In the spring of March, the cold winter is gone, the Central Plains presents a scene of recovery, the people who work hard in the fields are sowing the hope of the new year, and the cars and horses and businesses that were temporarily closed because of the poor road conditions in the cold winter have opened their doors and began to accept visitors from all over the world.

With the opening of all walks of life, the originally quiet official road gradually became lively, and the east and west markets of Chang'an City also opened for business.

Dongshi Wencheng firm, people who came to buy in the east market were surprised to find that the plaque of Wencheng firm had already taken on a new look at this time, and the two sides of the door were full of couplets, all of which were congratulatory messages to celebrate the opening, and Song Xin, the shopkeeper of the business, stood at the door early in the morning and waited quietly.

Seeing the scene of Wencheng firm, passers-by have stopped to watch, and those who are familiar with Song Xin went up to talk, and learned that Wencheng firm was reopened today after being closed for rectification, and Song Xin stood at the door waiting for a group of VIPs to arrive.

After a while, many people came in from the gates of the East City or horses or sedan chairs, all of them rushed in the direction of Wencheng business, came to the door of Wencheng business and quickly dismounted and got off the sedan chair, and came to Song Xin in turn to offer gifts and congratulations, including Song Xin knew and he didn't know.

Looking at the people who came to congratulate one by one, Song Xin knew that these people who didn't know must have been invited by the big shopkeeper, in view of the habit formed by ten years of business experience, Song Xin greeted and thanked them one by one with a smiling face, and then arranged for the guys in the store to lead the guests into the house to drink tea.

At this time, Song Xin looked at the direction of the gate of Dongshi outside the crowd, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "This big shopkeeper won't come today, right?" While he was thinking, he heard someone outside the crowd shouting: "Song Xuanji, the contemporary treasurer of the Lingnan Song family, came to congratulate him, and presented five hundred gold and five carriages. ”

The onlookers gave way to the side of the carriage when they heard this, only to see a few strong servants in front of the road, behind is an incomparably luxurious carriage, when the carriage arrived in front of the door of the business, a maid stepped forward, placed a step on the side of the carriage, and then the door opened, a fragrance spread out, different from the pungent fragrance, this aroma is like the fragrance of some plant, faint but evocative.

I saw a woman in white slowly walking down in the carriage, just looking at the figure will teach people to linger, but looking up is a face that captivates the country and the city, this woman's skin is better than snow, and her eyes are like a pool of clear water. When looking forward to it, he has an elegant and elegant temperament, which makes people feel ashamed of himself and dare not blaspheme. But that cold arrogance and agility are quite seductive, and people can't help but be haunted.

So much so that some people in the crowd couldn't help but praise: "Such a beautiful person is really rare in the world." ”

I saw this woman walk up to Song Xin, and the corner of her mouth hooked a pear vortex and said faintly: "I learned that Chang'an Wencheng business opened, I came to congratulate me, and I hope I don't blame the abrupt move." ”

Seeing this, Song Xin hurriedly stepped forward and gave a big gift and said: "I don't know if the big shopkeeper is coming, I miss the welcome, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

Song Xuanji waved her hand and said, "It's okay, the main master hasn't come yet, I'll go to drink tea first, and find someone to carry things in." With that, he walked towards the store.

As soon as the onlookers heard that this contemporary shopkeeper of the Lingnan Song family was also a person who stomped his feet and trembled three times in the business world, this was not the right master, so who was the right master? Thinking of the person who originally wanted to leave, they all dispelled their thoughts, and they wanted to see who this so-called master was.

Just as he was looking forward to it, he heard another shout from outside the crowd: "Princess Dingyang of the Tang Dynasty and Princess Huangyuan came to congratulate and rewarded ten jade ruyi and one thousand gold." ”

Suddenly, there was an exclamation from the crowd: "Oh my God, the two princesses came to congratulate them, is this the main master?" This Song shopkeeper is so good that he can even take the princess's way, admire and admire." ”

I saw Li Yuhu and Hua Ling'er coming to the door of Wencheng Business in the same carriage, Song Xin saw this and quickly greeted him, knelt in front of the carriage and said loudly: "Song Xin, a grass people, see the two princesses. Seeing this, everyone present hurriedly knelt down and said, "See Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

As soon as the words fell, a crisp voice came from inside the carriage and said: "Shopkeeper Song, folks, please get up quickly." ”

After everyone thanked them, they got up one after another, and at this time, Li Yuhu and Hua Ling'er walked out with the support of the maid, and said to Song Xin: "I wonder if Song Xuanji, the contemporary shopkeeper of the Song family in Lingnan, has arrived?"

