Lai Yao smiled slightly, nodded and faced Li Siye, but his eyes looked at Li Heng and muttered: "At present, there is a shortage of radishes and pits in the Anxi army, and it is really difficult to settle ......"

Li Heng's expression was stunned, and he reached out to support his forehead, pretending that he didn't hear.

Li Siye still looked calm, and secretly said in his belly: "There must be buts behind."

"But, Li Zhuangshi is a person introduced by His Royal Highness King Zhong, and talents are rare, instead of giving you a virtual Zhaowu captain, it is better to do the brigade rate with the troops first, the brigade in our Anxi Army is recruitment, different from the central guard of the imperial court, there should be more than 200 people under the brigade rate, Li Zhuangshi, what do you think?"

What else can Li Siye say, he has no choice for this kind of thing.

He took the initiative to kneel on one knee, and said with his hands crossed during the march: "My subordinates thank you for your protection, and I will do my best in the future to serve Datang to the death."

"Okay," Lai Yao said with a smile: "Then this matter is decided, Bendu will return to Anxi after six days, on the twenty-second day of this month, you will wait for me in front of the gate of the Tonghua Fang Duting Station, you don't need to bring anything, just come with empty people." If you have a horse at home, you can also take it with you, and if not, I will prepare a horse for you. ”

"Thank you for your love, my subordinates remember."

Li Siye thought of Tian Zhen and Tengmu, so he took the initiative to say to Lai Yao: "Come to Duhu, there are two companions under him, and they are also willing to follow Duhu to Anxi to fight and make meritorious contributions, whether Duhu is willing to accept it." ”

"Of course, what General Ben needs is such righteous men, you just call them and follow you for the time being, and after entering Kansai in the future, they will come under your command."

Li Siye was overjoyed when he heard this, and bowed again: "My subordinates thank you for protecting them all!" “

Li Heng, the loyal king, was also very happy, and immediately summoned his servants: "Come here, prepare a table and banquet for Li Lu."

Li Siye excused himself, and then thanked King Zhong for his kindness, knelt and sat under the protection of Laiyaodu, and his own servants moved the board foot case and futon. He followed Li Heng's example and knelt upright, put his hands on his knees, and watched Li Heng's performance, as long as King Zhong served wine, he served wine, King Zhong put down the wine cup, and he put it down.

The sitting posture of Lai Yao Duhu is more casual than that of King Zhong, but it is only some, and it cannot be seen without careful observation. The old general has lived in Hudi for a long time, and prefers to sit casually, the traditional etiquette of kneeling is too uncomfortable, Li Siye sat for a while, and his legs were already sore.

What Zhongwang and Lai Yao talked about was just some of the customs and customs of the Western Regions, how to move people tactfully, how charming and colorful. It's hard to imagine that for the next half hour, it's really just about music and dance, and nothing about politics.

Li Siye sincerely admired, with Li Heng's degree of caution, even if he crossed over to Zhu Yuanzhang as an official, he would definitely be able to survive.

When there was really nothing to talk about between the two sides, Lai Yao bowed and said goodbye: "Your Highness, I won't bother here today, I will leave."

Since Lai Yao is leaving, there is no need for him to stay, anyway, King Zhong is not familiar with us, Li Siye was waiting to cross hands, but Li Heng took the initiative to say: "Li Siye will stay for the time being, this king has something to say to you."

Li Heng sent Yao out of the palace gate and stopped on the steps, this is etiquette, take one more step to exceed the courtesy, and take one less step to be rude. The rest of the journey was sent by Li Siye and Li Fuguo to the outside of the palace. The entourage who came to the capital to protect went out of the side door, and Li Siye also went to see him off from the side door.

Although he didn't know these people at all, he still hugged his fists and saluted one by one, and the guards who came to Yao slightly hugged their fists in return, and it was not strange that many people saluted.

He and Li Fuguo returned to the palace, Li Heng had already come to the side hall, sitting on the carpet very casually, the dancers were dancing in circles in the hall, and the musicians were still accompanied in a low voice, without violating the harmony at all.

