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In the first year of Wude, that is, on June 18, 618 AD, Li Yuan divided the kings. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was also on this day that Li Yuan officially established Shizi Jiancheng as the crown prince, Li Shimin, the Duke of Zhao, was named the King of Qin, Li Xuanba, the Duke of Wei, was the King of Zhao, and Li Yuanji, the Duke of Qi, was the King of Qi. The late prince Li Zhiyun posthumously crowned the king of Chu. The rest of the clans were all offered, with a total of eleven people.

In early autumn, the wind is bleak.

Guanzhong harvest...... In the past year, the 800-mile Qinchuan Beacon smoke has been endless. However, after entering the Wude New Year, the wind and rain were smooth, and the war stopped.

All the princes are digesting and planning.

However, for the common people, this year is tantamount to peace.

Since Li Yuan entered Guanzhong, Guanzhong can be said to be extinct bandits, and it is peaceful. Except for the Turks who invaded the territory and attacked Chang'an City in the winter of last year, there was almost no large-scale beacon smoke for the rest. In the second year of Yining, that is, in the first year of Wude, Yang Yu, the emperor of Sui Gong, once recruited soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, saying that each household must produce a ding to conquer the north. After Li Yuan ascended the throne, he did not immediately cancel this edict.

Chang'an, Daningfang Pingyang Princess's Mansion.

Mao Xiaoba came out of his sister's house and went all the way to the gate of the princess's mansion.

After dismounting, he strode towards the house. The doormen in the gate of the mansion saluted him respectfully one by one, and respectfully called Hachichi 'Hachiro'.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was called 'Lang', which was a symbol of status and status.

Ordinary people, and do not get such respect. Everyone in the princess's mansion knows that Mao Xiaoba ...... No, now Mao Xiaoba is favored by Princess Pingyang, and he is even given the name of Mao Million, and with 'tongue master' as the expression, the official worship of the prince is not the same as at the beginning.

Mao Xiaoba was recommended as an official by Princess Pingyang because of his meritorious service in pacifying Chang'an.

This name and word all have a history: During the Warring States Period, there were diners in the Plains. The Qin State attacked Zhao, and the Pingyuan Jun wanted the Chu State to ask for help. Mao Sui and Pingyuan Jun sent an envoy to the Chu State, but they never obtained an agreement for the Chu State to send troops. Mao then drew his sword to coerce the king of Chu, and after knowing the benefits, the state of Chu decided to send troops.

Therefore, Pingyuan Juncheng Mao said: Mr. Mao is hungry for three inches of tongue and worth a million teachers. So later generations called Mao Sui the tongue master......

Xiaoba, relying on his sister's relationship, said to surrender to He Panren, a Hu merchant in the Western Regions, and then successively surrendered the three major thieves of Guanlong, becoming a main force of Li Yunxiu's expedition against Guanzhong. When Li Yuan entered the customs, Li Yunxiu led the women's army to fight repeatedly. Attacking the Sui army in the east, Xue Ju Li Liang and other soldiers and horses in the west enabled Li Yuan to successfully occupy Guanzhong and capture Chang'an. However, Li Yunxiu is a woman after all, and it is difficult to be a leader. So Li Yunxiu recommended a few people to Li Yuan, including Mao Xiaoba. In Li Yunxiu's view, Mao Xiaoba said that he would descend to He Panren and subdue the three thieves, which was no worse than Mao Sui during the Warring States period. So at a banquet, he jokingly called Xiaoba: million.

Who is Mao Xiaoba?

A delicate heart, observing words and colors, seeing the wind and making the rudder, and slapping the horse is a first-class ability.

As soon as Li Yunxiu spoke, he prostrated in the banquet and said respectfully: "Xiaoba knocks on the princess for giving her name." ”

This is not a sign of allegiance and submission. I am now an official, and I am the prince on the fourth grade. But I have always been your princess Pingyang's retainer, I was, I am, and I will be in the future.

