Chapter 302: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell
readx; Li Longji has arrived at Daming Palace, although Daming Palace is as beautiful as a cloud, but they have not been able to soothe Li Longji's anxious heart, until dusk, Li Longji finally got the news of Yu Chaoen. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Your Majesty, there is news from Chen Mingzhong, Li Qingan took his wife to the mansion in the afternoon, and then went to the slave market to buy more than 30 servants, and the Lonely Mansion and the Gaolishi Mansion also gave them ten subordinates each, and the Dugu Mansion also sent a large number of bedding and porcelain and other items, and the new mansion is already arranged."
"Hmm!"
Li Longji's hanging heart was slightly lowered, he nodded and said, "You can send more people and order them to keep an eye on them, and Li Qingan will never be allowed to take people away." ā
"The slave obeys, and the slave will arrange it."
"Wait a minute!" Li Longji stopped him again.
He thought for a moment and then ordered: "Order someone to summon Wu Xianyi, I will spoil her tonight." ā
Yu Chaoen hurriedly left, Li Longji slowly walked to the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the lush spring outside the window, at this moment, the country is no longer important in his heart, the important thing is the beauty, every corner of his heart is full of the shadow of Dugu Mingyue, this kind of pain that he can't get is almost unbearable.
ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ Li Qing'an's carriage was still parked outside the gate, the sky had just darkened, the gate was opened, a team of cavalry drove out of the house, galloping, like thunder, everyone was wearing a big coat on their shoulders, like a gust of wind, several watchers hiding in the opposite alley immediately became nervous, they stared intently at the cavalry team, in the middle of the team, they saw Li Qing'an surrounded by soldiers, but did not see Dugu Mingyue, not even a woman dressed as a man, several monitors were slightly relieved.
They didn't go with Li Qing'an, their task was to keep an eye on the whereabouts of Dugu Mingyue leaving the mansion, on both sides of the front and back, there were people watching outside every door, but they didn't pay too much attention to it, today is the second day of Li Qing'an's marriage, and on the third day, they have to go to their parents' house to return to the door, this is the completion of a wedding ceremony, there should be nothing to do in the past few days.
Li Qing'an's cavalry team rushed out of the city gate, and at this time the sky was already dark, and a lonely moon hung in the dark blue sky, and there was a bit of warm and smoky breath in the wind.
Rushing out of the city gate, the cavalry team slowly slowed down, Li Qing'an tore open the big coat draped on his body, revealing Dugu Mingyue hiding behind her, she had changed into a black short suit, tightly hugged Li Qing'an's waist, and the war horse galloped quickly, making her face a little pale from being bumped.
"Mingyue, how are you?"
Mingyue restrained the nausea in her chest and abdomen, and whispered: "It's no problem to be slower, it's too fast, and it's a little unbearable." ā
"Alright! Let's slow down. ā
Li Qingan carried Mingyue to the front of the war horse, wrapped her tightly with a big coat, slowed down the horse, and walked steadily in the direction of the barracks.
Two carriages had already stopped at the gate of the barracks, everyone turned over and dismounted, the window of the carriage opened, Mingzhu smiled and beckoned to Mingyue and Li Qingan, "Sister, brother-in-law!" ā
Mingyue stepped forward and smiled: "You elf and eccentric guy, this time my sister will owe you a favor again." ā
"It's okay! It's best if I can go to Anthy as well. Mingzhu smiled, with a hint of pleading in his eyes, and looked at Li Qingan.
"It depends on your luck, if you are lucky, you will be able to go to Anxi, if you are unlucky, you can only go back to the capital for your sister."
Li Qingan smiled and asked her again, "You come out, does your father know?" ā
"My mother didn't tell my father, by the way, my mother also asked me to tell you that it is not important for my sister to return to the door, the important thing is that you return to Anxi safely, and I hope my sister can go all the way."
"That's good! We're ready to go. ā
Li Qingan walked up to Mingyue, gently held her shoulders and said with a smile: "You go first, I will come later." ā
Although Mingyue was reluctant to give up, she also knew that the situation was urgent, and if she couldn't get away, the consequences would be serious, so she nodded silently and turned around and got into the carriage.
Li Qingan said to his own soldier, Jiang Xiaonian: "The safety of the lady is up to you, remember, you have to get out of the customs as soon as possible." ā
"Don't worry, general! The subordinates will definitely protect the good lady. ā
He turned the horse's head and gave a low order, the carriage started slowly, and two hundred personal soldiers escorted Mingyue's carriage to the west, the curtain was raised, and Mingyue waved goodbye to Li Qingan.
