Li Tai gnawed on the chicken feet and said inarticulately, "It's just that I haven't had the meal I wanted in the past few days."
Auntie put some spinach into Li Yue's bowl. The spinach was all grown at home.
Li Yue ate her meal slowly and looked at the fields in the distance. All the grain had been harvested, but now the fields looked empty.
After a hearty meal, there was not much food left on the table.
There was a pot of spinach left, Zhang Yang picked up one and ate it by himself.
"Brother-in-law, that man has already left for Luoyang."
Zhang Yang nodded while eating the food, "Do you still have enough money?"
Li Tai nodded, "It's enough. So far, only five people have taken the bait, and they haven't bought much sugar. I've asked my guards to work hard to make sugar. A lot of sucrose from Lingnan has been sent this year."
Seeing how calm his brother-in-law was, Li Tai wiped his mouth and said, "I heard that Lu Chengqing was arrested?"
"There are both witnesses and material evidence, and a family of five lives are on the line, so the Ministry of Punishment doesn't even need to interrogate him."
"With the imperial examination coming next year, it's time to rectify the administration of officials. My father must be very angry if something like this happens."
"Actually, it's not necessarily a bad thing."
Li Yue quickly put the bowl back into the food box and looked back. The two of them were already in the village with the little bear, and Xiao Wu was introducing her to things in the village.
For Xu Hui, Lishan is another world.
Zhang Yang got up and took his wife to see Dr. Sun.
"Miracle Doctor Sun, you have a lot of time today."
Sun Simiao was lying leisurely on the deck chair, enjoying the sunshine.
He sat up with difficulty and saluted, "I have met the county lord, Her Royal Highness the princess."
First, he sat cross-legged, and then Sun Simiao checked Li Yue's pulse for a moment, "If the old man's estimate is correct, the child will probably be born in January next year."
"Seriously?" Li Yue asked curiously.
"Pindao is just making an estimate. Her pulse is very stable, and Her Highness the Princess looks good."
"Thank you, Doctor Sun." Zhang Yang asked again: "Is there anything we need to pay attention to in our daily lives?"
Sun Simiao stroked his beard and said: "It's nothing special. You need to avoid the cold and move around every day. As long as Her Royal Highness the Princess maintains good health, she will have the strength to give birth to a child."
Li Yue secretly wrote down, "I will give my husband many more children."
She said to herself, this is also her goal.
Sun Simiao smiled and said: "If you want to have more children, you must pay attention to your health and don't be anxious. Your Highness the Princess is still young. After you have your first child, it would be best to have a second one in four or five years."
Li Yue calculated that in four or five years, her husband and she would both be in their twenties and still in their prime.
"Don't bother the poor Taoist to rest his mind, the county prince and the princess can do it for themselves."
As he spoke, the strange old man Sun Simiao lay down on the rocking chair again, enjoying the warmth of the moment.
"It's rare to be sunny in Guanzhong. After these days, it's the middle of winter. It's time to enjoy the warmth now." Li Yue whispered.
Sun Simiao waved his hands as a farewell gesture.
Li Tai walked over quickly and said, "Mr. Ouyang Xun lives with Grandpa Huang. I will take my brother-in-law and Sister Huang to visit."
There are more and more elderly people in the village.
Walking through the field ridge, there is a newly built house in the village. There are three or two guards and attendants guarding the door, which is Li Yuan's house.
At this time, he and Ouyang Xun were writing together.
The couple was not stopped by the guards and stepped forward to look carefully.
"Grandpa Huang, people are here."
Li Tai's words interrupted the elegance of the two old men. When Ouyang Xun saw Zhang Yang and his wife, he shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that I was so wise that I fell into the trap of you and your wife."
Zhang Yang was speechless and said: "What the old gentleman said is inappropriate. The matter was done by His Highness the King of Wei."
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei has said that this matter was instigated by Zhang Yang." Ouyang Xun put down his pen and spoke casually.
The smile on Zhang Yang's face froze, and he slowly turned to look at Li Tai.
The wind has stopped today and the weather is considered warm. Li Tai smiles very cutely, looking full of innocence and innocence.
He looks very much like a silly boy from an honest family.
Regardless of how honest he is now, in fact, the short green years in His Highness the King of Wei's life were full of right and wrong.
Ouyang Xun glanced at the scenery in the village and said, "How could a fourteen-year-old child, Your Highness the King of Wei, come up with such a plan? After interrogation, I found out that these were your arrangements."
It feels very uncomfortable to have no excuses.
You should really strangle this kid to death while he's still young.
For the sake of the little fat man being a cash cow for the family, I'll put up with it for the time being.
"That's all, let the nobles outside discuss it. Many people have written to me these days saying that you have put me under house arrest in Lishan Mountain."
