Under Wang Wanru's careful care, Xie Tong's injuries quickly recovered, and within ten days, he was able to walk on the ground, his chaotic muscles and veins had healed, and the only thing that did not recover was the sword wound that entered the chest, according to Yi Wuxing, the long sword pierced the right lung, and it was extremely difficult to recover without three or five months, and it needed to be slowly recuperated.

Because it was already a cold winter, Xie Tong could only recuperate indoors, although he was accompanied by Wang Wanru and Xiaoshuang, he was also extremely depressed.

The next day, Xie Tong was roasting his hands by the brazier, and Yi Wuxing came.

Seeing Xie Tong, Yi Wuxing laughed and said, "Brother Xian's recovery speed is really amazing, and he can walk freely." Huangtian Dafa really lives up to its name"

Xie Tong fiddled with the coals in the brazier, and said, "The kid came to make fun of me again, this is my good health, what does it have to do with the mental method."

Yi Wuxing sneered, "That must have something to do with Miss Wanru's careful care." Hey, what a blessing for my brother!"

Xie Tong scolded, "Clean, I think you're idle, come here to laugh at Lao Tzu." ”

Yi Wuxing put away his joking face, and said seriously, "Lord Wang is back, there will be a small meeting tonight, and the adults want you to participate."

Wang Wanru excitedly said, "Father is back," and ran out of the door cheering.

Lord Wang's real name is Wang Daoxun.

Since Xie Tong was injured and lived in Lord Wang's mansion, he never saw this world-famous envoy of Jiedu, before he woke up, Lord Wang had gone to the capital to pay tribute, and rushed back to Luoyang near the end of the year.

Xie Tong smiled and said, "Shouldn't the adults beat me up and drive me out of the city!"

Yi Wuxing couldn't help laughing and said, "With all your evil deeds, beating you is light." If you change to Lao Tzu, you will definitely be skinned and cramped to set an example." With that, the two of them laughed at the same time.

The dinner was held at the residence of Lord Wang, and the attendees were all members of Lord Wang's family, and there were no military generals except Yi Wuda. Although Yi Wuxing is a general in the army, he is also the general of Lord Wang's family, so he is very familiar with Lord Wang's family.

It is difficult to call the dinner party of Lord Wang a banquet, because only one table is set up, and everyone gathers in a circle, which has a sense of homely warmth.

Xie Tong walked into the hall and stared closely at this famous army general. He is neither tall nor fat, but he gives people a very tall feeling, Xie Tong knows that it is a kind of connotation derived from military life, and it is actually a kind of spiritual world strength, which is the same as Zhu Wen's situation.

Wang Daoxun's eyes looked at him, revealing a warm smile.

Xie Tong stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "Senior Xie Tong, I have seen Lord Wang." ”

Wang Daoxun pressed down his hand and said with a smile, "Don't be polite to your virtuous nephew, I have heard that Fearless has mentioned you, and I also know what you have done in Chengdu.

In the face of Wang Daoxun's praise, Xie Tong felt very embarrassed!

Wang Daoxun directly pulled Xie Tong into the seat, and sat down next to him. Everyone sat down. There are also Wang Wanru's mother and younger brother, as well as the loyal and brave Xiang Chengzhi, a few people, but they seem very warm.

Wang Daoxun poured a full bottle of wine and said, "On behalf of the whole family, Wang Mou would like to thank the virtuous nephew for saving Wanru, please drink this cup."

Everyone picked up their wine glasses, Xie Tong dared to be lazy, and hurriedly served the wine and said, "How dare Xie let the adults toast, Xie Mou's rescue of the young lady depends on your help, without you, Xie Tong would have died in the hands of Cao Pingyang, Xie Mou thanked you for saving your life." Drink it all down.

Wang Daoxun obviously had a good amount of wine, he quickly drank all the wine in the cup and poured another glass. Looking at Xie Tong secretly, young, especially, victorious but not arrogant, resourceful, all kinds of advantages are reflected in him, he is really a rare talent. He drank a cup and said, "This time I went back to Beijing and Nagong, I heard a lot of important news, after the beginning of spring, the imperial court will gather the Xuanwu Jiedu envoy, the Yong'an Jiedu envoy, Song Kui's Sichuan army, Yingzhou Jiedu envoy, Hebei Jiedu envoy Wulu army, go south together, exterminate the Huangchao bandits, the war is inevitable, virtuous nephew, I don't know what you think."

Xie Tong didn't expect Lord Wang to divulge such a confidential matter, thinking that he trusted him very much, and suddenly remembered Zhu Wen's words before parting, Zhu Wen predicted that the Tang army would go south after the spring blossomed, it seems that this military general who crisscrossed the Central Plains really has the ability to foresee the future, and he must be prepared to come.

Xie Tong said softly, "Although the Tang army is strong and strong, and it has a great victory over Yingzhou, and the momentum is extremely high, but this time it is going south, and the enemy cannot be underestimated. There are also many people in the rebel army, and they are well prepared, and the victory or defeat cannot be said lightly."

Xiang Chengzhi and the others showed dissatisfied looks, thinking that Xie Tong underestimated the Tang Army, especially the combat effectiveness of the Hebei Jiedu envoy.

