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Chapter 41, first update: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Brother Crown Prince."

"Concubine Dong, the Seventh Prince."

"Wei Chen has met Concubine Dong, His Highness the Seventh Prince."

On the way out of the Imperial Study Room, they met Dong Guifei. The concubine and her party, Concubine Dong was accompanied by the seventh prince. Yang Shaomu nodded to Concubine Dong and the Seventh Prince, while Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi saluted Concubine Dong and the Seventh Prince. Yang Shaomu greeted Concubine Dong Guifei with a calm expression and left with his people.

The seventh prince looked longingly at the prince brother who was leaving with others. He wanted to say a word to the prince brother he meant but had no chance. The child obviously liked this brother very much in his heart, but he just didn't know how to get close to him.

Concubine Dong Gui noticed the young man who met the prince. She heard that the emperor was doting on a junior official in the Hanlin Academy recently, who was appointed by the emperor before. The top scholar seems to be only sixteen years old? He doesn't look very old either.

After seeing the person leave, Concubine Dong asked the maid next to her, "Is that Li Liuyuan who was following the prince just now

?

" "Back to the queen, it is."

"Well, let's go. " "Concubine Dong Gui glanced at it, then withdrew her gaze, and left with her son and palace attendants. The seventh prince also withdrew his gaze and followed his mother with his head lowered.

After passing by, Li Wen was still thinking Thinking of Concubine Dong and His Highness the Seventh Prince

, it turned out that the one just now was Concubine Dong . Li Wen had never seen Concubine Dong in person during the previous few visits to the palace. This was the first time he saw Concubine Dong. . From a modern perspective, Concubine Dong can be said to be a natural beauty, so it is no wonder that the emperor doted on this concubine so much. But with the appearance of Prime Minister Dong, it is difficult to imagine that he would be so beautiful. Ruhua's daughter must have been born to Prime Minister Dong's wife.

As if he knew what Li Liuyuan was thinking, Yang Shaomu said, "The two I met just now are Concubine Dong and the Seventh Emperor. "

The Seventh Prince, who is only seven years old, is the youngest prince in the palace. There are two little princesses under the Seventh Prince.

There are six surviving princes in the harem, the eldest Prince, the youngest Seventh Prince, and the crown prince ranks The second one is the daughter of the empress. The eldest prince and the third prince are the son of a noble concubine. The fourth prince's mother is just a talented woman. The maid died of childbirth. The empress saw the little prince at that time. She was pitiful, so she held her in her lap and raised her, so the relationship between the prince and the sixth prince was the deepest in the palace.

In addition to several princes, there were also several princesses in the palace, and only the eldest five princesses survived to this day. Yang Rong is already married, and the eighth princess is only three or four years old now. The youngest, the ninth princess, is still in the nanny's arms.

"Oh. "Li asked, thinking that the emperor is really beautiful and blessed. His young wife is about the same age as his son. Every few years, a group of beautiful girls are selected from outside the palace to enter the palace. There are not more than 3,000 beauties in the harem. There are also 1,800 people. No wonder so many people want to be the emperor.

"In the future, if you enter the palace twice more, you will know all these people in the palace. " Yang Shaomu had a faint smile on his lips. He knew that his father had recruited Li Liuyuan into the palace several times before. He must have planned to train Li Liuyuan to be used.

Today, his father sent Li Liuyuan to follow him and be responsible for the reception. Yang Shaomu naturally knew his father's plan regarding the foreign envoy, but he was already used to it. What

's more, this person was Li Liuyuan, and he couldn't ask for it.

But now his father put him here, so he and Li Liuyuan. There is no need to avoid the eyes of outsiders. On the contrary, the more upright and aboveboard his father is, the less likely his father will be suspicious. At this point, Yang Shaomu understands some of his father's thoughts. In the Tian family, He had to learn these ways of survival from a young age, otherwise he would not be able to sit firmly in the position of prince. Therefore, the position of prince was not easy to sit on, and he had to be careful every step he took out of the palace

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Li Wen followed His Royal Highness into the carriage.

The man standing behind reached out to help him, and his hand was held by Zhao Xiangyi. He turned back and glanced at the man behind him, with a sly smile in his eyes and pointed his fingers deliberately. Zhao Xiangyi clasped the man's palm. His expression remained unchanged. Their eyes met, and the man's eyes flashed with affection. He steadily helped the young man get into the carriage

, and he followed behind.

There were only three of them. As soon as they got into the carriage, Yang Shaomu

closed his eyes and rested. Li Wen looked at Zhao Xiangyi, who was sitting opposite him. Neither of them spoke. Li Wen looked straight at the man opposite him. He remembered. Yesterday, he was acting coquettishly in this man's arms, and he didn't know when this man left yesterday.

Now the two of them are sitting here, as if they are separated by a Milky Way, but this is not the case. It prevented Li Wen

from flirting with the man opposite him.

When he met the young man's passionate gaze, Zhao Xiangyi gave the young man a look that said, "Be more honest." Li Wen had a pleasant smile on his face.

People were walking around on the street, and people were chatting outside . There was a noise and the wheels were turning.

Yang Shaomu opened his eyes and saw the smile on Li Liuyuan's face. He smiled and asked, "What is Li Liuyuan laughing about? He is so happy. Tell me." One thing to say.

"It's a nice day today. It's a nice day. " "Just when the carriage stopped, Li Wen got off the carriage and waited for His Royal Highness to come down.

The sun was shining outside and the weather was good today. His Highness the Prince nodded and said, "Indeed. "Yang Shaomu is not obsessed with finding out why Li Liuyuan is so happy.

Zhao Xiangyi thinks he knows the reason, but of course he won't say it.

His Highness the Crown Prince still doesn't know that the relationship between the two people around him is far from ordinary friends. , the two people were flirting under his nose, and he didn't notice anything.

He could only say that General Zhao Xiao and Li Liuyuan hid it well.

However, at present, Zhao Xiangyi did not intend to confess his relationship with Li Wen to the prince. He probably couldn't explain it himself.

They went to the private room of the restaurant, and the waiter in the restaurant brought the food and wine in and then went out.

His Royal Highness talked about the arrival of foreigners and asked Li Liuyuan what he thought about this matter. Li Wen thought for a while and said, "Actually, their purpose is not difficult to discover. Their real purpose is nothing more than one.

"...just to test us. "

"How do you say this? " "Yang Shaomu asked.

"Foreign tribes have coveted our Dacheng for more than a day or two. They want to seize our rich land, but the bloody lessons of their ancestors tell them that they want to attack our Dacheng. Successful. "The past few months in the Hanlin Academy were not in vain. Li Wen read a lot of history books and documents, and naturally learned about the conflicts and wars between Dacheng and foreign tribes. He listed the wars one after another, and none of them were... It ended with the failure of the foreigners.

"But they were not willing to do so. They are like wolves in the grassland, greedy and ferocious, so they are far from satisfied with what they have now, so their desire to invade Dacheng will never be extinguished. "

"But they want to attack our Dacheng, but they are not completely sure about it, so they will test us again and again. If my guess is correct, they will definitely ask for more things than before. , It will even exceed the expectations we can give them." Since the last time he entered the palace, the emperor mentioned the matter of the foreign envoy, and Li Wen went out of his way to find out about it, and naturally he also knew that the foreign envoy was pulled from Dacheng every year. How much silver and grain were taken away, as well as a large amount of tea, salt, silk and satin, and other such things.

The things that Dacheng gave them were free of charge, which meant they were given to others for nothing. So it is no wonder that the foreigners always regarded Dacheng as a scapegoat and would come and take away a lot of things at this time of year.

The ministers in the court are all bullies and afraid of the strong. They are a group of people who only know how to bully their own people, but they dare not deal with others, so they give others as much as they want.

In the past few years, natural and man-made disasters have occurred in Dacheng, coupled with the corruption of the officials below, the national treasury is now empty and can be used to run horses. A large amount of things are given to foreigners every year, which almost empties the entire city of Chengdu. Now that the emperor is unwilling to give this money and food, he puts this responsibility on their heads and asks them to come forward to deal with it.

With Li Liuyuan's analysis, His Highness the Crown Prince is a smart man, and he naturally understood the powerful relationship here. "They are really evil."

Regarding some matters regarding the reception of foreign envoys this time, Li Wen smiled sinisterly. , gave advice to His Highness the Crown Prince, and said, "Our Dacheng is a country that pays attention to etiquette and diplomatic relations. When friends come from far away, we in Dacheng naturally treat each other with courtesy, but this courtesy cannot be exceeded, no matter how high it is. "The prince's specifications."

"Yes, Li Liuyuan is right," Yang Shaomu smiled and nodded.

Since he dared to put forward the theory of "courtesy reciprocity" in front of the emperor and civil and military ministers, they are a country that pays attention to etiquette, so naturally everything starts from etiquette. In a certain aspect, etiquette restrains people and becomes a standard in feudal society, but at the same time it can also become a good excuse for them.

No wonder the scholar-bureaucrats throughout history have admired the ritual system so much. In fact, it is indeed a good thing if it is used properly.

"I would like to propose a glass of six yuan to Li." Yang Shaomu picked up the wine glass and offered a glass of six yuan to Li.

"Don't you dare." Li Wen hurriedly picked up the cup, greeted His Highness the Crown Prince, and took a sip of wine.

They talked for a long time in the box. His Royal Highness got up and was about to leave. He ordered Zhao Xiangyi to send him back.

"I respectfully send you off to Your Highness." Li Wen said with a salute.

Yang Shaomu waved his hand and got on the carriage.

After His Highness the Crown Prince left, they were the only two left. Li Wen looked at the man in front of him with a smile on his face. Zhao Xiangyi looked at Li Liuyuan, who was smiling like a little fox in front of him, and saw another side of the boy today, but this different side, Yiyi was the attraction of the boy. He still has the image of the young man standing in the Jinluan Hall talking in his mind, and the image of the young man chatting with the prince just now. No matter which side of the young man, he likes it.

"I'll take you back." Zhao Xiangyi said.

"Okay, let's walk back slowly?" Li Wen asked with a smile.

"Hmm^" Zhao Xiangyi naturally disagreed, and the two of them walked side by side on the road.

Chapter 42:

There are many shops on both sides of the street. There are various small stalls on both sides of the street. The vendors are shouting and selling things. People are walking on the street. Women are standing in front of the stalls and bargaining with the vendors. There was a bustling and lively scene in front of him, but Li Wen no longer had the feeling of being in a trance in the scroll.

Maybe it's because I have this man around me?

This was the first time they walked on the streets of the capital. Li Wen could truly feel that he existed in this different world. The man walking beside him was the one he liked, and he happened to like him too. He didn't know if he would leave any traces in this history. Maybe there will be, maybe there won't be, but what does it matter? As long as he knows that he has really been here and met the people he wants to meet, that is enough.

He doesn't know what he can do for this country and these people, but as long as he is within his ability, Yes, he will work hard to do it, which can be regarded as his modest contribution to the country and its people.

Pedestrians were walking on the street, and Zhao Xiangyi would subconsciously block passers-by with his hands to protect his boy because he was afraid that passers-by would bump into him.

Noticing the man's little move to protect him, Li Wen raised his head and gave the man a smile.

When the two met, the young man smiled with crooked eyebrows. Zhao Xiangyi only thought that the young man's smile was very beautiful, and he probably couldn't get enough of it in his life.

Walk all the way back to the door of Liuyuan Mansion.

Li Wen invited, "Brother Zhao, would you like to come in for a cup of tea?"

He happened to have something to give to the young man, so Zhao Xiangyi did not refuse and said "ok" and followed the young man inside.

"Master, you are finally back. I was still wondering when you would come back." Li Tong, who was waiting at the door, saw their young master coming back and hurriedly came forward to greet him. When he saw Brother Zhao who was following their young master, He shouted "Master Zhao."

"Master, Master Zhao." Yingchun called.

"Jin Wan isn't home?" Li Wen asked when he didn't see his sister when he came back.

"Back to the master, the fourth lady sent the young master to the academy early in the morning and followed him to the courtyard over there." Yingchun said.

"Oh, there's nothing to do. You can go and do your work." Knowing that Li Jinwan ran back to the yard over there, Li Wen nodded and asked Yingchun to go about her business. Yingchun responded "Yes" and stood there watching her master leave. Then she turned around and went to the door.

Li Wen took Zhao Xiangyi back to the courtyard where he lived, and asked Li Tong to get some water to make tea. "Brother Zhao, please sit down.

" In the large Liuyuan Mansion, there were only a few people in the entire courtyard.

