readx; Upon his return from Byzantium, Li Qing'an immediately convened an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in the Hanzhong region, and although his report to Lychee was to maintain the status quo, maintaining the status quo was not the solution to the crisis, on the contrary, if nothing was done, the crisis would get deeper and deeper. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The participants in the meeting were all high-ranking civil and military officials who are currently in Xiaye, including the supreme military commander of the Hezhong region, Li Fei Yuanli, and the coordinator of the Hezhong Joint Conference, Luo Qiming, who had just rushed back, Luo Qiming was the son of Luo Pinfang of the Hidden Dragon Society, that is, Li Qing'an's nominal uncle, proficient in Arabic and Sogdian, and he was also the only official of the Hidden Dragon Society in the Anxi Army, and he was nominally the coordinator of the joint conference of the countries in the river, which was equivalent to the secretary general of the Hezhong Alliance, but he was actually in charge of the highest administrative power in the Hezhong region.

The critical situation in the river caused Luo Qiming to rush back to report the situation to Li Qing'an, and the report that Li Qing'an reviewed in the carriage was written by him." Generals, envoys, the sectarian conflict in the river is not just happening today, they have a long-standing grudge, when the white-clothed food ruled the river, forcibly promoted Islam, oppressed the Zoroastrians, sold them as slaves in large numbers, destroyed their temples, at that time, the resentment between the Zoroastrian and the Muslims was already very deep, the Zoroastrian uprisings and rebellions were also one after another, but they were repeatedly brutally suppressed, and now the Tang army occupied the river, to a certain extent, supported the Zoroastrians, which made their decades of hatred erupt, double their revenge against the IslamistsThis is the source of their conflict, the temple dispute is only a façade, and I now suspect that the Great Eclipse has sent people to sneak into the river to fan the flames, and that Bukhara is the closest to the Great Eclipse, and its riot is most likely the result of the Great Eclipse's incitement. ”

At this time, Lifei Yuanli stood up and said: "In my opinion, we should use brutal killings to bring Islamists to their knees, just as the Muslims suppressed the Shiite uprising, and we must not be merciful. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone snort softly, and Li Qingan turned his head to look at it, it was Cui Qianyou, who had just rushed back today, preparing to report to Li Qingan, so he also participated in this emergency meeting to discuss the situation in the river.

Li Qingan saw that Cui Qianyou seemed to have something to say, so he waved his hand and asked him not to speak for the time being, and he said to Luo Qiming: "Do you have any plan to solve the crisis?" That's the report I want to hear. ”

Luo Qiming bowed and said: "My subordinates have also considered, and the humble position believes that first of all, we can't be too partial to the Zoroastrians, which not only can not solve the problem, but will make the contradictions more intense, this is the lesson of our past year or so, originally the conflict between the two sects, as long as we take a fair position, then we can act as a mediator to mediate the contradictions between the two sides, let the two sides sit down to negotiate, but now the problem is that we have been too partial to the Zoroastrians in the past year, so that the Islamic Shiites no longer believe in us, and have begun to be hostile to us, So I think we should beat the Zoroastrians and prevent them from destroying mosques in various places at will, easing the contradictions between us and the Shiites, and then let the joint conference play a leading role, and then we will mediate the contradictions between the two sides behind the scenes, find a compromise that is acceptable to both sides, and then continue to come up with effective measures to stabilize the situation and crack down on the infiltration of the Great Food into the river, and the subordinates think that in this way we can really stop the riots in the river. ”

Li Qing'an heard what Luo Qiming said, Luo Qiming was actually implying that it was Lifei Yuanli's interference in the affairs of the river that caused the contradiction to intensify, but he didn't dare to offend Lifei Yuanli, and he didn't dare to say it clearly, Li Qing'an nodded, and then turned his head and asked Cui Qianyou: "Does General Cui have a good solution?" ”

Cui Qianyou has always wanted to replace Li Fei Yuanli as the head of the military and politics in Hezhong, of course he will not let go of this opportunity, he stood up and bowed to Li Qing'an first, and then bowed to everyone, and said slowly: "I think the plan to solve the Hezhong region should be a combination plan, in the long run, I support Luo Yuanjun's plan, and it is true that the trust of the two factions should be gradually established, and the Tang Army must not participate in the sectarian struggle, let alone favor the Zoroastrians, this is a major mistake by General Li Fei in the past year." ”

Li Fei Yuanli listened to him by name, his face couldn't help but change, and he was about to have a seizure, but Li Qingan glared at him fiercely, so frightened that he swallowed the angry rebuke to his mouth again, in fact, Li Qingan was also a little dissatisfied with Li Fei Yuanli, at that time, when he handed over the river to Li Fei Yuanli and Luo Qiming, he repeatedly told that the Tang army could not take sides with either side, unless it was to overthrow the occupation of the Tang army, otherwise the army was not allowed to participate in local disputes, and religious disputes could only be resolved by the joint conference, but Li Fei Yuanli did not take what he said to heart, Instead, they sent troops to help the Zoroastrians demolish mosques, which led to the intensification of contradictions, so that the Shiites aimed the spearhead at the Tang army, and even shouted the slogans of 'the Tang army get out of the river' and 'kill Li Qing'an'.

