Li Siye stayed in Qiuci for four or five days, and participated in a negotiation meeting organized by Gao Xianzhi, and the meeting was with the core layer of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, two deputy capital protectors and three military envoys, Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli, Li Siye, Wang Zhengjian, Ma Phosphorus and other five people. Judging from the content of this meeting and conversation, Gao Xianzhi seems to have approached the leader of the new generation of Anxi. Although he is only entrusted by his husband Meng Lingcha to temporarily stay on behalf of Anxi, he will be corrected one day.

The content of their discussion is also the next focus of the Anxi Protectorate-Xiao Bolu, combined with the current preferences of the court and the emperor, Xiao Bolu sent envoys twice to arouse Li Longji's desire. The emperor urgently needs to curb the expansion of Tibet's authority here, and more than a dozen prefectures from the green mountains to the west are taking a wait-and-see attitude at both ends of the first rat, so whether from the perspective of the imperial court or the current situation in the Western Regions, Xiao Bolu is the best direction for political achievements.

Of course, their current status and rank are not qualified enough to decide when to attack, but they know that the imperial court will have to send troops sooner or later. During the period when Gai Jiayun and Tian Renwan served as envoys to Jiedu, they sent troops to fight many times, but they were all defeated. Therefore, before the new war order of the imperial court is issued, it is necessary to prepare in advance to ensure that the soldiers are ready to set off at any time.

"Zhongcheng is now in charge of Hexi, he may not be able to get out, if he really wants to go on an expedition to Xiao Bolu, the person in charge of commanding the expedition may be among us, the so-called you must make more preparations after you go down, so as to help establish your achievements in the future."

Li Siye said silently in his stomach: "Be confident, get rid of us, it's obviously you." ”

Gao Xianzhi's eloquence is good, and in order to mobilize their enthusiasm, he deliberately obscures the object and makes them think that everyone has a chance.

After understanding Gao Xianzhi's true thoughts, Li Siye still decided to support his crusade, because he himself had not yet stood on that step, and Gao Xianzhi was slightly lacking in command experience, and Fu Meng Lingcha would never bypass Gao Xianzhi and recommend him to the emperor, all the conditions prompted Gao Xianzhi to meet the requirements of this expedition commander.

Gao Xianzhi is a good person, in addition to being a little greedy for money, he is also a teacher and friend to Li Siye, and when he first came to Qixi, he was already the guardian of Qiuzi Town. As long as this guy doesn't make mistakes, the next Anxi Jiedu envoy must be his.

He returned to Shule from Qiuci, it was already the end of March, and the inconvenient transportation made most of them, the frontier officials, travel between the imperial court and the border towns in their lives, and now they want to come to the Tang Dynasty The word "eunuch traveler" is really vivid.

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Li Siye crossed the threshold and entered the mansion, and when he came to the inner courtyard, he happened to see the servants and mothers at home taking care of the three young sons who had been picked up, and they could not walk yet, so they could only move under the protection of adults.

"Come, let Grandpa hug you." Li Siye squatted down and picked up the two boys, and asked with a smile, "Which of you is Chongyun and which one is Chongbao." ”

The two children could not speak, so they could only babble and point at each other with their hands. He returned the child to the nurse, and picked up the girl Li Chongle and looked at it. Babies don't have any racial characteristics when they are young, and perhaps as they get older, their high nose bridges will grow. It doesn't matter if these are these, he can ask teachers to educate them from an early age, educate them to become spiritual ancient Han people, and be a loyal and filial son.

It's not that he is unwilling to inculcate certain ideas, it's just that he tends to be stable, and he also conservatively believes that the children of this era should be educated in accordance with this era, and any advanced thinking is not a good thing for them.

Mrs. Li Twelve Niang stood calmly not far away, looking at him with a smile.

"Lang Jun." She bowed down to him.

He took her hand and walked to the inner room, and said in his mouth: "In the days when I was not at home, you seem to have lost some weight, is it an irregular diet, or is the curtain swept by the west wind, and people are thinner than yellow flowers?" ”

"What's the yellow flower skinny?" Twelve Niang smiled first, as if she had thought of something else, her face turned red all of a sudden, and she whispered like a gnat: "Li Lang, I seem to have a menstrual affair, and I can't solve your urgency." ”

"Where do you want to go? How could I be for such a thing...... I, I didn't think so...... I can afford to wait. ”

The husband and wife looked at each other, each smiling differently.

