Three hundred and ninetieth eight chapters come uninvited
Two business travelers came together and left together. Li Siye stood on the porch of the main hall, watching their backs walking on the corridor, and then disappeared from sight after stepping out of the side door.
The twelve mothers walked to the corridor, leaned against her husband, and asked him softly: "Didn't Li Lang ask these two people where they came from?"
"They didn't say, and I didn't ask, maybe we'll meet again."
Li Siye was certain that one of them must be Huangfu Weiming. Logically speaking, when evaluating him as the Shule garrison envoy, he could not offend the dignified interview envoy of Longyou Road, but this man came anyway, disguised and wearing businessman's clothes and appeared in front of him
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The so-called unannounced visits are only part of the examination, but the real examination has not yet begun.
Three days later, the examination team of the interviewer of Longyou Road came to Shule City, but Huangfu Weiming was not among them. The leader was the secretary in charge of the interviewer, who also served as the governor of Longyou Jiedu, General Wang Sili.
After entering the city, these people did not enter the post office, but went directly to the military warehouse and the garrison envoy's residence. They only symbolically checked the account books. The entire examination process did not even take a day, and they had already completed the examination of senior officers.
After receiving their evaluation, they all retreated to the inn in the city to wait.
General Wang Sili still didn't want to leave. After hesitating again and again, he asked Li Siye in a pleading tone: "I want to have lunch at your house. I don't know if I can..."
He had never seen a guest who wanted to stay for dinner. For a thin-skinned person, he would have to bury his head in his crotch for several days to say such a sentence. Li Siye always felt that this person was thin-skinned, but he just
Said it out.
"Okay, just one meal."
Wang Sili closed his eyes and nodded vigorously.
This afternoon, Li Siye was entertaining guests in the inner hall of his home, and his sister Li Meier was making tea and serving them. The two took off their boots and knelt down in front of the table while the servants brought the cooked mutton and warm wine.
Wang Sili was absent-minded. He didn't expect that the person hosting the guests was Li Siye's sister. For such a loyal fan, how could it be so difficult for him to meet his idol?
When the food and wine were served, Li Siye repeatedly urged him to drink, and Wang Sili drank without hesitation. After three rounds of wine and five tastes of the food, General Wang's face became more and more rosy, and the cautious General Wang finally couldn't control his mouth.
"We drank together to reminisce about old times, but why didn't we see my wife come out?"
"Oh, madam, he is not in a good mood today, so he went to rest."
General Wang nodded regretfully, picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp. In order to prevent Li Siye from being suspicious, he said in a solemn and respectful tone: "General, you know that Madam is a direct disciple of the world-famous Aunt Gongsun.
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Li Siye nodded calmly: "Oh, I know."
"In my opinion, Li Twelve Niang's sword skills are on par with her master's. If given time, she will definitely outshine her master and become the most famous sword dance master in the Tang Dynasty. It is a pity that she has already married a long time ago."
Li Siye's face suddenly turned ugly and he thought to himself, "You are so drunk that you can say such things in front of me. If you think so, I would have ruined her artistic career. You can't be a true lover."
Stupid fans.
Li Mei'er sat down and smiled, then served some fried tea to the two of them.
Wang Sili realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly spoke up to save him: "I'm just a little sorry, nothing else. In fact, I really envy the general. You must often watch her dance swordsmanship."
Li Siye was slightly tipsy and stretched out two fingers to shake: "No, actually I only saw it once."
"Why?" Wang Sili opened his mouth in surprise: "You know that Madam Gongsun has retired, the sword of Xihe has become obsolete, and my brother has only seen it once. Why don't you teach me to dance with you often?"
"I don't know much about swords, and dancing is too physically demanding. Twelve Niang said that she was sweating every time after dancing and was too tired. So since she came with me, I haven't let her do it anymore.
She has danced. Besides, I married her because she is virtuous and quiet, not because of sword practice."
"Oh," Wang Sili cupped his hands in surprise.
The two of them were drinking to their heart's content. Li Siye turned to look around him and saw that Li Mei'er had left at some point.
General Wang stood up to say goodbye. He went out in person to see him off, all the way to the gate of the envoy's residence.
"General Li, goodbye." Wang Sili put his foot on the stirrup, turned around suddenly, but fell off the stirrup and almost stumbled.
