At the gate of the royal mansion, Yuan Zai and Wang Yunxiu are standing under the eaves to welcome guests.

"Grandpa has always had a serious face, Yuan Lang Mo went to his heart."

Wang Yunxiu took advantage of the fact that the guests had not yet come, and comforted softly: "At least I understand that Yuan Lang has done nothing wrong."

Just now they mentioned that Yang Zhen sent an Anrenfang mansion, Wang Zhongsi was not very happy, thinking that if Yuan Zai did things out of public intentions or to protect his father-in-law, how could he receive a big gift, which shows that his heart is to drill camp for Yang Dang.

"It's okay, get used to it."

Yuan Zai smiled softly and said, "I can understand the feelings of my father-in-law, our methods in this matter are disgraceful. ”

"That also saved Grandpa's life." Wang Yunxiu had already heard Yuan Zai explain that if she didn't break with the prince, her grandfather would probably die. ”

"Yes, I'm a son-in-law, and I'm doing this for my father-in-law. But the father-in-law inevitably felt that Yang Dang had separated him from the prince in order to win him over. He is angry in his heart, and he can't lie to outsiders, right? Naturally, you can only rush at me, it doesn't matter, just be safe. ”

Seeing that Yuan Zai was so considerate, Wang Yunxiu couldn't help but say: "Then don't be angry with my grandfather, he is used to being a warlord, rude and domineering, and unreasonable." It's just that Uncle Guo is too expensive to send a mansion......"

"Yes, I swore that I would never let you suffer with me."

Yuan Zai's gentle gaze became firm, and he said: "And when Grandpa and Uncle Guo get closer, they are also soft on the saint."

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"But Grandpa will dislike you even more."

"Yun Niang, as long as you understand what everything I do is for, it's enough."

While talking, the guests came, the couple turned their heads to look, there were several people riding horses and braving the wind and snow, led by two beautiful bearded men, dignified appearance, majestic style, and the young people behind were all heroic, showing the demeanor of the famous family.

Such a group of people drove their horses across the alley, attracting women and girls of all ages on the other side of the long street to look sideways and Yuan Zai hurriedly greeted him, beckoning his subordinates to help lead the horses.

"The two Yan Gong are polite, Xue Lang quickly take someone in, it's cold outside, the etiquette is not good, and you will confess after entering the hall."

said that the etiquette was not careful, and he arranged the way when he spoke, and he was really a very capable person.

When everyone entered, Wang Zhongsi personally stepped forward and said: "Today, others avoid me as if avoiding disaster, and today it is difficult for the two Yan Gongs to come to visit, and when they are slightly cold and depressed, they will show their true liver and gall." ”

Talking about Hebei that night, Xue Bai said that he could introduce him to Yan Duqing, the judge of Hebei Yingtian, and he really brought someone here today.

Yan Guoqing was recommended by An Lushan and worked under him to meet Wang Zhonghe, for personal purposes.

Wang Zhongsi thought that he would not come, but he didn't expect to come, so he was very surprised.

I was very interested and inquired about some details, perhaps related to his next official position.

Everyone sat down in the hall and greeted each other a little, Wang Zhongsi asked some about the customs of Hebei, and Yan Zhenqing also treated Longyou to the end, mentioning that Wang Zhongsi's four towns and festivals may not be guaranteed, and everyone more or less expressed some worries about the situation in Hebei, but it was also over.

It was such a simple exchange that made Wang Zhongsi very interested.

At the end, he couldn't help but point at Xue Bai and said: "Gong Yan is a practical minister, but you only know how to save your life when you open your mouth, and you juniors should learn more from the teacher." ”

When he said this, he purely admired the Yan family's style, and then thought that he was involved in the whirlpool of conspiracy and couldn't get out, but he actually hated intrigue. Otherwise, Xue Bai could have scolded him for sparing his life and saving his life, but fortunately he had the teacher's guidance, otherwise he would have been designated as a treacherous minister.

Xue Bai has his own set of rules of conduct, he doesn't care about these words, and responds: "Yes, I am impetuous, and Yan Zhenqing shook his head when I heard a sentence from a long distance, but I don't know if it is a little useful in my heart." ”

"Old man doesn't mean you're not."