When he entered the house, Zhao Xiangyi saw that there was not even a gatekeeper at the door. He sat down on a stool and asked, "I see this house of yours." There are not many people in the house. Do you want to add a few more people to your house?

"At first, when I lived in the small courtyard, I didn't feel there were too many people. But now that the place is bigger, I feel like my home is empty. " "Li Tong brought water over, and Li Wen took it, put it on the small stove to cook, and said, "We are all busy during the day, and few of us are at home. "

Haopeng is still studying in the original academy. I asked him to take a nap in the small courtyard at noon and come back here in the evening. This saves him the trouble of traveling back and forth several times." Jin Wan is in charge of the store. She is often there and can only come back at night. "

And he usually goes to the Hanlin Academy on errands. Unless there are special circumstances, he only has three days of rest time in a month. He may not be at home during these three days. He went to court early today, and it happened to be at noon. I will come back later, and I have to go to the Hanlin Academy in the afternoon.

Since I mentioned this matter, Li Wen asked by the way, "Brother Zhao, do you think you have any suitable people over there? Arrange a few people for me. There is no limit to male or female, regardless of age, as long as they are diligent and practical, there are no other specific requirements. "

"good. Zhao Xiangyi kept this in mind and said, "When I get back, I'll have someone pick a few people to send to you .

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"Okay." Li Wen nodded and said.

"This is the painting you took over last time. It has been carved into a plate. It was printed and sold in the bookstore. I heard that the dozens of copies that were just released were sold out in two days. I went back yesterday I just found out about this, and I haven't had time to tell you. Here are the drawings you originally brought, and a printed booklet. I will show you the original drawings and a printed booklet. The pamphlet is for the young man, and there is a deed on it.

"Oh, you brought them all back to me. I've been busy lately and I don't have much time to draw pictures." Li Wen took

the original drawings back and put them away. He looked through the printed booklet and felt it was pretty good. When he saw the above There was a piece of paper. He picked it up in confusion and asked, "What is this?"

Li Wen opened it and saw that it was a paving deed.

Facing the young man's doubtful eyes, Zhao Xiangyi explained, "This is the deed of the bookstore. I will buy the bookstore for you."

"Give it to me?" Li Wen asked, eyes widening.

Zhao Xiangyi nodded and looked at the young man holding the deed without saying anything. He felt a little uneasy and asked, "Don't you like it?"

"No." Why did you buy a bookstore for nothing? Li Wen was a little speechless.

Could it be that just because his books were sold in other bookstores, this person bought them? There seems to be nothing wrong with understanding this man's brain circuit in this way. But that's not the problem now.

"I bought the shop and the people in it. The shopkeeper is in charge of the shop. You don't need to take care of it. You just need to take the time to look at the account books." Zhao Xiangyi thought that the young man was worried that he would not be able to take care of it, so he added.

He doesn't understand the world of rich people!

Forget it, I bought everything anyway, but Li Wen couldn't ask for Zhao Xiangyi in this bookstore. He returned the shop deed and said, "Since you bought it, you can keep it for yourself. Why do you want it for me?

" ..." General Zhao's face was paralyzed, why did he keep it for himself?

No one in the old Zhao family has opened a bookstore in generations. Obviously Zhao Xiangyi does not intend to be the first person in the old Zhao family to open a bookstore^

"Didn't you just say that you bought it together with everyone in the shop? The store is under the supervision of the shopkeeper, so you don't need to take care of it. You just need to take some time to look at the account books." Li Wen smiled brightly and sent back to him exactly what someone said just now, as if he was buying something. It's like you don't have to worry about the next shop.

Innocent!

"It's for you." Zhao Xiangyi handed the house deed to Li Liuyuan, stood up and planned to leave, "I still have something to do...

I'll leave first.

" "Zhao Xiangyi, stop here!" "Li Wen stopped the man. He wanted to run away as soon as something happened. Let him speak clearly before speaking! "Why should we go if we don't speak clearly? Do I allow you to go? "

Zhao Xiangyi froze there, looking at the young man who was looking at him with a straight face, not knowing what to do.

"How much money did you spend on this shop? "Li Wen dragged the person away and refused to let him go. Seeing that the water on the table was boiling, he wanted to make tea, but at the same time he was afraid that the person would run away. "Sit down and don't move. Answer my questions. "

He started to make tea, staring at the man in front of him.

"Two hundred..."

"Huh? "If you say two hundred, I'll slap you, you're lying to a child!" Li Wen stared.

"five hundred......"

"Speak louder, I didn't hear you clearly." Li Wen stretched out his ear, five hundred taels? General Zhao quickly changed his words again, "Two thousand..."

"Puch..." Seeing this man's look, he was angry and funny. Li Wen gave Zhao Xiangyi a cup of brewed tea and said, "Two thousand taels? I see. You have too much money and no place to spend it. Forget it, I bought everything, why should I ask you to return it? I will give you half of the money you spent on the shop first, and I will give you the remaining half later. "

You have too much money to spend, so you have to spend it like this. A bookstore with two lots of money? He might as well buy a house and start cooking privately, which would make more money.

"No need." Seeing the young man smiling, Zhao Xiangyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Here you go, you take care of it.

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In the end, Li Wen insisted on paying half of the silver. This bookstore is the same as the hot pot restaurant in front. Everyone invests in half. Zhao Xiangyi naturally has no objection to this. Anyway, just don't let him take the deed back.

"Wait a minute. I have something here. Please help me get it to His Highness. "

After entering the study, Li Wen put something in an envelope and gave it to Zhao Xiangyi, asking Zhao Xiangyi to go back and take this to His Highness the Crown Prince. Zhao Xiangyi didn't ask what it was, and just said "Okay". "

You too. Don't you ask me what this is? "When Li Wen saw the man, he didn't ask him what it was, and he wasn't afraid that he would trick him

.

Zhao Xiangyi didn't say anything and looked at his young man.

"There is a printing method inside. I had thought about giving this to His Highness the Crown Prince before. , but I have never encountered a good opportunity. I know you will go back to His Highness the Crown Prince in a while, so you can take it over by the way.

I have one more thing to say here. You can help me bring it to the Crown Prince. Just tell me that since this is something dedicated to His Highness, His Highness can handle it as he wishes. "What Li Wen gave to His Highness the Crown Prince was the method of movable type printing. Since it was given to

His Highness, he would leave it to His Highness the Crown Prince to deal with.

This is something that will benefit all people. He hopes to use the Crown Prince's hands to promote movable type printing. He knows Once His Highness the Prince gets the method, he will definitely promote it and win the support of scholars all over the world, so he indirectly helped the Prince.

Looking back now, probably from the first time he met His Highness the Prince in Nanyang . Since then, his fate has been tied to His Royal Highness. Since he got on His Highness's boat, it would be no good for any of them if the boat capsized. Naturally, he hoped that His Highness would be the one to sit in that position in the future, so I don't mind pushing him from behind.

"Okay, I will bring the things to His Highness, and I will bring them to His Highness if you want. "Zhao Xiangyi put the letter into his arms and put it away properly.

"Okay, if you have something to do, go and do it. I'll take a nap in a while. I have to go to the Hanlin Academy later and won't be back until later. If you have time, come over to my place. If you don't have time, just do your thing. "Anyway, they are all here in the capital, so it's not impossible to see them. Li Wen waved his hand and asked people to go to work. He wanted to take a nap, otherwise he would not be energetic in the afternoon.

"Well, I'm leaving. "Zhao Xiangyi thought for a moment, then reached out and touched the young man's face. It was so soft and slippery...

Li Wen didn't even have time to react, and the man walked away.

But it was really...

He couldn't help but laugh.

After leaving the young man, Zhao Xiangyi went to the East Palace and brought the letter and words from the young man to His Royal Highness,

"Did Li Liuyuan say this? "Yang Shaomu opened the letter and read it carefully. After reading it, his face showed joy. Yang Shaomu knew that once this thing is popularized, it will not only benefit scholars all over the world, but his reputation as a prince will also be famous among scholars. Gain a good reputation and gain the support of scholars all over the world if you ascend the throne in the future

. Zhao Xiangyi nodded, cherishing his words like gold, "Leave it to Your Highness, Your Highness will handle it."

"Mr. Zhang, take a look. " Yang Shaomu gave the thing to the counselor beside him. After Mr. Zhang looked at it at a glance, he said three times in a row, "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful." "

Not long after that, movable type printing was spread from the hands of the prince. It is said that a gentleman under the prince's house came up with it. Once the movable type printing was popularized, it greatly improved the efficiency of printing and saved the cost of printing. , has been unanimously recognized by scholars all over the world, so His Royal Highness's reputation among scholars is getting better and better.

However, this is a story for another time, let's not mention it now.

Chapter 43: Foreign envoys are coming towards

the road. Smoke and dust are billowing on the road, and a team is heading towards the capital.

"How long will it take for us to reach the capital?"

"Go back to Your Highness, we will be there before sunset today."

The man riding on horseback and leading the charge was none other than Harnu'er Avala, the third prince of the Tamuli tribe. He is the third favorite son of King Tamuli. This time, he came to Dacheng to meet the emperor of Dacheng on behalf of King Tamuli.

After the foreign team entered the pass, they were accompanied by Dacheng's army along the way. Although they say they are leading the way, they are actually supervising, keeping an eye on them so that these foreigners cannot enter Dacheng and do anything. There were Dacheng generals and soldiers watching along the way. The third prince could not do what he wanted to do as he pleased, which made Avala extremely angry.

But now that they have entered Dacheng, they don't have many people with them. If they want to really fight against Dacheng's soldiers, they are probably the ones who will suffer the loss. The subordinates who followed Avala persuaded their prince not to forget the purpose of their coming to Dacheng, so Avala endured it.

Even so, there was still a lot of friction between the two parties along the way. If Dacheng hadn't been suppressed by the generals leading the team, the two sides would have taken action long ago.

The Tamuli tribe is one of the three major tribes outside the customs. In recent years, it has gradually become a leader on the grassland.

Dacheng unified all the ethnic groups living outside the customs as "Hu people". They are nomadic people living on the grasslands. They cannot be collectively called a country, but are composed of many tribes. However, most of the men are good at riding and shooting. A nation that grew up on horseback. They have their own language and habits, so they are different from the customs of the people in Dacheng.

"Give the order and rest for half an hour before leaving."

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Zhao Si was the general responsible for leading the troops to escort the foreigners to Beijing. He understood the foreign languages ​​and had no problem communicating with them normally. The sun was strong at noon, and they walked for half a day without taking a break. After walking for such a long time, both the man and the horse must be tired.

After looking up at the sky, Commander Zhao personally negotiated with the foreigners and then issued an order for the advancing team to stop and rest for a while.

Commander Zhao had a beard on his face, and his original appearance could not be seen, but his bright eyes were revealed. This man always had a smile on his lips and looked calm and calm, but for such a person, even the arrogant and domineering Third Prince of Tamuli could not fly out of the sky under his eyes.

During the break, people from both sides occupied one side, and their respective soldiers gathered together without disturbing each other.

Over the years, many barbarians from outside the Pass came to kill, burn, and plunder them on horseback and with swords. The men were all killed, and the women were raped or taken away. The old and children were not spared, and they were all killed. The methods were cruel. . Often by the time their soldiers received the news, all the Hu people had already fled, leaving only the desolate villages after being burned and killed. Therefore, the hatred between Dacheng's soldiers and the Hu people has always been increasing. No less.

The petty quarrel at the border has not yet escalated to the level of a war between the two nations. This time the envoys from Tamuli came to Dacheng, and the soldiers on the Dacheng side could only be more patient with these people.

"Commander, drink some water."

His subordinates went to fetch water nearby and handed him a bag of water. Zhao Si took it, drank a few sips, and touched his face. Chen Dong is Zhao Si's personal soldier. He has been with him for several years and is someone he can trust.

After the team rested for a while, they continued on the road.

When the sun set, the foreign envoys arrived outside the city gate, but they arrived a step late, and the city gate was just closed at this time.

When the foreign envoy's team approached the capital, people here in the capital received the news.

Yang Shaomu received the news immediately about the foreign envoy's arrival outside the city. He, the prince, was solely responsible for receiving the foreign envoy this time.

"Your Highness, what I want to do is to let the ministers of the Ministry of Rites come out to comfort and express condolences to the foreign envoys. After all, they have arrived outside the city gate. It is unreasonable for us not to come forward. At the same time, we also want to inform the foreign envoys that when the city gate opens tomorrow, we will The city gate was opened wide to welcome them into the city. This is also a sign of respect for them. "Li Wen is the official assigned by the emperor to work with His Highness. He has been busy with His Highness these days.

The prince received the news about the arrival of the foreign envoy, and he naturally knew about it.

