The light from the outside that filtered through the window paper was getting dimmer, and the small windows made the room dark. Dai Wang took a copper oil lamp, took down the porcelain bottle hanging from the stone beam, added some oil to the lamp, and lit it with a fire breaker. On the desk between the two of them, a little bean-sized light began to expand, gradually filling the entire dark room.

"Where did we just go?"

"You don't know how to write and ink, and you are not qualified to be prime minister. Although Li Linfu has the nickname of the prime minister, but don't think that he really has no ink, when I was a small official in the household department, I saw him write a preface and annotation for the "Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty", the writing is smooth, the pen is strong, although there is no pearl of literary brilliance, but the use of government is more than enough. ”

Li Siye grabbed his head and said, "I already understand what you mean, so I don't need to say it again." It's just that Li Linfu is as suspicious as a fox, if I deliberately let him know that I don't know how to write and ink, it will make him think that I am obscure and unpredictable. So I had to let him know that I was semi-literate, but I couldn't let him know that I was deliberately letting him know, you know? That's where the difficulty lies. ”

Dai Wang rubbed his forehead in embarrassment, and said definitely: "I understand, you don't know about Wenmo, do others know?" How many people know? ”

"As far as my family knows, in the past, my letters and official documents were written by my family members or others."

Dai Liulang stood up with his bare chin pinched, walked around the room, and said in his mouth: "You are only an envoy of Shule Town now, and no matter the official documents, you can't contact Li Linfu." As you said, you can't be deliberate, so you have to take it one step at a time. If you want Li Linfu to see your nonsense words, at least your ass has to sit in the position of deputy envoy of Jiedu and envoy of the four towns. ”

Dai Wang is right, if you don't break the game with force, this is a dead loop. If you want to sit in the four towns to know the soldiers, the deputy envoy of Jiedu needs to pass the level of Li Linfu, but to get in touch with Li Linfu, you must also go to this step, if he can't get in touch, he can't reassure the other party, if the other party is not at ease, he will never be able to rise.

"In my opinion, you must rely on the relationship of the Yang family to first sit on the Jiedu envoy elsewhere, even the most poor Lingnan Wufu Economic Envoy, and then reassure Li Linfu through Taohui, gift-giving and other strategies, as long as his obstacle does not exist. It's not a problem for you to use the Yang family's relationship to return to Longyou Dao. ”

To go around such a big circle, he never thought that he would leave Anxi, and he would definitely not leave Longyou Road, it was a big deal to spend more effort to take the route of the concubine, he didn't believe that Li Linfu could hold on and not let go.

It is much more effective for two people to come up with ideas than one person's fantasy, at least now that he has found a career plan in a dangerous environment, this is really a sea of ups and downs, and he has hollowed out his mind to climb up.

There was a knock on the door outside, and the maidservant Daorou called softly, "Ah Lang." ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's getting late, and it's going to be curfew."

Li Siye said in annoyance: "What's wrong with the curfew? I have the final say in this Shule city, how can the curfew stop me? If you can't bear it, go back first. ”

There was a mute outside, but no one moved. Dai Wang picked up the oil lamp and hung it on the wall, turned to him and said, "Today's business, today is over, you can come to me tomorrow tomorrow for tomorrow's business, I should rest when it gets dark." ”

Li Siye patted Dai Wang's shoulder, turned around and pushed the door out. The handmaiden Daorou was still standing by the wall. Although she knew that she couldn't hear anything, she still felt that it was inappropriate to carry such a tail.

Walking out of the paper mill, the street was already dark, and only two teams of soldiers patrolled the street with torches. When he saw that someone was committing a crime, he shouted and ran over, but when he saw that it was Li Zhen's envoy, he hurriedly crossed his hands and saluted.

