As Cui Chengxun said, the winter in Shuofang Lingzhou is extremely dry and cold, and when the cold wind hits, it feels like it will even be mixed with grains of sand, which will hurt people's faces. Although she has passed the age of paying extreme attention to the meter, Du Shiyi does not want her face to be blown by the cold wind, so she began to use the ointment given by Cui Chengxun on the way to this trip.

After opening the box for the first time, Du Shiyi found that there was not only the ointment contained in the small porcelain box, but also a detailed recipe, even if the handwriting looked as if it was Cui Chengxun's own handwriting, how could he believe that Cui Chengxun, who was the heir of Zhao Guogong, would be so careful? The most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty, perhaps, it was Cui Wuniang's meticulous heart that was prepared for herself.

It's been almost twenty years in the blink of an eye. came back this time, but in a hurry, I hadn't seen Cui Wuniang yet.

And he kept Li Yi for the New Year before leaving, Li Yi was also much more polite to him, in addition to telling him the advantages and disadvantages of Shuofang's civil and military people, he also sent his eldest grandson Li Yan to give him a lot of old things that he was used to in Shuofang. A set of sandals, a masked towel used when I went to the desert to inspect, and even an old knife that has been used for many years. Du Shiyi didn't pay attention to Li Yi's intention in sending these old things, and accepted them all as ordered, and gave them the four treasures of the study.

When the luncheon came on Chinese New Year's Eve, two new and old Shuofang Jiedu envoys, who were forty years apart, welcomed the New Year with Wen Wu in the festival hall. When he was drunk, some of the generals coaxed Li Yi to dance the sword, and Li Yi, who was a little drunk, readily agreed.

In order to brighten up the festival hall, today's luncheon was specially lit with lights. This veteran in his early seventies fought with his sword, and when the sword was unsheathed, he saw that he was originally drunk and innocent, and he suddenly had a great momentum, and for a while he had to be erect, and his wrist flicked, and the sword was actually facing the lamp, reflecting the cold light of Sen Ran, which suddenly made the festival hall that burned the earth dragon a little more chilly. Gradually, the whole noisy festival hall fell silent, except for the sound of swords breaking through the air, the sound of clothes flying, and the footsteps falling together.

At this moment, Du Shiyi suddenly tasted what it means to be an old man, and he has a thousand miles of ambition!

I don't know who saw the rise of Lu Dao, and suddenly invited: "Why don't Du Dashuai go down and dance with the king?" ”

Some people started up, and others immediately chimed in. In these voices, Du Shiyi saw the white-haired Li Yi turn his head to look at him, and his eyes were bright on his wrinkled face. He immediately got up with a smile, Zhang Xing carried the sword given by Jiang Du before, and handed it over with both hands, he pressed the spring to pull out the sword, and suddenly flicked his fingers on the sword, showing a little surprise on his face.

"It has been nearly twenty years since Yu Songshan learned swords with Mr. Gongye by coincidence, and it is a pity that I only have one or two furs, and today I have the courage to ask the king for advice!"

These four words of Mr. Gongye are unfamiliar to ordinary military generals, but Li Yi, the king of Xin'an, couldn't help but be moved and said: "Mr. Gongye that Du Dashuai said, is it the senior brother of General Pei Min?" ”

"Exactly, I didn't expect Mr. Gongye to live in seclusion for many years, but there are still people who remember him."

Thinking of Gongye in order to avenge the revenge of the deceased, once sneaked into the side of Xi Wang Li Dayu, and took advantage of the chaos to take his head when he was defeated, and finally had to take revenge, and then he fled and never saw his trace again, just like the chivalrous behavior of ancient times, and now for many years, Du Shiyi remembered the two years of learning swords, and couldn't help but play up his full spirit for a while, and waved the sword across the front of him after a starting hand, and then he rose up for a while.

Li Yi only looked at it for a moment, and immediately happily joined in the dance, only to see that in the middle of the huge festival hall, the two figures sometimes intersected and sometimes staggered, although they were not as chic and beautiful as the common sword dance, but they were a little more majestic. Especially when someone keenly noticed that Li Yi seemed to have gone from simply dancing together at the beginning, to handing out a few temptations from time to time, he couldn't even hear the whispers around, and everyone was holding their breath to see if the old and young in the field would take this opportunity to really compete. Among them, although Ye Jianxing, who was in the last few seats of the civil officials on the left, stared at Du Shiyi intently, he had another thought in his heart.

"I have always heard that although Du Junli is outstanding in writing and praised by the world, the military strategy is not mediocre, and he only relies on the famous generals under his command. But now I listen to King An's words, he was the senior brother of General Pei who apprenticed to learn swords, which is simply too unexpected! Looking at the color of the generals, it seems to be full of praise, will it be self-defeating that the head of the DPRK and the central government recommended him to come to Shuofang to take office this time? ”

Du Shiyi couldn't see that Li Yi was tempted, fortunately, this is not a martial arts competition but a sword dance, some sword postures he is handy, just Li Yi's sword path can be sealed, when Li Yi finally put away the sword and stand, he also took advantage of the situation to hold a sword flower and stopped, and then smiled and arched his hand: "No wonder the king is famous, whether it is Tubo, Turkic, or even Xi and Khitan are all subdued, just looking at this majestic sword momentum, few people can fight!" ”

Li Yi smiled, but said abruptly: "No matter how good the swordsmanship is, it will no longer be used in the future." However, the old man can occupy a place on the list of famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, and he is already content. Today's sword dance is already fun, come to people, change the big husk, I will wait for the victory! ”

As soon as these words came out, the voices of drinking victory came one after another. Du Shiyi saw that the servants really sent Dahu one by one, and he didn't know that this was a custom in the Shuofang army. After taking it in his hand, seeing that Li Yi poured his head down, he was naturally not to be outdone, and he didn't know how much wine was poured into his stomach at this time, when he finally lost his hand and returned to the table to sit, he only felt that he had sweated profusely, and then looked left and right, Wang Changling and Gao Shi had already taken the initiative to find Shuofang Wenwu over there to fight for wine, obviously, the two guys who were also not inferior to the amount of wine in the fairy were unwilling to be lonely.