Wang Zhongsi sighed: "You helped Uncle Guo to try salt, popularize bamboo paper, and prevent troubles in border towns, and you can see that you have the ambition to serve the country, and it is precisely because of this that you are reminded not to drill too much." ”

Yuan Zai was quite moved when he saw that Wang Zhongji could finally see the good governance of the Yang Party, and subconsciously put on a sincere posture for the country and the people.

Xue Bai just responded politely: "I'm really too drilling." ”

He also saw Yuan Zaina's reaction with honor, but he felt that it was not necessary, how could Yang Dang have any ambition to serve the country, only the ambition to improve.

Although Wang Zhongsi spoke straight and loved to put on a face, he also saw the reactions of these two young people.

One has a stake, but he puts on the appearance of a righteous man and a gentleman; One has nothing to do with himself, but he helps out, but he does not hesitate to admit that he is impetuous, and he claims to be a treacherous minister.

If he didn't look at people like this, how could he listen to Xue Bai's advice?

After sending Xue Bai and the Yan family out of the door, Wang Zhongsi suddenly pulled Xue Bai's horse and looked at it, and said, "It's too fine, and the forage for feeding has to be dry." ”

"General Xie Wang mentioned."

"You don't have anything to say today?"

Both of them were calm, and they had been chatting until now, and they didn't mention the matter of the Hedong Jiedu envoy.

It wasn't until this last moment that Wang Zhongsi asked, after all, this matter was more important to him.

"General, don't worry." Xue Bai turned over and said in a low voice: "What we have to do now is wind and snow, wine and wealth."

"The old man won't."

"No, you have to know, learn slowly."

Xue Bai looked like a general giving orders to the soldiers, kicked the horse's belly, and followed Yan Duqing in front.

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Yan House.

"I'm about to go back to Hebei, and I'm really reluctant to you, especially Sanniang."

Yan Gaoqing's wife was born in the Qinghe Cui family, but her temperament is very supple. Today, the Yan brothers went out, and she stayed in the Yan Mansion of Changshoufang to talk to Wei Yun, as if she had something to ask.

"Sanniang is also at the age of marriage, what are your plans?"

"Although she is not young, but she is weak, how can she marry early?"

Wei Yun sighed, "We plan to stay at home for a few more years, so there's no hurry." ”

"Although there is no urgency, it is difficult to find a matching Ruyi Langjun." Cui Shi said: "If you miss it, you will let others rob it." ”

Wei Yun was stunned for a moment, looked into the eyes of her brother and sister-in-law, and suddenly understood.

"Sister-in-law mean?

"By the way, I heard that Xue Bai wants to take a concubine." Cui Shi didn't answer, but asked, "What's going on?" ”

What's the matter with a man's concubine, but after Wei Yun groaned slightly, he really answered why.

"Qinglan's original name was Huangfu Cao, and she was also a pitiful, her family committed a crime of rebellion and fell into slavery. She and Xue Bai still shared hardships, didn't Ah Lang say that Li Jingzhong, a close attendant of the East Palace, had committed a big crime yesterday?

At that time, it was this evil eunuch who buried them in the Cui clan after all, after all, he was from a prestigious family, listening to this story, he couldn't help but think about it a little more, and said: "In this way, Xue Xiaolang's ability is even greater than I thought?" ”

"This kid is indeed smart and capable, but when it comes to it, Sanniang has a big temper, and she is always big or small in front of her brother."

Wei Yun's words, Yan Yan can suppress Xue Bai.

Cui's eyes fell on the corners of her mouth with a slight smile, and he couldn't help asking, "What do you think?" ”

"It's my sister-in-law who mentioned it today, and I really didn't think about it before, and I saw them as brothers and sisters."

"You're too careless, you'll be a big girl in the future."

Cui Shi complained slightly, worried in her heart, she was about to go to Hebei with her husband, and the only one who couldn't rest assured was Yan Yan.

On this day, Yan Yan hid in the boudoir and sorted out the story draft, and when she arrived in the hall, she was held in Cui's arms.

"Our Sanniang has such a pair of parents who don't know anything, and I feel sorry for my eldest mother."

Yan Yan saw that she was really sad, and hurriedly comforted: "My mother is also my mother-in-law." ”

"Good boy."

Cui Shi was moved, thinking that Yan Zhenqing and his wife were unreliable, but she had to prepare early, so as not to miss this good daughter.

In the evening, when Yan Duqing and the others came back, the Cui family immediately recruited their two sons and asked, "What do you think of Xue Lang?" ”

"He's got a lot of ideas." Yan Quanming immediately sighed.