Li Qingan watched the carriage disappear into the darkness, and then he turned the carriageway: "Go back to the city!" ā
Hundreds of war horses launched at once, galloping towards Chang'an City like a gallop.
ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ The next morning, Li Qing'an's new mansion began to be busy with big purchases, Dugu Mingyue, who was dressed up as a poem, also appeared a few times, and sent people to the East Market Silk Shop to buy a lot of fine brocade, and went to the Hu Jewelry Store to order a lot of precious jewelry, and soon the Hu Jewelry Store personally sent the jewelry to the door for selection.
The people who were watching outside the house immediately asked the guy who gave the jewelry, who bought the jewelry? The answer is General Li's newlywed wife, who chose jewelry worth two thousand yuan.
In this way, two days of busy passing, Li Qingan also took his wife back to the door normally, and did not return until the night, and on the morning of the third day, a team of messenger cavalry suddenly rushed outside the Mingde Gate, the horse speed was extremely fast, the sound of hooves was like thunder, and the messenger immediately shouted: "The front is out of the way, Anxi is in urgent military situation!" ā
The defenders of the city gate were so frightened that they hurriedly flashed by, and did not dare to stop them, and the messenger cavalry rushed on Suzaku Street, and the people on the street dodged to both sides, listening to them shouting about Anxi's urgent military situation, everyone raised in their hearts, what happened to Anzai? The news of Anxi's accident soon spread in Chang'an.
The messenger cavalry rushed into Jingshanfang, galloped all the way to Li Qing'an's new house and stopped, turned over and dismounted and rushed into the mansion and shouted: "General, Anxi emergency military situation!" ā
It didn't take long for Li Qingan to walk out of the mansion quickly, get into the carriage, and drive straight to Xingqing Palace.
Li Longji had already returned to Xingqing Palace, he had just fallen asleep and was combing his hair, when a eunuch suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu has sent an urgent military information, and he implores Your Majesty to allow him to return to Anxi immediately." ā
Li Longji was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is the urgent military situation, show it to me." ā
The eunuch handed over the military intelligence report submitted by Li Qing'an, and Li Longji opened the report, only to see that it read: 'The Tubo army has increased its troops by 20,000 to the south of Xiaobolu, and there are signs of counterattacking Xiaobolu. ā
Li Longji pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Bring Yu Chaoen to me." ā
After a moment, Yu Chaoen hurriedly ran over, "Slave see Your Majesty!" ā
"I'm here to ask you, is there any news from Lingcheng in Anxi?"
"The minions haven't had time to notice yet."
"Ask now, I want the latest news!" Li Longji shouted angrily.
"The minion obeys, so I'll go and see the news."
Yu Chaoen was so frightened that he rushed to the inner guard yamen, Li Longji looked at the military situation again, his brows furrowed, according to Li Qing'an's plan, he should return to Anxi five days later to prepare for the war, but Anxi suddenly came with news, the Tubo army has signs of counterattacking Xiao Bolu, it should be said that there is indeed this possibility, it is obvious that the Tang army in Anxi is a step plan is to point the sword at Tocharo, and the Tubo people are increasing the troops of Xiao Bolu at this juncture, just to take advantage of the Tang army and Da Shi to fight, when both sides have no time to separate, recapture Xiao Bolu and meddle in Tocharo, Take advantage of the fisherman.
However, in this way, it created conditions for Ge Shuhan's Longyou campaign to be launched, and Tubo divided his troops into Tocharo, and it was impossible for them to start a war on two fronts at the same time, and Ge Shuhan would encounter much less resistance in Longyou.
"Your Majesty!" Yu Chaoen rushed back, "There is news from Bian Lingcheng!" Just flew a pigeon arrived. ā
He handed over a tube of pigeon letters, and Li Longji opened the small pigeon letters, only to see that there was only one sentence on them: 'Little Bolu has news that there are signs of increasing troops in Tibet. ā
Sure enough, it was true, Li Longji no longer doubted it, and said: "Allow Li Qing'an to return to Anxi immediately, and let Taisun Yu see Li Qing'an off on my behalf." ā
He beckoned to Yu Chaoen again, whispered a few words to him, and Yu Chaoen took the order.
ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ The news of Anxi's urgent military situation soon spread throughout the government and the opposition, which meant that Li Qing'an had to rush back to Anxi immediately, and in the morning, more than a dozen imperial court members rushed outside the city to see Li Qing'an off.
