Hanzhong Qiang Dazhai.

Since a few days ago, Zhang Han and his young son were personally escorted to Hanzhong County by Li Mu and his son, and after Li Mu and his son returned, this big village fell into a dead silence.

Li Mu, who has always been majestic, made his subordinates even more cautious.

Contrary to the lively and joyful situation of celebrating the great victory in the cities of the Han Dynasty today, since learning that the Wei people had lost nearly 10,000 soldiers and the Han State had subdued their homeland, the Li clan, the head of the Qiang tribe in Hanzhong, was much silent at this time.

If it is a Qiang people, in fact, the Qiang people in Hanzhong and the Qinling Mountains are very different from the Qiang people in the past, they call themselves Di people, and they are different from the Qiang people and the Han people.

In a few decades, they will pour out of the Qinling Mountains in a vain attempt to seize the Chinese artifact, but now, the Han Kingdom has not been destroyed, and the Qiang people are not having a good time.

Among the Qiang people, although the Li family is the leader, it is not a word, it is like a tribal alliance, but the Li family has been brave for several generations, which has given it its current status, and it is a marriage with the Han people, and its strength seems to be very great.

But this does not mean that the news that the Han State intends to attack the Li family can be suppressed, and in just a few days, the entire Qiang tribe has spread, and the Li family may be finished.

For a while, the Qiang people were fluctuating in their hearts, and at this time, these Qiang people did not have much wolf ambition, most of them were the dreams of a mountain king, or as in the past, they were recruited by the Han Dynasty.

Among the entire Qiang people, the Li family may have future planning expectations, and their thoughts seem to have been revealed now, Li Mu is very remorseful that day, he actually came to show off his might in front of the Han lord that day!

For the beginning, he refused to marry and started secretly, but now that he thinks about it, he is even more frightened!

It was late at night, but the candlelight was still on in Li Mu's room in the village.

He was quiet, and he was sitting at the desk in the room at this time, with a tired face.

In front of him, a document was unfolded, and although he didn't know how many times he had read it, it was still shocking, making him feel as if he had a sword piercing his heart.

“…… Dongqiang hunting general Li Mu is quite brave, very popular, the town is very important, especially transferred to the captain of Shangyong County, can recruit follow, Wen Jun has a son young and promising, I personally on the table of the saint, specially given the post of the nine products of the book, in the Hanlin Academy to listen to the use. ”

“…… Luo Shang, the former captain of the Ping thief, was appointed as the captain of the Qiang ....... ”

“…… Appoint....... ”

“…… The above appointments shall take effect immediately and shall be appointed as soon as possible. ”

Others may not be able to see the meaning of this for a while, but he understands at a glance that this is the foundation of the Han family that wants to move their Li family.

It's just that although I have made a decision, there are still some lucks and temptations.

Having received the news of this appointment before, Li Mu had already worked hard in advance; 's own son married the daughter of a big clan, how can this give their Li family a little bit of thin face?

Now, if you use the goods to talk about your friendship, it is impossible to say whether things can take a turn for the better.

But after this effort, I saw that all sides have sent out obvious political signals of estrangement, this is a big deal, the Li family is the head of the Qiang clan, and the henchmen in the snares are indeed intertwined, but they are not impregnable.

Just like this document, he didn't want to go to Shangyong County, although the governor of this county is two thousand stones, which is not high, but now Shangyong County has been taken away by the Wei people for decades, and there is only one county left.

His eyes fell on this document, and Li Mu read it carefully a few more times, and sighed in his heart.

After all, it was a foregone conclusion.

At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door outside the door: "Husband, I cooked you some white fungus porridge, drink some while it's hot." ”

Madame's voice came from outside, his wife is the daughter of the Zhang family of the Hanzhong clan, if she is the ancestor of Shangshuo, she also has something to do with Zhang Yi, the general of the chariot and cavalry in the DPRK.

Li Mu also felt a little hungry at this time, so he cleaned up the paperwork on the table slightly, and said to the door: "Come in." ”

The door was pushed open, and a woman came in from outside, and saw a tray in her hand with a small cup of fragrant porridge on it, and the woman came to him with a light step, put the porridge down gently, and set the spoon in place.

Only then did he look at Li Mu with some concern, and said comfortingly: "Husband, no matter how busy you are, you must take care of your body." ”

Zhang is the wife of Li Muxuxian, because she was born in a big family, although she is younger, she is only a concubine of a big family, but she is very virtuous, which makes Li Mu love her very much.

