Li Qing'an turned around, followed the pearl to Quchifang, Quchifang is named because it is close to Qujiang Pond, the environment here is beautiful, the trees are shady, the square is full of courtyards among the eunuchs, most of them are small and exquisite, elegant and chic.

"Mingzhu, where are you going to take me?"

Mingzhu didn't answer, she looked around, and suddenly she saw a huge mansion covering a very large area at the corner of the street, and pointed out happily: "That's it." ”

Li Qing'an had long noticed this huge mansion, among the white walls and black tiles and towering trees, he could faintly see the cornices and corners inside, and the pavilion was towering, it seemed to be the residence of a wealthy family, and it stood out in a small courtyard around it.

Nearly a hundred carriages were densely parked in the open space in front of the gate at this time, and many brightly dressed coachmen and subordinates were gathering together to talk to each other, as well as many guards in military uniforms, and it seemed that a grand party was being held in the house.

"Brother Li, come with me!"

Mingzhu urged the horse and galloped towards the gate of the mansion, Li Qingan shouted that she was too late, so she had to follow, and more than a dozen of his guards followed left and right.

The entrance of the house was quite lively, more than a dozen handsome young men and women seemed to be waiting for someone, they were whispering something, most of the men were in their early twenties, wearing white brocade robes, embroidered on the edges of the robes, gold silk straps tied around the waist, wearing gauze hats, black deer boots, everyone with red lips and white faces, and a graceful demeanor.

The woman is a high-waisted long skirt, with colorful silk on her shoulders, a golden hairpin and jade shake on her head, red makeup on her face, a small fan in her hand, looking left and right, looking gorgeous and colorful.

On either side of the stairs stood a dozen tall family members, led by a butler.

"Willow!"

Mingzhu shouted happily, turned over and dismounted, and ran towards a girl, the girl was tall and fat, white and plump, with a pair of slender and long eyes under the curved willow eyebrows, Li Qing'an heard her called Liu Liu, and remembered that she was Cui Liuliu, the daughter of Cui Qiao.

Cui Liuliu happily ran down the steps, took Mingzhu's hand and complained: "Mingzhu, why did you come, I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

"I'm a little delayed, by the way, what gift did you buy for Sister Qi?"

"I bought her a lark hairpin, what about you?"

"I'm a set of Lu family fat powder from Dongshi, let me see what your Bailing hairpin looks like?"

The two little ladies competed to see each other's gifts, but Li Qing'an forgot about it, Li Qing'an walked up the steps, looked up at the door plaque, and wrote the word 'Wei Lianfu', he suddenly remembered that he had seen this person in the morning, Yizhou Taishou, it turned out that this was his home.

Seeing Li Qingan's unfamiliar appearance, several family members all stepped forward to stop him, "This military master is slow!" ”

Li Qingan pointed to Mingzhu not far away and said with a smile: "I'm a friend of Dugu Xiaoniang, can't I go in?" ”

"This military master, today is the birthday of my girl, and you need an invitation card to enter."

At this time, Mingzhu reacted and hurriedly came over and said, "Steward Ma, this is my friend, let him in!" ”

The housekeeper hurriedly apologized and said: "It's not that we don't let it, Mrs. specially instructed that on the girl's birthday, outsiders are not allowed to enter at will, there must be an invitation, please forgive Miss Dugu!" ”

Dugu Mingzhu lost face, and she couldn't help but say angrily: "Wei Qi is my friend, she promised me to bring a male companion, you can ask yourself." ”

"Girl, Madame does have strict orders, we dare not disobey, and the master is also here, we dare not let people in at will."

No matter what Mingzhu said, the housekeeper refused to let Li Qing'an in, and more than a dozen young men and women on both sides covered their mouths and snickered in a low voice, and a man in his twenties glanced at Li Qing'an contemptuously, and said: "Today is a gathering of the Qingyue Poetry Society, what is he doing with a second soldier?" ”

Everyone laughed out loud and waved their hands, "Shhhhh Don't let him hear it, annoy him, he has a sword at his waist. ”

Mingzhu's face was swollen red, and he said to Li Qing'an: "Brother Li, you wait for me, I'll go to Wei Qi." ”

She was just about to enter the mansion, but Li Qingan grabbed her and said with a smile: "No need!" ”

Li Qing'an arched his hand and smiled at the housekeeper: "Please tell your master, just say that Li Qing'an, the deputy envoy of the Imperial History and the Beiting Festival, came to visit." ”

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Li Yuanjun, please wait, I will go to report to the master." ”

"Li Qing'an!"