Crown Prince Li Yu was entrusted by Li Longji to see off Li Qing'an, followed by Wang Heng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zhang Yun, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Wei Lian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Pei Min, the squire of the Ministry of War, and more than a dozen important ministers of the East Palace Party, and even Yang Guozhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Wei Jiansu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also came to the place of send-off.
Li Qing'an's nearly 1,000 personal guards were already lined up, waving their flags and preparing to go, and there were several wide carriages among them, which were Li Qing'an's family members.
A simple banquet has been set up in a parting pavilion next to it, and more than a dozen important ministers are present to practice for Li Qing'an, Li Yu picked up a glass of wine and said: "The general is going to Anxi, just as the Longyou Battle is about to be launched, and I hope that the general will cooperate with Longyou from the west to fight and spread the good news as soon as possible." ā
Li Qing'an also raised his glass and said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the minister will definitely sweep away the Tubo army on the western front and create conditions for the victory of the Longyou Campaign." ā
"Alright! We drank this cup and wished the general a smooth journey. ā
Li Yu raised his glass and looked around, the important ministers raised their glasses one after another, everyone drank it all, Li Qingan smiled at everyone: "Okay, I will leave here, and I will go to Beijing next year to report on my work." ā
At this time, Zhang Yun glanced at the carriage and suddenly smiled: "Did the general take his newlywed wife away?" ā
Without waiting for Li Qing'an to speak, Yang Guozhong smiled and said: "Zhang Shangshu doesn't know, the general's parents and ancestors are all broken leaves, the general is going to take his wife to meet his parents and ancestors, does Zhang Shangshu understand?" ā
Li Qingan was slightly stunned, he had never communicated with Yang Guozhong, he didn't expect Yang Guozhong to say the same, he glanced at Yang Guozhong, and it happened that Yang Guozhong also looked at him, and the two of them touched their eyes and smiled tacitly.
The two of them have been fighting for so many years, and there has never been any agreement, but in this matter, the interests of the two are the same, Yang Guozhong wants to protect the rights and interests of the Yang family, no matter what, he does not allow Dugu Mingyue to enter the palace, he already knows that Li Qingan is going to take his wife away, so he kept silent on this matter, for him, not opposing is actually support.
Li Yu immediately said: "The general took his wife to worship the spirits of his parents and ancestors, this is a human feeling, and he agreed to it, and this matter will be borne by Gu Yi." ā
Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spoke, no one said anything, Pei Min stepped forward and patted Li Qingan on the shoulder, "Take care all the way!" ā
Li Qingan nodded and said with a smile: "Uncle might as well send the children of the Pei family to Anxi for training in the army, and I will give them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." ā
"Yes, I will send the Pei family children to Anxi."
Li Qing'an smiled, and then smiled at everyone: "Your Highness, ministers, Qing'an has left." ā
The general important minister returned the salute: "The general has a good trip!" ā
Li Qing'an flew off the pavilion, turned over on his horse, beckoned to everyone, and ordered in a low voice: "Go!" ā
The team started slowly, heading west along the official road, Li Yu looked at the team that was gradually moving away, his brows furrowed slightly, Li Qingan took his wife so smoothly, but the saint did not stop him, which made him feel a little uneasy.
ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ Li Qing'an traveled all the way to the west, two days later, the team arrived at Fengxiang, the team had just arrived at the gate of Fengxiang, at this time suddenly from the city out of a large group of military horses, there were thousands of people, they lined up, blocking Li Qing'an's way.
"General, it seems to be the Yulin Army!" One of the guards recognized the army.
Li Qingan smiled coldly, and sure enough, he expected, he saw a general rushing out of the team, it was Chen Xuanli, the general of the Right Yulin Army.
He galloped to Li Qing'an and arched his hand: "Jiedu envoy general, I am ordered by His Majesty to question the general, why don't you follow the custom and leave your family in Chang'an as a hostage?" ā
Li Qingan smiled slightly: "General Chen's words are surprising, since the Shengshang changed to the Zhongguan supervision military system in the Kaiyuan period, there is no such thing as leaving family members in Beijing as a hostage, and furthermore, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have always pursued the imperial history of the army, and there has never been a general's family in Beijing as a hostage, I don't know where General Chen's words come from?" ā
"This ....."
