When Liang Xiao entered Weiyang Palace, he met several old colleagues he knew and was stopped by them.

"Haha, Liang Xiao!" A Lang official opened his arms and stopped Liang Xiao. "Good boy, black and strong, the beef and mutton in the Western Regions really raise people."

"Hey, good horse, good horse." Another Lang official stroked Mingzhu's mane and couldn't put it down. "Ah Xiao, is there a good horse everywhere in the Western Regions, your horse is really good, it is taller than the horse that Li Shuyun brought back last time, and it looks like a real thousand horses."

Han Yan stepped forward and drove away the officials with a smile and a horsewhip in her hand. "Get out of the way, Your Majesty is waiting for Captain Liang to reply after returning thousands of miles, you idlers are making a lot of fun, get out of the way for me."

Only then did the Lang officials know that Liang Xiao was no longer a Weiyang Lang like them, but a cavalry captain. Hurriedly stepped aside, smiling wryly, the atmosphere was a little awkward, a little more polite, a little less affectionate.

When Liang Xiao saw it, his eyes flashed, he smiled, and arched his hand. "Brothers, a certain monarch has a fate, and he can't delay, and when he has made a mistake, he will come and talk to you brothers. If there is one, you can choose the place, let's drink and compare arrows, and see if you have been lazy in the past two years, how about it? ”

"Haha, that's great." Seeing that Liang Xiao was not proud of his identity, but was still as happy as before, he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again.

After saying goodbye to Lang Guan, Liang Xiao followed Mei Gao and Han Yan to the greenhouse hall, the Son of Heaven stood at the door of the hall, and ordered Wang Hui to stand aside and greet him with a smile. Liang Xiao caught up with two steps and bowed down.

"The envoy of the Western Regions, the commander of the cavalry, the minister Xiao greets Your Majesty."

"Come on. Come on. "The Son of Heaven was full of joy. Lowered one notch. Stretched out his hand to stroke Liang Xiao, looked up and down, and nodded with satisfaction. "Well, it's darker, it's stronger, and it's more calm. It seems that you have gained a lot from this trip to the Western Regions. ”

Liang Xiao smiled awkwardly. "Although the minister has made small achievements, he is young and ignorant. There are also many mistakes made, and I ask Your Majesty to condemn the crime. ”

"Condemnation?" The Son of Heaven's eyes flashed, and he was surprised. "What mistake have you made to plead guilty? Let's hear it. ”

"There are too many crimes, and it is difficult to write one or two. Your Majesty should let the ministers enter the palace and report in detail. The weather is cold, and if it freezes Your Majesty, the minister will have one more crime. ”

Seeing that Liang Xiao was exaggerating, the Son of Heaven couldn't help laughing out loud and teased: "It's because you're afraid of the cold." It's so nicely said. ”

Liang Xiao became more and more earnest. "Your Majesty, the minister has even climbed the snow-capped mountains that have not melted for thousands of years. Where will you be afraid of the cold of Chang'an? The minister really thinks about His Majesty. ”

The Son of Heaven laughed, turned and walked towards the temple. "You come in, tell me all about your crimes, and I want to see if this Nanshan bamboo is enough."

"Yui!" Liang Xiao bowed in response, and at the same time squeezed his eyes at Mei Gao. Mei Gao smiled silently and bitterly, and stretched out his hand to signal Liang Xiao to hurry in. He was a little puzzled, since Liang Xiao was so knowledgeable and interesting, he asked the Son of Heaven for guilt as soon as they met, why did he spare a horse and offend Han Yan.

Could it be that he wants to compete with Han Yan for favor? That's not a small challenge. Although he is talented and highly valued by the Son of Heaven, Han Yan has been the playmate of the Son of Heaven since childhood, and the relationship between the two is by no means comparable to ordinary people - if it were not for the preference of the Son of Heaven, with Han Yan's arrogance, I don't know how many times he would have died.

Liang Xiao entered the hall, the Son of Heaven had already sat down in front of the desk, and Wang Hui was sitting aside. Opposite Wang Hui, the Son of Heaven ordered someone to set up a brocade seat. Liang Xiao stepped forward and sat down on the seat, but his butt didn't touch his heels, and it didn't look like he was sitting, but kneeling.