More than a dozen young men and women next to him shouted in surprise, Li Qing'an's prestige had already spread all over Chang'an, who didn't know? But he didn't expect it to be the one in front of him, and the young man who despised Li Qingan just now was even more dumbfounded, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

The eyes of several young women looking at him also slowly changed a little, as if covered with a light mist, from the initial disdain to a little complicated, he was so young, his figure was so tall and tall, his hands were so strong, his eyes were so deep, what a heroic man, returning from the battlefield of life and death, in contrast, these pretentious young men around him suddenly became stinking children.

Several women unconsciously compared themselves with Mingzhu, Li Qingan was brought by her, could she be Li Qingan's.....

Impossible, she seems to be still a little lady, and it is said that the youngest festival envoy in the Tang Dynasty has not yet married, and a subtle expectation has risen in the hearts of several women.

"Mingzhu, is this what you call Brother Li?"

Cui Liuliu Yingying stepped forward, secretly glanced at Li Qing'an with thin long eyes, and said to Mingzhu embarrassedly: "Why don't you introduce me to me?" ”

Mingzhu is vigilant in her heart, this Liu Liu has never hidden the man she likes, could it be that she has fallen in love with Li Qingan again? Li Qing'an is her sister's future husband, no one wants to take it away, she hurriedly said: "Brother Li is not in a very good mood, I brought him to relax, by the way, what about my sister?" Did you see her? ”

"She seems to have come early, partying with a group of poetry friends!"

Mingzhu was stunned, "Isn't it Sister Qi's birth today?" What are they doing with the Qingyue Poetry Society? ”

Mingzhu's heart suddenly became uneasy, last year's Tanhualang Zhao Xuming has always been obsessed with his sister, and a few months ago he joined the poetry club under the pretext of trying to get close to his sister, as well as the emperor's eldest grandson Li Jiao, after the kidnapping incident, his attitude towards his sister changed sharply, and he flattered him, if these two people are also here today, wouldn't it be troublesome, what can I do?

She had no idea in her heart, and at this time Cui Liuliu secretly glanced at Li Qingan again, just as Li Qingan smiled at her and nodded, Cui Liuliu's face turned red, and she said in a panic: "Liuliu, why don't we go in first!" ”

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps at the door, and several middle-aged men came out, the first one was the Yizhou Thorn Shi Wei Jian who he had seen in the morning, and behind him were two high-ranking people of the Wei family, one was Shi Weitao, the governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion that Li Qing'an had seen in Yangzhou, and the other was Wei Jiansu, the left attendant of the household department.

The Wei family has always been a famous family in Guanlong, after the outbreak of the Wei Jian case a few years ago, Wei Jian, the highest-ranking criminal department of the Wei family, was demoted to Jinyun Taishou, and the Wei family was purged, but after all, it is a century-old family with a strong heritage, and within two years, the Wei family rose again with Wei Lian, Wei Tao and Wei Jiansu.

In particular, Wei Lian, who moved to the right to Yizhou Taishou last year, controls one of the richest counties in the Tang Dynasty, and the political power of Yizhou, he is only 38 years old, and he has become a promising political rookie in the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the hope of the Wei family.

But things are often full of twists and turns, Wei Jian has encountered an officialdom rival since the beginning of the past few months: Yi Governor Shi Cui Yuan, Cui Wei's two families were originally world friends, Cui Yuan has been the governor of Yi for a few years, it stands to reason that after the original Taishou retired, it should be Cui Yuan who took over as Taishou, but Wei Jian came from other places and took away the position of Taishou, and there was a gap between Wei Wei and Cui Yuan, just for the sake of Cui Wei's friendship between the two families for generations, the two were okay on the surface.

Unexpectedly, since Yang Zhao took office as the governor of Jiannan Jiedu this year, the relationship between Wei Jian and Cui Yuan has changed, Yang Zhao obviously supports Cui Yuan, the two reached a military-political alliance to deal with Wei Jian together, and the relationship suddenly intensified, plus Yang Zhao was appointed as the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, which made Wei Jian even more worried.

Li Qing'an is the most dazzling newcomer at today's court meeting, mastering the military and political power of Beiting, with Gao Lishi as the backstage, it is said that he is the backbone of the tide file, and he is a person who must not be underestimated.

"General Li, meet you in the morning, see you in the afternoon, it seems that God has let us have this fate!"

Wei Jian laughed, stepped forward and held Li Qing'an's hand, and was so affectionate that he was reluctant to let go, the uncle of the Wei family came, Mingzhu, Liu Liu and other juniors were frightened and dodged away, and more than a dozen young men and women stood aside tremblingly, not daring to say a word.