Zhang Yang took a deep breath, "Is there such a thing?"
Mr. Ouyang Xun's prestige among the gentry is naturally not small, and whatever the old man does will definitely attract the attention of the gentry.
"I sent a message to the outside world, saying that I was coming to Lishan to stay for a few days."
"Is it possible that because the world is declining, they still plan to besiege Lishan?"
"Of course not. These people will only spread your reputation as Zhang Yang all over the country and make you into a person who does all kinds of evil."
Li Yuan was still looking at the words he had written, "What do you think of these words of mine?"
It seems that what Li Yuan wrote is exactly the word Wude.
I don’t know whether the old man was admonishing people to practice martial ethics or commemorating his martial virtues.
It’s true that the older you get, the more you like to have some mystery in your words.
After bowing to the old man and the Supreme Emperor, Zhang Yang explained: "I sincerely hope that the old man will come to Lishan for retirement. Our air environment in Lishan is the best."
Ouyang Xun looked at Lishan and said: "Looking at the scenery here, it can really make me forget the trivial matters in the world. It is a good place."
When Zhang Yang left with his wife, Li Tai pretended to be studious and asked the old gentleman for calligraphy lessons.
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei is not a big man, but he will frame me."
Li Yue covered her mouth and smiled and said: "Lishan is going to be built. Although our printing technology has the old man's copybook, it is only for copying. If the old man can give some personal guidance, the printing technology can be improved to a higher level."
Just as he was about to walk up the stone steps of Lishan Mountain, he suddenly saw Xiao Wu and Xu Hui riding bears, chasing a group of dolls in the village.
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In the palace, Li Shimin listened to Chu Liang's arrangements after reporting Lu Chengqing's affairs.
"Your Majesty, Duke Zheng and Yushi Xu are asking for an audience."
After hearing the words, Li Shimin said solemnly: "Enter the palace."
Chu Liang had no choice but to stop reporting first.
Wei Zheng and Xu Xiaode walked into the Ganlu Hall together and handed over a memorial.
The eunuch handed the memorial to Li Shimin's desk.
The emperor didn't sleep well in the past two days. He was already very angry after autumn, so he thought he could take a good rest in winter.
Unexpectedly, Lu Chengqing's incident happened again.
Opening the memorial and looking at its contents, Li Shimin nodded and said: "The Yushitai hopes to increase the power of questioning, but also wants to unite with the public to report?"
Xu Xiaode bowed and said: "Your Majesty, what happened to Lu Chengqing this time can show that the power of investigation is weak. If the power of investigation is strengthened, officials can be restrained. Ordinary officials are just fine, especially those with rich backgrounds. If you want to investigate
There were many obstacles in the investigation, so Zhang Shangshu enlightened the lower officials and discussed this with Duke Zheng."
Li Shimin put down the memorial with a solemn expression, "What do you think Mr. Zheng does?"
Wei Zheng first saluted and said loudly: "Your Majesty, you can try it."
It's Zhang Yang again, it's him again!
I haven't had a good day since he came back to the court. The smile on that boy's face came to mind, and I imagined hanging him at the Chengtian Gate and cutting him into pieces.
"Then try it."
Li Shimin took a sip of the bitter tea to dispel the fire, and then looked at Chu Liang, "Dali Temple will continue to trace the whereabouts of the money and must catch those bandits."
Before Wei Zheng arrived, Chu Liang was reporting on the situation. There were no bandits in the Ba Shang area, and he didn't know where the bandits came from.
The guy who arrested people before and came to Dali Temple is no longer in Chang'an City and left very cleanly.
These guys had made arrangements in advance to act together, arrest people together, and then quickly leave Chang'an City.
Where else should I go after leaving the city to look for traces of these people?
In the fields? Everyone looks like a bandit.
How can I find this?
Chu Liang felt that as a young minister of Dali Temple, he had done something wrong. How should he explain this to His Majesty?
With an uneasy mood, Chu Liang walked out of Ganlu Hall. This was too embarrassing. He really wanted to go back to his hometown to retire now.
There's no such thing as petty theft, it's such a tricky thing in the first place.
It's no wonder that Cheng Yaojin said that Chang'an City was full of evil winds, but now it seems that this statement is true.
The last warm wind of autumn also left Guanzhong, and in the blink of an eye it was late November. A heavy snow fell, and the bustling city of Chang'an seemed to be submerged in the heavy snow.
In the streets and alleys, there is still a bit of human fireworks under the eaves.
Xu Jingzong was holding a bowl of steaming mutton soup and drinking it, "I knew that this guy Li Yifu was not good at doing things. He beat the son of the King of Goguryeo as soon as he arrived in Goguryeo. I am afraid that this guy is going to ruin our good deeds."
Zhang Elephant, wearing thick clothes and an official hat on his head, was eating a piece of cake and listening to Xu Jingzong's complaints.
