Broken Leaf City was rebuilt by the Tang Army in the era of Wu Zetian, the circumference is nearly sixty miles, the city wall is tall and majestic, everything is no different from the Central Plains Xiongcheng, Broken Leaf City also retains the consistent characteristics of Tang Dynasty architecture, the city outline is wide, the street is upright, and the foundation of the house is magnificent.

The street layout in the city is also completely modeled after Chang'an City, a straight avenue in the middle, also called Suzaku Street, but it is east-west, and there is no square wall, the trees on both sides of the street are tall and luxuriant, one after another shops are lined up, the city has a large population, mixed ethnic groups, Han, Turkic, Turkish, Sogdian, Qarluq, Tocharian and so on.

Since the broken leaves have long been in the hands of the Han Chinese, despite the 30 years of Turkic rule, the appearance of the city can still be vaguely seen in the heyday of the city.

Everywhere are the buildings built by the Han people, one after another, black tile brick houses, a one-person high fence enclosing the courtyard, Li Bai's former residence is in a large mansion on the north side of Zhuque Street, and the house has been inhabited by a Turkic family.

Li Qing'an came to a mansion near the east gate surrounded by hundreds of guards, and opposite the mansion was Li Huichun's mansion, but Li Qing'an didn't plan to look for him today.

Everyone dismounted in front of the mansion, a personal soldier stepped forward and knocked on the door, after a while, the door opened, and an elderly family member saw that there were a large group of soldiers outside, and couldn't help but be stunned, and the personal soldier arched his hand and said: "General Li Qing'an came to visit Mrs. Luo from the Beiting Festival!" ”

"Oh! Wait a minute. ”

The door slammed shut, and the old family ran to report the news, this mansion is the old mansion of Li Jiancheng's descendants in Broken Leaves, and now it has been passed on to the fourth generation, and the owner is Li Jue, who was arrested by Li Qing'an, but his family is not in charge of him, but his mother, Mrs. Luo, is in charge.

Door 'squeak'! With a bang, a woman in palace clothes in her early forties walked out, although she was middle-aged, with a misty beard and sideburns, she could still see her beautiful appearance in her youth from between her eyebrows and eyes, she was Li Jue's mother, Mrs. Luo.

"Welcome General Li to my house!"

Mrs. Luo's voice was very soft, neither humble nor arrogant, showing the demeanor of a woman.

Li Qingan arched his hand with a smile, "It's been half a month since I came to visit Mrs., it's rude for me to come to visit my wife." ”

"The general is noble, the concubine is just a woman, where can he afford to be a festival envoy to visit, the general is not disgusted with the simplicity of the house, please come in and have a cup of tea!"

"Well, I'll bother Madame."

Li Qing'an walked into the house, this is a century-old house, the house is very large, covers an area of about 100 acres, the courtyards are layered on top of each other, although it has been renovated, but it can still be seen that it has gone through vicissitudes, the trees are tall and dense, the pavilions are like covers, the bricks and stones on the road are polished smooth and slippery, some animal patterns on the masonry have been blurred, but if you carefully identify, you can still see that it is a pattern such as a dragon and phoenix unicorn, faintly showing the difference of its owner's identity.

Although Li Jiancheng is heroic, but his descendants who are in the broken leaves are not as good as the generation, the first generation of Li Chengsi still has the ambition of thousands of miles, smelling the chicken and dancing every day, reading and practicing swords, and wants to restore his father's ambition, but it is a pity that he died of illness in his thirties, leaving a son Li Jiye, but he is a gentleman, gave birth to three sons, died two, and he himself died in his forties because of excessive drinking.

Then Li Jun, Li Jue, Li Jun is Mrs. Luo's husband, and was also killed in Persia six years ago, Mrs. Luo was afraid that her son would follow the old path of his father's early death, and she loved him in every way, and did not allow him to go out a step, and was afraid that he would catch a cold, lest he cough, and arranged for him to serve a dozen maids, but raised him into a gentleman who was not diligent and did not divide the grains, and the people of the Hidden Dragon Society were afraid that he would have no queen, so they gave him a woman when he was twelve years old, but it hurt his kidneys, and now he is twenty-four years old, and still has no heirs, This has become the biggest heart disease of the Hidden Dragon Society.

Although the Li family's house is very large, it is deserted, there are not many subordinates, and most of them are women, and a few men are old servants.