"Her Royal Highness Princess Qiyu, the big shopkeeper has just arrived, and he is having tea in the house at this time. As soon as he heard the princess's question, Song Xin hurriedly lowered his head and said.

I only heard Li Yuhu smile and said, "Then our sisters won't stand in the way here, you can continue to wait." After speaking, he dragged Hua Ling'er to the store, and said excitedly as she walked: "Ling'er, let me tell you, once we were in Zhangye, you don't know Sister Xuanji's ......."

Hearing this, the crowd of onlookers was even more surprised, this princess is not the main master, so who is this main master? More observant people thought that the Lingnan Song family actually took the princess line, and it seems that the Song family may have to recreate the glory of the early Sui Dynasty in the future.

What's more, think more long-term, at that time, the four major valve families: the Li family, the Song family, the Yuwen family, the Dugu family, now the Li family has established the Tang Dynasty, the Song family and the Li family at this time set up a relationship, and the Yuwen family has long been exterminated by Dou Jiande, the remaining Dugu family shrinks under the rule of Luoyang Wang Shichong, if the Tang Dynasty completes the unification in the future, then the land of the world will belong to the Tang Dynasty, and the wealth will fall to the Song family, I feel a little chilling when I think about it.

While everyone was thinking, they only heard the crowd sing again: "The general of the Tang Hussars and the Duke of Qi, Chu Mofeng, came to congratulate and presented ten swords, ten swords, and ten horses to congratulate." ”

As soon as they heard Chu Mofeng coming, the young women in the crowd quickly tidied up their appearances and cheered excitedly, while the onlookers looked at Chu Mofeng with envious eyes, a young man can sit above ten thousand people under one person with his own strength, and he is really a winner in life.

I saw Chu Mofeng come to Song Xin with a few personal soldiers riding horses, turned over and dismounted and said: "I learned that the treasure of the Song shopkeeper opened today, Chu came to congratulate, and I hope that the Song shopkeeper will not dislike Chu's trouble." ”

Seeing this, Song Xin hurriedly smiled and said, "It is really an honor for General Chu to be able to come to the shop today, please invite General Chu to have tea inside." After saying that, he led out the imitation and walked to the store.

I saw Chu Mofeng smile and wave his hand and said, "I'm not busy, and the distinguished guest will be there soon, let's wait for him to talk." ”

Seeing this, Song Xin leaned to Chu Mofeng's side without a trace and whispered: "I said the big shopkeeper, today's battle is almost over, who else?"

I only heard Chu Mofeng say with a smile: "You can entertain the last one, this is a real distinguished guest, I finally invited you here." After speaking, he pointed to the crowd and said, "It's coming, go up and greet it." ”

Seeing Chu Mofeng's arrival, everyone suddenly realized in their hearts, it turned out that Song Xin not only caught the princess's line, but also had dealings with General Chu, this is really a person with a backstage, who knew that at this time, the crowd sang again: "The housekeeper of the Qin Wangfu was entrusted by His Royal Highness the King of Qin to come to congratulate, present a thousand gold, a box of jade, and give a plaque of 'Chang'an No. 1 Firm' in his own handwriting to congratulate him." ”

At this point, the crowd finally blew up, originally thought that it was really rare for Song Xin to catch up with Chu Mofeng's mansion, who knew that His Royal Highness the King of Qin actually appointed the housekeeper to come to congratulate, how many good deeds did Song Xin did in his previous life to get to this point?

