The pine carriage built by the former assassin of Shanzhou is really good, sturdy, and has traveled thousands of miles, and the horse does not know how many times it has changed, so it only changed two wheels and walked to Chang'an. Xue Chongxun joined Cheng Qianli at the first post station and Jiedu in Shanzhou, and the two groups of people came together, and when they arrived in Chang'an, it was already August. On the way, when you encounter the city and enter the city for repair, you can smell a strong fragrance of osmanthus between the streets and alleys, which is the smell of autumn.

On the outskirts of Chang'an, I suddenly saw a five-color flag fluttering, and there were many officials standing next to the long pavilion. When Xue Chongxun and the others got closer, they saw that it was Lu Xiang, the secretary of the ministry, who had come to greet them. This prime minister is quite famous in the scholarly class, and he personally went out of the city to greet him, which made Xue Chongxun a little flattered.

Lu Xiangxian hugged his fists from afar and said: "Lu was ordered to welcome Cheng Zhijun, the envoy of the Longyou Festival, and Xue Lang, the head of the march of the Duke of Weiguo, and congratulated the two on their return from a great victory. ”

Cheng Qianli and Xue Chongxun got off their horses, and after returning the salute, they said a few polite words, both of them were very energetic with red faces. Even Cheng Qianli, who has always been very calm and calm in honor and disgrace, is also overjoyed...... His hometown is Jingzhao Mansion, how many people's dreams are when he returns to his hometown!

At this moment, Xue Chongxun discovered a detail, Cheng Qianli, who usually wears linen clothes, wore a purple official robe today, which is really rare. Xue Chongxun looked down and saw that he was still honestly wearing the old Ge clothes, he remembered that Lu Xiangxian said that the emperor had summoned him just now, and when he came back to his senses, he dared to love Cheng Qianli, this old boy thought that the emperor would summon him early this morning?

Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy! Xue Chongxun hurriedly hugged his fists at Lu Xiangxian and said, "I'll change my clothes first, what kind of body will I wear like this?" ”

"The big husband is informal." Lu Xiangxian, who had flowing hair, seemed to be unexpectedly anxious today, and pulled Xue Chongxun's arm and said, "When Zhang Qian returned from the Han Dynasty, he dressed like a beggar and entered the Han Palace. ”

Xue Chongxun had to get into the carriage with Cheng Qianli, and he didn't forget to turn around and say, "Bao Cheng, escort the carriage back to the Weiguo Mansion." ”

Lu Xiangxian laughed and said, "Later, it will be called Hedong Palace." ”

Xue Chongxun asked casually, "Have you already released the word to restore my throne?" ”

"Hehe......" Lu Xiangxian laughed meaningfully, obviously it was Princess Taiping who revealed the news, what happened to Brother Fen, the puppet? Lu Xiangxian didn't pretend to be indifferent today, he seemed to be in a good mood, "Don't talk about restoring the throne, it's worth anything for you to be sealed by the imperial court!" Now some short-sighted people in the court don't understand, but our children and grandchildren will definitely understand the impact of Longyou's victory. ”

Xue Chongxun couldn't help but be happy, and said with a dry smile: "Oh, Lu Xianggong has a good reputation." In fact, this matter is mainly due to the contribution of Cheng Jiedu. ”

Cheng Qianli smiled and stroked the goatee on his chin: "Where and where, you and I have half the credit." Although Jishi Mountain dealt with hundreds of thousands of Tibetans, the court gave me an army of 100,000, and the difficulty was no greater than Xue Lang's empty gloves and the white wolf took the stone fort city. ”

"Empty gloves white wolf ......" Xue Chongxun was stunned.

Cheng Qianli hurriedly said: "Slip of the tongue, I will punish myself three cups at the celebration banquet for a while." ”

Xue Chongxun shook his head solemnly: "No, Cheng Jiedu is right, empty gloves white wolf, I like this name!" The court gave me 8,000 people, and I didn't move much, isn't it an empty glove white wolf? ”

The three of them talked and laughed in the carriage, feeling that time passed quickly, and they arrived at Daming Palace in a short time. They were just about to get out of the car, when they heard a man full of temperament outside: "The envoy of Longyou Jiedu and the head of the march of Fu Qidao have made great contributions to Sheji, and they are driving in the palace." ”

So the three of them continued to sit in the car and drove until they got down in front of the Lin De Palace. They walked up the long stairs towards the majestic gate of the palace. Every time he came here, Xue Chongxun had a strange feeling in his heart, this majestic palace, the people inside could control thousands of miles of mountains and rivers without leaving the palace gate, it really seemed like there was a mysterious power.

A eunuch shouted sharply: "Xuancheng Festival envoy, Weiguo Gong enter the palace!" ”

Brother Fen sat high on the throne, and the two palace people behind him held big fans. Although he has no real power, he is nominally the emperor, and the minister must kneel when he sees it. Cheng Qianli was the first time to see Brother Fen, and he was the first to kneel on the ground, and Xue Chongxun also followed him to worship in the hall, shouting "My emperor has no borders".

"Flat." Brother Fen said very obscenely, and it was not very solemn because the speed of his speech was too fast. At this time, Nei Zhi was muttering something beside him, and Brother Fen said again: "Come on, bring them a stool." ”

Xue Chongxun couldn't help but quietly turn his head to look at Cheng Qianli, wanting to see what his expression was, but Cheng Qianli also happened to look at him, and the two suddenly looked at each other and were silent.

The eunuch came up with two waist round stools, and after Xue Chongxun and Cheng Qianli sat down, they wanted to wait for the emperor to ask before answering, which was a common way to summon, and the king asked the ministers to answer. Unexpectedly, Brother Fen didn't know what to say, and he couldn't make a fart for a long time. Cheng Qianli had to stand up, took out a fold from his sleeve, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty...... From now on, Your Majesty can sit back and relax, the people of Longyou can live and work in peace and contentment, and the fertile soil will surely become the granary of the Tang Dynasty......"

