"General!"

It was Li Juan, the brother of the great poet Li Bai. Since following Ma Lan all the way back to Anxi from the river, he, like Du Huan, has tied his future to Ma Lan and has become Ma Lan's confidant.

After Li Juan returned to Chang'an, the main task was to promote Ma Lu's reputation among the Shilin, more than a year has passed, and the results have been excellent.

Nothing is without reason, Ma Luan now has an excellent reputation in Chang'an City, which is inseparable from Li Xuan's efforts for more than a year.

Compared with a year ago, Li Juan looks a lot fatter, and it seems that his life has been quite moisturized for more than a year. Also, Ma Luan supports him with a regular amount of 1,000 yuan a year, and he doesn't have to spend money himself to take literati and ink artists in and out of Flower Street and Willow Lane, so it's no wonder that such days are not moisturized.

There was a wide carriage parked behind the willow tree, which looked quite luxurious, Li Juan pointed to the carriage, and the two boarded it together.

"General, I did not scatter the 200,000 yuan of gold and jewels that I sent with the song this time, but only gave them to the two that I thought were the most useful. I gave 100,000 yuan to your father-in-law, and I sent the other 100,000 yuan to Yuzhenguan. Li Juan is also a capable person, and he closed the carriage door and said straightforwardly.

Ma Lan nodded, remembering Yang Guozhong's appearance on the Qinzheng Building today, he couldn't help but snort and said, "Give it to my cheap father-in-law, it's better to feed it to the dog!" ”

Li Juan was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "The main thing is to deal with the Yang family, isn't it what the general said?" ”

Ma Lan smiled: "It's okay, I'm just whining, no matter what, our goal has been achieved anyway." Li Juan, do you know the current identity of a certain family? The king of Fufeng County, Shangzhu Kingdom, Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, the hussar general, and one of the most important things in the Tongzhong Shumenxia Pingzhang! Didn't you see my cheap father-in-law's face on the Qinzheng Building today, haha! ”

When Li Juan heard this, he was also taken aback. The highest official title that a courtier can get, his own general actually got all of them. This is the first person since Kaiyuan, and I'm afraid that since the Wude period, I can't find a second person.

"You have taken the path of Princess Yuzhen, no wonder the Son of Heaven said something on the Qinzheng Tower today, 'Zhiying is right, you are really my blessed general!'. Today, the Son of Heaven's favor to me has exceeded my imagination, and it seems that the 100,000 yuan spent on Princess Yuzhen's side has played a role. Ma Lan looked at Li Juan and smiled.

Princess Yuzhen Li Zhiying is the most beloved sister of today, the hostess of Yuzhen Temple, and the most famous female Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty. Ma Lan has been a little puzzled today why the Son of Heaven would treat him like this, but now he vaguely understands.

Yang Guozhong's words will not have such a great effect, it must be Princess Yuzhen's words that have played a role. Princess Yuzhen is a female Taoist, and the Son of Heaven believes in Taoism, which will have such a great effect.

Li Juan came back to his senses from the shock and said with a smile: "Princess Yuzhen has a wide range of friends, and has always spent a lot of money, a few years ago, I thanked the Son of Heaven for most of the princess treatment, but in the past few years, I have actually been a little embarrassed, and I want to get back the princess treatment and feel that I have no face." This time, we sent 100,000 yuan, which can be said to solve her urgent need. I also spoke to her about the General's loyalty to the country, and she agreed to speak well for the General in front of His Majesty. ”

It is said that Princess Yuzhen dreamed of her family's ancestor, Taoist patriarch Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu told her that the general was the pillar of the Tang Dynasty, the blessed general of the Tang Dynasty, and the god general he sent to assist the Tang Dynasty. Now the Taoist priests of the Taoist temples in Chang'an City are all preaching this matter, and everyone in Chang'an City knows about it. ”

"Is that okay?" Ma Lan twitched the corners of his mouth, "Can the Son of Heaven believe such a false statement?" ”

Li Juan said with a smile: "Obviously, the Son of Heaven believes it, otherwise he would not have given the general such a favor." ”

Ma Lan remembered the eager eyes of the Son of Heaven looking at him on the Qinzheng Tower, and shook his head with a wry smile.

What a faint man!

It seems that a lie can be repeated too many times before it becomes the truth. Li Tang royal family originated from Xianbei, the Han blood is not pure, at the beginning of the Lao Tzu Li Er as the ancestor was purely to raise his own value, Ma Lan originally thought that today's son respected Taoism just for his own rule, now look at this, the Son of Heaven really thinks that Li Er is his ancestor!

It seems that the Son of Heaven's belief in Taoism was not formal, but real.

Everything happens for a reason, and there's nothing wrong with that. The Son of Heaven's trust in him is not unwarranted, but because Princess Yuzhen Li Zhiying told the Son of Heaven that his ancestor said that Ma Ling is the blessed general of the Tang Dynasty, the pillar of the country, and the god-given general, and can be absolutely trusted.

It is ridiculous that the Son of Heaven should give himself such great power because of such absurd words!

After all, the Shengtianzi of the year was old, and he was already confused to this point. Fortunately, this time he trusted himself, if he trusted an ambitious person, it would immediately bring disaster to Datang.

Princess Yuzhen actually made up a lie like Lao Tzu's dream to deceive the Son of Heaven because of the gift of 100,000 yuan, which is really enough.

……

"Concubine, the grandson of Gaozong, the daughter of Ruizong, the daughter of His Majesty, is not cheap in the world, why bother with the name of the main name, Zi Tang Mu, and then it is expensive, please enter the property of hundreds of families, and extend your life for ten years."

