The news of the visit of the Murowei envoys spread far and wide, and the entire Chang'an City was talking about this sensational event.

Since the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Empire has declined, the major ethnic groups in the grassland and the Western Regions have escaped the jurisdiction of the Tang Empire, and the empire has been unable to fight them in civil strife, during this time, the major ethnic groups have developed rapidly, and the ethnic minorities such as Murowei, Xianbei, and Turkic have risen rapidly and become emerging forces on the grassland, in order to dominate the grassland, they have also fought endlessly in recent years.

Now that the Huangchao rebel army has been purged, the Tang Empire has returned to peace, the development prospects of the empire are thriving, and the power of heaven still exists, so that the various ethnic minorities have begun to re-attach themselves to the Tang Dynasty, and have sent envoys to show goodwill, in this case, how can the people of Chang'an not raise their eyebrows, and the empire is returning to the track of the overlord era.

Xie Tong and the others were very bored, because they offended Sima Xuan, so that they did not dare to be presumptuous, and they went in and out together, after a few days, they knew that Sima Xuan accompanied the envoys all day long, and had no time to take care of their grievances, so they put their minds at ease, and at this time, the envoys were visiting, and Chang'an was even more heavily guarded, in this case, Sima Xuan would not make a fuss anyway, and make such an unwise move. Xie Tong was worried, but it was Cao Pingyang, this person could not threaten, and he would definitely resort to other conspiracies.

Huo Zixin's injuries recovered quickly during this time, after all, they were all internal injuries, and they didn't hurt their muscles and bones, under Wang Wanru's care, they recovered quickly, and even Xie Tong was secretly surprised when he saw it.

In the afternoon of this day, the brothers were drinking tea in the courtyard, and suddenly a team of people broke into the courtyard, led by the big red man beside Tang Xizong-Gonggong Tian.

When Xie Tong saw him come in, there must be nothing good in his heart, he was not very familiar with Tian's father-in-law, and he despised him as a person. What's more, Father-in-law Tian and Taiwei breathed out of one nostril, which must not be a good thing.

Tian Gonggong walked into the courtyard proudly, and said in a loud voice, "Xie Tong and others take the order."

As soon as several people heard that it was a holy decree, they hurriedly rushed out of the house and knelt outside the courtyard together.

Gonggong Tian slowly opened the holy decree and chanted, "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict." Xie Tong made meritorious contributions to the southern expedition, bravely crowned the three armies, and was specially appointed as the left general of the hussars, with four official residences and a reward of one hundred taels of gold, and appointed Lai Kezhong as the right general of the flying cavalry, five grades of official residences, and fifty taels of gold, and appointed Yi Wuxing as the governor of the Hebei Army. Five grades of official residence, 50 taels of gold, appointment of Huo Zixin as the commander of Yangzhou Metropolitan Cavalry, command of the capital cavalry camp, six grades of official residence, reward 10 taels of gold".

After reading the holy decree, Gonggong Tian said, "Hussar General Zuo, take the decree!"

Xie Tong and the others kowtowed, "Thank you, Lord Longen!"

Gonggong Tian continued: "Order the Holy Command. I order you not to leave Chang'an City for the time being, and wait for the holy oracle at any time. After the return of the Murowei envoys, they can leave Beijing!"

Xie Tong said, "The last general and others will abide by the Holy Lord's edict and wait for the Holy Lord's dispatch!"

After Father-in-law Tian left, several people opened the holy decree and read it again. Cai Wei is even more attentive. She had never seen the Divine Decree before, and it was very fresh.

Huo Zixin said unhappily: "Why are you all fourth-grade and fifth-grade. Why is Lao Tzu a six-rank official, this is not fair! Could it be that Lao Tzu has made less meritorious contributions than you? Has he not suffered as many injuries as you? What is even more infuriating is that you have rewarded so much gold, why should you give me that little? “

Xie Tong smiled without saying a word, and brought the rewarded gold ingots directly to Wang Wanru, and said with a smile, "This is the dowry that my brother gave you." lest you find your in-laws and make people laugh at them in the future."

Everyone was taken aback, although the brothers had seen a lot of the world, but it was the first time they had seen the generous gift of hundreds of taels of gold, and I was afraid that even Sima Xuan, who was high in the sky, would have pain when he saw it.

Wang Wanru shirked and said, "Brother Xie, I appreciate your kindness! Wanru can't ask for your dowry!"

Huo Zixin couldn't sit still, he staggered to Wang Wanru, took the square plate covered with gold ingots, and said, "Why not, this kid has been pitting us for so long, and it is cheaper to charge him a hundred taels of gold." “

The crowd burst out laughing.

Wang Wanru blushed and said, "Take it back quickly, it's a shame! This is a dowry for me, not for you!" As soon as the words came out, she knew that she had missed her mouth, and she twisted Huo Zixin's body angrily, and Huo Zixin screamed in pain.

Even if a few people are stupid, they can see that these two people are secretly in love, otherwise how could they say such affectionate words.

Lao Lai and Yi Wudaunt got up together and placed the gold ingots rewarded by the saint on the table, Lao Lai smiled and said, "My brother has been living all his life and has nothing to do, so I will give this reward to the two, I hope the two will not dislike it."

