Li Qing'an walked out of the courtyard of the dancer, under a plum tree, he stopped again, looked back at the window where the dancer lived, he caught a glimpse of her, in the whole year, he only saw her for a short time, how many things he had to say, those words weighed heavily on his heart, so that he had a kind of affectionate pity for her, and felt guilty because he had hurt her so pitifully, he hoped that the dancer could support it, and believed that he would definitely come back.

Li Qing'an turned around and walked quickly towards the side door of Xiangguo's mansion, he just walked out of the side door, but unexpectedly saw a carriage parked at the side door, nearly a hundred guards rode around the left and right, and when he saw Li Qing'an come out, the window suddenly opened, revealing Li Linfu's huge nose and signboard-like smiling face, "General Li, why didn't you come to my house to see me?" ”

Li Linfu's sudden appearance surprised Li Qing'an, and he hurriedly arched his hand and smiled: "I'm afraid of affecting Xiangguo's rest, don't dare to disturb!" ”

"I don't have any time to rest, if General Li doesn't have any urgent matters, can you have a few small talks with me?"

"The prime minister is invited, how dare you disobey your orders."

Li Qing'an got into the carriage, the carriage slowly drove towards the Dongshi area, Li Linfu's carriage was wide and comfortable, like a mobile study, a small table was placed at the window by the car, the four treasures of the study room were readily available, and on the other side of the window was a small table, with cushions on both sides, Li Qing'an and Li Linfu sat opposite each other, and a little scholar in the carriage poured tea for them.

Li Qingan took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "Xiangguo, where are you going?" ”

"Yesterday, I felt a little sick and didn't go out, but today I feel better, so I want to inspect the situation of the Shangyuan Festival,"

"Xiangguo has to take care of his health!"

Li Linfu sighed and said with a wry smile: "People are old, their energy is not as good as before, and they are easy to get sick, unlike General Li, who is in the prime of his youth, and in the future, the Tang Dynasty will rely on young talents like General Li to support." ”

"Xiangguo is thinking too much, the so-called Jiang is old and spicy, strategizing, coordinating the overall situation, where is there less Xiangguo, and the lowly position is in the Beiting Frontier, and it is even more inseparable from Xiangguo's support."

Li Linfu smiled, he narrowed his eyes and said, "I don't know what General Li's plans are in the North Garden, I need the help of this minister." ”

"Actually, it's not a big deal, Beiting doesn't have many troops, and part of the food can be self-sufficient, and when his subordinates were in Anxi, they knew that Beiting had several large copper mines, and I don't know if the imperial court could allow the humble position to open mines in Beiting to mint money for military needs, in addition, Beiting is far away, and the transportation of military materials is inconvenient, I also hope that the ordnance supervisor and the craftsman supervisor can set up an envoy in Beiting to build military materials on the spot for Anxi and Beiting."

This is the condition that Li Qing'an prescribed, the development in Beiting, the biggest problem is the lack of materials, almost all rely on the imperial court, if this is choked by the imperial court, this is extremely unfavorable, he wants to mine and smelt iron, he wants to be self-reliant, these are not impossible, but there is a premise, that is, the imperial court must agree, otherwise, he does these things privately, it is suspected of rebellion, and these belong to the administrative power, directly controlled by Li Linfu, as long as Li Linfu approves, it can be implemented.

Li Linfu nodded and said with a smile: "In fact, the imperial court is already considering the establishment of craftsmen in Anxi, and the ordnance supervisor and the craftsman supervisor each sent five hundred craftsmen to settle in Anxi, and the saint instructed me to arrange this matter, at the end of last year, Gao Xianzhi wrote a letter requesting to build in Qiuzi, and the imperial court has not officially replied, if Beiting also wishes....."

Li Qing'an was overjoyed, fortunately he brought it up in time, otherwise once he was preempted by Gao Xianzhi, he would regret it, he hurriedly owed himself, showing the humility of a subordinate to his superior, and said with a smile: "The conditions in Beiting are better than those in Anxi, and there are relatively many Han people, and there are enough laborers to carry out large-scale operations, please Xiangguo Chengcheng!" ”

Li Linfu didn't answer, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I heard that you went to Wei Lian's mansion the day before yesterday?" It's very good to do poetry and dance swords, and to be romantic! ”

"I went at the invitation of a friend, but in fact, I went to Wei Lian Mansion again at noon today."