Cui Shi had no choice but to look at his youngest son and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"Xue Lang is sparse and free, with the style of Wei and Jin." Yan Jiming was very interested, and said: "I have never seen a character who seems to be well-behaved but is actually unruly. ”

"I didn't ask you about this, I asked about Sanniang."

"Didn't A-Niang think about it a long time ago? How can I ask a child? ”

said: "But these days in Chang'an, I have also heard about how he is romantic, and Mrs. Qiuguo...... And I'm going to take a concubine recently. ”

"I only heard that your thirteenth uncle accepted an apprentice, how good he is, and how good he is to Sanniang." Choi sighed.

"A-Niang's concern is here?"

Cui Shi then advised: "Before leaving Beijing, you should pay more attention to see how he behaves." ”

"What are Xue Lang's arrangements for tomorrow? How about reading and practicing calligraphy together? ”

I may be inconvenient tomorrow. ”

"Where are you going?"

Xue Bai saw that the Yan family brothers came back from the backyard, and he kept asking questions, a little puzzled, but fortunately, he didn't see much

Unremarkable, he replied: "Go to Yuzhenguan." ”

"Jade Zhenguan? Xue Lang used to have a female crown in contact, but he was vacant for Sanniang to see a doctor? ”

"That's not it, there's a friend who helped me polish some of the manuscript."

Yan Quanming and Yan Jiming glanced at each other, because they had no experience, they didn't know whether this was romantic or not.

"I see."

Yan Quanming thought about it, thought about it, and asked, "Xue Bai will have time the day after tomorrow, how about going to Pingkangfang to stay together?"

Xue Bai was not too surprised when he heard that sleeping with a prostitute was as simple as eating, so he shook his head and said, "It's not convenient to ask Mrs. Qiu Guo to take me to see me the day after tomorrow." ”

"It's okay, wait until you're empty."

"Unfortunately, I will have to take a concubine after that." Xue Bai refused solemnly, "I'm really flawless, the two brothers will go to the prostitution by themselves." ”

Yan Jiming's eyes rolled, and he felt that Yan Quanming, who was bent on going to prostitution, was even more amorous and lustful, and Xue Bai looked much more noble, but it was also very strange to have such an appearance.

Xue Bai was more willing to talk to them about some officialdom, stayed in the Yan family for a while, and found an opportunity to say to Yan Duqing: "If An Lushan asks the uncle what he is doing with Wang Zhongsi today, the uncle only needs to find out that Wang Zhongsi intends to protect the position of envoy of Hedong Jiedu." ”

"Thou, thou scheming."

"A few families are busy coming and going, aren't they just calculating this one Hedong?"

In the past, Xue Bai knew that Hedong was important, but after chatting at Wang Zhongsi's house today, Fang understood why Hedong was important.

The so-called Hedong is the place east of the Yellow River and west of the Taihang Mountains, including most of Shanxi in later generations, Shaanxi, Ningxia and part of Inner Mongolia. It is the land of Li Tang's dragon.

There is the Great Wall in the north, the Yellow River in the south, Taihang in the east, and the Gobi Desert in addition to the Yellow River in the west.

And because of the long-term war with foreign peoples, the people of Hedong are fierce, regardless of Hu and Han, women and teenagers can ride and shoot, and there are nine surnames of Zhaowu and Shatuo who are skilled in bows and horses in the territory, which is a very good source of soldiers.

Therefore, even if Wang Zhongsi only noticed An Lushan's restlessness slightly, he did not dare to let the Hedong Jiedu envoy out easily.

It is difficult to hold an official position, although Li Longji's suspicion of Wang Zhongsi has now disappeared, but in fact, he is still not worried about Wang Zhonghe's management of military power.

An Lushan only needs to let Wang Zhongsi leave office to win, and there will always be a way to get Hedong in his hands little by little in the future.

Xue Bai has been living a good life recently, he could have ignored this matter, but unfortunately he knew too much, if he didn't care, he would not sleep well.

Li Longji has been in a good mood in the past two days, and he will listen to An Lushan's work report every day.

In fact, he heard about the Khitan and Xi people about the same thing, but An Lushan could always flatter him and make him willing to summon him.

But on the other hand, Yang Zhao's reminder also had a slight impact.

