Two months later.

Chang'an has entered the hot summer, the city is as hot as a steamer, the heat makes people breathless, but the people somehow, have walked out of their homes, shops, spontaneously came to the Vermilion Bird Street, and acquaintances whispered a few words, from time to time to look up in the direction of Mingde Gate.

Not long after, a team of Qianniuwei slowly entered the city, followed by a large army of Tibetan expeditions, ordered to escort the Tibetan royal family, nobles and other captives back, considering that Tubo has a sincere intention, the court did not treat it as a prisoner, let people sit in a closed carriage, and also gave a certain respect.

According to the usual practice, it is necessary to sacrifice prisoners and praise merits, that is, to let the people of the city see the prisoners in the Taimiao, and then publicize the merits of the soldiers, and tell the ancestors and descendants that there is no shame, but after comprehensive consideration by the imperial court, this link is also saved, and the feelings of the soldiers are decided to make up for it with a reward.

Qin Huaidao was also in one of the carriages, lifted the curtain and saw that the people on the street were a little surprised, the eunuch said that he had secretly entered the city, no one knew the date of return, why so many people came to watch.

Before he could figure it out, the people suddenly cheered and ran forward excitedly, but fortunately, there were Qianniuwei to block it, so as to avoid colliding with the convoy, and many people cheered loudly: "The protector of the country is mighty!" ”

"Will the Lord Protector show up and say a few words?"

"The Protector is a great hero!"

"The hero of the protector of the country is unparalleled in the world."

"The first in the world to protect the country!"

All of a sudden, all kinds of praises resounded throughout Suzaku Street and spread all over the world.

Qin Huaidao frowned when he heard the shouting, and realized that something was wrong, it is said that the people don't know the return date, but now not only is it here, but the words shouted are also very special, obviously someone is organizing, this is killing, and he wants to set himself up and roast it, and become the one who is lost, so that he can get off the horse.

The eunuch was worried that something would happen, so he came to the carriage and asked in a low voice: "Lord Qin, there are more and more people, why don't you come out and say a few words, calm down, and avoid accidents." ”

Going out will only cause a bigger riot, and even be impeached by the official Yushi, the person behind it must have a backhand to make this one, Qin Huaidao said in a deep voice: "Let the army open the way, and declare to the outside world that this official is not in the convoy." ”

As long as they don't come forward and declare that they are not in the convoy, the people behind them will not be able to use all kinds of means, and with the protection of the army, no one will dare to collide.

The eunuch agreed and hurried away.

Soon, the Qianniuwei who opened the road in front began to clear the road, and the Qianniuwei who rushed to the news also helped, and the army guarded both sides of the convoy, and no one was allowed to approach, and some of them shouted loudly "The protector is not in the convoy", and the enthusiastic people heard that they were not there, and they suddenly lacked interest.

The convoy successfully passed through the Vermilion Bird Street to the Vermilion Bird Gate, and entered the Vermilion Bird Gate is the Imperial City, the army stopped, the prisoners were taken in by the imperial city guards to settle down, and the escort troops were arranged to go to Beiyuan to live temporarily, Wang De hurriedly came over and led Qin Huaidao straight to the Wude Palace.

Li Er saw Qin Huaidao to show his grace.

Wude Hall has gathered a group of important ministers of the court, everyone whispered to communicate, but their eyes paid attention to the gate, and soon saw a man come in, a tired face, but the air is lofty, especially a pair of eyes are blazing, surging with wise aura, sword eyebrows lying horizontally, like a sword like a sword, the heroic spirit is impressive, admired, Tubo battle, Qin Huaidao's temperament is getting thicker and heavier, quite a bit of heavy sword without a blade.

"Chen Huaidao, I have returned from the war in Tibet, and I have come to pay the decree and respectfully ask for Sheng'an." Qin Huaidao said, holding the tiger talisman in both hands and bowing down.

Wang De came up and took the tiger talisman and handed it to Li Er.

