When he woke up the next day, Li Xi only felt that his whole body was sore.

Tearing off the blanket on his body, he barely opened his eyes, his intuition was dazzling, and it took a long time to barely adapt, but he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

At this time, it is estimated that it will be late in the morning? Why doesn't it feel hot at all? On the contrary, Zhou's body is full of relish, and his intuition is indescribably cool and pleasant.

Shaking his head, he felt that he was gradually sobering up, and then he remembered in a trance, it seemed that last night when the two of them were having sex, there was thunder outside, and when he was in Xingnong, he only felt that the pleasure was pressing, and the lightning and thunder outside, and he didn't care at all, but he was crazy up and down, and in retrospect at this time, it must have rained last night, otherwise it wouldn't be so cool.

Someone outside was whispering, and the voice was so soft that I couldn't hear it clearly.

Li Xi rubbed his head, and felt that his head didn't hurt much, but he was too crazy last night, and he drank those drinks again, so now his body is inevitably a little tired, and he doesn't want to have any energy all day today.

He reluctantly sat up, trying to touch his clothes to put on, but found that there was only a blanket on the couch, but the lavender cage next to him was empty, so he simply jumped out of bed naked.

As soon as he moved, he heard the conversation outside stop abruptly, and then Wu Lan opened the curtain and came in.

Seeing Li Xi naked, she couldn't help but take a sip, and then smiled shyly, knowing that he was looking for clothes, so she quickly fetched clothes for him to serve him to put on.

"Who are you talking to outside?" Li Xi asked.

"Sister Yang." Wulan Road.

"Oh, when did she come and why didn't she come in?"

"It's been a long time since we've been here, and we'll eat together in the morning."

"Huh?" Li Xi was stunned when he heard this, "Did you get up early?" ”

According to the rules, the second day after the wedding must get up early, one to meet the father, the other shows that the husband and wife will be diligent and diligent in the future, so as not to burn out, which can be regarded as an auspicious meaning. It's just that Li Xi's parents died early, and it was a little unnecessary to go to the second or third uncle's house to visit, so in fact, although they were newly married, there was no need to get up early.

Of course, the more critical reason is that Wu Lan is only a concubine after all, if she is married to Liu Wan'er, the wife, then even if you don't have parents, you don't have to get up too early, but it is the rule to go to the second and third uncle's house in the morning to visit. Therefore, Li Xi was very puzzled when he heard that Wu Lan had gotten up early and that Yang Huahua had also come over early in the morning.

"Yes, I got up very early, and when I saw that Xianggong slept soundly, I didn't call you." Wulan Road.

Li Xi nodded and asked casually, "Why do you get up so early, aren't you tired?" ”

Wu Lan was a woman at the beginning of last night, and when the two were in love again, this ** thing together, it couldn't help but be a little crazy, Li Xi felt very tired, let alone Wu Lan.

At that moment, Wu Lan glanced up at Li Xi when he heard this, and then glanced outside, then smiled lowly, slightly embarrassed, and said to him, "If you get up late, people will laugh." ”

Li Xi pursed his lips when he heard this, hugged Wu Lan and kissed him, and said, "What do you care about them!" ”

Then he leaned closer to the root of his ear and asked, "Does it still hurt?" ”

Wu Lan turned her head to look outside, and nodded gently, "I don't dare to walk, it hurts, and I was laughed at by Sister Yang just now." ”

Li Xi smiled, "Then don't be busy, just lie down and rest, Hua Nu doesn't know anything, so I came to you so early to do something." You just rest, in the afternoon, we have to go to the second and third uncles to meet, kowtow to them and the two aunts, and we have to have a dinner together. If you don't stop now, it's time to rest again, maybe it's night. ”

Wu Lan smiled when she heard this, she naturally knew that Xianggong was hurting her, but after hesitating, she still whispered: "Sister Yang is here to send medicine to the slave, after all, my sister has gone through personnel, knowing that the bride's first night has passed, and it must be uncomfortable to get up in the morning, so I sent medicine to the slave early in the morning, and sure enough, after applying it, I feel cool, as long as I don't walk or move, it won't hurt so much, and it is estimated that at night, even the swelling can go away." ”

"Swollen? Belch...... It's also ......" Li Xi hesitated for a moment before nodding, and asked again: "Is it swollen badly?" ”

Wu Lan smiled faintly and shook her head, her face gentle, "It's okay to apply the medicine." ”

Li Xi nodded and said no more.