Twelve Niangs, accompanied by Mei'er, had come to stand next to her husband. She was wearing a cloak, a hairpin in her bun, and she was holding a slender long sword in her arms.
Wang Sili's face was already red from the wine, and now it was even more flushed like a peach forest. He took half a step forward and crossed his hands in a respectful salute: "Wang Sili of Lelang Suicheng has met the Li family."
Li Siye was a little jealous at this moment, because no one else had such admiration for me.
Twelve Niang nodded and said: "General Wang, there is no need to be polite, Twelfth Niang has stopped practicing her craft for a long time." She lowered her head and looked at the sword in her arms, then presented it with both hands.
"This sword was wielded by Twelve Niangs during her early years of learning skills. Now I give it to you as a gift."
Wang Sili quickly took it with both hands, holding it horizontally in his hands, looking very excited.
Li Siye interrupted at an inappropriate time and said: "Would you like Madam to sign your autograph for you again?"
Twelve Niangs glanced at her husband angrily, and Wang Sili laughed and said, "No need, with this sword, I can always show it off to others, saying that it was a gift from Gongsun's disciple Twelve Niangs."
Li Siye couldn't help but said again: "Why don't you tell people that this is Gongsun's sword? Wouldn't it be more respectable?" Twelve Niang's other hand reached behind her and twisted her husband's waist through his robe.
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Wang Sili turned on his horse, with the sword still lying across his arm. He inserted it into his robe along the back collar. Regardless of whether it hurt him or not, he smiled on the horse and held his hands in his arms and said: "I am lucky enough to meet a virtuous couple today.
Thinking of the good fortune of three lifetimes, I say goodbye."
He hit his horse and headed towards the end of the street. The interviewer's horse team was already ready to go. They filed out from Shule City Gate and headed south along Fangcaodi.
Halfway through the procession, a carriage waiting on the commercial road joined the team. The man in the carriage opened the curtain with a book in hand and waved to Wang Sili who was riding a horse: "Wait in the carriage for a while."
Wang Sili got off his horse and handed it over to others, while he jumped on the shaft and got into the carriage. Huangfu Weiming saw the sword on his back, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did you accept bribes from Li Siye?"
His face turned red all of a sudden, and he quickly waved his hand and explained: "Sinong was wronged, but I don't have the courage. This was a gift from Li Siye's wife, Li Twelve Niang."
"Hmm? Is there any difference between giving it to his family and giving it to him?"
He quickly took the sword off his back and spread it flat on his lap. Huangfu lowered his head to look at it. It was an ordinary sword with an ebony scabbard on it. The sword's head and tail were inlaid with copper patterns.
The total weight of this copper is not more than three ounces, and the entire sword is sold for less than two hundred yuan. If the celebrity effect is not counted, it is indeed not considered a bribe.
"You finally went to see my wife and got her sword."
General Wang almost choked when he heard this, and quickly folded his hands and bowed down: "It's definitely not what you think, my Si Nong. No matter how courageous I am, I don't dare to touch the sword of this lady. Isn't it that I want Li Siye to take it?" Hack me to death? You old man may have never seen the sword dance of Gongsun Auntie’s disciple Twelve Niangs. After seeing it, you won’t say such things. Your admiration for her is equivalent to admiring Li Taibai, Wang Mojie, and Zhang Xu, Wu Daozi."
Huangfu Weiming no longer cared about this, and instead said softly: "I was thinking hard yesterday, but there was something that was lingering in my mind that I couldn't get rid of, and I haven't made a decision today."
"Oh?" Wang Sili asked hurriedly: "What troubles does Sinong have? Why don't you tell Sili."
He melancholy waved the book and tapped his forehead and said: "Li Siye is well-known for his virtues and righteousness, he is clear and prudent in writing, he is fair and honest, and he is diligent and diligent. With these four virtues, he also has border cleansing and city god maintenance, which makes him the best in town defense." , from both a heart and a rational point of view, I should give him a top priority."
"Then what if I give him a top?"
Huangfu shook his head: "Since I have been in charge of evaluations for many years, I have never given anyone a good review in my life. They say that I am strict, and they say that I am always willing to spend money. I am so picky. But now Li Siye has several times Great achievement, in less than a year as the garrison of Shule, I was able to organize Shule Town to this point. It won the love of the people and strengthened the reputation of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions. I am the choice of the superior. So..."
"I still can't give him the top grade. Let's give him the top grade."