The Son of Heaven grinned. "Don't be so restrained, when I finish listening to your sins, it's not too late for you to ask for sin."

"Your Majesty, your ......" Liang Xiao grinned a little embarrassed. The minister couldn't sit down. ”

"Can't sit down?" The Son of Heaven was stunned and glanced at Wang Hui. "What does it mean that you can't sit down?"

Wang Hui rolled his eyes, immediately understood, bowed down, and laughed softly: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the Hu people in the Western Regions are rude and rude, they don't sit on the ground like us Han people, but sit with their feet down. Liang Xiao went to the Western Regions for more than two years, fighting side by side with the Hu people, so he naturally had to follow the customs. Moreover, he has been fighting for the past two years, and I am afraid that like the Huns, these legs are more suitable for horseback than for sitting. ”

The Son of Heaven suddenly realized. "Liang Xiao, but that's the case?"

Liang Xiao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Shengming, the Great Xing Order is well-informed, in one word." The minister was originally uneducated, but now he is more like a barbarian, which ...... It's rude. ”

The Son of Heaven nodded and said generously, "It's not your fault. In the battlefield battle, life and death are only between the first line, and it is true that you can't take too much care of it. However, now that you're back, it's better to be careful. Otherwise, I won't be able to protect you in the history of the emperor. ”

Liang Xiao hurriedly thanked him, sat down in an orderly manner, and talked about the journey of the envoy to the Western Regions. He did everything in detail, and almost all the experiences were told together, even the affairs of Princess Dawan Luo Xuli were also explained, but he didn't say anything about the things in the temple.

He spoke in such detail that even the Son of Heaven was amazed. The courtier's return to life has never been as detailed as Liang Xiao's. However, firstly, Liang Xiao said it interestingly, and secondly, he also knew that Liang Xiao did not read much and had rough etiquette, and he didn't know how to deal with the relationship between monarchs and ministers, but he didn't blame him.

After more than two hours, after Liang Xiao finished speaking, he fell to the ground, kowtowed, and let his calves relax. In this half-day, he has changed his posture many times. "The minister is arrogant and ignorant, and he has lost his courtier's body, and I ask Your Majesty to condemn him."

The Son of Heaven turned to Wang Hui. "Daxing Order, in your opinion, what is Liang Xiao's crime?"

Wang Hui was also shocked when he heard it. Liang Xiao not only got a first-class Dawan horse, but also got Princess Dawan in his hands, this is bold enough, not to mention that he promised to benefit those merchants without the permission of the Son of Heaven. If you really want to talk about it, any one of them is enough for him.

"Your Majesty, Liang Xiao has committed at least three crimes: one is accepting heavy money from Hu people; the second is to use the best horses; The third is communication with the vassal state. ”

The Son of Heaven retracted his gaze, looked at Liang Xiao, and crooked his mouth. "Can you plead guilty?"

Liang Xiao couldn't stand on the ground, he was very aggrieved in his heart, but he had to give in. "The minister feels that the great order has the heart of the elderly, and it is extremely lenient to treat the minister. How dare you deny it? ”

The corners of Tianzi's mouth twitched. Hehe smiled: "What do you mean." Does it mean that I would not be kind enough to ask you about other culpables? ”

"I don't dare."

"You still know how heavy it is." The Son of Heaven bowed slightly. "Get up. Although there are a lot of problems, but things are in a hurry, otherwise, how can there be today's situation, how can the Yue clan and Dawan surrender to my Han successively? Speaking of which, you still have merit. ”

Mei Gao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Liang Xiao pretended to be crazy and stupid, but he was recognized by the Son of Heaven and passed a pass. He glanced at Han Yan secretly. Seeing that Han Yan was silent, her face was as usual, and the heart she had just put down couldn't help but lift it again.

Liang Xiao got up and sat down again. As soon as his butt touched his heel, Liang Xiao suddenly let out a "sigh" and fell to the ground, stroking his calf with his hand, showing a painful look on his face.