At this time, the city gate has been closed. Unless it is an urgent letter that is eight hundred miles away from the border and needs to be delivered to the palace, or the prince is waiting outside, he will have to wait until the city gate opens the next day before he can enter the city. A mere foreigner They didn't have such a big reputation, so they opened the city gate to welcome them into the city.

Of course, if they are willing to come in through the small door, that's another matter.

"Your Highness, I agree with what Li Liuyuan said. Li Liuyuan is right." The official on the prince's side followed and

other officials also agreed.

"Since you all agree with Li Liuyuan, let the etiquette officer from the Ministry of Rites come forward to handle the matter." Yang Shaomu asked his people to notify the Ministry of Rites, and asked the Ministry of Rites to send officials to contact the envoy.

The Ministry of Rites sent a ritual officer to meet with the foreign envoy.

There is also a small door on the side of the city gate. Even this small door requires the joint efforts of several soldiers guarding the city to open it. A small boat is placed inside, and the ceremony officer of the Ministry of Rites takes the boat across the moat to get to the other side.

The ceremonial officer of the Ministry of Rites met His Highness the Third Prince of Tarim. This Third Prince was not familiar with the language of Dacheng, so he sent a subordinate to contact the officials of Dacheng. The Ministry of Rites relayed the words of His Highness the Prince to the foreign envoy, "When the city gate opens tomorrow, we will welcome the envoys into the city."

The official relayed the words of the Dacheng officials to the Third Prince. Avala was very angry and asked, "Why don't you open the city gate now and let us in? We are asked to wait outside."

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were unmoved. They were already scolding these barbarians for not respecting etiquette. They said, "We can only express this when the city gate is opened tomorrow and we welcome His Royal Highness into the city. It shows our Dacheng's respect for His Royal Highness.

Since the officials of Dacheng said so, the foreign envoys could not find any fault, except that they were not allowed to enter the city at this moment. Avala was very angry along the way. He was depressed and had nowhere to express his anger. After

the official who arrived at Dacheng left, Awala lost his temper in the tent.

The official went to see the general who escorted the envoy to Beijing.

Then go into the city with them. "Commander Zhao waved his hand and asked people to go in. After sending people into the city, he has completed his mission. Now they are all outside the capital. It will take only a while and a half, and they will enter the city again tomorrow. Same.

"Yes, I am resigning. "After the official went to see Commander Zhao, he took a boat back to the city.

At this time, it was already dark outside, and they had been busy at the prince's place.

"If your highness has nothing else to do, I will leave first." . "After seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince had nothing to do here, Li Wen proposed to leave. He would have to go to court tomorrow morning, and after that he would have to follow the Crown Prince to pick up the envoy. It seems that he will have another busy day tomorrow.

"There is nothing to do, you go back Bar. "Yang Shaomu sent someone to take Li Liuyuan back.

"Thank you, Your Highness, I will leave. "

It was already after dark when he left the prince's place, and Li Wen came back in the carriage sent by the prince to deliver him. Seeing that her brother had come back so late, Li Jinwan asked her brother caringly if he had had dinner, "Xihe, go and heat up the rice and dishes in the kitchen."

"Yes, miss, I'll be there right away." Xihe hurriedly went to the kitchen.

"Brother, have you been very busy recently? I haven't seen you for several days." Li Jinwan sat down opposite her brother and looked at her brother. She saw that her brother always came back so late these days. She often came back after she had gone to bed. By the time she got up, her brother had already gone to court.

Thinking that she hadn't seen her brother for several days, Li Jinwan waited until this time to see her brother back.

"Well, there's been a lot lately."

He had eaten a little dinner at the prince's place, but he wasn't full. He felt a little hungry when he came back, so Li Wen sat down and ate something again.

"Tomorrow the foreign envoys will enter the city. They will stay here in the capital for a while. I think there will be some chaos in the capital recently. If you have nothing to do during this period, don't go out as much as possible. If you have anything to do, take two people with you. Don't go out with me. He went out with only Xihe." Li Wen looked at the girl who had changed in the past six months. The ugly duckling had now transformed into a swan. He had a feeling that when a girl in my family grows up, he is afraid of being raped. The feeling of a pig being arched.

"Oh, brother, I understand." Li Jinwan nodded and said.

"Remember brother, don't be too late if something happens." His stomach was half full, and Li Wen didn't dare to eat too much, so he asked someone to pull the things off and bring up a pot of tea.

I remembered that my girl is fifteen this year, and after this year she will be sixteen next year.

In this era where women get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, if they don't tell others after they are over sixteen, they will be called an old girl. Li Wen asked the elder brother who was busy outside during the day and had to worry about his sister's life-long affairs when he came back at night. He asked, "You have been in the capital for more than half a year. Have you met anyone you like? You are about to meet someone." For those you like, I will help you make the decision."

Li Jinwan looked confused, wondering why her brother thought about her life-long event again.

Looking at Li Siya's expression, Li Wen knew that this girl was less reliable than his brother, "Forget it, let me help you look for her."

"Oh." Li Jinwan had no objection.

"I sent a letter to my family and asked my parents to find a few people from the family's workshop to send to the capital. They should wait until the next year to come to the capital. Then we will see if you will take them or how to arrange them." Li The reason why I wanted to ask my family to select a group of people and send them here is because they don't have enough manpower here, and secondly, I want the young people at home to come out and see the world. They can't stay in a small village all their lives. .

"Okay, give them to me when the time comes. I'm short of manpower here." When her brother said that someone from home was coming over, Li Jinwan expressed her willingness to bring these people. Otherwise, she would have to do many things here by herself. Sometimes I am too busy to do it alone, and the people around me who can use it are already used, but there are still not enough people.

It would be best if a group of people could be transferred from their hometown. They are also preparing to build a factory in the next year. If someone comes by then, they will not have to worry about manpower issues.

The two brothers and sisters discussed for a while. Li Wen was really sleepy. He yawned and said, "If we have any other problems, we can discuss them another day. I'm going back to the house to go to bed. You can go to bed early too." "

Okay, brother, go to bed. I'm going back to the house." Li Jinwan got up and led people

back .

Chapter 44:

The morning meeting on the second day after entering the city was also about the arrival of the foreign envoy.

The city gates were wide open, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to receive the foreign envoys on behalf of the emperor. Knowing that the prince was coming, Commander Zhao, who was responsible for escorting the foreign envoy to the capital this time, went up to meet His Highness the Crown Prince. "Wei Chen is here to attend His Highness the Prince. His Highness is a thousand years old."

"Wei Chen lived up to his mission and escorted the foreign envoy to the capital."

" Commander Zhao, please get up. Commander Zhao has worked hard on this journey." Yang Shaomu waved his hand and asked people to get up.

"I dare not, this is what a minister should do." Commander Zhao said with his hands in hand.

Li Wen was following His Highness the Crown Prince when he saw the man in front of him and heard a familiar voice. With such a face, he could recognize this man even if he turned into ashes. He didn't expect that the person he had been looking for for so many years would suddenly appear in front of him one day. Li Wen almost stared at Commander Zhao in disbelief.

Commander Zhao?

Also named Zhao? What does it have to do with Zhao Xiangyi?

Li Wen narrowed his eyes and looked at the bearded man. The joy of meeting him was covered by anger. Feeling the gaze falling on him, Commander Zhao raised his head, gave the young man a nice smile, and stood aside.

"..." Li Wen took a deep breath and told himself in his heart not to worry, the person can't escape here, and when he catches the person later, he can interrogate him slowly! He made you run away without saying a word, and you didn't even reply to a single message from him! Fortunately, he was still worried and couldn't sleep well at night. He had been looking for this person everywhere for a long time, worrying about whether something had happened to him or what happened to him outside. Otherwise, why would he not reply to him at all?

Early in the morning at the city gate, they started arguing with the foreign envoy.

The general who defended the city, Yang Guanglu, was a soldier from the Zhao family army, and now he took the position of the general who defended the city. It goes without saying that he had received orders from his superiors. General Yang put the safety of the people in the city first and refused to allow the incoming envoys to bring so many people into the city. He also had a tough attitude, "You can only bring twenty People enter the city, and the rest stay outside the city and are not allowed to enter."

This time Avala brought more than 500 warriors from his tribe, and he planned to bring these more than 500 people into the city.

"Is this the way you treat guests in Dacheng? We came all the way from thousands of miles away, but you stopped us outside the city and refused to let us enter. When we return, we must truthfully report this to my father." Avala was angry. I wanted to draw my sword and kill the general who was blocking them from entering.

"Your Highness, don't be angry. Dacheng officials dare not deny us entry." A tall, thin man with a gloomy face who followed Avala said.

What made Avala most angry was that they had traveled thousands of miles to the capital and couldn't just go back in anger. After he returns this time, he will definitely advise his father and ask his father to gather people from several tribes on the grassland to attack Dacheng

I.

This kind of nonsense usually does not need to be handled by His Highness the Crown Prince.

The etiquette officer of the Ministry of Rites could not handle this matter, and Li Wen, as an official following His Highness the Crown Prince, was assigned by His Highness the Crown Prince to communicate with foreign envoys.

Knowing that the foreign envoys from the Hu people were coming, it happened that there was an old Hanlin in their Hanlin Academy who knew the Hu language. Li Wen studied with the old Hanlin for a few days, but obviously these few days of temporary study could not help him. He was still If you don't understand the language of the barbarians, you can only rely on a translator to help translate it into their fluent language.

From the translator, Li Wen knew that this person was His Highness Avara, the third prince of the Tarim tribe, and he did not seem to be a person with a good temper. The appearance of the Hu people is a little different from that of their adult counterparts. The facial features of the Hu people are darker in outline, their bodies are taller, and their clothing is also very different from their adult counterparts.

In previous years, when these foreign envoys came to the capital, they often raped women on the street. They should have stopped them from bringing so many people into the city. This was what Li Wen told the prince the day before yesterday. Preventing them from bringing so many people into the city is the first step. Even if something happens in the city and both sides want to take action, they can rely on their strength to suppress them without causing too much damage. .

Unless the envoy who comes is a brainiac, he will definitely know how to assess the situation and will not act recklessly in the city.

But let's not say it, this third prince is just a brainiac. It's not because this third prince is not smart enough. It can only be said that the foreigners have always looked down on the people of Dacheng. Avala has also always looked down on the soldiers of Dacheng, thinking that Dacheng All the soldiers were soft-footed shrimps and couldn't defeat them, so that's why the following things happened.

"Your Highness the Prince, if you feel that only twenty people are too few to enter the city, why don't we compromise a bit and bring fifty warriors in, Your Highness the Prince. I heard that your warriors in Tarim can fight one against a hundred, so you Fifty warriors are equal to five hundred warriors, are you right?" He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man, and Li Liuyuan, among the bearded officials, looked like a fresh and beautiful little flower at first glance. This refreshing feeling

is different from the old ministers in the Ministry of Rites who scratched their necks and only accepted death. Li Liuyuan's words were much more pleasant.

The official in charge of translation in Dacheng told the foreign envoys this message.

"Are you also an official of Dacheng?" Avala looked at this young official of Dacheng with scrutiny, and even his violent temper was suppressed.

"Back to Your Highness, yes." Li Wen introduced himself.

From bringing twenty people to fifty people, and because Li Liuyuan's horse photo was good, Avala unexpectedly agreed and said, "I like what you said, our Tarim warriors are on horseback." Warriors, you are brave enough to win, and you can defeat one against a hundred. If you have the opportunity, I will definitely let you see the power of our Tarim warriors. "

Hearing what the translator said, Li Wen complained in his heart, and it seemed that he was talking about only you, Tarim. Just like there are warriors, our Dacheng warriors are just as powerful!

But of course, he just had to think about this in his heart. If he said it now, the third prince might drag them into a competition. It would be better to do less than to do more.

"Thank you for your consideration, His Highness. General Yang is only dedicated to protecting the people in the city. I hope His Highness can understand. Please wait a moment, Your Highness. I will go and report to His Highness the Prince, and I will come back later to tell His Highness the result." Although this is The result of their discussion was that the drama still needed to be done, so Li Wen went to talk to His Highness the Crown Prince.

His Royal Highness naturally agreed.

Now that His Highness the Crown Prince agreed, General Yang reluctantly accepted that the other party would bring fifty soldiers with him, and the matter was considered over.

This is a pretty good show of force!

The most satisfying thing is when you slap the enemy, and the enemy says it was a good slap.