Li Yunxiu is also a bold surname, and said on the spot: "Xiaoba, you got your name, and now you have twenty-five or six, there should be one word." This palace will give you the word 'tongue master' again, are you willing? ”

Mao Xiaoba happily crept again during the banquet, grateful.

As a result, the reputation of this Mao million has become extremely loud in Chang'an, and even Li Jiancheng will call 'Mr. Mao' affectionately when he sees Mao Xiaoba.

Mao Xiaoba enters and exits the princess's mansion without a pass.

So the doorman didn't come forward to stop him. However, Xiaoba knows how to be a man, and he also knows how to be a man, and he stuffs a piece of gold cake or two to the doorman.

"Is the princess free?"

"Oh, in the back garden, talking to the colt."

Mao Xiaoba nodded and walked towards the back garden.

When you don't think about it, when you cross the moon gate, you collide with an oncoming person.

The visitor walked with his head down in anger, and he didn't see Hachi. Xiaoba couldn't dodge, and the two of them stumbled at the same time.

"Pony!"

Xiaoba could see clearly that the person who collided with him was Chai Shao.

After Chai Shao stood firm, he looked up and saw Xiao Ba, frowned, and without waiting for Xiao Ba to speak, he suddenly scolded: "Blind dog, next time you dare to stand in the way, you will be killed." ”

While speaking, the whip in his hand was whipped on the head, Xiaoba didn't dare to dodge, and took the whip Shengsheng, with a smile on his face, and apologized again and again.

The so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, Chai Shao is angry, and he can't vent it.

I had to stomp my foot and stride away.

Mao Xiaoba looked at Chai Shao's back, then he grinned, reached out and pressed the blood ridge on his forehead, cursed in his heart, and turned his head into the garden.

"Millions, you are ......"

Li Yunxiu was also startled when he saw the scars on Xiao Ba's head at first glance.

However, she immediately understood the origin of the scar, stepped forward apologetically, took Hachi's hand and walked into the pavilion, and ordered the maidservant to fetch the wound medicine.

Delicate and delicate, gently brushing the blood edges on Xiaoba's forehead, Xiaohachi couldn't help but tremble in pain.

"Does it hurt?"

"Back to the princess, it's okay!"

Xiao Baqiang smiled: "It's a million people who don't have long eyes, and they collided with the donkey, which made the pony angry, and they deserved to be whipped." ”

Li Yunxiu exhaled like an orchid and sighed lightly.

As autumn has been, the autumn tiger is still raging, so Li Yunxiu's clothes are also very thin.

She leaned over to wipe the scars on her forehead, but showed the peaks and ravines on her chest to Hachi's eyes. Hachi couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly, and his breathing became a little short.

"Hachi, I'm sorry."

"Why did the princess say that?"

"If this palace hadn't listened to you, I wouldn't have known that Li Yanqing was such a villain. There is a gap between you and him, and Hongu originally wanted to vent a bad breath for you, but he didn't want to...... In the future, if you encounter him, try to avoid him. If you can't dodge, be patient if you can. ”

Mao Xiaoba was shocked, and immediately put away the distracting thoughts in his heart.

After he returned to Li Yunxiu, he also began to pay attention to the current situation in Luoyang.

There is no way, there is a terrible beast crawling there, and Xiao Ba will feel inexplicably empty when he thinks of Li Yanqing.

There are ghosts in my heart, and I am naturally afraid. As Yanqing's fame and strength grew, Mao Xiaoba's fear of him became more and more serious......

During a gossip, Li Yunxiu accidentally talked about Li Yanqing, saying that Yanqing is a hero in the world.

Xiaoba was very afraid that one day he would meet Li Yanqing, and it happened that Li Yanqing was still obedient now, so he had a trace of evil thoughts.

