After leaving the King of Chu Inn, Li Zhiyun was still thinking about it along the way. That Captain Hu was from the Shenwu Battalion, and these two mysterious guests from the enemy-occupied area were also a general who came to find the Shenwu Battalion, and he felt that this matter was a bit strange, so he told his two entourages his thoughts.

"Then arrest these two people and interrogate them to see where they came from." Cai Hu said.

"Why are you arresting them without evidence? Just because they are from Liu Wuzhou's territory? Li Zhiyun shook his head, "In case they are Yuan Junbao's relatives and friends, and they just came to him to do something, then we will fall into passivity." ”

"So what to do?"

Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said to Zhang Zheng: "You go to find a few people to target the two of them, and see if they are looking for other people besides Yuan Junbao." Be careful, keep an eye on it from a distance, and don't let them find out. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Zheng arched his hand.

The three of them continued to walk forward, and happened to come across Tieyuan leading a group of soldiers over. When Tie Yuan saw him, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Li Zhiyun said: "Captain Tiedu, does that Captain Hu have any follow-up actions?" Tetsuhara shook his head.

"Team Lee is continuing to contact him."

"Yes!" Tetsuhara said yes and led the soldiers away. Li Zhiyun led Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu along the street to continue walking, and after a while, they came to the East Market, which was even more lively, with shops on both sides of the street next to each other. Li Zhiyun saw a door plaque that read: Changguang Restaurant. He thought to himself, the fifth sister is Princess Changguang, shouldn't she open this restaurant? He turned to the two attendants and said, "Let's go in and have a look." ”

Li Zhiyun walked in and took a look, it was really opened by the fifth sister. Although this is a restaurant, it is full of bookish atmosphere, and there are many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls. If the third sister is a woman who does not let her eyebrows, then the fifth sister is a suave Wei and Jin celebrity, she likes to sing poetry and paint. Some of the paintings on the wall were painted by the fifth sister herself, and some were made by famous artists. As for the calligraphy banners, they are all written by famous calligraphers, and the content includes several poems by the second brother, in addition, there are Li Shen's "Compassion for Nong", Li Shangyin's "Untitled", Han Yu's "Early Spring" and Du Fu's "Gift of Flowers", but these poems are indicated to be written by Li Zhiyun, which makes him embarrassed.

There were already a few tables of guests in the lobby on the first floor, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant knew him, so he came over and said, "King Chu, are you here to eat?" He shook his head and said, "This king is just passing by, come in by the way to take a look, is my sister here?" ”

"No. The princess only came once every two days. ”

As he was talking, there was a burst of laughter at the door, and he turned his head to look, only to see several richly dressed young ladies walking in, including Liu Yinglian. Li Zhiyun hadn't seen Liu Yinglian for more than a month, and when he first returned to Chang'an, he went to Liu's Mansion once, and then he never went to her again because he was busy preparing for the construction of the new army and the arsenal. No, he was very happy to meet here today.

After the other ladies saluted him, they went upstairs, Liu Yinglian stood beside him, looked at the companions who went upstairs and said: "They are all my playmates since childhood, one of them celebrates his birthday today, I heard that your sister opened this restaurant is good, so we came over." Then he turned his gaze to him, "What about you?" Coming here to eat too? ”

"No, I'm just passing through."

"Why don't we do it together?"

When Li Zhiyun heard this, he hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, you girls are together, so I won't join in the fun." Liu Yinglian was not reluctant, and changed the topic and said, "What have you been busy with lately?" ”

"Oh, I've been busy training the new army recently, and I'm going to fight Liu Wuzhou with my second brother after a while."

Liu Yinglian looked at him and said softly: "When you go to the battlefield, you must be careful everywhere and pay attention to your own safety." He nodded hurriedly. Liu Yinglian smiled and said, "Then I'll go up?" Li Zhiyun nodded. Liu Yinglian turned around and walked upstairs with light steps. Li Zhiyun reluctantly looked at her back, until her figure disappeared, and then turned around, only to find Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu standing aside and snickering. He was a little embarrassed: "What are you two laughing at?" The two of them couldn't hold it back any longer and burst out laughing......

On this day, Yuan Junbao came to the mansion of Lonely Huaien again. He walked into the back hall and took a look, and Lonely Wynn and Xie Rong were there. After he sat down, he said, "Lord, I heard that Li Yuan is going to send us and Li Xiaoji to attack Lu Chongmao in Xia County, is this news true?" ”

"Indeed." Lonely Wynne nodded, "I've received the order. ”

It turned out that Xia County was densely populated and rich in products, and it became a fragrant bait in the eyes of many people. After Gao Tansheng was eradicated, another Lu Chongmao appeared. He took advantage of Liu Wuzhou's southward attack on Hedong, led a group of people to launch a rebellion, occupied Xia County, and established himself as the king of Wei, echoing Liu Wuzhou from afar.

