Lonely Chunyan looked at Li Mi, who still had traces of sadness on her face, and said with concern: "Husband, do you have something on your mind?" Can you tell it to your wife? When Li Mi heard this, he quickly denied it: "No, no, no." Lonely Chunyan did not continue to ask, but picked up the piece of paper on the case, opened it and looked at it, then folded it and put it back in its place, and said, "Husband, I know that you are depressed for your wife." Husband, you were originally a powerful hero, but now you are not only sent under the fence, but also humiliated by the powerful people in the DPRK and China in every way. ”

Seeing that Li Mi was silent, Lonely Chunyan continued: "Although I am a woman's wife, I am also very clear about your current situation. Let's just talk about my cousin Li Yuan, how can he be worthy of you? Do you think that at the beginning, if you hadn't dragged down the army of the imperial court in Luoyang, he would have been able to take Chang'an so easily? It can be said that the country of the Tang Dynasty also has your share of credit. But what did Li Yuan do to you? Isn't the official position he has given you just an errand to serve people deliberately degrading and humiliating you? ”

Li Mi couldn't help but look at her in surprise when she heard Lonely Chunyan say this, and hesitated: "You... Aren't you Li Yuan's cousin? How do you say that? Lonely Chunyan's originally calm eyes suddenly surged with a layer of mist, and her voice was cold: "It's true that he is my cousin, but he is also my enemy!" When Li Mi heard this, he was surprised: "He is your enemy?" Lonely Chunyan nodded and said, "He killed my eldest brother." ”

"Huh? Who is your eldest brother? ”

"Lonely and thoughtful."

Li Mi thought about it and finally remembered. He had heard people say before that Lonely Huaien was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty, and was killed by Li Yuan for rebellion. He didn't expect that Lonely Chunyan turned out to be Lonely Huaien's sister. Li Mi had always thought that Lonely Chunyan was a nail arranged by Li Yuan by his side in order to monitor his every move. Therefore, Li Mi has never dared to open up to her. What he didn't expect was that Lonely Chunyan actually had a grudge against Li Yuan for killing his brother.

Li Mi was silent for a moment, and then said what was in his heart: "Madam, as a husband, I am indeed not very satisfied with the current situation. Not only me, but also my soldiers complained. I remember that when we first arrived in Guanzhong, the imperial court provided us with very poor supplies, my soldiers could not eat for several days, and some officials in power even blackmailed us. But then again, the emperor, the crown prince and the king of Chu are still good to me. ”

Lonely Chunyan snorted coldly and said, "It's their father and son who killed my eldest brother, and I have a grudge against them!" As soon as Li Mi raised his head, his eyes touched the cold eyes of Lonely Chunyan, and he was a little trembling in his heart, so he stopped squeaking.

Lao Yaling, Wagang Army Camp. Wang Bodang came back from outside, drove his horse into the gate of the camp, turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to his soldiers, and then walked towards the Chinese military tent. At this time, the grain officer walked over, hugged his fists and said, "Dashuai, I didn't get the grain." ”

"What's going on? Isn't there an approval? ”

"It doesn't work if there is an approval, the treasurer must seal it, and the granary will give the grain, but the treasurer will not give the seal."

When Wang Bodang heard this, he glared and said, "Why didn't he give a seal?" ”

"I didn't say why, I just didn't cover it."

Wang Bodang thought for a moment and said, "That's it, I'll go on a trip myself." After that, Wang Bodang immediately called a few personal soldiers, and together with the grain officer, rode towards Chang'an City.

The more than 20,000 horses that Li Mi brought to Guanzhong were divided into two groups, one was led by Wang Bodang and stationed in Laoyaling; The other was led by Gao Jifu and stationed in Huazhou, guarding the Changchun Palace with Li Xiaoji, the king of Yong'an.

The military camp was only thirty or forty miles away from Chang'an City, and Wang Bodang and his party quickly stepped up, and entered the city in less than half an hour, came to the Yamen of the Household Department, and found the treasurer. The treasurer was a middle-aged man, lean, like a salted fish. With a long and wrinkled face and a few whiskers under his chin, his dignity makes people know at a glance that this man is treacherous and mean.

Wang Bodang is a military man, he likes to speak straight and does not go around the corner. As soon as they met, he asked why the other party didn't give him a stamp. The treasurer lifted his eyelids and glanced at him, and said slowly: "There are countless people who come to me every day to stamp them, how can I stamp them all?" Who to cover and who not to cover, I have to weigh it, right? ”

"You-!" Wang Bodang was so choked that he couldn't speak.

The treasurer ignored him, picked up the teacup on the table, sipped the tea, and hummed a little song leisurely. Wang Bodang understood that this guy deliberately made things difficult, obviously to rip off the bamboo. However, this batch of grain is very important, and if it is not shipped back, his more than 10,000 brothers will run out of food. Thinking of this, Wang Bodang gritted his teeth, took out the only remaining gold bar on his body, and slapped it on the table with a "snap".

When the treasurer saw Huang Chengcheng's gold bar, his eyes immediately lit up, and he smiled: "It's been like this earlier, isn't it over?" After that, he grabbed the gold bar and put it in his sleeve, and stretched out his hand again and said, "Approval." ”

Wang Bodang hurriedly turned around and took the approval document from the grain official and handed it over. The treasurer took out the seal bowl and stamped it with a big vermilion seal.

Walking out of the yamen of the household department, Wang Bodang handed the approval document back to the grain official and said: "Hurry up and transport the grain back, otherwise, tomorrow the brothers will starve." The grain officer took the approval and said, "Yes." ”

Wang Bodang was in a bad mood and didn't want to go back to the barracks immediately, but wanted to talk to Li Mi. After he broke up with the grain officer, he took a few of his own soldiers to Li Mi's mansion.