On the dragon couch, Li Er looked at Qin Huaidao with a gratifying face, his heart was full of emotion, the last time he sent troops was only 5,000, and Goguryeo had no temper, this time he sent 10,000 troops, and he directly took down Tubo, what a great achievement, what a miracle to the world, there are such people, who dares to fight in the Tang Dynasty?

His mind flashed, and Li Er smiled according to the etiquette of the imperial court: "Holy bow, Aiqing has worked hard." ”

Qin Huaidao also replied respectfully according to the standard: "It is the honor of the minister to share the worries of the saints. ”

"Aiqing's merits are brilliant, and I am very gratified."

"A little bit of work, not enough to worry about,."

"What does Aiqing want?"

"Back to the saint, my father temporarily told the minister, marry more wives, have more children, and never pass on a single line, the minister begged the saint to allow, so that the minister can take another wife and give birth to the inheritance as soon as possible, in order to fulfill filial piety, live up to the father's spirit in the sky, and the minister is grateful." Qin Huaidao bowed solemnly.

Refusal is an art, directly refusing the reward is definitely not good, it will make Li Er unable to get off the stage, unable to explain to the outside world, and it is not okay to marry a princess directly, there is a suspicion of coercion, but in the name of filial piety, not only can he get rid of his suspicion of being greedy for women, but also establish an image of a filial son, and more importantly, give Li Er leeway.

To be able to say that the rejection is this high-sounding gang, Qin Huaidao also tried his best.

The civil and military officials present couldn't help but look at Qin Huaidao in amazement, but they didn't expect that guy who went straight and had no scruples actually learned to take a detour and use the art of war.

In the crowd, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and others smiled with satisfaction and looked at Li Er.

Li Er was also a little stunned, this guy is a little different, if it was a sword out of the sheath before, but now it is an unopened heavy sword, it is even more amazing, I dare not underestimate it, in the end, he is mature, he is relieved, and smiled with satisfaction: "Aiqing is filial piety, how can I live up to it?" In this case, I have a stepdaughter, Snow Goose, who is specially named Princess Wencheng, and marries you to achieve a good story. ”

Qin Huaidao was stunned, he thought that Li Er would pretend to be angry, and after the advice of the hundred officials, he had no choice but to answer, and then canceled the reward on the grounds that he was unfair to Princess Yuzhang and humiliated the royal face, and let himself find one, even if the process was over, he didn't expect Li Er not only not to be annoyed, but to accept Li Xueyan as his stepdaughter, as in history, as Princess Wencheng, and marry herself, what is this?

The inertia of history?

For a while, Qin Huaidao's mind couldn't turn.

Next to him, Li Jing reminded: "Don't you want to thank you?" ”

The sage Chrysostom said that the order follows the law, and there is no room for disobedience, otherwise it is a protest, Qin Huaidao reacted when he heard the reminder, and gave birth to a feeling of lifting a stone to hit his own feet, Yuzhang is still young, and he will not get married immediately, and it will not have much impact, but Li Xueyan is different, he will definitely arrange to marry into the house in the near future, and there is an extra monitor by his side, and he felt bitter in his heart, and said hard: "Thank you Shengshan Longen, the minister is grateful." ”

At this time, he said that he didn't want to marry again, and it was too late to have a Yuzhang, and he was still too young to play with these old foxes in the court.

At this point, the process is finished, the atmosphere is lively, and there are not too many constraints on speaking.

The civil and military officials came up one after another to say hello, and also gave Li Daozong congratulations.

Li Daozong saw Qin Huaidao's unhappy face, and he was really unhappy in his heart, a good Chinese cabbage was not only pulled away by Li Er and planted in Li Ercai's garden, but also arched by pigs, and the key pig was not happy to eat, how could he bear it, glared at Qin Huaidao dissatisfiedly, and absolutely scolded him in another place.

Qin Huaidao saw Li Daozong's dissatisfied eyes, and became even more angry - there is a kind of refusal, what are you glaring at yourself, who are you scaring about?