But now is not the time to punish Li Fei Yuanli, now Anxi is worried about internal and external troubles, and can no longer create contradictions, he did not reprimand Li Fei Yuanli, so he said to Cui Qianyou: "Go on, what is the short-term solution." ”

"The short-term method of the lowly position is divide and rule, that is, to separate the Shiites from the Zoroastrians, since Bukhara is the most troublesome, then start from Bukhara, and the dense water flows through the city of Bukhara, dividing Bukhara into two, which is just the boundary of the dense water, so that the two sects of believers live on one side, and they are not allowed to come and go, and as for the mosque that caused the riots, it is temporarily closed, and the Muslims are not allowed to pray, so that the dissatisfaction of the Zoroastrians can be somewhat appeased, and at the same time, the whole city will be searched, and the spies sent by the Great Food will be searched."

Cui Qianyou's plan made Li Qing'an think of the partition of India and Pakistan in the later generations, although there are troubles, but from a certain point of view, it is indeed a quick way to resolve contradictions and conflicts, but what Li Qing'an thought of is to move the Islamists to the west of the Amu Darya River, that is, Khorasan, let them establish a state there, and set up a country in which the Shiites are in power, so that a hostile country will appear in the west of the Great Eclipse, which will become the biggest constraint on the Great Eclipse, and he cannot pin too much hope on Byzantium.

But this is a later story, Li Qingan didn't want to say it for the time being, so he nodded and said: "General Cui's plan can be used as one of the alternatives, do you have a better plan?" ”

．．．．．．．． Just when the government hall held an emergency meeting overnight, an uninvited guest came to Li Qing'an's house, in the main guest hall of Li Qing'an's mansion, Mingyue, dancing clothes, and picturesque four people looked serious, and opposite them sat the Byzantine princess Eleoni, who had just returned from the frozen city, and next to her sat Xiaolian with an embarrassed face, she was the translator between them.

Originally, Ellen was their honored guest, but as soon as she entered the door, she said something that made them look at each other, she came today to discuss with them about their marriage with Li Qingan, it was this sentence that made her lose the due treatment of her guests, and she didn't even have a cup of tea that should have been served to her.

Wuyi sat at the bottom of the bright moon, the seats of the two were less than a foot apart, the seats of the two of her were deliberately arranged by Rushi, since they quarreled in front of Li Qingan last night, the two have not said a word, and now they are willing to sit together, this is also thanks to Rushi, Rushi does not live up to Li Qingan's trust, under her painstaking persuasion, the contradiction between the two people today has eased a little, and has not intensified, especially last night because Li Qingan went to the political hall in a negative mood, so that Wuyi also regretted it slightly, At noon today, she sent someone to invite Zhao Senjun's sister and returned Zhao Senjun's wedding sticker to her, regretting the marriage.

Mingyue soon knew about this matter, although she also knew that this was actually what Li Qing'an meant, but from the point of view of this matter itself, it also showed that Wuyi was actually giving in, which also made her have face, and the anger in her heart disappeared a little.

So when Rushi arranged for her to sit with Maiyi, she didn't say anything, although the two of them still didn't speak, but they were sitting together after all.

At this time, Mingyue found that the red bow on Elleni's back seemed to be the one in Li Qing'an's carriage, and the more she looked at it, the more familiar it became, and she finally couldn't help but say to herself: "Her bow and arrow are so familiar." ”

Although Mingyue was talking to herself, her voice was a little louder, and the dancer next to her heard it, and her attention immediately fell on the bow, which she had played with before, and she was more familiar with it than Mingyue, she recognized it at a glance, and said, "It's really the bow of the carriage." ”

The two glanced at each other, their eyes were full of surprise, Li Qing'an's bow would never be given away easily, how could it be on this Western princess? Could it be...... At this time, Elleni saw their suspicions, so she took the bow in her hand and smiled proudly: "This bow is indeed given to me by Li Qing'an, and it is a promise he gave me." ”

