Although at the end of the fifteenth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the death of Wang Jun caused an uproar in the battle of Hexi Longyoujiedu. However, with the appointment of Xiao Song, the new envoy of Hexi Longyou, Zhang Shouqi was recommended as the assassin of Guazhou, and then he used counter-tactics to induce Tubo Zampu to kill the Tubo general Xi Nuoluo, and Hexi Longyou, who was once shrouded in the clouds of the war, finally gradually calmed down. And Zhao Yizhen, the deputy capital of Anxi, defeated Tubo again, which made Tubo's offensive momentum slightly curbed, and everyone in the court breathed a sigh of relief.

Therefore, in the sixteenth year of Kaiyuan, Li Longji finally lived comfortably. The only thing that worries us is that the 40 or 50 prefectures in Hedong and Hebei have not recovered from the floods and droughts of the past two years.

Although Du Shiyi invited the establishment of the tea introduction division in the south of the Yangtze River and Huainan, and at the end of the year, a considerable amount of money and grain was delivered, but because of the flood, the canal and waterway were once congested, which also made him very angry, and after a long temper with Wang Jun, the head of the household, he realized that this person was better at fighting, and the head of the household was just a name. What's more, after Yu Wenrong left office, he did not appoint a new household servant to co-ordinate, and each department of the household department was in its own way

It is precisely because of this that on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, when he was fortunate enough to gather the Xian Palace, he faced the most prestigious literati and scholars in the whole world, and when they wrote poems and sang praises to the saints, he couldn't lift much spirit, and he left after a perfunctory period of time. He was not interested in going to Concubine Wu Hui to sit there, so after thinking about it, he simply went to the pear orchard. I was going to call Aunt Gongsun to perform a sword dance of the latest rehearsal, but who knew that Li Guinian actually stepped forward in fear and went to Yuzhenguan.

"Jade Zhenguan? When did Gongsun get so close to Yuan Yuan? ”

Wondering in his heart, Li Longji thought about it, and suddenly decided to leave the palace and go to the two sisters-in-law. Although the Son of Heaven is out of the palace is very important, if the ministers learn about it, they will definitely advise again and again, and if they spread it, they will even be criticized, but after the two of them failed to persuade them, they could only helplessly help the Son of Heaven cover up.

When the group of people dismounted in front of the Yuzhen Temple in Fuxingfang, Yang Siqiao personally went to the door to report, and after a while, Huo Qing hurriedly came out, and when he saw the Son of Heaven, he was startled, and he forgot that Yang Siqiao was terrible, and glared at him angrily: "General Yang, you actually said that you just want to see me?" ”

"Is it possible to let your lord come out to greet you? Isn't this an obvious way to tell people that Bixia is coming? Besides, today's Shangyuan Festival, from the prince to the people, they can go out to watch the lanterns and have fun with the people, and Bixia also misses your lord. Yang Siqiao knew that Huo Qing was Princess Yuzhen's confidant, one of the few people who was not afraid when he saw him, so although he deliberately showed a fierce face, his voice showed a little helplessness, "I persuaded and persuaded Lux to persuade him, but I really couldn't stop it, so I could only hide from Chen Xuanli and those guys from the North Gate Forbidden Army and come over quietly, you just don't make a noise." ”

"The Lord is talking to Du Jiulang, so I have to go and talk to him."

As soon as Huo Qing's voice fell, she suddenly found that Li Longji had appeared behind Yang Siqiao, and she was suddenly a little caught off guard. Before she could explain anything, Li Longji said in an unquestionable tone: "Lead the way." ”

These two concise words made Huo Qing dare not refute, and immediately saluted and led the way sideways. When Li Longji asked about Aunt Gongsun, she thought about it and asked vaguely: "It was Yue Wuniang, the disciple of Gongsun everyone, who came back, so your lord rented a place so that the two of them could meet each other." ”

"I see." Li Longji was no stranger to this apprentice of Gongsun Auntie, and after putting down this stubble, he asked again, "Is your noble lord Du Jiulang alone?" ”

Faced with such a problem, Huo Qing only felt extremely embarrassed. The kings are not allowed to hand over officials other than their close relatives, and although the noble lord does not have this restriction, most of them will avoid suspicion accordingly, and the same is true for Princess Yuzhen and Princess Jinxian, two people who have already entered the Tao as outsiders. Therefore, even if there were people who helped to recommend and promote fame in the past, most of them would reduce their contacts in the future, and Du Shiyi was a rare outlier. In a hurry, she settled down and thought of a reason.