Li Siye comforted the soldiers with a few words, such as if it was cold at night, they should wear more clothes and drink a few sips of hot wine before the night patrol, so as not to get cold. These seemingly useless words can indeed warm people's chests. Human desires are great, and at the same time human desires are very small, and all they ask for is affirmation, attention, and understanding. And these things don't cost money, but some people don't want to give these things that don't cost money.

"Envoy Li, you can hold this torch and light the way." The leader of the team handed the torch with both hands.

Li Siye handed the torch to Daorou, and the two slowly walked towards the mansion. He looked at the figure on the ground, and felt that the people around him also needed to be comforted, otherwise it would really become dark under the lamp.

"Daorou, follow me to Shule Town, the end of the desert where birds don't, do you regret it?"

"The slave and maid follow the master, and the slave goes wherever the master goes, how can there be any regrets and no regrets?"

He nodded and said, "Although it is insincere, it is also true, you will live in the inner house in the future, and let Mrs. Wu arrange a separate room for you later." ”

"Xie Alang." Daorou held the torch and lowered her body.

The town guard embassy is brightly lit, when after walking a dark night road, suddenly see the lights in the house, hear the laughter, the haze in the heart is naturally cleared, and feel that everything is warm and amiable.

……

Li Siye has the official title of deputy protector, and he can openly inspect the newspaper sent to Anxi in the backyard, understand the movements in the imperial court, and can also fully understand and participate in the affairs of the Anxi Imperial Protectorate. Although he was still the envoy of Shule and Khotan, Gao Xianzhi had already begun to gradually tap his ability to manage the western part of the city. They all actively discussed the big and small things that happened in the imperial court.

The correspondence between the two men was more about the aggressiveness of the younger Boru, but only at the level of the campaign. As for when the expedition will take place, Li Siye only instigates this point and does not publish any unfavorable rumors and opinions.

Although Gao Xianzhi was in charge of the position of the envoy of the four towns, he still could not communicate with the imperial court on this issue, and everything had to be implemented on Fumeng Lingcha.

As he grew older, he began to be satisfied with his existing achievements and exploits, and lost his pioneering spirit. Compared with the young man's eagerness to make a contribution, he did not say a word about the expedition to Xiao Bolu. Even when he was the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, he also adopted an active defensive strategy, whether it was against the strong enemy Tubo west of the Hexi Corridor or the Turks east of the Hexi Corridor, he only ordered An Sishun, Li Guangbi and others to hold on, and never took the initiative to attack.

Anyone who is in the twilight of life has the idea that doing more wrong, doing less wrong, and not doing well. Moreover, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. He has pacified the civil strife of the Turks twice in his life, and his merits are enough, so why bother to fill in the uncertainties in his old age, in case the attack fails, won't his past exploits be stained?

Fu Meng Lingcha's conservative defense was indeed safe for him, but the emperor did not think as much as he did, Tang Xuanzong, who was older than him, was not as enthusiastic about political affairs as before, but he had an unusual enthusiasm for the expansion and side work of the empire.

His conservatism was clearly not in keeping with the Emperor's pioneering spirit, and he himself was apparently unaware of this, and when he found out, he should have felt that he was no longer fit to stay in this position. The emperor had asked Li Linfu to ask him three times about the strategy and tactics of the expedition to Xiao Bolu, the first two times he thought it was inopportune, and when the third time he thought that he could no longer shirk perfunctorily, he recommended Gao Xianzhi, the commander of the four towns of Anxi, to the sage.

The veteran is quite sober at this point, believing that pioneering undertakings need young people with a pioneering spirit to do it.

At this time, it was already the beginning of the fifth year of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong issued an edict to order Gao Xianzhi to state the military affairs, Gao Xianzhi really lived up to the emperor's expectations, and wrote 2,000 words in a sprinkled manner, transcribing the pros and cons of Xiao Bolu's use of troops, logistics support, marching routes, combat ideas, and aftermath matters. And these contents, Li Siye and Gao Xianzhi have already discussed countless times in the letters exchanged at the post station.