When Li Zhen returned to the mansion, it was already dark, and as soon as he walked up the steps, the eldest sister Li Quan greeted him and complained repeatedly: "You are finally back, you have guests, and you have been waiting for almost half an hour." ”

"Who is it?"

"You'll know when you go, go ahead!"

Li Quan grabbed Li Zhen and walked to the house, Li Zhen was confused, and when he entered the middle gate, Li Quan patted his head again, complaining to himself: "Look at my memory being eaten by dogs, I forgot to tell you such an important thing." ”

"Sister, what's the matter? ”

Li Quan pulled Li Zhen aside and laughed in a low voice: "You must be happy to be happy with the good news, this afternoon the housekeeper of the Di Mansion sent Ah Yan's wedding post, and they agreed to this marriage." ”

Li Zhen was immediately overjoyed, no wonder he hadn't seen Di Yan in the past two days, it turned out that he had successfully courted him.

At this time, Li Quan hurriedly waved his hand again, "Go see the guests first, and I'll tell you about this matter in detail when I get back." ”

Li Zhen was happy in his heart, and his steps were much brisker, all the way to the guest hall, only to see two middle-aged men sitting in the guest hall, one of whom Li Zhen was very familiar with, it was Zhang Li's father Zhang Ting, I saw him smile all over his face, stood up and said with a smile: "Congratulations to General Li for his promotion." ”

"Uncle has won the prize. ”

Li Zhen saluted, and his eyes fell on another person next to him, this person just turned around, Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, this person turned out to be Wang Xiaojie, who was kind to him when he was in Dunhuang, Li Zhen hurriedly bowed and saluted, "It turned out to be Mr. Wang, Li Zhen made Mr. Wang wait for a long time." ”

Wang Xiaojie smiled slightly, "If you can see General Li, what if you wait another hour?"

Li Zhen was ashamed in his heart, and hurriedly invited the two to sit down, at this time, while the maid served them tea, Li Zhen smiled at Zhang Ting and said: "I heard Zhang Li say that my uncle has been promoted to the deputy head of Yumen Road, congratulations to my uncle." ”

Zhang Ting smiled, "Speaking of which, I should still thank General Li, General Li overthrew Xue Huaiyi, and the forces he planted in the camp of the Longyou Dao Governor have all fallen, and those of us who were suppressed by Xue Huaiyi will have a bright future." ”

Li Zhen was a little embarrassed, and asked again, "How long is my uncle going to stay in the capital?"

"This time I came to the military department to perform my duties, and I will go to Jiuquan to take up my post tomorrow morning, and I plan to leave tomorrow morning, so I came to see you today, and it happened that Xiaojie was also there, so I pulled him along. ”

Li Zhen asked Wang Xiaojie curiously: "I heard that the chief manager is fighting against the Turks in Longyou, is this time to come to the capital to report on his work?"

Wang Xiaojie smiled, "It seems that General Li's news is indeed not sharp enough, I originally came to the capital to report on my work, but this afternoon there was a new appointment, I will be the head of the Qingbian Road march, leading 100,000 troops to support Liaodong, General Li has not heard of it at all?"

Li Zhen suddenly understood in his heart that this must be Li Quanzhong being poisoned, and the saint had already understood that the Khitan would rebel again, so he took precautions and made the decision to support Liaodong, which was definitely a wise move.

"I really haven't heard of it, is it because of the case of Li Quanzhong being poisoned, and the saint is worried that the Khitan will rebel again, so he has to prepare?"

"Exactly!"

Wang Xiaojie nodded and said: "The Holy Lord sent two armies this time, I led 100,000 troops as the front army, first to support Liaodong, I heard that Wu Yizong, the general of Jin Wuwei, was appointed as the chief of the Divine Soldier Dao, he was the rear army, and he also led 100,000 troops to enter Hebei, but to be honest, I have not fought with the Khitans, and I don't have a bottom in my heart." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaojie sighed softly, in fact, he didn't want to lead his troops to Liaodong, he felt that now was the opportunity to attack the Turks, how could he not disobey the holy order, he had to go again.