When Yuan Junbao heard this, he frowned and said, "If we go to attack Lu Chongmao, then we have to leave Guanzhong, then won't our major affairs be in vain?" ”

"No," Lonely Huaien shook his head and said, "My inside line in the palace has already delivered the news that the enemy army trapped in Pu Anti has surrendered, and Li Yuan will personally go to Pu Anti to preside over the surrender ceremony in the near future. On the pretext of raising food and grass, we will delay for a few days, and when Li Yuan goes to Pu Rebellion, we will ambush him halfway. ”

"As soon as Li Yuan dies, the Tang Dynasty will be in chaos." Xie Rong added, "At that time, we will take the opportunity to capture Chang'an and support the lord as the emperor." ”

When Yuan Junbao heard this, he excitedly said: "This method is really good!" Lonely Wynn advised: "This matter is very important, and you must not leak the rumors." ”

"That's nature."

In the next few days, Yuan Junbao went to the barracks every day and made careful arrangements to make sure that everything was perfect. In the afternoon of that day, when he came home from the barracks, he had just entered the backyard and saw his wife and concubine arguing there, the concubine sitting on the ground crying, and his wife standing aside and scolding.

It turned out that his wife took advantage of today's sunny weather and abundant sunshine to take her most cherished peach and flower carved silk silver mouse jacket to the yard to dry, but found that the clothes were missing in the afternoon. This is the second time she has lost something, half a month ago, she put a jasper hairpin on the dresser, went to the thatched house, and when she came back, the hairpin was gone. There is no one else in this backyard, and the servant will never dare to steal from his master, if it is not the slut who stole it, who will it be? Last time she lost the hairpin, she had already endured it once, and this time she couldn't bear it anymore anyway. So, she went to the concubine to reason, but the concubine denied it. She wanted to go into the house to search, but the concubine stopped at the door and wouldn't let her in. With a gentle push, the slut fell to the ground, crying that the eldest woman was bullying and beating her for no reason. Just when the trouble was raging, Yuan Junbao came back.

This concubine was originally the top brand of Cuichun Building, with a bewitching figure, a beautiful appearance, a good piano player, and a good voice, how many rich sons fell under her pomegranate skirt, and Yuan Junbao had already coveted her. After he escaped from the front line, he used the gold given to him by Liu Wuzhou to buy this woman and came to a gold house to hide Jiaojiao. Since he had this beauty, Yuan Junbao was like a baby, and he felt uncomfortable when he didn't see him for a day. At this moment, seeing that the baby was beaten, he didn't ask the reason, and stepped forward to slap his wife.

The wife lost her things, was beaten, and ran back to her house to cry aggrievedly. After crying, the resentment in my heart was still difficult to dissolve, so I picked up a few clothes and stuffed them into the package, and went back to my parents' house with the package. Her parents have passed away, and her mother only has her brother and sister-in-law. My brother has not come back from an errand in the yamen, so she can only cry to her sister-in-law about the grievances in her heart.

The next night, my brother came back from the yamen, and when he saw his sister, he frowned. In just one month, my sister has run back to her parents' house for the second time, and there is no need to ask, it must be another husband and wife quarrel. He sighed and said, "Sister, it's not a way for you to run to your mother's house like this." My sister wiped a handful of tears and said, "I have been wronged, and if I don't go back to my parents' house to tell my brother and sister-in-law, who can I talk to?" ”

"Then tell me, how did my brother-in-law bully you again?"

The wife told the story that the slut had stolen her things, and that the husband had slapped her without asking any questions. The elder brother's name is He Yeqi, and he is the provincial record of the door. He was already dissatisfied with Yuan Junbaona's marriage to a concubine and snubbing his sister. But Yuan Junbao is the general of the left guard, and he is just a petty official from the seventh rank, what can he do if he is dissatisfied? I can only swallow my anger.

My sister wiped her tears and said, "If this continues, my husband will definitely divorce me and let that slut be the main house." ”

"How so?" He Yeqi asked casually.

"A few days ago, I heard outside the window that the husband said to the slut that Lonely Huaien will soon be the emperor, and then the husband will be the king, and the husband will make the slut the queen."

When He Yeqi heard this, he was taken aback, and glared: "Is this true?" Did he really say that? The younger sister nodded affirmatively and said, "I can hear it clearly, it's true!" He Yeqi pondered for a moment and said to his sister: "Then you can stay at your mother's house, don't go home yet." ”