Time flies, five years have passed in a flash, the government and the opposition have been calm and calm in the past five years, although Li Wu has a secret fight from time to time, it has not affected the other party's basic disk, and the two sides maintain a dynamic balance, which is also the result that Wu Zetian is looking forward to.

However, Empress Wu Zetian seems to be a little late, she is completely indulged in the absurdity with the two Zhang, the power of the Zhang brothers is becoming more and more monstrous, Wu Zetian created the Crane Mansion for the Zhang brothers, nominally a place for research and learning, but in fact it has become the center of the second imperial court, all the instructions and wills of Wu Zetian are issued by the Crane Mansion, due to the weakening of the power of the Crane Mansion, the Crane Mansion and the Political Affairs Hall gradually formed a confrontation.

However, Chang'an is very calm, perhaps because it is far away from the imperial court, Zhang Changzong's hatred for Li Zhen has gradually faded, and they forget each other in the rivers and lakes.

However, Li Zhen's family has changed a lot, five years ago, Di Yan gave birth to a son and a daughter to him, Wang Qingyu also gave birth to a son three years ago, and Li Zhen has become the father of three children.

In the evening of this day, Li Zhen returned home from the official office as usual, and as soon as she entered the house, her youngest daughter Li Hui ran out as if in a gust of wind, shouting in a coquettish voice: "Daddy!"

Li Hui is only three years old this year, half a year younger than the second son Li Yanzhu, Li Zhen loves this little daughter the most, he squatted down, hugged his daughter, laughed, stabbed her little face with a short stubble, and asked, "The little guy is naughty again today?"

"Hui'er is very well-behaved and not naughty, my brother is very naughty and was spanked by his mother. ”

"Which brother is naughty?" Li Zhen asked with a smile.

"Both brothers are naughty. ”

Li Zhen kissed her again, walked into the inner house with her daughter in her arms, Di Yan greeted her with a smile, "The husband is back." ”

"Well, I'm a little tired after a day of running today. ”

Di Yan took her daughter over and said with a smile: "Husband, go to the study to rest for a while, I'll prepare dinner, and let Whisper pour you a cup of tea later." ”

Li Zhen returned to his study and sat down, lying down weakly, today he went to several military camps to inspect the training of recruits, and ran more than 100 miles, which really exhausted him.

After a while, Wang Qingyu came in with a cup of ginseng tea, pursed his lips and smiled: "The husband seems to be very tired!"

Li Zhen took a sip of ginseng tea and said: "Today I went to Bashang, and then I went to Xianyang, and after running for a day, I was so tired that I couldn't straighten my waist." ”

"Sister Yan and I also went to see my eldest sister's new store this morning, and it was really magnificent. ”

Li Quan's business is getting bigger and bigger, not only the largest wine merchant and Hu powder merchant in Chang'an, but also began to get involved in the restaurant last year, and has acquired more than a dozen wine shops in Chang'an, Luoyang and Chengdu, and has just recently built a restaurant covering an area of ten acres next to the gate of the West Market, which is four stories high, and has more than a dozen small courtyards, called Jiuquan Building, which has become one of the three major wine shops in Chang'an.

"Oh!"

Li Zhen was not interested in her eldest sister's business, so she agreed casually, and asked with a smile: "I heard Hui'er say that her two brothers were spanked, what's the matter?"

"Hey, the two little guys are too naughty, playing tricks on Steward Lin, while Steward Lin was having lunch, one led Steward Lin away, and the other secretly mixed sand in his rice bowl, just when Sister Yan saw it, she couldn't get angry and taught them a hard lesson. ”

Li Zhen laughed dumbly, are his two sons so naughty?

"And now?" asked Li Zhen again.

"Sister Yan punished them to write, each of them wrote 500 words, and it is estimated that they are still writing with tears in their eyes!"