At this time, Zhang Ting next to him smiled and said: "Let's not talk about these heavy topics, let's talk about General Li! Xiaojie was very surprised and very happy when he heard that General Li had soared all the way, and he said that he had not misjudged anyone, and General Li was indeed a pillar of my Tang Dynasty." ”

"The two elders have won the award, and the younger ones are just lucky and promoted, not to mention the talents of the pillars, the two elders are the pillars of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Wang Xiaojie also said with a lot of feelings: "You don't have to be modest, in fact, when you tried to compete in Dunhuang Township, I knew that you would definitely be able to win the martial champion, at that time, I had selfish intentions, and I hoped that the Ministry of War would assign you to my account as a general, but God's will! If you are under my account, now you are at most a captain, then like now, you have been named a marquis, a general, and you have been promoted much faster than I was back then, and only in the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty will there be this kind of opportunity." ”

Li Zhen nodded and said with a smile: "So I said that it is a kind of luck and is favored by the saint, but I am thinking, if I also follow Chief Wang to Liaodong this time, will I also go one step further and be crowned the prince of the country?"

Zhang Ting and Wang Xiaojie glanced at each other and laughed together, Wang Xiaojie waved his hand and said: "No, the eldest sister said, you are about to get married, I don't dare to delay your lifelong event, and when I return triumphantly, I will send you a heavy wedding, this time I owe it first, but don't forget to leave me a glass of your wedding wine." ”

Li Zhen nodded solemnly, "Not only the wine, but also the celebration wine for the chief manager!"

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At the same time that Wang Xiaojie went to visit Li Zhen, a guest also came to Wu Sansi's mansion, this person was named Su Honghui, Wang Xiaojie's general.

Su Honghui is a native of Chang'an, about 50 years old, he is the same as Wang Xiaojie, he has been a general in Longyou for a long time, when Xue Huaiyi served as the general manager of Longyou Road, he took refuge in Xue Huaiyi in order to seek promotion, became Xue Huaiyi's henchman, and was named the governor of Liangzhou and General Zuo Yulin.

But with the fall of Xue Huaiyi, Su Honghui was also cleaned up and removed from the post of governor of Liangzhou, which really made Su Honghui feel panicked, in order to keep his career, he took refuge in Wu Sansi, which kept the position of General Zuo Yulin.

And at the beginning of the year, he lost the battle with the Tubo, Wang Xiaojie was dismissed, but Su Honghui was preserved because of the background of Wu Sansi, and was promoted to the envoy of Longyou Tuntian, this time Wang Xiaojie was transferred to defend the Khitan, and he was also appointed as Wang Xiaojie's deputy general, ready to go to Liaodong together.

In the guest hall, Wu Sansi listened to Su Honghui's report with a smile on his face, he was not interested in how Su Honghui fought against the Turks in Longyou, he was just more interested in Su Honghui, Wu Sansi wanted to seek the position of the crown prince, then he had to get strong support from the military, or he had to insert his henchmen in the military hierarchy.

This Su Honghui is one of his alternate henchmen, compared with other Wu disciples who have no foundation and connections in the military, this Su Honghui has outstanding military achievements, has been in the army for 30 years, and far surpasses Wu Youyi, Wu Yizong and others in terms of connections and qualifications in the army, and is the henchman that Wu Sansi urgently needs.

However, Su Honghui has followed Wang Xiaojie for many years, and Wang Xiaojie is a supporter of Li Xian, although Su Honghui has taken refuge in himself, but it is also because he mistakenly got on Xue Huaiyi's ship, and the choice he made in order to protect himself is not known, so Wu Sansi is not too worried about him, and he needs to test him again, and he can only be listed as his henchman after passing the test.

Wu Sansi smiled and said: "This time I went north to defend the Khitan, and the saint actually deployed two lines, Wang Xiaojie is one line, and there is also Wu Yizong, the general of Jin Wuwei, is the other line, if the Khitan really rebels, then Wang Xiaojie and Wu Yizong will go to Liaodong to quell the chaos, but in the end, the credit can only be received by one person, do you understand what I mean?"

Su Honghui nodded silently, "What the prince means is that the credit must be received by General Wuda, right?"

Wu Sansi laughed, "It seems that you are an understanding person, and that's exactly what I mean." ”

"But"

Su Honghui pondered and said: "General Wang has an upright personality and military law, I am afraid he will not easily agree to give the credit to General Wu." ”

"Yes, of course I know he won't, so I want you to do this a favor, and with you, I think it can be done." ”

Su Honghui bowed his head and was silent, how could he do it?