Xiaolian next to her was so frightened that she almost didn't fall, she didn't dare to translate this sentence, so she said vaguely: "She said that this bow was a gift from her eldest brother." ”

Unexpectedly, Ruhua, who had been silent next to her, could understand a few words of Turkic language, and she understood the key words used by Elleni, so she interjected: "No! She said that she was in love, and I understood that. ”

As soon as she said this, the other three women were stunned, and after a while, Mingyue said to Xiaolian: "Xiaolian, don't hide anything, this matter is very important to us, you deliberately conceal us, in fact, it is not for our good, but it will be a big thing, you know?" ”

Xiaolian nodded with a flushed face, "Sister Mingyue, I understand." ”

"Good! You ask her, what exactly did she have to do with Da Lang? What is a love thing? ”

Xiaolian translated, and Ellen smiled: "Do you still need to ask?" I had a relationship with him last night, so that's why I came to you. ”

Xiaolian couldn't speak, she was expecting Ai Ai, and it took a long time to say: "She said that she and her eldest brother had gotten along last night, and they were already there, so she came to you to find you." ”

"You're talking nonsense!"

Wuyi was extremely angry, and her tears were about to fall, Li Lang should have accompanied her last night, but she didn't expect to run to find this vixen.

"Don't worry, let me ask her!"

Mingyue knew that this princess was telling the truth, and she was very likely to get along with her husband, so she got this bow, although she hated it in her heart, but she was calm, and asked Elleni: "Then what are you doing when you come to us?" ”

Eleoni said unhurriedly: "I remember I told you that I shot my former fiancé with my own hands, just because he betrayed me, with other women, I will never accept my husband and other wives, my faith makes me follow the monogamous system, I also specially asked, Datang allows husband and wife to separate, you can't give him children, it is said that this situation can be done with just a letter of resignation, so I hope you can leave Li Qing'an by yourself, because I want to marry him." ”

Eleoni's words, like a thunderclap on the ground, made the four of them stunned, they had never heard such a ridiculous thing, but this princess was serious, not like a joke at all, at this time, the picture of dry lips said: "Three sisters, she seems to be telling the truth, I have heard that the Byzantine religion stipulates that they must be monogamous." ”

Mingyue shook her head and said to Elleni: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I respect your beliefs and your view of marriage, but I am the wife that Li Qing'an is marrying, and the girl in the dance dress next to me is also Li Qing'an's wife, she is second only to me, and she has also received the order of the imperial court and is protected by the laws of the Tang Dynasty, as for these two sisters, they are also Li Qing'an's wives and wives I recognize, this is our marriage system in the Tang Dynasty, if you want to marry Li Qing'an, you must be recognized and agreed by me, But I'm sorry, I don't accept you, I hope you can find a husband who has the same faith as you, that's the best fit for you, Li Qingan is not. ”

After listening to the translation, Elleni sneered twice and said: "I know you don't want to leave Li Qing'an, and I understand, after all, I am also a woman, but I will persuade my father to use what Li Qing'an wants the most as a dowry, and I also hope that you can understand that marriage is more of a transaction of interests between countries." ”

After speaking, she turned around and walked away, Mingyue watched her back disappear, she sighed softly, and said to Wuyi: "Sister Wuyi, I want to talk to you." ”

．．．．．．．．．． Most women belong to the more sentimental animals, they tend to decide one thing by their own feelings, when she is in a state of anger, simple things often become quite serious, but when she is calm or happy, the original serious things will also become simple, of course, there is also a situation, when she encounters another thing that she thinks is more serious, the original serious things will also become simple, Mingyue and Wuyi belong to the last situation, although the two of them are arguing over the rights and obligations of their wives and concubines, Although this struggle of rights and obligations is important to both of them, when their marriage is threatened by a third party, their dispute immediately becomes unimportant, and they need to reach some kind of compromise to deal with the threat of the third party together.

In the small guest room of the East Courtyard, the two women who had been arguing for two days finally sat down face to face, no third person was present, Mingyue sighed lowly, and said apologetically to the dance clothes: "It's me who is too impulsive, some things are just taken for granted, and I don't consider your feelings, Yunu and you are like sisters, I shouldn't ask about her marriage, I apologize to you." ”

Wuyi is a typical person who does not accept the hard, people respect her a foot, she is also a person, she has no scheming, all she wants is self-esteem, Mingyue's toughness will only make her self-esteem more sensitive, and will make her resistance more intense, but when Mingyue took the initiative to apologize to her, the resistance in her heart disappeared, and even softened more than Mingyue, of course, the rudeness and threats of the Byzantine princess also made her resentful, she also understood that she must unite with Mingyue, in order to maintain their common marriage.