The Son of Heaven was taken aback: "What's wrong?" ”

Liang Xiao's face twisted. "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister has not knelt for a long time, and his calf is unconscious."

Just as the Son of Heaven was about to speak, Wang Hui also said, "Your Majesty." He said it for too long, and the minister's leg couldn't help it. The Son of Heaven listened. Only then did he realize that Liang Xiao had been talking for too long, and his own two legs couldn't stand it anymore.

"Haha. Come on, sit on the desk, be comfortable. The Son of Heaven said, leaning on the imperial case first, tilting his body and releasing his legs. Liang Xiao and Wang Hui glanced at each other, and they also did the same, leaning on the imperial case and sitting crookedly. Wang Hui was quite proud, being able to sit in such a casual posture in front of the Son of Heaven showed that the Son of Heaven was in a good mood now, and he, the person who recommended Liang Xiao as an envoy, was also a meritorious man.

Mei Gao breathed a sigh of relief again. Han Yan twitched the corner of her eyes, revealing a little uneasy.

The Son of Heaven propped his elbows on the table, thoughtful. "In this way, the envoy who originally came to Chang'an with you was not just Dawan's."

"Your Majesty's words are very true. When the minister met Li Shuyun and Li Danghu, he heard that His Majesty had transferred General Li to the Taishou of Longxi, so he thought that Hexi could be broken, so he gathered the countries at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and asked them to send envoys and protons to Chang'an together. rushed to Hexi and met the Xiaoyue clan, only to know that Hexi was still in the hands of the Huns. They had no choice but to repatriate them. The minister's behavior is unprepared, insulting the prestige of the country, please punish Your Majesty. ”

"It's not your fault." The Son of Heaven wanted to speak and stopped, and the regret in his eyes was too strong. "General Lee...... It is true that he sent troops to Hexi, but the old ministers of the court thought that he was a knight, violating the laws of the imperial court, and provoking war without authorization, destroying peace and relatives, and overdoing it, so he ......"

Liang Xiao was silent. Now he doesn't need to say anything more.

The reason why he told the story in such detail was that he wanted to appear sincere and not let others have the opportunity to slander him. The second is to be upset for Li Guangming. His combat function in the Western Regions cannot be counted, and it is difficult to say now, but Li Guangzheng's military exploits in the Hugh Slaughter Department are real. If Li Guang can't be rehabilitated, then it will be extremely difficult for him to become a marquis - the credit of the famous general Li Guang can be erased at will, what is he Liang Xiao worth?

Moreover, as Li Guang's former subordinate, if he does not speak for Li Guang, he will inevitably be despised by his colleagues in the future. Many Lang officials inside and outside the palace are fans of Li Guang, and every word he says now may reach the ears of Weiyang Lang in the future.

In public and private, Liang Xiao can't sit idly by.

However, for Li Guangming's grievances, he can't be too direct. The Son of Heaven is a good-looking person, if he feels that he is persecuted, even if he succeeds this time, he will be left with mustard in the future. The best way is to let the Son of Heaven taste the benefits and disadvantages for himself and take the initiative to correct his mistakes.

What does the Son of Heaven desire most now? Of course, it was to unite the Western Regions and cut off the right arm of the Xiongnu. The envoys of many countries in the Western Regions came to the court, and they had already gone halfway, but because of the decision of the imperial court, they had to turn back, and all the countries came to the court and became one country, and the Son of Heaven did not know how much he regretted it.

The Son of Heaven really didn't say anything more, and the conversation changed and mentioned the pending matter of harmony.

"Liang Xiao, what do you think of Heqin?"

Liang Xiao was silent for a moment. "Your Majesty, the minister wants to tell the story of the Wusun clan Arekhan."

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised. Wang Hui coughed: "Liang Xiao, Your Majesty asked, and you answered directly, why bother talking about him left and right." ”

Liang Xiao bowed. "The Great Order, the so-called stone of other mountains, may attack jade. The Arekan that the minister said was actually a kiss. However, there is a slight difference between the harmony of the Huns and the harmony of our dynasty. ”

The Son of Heaven waved his hand and interrupted Wang Hui. "Let's listen to it, let's also see how this Hun got along." ――

(To be continued.) )

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