The most feared is the housekeeper, at this time, as long as Li Qingan says a word about the Wei family's bullying, he has to roll up the quilt and roll to the manor.

Li Qingan nodded to Wei Tao and Wei Jiansu first, and then smiled at Wei Jian: "I'm afraid that Wei Yuanjun will think that I am uninvited, and I will fight out empty-handed, and I will go out if I don't like my eyes left and right, and I will lose face at that time." ”

"Haha! If you can't invite a distinguished guest like General Li, come! Let me introduce you first. ”

He was about to introduce the other second Wei to Li Qing'an, but Wei Tao smiled and said, "Third brother, we have known General Li for a long time, so there is no need to introduce them again." ”

Wei Lian slapped his head and said with a smile: "Look at my fool, of course you know each other, okay!" General Lee, please come in. ”

He also instructed the butler: "Go and invite all General Li's entourage into the house, and entertain them well in the guest room, and do not neglect them." ”

The housekeeper hurriedly agreed, and Li Qing'an couldn't help but feel very good when he saw that he was careful and thoughtful, so he smiled slightly, and waved his hand, "Brother Wei, please!" ”

The four of them talked and laughed together and entered the house.

Later, Mingzhu watched Li Qingan walk away, originally wanting to thread the needle, but in a blink of an eye, it turned into a visit from the minister, which made her frustrated, so she had to say listlessly: "Liu Liu, let's go in!" ”

Li Qing'an entered the mansion and looked at it, and there was a huge white shadow wall in front of him, on which the word 'Wei Mansion' was spelled out with black jade, in fact, this is not the Wei family's Ancestral Mansion, the Ancestral Mansion is in Jingzhao Gaoyang County, and this is only the largest Wei Mansion in Chang'an.

Both sides of the shadow wall are planted with flowers and trees, it is early spring, the flowers and trees are quietly painted with a layer of green, the plum tree is full of small white buds, there is a large piece of plum blossoms on the left is in full bloom, the purple and red, extraordinarily vigorous and proud, in this world of plum red and plum white, a piece of pavilions and pavilions are hidden in it.

Li Qingan saw that there was joy everywhere, so he smiled and said: "I heard that today is the birthday of the son-in-law, and the house is very lively!" ”

"In fact, the little girl's seventeenth birthday is nothing, but the mother is seriously ill, the abbot of the Temple of Mercy and Grace Master Duyun suggested that the happy event to flush the illness, so he gave his daughter a birthday celebration, today is not only the birthday of the little girl, my son Wei Yingwu invited them to the Qingyue Poetry Society to the party, and my brother also invited some famous poets to enjoy the plum, so the house is particularly lively."

Wei Jian shook his head helplessly, in fact, this is all his arrangement, magnify the happy event a little, and the effect of the illness will be better.

At this time, Wei Jiansu smiled and said: "General Li, your luck is also bad, the Longyou reward coincides with the most difficult time for the imperial court, if it is a month late, your reward will be much richer, I just calculated that the tax released from all over the country into Beijing next month will be as much as five million, you are a pity." ”

"Wei Shilang's words are not right, the soldiers fight to protect the family and the country, the reward is only the court's heart, to express the court's consolation, even if not, I think the soldiers will not pull the flag to rebel, but the death of the compensatory, I think the court should think about it again, and it can't be blindly pushed to the place."

Wei Jiansu smiled and didn't refute anything, at this moment, a concubine ran over in a panic and said to Wei Lian: "Master, the old lady is sick again, go and take a look!" ”

Wei Jian was taken aback, and hurriedly apologized to Li Qing'an: "Although General Li is casual in my mansion, I have to go to see my mother." ”

"Wei Envoy Jun, please!"

Wei Jian turned around and ran towards the inner house, Wei Tao and Wei Jiansu glanced at each other, apologized to Li Qingan, and rushed to the inner house.

Li Qing'an relaxed suddenly, he didn't want to visit any ministers, and he didn't even know what to do in Wei Mansion, Mingzhu had run away, and the roads in Wei Mansion were complicated, and there were trails and flower gates everywhere, so he didn't know where to go for a while.

After thinking about it, he turned around and walked back to the road, he liked the plum blossom just now.

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Qingyue Poetry Society has achieved great development this year, adding many new members, not only the celebrity county lord who loves poetry, but also the talented people who are proud of the imperial examination, and even joined several famous young poets, and the members have increased from more than 20 to more than 100 people, all of whom are young men and women who like poetry, and have become one of the most influential poetry societies in Chang'an.