Li Daozong continued to stare, as if to say, "What are you glaring at?" ”

Qin Huaidao was in an irritable mood and didn't want to be as knowledgeable as Li Daozong, so he thanked them one by one and said aloud: "Holy Lord, during the Tubo Campaign, the minister was not very adaptable to the climate, lost his qi and blood, and left a dark disease, which needs to be recuperated for a period of time, and I also ask the Holy Lord for permission." ”

There are all people present, how can they not hear Qin Huaidao's thoughts, they are all a little surprised, after returning from great achievements, shouldn't they accept rewards and go out on various occasions to increase their popularity?

Li Er was also a little surprised, what kind of picks should be made, who will handle a bunch of things from the Supervision Office and the Ministry of Communications? The two princesses got married, not to let you pick a child, but to work more, share the worries of the court, and solve problems for Lao Tzu, his face sank, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Come on, pass on the decree to the imperial doctor, how can I ignore my son-in-law when he is sick?" ”

This is an excuse to expose Qin Huaidao on the spot.

Qin Huaidao had already prepared, and he didn't care, he deliberately didn't eat this way, he was waiting for this moment, and he fought hard for the "Zangfeng" plan.

If you don't hide it, it's no good to help Li Er block the arrow, not to mention, but also a suspicion, Fang Yiai, Li Yixie and Su Dingfang are still in prison, the crime is to do things unfavorably, let the killer escape, even Li Dejian is dismissed, why should he still block the arrow for Li Er? Why is he still being used as a knife by Li Er? Love who goes.

It didn't take long for the imperial doctor to come over, and after checking the pulse, he said truthfully: "Holy Lord, the pulse of the protector of the country is vain, weak, and difficult to perceive, and the loss of qi and blood is already very serious, and it needs to be regulated urgently, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

Li Er knew that the imperial doctor didn't dare to lie and deceive the king, and he was shocked, was he really hurt? I couldn't insist on it anymore, so I hurriedly said: "In this way, Aiqing will quickly return home to recuperate, and my reward will be sent later." ”

"Thank you, my lords, the juniors are retiring." Qin Huaidao bowed and slowly withdrew from the hall, not daring to go too fast, too anxious, and unable to show his joy, he could finally get out of the court justifiably, as for the future, he would make excuses. Two months later.

Chang'an has entered the hot summer, the city is as hot as a steamer, the heat makes people breathless, but the people somehow, have walked out of their homes, shops, spontaneously came to the Vermilion Bird Street, and acquaintances whispered a few words, from time to time to look up in the direction of Mingde Gate.

Not long after, a team of Qianniuwei slowly entered the city, followed by a large army of Tibetan expeditions, ordered to escort the Tibetan royal family, nobles and other captives back, considering that Tubo has a sincere intention, the court did not treat it as a prisoner, let people sit in a closed carriage, and also gave a certain respect.

According to the usual practice, it is necessary to sacrifice prisoners and praise merits, that is, to let the people of the city see the prisoners in the Taimiao, and then publicize the merits of the soldiers, and tell the ancestors and descendants that there is no shame, but after comprehensive consideration by the imperial court, this link is also saved, and the feelings of the soldiers are decided to make up for it with a reward.

Qin Huaidao was also in one of the carriages, lifted the curtain and saw that the people on the street were a little surprised, the eunuch said that he had secretly entered the city, no one knew the date of return, why so many people came to watch.

Before he could figure it out, the people suddenly cheered and ran forward excitedly, but fortunately, there were Qianniuwei to block it, so as to avoid colliding with the convoy, and many people cheered loudly: "The protector of the country is mighty!" ”

"Will the Lord Protector show up and say a few words?"

"The Protector is a great hero!"

"The hero of the protector of the country is unparalleled in the world."

"The first in the world to protect the country!"

All of a sudden, all kinds of praises resounded throughout Suzaku Street and spread all over the world.

Qin Huaidao frowned when he heard the shouting, and realized that something was wrong, it is said that the people don't know the return date, but now not only is it here, but the words shouted are also very special, obviously someone is organizing, this is killing, and he wants to set himself up and roast it, and become the one who is lost, so that he can get off the horse.

