In the next few days, Wang Xun lived an extremely comfortable life. Either he was with Zi Luoni at home, saying silly things that only two people would find interesting, and doing things that made both of them happy. Or he went out to find Bai Yu.
Zhi, listen to songs, drink, flirt, enjoy it all!
After experiencing a turmoil, Bai Yuzhi became even more indulgent of him than before, meeting almost all his requirements except for the last layer of barriers. "Anyway, if Qingping is in the pond, sooner or later she will all belong to Erlang."
! Just let the Nu family keep a small wish. After marrying you, whatever Erlang wants, the Nu family will be fine!"
"I want you to sing to me every night!" After several months of living in the military camp, Wang Xun's temperament became much calmer than before. He pulled his big hand out of the other person's clothes and joked with a smile.
"Isn't Erlang listening every day now?" Bai Yunzhi didn't expect that Wang Xun would actually make such a simple request. She was stunned, with a bit of curiosity in her attachment eyes.
"Of course it's different. I want you... to sing to me!" Wang Xun smiled and passed his lips over to Bai Yuzhi's ears.
"Bad guy!" Bai Yongzhi's face suddenly turned bright and she ran away as if she were running away. She hugged a pillow as a shield and hid behind, covering half of her body. She was shy and delicate, and her voice was like the aftertaste of a song, "If
, if Erlang really likes it, that’s okay, it’s not a bad idea!”
"Really?" Wang Xun laughed, his eyes suddenly shining brightly.
"Yeah!" Bai Yongzhi gritted her teeth and nodded, then shook her head quickly, "It's really not serious. People thought you had changed your life!"
"Reborn, isn't it easy?" Wang Xun immediately put away his smile, put on the stereotypical appearance of a private school teacher, and bowed his head to the ground, "Madam, the moon is sparse and the stars are flying south, let's do the courtesy of Duke Zhou.
, is it possible?”
"Bah!" Bai Yuzhi threw the pillow over and rolled on the carpet with laughter.
After laughing enough, the two put their heads together again and carefully planned the banquet promised to Zhou Laohu and others. With Bai Yuzhi, who could take over the mantle of Gongsun Auntie, as the head of the party, the banquet was arranged much more easily. It was almost easy.
Every detail, including the tastes and preferences of the guests, the difficulty and scope of the wine order, has been carefully considered.
In the blink of an eye, three days later, Zhou Xiaofeng, Zhao Huaixu and others arrived as promised. Unexpectedly, Wang Xun really had the ability to invite Gongsun Aunt and Li Bai. Zhou Xiaofeng, who was usually arrogant, could not even speak clearly and stammered with gestures.
After a while, Rang finally let everyone understand that he had been stationed near Suiye City for a long time. The people in the city, whether they were Han people, Qiang people, Uighurs, or Turks, all thought that there was a great poet there.
To be proud of it. On several occasions, in order to argue whether Li Bai was a Turkic royal family who was ordered to change his surname to Li, or whether he was an authentic Han bloodline, the people fought fiercely. Thanks to the timely arrival of the Anxi Army, no bigger trouble was caused!
Li Bai had long been accustomed to such honors. He smiled, and gently cupped his hands towards Zhou Xiaofeng, "I'm causing trouble to General Zhou. Li is a commoner in Longxi, and I'm afraid he has nothing to do with the Turkic royal family. As for his ancestors,
Who, there are ominous records in the family tree, and Li himself doesn’t have the energy to investigate."
"The banishment of immortals is so free and easy! I remember a senior said that people are not beasts and do not need names, blood, and species!" Zhao Huaixu took over and praised with a smile.
"This is a wonderful statement!" Li Bai was stunned, then laughed and clapped his hands. "For these words, I should drink a big drink!"
"Do it!" Everyone immediately raised their glasses and drank the wine in one gulp.
Putting down the wine cup, Zhou Xiaofeng was afraid that Li Bai would misunderstand his doubts about his bloodline, so he continued to explain stammeringly: "I, I, alas, I am a rough person, I don't know how to say it. Lay Qinglian, please don't blame me."
Okay, I just want to say that in the Suiye area, everyone, regardless of Hu or Han, is proud of Brother Li!"
"The love of my father and fellow villagers really makes Bai Bai feel ashamed!" Li Bai nodded gently towards Zhou Xiaofeng, "I haven't been back for many years. I wonder what has become of my hometown?"
"No, nothing has changed!" Mentioning the appearance of the four towns in Anxi, Zhou Xiaofeng's nervous mood finally eased slightly. He took a deep breath and described to Li Bai: "Everything is the same as before. The desert, the yellow sand, the ancient roads, the camel caravans.
, and there are rows of Populus euphratica and Populus euphratica trees..."
"And we, the Tang Dynasty soldiers, holding long tassels, are galloping between the great passes of the desert!" Gao Shi quickly added, completing the majestic picture of the entire Western Region for Zhou Xiaofeng.
