In August of the third year of the Tang Dynasty, the weather was still very hot, and only at night could you feel as cool as water.

Outside the Chang'an Palace, the columns of imperial forest soldiers looked solemn, guarding the main road into the palace along the road.

Under the moonlight, a horse came from afar, and the person on the horse seemed to have no time to dismount and report, holding a jade plaque in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Good news from the northwest! Good news! Get out of the way!"

As soon as the guards guarding the door put away their halberds and diverged to both sides, they felt that the messenger rushed forward more than ten feet with a "whirl" and rushed straight into the palace.

The sound of regular horses' hooves shattered the tranquility of the Forbidden Palace, and it was not until the man on horseback in front of the Imperial Palace, where Tang Taizong usually managed, slammed into it.

The horse, exhausted from all the galloping, was suddenly strangled and raised its front hooves high, and after a long neighing, it collapsed.

The man jumped off his horse and hurried to the palace, but was stopped by two eunuchs on duty, and the man was about to get angry, but he heard a calm but excited male voice inside: "Let him in!"

The two eunuchs hurriedly dodged away, and the man immediately knelt down and kowtowed when he entered the door: "Long live my emperor!"

The worshiped person stood behind the dragon book case, wearing a yellow dragon robe, three locks of long beards, his face was very calm, but his eyes revealed an eager look.

Although the war in the Central Plains has ended, the northwest border is unstable, especially the Eastern Turks have always been the henchmen of the Tang Dynasty, and he is anxiously looking forward to the good news every day and night.

Li Shimin sat back on the dragon chair and said in a deep voice: "Speak quickly!"

The special messenger said: "Dai Guogong broke the Turks, beheaded more than 10,000 people, captured 100,000 prisoners, and the fugitive Jieli was captured alive and was on his way to Chang'an!"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "The pharmacist really lives up to my expectations!"

The messenger said again: "Lord Tang Jian and General An Xiuren have a joint secret fold!" After that, he took out a letter from his chest and put it on his head.

The eunuch next to him hurriedly presented the letter, Li Shimin was stunned, quickly opened the letter, took out the letter and looked at it carefully, his eyes slowly swept to the end of the letter, his brows were furrowed deeper and deeper, and the hand holding the letter became tighter and tighter, as if he wanted to crumple the letter into a paper ball.

After a while, Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "You go down, bring such good news for me, I will have my own reward later!"

The special messenger kowtowed and thanked him, and Li Shimin unfolded the letter again, which clearly read: "Your Majesty, the two Weichen found out that the bearded guest was in the army of Li Jingjun, the acting prince, and according to the secret detectives, the bearded guest is now the lord of the Fuyu country thousands of miles away from the southeast sea. The acting prince holds the military power and befriends with him, and His Majesty must be on guard. Minister Tang Jian, An Xiuren knocked. ”

"He's back, but it's a pity ......"

The lights in the palace were bright, but Li Shimin's face seemed to be shrouded in a shadow, and his eyes were sometimes sharp and sometimes dim.

After thinking for a while, Li Shimin beckoned, a eunuch bowed down and approached quickly, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Biography, Honglu Temple Shaoqing." ”

At this time, in Li Jing's study in the Daiguo Mansion, a glamorous palace beauty was facing a man at the door, with a look of surprise.

She was the Duchess of Daiguo, and there was already a tear in her eyes, and she said, "Third brother......! How are you? Why haven't you sent me and the pharmacist a word for so many years?

The man was extraordinary, his face was bearded, and he was domineering, but in the face of this palace beauty, there was a rare tenderness in his eyes, it was the third brother of her and the pharmacist in Hongfu's mouth, the bearded guest who abandoned the Central Plains and left!

The bearded guest sighed and said: "First sister, aren't we meeting? You also know that my heart is actually higher than the sky, and I was far away from the Central Plains that day, so how can I come back if I don't break into a situation......?

After that, he took out a square seal from his bosom and handed it to Hongfu, who stared at it and saw that the seal was engraved with two fonts: one was like a talisman, which he didn't know at all, and the other was the four characters "Buyeo Country Lord" carved with a big seal.

"Third brother, you have finally realized your wish, I am really happy for you. With your wisdom and talent, it is not a problem to govern the people there, right? How long will you stay when you go back to the Central Plains this time? I just heard that the pharmacist won the battle, and when he comes back, he will ask him to take leave with the emperor, and we will accompany you everywhere!"

"A sister. The bearded guest's quiet voice broke the excitement of the red whisk, "The third brother is back to Middle-earth this time mainly to visit you. The pharmacist was attacking the Turks, and it happened that I heard some news that the Turks were pretending to sue for peace and wanted to disadvantage the pharmacists, so I went to the Northwest Army before coming here. ”

He paused and said, "I'm afraid someone has already noticed it and reported it to Li Shimin, I won't stay long, and I'll leave in a few days!"

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone outside the door report: "Madam, Xu Shaoqing of Honglu Temple is here to worship!"

Hongfu's face changed suddenly, and the bearded guest smiled: "I didn't expect Li Shimin to be so keen, and he sent someone so soon, don't worry about it, let him come in!"