Li Qing'an was invited to the guest hall, although tables and chairs are used all over the Western Regions, but here it is still the same as the Central Plains, sitting on couches and mats, Li Qing'an sat down cross-legged, and a maid brought two cups of fragrant tea, he looked at the room and asked with a smile: "Isn't the son here?" ”

Mrs. Luo bowed and said, "My son is studying in the back house, and he usually doesn't see guests. ”

She said gratefully, "Thank you General Li for being magnanimous and letting me go in the north courtyard." ”

Li Qingan picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's nothing!" We were working carefully at the time, the son was innocent, and he would naturally release him if he figured it out, but I have a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not? ”

"General Li, but it's okay to talk about it!"

Li Qingan sighed and said: "The son has too little contact with the outside world, and he doesn't understand the world at all, so Madame should let him go out more to travel and see the world." ”

Mrs. Luo was speechless, her husband had been killed on a trip to Persia, how could she let her only son go on another adventure.

Seeing that Mrs. Luo was silent, Li Qingan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, so he took out the dragon pattern jade pendant from his arms, returned it to Mrs. Luo, and said with a smile: "This is the child's thing, I have forgotten it to him, and now the thing is returned to the original owner." ”

Mrs. Luo looked at this jade pendant blankly for a long time, she sighed, and gave the jade pendant to Li Qing'an, "General Li released my son, I have nothing to repay, this jade pendant will be given to General Li." ”

Li Qing'an was stunned and gave it to himself, is this jade pendant meaningless at all? He hesitated and said, "Madam, I heard that this jade pendant is very precious, is it a little inappropriate to give it to me?" ”

"Precious!" Mrs. Luo smiled bitterly, "Yes, it is very precious, it is the heirloom of the Li family for several generations, but no matter how precious it is, can it be precious to have my son's life?" How much misfortune this piece of jade has brought to their ancestors and grandchildren for generations, no one can get a good death, I just hope that my son can live a plain life, can have children like a normal person, can let me hold my grandson, and don't ruin my life for an impossible dream. ”

Mrs. Luo's voice was very low, and finally turned into muttering, Li Qingan was a little embarrassed, this piece of jade brought misfortune to their ancestors and grandchildren, so it was for himself, how awkward this reason sounded.

He played with this piece of jade and slowly said what he really meant today, "But madam, I have seen another piece of jade, which is almost exactly the same as it. ”

"Bang dang!" Mrs. Luo's cup fell to the ground and shattered, she was stunned, she clung to the armrest of the chair, trembling all over, as if she was about to fall down at any time, she asked in a trembling voice: "General Li, is there a phoenix pattern in that piece of jade?" ”

Li Qing'an immediately understood, sure enough, it was a pair, he groaned and said: "I saw that piece of jade in a jewelry shop in Anxi a few years ago, I don't know if there is a phoenix pattern, and then I wanted to buy it, but unfortunately it has been bought, if Mrs. is willing to tell me its origin, I will do my best to find its whereabouts." ”

Mrs. Luo's eyes welled up with endless sadness, and she said in a low voice: "I once had two sons, the eldest son Li Ting was unfortunately abducted when he was three years old, and he was carrying that phoenix-patterned jade pendant at that time, we searched for ten years, and there were clues that he was abducted and taken to Dashi, and we even sent people to Dashi to look for it, but we couldn't find it again." ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly stood up, knelt down to Li Qing'an, and said sadly: "General Li, if you can find my son, I am willing to set up a shrine for you, and for the rest of my life, I will eat fasting and chant Buddha for you." ”

"Madame, please get up! Not so. ”

Li Qingan hurriedly asked for help to help his wife up, but a loud shout came from behind him: "What are you doing to my mother?" ”

As soon as Li Qing'an turned around, he saw Li Jue standing at the side door with a resentful face, staring at him fiercely, Li Qing'an sat down and said with a faint smile: "Young Master Jue, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Mrs. Luo hurriedly explained to her son, "Jue'er, General Li wants to do my mother a big favor, and my mother is thanking General Li." ”

"Help? What do we need his help with? ”

There is a small animal that will bow its head and beg for mercy when it encounters a strong enemy alone, or lie on the ground with its feet facing the ground to admit defeat, but when it returns to its master, it will become fierce and abnormal, completely forgetting its former begging pity.

Li Jue is undoubtedly this kind of animal, he was scared half to death by Li Qing'an in the North Garden, but when he returned to Broken Leaves, returned to his mother and the Hidden Dragon Society, he immediately turned his face and hated Li Qing'an.

