After returning to Qinzhou from Xihe, Xu Wei immediately sent people into Western Xia to negotiate border conflicts with the Xia lords. Soon, Xihe Shuaisi reported that after once again refusing the Xia army's envoy's request to "borrow grain", Yao Jingluo personally commanded 7,000 elite soldiers to engage in a fierce battle with Yi Shenglong's troops in the northwest direction of Maoniu City. More than 700 were beheaded, and more than 1,400 people were captured. The Xia army retreated towards Renduoquan City, Yao Pingzhong led the army to chase after him, and the Song army retreated to Maoniu City in a small setback on the way.

Xu Wei knows Xiao Taiwei best, and with Yao Xiyan's character, as long as he seizes the opportunity, he will never give up. Since he won one game first, and then led his army to chase after him, if it was only a small setback, he would not withdraw his troops. It is estimated that he must have chased too hard and suffered a defeat. In the official letter to Xihe Shuaisi, Xu Wei pointed out this matter lightly and seriously, telling Yao Pingzhong to use heavy soldiers and not to be greedy for merit and light on the enemy.

Yao Pingzhong also knew that he could not hide it from Xu Taiwei, in early July, he had been staying in Xining Prefecture without making a move, watching the troops of Yi Shengzhilong loot everywhere, and after mobilizing 13,000 elite infantry troops from the nearby area, he sent his younger brother Yao Bilong as the vanguard, marched to Renduoquan City, and released rumors everywhere, clamoring to recover the area. And he himself led the main force behind.

Yi Shenglong saw that Yao Bilong's lone master was coming, and saw him under the banner of Xihe Shuai, so he did his best to greet him. Yao Bilong fell into a heavy siege, and when it was critical, Xiao Taiwei's reinforcements arrived, defeated the Yi Sheng's dragon department, and killed more than 1,000 people. In the melee, the Qiang soldiers of the Song army recognized the Yi Shengren Dragon, swarmed up, and almost captured this person alive. But he was rescued by the sword-wielding warrior and fled to Renduoquan City. Yao Pingzhong, in view of the lesson of the last time, did not pursue.

In late July, Li Renxiao, the lord of Xia, sent an envoy to Shaanxi, saying that he would definitely restrain the Tibetan people. But immediately, Xihe Shuaisi sent news that the troops of the Yi Shengzhilong had attacked the Ancient Bone Dragon City on the northwest border of Huangzhou. The other side is not to attack the city and plunder the land, but to rob the grain and livestock.

At this time, the western army either gathered tens of thousands of people and took Renduoquan City in one fell swoop, completely defeating this Tibetan army; Either send them some food and let them stop looting like this. In view of the current environment, Xu Wei chose the latter, transferring 1,000 stone of grain and 3,000 heads of cattle and sheep to "lend" to the Tubo people in Renduoquan City. It may be that the Yi Shenglong was also reprimanded by the Xia Lord, so he sent someone into the Xihe River to see Yao Pingzhong, saying that he would not commit any more offenses.

On the second day of August, Qinzhou City.

Yang Yan straddled the war horse and led dozens of horsemen into the city, who didn't know the soldiers guarding the city gate? Saluted, Yang Da waved around on horseback and nodded.

"Dashuai, this city is so lively! We haven't been gone for a long time, how have we changed? A subordinate general looked at him and said.

"You know a fart, Qinzhou is now the capital of Shaanxi, and the Taiwei is here, can it be prosperous? Besides, as soon as the war ended, many people who fled to the west and Sichuan returned to Shaanxi, and Qinzhou was the first choice, understand? Yang Yan smiled.

As he was talking, a team of patrolling officers and soldiers passed by, and the leader recognized Yang Dalai, and quickly stepped forward to salute: "The minister also came back to congratulate him?" ”

"Nonsense! How can such joys be without me? Hey, what about you? Yang Yan asked with a smile.

"When I passed by the door of the house before, I saw my father go out with a courtesy, and I was afraid that I had already arrived at the Taiwei Mansion at this time. The big handsome has to go faster, and it is estimated that the banquet will be opened. The officer smirked.

Yang Yan's neck stalked: "Ben Shuai hasn't arrived yet, can that seat be opened?" ”

"Yes, yes, after the invitation of the prime minister, the lowly position still has to find the city, and the prince Xuanfu is a cup of happy wine, we are not qualified to drink it." The officer laughed a few words and led the team away.

Yang Yan urged the mount, thinking in his heart that Brother Jiu's movement was too slow. I'm about to marry the fourth concubine, he's just started. After a while, when I arrived at Xu Wei's official residence, I saw that the sedan chair in front of the door had stopped, and even the sedan chair bearers who carried the sedan chair were rewarded with wine and food, and they were eating outside. My heart is beating, am I really late? It's broken, not to mention that he must be punished by his fellow brothers for drinking, what if Brother Jiu is unhappy?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly jumped off his horse, turned around and shouted: "Hurry up, bring the gift and follow me!" ”

The people from Xufumen had already seen him, and stepped forward and said, "Oops! Yang Jingluo, Taiwei personally asked twice, saying why haven't you arrived!