Today, everyone was going to Qujiang Plum Garden for a party, just one of their new members, Gong Zhong San Lang Wei Wei recommended himself, you can go to his house for a party, his family has a plum forest covering an area of ten acres, just when the flowers are blooming, in addition, today his second uncle invited a few very famous poets to come to the house, so that the members of the Qingyue Poetry Society were tempted at once, so they changed their minds to come to Wei Mansion to gather.

Dugu Mingyue is one of the founders of the Qingyue Poetry Society, the name of the Qingyue Poetry Society, is taken by the name of her and Pei's daughter Pei Qingning, she has been obsessed with the development of the Poetry Society, another founder of the Poetry Society, the emperor's grandson Li Jiao because he has no time to ask the Poetry Society, Mingyue silently took on many cumbersome affairs of the Poetry Society.

But since last year's incident when her sister was kidnapped by Hu Ren, Mingyue suddenly had no interest in the poetry club, she wouldn't attend two of the three parties, even if she barely participated, she wouldn't be as active as before, most of the time she was silent, gradually, her role in the poetry club faded, and even many newcomers didn't know her.

She didn't want to attend this party today, but it happened to be her best friend Wei Qi's seventeen-year-old birthday, she received Wei Qi's invitation, and it happened that the New Year party of the Poetry Society was also held in Wei's mansion, so she came to participate.

Just now when she was talking to Wei Qi, the old lady of the Wei family fell ill and fell, and there was a mess in the inner house, and she heard that her sister was also coming, so she came out to look for her sister.

Wei Mansion is very large, planted everywhere with flowers and plants, forming an elegant and unique garden, such as plum garden, Gui Garden, peach and plum garden, the bright moon walks on a covered bridge, the covered bridge is built close to the hill, under the bridge is a pool of clear water, the bridge is full of grapes, although it is now a dry vine, but in summer, this covered bridge is covered by grape vines, lush, become a cool landscape, at night, a round of bright moon will be reflected in the blue waves under the bridge, within reach, so here is called 'covered bridge to play with the moon', it is a famous scene in Wei Mansion.

Mingyue was concerned about her sister, she walked quickly on the covered bridge, but suddenly found that there were more than a dozen members of the poetry club standing in the bridge, who were gathering together to talk about something with great interest, among them there was a man in his thirties, tall and thin, with a green coat and hat, Mingyue knew him, and he was a very famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, Gao Shi.

Mingyue also likes Gao Shi's Biansai poems, but when she saw that Li Li, the king of Guangping, was also among them, her steps hesitated, she turned around and wanted to leave, but was seen by Li Li's sister and Li Siqi, the lord of Zhengjun, she waved her hand happily, "Dugu, this way!" This way! ”

Li Jiao, the king of Guangping, also caught a glimpse of Dugu Mingyue, and his eyes suddenly shot an eager gaze, and he quickly greeted him, "Mingyue, where have you been?" I've been looking for you everywhere and you've been missing! ”

People are so strange, when Mingyue was infatuated with him in the past, he was disgusted, and there was only Cui Yiyun in his eyes, but after the kidnapping incident, Mingyue began to alienate him, and he found that Mingyue was as beautiful as a splendor, and Cui Yiyun couldn't look at it anymore.

But no matter how Li Jiao tried to please Mingyue, Mingyue always smiled indifferently, but the more this happened, the more he felt the preciousness of Mingyue, and he always refused to give up.

I looked for Mingyue for a long time just now, but I didn't see her, and I happened to meet Gao Shi, who was invited by Wei Lian's brother, and the two chatted, attracting a large group of members of the poetry club.

Seeing that Mingyue was leaving, he hurriedly chased after him, "Mingyue, I have something to look for you." ”

Mingyue stopped and asked, "Little Wangye, what's the matter with you?" ”

Li Jiao scratched his head and smiled: "Why didn't you participate in the previous poetry club gatherings?" ”

Mingyue said lightly: "I have something at home, so I can't participate." ”

"What will happen in your house, I asked your grandfather and he said you are empty."

A trace of disgust flashed in Mingyue's eyes, but her expression was still flat and indifferent: "Little prince, my sister is here, I'm going to find her, if there's nothing wrong, I'll leave first." ”

"Hey! Moon. ”

Mingyue stopped, and asked without looking back: "Little prince, do you have anything else?" ”

Li Li sighed and said, "Mingyue, I want to talk to you." ”

"Little prince, let's go later! I really have something right now. ”

After saying that, she walked away without looking back.

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(To be continued)