After packing up and going out, Yang Huahua and Ah Jin Arthur sisters were still sitting, but they all stood up at this time, Yang Huahua didn't say that she was going to get married, even Arthur already knew, Li Xi came out, but they didn't dare to continue to sit high.

Li Xi waved his hand to let them all sit, and then asked a few questions and answers with them casually, in short, he was not in good spirits, so he didn't talk much, at this time, his own little maid brought the toilet, Wu Lan served Li Xi to freshen up, and then handed over a bowl of glutinous rice porridge from the maid's hand, Li Xi took the bowl to eat porridge, Wu Lan sat down and continued to gossip with Yang Huahua.

At this moment, Yang Huahua kept looking at Li Xi, looking at each other and laughing, obviously Li Xi's tiredness made her look very relieved, just now she couldn't help but pull Wu Lan to interrogate for a long time, only twice a night, and he had already tossed him like this, thinking that if you want not to be bullied by him in the future, you just need to get him drunk first.

The two were talking about tearing down the courtyard wall and putting the two houses together, Li Xi was interested, so he chatted with them, he was very familiar with the two sides of the house, so he proposed to enclose the backyards of the two houses, and a good garden could be built, and he said some of his thoughts about the garden, when he was a small white-collar worker in his previous life, the Suzhou garden and the royal garden of Yanjing were also traveled, and at this time it was also the first to say.

Wu Lan and Yang Huahua are both from her room, and they both admire him very much, and when he takes out his idea, he naturally applauds unanimously, and Yang Huahua also praised, "Xianggong is really omniscient and omniscient." ”

chatting and chatting, it was noon, and it happened that Yang Huahua and they didn't have to go back, and the three of them sat down and had lunch together. Just after lunch, I felt that the weather was gradually getting hot again.

After all, it is the land of Sichuan and Shu, which has always been known for its heat, after all, it is in the summer, although a new rain has just passed last night, but it is only a morning's effort, and it is hot again.

At the beginning of the afternoon, Li Xi took Wu Lan out and visited the third uncle Li Hu, and as Li Xi expected, Li Xi knew that he didn't like Li Xi very much, and felt that it was a bit extravagant to let him visit his home, so he rushed here.

Li Xi took Wu Lan to salute the two uncles and two aunts, and they were considered to have seen the elder, and then the two aunts pulled Wu Lan aside to talk, and Li Qiu smiled and said, "You have to send a few cars to pull your things away." ”

Li Xi was puzzled when he heard this, so he asked, "My things, what did my things fall on the third uncle?" ”

This time, without waiting for Li Qiu to speak, the little fat man Li had already rushed to say: "It's a gift, and it's piled up in a room." ”

Li Xi was even more puzzled when he heard this, and then he heard Li Qiu explain: "Although you didn't say anything about the concubine yesterday, but first, you sent someone to the yamen to invite the second brother, and secondly, when you came to your house to do things, there was always some noise, of course this news is impossible to stop, not to mention that those people are born with their noses on the brain, and they can smell a little fishy smell thousands of miles away, let alone you." ”

"Everyone is afraid of disturbing you, so they don't go to your side to give gifts, early in the morning they all came to my side, there are in the yamen, there are also some businessmen, and some, it is the shopkeeper in our shop, etc., everyone is one of the gatherings, I didn't refuse, all left a gift list, and I will help you pay tribute one by one, and I can't thin people's hearts."