"Ma'am, I know, isn't something going on lately...... Hey, this porridge tastes very peculiar. Picking up the small cup, blowing gently, moistening the porridge slowly into the mouth, suddenly, a fragrance entered the tip of the tongue, and the depressed qi in his heart was immediately dispelled.

Li Mu closed his eyes very happily, sighed, opened his eyes, and looked at his wife: "How is this porridge different from ordinary white fungus porridge?" ”

Zhang's Ying Ying smiled at this time, and said: "This is the recipe that the second daughter-in-law found, saying that it is very effective to go to the fire, I saw it, so I asked for it, and I also made such a lamp, I want my husband to taste it, if it is really delicious, I will let the kitchen learn to make it in the future." ”

"You have a heart." The wife is virtuous and filial piety, which made Li Mu's heart gradually calm down.

This porridge looks very good, and he has an appetite, so he eats it in one bite.

Zhang stood aside, and saw that her husband drank the porridge in one gulp, so she smiled and took the bowl away, and wanted to go out, but was stopped by her husband.

"By the way, have you ever seen Xuan Xiu today? If I see him, let him come to my study, I have something to look for him. ”

"Yes!" Zhang complied.

Seeing that her husband didn't plan to rest, and as a wife, she couldn't say anything, and then Zhang withdrew.

After a while, Li Xuanxiu walked in from outside.

"Father, are you looking for a child?"

"Come and sit down, for the Father has something to ask you." Li Mu pointed to the seat opposite and said.

"No!" Li Xuanxiu sat down in front of his father, but he only dared to sit upright.

Li Mu didn't pay attention to it, but said: "Xuan Xiu, for my father, I asked you, how do you feel about the current situation?" ”

Li Xuanxiu was silent for a moment, then suddenly picked up his clothes and knelt on the ground: "Father, the child is not filial, it is the fault of the child, but in the matter of Master Yan, it is the father who is implicated." ”

Li Mu sighed, helped his beloved son up from the ground, and said: "Why don't you understand, this Yan-style master and apprentice are all focused on my Li family, but now, the situation is like this, and they are too anxious to do things, and my father thinks that this thing is unavoidable." ”

"It's just that now the assassin has ordered me to serve as the lieutenant of Shangyong County, and my clan is also about to move away from the hinterland of Hanzhong, this is not enough, before my father, I was just a Dongqiang hunting general, but I was an official who did not enter the stream, and now it is two thousand stones, which can be described as a step to the sky, we can make people think that this is a heavy weapon, but that Yan-style thing, so that people with eyes can see that this is the suspicion of our Li family from above, this is the most fatal place."

"After all, at this time, my family is small, and those people bet on the Li family, but they are only tending to be inflammatory, and when they see that we are in danger, they will immediately alienate us."

"Tell me, how do you deal with it!" Li Mu stared at his eldest son and asked seriously.

Li Xuanxiu's heart was cold, and he understood in his heart that his father was assessing himself, although he was loved by his father, but there were several adult brothers, not to mention that his stepmother was still there, and he also had a young brother, but it was difficult to say who it was after the Li family.

Looking at his business now, all aspects regard him as a young master, in this Li family, it seems that his inheritance is solid, but if he does not continue to work hard, he may make wedding clothes for others at any time.

Lowering his head and groaning slightly, Li Xuanxiu replied: "Father, the prosperity of Dafan is not only about grace and henchmen, these people who tend to be inflammatory, without them they can't succeed, but it's not the key, now since the grace is sharpened, this is the autumn frost and cold, and the big waves wash the sand."

At this time, the people who still follow us are loyal and virtuous ministers who can be relied on and reused, and our Li family must work with their monarchs and ministers to work together for a great cause. ”

Li Mu listened, "um", and said: "What you said is okay, but if the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached?" If the Li family is gone, no matter how loyal and virtuous we are, how can we be attached to it? How did our Li family survive this autumn frost and cold fight? ”

This question is very harsh, Li Xuanxiu thought about it for a while, and said: "At the beginning of the success, only in Wangye, my son once studied, remembered the past, when the Han Dynasty Gaozu fought repeatedly, and lived all over the world, but the fame was full of the world, even when it fell, there were still a large number of people to follow, and finally in his fifties, he came to the world and laid the foundation of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years. ”

"The father has a good name in our clan, and the son is not talented, if he can build prestige, but he does not have to gain or lose a city or a place, as long as there are hundreds of soldiers in his hands, he can watch Wei and Shu fight, and when the time comes, he may be able to rise between the cracks."

