The morning light of Chang'an pierced through the thin mist and sprinkled on the cornices of the Jinguang Gate Tower, and a group of Hu merchants led camels to walk on both sides of the side street, avoiding the honor guards of the festival envoys entering the city.

Li Siye led a few people to follow the back of the team, looking up left and right, Chang'an has generally not changed, but the street drum tower standing in front of the square is different from before, the roof has wooden squares side by side lamps, the color arrangement changes, I don't know what it is for.

The procession stopped in front of the imperial city for a while, and the envoys of the Bakhana, the Tuqi Stuma branch, and the little Bolu stopped in front of the Hanguang Gate of the imperial city and bid farewell to Fumeng Lingcha and others.

They are foreign envoys, and when they come to Chang'an, they naturally have to contact Honglu Temple first, stay in Honglu Hall, and enjoy the treatment of foreign guests.

The team of the envoy of the Anxi Festival must first untie the swords, soldiers, bows and crossbows in Tonghuafang and put them into the warehouse, and remove the sixteen guards of the South Ya, the Longwu Army and the Imperial Forest Army of the North Ya in Chang'an City, and no guards of any feudal town are allowed to carry blades on the street.

On the contrary, these soldiers who had relieved their minions became relaxed, and seemed to quickly blend into the hurried but festive atmosphere of Layue. The people I have seen in the west of the city for a few years have not seen many people in Chang'an for a day, and every time I come back, it is a new surprise.

Dressed in soap-colored clothes and wearing red foreheads, they entered Pingkangfang along the side street and entered the backyard of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

Returning to Anxiliu's backyard is like returning to his own territory, and those incompatible habits in Chang'an City can be unrestrained here.

Fu Meng Zhongcheng immediately took Cheng Qianli and Li Siye to Li Linfu's mansion to pay respects, and only by boarding the mansion of the right minister first could he rest assured that he could operate in other places.

It's just that after entering the courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the right prime minister's housekeeper crossed his hands towards a few people and said: "Fu Meng Zhongcheng, it's really unfortunate that my Ah Lang entered the palace to face the saint." ”

"Then I'll visit tomorrow."

"Oh, not necessarily." The housekeeper held his stomach with both hands and smiled: "When I went out, Ah Lang ordered, saying that when Fu Mengzhongcheng returned to Chang'an today, he must come to pay his respects first." Let me tell you that in four days the saint will meet the messenger of the little Bolu and Bakanna, the messenger of the Turgish, in the Calyx Tower, and you can go directly to the palace to face the saint. ”

Fu Meng Lingcha hurriedly thanked him: "The right minister is thoughtful, let's leave." ”

Everyone was just about to turn around and retreat, but the butler spoke again: "Fu Mengzhongcheng, please take a step to speak." ”

Fu Meng turned around, and at the invitation of the butler's hand, he walked under a green cypress in the front yard. The housekeeper said in a low voice: "Ah Lang said, Zhongcheng has made a great contribution to pacifying the Tuqi surnamed Shi Huang this year. Compared with the inaction of the rest of the festival envoys, Anxi concurrently serves as the two towns of Hexi to make nine out of ten stable. However, officialdom should act in a multi-faceted manner, and it is even more important to be comprehensive. ”

When the butler said this, he clasped his hands in front of his abdomen and kept silent.

Fu Meng nodded soberly: "Thank you to the right minister, and thank you to the housekeeper." ”

……

Fu Meng Lingcha walked out of the right minister's mansion in Pingkangfang, and then frowned, Cheng Qianli and Li Siye were inconvenient to ask each other, guessing that it was the matter of the Hexi Jiedu envoy who was in trouble?

They returned to the courtyard of the house, and the three of them sat down in the inner hall of the house, and Fu Meng Lingcha said to the two of them: "The right minister reminded me through the mouth of the housekeeper, and asked me to take care of multiple aspects and everything. I understand this, after all, the weight of Hexi, for the sweet and cool hometown, the throat of the trade road, once you sit on it, I don't know how many people are red behind their backs, so we have to pave multiple roads in advance. ”

"The general of the prison guard, Gao Lishi, naturally has to go around, and the gift has been prepared. It's just that there is another person, who really has no way out, and it is not convenient to go in person. ”

Li Siye lowered his head and pretended to be confused, but Cheng Qianli took the initiative to ask: "Zhongcheng, who else is there, maybe the two of us can share Zhongcheng's worries and find a way." ”

Fumon Lingcha was waiting for him to ask.

"There is a female Kun Dao in Xingqing Palace for Yang Taizhen, who is favored by the saints, no one can match, I have prepared a batch of Tianzhu dipterocarp, which is to be specially given to Yang Taizhen, but there is no way to report, thousands of miles, heirs, do you have such a way?"

