The grass grows and the warbler flies in March, the grass grows on both sides of the official road, and the unknown wildflowers bring a different feeling to this lonely journey. Chai Shao, who was riding on horseback, was in a very complicated mood at this time, not only because of the identity of the person who returned this time, but also because he had an indescribable feeling for the kid he was about to meet. Since he was a child, this kid has been very loved by his wife, Princess Pingyang. is even more spoiled than his two sons, Chai Lingwudu. But the thin boy who was weak back then is actually making such a record now, and he really has a feeling of being in a different world. In his impression, Li Kuan, the little guy, is still the little kid who drinks medicine with a medicine jar, but ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and this is the second time he has seen this little guy in more than ten years.

Over the years, he has been suppressing the border troubles of Tuyuhun, and since the former Sui Dynasty, this nomadic people has been a cancer on the border since it grew stronger. However, the ruler at that time, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, did not pay attention to this, and he only had Goryeo in the northeast in his mind, which was his goal. He had always wanted to conquer that bitter cold land to prove his merits. Over the years, this nation has become accustomed to plundering the food, cloth, and salt needed from the people who can only farm at the foot of the mountain, and they have become stronger and stronger under the nourishment of the blood of the Chinese nation. This has created a situation where although the Tang Dynasty has the intention to suppress it after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has always been a situation where this nation that comes and goes like the wind has no choice. So Chai Shao, who had the heart to compete with his wife, took the initiative to ask to stay, and he has been dealing with it carefully over the years. It has also achieved a lot of results, but it can only be self-preservation. Never went deep into that piece of land on the plateau.

But now this boy has only one-thirtieth of his own troops. actually hit the plateau, stirred up the wind and rain on it, and retreated with most of the people. What a feat? The news on the plateau will also be passed down, and the spies of the Tang Dynasty have also penetrated deep into the enemy's interior, so what Li Kuan did on the plateau, Chai Shao, as the general manager of the Shannan Road march of the Tang Border Army's suppression of Tuyuhun, also knows it in his heart.

So he was surprised when he learned that the leader of this team was Li Kuan, thinking about what he had done over the years, compared to this little boy, he felt that his old face was flushed. It's just in his opinion. This time Li Kuan's breakthrough into the plateau was not very perfect, because he was obviously targeted by Tuyuhun's large army later, and at this time, he should quickly withdraw and return to Datang is the best choice. However, the young general was obviously unwilling to go down the mountain like this, so he entangled with the enemy on the plateau for more than half a month, and most of their own casualties were caused by the enemy who was closely pursued during this half month. At this point, Chai Shao felt that Li Kuan was a little too serious.

For the conquest of foreign races, if there is not the absolute crushing strength of the battle, then the best way is to accept it when it is good. A little at a time, accumulate a lot, gather armpits into fur, gather sand into a tower. One day, this small tribe of only a few hundred thousand people will be dragged to death. This is Chai Shao's resolution. This view is a bit too conservative, which is the biggest factor restricting Chai Shao's inconspicuous achievements.

Halfway through, the spring rain began to fall. The wisps are like silk threads connecting the sky and the earth. Chai Shao rode his own bony dragon, on top of a scrawny war horse. Braving the rain to keep going. The soldiers around him were also hurrying with his footsteps, and Lanzhou City was already in sight. It is expected to meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty tonight.

Far away in the hinterland of the Central Plains, Qinghe County, in the mansion of the Cui clan in Qinghe, in the lobby, Cui Jing, the patriarch of the Cui clan, was confronting his daughter at this time. Because this time he heard a news from the mouth of his favorite girl that he didn't want to hear the most. That is, his daughter has a sweetheart, but this person is unacceptable to him. That is, his daughter actually loves the royal family.

You must know that these families have always maintained a slightly repulsive attitude towards the royal family, because this family that has sat on the throne of Jiangshan Sheji is actually not pure. They were not pure Han Chinese, but a mixture of Xianbei and Han Chinese, and in a staunch Huang-Han ideology, the present royal family was the imaginary enemy of all their families. But the general trend of the world is that the Li Tang royal family has absolute strength, so they have to bow down and worship. But it is absolutely impossible for them to admit in their hearts that this royal family is above them, even if not long ago, the highest level of their family suffered a big loss at the hands of the royal family, and even had to place the family in the court in the open and shrink their power. Seeing that the royal family is dominant in the court, this does not mean that they have let go of the pride in their hearts.