Li Xi nodded when he heard this, he didn't expect that his low-key concubine would actually attract a lot of gifts, it seems that what he said about going out to inspect in the yamen yesterday has become a complete lie.

At this time, think about it, what the third uncle said makes sense, this gift is accepted, it is equivalent to having a friendship, although people are a little closer, but they have also added a lot of contacts, just need to politely reply some gifts afterwards, and then people have something to make face, I think there will always be some really usable characters, and they can be pulled over and used at a critical time, so it really can't be thin. So at that moment, he nodded and agreed to Li Qiu's arrangement.

But thinking that since this matter is already known to everyone, it seems that I should go to the teacher's side to visit, although Wu Lan is just the identity of a concubine, but taking her to visit by himself can also show that he attaches great importance to Wu Lan, at the same time, the teacher He knows, although Wu Lan is only a concubine, but her identity is unusual, so officially with a concubine to visit, it will not be criticized Meng Lang is not polite.

Thinking like this, Li Xi decided to take advantage of this afternoon to visit, just in time to ask the teacher to inquire about the news over Chang'an, but there was no need to stay there for dinner, just come back to the third uncle's side for a family banquet in the evening.

Just about to talk to the third uncle about it, Li Xi turned his head and saw Li Zao, but he couldn't help but think about it.

In the last beating of Zhao Fengling, this little fat man Li had already made a lot of efforts, and he never thanked him much afterwards, and the most important thing was that Li Xi found that his little cousin was really a fierce general, if he didn't create a chance, it would be a pity to just let him continue to stay in Shuzhou like this.

Thinking of this, Li Xi patted Li Zao on the shoulder, and said to Li Qiu with a smile: "Third uncle, I think that although Ah Zao is young, he already has some climate, so he locked him up and told him to read those moral articles that he didn't like, so it is better to seriously find a master for him to teach him martial arts." ”

Li Qiu pondered for a moment when he heard this, and didn't know what Li Xi meant, so he asked: "I also discussed with your aunt, Ah Zao, this kid, it seems that he can't study, as for apprenticeship and martial arts, do you have a good candidate to recommend him?" ”

Li Xi smiled when he heard this, and said: "Third uncle, you misunderstood, what I said was not to let Ah Zao worship a teacher and learn what martial arts skills from others, what I said was that he should be sent out to practice, if you want to learn, you naturally have to learn ten thousand enemies!" ”

As soon as he heard the word "10,000 enemies", Ah Zao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited, and hurriedly asked Li Xi, "Second brother, can you send me to the army?" ”

Li Qiu was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly stopped him, saying: "Zi said, don't mess around, your aunt and I only have such a lone seedling as Ah Zao, where are you willing to send him to the army, you can't mention this matter!" ”

Li Xi laughed when he heard this, and said, "Third uncle, don't worry, I can still harm Ah Zao!" He was so young, how could he really throw him into the army, but he should have been allowed to go to a similar place for training. ”

After a deep sigh, he said: "That's it, I want to send Ah Earlier to the local calming army, as long as there is a word from Master Zhou, it is not difficult to think about it." ”

Li Xi mentioned that this calming army was set up by Gao Yu, the envoy of Jiannan Province at that time, in the second year of Qianfu, although it was under the jurisdiction of the Yamen, the ambassador of Jiannan Province, it was also the garrison of Shuzhou, especially their food and salary were all supplied by Shuzhou, so as long as Zhou Qiong was willing to say hello, it was naturally not difficult for Li Zao to go in and practice some military skills.

This calm army is stationed in Shuzhou, unless there is a great change, there are very few opportunities to even go to the battlefield, so it can also ensure Li Zao's safety, plus the military camp is in Shuzhou, although Li Zao is away from home, he does not leave the local area, so naturally there is a lot less worry about his parents.