"Du Jiulang came to see your lord for the sake of his disciple Chen Jizhen."

After saying this, she finally felt that her heart was smooth, and the two of them did talk about it, so she carefully explained Chen Bao'er's life history one by one, and Zuihou sighed: "Du Jiulang said to your lord, such a good material and beautiful jade from the countryside, it is a pity to miss it, but he is now in the right official residence to make up for it, and he is too busy with official affairs to mention it day and night, so I want to ask for a favor, can I make up for the lack of officials such as Ling Shi Ling Shi for him." ”

The second half of this was purely made up by Huo Qing when he had nothing to say, and he secretly regretted it as soon as he said it. Seeing that Li Longji was hesitant and didn't ask, she couldn't help but be more cautious, but as a result, when she was about to arrive at the small building where Princess Yuzhen was entertaining, Li Longji stopped outside the Jiuqu Bridge.

"You're all waiting here."

Although he had already ordered someone to take a detour to report the news, he didn't know that it was the Son of Heaven at that time, he only knew that it was Yang Siqiao who came over, but Huo Qing was really worried that Du Shiyi wouldn't know what he had just played when he was in trouble. But the Son of Heaven said that she could only wait outside, watching Li Longji slowly walk towards the small building.

"How come General Yang has time to come to me?"

Li Longji, who is in his prime, practiced martial arts when he was young, and is proficient in archery and horse riding, and is still burly when he is over forty years old, standing in front of the door, because of the relationship between civilian clothes, Princess Yuzhen, who is facing him on the side, because she is thinking hard about how to move the next move, she didn't notice who the person who came was, and she thought it was really Yang Siqiao. And Du Shiyi was also distracted, thinking bitterly about the three Qing texts that Princess Yuzhen had just arranged for him for Sima Chengzhen's soon-to-be-completed Wangwushan balcony view, and he didn't pay attention to the door at all, and when he heard Princess Yuzhen's words, he sighed.

"General Yang came just in time, I can't play this game of chess, I just begged the master for a little something, she will want me to play chess while considering this article of the three Qingwen of the Japanese Taiwan Viewing Festival, distracted by two uses, it's hard to kill me"

Li Longji saw that the two of them really didn't know that they were here, and a little smile suddenly appeared on his face: "What did Du Jiulang ask Yuan Yuan for?" ”

Hearing this voice, Princess Yuzhen came back to her senses with a stirring spirit, and found that it was her brother, so she quickly got up and saluted. And Du Shiyi's reaction was only a little slower, and while he was hurriedly getting up, he didn't forget to take the opportunity to knock over the chessboard, but after saluting, he immediately attracted the angry eyes of Princess Yuzhen.

"Okay, you Du Jiulang, I'm about to win, you did it on purpose"

"Yes, yes, please don't embarrass me, otherwise I won't be ugly in that sacrificial Sanqing text, although I already have eyebrows."

"They are all close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and they can't afford to lose like this"

Princess Yuzhen habitually quarreled with Du Shiyi, and as soon as she looked up and saw Li Longji looking at the two of her with interest, she hurriedly smiled and said, "How can Brother be interested in coming here on the Shangyuan Festival?" ”

"Come casually, I want to see your two sisters, but I don't want Yuanyuan you already have someone to accompany you." Li Longji said with a pun on his face, and then suddenly looked at Du Shiyi and asked, "Du Jiulang, I heard that you accepted a disciple in Shuzhong?" ”

How could even Li Longji know about this kind of thing?

Du Shiyi secretly slandered herself, but she didn't dare to slack off at all, and she cheered up and said: "Exactly, I just mentioned this matter to the Lord of Yuzhenguan, he once followed me out of Shu, and he was a recorder along the way, and he has experienced a lot of ......."

