Chapter 38 Taiyi Zhongnan Cloud Moves in Eight Directions (I)

"Kneel down."

Xu Yanbo knelt down honestly.

"You haven't come back these two days, where have you been chaotic?"

"My grandfather, my grandson just accompanied a few friends to Zhongnan Mountain."

"Didn't you go to Duke Zhou's mansion?"

"No."

"I'm not allowed to go again in the future."

"Why?"

"And asked me why?" Xu Jingzong was finally annoyed. He said angrily: "I told you to alienate the prince, not to ask you to help Wu Minzhi insult the prince! You are a minister, the prince is the crown prince, and Chang'an governor, what qualifications do you have to insult the prince?"

"The grandson doesn't have it, just don't let him beat Duke Zhou again."

"Have you ever helped before the prince beat Wu Minzhi? Is there any!"

"My grandson answered a few words. But grandfather, have you said that the prince won't last long?"

"Not necessarily," Xu Jingzong thought of his conversation with the prince and couldn't help but ponder. This time he really misjudged his eyes.

"Is there any news coming from Luoyang?"

"There is no news in Luoyang, but why did you do this?" Xu Jingzong then became angry and said viciously: "The power of heaven is unpredictable. Seeing that there is no Changsun family and the Fang family, look at Li Yi Mansion. I finally got to this day, walking on thin ice, working diligently, and slapping this old bone. But look at you!"

In fact, Xu Yanbo later regretted it. At that time, thanked Helan Minzhi for his help, and impulsively stepped forward to help. After the evolution, he vaguely felt that he was doing too arrogantly. Therefore, he was afraid of his grandfather's scolding, so he made an appointment with friends and ran to Zhongnan Mountain. But in the end, the ugly daughter-in-law still had to meet her parents-in-law.

He lowered his head to the ground and said, "My grandson is wrong."

"It's not just wrong. You have to know how much brain I have racked my brains to clean up your mess these two days?" He said that, and he picked up the chicken feather broom and started whipping.

Facing this grandfather, Xu Yanbo dared not be rampant. Think about his father's fate. He was taken to Lingnan just for a little maid. After finishing the scoring, Xu Jingzong said, "You have to stay at home these days and you can't go anywhere. If you go out half a step, you will break your leg!"

"Yes," Xu Yanbo endured the pain and answered honestly.

"Get out."

Xu Yanbo stepped down, and Xu Jingzong was stunned to see the night outside the window. The candle flashed with the lamp, and then woke up and shouted, "Come."

"There is a slight slight slight slight, the wind comes, the scenery is different..."

A song genius was singing the song "The Pride of Fisherman". The song genius looked very beautiful and had a good singing voice, just like an oriole singing. But the delicate voice finally made Liu Rengui unable to stand it.

A passionate song "The Pride of Fisherman" made her sing softer than Shui'er and more greasy than Mi'er. Liu Rengui had good psychological qualities, otherwise he would have been able to spit out a sip of wine and food.

He waved his hand and said, "You go down."

Liu Rengui finally couldn't help it.

If she continues singing, she can even lose her mind to drink and eat meat.

The other bureaucrats present covered their faces and wanted to laugh. The chief minister next to him said: "General Liu, Longzhou is not as bad as the capital, these geeks are actually worse."

"It's okay, Mr. Liu is just trying to relieve his boredom, but if we drink, we should not be careless."

"Here!" answered in unison.

After the defeat of Dafeichuan in September last year, winter soon entered, and the border was relatively quiet in the past few months. If Li Wei was half-connected that day, Liu Rengui suddenly realized. First, Tubo lost his strengths after going down to the plains, and second, he was still afraid of the Tang Dynasty. Although the Tang Dynasty is now in severe drought in Guanzhong, Tubo most of them dare not drive troops eastward.

However, water has no constant shape, water has no constant force, and soldiers have no constant shape. Marines and combat may not necessarily be reasonable, just like Han Xin fought against the water. Therefore, after the spring, the court immediately mobilized the border tightly.

Longzhou is a little far away from the front line, but it is an important gateway to Chang'an in Guanzhong. Moreover, the terrain of Longzhou is also more important. It radiates Qinwu to the south, Heshan to the southwest, and Lanliang to the west. Not only does it guard the gateway of the capital, if the Tubo army goes north or goes east, Longzhou must immediately send troops to respond. Therefore, the court invited Liu Rengui to come out again and stay in Longzhou. After Liu Rengui came to Longzhou, he immediately rectified military discipline and trained soldiers. The officials below did not dare to be careless.

At this moment, the guards guarding the door came in and reported: "The capital is here to report."

"Let him in."

The postman walked in with a license. After the ceremony, he submitted the official newspaper. Liu Rengui took it apart and saw it. He suddenly became furious and tore the official newspaper to the ground.

After coming to Longzhou, the soldiers did not have much problem, mainly food and grass. Not only that, the court increased its troops to the border, and Longzhou was also one of the must-pass places. Jiang Ke was promoted to Left Prime Minister, and the court did not decide who would take charge of the affairs of the northwest for a while. Some soldiers were stranded in Longzhou. The food and grass became more and more tense.

