readx; Li Qing'an rushed back to the broken leaves in late January, the broken leaves are always slightly warmer than other places because of the adjacent Atami, at this time the broken leaves have a trace of warmth, the snow melts, the weeping willows are green, and the wind blowing in the face is not so cold, it already contains a trace of spring. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Qing'an's return made his house like a festival, and the whole house was full of joy, and even a pair of red lanterns were hung at the door of his house, and as soon as the day dawned, several family members lit firecrackers at the door, so that the cold feeling of the New Year in his home was swept away.

In the dormitory, Li Qingan and his wife were awakened by the sound of firecrackers, Mingyue snuggled up to her husband like a newlywed wife, last night's love made her eyebrows still have a hint of spring, she raised her head coquettishly, and saw that her husband was staring thoughtfully at the roof, she twisted her body and said coquettishly: "You are not allowed to think about business in bed!" ”

Li Qingan smiled, his hand gently stroked his wife's smooth and delicate back and round and plump **, and said in a low voice: "I'll accompany you tonight, let's still ...... like last night"

Before he finished speaking, his mouth was blocked by Mingyue's hand, and Mingyue said shyly: "Don't talk about last night!" ”

"Good! Don't say it, don't say it! ”

Li Qingan broke free of her hand and smiled ambiguously: "Then let's talk about tonight!" ”

"You're going to accompany them tonight, and I don't know what they will do with me last night, hey! Who told you to marry four ladies? ”

Speaking of this, Mingyue suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Wuyi asked me to find a good family for her sister Yunu, but Yunu quietly told me that she was willing to stay in the mansion, what is your opinion?" ”

"She means, willing to commit herself to me?" The smile on Li Qingan's face couldn't hide it.

"Sure enough, I was tempted out!"

Mingyue looked at him with a smile, and suddenly stretched out her hand and grabbed his ear, and said coquettishly: "Isn't it enough to have four of us?" You said! How many women do you really want? ”

Li Qingan couldn't help but secretly complain, his wife was very tolerant in front of outsiders, but she was still a vinegar jar on the bed, and she was quite scheming, he was fooled.

"Lady, let go first and listen to my explanation."

"You've explained to my satisfaction, I'll let go."

Li Qingan was helpless, so he had to search for various excuses in his mind, and finally he said in a sympathetic tone: "Yunu has been dependent on Wuyi since she was a child, and she is like sisters, and I can't bear to separate them, you know, Yunu got married, had a husband and children, after a long time, her relationship with Wuyi will slowly fade, after all, she is not a sister, I am worried that one day they will meet on the road and will turn a blind eye and pass by, besides, Yunu may have been secretly in love with me, and I will not marry in my heart, if you force her to marry someone else, Wouldn't it make her sad for the rest of her life? ”

Mingyue was still a little moved at first, and her hand slowly loosened, but after hearing it, she couldn't help but be angry and funny in her heart, and suddenly pinched his ears, and scolded with a smile: "You want to be beautiful, who wants to marry you!" ”

In fact, Mingyue also understands in her heart that Yu Nu wants to marry Li Qing'an, which is also normal, she is a dowry maid in a dance dress, generally speaking, the dowry maid ends up with the male host, and Li Qing'an is young and has a high status, and he looks very good, and he is not the kind of gentleman, when he was in Chang'an, he didn't know how many little girls he was infatuated with, and more importantly, he loved his women very much, and he didn't treat concubines as inappropriate as ordinary men, she could also see that Yu Nu did have a little interest in Li Qing'an, but she was a housewife, She must have her own principles, she must not indulge Li Qingan in this kind of matter, otherwise Li Qingan will do whatever she wants, find dozens of concubines outside, and fight and intrigue in the back house all day long, what will she do? What's more important is that Li Qing'an has been fighting outside for many years, and once they are snubbed, there may be filthy things and insult Li Qing'an's style, so she must not let Li Qing'an succeed easily in the matter of jade slaves.

"I'm just talking about this matter, Yunu is Wuyi's sister, and her life's major events should be decided by Wuyi, so don't think about it."