Yi Wuxing smiled and said, "Is Lao Lai fainting, this is a great joy, why do you talk about your bad things, you should say this, congratulations to the two of you for tying the knot, there is no way to give, offer fifty taels of gold, congratulations to the two." ”

Huo Zixin walked to the table with a red face, and said with a smile, "Thank you two eldest brothers, although the younger brother has made some money from horse racing over the years, but to be honest, he has never seen so much gold, thank you very much!"

Wang Wanru was suddenly ashamed of herself, she said angrily, "Several big brothers, you have all misunderstood, Huo Zixin and I are innocent, and we have no intention of being together, you should take back this gold!" She did not call Huo Gongzi, but called him by his name, obviously the relationship was already close.

Huo Zixin's eyes widened, he didn't expect Wang Wanru to deny and refuse, he was just about to talk, only to see Shang Caiwei walk in front of Wang Wanru, untie a bead chain around her neck, and said, "Sister Wanru, my sister has not received the reward of the saint, and she is as penniless as Brother Lai, this beaded chain is an ancestral heirloom, so give it to my sister!

Wang Wanru was just about to explain, Cai Wei pressed her mouth and said, "I know what you want to say, but my sister told you that it is not easy to meet someone who really loves you, and Zixin is a person worthy of your trust."

Xie Tong felt as if Cai Wei's words were meant for him, but on this occasion, he was too embarrassed to ask.

After Wang Wanru listened to the words, she quieted down, and she said faintly, "Wanru wanted to cover it up, but after listening to Sister Caiwei's words, she suddenly opened up, hey, Wanru's life is not good, and she actually met such a nemesis!"

As soon as these words came out, Huo Zixin was overjoyed, and Wang Wanru was finally willing to accept him.

Seeing Huo Zixin's lively appearance, Wang Wanru smiled and said, "Don't be complacent, kid, you still need to ask my father about this matter, without his consent, Wanru doesn't dare to make a private decision for life."

Xie Tong stepped forward and said, "Zi Xin can be pursued with confidence, Lord Wang is here on my Xie Tong."

Everyone coaxed again and asked about the contact between the two, Wang Wanru smiled and said nothing, and Huo Zixin was even more frightened when she saw her glaring at her.

Yi Wudauntless coaxed, "Boy who has no interest, this hasn't passed the door yet, I'm afraid that it will be like this! If you pass the door, you can't kneel down every day, please hehe!"

Unexpectedly, Huo Zixin looked not ashamed but proud, and said with a smile, "This is called Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, you can't control it."

Wang Wanru couldn't help but laugh when she saw his excited and naughty appearance, and said, "Thousands of choices, choose such an unreliable guy." Look at your brothers, they are all fourth-grade and fifth-grade, just you, a sixth-grade petty official, say that you will lose the dead!"

Lao Lai interrupted her and said, "Wanru just didn't know what she said, although what was written in the holy decree sounded good, but the truth was not true. Xie Tong's official residence is the fourth grade, and Lao Yi's official residence is the fifth grade, which seems to be majestic, but in fact it is a trick of rising and descending secretly, although our official position has been improved, but we have no real power. In the past, we still had our own troops, but now it is just an empty shelf, and it is just a false name, although Zixin is an official residence, but he is in charge of the capital cavalry battalion in Yangzhou, and he has real power, and our brothers are not as good as him."

These words woke everyone up like an empowerment, including Xie Tong, only to discover the strangeness in it.

Yi Wudaunt said, "If the guess is correct, this is another trick of the old fox Sima Xuan, they know that we are the generals who lead the troops, but they just let us hang a false name, just a bare general, in this way, they can deal with us more calmly, it's just a matter of time." Without the army, we are like a toothless tiger, and we are no longer terrible."

Xie Tong nodded, and said, "This is Sima Xuan's cleverness, he trumpeted our exploits in front of the saint, but rewarded some dispensable and meaningless official positions, but the official rank is very high, on the surface it is repaired, but in fact it is to empty us, and wait for the opportunity, as long as we are a little careless, we will show flaws, and this move is too wonderful." For the opponent, Xie Tong did not hesitate to encourage him, Sima Xuan is indeed a master in this, and it is really difficult to deal with.

Lao Lai praised Xie Tong's statement and said, " I always have a feeling that we have always underestimated Sima Xuan, although the appearance of King Wu disrupted his position and alleviated our crisis, but for him who is scheming, it is really nothing, not that I grow the ambition of others, destroy my own prestige, Sima Xuan has been in the court for decades, what wind and waves have not been seen, although he has suffered some small losses at the moment, but for him, it is really nothing, in the eyes of this old fox, we are too weak, even King Huai can be brought down by him, not to mention us" , He paused, and continued, "I'm just this old fox who is playing a trick to capture and indulge, as Xie Xiaozi said, first paralyze us, and start from the side." ”

As soon as the conversation changed, from Wang Wanru's happy events to the current crisis, the joyful atmosphere was suddenly swept away, and it was replaced by everyone's worries.

Sima Xuan is not moving, but if he moves, he will be a blockbuster, what kind of bad idea will he come up with! )