Just when Zhang Qiu and Qiong made up their minds to vigorously deal with and severely reprimand the border troops of the two feudal towns, there was a laugh behind the voice.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong's face showed displeasure, and after hearing the voice, he was about to reprimand the speaker, but he didn't want to turn back, and his face changed, so he hurriedly bowed his hand and exclaimed: "The minister has seen King Yi." ”

The person who came wore a three-beam crown on his head, wore a purple shirt, stepped on black leather shoes, and wore a rhino leather belt around his waist, with a jade pei on it, and a leather belt tied with a golden thread sac. He looks close to thirty years old, with a few short beards under his chin, and the air of wealth and pampering is overflowing.

As soon as this person came out, even the dignitaries and dignitaries on the scene were solemn, and they bowed their heads one after another.

Yi Wang Li Pu, formerly known as Li Wei. The twelfth prince of Emperor Li Longji, the emperor of Kaiyuan Tianbao in the current dynasty, his mother was Concubine Liu Hua, and now he is leading the eastern capital of Henan Mu, one of the four capitals of the Tang Dynasty, and he was awarded the three divisions of Kaifu Yitong.

"Why should the commander be so aggressive." Li Pu, the king of Yi, walked up to Zhang Qiu and Qiong, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said: "These soldiers are all from the frontier towns, and they have been on the border for a long time, so it is inevitable that they do not know the etiquette and laws of China and the DPRK. The so-called ignorant are not guilty, and the envoy is also a person who is about to enter the center, so why make a fuss and compete with these rough people? ”

When the generals of the Hexi Army and the Pinglu Army heard this sentence of Li Pu, the king of Yi, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and they all kowtowed down the donkey slope and confessed: "The general has been on the border for a long time, and he is rude and does not know etiquette, so he has violated the laws of the court, please be gracious to the king." ”

King Yi Li Pu laughed and said: "Zhang Qiu Envoy, you see that this group of martial artists has already admitted their mistakes, can you forgive them for the sake of the widow's face." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong's face was stunned, although Li Pu, the king of Yi, said in a humble tone, but the meaning expressed in it could not be refused. Although he didn't let go of these arrogant soldiers so easily, the identity of Li Pu, the king of Yi, was placed here, which made him in a dilemma. And there is a key point in Li Pu's words that pokes at Zhang Qiu and Qiong, that is, he is a person who is about to enter the center as Li Pu said.

He Zhang Qiu and Qiong have known the history of the governor of Yi since the twenty-seventh year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and after Zhang Youjie Du Jiannan Dao on behalf of Zhang Youjiedu, he has been in office for nearly six years now, but Emperor Li Longji still does not seem to let him enter the court, which makes him anxious. Therefore, after he saw the extremely depressed Yang Zhao the year before last, he immediately realized that this person was a strange thing to live in, so he vigorously promoted him, and prepared a lot of property for him to bring to Chang'an to make friends with Yang Guifei's sisters. Now that Yang Zhao and the concubine sisters have recognized each other and have been appreciated by the emperor, the plan he has worked hard for two years has finally paid off. According to what he knew from Yang Zhao, the post of "Secretary of the Criminal Department" who had been removed from Wei Jian's post because of the case, if nothing else, was afraid that it would fall on him. Even if you can't achieve the six Shangshu of the three products overnight, then serving as a certain member of the five eunuchs of the Nine Temples must be a sure thing.

Because he didn't want to make a mistake at this juncture, Zhang Qiu and Qiong thought about it again and again, and decided to walk down the steps of Li Pu, the king of Yi, and he smiled and said: "The king is reasonable, since this is the case, the minister will let go of these martial artists this time." ”

Yi Wang Li Pu nodded with satisfaction, his face was pleased. Zhang Qiu and Qiong walked in front of the generals of Hexi and Pinglu and said: "Since King Yi is in charge of you this time, no matter what the cause of this matter is, stop here." As a soldier of the border army, you need to remember that this is neither Hexi, where Gan and Liang are located, nor Pinglu, where Yingping and Ping. This is Chang'an, the imperial capital, where the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials are stationed, so you can't be presumptuous! ”

Xin Yunjing and Yin Ziqi, as well as the soldiers of the two armies, all knelt on the ground and made promises. No matter what they thought in their hearts, after all, the repentance on the surface was still done to the satisfaction of Zhang Qiu and Qiong. So he waved his hand and said solemnly, "Let's all go back to their accounts." Remember to do your part, don't embarrass the soldiers and horses who led you to Chang'an, and don't embarrass Dr. Wang and Anzhong behind you! ”

The officers and men of the two armies turned over their horses, and after saying a "promise" with a humble expression, they all picked up their horses and returned to their camps. And the nobles in the audience were also bored, and they all dispersed separately when they saw this. And Gu Yuanqing, Nan Jiyun, and Lei Wanchun also returned to the original camp to settle their bags.