He stepped forward and saw the dragon-patterned jade pendant on the table at a glance, so he reached out to grab it, "This is my jade pendant!" ”

As soon as Li Qing'an hooked his hand, the jade pendant came to his hand, and said with a smile: "Young man, this jade pendant is not yours for the time being." ”

Mrs. Luo hurriedly scolded: "Yu'er must not be rude! ”

"But mother, this jade pendant is obviously mine."

"It used to be yours, but now I've given it to General Li."

"What!"

Li Jue was furious, he glared at his mother and shouted, "What right do you have to give away my Li family's ancestral jade pendant?"

Mrs. Luo's face turned pale in an instant, "Jue'er, how can you talk to your mother like this." ”

"How can I speak, this jade pendant is the ancestral heirloom of my Li family, what are you, you dare to give it away."

As soon as he spoke, 'Smack! With a crisp sound, Li Qingan slapped him to the ground, and said coldly: "If you dare to be rude to your mother again, I will chop you up with a knife, do you remember?" ”

After speaking, he arched his hand to Mrs. Luo and walked away, Li Jue touched his face and fell to the ground, he suddenly remembered the Hu man who was killed, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes, Mrs. Luo hurriedly helped him up, "Son! Are you okay! ”

In the distance, Li Qing'an's voice came, "This jade pendant is my trophy, and from now on, it belongs to me." ”

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At night, Li Qing'an wrote a letter to the crown prince Li Heng in the room, reporting to him how he took down the broken leaves, after all, he was a tide stall person, and he was obliged to report to the prince.

At this time, there was a report from the soldiers at the door, "Envoy, Li Dongzhu is here." ”

"Let him in!"

Li Qing'an put down the pen, and at this time, the soldiers brought Li Huichun in, and Li Huichun hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See the envoy?" ”

"You're welcome, Proprietor Li, please take a seat!"

Li Huichun sat down and immediately said: "Li Yuanjun, I came this time to ......."

Without waiting for him to finish, Li Qingan interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said with a smile: "I know that proprietor Li is sending me information about big food." ”

"Nope! I have already sent someone to eat the food, it is estimated that in a few days, the person will come back, and then I will definitely hand over the information to the envoy, I am here today for the dragon pattern jade pendant. ”

"Oh! Li Jue told you? ”

Li Huichun stood up and bowed deeply to Li Qing'an, and pleaded: "Li Envoy, that jade pendant is extraordinary to us, beg the envoy to return it to us." ”

"But Mrs. Luo has already given it to me." Li Qingan said with a smile.

Li Huichun was so anxious that beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, they always thought that this jade pendant was still on Li Jue's body, but today they realized that it had already arrived in Li Qing'an's hands.

Li Qing'an took out the jade pendant and put it on the table, and said, "I heard that there are actually two jade pendants, what is the preciousness of them?" I'd like to hear about it. ”

Li Huichun looked at the jade pendant with a blank eye, and had to sigh and said: "There are two jade pendants, a dragon and a phoenix, which were built a hundred years ago by the prince to Concubine Chang, if you give birth to a son Pei Longyu, if you give birth to a daughter, you will wear a phoenix jade, and as a result, she gave birth to a son in broken leaves, and these two jade pendants have become the only evidence left by the prince to the posthumous son, generally a dragon and a phoenix, but because the dragon jade is precious, it can only be worn after the weak crown, and the phoenix jade was worn before to ward off evil spirits, but twenty-three years ago, the son Ting disappeared, and the phoenix jade also did not know the whereabouts, Only this piece of dragon jade is left, it is extremely precious, Mrs. Luo gave it to the envoy out of love for her son, I can understand her painstaking efforts, but this piece of dragon jade cannot be left to outsiders anyway, please return it to us. ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly, "I see!" Actually, I'm here to collect, and I happen to have another one, so I want to make a pair. ”

Li Huichun was stunned, and stammered for a while: "Li Yuanjun, what do you mean?" ”

Li Qingan took out the phoenix-patterned jade pendant from the drawer, put it together with the dragon-patterned jade pendant, and said, "Isn't this a pair?" ”

Li Huichun's face changed greatly, he trembled and picked up the phoenix pattern jade pendant, looked at the light, squeezed the jade tightly in his palm, stared at Li Qing'an and said, "Li Yuanjun, where did you come from?" ”

"I don't know where it came from, I've been following me for a long time, and I've been throwing it in the box, if I hadn't seen this dragon pattern jade pendant, I would have forgotten it."