Mingyue didn't mention this matter anymore, she changed the topic and said with a smile: "The New Year should worship the ancestors, and you are not at home, so I have to bring them to worship the spirit of the ancestors for you, but you should still go and worship yourself, let's go to the Jade Buddha Temple today, what do you think?" ”

Li Qing'an heard that his wife worshiped the ancestors for him, and he couldn't help but be moved in his heart, so he hugged her in his arms, kissed her pink lips and said: "Today I want to negotiate with the Byzantine envoy, and there will be arrangements for the next two days, and when I am busy in the past two days, our family will go to burn incense and worship the Buddha, okay?" ”

"Hmm!"

Mingyue was so confused by his kiss that she put her face on his chest and chest, and said in a low voice: "Then go to Guanyin Academy to ask for a son, my greatest wish is to give you a son, and my mother also wrote to me, hoping that I can get pregnant as soon as possible, I have been married for so long, I am always not pregnant, and I will be laughed at by others." ”

Having no children under his knees is also a big deal for Li Qingan, he also knows it in his heart, he has been with Picturesque and Dancing for so long, and they are not pregnant, the problem must be himself, he should not go to Guanyin Temple, but should go to the doctor.

At this time, the voice of the maid came from outside the door: "Master, there is a guest visiting outside, it is to receive the envoy Pei Zhijun." ”

"I see, please wait for him in my outer study."

Li Qingan smiled: "I have to get up, that guy came so early, I can't sleep a little longer." ”

Mingyue hurriedly got up and got dressed, she pulled up her hair and pursed her lips and smiled: "Pei Yuanjun is not exactly here to see you. ”

"What!" Li Qingan was stunned for a moment, what does this mean?

Mingyue didn't want to say more, and urged him: "Go quickly!" Don't get down to business. ”

She cleaned up a little, and then went out to arrange Li Qing'an's washing, Li Qing'an was confused, who else did Pei Yu come to?

．．．．．．． In the outer courtyard, Pei Yu was sitting in Li Qing'an's outer study waiting, drinking tea, but a little uneasy, at this time, he suddenly saw a shadow flashing in front of the window, he was overjoyed, and quickly slipped out, and found Xiaolian under an old apricot tree in the yard, seeing that there was no one left and right, Pei Yu mustered up the courage to take Xiaolian's hand, "Xiaolian, I want to tell you something." ”

Xiaolian's face turned red, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly shook him off, looked left and right again, and then said in a low voice: "Don't let people see it, you say it!" What's up? ”

"My grandfather wrote to me, hoping that I could go back to Chang'an, but his health is getting worse and worse."

Xiaolian's heart sank, and after a while, she whispered: "Then you don't care about me?" ”

"No, I want to take it with me."

"But... I'm afraid that my eldest brother won't allow it! ”

"Who said your eldest brother wasn't allowed?"

Li Qing'an's laughter suddenly came from the side, scaring the two people like rabbits, and hurriedly separated, only to see Li Qingan appear at the door, looking at the two of them with a smile, it turned out that his wife said this meaning, Pei Yu actually fell in love with Xiaolian, and it could be seen that Xiaolian also had a lot of affection for him, which is a good thing!

Li Qing'an has not been able to take care of her since he recognized the orphan girl Xiaolian as his righteous sister, and put her in Qiuzi for several years, thinking that she is slowly growing up, and no one cares about her, Li Qing'an is also quite guilty, so he asked Mingyue to bring Xiaolian back to the broken leaves when she passed by Qiuzi, and asked her to pay attention to a good family for Xiaolian, but she didn't expect Xiaolian to have a fate with Pei Yu.

Pei Yu is a very good young man, he is Pei Kuan's eldest grandson, born in a famous family, but he does not have the pride of a famous family, and he can bear hardships and stand hard work, and he is an envoy to Dashi and Byzantium, Pei Yu is twenty-three years old this year, Xiaolian is nineteen years old, and his age is also very matched, if Xiaolian can marry him, it is also her blessing, Li Qingan is very satisfied, and Pei Yu and his wife Mingyue are still a little related, Pei Yu can marry Xiaolian, and to some extent, he can also strengthen the relationship between himself and the Pei family, a good thing!