And Song Xin had already stood on the spot, staring at the crowd in a daze without saying a word, until Chu Mofeng patted him from behind, then he came back to his senses, so he hurriedly greeted him, and said to the housekeeper of the Qin Palace: "Thank you for being here today, it's really an honor, please have tea in the house." ”

I saw that the housekeeper of King Qin's Mansion smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Song, the old man received a letter from His Royal Highness King Qin before he came, instructing the old man to leave after sending the congratulatory gift, and ask the shopkeeper Song to receive the plaque." After speaking, he motioned to the entourage behind him to come forward with a plaque covered with a red cloth, and motioned for Song Xin to uncover the red cloth.

Seeing this, Song Xin glanced back at Chu Mofeng, and after receiving the other party's approval, Song Xin stepped forward and pulled the red cloth covering the plaque vigorously, only to see the glittering six big characters of 'The First Business Name in the World' came into view, and the four big characters of 'Li Shimin's inscription' were written on the lower right.

Everyone present exclaimed at first sight, this Wencheng firm is lucky today, and a series of important people came to congratulate him, which made Wencheng firm famous in Chang'an City for a while.

After Song Xin took the plaque, the housekeeper of the Qin Palace's mansion happily retired after greeting Chu Mofeng. Seeing this, the two hurriedly walked towards the house, and when they walked into the house, they saw Xuanji, Li Yuhu and Hua Ling'er sitting at the top, and below were the people in charge of the major shops in Chang'an City.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng waved his hand, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then talked cordially with everyone......

At this time, Liu Wuzhou, who was far away in Mayi, couldn't hold back the restlessness in his heart, and began to dispatch troops to prepare to go south.

The Turkic Shibi Khan personally led a large army across the Yellow River to Xiazhou, and awarded 500 cavalry to Liu Wuzhou, who knew that Shibi Khan died of sudden illness on the way.

Li Yuan, who learned of this news, had just recovered from Li Yuanji's incident, and hurriedly ordered Gao Jing, the right military general who had previously sent an envoy to the Turks, to quickly send the gifts he was carrying to the Turks as a funeral time for the first Khan, and after the Turks received the gifts, they quickly withdrew their troops and returned in complete disregard of the opposition of Liang Shidu and Liu Wuzhou.

After hearing that the Turks had withdrawn their troops, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and began to curse Li Yuanji's matter.

It turned out that when he learned that the Turks, Liu Wuzhou, and Liang Shi were going to join forces to attack Taiyuan, Li Yuan hurriedly ordered Dou Dan, the supervisor of the palace, and Yu Wenxin, the general of the right guard, to assist Li Yuanji, the governor of Qi, to guard Jinyang.

After receiving the elimination, Chu Mofeng secretly summoned Yu Wenxin before leaving, and instructed him earnestly: "If Li Yuanji does not do his job properly in Jinyang, he must report to His Majesty quickly, so as not to lose the land of Longxing." Yu Wenxin knew what Chu Mofeng meant, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Because Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng, the four people who made Li Yuanji the most afraid, were not in Jinyang at the moment, Li Yuanji seemed to have become a tyrant in Jinyang, this son had an arrogant temperament and lived a luxurious life, with hundreds of slaves and concubines, and when they were bored, they liked to let them wear battle robes and play war games, and many people were killed and injured before and after, and Li Yuanji was also injured.

Yuanji's nurse Chen Shanyi tried hard to persuade him, but Yuanji was drunk and angry when he heard her words, and ordered Lux to kill Chen Shanyi.

Li Yuanji is very fond of hunting, and when Dou Dan arrived in Jinyang, the two quickly became embarrassed, trampling on the farmers' fields every day, and from time to time conniving at his subordinates to shoot pedestrians on the street for fun, and for a time the people in Jinyang City were boiling.

Seeing this, Yuwenxin persuaded him, but Li Yuanji not only turned a deaf ear, but also ordered someone to beat Yuwenxin, and in desperation, Yuwenxin was afraid that Jinyang would lose, so he simply reported it to Chu Mofeng secretly, and after Chu Mofeng received the news, he rushed to the palace to report Li Yuan.

