There is no music in this palace that Li Longji is not familiar with, many of which he composed himself, and many of which he has arranged, and there are only more than 20 songs left, and he has not had time to move. As soon as the drum beat changed, Li Longji reacted. He searched for a long time in the silk and bamboo team before fixing his eyes on the drummer sitting at the very edge.

Although everyone present was not as sensitive as Li Longji, they could hear a little bit of the music, but Xiao Jiangyuan glanced at Li Longji a little blankly, and then followed his gaze.

I saw that although the drummer was only fifteen or sixteen years old, he was dressed like all the musicians, but he had a good complexion, his skin was whiter than snow, his eyebrows were like green daisies, and his lips were red and his teeth were white. There is confidence and nobility all over his body, which ordinary people can't cultivate, which makes him particularly outstanding and dazzling, and he can't hide himself at all.

Xiao Jiangyuan suddenly remembered that when she was taking Li Longji's own wine for everyone, a person bumped into her, and she just turned around to look for it, but the person had already run away - it turned out that he had secretly run away to change his clothes. As soon as she shook her head and smiled, she saw Li Longji get up and walk towards the drummer, and casually folded a red hibiscus flower from the flower bush on one side and put it on the drummer's silk hat.

The stem of the hibiscus flower was smooth, as was the silk, but no matter how the drummer beat the drum, the flower did not fall off the hat until the end of the song. Li Longji couldn't help but stroking his hands and laughing: "What a song "Dancing Mountain Fragrance", what a Tang Dynasty drummer!" ”

Li Xian and his wife Yuan Shi glanced at each other, sighed proudly and helplessly, and said, "Hua Nu, don't you come down to salute the saint, the queen and the elders?" ”

The drummer who was called the "flower slave" put down the drumstick when he heard this, stood up, took down the red hibiscus flower on the hat, raised it in front of Li Longji, and said, "Third uncle is polite!" The third aunt is polite! Ladies, uncles and aunts are courteous! ”

's words caused everyone present to laugh.

Concubine Wuxian looked at Hua Nu fixedly, and said in her heart: This is the eldest son of Li Xian, King of Ning, Li Jin, King of Ruyang? It's not that I haven't seen it before, but because of the different occasions, it's a little farther, so I can't look closely. When I saw it today, I was really worthy of the small word "flower slave". Seeing that although his words are naughty, there is nothing wrong with etiquette, he is generous and has an outstanding temperament, if he is really a gentle and detached person like King Ning, he can educate a gentleman.

Among the sons and nephews, Li Longji's favorite is Li Jin, firstly, he is the best-looking, and secondly, he has a good personality, like those princes and princesses, he is somewhat afraid of himself, but Li Jin will not, he is even closer than his own son. Seeing that Li Xian got up to reprimand Li Jin, Li Longji hurriedly helped his nephew up and blocked his nephew behind him: "Big brother, it's okay." I just like him like that. The flower slave has a bright posture, and his muscles are shining, and at a glance, he is not a human being, according to me, it must be a heavenly immortal who has fallen into the mortal world. ”

Li Xian smiled and said, "San Lang don't get used to him." ”

Li Longji was very willful and didn't listen to his eldest brother's words, and asked Li Jin to sit with him, so he listened to Li Jin:

"Does the third uncle praise himself for composing a good tune, or praise Hua Nu for worshipping a good master?"

Li Jin's drum master is not Li Longji himself, and he laughed again when he heard this: "You flower slave, you should really let your father discipline you well." ”

Li Xian pretended not to hear it this time.

The atmosphere of the banquet warmed up instantly, and it was silent and embarrassing again.

Seeing that Concubine Wu Xian was always staring at Li Jin and herself, Li Xian found Concubine Wu Xian's thoughts with empathy. He took advantage of Li Longji and Li Jin to talk, did not look at himself, turned his head and whispered to his wife, and when he saw that his wife agreed, he said like Li Longji: "If Concubine Xian trusts, the newborn baby will be temporarily raised by the minister and his wife, what does San Lang think?" ”

Li Longji was overjoyed: "What the eldest brother said is true? As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Concubine Wu Xian, "Yueniang can agree?" ”

Concubine Wu Xian gratefully bowed to Li Xian: "The concubine saw that King Ruyang was so outstanding, so she had such a thought, and she was embarrassed to say it for a while. I don't want King Ning to take the initiative to fulfill it, and the concubine has thanked King Ning first! ”

Li Xian and his wife hurriedly got up and returned the salute: "Don't dare to be." If you can relieve the worries of San Lang and Concubine Xian, it is also a blessing for the ministers and their wives. ”

Li Jin said at this time: "When the time comes, the nephew and his parents will raise their younger brother together, and the third uncle and the virtuous concubine will rest assured." ”

Li Longji touched Li Jin's ears dotingly: "That's not good, you have to enter the palace often to accompany me, and there are still more than 20 tunes that haven't changed, or ...... I'll leave it all to you? ”

Li Jin stood up and saluted in a dignified manner: "The minister will live up to the trust of the saint!" Seeing Xiao Jiangyuan looking at him with a smile, Li Jin grabbed his hair weakly, and arched his hand to Xiao Jiangyuan again, "I hope General Xiao will forgive me, the kid is rude." ”

Everyone didn't know why, Li Longji immediately inquired, only to know that when Li Jin came today, he was wearing a round neck robe with a big red treasure pattern, and he was afraid that the color would be too prominent and not enough for him to quietly enter the table, so he went to find the musicians' clothes to change into. I happened to run into Xiao Jiangyuan on the road, I didn't have time to dodge, and I was afraid that Xiao Jiangyuan would find out, so as soon as I hit it, he had to pull out his legs and run.