Pei Yu and Xiaolian were hit by Li Qing'an, both of them blushed in their hearts, and Xiaolian said, "Big brother, I... I! ”

'I' for a long time, I couldn't say a word, she was so ashamed that she stomped her feet, turned around and ran away, Li Qingan looked at her back, and laughed, "This little girl!" ”

Pei Yu's face was swollen red, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See the general!" ”

Li Qingan nodded, "Sit in the house!" ”

The two walked into the study, and Pei Yu suddenly knelt down, "General, I want to marry Xiaolian as my wife, and beg the general to be fulfilled!" ”

Li Qing'an glanced at him and said, "There is gold under the man's knees, except for his parents and ancestors, you can't kneel for anyone else, including me!" ”

"Yes!" Pei Yu stood up and said in a snort: "Xiaolian said, you are her eldest brother, you must agree, let me beg you." ”

Li Qingan smiled and asked, "Then you tell me first, how are you.... Well, that one? ”

Pei Yu blushed and said: "When I went to Qiuzi last year, I met Xiaolian and taught her to write poetry, this time the Byzantine envoy visited, I was responsible for receiving the envoy, and she was responsible for accompanying the Byzantine princess, we often had contact, and we came and went, and then ......"

"I see!"

Li Qingan smiled and nodded, sure enough, it was fate, he thought about it and said, "I heard you just now, it seems that you want to go back to Chang'an, what's going on?" ”

Pei Yu saw that Li Qing'an didn't seem to have any objections, he was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "My grandfather has written many times, hoping that I can return to the imperial court, he said that I am the eldest grandson, I have been away for five years, and I should return to the family, otherwise I will be away for too long, and it will be a little unfavorable for me to take over the family in the future." ”

Li Qingan also remembered that when he got married last year, Pei Kuan also told him that he hoped that his eldest grandson could return to Beijing, Pei Yu had followed him for five years, and it was time for him to return to Beijing. I can let you go back to Beijing this year, but after negotiating with Byzantium this time, I estimate that you will have to go to Constantinople to make an envoy to Byzantium for me, during this period, I asked my wife to contact the Pei family to set up your marriage with Xiaolian, and when you come back from the mission, you will marry Xiaolian, and then return to Chang'an with your wife, and you will return to Chang'an to take up your post, which will be transferred back by Anxi, and will not let you start from scratch. ”

Pei Yu saw that Li Qing'an was thoughtful, and couldn't help but be moved in his heart, so he gave a deep salute and said, "Thank you for making it perfect." ”

"Alright, please take a seat!"

Li Qingan waved his hand and said: "After talking about private matters, it's time to talk about official affairs, I want to know about the situation of this Byzantine envoy." ”

．．．．．．．． The Tang Empire and the Byzantine Empire do not have any conflict of interest, and the two sides have common enemies, so the possibility of the two sides forming a strategic alliance is very large, but this is only a possibility, the two countries have never interacted for hundreds of years, how can they immediately form a strategic alliance, this requires a process, a process of mutual understanding, and more importantly, Li Qing'an cannot represent the Tang Empire, he is just a local prince, which Li Qing'an also understands very well, it just so happens that the other party sent a very orthodox and old-fashioned messenger, If he behaves too eagerly, it will backfire, Li Qing'an, who has been fighting for so many years in the power field, naturally understands this well, and when dealing with Western envoys, sometimes he might as well play Taijiquan, of course, the people of the Tang Dynasty may not know what Taijiquan is, but he Li Qing'an knows.

After talking with Pei Yu, Li Qing'an did not go to your hotel to meet the Byzantine envoys, but went to the guest house next to your hotel, where more than 100 soldiers from Chang'an lived in the army.

The State Guest House is a vast building complex, composed of dozens of courtyards and hundreds of rooms, there are special officials to manage, food and accommodation are free, many officials from Chang'an to support Anxi and Guozi Tai students live here, last year, when Cen Shen's new poems came to Chang'an, there are more than 100 Tai students enthusiastic, resolutely put pen to paper from Rong, to Anxi to serve the country in the army, they traveled a long way, and finally arrived at the broken leaf more than ten days ago, warmly welcomed by the broken leaf officials, they were temporarily arranged to live in the State Guest House, and asked them to help with some clerical work, and when Li Qingan came back, they decided where they went.

These soldiers were concentrated in a few courtyards, the courtyard was quiet, and the soldiers were busy copying the military registration of the soldiers of the Anxi Army, which was their temporary work, and there was no penny to pay for it, but they were full of passion and drive, and did not complain.