Li Linfu sighed, and didn't say anything more, for a long time, he smiled and said: "Beiting needs to go to the Holy Shrine to open a mine and mint money, you can write a note, I will approve it first, and it is estimated that it is not a big problem to add a coinage furnace in Beiting, as for whether the ordnance supervisor and the craftsman supervisor will be built in Anxi or Beiting, let the prime minister think about it for another day or two." ”

Li Qingan knew that he was waiting for the prince's move, so he arched his hand and smiled: "Then please Xiangguo, don't bother with your humble duties, and leave first!" ”

"General Lee, go! The appointment document of the Ministry of War has been approved, and in five days, General Li will be able to go to Beiting to take up his post! ”

"Thank you Xiangguo, the humble position is ready."

Li Qing'an said goodbye and left, Li Linfu's scholar came to clean up the table, he looked at Li Qing'an's back, and suddenly said: "This person is a Bo Xing person." ”

"What did Brother Ying say?" Li Linfu asked with a smile.

The scholar pouted and said disdainfully: "He obviously came out of the courtyard of the girl in the dancing clothes, but from beginning to end, he didn't mention the girl in the dancing clothes, isn't it Bo Xingren?" ”

Li Linfu looked at Li Qing'an's back, slightly closed his wide eyelids, he stared, what a powerful eye! As if he had seen through Li Qing'an's mind at a glance, he smiled faintly and said, "This person is not Bo Xingren, you don't understand ....."

Speaking of this, Li Linfu ordered the coachman: "Go back to the house and order Li Xiu to come to see me immediately!" ”

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When Li Qing'an got down from An Lushan's carriage, it was not far from leaving Huafang, he and a few personal soldiers walked into the workshop, walked a few hundred steps, and saw Cui Qiao's mansion from a distance, compared with the Wei Mansion in Quchifang, Cui's mansion is much smaller, which is also because Cui Qiao is not the Cui family's own sect.

The Cui family has been a famous family in Hebei since ancient times, and the Boling Cui family and the Qinghe Cui family are the most famous.

At present, the Cui family's main mansion in Chang'an is the Cui Mansion located in Guanglufang, and Cui Lin, the former imperial historian who has retired, holds the clan power.

Before Li Qingan came to Cui Qiao's mansion, he was just about to step forward to hand over the name sticker, when suddenly a man walked out of it, about thirty years old, full of energy, Li Qingan recognized it at a glance, it was Sizhou Taishou Cui Ping, his old friend.

"Brother Cui!" Li Qingan shouted and hurried up to meet him.

"It turned out to be General Lee!"

Cui Ping was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly saluted: "General Li, we haven't seen each other for a long time. ”

The two patted their shoulders and arms affectionately, and Li Qingan sighed: "Yes! The last time I said goodbye to Sizhou, it has been almost a year, congratulations to Brother Cui on his promotion to Taishou. ”

"Hey! That's not thanks to you, how about it, when to go to the North Garden? ”

"In five days, I'm here to see you today."

Li Qingan looked at Cui's Mansion and said with a smile: "What, haven't you bought a house yet?" ”

Cui Ping whispered a little embarrassedly: "Don't hide it from General Li, I have already bought it, in Xinchangfang, it is a ten-acre middle house, I have been busy moving in the past two days, and I am going to return to Sizhou after moving." ”

Sure enough, there is enough oil and water in the place! After only being an official for more than a year, he can buy a house, Li Qingan smiled and congratulated him: "Buying a house in the New Year, congratulations to Brother Cui, is Brother Cui free now?" I'd like to treat you to a drink. ”

Cui Ping has a house, and his mood is extremely comfortable, he nodded and smiled: "General Li has a treat, I am free if I am not free, let's go!" There's a good wine shop nearby, I'll take you there. ”

The two came to a wine shop called 'Drunkard' not far from Cui's house, found a window seat and sat down, asked for a few plates of side dishes and a pot of wine, Li Qingan poured him a glass of wine and said: "To be honest, I originally wanted to come to ask Brother Cui for help today." ”

"I'm coming! I got it! ”

Cui Ping hurriedly snatched the wine jug, poured Li Qingan full of wine, and said with a smile: "General Li doesn't need to be polite, even if you have something to order, as long as it is within my ability, I will definitely do it for you." ”

"That's right, last time you told me that your cousin Cui Ming died of illness on the eve of marriage, leaving behind a fiancée, right?"

"You mean the daughter of the Jiang family, that's right, in fact, she should live in the Cui family, but because of Li Xiangguo's prestige, she was allowed to live in her mother's house, why did General Li suddenly mention her?"

Li Qingan picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that she and a friend of mine are in love with each other, and my friend asked me to help, if the Cui family is allowed to break the marriage contract with her, I don't know how likely it is?"

