readx; "Brother-in-law, why don't you like horseback riding? I think horseback riding is very free, you can see the blue sky and white clouds, you can meet familiar friends, the feeling of meeting by chance is gratifying, but sitting in this room-like carriage is stuffy and dark, brother-in-law, how can you stand it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Qingan did not wait until the next day to go to Pei's mansion, after he resigned as the right minister, he was idle all of a sudden, and in the afternoon, he took Mingzhu to Pei's mansion, and along the way, she complained about the discomfort of riding in the carriage.

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "Why don't I want to ride a horse, but if I ride a horse, I will probably become a hedgehog, have you ever seen a hedgehog?" The body is full of thorns, I am full of arrows, a new breed, arrow hedgehog. ”

"That's true, riding on a horse, always worrying about the taste of being shot with cold arrows is really uncomfortable, brother-in-law, how much are you worth, I mean how much money can be made by turning you into a hedgehog?"

"It's worth about a million! What does this do, you ask? ”

Mingzhu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I'm thinking, why is no one looking for me?" I only need one percent, 100,000 yuan of money. ”

"You can't kill me, by the way, Mingzhu, does anyone in the Pei family want to marry you?"

Mingzhu frowned and said, "Just say something interesting, you will come to sweep people's interest, there is!" Suzaku Street is lined up to turn, now you are satisfied! ”

"I'm just asking casually, can't my brother-in-law care about my sister-in-law?"

"You still care about your world's affairs! How can a little woman like me deserve to care about you. ”

Mingzhu turned around angrily, grabbed a pillow and put it on her ear, and ignored Li Qing'an.

Li Qingan smiled and shook his head, he was already a person from the past, how could he not understand Mingzhu's thoughts, in fact, he also liked this beautiful and lovely woman, in the past, she was like his sister, chirping around him like a little sparrow, but as she grew up, she had become a mature and beautiful big girl, with a different bright temperament.

But Mingzhu is his sister-in-law after all, and it involves a very complicated family relationship, so he can't think about it for the time being.

Li Qingan also sighed, she was already a twenty-year-old girl, but he couldn't forget her thirteen-year-old appearance, Li Qingan couldn't help but think about the situation when he first saw her, a little girl hiding behind the screen, always thought that she had grown up, her face was messy, and she was called blood smudge.

"Hey! What are you thinking, laughing so weirdly. Mingzhu couldn't help but lift the pillow again and asked him.

"I'm thinking about what it was like when I first met you."

"What am I like?"

Mingzhu suddenly sat up and said with a smile: "Tell me, what was it like when you first saw me?" ”

"You! I put on makeup like a vixen, and I thought I was beautiful, why don't I wear makeup now? ”

Mingzhu was a little embarrassed and said: "When I was young, everyone put on makeup like that, so I thought it was beautiful, but now I think about it so stupid." ”

"Actually, it's not stupid, I think I have a surname, at least I like it very much."

"No matter how much you like me, you won't wear makeup like that, it's not good for your skin."

Mingzhu took out the mirror again, looked at it, and asked, "Brother-in-law, people say that I have become much better looking than before, what do you think?" ”

"Huh! It's much better looking than before, but there is one thing that hasn't changed, a few years ago, it was very Ren's surname, and now it seems to be the same. Li Qingan quipped her.

Mingzhu didn't hear Li Qing'an's words and laughed, she was depressed for a while, the little ladies who used to play with her were all married, gave birth to children, and each one had only a husband in her heart, and only a child in her eyes, last time a best friend who used to play with her came to her to borrow money, only two or three years later, the friend seemed to be ten years old, full of money when he opened and closed his mouth, sighed that life was difficult, and he did become very mature, but she would rather not have this kind of maturity, she didn't want to become so philistine, become so old, She wanted to keep a little bit of happiness for herself.

But many people don't like her surname, even including Li Qing'an in front of her, she thinks that Li Qing'an wants her to become more mature.

She looked left and right in the mirror again, sighed and said: "My mother always says this about me, saying that I just don't grow up, I also used to want to become a little more mature, even at the expense of pretending, but this kind of pretending almost tires people to death, hey! I really don't know how to grow up a little bit. ”

She secretly glanced at Li Qingan again, and asked cautiously: "Brother-in-law, do you say that this growth has something to do with fate, and is it the reason why fate has not yet arrived, right?" ”

"Maybe it's a little bit related."

