Soon, the gate of the imperial city opened, and as a eunuch came out and shouted loudly, the civil and military ministers were automatically divided into two sides, with the civil and military ministers on the left and the military generals on the right, walking towards the imperial city together.

After entering the main hall, the ministers of civil and military affairs still stood clearly on the left and right sides of the main hall, Zhao Ziliang's military position was too small, and the military rank was too low, and the inside was already full, so he could only stand outside the hall gate.

After the arrival of the emperor, the civil and military ministers knelt down together to salute and shouted long live, Zhao Ziliang did not salute because he was wearing armor, so he could only bow slightly to the palace.

At the beginning of the court meeting, it was about government affairs, Zhao Ziliang had never participated in the court meeting, and listened carefully, until all the political affairs were dealt with, and the emperor called Gai Jiayun's name.

"Where is the deputy capital of Anxi and the four towns of Anxi to make Gai Jiayun!"

Gai Jiayun hurriedly walked to the middle of the hall and saluted: "The minister is here!" ”

Li Longji said: "Adjust Gai Jiayun to be the envoy of Hexi Jiedu; The original Hexi Jiedu made Xiao Jiong have another appointment; Tian Renwan, the envoy of Anxi Metropolitan Governor, was promoted to the envoy of the four towns of Anxi; Meng Lingcha, the former town guard envoy of Shule Town, was promoted to the commander of Anxi and the general of Jiayunlu".

Gai Jiayun immediately bowed and paid homage: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Where is Zhao Ziliang, the Governor of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion?"

When Zhao Ziliang heard the emperor call his name, he hurriedly strode into the hall and walked to the middle of the hall and saluted: "The last general!" ”

At this time, Gao Lishi shouted: "Bold Zhao Ziliang, why don't you be polite when you see Your Majesty?" ”

After Zhao Ziliang was vaccinated by Gai Jiayun at the gate of the imperial city, he was already prepared in his heart, thinking that Lao Tzu was at most just unloading his armor and returning to the field, what else can you do?

Seeing that Gao Lishi was so difficult, Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "The last general is in armor and can't perform a full salute." This is the preferential treatment and honor given by Emperor Taizong to the soldiers, the soldiers can die on the battlefield, they can be shrouded in horse leather, but they can't be without glory! ”

Li Longji didn't know what to think, and he didn't blame Gao Lishi for interjecting halfway and waved his hand. Colliers stepped aside.

Li Longji looked at Zhao Ziliang and asked: "Zhao Aiqing, recently, Jinguangmen has always been in the city gate at night, after the city gate is closed, someone flies the eaves and walks in and out of the city like no one, the city gate guards have no choice, I have sent him home to farm, you have killed countless enemies in the Western Regions, and your achievements are brilliant, there must be a way to deal with such crumbs!" I want you to be the guard of this Golden Light Gate and promote you to the general of Dingyuan, are you willing? ”

Of course, Zhao Ziliang didn't want to be a bullshit guard of Jinguangmen. Although the military rank has been upgraded by one level, this is a watchdog, in fact, it is a bright rise and a secret fall, but at this time, he has to say that he is unwilling, with Gai Jiayun's reminder, Zhao Ziliang agreed without hesitation: "The last general will obey the order!" It's just ・・・・・・".

"If you have something to say, say it, and I'm not not not afraid to let people speak."

Zhao Ziliang said: "My father passed away last year, and the last general was unable to return home to fulfill his filial piety because he was far away in Anxi. I also ask Your Majesty to return to his hometown for three years to keep filial piety."

This sounds a bit like going against the emperor, but Zhao Ziliang is dead. If an official dies and his father does not go home for three years, he will be considered by others as not wanting to fulfill his filial piety for his official position, which will be despised.

When the ministers of civil and military affairs heard Zhao Ziliang's words, they immediately whispered, and many ministers and generals nodded secretly.

When Gao Lishi heard this, he immediately gave Li Linfu, who was standing at the top of the civil service, a look. Li Linfu has always been good at figuring out the holy will, he has long understood the emperor's thoughts, and he can't let the emperor lose face, and Gao Lishi has a look, he stood up and saluted Li Longji and said: "Your Majesty." Jinguangmen can't be guarded without a powerful general, and General Zhao is superior in martial arts, brave and invincible, and is the future pillar of the imperial court, and it is a loss for the imperial court to let him go home for three years. ”

Li Longji frowned when he heard this, and said after a moment of silence: "Zhao Aiqing, you want to go home to Ling Zun to guard filial piety is the duty of a woman, but Jinguangmen is a very important gate of Chang'an City, it is related to the safety of Chang'an, and you can't do without a general to guard it, I will allow you to return to your hometown for a month and a half vacation to give Ling Zun a few pillars of incense, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed secretly, and had to agree: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhao Ziliang came out of the palace, and his mood was a little depressed for a while, but the position of the city gate guard could not be left out, this was appointed by the emperor himself, and if he wanted to resign, he had to find the emperor! If you can stop doing it, Zhao Ziliang pushed it down in the court just now, you don't have to wait until now, the key is that you can't push it off.

