At the beginning of the founding of the Great Xia Kingdom, the territory was relatively narrow, with the Hu people raging in the north and the barbarians in the south.

Today's Northwest Road and Xingqing Mansion were all within the scope of the Hu people's iron cavalry at that time.

In order to prevent the Hu people from plundering in the south, Daxia Taizu successively deployed heavy troops in the military towns of Datong and Shuozhou.

In order to ensure the logistics supply of the front line, the Great Xia Taizu issued a holy decree to expand Taiyuan, using the Xiongcheng Taiyuan as a transit station for military supplies, and mobilizing 200,000 people to maintain the operation of materials.

In less than three years, Taiyuan once became one of the most prosperous places in the north.

Later, Taizong of Great Xia succeeded to the throne, changed the defense to attack, and led the army to the north many times, and expanded to the northwest one after another.

The front line slowly moved north from Shuozhou in Datong and eventually moved to the Jiuyuan area.

Correspondingly, Yuguan in the northwest province and Gyeongju in Xingqing Province replaced Taiyuan City as the new supply base.

Interestingly, the military status of Taiyuan City no longer existed, but attracted a large number of caravans to stay, and the trading houses, wine shops, and hook bars were full of them, and the economic prosperity did not decrease but increased.

Pei Zheng rode his horse and walked on the street, looking around, there was almost no snow on the ground, and the streets were still full of cars and horses, and the voices of people were full of people, and they were not affected by the cold weather at all.

From the moment he entered the city, Wen Feng took the "Prince of the Prairie King" to sit in the carriage arranged by the Li family.

More than a dozen Li family guards who faintly made Pei Zheng feel dangerous surrounded the carriage in the middle, and passed through most of Taiyuan City unimpeded all the way to the Li Mansion in the middle of the city.

It is said that it is the Li Mansion, and the plaque hanging on the gate is actually the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.

Li Jiaxing was prominent in the former dynasty, illustrious for more than 400 years, and had a total of two prime ministers, seven princes, and six scholars, and belonged to one of the top families in the world.

The Marquis of Dingyuan is the title of the Taizu of the Great Xia Dynasty, which is hereditary and continues to this day.

It is rumored that the Li family has a family of thousands of wealth, thousands of hectares of fertile land, tens of thousands of servants, and countless martial arts powerhouses in the clan, just like a prince.

In Jinju, from the history of assassination downwards, they have to respect the Li family for three points.

Along the way, Pei Zheng saw the picture of pedestrians on the road avoiding the Li family's convoy one after another, lest he avoid it, so he could only sigh silently, the rumors were true.

"Squeak~"

When the carriage first arrived at the gate of the Li Mansion, the side gate of the Li Mansion opened.

A middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper came to the carriage with a few strong servants, bowed down and saluted: "Little Li He, as the second housekeeper of the Li Mansion, is ordered by my master to welcome the prince of the grassland, Wen Shilang, and General Lin into the mansion. ”

Seeing this, an intriguing look appeared on Pei Zheng's face.

As a big family, the Li family pays the most attention to red tape, the distinguished guests open the main door, the host personally goes out to greet each other, the general guests open the door, and the housekeeper greets each other.

At present, the housekeeper opened the door to greet Wen Feng, obviously not taking his identity as a waiter of the Ministry of Rites and the chief envoy of the mission in his eyes.

I really don't know if Wen Feng will be annoyed and angry in the face of this situation?

However, the result was far from what Pei Zheng thought.

Wen Feng lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, and by the way, he took the "Grassland King Prince" down and held it in his hand, and said in a flat tone: "There is Steward Lao Li leading the way." ”

Pei Zheng smiled when he heard this, and scolded secretly: Bullying the soft and afraid of the hard dog thing.

Li He smiled and stretched out his hand to signal: "Lord Wen is polite, please inside." ”

Wen Feng took the prince of the grassland and quietly stepped into the Li Mansion.

Lin Xing got off the horse, handed the reins to the Li family servant beside him, and when he turned around and saw that Pei Zhengren was still on the horse, he couldn't help but admonish: "Why are you stunned, let's go." ”

Pei Zheng hurriedly dismounted, ran behind Lin Xing in three or two steps, and followed into the gate of the Li Mansion.

Looking all the way, you can see the green tile glazed carved railings everywhere, and Pei Zheng only feels a strong atmosphere of wealth rushing towards him.

After walking for about half an hour, Pei Zheng and his entourage, under the leadership of Li He, came to the side hall of Li Mansion to entertain ordinary guests.

To be precise, the children suspected of being the fake prince of the grassland, Wen Feng and Lin Xing sat in the guest of honor, the second guest, and the second guest in turn.