Li Qingan smiled: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with being simple, I look forward to maturity when I am young, and I miss being young when I am mature, I don't think there is any need to deliberately pretend, just like an apple, the sunny side will be big and red, and the shady side will be slightly green, in fact, it is also ripe, it is very crisp, with a slight hint of sweetness and sourness, and there is an original taste of an apple." ”

"Do you like green fruits, then?"

"Me? I like them all, Mingzhu, didn't I tell you? You have to believe in fate, when fate comes, there will naturally be results. ”

Mingzhu didn't dare to look at Li Qing'an, she lowered her head shyly, her fingers wrapped around the skirt, but she was thinking about the fruit of that tree in her heart, Li Qing'an chose for a long time, and finally picked the slightly green one.

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Pei Kuan's mansion is located in Jingshanfang, is a huge mansion covering an area of nearly 60 acres, this is also one of the Pei family's several important houses in Chang'an, Pei's family is Hedong Wenxi County Wang family, the history is long, reproduction for nearly a thousand years, Pei's children are literary and martial arts, a hundred years of talents, in the Tang Dynasty, is also second only to Li and Cui, ranked third, the Tang Dynasty Pei family is even more famous, Pei Kuan, Pei Zunqing, Pei Yaoqing, etc., are all outstanding people, among which Pei Kuan is the most famous, both civil and military, both have been Fan Yang Festival envoy, Twice to worship the prime minister, twice to be demoted, and to go through ups and downs in his life.

Pei Kuan has rarely gone out in recent years, since the outbreak of the case of the abolition of the crown prince Li Heng, Pei Kuan, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at the time, was also implicated and forced to retire, and then he was completely silent, in recent years, Pei Kuan has been devout to Buddhism, and finally said that he read the Buddha at home, but with the age, he gradually began to age, especially this year, he had three serious illnesses in a row, although he was rescued by the imperial doctor, but his body has been extremely weak, the imperial doctor has hinted at the Pei family, Pei Kuan may not survive this year, in view of this situation, The Pei family decided to congratulate Pei Kuan on his seventy-fifth birthday, one was happy, and the other was also hoping that the children of the Pei family could come to take a final look at the old patriarch, so that Pei Kuan would go without regrets.

Although Pei Kuan believed in Buddhism in his later years, his surname was indifferent and thrifty, but this time to celebrate his birthday, the Pei family spent tens of thousands of dollars to celebrate the birthday of the old patriarch of the Pei family, for this reason, Pei Kuan's eldest son Henan Yin Pei Zhen also specially came from Luoyang to preside over his father's birthday, this time Pei Kuan's birthday, the Pei family elected a total of seven people as the birthday planner, these seven people are the famous people of the Pei family, such as the same age over seventy years of the door servant Pei Zunqing, the right minister and the Ministry of Rites Pei Min, Henan Yin Pei Zhen, Dali Temple Qing Pei Xiang and so on, Among them is also the son-in-law of the Pei family like Dugu Haoran, but because Dugu Haoran said that he was sick, he gave this errand to his son-in-law Li Qing'an to do it, although Li Qing'an and the Pei family's in-law relationship has been a little far away, but with the strong support of Pei Zunqing and Pei Min, the Pei family is also willing to let the Pei family's grandson-in-law participate, Pei Zunqing made it clear at the core family meeting that if Li Qingan becomes a member of the Pei family, it will have an immeasurable effect on the improvement of the Pei family's status in the Tang Dynasty.

The competition between the Pei family and the Cui family is already known to everyone in the Tang Dynasty, Cui Yuan and Cui Qiao took refuge in Li Longji in Shu and became Li Longji's important ministers, Cui Jian is also the political minister of Chang'an, and the Pei family only Pei Min is the prime minister, although the status is slightly higher, but in terms of the number of officials above the third grade, the Pei family is still not as good as the Cui family, especially in terms of local forces, the local officials served by the children of the Cui family are far more than the Pei family.

Therefore, if Li Qingan can join the Pei family, there is no doubt that a heavy weight will be added to the competition balance between Cui and Pei's two families.

Li Qing'an's carriage slowly stopped in front of Pei Kuan's house in Jingshanfang, today happened to be Xiu Chao, the core members of the Pei family rushed to Pei Kuan's mansion to discuss the matter of Pei Kuan's birthday, I heard that Li Qing'an arrived, Pei Zunqing, Pei Min and other main members of the Pei family came to the gate to greet them.