The passage of Princess Yuzhen in the third year of Tianbao asking to reduce the treatment of the princess is also very famous in the history of later generations. But what is more famous is her ambiguous affair with several great poets of the time. A noble person like her, who is used to living a good life, wants to prolong her life for ten years by cutting her salary on a whim, but where is it so easy to live a poor life. Without the treatment of a princess, it would be difficult to mix in the literati and ink pile in Chang'an City. If it weren't for that, she wouldn't have coveted the 100,000 dollars of gold and jewelry and made up such a big lie.

However, when it comes to collecting money, you should do things seriously, and Li Zhiying has done a good job of this. Unlike Yang Guozhong's house, he also received 100,000 yuan of gold and jewelry, but he was extremely inauthentic, and he knew how to say a few good words at first, but once it affected his power, he immediately bit like a mad dog.

"General, in fact, it is not easy for Yu Zhenguan to get in. I was able to deliver the gift to Princess Yuzhen this time, but it was my clan brother. Li Juan said with a smile.

Ma Luan's face changed slightly: "Don't tell me, when the 100,000 yuan was given to Princess Yuzhen, your clan brother was also present!" ”

"Never! How can I not know the importance of such a big thing? The clan brother just took me away, and only me and Princess Yuzhen were present when the gift was given. ”

Ma Lan breathed a sigh of relief.

If such a secret thing is written into a poem by Li Taibai and spread out, it will be stinking for 10,000 years.

"I've also heard of the relationship between your brother and Princess Yuzhen. Now it seems that it is true. Ma Lan smiled.

Li Juan smiled and nodded: "There's nothing to hide, there are more people in Chang'an City who know." The Son of Heaven does not want to see my brother because of this incident. But if it weren't for my clan brother this time, I wouldn't have been able to enter the door of the Jade True Temple. Speaking of which, my brother can be regarded as having some credit to General Yu. ”

Ma Lan nodded, and said in his heart, "Don't say that your brother provokes other people's sisters, and you also write poems to promote them everywhere, lest people in the world don't know that they have a leg with other people's sisters, so ruin the reputation of other people's sisters, Li Longji, who is an elder brother, knows that it is strange to be able to treat your brother as a clan.

However, according to historical records, Li Bai doesn't seem to have been in Chang'an in the past two years, how could he appear here?

Li Xuan's words quickly solved the doubts in Ma Lan's heart: "General, I have had a very good relationship with my brother since I was a child, and I have been so rich because I have followed the general for more than a few years, so I have been able to repair books to my brother, and now he lives next to me in Chang'an." General, my brother has been adrift for half his life, and he only hates Huai Huai, and now he knows that I have entered the shogunate, and he has begged me for a recommendation many times. I didn't dare to accept him without the general's permission. Now that the general is in Chang'an, I don't know if I can give my brother a chance to meet. This is a new piece he wrote, and I asked him to bring it to the general. ”

Ma Lan took the Chengxintang paper handed over by Li Xuan, and looked at the big characters on the paper that Li Bai had written by himself.

"In May, the mountains are snowy, and there are no flowers but cold."

"I smell the willows in the flute, and I haven't seen the spring color!"

"Xiao Zhan follows the golden drum, sleeps and hugs the jade saddle."

"I am willing to put the sword down my waist and cut Loulan directly!"

This famous "Stopper Song" was born after all.

Ma Lan looked at it for a long time, and sighed in his heart, but finally shook his head: "The famous immortal, how can you enter my shogunate?" Forget it! So then, take a thousand dollars from your account and give it to him in your own name, as my reward for him. ”

"Didn't the general give him a chance to meet?" Li Juan said with some disappointment, obviously having a deep relationship with Li Bai.

Ma Lan smiled and shook his head.

There are too many disadvantages of Li Bai's great entry into the shogunate, it's not that he doesn't give Shixian face, but he really can't give him this face.

He is the lover of Princess Yuzhen, and this son of heaven knows it, and to tolerate a person who the son of heaven does not want to see is completely to make trouble for himself.

He's in his fifties now, but he's still a restless guy. On top of the original history, after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, he thought that there was an opportunity, so he instigated Yongwang Li Lan to occupy Jinling and occupy Jiangnan, wanting to compete with Suzong for the throne.

After that, he was exiled to Yelang, because he participated in this matter, and he deserved it to say that it was ugly, and people like him didn't care about the people of the world at all for the sake of fame.

Li Baida has such a temperament, if he really enters his own shogunate, maybe he will encourage himself to stand on his own feet in Anxi.

In the north window, ten thousand words are not worth a glass of water. In the later generations, you can worship this talented great poet, but now in this era, you can't allow this great talent to enter your shogunate. This is also something that there is no way to do, Li Bai has been wandering all his life, and it has a great relationship with his own character.

Through Li Juan, he has no worries about food and clothing, which is already the limit of what he can do.

……

Out of the carriage, Li Juan left on his own in the carriage, Ma Lan got on the war horse, and continued to walk towards the depths of Yankang Fang with Ma Yong and Ma Qiang and his party.

When I don't understand something, it's the most painful, and I finally know why the Son of Heaven trusts me so much, and Ma Lan's heart can be regarded as falling to the ground.

Although the reason is extremely absurd, it is extremely real.

Princess Yuzhen made up a dream because of the gold jewelry shell of 100,000 yuan, and Li Longji, who was the son of the Tang Dynasty, actually believed in this dream. As long as he can continue to bring victory to Datang in the future, Li Longji will be more convinced of this matter.

As long as the Son of Heaven trusts, then no one can restrain him, even if it is Yang Guozhong, he can't.

Ma Lan was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard a few familiar muffled sounds.

Hearing this voice, the hairs on Ma Lan's body instantly stood up.

The voice was all too familiar to him!

This is the sound of the eight-bull crossbow machine being smashed!

…… (To be continued.) )