"Since you value this son, how can you let him be born as a foreign official?"

Where does this begin?

Du Shiyi was puzzled to the extreme, and she didn't know how to pick it up for a moment. But he was shrewd after all, and soon followed the words of the Son of Heaven and said: "This son was born in a humble family, and his ancestors have been farming for generations, and there has never been a scholar. When I lived in Chengdu County, I wanted to add a silk jacket to him, and he insisted on going from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift. If he blindly eats me and uses mine, he will feel uneasy, so I really can't deal with his stubborn nature. ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was really not impatient, next, he simply said two interesting things about Chen Baoer. At the end, Li Longji waved his hand and said: "It is much more difficult to choose from the outside than from the inside, and once you go outside, you will definitely be looked down upon by people if you turn to the flow in the future." is so talented and beautiful, why not let it be a child

"Brother, he's thirteen years old, and he's older."

The children's department is a system specially opened for those precocious children, so Li Longji said this. At this moment, Princess Yuzhen explained, and Du Shiyi also shook her head and said: "He enlightened too late, even if he can recite it by eye, but the foundation of scripture and history is far inferior to those children of official families who have been educated since childhood. As for the article, it has only just started, and even if it can be applied to the child department, it is also a seedling to grow. ”

"Du Jiulang is quite a teacher's jiashi." Li Longji stepped forward and sat down on the throne given up by Princess Yuzhen, and then said lightly, "Don't talk about your disciple." I was in a bad mood today, so I walked around, and when I got to Yuanyuan, I realized that you were there. You are quite good at financial planning, and I would like to ask you, now that there are countless embankments and weirs broken by floods in Henan, Hebei, and Hedong prefectures, and disaster relief has been repeatedly delayed, what can you do? ”

Princess Yuzhen didn't want Li Longji to suddenly change her words and get down to business, so she quietly withdrew after thinking about it. When she went out along the Jiuqu Bridge, she saw Huo Qing and Yang Siqiao and others standing on both sides, she beckoned Huo Qing to the side under the willow tree, and before she could speak, Huo Qing suddenly said with a worried face: "Your lord, I just said the wrong thing." Bixia asked Du Langjun what he was talking about with your lord, and I said in a hurry that it was for his disciple, and I also said that I wanted to find a shortage of officials, but Du Langjun clearly didn't come for this...... I deserve to die."

"It's okay" Princess Yuzhen took out a hand to support Huo Qing, and then she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, Du Jiulang followed Bixia's words and settled this matter." You pay attention next time, Bixia is mixed with Yang Siqiao today from the micro service of people, next time it may be so micro service. ”

In the small building, Du Shiyi faced Li Longji's sudden question, and he was really a little confused, whether he found himself here and asked casually, or if he was going to ask himself. If you really want to talk about financial planning, he is not very good at it, or in other words, this kind of disaster relief and mitigation and other things need practical experience, as well as trustworthy manpower, such as a unified command system. Therefore, after thinking about it carefully, he raised his head and said, "Bixia is an inquiry, and Rong Chen said bluntly. To consult on this matter, someone is more suitable than a minister who has only sentenced tea to the envoy. ”

"Who?"

"Weizhou Thorn Shi Yu Wenrong"

This name Li Longji had also considered it several times, and now that Du Shiyi suddenly mentioned it, he couldn't help but stare at people for a while, and then asked lightly: "Du Qing and Yuwen have a personal relationship?" ”

"When I was the first Zuo Shizhi and Chengdu Ling, I had a good personal relationship with Yuwen Envoy." Du Shiyi knew that this kind of thing could not be concealed from the Son of Heaven, so he simply admitted it calmly, "But after coming out of Shu, because Yuwen Envoy Jun had exchanged views with the minister on the matter of the two taxes, and planned to promote it all over the world, but the minister felt that it was not yet the time, and there was a dispute." And then, for some reason, Yuwen made Jun and I a little unhappy. However, the public is public and private, Yuwen envoy Jun had presided over the disaster relief the year before last, and now he is in Weizhou, and he happens to be in charge of this matter. He once had the experience of serving as a household servant to coordinate financial planning, which was far better than the minister's half-hanging. ”

Although there is no secret service to supervise hundreds of officials, as the Son of Heaven, even if Li Longji is not deaf and clear-sighted, if he wants to know something, he can still find out through those attendants in the palace. Especially before Yu Wenrong and Zhang Shuo had a-for-tat confrontation, he paid a lot of attention to this kind of party struggle, so what Du Shiyi said, he could naturally understand what was going on. This time Du Shiyi got married, Yu Wenrong didn't even send a congratulatory gift, which shows that the relationship is indeed a little stiff.