Pei Zheng was not qualified to sit down, so he could only stand silently behind Lin Xing, like a guard.

When he sat down, Pei Zheng deliberately observed the changes in Wen Feng's face, and saw that he was sitting in the second place as usual, and there was no annoyance on his face that he was looked down upon.

However, Lin Xing's face was a little gloomy, as the guard of the Son of Heaven, it was the first time that he was treated so slowly, the guest arrived, and the host was still nowhere to be seen.

When Li He arranged for the servants to serve tea, a young man in Chinese clothes hurriedly came, and shouted from afar: "The prince and Lord Wen have come from afar, and they hope to forgive their sins." ”

Wen Feng got up and asked, "Your Excellency?"

The young man in Chinese clothes patted his head, hugged his fists and saluted: "Oops, I almost forgot to introduce myself, in Xia Li Yuan, my father is Li Ai, the secretary of the criminal department who is in the same hall as Lord Wen." ”

Wen Feng smiled brightly and replied: "It turned out to be Li Gongzi in person, disrespectful and disrespectful. ”

Li Yuan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I can't afford it, I can't afford it, Lord Wen, please take a seat." ”

After Wen Feng sat down as he said, Li Yuan, who kept saying that he couldn't afford it, sat on the main seat above as a matter of course.

"I heard that Lord Wen was intercepted and killed by thieves on the way back from his envoy to the grassland, and the accompanying guards suffered heavy casualties, I don't know if this is true?"

Wen Feng sighed and said, "I'm not afraid of Li Gongzi's jokes, there is indeed such a thing." ”

"Today, I took the liberty to come to the door to disturb, it was to ask the Li family for help, the Li family has been loyal and good for generations, and the officials will definitely not stand idly by, and ask Li Gongzi to arrange guards to escort the old man and the prince south to Chang'an. ”

Li Yuan replied very quickly: "It is the blessing of the Li family to serve the imperial court, Lord Wen can rest assured, and immediately ordered to summon the martial arts powerhouses in the clan to escort Lord Wen and the prince south." ”

Wen Feng pretended to be relieved and said, "Thank you Gongzi Li for helping, so the old man can rest assured." ”

Li Yuan said with a smile: "Lord Wen doesn't need to be polite, when you arrive at the Li Mansion, you can rest assured, and swear by the glory of the Li family that you will definitely handle this matter properly today." ”

After speaking, he beckoned to Li He, who was serving on the side: "Go and ask all the people in the worship hall to come here, and say that my son has something to ask them." ”

"The little ones are going. ”

Li He bowed and retreated as he said.

Seeing this, Wen Feng looked like he wanted to say something.

Li Yuan immediately asked, "Dare to ask Lord Wen, what's wrong with such an arrangement?"

Wen Feng hurriedly replied: "No, no, Li Gongzi arranged it very well, it was the old man's problem." ”

Li Yuan pretended to be displeased and said, "Why don't you say it directly if Master Wen has something to say?

Wen Feng smiled bitterly: "Li Gongzi is serious, don't hide it from Li Gongzi, in order to avoid thieves, the old man and his party slept all the way, and their energy was extremely exhausted and exhausted. ”

Now that he has arrived in a safe place like the Li Mansion, he wants to rest for a few more days before setting off, and the old man was a little difficult to speak, which made Li Gongzi smile. ”

Li Yuanzheng said: "Lord Wen is serious, you have this kind of thought, that is to look up to my Li family, although my father is an official in Chang'an, he rarely goes home, but my Li family is famous for hospitality, don't say live for a few days, even if you live for two months, it will not be a problem." ”

Wen Feng smiled brightly: "Then thank you Li Gongzi." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li He led a group of people to the side hall, bowed down and said, "The eldest prince, there is leisure to worship in the worship hall, and all the small ones have been brought." ”

Wen Feng and Lin Xing looked over, and twelve people stood in a row, all of them breathing not much different from themselves, and they couldn't help but gasp.

The Li family is so generous, and the sons of the family who have not yet inherited the family business can mobilize twelve dantian realms with a single order, and the strength contained in it can be seen.

Pei Zheng, who was standing behind Lin Xing, although he couldn't see the strength or weakness of this group of Li family's martial arts cultivators, he felt unusual.

Li Yuan picked up the fan and fanned the wind, it was difficult to hide the smug look in his eyes, and he deliberately asked indifferently: "I arranged for these twelve people to escort the prince of the grassland to return to Chang'an, can Lord Wen still be satisfied?"

Wen Feng seemed to be shocked, and muttered to himself: "Satisfied, simply satisfied." ”

Half an hour,