"Everyone! The Great General is coming. ”

The officials of the guest house loudly informed the scholars, and the scholars poured out one after another, their faces full of youth, and they surrounded Li Qing'an excitedly, gossiping and shouting that they were willing to join the army to fight against the Great Food Army.

These are all talented young people, all in their twenties, full of enthusiasm and ambitions, and their growth will be a valuable asset to Li Qing'an, who has decided to put these scholars into the army to hone their skills, so that they can become his pillars in the future.

"Rest assured, the Anxi Army is an army that stands out by its talents, there is no darkness, there is no [***], no matter whether you are from a noble background, whether you are rich or poor, you are all equal in the army, some of you may become generals, and some people may only be soldiers, but there is only one criterion for deciding whether to become a general or a soldier, that is, your talents, give full play to your talents, from tomorrow, you will become a member of the Anxi Army, and realize your dreams."

Li Qing'an's impromptu speech won a round of applause, he waved his hand to silence everyone, and said with a smile: "Everyone, please line up, give me your place of origin and name, and let me remember you." ”

This is the means of Li Qing'an's royal majesty, more than 100 people have signed up for the name, and he may not remember any of them, but for the applicants, there is a little more hope in his heart.

The first tall man said: "In Xia Du Mingpei, a native of Gaoling County, Jingzhao Prefecture." ”

"In Xia Wuwan, a native of Chengdu Prefecture."

"Under Li Chengfei, a native of Chang'an."

"In Xia Chen Shaoyou, my grandfather Chen Yan, who was the deputy protector of Anxi, is now studying in Chongxuanguan and is willing to serve the general."

Li Qing'an saw that he was twenty-four or five years old, he looked like a talent, and he could see that his bearing was extraordinary, Li Qing'an nodded, didn't say anything, and turned his eyes to the next person, and the next person stepped forward to introduce himself: "In Xia Zhang Zhihe, a native of Chang'an, graduated from Taixue last year, and I was awarded Zuo Jinwuwei to join the military, but I am willing to serve in the army for the Western Regions, and I don't want to enter the court to serve Jinwu." ”

'Zhang Zhihe? Li Qingan felt that this name was a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, after a little thought, he suddenly remembered that it was Li Mi's nephew, Li Mi recommended it to him, saying that he was young and talented, and this Zhang Zhihe, the song 'Egret Flying in front of Xisai Mountain, peach blossom flowing water mandarin fish fat' is not his masterpiece?

Li Qing'an looked at him carefully, this person is a young man with beautiful eyebrows, who looks quite capable, Li Qing'an smiled and nodded, and did not treat him as special because he was introduced by Li Mi, whether it is real gold or mortal iron, it must be advanced to the melting pot of the army to exercise.

His gaze turned to the next one again, and the next dark-skinned soldier bowed down and said: "In Xia Luo Wensheng, a native of Chang'an, his family is poor, his parents are dead, and he is willing to serve the general!" ”

．．．．．． Just when Li Qing'an was talking with the scholars at the State Guest House, Joseph, the Byzantine envoy who had been waiting for Li Qing'an for nearly a month, got the news, and he couldn't help but be a little stunned. Li Qing'an actually went to see them instead of visiting him.

The Byzantine envoy lived in your hotel, only one street away from the guest house, and Li Qing'an had to pass through their gate to go to the guest house, Joseph was very frustrated, it seems that in Li Qing'an, Byzantium is not very important, but Joseph forgot that the year before last, Li Qing'an sent Pei Yu to Byzantium, and the Byzantine emperor was also missing, Pei Yu lived in Constantinople for nearly half a year, and he barely saw the Byzantine emperor.

Joseph came to Anxi this time, mainly to establish trade exchanges, Constantine V did not have much interest in establishing a strategic alliance between Byzantium and Anxi, after all, Li Qing'an was not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and could not represent the Tang Dynasty, to put it bluntly, that is, Li Qing'an did not have this qualification, as for military cooperation, there was a little possibility, but Constantine V needed to touch the details of Anthy, and this matter was not done by Joseph, but by his baby daughter Ellenni.

While Joseph was feeling depressed, his niece Ellen angrily went to find Li Qing'an.

(To be continued)