Just like the "Clan Chronicles" they compiled at the beginning, the Li family of the royal family is just a third-class family. It is far from their eyes, and even the clan of the royal family, the Li family of Longxi, has such a view. So when Cui Jing heard the name that came out of his seventh daughter's mouth, his first reaction was to reprimand angrily:

"You ignorant girl, why are you so worry-free!" Cui Jing watched the young man with a green hat Wang Dashao go out of the door, put the teacup in his hand heavily on the coffee table, and the goatee on his chin was curled, he was really angry with this girl, she didn't like the son of the right family, how could she fall in love with the royal child who had only heard of fame? This is simply smearing the pot on Cui's face!

"Tell me, how the hell do you know that kid? Our Cui family has never received the slightest news of that kid in our house! Cui Jing stroked his beard and looked at the girl standing stubbornly opposite him. His face was full of reproach, and he couldn't wait to screw the little face of his favorite daughter into a few big bags at this time, this girl who didn't make people worry. That family is what they look up to, all of them are barbarians, starting with Li Yuan, who founded the Tang Dynasty, to his sons: Li Jiancheng, Li Er, Li Yuanji, Li Yuanchang...... These people are not good goods, Li Yuan rebelled because he slept with Yang Guang's woman and was afraid of being liquidated by Emperor Yang. And his sons are all guys who are not sons of man, several eldest sons, and compatriots of one mother, who will do whatever it takes for the throne, and even kill their brothers and brothers. Will such a family have family affection? Will such a family be educated?

Cui Jing explained to himself in his heart that it was not because he looked down on the blood of the royal family, but because he was afraid that his daughter would be bullied because of her simple character and pure character after marrying into the royal family, so he would not agree that his daughter liked the royal child, so he would be so angry.

"Daddy, of course my daughter knows that person, and now many people in Datang are telling the story of that person, just like the storyteller in the city's 'Drunken Immortal Residence', who uses the deeds of this prince as a storybook, and preaches it every day, many people like to listen to it! Young poet, that sentence 'Drunk and lying on the battlefield, don't laugh, a few people have come back to fight in ancient times!' It's so manly! "This girl who looks innocent is actually not so unearthly, but she is very active, and she is really unseemly.

"Humph! What kind of young poet, it's just two crooked poems copied, otherwise how could there be poems and essays at the beginning, and after so many years, there will be no outstanding articles except for fighting and killing on the battlefield! Begging for food on the battlefield is what only the lowest people do, and they may die at any time, and such people are just a puppet, what's so good! Cui Jing criticized the person in Cui Yufei's mouth as useless, and even said such a comment as Pifu, if this sentence spreads, then all those families will be condemned by the person he described so completely. The favorite of these writers is 'tireless destruction', those who do not deal with them, say that they are pedantic, is the object of their pen, and the wonderful pen can not only produce flowers, but also discredit. Therefore, the family that grasps the vast majority of today's scholars will have such a lofty status. Because they stand on the moral high ground, only they attack others with a bald pen in their hands, where is there room for others to teach them!

"What, it's obviously a good poem, grapes and wine tulips, and a jade bowl full of amber light, but so that the host can get drunk, and I don't know where to return home! Where can such a poem be written by a puppet, Daddy, don't talk nonsense! Cui Yufei argued with her father, her face was cold, but at this time she was rarely excited, her willow eyebrows frowned slightly, her apricot eyes were wide open, and she looked very angry.

Seeing her daughter's appearance, Cui Jing's bad mood flashed for a while, and even had an ominous premonition, is this girl serious? That's not possible!

A fierce debate was staged between the father and daughter of Qinghe Cui, the father had already made a straight face at this time, a face was as black as the bottom of a pot, for this daughter who was spoiled from childhood to adulthood, he was really angry this time, the most favored daughter of the head of the Qinghe Cui family, who was the head of the five surnames and seven hopes, would actually fall in love with a royal child who was looked down upon by all the Han families. If this is known by other families, then where does Cui's face exist? There is also a precedent for such a thing in this circle, but that time the royal family was slapped in the face, when the imperial power was initially decided, Li Erda draft girls, all the recruited women were sent to the palace, but there was an exception.

That is the fourth lady of the Zheng clan - Zheng Liwan, the pearl of Zheng Duo, the patriarch of the Zheng clan today. At that time, in order to cope with this holy decree, the Zheng family married the fourth young lady overnight to a small family near Zuo - the Lu family. has a marriage contract, so if the royal family forcibly summons Zheng Liwan into the palace again, it will be a robbery of the people's daughter. It's just that the Lu family did not resist the pressure and denied the marriage under the strong force of the royal family.

Even so, the face of the royal family has been slashed hard, this is a joke between the major families, and the fourth lady of the Zheng family will of course never have the chance to marry from now on, only the end of loneliness. (To be continued......)