Chang'an, outside the Mingde Gate, hundreds of people are waiting to line up to enter Beijing, and the central road is empty.

The roaring sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the west, and suddenly almost all the people looked back at the official road on the west side.

Dozens of war horses galloped quickly from a distance, and finally came to Chang'an.

All of them were black-clothed knights, with long knives hanging from their waists, and their faces were cold, with a murderous aura.

Without waiting for the guards of the city gate to be alert, the people had already turned over and dismounted, and then walked into the left side of the road where the officials on the left side, and the leader handed out a token.

The city gate guard glanced at it, and immediately returned it to both sides, and at the same time cautiously arched his hand: "Xiaguan has seen the king of Nanchang." ”

"You're welcome." Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then led a group of people into Chang'an City, straight into Suzaku Street, and walked slowly towards the palace.

When Li Xuan and the others disappeared in front of them, the city gate guard glanced at the city.

The next moment, above the city, the flag waved, the watchtower in the distance was quickly captured, and in a very short time, the news of the king of Nanchang returning to Chang'an reached the palace.

At the same time, under the city gate, I don't know how many eyes saw Li Xuan's return, and the news quickly spread back to the masters.

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"I haven't seen you for a long time, and Suzaku Street is still so lively, as if the war in the west has not affected it in the slightest."

Li Xuan slowed down his horse, looked sideways at Di Renjie on the side, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Huaiying, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine." Di Renjie relieved himself a little, then looked at Li Xuan with a wry smile and said, "From Taozhou to Chang'an in two days, the prince is really in a hurry to come back!" ”

Di Renjie met Li Xuan in Taozhou, since his colleagues were captured, the threat of Hezhou has been greatly reduced, and several lurking light soldiers were also found and killed by Di Renjie one by one, he didn't have much to do there, and this time he happened to return to Beijing with Li Xuan.

After Li Xuan left the Qapcha River Valley, he returned to Chang'an and did not go to Shanzhou and Lanzhou, but to Kuozhou, Hezhou and Taozhou.

He even exchanged some things with Yu Ze at the mouth of the Longwu River, and returned to Hezhou to meet Shi Yuanming, the assassin of Hezhou, and visited Li Xian before returning to Beijing.

"Long nights and dreams, come back early and good morning." Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and most of the worry in his eyes had dissipated.

What Li Xuan is really worried about is not only the wind and rain in Chang'an, but also the safety issues along the way.

He offended a lot of people in Chang'an, and if someone really mobilized thousands of soldiers to intercept and kill him on the official road, even he would hate the northwest.

If it is a little more old and spicy, it looks like a bandit intercepting and killing, and someone in Chang'an covers it up, then even if Li Xuan is resurrected, it will be difficult to find out the problem.

This kind of thing, definitely someone will do it.

Li Xuan didn't worry about it, because if he encountered such an opportunity, he would not let it go.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty is wise and wise, and this impeachment will definitely not have any impact on the prince." Di Renjie saw Li Xuan's impeachment very clearly, and he even asked Lu Yuanfang about the origin of the imperial history of the impeachment of Li Xuan.

This servant is not from a big family, but from the cold family of Shu, and Li Xuan is not much involved, and he doesn't move around much with his colleagues on weekdays, he has served as a servant for many years, and has not impeached any important ministers, this time I heard that he impeached Li Xuan, even Lu Yuanfang was surprised.

"It's not a bad thing to go back to Chang'an, the little girl was born, and the king hasn't gone home to see it yet." A trace of warmth flashed on Li Xuan's face, and then he said softly: "It's just that this time in the war in Qinghai, this king can't help." ”

Di Renjie's expression suddenly became serious, he knew that Li Xuan had made a lot of contributions on the front line this time, and he could be said to be a young general like Wang Xiaojie and Hei Yanchang, especially Li Xuan was good at winning by surprise, especially for the tactics of the Qin Ling.

This time, Li Xuan was suddenly recalled to Chang'an, and I am afraid that the most proud thing is on the Qinling Tomb.

Di Renjie nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice: "If this time it is just a dereliction of duty in the imperial history, it will be repaid, but if it is a false accusation, the prince can rest assured, and the lower officials will definitely ask His Majesty to punish him severely." ”

The imperial history is not so easy to do, if it is wrongly accused, it will naturally be punished internally, and the serious one is dereliction of duty.

More seriously, the false accusation with ulterior motives will be immediately the crime of exile for 3,000 miles once it is verified.

Even Li Xuan's matter is also involved in the war in the northwest, once it is found that there is a shadow of Tubo's involvement, then it is possible to raid the family and exterminate the clan.

While speaking, Li Xuan and Di Renjie had already come to the Vermilion Bird Gate.

Di Renjie stood in front of the Suzaku Gate and arched his hand to Li Xuan: "The prince is going to face the saint, and the lower officials must go back to Dali Temple first. ”

"Brother Huaiying has a heart, so, leave for the time being." Li Xuan returned the salute, then sorted out his clothes and went to Daming Palace.

……

Inside the Danfeng Gate, Li Xuan followed behind a Tsing Yi attendant and walked towards the Zichen Palace.

Qianniuwei, who originally came back with him, has all returned to Zuo Qianniuwei's yamen to report on his work.

Li Xuan was impeached by the imperial history this time for ill intentions, and they, the Qianniuwei, who had been following Li Xuan, naturally had to be asked.

In the Zichen Hall in front, a scarlet-robed official walked out from inside, with a clear face and a familiar appearance.

Zhou Guogong, Wu Chenghei.

Li Xuan bowed to Wu Chengsi with a solemn expression, and Wu Chengsi returned the salute.

The two didn't say much, Wu Chengsi walked outside, and Li Xuan, under the guidance of the inner servant, entered the Zichen Palace.