Wang Daoxun said, "What the virtuous nephew said is very true, most of the people in the court think that our army will win, especially the Yingzhou army, most of them think that the day of exterminating Huangchao is just around the corner, and they forget that when Huangchao was crisscrossing the Central Plains, they were still eating milk!"

Xie Tong smiled and said nothing, he really didn't know how to answer, it wasn't that he didn't have his own thoughts, but he couldn't say it at all.

Wang Daoxun said, "What are the plans of the virtuous nephew, don't you want to serve the country and go into battle to kill the enemy?"

Xie Tong said "here", he really wants to be a soldier, go into battle to kill the enemy, and serve the country. But what he wanted more was to save Li Min. The problem is that the fight between compatriots can't solve any problems, no matter who is the lord of the world, it is those tall valves who benefit, and if they can't eradicate the valve clan, it doesn't make sense for anyone to be the emperor.

Xie Tong said, "It's not that Xie doesn't want to serve the country, but there is really something unspeakable, and I hope that the adult will atone for his sins."

The displeasure on Wang Daoxun's face flashed, and anyone could see that his disappointment was not faked. He picked up his glass and said, "No matter what the virtuous nephew thinks, he will always be Wanru's life-saving benefactor, come, everyone have a drink."

As soon as Xie Tong picked up the wine glass, Wang Wanru suddenly said, "Father, Brother Xie, his injury has not healed, so don't drink it!"

Although Wang Daoxun didn't force it, he still glared at Wang Wanru.

Xie Tong was helpless and toasted again.

This home-cooked meal ended quickly, after all, it was not a large banquet, Xie Tong refused Wang Daoxun's invitation, so that the dinner ended quickly.

As soon as Xie Tong got up to go back, Wang Daoxun suddenly stopped him and said, "Don't leave first, come with me to the study." ”

Wang Wanru said anxiously, "Father, Brother Xie is injured, what can't I say tomorrow!"

Wang Daoxun said angrily, "Wanru, you are becoming more and more disagreeable, what is it for a man and a man to be injured a little, your girl's family is making a lot of noise here, what kind of system has it become." ”

Wang Wanru didn't dare to make a sound, she secretly glanced at Xie Tong, afraid that her father would not be good for Xie Tong.

Xie Tong smiled casually, and followed Wang Daoxun to his study.

The two sat down separately, and a servant had already served hot tea.

Wang Daoxun took a sip of tea lightly and said, "I don't know whether to call Xie Tong or Xie Yang, if you are not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, why can't you serve the country!"

Xie Tong pondered for a while before he slowly said, "Xie Tong's ambition is not in the country, but in the people of Limin, and the only way to save the people of Li is to weaken the influence of the Valve Clan." He did not dare to say about eradication, but only said about weakening lightly. Then he said, "Now the Tang Dynasty is weak, the eunuchs are in charge, the people are like fire and water, and the uprisings are everywhere, no matter who is the lord of the world, the people are still struggling to make a living." Always at the bottom of society. Regardless of whether Xie joins the Tang Army or not, it will never change the situation that it is difficult for a poor family to enter the army. What Xie Tong wants is to give ordinary people a chance to enter and exit the picture."

It was the first time that Wang Daoxun had heard such fresh political opinions, and although he was a military general, he was already involved in the fringes of political struggle. He paused for a moment and said, "Virtuous nephew, you have great ambitions, I can't deny it, but how will you achieve the lofty goals of your master! You are now a commoner, with nothing and no influence in politics, so why should you challenge the politics of the valve that has stood for a hundred years." By your martial arts, or what?"

Xie Tong has been thinking about this recently, although he has a clear goal, but he can't find a way to achieve it, he shook his head helplessly.

Wang Daoxun said, "Let me tell you, you need power and strength. One day, when you have power and power, you will have the opportunity to fight with the clan valve, otherwise everything is empty talk. ”

Xie Tong felt that what Lord Wang said was reasonable, and asked, "Dare to ask your lordship, how to gain power and strength!"

Wang Daoxun saw that Xie Tong was finally no longer stubborn, and he said with a wisp of beard, "There are no more than several ways to obtain it, one is to enter the way hand-picked by the three dukes, the second is to donate officials to get up from the bottom, and the third is to join the army and make meritorious contributions." Of the three ways, the first is the most direct, and it is limited to the children of the Valve Clan that you hate. The second is slower, often taking decades, and may not reach the center of power in a lifetime. The third is the most effective and the most dangerous. If you can make great achievements, you can make steady progress. He slowly finished his point of view, and observed the changes in Xie Tong while drinking tea.

Xie Tong also thought about joining the army, but joining the army still needs to climb up from the bottom, and when he really holds power, he doesn't know how many years. He asked, "Dare to ask your lordship, how many years did it take you to go from an ordinary soldier to an envoy?"

Wang Daoxun finally burst out laughing, and he felt more and more that the young man in front of him was interesting. "I have been fighting against the Turks in the north since I was sixteen years old, promoted to captain at the age of 20, promoted to battalion commander at the age of 25, because I blocked the Turkic wolf army for two days and two nights in the battle of Ili, I was exceptionally promoted to a general, and at the age of 37, I was promoted from a general to a general, in charge of the officers and soldiers of Hebei, and my colleague was awarded the envoy of Hebei Jiedu. Until today. ”