"It's almost impossible!"

Cui Ping shook his head lightly and said: "It's been so many years, if you want to dissolve the marriage contract, it can be dissolved a few years ago, and now the Cui family will not let her remarry, which is related to the reputation of the Cui family." ”

Li Qing'an pondered for a moment, and then asked, "If I find Cui Shilang directly, how sure do you think it is?" ”

Cui Ping reacted, it was not Li Qing'an's friend, it was Li Qing'an himself, he quickly calculated all the ways to help Li Qing'an, but the current situation seemed to be very unfavorable to Li Qing'an.

"General Li, it's really unfortunate that you came, if you could come a few days earlier and propose the dissolution of the marriage contract to my uncle as your envoy to the Beiting Festival, maybe he will give you face, but now, things are difficult to do?"

"Why is it so hard now?"

Cui Ping sighed and said: "Now my Cui family has infighting because of the Wei Lian case, and in the afternoon, the patriarch of the Cui family also specially found the uncle and scolded him severely, saying that he took refuge in his relatives Yang family and the Wei family as enemies, ruined the Cui family's reputation for hundreds of years, and warned him that if he dared to do anything that endangered the reputation of the Cui family, he would be driven out of the Cui family, so that I estimate that he would not dare to dissolve the marriage contract at will, besides, the dissolution of the marriage contract must be done with the nod of the old grandmother, and this marriage was set by her back then. The old grandmother is a person who values the reputation of the Cui family. ”

Things seemed to be very difficult to handle, but Li Qingan still wanted to give it a try, so he said, "Brother Cui, please do me a favor in this matter anyway." ”

Cui Ping thought about it and said, "Okay! Tonight, I will have a good talk with Uncle and see if we can find a compromise. ”

Li Qingan got up and smiled: "Then please Brother Cui!" ”

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Cui Ping went back to Cui's Mansion again, but unexpectedly found a carriage parked in front of Cui's Mansion, and a lantern was hung on the back of the carriage, with the words 'Xiangguo Li' written on it.

He hurriedly asked the porter, "But Li Xiangguo is here?" ”

The porter shook his head and said, "It's not Li Xiangguo, it's Li Xiangguo's eldest son." ”

'Li Xiu? Cui Ping's brows furrowed, what is he here for?

In the study of Cui's mansion, the master Cui Qiao is receiving Li Linfu's eldest son, who will be the young eunuch Li Xiu, Li Xiu is also in his forties this year, he is the door of Li Linfu's door to become an official, his ability is average, but he is modest, and there is Lao Tzu's tough backstage, so his career is quite smooth, he is slowly promoted year by year, and he has been a young eunuch for four years, and he will be promoted to Guanglu Siqing in April, and officially stepped into the high-level of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Xiu came to Cui's mansion to withdraw from the marriage on the order of his father, but he really couldn't figure out why his father chose this time to withdraw from the marriage, now the Cui family has caused infighting over the alliance between Cui Qiao and the Yang family, and now if there is more chaos, the Cui family has to be divided, can this marriage be withdrawn?

Cui Qiao was very polite to him, Li Xiu had already explained his intentions, he put a yellowed marriage letter on the table and said: "This is my cousin's marriage letter with your mansion, Ling Lang has passed away for almost five years, my cousin is already twenty-one, if you don't marry, it will be difficult in this life, my cousin's parents are both dead, only my father, an elder relative, so my father ordered me to come to your mansion to say, I hope to cancel my cousin's marriage contract, I hope Cui Shilang will be completed, and we will return all kinds of appointments." ”

Cui Qiao's face immediately showed embarrassment, the daughter-in-law of the Cui Mansion is not allowed to remarry, this is the consistent rule of the Cui family, even if the widow is not allowed to withdraw from the marriage, this makes him embarrassed! The other party is here on behalf of Li Linfu, but Xiangguo, he Cui Qiao can't afford to offend, if it's usual, this family business will be retreated, it's a big deal to explain to the clansmen, bear a little punishment, it's better than offending Xiangguo, but this afternoon the patriarch Cui Lin specially came to warn him fiercely, because he represented the Cui family and the Yang family without authorization to form an alliance aroused the anger of the whole clan, Cui Qiao was really a little scared, if he was expelled from the family because of the divorce, he would lose more than he gained.

After pondering for a long time, he couldn't find a way to deal with it, at this time, Li Xiu's index finger tapped lightly on the marriage book, and said with a smile: "Cui Shilang, before I leave, my father can tell me that this is a trivial matter, and Cui Shilang will definitely agree, and my father is ready to recommend Cui Shilang as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and he has high hopes for Cui Shilang!" ”

The four words 'Ministry of Works' hit Cui Qiao's heart heavily, that's a worship! There was such an agitation in his heart that the patriarch's warning suddenly became unimportant.