He also selected the people who were originally sent to Goguryeo. Now that everyone has arrived in Goguryeo, what can he say? He beat up the son of the King of Goguryeo, and it is a good fortune for him to be alive in Goguryeo now.
Fortunately, Goguryeo's general Yeon Gaesumun is now too powerful. The King of Goguryeo still relies on the Tang Dynasty and does not dare to do anything to Li Yifu.
Zhang Dashu came in a hurry, "Nishu Khan has arrived."
Xu Jingzong drank all the mutton soup in the bowl in one breath, straightened his clothes and put on his official hat again and stood up.
Three ministers from the Foreign Affairs Council walked out of the mutton shop, followed by a group of civil servants from the Foreign Affairs Council.
In the wind and snow, this group of officials from the Diplomatic Academy was very conspicuous. Some were wearing official uniforms and some were not wearing official uniforms, mixed in among them.
Compared with other government offices in the Six Departments, which are all dressed in formal official uniforms, these people in the Foreign Affairs Academy look somewhat nondescript.
Walking quickly to the city gate, Xu Jingzong trembled, shaking off the snow on his body and looking at a group of Western Turkic soldiers and horses heading here in the wind and snow in the distance.
When the soldiers and horses came to a halt in front of him, Xu Jingzong stepped forward and looked at the visitor, "Long time no see, Nishu Khan."
"It's been a long time indeed." Ni She got off his horse and saluted.
"Is Siyehu Khan here?" Xu Jingzong put his hands in his sleeves.
"He doesn't dare to come. Let someone who can speak Guanzhong dialect come to Chang'an. He can arrive in Chang'an one day later than us."
"We were separated at the beginning, but now I see that Nishu Khan has lost weight."
"I brought a lot of dried fruits for you to try."
"No need." Xu Jingzong waved his hand and said: "Recently, the government is strictly investigating the style of officials like us. If someone knows about it, it will be criticized, which is not good."
"Yes...really?" Ni Shu was very surprised.
Xu Jingzong said again: "The heavy snow has caused all of you to go to the city and go to the post house."
Ni Shuo greeted his people in Western Turkic dialect to get off their horses and walk into Chang'an City together.
Zhang Daxiang watched the conversation between Ni She and Xu Jingzong with cold eyes. They were very familiar with each other, and they were very close to each other after not seeing each other for a year.
I also admire Xu Jingzong, no matter who they are, he can deal with them so calmly. Whether they are people from the Western Regions, Tubo people, or even Nanzhao people, he can talk to them and comment on everything.
Everyone speeded up their pace unconsciously in the wind and snow.
Nishu left Chang'an City alone with the important tasks and letters from the Foreign Affairs Council, and traveled a long distance back to the Western Turks.
Now he has arrived in Chang'an City, and there are more than ten people escorting him.
Based on the information currently available to the Foreign Affairs Council, this person has mobilized a force of nearly 10,000 troops in the Western Turks to confront Si Yehu.
This kind of person should not be underestimated. The Diplomatic Academy will not do anything to breed tigers, and it will not sit idly by and watch this person develop.
Xu Jingzong politely led people into the post house.
There are many envoys in the post house now, whether they are from the Western Regions or Turks, and there are even three or two Persian women who are still wearing thin clothes in this cold winter.
The Prince of Persia has been in Chang'an for two years, but he still wants reinforcements.
In the Zhengdian Hall, Li Shimin and Zhang Yang sat under the eaves and watched the heavy snow.
The palace was full of children's laughter. This was Xu Hui's first time in the palace. Children of similar ages could easily play together.
Li Shimin took a long breath in the cold air and turned into a cloud of white mist, "Another year has passed."
Zhang Yang put his feet on the edge of the stove, "Doctor Sun has checked it out. The baby will be born in January next year at the earliest, and it will be February if it is later than that."
"You and Yue'er can know each other and rely on each other, and the queen and I are very relieved." As he spoke, Li Shimin moved his body and changed his sitting position. "Next year, we will prepare for Cheng Qian's marriage. Unknowingly, the children have grown up. Already."
"Your Majesty will not marry Princess Changle next year, right?" Zhang Yang asked coldly.
"I also want to find a son-in-law who is more capable than you. I don't plan to marry her early now."
"Well, your Majesty is wise."
"Cheng Yaojin said that Chang'an City has been plagued by rats recently."
"how do I say this?"
Li Shimin frowned and said, "Where did the money go? Those bandits are gone too."
It seems that my father-in-law is still worried about what happened to the money.
"Isn't this matter being investigated by Dali Temple?"
"Chu Liang came to resign yesterday. I might call him back." Li Shimin lowered his face and took a sip of hot tea.
This is really the style of your Khan, Zhang Yang thought to himself.