At this time, Xue Chongxun wanted to give Cheng Qianli a thumbs up, this surnamed Cheng was really scheming, everything was prepared in advance, and even the speech paper was written.

"Good, good......" Brother Fen raised the sleeves of his dragon robe and gestured very gracefully for a while, "I want to reward you, reward...... That's right, let's announce the edict! ”

Of course, this holy decree was not written by Brother Fen, it must have been discussed by a few masters in the Political Affairs Hall, and then written by the people of the Hanlin Academy, maybe Brother Fen still doesn't know what the holy decree has written. The content is very simple, that is, to reward meritorious generals, Cheng Qianli will be the prime minister, revoke the position of the envoy of the festival, and seal the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, of course, his official health and military power was taken back by the imperial court, because now Longyou is relatively safe, it is not necessary to put 100,000 troops there to waste national strength, how will the official health arrange the deployment, the political hall must have a plan, of course it will not be said in this holy decree. Xue Chongxun sealed the general of the left guard, succeeded the envoy of Longyoujie, and restored the throne of Hedong, and allowed the opening of the government to set up officials in 5,000 households.

The two of them knelt on the ground again to thank him, Brother Fen couldn't sit still for a long time, and flicked his sleeves and said, "You go to Zichen Palace, and come back to the banquet later." ”

After they bowed, they came out of the Lin De Hall and invited Lu Xiangxian to continue to walk north to the Zichen Hall to see Princess Taiping. As soon as Xue Chongxun and the others entered the palace, they saw that Dou Huaizhen, Xiao Zhizhong and other prime ministers were already waiting there. Everyone and Xue Chongxun are acquaintances, and after a long absence, it is natural to ask for warmth and goodbye, but to Cheng Qianli just smile and nod or hug his fists to salute, the relationship is much colder, because Cheng Qianli has been in the Western Regions before, and he has basically never met this group of ministers who made a career in the Li Dan period, how affectionate can they be?

At this time, Cheng Qianli probably also realized that he was okay with the border pass, and he had to rely on Xue Chongxun to come to Beijing.

While greeting all their colleagues, they walked inside, only to see that Princess Taiping on the jade steps owed her body, and she was very anxious, and she was almost about to stand up. Xue Chongxun looked up, and sure enough, he saw his mother's warm and eager eyes looking at him, full of love.

But when Taiping spoke, he didn't care about Xue Chongxun at all, and only said, "Cheng Xianggong is closer, this is the first time we've met?" Let me see. ”

Cheng Qianli was snubbed by those ministers just now, but now Princess Taiping was so kind that his face showed a flattered look, and he hurriedly bowed down and took a few steps forward.

Princess Taiping said again: "Cheng Xianggong used to be a military general in the Western Regions, and now he is the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he will be the prime minister, even if it is our Tang Dynasty, it is not common, and it is mostly the founding meeting, and when Emperor Taizong conquered the four provinces to open up the territory." Let's Li Tang take Guan Long as the foundation...... By the way, Cheng Xianggong is a member of Guanzhong. ”

Cheng Qianli hurriedly bowed and said, "The old minister is from Jingzhao Mansion." ”

Princess Taiping was graceful, elegantly raised her long sleeves to cover her mouth and smiled: "I'm not mistaken, isn't Jingzhao Mansion a place in Guanzhong." ”

Cheng Qianli coped with it very cautiously, and could say one word, but never two words. Xue Chongxun looked at his table with great interest, as soon as he came back, he was playing politics, I don't know if Cheng Qianli, who was calm and calm on the battlefield, would still be calm?

Princess Taiping said again: "Cheng Xianggong was born in the Guanlong family, and he must have a lot to do. In the future, when the court is free, how about coming to Zichen Hall to sit with Lu Ge Lao and Dou Xianggong? ”

Cheng Qianli pondered for a moment before he said slowly: "Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, Your Highness will not give up, and the old minister will often come over to relieve His Highness's boredom." ”

Xue Chongxun couldn't help but be stunned: relieve boredom...... Such a blatant flattery, it is a shame that he Cheng Qianli can actually say it. It seems that this Confucian general-style festival envoy is really not in vain.

This sentence made Princess Taiping happy, she suddenly smiled, very happy, and stroked her palm: "Good, good, very good." She said three good words in a row, and then suppressed her smile and said, "You are tired of carriages and horses, I won't stay longer, the coming day will be long, Cheng Xianggong will go back to rest for a while, and there will be a celebration banquet in the Linde Hall in a while." Chongxun, you send Cheng Xianggong, the two of you fought side by side in Longyou, and you have a lot of friendship, and in the future, you will learn more from Cheng Xianggong about the art of war and the way of governing the country. ”

Xue Chongxun pretended to be humble and said, "Yes." But I thought in my heart that my mother's words were quite meaningful, and I should have understood them with Cheng Qianli's insight and mind.

So Xue Chongxun sent Cheng Qianli out, and Cheng Qianli said politely: "The prince stays." "Hah! Cheng Qianli was never so polite when he was at the border.

At this moment, he suddenly saw the popular eunuch Yu Liben chasing after him from behind, his delicate face with a festive smile, very appropriate, while greeting Xue Chongxun and saying that they would study music together another day, and smiling at Cheng Qianli: "Just now Cheng Xianggong promised His Highness to come and sit often, didn't he agree casually?" ”

This is an emphasis on reminding, I'm afraid that Cheng Qianli doesn't understand the meaning. But Xue Chongxun felt that Yu Liben was a bit of a snake, and it was no wonder that Yu Liben, this eunuch had never been in contact with Cheng Qianli. G