He thought for a while and said: "I will accept the marriage letter for the time being, and I verbally promised to withdraw from the marriage, but please give me time for this matter, please tell Xiangguo, I will not let him down." ”

"That's good! Since Cui Shilang has agreed, I will ask my father to wait for good news. ”

Li Xiu said goodbye and left, Cui Qiao picked up the marriage book, pondered for a long time, how to convince the clansmen of this matter? Now the plan can only be delayed for a while.

He stood up and was just about to go back to the room, when a cough came from the door, and several maids appeared in front of him with an old woman with a dragon head staff and silver hair. ”

He cursed in his heart, what bastard had such a quick mouth, so quickly summoned his mother.

The old woman is Cui Qiao's mother Lu Shi, she is the daughter of the famous Lu family, married to the Cui family for nearly 50 years, Cui Qiao is his eldest son, Mrs. Cui glanced at the marriage book in her son's hand, and asked slowly: "What is my son holding in his hand?" ”

"This...."Cui Qiao felt anxious in his heart, but he didn't dare to lie, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "This is a marriage letter sent by Li Xiangguo, hoping to dissolve the marriage contract with the Cui family." ”

"Lee Sang-kook!" Old Madam Cui asked puzzledly, "When did our Cui family marry Li Xiangguo?" ”

"Hui Mother, it is Cui Ming's daughter of the Jiang family who has not passed through the door."

"It turned out to be her!" Old Madam Cui snorted coldly and said, "What does that have to do with Li Xiangguo." ”

The sweat on Cui Qiao's forehead has come down, his mother knows this matter very clearly, and she talked about it two days ago, but now she asks knowingly.

"Mother, Lee Sang-kook......"

Before he finished speaking, Old Madam Cui interrupted him with a wave of her hand, and asked coldly: "I only want to ask you, are you going to be promoted?" ”

"Mother Mingjian, the child is likely to be promoted to the Ministry of Engineering."

"So you agreed to get out of the marriage, right?" The coldness in Mrs. Cui's eyes became even stronger, and Cui Qiao also heard it, and he said stubbornly: "It's true that the child agreed, but the child wants to enter the picture!" ”

"Kill you, wicked obstacle!"

Old Madam Cui suddenly picked up her crutches and hit Cui Qiao fiercely, "My Cui family's reputation for hundreds of years is going to be ruined in your hands!" ”

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At the same time, the crown prince Li Heng also came to Xingqing Palace, last night Li Longji originally planned to be a micro-service private tour of the Lantern Festival, but Yang Guifei suddenly felt ill, and had to cancel the long-awaited plan to visit Suzaku Street at night, and lay down for a whole day, Yang Guifei's illness did not seem to be better, but there was a tendency to aggravate, Li Longji also pushed away all entertainment, and accompanied the concubine wholeheartedly.

"San Lang, if you have something to do, go and get busy! It doesn't matter if you're a concubine, just rest for two more days. Yang Yuhuan was lying in the hibiscus tent, and in just one day, she was a lot haggard, her face was pale, she lost her usual luster and roundness, her eye sockets were deep-set, her eyes had lost their lustre, her voice was very low, and she had to listen carefully to hear clearly.

Li Longji sat beside the bed, gently stroking her white and soft hands, his heart was full of pity, on the night of the Yuan Dynasty, every family went out to watch the lanterns, but his concubine fell ill, and he couldn't even look at the lanterns in the palace.

He comforted her softly: "Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I should also take a good rest, there is nothing to do, I will accompany the concubine, just now I asked the imperial doctor, the lady is occasionally cold, need to be carefully recuperated, take a good rest, and you can recover." ”

Yang Yuhuan, who was ill, felt Li Longji's care and care more truly, her eyes were full of indescribable gentleness, tolerance and affection, and she smiled slightly: "But San Lang is by my side, and I can't sleep, so you can go and rest elsewhere!" Maybe go to the study to read a book, or go to accompany other concubines, there are many things, you can go quickly! I want to sleep for a while. ”

At this moment, a eunuch at the door reported: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks to see him, saying that there is something important!" ”

"San Lang, go see the prince! Don't miss the military affairs for the concubines. ”

Li Longji didn't know when the prince was looking for him, so he stood up and said with a smile: "Okay! Lady have a good rest, I will come when I go. ”

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(To be continued)