"Welcome Prince Avara and the envoys. I am very glad that you can come to Dacheng. Today, on behalf of Dacheng, I am here to welcome you." Yang Shaomu said a beautiful speech with a smile on his face. meaning.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Dacheng, it's a pleasure to meet you." Ava crossed his hand across his chest and saluted the Crown Prince of Dacheng. Avala looked at the prince of Dacheng with a defiant and provocative look in his eyes. Is this the prince of Dacheng? It looks so good without being frightened.

"Your Highness, please come with us into the city." Yang Shaomu didn't know what the other party was thinking about him. As the prince, he came to pick up the envoy on behalf of Dacheng, so the proper etiquette must not be lost.

Avala asked his men to select fifty outstanding warriors to follow him into the city, while the rest stayed outside the city and waited.

The city gate was wide open, and the people stood on both sides of the street. Walking in front was His Royal Highness sitting in a carriage, and behind him were the foreign envoys riding into the city. Zhao Xiangyi rode on a horse and followed one side of the carriage. He was responsible for protecting the safety of His Royal Highness, and was accompanied by the guards who escorted His Highness.

Li Wen was the only one among the civil servants riding a horse, and he followed Zhao Xiangyi.

"You see, they look different from us."

"You see, the clothes they wear are too ugly..."

The people in the capital pointed at these foreigners who arrived, commenting on everything from their appearance to their clothing. , in short, they dress differently from the people in Dacheng, and I heard that they still eat raw meat.

This is really terrible.

The common people were afraid of these foreigners but could not resist their curiosity, so they all came to watch the fun.

The Sifang Pavilion is a hotel used to receive foreign guests. His Royal Highness the Prince sent the foreign envoys to the hotel and asked them to rest here first. After he went into the palace to return to his life, he confirmed the time for his visit to the palace and then asked someone to notify them. .

The translator in Tarim relayed the other party's words to their prince.

Li Wen went to communicate with the Third Prince on behalf of their Crown Prince. Avala unexpectedly had a good attitude towards Dacheng, a young official, and even invited him to have a drink with him, hoping to become friends with him. Li Wen expressed his gratitude and apology, "Thanks to His Highness the Prince for the invitation. I'm afraid I don't have time today. When I have free time the next day, I will definitely have a good drink and have a chat with His Highness the Prince

." It's a pity. "Avala's eyes were fixed on Dacheng, a young official.

Li Wen felt a little disgusted with this prince, but he couldn't show it. Naturally, he couldn't drink this wine with this prince. Who could Knowing what would happen,

after the envoy was arranged at the hotel, His Royal Highness was about to enter the palace to resume his duties. Naturally, Li Wen followed His Royal Highness into the palace with Yang, who was escorting the envoy to Beijing. The commander also wanted

to go into the palace to report to the emperor.

Emperor Zhaozong saw the prince coming into the palace and heard that the prince had brought in the foreign envoy. The prince did not hide that he only asked them to bring five people. Ten people entered the city, and the rest of the soldiers were temporarily placed outside the city. The emperor nodded, seeming to be

quite satisfied with how the prince handled the matter, "Let's arrange a time for the envoy to come to the palace the day after tomorrow. I. "Yes." Yang Shaomu responded.

"Wei Chen lived up to his mission and escorted the envoy to the capital safely." Commander Yang stepped forward to report their escort and completed his mission of escorting the envoy to the capital.

The emperor asked a few other questions and then let them go out.

"Your Majesty/Wei Minister, please leave."

Everyone exited the Imperial Study Room.

Chapter 45: Reunion

after a long separation. On the way out of the imperial study, the prince asked with concern about the situation at the border with Commander Zhao, and also asked about General Zhao who had been guarding the border for many years and had not returned to Beijing for many years. The general who guarded the border for their great success asked with respect, "I wonder if the general is well." In response to

the prince's questions, Commander Zhao responded one by one and said, "Thank you for your concern, your highness. The general is in good health." o,,

"Well, that's good. I always have General Zhao in my heart. It's good that General Zhao is in good health." "Yang Shaomu has only seen General Zhao twice when General Zhao returned to Beijing to report on his duties. He has not seen General Zhao for several years. "Commander Zhao, you may not have been back to Beijing for a long time. You have time to go home and visit. Your uncle. The two nephews may not have seen each other for a long time, and they must have something to say. Ah Yi, please accompany Commander Zhao for a walk and talk. "Yang Shaomu said to Zhao Xiangyi, knowing that their uncle and nephew have not seen each other for a long time, let them get together.

Zhao Xiangyi responded, "Thank you, Your Highness. "

Uncle and nephew? Li Wen's eyes wandered over Commander Zhao and Zhao Xiangyi. He could probably guess now that his master had gone to the border when he disappeared in the past few years, so it's no wonder he couldn't be found anywhere. After

the prince finished speaking, he was going to take the lead and let Zhao Xiangyi stay with Commander Zhao.

When he saw Li Liuyuan standing there, Yang Shaomu motioned for Li Liuyuan to follow him, and Li Wen saluted the prince. , said, "Wei Chen still has something to deal with. "

Yang Shaomu nodded, agreed, and left with the people.

When His Highness the Crown Prince left with the people, there were only three of them left, Li Liuyuan and the uncle and nephew of the Zhao family.

Li Wen glanced at Commander Zhao, bored Full of anger,

Zhao Xiangyi turned around and walked out. He still didn't know what was going on. When he saw the young man looking at his fourth uncle, he subconsciously looked at his fourth uncle to see if there was something he didn't know. ?

"Let's go together. "Commander Zhao lowered his head and touched his nose, without saying anything. He motioned his nephew to follow him with his eyes. He probably knew that the young apprentice was angry with him. They walked behind the young apprentice, looking at his back. It's only been a few years since we last saw each other. The young apprentice has grown up so much and has come to the capital to become an official.

However, when he thought about it, it was not surprising that the young apprentice had been studying since he was a child and would come to the capital to become an official. Zhao Si was still thinking. The young apprentice felt proud that he was indeed Zhao Si's apprentice.

The year when the young apprentice left, he heard that something happened at the border gate, so he went back to the border gate with his people. He will go back. He can say that he has the blood of the Zhao family, so he can't shirk this responsibility. He

has been away for many years and has not come back to see his young apprentice.

He has not been back to the capital for many years, and he still thinks about it. He wanted to meet his young apprentice when he had time when he came back from this trip. He hadn't seen his young apprentice for several years and didn't know how he was doing. He didn't expect to see his young apprentice and his younger brother on the first day he arrived in the capital. The change at that time was a bit big, but not so big that he couldn't recognize it. Zhao Si recognized his little apprentice at a glance. Zhao Xiangyi could feel the young man's excitement

all the way out of the palace.

He was unhappy, but he didn't know why the young man was unhappy. But he knew in his heart that it might have something to do with his fourth uncle, so without knowing what was going on, he could only wait patiently for

the people outside the palace to see him . When he walked up, Zhao Si waved, and the people retreated behind them, following them silently.

Listening to the footsteps, he knew that the people behind him were following him. After leaving the palace gate, Li Wen kept going. He didn't know where he was going, but he was angry and had nowhere to go. He actually didn't want to lose his temper with this person he hadn't seen for a long time, but he was afraid that he couldn't control himself

. " Seeing that the young apprentice seemed to have made up his mind to ignore him, Zhao Si, who was standing behind him, had a helpless smile on his lips, softened his tone, and shouted.

Sure enough, the person in front stood still and turned his head. Come on, stare at him with your eyes.

Zhao Si was not afraid of the little apprentice's unintimidating look. He took a few steps forward, stood in front of the young apprentice, and asked, "Are you still angry with the master?

"Who is angry with you? I don't know you. " "Hmph!

Why didn't I think about his little apprentice when I left! I've made him worry for so long and didn't even give him any news. He has long since disappeared as a master. Li Liuyuan pouted, but he became famous first. He looked very aggrieved.

"I'm sorry, it's Master's fault. It's Master's fault. "Zhao Si's eyes turned red when he saw his little apprentice, and he knew that he had offended someone badly. He still treated the little apprentice like he did when he was a child, holding him in his arms to comfort him when he was angry, so he reached out to hug him without thinking. The little apprentice held him in his arms, patted his back and coaxed, "If you don't cry, don't cry. It's the master's fault. The master apologizes to you." If you are unhappy, just hit the master with two punches to vent your anger. "

Master? Zhao Xiangyi frowned. Why didn't he know that his fourth uncle was the boy's master? But he had heard that the boy said that he had another master, but he never thought that this person he knew was his fourth uncle. Uncle.

Mentioning this, Zhao Xiangyi recalled the years when his fourth uncle disappeared. It was probably at that time that he met Li Wen. It turned out that they still had such a relationship, which could explain why the young man met his fourth uncle. "Who is crying

? I didn't cry. Whoever is unhappy, I am not unhappy. Who allowed you to do anything in the street? Let go, what a shame! "Li Wen slapped away the hand holding him, sniffed, and met a pair of eyes looking at him with a smile. At this moment, no matter how angry he was, he couldn't get angry, and he felt even more... He was feeling depressed.

When he thought of the person he had been looking for for so many years suddenly appearing in front of him, he actually missed this person very much, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel a little resentful. The two emotions mixed together, making him a little helpless. Control your emotions.

"Yes, Sanbao didn't cry, I was wrong. "Zhao Si changed his words quickly, with a flattering smile on his face.

Li Wen glared at the playful and smiling man with red eyes, and he didn't look like a master at all.

At this time, Zhao Xiangyi walked forward and suggested, "Si Uncle, if you have anything to say, why don't we find a place to sit down and talk slowly. "There were people coming and going here, and it was not a place to talk.

Not long after, they were sitting in the box above the hot pot restaurant.

"Fourth uncle, do you know each other? "Zhao Xiangyi glanced at the young man, then looked at his fourth uncle and asked.

"Fourth uncle hasn't introduced you yet, this is fourth uncle's young apprentice. "Zhao Si nodded and talked about how he met Li Sanbao and accepted this child as his apprentice.

In fact, he was not accepting a young apprentice at that time. He was just a hunter at the foot of the mountain because he was bored. Seeing this The child is cute and smart, so I want to kidnap him to keep him company.

Of course, the little apprentice is sitting here, so I can't say anything nonsense, otherwise the little apprentice may not know. How long should I be angry with him?

Zhao Xiangyi understood and said, "That's it. When I went out to look for Fourth Uncle, I went there to look for you, but by chance, I missed you. I didn't expect that you and Li Liuyuan would have such a master-disciple relationship. "

I didn't know that you were uncle and nephew. When Zhao Xiangyi looked at him, Li Wen was speechless. He turned around and found that they all knew each other. He had called him master for so many years. He I don't even know their last name or where they live, so I don't know where to look for them when they disappear.

"Sambo, I didn't hide this from you on purpose. The matter was so urgent at that time that I took my people and left. I thought that I would go back after finishing the matter. I thought I would go there for several years. Later. I thought about writing a letter to you, thinking that you were out there and I didn't know where to send the letter. I put it off again and again, and then I forgot about it.

"Looking at the little apprentice's slightly fierce eyes, Zhao Si said . He touched his nose guiltily.

He had just returned to the border and was very busy. When he later remembered that it had been a long time since he wrote the letter to his young apprentice. It was inconvenient to ask someone to deliver the letter there. He was worried about causing trouble to his young apprentice and disturbing his life.

Originally, the two masters and apprentices met by chance. Zhao Si thought that if they were destined to meet each other, they would naturally meet again.

After hearing these words, Li Wen's anger gradually subsided, and he asked, "How have you been at the border for these years?"

"Okay, okay, don't you think I'm fine." Zhao Si laughed and said.

"Liar." Not good at all! He still remembered that the Ministry of Revenue had been in arrears with the border customs for three years and had not paid them. The soldiers had no food to eat, so there was nothing better to do. The handsome master before had gone through many vicissitudes and looked old. Li Wen stepped forward and gave the master a hug, feeling terribly sad.

"Master's three treasures, they have grown so big in the blink of an eye. They have grown so tall. Let master hold one of them. Just now, master was not allowed to hold him in the street. I think he even carried you on his back when you were little. Be good and stop crying. , It's all the master's fault,

aren't you meeting the master? The master has no arms and legs, why don't you stay here?" Zhao Si patted the little apprentice's back and followed the little apprentice's lips. He stroked his hair down and coaxed his little apprentice.

Knowing that the young apprentice had forgiven him, he felt relieved.

Still missing arms and legs! Li Wen stared at the person who said this with a pair of dead eyes. When he thought about where this person ran, it was really possible.

"Look at my mouth, I can't say anything nice." Zhao Si looked cheerful, not like a master at all.

The master and apprentice were hugging each other, as if they had forgotten that there was a living person next to them.