He told Li Yunxiu that Yanqing was greedy and lustful, and when he was still in the Zheng family, he designed to frame his family, which made Mao Xiaoba leave his hometown and remain incognito. Li Yunxiu was such a jealous and hateful surname, and when he heard these words, he was immediately furious.

However, she already knew Yanqing's identity, and she couldn't do too much.

So he took advantage of Chai Qing's incident to send a few words to Li Yuan. Its purpose is not to take Li Yanqing's surname...... In fact, Li Yunxiu also knew that Yan Qing had already achieved her wings, and it was definitely not her ability to succeed in just a few words. She just wanted to take this opportunity to combat Li Yanqing's arrogance. If Yanqing comes to Chang'an in the future, he will be honest and honest, don't be too presumptuous.

Who knows, as soon as Li Yuan acted, Li Yanqing made a counterattack.

The brazen crossing of the river to capture Hanoi not only caused Qu Tutong's flank to be repeatedly threatened, but also increased the arrogance of Yao Junsu, the Sui general in the east of the river, and Qu Tutong became anxious. What's even more terrifying is that his dispatch of troops made Jiangxian and Changping start to waver again, which made Li Yuan's hard work for several months almost go down the drain. The toughness of his methods made everyone in Chang'an feel terrified, and Li Yuan had to bow his head.

Li Yuan not only named Li Xiaoji as the king of Yong, but also denounced Li Yunxiu in private.

Fortunately, Li Yuan thought that this incident was caused by the Chai family's ghost inside, and he was angry with Chai Qing. So much so that after Chai Shao went home, he was scolded by his father Chai Shen again.

Li Yunxiu also saw that Li Yuan's trust in Li Yanqing may not be worse than that of their parents and children.

In my heart, I felt very sorry for Mao Xiaoba, so I apologized.

Although she didn't say Li Yanqing's identity, Xiaoba heard some clues from it. Could it be that Li Yanqing has already descended to the Tang Dynasty?

Without showing any dissatisfaction on his face, Xiao Ba said gently: "Don't worry, princess, a million cheap lives, what grievances can't you bear?" As long as the princess is happy every time, Hachi will be happy even if she is dead. ”

An ordinary sentence really touched the string in Li Yunxiu's heart.

Her marriage to Chai Shao is, to put it bluntly, just a political transaction. In order for Li Yuan to gain a firm foothold in Taiyuan, of course, he needs to make friends with the local tycoons. Li and Chai are world friends, and although the Chai family is not as good as the Taiyuan Wang family, which is a centuries-old gatekeeper, it can be regarded as a local hero. Moreover, Chai Shao is already forty years old, and there is only a twelfth difference between him and Li Yuan, and he is seventeen or eighteen years older than Li Yunxiu. This disparity in age also makes Li Yunxiu and Chai Shao actually have no emotion.

It's Xiaoba's perennial follow-up to Yunxiu, which is more intimate.

Li Yunxiu pondered for a moment and said softly, "Little eight." ”

"Humble duty."

"Sit down!"

Li Yunxiu asked Xiaoba to sit beside him, and said softly: "This palace is a woman's family, and I can't give you much help for a while." If in the future...... This palace has an idea, I don't know if you want to or not. ”

"Millions are at the mercy of the princess."

The nose is surrounded by the body fragrance of Yunxiu like an orchid and musk, and the two are very close to each other, although they are separated by clothes, they can feel the delicacy of the plump **.

Little Baqiang endured the thoughts in his heart, looking at his nose, nose and mouth, and mouth and heart.

"Now that Xue Ju has stolen Jincheng, sooner or later he will fight with my Datang.

Erlang is now in Fufeng to unify the army and is in need of help. If you are willing, this palace will show your face, ask for a will for you in front of your father, and send you to Fufeng to serve under Erlang. In the future, it will be ...... With Erlang here, it can also protect you. ”

It stands to reason that it is best to introduce Xiaoba to Li Jiancheng, after all, Li Jiancheng is the crown prince.