"Brother!" Li Mei'er suddenly ran over from behind, hugged his lower back, and then took two steps back, crossed his hands and said, "Mei'er is here to greet Brother." ”

Li Siye looked at his sister's gradually growing figure, nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, the eighteenth year of the female college has changed, and the more beautiful it becomes." ”

After meeting with his family, Li Siye began to plan the preparation and training of the Shule army, as well as deal with some of the backlog of official duties in Shule Town. Zhao Chongjun also began to report to him on all the production and training recovery of the Shule Army before and after the year.

The horses that had eaten hay for the winter could be transferred to the spring pastures in the mountains for grazing, and the spring plowing and sowing of wheat and barley on the tuntian side should also begin, which is precisely the reason for the year's plan to be in the spring.

In addition, there are no special changes in Shule Town, and the ultra-low production conversion rate makes the soldiers train in addition to farming, and Li Siye began to consciously let the Shule army strengthen its activities in the green ridge, and the focus will be there in the next two years.

But what he didn't expect was that Yu Gou hurried from the Green Ridge and gave him bad news as soon as he came.

Yu Gou entered the main hall of the town envoy's mansion, knelt on the ground, and then got up and crossed his hands and said:

"The envoy, my lord, I am really ashamed to come to see you."

"Are you ashamed to come too, tell me, what the hell is going on?"

"Gong Juezan is gone."

"Who ran away?"

"Gong Juezan! He ran away! ”

Gong Juezan was a sharp weapon he used to control the inner ghost Zong Lu who remained in Tibet, and once he successfully escaped and returned to Tibet, Zong Lu's rebellion would be exposed. This person among the Tubo people he painstakingly planted still has a great effect, and it is really too inopportune to be suddenly exposed now.

"Hasn't he been kept in the cellar all the time, how did he get out?" Li Siye asked in annoyance.

Yu Gou lowered his head and told the story with a bitter face: "He has been going crazy with dementia for the past two years, so we have relaxed our vigilance so that he can have time to come out and move." However, he still had chains on his feet, and he pretended to be crazy and begged for food around the cellar. ”

"Until a few days ago, before he was locked in the cellar, he stole the keys of the two guards who guarded the cellar, opened the chains on his feet, and escaped through the gutter leading from the city to the outside of the city."

"After the accident, I sent everyone out to look for him, but I didn't get him back. I heard that you returned to Shule from Chang'an Xugong, so I hurried to Shule City to report to you, and wanted to ask for an idea from you to see what should be done? ”

Li Siye asked him: "Have you ever met with Zong Lu in the past half a month?" ”

"Not yet, the next meeting time is a small summer day, I don't know how to talk to Zong Lu."

"Tell him the truth, of course." Li Siye said in a solemn tone: "Tell him the truth, let him make a series of preparations and responses, and never let him face this catastrophic event unexpectedly." Whatever choice he makes in this matter, it's not a disadvantage for us. ”

Yu Gou's heart was even more uncomfortable, he came to Lingling this time, and he was ready to be scolded by Li Siye, and he was also ready to be removed from his position as a guard and envoy. Who knew that the thunderous fury he expected did not come, but instead arranged the follow-up in a teaching-like manner.

Of course, Yu Shou didn't know that there was a state of dealing with things called crisis public relations.

Li Siye suddenly thought of a person, and hurriedly asked him: "Feng Changqing is still surveying and painting and making maps in the Green Mountains, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes. He led a dozen people to drill into those frozen and snowy mountains, and only returned to the green ridge once every half a month to guard and capture. ”

"Then you call him back, let him put down the map in his hand first, and work together to help you deal with this matter, this time when you meet with Zong Lu, bring a few more people, and it is best to ambush the entire cave."

Yu Gou was shocked when he heard this, he didn't take this aspect into account at all, it seems that this hurried trip to Shule was indeed not in vain.