Zhao Xiangyi looked at his fourth uncle holding the boy in his arms with deep eyes. Even though this person was his fourth uncle

and the boy's master, the scene in front of him of the two masters and apprentices reunited after a long absence still made Zhao Xiangyi feel unusually annoying. Very seriously, the man's face darkened again and again.

As soon as Li Wen raised his head, he met Zhao Xiangyi's eyes. Then he remembered that there was another person here. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed and hurriedly withdrew from his master's arms and sat back in his own seat.

"Haha, Sanbao, I never told you, this is my nephew, right? You should know each other?" Here one is his young apprentice, and the other is his nephew, both of whom are his own, Zhao Si thought This nephew and his apprentice are both in the capital, working with His Highness the Crown Prince, so they must have met each other.

"Yes, we know each other." Li Wen raised his head and glanced at Zhao Xiangyi. The two of them not only knew each other, they had done more intimate things. However, at this moment, the two of them had a tacit understanding and did not intend to put their relationship aside. Tell this person

, "Sambo, how did you come to be an official in the capital? Tell me everything." Zhao Si asked about his young apprentice's appointment as an official in the capital.

Li Wen talked about participating in the scientific examination all the way to the capital. Later, he was selected as the number one scholar by the emperor, so it was natural for him to stay in the capital and become an official. This time, His Highness the Crown Prince was responsible for receiving the foreign envoys. He followed His Highness the Crown Prince to assist His Highness.

Seeing that his master had just arrived in the capital today and hadn't eaten anything on the way back and forth, Li Wen asked, "Master, are you hungry? I'll have someone send you some food."

As he said that, he stood up and went to He walked out and asked the people outside to bring some food. By the way, he also told the people following him to go to the box next door to have a meal so that everyone would not be hungry.

"Knock knock -"

"

Not long after we came in, someone came over with soup and vegetables. As soon as the soup was poured into the stove, the entire private room was instantly filled with aroma.

Li Wen also ordered a few more stir-fried dishes and wine, which was very exciting. They were sent over together.

"I was just wondering what made it taste so fragrant, and it turned out to be this soup. "Zhao Si took a deep breath when he saw the soup being cooked in the pot. It also had a spicy smell that made people drool.

"I probably haven't told you yet, this is what A Yi and I are doing together. Opened hot pot restaurant. If you like the food here, just tell me your name when you come to eat here in the future, and I will have someone give you a free meal. "Li Wen first revealed some details, so as not to ruin the relationship between him and Zhao Xiangyi in the future, so that he could find someone to help them. So he decided to drag his master into trouble

these days. If he doesn't cheat, who will he cheat? The master is here to cheat!

" Did you two drive it? There was surprise in Zhao Si's eyes. He didn't know that the relationship between his nephew and his young apprentice was so good. "Haha, I come here to eat and they give me a free meal. Such a good thing."

"Well, I opened it together with Ayi. " Let's chat while we eat. I also want to know, Master, what you are doing at the border. Master, please tell me. "Li Wen scooped a bowl of clear soup for his master and said, "Drink the soup first to warm your stomach

. "Okay." The young apprentice will do whatever he says. Zhao Si feels that he has earned a fortune by accepting such a caring young apprentice. .

After that, they chatted while eating. The master and apprentice had not seen each other for many years, but they had a lot to say. The meal lasted for an hour.

After dinner, Zhao Si had not returned to the capital for a long time, and he had to go back to the General's Mansion. So when the uncle and nephew of the Zhao family went back to the General's Mansion later, Li Wen did not go there with them, and went back to the Hanlin Academy.

Chapter 46: Face to Face

The foreigners entered the capital, and the people in the capital were talking about these foreigners. The capital is not close to the border. Most of the people in the capital have never experienced the tragedy of their relatives being massacred by foreigners, so they do not have that much hatred and hostility towards foreigners.

The common people knew little about politics and did not know what was going on in the court. They just listened to the wind and rain outside and followed what others said. They really thought that the foreigners came to see the emperor of Dacheng and expressed their submission and friendship to Dacheng.

The envoy from Tarim arranged to stay at the Sifang Pavilion, but they heard that Avala took his men to visit the brothel that night and brought a group of women back to the brothel to have fun.

When Yang Shaomu received the news, he just expressed that he knew the news and waved his hands to let his men go down. As long as the foreigners did not do anything against the king's law in Dacheng, they would not even be allowed to have fun in the capital. On

the third day, the foreign envoys were announced to the palace to meet the Holy Emperor.

In the Jinluan Hall, the emperor sat on a dragon chair, with hundreds of civil and military officials standing below. The civil and military officials leaned on both sides to clear a road in the middle. Li Wen stood at the end of the queue, close to the gate. He stood on the edge of the gate.

"Send the messenger to enter the palace." The ceremony officer's voice passed from inside to outside, level by level.

The foreign envoys walked into the hall, and walking in the middle was Prince Avara, followed by a tall and thin man and a bald man. He was accompanied by two women who were veiled with only one pair of eyes exposed, and four strong men. warrior.

"Talimu Harnu'er Avala has met His Majesty the Emperor. May your Majesty be safe." Avala put his hand across his chest, spoke in a strange accent, and said to the Dacheng Emperor in the Dacheng language.

The people following Prince Avara also just put their hands across their chests, and just stood and saluted the Dacheng Emperor.

"Bold, you are not allowed to kneel down when you see His Majesty."

"You are disrespectful to our Majesty by not being able to kneel down when you see His Majesty."

These people are not allowed to kneel down when they see His Majesty because of this. It was so disrespectful to their emperor that before the emperor could reprimand him, the official below jumped out first and pointed at the nose of the foreigner and cursed.

"We are the people of the mountain god. We only kneel down to worship the Tianshan Mountains and the strong. Your emperor in Dacheng is neither a mountain god nor a strong man. Why should we kneel down and worship." Avala looked at the officials of Dacheng with a sarcastic face, not thinking about it. The old emperor of Dacheng looked at him with provocation on his face.

They won't kneel down anymore, what can you do to me?

This was the attitude of these foreigners, who looked down upon the officials of Dacheng and did not take the emperor and officials of Dacheng into consideration at all.

In previous years, when these foreigners came to Dacheng to meet the emperor, they never knelt down and worshiped. Their attitude was extremely arrogant, but the emperor of Dacheng couldn't do anything about them. The emperor and officials of Dacheng were afraid of these foreigners. The foreigners were sure that the emperor of Dacheng could not do anything to them, so they dared to be so arrogant.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, these people are so courageous. They have gone to other people's territory and still dare to be so arrogant. Are they brainless or too arrogant? He thinks it's more of the latter. Li Wen saw that these foreigners were so arrogant. Was it because there was really no one left to bully them?

Li Wen chuckled in his heart, waiting to see how these people would commit suicide. Since they had all gone to other people's territory, they didn't know how to keep a low profile.

In ordinary days, these arrogant officials could not get any favor from this third prince, and they looked like they were about to vomit blood from anger.

"Bold!" Emperor Zhaozong, who was sitting on the dragon throne, said angrily, "Come here, I will pull them all out and kill them!"

This emperor has no face! How could Emperor Zhaozong tolerate these people not taking him seriously as the emperor?

Hearing the emperor's words, Avala was not afraid at all. He looked at the Dacheng Emperor with an unruly expression and said in their barbarian language, "We are the envoys of Tarim. I am the third prince of Tarim. My father is the king." My favorite little son, the future king of Tarim.

This prince comes to your Dacheng on behalf of my father. Whatever happens to me in your Dacheng, my father will definitely not let you go, and our Tarim cavalry will definitely do it. I will avenge you all, Dacheng."

As soon as Avala finished speaking, the translator on Dacheng's side immediately told their emperor and civil and military officials what Avala had said.

Hearing this, not only Emperor Zhaozong was furious, but also many civil and military officials in the palace looked angry. The grumpy military officer jumped out angrily and cursed, "It's unreasonable. You think I'm afraid of you, so let me kill you." This guy.

The military commander nearby hurriedly stopped the military attache who was about to rush out.

The civil servant could only talk, but he really didn't have the courage to rush forward.

The two countries have always had good relations with each other . As usual, if we really kill the third prince today, it will definitely cause bad relations between the two countries and provoke a war between the two countries.

The war between the two sides in the hall is about to break out. The foreigners standing in the hall stand tall and straight. Straight, there was no trace of fear on his face.

Li Wen, who was standing there watching the fun, looked at the third prince with a dead look. It was a miracle that such a person could survive to this day. He was really worried that their emperor would be angry. He ignored them and asked the guards to take a few people out and chop them up. It was easy to chop them down, but the real trouble would come later.

The prince glanced behind him, and Li Wen received the look from his highness and knew what to do. It was time to start his performance.

This was what they had expected.

Li Wen stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, please calm down. We are a country of etiquette and have always paid attention to etiquette and culture. I guess that these envoys who have just arrived in Dacheng do not understand our etiquette and culture in Dacheng. Why should we be like a few barbarians who do not understand etiquette. "

His words not only explained the reason why foreigners did not kneel, but also belittled the foreigners as barbarians without etiquette and culture, and also gave the emperor a step to step down.

At this time, what Emperor Zhaozong owed was a step to step down and someone to hand him over. Giving him a ladder, the emperor came down smoothly, his face softened a little. He was angry just now, but after he calmed down, the emperor understood better than anyone that if he really chopped him down, it would definitely lead to war between the two countries. It will bring unnecessary trouble to their Dacheng.

Their Dacheng is now empty and empty. Coupled with the natural disasters in recent years, the taxes below have been reduced every year. The treasury is now empty and they can't fight now. Fighting would waste people and money, and there was no telling how much they would lose. Most of the land was vacant and uncultivated.

The most important point was that even Emperor Zhaozong was not sure that their Dacheng soldiers would win if they really wanted to fight against the Hu people. The Hu cavalry.

But Emperor Zhaozong felt extremely uncomfortable if he let it go.

Li Wen could probably guess what the emperor was thinking at this moment, so he kindly suggested, "Your Majesty, since the envoy doesn't understand us. Dacheng's etiquette culture is better than sending someone to teach them well first.

"How about... let them start with the salute? " Your Majesty, what do you think?

"How dare you say that we are barbarians! " "The gentleman who was following Avala translated the other party's words to him. Avala said angrily when he found out that this young official said they were barbarians.

"Okay. Come here, teach them how to salute when they see me." Emperor Zhaozong waved his hand, and a group of guards swarmed up, suppressed Avala and his party, knelt down, and saluted their emperor.

"Insolent!"

"That's unreasonable!"

"You guys, let me go!"

Avala didn't expect that the Emperor of Dacheng would dare to treat them like this. He only brought a few warriors into the palace to see the Emperor of Dacheng today. The other party had a large number of people, and a group of people swarmed over them and overpowered them, forcing them to kneel down. This was a great shame and humiliation for Avala.

"You dare to be so rude to us. When I get back, I will tell my father the truth about today's events, and ask my father to seek justice for me and send troops to attack your Dacheng." Ah, who was pressed to the ground. Wala shouted.

"It was you who were rude in the first place. We just used Dacheng etiquette to educate you. How could you turn around and say ours was wrong?" Li Liuyuan stared at this unreasonable barbarian with a pair of beautiful eyes and said "Obviously" It's your fault, why are you blaming us?"

Even if the two sides really want to fight, they must stand on the commanding heights of speech.

"Okay, let them go and retreat." Emperor Zhaozong let out a bad breath in his heart. Seeing that it was almost done, he waved his hand to let them go.

As soon as they heard that the other party said that they would send troops to attack them, all the civil servants in the court who were afraid of life and death showed cowardice, fearing that the other party would really come to attack them.

Avala stood up from the ground. He glanced around at the Dacheng officials standing above the main hall. He glanced at the young Dacheng official standing not far from him, and finally his eyes fell on As for the emperor of Dacheng, he will definitely not let these people go.

At this time, some civil servants who were greedy for life and feared death came forward and tried to make peace with the other party, but they were given a arrogant look by the other party, who obviously did not buy their account.

Seeing that the scene was so tense, the tall and thin man following Avala reminded their prince in the ear, asking him not to forget their mission this time. Avala was not really stupid. He thought that

what his husband said was right. After he got the things, he would send troops to attack Dacheng later. Otherwise, the insult he suffered today would be in vain.

And in the future, he must seek justice for himself today and make the Emperor of Dacheng and these officials pay a heavy price! Avala thought bitterly in her heart.

Avala noticed that officials like Dacheng were scared, raised his proud head, and said, "It's okay if I don't care about what's going on today."

Chapter 47 The lion opens his mouth.

As soon as they heard what the messenger said, the officials in the hall looked waiting for the other party to continue speaking.