But Li Yunxiu knew that Li Jiancheng, as the son of the world, had countless staff under his command, and most of them were mainly children of the world. Xiaoba came from a humble background, and he may not be able to gain a firm foothold beside Li Jiancheng. If Li Yanqing makes trouble in the future, Li Jiancheng may not come forward to help Xiaoba.

And Li Shimin is different, most of his subordinates are reckless and cold.

Although there are children of official eunuchs, most of them are after committing official turbidity officials, and they cannot be compared with the people around Li Jiancheng.

Xiaoba is under Li Shimin, and there will be many opportunities. And Xiaoba's swordsmanship is skillful, and his skills are good, which is exactly the type that Li Shimin likes. In fact, Li Shimin also has a good impression of Xiaoba, and has discussed with Li Yunxiu several times and wants Xiaoba to come over to help.

Li Shiming cooks military affairs, and there will be many opportunities for promotion.

As long as Hachi can seize an opportunity, he will be able to soar. When the time comes, even if Li Yanqing wants to make trouble, he may not succeed.

Besides, if Xiaoba continues to stay in Chang'an, Chai Shao will probably be dissatisfied, and he will have a lot of difficulties with Xiaoba......

When Mao Xiaoba heard this, he suddenly showed reluctance.

"But once a million leaves, won't you be able to follow the princess?"

Li Yunxiu was sweet in her heart, and smiled gently, "You fool, you are a good student to serve under Erlang, and sooner or later there will be a time to return." ”

The tenderness revealed in the light of his eyes was enough to make the Lu man's heart pound!

******

Gong County, Li Mansion.

Li Shentong looked at the young man sitting on the porch of the bamboo building in front of him with complicated eyes, skillfully cleaning utensils, waiting for water, and pouring cups.

In front of him was a complete set of kung fu tea sets. Li Yanqing was methodically making tea, passing flowers and butterflies, which dazzled Li Shentong.

According to Li Daoxuan, this is a set of tea drinking skills created by Li Yanqing himself.

To this end, he specially designed various drawings and made them by famous craftsmen, called Kung Fu Tea.

Li Daoxuan said: "It takes effort to taste this tea. ”

This kung fu is not a martial art, but a skill, a mentality.

Li Shentong really couldn't understand what kind of person Li Yanqing was. said that he was rebellious, but polite; said that he was extravagant, but the furnishings in this bamboo building were very simple; said that he was greedy for money, but over the years, he spent a lot of money to help the victims; It is said that he is greedy for fame, but he has not been seen to have any grandstanding. These sons stayed in Gong County, and Li Shentong heard a lot of stories about Li Yanqing. Some heard it from the Li family, some got it from the mouth of the samurai Tong, and some got it from Mrs. Gao and Pei Renji.

But more is the story that Li Shentong walked in the market and heard from the people.

There are true, there are false......

But there is only one meaning in the words: without Li Yanqing, there would be no Xingyang today.

More than ten years ago, Li Shentong lived in Gong County for a while.

At that time, Gongxian was just a small and dilapidated city......

Now, this Gong County has taken on a new look, not only the area has increased several times, the population has increased several times, and the street appearance is even more impressive.

The long gravel street, which can accommodate three large cars in parallel, will not cause much damage even if it is hit with a boulder.

During the war, this street could make Gongxian baggage transportation extremely smooth. The crowded markets and merchants that come and go make Li Shentong feel like he was walking in Chang'an City more than ten years ago.

Powerful, resourceful, talented, prestigious, famous, meritorious...... And Li Yanqing, who is only twenty-one years old, has just become a Ding!

Suddenly, Li Shentong smiled.

"What is my uncle laughing at?"

Yan Qing pushed a teacup in front of Li Shentong.

He secretly returned to Gongxian today, and except for summoning the generals and confidants of various ministries, no one outside knew of his arrival.

Du Ruhui rushed to Hanoi two days ago to serve as the Hanoi Taishou.