Wuyi bowed her head and was silent for a long time, she also sighed in her heart, and said softly: "Actually, I should apologize to you, after all, you are the mother of the family, and you are the longest, I should discuss the matter of the jade slave with you, put forward my opinions and ideas, and then listen to your opinions, we should be able to find a consistent solution, but I will refuse you indiscriminately, this is my fault, I should also consider your feelings, I apologize to you!" ”

Saying that, Wuyi bowed to Mingyue, Mingyue immediately stopped her, took her hand and smiled: "We are all sisters, we are all a family, it is normal for a family to have bumps and bumps, understand each other, things can be solved, I am not a narrow-minded person, I will never take this matter to heart, I also hope that Sister Wuyi will not take it to heart, we will still be good sisters in the future." ”

Mingyue's tolerance also felt a little ashamed, she nodded, and said sincerely: "I won't take this matter to heart, I will call you Sister Mingyue in the future, after all, you are the long, I am the second." ”

"Then let's call each other, I'll call you Sister Wuyi, and you call me Sister Mingyue, so it's leveled."

Mingyue's heart also secretly screamed ashamed, she only understood a truth today, the solution of the contradiction should be different from person to person, can not be blindly tough, sometimes take a step back, but can make the contradiction easily solved, especially for the dance clothes, she made a step forward, gave her self-esteem, she will give in more, can solve the contradiction between her and the dance clothes, Mingyue is also very pleased in her heart, she is the main mother, if the contradiction between her and the dance clothes can not be solved, in the eyes of others, it is her incompetence, now that the problem is solved, she feels a joy of success.

She took the hand of the dancer and sat down, and said hatefully: "Now let's discuss how to deal with that flowery man in our family!" ”

Mingyue stood up, walked to the door and ordered a maid to invite the picturesque sisters.

Seeing Mingyue's serious expression, Wuyi was also a little uneasy in her heart, so she asked, "Do you think Da Lang will really marry that Xihu woman?" ”

"What do you think?" Mingyue asked rhetorically.

Wuyi thought for a while and said: "I know that many marriages are indeed combined for a benefit between the two countries, if that woman does not insist on monogamy, maybe Da Lang will take her as a concubine, or a side concubine, but I don't think Da Lang should abandon us because of her." ”

When Wuyi said this, seeing that Mingyue was still worried, her heart couldn't help but tighten, and asked, "Am I not right?" ”

"I know, I should believe that Da Lang is not the kind of person who is ruthless and unrighteous."

Mingyue sighed, took Wuyi's hand and said: "But I'm really worried, I don't understand the hearts of men, some men don't hesitate to sell their relatives for the sake of power and official documents, for example, my father is such a person, he not only wants to dedicate me to the emperor, but my eldest sister was forced to marry a Khitan because of him, and finally died tragically in a foreign land, Wuyi, I am really a little nervous." ”

"Big sister, don't worry!"

Wuyi comforted her with good words: "I don't think Da Lang will marry a Xihu woman as his wife, so not only will the Anxi soldiers be dissatisfied, but the people of the Central Plains will not accept it, I don't think Da Lang will be so stupid." ”

Mingyue is a fan of the authorities, she left a shadow on her because of her father's affairs, and the Byzantine princess mentioned Anthy's alliance with Byzantium, which made her feel that there might be such a possibility, plus she has been pregnant, so she was worried that her husband would really divorce her and marry the Byzantine princess as his wife, but the words of the dance dress reminded her all of a sudden, yes! If the husband really marries a Xihu woman as his wife, can the Shishu of the Central Plains still tolerate him?

Thinking of this, Mingyue's mood got better again, and she couldn't help but be secretly grateful to the dancer, at this time, the door opened, and the picturesque sisters walked in, and they saw Mingyue dancer talking and laughing, and their hearts were stunned at the same time, and they secretly thought: 'I was still arguing last night, why is it reconciled now?' ’

Ruhua reacted very quickly, she immediately figured it out, and said with a smile: "Eldest sister, it's for the woman's business just now!" ”

"Exactly!"

Mingyue pulled them over and said with a smile: "Sit down, let's discuss together, how to teach our family a lesson." ”

．．．．．．．．． After the meeting, Li Qingan returned home, as soon as he entered the door, he still felt cold, the same as yesterday, he used to go home was not like this, at least two wives will greet him with a smile and ask for warmth, pull him to eat, the family talked and laughed at the dinner table, but since yesterday, that warm and harmonious feeling is gone, Li Qingxin was depressed for a while, and the two wives caught fire at the city gate, but it was their own pond fish that were affected.