On this day, when he was slightly drunk, Li Longji said with a joke: "Why is Hu'er still looking for an excuse to stay in Chang'an?" I really want to see me remove my son, so that I can make a position unsuccessful? ”

An Lushan was talking about the border situation in the hall, and his eyes widened innocently when he heard this.

"Or a town festival envoy? Hu Er can't do it, the sage Mingjian, Hu Er stayed in Chang'an for a while because he was sick. ”

"Oh? What's the disease?"

"Hu'er's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and the skin on his legs is rotten, and the doctor said that it was a sore, and he said that he had a thirst-quenching disease, and he stayed in Chang'an for treatment."

Speaking of this, An Lushan rarely became sad, and suddenly became a lot more solemn, and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the minister can only guard the border town for Your Majesty for ten more years, and I can't see Your Majesty and Tianqishou, so every time I go back to Chang'an, the minister wants to see Your Majesty more." ”

These words were extremely sincere, and Li Longji couldn't help but stand up and said, "Call the imperial doctor." Hu'er is still young, how can he say such depressing words? ”

Soon, the imperial doctor rushed to the palace, carefully inquired about An Lushan, and checked the sores on his legs.

"Hui saints, it is indeed a thirst-quenching disease, the so-called 'fat makes people hot inside, and the sweet ones make people full, so their qi overflows, and turns to quench thirst', thirst and illness for a long time, phlegm turbidity, blood stasis, hindering the flow of qi and blood, making the body lose nourishment, and the bigger the belly of Gu An Dafu, the skin sores."

Li Longji paced and said, "I am over sixty years old, and I have no symptoms, why is this so old for Hu'er?" ”

"Ordinary people are not as good as the dragon body of a saint."

"Be sure to treat Hu'er carefully and use the best medicine in the world. I still want to reuse him, how can I see that the hero is seriously ill and not see him. ”

"Yes."

On this day, when An Lushan retreated, Li Longji was still sighing, and said to Gao Lishi: "The general looks at Hu'er, and then looks at me, it's too far away." ”

"The saint learned the art of health preservation with Xuan Jing Zhenren, and lived with the sky, looking younger and younger day by day. The old slave has now taught a few small ones, and when the old slave is gone, he may serve the saints. ”

"Why is it that even General Gao is sad?" Li Longji patted Gao Lishi's shoulder to comfort him, but he was in a good mood.

He has rarely been diligent in government recently, and he summoned Li Linfu again on this day.

This time, Li Longji took a closer look and found that Li Linfu's eyes were swollen and his face was full of aging, which was far inferior to him.

At this time, thinking of Yang Zhao's words, he became more and more disapproving.

With a long-lived and wise king like him, how could he still worry about whether a Hu'er would also lead the festival?

In addition, Li Linfu knows that the prince is abolished or not, and it has little to do with him.

"Summoning Shilang today, I have read the latest battle report of Longyou. In the follow-up of Stone Castle City, Ge Shuhan handled it very well, and there was no mistake due to Wang Zhonghe's absence, even better than in the past. ”

"Yes, Wang Zhonghei is the righteous son of a saint, and it is inevitable that he will act a little stubbornly and have a lot of scruples; Ge Shuhan was born in Huren, brave by nature, and only knew how to be loyal to the saint, so he would fight wherever the saint pointed. ”

Li Linfu didn't completely say only Ge Shuhan's good words, the words changed, and he said: "Of course, the Hu people don't know the etiquette, every time Ge Shuhan wins a battle, he slaughters all the people in order to demonstrate deterrence, which hurts the peace of the heavens, so the number of enemies killed in the battle report is more than that killed by General Wang in the months of siege of the city........

Li Longji waved his hand, not thinking that this was a bad habit, but preferring this general.

In this comparison, he recalled the arrogance of Wang Zhonghe, the righteous son, who did not listen to the holy decree and did not attack or delay the attack on Shibao City.

"The war is over, summon Ge Shuhan, An Sishun and others to report their merits and sacrifice prisoners, so that I can see General Helong."

"Yes." Li Linfu saw that the time was almost up, and said: "The prestige of Wang Zhonghei is enough to serve as the secretary of the military department, and the sage only needs to ask the generals under his command to know, who does not respect him?" ”

It was precisely because he knew that the generals of the four towns all admired Wang Zhonghei, so he said this.

Sure enough, Li Longji's eyes flashed, and Wang Zhonghe's thoughts on the four towns were even more certain.