The eunuch was worried that something would happen, so he came to the carriage and asked in a low voice: "Lord Qin, there are more and more people, why don't you come out and say a few words, calm down, and avoid accidents." ”

Going out will only cause a bigger riot, and even be impeached by the official Yushi, the person behind it must have a backhand to make this one, Qin Huaidao said in a deep voice: "Let the army open the way, and declare to the outside world that this official is not in the convoy." ”

As long as they don't come forward and declare that they are not in the convoy, the people behind them will not be able to use all kinds of means, and with the protection of the army, no one will dare to collide.

The eunuch agreed and hurried away.

Soon, the Qianniuwei who opened the road in front began to clear the road, and the Qianniuwei who rushed to the news also helped, and the army guarded both sides of the convoy, and no one was allowed to approach, and some of them shouted loudly "The protector is not in the convoy", and the enthusiastic people heard that they were not there, and they suddenly lacked interest.

The convoy successfully passed through the Vermilion Bird Street to the Vermilion Bird Gate, and entered the Vermilion Bird Gate is the Imperial City, the army stopped, the prisoners were taken in by the imperial city guards to settle down, and the escort troops were arranged to go to Beiyuan to live temporarily, Wang De hurriedly came over and led Qin Huaidao straight to the Wude Palace.

Li Er saw Qin Huaidao to show his grace.

Wude Hall has gathered a group of important ministers of the court, everyone whispered to communicate, but their eyes paid attention to the gate, and soon saw a man come in, a tired face, but the air is lofty, especially a pair of eyes are blazing, surging with wise aura, sword eyebrows lying horizontally, like a sword like a sword, the heroic spirit is impressive, admired, Tubo battle, Qin Huaidao's temperament is getting thicker and heavier, quite a bit of heavy sword without a blade.

"Chen Huaidao, I have returned from the war in Tibet, and I have come to pay the decree and respectfully ask for Sheng'an." Qin Huaidao said, holding the tiger talisman in both hands and bowing down.

Wang De came up and took the tiger talisman and handed it to Li Er.

On the dragon couch, Li Er looked at Qin Huaidao with a gratifying face, his heart was full of emotion, the last time he sent troops was only 5,000, and Goguryeo had no temper, this time he sent 10,000 troops, and he directly took down Tubo, what a great achievement, what a miracle to the world, there are such people, who dares to fight in the Tang Dynasty?

His mind flashed, and Li Er smiled according to the etiquette of the imperial court: "Holy bow, Aiqing has worked hard." ”

Qin Huaidao also replied respectfully according to the standard: "It is the honor of the minister to share the worries of the saints. ”

"Aiqing's merits are brilliant, and I am very gratified."

"A little bit of work, not enough to worry about,."

"What does Aiqing want?"

"Back to the saint, my father temporarily told the minister, marry more wives, have more children, and never pass on a single line, the minister begged the saint to allow, so that the minister can take another wife and give birth to the inheritance as soon as possible, in order to fulfill filial piety, live up to the father's spirit in the sky, and the minister is grateful." Qin Huaidao bowed solemnly.

Refusal is an art, directly refusing the reward is definitely not good, it will make Li Er unable to get off the stage, unable to explain to the outside world, and it is not okay to marry a princess directly, there is a suspicion of coercion, but in the name of filial piety, not only can he get rid of his suspicion of being greedy for women, but also establish an image of a filial son, and more importantly, give Li Er leeway.

To be able to say that the rejection is this high-sounding gang, Qin Huaidao also tried his best.

The civil and military officials present couldn't help but look at Qin Huaidao in amazement, but they didn't expect that guy who went straight and had no scruples actually learned to take a detour and use the art of war.

In the crowd, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and others smiled with satisfaction and looked at Li Er.

Li Er was also a little stunned, this guy is a little different, if it was a sword out of the sheath before, but now it is an unopened heavy sword, it is even more amazing, I dare not underestimate it, in the end, he is mature, he is relieved, and smiled with satisfaction: "Aiqing is filial piety, how can I live up to it?" In this case, I have a stepdaughter, Snow Goose, who is specially named Princess Wencheng, and marries you to achieve a good story. ”

Qin Huaidao was stunned, he thought that Li Er would pretend to be angry, and after the advice of the hundred officials, he had no choice but to answer, and then canceled the reward on the grounds that he was unfair to Princess Yuzhang and humiliated the royal face, and let himself find one, even if the process was over, he didn't expect Li Er not only not to be annoyed, but to accept Li Xueyan as his stepdaughter, as in history, as Princess Wencheng, and marry herself, what is this?