Li Zhen originally wanted to plead for his son, but after a change of thought, he felt that this was fine, if they were not strictly controlled, the two of them would become mosquitoes and flies when they grew up.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, followed by a maid report: "Master, the eldest lady is in a hurry, it seems that someone is coming from the capital." ”

"I know, I'll go right away. ”

Li Zhen stood up, hugged Wang Qingyu tightly, and kissed her red lips, the two laughed a few words, and Li Zhen walked quickly to the outer house.

As soon as he walked to the middle hall, he happened to meet Di Yan who came in a hurry, Li Zhen saw that her face was full of anxiety, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Di Yan's eyes suddenly turned red, and she threw herself into Li Zhen's arms and cried: "Grandmother is dying, if you want to see me one last time, I have to go back immediately." ”

Li Zhen was shocked, Di Yan's grandmother almost died two years ago, and was later rescued, at that time, the imperial doctor said that the old man had two or three years at most, and he was really right, he thought about it and said: "I happen to be going back to Luoyang to report on work, why don't we go together and go back with the whole family." ”

Li Zhen plans to return to Luoyang in half a month to report on his work, and since his grandmother is no longer good, he will simply go back with the whole family.

Di Yan blushed and nodded, "I'm packing up now, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning." ”

"No problem!"

Li Zhen thought that he still had something to explain to Zhang, so he didn't bother to eat dinner, and hurried out to Zhang's mansion.

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Although five years have passed, there is basically no change in Luoyang, ordinary people are busy to support their families and earn money, and officials are exhausted for promotion, every day is the same, although five years have passed, everything seems to happen as if it happened yesterday.

However, during this time, there were still some subtle changes in the court situation, after Su Wei died, Wu Youning served as the prime minister, and at the same time, the post of Xijing was given to Li Zhen, which was a balance, and Wu Youning belonged to the moderate faction of the Wu family because of Princess Taiping, and everyone could accept it, so in the end, Di Renjie and Lou Shide silently accepted the reality of the Wu family's prime minister.

Another reason is that the struggle between the Crane Mansion and the Government Hall is becoming more and more intense, and if the dispute between Li Wu is a deep-seated struggle, then the struggle between the Crane Control Mansion and the Government Hall has surfaced on the surface, and it has become open and white-hot.

If Wu Youning joins the political hall, a part of the forces of the martial arts family will also join the side of Xiangguo, which is also the result that Di Renjie is willing to see, it is all kinds of considerations, Di Renjie did not fiercely oppose Wu Youning entering the prime minister in the end, and Su Wei himself is an ambiguous person, and he has no status in the political hall, and the moderate Wu Youning replaces him, which has little impact on the balance of power in the political hall.

In the study, Di Renjie was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, looking preoccupied, although his mother's aggravation of his illness gave him a lot of pressure, and more importantly, the situation in the court was developing in a direction that was not favorable to him.

He got the news yesterday that the saint was already thinking about establishing martial arts as his heir, if the saint still had enough wisdom in the past, but in the past two days, her state has declined significantly, and she has made a lot of tricks to establish the Crane Control Mansion, so that the two unlearned and unskilled bastards can hold the power.

And Wu Sansi tried his best to curry favor with Zhang Yizhi, under the wind blowing on the pillow of Erzhang, the saint actually began to consider Liwu Sansi as the crown prince, once this matter really becomes a reality, the Tang Dynasty will face drastic changes that the sky will collapse, and the civil war will inevitably break out.

Di Renjie was extremely worried, he must prevent the outbreak of the civil war, to prevent Wu Sansi from ascending to the throne, Di Renjie also felt that he was powerless, he urgently needed help, and first thought of his son-in-law Li Zhen, if he was in the capital, he might be able to help him reverse the situation.

At this moment, Di Renjie was looking forward to Li Zhen's arrival, at this time, Mrs. Di walked into the room with a cup of tea ginseng, she put the ginseng tea on the table, and said softly: "Master, take a rest!"

Di Renjie knew that his wife was very tired from taking care of his mother's condition, so he held his wife's hand and sat down and asked, "How is my mother?"