Wu Sansi walked up to him and patted him lightly on the shoulder, "General Su, I can promise you that if you can do this, you will be the general of the Zuo Yulin Army." ”

Su Honghui's eyes suddenly lit up, the position of general of Zuo Yulin's army has been empty for half a year, countless people want to get this position, if he can get this military position, then even if he can get this military position, then even if he gets out, he will no longer have to be a deputy general with others, and the next time he goes out to fight, he will also be the chief manager, thinking of this, Su Honghui couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said: "The last general is willing to serve the prince!"

Wu Sansi squinted and laughed, "Okay, I'll see your performance." ”

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The next day, Wang Xiaojie led an army of 100,000 to Liaodong, and Luoyang City returned to its former calm.

For Li Zhen, although he did not have the opportunity to go to Liaodong, he did not regret it, because he would also face a major event in his life, Di Renjie finally agreed to the Li family's marriage proposal and decided to marry his daughter Di Yanxu to Li Zhen.

Mrs. Di sent someone to Li Quan to send her daughter Di Yan's marriage certificate, generally speaking, as long as the woman sent the marriage letter, Najib passed, and the two families officially decided to get married.

The next is to pay for the levy and the invitation period, the so-called levy is to give a dowry, generally to give money or other valuables, such as silk, gold and silver, etc., as well as pigs, sheep, rice, cloth and other daily necessities, but also as a dowry gift to the woman's home.

The amount of dowry is not necessarily, large families should pay attention to face, and the gifts are relatively heavy, while ordinary families are within 100, and people who love their daughters will also take these expensive dowries as the bride's dowry and bring them back to their husbands' families.

Li Zhen gave ten pearls and three hundred taels of gold as a dowry, which were all valuable things that Wu Zetian gave him, and the next morning, Li Quan personally sent them to Di's mansion.

In the inner hall of Di's house, Mrs. Di warmly received Li Quan, the two guests sat down, Mrs. Di said euphemistically: "My lord has always disapproved of the style of marrying, especially as a prime minister, but also to lead by example, he hopes that this wedding can be simple, lively can, but don't show off luxury, so we accepted the ordinary dowry, but the pearl and gold still can't be wanted, please Sister Quan can understand my master's painstaking efforts." ”

This was a bit unexpected by Li Quan, she was also worried that Di Renjie was a prime minister, and there were too few pearls and gold to take it, but people didn't want valuables, which made Li Quan a little embarrassed.

Li Quan smiled reluctantly: "After all, it is a lifelong event, if there is no financial gift, it will seem unkind, Madame, let's accept it! This is also our sincerity in marrying Miss Yan." ”

Mrs. Di thought for a while and said: "I fully understand the sincerity of Sister Quan, so it's better to do this! The pearl has auspicious meaning, we will accept it, but the gold cannot be accepted, and the master will not agree, so I still ask Sister Quan to understand." ”

The other party insisted again and again, and Li Quan had no choice but to agree, at this time, Mrs. Di smiled again: "The next step is to ask for a date, we checked the auspicious day, the first day of the next month is a good day to get married, and the fifteenth day of the next month is also a good day, which day does Sister Quan think is more appropriate?"

The invitation period, that is, the date of the wedding, this time is agreed by both parties, mainly to consider the time to prepare for the wedding, Li Quan thought for a while and said: "Today is already seventeen, if it is set on the first day of the next month, there are only thirteen days, does Mrs. think it is too late?"

Mrs. Di also smiled: "If the wedding is simple, in fact, it is too late to prepare, the key is that some relatives have to come from their hometown, and the time of ten days is indeed a bit rushed, since it is a big event in a lifetime, it is better to be well prepared, I think it is more appropriate to be fifteenth next month, what does Sister Quan mean?"

Li Quan also had to rush back to Chang'an to deal with some things and arrange business, but it was too late for more than ten days, and a month was just enough, so she smiled happily: "I also think that the first day of next month is a little hasty, let's go on the fifteenth of next month! ”

Mrs. Di nodded, "Then it's set, the wedding date is set for the fifteenth of next month." ”

After consultation, Li Quan and Mrs. Di set the time for welcoming the marriage a month later, that is, in mid-November, Di Yan will officially get married.