This is still what Yan Shi said before, Li Xuanxiu thought about it repeatedly, opened his eyes, and finally determined his ambition.

After listening, Li Mu was silent, speechless for a while, and sighed: "You, alas! And so it was! ”

Li Xuanxiu lowered his head and was speechless for a while, this ambition can only be revealed by his closest relatives, and the others showed only a few words, but they had to die.

A pair of large hands, pressed on his shoulders, listened to his father's words, and continued.

"Son, how can you not understand your ambition as a father? When all things first emerge, the three difficulties will come, and the one who sees it, the difficulty of the sky, what you want is your vision; The one who is stumped, the difficulty of the earth, what you want is your heart; The solver, the difficulty of people, what you want is your artificiality!

The reason why the Father asks you these words is not to reproach you, but to strengthen your heart, the more difficult it is, the more sincere you must be, and if you don't go through this difficulty, you won't become a dragon and tiger. ”

"Wu'er, do you know the foundation of our Li family?"

"Father......" Li Xuanxiu raised his head sharply and looked at his father in surprise.

I only heard Li Mu say in a heavy tone: "Now is also the time to confess to you." ”

Li Xuanxiu held his breath and waited.

"Your great-ancestor Li Hu, once with Zhang Tianshi, led our people to migrate to Hanzhong, when the world was already in chaos, when my ancestors heard Zhang Tianshi's secrets, learned that there is a dragon gas here, there will be a real dragon out of a hundred years, and we have been operating here.

But he gave up a lot, and my clan had the opportunity to be a general of Wei Wu back then, but he gave up because of this.

After the funeral of my ancestors, seven days after the burial, there was a Taoist priest who came to talk to your grandfather, saying that our Li family had a coincidence, and the sky was secretly combined, and the dragon vein had been buried, and there would be great wealth in the future.

It's just that the dragon vein still needs to be driven by heaven, and there must be a hidden dragon after three generations, but the dragon qi is precious, and it cannot be wasted.

After your grandfather died, I followed.

Three generations of hidden dragons, your great-grandfather presided over the dragon luck, it is a generation, your grandfather is also a generation, and I am the third generation, I look at it now, and the hope of my Li family is on you.

In your generation, the dragon is full of energy, because of the erection, so there is difficulty, this difficulty has been experienced, in the past and now, nothing is unlucky, but your choice also determines the fate of my Li family, so I have always been strict with you, do you know? ”

Hearing these news, Li Xuanxiu finally realized that the Li family still had this secret.

And my father is a talent, but he has always behaved decently, he is ambitious, and he used to look down on his father's cautious behavior, but now it seems that he is too immature, and his father is willing to be lonely!

If it weren't for his father's careful work, over the years, the Han and Wei dynasties had competed, and the Han dynasty of famous ministers and generals, how could he tolerate the Li family to take root in this Hanzhong County for so long?

Li Xuanxiu's surprise and emotion fell into Li Mu's eyes, and the middle-aged man patted his son on the shoulder again: "Xuanxiu, I once said that you are the Qiliner of my Li family, and now, this is still working, and the future of the Li family depends on you." Don't let your father down. ”

"Father, Xuan Xiu knows." Li Xuanxiu's eyes were red, and he almost burst into tears.

Li Mu said again: "Now that the situation has been settled, I'm afraid there is no room for recovery, these days, we are preparing to move the family, during the day, my father has received a notice, that Luo Shang has come with the generals, we must complete the matter in a few days."

This is the blade of killing, its people are violent, but we can only avoid it temporarily, the Luo clan is also erect now, and I must not offend! ”

After a pause, Li Mu also knew that he could only endure the current situation, and said: "Your younger brother is only four or five years old, and he is still young, and he can't participate in such things, I am ready to send him to the Central Plains, where my family's trade route is located, and I have already purchased the manor, there will be no problem in a short time, and in the future, hey, the sky is reckless, you brothers will rely on their destiny!" ”

This is the back road, Li Mu is still optimistic about the Wei State, although the Wei State has disputes at the top, but it is located in several states, which is not comparable to the Han State.

Although the Han State has won a big victory now, it has no fundamental threat to the Wei State, and the loss of a county is nothing to the Wei State.