Mrs. Di shook her head, "The situation is very bad, the imperial doctor said that it is only a few days at most, and my mother has been holding on, probably just wanting to see Ah Yan one last time." ”

"Is there any news from Ah Yan?" Di Renjie sighed and asked again.

"Although there is no news yet, but in terms of time, they should rush to the capital in the next two days, so wait! By the way, Da Lang will be back tomorrow morning. ”

Di Renjie was really sad in his heart, he smiled reluctantly, and said apologetically to his wife: "I have been busy with government affairs in the past two days, so I will ask Mrs. to take care of my mother's condition." ”

"Don't worry, sir! The main thing is that the master himself also pays attention to his body. ”

"I know! ”

At this moment, I heard a rush of running outside, and the housekeeper said excitedly outside the door: "Master, uncle, they have arrived, and they are outside the gate of the house." ”

Di Renjie stood up suddenly, he was overjoyed, and said to his wife in a loud voice: "Hurry, hurry, let's get out quickly." ”

Mrs. Di was also very happy, and without waiting for her husband's instructions, she went out first, Di Renjie put on a dress, and hurriedly walked outside the mansion.

Outside the gate of Di's mansion, Li Zhen's family arrived in three carriages, and Di Guangyuan's family, the second son of Chang'an County, also came back with them, and there were five or six carriages parked outside, as well as dozens of personal guard cavalry.

Di Renjie and his wife came out of the house quickly, Li Zhen stepped forward to greet his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Di Yan cried with joy and hugged his mother.

Wang Qingyu returned to Di Mansion with Di Yan the year before last, and her gentleness and kindness also won the love of Di Renjie and his wife, and repeatedly told Di Yan to treat each other politely.

Di Renjie picked up the two grandsons, and Mrs. Di also picked up the granddaughters, both of them were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together, at this time, Di Yan asked in a low voice, "How is the grandmother?"

A sentence reminded Di Renjie, and he hurriedly said to his wife: "Madame took them to see grandmother." ”

Mrs. Di whispered: "Mother has already fallen asleep, it's not easy to disturb, it's too late to see it tomorrow, I'll go and arrange their room first." ”

Mrs. Di beckoned to Di Yan and Di Guangyuan, and said with a smile: "Everyone bring the children with me!"

Di Yan pulled the king and whispered, the two took the child and followed the mother, Di Guangyuan took his wife and daughter to follow the mother into the house, at this time Di Renjie said to Li Zhen: "The virtuous son-in-law comes to my study, I have something to say to you." ”

Li Zhen explained a few words to the soldiers and asked them to follow the housekeeper to rest and eat, and then he followed Di Renjie to the study.

In the study, Di Renjie invited Li Zhen to sit down, and said with a smile: "I have read your work report, and you did a good job last year, and it was not smooth to recruit Long March athletes to go to the Western Regions to reclaim the border, but Guanzhong did the best, completing the plan a month ahead of schedule, and the saint was full of praise for you." ”

Li Zhen bowed and said with a smile: "Actually, going to the Western Regions is mainly psychological resistance, feeling far away from home and relatives, but I think as long as the benefits are enough, and give them hope to come back, I think everyone is willing, in fact, I have done a good job in these two items, so I can use them successfully." ”

"If they are allowed to come back, then what's the point of going to the Western Regions?" Di Renjie asked with a smile.

Li Zhen smiled slightly, "This is a hope, in fact, when they have a family business in the Western Regions, and adapt to the life in the Western Regions, I am afraid that they will not easily leave their family business and come back, everyone will settle accounts, except for being far away from their hometown, everything else is better than their hometown, who will leave their family business and run back to endure hardships? So they were promised to come back, just to give them psychological comfort now, in order to make them willing to go to the frontier." ”

"That's right, that's the reason, Guanzhong's experience can be replicated in other states and counties. ”

At this time, Li Zhen asked again: "I don't know what the situation in the imperial court is now?"