If it weren't forlerated by the law, Li Zhi really couldn't wait to go out of the city to greet Li Qinzai.

Li Qinzai really gave Li Zhi a long face, and Li Zhi ordered him to send an envoy, originally only planning to let Li Qinzai delay the speed of Tubo's expedition to Tuyuhun, so as to give the rear enough time to raise grain and grass and Su Dingfang's army to participate in the war.

Unexpectedly, Li Qinzai led thousands of soldiers and horses, and somehow controlled the situation in Tuyuhun, and the Tubo army suffered a big loss under Li Qinzai, which not only delayed the time of the Tubo attack, but also restrained the strength of the Tubo army.

As for the later Su Dingfang army, after arriving in the northwest, it only did some leftovers such as purging the remnants of the enemy and forcing Lu Dongzan to withdraw with an absolute crushing advantage.

Splashing the heavens, the respect of the Son of Heaven should also be welcomed.

Li Qinzai stood in front of Li Zhi and bowed, his expression was solemn and calm, without a trace of arrogance, as if he had just done a trivial matter, and came back to report his duties after doing it.

Li Zhi stared at Li Qinzai's face, and the more he looked at it, the more happy he became.

If the court is as talented as Li Jingchu, why can't the Tang Dynasty sweep away the countries and dominate the world.

It's a pity that there are too few talents like Li Qinzai, and this is the only one.

"At the beginning of the scene, it was bitter and cold, and I was tired, you look at you, you are all thin...... Huh, huh? Li Zhi's eyes widened in surprise: "No, why is Jing Chu a little more mellow than when he left Beijing?" Why? ”

Li Qinzai gasped, and finally panicked.

In the world, not only women have appearance anxiety, but also handsome men. You don't necessarily rely on this face to eat, but having a handsome face is undoubtedly the icing on the cake of life.

Besides, if one day is unlucky and there is nothing, at least this face is the last line of defense in his life, and at that time he also has enough capital to say to a certain old Beina, Auntie, I don't want to work hard......

Leng Buding was said to be fat, it was like a bolt from the blue.

"Impossible! The minister is definitely not fat, and he just wears more clothes in winter. Li Qinzai nervously denied it, looking left and right with an anxious expression, as if looking for a mirror.

Empress Wu covered her mouth and chuckled: "Okay, you are not fat, your majesty is dazzled." But Your Majesty, you have been overeating these days, and you are a little blessed......"

Saying that, Empress Wu glanced at Li Zhi coquettishly, Li Zhi laughed happily and patted his belly with both hands.

The relationship between husband and wife, which was already a little sparse, returned with Li Qinzai's victory, and inexplicably regained a little of his former loving appearance.

From a scientific point of view, this is called "rushing".

Li Zhi grabbed Li Qinzai's wrist with one hand and pulled him towards Anren Palace. Empress Wu followed behind with a smile, like a virtuous wife who entertained her neighbors, and the three of them had not yet entered the hall, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious and joyful.

Li Qinzai, who was held by Li Zhi's hand, had goosebumps all over his body, and wanted to shake off Li Zhi's hand, but he was afraid of annoying him.

The ancients had a lot of problems, and holding hands between men seemed to be a sign of closeness, which was relatively mild.

It is said that during the Zhenguan period, Taizong Li Shimin especially loved to dance, often danced with the ministers in the Taiji Palace, the Maiko of Taichang Temple was driven away, a group of big men twitched their hands and feet in the hall, and the demons danced wildly, and the picture was really called spicy eyes.

What's more, Li Shimin is also very particular about the etiquette of the Xianbei tribe, after the change of Xuanwumen, Li Shimin entered the palace to see Li Yuan, "kneeling and sucking milk", that picture ...... Tut!

After those touching pictures came to mind, Li Qinzai suddenly felt that it was nothing to be held by Li Zhi, everyone was straight, and there was no possibility of fighting bayonets.

After entering the temple, the three of them sat down.

Li Zhi was in a very happy mood today, and when he sat down, he loudly ordered a banquet to be served.

In order to welcome Li Qinzai's arrival, Li Zhi obviously had made arrangements in advance, and as soon as the words fell, a group of palace maids entered the palace with hot wine and food.

Li Qinzai knew the rules of the palace very well, and immediately got up after pouring a full wine, took the initiative to toast Li Zhi and Empress Wu, and after drinking a full drink, he sat down respectfully.

Li Zhi wiped a handful of wine stains on his beard and said with a smile: "Jing Chu's envoy this time has greatly earned me a face, thinking that when I was appointed as an envoy, many old ministers in the court advised you, saying that you are frivolous and lazy, and your behavior is insignificant, and the envoy will lose the prestige of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Now that Jing Chu has returned from a great victory, with thousands of miles of land in Tuguhun as a gift, I want to see what those sour Confucian students can say."

Li Zhi couldn't help but sneer as he spoke.

Li Qinzai lowered his head and said: "The minister just did his duty, and the work of the end is not worth mentioning." ”

Li Zhi shook his head and sighed: "Jing Chu, you may not know how much credit you have made, because of you, the court has saved at least three years of grain and grass, saved tens of thousands of casualties, and the national treasury can increase taxes by 20% every year, and hundreds of thousands of people will be included in my Datang household registration ......."

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

Empress Wu smiled and continued: "Not only that, after Tuyuhun returned to my Tang Dynasty, the road between Anxi Duhufu and Guanzhong was widened for hundreds of miles, from Qilian Mountain to Jishi Mountain, all of which belonged to Datang, and from now on, the trade route between Datang and the Western Regions was firmly grasped in the hands of Datang." ”

"What's more, this battle will beat Tubo back to the plateau, and since then I dare not go east, and my Tang Dynasty has more initiative, as long as Tuyuhun is digested cleanly, in the future, my Wang Division will Chen troops on the Tang Tu border, within 100 years, the strong enemy of Tubo in the west will no longer have the possibility of turning the tables."

"And all of this is up to you and thousands of soldiers to do it, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has been unprecedentedly cheap, so that our Datang can take advantage of it!"

Li Qinzai smiled bitterly: "The more I talk about the minister, the more panicked I become, the minister just did what he should do, and the credit may be a little bit, but it is never so exaggerated, and he has not lived up to His Majesty's entrustment, and the minister is already very satisfied with the joy, and he doesn't dare to talk about the credit anymore." ”

Li Zhi laughed and said: "Jing Chu is still so humble, are you afraid that I will send you an envoy again and let you break through the sword mountain and the sea of fire?" ”

Empress Wu seemed to have forgotten all the unpleasantness between him and Li Qinzai in the past, and said with concern: "I heard that Jing Chu's envoy was quite thrilling, first he was trapped in the Tubo camp, and then he fell into the siege of the Tubo army, fortunately, General Su's soldiers and horses arrived in time, Jing Chu must have worked very hard, right?" ”

Li Qinzai's expression darkened, and he sighed: "It is indeed a bit thrilling, the city of Shanzhou is under siege, there are more than 5,000 soldiers under the command of the minister, and in the end there are only a few hundred left, and the rest are all killed in battle, and the ministers are ashamed of them, their parents, wives and children......"

Saying that, Li Qinzai straightened his clothes and bowed to Li Zhi and said: "Your Majesty, the minister took the liberty of begging Your Majesty to posthumously reward those soldiers who died in battle, and give preferential care to the families of those soldiers. ”