At the beginning of October, Li Ang, Wei Yuan, Tang Yu and others sat on the carriages and horses prepared by the Yizhou Mansion to "pay tribute with the villagers". According to the practice of the imperial court, every year in October, the state capital of the world must prepare some products for the imperial court, and the talents selected from all over the country will pay tribute with the goods, which is called township tribute.

Leon looked at the specialties escorted by his team, and laughed at himself for becoming one of the "royal tributes".

Li Bai came to see him off, and then he was going to go out of Shu with Yuan Danqiu and go to Jiangnan along the Yangtze River.

It's hard to say when we'll have the chance to see each other again in the future.

During this period of time, he and Li Ang formed a deep friendship, and on the occasion of parting, Li Bai sent wine to the pavilion and wrote a parting poem with a pen:

The green mountains cross the north Guo, and the white water surrounds the east city.

This place is a farewell, lonely and thousands of miles away.

Floating clouds and wandering children, the sunset is old.

Waving his hand, Xiao Xiao Ban Ma Ming.

After reading this poem, Li Ang was stunned for a long time, what is the situation ....... this, is this really Li Bai's farewell poem to himself? This guy can't be perfunctory with the old, right?

Seeing that Li Ang was stunned, Li Bai only said that he was because of the imminent separation and melancholy.

Outside the long pavilion, Yang Nan was also saying goodbye to his master Yuan Danqiu, and the scene was a little sad.

Those who should go always have to go, Francis, Hua Laotou, Hua Xiaomei, Gao Lizheng and others all came up to say goodbye one by one, and wished Li Ang the title of the gold list in the coming year and returned to his hometown.

Before getting on the horse, Li Ang patted Hua Xiaomei's head and said: "Little sister, don't believe your Aya, you must wait for the eldest brother to come back and remarry, and then the eldest brother will choose a wishful husband for you, prepare a rich dowry, and let you marry in style......."

"Stinky boy, what nonsense are you talking about! Since ancient times, the marriage of children of no family is subject to the orders of their parents. The words of the matchmaker, this thing ......"

"Stop! Hua Lao, I'll take care of my little sister's affairs! Also, it's a big day for me to go to Beijing to take the exam, so you can't scold me. You can't scold. ”

"You, you....... you unfilial son......"

"Hahaha........." Li Ang laughed loudly, turned over and rode away;

Gao Li was persuaded in the back: "Hua Langzhong, if the old man is like this, he will wake up laughing when he dreams, so you can be content." ”

was so troubled by Li Ang, and the sadness of parting was invisibly diluted a lot. In the eyes of everyone, Li Ang and dozens of others gradually moved away.

Yang Nan is dressed in men's clothes. Riding side by side with Leon, along the way, she was depressed and preoccupied.

Yang Nan didn't plan to return to Beijing, but just two days ago, news came from Beijing that his father had been relegated to Youzhou, after hearing the news. Yang Nan has been in self-blame.

Li Ang comforted softly: "Girl, let Zun go out." It may just be a normal personnel transfer, so don't blame yourself for it. When we get to the capital, let's figure it out again, okay? ”

Yang Nan shook his head and said, "My father was relegated to the border of Youzhou, presumably because of me, Li Linfu was angry with my father. That's why today's derogatory thing happened. ”

"Girl, let's not say whether the truth is the case, even if this is the case, it will not help you to blame yourself like this, it is better to go to Beijing to understand the situation clearly. Let's find another way. ”

Yang Nan was still sullen, and Li Ang said with a smile: "Girl, I have the ability to predict the future, you believe me, Li Linfu can't be up to a few years, which is why I don't want to be tied to him." ”

Yang Nan couldn't help but glance at him, and Li Ang said very hurtly: "Don't believe it, let's not talk about the unpredictable prophet, just infer from common sense, Li Linfu is over sixty years old, and now he is in power, calculating everything, and worrying, I also heard that he is afraid of retaliation, and he is worried all day long, and even his family doesn't know where he sleeps at night." Such a person will soon be overdrawn and will definitely not live long. ”

