one is two daggers, the appearance is simple, carved with complex and mysterious patterns, the two knives, the appearance is very similar, on the handle, there is a strange beast carved, but the pattern on the scabbard is a little different.

Seeing the knife, Wei Yan remembered the long knife in his house that was borrowed by His Majesty Li Er to be a prisoner, and wondered how he could get it back. Before he could come up with a suitable statement, His Majesty Li Er said: "~.Knife, give it to you, that is, the master who takes it home and hangs it on the wall." Give each of these two daggers to each of you. ”

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People sent out three good knives in one go, and Wei Yan was embarrassed to ask about his family's long knife. I had to be full of joy, and quickly thanked him, and I couldn't put it down, and I couldn't wait to kiss the two of them. made His Majesty Li Er look disgusted and scolded him for "no interest".

Thank you, Wei Yan went home with a knife, Erhu loves knives, although he already has an iron knife given by His Majesty Li Er, but it does not prevent him from appreciating the good knife.

Along the way, he asked Wei Yan to play, but Wei Yan refused on the grounds that it was inconvenient on the road, and when he got home, he kept pestering Wei Yan to see. Wei Yan didn't embarrass him, let him see enough at once.

Erhu played very skillfully, and the expression on his face was like looking at a beautiful woman who was stripped naked. Wei Yan thought very badly, it is estimated that this is a stripped beauty in front of Erhu, and Erhu probably won't look at others.

"What a knife! Sir, this is a really good knife. ”

"I can't give you a good knife, this is given to me and my wife by His Majesty, go aside, play with your hand, don't touch me."

Kicking the second tiger out, Wei Yan hurriedly made some careful processing of the iron knife and hung it up, and then took the dagger to Xie, and the one for himself was stored closely.

Xie had already helped Wei Yan pack his luggage, just the travel bag, clothes, money, toiletries, etc., which could not be fitted, and he had another baggage and an emergency medical kit. Looking at Xie's appearance, he couldn't wait to put his home in a travel bag for him and carry it with him.

Xie Shen groaned: "The big tiger and the second tiger will follow you and protect you closely." I have to take care of the kids, I can't go out, I don't need them to be at home. ”

"Okay, listen to Madame."

Wei Yan nodded in agreement, Xie's expression made him say that he couldn't refuse anything, since he couldn't refuse, then he nodded his head and accepted it all.

Xie said: "You are not familiar with traditional Chinese medicine, let Qingfeng follow you to assist, I really don't feel at ease with outsiders." ”

"Alright, Madame."

Wei Yan still pursues a policy of obedience. Xie Bai glanced at him, bit his lip, and looked at Wei Yan, his eyes were watery, and he looked aggrieved.

Wei Yan sighed silently, hugged her into his arms, patted her gently, but did not speak. Xie whispered: "Actually, the most suitable thing is for me to go with you, if there are no children, Your Majesty will definitely let me go with you, if ......"

Wei Yan interrupted her with a smile: "Silly girl, there is no if, tomorrow I will take the big tiger, the second tiger, Qingfeng, plus a Xia Sheng, what about you, just take care of the children at home, recuperate, and wait for me to come back." The road is not far, and it will take more than half a day to come back on horseback, little fat man, you don't have to worry, I can't turn over the palm of my hand, but I have prepared a lot of 'good dishes' waiting for him to eat. ”

Xie smiled faintly, didn't speak, still a little unhappy, Wei Yan could understand, tried his best to coax her, the two of them talked all night, the next day, with the magnificent luggage, with the big tiger, the second tiger, Qingfeng, Xia Sheng, to mix with the army, to Yongzhou.

Riding on the horse, Wei Yan smiled and waved his hand to Xie who saw him off, hugged his fists, and said loudly: "Lady and take care of the children at home, on the day of her husband's victorious return, don't forget to set up a table for her husband to celebrate the family banquet, and go for her husband!" ”

After speaking, he turned the horse's head and walked away, leaving Xie with a sorrowful parting that had been brewing all night, and he was stunned that there was nowhere to send it out, so he could only watch Wei Yan's figure go farther and farther away, and he could vaguely hear him humming a small tune-

"I want to ...... Lao Tzu's team was just opened, and only the dozen or so soldiers came with seven or eight guns......"

There was also Erhu who asked curiously: "Master, what kind of song are you singing?" ”

Wei Yan's serious voice came out from afar: "This, the lyrics of an interesting story, the content of the story is about a great woman with an official identity, named A Qingsao, who goes undercover and circulates in a group of bandits, and the content can be sung and cried......

The voice went farther and farther away, and gradually became inaudible, Xie was stunned for a long time, listening to the muffled laughter of the people around him, sighed, and couldn't help laughing, and waved his hand: "Go back, the master will be back soon." ”