Therefore, as soon as Li Xi's proposal came out, Rao was reluctant to let this twelve-year-old son go, considering what Li Xi said, Ah Zao may not be able to read any grades if he reads again, but he can't help but be moved.

Seeing that he looked indecisive, Li Zao immediately made a bitter face, "Daddy, you just listen to my second brother, let me go to calm the army, Ah Zao wants to go out to see and see!" ”

Li Qiu made a face when he heard this, "Shut up, you are only twelve years old, you are still a doll, what do you know, what do you know, when you are sixteen years old, it is not too late to go out and see when you grow up to be an adult!" ”

Li Zao pouted when he heard this, and said: "Second brother is so smart, he won't harm me, you listen to him in everything, but you don't listen to this matter." At that moment, he heard that Li Qiu wanted to raise his hand to hit him, but was stopped by Li Xi.

But if he stopped it, he stopped it, and he really didn't say much about the matter between father and son.

At this time, Li Xi lowered his head and thought about it, and felt that what his son said was not unreasonable, Li Xi was indeed much smarter than himself, and he saw things thoroughly, besides, Ah Zao, this kid, can't study, and he doesn't like to do business, even if he has great strength and good skills, he will only be a martial artist in the future, but it is better to simply listen to Li Xi, and send him out to experience while he is young.

Thinking about this, he turned his head and glanced at his wife over there, and he didn't discuss it with her, so he gritted his teeth and said: "It's okay, then I'll hand over Ah Zao to you, no matter what tranquilizer army you send him to or where, anyway, you are your own brothers, you take good care of me and help him find a place to stand." ”

Li Xi didn't expect him to agree so easily, but after looking back, he realized that it was because the third uncle Li Qiu was very confident in himself that he dared to hand over Xiao Li, who was just twelve years old, to himself, and it was really a heavy responsibility.

Thinking about this, he nodded and said seriously: "Third uncle, don't worry, Ah has already handed it over to me, and after more than ten years, I will return you to a great general!" ”

As soon as he said this, Li Xuan and Li Qiu couldn't help laughing.

At that moment, Li Xi saw that this matter was settled, so he simply said that he would take Wu Lan to Zhou's Mansion to visit him first, so he simply took Li Zao to see him by the way, Li Qiu heard that there was no reason to stop him, and Li Xi's third aunt laughed when she heard this, and heard the words of the general and the like, so she asked, although the result was very disagreeable, but since Li Qiu and Li Xi had already said it, and Li Zao was so excited, her opinion was naturally ignored.

So Li Xi told Wu Lan that he was going to take her to the Zhou Mansion to visit, Wu Lan was very surprised, and waited until they and Li Zao got into two carriages and started to go to the Zhou Mansion, Wu Lan still looked incredulous, and couldn't help but ask Li Xi: "Xianggong, you are not a slave, right?" The slave is just a concubine, how can she bring it to your teacher? ”

Li Xi smiled when he heard this, "Lan'er, in my heart, but I have never treated you as a concubine!" The teacher is also a knowledgeable person, and he never cares about these vulgar etiquette, don't worry, there must be a meeting gift from you, our teacher is rich, well, especially, she has a lot of rouge, you see a good one, even if you open your mouth, I believe that even if she is distressed, she will not be reluctant to send you. ”

When Wu Lan heard him say that he was funny, she felt a little lighter, but she still felt a little unbelievable.

In the past few years, not to mention the history of the assassination, she has also lived in the home of the prime minister of the imperial court, and people have seen it, so naturally she is not afraid of Zhou Qiong's officials, she is afraid of Zhou Qiong's identity as Li Xi's teacher.

Being able to board the door of the Zhou Mansion in such a grand manner is naturally a great recognition for her, a person who only has the status of a concubine, and it can even be said that after many years, this can also be regarded as a boastful capital.

After all, in the current Tang Dynasty, the world looks at teachers very seriously, and the concubine room is very light, so no one has to bring a concubine to meet their teacher, at least as far as Wu Lan knows, it seems that no one has done this yet.