Hongfu nodded, and said in a loud voice: "Please Honglu Temple Shaoqing." ”

Xu Shaoqing bowed his head and walked in, his expression was very respectful, holding a bright yellow gift slip in his hand and said: "The emperor heard that the lord of Buyeo is here, and he ordered the minister to prepare a thin gift, hoping to invite the lord of Buyeo to smile, and there is also a banquet in the palace. ”

The bearded guest pondered for a moment, then raised his head and looked directly at Xu Shaoqing and said: "Ordinary people still share hardships and hardships, wealth and prosperity, not to mention that the emperor of your country and I are not cloth clothes now, we are the kings of the same country, so it is inconvenient to see each other." ”

Xu Shaoqing saw him refuse, his face was embarrassed, and he smiled cautiously: "Since this is the case, how dare you force the lord of the country, may I ask the lord of the country tonight...... Where to stay? The lord of the country has come from afar, and I, Datang, must always do my best to be a landlord, and if there is any mistake, will we not lose the affection between the two countries?"

Hongfu raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice: "What did Xu Shaoqing say about this?"

The bearded man stood up, looked at the red breeze with a little worry and reluctance for a while, and then said: "You go back and report to your emperor, just say that I will leave immediately, and I will never step into the Central Plains again!"

Xu Shaoqing said: "This ...... Naturally, the lord of the country cannot be forced to stay, and the will of the lord of the country will be returned to the emperor. After saying that, he bowed very respectfully and said goodbye.

Hongfu was already pale, and said, "Third brother, you ...... Why do you want to leave again?" As soon as the words fell, two lines of tears were already rolling down.

Seeing her crying, the bearded guest said movingly: "First sister, why don't I want to be happy with you for a few days? If I don't leave, he won't be able to feel at ease! A companion is like a tiger, it's okay for him to be jealous of me, but if he is suspicious of the pharmacist, you will be in a catastrophe at any time!"

Hongfu said: "The pharmacist is the emperor's founding hero, he will not be so ruthless." ”

The bearded guest shook his head and said, "First sister, people will change. At the beginning, I gave up the great rivers and mountains, and now I am just revisiting my homeland, Li Shimin immediately sent someone to test it, he is so suspicious of me, who has given up the country, not to mention that the pharmacist has just made some war horse merits for him, how can he guarantee that he will never be suspicious?"

Hearing this, his eyes widened, but he was also speechless, and the bearded guest comforted again: "Besides, how can I meet him, each is a monarch, he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, naturally he will not join me, although my country is small, I don't want to worship him!"

Hongfu nodded, and said with a smile: "Third brother, I was willful just now, my brother has always been arrogant, and I don't want you to be so angry, I will immediately send someone to notify the pharmacist overnight and send you back!"

On the shore of the East China Sea, a big ship is moored on the shore, there are people on the flagpole who keep looking from afar, and see three horses slowly coming from a distance, the flag bearer immediately shouted a few times, waved the flag in his hand, and in a moment more than a dozen big men jumped off the boat and knelt down to greet the comers.

The three people who came were the bearded guest and Li Jing and his wife, their red eyes were slightly red, and they were very reluctant, but the bearded guest and Li Jing were still talking and laughing, but they couldn't hide the sadness on their faces.

The sea breeze was blowing, the waves were crashing on the shore, and the three of them came to the boat and dismounted, and the men shouted for a while. Seeing Li Jing and the others looking puzzled, the bearded guest said with a smile: "They are all my guards, and what they just said was the Buyeo Mandarin, which means bowing to the lord of the country." ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "The third brother can start a new stove in a place where he can't understand words, I'm afraid the emperor doesn't have this ability!"

Hongfu said: "What are you mentioning him to do? Third brother, when will you come back?"

The bearded guest said: "First sister, what I said to Xu Shaoqing that night was not to deal with, from now on I will abide by my promise and will not step into the Central Plains again." Speaking of this, his face darkened, and he said sadly: "Say goodbye today, I'm only afraid that I can see each other in my dreams......"

The bearded guest looked back at Li Jing, and took out a jade plate from his arms, this jade plate is two pieces of jade pecked together, the bearded guest gently broke it, handed one over and said: "Pharmacist, this is the accidental income of the foolish brother who traveled all over the world in the past, you and I each hold half of it, if you miss it, then look at this jade pendant and talk about the pain of lovesickness." ”

After that, he kicked and flew onto the boat, and those men followed suit, all of them were very happy, and there was a shout.

The sails of the big ship gradually raised, and the red breeze suddenly took a few steps forward, and shouted on his back: "Third brother, third brother!"

The bearded guest looked much calmer, and said slowly: "First sister, do you have anything else to say?"

Hongfu was already in tears at this moment, waved his hand and shouted, "Third brother, you have to take care of yourself...... I will always miss you here, third brother, don't forget the first sister......"

The bearded man could no longer control it at this time, two lines of tears flowed down, and he said loudly: "First sister, pharmacist, the three of us hit it off at first sight, although we are not our own children, but we are better than our own children, how can this friendship be stopped by this mountain, river and sea?

When the men on the boat saw his order, they pulled the huge sail full together, and drove the big ship slowly towards the sea.

The red whisk looked at the shadow of the ship farther and farther away from the sea, and sobbed. Li Jing slowly wrapped his arms around her thin shoulders from behind, placed the half of the jade pendant in her hand, and slowly lifted it up, looking at the extremely high clear sky.

The jade pendant has few patterns, densely engraved with a number of seal characters:

Green grass, flooded Tingzhou; Ten years together, August parting;

Yang Hua is flying, Hu is silent, and he has been guarding the Yellow Spring for a long time, and his heart is like a stone.