Looking at Yu Wenxin's fold in front of him and the blood letters of the people of Jinyang, Li Yuan suddenly became angry, and said coldly: "Go, you personally lead the troops to Jinyang, and arrest that rebel son for me, as long as you don't kill him, you can dispose of it." ”

Chu Mofeng heard the words and took the order, and on the 22nd day of the second month of the leap month, Chu Mofeng led his own soldiers to pass Li Yuanji's will to dismiss Li Yuanji, and compensated the people of Jinyang for the losses, so the people of Jinyang praised Li Yuan.

After returning to Li Yuanji's residence, Chu Mofeng took Dou Dan back and escorted him to a secluded house in the backyard, no one knew what happened at that time, but after Chu Mofeng came out, Li Yuanji caught a glimpse of the blood stained on the corner of Chu Mo's windbreaker, and immediately trembled with fright.

I saw Chu Mofeng say coldly to Li Yuanji: "When Your Majesty raised troops from Jinyang, it was a mistake to keep you here, one of your two brothers worked hard to assist your father in Chang'an, and the other was guarding in Changchun Palace, everyone was working hard for the prosperous foundation of the Tang Dynasty, but you were making trouble in the rear." ”

Who knew that Li Yuanji stiffened his neck and said: "The surname is Chu, I am the prince, you are just a concubine, what qualifications do you have to arrest me? Why don't you release me quickly, lest I go back to Chang'an and tell my father that I have removed you from your official position." ”

As if hearing a big joke, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but laugh out loud, and the laughter continued, which made Li Yuanji slowly turn from disdain to horror at first, only to hear Chu Mofeng say: "You asked your father to remove my official?" To tell the truth, your father is reluctant to dismiss me first, before leaving, your father told me, as long as I don't kill you, let me deal with it, what do you think I should do?"

Hearing this, Li Yuanji said in horror: "What do you want to do? Don't forget that there is still Dou Dan, if you do something to me, Dou Dan will definitely tell my father." ”

I saw Chu Mofeng say to the soldiers present: "Go to the backyard to see if the fight is dead, drag me out if it is not dead, find a doctor for diagnosis and treatment, and after returning to Chang'an, throw it to his father Dou Kang, and say that it was beaten by Qi Guogong." ”

Immediately, two of the soldiers quickly ran to the backyard, and the moment they pushed the door of the house, a pungent smell of blood came to their faces, and the two were also veterans of the battlefield, and they almost wanted to be disgusted when they smelled the smell of the house at this time.

I saw a dying man covered in blood lying on his stomach inside the house, and the two of them helped this person up, but found that this person's limbs had already been broken, so they had no choice but to drag this person back to the front yard and throw him in front of Chu Mofeng.

Chu Mofeng just glanced coldly at the people on the ground, and said to Li Yuanji: "This is your good brother Dou Dan, do you think he still has the strength to denounce me?"

At this point, Li Yuanji was already at a loss for what to do, and begged for mercy at Chu Mofeng: "Good brother-in-law, just let me go, all the treasures in the mansion belong to you, and you can take away any of my concubines." ”

Chu Mofeng shook his head and said softly: "I'm still calling you Fourth Brother here, I don't want anything from you, because you made a big mistake this time, fortunately, Your Majesty dealt with it in a timely manner, otherwise once the people are in turmoil, the land of Longxing will not be guaranteed, and the national fortune will be lost, then you will be Your Majesty's father, and he will have to cut you to thank the world, in view of this, I must give you a punishment, and let you have a long memory, rest assured, it will not be like Dou Dan, after all, he is a foreign surname, and your surname is Li." ”

After speaking, he shouted to the soldiers in the house: "Hang our Royal Highness King Qi to the Dharma field in the city for me, and put it down after noon tomorrow, and then we will return to Chang'an." ”

When the soldiers heard this, they didn't dare to step forward, only to see Chu Mofeng's face cold and said: "Have you forgotten that as a soldier, the first priority is to obey orders, do you want to disobey orders? ”

Hearing this, these pro-soldiers quickly plugged Li Yuanji's mouth, dragged him to the law field in the city, and hung him high. After a day and a night of not getting a drop of water, Li Yuanji was already dizzy, and when he was put down at noon the next day, Li Yuanji was already unable to stand.