Li Zhi wore a bright yellow dragon robe, a black double dragon winged crown, and sat behind the imperial case, and the martial queen in a black gold silk phoenix robe sat on the side.

Li Xuan stood in the hall, then solemnly arched his hands, bowed, and finally knelt on the ground: "Minister, the king of Nanchang County, the captain of the light car, the general doctor, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, the general of the right guard of the school, meet Your Majesty, Your Majesty will live a long life, meet the Queen of Heaven, and the Queen of Heaven will be blessed with Jin'an." ”

"The king of Nanchang is flat." Li Zhi raised his hand slightly, and Li Xuan, who looked at Shane, stood up.

I haven't seen him for half a year, and Li Xuan, who has returned from a long battle on the Qinghai Plateau, has a lot darker skin, and his expression is quite dusty.

Li Zhi nodded slightly, and said with a sigh: "The king of Nanchang has worked hard this time, so you are tired of returning to Chang'an in such a hurry, right?" ”

"Everything is the duty of the minister." Li Xuan bowed sincerely.

"Hmm!" Li Zhi nodded slightly, his eyes fell on the side of the imperial case, on which were placed all the pieces sent back after Li Xuan went to the northwest, Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan, and said softly: "Tell me in detail, how many things have you encountered on this trip to the northwest?" ”

"Whoa!" Li Xuan was slightly stunned, but still arched his hand and said: "After the minister arrives in Taozhou, ......"

Li Xuan said a word, he arrived in Taozhou, booby-trapped 3,000 cavalry of Tubo, went to Hezhou, eradicated the hidden pile of Tubo, and reached an alliance with the Yuan family, and the light army suddenly attacked, after that, he went to Hezhou, repaired the grain road, fought in Longwuzhai and Tubo Qingdong Duhu Wuxizha, won the colleagues, and then broke through the Longyang Gorge, transported grain to the Chapcha River Valley, broke the strategy of attacking the water of Qinling, the cavalry counterattacked, and finally the victory of the Qingnan Basin.

He was ordered to take the city of Fuqiu, calculated the internal strife of Tuyuhun, ordered Su Hegui to commit suicide, selected 6,000 elites, relocated the people, ambushed the false light army, captured the gold-handled long sword, and Murong Nuo's bowl, exchanged the governance of the city, had to send the Jade Buddha, returned to the Chinese army, built the city, and the southwest star fell.

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he stood respectfully to the side, thinking about it in his head, not knowing what else he could say and what he should say.

Li Zhi digested what Li Xuan said, these things, almost everything in Li Xuan's recital has been mentioned, but it is difficult to see the weight involved.

Only by asking positively can you really feel Li Xuan's different attitude towards everything.

After a while, Li Zhi finally spoke: "In this way, according to you, the Murong Clan's ability to govern the city is extremely poor. ”

"Yes." Li Xuan arched his hand and said affirmatively: "To govern the city, you either have experience, ideas, or momentum, but the Murong clan seems to have nothing, they just think that as long as they return to Fu Qi City, the people will return to their hearts, and everything will come naturally, but in fact, before the ministers returned to Beijing, the life of the people of Fu Qi City was very difficult, and some people even secretly fled from Fu Qi City to Qugou New Town. ”

Li Zhi subconsciously nodded slightly, then looked sideways at Empress Wu, and asked softly, "Mei Niang, what do you think?" ”

Empress Wu's expression became serious, and then she said in a low voice: "Since the Murong Clan's ability is insufficient, I should naturally help more...... Now that Fu Qi City has been taken, a new city will also be built in Qinghai and Hubei to facilitate the reception of grain and grass from Shanzhou and reduce the consumption of transshipment. ”

Li Xuan hurriedly lowered his head and cut the benefits of Fu Qi City, not only he could see it, but the Empress Wu could also do it.

"Hmm!" Li Zhi thought about it and nodded, and then said: "Then send a message to Murong Nuo, let him choose someone first, choose a location, this new city assassin history, the first one, I will hand it over to the Tuyuhun people." ”

If you want to take it first, you must first take it.

Salute first, then soldier.

The emperor's means are even more like spring breeze and rain, once the people of Tuyuhun accept more information from the Tang Dynasty, how many people are willing to be loyal to Tuyuhun.

In this way, Tuyuhun wants to get rid of Datang's control, either by completely turning his face with Datang, or by increasing his strategic depth.

In this way, they will have to attack the Qingxi Basin.

Dayan Mangjiebo is leading the Tugu Hunqing Western Army to fight against the armies of Shasu and Ganliang, and Murong Nuo Haobo will immediately relieve the pressure on Shasu and Ganliang as long as he advances westward.

However, although the ideas of Empress Wu and the emperor were good, all these operations were forced to be temporarily put aside with the arrival of winter.

Especially in the winter of Qingxi, it comes much earlier than Chang'an.

Li Zhi looked back at Li Xuan and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me about Qugou New Town, when do you think it will be fully completed?" ”

"The city will be built at least after the spring flowers bloom next year." Li Xuan's words reduced the time for the construction of the city by more than half, and then he continued: "Everything depends on what kind of regulations the construction of the city wall is, and these are the affairs of the Ministry of Industry." It's okay for the minister to build a few houses, but it's far from enough for the minister to build a city. ”

Li Xuan silently gave up the construction of the city, and he also gave up the dominance of this Qugou New Town.

"After the establishment of the new city, whether it will be incorporated into Shanzhou, Kuozhou, or establish a new state, have you thought about it carefully?" Li Zhi asked the crucial and fatal question again.

Empress Wu also looked at Li Xuan seriously at the same time, waiting for his answer.

(End of chapter)