Twenty-two days after departing from Chang'an, the royal driver arrived in Luoyang.

At this time, it was already the end of October, and after the light snow season, the weather turned cold, and the wind blew, making people feel a little cold.

After Liu Yi arrived in Luoyang and dealt with the palace guards, he also returned to his house for the first time.

Several subordinates who stayed in Luoyang last year maintained this house well, this time there were more than ten guards living here, and the five maids given by Princess Taiping came with these guards, all of them lived here, and the originally empty house had dozens of people to live in, and it became lively and lively.

The other guards lived in rented houses in the north of Luoyang, and this time Liu Yi sent Liu Ben and Liu Quan, who arrived in Luoyang first, rented two courtyards in the north of Luoyang City on the orders of Liu Yi, one larger and a smaller one, the larger one was for the guards to live in, and the small Liu Yi kept a useful place for himself.

Because of the five maids such as Xiaoyun given by Princess Taiping, Liu Yi felt a little inconvenient, whether it was the training of these guards, or the reception of possible Shangguan Wan'er to visit, they could not let these maids know, and they had to be carried out in secret, so Liu Yi also broke the fee and rented a house to live.

In the more than 20 days on the road to Luoyang, the training of the guards was also interrupted, and after Liu Yi arrived, he also found an opportunity to take those personal guards with him, and the guards who lived in the rented house in batches to meet and arrange the training in Luoyang.

At this stage, the training is mainly in the field, including lurking, secret joints, makeup techniques, reconnaissance techniques, climbing the city wall, intelligence transmission, assassination and other subjects, Liu Yi is also ready to take time out as much as possible to train these guards.

After the assignment was completed, Liu Yi asked them to sneak out of the city secretly, and go out of the city in batches at night and during the day, so that they could not be discovered, which is also a means of secret operation, of course, this is the most rudimentary.

Liu Yi also gave these guards an important task, that is, to find a few special tombs when training outside Luoyang City, which he promised Shangguan Wan'er, but did not have much time to do.

Five days after coming to Luoyang, the training formulated according to the actual situation was also carried out in an orderly manner.

On this day, Liu Yi took advantage of his rest to lead the guards to train outside the city for most of the day, explained all the essentials of training in detail, and watched the training of the guards for half a day, and after making some corrections to them, let them continue to train under the leadership of Liu Ben, and stay outside the city at night, he was afraid that something would happen in the city, so he returned to the city first.

This kind of training is not a good way, Liu Yi is very hopeful that there will be a war, so that he can have a very good reason to openly train his personal guard during the war.

Liu Yi had just returned to the mansion that Wu Zetian had rewarded, and Liu Qi, who was in charge of managing the affairs of the house, hurriedly greeted him, saluted Liu Yi and said, "Young Master, I just visited Wei Shilang from the Ministry of Officials..."

"Oh!?" Liu Yi replied casually, this person who was finally reused by the imperial court because of his father's recommendation has not had much contact with him in the past two years, why would he visit him privately now?

In the past two years, in addition to frequent contact with Pei Xingjian, Liu Yi has little contact with other important ministers in the court, which is a means for him to protect himself, not publicity, not to have personal relations with the important ministers in the court, it is not easy to be suspected of any bad motives by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian in power, but this influence in the court is unlikely to be very high, which is also the reason why Shangguan Wan'er suggested that he should have more contact with the important ministers in the court, Liu Yi also understood that now his position is not low, and there is a sense of urgency for him in terms of time, He was also inclined to have some contact with important officials in the court.

In addition to Pei Xingjian, an important minister who Liu Yi felt should have the most deep friendship and now has a different relationship, Liu Yi felt that he had more contact with Wei Xuantong, who had a great relationship with his own house.

Hearing Liu Qi say that Wei Xuantong had visited, Liu Yi was a little surprised, and also thought that he should go back to visit immediately.

Liu Yi returned to the house, waited by Xiaoyun and others, changed his clothes, and prepared to go to the mansion, he was going to visit Wei Xuantong's residence, this minister who might be reused by the imperial court came to find him, and he should have something to discuss.

"Young master, you're going out just now?" Xiaoyun, who was dressed for Liu Yi, couldn't help but ask out loud.

"Young master, I'm going to visit someone, and I'll go back to the mansion to rest in the evening!" Liu Yi looked at Xiao Yundao, who was combing his hair in the bronze mirror with a lonely expression.

It has been more than a month since these maids were sent over, although Liu Yi has a clear understanding of the situation they can find, but he has not had much verbal communication with them, Liu Yi was ready to take the time to chat with these women for some gossip, especially this Xiaoyun with a special identity, to understand their minds and tempers clearly, and some things that they don't know now also have to be clarified, these people who stay by their side have to establish some feelings.

"Then the young master... The slave maid is waiting for the young master in the room..."Although Xiaoyun was a little regretful, he was still a little relieved to hear that Liu Yi had returned to the mansion to sleep. In the past few days after arriving in Luoyang, Liu Yi spent most of the time resting outside, and none of them served, which made Xiaoyun and the others feel quite lost.

Liu Yi took a few personal guards out of the house under the nostalgic gaze of Xiaoyun and several other maids.

Liu Yi came directly to Wei Xuantong's residence in Luoyang. Wei Xuantong didn't know why, he was rewarded by Wu Zetian and had his own small garden in Luoyang, only one square away from where Liu Yi lived.