Only Gu Yuanxi stayed in place, frowning, he saw that this king of honor Li Pu opened his mouth to excuse the officers and soldiers of the two armies of Hexi and Pinglu, no matter what its purpose was, but in the end it was nothing more than winning the favor of the two army horse teams, and these two army horse teams, big or small, also represent the two major feudal towns of Pinglu and Hexi.

"This Yiwang City Mansion is quite deep. From such a trivial matter, he wanted to take the opportunity to seize the military heart of the lower-level officers with a covetous attitude, no matter what the effect was, but this person did not even let go of this possible ineffective matter to seize the opportunity. It shows that this person has a rigorous, deep and informal personality, and is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Gu Yuanxi muttered to himself and sighed in a low voice: "It's just that in front of everyone's eyes, no one will see such a trick, right?" If he does this, he will definitely be discovered by someone with a heart...... This behavior is a bit too deliberate. ”

I didn't want such a subtle sentence to be heard by Li Qi, the king of Jianning beside him, and he gritted his teeth when he heard it: "Yes, Li Pu, the king of Yi, is the most famous among the three sons of Concubine Liu Hua for his scheming and deep personality, and he has repeatedly wanted to shake the position of my father and the crown prince for his brother, which is really heart-wrenching, and sooner or later he will definitely be good-looking!" ”

Gu Yuanxi didn't seem to expect that Li Qi, the usually gentle and elegant and generous King of Jianning, would say such cruel words, and he was stunned when he heard this. It seems that Li Pu, the king of Yi, usually adds a lot of trouble to the prince Li Heng's family, and he asked in confusion: "You just said that this Yi Wang Li Pu wants to shake the position of the prince of His Royal Highness for his brother, doesn't he want to be the prince himself?" ”

Li Yan's face turned a little pale, and he snorted slowly and said: "King Yi Li Pu is His Majesty's son and the prince, and the emperor's eldest son, Qingwang Li Cong, and the sixth son of the emperor, Rongwang Li Wan, were all born to Concubine Liu Hua, and in the end they are brothers of the same mother, and the three of them have quite a strong relationship. Whether it is King Rong Li Wan or King Yi Li Pu, they are all planning to plan the position of the East Palace for their elder brother. This matter was well known both inside and outside the court, and it was called the 'Concubine Liu Party' or 'Concubine Hua Party', the 'Eldest Son Party' or the 'Three Princes Party' and so on. All in all, among the princes' parties vying for the position of the prince, the three sons and one party of Concubine Hua are the most powerful party. ”

Gu Yuanxi was stunned, and said in his heart that this palace struggle was really a big whirlpool. He didn't want to involve himself, so he didn't ask too much, and nodded in understanding.

"Brother Huang has done a good job in front of everyone!"

While the two were whispering, the hearty laughter of a young aristocratic man also came from the side of Li Pu, the king of Yi.

Gu Yuanxi looked back and saw that the man was wearing a soft-footed head, a cloud-patterned round-necked robe, a jade belt around his waist, and black leather boots. He looked to be about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and his usual dress for the children of a noble family made him look quite literate and elegant.

It's just that his next behavior surprised Gu Yuanxi, and the aristocratic man suddenly ran to the side of King Yi Li Pu and hooked his shoulders and back, grinning and gently bumping his elbow into the chest of King Yi Li Pu, and laughed with a smile: "The acting skills of the Twelve Emperor Brothers really made the younger brother greatly impressed. I'm afraid that even my father's pear garden disciples don't have the same tricks as you, right? ”

He suddenly squinted his eyes and said with a mocking smile: "In front of the sergeants of the two towns, you will exonerate them from their crimes, and take the opportunity to win the favor of those martial artists, you will not let go of any small thing that is beneficial to your 'Huafei Three Sons Party', this is indeed your style of King Yi——"

"Twenty-one Lang-" Yi Wang Li Pu gently pushed away the man's hand on his shoulder, and replied coldly: "I am your brother in the end, and it is not your turn to judge what I do, as a younger brother, right?" ”

"How dare you!" The man withdrew his hand disapprovingly, and sneered, "How dare the younger brother judge what the imperial brother has done? He suddenly let out a "huh", looked around and said, "Hey, why didn't you see the eldest emperor brother and the sixth emperor brother?" Could it be that this hunting meeting of Mrs. Qin Guo is your King Yi as the representative of the 'Hua Concubine Party'? ”

"Who's that? Why didn't you look right! Gu Yuanxi frowned, not realizing that he was also a guy who was not doing right, and still asked Li Qi, the king of Jianning, next to him with deep contempt.