The inertia of history?

For a while, Qin Huaidao's mind couldn't turn.

Next to him, Li Jing reminded: "Don't you want to thank you?" ”

The sage Chrysostom said that the order follows the law, and there is no room for disobedience, otherwise it is a protest, Qin Huaidao reacted when he heard the reminder, and gave birth to a feeling of lifting a stone to hit his own feet, Yuzhang is still young, and he will not get married immediately, and it will not have much impact, but Li Xueyan is different, he will definitely arrange to marry into the house in the near future, and there is an extra monitor by his side, and he felt bitter in his heart, and said hard: "Thank you Shengshan Longen, the minister is grateful." ”

At this time, he said that he didn't want to marry again, and it was too late to have a Yuzhang, and he was still too young to play with these old foxes in the court.

At this point, the process is finished, the atmosphere is lively, and there are not too many constraints on speaking.

The civil and military officials came up one after another to say hello, and also gave Li Daozong congratulations.

Li Daozong saw Qin Huaidao's unhappy face, and he was really unhappy in his heart, a good Chinese cabbage was not only pulled away by Li Er and planted in Li Ercai's garden, but also arched by pigs, and the key pig was not happy to eat, how could he bear it, glared at Qin Huaidao dissatisfiedly, and absolutely scolded him in another place.

Qin Huaidao saw Li Daozong's dissatisfied eyes, and became even more angry - there is a kind of refusal, what are you glaring at yourself, who are you scaring about?

Li Daozong continued to stare, as if to say, "What are you glaring at?" ”

Qin Huaidao was in an irritable mood and didn't want to be as knowledgeable as Li Daozong, so he thanked them one by one and said aloud: "Holy Lord, during the Tubo Campaign, the minister was not very adaptable to the climate, lost his qi and blood, and left a dark disease, which needs to be recuperated for a period of time, and I also ask the Holy Lord for permission." ”

There are all people present, how can they not hear Qin Huaidao's thoughts, they are all a little surprised, after returning from great achievements, shouldn't they accept rewards and go out on various occasions to increase their popularity?

Li Er was also a little surprised, what kind of picks should be made, who will handle a bunch of things from the Supervision Office and the Ministry of Communications? The two princesses got married, not to let you pick a child, but to work more, share the worries of the court, and solve problems for Lao Tzu, his face sank, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Come on, pass on the decree to the imperial doctor, how can I ignore my son-in-law when he is sick?" ”

This is an excuse to expose Qin Huaidao on the spot.

Qin Huaidao had already prepared, and he didn't care, he deliberately didn't eat this way, he was waiting for this moment, and he fought hard for the "Zangfeng" plan.

If you don't hide it, it's no good to help Li Er block the arrow, not to mention, but also a suspicion, Fang Yiai, Li Yixie and Su Dingfang are still in prison, the crime is to do things unfavorably, let the killer escape, even Li Dejian is dismissed, why should he still block the arrow for Li Er? Why is he still being used as a knife by Li Er? Love who goes.

It didn't take long for the imperial doctor to come over, and after checking the pulse, he said truthfully: "Holy Lord, the pulse of the protector of the country is vain, weak, and difficult to perceive, and the loss of qi and blood is already very serious, and it needs to be regulated urgently, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

Li Er knew that the imperial doctor didn't dare to lie and deceive the king, and he was shocked, was he really hurt? I couldn't insist on it anymore, so I hurriedly said: "In this way, Aiqing will quickly return home to recuperate, and my reward will be sent later." ”

"Thank you, my lords, the juniors are retiring." Qin Huaidao bowed and slowly withdrew from the hall, not daring to go too fast, too anxious, and unable to show his joy, he could finally get out of the court justifiably, as for the future, he would make excuses.