"Uh, delays on the road, delays on the road! You salute and I'll go in first. Yang Yan spoke, but his feet did not stop. As soon as I entered the gate, I saw seven or eight tables of banquets in the courtyard in front of the main hall, and all kinds of people gathered together, eating and drinking, so lively! I don't know who shouted "Yang Jingluo is here", and suddenly the courtyard was like a hornet's nest!

"Yang Jingluo, why did you arrive? I've been waiting for you for a long time! ”

"Dashuai is late today, it is inevitable to be punished for drinking, hurry up and congratulate the captain, and wait for you to come back to eat!"

Yang Yan bumped into the banquet like a headless fly, clasping his fists everywhere and saying, "Okay, good!" Come later, come later! As soon as I grabbed it outside the main hall, the figure in front of me flickered, and I looked at it fixedly, my body was long and my face was black, who was Zhang Qing?

"What are you doing! Don't know what day it is? The captain asked you twice, what's wrong? Make a strategy, don't take the captain in your eyes? Zhang Qing looked like he had drunk a lot, and his black face glowed red.

Yang Yan was so shocked that he dragged him and begged for mercy: "Brother, you be quiet!" ”

"Whisper a bird! Don't talk nonsense with you, go to the captain yourself to confess, and wait for you to come back. Zhang Qing's mouth was full of wine.

"Yang Da! This time you are bitter! One shouted. Yang Yan looked for prestige, but it was Wu Jue, who went all the way to salute, but he didn't see where Xu Jiu was, and asked Zhang Qing to know that in the flower hall next to him, all the civil officials of the yamen such as the Transit Division, the Criminal Division, and the Changping Division were sitting, and Xu Wei went there to toast.

was about to look for it, and saw Xu Wei wearing a purple official uniform, a royal gold belt around his waist, and a jade sword, which was actually not surprising. The most striking thing is that the purple gold tiger has flowers on its head, and it is a head inserted around the fold of the head. From a distance, it looks like a basket of flowers! With the steps walking, the head is full of flowers and branches, what a festive!

This is the custom of the Song Dynasty, the groom was "the flower wins the face, embraces its head", Sima Guang was very dissatisfied with this custom, thinking that it is a loss of husband's integrity, it is estimated that when he became a concubine, he was also so evil.

"Brother Jiu, congratulations!" Yang Yan squeezed up and said with a smile on his face.

Xu Wei was also smiling, but when he saw him, he pulled his face and said in a deep voice: "Why did you only arrive now?" ”

Yang Yan's scalp was numb, and he tried his best to explain: "I left yesterday, but I ate two cups last night, and I got up late this morning, so I was late, and the captain forgave me." ”

"Don't say much!" Xu Wei waved his hand, "Punish you for drinking three bowls on an empty stomach!" ”

"Make! Make! Drink six bowls too! Yang Yan responded. Immediately, he returned to the chairman with Xu Wei, and it turned out that he really had a place for him, and the people at the same table were basically high-ranking officials of the Department of Preparation, and there were no outsiders, so they quickly became a ball.

Yang Yan had walked hard all the way, and drank three bowls on an empty stomach, and was about to eat some food, when Wu Jue, Zhang Qing, and Zhang Xian rushed to fill it. He was late and didn't want to refuse, but he didn't eat a bite of the food, but he was six or seven points drunk.

"Wait, wait! I gotta, ask! Yang Yan blocked the wine bowl handed over by Zhang Xian.

"Ask a bird! Drink it and talk about it! Zhang Qing shouted.

"Don't! Other! I gotta ask! Yang Yan insisted. Taiwei, but I don't know, which lady is this sister-in-law? ”

Xu Wei also drank high, picked his head aside, and said with a smile: "I don't know, right?" Chengdu, Chengdu knows? ”

"That's, what's that? Ouch, I can't remember for a while, yes, yes, Li, Li Bing controls the water, isn't it? "Yang Yan's tongue is big.

"Fart! That is, Dujiangyan! Chengdu called, what did you call his mother? Ouch, I forgot too, what flower city? Zhang Qing picked his head and couldn't remember.

Zhang Xian came out of a scholar's family, shook his head and said, "Furong City!" Two hundred years ago, Meng Chang, the lord of Shu after five generations, once planted hibiscus all over the city wall of Chengdu, making Chengdu "forty miles splendid", and the Song people called Chengdu "Furong City".

"That's right, Chengdu people." Xu Wei said with a smile.

"Ouch, it's still a great captain, and marrying a concubine is either a merchant in Chang'an City, or a farmer, and there is also a family who kills pigs and sells meat. Taiwei married a concubine and went to Chengdu to find out! Come on, come on, just rely on this, Tai Lieutenant, got, gotta eat a bowl! Yang Yan stood up slowly, but the bowl was not stable, so he fell down, causing laughter.

This wedding banquet was eaten happily, and although Xu Wei did not invite the officials of various departments and offices in Qinzhou City, most of them took the initiative to arrive. As for people outside the officialdom, they are even more desperate to sharpen their heads and get in. Even if you can't eat, it's good to be able to give a gift.