"Well, I know about your recommendation, don't make a noise to people."

Du Shiyi owed, and at this time, I saw Li Longji suddenly get up and said: "I heard that Gongsun's disciples are here, I haven't seen their master and apprentice perform on the same stage for many years, but I want to take advantage of Yuanyuan's place to watch and watch."

When Li Longji said this, he meant that he had passed the test, but he said that he was going to see the sword dance of Gongsun Auntie and Yue Wuniang, but Du Shiyi was a little unhappy. You must know that Yue Wuniang brought Luo Ying with her today, the kind of drama that is exactly the same as when she first met Princess Jinxian, must have happened between Aunt Gongsun and Luo Ying at this moment. However, it takes skill to stop Li Longji, he followed out of the small building, and saw that Princess Xiangyuzhen and Huo Qing's maidservants were standing under the willow tree, and he suddenly had an idea.

"Today's Shangyuan Festival, Bixia can you go to the Calyx Xianghui Building to enjoy the lanterns?"

In the second year of Kaiyuan, Li Longji officially changed the Xingqing Fang, where he lived before ascending the throne, into Xingqing Palace, and expanded it successively for many years, and began to expand the court hall from the year before last, preparing to be used by Li Longji to listen to politics. And the opposite of the diligent government building, is this calyx building used to promote the brotherhood between the Son of Heaven and the people. At this moment, he asked this sentence, and when he saw Li Longji bowing slightly, he said with a smile: "Rong Chen's advice, today's Shangyuan Festival, Bixia and his Gongsun family and Yue Niangzi's master and apprentice sword dance in the Yuzhen Temple, why not invite their master and apprentice to perform in front of the Calyx Xianghui Building, and Bixia and the people have fun?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Longji was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed: "Since this is the case, I have been invited by Congqing"

When he came to Princess Yuzhen and Huo Qing, he smiled and said: "I was going to reward Gongsun with Yuan Yuan for the master's and apprentice's mastery, but Du Jiulang was partial to the scenery, and I went back to the palace to go to the banquet of the Calyx Xianghui Building at night

Princess Yuzhen didn't mind, and her brother went back without saying a word to herself. When Yang Siqiao and the others surrounded the Son of Heaven and left, she symbolically sent a few steps, but stayed for fear that others would notice the clues, so she sneered at Du Shiyi beside her: "You are so bold, in order to cover their master and apprentice, you just coaxed the elder brother away."

"Am I also forced to be helpless? Just now when I went to play chess with the Guanzhu, they hugged their heads and cried, wouldn't it be troublesome if Bixia asked something? Performing under the building in such a calyx, Bixia can only see the heroic sword dance from a distance, and she can't see people clearly, even if she calls people up, there are others next to her, and they have just been sad, and their masters and apprentices will not be as difficult to restrain themselves as they are now. ”

"You, you really pity the fragrance and cherish the jade" said this, but Princess Yuzhen was not angry, and after instructing Huo Qing to pass the word, she asked Li Longji what he asked and what he said, and then he took away the playful expression just now, "Gu'an is about to leave, this is a dangerous move." ”

Du Shiyi smiled slightly, and said categorically: "Even if it is difficult, I have to go."

As Du Shiyi said, Gongsun Auntie and Yue Wuniang, who reunited with their master and apprentice, really couldn't perform any sword dance for Li Longji just now. Gongsun Auntie, who has always been strong in front of people, has red and swollen eyes and tear stains at this moment, and Yue Wuniang, who has always laughed and scolded all her own heart, has eyes that are swollen like peaches. As for Luo Ying, who was standing on the side, he had a bright red slap mark on his face, and he stood aside with his head down.

