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After finishing speaking, Uncle Hua left without looking back.

Jiang Jiao stood in place in a daze, his face was blue and red for a while, Zhang Baoer was right, he was really worried about Li Linfu in the past few days, and it was difficult to sleep and eat. Zhang Bao'er sent Uncle Hua to ask for jade artifacts, which made him feel very strange, and now that Uncle Hua said it so clearly, he knew Zhang Bao'er's original intention.

"Am I really such a philistine?" Jiang Jiao couldn't help but ask herself.

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On the evening of the second day of the first lunar month of the second year of Kaiyuan, large snowflakes fell from the dim sky one after another. Suddenly, the entire Chang'an City was shrouded in white snow.

Despite the heavy snowfall, the brothers and sisters Ashina Xian and Ashina Snow Lotus were still waiting for the guests in front of the door.

When Zhang Baoer arrived in front of Ashina's mansion, the Ashina brothers and sisters had already been covered with a thick room of snowflakes, like two snowmen, which made Zhang Baoer very moved.

Zhang Bao'er was sorry in his heart, he took off his cloak, and saluted the Ashina brothers and sisters: "I'm sorry! Keep you two waiting! ”

"Dingguo Gong is polite, this is what we should do......"

Before Ashina finished speaking, he was stunned, and he found that Zhang Bao'er had an acquaintance behind him in addition to Uncle Hua and Wolf Tian.

"Why are you here?" Ashina glared at this person, and his tone was quite unkind.

"Brother Sulu was invited by me!" Zhang Bao'er asked with a smile: "Brother Ashina, can't I bring a friend to the banquet?" ”

"Absolutely! Inside please. Although Ashina was depressed in his heart, Zhang Bao'er said so, and he didn't want to say anything more, so he had to invite Zhang Bao'er and others into the house.

The charcoal stove was burning in the room, steaming, and the table was already full of all kinds of dishes, and it could be seen that the Ashina brothers and sisters had made careful preparations.

As soon as Zhang Baoer entered the house, she said to Ashina: "I know that Ashina's eldest brother likes jade objects, and I didn't make any special preparations, so I picked up some ready-made ones and brought them, don't dislike them!" ”

As he spoke, Uncle Hua had already handed the jade pieces collected from Jiang Jiao's mansion to Ashinaxian, and even the cloth bag given by Jiang Jiao was the original.

"It's all jade?" Ashina Xian took the bag and said in surprise: "How much is this worth?" ”

Zhang Bao'er smiled faintly and said: "For people who like jade and understand jade, these things may be valuable treasures, but for me, they are just a pile of stones!" ”

"But ......"

"But what? If Ashina's big brother refuses, my face will be dull! Zhang Baoer quipped: "I think these things are far less real than the table of wine and food carefully prepared by Brother Ashina, Brother Ashina won't let me just watch and not eat, right?" I'm already drooling. ”

"Where, where, Dingguo Gong, please take a seat." Zhang Bao'er said that this was the case, and Ashina Xian hurriedly invited Zhang Bao'er to the table.

Zhang Bao'er said with a smile: "Brother Ashina, if you call me Dingguo Gong again, I won't be able to eat this meal!" ”

Ashina Xian knew what Zhang Bao'er meant, he nodded and said, "That's what I said, Bao'er, please take a seat!" ”

Zhang Bao'er was not polite, and after a few people sat down, they began to talk while eating and drinking.

"Bao'er, this time, big brother, thank you, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I'm ......" Thinking of this unwarranted disaster, Ashina was afraid for a while.

"Don't mention it!" Zhang Bao'er asked tentatively: "Brother Ashina, Grandfather Ling and Ling Zun are both the Khans of the Rising and Dead Dynasties of the Imperial Court, and they have ruled and managed the people of various surnames for the Imperial Court in the Western Regions, what a glory it is, why don't you go to the Western Regions and stay in Chang'an alone?" Could it be that the court has forgotten you? ”

Ashina waved his hand and said: "That's not it, Emperor Zhongzong, Emperor Ruizong, and His Majesty today have all mentioned that I should return to the Western Regions, and I refused." ”

"Resigned? Brother Ashina, why is this? ”

Ashina Xian sighed and said: "First, my qualifications and abilities are not enough, and I am afraid that I will affect the great plan of the imperial court. The second is that I am not interested in the affairs of the Western Regions, and it is my greatest wish to live in a comfortable place like Chang'an. ”

Ashina Xuelian interjected on the side: "Big brother, you are lying to yourself when you say this, when you are not in the study looking at the map of the Western Regions in a daze for a long time, are you not interested?" ”

Zhang Bao'er knew it in her heart after hearing this, and just looked at Ashinaxian.

Ashina glared at his sister angrily: "Just you have a lot of mouths!" ”

Seeing that the eldest brother was angry, Ashina Xuelian stuck out her tongue mischievously, and stopped talking.

Zhang Bao'er stared at Ashina and said with a smile: "Presumably, the reason why Ashina's eldest brother resigned is not because of his lack of ability and qualifications, you are the only heir of the Khan of the Rising and Fallen Khan, if you are not capable and qualified enough, I am afraid that no one will be enough." Of course, it's not that you're not interested in the affairs of the Western Regions, the man of the Ashina family, which person's heart is not galloping north and south of the Tianshan Mountains? How can Ashina be an exception? ”

Ashina Xian was told that he was in his heart, and bowed his head and was silent.

"If I'm not mistaken, are you afraid of repeating the mistakes of Grandfather Ling and Ling Zun, and finally returning from the Western Regions without success, and holding a grudge for life?"

Ashina Xian had a pained look on his face.

"Back then, Grandfather Ling and Ling Zun had been operating in the Western Regions for many years, but they all failed, does Big Brother Ashina know the reason?"

Ashina Xian raised his head: "I want to hear it!" ”

"It comes down to three things. First, there are not enough rights, and there are too many fetters in the imperial court. Second, there was insufficient coordination with the officials and the army of the imperial court in the towns of Anxi, and they went their own way, and there was no necessary support for each other. Thirdly, they only paid attention to safeguarding the interests of the Turkic aristocracy, and did not rely on the Turks with different surnames, who were in the majority, and lost their support and could only become fish without water. ”

Ashina sighed after hearing this: "What you said is so right, I have been thinking about it all these years, it is indeed these reasons that have caused the chaos in the Western Regions. ”

Zhang Bao'er said sincerely: "Brother Ashina, you tell me the truth, if the above three problems are solved, will you still refuse to go to the Western Regions?" ”

"Can the above three problems be solved?" Ashina Xian shook his head: "It's not that I haven't thought about this, but I have never come up with a suitable solution." ”

"I have a way!" Zhang Baoer cut the railway.

"Bao'er, you come and hear it!" Ashinaxian's face showed a look of longing.

"The first problem is to give you a lot of power. In addition to appointing you as the new Khan of the Rising and Dead, the imperial court should also appoint you as the envoy of the Ten Surnames of the Celebration of the Festival! ”

Ashina Xian's face showed an incredible look, although his grandfather and father were canonized as the Khan of the Rising and Dead, they did not comfort the position of the Ten Surnames. This appointment means that the imperial court will authorize him to let go of his hands.