At that moment, she couldn't help but fall into Li Xi's arms, listening to Li Xi's calm and powerful heartbeat, listening to Li Xi's calm and powerful heartbeat, and said emotionally: "Xianggong, you are really good to slaves......"

All the way to the Zhou Mansion, because it was a formal visit, so it had to come according to the rules, Li Xi handed over the name thorn at the concierge in a proper manner, and then saw Zhang Shanying, the chief butler of the Zhou Mansion, coming out.

As expected, after some talk and laughter, Li Xi knew that even Zhang Shan had already known about his concubine. And Li Xi introduced Wu Lan along the topic of Zhang Shan's housekeeper, Zhang Shan glanced at Wu Lan, praised a match made in heaven with a smile, and then took them to the house.

Zhou Qiong was reading a book in the study, Xu heard that Li Xi came with a woman, and saw that Li Xi was so formally handed over a famous thorn to visit, so he roughly guessed his intention, so he directly sent someone to the back house to invite Zhou Zhang's family, and when Li Xi and the others came to the front hall, they saw that the couple were already in front of the hall.

Both of them were smiling, and they were quite relieved to see Li Xi bring Wu Lan over. Wu Lan, who saw all these in his eyes, couldn't help but put his heart back at the moment, thinking that no wonder Xianggong dared to bring him over, and comforted himself like that in the carriage, it turned out that this week Qiongzhou Thorn Shi was really an unruly character.

At that moment, after Li Xi took Wu Lan to the teacher and his wife, Zhou Zhang smiled and pulled Wu Lan to the side to talk, and then Li Xi had time to introduce the little fat man Li Zao, who had been following behind him.

After a few simple introductions, Li Zao said knowingly, "Li Zao, a post-learning boy, has already seen adults." Then he bowed down.

After listening to Li Xi's meaning, and seeing that Li Zao, although this kid was only twelve years old, he was born with strong muscles and bones, and then heard Li Xi say that this kid only used one punch to put down Zhao Fengling, and he couldn't get up for half a day, Zhou Qiong nodded even more, plus he had vaguely heard some words about the "Shuzhou Little Tiger Idiot" before, and he saw it in person at this time, and he liked it very much, so he simply got up and pulled him up, and after nodding with a smile, he agreed.

Next, Zhou Qiong chatted with Li Xi about some recent business in the yamen, which was very boring, fortunately Zhou Qiong is a veteran of many years, and Li Xi has been keen on this recently, and the two of them can taste some self-satisfaction from it, and this topic is not boring.

It wasn't until the end that Li Xi talked about asking him to help inquire about some news from Chang'an.

Zhou Qiong knew about Li Xi sending people to Chang'an, but he knew in his heart that the people sent by Li Xi had to inquire about some news that everyone knew in the streets and alleys, and as for the news trends between the high-level leaders, it was not something that could be heard by a person, and he had a never-ending correspondence with his father-in-law Zhang Jiuling, so the news was naturally very well-informed.

At this time, he understood that Li Xi was paying attention to the news of Zhao Fengling's case of leaving Beijing without permission, as well as the echo of his concert, he pondered for a while and said: "Don't worry, don't be afraid, in my opinion, although your piece of music is a little limited, in fact, according to my thoughts, maybe it can really match the taste of His Majesty today!" ”

He stroked his beard and said, "At least, nothing too bad will happen." ”

Li Xi nodded, and he said again: "As for the case of Zhao Fengling...... I'm afraid it won't be soon, according to the messengers who escorted Zhao Fengling and others back to Beijing in Benzhou, they replied that they were walking very slowly along the way! ”

Li Xi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then understood the meaning of Zhou Qiong's words.

They walked slower on the way back to Chang'an, so naturally the crown prince Li Hong could have a breather, at least let them take more steps to find a way.

(To be continued)