Wang Bodang walked into the front hall and happened to meet the butler. The housekeeper didn't wait for him to ask, and said, "The master is in the back hall, and Mr. Jia is also there." Wang Bodang nodded, and came to the back hall with a familiar car. He walked into the room and took a look, only to see Li Mi sitting on an arhat bed, and a middle-aged man sitting on a horse stool opposite. The man was slender, with a fair face and a short beard under his chin, and looked like a Confucian scholar. His name is Jia Jifu, and he is a close confidant of Li Mi.

Wang Bodang walked over and hugged his fists and said, "My lord." Li Mi nodded and said, "You're here?" Have a seat. Wang Bodang moved a horse stool and sat down next to Jia Jifu.

Li Mi was complaining to Jia Jifu about the banquet in the Hall of Brightness that day, which greatly stimulated him. Li Mi has a long and noble status, when he first returned to the Tang Dynasty, he once said to his subordinates: "I have millions of troops, once I disarm and return to the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of cities east of the Kuoshan Mountain, know that I am here, if I send people to surrender, they will all come to Shun." Compared to Dou Ronglai, who took refuge in Emperor Guangwu, my credit is not small, can you not give me an important position? But the actual situation did not match his wishes, so Li Mi was inevitably disappointed and unbalanced.

Wang Bodang originally wanted to complain to Li Mi, but he didn't expect Li Mi's complaints to be even worse than him. After Li Mi finished speaking, Uncle Wang said: "Lord, we can't stay in this pass, and Datang doesn't treat us as its own people at all......"

They were talking when they suddenly heard someone arguing loudly in the front yard. After a while, the butler hurriedly walked in and reported: "Master, a group of officials have broken into the courtyard and claimed to search the mansion. When Li Mi heard this, he frowned and said, "Why are they searching the mansion?" ”

"Said it was to capture a thief."

Li Mi thought for a while, stood up and said, "Come with me and have a look." Wang Bodang and Jia Jifu followed Li Mi to the front yard, only to see more than a dozen soap officers with knives and sticks standing in the courtyard, and they were arguing with the servants. The housekeeper said loudly: "Don't make any noise, the master is here!" ”

Li Mi stood on the steps, his eyes swept over the soap li, and said, "Which of you is the leader?" A servant in his thirties stepped forward and said, "I am." ”

"Who are you? What do you want to come to my house? ”

"I'm waiting for Wannian County to arrest a thief, and someone saw him running into this mansion, so we have to search."

Wang Bodang, who was standing next to Li Mi, glared and said, "Bastard, this is Guangluqing's mansion, you dare to search it?" The squad leader glanced at him and said nonchalantly: "No one's mansion is good, it must be searched." ”

"Presumptuous!"

Jia Bofu waved his hand to Wang Bodang, then walked down the steps, came to the team leader, and said with a pleasant face: "Brother, we were all here just now, and we didn't see the thieves coming in." After that, he took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and handed it over, "You have worked hard, these ten taels of silver should be used to buy wine and drink for the brothers." ”

The head of the team took the silver, slapped it twice in his hand, and said, "This gentleman is quite good at doing things, okay, I'll buy you face and search elsewhere." With a wave of his hand, he led the officials away.

When the three of them walked to the back hall, Li Mi said: "Isn't this Chang'an City under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County?" Why do the servants of Wannian County also come here to run errands? Jia Jifu said: "The lord doesn't know, Chang'an City has a total of one hundred and eight squares, the east of Zhuque Street fifty-four squares are under the jurisdiction of Wannian County, and the west fifty-four squares are under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County. Li Mi listened, nodded and said, "I see." ”

Their conversation was interrupted by a group of officials who broke in, and after sitting down, Li Mi said: "Bodang is right, I don't want to stay in this pass any longer." I was going to play to Li Yuan, so I said that I would go to the east of Kunshan to subdue the old department. I told him that although many of my generals surrendered to Wang Shichong, they were not sincere, as long as I persuaded them, they would definitely switch to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yuan would definitely believe it when he heard it. As long as he lets us go, then we will fish into the rivers and birds into the mountains and forests. When Wang Bodang heard this, he said yes, and Jia Jifu also agreed.

"Why are you just thinking about running away?!" As soon as the words fell, Lonely Chunyan walked in.

When Wang Bodang and Jia Jifu saw each other, they stood up in fright. The two of them looked at Lonely Chunyan and then at Li Mi. Li Mi waved his hand to let them sit down, and said, "Madame has the same heart with us." She has a grudge against Li Yuan for killing her brother, and her brother is lonely Huaien. ”

Lonely and thinking about being punished for rebellion, Wang Bodang and Jia Jifu had heard about it, and when they heard it, they were relieved. After Wang Bodang and Jia Jifu sat down again, Li Mi looked at Lonely Chunyan and said, "Madam, if you have anything to say, just say it." Lonely Chunyan nodded and said, "Have you thought about it?" Even if Li Yuan lets you go, he won't let you take the army with him. Without the army, you will be under the fence wherever you go, so what's the difference between staying here and staying here? ”

Wang Bodang and Jia Bofu listened and nodded frequently, feeling that Lonely Chunyan was reasonable, and their faces became solemn. Li Mi frowned and said, "Then according to Madame's meaning, what should we do?" ”

"The only one in the Tang army who can fight is Li Shimin." Lonely Chunyan said, "But now he is attacking Xue Ju in Longxi, and the elite soldiers and strong generals of the Tang army have been taken away by him." Chang'an City is now empty of troops, why don't you take the opportunity to capture Chang'an City? As long as you capture Chang'an City, your old troops will definitely come to you, and you can make a comeback. When your power is strong, you will fight a decisive battle with Li Shimin, as long as you defeat Li Shimin, then the entire country of Datang will be yours! ”