Li Qingan picked up the dragon-shaped jade pendant and handed it to Li Huichun and said with a smile: "This dragon-patterned jade pendant is yours, and I will return it to you, but the phoenix-patterned jade pendant is mine, and you have to return it to me." ”

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The night was getting deeper and deeper, Li Huichun sat in his study and stared out the window blankly, and there was a sign on the table next to him, which was obtained from the spirit of the hidden prince, and there were eight words on it: 'Broken leaves return to Tang, and the hidden dragon ascends to heaven'.

Li Huichun had been sitting for a whole hour, and no one knew what he was thinking, when there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and Chang Jin asked, "What did your father call us to do so late?" ”

"I don't know, Uncle Chang and Uncle Luo, please come in!"

The door opened, and Chang Jin and Luo Pinfang walked in, Luo Pinfang was in his early sixties this year, and he was Mrs. Luo's father, with a red face and a quick temper.

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Lao Li, it's so late, what are you looking for us to do?" ”

Li Huichun sighed, "Please sit down, two of you!" ”

The two sat down, and Luo Pinfang urged again: "Say it quickly!" What's up? ”

Li Huichun took out the dragon pattern jade pendant and put it on the table, and said, "This is what I want back from Li Qing'an, and last time I threw it in the North Garden." ”

Both of them were stunned, and Luo Pinfang said angrily: "Why didn't that little bastard say it? How dare you hide it from us! ”

Li Jue is his grandson, and he has always hated that iron cannot become steel.

Chang Jin hurriedly said: "He may also be afraid that we will scold him, but now that he has taken it back, it will be good." ”

Li Huichun said in a low voice: "However, I saw the phoenix-patterned jade pendant again from Li Qing'an. ”

"What other jade does he have...."

Luo Pinfang was just halfway out of shouting, his voice suddenly stopped, and he and Chang Jin froze at the same time.

"Yes, phoenix pattern jade pendant, I saw it with my own eyes today, and it is in Li Qing'an's hand."

Luo Pinfang and Chang Jin looked at each other, Luo Pinfang was so nervous that her voice trembled, "Then did he say where Ting'er is?" ”

Li Huichun shook his head, "No, he doesn't know anything." ”

"Then where did he get this jade pendant? It took me ten years to find Ting'er, but this jade pendant suddenly appeared in his hand, how can I explain this? Did he kidnap Ting'er back then? ”

Luo Pinfang had a quick temper, and the jade pendant suddenly appeared, which made him already a little anxious.

Li Huichun said: "Lao Luo, I think you are confused, how old could Li Qingan be twenty-three years ago, and how old could he be to abduct Ting'er?" ”

At this time, Chang Jin suddenly said: "Could it be that Li Qingan is .....?"

The room was silent, and the three of them did not speak, and there was an incredible look in their eyes.

Luo Pinfang muttered, "How is it possible? How could he be Purple? ”

"But he is twenty-seven years old this year, Ting'er is also twenty-six years old, and he is also surnamed Li, which is too coincidental!"

Speaking of this, Chang Jin said to Li Huichun again: "Do you remember Brother Li?" Li Qing'an begged his eldest brother in Chang'an to install a broken leaf household registration for his so-called grandfather. ”

"That's right! That's the thing. ”

Luo Pinfang's eyes lit up suddenly, and he was so excited that he said incoherently: "If he is really Ting'er, he is the envoy of the Beiting Festival!" ”

Luo Pinfang was about to look up to the sky and roar, if Li Qingan was really his grandson, he would kick that useless bastard into the Broken Leaf River with one kick.

Li Huichun still didn't say anything, he gently stroked the sign he begged from the spirit of the hidden prince, 'The broken leaves return to the Tang Dynasty, and the hidden dragon ascends to heaven', and whispered to himself: 'Could it be that this is the will of heaven?' ’

He suddenly turned around and said to the two of them very seriously: "Only the three of us know about this matter, and we are not allowed to leak it to anyone, not Madame!" ”

Luo Chang and the two nodded in agreement, and Li Huichun said again: "This matter is very important, we must not be hasty, we must find out Li Qing'an's life experience at all costs, yes, no, no, we can't have a fluke mentality." ”

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(To be continued)