After Li Xiaogong obeyed Li Yuan's order, he went south to Shangluo (near Shangxian County, Shaanxi Province, Wuguan and other places), encountered Zhu Cang's army, attacked and was defeated, and all the generals asked to kill all the prisoners.

Li Xiaogong said: "You can't do this, otherwise, who will be willing to surrender in the future?" So from Jinchuan out of the land of Bashu, to the book, there were more than 30 counties that surrendered to Li Yuan, and the land of Bashu was owned by Li Tang.

After that, Li Yuan sent Taichangqing Zheng Yuan to lead his troops from Shangluo to capture Nanyang County; Then he sent Sima of the Marshal Mansion and Ma Yuangui of Anlu to capture Anlu, Jingzhou, Xiangzhou and other places, and competed with Zhu Cang and Xiao Mo for control of Nanyang and Hanshui.

So far, Li Tang's sphere of influence has reached Xin'an and Yiyang in the east, Yanmen and Yan'an in the north, Longshan Mountain Range (now Liupan Mountain Range) in the west, and Bashu and Nanyang in the south.

Of course, the current Li Tang forces are still in crisis, and the central trouble is Xue Ju in the Longxi region, and Li Liang in the Hexi region, both of which are strong and strong, and may lead the army to drive directly to Chang'an at any time, which is a great threat to the Li Tang forces.

In the blink of an eye, the time has come to the 29th of December, the day before the Chinese New Year's Eve.

The wind and snow have stopped for the past two days, and it is a rare good weather.

In Marshal Zuo's house, Li Yin is practicing his fists and feet in the spacious courtyard, Fluttershy is standing aside with this towel, Cai Lian sits under the eaves while embroidering, and frequently looks at Li Yin in the courtyard and the two children who are having a snowball fight, the older one is an eleven-year-old Niuniu, and the younger boy is only more than two years old, but he looks like a tiger, running around the courtyard, and Niuniu has a snowball fight, and he is not tired at all. This two-year-old boy is Li Yin and Cailian's son Xiaohu'er.

Fluttershy and Cailian sent someone to bring them to Chang'an when Li Yin pacified Hedong County, and the family was finally reunited after more than half a year of separation.

At this time, a gray-haired old man walked in, said a few words in his mouth, gestured with his fingers, and then handed Li Yin a letter, Li Yin took a towel from Fluttershy's hand to wipe the sweat on his face and hands, and then took the letter from the mute old man, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhou, go back and rest!" ”

The dumb old man is Zhou An's father, Zhou Laohan, over the years Li Yin and Zhou An's southern and northern wars, Zhou Laohan has been staying in Luoyang, obscure for Li Yin to deal with some financial chores, and was only recently received by Li Yin to the house, planning to provide for him and no longer let him suffer.

However, Zhou Laohan is obviously an idle person, and he always takes the initiative to find something to do for himself, and now he is basically a big housekeeper in the marshal's mansion.

Li Yin opened the letter sent by Zhou Laohan, glanced at it a few times, and then casually put the letter aside. The person who wrote the letter was Pei Lian's son, Lawyer Pei, and invited him to go to the Qunfang Pavilion tonight to enjoy the flowers, which was the most prestigious green building in Chang'an City at this time.

Pei Yin has always been at odds with Li Yin, and his son suddenly invited him to go to the Qunfang Pavilion to enjoy the flowers, but he was afraid that he would not have any good intentions, and Li Yin was not in the mood to waste time with him.

At this time, Zhai Jiao entered the courtyard like a swallow, said hello to Li Yin, shouted sister-in-law to Cailian, and then turned around and picked up Xiaohu'er and frolicked with him.

Although after coming to Chang'an, she lost her majesty when she was in Wagangzhai, but Zhai Jiao was not bad, but she was a little bored, so she often came to make Xiaohu'er happy.

Suddenly, Zhai Jiao caught a glimpse of the letter that Li Yin threw down at random, opened it, and said with a little excitement: "Qunfang Pavilion to enjoy the flowers? There are still flowers to appreciate this season, big brother, anyway, there is nothing to do, why not go and take a look? It's a good idea to pass the time! ”

Li Yin coughed, "This...... This Qunfang Pavilion, the girls' families can't go casually. ”

Zhai Jiao was immediately unhappy when she heard this, "Women can't enjoy flowers?" How unreasonable is this rule! I'm going to go to their shopkeeper theory. ”

Zhai Jiao said, turned around and wanted to leave, looking at the expression seemed to be really more serious, Li Yin hurriedly pulled her back, "Alas, I'll tell you directly, Qunfang Pavilion is a green building, and the flower appreciation mentioned in the letter means to see women." ”

Zhai Jiao's face turned red, she took a sip, and scolded: "None of the men are good things!" ”

Li Yin smiled: "Do you still want to reason with someone else's shopkeeper now?" ”

Zhai Jiao hesitated for a while, and then said a little stubbornly: "Go, how can you not go?" I'm not afraid of them! Although she said that she was not afraid, she seemed to be a little weak-hearted, and insisted that Li Yin go with her, and Li Yin felt a headache.

At night, Chang'an City is brightly lit.

Although Chang'an City also implemented a curfew, it was relatively late, so at this time, the streets were full of people coming and going, which shows that the people have fully adapted to the fact that the Li family occupies Chang'an and have resumed their previous lives.

Qunfang Pavilion in Chang'an's many green buildings, has always been known for the girl's superior appearance, not only good at understanding people's clothes, but also versatile, so that countless Wuling young people compete for their heads, and the women in the hall are a song of red silk I don't know.

At this time, in a box in the Qunfang Pavilion, at a glance, there were all warblers and Yanyan with good looks, waiting for the children of several dignitaries and nobles in the box with a smile.

Among the children of these high-ranking officials and nobles, the leader is Pei Lian's son Pei Lawyer, in addition to Li Liyan, the son of Li Gang, the secretary of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xiao Rui, the son of Xiao Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Dou Shi, the son of Dou Cong, the prince of Fufeng County, who had a face-to-face with Li Yin, and the others are also from extraordinary backgrounds, all of whom are upstarts in Chang'an.

Dou Shi let go of the girl in his arms at this time, came to Lawyer Pei's side and sighed: "I really didn't expect that this guy Li Yin was so arrogant that he even refused Brother Pei's invitation." ”

Lawyer Pei's face was expressionless, and Li Liyan then snorted: "People are the famous Marshal Zuo, and he has great power, I'm afraid he looks down on a little person like us, but it's a pity that we have carefully prepared a clever plan for him." ”

Lawyer Pei waved his hand, "If you can't do it, if you think about it again, as long as he Li Yin is still in Chang'an, we will have more opportunities." ”

Xiao Yu's son Xiao Rui looked timid and afraid, and he said cowardly at this time: "Why do we have to offend Duke Jin? Isn't it nice for everyone to get along with Harmony? ”

Li Liyan sneered and laughed: "Since we are all people around the prince, we should reduce all obstacles for the prince, Li Yin is in a high position, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not fight for power with the prince in the future, so for the sake of the prince, for the interests of all of us, we should take precautions and suppress Li Yin and Li Shimin from now on!" ”