This story is colorful, and pitiful, and no one can blame him.

Xiao Jiangyuan had no choice but to say helplessly: "Then the king of Ruyang can go with the slave to change his clothes back now?" ”

Li Jin obediently walked up to Xiao Jiangyuan's side and smiled at her and nodded.

Li Jin, who was wearing a big red round-necked robe, was even more outstanding than Fang Cai, which made Concubine Wuxian can't help but have a little imagination, maybe the child in this womb can be like a flower slave in the future, polite and handsome.

was supposed to be happy with the guests, but at this moment, a small servant rushed to Li Xian's side and handed Li Xian a six-inch-wide letter. Although the letter was small, Li Xian still put it under the table to read, but it still did not escape the eyes of Li Longji and Xiao Jiangyuan. Therefore, the slight frowning of Li Xian's eyebrows also contributed to the doubts in the eyes of Li Longji and Xiao Jiangyuan.

Li Xian is not only the king of Ning, but also the deputy envoy of the Heavenly Soldiers. Li Longji was very curious, what kind of news could make the eldest brother, who had always been calm and light-hearted, change color?

At this time, Li Longji listened to Xiao Jiangyuan say: "The minister will let someone clean up the side hall for the kings to sleep." ”

Li Longji nodded, and let the brothers live in the palace as before, sleeping with him that night. Li Xian knew that he couldn't hide Li Longji's small actions, so he took the initiative to find Li Longji and handed him the letter. In fact, Li Longji is not like this, and Li Xian will tell him sooner or later, because what is written in this letter is business.

The Shuofang Jiedu envoy named Wang Hui had previously defeated the Turks and subdued some small Turkic tribes. Recently, he suspected that the Turkic generals under his jurisdiction were about to turn against the water and collude with the Turks to plot to occupy the surrendered cities garrisoned by the Tang army, so he booby-trapped them all.

There were more than a dozen small tribes that surrendered, in addition to those killed by Wang Hui, there were also several tribes, such as Ba Tugu and Tong Luo, who were scattered near the Datong Hengye Army, and when they learned the news, they were all afraid that they would end up like this. And these tribes are under the jurisdiction of Governor Shi and Zhang Shuo, the ambassador of the Heavenly Soldier Army.

These tribes are panicked, and if there is a commotion, it will also be a large military force, which will be greatly detrimental to the stability of the Tang territory. For this reason, Zhang Shuo decided to personally appease, and this letter is Zhang Shuo's decision.

Li Xian said calmly: "This matter should not be taken care of by the minister, but because the minister bears the false name of the deputy envoy of the Heavenly Soldier Army, and is the brother of San Lang, Zhang Changshi handed over this letter to the minister, and then the minister forwarded it to San Lang." The minister thought that if Zhang Changshi went to appease, it would be tantamount to feeding the tiger with his body, so he should immediately write to Zhang Changshi, asking him not to be gullible and protect himself. ”

Li Longji looked at the date of the letter, shook his head and smiled: "I'm afraid it's too late, big brother." Look at this last sentence, 'My flesh is not a yellow sheep, and I will not be afraid to eat; Snow is not a wild horse, and it will not be afraid of thorns. Seeing that the danger is fatal, this is the autumn of my death', Zhang Changshi is not discussing with his eldest brother, he is telling his eldest brother that his mind has been decided, and he is afraid that he has already set off. It seems that he is confident, and after a while, we should be able to get the news of his success. ”

Li Xian also smiled helplessly: "The minister really knows very little about political affairs, and he can't see so much." ”

"As for why he had to give you the letter first, and then present it to me......" Li Longji glanced at his eldest brother steadily, and said with a smile, "It's just a trick by Mao Sui to recommend himself, if he writes to me directly, it will be too eager." He was a brilliant man of letters, and he always liked to turn around the corner. Last year, Xu Guogong, that is, the death day of the old Su Xianggong, he deliberately asked a small servant to send a poem he wrote to Xu Guogong's mansion, which was a praise for the old Su Xianggong, and the writing was brilliant. But who doesn't know, in his poem, he specifically mentioned that there are successors to the old Su Xianggong, and both father and son worship the prime minister, which is to praise the old Su Xianggong, which is clearly to praise the current Xu Guogong Su Yanshuo, who was still in the door at that time. ”

Li Xian said: "Zhang Changshi must want to go back to Chang'an. ”

Li Longji bowed his head and said, "I know. If he does well and is alive and well, I may not be long before I let him come back. ”

Zhang said that this time it was not only done well, but it was simply wonderful. He only led twenty cavalrymen, and then rushed directly into the tribe, and lived in the tents of each tribal leader for two or three days, talking to them about how huge and prosperous the Tang Dynasty was, and what a holy monarch the country had.

The tribes didn't mean to make a commotion, but they were afraid that Zhang Shuo would be like Wang Hui and want to exterminate them, seeing that Zhang Shuo came lightly, he didn't worry that they would kill him, isn't this enough proof of trusting them? The tribes couldn't help but be greatly moved, and they also reciprocated with trust and settled down completely.

When the news came, Li Longji was reviewing the music in the Zichen Palace, and couldn't help but exclaim: "I can't imagine that he is so brave and strategic, he is really a good talent!" ”

Seeing Li Longji so happy, Xiao Jiangyuan couldn't help but smile deeply, and asked, "Then have you thought about it clearly?" ”