Among those present, Li Bai was born in Suiye, Cui Hao once traveled to the frontier fortress in search of opportunities to impress others, Gao Shi served as the secretary-general of Gao Xianzhi, the governor of Longyou, and Cen Shen had just joined the Feng Changqing shogunate as a
The judges in charge of the documents had quite a lot in common with each other. Soon, they became lively, drinking and drinking, and had a lot of fun.
Aunt Gongsun still hadn't forgotten the debt from the last banquet. Before she was drunk, she took the opportunity to come to collect the debt. Li Bai and Gao Shi were prepared. After laughing and joking a few words, they took two poems praising her dancing.
Bai Yuzhi was so jealous that she secretly winked at Wang Xun and asked him to ask Li Bai and others for a poem for him so that he could show off to his fellow sisters in the future. Wang Xun was embarrassed to ask for every drink.
The other party offered poems in exchange, shook his head, and deliberately turned a blind eye to Bai Yuzhi's threat.
Seeing that the two of them were always flirting with each other, Zhou Xiaofeng and others started joking again and asked Bai Yuzhi if she felt she owed Wang Xun the life-saving grace and planned to give her life to him? Bai Yuzhi immediately blushed with embarrassment and went straight to
Aunt Gongsun hid behind her, making everyone laugh. After laughing, Gao Shi and Li Bai didn't know what the life-saving grace Zhou Xiaofeng said was about, and couldn't help but curiously asked. They looked familiar to everyone.
, Zhou Xiaofeng immediately revealed his true colors, and immediately added more fuel and jealousy to describe Wang Xun's heroic feat of saving the beauty three days ago.
After the story was told, the whole room was filled with excitement. Li Bai, Cui Hao, Gao Shi, Wang Quan and others all praised Wang Xun for his superior martial arts, which taught some bullies a pleasant lesson. But Wang Xun was praised so much.
I was a little embarrassed, thought about it, and explained in a low voice: "It's not that I'm good at martial arts, but that those three guys are so poor. They didn't even learn how to reload a crossbow immediately, and yet they came out to be assassins!
"
"Little guy, I wouldn't have led you to bury people like this!" Gao Shi thought Wang Xun was being modest and couldn't help but laugh and joke.
"Yes, although you win cleanly, don't look down on others too much!" As Wang Xun's friend, Zhang Xun also gave advice with a smile.
"Their skills are indeed very poor!" It was the first time for Yan Jiming to deal with romantic figures like Li Bai and Gao Shi, but he had no stage fright at all. Seeing that everyone had misunderstood Wang Xun's meaning, he immediately took the initiative to help explain. "I was there at the time.
On the roadside, I planned to step forward to help, but before I could find a suitable opportunity, Brother Mingyun had already dealt with all the assassins. In the opinion of the younger generation, not only were the assassins poor in skill, but also the generals raised by the Wang family.
There are police officers and helpers from Chang'an County, as well as the Imperial Guards guarding the city gates, but they all seem to have little ability. They react surprisingly slowly, and when faced with tough situations, they immediately give up."
"Well, according to what you said, the various yamen in the capital and the various camps of the Forbidden Army are equivalent to feeding a bunch of trash!" As a noble son of the capital, Ma Fang was very dissatisfied with what Yan Jiming inadvertently revealed when he talked about Chang'an City.
Out of contempt, he smiled and asked in a low voice.
"Except for the Feilong Imperial Guards where you are, everyone else is probably like this!" Yan Jiming smiled and answered unceremoniously.
"You really dare to say that you have seen so many elite soldiers and generals!" Ma Fang immediately curled his lips and commented with a sneer.
"At least, compared with the soldiers under the command of Fan Yang Jiedu, whom I have met before, they are far behind!" Yan Jiming, who was also young and energetic, immediately responded tit for tat.
Li Bai had fought against Wang Xun a few months ago due to a misunderstanding. He knew how heavy the latter actually was. Although the latter had practiced hard in the military camp for more than four months, he could be said to have reached the point where he was completely transformed.
, it was a bit too exaggerated. Therefore, he quickly accepted Yan Jiming's opinion and asked seriously: "Are you from Hebei? Have you seen the elite soldiers under Fan Yang Jiedushi?"
"My father once served under An Jiedu for many years, and was recently recommended by him to serve as the prefect of Changshan!" Yan Jiming nodded and responded in a low voice.
Ever since that day when he saw the police officers of Chang'an County and the generals of the Taiyuan Palace showing off their behavior one after another, he had been feeling a little uneasy. Where did this uneasy feeling come from, but it was difficult to explain clearly.
After a quarrel with Ma Fang today, Yan Jiming immediately realized the truth. What made him uneasy was the sharp contrast between the proud soldiers under the command of Fan Yang Jiedushi and the military strength of Chang'an City. The former stood side by side with the latter.
Together, it's like a lamb lying next to a wolf. It's impossible to stop the wolf from having any evil thoughts!
He couldn't help but think that the minions of the government were strong on the outside and weak on the inside. After several days of observation, Yan Jiming also clearly discovered that the several forbidden troops guarding the tranquility of the capital, except for the Feilong Imperial Guards who were being heavily trained by Feng Changqing, were all in vain.