Chen Xuanli was a little speechless, and he said for a while: "Although there is no official rule, it has always been a practice for each section to keep his wife in Beijing, whether it is An Lushan, Ge Shuhan or Gao Xianzhi, why is it special when he comes to the general?" The Holy Lord trusts the general, and the general should also repay him with courtesy! ā
Li Qing'an smiled and said: "I understand what General Chen means, and I don't break the precedent, my original intention is just to take my wife back to the broken leaves to worship my parents and ancestors, which is common sense, and then return to Chang'an, Your Majesty should be able to understand this, besides, His Royal Highness the Prince also approved my request, please understand General Chen." ā
Chen Xuanli also heard about this matter, I heard that the saint took a fancy to Li Qing'an's wife, but he didn't dare to rob it openly, so he could only restrain Li Qing'an with conventions, and he was not allowed to take his wife away, but Chen Xuanli also knew that Li Qing'an did not violate the rules, there was only a military supervision system in the Tang Dynasty, and there was no hostage.
Although Chen Xuanli understood this, his task was to prevent Li Qing'an from taking his wife away, and he said apologetically: "General, I'm sorry, I am following orders, since the general has special circumstances, then you can apply to the saint, of course, the saint will also understand the general's human feelings, and magnify the general's wife to go to the broken leaves to worship her in-laws, but the premise is that the general should make this request to the saint, and should not act without authorization, so that this misunderstanding occurred, so, in order to avoid this misunderstanding, The general still sent his wife back to Chang'an first, and then the general applied to the saint, in that case, I will never come to embarrass the general again, please don't embarrass me. ā
Li Qingan was a little angry, and he said coldly: "General Chen, I have an urgent military situation to return to Anxi, you go and let me go back to Chang'an, delay the military situation, can you afford this consequence?" ā
"I don't dare to delay the general's military situation, although the general will go to Anxi, but the general's wife, please go back to Chang'an first, as long as the saint approves, I will send troops to escort her to Anxi, and I will never delay the general's human feelings."
Chen Xuanli's attitude is very tough, this is Li Longji's will to him, no matter what excuse Li Qingan uses, he must bring Li Qingan's wife back.
Li Qingan suddenly smiled, "Since General Chen must insist, then please go back to Chang'an!" ā
"What?" Chen Xuanli didn't understand what Li Qingan meant.
At this time, the carriage curtain opened, and Mingzhu smiled: "General Chen, I'm not a sister, you're looking for the wrong person!" ā
She jumped out of the carriage and opened the door, it was empty, and a carriage behind it was also opened, and two twin sisters who looked exactly the same came down, Chen Xuanli knew Mingzhu, and he was stunned for a moment, "General, what's going on?" ā
"To tell you the truth, General Chen, my wife can't go with me because of illness, she is still in Chang'an, and she is ready to set off in a few days.
Chen Xuanli secretly screamed that it was not good, of course he knew that Li Qingan would not put his wife in Chang'an, so it seemed that he was very likely to have left first, he sighed secretly, but he was helpless, so he had to arch his hand and said: "Then I wish the general a smooth journey!" ā
He waved his hand, "Go!" ā
Thousands of Lin Jun turned their horses' heads and left, and they ran clean in an instant, Li Qing'an looked at them and walked away, and said with a faint smile: "Let's go!" ā
The procession entered the city and continued westward.
ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ On this morning, Mingyue's carriage also passed through Liangzhou, entered the territory of Ganzhou, the team came to the vicinity of Jiedan County, Mingyue pulled up the curtain, the eyes were endless grasslands, the Hexi corridor was full of rich green, a group of horses galloped on the field, the sheep by the river were grazing leisurely, and the distance was the snow-capped Ganjun Mountain, the sun shone on the mountain, flashing with jewel-like brilliance.
The beautiful scenery outside the plug made Mingyue's heart also broaden, but her husband's delay in coming made her eyes a little gloomy, and she was always depressed, and the dancer who accompanied her next to her smiled: "Is Mingyue missing Li Lang?" ā
Mingyue smiled a little embarrassedly: "Yes, in fact, I also know that there is no problem, but I can't let go of it in my heart." ā
"It's human nature! You are separated from your husband after you get married, and it is normal to be worried in your heart, but I heard Li Lang say that Sister Mingyue also yearns for the scenery of Anxi, isn't this exactly what my sister wants? ā
Mingyue nodded and said, "Where will we live in the future?" Beiting or Anzai? ā
Wuyi smiled: "Living in Broken Leaves, our family has moved to Broken Leaves, there are a large number of troops stationed there, and I heard that there are still a large number of Han people immigrants who will migrate here, and there will be no foreign feelings there." ā
At this time, a horse galloped over, and Du Wei Jiang Xiaonian bowed outside the car and said: "Two ladies, the general has sent news that they have entered Longyouhui Prefecture, and ordered us to wait in Jiedan County for the time being, and in three days, they will come to meet." ā
The two women glanced at each other, and their eyes showed surprise.
(To be continued)