"Oh, Your Highness, how do you think this matter should be handled? Tell me." Li Wen glanced at the emperor, saw the emperor nodded slightly, and then asked on his behalf. Emperor Zhaozong, who was sitting on the dragon throne, also wanted to know why the foreigners came to Dacheng this time.

"Your Majesty, you keep saying that you and Tarim are good brothers. There is a severe drought in the grassland this year. Most of the cattle and sheep on the grassland have died, and the herdsmen have no food for the winter. Your Majesty, the people on the grassland are in trouble now, and Tarim is in trouble. You Shouldn't Dacheng help your good brother?

Father sent me here to ask for help from Dacheng." When asked for Dacheng's help, Avala didn't have the slightest attitude of asking for help. Instead, he was like Dacheng. They were owed the same thing, and they were just here to get what was theirs.

Emperor Zhaozong's face darkened and he asked, "How do you want Dacheng to help you?"

Not to mention the severe drought in the grasslands this year, droughts occurred in many places north of Dacheng, and there was no grain harvest in the fields. Severe disaster situation.

The imperial study room was piled high with zhezi, and the emperor became impatient to read such zhezi when he came to ask for money. Now these barbarians came to Dacheng and asked for money and food. Emperor Zhaozong became very impatient when he heard that he was here to ask for money.

"Your Majesty, our demands are not high. As long as you give us 10 million taels of silver, 10 million dans of grain, and 20 million dans of salt..." Avala listed a lot in one breath. something.

After hearing what the foreign envoy said, the officials in the hall took a breath, and a burst of discussion suddenly sounded in the hall.

Even a good-tempered person like the prince turned cold at this moment.

Why don't you go grab it! Li Wen almost slapped Avala in the face. He had seen shameless people before, but he had never seen him so shameless. But when he saw these people, he really planned to come and rob Dacheng. Oh, I really dare to mention it! Isn't this too demanding? So what is a high requirement?

"Absurd!" Emperor Zhaozong became furious after being shocked. He slapped the armrest of the dragon chair, obviously feeling that the other party's request was too much.

Ten million taels of silver? The total of all their taxes for the whole year is only 20 million taels of silver. Not counting other things, just these 10 million taels of silver will take away half of their taxes for the whole year. In addition to the tea, salt, cloth, and other things added later, the total is more than their annual taxes.

Not to mention that the empty warehouse is now empty for horse racing. It is impossible to get so much silver.

Seeing the emperor looking at him, Li Wen caught the emperor's look and stood up and said, "Your Highness, to be honest, so much silver and food are beyond our ability to give. We, Dacheng, really can't afford so much. Silver and food.

Dacheng and Tarim are friends. If we have the ability to help the people on the grassland, we will definitely help. We Dacheng have a saying, how much can we do, your highness, the favor you mentioned. It is beyond our ability. Please forgive me for not being able to do anything. Please forgive me, Your Highness the Prince. "

Not even a word of ten million taels of silver, Li Wen didn't even intend to give it to them.

He really didn't know what the emperors and officials of Dacheng thought in the past. They let their soldiers and people go hungry and spent so much silver grain to feed their enemies. They not only fed their enemies' bellies They were brave enough to not take Dacheng seriously.

The gentleman next to Avala translated the other party's words to him. Avala obviously didn't believe what the other party said, and said with an unreasonable face, "I see that you don't regard Tarim as a friend at all. Knowing that we are in trouble, why not If you don't want to help us, then don't blame us Tarim for sending troops to take it."

This means sending troops to attack them and meet them directly.

"Your Highness, if that's the case, if Tarim doesn't treat Dacheng as a friend, don't blame Dacheng for not treating Tarim as a brother." Li Wen turned to Avala with a cold face and said in a loud voice, "If we really want to take action, I don't think so. We in Dacheng are afraid of Tarim. We have millions of soldiers in Dacheng, all of them are brave and fearless. They will defend the country to the death and prevent the enemy from entering Dacheng's land. "If

the two sides really want to take action, it may not be possible. Achievements will be lost.

There are dozens of tribes, large and small, on the grassland. It is not difficult to see Tarim's ambition. They want to become the overlord of the grassland, but that requires the consent of others. If the people of these tribes were of one mind, the grassland would not be in the current situation of being torn apart. Li Wen was sure of this. If they were really united and united to attack Dacheng, Dacheng might not be able to defeat them, or at worst, die with them!

Instead of living in humiliation, it is better to fight with all your strength and die with honor!

The whole hall suddenly burst into flames, and the general jumped up with a hot temper, "Whoever is afraid of you,

just hit me if you want."

"Yes, I have tolerated you for a long time, hit you if you want to, right here. What nonsense are you talking about?"

Zhao Si was also standing in the main hall today. This was the first time he saw his young apprentice standing bravely and fearlessly in front of the enemy. When he saw his young apprentice, he turned to war with just a few words. After provoking it, everyone on the general's side was filled with indignation and wished they could go up and fight with these foreigners now.

Zhao Si looked at the weak-footed civil servants opposite him. If all the civil servants were like his little apprentice, Dacheng would not be in the situation where it is being bullied today.

The tall and thin man following Avala must be his military advisor on this trip. Seeing this, the man lowered his head and whispered a few words quickly to Avala. Avala changed his words and said, "Your Majesty, what I just said was just a joke. I just said it casually. Please don't take it seriously."

Obviously, this prince also knew that what he just said caused a huge backlash from Dacheng officials. They naturally knew that Dacheng could not get so many things, and their trip was to test Dacheng. It would be best if they could get so many things, otherwise they could settle for the next best thing and get as much as they could.

Foreigners have been eyeing Dacheng for so many years, and they have never concealed their ambitions. If we want to use a metaphor, Dacheng is a sleeping male lion, and these foreigners are a group of wild wolves on the grassland. They are waiting for Dacheng, the male lion, to show his weak state. These wild wolves will swarm up and bite the male lion off.

The past experience of the lion's neck told these foreigners that if they could not capture the lion in one fell swoop, they would lose the chance to defeat the lion. It can be seen from the expressions of these foreigners that they are not completely sure that they can win the Dacheng, otherwise they would not wait until now.

Seeing that the other party changed his mind, Emperor Zhaozong had no real intention to break up with the other party at the moment. With a smile on his face, he said, "Oh, it turns out that the envoy was joking. I almost got blindsided by this. This joke can't be done." Just open it casually

. "Avala didn't think carefully. Please forgive me." "The smile on Avala's face was very sincere.

However, it was obvious that these people were telling lies with their eyes open, and they took what they just said as a joke.

When the civil servants in the hall heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, I have brought our Tarim warriors here this time just to compete with your Dacheng warriors. Avala looked at the emperor of Dacheng and said provocatively, "Your Majesty, you won't dare to accept our challenge, right?" "

The few warriors brought by Avala are all tall. Foreigners are taller than adults in terms of physique.

Emperor Zhaozong glanced at the generals below. He was the emperor of Dacheng. Even for the dignity of Dacheng, he could not refuse the challenge of foreigners. The emperor asked, "How do you want to compete? Can you tell me?" "

Haha. , Your Majesty, that's what I like about you." Avala didn't expect the emperor to agree to him so easily. He pointed at the few warriors behind him and said, "I picked out three warriors from the warriors I brought. "Your Majesty, you will also select three warriors from your Dacheng. We will compete in three games and win two out of three games."

"You can't win without winning, Your Majesty,"

the emperor nodded, agreeing to win the contest. It's about getting lucky.

Avala pointed at the woman next to him and said, "This is the most beautiful woman in our Tarim, Alizhen."

Hearing this, the woman took off her veil. Her deep facial features were very different from those of a mature woman. The woman lowered her head shyly. , and quickly glanced at Emperor Dacheng who was sitting on it, saluted the emperor, took back the veil, and stood quietly aside.

"If you Dacheng warriors lose, I will give you the most beautiful woman in our Tarim. And if we, Tarim, lose, your Dacheng will agree to our request. Do you dare to compete?"

Li Wen was the first to jump. He came out and said, "Your Majesty, I don't agree

." Oh, before I said anything, you jumped out and said you disagreed. Please tell me why you disagreed. "From the tone of Emperor Zhaozong, the emperor was not angry because Li Liuyuan jumped out to object. The emperor looked at his little Liuyuan leisurely, waiting for him to say why he disagreed.

The emperor is now doting on his Li Liuyuan, From the arrival of the envoy this time, the emperor could see that Li Liuyuan had many evil ideas, so even the emperor did not know what evil ideas Li Liuyuan had when he jumped out to oppose this time.

Avala laughed loudly when he heard his husband's translation. He smiled, looked at the young official from Dacheng with a look of disdain, and asked, "If you are afraid, you can admit defeat now, otherwise the sword has no eyesight and accidentally hurt you.

Chapter 48: Competition

"It's a joke, who said we were scared." Li Wen tilted his chin, snorted, and glanced at Avala. He turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I just think that only martial arts is the right match." It's unfair for us civil servants who only know how to write and write. This is a rare opportunity. Wei Chen also wants to ask our foreign envoy friends for advice on poems, lyrics, songs and poems!

Your Majesty, you won't deny Wei Chen the opportunity! ?"

As he spoke, Li Wen smiled at the emperor with a very well-behaved look on his face.

Pfft -

shameless!

You only pay six yuan to ask for advice on poetry and poetry!

All the ministers in the main hall felt that Li Liuyuan was extremely shameless. Even the usually serious Academician Zhan had a smile on his face. He didn't expect that Fu Yihan would teach such a smart and interesting student.

The generals looked like they were watching a good show, haha. They were also looking forward to seeing the envoy compete with their Li Liuyuan in poems and songs.

"Your Highness, you won't give me this opportunity, will you?" Li Wen smiled as pure and cute as a sixteen-year-old boy. He didn't look like he was wealthy at all, and he looked forward to exchanging poems with you! word! Song! Fu!

After a few discussions with his husband, Avala agreed and said, "Okay!"

Obviously Li Liuyuan was not someone who just accepted a good deal. He once again raised objections to the lottery of the game. He said, "Your Highness, I think this The lottery in the competition is not fair. We lose and can only get one woman. If all three of us warriors win, but you only have one beauty..."

The following words are self-evident. Isn't this not enough?

"Impossible!" His Highness Avala said firmly, obviously very confident in the warriors he brought.

"Haha, until the end of everything, who knows who will have the last laugh, your highness, are you right? What we are talking about now doesn't count." Li Wen showed a friendly smile to the envoy and said, "Also Your Highness, you mean that you are in trouble, so we have to agree to a condition. If you ask for 10 million taels of silver again, it will be very difficult for us to deal with it,"

Avala said, "I. I won't make such a request."

But the request he was thinking of was almost the same as ten million taels of silver. The purpose of the envoy's visit to Dacheng this time was to get money and food.

Li Wen obviously didn't believe it. His Highness, the prince, will only get 800 taels for less than 10 million taels. What will they say? Li Wen still remembered that the person sitting on the dragon throne was the big boss of their success. The emperor's opinion must be sought first, "Your Majesty, I have a little suggestion here."

"Oh, you said it." Zhaozong Di is also curious about what suggestions his Xiao Liuyuan will give.

"Your Majesty, it's too unrealistic to agree to a request just because you're lucky. Why don't we just set a lottery. As the saying goes, swords are given to heroes, why not give a sword to heroes who win?" Li Wen knew that everyone in the palace must be happy. There are a lot of precious knives hidden away. Instead of keeping these knives in the warehouse and never see the light of day, it is better to take one out as a lottery and give it to the winning warrior. It is more practical than just agreeing to the other party's request after winning. a little.

Moreover, the emperor did not have to spend half a penny to get things out of the warehouse.

"Well, that's a good idea." Emperor Zhaozong nodded and asked the envoy's opinion and the opinions of the officials in the court.

All the officials nodded and said yes.

Avala looked at Li Liuyuan and gritted his teeth, feeling angry that Dacheng, a young official, had repeatedly ruined his good deeds. But after what happened just now, Avala, no matter how stupid he was, knew not to anger the emperor of Dacheng at this time. He came to Dacheng this time to find out how strong Dacheng was.

"Your Highness, what do you think?" On his own territory, Li Wen was not afraid of what this Prince might do to him. He quickly explained the conditions to the other party and asked for his opinion.

"Okay." Avala asked to compete now.

After the two sides discussed it, it was decided that there would be one literary test and two martial arts tests, with two wins out of three. If one side wins the first two games, there will be no competition in the third game. The Tarim side also agreed.

Li Wen said that it would be best if the three exams were all literary exams!