"Huh?" Li Qi said softly: "This person is His Majesty's twenty-first prince, Sheng Wang Li Qi. Formerly known as Li Mu, he is now the governor of Guangling County, and he is also awarded the same three divisions as the Kaifu Yi. ”

"This person doesn't seem to have a good deal with Li Pu, the king of Yi?"

"That's nature." Li Qi shook his head helplessly and sighed: "How can the royal family have family affection at all, these princes form a party, this Sheng Wang Li Qi and the eighteenth prince Shouwang Li Mao are both the sons of Concubine Wu Hui, so it is natural that they are the 'Concubine Wu Hui Party', and the 'Liu Huafei Party' of King Li Pu is naturally the same as the water and fire." ”

"You say he's the son of Concubine Wu Hui?" Gu Yuanxi was stunned when he heard this, because he knew that the famous Concubine Wu Hui and his son Shouwang Li Mao, who was cuckolded by his father, but he didn't know that Concubine Wu Hui had another son.

Li Qi explained: "Concubine Wu Hui has the nine princes Xia Mourning King Li Yi, the fifteenth prince Huai Mourning King Li Min, the eighteenth prince Shou Wang Li Mao, and then there is the twenty-first prince Sheng Wang Li Qi. In addition, there are Princess Shangxian and Princess Xianyi. But most of them died young, and at present, only the three of Shouwang Li Mao, Sheng Wang Li Qi and Princess Xianyi are reincarnated as adults. ”

"I see." Gu Yuanxi suddenly realized, but he kept thinking about the Shouwang Li Mao who was cuckolded by his father and robbed his wife.

At this time, Li Pu, the king of Yi, snorted sullenly at Li Qi, the king of Sheng: "I said twenty-one lang, you are too lenient. Could it be that this Taiyi Mountain Hunting Meeting, only you, Sheng Wang Li Qi, can come, and no one else can come? As for whether my eldest brother and sixth brother will come, I won't bother you King Sheng to care. Our brothers can't afford it. ”

Yi Wang Li Pu said, walked a few steps to the left, and suddenly turned back to Sheng Wang Li Qi and smiled: "I said Twenty-one Lang, don't you and your eighteenth Lang still covet that position?" But when your mother Wu Huifei was reincarnated, even Erlang, Wulang, and Hachilang were all made into 'Sanshu people' by your mother, even if such a turbulent wave was set off, it was impossible to pull your Shouwang to the throne. What's more, now that the bones have been cold for many years? Not to mention that Concubine Wu Hui is dead, just the matter of Concubine Taizhen, your brother can only be an idle prince for the rest of his life! I advise you and your eighteen lang to stop being delusional, so as not to get into trouble. ”

After he said that, he flicked the sleeves of his robe lightly, then laughed, left King Sheng Li Qi in place, and left straight away.

And Li Qi, the king of Sheng who stayed in place, was stunned, clenched his fists tremblingly, and a pair of eyes burst out with sparks of hatred. He slapped his fist on the pillar next to him before leaving with a resentful look in his sleeves.

"Has the situation between these two brothers reached this point?" Gu Yuanxi was stunned and asked Li Qi, the king of Jianning next to him: "Between the two brothers, they didn't even say polite words on the surface. is so tense, where it looks like a brother, but like an enemy. ”

"Hey, it's the same root, so why be in a hurry." Li Qi's face was gloomy and said: "It's just that there are few princes and emperors in the royal court like Cao Zhi and Cao Zijian, and there are many people like Emperor Wei Wen Cao Pi and Cao Ziheng who want to get rid of their brothers and be happy." This is the helplessness of being born in the royal family. ”

Gu Yuanxi was speechless for a while, recalling the cruel battles between the royal families of the Chinese dynasties, and couldn't help but feel deep emotion. I didn't know how to comfort Li Qi for a while.

"Let's go." Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a relieved smile: "I'm afraid that Mrs. Qin's car won't come back for a while." Let's go back and walk around. ”

Gu Yuanxi happily agreed, and the two walked to their tent while talking and laughing. After the figures of the two walked away, a slender female figure suddenly flashed behind the tent here. Then, looking at Gu Yuanxi and the two in the distance, the slender woman's face showed a hint of a smile.

(It should be changed again in the evening)