"Wu Niang, since you have agreed to his marriage proposal and have already worshiped heaven and earth in the wilderness, then you don't need to make up for me now, you two have already kowtowed to me, even if it is a courtesy." Having said that, Aunt Gongsun looked at Luo Ying suddenly, and her gaze suddenly became as sharp and terrifying as a sword light, "Luo Ying, since you already know what kind of suffering Wu Niang had suffered in the past, and she almost died, if you have anything to be sorry for her in the future, even if you flee to a farther place, I will definitely chase her there with a sword, do you understand?" ”

Luo Ying raised his head in disbelief, and saw that although Aunt Gongsun's face was cold, but there was deep sadness in his eyes, he immediately gritted his teeth and knelt down, and kowtowed again: "As long as Gongsun is willing to marry Wu Niang to me, I will definitely treat her well, and I will never let her suffer the slightest bit of harm."

"Do you dare to say, who has been getting into trouble on the road?" Yue Wuniang glanced at Luo Ying, and then said with a smile, "Master, don't worry about me anymore." Even though the little monk is not good, he only has me in his heart

"Wu Niang" Gongsun Aunt stepped forward and hugged her most beloved apprentice tightly, patted her back, and then said word by word, "If you can find the person you like, the master will no longer have anything to worry about."

"Gongsun everyone, Lady Yue"

Huo Qing, who came in a hurry, saw this scene, and sighed in his heart Fortunately, Du Shiyi cleverly prevaricated the Son of Heaven, otherwise it would be really difficult to explain. Seeing that the master and apprentice were finally separated from each other and looked at herself, she explained what had just happened. Hearing that Du Shiyi had actually left Li Longji in a perfunctory manner, Yue Wuniang smiled when she stepped on.

"In the end, Du Jiulang, he is really a master of art and bold, if the saint really comes unexpectedly, I am not in the mood to dance any sword for him, but it will not be tight at night, it is a big deal that I will slip away after dancing the sword, I don't want to perfunctory those lustful dignitaries" Speaking of this, Yue Wuniang suddenly realized her language disease, and couldn't help but say apologetically, "However, leaving the master alone in the palace is really unfilial." ”

"I'm more resistant than you, if you enter the pear orchard, I'm afraid that I won't know what will happen in an instant" Aunt Gongsun thanked Huo Qing, and after the others left, she smiled and said, "But I haven't seen you dance the sword for many years, I don't know what your skills are now." Wu Niang, can you dance with the master again? ”

"Okay" Yue Wuniang nodded without thinking, and then signaled to Luo Ying, "Luo Ying, go and invite Du Jiulang to come, his song Chu Han must be becoming more and more perfect."

In front of the calyx building on this night, countless people who flocked to see Tianyan and those top people in the palace pear orchard were fortunate to see the pictures that they were worthy of boasting about in their lives.

In the Chu and Han tunes performed by the musicians of Liyuan, they not only saw the style of the overlord dominating the world, but also saw Yu Ji who was different from the legend in the history books. The red-clothed Yu Ji, who followed the overlord all the way and never gave up, until Zuihou was exhausted, and Yu Ji, who had just killed himself with the overlord, brought a bit of unusual sadness to this Shangyuan night.

However, at the end of the song, there was only one person who climbed the three-story Calyx Xianghui Building. According to what she said when she thanked the Son of Heaven for his reward, Yue Wuniang was not used to showing up in front of people, and she had already drifted away. Even if Li Longji sighed, his pear orchard already had the unparalleled Gongsun Auntie in the sword dance world, and it was just a faint regret that he couldn't take his disciples into it.

And the song finally didn't enter the crowd, and Yue Wuniang, who slipped away in disguise with Luo Ying's help, said a sentence with a smile after meeting Du Shiyi Wang Rong, who had made an appointment to meet earlier.

"This kind of jubilant place is not as good as when I was in Yuzhenguan in the afternoon, that song is the real dance of the world Du Jiulang, Luo Ying and I are going to continue to bother you, go quickly, what is there to see in front of this calyx Xianghui building, Wang Niangzi, let's find a place to enjoy the moon"