Mingzhu picked up the curtain and peeked through the crack in the curtain, only to see a white-bearded and black-bearded old man standing in front of the steps, all of whom were the elders of the Pei family, she was so frightened that she stuck out her tongue, her mother asked her to introduce the children of the Pei family to Li Qing'an, but the children of the Pei family she was familiar with were all young people, or the female dependents of the inner courtyard, where could she be familiar with the elders of the Pei family, Mingzhu felt weak for a while, so he said to Li Qingan with a bitter face: "Brother-in-law, my stomach is a little uncomfortable, I won't go down, you can go alone!" Anyway, my uncle is here, and he doesn't need me. ”

Li Qing'an understood her thoughts, smiled at her, and didn't force her, and got off the car directly, standing in front of the steps Pei Zunqing and Pei Min, although Pei Min is the right minister in the book, serving as the acting patriarch in the family, but Pei Zunqing is an elder, Pei Min did not dare to compete with the elders, Pei Zunqing stepped forward to greet Li Qing'an, Pei Zunqing belonged to the late formation of the big instrument, only in his fifties to serve as a member of the Ministry of Foreign Lang, because of offending Yang Guozhong was demoted to Fenzhou Taishou, Li Yu ascended the throne and promoted him to the Ministry of Servants, and soon appointed as the subordinate of the Servant, a high position, In the Pei family, second only to Pei Min, Pei Zunqing is over seventy years old this year, and his one-foot-long beard has turned gray, but he is in good spirits and his movements are no less than that of young people, he walked forward quickly, and smiled at Li Qingan: "I heard that Yu'er is always a big general and a general is short, so I will follow the younger generation, also called a general, a little rude, please bear with me." ”

Pei Zunqing said that the Yu'er is Pei Kuan's eldest grandson Pei Yu, he has returned to Beijing from broken leaves last year, and the current staff of the Ministry of War is standing behind Pei Zunqing, his eyes are full of excitement for Li Qing'an after a long absence, but he didn't dare to make a mistake, only owed a slight debt to Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an also smiled at him, and then gave Pei Zunqing a return salute and said with a smile: "Today I am here to participate in the clan meeting, everyone is their own people, let's be casual." ”

"Good! Good! Pei Zunqing also laughed and said: "The general said very well, everyone is their own people, let's be casual." ”

Pei Zunqing turned around and introduced the Pei family to Li Qingan one by one, "This is Pei Zhen, that is, Pei Yu's father, who worships Henan Yin." ”

Pei Zhen is about forty years old, his eyes are bright, his appearance is thin and handsome, Li Qingan had seen him when he was the observer envoy of Henan Province, so he smiled slightly: "Pei Yuanjun, we haven't seen each other for many years when Luoyang was goodbye. ”

Pei Zhen hurriedly gave Li Qing'an a salute and said sincerely: "I treated the general slowly in Luoyang back then, but the general treated Yu'er well in Anxi. ”

"Pei Yuanjun is not polite, Anxi is a meritocracy, it is Ling Lang's own efforts, it has nothing to do with me, Ling Lang is the only official who can speak the Byzantine language among the officials of Anxi and even the Tang Dynasty, Pei Yu, do you remember the Byzantine language?"

Pei Yu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said, "General Hui, I chatted with two Byzantine merchants yesterday, and I didn't forget." ”

"Very good, you are proficient in Turkic language, Great Food Language and Byzantine language, which is also an extremely rare talent in the imperial court, you can't play your role in the military department, I have decided to promote you to the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, you can prepare! There will be an appointment in the next two days. ”

Pei Zhen next to him was overjoyed, his son is now from the fifth grade of the staff Lang, and Honglu Shaoqing is from the fourth grade, which has been promoted by two levels, and this is just the beginning, the son is the backbone of the Anxi department, and the future will be immeasurable, Pei Zhen only then understood the deep meaning of his father who must send Pei Yu to Anxi, and sure enough, he has a long-term vision, and he is deeply grateful: "The general is committed to the dog, and the humble duty is remembered in his heart." ”

Li Qingan laughed, "Didn't I say that?" I don't talk about business today, I take care of my brother-in-law, it's not business. ”

As soon as Li Qing'an's words came out, except for Pei Zhen and Pei Yu's father and son, the Pei family became a sensation, they only knew that Pei Yu's wife Li Xiaolian was married in Anxi, but none of them knew that Li Xiaolian was actually Li Qing'an's sister.

The children of the Pei family couldn't help but cast envious glances at Pei Yu, marrying Li Qingan's sister, isn't there a bright future? Li Qing'an was surprised when he saw that everyone was surprised, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, didn't Pei Yu tell the clansmen?