The last time Liu Rengui returned to the capital, one was to discuss the friendship between Tubo, and the other was to ask for help from food and grass. He gave a batch, but the number was too small. After thinking about it, he directly bypassed the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue and found the central officials. In fact, most of the officials left behind in Chang'an now have some connection with the prince, but in the end they found Li Jingxuan. The Secretariat and the Secretariat were the third rank of the disciples, the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty, the Secretariat made decisions, the Secretariat and the Secretariat were deliberate, and the Secretariat implemented the Secretariat himself. Li Jingxuan was also the right concubine of the crown prince, and Liu Rengui was the left concubine of the crown prince. He praised the crown prince with great strength. Therefore, he wanted to use this relationship to let Li Jingxuan allocate more food and grass.

However, Li Jingxuan talked about the difficulties and reasons in his return, but he refused to cut it off.

The Changshi picked up the letter and looked at it, and he was also unhappy. There must be some difficulties, but this is different from Chang'an. If a soldier is confused by the morale of the army because he is not full, he will have a big misunderstanding. However, his official position is not small, but compared to big bosses like Liu Rengui or Li Jingxuan, he is nothing. Therefore, he dare not speak out.

Liu Rengui suddenly said, "Prepare the horse."

"General Liu, what are you doing to prepare horses at this time?"

"Back to Chang'an."

"But it's too late. Besides, even if you arrive in Chang'an and the Cold Food Festival arrive, all the officials will take leave."

There are only about 490 miles from Longzhou to Chang'an. If you ride a horse at this time, even if it is not very fast, you will be able to arrive in Chang'an City tomorrow morning. Of course, people will be very hard. Moreover, the officials will only come to the genius of the postgraduate school to discuss matters. There is no need to be so anxious.

"It's time to go on a trip, and the business is backlogged. When the time comes, everything has to be arranged. At that time, even food and grass may be arranged, making it even harder to get it." As he said, he put on his armor and got on his horse.

The other officials did not dare to stop him, so they had to watch him disappear into the night with a few guards, riding on horseback.

In the Xixiang Pavilion, there is a quiet building. There is a vase in the room upstairs with a few flowers inside. Two girls are sitting next to it.

The flowers are very beautiful, but compared to the two pretty girls, they are also ashamed.

Sitting for a long time without talking, Xiangxue finally asked, "How about that Alang?"

"I don't know much, but I heard that he is fifty years old and has several wives and concubines in his family, but he is very good to Guiyan. Therefore, Guiyan will give in and let him redeem his body."

It was silent again. The three of them were famous in Chang'an, but they had a good relationship with each other. Since Gui Yan was broken by Helan, their reputation plummeted, which is not the main thing. Some friends think that since you have broken your body, why are you reserved? The reputation is no longer good and the business is not good. The madams changed their faces. Some friends paid a lot of money and forced Gui Yan to spend the night with the guests.

But a person's character will change after his body is broken. After so many years of self-discipline, Gui Yan refused to do so. So his life in the Lihun Hall became even more difficult. It turned out that some fans in the museum were ridiculed by the fact that they saw Gui Yan falling into trouble.

So he gave up and let a Yangzhou merchant redeem it.

Hua Liu said again: "What if Duke Zhou summons us?"

There are people covering the building behind them, but it does not mean that they are really invincible. There are still big men in the capital who can force their overlords against them. However, they are well-known in Chang'an, and even if these big men salivate at them, they will not do anything bad.

But Helan Minzhi doesn't want this face, so what if there is someone behind them? Is it really a prostitute to collide with Helan Minzhi?

"It's a day to live." Xiangxue said, but shivered. If she really fell into that day like a returning geese, she was a concubine of more than fifty merchants, and she had children and had no status in her children, what would she do?

She had a high mindset. When she thought of that state, she thought to herself that if that was the case, she might as well die.

It’s not impossible. They are too famous in Chang'an, and Helan Minzhi will come to him sooner or later.

"I was still ineffective at the beginning of my life, and after my birth, the Han Dynasty declined. The heavens were not kind and descended from chaos and separation. The earth was not kind and made me meet this time... The heavens were separated from the earth and my son, the mother of the West, and my resentment was vast in the sky. ** I was not allowed to accept it."

In a low voice, they sang Cai Yan's "Eighteen Beats of Hu Qiao". The two have different backgrounds and different scenes. However, the environment they are in is the same sadness.

"Sister Xue, I'm very worried. It's better to find someone who is close to the marriage tomorrow so as to avoid the consequences of returning geese." Hua Liu said when she finished singing.

"Maybe Duke Zhou neglected us and there was no need to waste it." Xiangxue comforted her in turn.

Silence again.

Not only Xiangxue, but also has a high ambition to paint Liu. Like Xiangxue, she looks beautiful and charming, and has a very good talent. However, she is different in her personality. Xiangxue plays the piano very well, and other instruments are also slightly more appropriate. The literary talent is poetry and essays. Painting Liu is painting calligraphy. Yan Liben once read her paintings and said, "It's a pity that she is a daughter, otherwise she should teach her."

My daughter is a civilized language, and it’s a pity that she means, she is a prostitute!

It made Yan Liben fall in love with her, which shows her painting skills.

"Maybe there is no way out. Besides, we are better than those starving people in the suburbs."

This comparison is indeed good. At least when they were young, they could get favored for a while even if they married into Shang concubines. But can they be willing to do so?
Chapter completed!