Zhang Xing had already prepared a decanting stone, and when he saw that people were not paying attention to Du Shiyi, he held it in his mouth, and then said softly: "According to the instructions of the marshal, I have already transferred the documents in the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion yesterday and roughly flipped through them. Most of the officials in the prefecture are from the south and the north of the world, and the officials are either natives of Shuofang Lingzhou, or they are from a poor family in the Guannei Road, hoping to become officials through military merits. In the past 20 years or so, a total of more than 20 officials have been removed from the official status and obtained official status, which is a very high proportion. As for the most important person in King Xin'an, he has already recommended it to the marshal, and I have also listed the civil and military forces that may be dissatisfied with him. ”

"Okay, good work."

As early as when he heard that Wu Wenyan was able to have a relationship with Li Yi and made Li Yi lose the position of Shuofang Hedong Jiedu envoy, Du Shiyi couldn't help but feel deeply vigilant while being surprised.

It stands to reason that his grandfather, King Wu Li Ke, has suffered such a big loss because of trumped-up charges, Li Yi should be how far away he is hiding from the battle for succession, and it is absolutely impossible to take the initiative to step in, this King of Xin'an is a lot old! And if it weren't for Li Yi himself, then it would not be the most trusted person around him who coveted the benefits of Concubine Wu Hui and hoped to go further, or the person who was dissatisfied with him took the opportunity to fall into the well, in short, Shuo Fang had an internal ghost! Although Li Yi hinted at something, he still needed to verify it himself.

Li Yi was old after all, and he drank a lot, not as good as those who were in the prime of their lives, and finally fell drunk, and Li Yan and the other two cousins hurriedly helped him back to the room. As soon as he left, Du Shiyi, the new Shuofang Festival Marshal, naturally became the center of attention.

The generals of Shuofang are extremely unfamiliar with Du Shiyi, and the name of the three heads and the first, who once held the command of the Zhi Zhi Dynasty, is too far away for them, the generals of the Prancing Horse Battlefield. However, Yunzhou, which started from a ruined city and rose to become a northland Xiongcheng in a few years, is a miracle that everyone from the merchant travelers to the Turkic Xi Khitan is amazed, and Du Shiyi's various means of spending three years on the right side of Longyou have already been spread in the army after the previous appointment was issued.

This young knotor is not so easy to fool!

Du Shiyi saw that the generals were interested in their own exploration, however, Li Yi had not yet left Shuofang, he had not yet ascended to the festival hall to see Wenwu, and at this moment he had no intention of letting people peek into his own reality, so he was already five or six minutes drunk, he slowly got up, looked around at Wenwu and said with a smile: "It's almost dusk in a flash, first, there is still a night ban on Chinese New Year's Eve, second, you also want to go home to reunite with relatives and friends, third, I went from Longyou to Luoyang, and from Luoyang to Shuofang, running back and forth for thousands of miles, although I was not drunk to death, but I was already exhausted to death, so I quit early!" General Lee, there is labor. ”

Seeing Du Shiyi bowing slightly towards him, Li Yan, who had been very low-key just now, got up and said with a smile: "Don't worry, although I am old, I have a good amount of alcohol, so I will drink a few more glasses for Dashuai!" ”

Li Yi just accepted a lot of toasts from the generals, and so did Du Shiyi, the new festival commander, at this moment the two of them were gone, but Li Yi was left behind as the deputy envoy of the festival, everyone had heard that he was not only born in the clan, but also Li Yi's ancestral brother, who was also close to him in Beijing in the past, and he was not young, where did he dare to really pour him, but the meaning was one or two cups, just as Du Shiyi said, he left to go back to accompany his family. And when the martial arts in the lobby were gone, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked out of the festival hall with steady steps.

He also had such a dream, but unfortunately it has been untimely. But this time, Du Shiyi didn't think he was old and dull, so he invited him to be the deputy envoy of the festival, which really gave him a great opportunity!

In the backyard where Li Yi was living, Li Yi, who had just been drunk, immediately regained clarity in his eyes after pouring a bowl of sobering soup. He waved his hand and retreated from the maidservant, and when he saw the three grandsons lined up in front of him, he sighed and said: "I am strict in governing the family, after the father of the three of you entered the office, he walked very steadily all the way, and you originally had your own future, but you stayed for me for a long time." I have been waiting for you to serve you for a few years, and I can serve my father in the future, but now it seems that I may never have the opportunity to take charge of the army again. After you accompany me to Quzhou, go back to your father. ”

"Father!"

Li Yan and the other three were all taken aback, but after they shouted in unison, Li Yi said in a cold voice: "From the moment I left Lingzhou, you have nothing to do with this Shuo Fang!" Guo Yingyi's idiots are enough to admonish! ”