Although he said this to the two of them, his eyes looked at Li Siye eagerly.

Hei Ye secretly thought in his heart, this errand is indispensable. Yang Yuhuan's path, he originally wanted to keep it for himself in the future, but Fu Meng Lingcha took the initiative to mention it, he absolutely could not refuse, nor could he prevaricate with no way. Everyone knows that your lady is a disciple of Gongsun Auntie, how can you not see Yang Taizhen with a famous figure like Gongsun Auntie?

If the subordinates don't help the boss, it is equivalent to narrowing the road, so let's make a strong contribution.

Fortunately, the fact that he had saved Yang Yuhuan did not let this husband Meng Lingcha know, otherwise he would not know how much hope he would have placed on him.

He silently complained to Fu Meng Lingcha in his heart, you owe me too much, and only by ranking Gao Xianzhi behind me can you compensate me.

"That, Zhongcheng, my wife's master, Aunt Gongsun, should know Mrs. Yang in truth, why don't I go find her and see if I can find a way."

Fu Meng Lingcha took two steps forward, held Li Siye's hand with both hands, and said excitedly and emotionally: "I am grateful to be able to get such generous help from Siye, in the future, you and I will be called subordinates, in fact, we should be called brothers." ”

Cheng Qianli looked stunned on the side, this is to be commensurate with brothers?

Li Siye smiled sincerely on the surface, but in fact, he didn't have a good impression in his heart, he only gave this kind of superficial affection and politeness, and didn't give people benefits, how could he impress him.

He had already decided that Yang Taizhen could help Fu Meng Lingcha take this route, but he must not let him touch the door. We must not let others go their own way, so that we have no way out.

"Zhongcheng is serious, the heir can have today, it is inseparable from Zhongcheng's support and help, and the heir should do his best to ensure the smooth official career of Zhongcheng."

"Good, good, good." Fu Meng Lingcha also seemed to be deeply moved, let go of Li Siye's hand and said: "Four days is the deadline, let's go our separate ways without further ado." ”

"Whoa."

Li Siye and Fu Meng Lingcha left from the front of the hall respectively, leaving Cheng Qianli sitting in place with his mouth half open. It turns out that I was so useless, and I was so neglected.

……

Coming out of the backyard of Pingkangfang, Li Siye decided to go to Dongshi to buy a handful of tails first, which was a meeting gift for Aunt Gongsun.

If there was another way to see Yang Taizhen, he would never go to the Gongsun family. He knew that this former sword dancer, and now Gongsun Daochang, had no good impression of him, because he snatched her apprentice, or took away her apprentice's heart, there was no essential difference between the two, which made her resentful but helpless.

Li Siye still resolutely went on the road and went to the Taizhen Temple of Xiudefang. Yang Yuhuan used to be a monk here, and she was named Yang Taizhen's Taoist name, and now she no longer lives here, but there must still be a way to contact here.

He stood at the door of the observation and looked inside, and he could see the tassel tree in front of the Sanqing Hall on the earthen platform, which bloomed in summer and made the tree full of silver, like the stars in the sky. It's just that in the middle of winter, everything is slaughtered, and the tassel tree has become a dry branch, and the fallen leaves are swept away and piled up under the tree.

Shoumen Kundao seemed to have seen this strong man, but he couldn't remember it clearly, and when he heard that he was going to visit Gongsun Daochang, he put his hands together and said, "Foreigner, please wait a moment, I'll ask Master." ”

Li Siye smiled and nodded, waiting patiently outside.

After a while, Kun Dao came with a whisk of dust in his hand, and turned sideways to Li Siye and said, "My master invites you in." ”

After Li Siye returned the salute, he walked quickly towards the Sanqing Palace, he walked up to the earthen platform, bypassed the tree, stepped into the threshold and saw the Gongsun Daochang kneeling in front of the Sanqing statue in the hall, and the appearance seemed to have not changed from the back.

He didn't know what to call the lady's master for a while, and it seemed inappropriate to call the master, and it was a little hypocritical to call the mother-in-law.

He had no choice but to call him an old man, and said with a smile: "Li Siye has come to see your old man." ”

Aunt Gongsun lowered her head and recited the scriptures, ignoring them at all, which made Li Siye feel embarrassed, so she had to stand aside and wait.

After a long time, the chief turned around with a lotus crown on his head, glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, reached out to take the teacup on the table and drank himself, and asked, "You came so far to beg me to help you?" ”

Li Siye said with a smile on his face: "I really can't hide anything from your old man, I really want to ......"

"Don't help, leave."