Table. If such soldiers and horses were brought to the battlefield to fight against Fan Yang's elite, I'm afraid they would have been frightened to wet their pants by the bloody aura of the soldiers on the opposite side before they even fought! How can we expect them to intimidate all parties and prevent those with ulterior motives in the world from taking action?
?
However, Yan Jiming could not clearly express this concern. First of all, An Jiedu was kind to the Yan family. He could not slander An Lushan because he was too powerful. Secondly, with his current status,
Even if he expressed his worries, few people would listen carefully. Instead, everyone would think that his father and uncle were ignorant wolves who took advantage of others and then bit them back.
Fortunately, there were several people in the audience who were also worried about national affairs. After hearing what Yan Jiming had said, they immediately thought along the same lines. "The Forbidden Army has been corrupted for a long time. But now the power of the generals in the border towns is
It's getting bigger and bigger, which is probably not a good thing for the court!" Zhang Xun was already known for his integrity and outspokenness. Whatever he thought of, he immediately said it out of his mouth.
"Sir Zhang's words are meaningless! Our Anxi Town's Gao Shuai and Feng Shuai have always been loyal to the emperor!" Since each other's interests are different, they naturally look at the problem from different angles. Seeing that Zhang Xun seemed to be pointing out something in his words,
Zhou Xiaofeng immediately straightened his face and retorted loudly, "Besides, the Western Region is thousands of miles away from Chang'an. If the commander has to report everything to the court but does not have arbitrary power, by the time the court approves it, the cucumbers will be cold!
"
"Zhang had no intention of insinuating against Marshal Gao and Marshal Feng!" Zhang Xun quickly cupped his hands and apologized in a low voice. "Zhang was just talking about the matter. The soldiers in the border town are strong but the heart is empty. It is really not a blessing for the country!"
Zhao Huaixu glared and said angrily: "Is that because the Forbidden Army failed to live up to its expectations and blocked a few border towns? Do you know that the big cannibals with white hats have almost reached the edge of Rehai! Over the years,
It was only because of the bloody battles of the Anxi children that they were able to hold them on the other side of the Hengruos River. If someone continues to talk nonsense and make the court think of reducing the troops in the border town, the mountains and rivers three thousand miles outside Yumen Pass will probably be lost sooner or later.
It belongs to me, Datang!"
"If something happens in the Central Plains, what's the point of saving the four towns of Anxi?" Lei Wanchun couldn't quite understand what the two sides were arguing about. He took Zhang Xun's side based entirely on his personal likes and dislikes.
"Securing the four towns will preserve the opportunity for the Central Plains to retake the Western Region. Otherwise, once the Uighurs, Turks, Tubo and the cannibals from afar are allowed to collude, the Tang Dynasty will never have peace!" Li Yuanqin refused to show weakness.
, and spoke out loud the unanimous views of the Anxi army generals.
Seeing that a word from both sides ruined the feast, Gao Shi quickly smiled and smoothed things over, "Haha, everyone, please calm down and listen to what Gao said. It's nearly 30 years in the capital."
The sound of horns and drums has not been heard for years! It is inevitable that the imperial army will be scattered! But now His Majesty is aware of this, so he entrusted General Feng to reorganize the Feilong Imperial Guard, recruit children from good families to join the army, and grant them military positions based on their ability.
Young talents like Mingyun and Shouzhi have already shown their talents. If this continues, within three years, the Forbidden Army will inevitably be reborn. Those who perform well among them can be ordered to make contributions to the frontier fortress. By then,
, I’m afraid the arguments you just had are all unfounded!”
"That's true!" Zhou Xiaofeng thought for a while and responded in a low voice. The Western Region is vast and sparsely populated, and the middle-level generals have not been able to get enough replacement after their losses. If the talents discovered in this training, such as Wang Xun and Ma
It would be great to see Fang, Yu Wenzhi, Wei Jue and others assigned to the Anxi Army by His Majesty.
"Secretary Gao's words are like enlightenment!" Zhang Xun and Yan Jiming heard the same words, but they had another understanding. Officers who have been trained in the capital camp will definitely have no problem with their loyalty to the court. Send them
After going to the border town, you can become the eyes, ears and minions of the imperial court. Not only can you supervise the generals in the border town, but you can also slowly form a restraining force, so that those who have different intentions will not dare to act rashly.
"So, we don't have to worry unfoundedly!" Gao Shi raised his wine cup and reminded with a smile, "Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to live up to the peerless singing and dancing of Gongsun and Bai Xingshou!"
"Indeed!" Everyone immediately realized that this was not the right place to argue, and they all smiled and nodded.
"Then cheers to the fortune of the Tang Dynasty!" Gao Shi seized the opportunity and suggested loudly.
"Cheers to the fortune of the Tang Dynasty!" Both the literati and military generals put aside the unhappiness caused by the argument just now, laughed and raised their wine glasses,