After the banquet was dismissed, the people who should go back to the house went home, and the people who should live in the house went to the house, Xu Wei was supported by two maids, and he didn't know where to go, so he stumbled and stumbled to the new house.

In the past, in Xu Wei's house, in addition to the menzi, the courtyard, the groom, the coachman, and the sedan chair man, the female servants were only a few rough servants, and now they are all wives and aunts in their forties and fifties. The two maids who supported him were neither more than eighteen years old, and they were a little bit beautiful. Look at the two little ladies, holding the sturdy Zijin Tiger, their little faces are flushed, and they are all trying to eat, for fear of falling off the captain.

When they arrived at the new house, the two little ladies were tired and panting, and their clothes were soaked with sweat. After pushing open the door, I saw that the new house was decorated with joy, and the red, green, and green everywhere were beautiful. On the edge of the bed, there was a person sitting, dressed in a wedding dress, wearing a hijab, his hands and feet were in order, and he should put it where he should put it, but he heard the sound of the door and trembled in horror.

The two maids finally helped Xu Wei to the bed, and they were so tired that they could barely stand on their feet, so they hurriedly saluted the bride, and ran out of the new room as if they were running away.

Xu Wei lay on the new bed with such fanfare, sleeping deeply. Strange to say, the bride sat still at the end of the bed, and did not let go of her hand until she heard the even breathing of the man beside her. The movement cautiously lifted the corner of the hijab and looked at it secretly.

I knew that I was going to marry Xu Xuanfu in Shaanxi, but I have always only heard of his name, and in my imagination, Xu Xuanfu is a military minister, and he should be a little old. However, lying on the bed, this one is much younger than expected, although he has a dark complexion, a strong body, and the appearance of a military minister, but his facial features are still attractive.

The woman was looking carefully, Xu Wei suddenly hummed, and pushed the quilt vigorously with both hands. It is estimated that it was too hot, and the quilt hugged him, and the heat was unbearably hot. The woman was startled, screamed, put down her hijab, and shrank at the end of the bed, shivering.

"Hot, hot, want water......" Xu Wei called vaguely.

The woman did not dare to answer, as if she was terrified of the man. After a long while, Xu Wei estimated that he was too thirsty, and struggled to get up from the bed, without opening his eyes, he staggered towards the table, grabbed the teapot, lifted the lid, and poured a sigh of relief. I simply didn't go back to bed, just sat on the stool and slept on the table.

I don't know how long it took, but it is estimated that even the servant woman who was eavesdropping outside had withdrawn, and the woman was still shrunk at the end of the bed, only occasionally lifting her hijab slightly to take a look.

Xu Wei's head moved, slowly raised, sniffed again, and muttered, "What about people? ”

The woman was only looking for her, and she was too frightened to speak. Xu Wei stood up with the table, shook his head vigorously, felt a little swollen, lifted the teapot and drank again, then squinted on the table for a while, and then turned around.

"You ......" When he saw that there was still someone in the house, Xu Wei himself was startled. looked left and right, patted his head and laughed, Lao Tzu took a concubine today.

When he went to the window and opened the window to breathe, Xu Wei turned around and said, "You just sit like this all the time?" ”

The woman didn't answer, and Xu Wei asked again, "What's your name?" I remember you, surnamed Zhu? "This woman is Xu Wei's sister-in-law, and Xu Wang's family spent a thousand yuan to buy it as a concubine for his brother-in-law. The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, Xu Wei has never had an heir, and she is the most anxious. Zhang Jiuyue is in her thirties, and it is estimated that it is not easy to regenerate, so she spared no expense to buy this woman and send it to Qinzhou.

Seeing that this little wife was silent, Xu Wei said in his heart, the fourth sister-in-law won't buy a dumb one for me, right? This woman was sent directly to my house from Fengzhou, not to mention the beauty and ugliness, it must be functional. Walking to the edge of the bed and sitting down, Xu Wei looked up and down, and first saw the hands, which were pampered women, the hands were as tender as tofu, slender and long, like spring onions.

"No, I said what are you hiding? On such a hot day, aren't you too hot with this thing? Take it. Xu Wei said.

The woman finally spoke: "No, it's not hot. "The sound is like a mosquito, and it is quite pleasant.

Xu Weicai didn't care, and took off the hijab, the woman lowered her head, and couldn't see her real face. Xu Wei was a little impatient, threw his hijab on the bed, frowned, and said, "What? Do you feel aggrieved or unwilling? ”

Zijin Tiger was not originally a Sven person, coupled with more than ten years of battlefield expeditions, he said that he had a loud voice, and his tone was that he would kill people as soon as he opened his mouth, not to mention that he was unhappy? Hey, no matter how much I do here, I won't insult you, right? What do you do like this? Pretending to be reserved? Pretending to be shy? What's in it? I don't believe in the woman that my sister-in-law spent money to buy, or is it not a golden branch and jade leaf?