It was only at this time that Zhao Ziliang finally understood the influence of eunuchs and eunuchs on the emperor in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

It wasn't until after leaving the city that Bai Xiaode couldn't help but ask, "General, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhao Ziliang stopped and said, "The emperor asked me to go to the gate of the city!" ”

"What?" Bai Xiaode shouted, "The general is a brave general, and his strength lies in the battlefield, not to be the best city gate guard for any captain!" ”

Back at the villa, Zhao Ziliang gathered everyone together, announced the fact that he was appointed by the emperor as the guard of Jinguangmen, and said: "The matter has become a foregone conclusion, I don't want to delay your future, if you still want to stay, the food and clothing every month will not be less, if you have other ways to find a future, you will not be stopped, each person will be paid ten yuan of severance pay, and the horse you ride can also be ridden, now you can choose!" ”

After a cacophony of whispers and chatters, about forty of them stood up and said they wanted to leave.

These people were scolded for being ungrateful by the rest of the people who were not ready to leave, and these people who were scolded were very embarrassed, but at this time they had already decided, and they did not quarrel with those who were scolding.

Zhao Ziliang immediately asked Zheng San to give severance pay to the forty people who wanted to leave, and after sending these people away, Zhao Ziliang looked at the remaining people and about eighty people, including Chen Qingying and Wang Zhiyun's mother and daughter, there were ten subordinates, and the remaining seventy people were cavalry servants with strong combat effectiveness, among which were generally Shule people who were brought over by Brehan, and the other half were mostly Han Chinese, and a few were people of other nationalities.

"Okay, you are willing to stay, General Ben is very happy, as long as I have a bite to eat, I won't starve you, you go back and clean up, tomorrow I will leave for my hometown to visit relatives, and I want to leave some people here to watch Zhuangzi, Brehan, you take fifty people to stay, and Bai Xiaode takes twenty people to follow me."

In the evening, Chen Qingying found Zhao Ziliang and said, "The master can't be left alone to serve him all the way back to his hometown, so I'll let Zhiyun follow the master all the way to scout!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "Forget it, the emperor only gave me a month and a half of leave, I want to go back to office as soon as possible, so as not to be impeached by some crumbs in the court!" She doesn't know how to ride a horse, and following me will only slow down the journey."

Chen Qingying heard this: "Then the slave family will go with the master, the slave family will ride a horse, and it will not slow down the speed of the master's journey."

"You?" Zhao Ziliang shook his head, "Can you afford to eat your bones?" You'd better stay."

Chen Qingying gritted her teeth and said: "Master, Zhiyun's age is not too young, the slave family can see that she loves the master, if the master does not dislike it, the slave family will entrust her to the master, and the slave family also knows that we are not worthy of the master, the slave family does not ask the master to marry, as long as she can give her the identity of a concubine!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled in his heart when he heard this, turned his head to look over, and asked, "Then what if I want you?" ”

When Chen Qingying heard this, her face immediately flushed with shame, she turned her face away, and said in a low voice: "Master, don't be joking, the slave family is already an old man, and it is the body of a broken flower and a willow, how can you be worthy of the master?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Zhiyun, this girl, I also like it, but she hasn't grown up yet, I'll talk about this matter when she grows up, now I'll tell you about you, do you want to follow me?" ”

Chen Qingying was shocked and said: "The master wants to ・・・・・・ this, this is not good, no, the slave family has only heard of sisters serving a husband, but has never heard of a mother and daughter serving a husband, this is too ridiculous, too absurd!" ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't expect Chen Qingying's reaction to be so big, he smiled dumbly and said: "What's so ridiculous about this, this kind of thing is not uncommon among the people, even in the royal family." The emperor can take a fancy to his daughter-in-law and want to take it for himself, why can't I marry your mother and daughter? ”

When Chen Qingying heard this, her face turned pale with fright: "Master must not talk nonsense, such disrespectful words must not be said again, otherwise it will be heard and spread, and I am afraid that it will cause a big disaster."

"Huh?" Zhao Ziliang was reminded by Chen Qingying, and he also felt a little inappropriate, and hurriedly said: "Of course, I dare to say this only when I am with you, and I dare not say this with others." What, if you don't object to what we just said, it's decided, when Zhiyun grows to the age of eighteen and her body grows full, I will accept her, and as for you, I will marry you when I return from my hometown."

Chen Qingying was anxious: "No, how can the slave family marry the master with the little girl, this is to be gossiped behind people's back!" ”

"If others want to gossip, let them gossip, you live for yourself, and you don't live for them, right? That's it, okay? Zhao Ziliang said, opened his arms and said, "Come, give Master Ben a wide coat, you will be here tonight to scout Master Ben."

"Ah, no, no, the slave family will go first!" Chen Qingying said and turned around and ran outside.

"Don't go! Sir, I've been thinking about your body for a long time! Zhao Ziliang walked over and hugged her slender waist and picked her up.

"Ahh

"Shhhhh

The screaming stopped abruptly, Zhao Ziliang took her back and threw her on the couch, and a suppressed violent wheezing sound suddenly sounded in the room. (To be continued.) )