At the same time, Xue Shui also secretly returned from Hanoi and arrived at Heishi Pass.

After arranging everything, Li Yanqing was in the bamboo building in Fuzhong to meet Li Shentong and his son, who had been waiting for him for half a month.

Outside the bamboo building, Li Daoxuan was talking with Li Daoyan, the son of Li Shentong. Zheng Hongyi trembled to the side, with a little shame on his face.

Li Shentong said: "I'm envious, Brother Jiu is really blessed." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the teacup and was about to drink it, but was stopped by Yan Qing.

"Uncle, Kung Fu tea, you need to settle down to taste it.

This tea, first smell its fragrance, and then taste its rhyme, the fragrance lingers in the mouth, and then you know that the bitterness is sweet. ”

Li Shentong was stunned, and immediately tasted the tea according to the method Li Yanqing said, and after a long time, he couldn't help but say: "Good tea!" ”

"What my uncle did, Yanqing understood in his heart.

The four families in Xingyang, and the three counties and forty-one towns under my rule, will definitely fully support my uncle. Dou Jiande has now gained a firm foothold in Hebei and is peeking at Shandong. However, I will order Xu Shiji to be in Jijun and try to hold Dou Jiande back, so that he will not have time to take care of Shandong before the spring of the next year. As for how much can my uncle get in Shandong? Just look at my uncle's skills...... As for Li Mi, my uncle didn't need to worry too much. ”

Three counties and forty-one towns!

Li Shentong couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself.

This is the territory that Li Yanqing relied on his own ability to fight hard, and without the help of half of the Li family's strength, he has become a prince.

It's a good thing that I didn't really fall out with Li Yanqing this time!

Fortunately, the imperial brother handled it properly and named Li Xiaoji as the king of Yong at the first time.

Among the eleven kings, in addition to Li Xiaoji, only the four sons of Mrs. Li Yuandou have died.

If this were not the case, I am afraid that Li Yanqing might not be willing to come forward to contact him......

Good means, good pride!

Among Li Yuan's sons, perhaps only Li Shimin can be compared with Li Yanqing. However, from the current point of view, Li Shimin is a little inferior to Yanqing.

Ordered Du Ruhui to be the too shou of Hanoi?

It seems that it is also a trick that Yan Qing has laid for the future.

As for what this trick is? Li Shentong can't see the clue yet. Perhaps only the wisdom of the imperial brother can know the mystery.

"In this way, I will leave later, that is, to Fanyang."

Li Shentong said, put the teacup in his hand on the lotus leaf-shaped tea tray, and said after a moment of silence: "Yangzhen, I have something I want to ask you, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Yan Qing was stunned, "Uncle has something to say, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse." ”

Li Shentong smiled and nodded slightly.

He turned his head and glanced at Li Daoyan, who was talking to Li Daoxuan and a few people outside the bamboo building.

"Michihiko is my eldest son, and I have always valued him."

Li Shentong has a total of eleven sons, and Li Daoyan is the longest, at the age of 26.

When Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, Li Shentong was also in Chang'an. However, he got the news early, so without waiting for Chang'an to react, he fled to Nanshan, which is the Qinling Mountains in later generations. The life of the fugitive was very hard, and Li Shentong also had a serious illness. It was Li Daoyan who accompanied him, and even became a beggar in the bazaar, begging for food for Li Shentong to eat. Every time he thought about this, Li Shentong was very emotional.

"If there is no Daohiko, I will almost die."

Without Lee Daoyan, I would have died in the mountains.

This was the first thing Li Shentong said after seeing Li Yuan......

He sighed, "Dao Yan is calm, but the book is very angry and pedantic. I hope that Yangzhen can stay by his side, so that I have no worries. ”

After that, he looked at Li Yanqing with a pleading gaze.

Yan Qing was stunned, then turned his head and looked at Li Daoyan......

(To be continued)