Chu Mofeng handed over the matter of Jinyang to Yu Wenxin to deal with, and he took Li Yuanji and Dou Dan back to Chang'an to report to Li Yuan.

Seeing Dou Dan's tragic situation, Dou Kang was immediately angry, and asked whose handwriting it was to send people away, and after being told that it was Qi Guogong who did it, Dou Kang suddenly shook his body, and Chu Mofeng's figure appeared in his mind, and then he trembled all over, and led Dou Dan back to the mansion without saying a word.

When she returned to the house, Dou Dan's mother saw her son's tragic condition, and hurriedly asked the reason for Dou Kang's incident, and after learning that it was Dou Dan's work in Jinyang, Dou Dan's mother said sharply: "Is there still a count of his surname Chu?

I only heard Dou Kang say angrily: "It's true that we are relatives of the emperor, don't forget, madam, people are His Majesty's favorite son-in-law, the entire Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses are controlled by him, the King of Qin is friendly with him, and all the generals in the court support him, speaking of people, they are more imperial relatives than the emperor's relatives, and besides, this time it was your son who caused the trouble, it would be good if they didn't beat him to death, besides, this matter was instructed by His Majesty, what do you let me do?"

After Dou Kang finished speaking, he looked coldly at Dou Dan lying on the bed, thinking that you bastard provoked no one, you have to provoke that kid, this beating is not only in vain, Lao Tzu also has to go into the palace to ask His Majesty for guilt, I really don't know what I Dou Kang did in my last life, giving birth to such a rebel as you.

At the same time that Dou Kang was slandering in the house, on the square outside the Taiji Hall of Taiji Palace, Li Yuanji knelt on the ground respectfully, and Li Yuan in front of him was holding a horse whip and was whipping one whip after another, with the sound of a whip, the clothes on Li Yuanji's body suddenly cracked everywhere, and Li Jiancheng on the side hurriedly stepped forward to beg for mercy when he saw this.

Who knew that Li Yuan pointed at Li Jiancheng and said coldly: "You don't have to beg for mercy for this rebel, if you also behave like this, I will kill you with my own hands, Chu Xiaozi has always emphasized the people's hearts and people's hearts in my ears, and those who win the hearts of the people win the world, this rebel almost ruined the people's hearts in Jinyang this time, that is where we started, the people of Jinyang City supported us so much, this rebel is good." ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuan angrily whipped a few more whips one after another, but he ran out of strength and threw away the horse whip in his hand, Li Yuan said to Li Jiancheng: "Find a room to lock up this rebel, and don't allow him to come out without my order, and give me a good time to think about it behind closed doors." After speaking, he turned around and left the square and walked towards the Taiji Hall.

It wasn't until the Turks retreated that Li Yuan's anger subsided a little. After Chu Mofeng returned to the mansion for a day, he entered the palace overnight for some reason, and the two discussed in the imperial study for two days in a row, during which Li Yuan stopped an early court for this, and it was not until the early morning of the third day that Chu Mofeng came out of the palace with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.

Immediately, the military headquarters began to issue a series of orders, ordering the defenders of all counties and counties to switch to a state of all-round defense, and in case of an enemy attack, they would defend the attack if it was light, and in case of a large-scale siege, they would be warned by beacon fire and wolf smoke.

During this period, Li Yuanji, who was not dead, hinted that the elders of the state went to the court to ask for his retention, and on the 15th day of March Jiashen, Li Yuanji was reappointed as the governor of the state.

On the 22nd of March, Liu Wuzhou attacked Bingzhou, and on the 25th of Jiawu, Wang Shichong sent his general Gaobi to invade Yizhou.

In April, Liu Wuzhou led the Turkic men and horses to camp in the Yellow Snake Ridge, and the momentum was very fierce, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, asked Zhang Da, the general of the chariot cavalry, to challenge with troops. Zhang Da excused himself and said that the troops were too small to go, and Li Yuanji forced him to send troops, and all the soldiers were killed when they arrived at the enemy camp. Zhang Da was immediately annoyed and angry, and led Liu Wuzhou to attack and capture Yuci on Gengzi Day (the second day of the first month). Chu Mofeng, who learned the news, wrote a handwritten letter to scold Li Yuanji.