But there was one thing he felt strange, not only a wife couldn't see it, but even a subordinate didn't have it, the whole mansion was pitch black, just like everyone was asleep in the dead of night, but now it's still early, what's going on?

He walked through the outer door and came to the middle courtyard, only to see that the side hall where the wives usually live and gather was brightly lit, and only this one had lights, is it like poetry? Li Qingxin was surprised for a while, and walked over quickly, 'Squeak! He pushed the door open, and a bright light dazzled him, and when he saw the room clearly, he was stunned.

The room was brightly lit, and he saw his four wives sitting together and talking to each other, it can be seen that he came back, and the four of them closed their mouths at the same time and sat up straight, Li Qingan couldn't believe his eyes, he could see clearly just now, Mingyue was talking to Wuyi, he was confused for a while, what was going on, did they reconcile again?

"A woman's heart is so elusive!"

Li Qingan was full of emotion, he was still arguing last night, but at this moment he was reconciled again, he put his heart down, walked forward with a smile and said with a smile: "Why are you all gathered here, it seems that I am not very welcome!" ”

The faces of the four women were gloomy at the same time, no one paid attention to him, Li Qingan was stunned, "What is wrong with you?" ”

Mingyue stood up and said to the other three girls: "Sisters, it's not early, let's all go back and rest!" ”

The dancing clothes and picturesque all stood up and walked past him, ignoring his existence at all, Li Qingan was also a little annoyed, he said everything clearly, what is this, is it a demonstration to himself? His face also darkened.

"Stop!" He commanded in a low voice.

Li Qing'an, who was full of words and made a mountain fall in Anxi, failed his first order, and none of his four wives ignored him, without a trace of nostalgia, without a little hesitation, they walked out of the side hall quickly, went directly back to the inner house, and left Li Qingan in the side hall.

He stood motionless, puzzled and annoyed, and after a while, he snorted heavily, and turned to his outer study.

It was dark in the outer study, he lit the lamp in the dark, sat in his rattan chair, sulking secretly, he hadn't eaten dinner yet, but no one paid attention to him, not even Rushi came to see him, Li Qingxin was extremely confused, and even Rushi ignored him, which can only show that the problem is very serious, what happened in the end? Could it be..... Li Qingan suddenly remembered Ellen, did they know? It happened on the ship, and they couldn't possibly know, if it wasn't this, then why? Could it be that I didn't sleep at home last night and annoyed them? It's impossible to think about it, and if that's the case, at least Rushi won't be angry.

Li Qing'an was cranky in his mind, but he didn't have a clue, he nested in the rattan chair, and fell asleep unconsciously, in the middle of the night, he was awakened by a sound of snoring, the study was dark, the light had gone out at some point, looking from the top of the window, the stars in the night sky were twinkling, or at night, Li Qingan slept with a sore back, he struggled to change his position sideways, at this moment, he suddenly felt as if there was someone in the study, he was motionless, snoring sounded slightly, but his ears were like radar, and there was no movement in the room, All of them were in his ears.

I only heard the faint sound of footsteps approaching him, Li Qingan's eyes narrowed, the footsteps stopped beside him, only to hear a faint sigh, he suddenly felt a heavy weight on his body, only felt a thick blanket covering his body, carefully tucked the corners around him, Li Qingan had already heard the sigh, it was his beloved concubine Rushi.

Just as the footsteps were about to leave the room, Li Qingan suddenly said in a deep voice: "I haven't eaten for a day, don't you care?" ”

It was Rushi who came to cover Li Qing'an with a blanket, although they discussed it, within three days, no one paid attention to Li Qing'an, and let him taste the taste of betraying his family, but at night, Rushi finally couldn't help but come to see him and covered him with a blanket, but he found out.

Rushi stood motionless at the door as if she had been nailed by a nail, although her husband had not eaten for a day made her feel distressed, but the woman's provocation at the door also made her angry, she was conflicted in her heart, should she go to prepare a meal for him?

"Tell me the truth, what the hell happened?"

Li Qing'an didn't ask about it, but when he asked about it, he reminded Rushi at once, the four of them reached an agreement, if she betrayed in the middle, wouldn't this offend the other three, and also offend the housemother Mingyue, thinking of this, Rushi said coldly: "What you do by yourself, you know better than anyone else, there is a snack on the table, and you eat it yourself when you are hungry." ”

She opened the door and walked out quickly, "You stop!" Li Qingan shouted in the back, but Rushi didn't look back, and walked away at a faster pace.

Li Qing'an lay down weakly, he let out a long sigh, it seems that they must know about the Byzantine princess.

As soon as the morning dawned, Li Qingan quietly left home.

(To be continued)