Listening to Li Ang's words, Yang Nan pondered. At this moment, Tang Yu, who was also a tribute, came over and said to Li Ang: "Brother Sun, something is wrong!" ”

Li Ang saw that he was almost at Lutou Pass, and couldn't help blurting out: "Brother Tang, what's wrong, is there another bandit who can't come out?" ”

Tang Yu hurriedly clarified: "That's not it, I just heard a news that half a month ago, Longyou Jiedu made Huangfu Weiming lead his troops to fight with Tubo in Shibao City, and was defeated by Tubo, and the deputy general Chu Li was killed in battle, and the Tubo army took advantage of the victory to commit crimes, and I don't know what storm this matter will set off in the court, and whether it will have an impact on next year's spring." ”

"Not really, right?" Li Ang had only heard that the imperial examination would be canceled in the year of the catastrophe, could it be that the imperial examination would also be canceled if the border army was defeated? On the other hand, in his impression, Huangfu Weiming was a commander who was famous in history, how could he be defeated so badly this time, and even the deputy general was killed in battle. "Brother Tang, what else did you hear? Isn't Huangpu Weiming able to fight well? Why this fiasco? ”

Tang Yu sighed: "Brother Sun doesn't know, since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the border marshal has often won the official title for his meritorious service in fighting against Tibet. In the past few years, Huangfu Weiming has won successive battles in the battle with the Tubo army, and it is inevitable that he will seek merit, and this time he actually wants to lead the Kuozhou army to seize the important town of Shibao occupied by Tubo;

The terrain of the stone fort is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. How easy is it to take down? After Huangfu Weiming entered the stone castle city, he immediately launched a siege. On the one hand, the Tibetan soldiers and horses defended against danger, and on the other hand, they sent letters for help;

After receiving the news, Tubo sent the army to lead the army to help, and obtained the cooperation of the Tuyuhun Xiaowang, and the defenders of the city should cooperate with the outside world. The deputy general Chu Xu died in battle in order to cover the withdrawal of Huangpu Weiming, and this defeat can be described as unprecedented since Tianbao! ”

After listening to this, Li Ang asked, "Brother Tang, where did you hear all this news?" Is it reliable? ”

Tang Yu pointed to a small caravan that had just passed and said: "Brother Sun, this caravan has just returned from Longyou, when the Tubo invaded, they were almost killed, just now I heard them talking about this matter, I asked before the above, I guess there will be no fake." ”

Li Ang comforted: "Brother Tang, don't worry, my Tang Dynasty is in full strength, and the saint is heroic and strategic, and the imperial court will not change much because of a small defeat." ”

"I hope so!"

After sending Tang Yu away, Li Ang immediately asked Yang Nan: "Girl, what do you think about the defeat of Huangpu Weiming?" ”

Yang Nan was a little absent-minded and did not answer.

Li Ang said: "Girl, this matter may be helpful to us, do you think, Huangpu Weiming's army defeated Shibao, and the army was defeated, according to common sense, he will definitely try his best to cover up the defeat, and in the report to the imperial court, I am afraid it is another statement." If we can gather some evidence, we might be able to use it. ”

Yang Nan glanced at him and said, "Don't think about it, how deep the water in Chang'an City is, it's not what you can imagine, which border army doesn't have an internal aid in the DPRK?" This kind of thing is not something you and I can provoke, I'm afraid that as soon as you move your crooked brain, your head will be gone;

Besides, the saint has just named Yang Taizhen as a noble concubine, and he is happy, will he be willing to hear the news of the defeat of the border army? Whoever sweeps away the prosperity of the saints will end well? So, I advise you to pretend that you haven't heard anything. ”

Listening to Yang Nan's words, Li Ang couldn't help but think of a sentence "There is a good wife in the family, and the husband will not suffer disaster", in such a short period of time, she can even guess the thoughts of the emperor in the deep palace so thoroughly, it is indeed extraordinary, if she can marry this shrewd girl, how good! (To be continued.) )