He stretched out his hand to summon Li Siye and said, "Li Lushu, please take a seat."

Li Siye was still sitting on his knees, but Li Heng waved his hand and said, "There are no outsiders here, so you don't have to be formal, just sit casually."

Since King Zhong had spoken, Li Siye simply sat on the ground and humbly asked: "I don't know what Your Highness has to say to your ministers."

Li Heng asked with a smile: "Your method of making cool skin, can you inform this king of the steps, I can copy it down, this king ...... I also like this food. ”

It turned out to be this, and Li Siye happily agreed: "You should know everything."

There are already documents next to the paper to take out, the pen tube is dipped in ink to prepare, Li Siye tells in detail, the clerk is hard to write, and there is something that he does not understand and asks patiently.

After the transcription was completed, Li Heng instructed Li Siye a few more words before letting him go.

It was no longer Li Fuguo who sent him out, but an ordinary chamberlain, Li Siye returned to the gate of the palace, breathed a sigh of relief, and then left.

……

Li Heng and Li Fuguo sat cross-legged in the hall, letting the singers linger, but the two were talking about the prince.

"Your Majesty is so taboo about this Li Siye, and he specially entrusted you to be the middleman to get him from the prince to the Western Regions, I think the prince's position is unstable."

"Not necessarily." Li Heng shook his head and said: "With Zhang Jiuling and Zhang Xianggong in the court, his old man abides by the rules of the court, and he will definitely not make the prince transpose."

"Your Highness should have heard of it, there were two things that happened this autumn, which made His Majesty very unhappy with Zhang Jiuling, one was the promotion of Zhang Shouqi to the post of Pingzhang under the Zhongshu Sect, which was vetoed by Zhang Jiuling. Second, in the matter of His Majesty's departure from Chang'an to the Eastern Capital, Zhang Xianggong was afraid that the sage Luan would ride on the vast and trample on the people's wheat fields and seedlings, so he had to delay until the end of October. ”

"Zhang Jiuling, the Chinese book order, will not last long, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not be able to last long without the protection of Zhang Xianggong, I am afraid that we will not be able to last long, we will have to have a good relationship with King Shou in the future."

Li Heng shook his head and said, "No, whether Li Ying is the prince or Li Mao is the prince, it has nothing to do with me." We don't need to try to please anyone, just be careful to be our idle princes, and not to have anything to do with them. ”

He then sighed again: "The prince was able to evade the means of Concubine Hui and others the first two times, all because of this Li Siye operating in front, and now that Li Siye has been sent to the Western Regions, I don't know how long the prince can hold out."

Li Fuguo stuffed his hands into his sleeves, lowered his head and said softly: "According to what the slave maid can see, whether Li Siye is by the prince's side or not, he will not be able to change the prince's fate, he will always be defeated in the hands of Concubine Hui and lose the position of the prince."

Li Heng raised his head and thought about it, and asked in a trance: "You mean, Li Siye is not true?" Can't help the prince deal with the crisis? ”

"Your Highness, yes. There is a way that the country is easy to change, the nature is difficult to change, the prince is uninhibited by nature, soft and changeable, his advantage is free and tolerant, not easy to criticize people, this is a good thing for the officials of the East Palace, who can be unhappy with such a generous master? But his ears are soft, so he is gentle, and many things that must be done can't be done because of his feelings. Therefore, he can only use Li Siye's wisdom, but he can't use his wisdom. ”

Li Heng raised his head and asked, "Wisdom and wisdom, is there a difference?" ”

Li Fuguo pursed his lips and smiled: "Your Highness, this difference is big, wisdom is just a little clever, and it can only solve problems and gain temporary benefits." Wisdom is the root of great wisdom, and being able to comprehend it is listed as the criterion, and it will be of infinite use in this life. ”

"Jing Zhong,"

"The slave is here."

"You see if this king has great wisdom."

"Good, Your Highness does have great wisdom, but wisdom is indeed insufficient."

"Hehe, I like you to be honest."

As the saying goes, what is lacking is what is good, Li Fuguo is extremely ugly, but he is clever and smart, which is why he can quickly gain Li Heng's trust.

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