In fact, Li Qing'an didn't know, Xiaolian was very low-key, she didn't allow her husband to tell her true identity to the clansmen, so except for Pei Yu and his father Pei Zhen, others really didn't know, Pei Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "Xiaolian is very virtuous and filial, and she is my good daughter-in-law." ”

Speaking of this, he pointed to the door, Li Qingan saw three young women standing in the door, the one in front of her was Xiaolian, although she was already a young woman, but her appearance was more pretty, her eyes were bright, and her demeanor had a touch of mature charm, seeing that she was wearing a wide long skirt that covered her figure, Li Qingan guessed that Xiaolian might be pregnant.

Xiaolian was indeed four months pregnant, she heard that the eldest brother was coming, so she secretly came out of the inner house, but was seen by Li Qing'an, she had to walk out, her bright eyes could not hide the joy of reunion, she gave Li Qingan Yingying a salute, "Xiaolian see the eldest brother." ”

"I've been busy lately, and I haven't had time to come and see you."

Li Qingan said apologetically: "But seeing that you look good, it also reassures me." ”

"Please rest assured, eldest brother, Xiaolian is living well here."

At this time, Li Qingan saw more than one young girl Xiaolian, there were two people, wearing a red dress was Pei Yu, Pei Min's daughter, she was thin and weak, and her body was slightly thin, Li Qingan had seen it, and the other girl was about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a long green Luo skirt, graceful, verdant skirt, she was slender and tall, her appearance was exquisite, she and Pei Yu had a quiet smile on her face when she spoke, with a little shyness, she lowered her head, but set off a pair of beautiful eyes, Looking at him half-seriously and half-playfully, Li Qingan's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but cheer secretly, does the Pei family have such a beautiful girl?

Xiaolian smiled again: "My aunt sent someone to say just now, Mingzhu also came, why didn't you see her?" ”

"She's in the carriage! Seeing so many Pei family members here, they don't dare to come out, you take her to the inner house first! ”

Mingzhu saw Xiaolian in the carriage, she hurriedly jumped out of the carriage like she saw a savior, took Xiaolian's hand and complained in a low voice: "Why did you come out?" ”

The Tang Dynasty was open, not as men and women as in later generations, it was normal for brother-in-law and aunt to ride in the same car, most of the Pei family knew Mingzhu, and they were not very surprised, most of them laughed at it, but Pei Zunqing saw that Mingzhu was actually in the carriage, but a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes, Mingzhu saw the other two girls, and jumped up with joy, "Wan'er, Yu'er, you are also here, great." ”

Xiaolian smiled at Li Qingan again: "Big brother, then I'll take Mingzhu to the back house first, and I'll talk to you later." ”

"Go ahead!"

Li Qingan said to Mingzhu again: "Don't forget what your mother told you, say hello to your grandmother." ”

"I can't forget it!"

Mingzhu took the hands of the two girls and ran into the house like a butterfly, Xiaolian slowly followed, Li Qingan looked at them with a smile, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on the girl in the green Luo skirt, who is this girl?

At this time, Pei Zunqing coughed lightly and said with a slight smile: "Those two girls, one is Pei Xiangguo's daughter, Pei Yu, and the other is my granddaughter Pei Wan'er, her father is my second son, Ningzhou Taishou Pei Yang, the general should have seen it." ”

"Oh! It turned out to be the daughter of Pei Taishou, who was honest and capable, and had a very high reputation among the people, so he was a rare good official. ”

"Thank you for the general's praise of the dog, come! Let's go inside! It's a bit of a slack to talk on the steps for so long. ”

"It's okay, I also want to see Pei Lao Xiangguo, when Lao Xiangguo was kind to me, I can do a little bit for his birthday, which is also my life's wish."

Pei Zunqing waved his hand solemnly and said to Li Qingan: "General, please!" ”

"Please!"

Everyone walked into the gate of Pei's Mansion together, and it was only at this time that Pei Min had the opportunity to get close to Li Qing'an, and said with a smile: "You are busy preparing for the birthday ceremony, do you really have time?" ”

Li Qingan also smiled: "This sentence should be what I asked you, you are the right country, you have a lot of opportunities, do you have time?" ”

"I'm really too busy, I can only discuss some big things, and the specific busy things are done by my nephews."

"I'm religiously here to make a birthday for Pei Lao Xiangguo!"

At this time, Pei Yu hurriedly ran over, bowed to Li Qing'an, and said, "General, my grandfather asked you to come over for a while." ”

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(To be continued)