Who knew that on Xin Chou Day (the third day of the Lunar New Year), Duan Qu, who went to Jutan to comfort Zhu Cang, insulted Zhu Cang while he was drunk, and said: "I heard that you love to eat human flesh, what is the taste of human flesh?"

Since Zhu Cang descended to the Tang Dynasty, he was very disgusted that others mentioned eating human flesh to him, and immediately replied: "Eating the meat of a drunkard is like eating pork with wine lees." ”

Duan Qu scolded angrily: "When a madman enters the court, he is just a slave leader, can he still eat human flesh?"

Zhu Cang was furious when he heard this, so he caught Duan Qu and dozens of followers during the banquet, cooked them all, and distributed them to the people around him, and then Zhu Cang slaughtered the people of Jutan and defected to Wang Shichong, who appointed him as the general of Long Xiang. And where the news reached Chu Mofeng, the angry Chu Mofeng first scolded Duan Qu on the street, and then issued a reward order to Zhu Cang through the Central Plains Jianghu, ordering anyone to take Zhu Can's head, recommend him to the court as an official and reward 100,000 yuan.

On the 25th of the Guihai Day (25th), the general under Chu Mofeng, the former assassin of Yizhou, Zhang Shanxiang, desperately resisted Wang Shichong's army in Yizhou for several days, and finally ended up with the city broken and died because the reinforcements did not arrive because of the exhaustion of grain and grass. Li Yuan was remorseful when he heard the news, so he gave Zhang Shanxiang's son the title of Duke of Xiangcheng County.

At this point, it was about to enter May, and in view of the successive beacons in March and April, Chu Mofeng asked Li Yuan for an order, and when the matter of Xiliang was calmed, the imperial court would immediately send troops to the Northern Expedition.

From March to this day, the Hu tribes in the Ganliang area attacked Li Rail as if they had collectively taken medicine, Li Rail had to send troops to meet the enemy everywhere, and gradually Li Rail's side showed a defeat, because Li Rail was already unpopular at this time, his generals were ready to move, and Li Rail had no choice but to hold on to the city.

After learning the news, An Xinggui quickly reported it to Chu Mofeng, and Chu Mofeng, who received the news, only replied to An Xinggui with one word 'anti', so An Xinggui announced: "The Tang Dynasty sent me to destroy Li Rail, and if you dare to help him, you will kill the three clans." "The people of the city rushed out of the city to Anxinggui.

Li Liang had nothing to do, so he and his wife and children boarded the Jade Girl Stage to drink goodbye. On the 13th of May Gengchen, An Xinggui caught Li Rail and reported to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yuan, who received the news, ordered An Xinggui to quickly escort Li Rail and a group of relatives to Chang'an.

Li Yuan, who was in a good mood, then appointed An Xinggui as the general of the right military candidate, Shangzhu Guo, and Liang Guogong, gave 10,000 pieces of silk, and appointed An Ren as the general of the left military candidate, and Shen Guogong. ordered him to be transferred to Chu Mofeng, and at the same time issued an edict announcing that the world would be crowned Chu Mofeng as the Duke of Qi.

After Li Shimin, who was stationed in Changchun Palace, learned the news, he was very excited, thinking that this kid had finally been promoted to the title of Duke of the Kingdom, and when he learned that many counties under the rule of the Tang Dynasty were attacked by Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others, Li Shimin was worried, so he personally sent a letter to Chu Mofeng in Chang'an.

After getting Li Shimin's handwritten letter, Chu Mofeng locked himself in the study, looked at the Central Plains territory hanging in front of him, and fell into deep thought......

There is a poem: "The king set the Central Plains Day in the north, and the family sacrifice did not forget to tell Naiweng." "Let's see Chu Mofeng dispatch troops again, one north and one east to resist the strong enemy, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......