But the other party will definitely not agree. However, the other party still refuses to admit the fact that he is a Wenman. He only knows how to take action at every turn, and his brain is only used as decoration, right? Isn't this what barbarians do?

Let's not discuss this matter with them for the time being.

"Li Liuyuan, this is the first essay competition. Come to

"Japan"

.

For the first essay competition, Emperor Zhaozong directly selected Li Liuyuan as the representative. Avala asked his husband to come. This prince's military advisor did not Bi directly said that he lost, so he was judged to be Li Liuyuan Lei in the first game.

"..." Li asked. The opponent was so caught off guard that the enemy

gave up before fighting.

The tall and thin man next to him was an old fox. The way he looked at him made him feel very uncomfortable. He always felt like he was being stared at by a poisonous snake, which gave him goosebumps.

The man stood quietly in Avala. There seems to be no sense of presence around him.

Dacheng won the first competition, and there are two more competitions. If they win the next one, Dacheng will have to send someone. There is no need to compete, but if the opponent wins, they will have to compete for the third time.

"Your Majesty, please move. "

The next two games were martial arts competitions between the two sides. They moved out of the hall and moved outside. Emperor Zhaozong sat on the chair above, with hundreds of civil and military officials standing on both sides.

"Your Highness, we have agreed in advance. In view of the Dacheng and Tarim are friends. Even if we compete, we can't hurt our friendship. Therefore, in our competition, friendship comes first and competition comes second. Don't you agree, Your Highness? " Li Wen did not miss the flash of viciousness on Avala's face. He knew what the other party was planning. He

wanted to kill their soldiers in front of their dacheng emperor and all the civil and military officials. Is this person stupid?

Avala is not stupid, he is overly arrogant, "You have nothing to say, swords have no eyes, some things are beyond your control, don't you think so? " "

After saying that, Avala directly chose the bald warrior standing next to him.

The bald warrior took off the clothes on his upper body in one go, and was shirtless, revealing his bulging muscles. At first glance, he was a master. Carrying a He raised his sword, patted his chest, and looked at the

grumpy general on the other side of Dacheng with a provocative look on his face . General Wang wanted to rush forward, but someone by the side pulled him up.

"Your Majesty, please let Wei Chen come. "A young general stood up and asked the emperor for instructions.

"That's right. Emperor Zhaozong nodded slightly, with a serious look on his face.

"Yes." "The one who stood up was General Wang's son, Wang Hao. He also held a big sword in his hand. He didn't even look at his father and stood opposite the foreign warrior. Wang Hao looked like General Wang. His He is already relatively strong among Dacheng men, but compared with the foreign warriors, it is obvious that the foreign warriors have the advantage.

"Wan-',

The two sides moved their hands, and the two knives collided with each other, making a crisp sound. As soon

as the two sides started fighting, anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that the warriors on Dacheng's side were inferior to the foreign warriors.

Wang Hao was born as a disciple of a general. He has been practicing martial arts since he was three years old. He has always been proud of his martial arts, but Standing here now and starting a fight with a foreign warrior, he clearly understood that his martial arts was no match for his opponent.

The Dacheng officials standing on the side looked serious, and Emperor Zhaozong also looked serious.

General Wang stared at his son on the field. When he saw his son being kicked out, General Wang clenched his fists.

Li Wen glanced at General Wang. The old father stood here and watched his son being injured without being able to help. He couldn't bear it. He knew the Wang family and his son. Although he did not have a close relationship with the Wang family and his son, he also did not want anything to happen to Wang Hao at the hands of outsiders.

At the end, Wang Hao was almost beaten by the opponent.

"Bang!"

Wang Hao was kicked out and fell to the ground. The weapon in his hand flew out. "Puff -" a mouthful of blood spurted out. The other party did not let him go, holding the knife. He slashed at him.

At this time, he wanted to retrieve his weapon, but the opponent didn't give him any chance.

Seeing the opponent's knife slashing at him, Wang Hao rolled on the ground twice, but in the end he couldn't dodge and could only watch. Seeing the opponent's knife coming down on him

, Wang Hao knew that he was finished...

"Bang!" "A sword appeared next to him, blocking the opponent's sword and freeing Wang Hao from the sword. Zhao Si picked up the man, threw it towards General Wang, and said to Avala, "In the second game, we will succeed. Lost.

General Wang caught the man and looked at the emperor.

Emperor Zhaozong waved his hand and asked someone to take the injured person down. General Wang summoned two people and handed his son over to his own bodyguards.

Li Wen felt worried as he looked at the man being carried down covered in blood.

But he can't think too much about it now, because there is still one game, and he doesn't know who will play in the next game, and which side will lose the game. He hopes that they will win.

If they lose this game, it will be very detrimental to their subsequent negotiations.

"Haha..." Avala smiled extremely arrogantly and greatly exaggerated his warriors. He was extremely confident in the warriors he brought. He looked at the Dacheng soldiers and said, "Do you still dare to come? Our warriors are the most powerful, haha... If you don't dare to come, we will lose the game."

Dacheng can't just admit defeat.

Two wins out of three games, Dacheng lost the second game, now it's a tie, there is still the third game left, the last game is the most critical.

Zhao Si, who had just brought him back, took a step forward, obviously planning to go out.

Zhao Xiangyi stood up one step faster, raised his hands and begged, "Your Majesty, please let me go up and have a try.

Chapter 49 Winning the Competition

Seeing Zhao Xiangyi stand up, Li Wen was stunned for a moment, with a moment of astonishment on his face. He did not expect Zhao Xiangyi to stand up. The scene where Wang Hao was carried away just now was still in his mind. Lingering.

But it seems that Zhao Xiangyi will stand up, which is expected.

From the last game, it can be seen that the martial arts of these people brought by Avala are definitely not low. I wonder if Zhao Xiangyi can beat the other party against the other party. He knew that the competition had not yet begun, and he could not extinguish his own prestige by boosting others' ambitions, but because this person was Zhao Xiangyi, he could not afford not to worry, and he did not want Zhao Xiangyi to get even a little bit injured.

"Alright." Emperor Zhaozong waved his hand and agreed.

Zhao Xiangyi held his sword in his hand. The moment he turned around, his eyes met the eyes of the young man who was looking at him, and he strode towards the stage.

The moment the two people's eyes met, Li Wen understood from the man's look what the man wanted to say to him, which was to tell him not to worry and to trust him. The hands hanging down by his sides were clenched into fists. He cheered for the other party in his heart. They would definitely win!

This game is not only about personal safety, but also about the dignity of their dacheng. Losing is absolutely not allowed.

In the third game, Avala replaced a warrior. They came prepared. All the people they brought were strong men, and it was obvious that their martial arts were not bad.

The man who came up to the stage was also a strong man. As soon as he got on the stage, he took off his clothes and stood on it shirtless. He held a knife in his hand and slapped his chest with one hand. He roared and made a provocative sound. .

Compared to the other party's provocation, Zhao Xiangyi held the knife in his hand and looked at the other party calmly.

"Ha!" The other party roared and slashed at him with a knife. Zhao Xiangyi's body nimbly dodged. After two moves with the opponent, Zhao Xiangyi drew out his sword and blocked the opponent's knife.

The knife and the sword collided, causing violent sparks.

In the first fight, Zhao Xiangyi felt his tiger's mouth was numb from the shock. There was no panic on his face, and there was no trace of confusion on his feet. In his heart, he knew that the opponent's size and strength were better than his, and his advantage was in his flexible movements. While fighting with the opponent, he paid attention to the opponent's shots and movements, and his mind was analyzing how to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses in order to defeat the opponent.

The officials watching the competition were all worried, and Emperor Zhaozong looked serious.

At this time, everyone's attention was focused on the two people on the field. Zhao Si squinted at his nephew. Commander Zhao was not nervous at all on his face, but in fact he was equally nervous in his heart. Even His Highness the Crown Prince, who had always been secretive about his emotions and anger, no longer had the usual smile on his lips, and his eyes were focused on the two people on the field without blinking.

Li Wen's eyes were fixed on Zhao Xiangyi. At this moment, he felt that his heartbeat was a little fast and his mouth was a little dry. He glanced at the excited Avala, and really thought they were sure to win. He wanted to kick this bastard off the stairs, damn him!

If you dare to touch his man, I will make it impossible for you to come back! He thought fiercely in his heart.

The competition on the field quickly entered a heated moment. The two people standing on the field knew that the other's martial arts was not low. The two people's martial arts methods were different. They were evenly matched, so they couldn't tell the difference quickly. Come up with a winner.

The masters compete with each other at such a fast speed that it's difficult for the eyes to catch up, but often the winner is decided in just a moment's flash.

''Orbit! "

The swords collided, and the long sword in Zhao Xiangyi's hand was cut off by the opponent's broadsword. The tiger's mouth was numb from the shock, and the hilt of the sword in his hand flew out.

After seeing the scene where the sword in Zhao Xiangyi's hand was cut off, At this moment, Li Wen's heart almost stopped beating.

At this moment, any hesitation would cause him to be killed by the enemy's sword.

Even at this moment, the man did not show any panic. Zhao Xiangyi turned his body aside in time to avoid the opponent's fatal knife attack. At almost the same moment, while giving up his hand to break the sword, Zhao Xiangyi pulled out a soft sword from his waist and wrapped it around the sword as soft as a snake. He grabbed the opponent's knife and slashed the opponent's face.

"Okay!" "

After a pause for a second, the generals watching the game on the field shouted "Hello" one after another. They all sweated for General Zhao. Zhao Si's palms were slightly sweaty, and his brows relaxed. At that moment, he was ready to rush forward if anything happened to his nephew. Fortunately, not bad... The emperor

's expression softened a little, knowing that they had no chance of winning this game.

When he pulled out a soft sword from his waist and stabbed the opponent, Li Wen felt his heart

beating again. At that moment, what he thought of was the scene of Wang Hao lying in a pool of blood, so he was almost stunned. .

Fortunately, fortunately!

His hands and feet are still weak now...

If Zhao Xiangyi was adopting a dodge strategy before, now he is facing the enemy's blade, and his momentum is even stronger than the opponent's. Every move was aimed at the opponent's fatal place, and his movements were fast and ruthless.

This was the first time he had seen Zhao Xiangyi like this. The Zhao Xiangyi Li Wen knew had always been a very reserved and low-key man, even though he knew This man's martial arts skills are not low.

He never knew that this man has such a side. He is full of domineering energy and the moves in his hands make it difficult for the enemy to resist. Even

though he is a person with a low level of martial arts, Li Wen knows the victory or defeat very quickly. It's coming out.

"Bang! ,'

Zhao Xiangyi turned back and kicked the opponent to the ground. At the same time, the sword in his hand was also pressed against the opponent's neck. As long as the sword in his hand was moved forward one inch, he could pierce the opponent's throat, but he did not Do this.

The match was a best-of-three game, with Dacheng winning two games and Tarim losing only one game. There is no doubt that Tarim lost this game.

Zhao Xiangyi put away his sword, came up from below, stood in front of the emperor respectfully, and saluted, "I have fulfilled my mission

." Haha... Okay, okay, okay. "Emperor Zhaozong laughed and said three words in a row.

The warriors from Tarim on this side went back to plead guilty to their prince. Avala's face was livid with anger, and his face was not very pretty. The tall and thin man following Avala I don't know what he said to Avala, but even though His Highness the Prince didn't look very good, he didn't have an attack on the spot.

"Your Highness, it seems that the martial arts of our Dacheng Warriors are better. "Li Wen smiled slightly and said to the other party.

For the first time, the Dacheng officials were proud of themselves in front of the foreign envoys. They were all whispering to each other and praising General Zhao for his martial arts at such a young age. It's amazing, as expected, they really have Nai's style.

They Dacheng won this competition. Emperor Zhaozong was in a very good mood. The smile on his face did not diminish and he said, "This was just a small competition. It can't be true. I don't want this to affect the friendship between Dacheng and Tarim. Don't you think so, messenger? "

Of course, Your Majesty. "Avala said.

Although the expression on Avala's face did not say so, it was not important to them.

This time when meeting the foreign envoys, Dacheng seemed to have the upper hand.

The foreign envoys were sent back to Sifang Pavilion.

They followed the emperor to the imperial study.

"Haha, okay, okay." Emperor Zhaozong could not conceal his good mood. The emperor had not been so happy for a long time. The emperor looked at Zhao Xiangyi and said, "You just won the last competition, okay, you are young and promising. I just agreed to Li Liuyuan's suggestion. If I win the competition, I will give him a sword. "

Since ancient times, swords have been given to heroes. Well, that's how it should be. Come and get the Longquan Sword."