When Liu Yi arrived at Wei Xuantong's residence, Wei Xuantong had just returned to his residence for a while.

Hearing that it was Liu Yi who was visiting, Wei Xuantong personally greeted him.

"I've seen Wei Shilang!" Liu Yi stepped forward and saluted, "The last general heard that Wei Shilang had visited the mansion, and it happened that the last general went out, which was really unfortunate, so as soon as the last general came back, he also came to pay a return visit immediately, and asked Wei Shilang not to be surprised..."

"Brother Yi An Xian said too politely, please inside," Wei Xuantong returned the salute and said with a smile, "Don't be so polite between us, it's better to be casual, call yourself an equal, otherwise you'll see the outside!"

Seeing Wei Xuantong say this, Liu Yi was not polite, and said directly: "Since the first brother said so, then the junior brother is not polite, and he will call you a brother!"

Since Wei Xuantong called his father his teacher, he was naturally the same generation as himself, and Liu Yi felt that it was not an exaggeration to call him "He Chu", although Wei Xuantong was much older than himself.

Hearing Liu Yi follow his surname like this, Wei Xuantong was also very happy, and welcomed Liu Yi into the mansion with gossip.

The two sat down separately, and the servants also retreated after serving tea.

"Brother Yi Anxian, your performance in the court over the years has been seen in the eyes, and the teacher has an outstanding son like you, and he will definitely be blind under Jiuquan!" Wei Xuantong said with some embarrassment.

"Thank you and the first brother for taking care of my house in the past two years, the younger brother is afraid of being criticized, so he hasn't come to the house to thank you, I'm very ashamed!" Liu Yi saluted. Liu Yi knew that in the past two years, Wei Xuantong would go to his house to visit his mother and give some gifts, although he said that he didn't need his funding, but his heart was still quite touching, Liu Yi's eldest brother Liu Mai also went to thank him a few times when he returned to his house during the period of filial piety, and the eldest brother did it for him, Liu Yi didn't go to this trip, and now he just politely said sorry.

"Brother Yi'an is busy with court affairs, and he once went to Anbei with Pei Shangshu, and he rarely has time to return home, so there is less intersection, hehe," Wei Xuantong said with some emotion, "I just did some of the etiquette of the younger generation, and I didn't go to visit Mrs. Liu, I am really sorry for my teacher!" Luckily, all three of you brothers are already sincere..."

"With my first brother, my mother has also repeatedly told me about you, let us not forget your kindness..."

"Brother Yi Anxian, don't say that, you say so, but I'm ashamed to death..."Wei Xuantong hurriedly stopped Liu Yi's words, "The kindness of my teacher to me before is unreciprocatable, and there is no need to worry about it!"

Seeing that Wei Xuantong was so polite, Liu Yi didn't say these insincere words anymore, but went straight to the point, "He and the first brother came to me today, there must be something important to advise... If you have anything to order, please make it clear to the first brother!"

"In front of such a smart brother Yi Anxian, how dare you say advice, I still have to ask you for advice!" Wei Xuantong laughed twice, and then said: "I heard that you said a lot of strategies against Turks and Tibetans in front of Your Majesty and Niangniang, which was deeply appreciated by Your Majesty and Niangniang.

Liu Yi almost guessed that Wei Xuantong came to him for this purpose, and he didn't hesitate at the moment, and roughly talked about what he said in front of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, and said at the end: "This is just a little bit of a shallow view of the junior brother, out of thin air, please don't laugh with the first brother..."

Wei Xuantong had been listening to what Liu Yi had said, and after listening to Liu Yi's last polite words, he didn't react, he was still pondering, and it took a while to come back to his senses, stand up, and respectfully salute Liu Yi, "Brother Yi'an's unique insight is something that we have never thought of, even if I think of some, it is not as deep and long-term as Brother Xian thinks..."

Wei Xuantong was ordered to listen to Liu Yi's careful explanation after listening to Emperor Li Zhi tell him these things that Liu Yi said, and what came out of Liu Yi's mouth was far more vivid and convincing than the emperor's relay, which made him admire him very much, Wei Xuantong couldn't understand how Liu Xianli, a young son who was only in his early twenties, could have such a mind and think so far-reaching.

"I've won the award with my first brother, this is just some arrogant thoughts of the younger brother," Liu Yi hurriedly made a modest appearance, but said with some pride, "But the younger brother thinks that if the imperial court can change its policy towards the Turks and Tibetans according to this law, and exercise effective rule and management over the Zhuhu tribes under the pressure and attack of my Tang army, then the threat of the tribes around my Tang Dynasty will slowly disappear, a large number of Hu people will be sinicized, and the land under their rule will be incorporated into my Tang territory, and my Tang Dynasty's rule will slowly stabilize..."

"A certain agrees with the views of the virtuous brother," after listening to the emperor's relays of these things that Liu Yi said, Wei Xuantong was already greatly praised, and then listened to Liu Yi's detailed narration in person, and felt that this method was very strong against the Hu people, and he very much agreed with this view, "I think that Yi An Xian should use his influence to urge the imperial court to adopt such a policy against the Hu people..."

"What do you mean?" asked Liu Yi pretending not to understand.

"I think that the virtuous brother should..."Wei Xuantong said, approaching Liu Yi's side and whispering something.

(To be continued)