The emperor asked for the sword, and Eunuch Sun responded. After making a sound, he went to get the sword himself.

Li Wen suddenly felt unbalanced when he saw that the emperor only rewarded Zhao Xiangyi with the sword but not him.

Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, he shyly walked out to ask for the reward and said, "Your Majesty, you can't just reward General Zhao. The minister obviously also won a game." He looked at the emperor eagerly. , although he didn't explicitly say that he wanted a reward, that's what it said on his face.

Li Liuyuan is young and good-looking. He is younger than His Highness the Crown Prince. He is the same age as the Sixth Prince. The way he looks eagerly at the Emperor for reward is like being coquettish with the Emperor.

If an old minister were to do this kind of thing, the emperor would not find him cute.

"They gave up on their own, and I was ready." Li Liuyuan also felt wronged because the other party didn't give him a chance to show off. It's none of his business, otherwise he could turn the enemy into a scumbag. .

"Haha... You are so good, Li Liuyuan. Yes, I have not forgotten that you also lost in a competition. What reward do you want?" Emperor Zhaozong was not angry because of this. This time they beat the foreigners. , Li Liuyuan is indispensable.

Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the Royal Study couldn't help but laugh, and stood up to help Li Liuyuan ask for a reward from his father, "Yes, Father, Li Liuyuan is indispensable this time, Father, you can We cannot miss the reward from our Li Liuyuan^"

As long as the emperor is not angry, everyone will regard this as a joke.

There are not many people in the world who dare to ask for rewards in front of the emperor.

"Haha, my father is still short of a reward for Li Liuyuan." Emperor Zhaozong was thinking of giving his little Liuyuan something to reward. In fact, the emperor already had something to reward Li Liuyuan in his mind, but it was not the time yet, it would have to be later.

This is what he said. If you win the competition, you will be rewarded. They have won two competitions. Xiao Liuyuan is right to ask for a reward, and the emperor has no intention of not giving it.

Chapter 50 Second

Update At this time, Eunuch Sun brought over the Longquan Sword. Eunuch Sun gave the sword to General Zhao. "Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhao Xiangyi took the sword awarded by the emperor with both hands.

The Longquan sword ranks third among the top ten swords. It is a rare sword in this world. However, this sword has always been hidden in the palace and is not allowed to be seen by outsiders.

Zhao Xiangyi's sword was cut off by a big sword in the competition just now, but he did not throw it away, but picked it up. The sword has been with him for more than ten years. He has feelings for this sword, so he is Reluctant to throw it away. As a reward for this competition, he got the Longquan Sword that the world longed for.

Li Wen watched eagerly as Eunuch Sun gave the sword to Zhao Xiangyi, looking like he wanted one too.

When Emperor Zhaozong saw Li Liuyuan's envious eyes, he immediately became overjoyed and said with a smile, "There is only one Longquan Sword. I have promised to give it to Xiang Yi. Do you still want the Longquan Sword for only six yuan?" "

This Not really, a gentleman does not win the love of others. "Li Liuyuan is also a reasonable person, his request for rewards is more like a joke, it can make the emperor happy, but it is more important than any reward.

However, the emperor did not favor one over the other. His Xiao Liuyuan did win the competition. Emperor Zhaozong remembered that there were many gadgets in his warehouse, but he remembered that there was a beautiful little dagger, so he asked Eunuch Sun to get it.

Li Wen didn't expect that he really had a reward. He was curious about what the emperor wanted to reward him. His eyes opened slightly and he followed Eunuch Sun away before looking back.

Eunuch Sun went to fetch a small dagger. The scabbard and handle of the dagger were inlaid with beautiful gems.

The emperor rewarded Li Liuyuan with this beautiful little dagger and said, "There is only one Longquan sword, and I don't have it here. You can play with this little thing. I owe you your reward for the time being." I'll give it to you later."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, this dagger is already very good. I don't need anything else." Li Wen showed his complete humility and was not greedy at all. He saw that the dagger was inlaid with a gem larger than a cat's eye. This was a real gem. He didn't know how much silver it could be sold for if it were dug out.

Oh, of course, he just thought about this. Things given by the emperor cannot be sold, and he is not short of money now. This dagger is made like a handicraft. Even if he is not a girl, he still likes this beautiful dagger.

"Haha, you are not greedy." Emperor Zhaozong laughed.

Li Wen chuckled, his smiling eyes crooked.

Zhao Xiangyi and Li Liuyuan stole the show today, and the emperor was obviously in a good mood.

The officials in the imperial study all saw the emperor's favor for Li Liuyuan. Prime Minister Dong glanced at Li Wen with his cloudy old eyes and said nothing from the beginning to the end. In addition to the prince, the eldest prince and the third prince are also here, and I don't know what they are thinking. When

Mu Mumu

came out of the palace, Li Wen remembered that his master said that the "General" was in the General's Mansion. The "General" was the big black dog with smooth fur that his master had raised before. Of course it was not General Zhao. Ahem...

So Li Wen wanted to follow his master to see Dahei. He didn't know what his master had in mind when he gave a dog such a name.

This was the first time Li Wen came to the General's Mansion. He was not even qualified to step into the General's Mansion before. Of course, that was why he was embarrassed to follow Zhao Xiangyi to the General's Mansion. But now that he followed his master to the general's mansion, this was different.

Li Wen hasn't figured out what the difference is yet. He just wants to see the dog now.

"Fourth Master, Second Young Master." When the steward of the General's Mansion saw their Fourth Master and Young Master coming back together, he hurriedly went out to greet them. Seeing Li Liuyuan who had accompanied him to the General's Mansion, the housekeeper also said hello, "Hello, Mr. Li."

It can be seen that the housekeepers of the General's Mansion are different. Even if this Li Liuyuan comes to the General's Mansion for the first time, this old housekeeper Once you hear Li Liuyuan's name, you can recognize him at a glance.

Zhao Si ranked fourth among the brothers, and everyone in the general's house called him "Fourth Master".

A group of female relatives and children were left in General Zhao's house in the capital, while the men had all gone to the border.

Mrs. Zhao is still alive in the General's Mansion. In the battle with foreigners, General Zhao and his son Zhao Dalang died in the battle. Zhao Dalang had no children but one daughter. Zhao Hui, the legitimate daughter of General Zhao's Mansion, married the legitimate son of the Secretary of the Ministry of War as his wife. The old lady was in charge of this marriage at that time. The eldest lady Huo nodded. This marriage was a match between the two families, and Zhao Hui did not It's considered a low marriage.

Now guarding the border is Zhao Erlang, Zhao Zhuo, the second-ranked member of the Zhao family, who is now the general of the Hussars. Zhao Zhuo and his wife Wang had two sons, the eldest son Zhao Xiangyi and the younger son Zhao Ruichen. The younger son had just turned eight this year

. The eldest Zhao Sanmei was Zhao Yueyan who entered the palace at that time. She died in the palace ten years ago and left no children. There is also Zhao Wumei below who is married to the second son of the Anyuan Hou Mansion as his wife and has a son and a daughter.

Zhao Liulang followed his second brother at the border, married a wife, and gave birth to three sons in a row.

Zhao Xiangyi is the second young master of General Zhao's house. He was transferred back to the capital two years ago and works in a camp on the outskirts of Beijing. Zhao Si had just returned to the capital after escorting the foreign envoy. After everything was over, he probably had to go back to the border.

"Uncle Si, brother." Zhao Ruichen knew that his brother was back and ran out.

Li Wen didn't know that Zhao Xiangyi had such a young brother? Cousin? Or a relative? Why had he never heard Zhao Xiangyi say that he had a little brother? To be precise, when the two of them were together, he never asked Zhao Xiangyi about the General's Mansion, nor did this person tell him anything about the General's Mansion.

Zhao Xiangyi knew what the young man was thinking when he met his eyes.

"This is my younger brother, Zhao Ruichen. You can just call him Xiaochen." Zhao Xiangyi touched his younger brother's head and then remembered that he had never told the boy that he had a younger brother. Zhao Ruichen had been weak since he was a child, and was different from other boys in the Zhao family. Therefore, he rarely left the general's mansion, and few people outside saw him.

"Xiaochen, this is Li asking Brother Li, please call Brother Li." Zhao Xiangyi said.

Zhao Ruichen looked at this little brother with curious eyes, and followed his brother and shouted obediently, "Hello, brother Li."

"Hello." Xiaochen, can I call you that? " As soon as he heard this, Li Wen knew that this was Zhao Xiangyi's biological brother. He looked younger than his little boy. The two brothers stood together. It seemed that the younger brother of the Zhao family looked a bit like his elder brother. He seemed to be... A smaller version of Zhao Xiangyi. Did Zhao Xiangyi look like this when he was young? This made him like Zhao Xiangyi's younger brother for no reason. Zhao

Ruichen nodded, his mouth pursed, and his face was serious.

My little brother didn't bring you a gift when I saw you for the first time. I'll bring you a gift next time I come. Do you like something? "Li Wen was very patient with his friends. He smiled and asked,

"You're welcome. It doesn't matter if you don't take them with you. "Zhao Ruichen looked at the gentle little brother who smiled at him, and he felt a little fond of this little brother.

"No, I have to bring him." I'll make up for the meeting gift next time. "Li Wen felt sorry for not preparing a gift for the child. It was all Zhao Xiangyi's fault. He didn't tell him who was in his family so that he could prepare a gift.

But today came suddenly, and he didn't expect to prepare a gift. That's it.

"Fourth uncle, Ah Wen, I will come back to Zhao you when we get back." Zhao Xiangyi wanted to take his younger brother back to his grandma's place. Li Wen wanted to follow his master to see the dog. After saying hello, Li Wen followed his master.

General Zhao's mansion was very large. Li Wen followed his master around until he reached the small courtyard where his master lived and asked, "Master, do you live here?"

"Yes, you live here." Zhao Si likes purity, and the small courtyard where he lives is at the corner of the mansion.

Dahei is kept in the yard and is guarded by special people.

As soon as the door to the courtyard was opened, a big black dog sprang out and pounced directly on Li Wen. Li Wen wasn't afraid either, but he underestimated the strength of the big dog and fell backwards together with the man and the dog.

Zhao Si couldn't reach out to catch him. He watched helplessly as the dog threw his little apprentice to the ground, "..."

"Hahaha... Dahei, do you still remember me? I miss you so much." Li Wen hugged He has never been afraid of the big black dog since he was a child. When he was young, he always wanted to climb on the big black dog, and the big black dog would run around him when he saw it. At that time, when he knew that his master was missing and even the dog was missing, he felt very sad.

Dahei told him with its enthusiasm that it still remembered him.

"Get up." Zhao Si picked up his apprentice from the ground. The little apprentice was covered in dirt and didn't seem to care at all.

"Thank you, master, hehehe..." Li Wen said with a silly smile on his face.

Dahei stood on his hind legs and raised his two front legs. He held the dog's two paws. When he saw Dahei wagging his tail at him, he felt like crying. People say that animals are the most affectionate. , "Master, look, Dahei still remembers

ib."

Look for it.

"Dahei has no amnesia, of course he remembers you." Zhao Si took the dog with him when he left. Otherwise, if the dog he raised was so obedient, he would not be willing to leave it alone in the hut waiting for him to return.

After everyone and the dog finished reminiscing about old times, Li Wen sat opposite his master.

Recalling that his master worked as a hunter at the foot of the mountain with one man and one dog, Li Wen asked curiously, "Master, why did you think of running to our place to be a hunter at that time?"

Zhao Si remembered the past, smiled and said, "If I'm not a hunter, why should I be a farmer farming?"

"..." Li asked, "You know that's not what I'm asking."

"But forget it, if you don't want to say it, don't say it. You don't necessarily want to know." Li Wen shrugged, not insisting on the answer. He was quite grateful to his master who went to the foot of the mountain to become a hunter, otherwise he would not have met him. Therefore, the encounter between people is actually a kind of fate.

This is enough to prove that they are very destined to become master and disciple.

Li asked about the people in the general's mansion. In fact, he was curious that Zhao Xiangyi had such a young brother. There was not much known about the general's residence. Zhao Si simply talked about the people and things in the family. Seeing his young apprentice asking about his eldest nephew, he asked, "Do you have a good relationship with A Yi? "

"It's not bad, I think it's not bad in private." Li Wen talked about his acquaintance with Zhao Xiangyi, and the last time he went back to his hometown to visit relatives, Zhao Xiangyi escorted him back, so their relationship was Not bad.

"Oh." Zhao Si finally understood.

He stayed at his master's courtyard for lunch at noon. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiangyi also came with him. The three of them had a meal together. When he went back, it was Zhao Xiangyi who sent him back.